My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 51

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 51

 

Episode 51. The Witch, Jini

 

I don’t know exactly what Noum does, but from the outside, it’s a giant earth golem.

 

Naturally, what was maintaining that body was pure earth unmixed with mana.

 

Earth.

 

The foundation where plants take root to grow.

 

Therefore.

 

“It’s over.”

 

Noum, by Elpinire’s blessing of the World Tree.

 

Had become the foundation for countless plants.

 

Noum’s movement was sealed by the countless roots that had taken hold inside.

 

Passing by the hardened creature, I walked steadily and looked at the witch who was lifting the bell to ring it again.

 

“O, omen. You’re next. Please-.”

 

“This might hurt a little.”

 

“Kek!”

 

Thud.

 

Using ‘Musangbi’ to kick off the ground and close the distance instantly, I lightly struck the witch’s nape.

 

Since I had naturally released ‘Black Dragon’, the witch fainted and collapsed like a puppet with cut strings.

 

I reached out to catch the witch so she wouldn’t fall.

 

“Ah, no!”

 

Thud thud thud.

 

When the witch fainted, Noum also returned to its original state as earth.

 

Because of this, Elpinire lost her foundation and hurriedly caught the falling plants to replant them.

 

Glancing at Elpinire who was muttering for me to be more careful, I turned my head to look at the cabin.

 

“Is this where this kid lived?”

 

I don’t know what it is, but I should take her inside for now.

 

[Stop the witch]

 

[Achieved]

 

[Moving to the next floor]

 

Leaving the appearing system behind, I walked steadily into the small cabin.

 

* * *

 

“Huff!”

 

When I opened my eyes, it was a familiar ceiling.

 

Right, that was a nightmare.

 

Yeah, if I had been caught, I would have died for sure.

 

Why did I have to have such a nightmare…

 

“Are you awake?”

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

My ears are going to burst.

 

Covering my ears with both hands, I looked at the witch trembling at the corner of the bed.

 

“If you’re up, come over here.”

 

“Why, whywhywhywhywhywhywhy.”

 

“Why what. Let’s have a conversation.”

 

“Why, why did you spare me? I don’t taste good!”

 

Do I look like I eat people?

 

Letting out a hollow laugh, I snatched away the blanket the witch was holding.

 

Her physical strength must be weak, as the witch helplessly lost her blanket with an expression like she was about to cry.

 

Having snatched away her blanket in one go, I looked straight at the witch who was breathing roughly and said.

 

“My name is Han Mi-reo. What about you?”

 

“…”

 

“What’s your name? You must have one.”

 

“…Ji, Jini.”

 

Jini.

 

That’s a pretty name.

 

Seeing me nod, Jini muttered bitterly.

 

“Though it means trash in the ancient language…”

 

“…”

 

I closed my eyes tightly looking at Jini who had collapsed even without the blanket.

 

What exactly am I supposed to do?

 

Jini glanced at me and asked in a small mumble.

 

“Di, didn’t you come to capture me…?”

 

“Me? You? Why?”

 

“Because I’m called a witch…”

 

“You said earlier that you’re not a witch. Isn’t that settled then?”

 

“…”

 

“And why would I capture you? Are they paying money or something?”

 

“Yes. There’s a bounty on me.”

 

“…Hmm.”

 

Suddenly I’m a bit tempted.

 

I was momentarily swayed, but I soon shook my head.

 

Even if I earned money in this tower of unknown identity, I wouldn’t be able to use it anyway.

 

There’s no reason to earn it, and no need to either.

 

“Still, I won’t capture you, so don’t worry.”

 

“…”

 

Jini looked at me with very suspicious eyes.

 

Should I not have hesitated earlier?

 

No, she wouldn’t have believed me even then.

 

Just look at her state.

 

A wild cat would probably be less wary than her.

 

To that extent, Jini’s eyes were painted over with wariness.

 

‘This is trouble.’

 

I need to ease Jini’s wariness as quickly as possible.

 

Why?

 

[3rd Floor]

 

[Ease the witch’s wariness]

 

[Not achieved]

 

Why indeed.

 

Because that’s the condition for the 3rd floor.

 

What should I do about this?

 

Scratching the back of my head, I decided to get up from my seat for now.

 

Looking at the current situation, if I stayed here longer, her wariness would only increase.

 

“I’m making food outside, so come out if you want to eat.”

 

“…!”

 

Flinch.

 

Jini’s body trembled.

 

Was she hungry?

