How Can You Pay Back The Kindness I Raised With Obsession?

“Are you okay?”

 

“I can do it.”

 

The two people who were sitting side by side in the carriage looking at the map looked at each other and smiled brightly. Daniel, watching from the other side, did not smile.

 

‘Both of them were very excited.’

 

All the way to the village, the two of them put their heads together to check the rescue operation.

 

‘I believe in the power of witches…’

 

The natural environment and public sentiment could change in an instant. If this went wrong, the witch would be criticized even harder. Still, Elliot believed that she would do both the rescue operation and the operation to appease the public, and he had no doubts.

 

‘Isn’t that too optimistic?’

 

In the past, they thoroughly prepared for the worst case scenario and stayed vigilant. Had a person changed while dating? While Daniel watched the two of them with worried eyes, the carriage that was running along the country road stopped shortly after. When he got off the carriage, the villagers gathered like a cloud over the guards surrounding him.

 

“Your Highness, it is an honor to find this insignificant village and reach out a hand of salvation.”

 

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

 

Everyone in there took off their hats and bowed their knees to pay homage to the Grand Duke, but their eyes looking at the witch were, of course, ferocious. There were people who raised sharp pitchforks and glared at her blatantly, and women tried to evade the witch by pushing children who tried to approach them unknowingly into the house. But even after seeing her clearly, the witch calmly asked, without a hint of discouragement in her.

 

“Where is it?”

 

It was a mountain road to the mine, so wagons couldn’t come and go. As I was climbing the mountain on horseback, he heard the muttering of the village chief and villagers following him.

 

“You brought the culprit of the tragedy.”

 

“You’re not really possessed by witchcraft, as rumored.”

 

At this rate, even Elliot will lose her public opinion. Daniel’s eyes grew darker. After climbing a rugged mountain for about an hour, the mine came out. Obviously, the day was cloudy in the village, but as we climbed the mountain, it started to rain, and by the time we reached the mine, it was pouring like a waterfall. In the tents set up in the clearing at the entrance, people who looked exhausted from the rescue operation were scattered with desperate faces.

 

“Oh my god…”

 

Among them, the one who seemed to be the leader saw the group and jumped up and ran.

 

“It was true that His Highness was coming in person. Thank you.”

 

Looking at the equipment and manpower brought from the Grand Duke’s family, the chief’s expression darkened as he bowed his head.

 

“However…”

 

He recognized that the woman on the same horse as Elliot was a witch.

 

“Ha, anyway, what an honor.”

 

The leader politely bowed and withdrew. His face was full of disappointment. Since the culprit of the tragedy has come, God would be even more angry. Those who were inside were dead. It was clear that he was thinking this way. The Grand Duke brought in countless workers, but it was just a trick to calm the villagers’ anxiety. The only person to be put into the rescue operation today was the witch. If they knew that, they would be even more astonished.

 

“Report immediately.”

 

Immediately, an operations headquarters was set up under the tent.

 

“The soil was so thick that it was impossible to determine if the miners were still alive. We have been hanging on for days and nights for several days, but as the rain continues to pour, there is a risk that the shaft will collapse again, so the work is slow.”

 

Elliot, who listened silently when the chief reported it, declared.

 

“I’ll have to make it stop raining first.”

 

“I’m presumptuous, but wouldn’t it be impossible to stop the rain?”

 

“Is it really so?”

 

Elliot grinned and turned to the witch sitting next to him. At that moment, the witch, who had closed her eyes like a sleeper who had not listened to the report, snapped her fingers.

 

“No, what is this?”

 

“Three, my God…”

 

Like a lie, the rain stopped. Elliot grabbed the map and mounted the witch and his horse while the rain-soaked workers stood in awe in the blazing summer sun. Soon the rain clouds lifted wherever the two went. It made the rain stop not only around the mine, but also to the water source at the top of the mountain. So that the shaft was not submerged in rainwater. The headman and the village chief, who watched the scene right in front of their noses following Elliot’s instructions, became more and more lost.

 

“Are you okay? Aren’t you dizzy? Don’t push yourself too hard.”

 

When all the rain clouds disappeared, Elliot took out a vial from somewhere and fed it to the witch. It seemed to be mana or her recovery medicine, but the slightly pale witch’s face immediately brought her to life. When the rain stopped like that, the two went straight into the second operation.

 

“Now go find the beaver.”

 

Why beaver? Everyone had a bewildered eye at the witch’s outburst. After a while, the group reached the valley.

