persuade!
persuade!
Two gigantic eyes. trembling fingers. A piece of fallen tree.
Along with the typical appearance of shocked people, the mother finally completed the words with her mouth that did not move well.
‘Sa…d…do…?’
‘Isn’t that a lie…?’ But now was the time for a serious decision. I closed my eyes tightly and shook my head, just like when a soldier of Shu killed Mr. Ma with tears in his eyes.
“You are right, my mother heard it right. Now you have to stop playing and get to work. mother.”
All sorts of ever-changing changes passed over her tiny face. After a while, the mother finally spoke again, very carefully.
‘Four murders…? Murder kill…?!’
‘Am I new? Is he the god you serve?!’ I shook my head again.
“Where is the law that only plays and eats as a god? No, as God, you must set an example for everyone. So that mortals like us can see and learn.”
‘killing!!!’
My mother waved her fists and made an improbable protest, saying that God was originally meant to play and eat. I’ve never looked into that lofty heaven myself, so I’m not sure if mother’s claim is correct, but this is not heaven, it’s the ground. Since Mother is now on the ground with her two feet, she had to follow the laws of the earth until she returned to heaven.
Just like our old saying, ‘Those who don’t work shouldn’t even eat.’
“Then Mother sets an example for those ugly gods first. You will become the most sincere and diligent god in heaven.”
‘killing!’
“No, it’s no use even if you say you don’t want to be a diligent god. I will not stand by and watch my mother grow up to be a god who just plays and eats like this!”
I shouted a little more aggressively to convey my determination, and Jamel, who was cooking next to me, exclaimed in a low voice.
“To blame God… it’s amazing…”
It was clear that if he answered that word now, the atmosphere that had been gripped for nothing would collapse. I let Jamel’s words go and looked straight at my mother and waited for an answer.
My mother trembled and glared at me with weeping eyes as if she had been betrayed, but I firmly held on to my heart, which was almost shaken.
This was a watershed moment. If I withdraw today, my mother will forever play and eat for future travels.
Today I lead my mother into the world of sacred labor. I was so determined.
In the end, Dakia, unable to see her mother who was on the verge of crying, stepped forward and wiped her watery eyes with a handkerchief. She patted her mother on the back and told me.
“Wouldn’t it be bad to rush too suddenly? Even the Mother of Decay needs time to think.”
‘Kill Murder!!!’
On her side who finally appeared, her mother protested fiercely like a fish in water, saying that this was true.
Dalam now. Dacia intervenes. In fact, all of this was just part of an elaborate play we put together. Like a good cop, when I put pressure on my mother, Dacia comforts her and makes her a side so that she doesn’t go to extremes.
Yes, my mother had already fallen into the trap I had set before she knew it. The man who trapped God. that was me
“No, if I don’t tell you now, there will be no chance next time. Dakia won’t know how many days I’ve been thinking about this for a few days.”
Actually I knew everything. Because the two of you made plans together. After my mother was able to change into a human form, I often wandered around alone, and after meeting Impetro, the son of corruption, my dependence on my mother lessened a little strangely.
Now I could bear with it even if my mother wasn’t in front of me right away.
Dakia, who embraced her mother, gave a passionate performance.
“But what if you recklessly push people or gods! This way, in the end, only hurts each other’s feelings. Even if you are a priest Marnak, this kind of approach is wrong!”
‘killing…!’
A body trembling with intense emotion. Looking at Dakia, who was actively taking her side, her mother was immersed in the afterglow of deep emotion, as if she never thought you would do this for me, not knowing that she would come out.
After a while, my mother, who barely escaped from the afterglow, looked at me and pursed her lips as if she had a good idea.
‘killing!’
Mother’s explanation, which started by saying, “We don’t have a lot of money now,” was extremely simple.
‘Kill kill!’
A bold assertion that he would take his share out of there and hire someone to do his work.
I will not work myself and spend money instead. To be honest, I was a little taken aback by the reasonable argument, which would have been difficult for mothers to think of easily.
Did you grow up with your mother? especially towards the hair. It wasn’t that my mother was wrong, because she was the one who gave me power, so she was definitely able to claim her right to part of the gold I received.
I rolled my head faster than ever. This was an ad-lib not included in a play I wrote.
what to do
A flash of light flashed by. I looked at my mother and answered.
“It is our common money. mother. It’s embarrassing if you use it privately like that.”
‘Hat killed?!’
He calmly pushed his bewildered mother away.
“Has your mother ever seen me spend a single penny in vain? As you know, I have never spent a single penny for self-interest, except always for a minimum meal, one or two sets of clothes, and a bed for the night.”
My frugality was, in fact, the result of poverty, as I had never had deep pockets before meeting Dacia and Carmen. Whatever the reason, I have lived a very stoic life. And the abstinence so far has become a sharp blade and a trumpeter to announce the beginning of the counterattack.
Feigning resentment, I patted my chest.
