Farmers usually have one day of rest every ten days, but thanks to the bribe that I gave to my neighbor, I managed to add the count by two, which made me a happy little farmer with three rest days.
That made my dad question why our neighbor farmer was helping with our farm work.
So, I just said the truth that I paid him with a meat that I got from Cain.
That got me the usual scolding from Dad.
Angry and apologetic, my father made his way to Cain House and met with Mrs. Nana.
Thankfully, Mrs. Nana is a woman with a big heart; she forgave me easily.
Not only did she forgive me She said what I have done to her son is a good thing because it gave him a sense of responsibility and made him mature more, so she asked me to continue doing what I have done.
With permission from Mrs. Nana, I was saved from further scolding from Dad, and more importantly, I can continue hunting without hiding anymore.
Cain Home, in the backyard
I focused my eyes on the target with steady aim and breathing technique that Cain taught me. I relaxed my shoulder and released the arrow that I held.
The arrow flew and managed to hit the center of the target.
The arrow falls down with a thud after completing its task.
Looking over at the arrow that fell down, I raise my fist in celebration.
“Yoosha”
Clap clap clap
Moving my head to a side, I stared at the person who just came
Cain came without a hint of guilt, which made me feel a bit irritated.
He left me here in the afternoon and left after saying he needed to prepare something for the training.
Giving him an annoyed look, I said, “Look who finally came here. Do you know how long I have to wait for you?”
“Come on, it’s not that long, is it?” He replied without feeling any guilt.
“Look at the time! The sun is almost setting already!”
“Have some patience, buddy; at least I got the thing.”
“Hmm, can you say the same if I am Lucy? Just so you know, women dislike a man who makes them wait.”
“Do not bring up Lucy; this thing needs time to be made.”
Stolen novel; please report.
As Cain spoke, he took out a porcelain bottle.
I got closer to him and looked over
It was filled with blood-colored water.
I look at the suspicious water and back at Cain.
“Is that blood?”
“Nope, it isn’t.”
“How about you drink that first, then we can start talking?”
Cain smiled. “This is not for me; this is for you. Just so you know, it was not easy to procure the flower needed to make this potion.”
With a suspicious look, I asked again. “So, what exactly is that?”
“This is a potion, and it can temporarily improve your sense of hearing and smell.”
“Those effects sound amazing, but I thought we were only training my sense of smell?”
“Well … I also want to do that, but the potion that only enchants sense of smell is rarer than I thought, and it was also harder to make, so please just make do with this.”
“So, what is the potion name?”
“This is called the bloody Lupine Potion made from a flower with the same name.”
“That did not sound good.”
“Of course, it isn’t that flower is bloody poisonous!”
“Did you just say poisonous?”
“Yep, I did.”
“Prove it!”
“Huh?”
“Drink the potion; if you are fine, then it was not poisonous!”
“Fuck, did you want to kill me? I said, This is for you, not me.
“Tch, that did not work, huh?”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing”
“So, I just need to drink that right. Give it to me!”
“You sure are a brave little kid. I just said the flower is poisonous, but you still want to drink it.”
I looked at him with a mocking smile. “Only a stupid person will tell that he wants to poison the victim right in their face, so are you an idiot?”
Cain angrily replied, “I am not.”
I shrug my shoulder. “That is why I am not afraid of that potion.”
With a defeated smile, Cain said, “It is as you suspected bloody lupine by itself is poisonous, but thanks to Lucy's magical works, the poisonous flower turned into a magical potion.”
The jerk just admitted that he used me as an excuse to talk to the girl he liked.
“Is that why it took you so long to get back?”
“Yes, isn’t she amazing? This is also what I drank when I started my training as a hunter. Thanks to this, I got an amazing sense of smell and hearing.”
“How about the taste?”
“The taste did not matter!”
“Got it! Then it must be terrible."
I easily concluded from his reaction
Cain moved his head to the side and started to whistle.
I snatch the potion from his hand. “Just give me that.”
Cain moved to the side to avoid me.
“Let us wait until the night falls.”
“Why?”
“It’s better to train in the night; with a lack of visibility, you can concentrate your other senses better.”
An hour later the night finally arrived.
“Uweeegh”
I drank the bloody lupine potion and found it tastes like a rotten egg.
“Aha ha, nothing better than to see people who suffer the same fate.”
“Fuck! I think my tongue just died!”
I looked at him accusingly.
He shamelessly said, “Just as the old people said, the worse the medicine tasted, the more effective it will be.”
“Yeah, yeah, I drank it; now what?”
Before I can say another word, a change appeared as the world around me started to be more clear.
To be exact, as Cain said, my hearing and sense of smell improved drastically.
“The potion is already working, huh? That was faster than I expected.”
I started to concentrate on those two aspects.
My sense of smell expanded. I never knew the world could have a lot of different smells. Is this what the world that Cain sees? If that is true, then it was no wonder that he could find me everywhere I went.
My ‘scent’ is different from the rest of the forest and its inhabitants.
As I finish with the sense of smell, I start to concentrate on my sense of hearing.
I hear the noise of birds and insects singing, I hear the wolf howling, and I hear many more noises that I did not recognize.
I close my ears with my hand as the noise starts to overwhelm me.
But it did not work.
I look over at Cain as he smiled and said, “Heightened sense is not always a good thing, as it can hurt you as much as it can help you.”
“Block all the unnecessary sound and focus on your sense of smell.”
He said as he lazily leaned on the nearby tree.