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In the calm before the storm, the girl meets a child, and encounters a monster in an old shrine. | In the calm before the storm, the girl meets a child, and encounters a monster in an old shrine. | ||
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*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''???:''' '' | *{{StoryIcon|?}} '''Kind Lady:''' ''Jen Che, we already talked about this. Besides, you haven't actually seen the spirit. There's no way to know for sure.'' | ||
*{{StoryIcon|Jen Che}} '''Jen Che:''' ''But I do! I can just tell!'' | |||
*''For their conversation, Ara was quickly able to figure out what was happening.'' | |||
*''This was a small nameless village at the bottom of a ridge of a mountain. There was a holy spirit that lived in the mountains for a long time, and the villagers lived peacefully, gathering herbs and cutting trees under its protection.'' | |||
*''You could say it's a symbiotic relationship, as wild animals and dokkaebies avoid areas where powerful holy beasts have settled.'' | |||
*''But one day, the holy beast just left.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''(A holy beast... the guardian spirit leaving their home... I didn't know something like that could happen...)'' | |||
*''The villagers thought this could be an omen, but they couldn't leave their home. They continued to live on in uncertainty.'' | |||
*''This uneasy peace continued until a few days ago, when a traveler climbed the mountains and barely escaped from a monster that was residing in the shrine.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''So that's why you were carrying pitchforks. But you know, if what he saw was actually a monster, farming equipment won't do much.'' | |||
*''Jen Che was insistent. Ara contemplated for a moment, then spoke up.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Since she is convinced... and I do not have time to go around the mountains, I could... check on the way?'' | |||
*''Jen Che didn't immediately disagree, but was looking at Ara with suspicion. Ara did not understand. Did I do something that caused this girl to be wary of me?'' | |||
*''... ... ... ...'' | |||
*''It was a small mountain, so the climb was easy. Ara asked Eun as she followed the path paved by people passing by.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''I do not understand how the holy beast could have left. I thought guardian spirits settled in one place.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Beings that live infinitely longer than humans, bringing peace and wealth to their lands... Am I wrong?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Humans tend to put what they do not understand up on a pedestal. But you have to remember that these spirits are also living beings.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Trees, mountains, cliffs... These can't leave their place, but a beast may leave their home if they feel threatened.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Threatened... So this is yet another suffering caused by demons.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Humans were not the only ones suffering...'' | |||
*''... Ara could see the shrine further down the path. Just like the village, it was small and quaint, with a badger symbol drawn on the sign.'' | |||
*''The closer she approached, the more she couldn't ignore the feeling that something was wrong. Ara stopped. She could sense an unnatural flow of air.'' | |||
*''Strong current of wind flowing on the ground. Almost like water.'' | |||
*''Ara quickly checked above her. The leaves and branches were still. Not a single hair on her head moved, and her forehead was still glistening with sweat.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''This must be that 'monster's ability. Be careful. Let me see what's going on.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Alright. ... What do you think, Eun? Is it a demon?'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''No. But... It's definitely not the original inhabitant of the shrine.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''...! Duck!'' | |||
*''WHHHEE...!'' | |||
*''The wind turned sharp. Ara was barely able to dodge thanks to Eun's warning.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''???:''' ''SHAA!'' | |||
*''A screeching sound made by some kind of a creature. Ara raised her guard and looked at where the sound was coming from. There...'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Oh... This is so...'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''So... Adorable!'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Hmph, weasel. A young weasel at that.'' | |||
*''A very small white weasel spirit had his fur raised as it glared at Ara with guarded looks.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Oh! It's really small! A young holy beast? This is the first time I'm seeing a baby holy beast.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Hello, dear holy beast sir, calm down. I'm not here to hurt you.'' | |||
*''The white weasel approached, sticking his snout out, as it sniffed her extended hand, but Eun felt something else.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Ara, be careful!'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Ouch!'' | |||
*''It happened so quickly that Ara didn't even have a chance to dodge. The white weasel scratched the extended hand and scurried back about 4 steps. The hand, swelled and turned red, the blood slowly welling from the wound.'' | |||
*''The wind started to pick up again. It was blowing past the trees, the boulders, and the pillars, while the narrow opening between valleys and buildings created a howling sound.'' | |||
*''Wun could instinctively feel that the white weasel's ability could potentially be dangerous to Ara.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''Know your place, foolish beast!'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|?}} '''White Weasel:''' ''GRRR!'' | |||
*''The white weasel flinched in response to Eun's threatening display of power and slowly stepped backwards, before it turned around and ran to the back of the shrine.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Eun2}} '''Eun:''' ''I feel a strange aura from that young weasel. I'm not sure what it is.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''Is that so? In any case, did you notice how it was moving? I think it hurt its leg.'' | |||
*{{StoryIcon|Ara}} '''Ara:''' ''For now... We should go back and inform the villagers that it's not a monster.'' | |||
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