My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 130

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 130

Episode 130. Warm Yet Cool (1)

The floating sensation disappeared and I opened my eyes in the familiar pure white space.

“Here again.”

Including the Tutorial Tower, this is already the fifth time here.

I’m more than used to it by now.

[Searching for a unique skill suitable for Han Mi-reo…]

[Search complete]

[New unique skill will be unlocked upon clearing the ‘Summoner’s Tower’]

I’ve seen that message almost four times now, so it’s incredibly familiar.

I casually waved my hand and nodded.

“Next.”

[The Summoner’s Tower has the same conditions as the Tower of the Wilderness – revival upon death is impossible, and you cannot exit.]

So the conditions are the same as the Tower of the Wilderness.

Not being able to exit in the current situation is a bit concerning, but even considering that, there was no other choice.

“That’s it, right?”

[The announcement ends here.]

“Then that’s fine. Send me now.”

[Understood.]

I stared intently at the system that was responding to my words.

Come to think of it, this guy.

Inside or outside the tower, no matter how many times I called, it wouldn’t respond.

“But you respond in this white space and when towers are finished?”

Don’t tell me it’s been watching but just not answering?

I narrowed my eyes and opened my mouth to ask, but.

[Entering the 1st Floor.]

The system sent me to the 1st floor at the exact moment I opened my mouth, as if saying “not a chance.”

I clicked my tongue at the instantly whitening vision and muttered to myself.

That thing is definitely alive.

* * *

Step, step.

I walked through the forest, stepping on fallen leaves.

When the floating sensation disappeared and color returned to my vision, I was in a forest.

You might say “another forest,” but this felt like a different kind of forest from before.

In the Tower of Recording and Tower of Illusion, I was just thrown into the middle of a real forest.

But this time I opened my eyes on a small forest path.

Only trees existed around me.

As if autumn was just beginning, leaves gradually turning brown were gently falling toward the ground.

I caught a falling leaf with my hand and fiddled with it.

“How long do I have to keep walking.”

Crunch.

I squeezed the leaf in my hand tightly and scattered the crushed remains on the ground.

[1st Floor]

[Follow the path]

There was already a path to begin with.

Since the tower’s clear condition was simply to follow the path, I was walking along it, but.

“What exactly do they want.”

It’s been 10 minutes since I started walking along the forest path.

I have no idea how long I’m supposed to keep walking.

I stopped stepping on the crumbling leaves and looked up at the sky.

“It’s clear.”

The sky is clear without a single cloud.

The beating sun is also warm.

But somehow.

Why does the air feel so cool?

“Warm yet cool.”

What a strange feeling.

I wondered if this might also be one of the Five Great Forbidden Realms, but.

“Probably not.”

If it were one of the Five Great Forbidden Realms, this kind of path wouldn’t exist at all.

Except for the Verdant Forest with its special entity called the World Tree, both Darkness and Berdine weren’t environments where people could live.

The other two places would probably be similar environments.

So this is just an ordinary forest…

“Why is it so eerie.”

The wind is cool and the sunlight is warm.

I don’t sense any presence around either…

“Ah.”

So that was it.

Realizing it late, I looked around.

Leaves gradually withering and fading as if just welcoming autumn.

The presence that should be felt between them.

The slightest sound that should be heard.

None of it could be heard.

As if I was the only living, moving creature in this forest.

“Cheo-ri. Do you know where this is?”

“Squeak squeak squeak.”

“I figured.”

I turned my gaze away from Cheo-ri, who was looking at me as if asking why I’d ask that.

We can’t even communicate properly, so it was my mistake for asking.

Then I have no choice but to keep walking.

I clicked my tongue softly and started moving my stopped feet again.

Even as I continued forward, the air remained cool.

Another 10 minutes like that.

I suddenly stopped while moving forward.

“…Did you hear that?”

“Squeak.”

Just now.

A sound reached my ears for the first time.

I turned my head and stared intently in the direction the sound came from.

“…can’t…”

A person.

And it’s a child’s voice.

