NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 7
“Damn it! I was so happy because the ten fruits I brought sold out. I even earned 2 silver and 50 bronze coins from that sale. I planned to use this money to buy clothes for RuanRuan. But what the heck! Even the cheapest clothes cost 5 silver coins. It was truly embarrassing when I proudly walked into the store, only to be stunned by the prices.”
“Were the items I sold too cheap? I overheard the fruit vendors in this city selling for at least 50 bronze coins. Forgive me, RuanRuan, for being such a useless master. I can’t buy you decent clothes.”
As Vheena walked along the path in the Death Forest, she lamented about her inability to buy clothes for her disciple. It was humiliating to enter the clothing store and find nothing she could afford. Even though she had made clothes for her disciple, they turned out very poorly since she had never made clothes in his previous world.
‘Huuuh… I should have learned more useful things in my old world instead of just being lazy. I’m so embarrassed to come to this world with no skills,’ she thought.
‘The woman who bought my fruit earlier, could she be a cultivator? I suspected it because her aura was different from ordinary people, and she was very beautiful. But why did she buy the fruit I was selling? Cultivators usually don’t need ordinary food as it often turns into waste in their bodies. It’s so strange to think about.’
As she walked home through the dense forest, Vheena’s mind was filled with random thoughts about the day’s events.
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‘Finally home. Luckily, I’m not late. If I were, I might have trouble getting back because it’s already dark. Seeing the front yard of my house always clean, it seems RuanRuan is really diligent with the tasks I gave. Well, even though she’s a bit troublesome as my disciple, at least she follows my instructions diligently.’
Seeing the always clean front yard made Vheena happy about her disciple. Despite the negatives, she had to always pretend in front of her. At least the positive side was that she had a disciple who obeyed her words.
As she opened the door and hung her cloak behind it, she saw her disciple approaching and speaking,
“Welcome back, master! Let RuanRuan take the goods to the storage!”
“Wow, wow, as usual, you’re always so enthusiastic. When I’m away, you haven’t slacked off in your training, have you?” Vheena replied with a smile, looking at her disciple.
“Of course not, master! Not once has RuanRuan slacked off! Even after finishing push-ups, sit-ups, squat jumps, and running, RuanRuan kept hitting that big stone until the afternoon!” She exclaimed, blushing and denying her master’s words.
“O-ou… Sorry, sorry, I was just joking.” Vheena replied, a bit embarrassed to see her disciple not appreciating the joke.
‘She’s not angry, right? Did my words just now offend my disciple? Seeing her face still red, it seems she might still be mad. What should I do to make her not angry anymore?’
Seeing her disciple’s flushed face and her long stare, and then rushing off to take the goods to the storage, Vheena was confused about what to do to make her disciple not mad at him anymore.
‘Well, she’s just a child. Besides, she’ll probably not be mad anymore later. I’d better make dinner first, as I’m hungry from only eating fruit at the market earlier.’
Ignoring her disciple’s anger that she misunderstood, Vheena went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
A few minutes later, her disciple came to help him cook. They finished the meal in an awkward atmosphere, and Vheena became anxious that her disciple might still be upset.
‘S-she really is mad. What should I do? I already apologized, but how can I make her cheerful again?’
Watching her disciple bring dishes from the kitchen, Vheena could only sit and think about how to make her disciple not mad at her anymore. She recalled something she had read online in the past about “how to make children not mad at their parents.” She wanted to try that approach with her disciple.
‘As far as I can remember in my past life, if children were angry with their parents, they would buy them toys or something that the child liked so that they wouldn’t be angry. Since I don’t have any toys, that means I have to give her something that she likes. If I’m not mistaken, my student likes me, right? So in order for her to stop being angry, I have to give myself to her?’
‘I don’t know why I feel like I’m thinking of something criminal. Forget that, in order for my student to stop being angry, I can ask her to sleep with me. Who knows, maybe she still needs a mother figure. Okay, it’s time for me to ask her.’
When she saw her student putting down the plates and cutlery in front of her, Vheena immediately asked,
“RuanRuan, do you want to sleep with master later? Of course-“
“Yes! Yes! I want to, master!”
“O-ou…”
‘Wow, it turns out what I thought worked. My student really likes me. Seeing her daydreaming while smiling, it seems like her anger has disappeared.’
Since there was nothing else to do after dinner, Vheena could only invite her disciple to sleep with him. Seeing that her disciple did not respond to her words, she could only gently pull on her clothes to guide her to her room.
That night, they both fell asleep quickly. It was impossible for Vheena to do anything inappropriate with her own disciple.
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The next morning, after going about her usual activities and seeing her disciple finish her training with added weight and heading towards the big stone, she just lounged in the backyard without following her.
After lounging for hours, suddenly she felt a chill down her spine from something she couldn’t identify. She felt something troubling was going to cause her problems in the future.
‘Damn it! What was that chilling feeling? What is actually happening? Did I miss something? Ugh! It feels like something’s wrong.’
Shivering while thinking about the cause, she suddenly heard a loud noise that disturbed her thoughts.
Thump…
“What’s that sound? It’s quite far but sounds like a falling tree. Could it be a monster? It shouldn’t be. Besides, if it were a monster, I wouldn’t dare to go there. I might get eaten by it.”
“But if it really is a monster, what about RuanRuan? Couldn’t she get hurt if there’s a monster there? It shouldn’t be possible, right? Well, better think positively. It’s probably just the sound of a falling tree.”
Hearing the unclear origin of the sound, she was too scared to check. She could only think positively that it was just a tree falling. For her disciple’s safety, it was impossible for them to help her if she was in danger, considering she was even stronger than her.
Pacing anxiously, she didn’t realize it was already noon. Hearing footsteps in the front yard, Vheena hurried there and felt relieved to see her disciple was fine. Approaching her, she immediately asked about her condition,
“RuanRuan, are you okay?”
“Huh? Of course, I’m fine, master!”
‘Well, seeing her answer happily, it seems there were no dangerous incidents. So, the noise I heard must have been a tree falling. What’s important is that my disciple is safe, and that’s enough.’
Thinking about the conclusion she reached without asking her disciple about the loud noise, she didn’t know that the sound actually came from his disciple’s strikes. Meanwhile, her disciple was just confident that her master already knew about her own strength.