Craaack!

The tree fell satisfyingly.

But Shirone continued to swing his axe without a look of satisfaction or happiness.

He was just correcting a mistake he found.

�Tomorrow, as well as the day after that��

That was how he repeated the basics.

�For the chance to practice magic will come one day.�

While dragging the logs home, Shirone�s eyes shone with intensity as this was the most motivated he had ever been.

Standing by the window, Shirone looked at the magnificent view of late autumn leaves flying through the mountains.

3 years had passed, and he was now a 15-year-old boy.

He still wore childish clothing, but he had a face handsome enough to turn heads.

�I�ll be back, mom.�

�Take it easy. We have plenty of wood.�

�It�s gonna be winter soon. We have to be prepared.�

He let out a cold breath as he left the cabin.

Since seasons arrived faster in the mountains than in the cities, snow was already piled up at the top of the mountain.

�I�ll have to walk quickly if I want to be back before sunset.�

Shirone wasn�t scared of the cold as he spent three years training in the Spirit Zone, and due to this, his mental fortitude had already exceeded the level of normal adults.�

After his shy character disappeared, he hung out with the other children, but he had no particularly close friends.

They were different from Shirone.

The children of the mountain were all rough, and most of the girls thought the same way as well.

For example, a year ago, a woman named Hauran from a Hwajeonmin Village once seduced Shirone.

TL/N: Hwajeonmin Village refers to a place where people who practice the slash-and-burn agricultural technique live.

When she, who was six years older, tried to approach physically, Shirone freaked out and refused.

Then she suddenly changed and threatened to ransack his house if he told anyone about what happened.

Shirone, who recalled the event, burst into laughter.

It didn�t end up happening, but he remembered being really perturbed about her coming.

�I�m sure she�s doing well!�

Arriving at the logging area, Shirone found a suitable tree and lightly swung his axe. Afterwards, he took a careful look at the dent he had made.

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