I turned around and walked step by step into the forest where the sound came from.

Fallen leaves crumbled under my feet.

But the further I walked, the louder someone’s humming became compared to the crumbling sounds.

I stopped and looked at a child crouched in front of a dead tree.

A child with hair so pale blue it was almost transparent, looking like white hair hanging down long.

Looking at most 13 years old, I couldn’t tell if it was a boy or girl.

‘Their skin is pale.’

They don’t look sick from the outside though.

His skin color was naturally pale white to begin with.

As I watched the child like that, my eyes widened in surprise.

‘Are his eye colors… different?’

Looking closely, his right eye was blue while his left eye contained no color at all.

Pure white that contained no color whatsoever.

The child with different colored eyes blinked both eyes and plucked a mushroom with a pop.

“This should be edible, right?”

Hehe.

The child smiled brightly and carefully placed the mushroom in the basket he was carrying in his arms.

I walked step by step toward that child and stuck my hand into the basket.

“You can’t eat it.”

“Huh! Wh-who are you!?”

The child was startled and stepped back.

I shook the mushroom I had just taken from the basket and spoke to the child.

“Do you really think such a red mushroom would be edible?”

“…Can’t I eat it?”

“Want to try eating it?”

The child covered his mouth with both hands and shook his head vigorously.

I let out a long sigh and tore the mushroom to shreds with mist.

The child watched me do this with sparkling eyes.

“Um, excuse me. Who are you?”

“My name is Han Mi-reo. I’m just an adventurer traveling around here and there.”

“An adventurer…! Wow. They really do exist…!”

The child muttered this with his mouth agape, then cleared his throat with an “oh right” expression and placed his hand on his chest.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Uno Airin. Please feel free to call me Uno.”

“Alright, Uno. What were you doing here?”

“I was picking mushrooms to eat for dinner. I’m not used to mushroom gathering, so it’s hard to distinguish edible mushrooms.”

Hehe.

Uno said this while awkwardly scratching the back of his head.

“You need to be careful with mushrooms since there are some that can poison you just by touching them.”

“R-really? I didn’t know that…”

“It’s fine as long as you know now.”

Uno stammered and examined his basket at my words.

He probably thought there might be those kinds of mushrooms I mentioned inside.

“Speaking of which, a village? Is there a village near here?”

“Yes. If you walk about 10 more minutes from here, there’s Mae Village where I live. But, didn’t you know that when you came?”

“Huh?”

“There should only be Mae Village around here…”

Uno trailed off and looked at me with suspicious eyes.

Anyone could see it was the look of suspicion toward a suddenly appeared outsider.

I decided to boldly counter-attack toward that guy.

“I got lost.”

“What?”

“I said I got lost.”

“If you’re an adventurer, you must be someone who travels around…?”

“That’s a prejudice. Is there a law saying adventurers can’t be directionally challenged?”

“…I guess there isn’t?”

Right, that’s it.

I nodded confidently and looked at Uno.

He muttered “Is that so…?” at my reaction and kept tilting his head.

“So, about that. Could you guide me to the village?”

“To the village?”

“Like I said, I’m lost.”

I raised both hands to express that I was harmless.

Uno looked me over once and slowly nodded.

“That much is possible.”

“Then I’ll ask you to do that.”

I smiled slightly and looked at Uno.

‘If it takes about 10 more minutes from here, that means the end of that forest path is the village.’

The system told me to walk along the path.

The end of that path was likely Mae Village that Uno mentioned.

That means the condition for the 1st floor must be reaching Mae Village.

“Instead, help me pick mushrooms. I don’t want to touch poisonous mushrooms.”

“That much, sure.”

Actually, I don’t know much about poisonous mushrooms either.

You can buy delicious edible mushrooms at cheap prices just by going to a mart, so how would I know?

‘I just need to pick ones that look like they might be edible.’

At least I have the common sense that you shouldn’t eat colorful ones.

I’ll manage somehow.

I nodded readily and walked next to Uno, reaching my hand toward a mushroom with a brown cap.