 

Smacking my lips quietly, I walked out of the room like that.

 

“…That one is still doing that.”

 

The open entrance door.

 

Beyond it, Elpinire had been digging in the ground outside continuously from earlier until now.

 

Curious about what she was doing, I approached closer and saw that she was planting the flowers she had bloomed earlier into the ground.

 

“Really persistent, so persistent.”

 

Tsk.

 

Clicking my tongue, I took out potatoes from my bag and dropped them into the bubbling broth.

 

“This looks delicious.”

 

The red bubbling broth.

 

At first glance, you might think it’s tomato stew.

 

“Spicy and just right.”

 

But what went in wasn’t tomato, it was gochujang.

 

I thought I was really going to die from the food at the Tower of Recording.

 

I brought a whole container of gochujang because I never wanted to experience a meat-only diet again, and now I’m using it like this.

 

I hummed while stirring the gochujang stew.

 

“If only we had rice here, it would be perfect.”

 

What a shame.

 

Now I just need to boil it until the potatoes are cooked.

 

I put down the ladle I was holding on the table and looked around.

 

“Speaking of which, this cabin has everything you need.”

 

It looked quite small from the outside, but once inside, it has all sorts of things needed for daily life.

 

Starting with the stove where I’m cooking soup, there’s the large room where Jini is staying, other small rooms, and a 2nd floor accessible through stairs.

 

There’s even a bathroom and all kinds of furniture including desks.

 

Taking a wooden bowl from the shelf, I examined the bowl that looked brand new from never being used.

 

“It doesn’t look like she made all of this.”

 

The quality is too high for Jini to have made them.

 

I know you shouldn’t judge people by first impressions, but from what I’ve seen, Jini is absolutely not the type to do this kind of thing.

 

And besides, if Jini had made this bowl.

 

‘She would have used it at least once.’

 

Making something yourself means you made it to use it.

 

But this bowl has never been used even once.

 

The evidence is that the untreated wooden bowl smells of raw wood rather than food.

 

‘Did someone build this for her?’

 

This cabin and everything including the bowls?

 

Then who was the person who built it?

 

I had such useless thoughts while tasting the soup that had boiled enough.

 

“Mm. This is good enough.”

 

I can really taste the sweet, spicy, and rich flavor characteristic of gochujang.

 

The sliced potatoes are also fully cooked.

 

“It would have been nice to have onions or tofu too.”

 

It’s a bit disappointing that the only ingredients are potatoes and green onions.

 

Smacking my lips lightly, I ladled the gochujang stew into three bowls and brought them to the dining table.

 

“Hey, Elpinire. Stop that and come eat.”

 

“Kuk… No! I haven’t finished planting all the flowers yet!”

 

“…They won’t die if you plant them 10 minutes later.”

 

Eventually, Elpinire, who had planted even the last remaining flower, entered the cabin with an extremely proud expression.

 

After washing her hands at the well behind the cabin, she finally sat at the dining table and picked up her spoon.

 

“What is this food?”

 

“Gochujang stew.”

 

“Ooh… I don’t know what it is, but it looks delicious?”

 

Nom.

 

She took a spoonful of the broth without complaint.

 

And then.

 

“Kup, cough!”

 

She coughed roughly and covered her mouth.

 

I stared blankly at Elpinire’s back as she rushed out like an arrow.

 

Then, the door burst open and Jini jumped out shouting.

 

“I, I knew it! You were waiting after poisoning the food, weren’t you!?”

 

What is she suddenly jumping out and saying now?

 

I looked at Jini with coldly annoyed eyes.

 

She looked at me with a disgusted expression.

 

“Did you think I would fall for it? I will never be fooled!”

 

“Whether you’re fooled or not, do whatever you want.”

 

I’m going to eat before it gets cold.

 

After giving a short reply, I picked up my spoon and ate the broth.

 

Mm, it’s delicious.

 

I scooped up a large piece of potato and put it in my mouth, then wiped the moisture from my lips while watching Elpinire return.

 

“Ugh, you should have warned me it was spicy, master.”

 

“Was it spicy?”

 

“My tongue is burning.”

 

“I guess I shouldn’t make gochujang stew next time.”

 

“No. It’s spicy, but it was delicious.”

 

Whew.

 

She said she could endure this level of pain and began eating the broth with a serious expression.

 

Jini watched Elpinire with a stiff expression.

 

“It’s, it’s not poison…?”

 

“Hm? Master doesn’t do such tasteless things as putting poison in food.”

 

“Master… Are you also a slave?”