“I’m trying to save even a single penny for my future with my mother, but would she really waste money like that? If your mother really wants to do that… Ha, that’s it. I’ll just do more of my mother’s share. Instead, I would like you to refrain from wasting money for nothing. Then I will go to work even for my mother.”
‘killing?!’
I turned my back, leaving enough time for my mother to catch up.
one.
two.
three.
‘killing!!!’
My mother, who ran quickly, clung to my arms.
‘Kill Murder!!!’
My mother said that she didn’t mean it that way and comforted me to talk a little more. I just silently shook my head.
“no. Looking back, I think I made a mistake by daring to ask the god I serve as a priest to do this and that. Mother can rest comfortably here. Because I will work until ‘mother’s share’ and come back.”
My mother looked at my face and pursed her lips. After a while, a very small voice was heard.
‘…killing.’
“yes?”
‘killing!!!’
‘Do it! I’m working!!!’ At that admirable cry, I hugged my mother and stroked her hair.
“What a good idea! This is so admirable that I am only my mother.”
‘killing?!’
Seeing my attitude change as if I had waited, my mother looked at me with a deceived expression. I smiled and answered my mother’s question.
“I will give you pocket money whenever you work instead. ‘Mother’ only has money. How is it?”
My mother cradled me in my arms, rolled her eyes, and answered quickly.
‘killing!’
A very positive answer. The response was more enthusiastic than expected, so I wondered if it was just a matter of giving me pocket money from the beginning without having to go through all this hardship.
Anyway, after successfully completing the negotiations with my mother, I smiled broadly and told my mother.
“Then let’s go to work right now!”
‘killing…?!’
***
‘Kill Murder~’
a humming song. My mother, like a squirrel, moved about quickly and picked up small twigs.
Dakia, who followed me, smiled bitterly as she watched her mother work.
“Did you go through all that trouble just to ask me to pick up dry branches?”
“It’s not just a branch. Doesn’t your mother, unknowingly, stay afloat in our company? Each of these small actions add up to build a relationship. As long as you stay afloat alone as before, nothing will change.”
I hoped that my mother would become a person who could get along with everyone rather than being a lofty god alone. So that you can be okay without me.
I thought a lot while thinking about the last battle with the prophet.
I was not immortal. It was just an existence that could die at any time with an attack containing divinity. Last time I was lucky enough to be revived, but next time? Of course, I will try my best not to die as much as possible, but everything could not always go the way I wanted.
I was worried about my mother, who always distanced herself from others. My mother always kept a certain amount of distance from others except me, and naturally, there was always an invisible wall between the mother and the others. I wanted to break down that wall.
Even if I die, I want my mother to have a place to rely on.
‘killing!’
My mother showed me a dry branch in her arms and smiled brightly. I smiled at that smile and took the branch with one hand.
“You did very well. Here is the allowance I promised you.”
A small fairy tale landed on the mother’s palm. Mother blinked her eyes and looked up at me.
‘killing…?’
A single word, ‘It’s just a fairy tale…?’ Certainly, if God’s hourly wage was a copper coin, it would be very salty, but there was no concept of a minimum wage in this world yet. In addition, a coin was enough compensation for a bundle of dried twigs.
I just smiled at my mother.
“Fairy tales are also money. mother.”
***
“No. No matter how much Princess Irmelga’s party is called, they cannot cross the border. Currently, no one is allowed to enter Candentia except for members of the Merchant authorized by the Imperial Family.”
Arriving at the border city, we ran into unexpected difficulties at the gateway to the Northern Empire, Candentia.
Due to evil god worshipers rampaging in each country, the guard against outsiders naturally grew, and as a result, the Candentia imperial family made the decision to close the border until the evil god worshipers rampant within the Northern Empire were dealt with, which brings us forward. The blocking official was the gist of the argument.
Dacia smiled bitterly and looked at me.
“What should I do?”
The border closure is a very unexpected result.
“First of all, it’s late today, so how about taking a break?”
Squeak!
Tergio, who sneaked up to me with a mouse the size of a human head on top of his head, said in a small voice to me,
– How about finding a place with loose boundaries and sneaking through it? I’m going to shrink myself tonight and take a stroom and quietly scout.
Strum was the name Terzio had given the giant rat.
“Hmm… For now, let’s think about it a little more while having dinner.”
“Priest Marnak!”
Jamel, who quickly slipped out to find a place to stay, came back when the official started a lengthy explanation.
“I got a place to stay! Everyone, just follow me!”
So we each unpacked the ‘golden carp’ that Jamel had caught and came down to the first floor to order food. By the time our dinner was over. A figure wearing a robe was coming toward us.
“There you are~”
The woman who spoke in a very light tone took off her robe.
Two bright yellow eyes. dark gray hair. Fox ears grew on it.
The woman, who appeared to be a gray fox, pricked her ears at us and whispered in a small voice.
“I heard you guys were blacked out trying to cross the border today? Is that right?”