* * *

“You were a boy?”

“Then you thought I was a girl?”

“Do you know about Schrödinger’s cat?”

“Schröd… what?”

Never mind if you don’t know.

I turned my gaze away from Uno, who was blinking in confusion, and looked ahead.

My vision showed a small village hidden by trees.

The village gave off an extremely peaceful atmosphere.

Buildings made of wood.

Smoke flowing from chimneys.

Just like a peaceful village depicted in paintings.

It gave off the atmosphere of a fantasy countryside village that anyone would expect.

“Ah! That’s Mae Village over there!”

As we got closer to the village, Uno picked up speed and started running toward the village.

As I watched Uno running like that, I turned my eyes to the system that happened to appear.

[Walk along the path]

[Success]

[Moving to the next floor.]

So the condition really was arriving at the village.

I stopped walking for a moment and looked at the system that appeared next.

[2nd Floor]

[Spend one night in Mae Village]

So that village really is the main stage of this tower.

After checking all the conditions, I dismissed the system.

Beyond where the translucent window disappeared, Uno, who had returned from picking mushrooms, was surrounded by many people.

“Uno. Did you pick them well?”

“Of course. Look at this.”

“Oh my. You picked so many. Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No.”

Uno raised both hands as if nothing was wrong.

The villagers turned their heads while patting Uno’s head as if finding him cute.

“So, who is that person over there?”

“Ah! He’s an adventurer from outside. But even though he’s an adventurer, he got lost.”

“That happens quite often. After all, anyone can become an adventurer these days.”

“Hehe… So that person got lost because he’s incompetent?”

No matter how much they lowered their voices and whispered, it wasn’t like I couldn’t hear them.

If they were going to gossip, they should at least try to hide their gazes.

I let out a long sigh and bowed my head slightly toward them in greeting.

“My name is Han Mi-reo.”

“Ah, I see. So you got lost.”

“All the forests look the same. I was just walking around when I finally found a path and followed it, then ran into him.”

The middle-aged man with a bald head looked me over just like he had done with Uno, then extended his hand.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Rondel Aidohn. I’m the village chief of Mae Village.”

I looked at his rough hand and smiled broadly.

The fact that he extended his hand could be taken as a positive sign.

“You said you got lost. We happen to have an empty house, so rest in the village before you go.”

“Thank you. I won’t refuse.”

With that, I grasped Rondel’s hand and shook it lightly.

After exchanging a handshake, Rondel turned around and pressed down on Uno’s head with his hand.

“Uno. You guide him to the empty house.”

“What? I don’t want to.”

“Do it when I tell you to. He’s a guest you brought.”

Chuckle chuckle chuckle.

Rondel laughed while ruffling Uno’s hair and took out a few mushrooms from the basket Uno was holding.

“Can I take a few of these?”

“Ah! I don’t care if you take them or not, just stop pressing my head!”

Rondel chuckled with amusement at Uno’s sharp reaction.

He said something about needing to make mushroom soup for dinner, took a few mushrooms from the basket, and disappeared with the other people.

Left alone with Uno, who had puffed up his cheeks, I clenched and unclenched my right hand while muttering.

“Hey, Uno.”

“What.”

“Does Mr. Rondel have poor circulation in his hands and feet?”

“Poor circulation? What’s that supposed to mean?”

Tsk.

I clicked my tongue softly and pressed down on Uno’s head with my hand, just like Rondel had done.

“Ah! Don’t press it!”

I had just witnessed how his long hair that reached down to his waist became a mess the more you ruffled it.

But how could I resist this?

Looking at Uno with his hair several times more disheveled than before and his lips pouting, I chuckled and nodded.

“Will you guide me now?”

“I don’t want to! Why should I!”

Uno walked into the village with sulky steps.

Though he said he didn’t want to, the kid kept glancing back to check on me behind him.

I chuckled again at that sight and walked into the village.

The village, filled with the sounds of people, was incredibly lively.

But strangely, the wind still felt chilly.

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