 

“Kup, cough!”

 

What is she talking about now?

 

This time it was me who coughed roughly and covered my mouth.

 

Then I shouted urgently.

 

“A slave!”

 

“I’m not a slave, sseup, sseup.”

 

Elpinire kept making sipping sounds because it was spicy.

 

She said while sweating profusely.

 

“I’m voluntarily serving my master.”

 

“So please stop calling me master!”

 

“I remember already saying several times that I don’t want to do that.”

 

No, I’m the master.

 

Why won’t you listen to your master, really?

 

I squeezed my eyes shut and let out a long sigh.

 

Jini looked back and forth between us, then sat down at the empty seat at the dining table with a dazed expression.

 

“Here, here you go.”

 

“…”

 

Jini stared blankly at the bowl placed in front of her.

 

Gripping the spoon with her fist, she awkwardly scooped up some broth and brought it to her mouth.

 

“Kup!”

 

Jini gasped as soon as she took one bite.

 

She frowned because it was spicy, but it didn’t seem unbearable.

 

Soon after, she widened her eyes and muttered.

 

“…I can’t believe it’s really not poison.”

 

“I told you it wasn’t.”

 

“It’s red, sticky, makes you cough when you eat it… everything about it screams poison, so why isn’t it poison?”

 

“…”

 

She has a point.

 

Now that she’s listing it out one by one, it really does sound like poison.

 

Left speechless, I couldn’t say anything and just picked up my spoon again.

 

Jini, who kept tilting her head in confusion, also picked up her spoon again.

 

“…”

 

And so Jini continued eating slowly.

 

Watching the contents of the bowl rapidly disappear, I chuckled softly.

 

She called it poison and whatnot, but regardless of that, it seemed to suit her taste, which was fortunate.

 

* * *

 

With the sky being dark, I couldn’t even tell if it was night or day.

 

Having finished washing dishes at the well, I caught my breath and stared blankly up at the sky.

 

“How strange. What exactly is this place?”

 

When I swing my fist, it brightens up for just a brief moment.

 

But soon the darkness swallows the light again, quickly turning dark once more.

 

I immediately activated ‘Black Dragon’ and threw a punch toward the air.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Again.

 

Again, right after throwing the punch, the darkness receded briefly, but soon the darkness consumed the empty space again.

 

What exactly is this place for?

 

As I was tilting my head in confusion, I sensed a presence from far away.

 

“…”

 

Turning my head, I made eye contact with Jini, who was hiding behind a wall and watching me.

 

She flinched, startled at being caught.

 

“What are you doing over there?”

 

“…Don’t you know where this is?”

 

“Huh? Is this some special place?”

 

“Yes. This is Darkness…”

 

“Darkness?”

 

What’s that?

 

Seeing me tilt my head in confusion, Jini made a shocked expression.

 

“I can’t believe you really didn’t know…”

 

“If you know, please tell me.”

 

“Darkness is one of the five forbidden zones of Orishion. You know what forbidden zones are, right?”

 

“…”

 

I don’t know.

 

I really don’t know.

 

If I said I didn’t know here, she’d obviously think I was lying.

 

Cold sweat dripping down my back, I decided to randomly mention some area I vaguely knew about.

 

“Verdant Forest…?”

 

“You did know. That’s right. Darkness is one of the forbidden zones, just like Verdant Forest.”

 

What?

 

Why was Verdant Forest actually the right answer?

 

“Darkness is a forest where spirits of darkness have settled, making it always night with only darkness present. That’s why it was classified as a forbidden zone.”

 

I see.

 

So this darkness is all the work of spirits?

 

Feeling curious, I reached my hand toward the air.

 

But there was nothing for my hand to grasp.

 

“Then why are you in such a forest?”

 

“…As I said, I’m a wanted fugitive.”

 

Jini answered in a subdued voice and disappeared into the distance.

 

I thought we’d gotten closer since she ate with me, but apparently we still have a long way to go.

 

“Tsk.”

 

But I have plenty of time.

 

We’re clearly closer than right after she fainted, so we’ll get closer eventually.

 

When that happens, I’ll break down her guard.

 

“Let’s not rush things.”

 

If I rush, I’ll mess everything up.

 

So I don’t need to rush; I can take it slowly.

 

Picking up the clean pot, I stood up and headed into the cabin.

 

“Oh, Jini. Can I stay here for a while?”

 

“…I don’t want you to. Please leave.”

 

It seems like I have quite a long road ahead of me.

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