[TS] Became a Peach Saint – Chapter 124

Gulp, gulp.

“Phew.”

A dignified-looking person is eating skewers.

“I’ll live, I’ll live. Thank you.”

“No, it’s nothing. Does it suit your taste?”

“Of course, of course. It was so delicious.”

The old lady, who must have been starving, devoured a bowl of ramen like a crab hiding its eyes and smiled brightly.

“Shall I give you more?”

“Kkulkul, I’m too full to eat more. Your kindness is truly beautiful, young lady.”

Everything else is fine, but that crude silver scissors hanging from her waist keeps catching my eye.

The rough scissors looked like they’d been used for a long time, carrying the weight of years.

“Let’s see, thanks to this pretty young lady, I’ve saved my hungry stomach once again. What should I give you?”

“Huh? Once again?”

For a moment, the face of a weathered vagrant overlapped with the kindly smiling face of the grandmother.

“Huh…?”

A face I feel like I’ve seen somewhere before.

When I tried to look closer, only the grandmother’s kindly smiling face remained, as if nothing had happened.

As I stared blankly at her face, she reached out her hand.

“Mmm.”

With her rough, wrinkled hand, she patted my head.

It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

“Kkulkul. You fed the hungry and clothed the naked. This old granny should give you a gift too.”

The grandmother’s demeanor and tone suddenly changed.

Though she was still gently patting my head, I couldn’t even move my body.

“May this old granny pray that this pretty child walking a harsh path doesn’t fall ill.”

Ding!

**《The Absolute Divine blesses you with freedom from illness and longevity.》**

Ding!

**《The Absolute Divine blesses you with eternal life.》**

Ding!

**《The Absolute Divine blesses you with prosperity and peace.》**

Ding!

**[Your divine body attempts to grow.]**

Ding!

**[Your divine body gradually escapes the cycle of life and death.]**

An incomprehensible energy seeped deep into my body.

I had been worn out with fatigue, but suddenly, I felt a surge of vitality.

I don’t know what this is, but it feels warm and comforting, so it doesn’t seem harmful.

“Uh… Grandmother, who are you?”

In response to my question, the grandmother gently patted my head once more.

“This old granny came into being through the wishes of many, but as those wishes dwindled, I became just a hungry old woman wandering around.”

After patting my head for a while, she rummaged through her clothes and pulled out something that looked like a pouch.

“What’s this?”

“It’s a seed. The land here is good, so try planting it.”

As I fumbled with the pouch, a single seed fell out.

Ding!

───

[Yellow Flower Seed]

●Seed of the Laughter Flower

[Owner: Han Ga-eul (Heavenly Peach)]

───

“Wow, a Laughter Flower. The name is so pretty.”

“Oh ho. You can see it.”

The grandmother, who had been smiling like the flower’s name, suddenly stood up.

“Child, do you have a wish right now?”

“Huh, uh… suddenly?”

“Even something small is fine.”

At the sudden question, nothing specific came to mind…

There was no answer sheet.

“Hmm, there’s still plenty of time, but someone asked me to sing a song. So, I’m supposed to sing in front of a lot of people, but I don’t have a song in mind.”

I wondered if I had made too trivial a wish, but when I looked at Grandmother, she was still smiling warmly.

“That’s good. Grandma loves songs too. Songs always come with understanding. That’s how you get a good melody.”

“Uh, um… Yeah. I don’t really know much about singing.”

“*Chuckle*.”

—*Smack*!!

*Ding!*

**《The Absolute Divine is intervening in the Holy Demon Realm》**

Grandmother suddenly flicked her finger, nodded as if everything was done, and then stared intently at Baekseol.

“I see. You’re the child of the ancient Blue Moon. How is Geum doing?”

Baekseol perked up her ears and waved her front paw.

“Good, you’ve found a nice place to nest. Take good care of the little one.”

Grandmother, who had been having a mysterious conversation with Baekseol, slowly began to descend from the porch.

“Little one, this grandma will take her leave now. And Yama has been talking about you a lot.”

“Yama?”

No matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t know anyone with the strange name Yama.

“Hmm, I heard you met him. No? I mean, Yama.”

“Oh! I did meet him. Wait, Yama?”

“*Chuckle*, Grandma must’ve been rambling. Let’s meet again sometime.”

Without answering my question, she vanished into thin air.

“Wait, hold on!”

A cool breeze blew, and the smoke scattered and disappeared.

I stared blankly at the spot where she had suddenly vanished, but Grandmother didn’t return.

“Baekseol, what’s the Blue Moon?”

“It’s a red place.”

“Red? But it’s called the Blue Moon?”

“Yeah.”

Whether it’s the Blue Moon or whatever, everything happening is beyond my understanding, and my brain can’t keep up.

“Ugh, I don’t get it.”

—*Click, click*.

“Phew—”

I put a cigarette in my mouth to soothe my aching head and shook the pouch I had received earlier. The contents spilled out onto my palm.

Colorful seeds and a sky-blue bead.

───

[Heavenly Spring Water]

●Water cultivated from the Heavenly Spring.

[Owner: Han Ga-eul (Heavenly Peach)]

───

“A bead, but it’s water?”

As I examined the bead closely, I heard the sound of a stream flowing inside it.

“Throw it.”

