[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 103

─Bang! Bang! Bang! Click, click.

Quickly ejected the empty magazine and slapped in the pre-loaded drum magazine.

─Bang! Bang!

Each shot feels heavy.

Reached into the space and pulled out a heavy, cold chunk of metal.

A fragmentation grenade.

Ding!

Tried pulling the safety pin with my teeth since I had no hands—if a normal person tried this, they’d be heading straight for dental implants. It was that stiff.

Let go of the safety lever, and the vibration of the grenade fuse igniting the delay charge could be felt in my hand.

─KABOOM!

Shrapnel from the grenade turned the trolls into bloody messes.

“Phew.”

The trolls that were standing are now all rolling on the dirt ground.

It’s a battlefield.

The stench of blood and rot mixed together, so foul it could make your nose twist.

Just as I thought it was all over, something wriggled out of the pile of corpses and bolted to the other side.

Shouldered the rifle stock and steadied my heavy breathing.

─Bang!

“Damn, I knew it.”

Poured all my strength into my legs and stomped the ground.

Chased after it at full speed, and soon the fleeing troll’s butt came into view.

Wham!

Squeal!

The troll, kicked in the butt, fell flat on its face.

“You call yourself a hunter? Where are you running off to?”

Pressed the gun barrel against the troll’s head, and its eyes filled with terror.

It must’ve seen the metal in my hand tear through its comrades’ guts and decided to run.

“Thought your head was tough, huh?”

Click.

“Gotcha, you bastard.”

─Bang!

Screeeech!

The white flesh visible through the torn scalp and the cracked skull oozed bright red blood.

─Bang! Bang! Bang!

With each bullet, the troll’s screams grew quieter.

“It’s dead.”

Confirmed the troll had stopped breathing and headed back to where Lily was.

Found Lily still crouched, eyes closed, and ears covered.

“Lily, it’s over.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. How’d you answer with your ears covered?”

“…Hehe.”

Finally, she jumped up and looked around at the carnage.

“Wow. They’re all really dead?”

“Scary…”

Pools of blood flowed, and chunks of the troll’s stinking flesh were splattered on the grass.

The scene was so gory it made you want to puke.

But she was smiling brightly at it all.

Lily must’ve lost a screw somewhere.

Or maybe this is the kind of world where you have to be like this to survive.

“Got blood on your clothes? Eonni has something Lily can wear.”

“Clothes?”

“Yeah, let’s redo your hair too.”

Moved far away from the stench and sat down with the group.

“Lily, come here, let’s wipe your face.”

Pulled out clothes and wet wipes I had prepared for Lily from the space before coming here.

Even though she’s just a kid, she’s not used to being taken care of, fidgeting awkwardly.

“Sit in front of me.”

“Okay!”

Wiped her face and played with her hair, and she giggled happily.

“Like it?”

“Yeah, I like it.”

Learned how to braid hair from Lin Eonni messing around with mine.

Even though it’s messy and uneven, she loves it.

“You said you came to gather herbs, right?”

“Yeah, I gathered a whole bunch.”

While chatting about trivial things and fiddling with Lily’s hair, the topic of herbs came up, and she opened her bag to show me.

Inside the bag were a small knife and what looked like the herbs Lily had mentioned, packed in large quantities.

“Did you gather all this by yourself?”

“Yep.”

“Lily, you’re amazing!”

“Hehe. This one is good when crushed and eaten if you have a high fever.”

To my eyes, they all looked pretty similar, but apparently not.

Excited, she pulled out various plants and started explaining, but I didn’t understand a thing.

“This one helps soothe your throat if you cough a lot.”

Lily suddenly brought a flower close to my face, and its scent reminded me of peppermint.

The refreshing yet slightly sharp minty aroma was spot on.

“Wow. You gathered this too? The scent is so cool.”

Hearing me, Lily plucked a small leaf and placed it in my mouth.

“Keep it on your tongue, and your nose will clear right up.”

“Mmm, nice. Lily, you’re so cool for gathering stuff like this.”

“Hehe.”

“Since I got something awesome, I should give you a gift too.”

“A gift?”

“Hold on.”

Ding!

Opening the shop to pick a gift for Lily, I found a bunch of items I hadn’t seen before.

Come to think of it, I remembered that the shop had been unlocked as a reward from the last tutorial.

A new “General” category scrolled down, and it mostly sold ordinary items rather than anything special.

Especially, there were a lot more food items added. Aside from snacks like chocolate, the shop, which used to sell weird stuff like 10-year-old bellflower roots, now even sold groceries like meat.

“Now I don’t have to lug around a bunch of stuff in my storage space.”

“Storage space?”

“Never mind, Lily, look at this.”

Ding!

“Wow! It’s pretty.”

After completing the purchase, a glass bottle tied with a pretty ribbon appeared in my hand.

“See the colorful stuff inside?”

“Yeah, it’s so pretty.”

“It’s like the chocolate bar you ate earlier. It’s honey hardened into candy. Try it.”

Lily, who seemed reluctant to eat it, quietly opened the bottle and popped a candy into her mouth.

“Is it good?”

At my question, she widened her eyes and nodded repeatedly.

“There’s plenty, so don’t hold back. I’ll give you more when you finish.”

“Okay!”

“I’m hungry too.”

“Huh? Gah!”

Turning my head, I saw a huge face.

Room Uncle, who had been on high alert due to the monsters, had been scanning the surroundings, but at some point, he had leaned in with his big face.

“I’m hungry.”

“You just ate meat earlier.”

“Fighting makes me hungry.”

“But I was the one who fought.”

“…Stomachs just get hungry.”

