117 – Nymphs Love Spacetime Typhoon! #1
The filming was temporarily halted.
The keyword “release into nature” somehow provoked the nymphs and led to a violent incident.
I was a bit scared.
This was because, as a guardian responsible for the nymphs, I felt like I wasn’t fulfilling my duties.
“I’m sorry. Our nymphs are usually calm and nice, but sometimes when they lose focus, they can’t help but hit people wildly.”
I continued to apologize while trying to calm the nymphs down.
It was clear that my desire to appear on the broadcast was at fault!
If this continued, it felt like I would be on air with something like “Mr. H caught in a violent incident.”
It might make the internet noisy in a way I didn’t intend!
However, Mr. Bang Saeng-hyun, the director of the wildlife research institute, turned out to be more magnanimous than I expected.
“It’s okay. It didn’t hurt that much. It felt like being hit with a soft bat.”
Director Bang Saeng-hyun had no injuries or bruises.
He casually rolled his shoulder and remarked,
“Rather, I feel like my shoulder is now more relaxed. Huh, that’s interesting. Anyway, I feel clear-headed. Humans should be released into nature… what a meaningful thought.”
It seemed that the director had seriously considered Inoi’s previously enraged points.
In fact, Inoi had a point.
What right do humans have to release wild animals into nature at their whim?
In a way, this could be seen as a highly anthropocentric way of thinking.
As if reading my thoughts, Mr. Bang shouted.
“It seems odd that humans should live in a forest of buildings while animals must absolutely live in nature. If that’s the case, then we should also roam in the wild and eat fruits.”
“Um, well…”
“I’ve made up my mind! I’ll return to the wild and live! I will strive to become a person who is more friendly and environmentally friendly by experiencing the life of animals!”
Director Bang Saeng-hyun clenched his fist and declared his ambition.
His declaration of wanting to return to the wild left me dizzy in various ways.
What on earth is he talking about?
It was clear that something was wrong after being hit by Inoi and Illinois!
“Everyone, take care!”
“Um, hey… wait a moment… uh…”
Swish-
Leaving his bag, wallet, and phone on my desk, Mr. Bang finally walked towards the apple orchard visible in the distance.
His stride was that of a man embracing the ambition of returning to nature.
In the direction of that man, Inoi spoke.
“It means you must live vigorously even after returning to nature…!”
# # #
The weekend returned.
Episode 1004.
After that broadcast, I felt unsettled for various reasons.
“Oh no.”
I was terrified and trembling as I turned on the internet.
But closing my eyes wouldn’t bring night to the world.
With a very tense heart, I decided to check the Awakened SNS community.
“Did you see Episode 1004? Haildo Special, LOL so funny.”
└Director released into nature, LOL who wrote this script? The broadcast is going off the rails now.
└It’s not a script; the director is really living in the original village, LOL.
An unprecedented broadcast where the director of the wildlife research institute was, rather, released into nature.
The internet was heating up over a situation unparalleled in broadcasting history.
And Inoi and Illinois were also heating up.
“This piggy bank of Inoi made it to TV…! No other nymphs have ever had their piggy bank shown on TV…!”
“Why was most of Illinois’s footage edited out…? Promoting Illinois’s painted works has failed…! Someone call a lawyer…!”
“I, Coris, also wanted to appear on TV…! I’m very disappointed…! If I come next time, I want to show off my string tricks…!”
Only Coris, who couldn’t appear on the broadcast, felt a bit regretful.
Overall, the nymphs seemed satisfied with the broadcast.
“Did you see Kkungkkungi breathing fire?”
“The spider singing and dancing is also super cute, LOL where can I get one?”
“The tiger owl is bigger than I thought, whoa.”
The broadcast received overall positive reviews.
It was strange that the evaluation was low considering how many cute animals appeared.
Cute animals are almost like a cheat key.
However, I couldn’t help but think deeply about many things.
Looking at Mr. Bang Saeng-hyun, the director of the wildlife research institute, who had settled under the village head’s apple orchard, I began to wonder if this was really a good thing.
“What on earth is nature? Humans and animals…”
I had been pondering this for days, yet I couldn’t find an answer in my head.
Is it right for friends like Kkungkkungi, Bang Bang, and Ahn Ahn to stay with me?
“So, did you call me? To read the hearts of animals?”
Lee Jin-A, who frowned after watching Episode 1004 with me, asked.
I decided to be honest with Lee Jin-A.