“Throw it? This?”

While I was inspecting the bead, Baekseol gave me some advice.

“Hmm.”

I decided to trust her and walked to the front yard, tossing the bead into a suitable spot.

*Tink!*

It sounded like the bead hit a rock or glass breaking.

*Thud!*

“Huh?”

—*Splash, gush, gurgle!!*

“Ahhh!”

Water began gushing out of the bead like crazy.

I grabbed Baekseol and quickly stepped back.

The bead, which seemed like it would cause a flood, soon began forming a large lake.

“What the heck.”

Looking at the clear lake that had appeared before my eyes, instead of feeling calm, I felt like I was going crazy.

It seems like it’s thumping.

Now that I look back, the items Grandma left behind don’t seem normal.

When I open my hand, I see seeds of various colors.

───

[Blue Flower Seed]

● Seed of the Weeping Flower

[Owner: Han Ga-eul (Cheon Tao)]

───

“No, the name is pretty.”

There were seeds that looked sad, but the most noticeable one was a black seed with a swirling dark energy.

Ding!

───

[Black Flower Seed]

● Seed of the Wheel of Destruction and Evil Heart Flower

[Owner: Han Ga-eul (Cheon Tao)]

───

“Wow.”

What kind of flower has such a terrifying name? My danger sensor is flashing urgently.

Startled, I threw all the seeds I was holding.

The seeds scattered in the air suddenly caught the wind and began to move in all directions.

Seeds of various colors scattered east, west, north, and south.

Finally, the seed surrounded by swirling black energy planted itself in the middle.

Since it landed near the lake, it would grow without much care as the soil absorbed water, but that made me even more uneasy.

“Grandma probably just gave these to me to make a flower garden, right?”

“Great!”

“No. You can’t eat this, okay?”

I patted Baekseol, but she just twitched her ears without answering.

A sense of unease washed over me. I need to keep a close eye on Baekseol.

“Baekseol, earlier, it seemed like Grandma did something at the training ground. What was it?”

“It changed.”

“What did?”

Baekseol stretched out her front paw and poked the air.

Whoosh!

The space made a noise.

Ding!

───

[You can select a training ground]

1. Tutorial Finale – The Last Battle

2. Song Training Ground

───

Originally, it would have gone straight to the tutorial without any questions.

Two simple options floated before my eyes.

I placed my hand on the Song Training Ground and pressed it, and the text expanded again.

───

1. Song of the Water Palace

2. Song of Chunhyang

3. Song of Simcheong

4. Song of Heungbu

5. Song of the Red Cliff

───

“Oh, my god.”

A gasp of admiration naturally escaped from my core.

My head spun at the selection of songs that surpassed even my father’s generation’s disco.

I have almost no knowledge about this, but I’ve seen these somewhere before.

The first one listed, Song of the Water Palace, is about the Dragon King and the rabbit’s liver…

While choosing a song, I looked down and saw Baekseol grooming her fur on my palm.

“That Dragon King brat deserves to die.”

Anger built up toward the Dragon King I’ve never even seen.

The Dragon King is booked for a slap and a ribbing.

I need to see how swollen his liver is.

“Baekseol, shall we raid the Dragon King?”

“This one.”

After grooming for a while, Baekseol stretched out her front paw.

“Song of Chunhyang?”

“Yes!”

I have no idea why she chose that.

It seems like she just liked the shape of the characters, but compared to the others, it’s a somewhat familiar name.

“Hmm. But what was the story again?”

“Great!”

I think I saw it in a children’s book when I was young, but my memory is hazy.

“Really?”

Without a second thought, Baekseol picked and pressed Chunhyang’s song.

I thought there would be other options, but suddenly the world flipped upside down.

Ding!

[You have selected Chunhyang’s song.]

[Random placement in progress.]

[Chunhyang’s song – Prison Song: Understanding.]

The world flipped, and when I came to my senses, the first thing I noticed was the musty smell of mold.

“Prison?”

The floor was scattered with straw, and around my neck was a wooden restraint called a “collar.”

Instead of iron bars, there were wooden ones carved from logs. Anyone could tell it was a prison.

Trying to recall the message that appeared before entering the training ground, there were words like “Prison Song” and “Understanding.”

“What, am I Chunhyang now?”

Looking at the prison, a vague outline of the story started to form.

The new governor of Namwon wants to devour Chunhyang.

No, he wants to devour me.

The story was about Mongryong struggling to avoid being NTR’d by Governor Geum Taeyang.

“Child, singing always comes with understanding.”

“Understand that he wants to devour me?”

—Crack! Crack!

Putting strength into the thick wooden collar around my neck, it shattered and fell.

Why do I need to understand?

Just make them understand with overwhelming strength.

***

[Side Story]

[The Room Master will wear anything you ask.]

“Just say it!”

[⚔️Baekseol’s pajamas!]

“Huh? Our Pposiraegi’s pajamas? I must have a photo of it somewhere.”

[⚔️OMG, so cute!]

“And then?”

[⚔️Wear a hanbok!]

“I already ordered a hanbok.”

[⚔️Reverse bunny girl!]

“…..”

[⚔️Don’t knock it, protect the reverse bunny girl!]

[⚔️Wear the dress only visible to good people!]

“Are my kids good?”