Like our little Pposiraegi, it’s as if a black hole had formed in his stomach, as he kept saying he was hungry.

“Eonni, just a bit further, and we’ll reach the village where our tribe lives.”

“That’s what they say. Here, have some candy. Ah.”

“Ahh─”

Gargantua opens.

Munch munch.

“It’s delicious.”

Lily, who had been rolling a large candy in her mouth, looked at the candy being crushed in the black hole with pity.

“I’ll give you more when you finish.”

“Okay!”

As I patted Lily’s head, she smiled brightly again.

Sharing candy, we continued on our way.

Slowly braiding Lily’s hair, it was almost done before I knew it.

“Alright, all done. Next time, I’ll make it even prettier.”

“I like it now.”

“Then let’s change clothes.”

Thinking of Lily, I asked Lin Eonni to pick out a white blouse I had chosen earlier.

Lily stares blankly at the blouse fluttering in the wind.

“Pretty.”

“It’s for Lily. Let’s try it on.”

“Okay!”

“Do you know how to put it on? Just put your head through this hole here.”

“I’m not a baby.”

It’s a process of learning little by little, so I don’t know much, but I can feel her strong sense of independence.

Hearing such words from a child who should still be at an age to be protected makes my heart boil.

“Cool. Then try putting it on by yourself.”

“Okay!”

Lily takes the clothes and disappears behind a big rock.

As Lily completely disappears from view, I turn my head at the sound of movement and see Room Uncle eyeing Lily’s candy jar.

“This is Lily’s candy.”

“No!!”

Hearing my voice, Lily’s loud voice bursts out from behind the rock.

“I’ll keep it safe. Don’t worry.”

“Okay!!”

Feeling sorry for the sulky-looking Room Uncle, I take out a new candy.

Ding!

“This is for Room Uncle.”

“Ooh.”

He immediately opens the lid and pours the candy into his mouth.

Munch munch.

“Delicious!”

Ding!

“Have some more.”

“Oooh.”

He hasn’t even finished the first one, but he’s already opening another jar and alternating between them.

While I’m blankly watching Room Uncle’s candy-eating show, Lily, who must have finished changing, comes scurrying from behind the rock.

“Ta-da!”

“Ah, so pretty.”

“Mmm! It suits Lily well.”

“Hehe.”

Seeing Lily spinning around happily, I notice the stiff-looking shoes she’s wearing.

Ding!

[[Shop List]]

[General] [Special Items] [Skills] ─ [Ascending Order]

[Search] [Remaining Balance: 392,250,000 won]

★[A Piece of Fruit with All Its Energy Drained]: A piece of malnourished fruit left behind by the spirit Par, who sucked all its energy but decided to keep it for their contractor.

[Price: 0 won] [Cannot Purchase]

[Delicious Water 500ml]: The saying “you gain weight just by drinking water” only applies when you drink this water. Contains a tiny drop of holy water.

[Price: 4,200,000 won]

[Branch]: A branch from the mistletoe that killed a god. Burns well even in heavy rain.

[Price: 10,000,000 won]

[Sneakers]: Sneakers made from the mud Hermes once stepped on. Makes you run swiftly.

[Price: 30,000,000 won]

..

..

[Other]: A guitar that absorbed a drop of wine spat out by Dionysus while coughing. Produces a very beautiful sound and can reverse the mood when played at a dull moment.

[Price: 420,000,000 won]

..

..

..

[One-Time Lick Ticket for the Great Hwan Pill]: A ticket to lick the legendary Great Hwan Pill once. Makes you very healthy.

[Price: 11,500,000,000 won]

Looking at the shop, which seems to have thrown away any sense of value for money, I feel dizzy again.

At least the shop, which was a mess, has now been categorized.

“Why did the price drop?”

“Eonni, is something wrong?”

“Huh? No, I’m fine.”

That weird water I’ve never even tasted before was always fixed at 5 million won, but for some reason, the price had dropped.

The first thing that came to mind was the tutorial rewards or maybe the energy Par had mentioned collecting before.

Ding!

[Remaining Balance: 362,250,000 won]

Deciding to think about it later, I pressed the purchase button with my finger, and a pair of white sneakers appeared on my palm.

[Sneakers Lv.1]

● Contains a faint divine aura.

○ A pair of shoes prepared by Cheondo (Heavenly Peach) for Lily, the wind that blows high in the sky.

[Owner: Lily, the wind that blows high in the sky]

Equipment level increases with each purchase.

I bought it thinking, “If I’m giving it, I want to give something good,” but this was a first-time situation.

“Hmm.”

Ding!

[Remaining Balance: 332,250,000 won]

[Sneakers Lv.2]

Ding!

[Sneakers Lv.3]

Every time I clicked, 30 million won disappeared, making me too nervous to experiment further.

What I roughly figured out was that the price doesn’t increase even with repeated purchases.

“Lily, try these on.”

“Huh? I’ve already received so much, are these for me too?”

“Yeah. They’re yours.”

Lily approached as if they were precious treasures and carefully started putting on the shoes.

“Wow! They’re so soft. It’s like stepping on clouds.”

Excited, Lily started jumping around everywhere.

“Eonni! How do I look?”

“You’re the prettiest in the world.”

“Hehe.”

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Short Extra

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[⚔️Room Master, what are you doing?]

“Ugh, what now?”

[⚔️It’s meal time, show us your soles quickly]

[⚔️Lol, what’s with the instep?]

[⚔️Room Master, I thought the fried chicken didn’t come with salt lol]

“Ugh.”

[⚔️(･`◡´･)ゝ]

[⚔️(･`◡´･)ゝ]