 

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

 

A herd of beavers living in the ravine above the mine roared loudly. Some even swatted the water with their tails. It seemed that the angry notice was not only Daniel’s misunderstanding.

 

“What are you saying?”

 

Elliot asked, and the witch answered.

 

“They told me to get rid of it before it gnaws at my leg.”

 

“Why?”

 

The witch again talked to Beaver in silence, and she got an answer.

 

“Can you help the humans who hunted your friends and family?”

 

Immediately, Elliot called the village chief and listened to his story. Some of the villagers hunt beavers as a pastime and sell their fur.

 

“Isn’t there a problem in making a living by mining alone?”

 

“Yes, it is.”

 

“Then I will ban beaver hunting immediately.”

 

When the lord issued a ban on beaver hunting, the satisfied beavers began to move. While the beaver herd built a dam in the middle of the valley to stop the water from pouring into the mine, the witch launched her final operation. She was smart.

 

“Are you there?”

 

The witch knocked on the wall at the entrance to the mine as if knocking on a door. Unlike a little while ago, when she was just confused, she expected that the witch would show her something, so she waited for everyone to watch.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

“Does the wall even open on its own?”

 

“Nothing seems to be going well.”

 

It was a time when people who were tired of waiting began to give up their expectations one by one.

 

Pot-pot-pot!

 

Suddenly there was a sound of digging, and then a mole broke through the wall and poked her head out.

 

“Oh, you are here!”

 

The witch didn’t know where to look for her blind mole, so she panicked for a moment, then, as she did to the beaver, she began to seek help.  The mole, who had been sleeping with the pointed nose twitching, suddenly slipped into the hole. Silence fell in the shaft as the mole disappeared.

 

‘Is it a failure?’

 

It was a time when everyone was watching. The sound from the ground echoed through the tunnel, and dozens of moles poured out from the mole burrow.

 

“Thank you!”

 

The mole army was greeted by the witch and headed deep into the tunnel.

 

“This is our last ration.”

 

The miners trapped in the mine shared a bite of hard bread. Some even gave up their share to the injured. In the end, everyone left a little bit for each other, so there was still bread left after sharing. The end was coming. The miners closed their eyes in the flickering lights that were about to go out. A lamp that had run out of oil would soon go out. He could feel the air thinning. It was a time when hope was also waning.

 

Pababat!

 

The miners, who opened their eyes in surprise at the thought that the shaft was collapsing, were bewildered. A mole poked its head out of the middle of the collapsed dirt pile. As soon as the mole stuck out its head, it disappeared as if surprised to see a person.

 

“For a moment…”

 

But what could this be?

 

“The wind blows in!”

 

Fresh air from outside flowed into the hole the mole had dug.

 

“It might be a coincidence, but the mole pierced a breathing hole for me.”

 

“At least I won’t suffocate to death.”

 

However, it was too narrow for people to pass through, and it was time to think that the way to live was still blocked.

 

Rumble.

 

This time, the soil blocking the entrance really collapsed, and dozens of moles appeared at once from the top of the pile. Like the moles that first appeared, they went away without looking back, then came back rumbling down the top of the mound. How many times have you done that? At last, the sun-drenched entrance of the mine began to be seen in the distance. It was the light of salvation. In the meantime, outside the mine, a delicious smell was vibrating and torturing everyone’s stomachs. While the mole was digging, the witch said she was going to cook soup for the miners, and she sat down on a chair and only teased her fingers. A knife flew through the air, slicing carrots and meat. Ingredients cut into bite-sized pieces flew into the pot by themselves. Now the big ladle was stirring the bubbling soup on its own.

 

“Is that the famous witch’s soup?”

 

“I guess so.”

 

Rumors spread throughout the Grand Duchy that once a witch’s dish was eaten, you would never forget the taste. After hearing the rumor that the buried miners were being rescued, the villagers gathered to watch the witch’s soup being completed in awe.

 

“Hey!”

 

“I’m alive, I’m alive!”

 

Then, he came to his senses only when he heard cheers and applause in the mine.

 

“Honey!”

 

“Oh my god!”

 

“Dad!”

 

The rescued miners and their families embraced, cried and laughed. A miner could not bear the thrill of coming alive and knelt down to pray to the sky.

 

“Thank God…”

 

At that moment, the head of the miners held him by the shoulder and stopped him.

 

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Translator Note:
Sorry for any problem during the migration ^^,