“You can read the emotions of animals too. Can you find out if the friends living with me truly enjoy being with me?”
Lee Jin-A was an Awakened empath who could read not only human emotions but also those of animals.
Soon, she picked up Kkungkkungi in her hands.
“Let me give it a try.”
Then she rubbed Kkungkkungi’s body on her face.
Swish-
Kkungkkungi was very calm.
“Kuung…!”
I had felt for a long time that the animal friends showed a particular fondness for Lee Jin-A.
After a few seconds passed,
“Kkungkkungi seems to be in a good mood. But it looks like Kkungkkungi has put on some weight.”
“Really?”
“Ahn Ahn and Bang Bang are also healthy.”
“Really?”
“It’s only natural. Can anyone spend a long time in the same place with someone they don’t like, be it animal or human? That would be foolish, wouldn’t it?”
Hearing Lee Jin-A’s words, it did seem to be true.
It could be seen positively that I was responsibly living with the animals in various ways!
“More importantly, Haildo. Look at this.”
Swish-
Lee Jin-A pulled something from her pocket and handed it to me.
It was what looked like an Awakened ID card with her name written on it and marked with a “B.”
This indicated one thing.
Lee Jin-A had moved up to Rank B.
“Oh, really?”
To be honest, it wasn’t surprising that Lee Jin-A had increased her rank.
I had heard that when she trained with Cha Yura, the S Rank Awakened, she had performed better than her.
Also, Lee Jin-A’s specialty was ‘reading emotions and manipulating others’ feelings.’
Such an ability involving others was extremely irregular and formidable.
“Lee Jin-A, did you receive the engraving procedure then?”
Didn’t it cost around 300 million?
Lee Jin-A likely came from a similar middle-class family as I did.
I could distinctly picture how much effort she must have put in to prepare that amount of money.
“After consuming the elves’ fruits and the flower of truth that you gave me, my mana increased significantly. So I reached Rank B without needing an engraving. Isn’t that amazing? I saved 300 million!”
300 million was indeed an enormous sum.
Lee Jin-A seemed very pleased about having saved that amount.
“Now I’ll continue pushing toward A Rank. If it weren’t for your help, it would have been tough getting this far. I wanted to repay you, but I didn’t know what you’d like—”
Swish-
Lee Jin-A pulled something from her pocket again.
It was a rectangular ticket.
I thought it might be a department store gift certificate, but it turned out to be written in cute handwriting on white paper saying “1-time usage ticket for Lee Jin-A.”
There were three of them.
“What is this?”
“Don’t you get it? It’s a ticket that lets you use me, Lee Jin-A. I’m giving you three tickets at 100 million each. Isn’t that a great deal? I’ll be surpassing A Rank and going for S Rank soon.”
I was surprised that Lee Jin-A was aiming to become an S Ranker.
However, what piqued my interest even more was that ticket itself.
“What can I do with it? Does it mean that I can call you whenever I need you and, by presenting this, I can do whatever I want for a day?”
“Well, yes.”
“Oh.”
That was fantastic.
A ticket that lets me do whatever I want with Lee Jin-A!
I was already brainstorming how to use it in my head.
“Hehehe.”
Although Lee Jin-A looked like a scarily tough ruffian on the outside, she was, next to me, also very close to the animals. The nymphs also followed her well.
Which means using this ticket, after leaving the animals and nymphs with Lee Jin-A, I could enjoy my own freedom entirely!
Living with my countless animal friends and nymphs was always fun, but there were times when I needed my own time!
Men often want to do various things alone.
Like going to an internet café!
To be honest, it had been forever since I visited one.
“Haildo, just to let you know in advance, you can’t transfer this to anyone else.”
“Hehe, why would I waste it like that?”
Swish-
I neatly tucked Lee Jin-A’s usage ticket into my pocket.
It was truly a promising item with endless possibilities.
Should I use it tomorrow?
No, maybe even today wouldn’t be bad—just as I was thinking that, Boom-! A bolt from the blue struck the clear sky.
What on earth was going on?
When I regained my senses and opened the window, I saw someone standing in front of my yard.
It was a woman dressed in white, a stranger, and while wondering who she was, Lee Jin-A reacted first.
“That’s Han Joo-ryeon, right?”
Han Joo-ryeon.
Is she the third-generation Awakened, called an A Rank top ranker?
Why on earth would someone like her suddenly come to see me?
