The Seven Monster Spirit

Chapter 12 - Preparation of the Festival

"How ?" Ask a boy with white hair.

The man with the protruding muscles thought for a moment while looking at the knife the boy had made.

"mmm... The shape is pretty good, let's see" The man took the paper and folded it and cut the paper vertically, The knife glided easily signifying that the knife was sharp. "The sharpness is also good, It's worth selling" the man continued

"really?" ask the boy happily

"Yes, I'll give you the money if it's sold" the man said with a smile

"Thank you Uncle Gorgus"

"Dad try to see this, I also managed to make it" said the boy with brown hair who was the same age as Neron the boy did not want to lose to Neron.

"Where do you see" After seeing the results of his son's work, Gorgus felt a little disappointed because what Gobu showed was very much different from Neron, The knife that Gobu made was still thick and its shape was also chaotic making Gorgus laugh.

"Haha........It doesn't look like a Knife, what is this?" Gorgus laughed out loud.

"Is that right? and I've been following as you taught me" said Gobu who looked at the knife he made and compared it to the knife Neron made.

"Father is right" Gobu was surprised after comparing the two knives.

"Excite Gobu" said Yulo who was transporting goods from the Workshop who stopped to follow their chat.

"Go back to work Yolu don't be lazy" said Rony who brought some spears to be stored in the warehouse.

"HAA.I'm not lazing around" Yulo said in a high tone trying to deny Rony's words.

"You always deny it when I rebuke you it's worth it that you're not married" Rony said shaking his head.

"HAA...You're not married either" Yulo replied

"I'm still enjoying my teenage years"

"Me too"

"You're supposed to be working instead of fighting here" Gorgus smiled creepily while warning the two of them.

"Good" They both said it simultaneously then went back to their respective jobs.

"Take Gobu harder if you want to be like Neron, I'll teach you an extra lesson" said Gorgus trying to encourage his father

"Thank you Dad, I'll fight"

Their conversation felt short, outside the sky had turned into orange which indicates the sun will soon sink.

"It's almost dark today, I'm going to go home to Uncle Gorgus, Gobu, everyone" Neron said

"Be careful, Neron"

Neron was about to leave the house but Gobu's voice was heard making him stop.

"You're coming? for the Festival"

"Of course" Leaving those words Neron away from Gorgus' house.

2 Years have passed since Neron started learning about work from his friends' parents, although Neron made mistakes for the first time, little by little Neron began to be able to do the work he received well. And now that he has learned a lot from his work with uncle Henry, Neron's ability to cook is increasing and he can cook a variety of foods. His work with Uncle Tomas also went smoothly he learned the tricks of the trade and because Uncle Tomas was selling in the Capital so Neron could know a little about the place, the life, the, the atmosphere and the people who live there. The work of the blacksmith Neron did also went smoothly, though, now the boy can make his own knife even though on the first day Neron was only used as a hauler but after a long time working in the workshop Uncle Gorgus finally Neron was also taught to make goods from iron. Because Neron did 3 jobs at once so he divided his time for 2 days to focus on 1 job and the next day on other jobs.

Without feeling Neron had reached his home.

"I'm home" cried Neron

"Welcome" said Hazel, "Let's eat, I've made dinner"

"Good" Neron then sat down at the dinner table.

Neron notices Hazel's condition because a few days ago she was sick but now it seems like her condition has improved because she can prepare dinner.

"Are you healed ?"

"So you're going hunting in the woods again?" Ask Neron

Hazel who ate her food stopped and said, "It seems like not yet, My body has not healed completely" Hazel said

"Oh, I see" answered Neron briefly.

After a day of hunting with unknown monsters, Hazel and Neron now rarely go into the forest and in these two years maybe their hunt can be counted.

"What about the Festival Tomorrow? are you coming?" Ask Neron

"Well I will definitely help in preparing it" Hazel said as she chewed her food.

After finishing eating Hazel and Neron washed the dishes and after their work was done Neron continued Reading the book in the room.

The next day Neron gets ready to go to the Festival, the boy had intended to go with Hazel but when he went to Hazel's room the owner of the room was gone and on the dining table was Neron's favorite meat soup and chocolate bread when Neron saw him knowing that Hazel had already left first and she would catch up with him after finishing her meal.

This festival is located in the middle of the village although people who live in this village are not too many but if the Festival is already celebrated this small village will become crowded. The name of this Festival is the Harvest Festival, because this year's harvest is abundant so the villagers celebrate in the middle of the village in order to gather and party together, so this time in a long time, so this time, all of Neron's friends can regroup.

Around the street many people who prepare a place to sell food later tonight and also some who prepare entertainment, entertainment, since Neron was here only to help with the preparations so he immediately helped the residents who prepared their place but just as he was about to do so a young man came to him.

"Yo" said the young man

"Sir Jun" replied Neron

"What a coincidence, I came to tell you about something"

"What's that?" Neron wondered what Jun wanted to say.

"The Village Chief asked Hazel to do a hunt in the forest and the hunting will be eaten together at night but since she can't, the village chief asked you to take her place" Jun replied

"Well Hazel is sick and she can't hunt in the woods right now" Neron explained

"Hows it? can you?" ask Jun

"Why can't Brother Jun just go, instead of brother Jun also be able to hunt?" Ask Neron

"I don't mind but I also have tasks to complete" Jun replied as he scratched the back of his non-itchy head.

"Alright" Neron agreed to Jun's request.

"Because you've agreed to it I'm going back to my job, see you at the Festival night"

Neron waved his hand towards Jun leaving. Now Neron will continue to assist the citizens in the preparation of the Festival.

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3 Hours before the festival starts. Because Neron was going to the Forest to hunt so he would go home first to pick up his weapon but on the way the boy saw a booth crowded with buyers, so Neron decided to take a look. The owner of the booth was the one Neron knew he was Uncle Henry and next to him was the red-haired kid who was striking he was Ryan, they were both busy preparing orders from the incoming buyers, he said, because of the many buyers they become hassles, even though Uncle Harry is very good at cooking and Ryan's ability has grown but because of the many customers they both become hassles. When Henry saw Neron he called him

"Neron, how many customers have you come to help us?"

Neron could not just leave them alone and this could also be Neron's reply to Henry for having helped Neron teach him about cooking even though this was not enough to return the favor.

"All right" replied Neron. Then the boy went in and prepared the ingredients to be cooked. The menu was fried noodles with soy sauce, Neron had already cooked it so it wouldn't be too difficult. Henry and Neron cook the food while Ryan prepares the place, because it is now done by 3 people their work is getting faster and the waiting customer queue is getting reduced and on the last buyer Neron can breathe a sigh of relief, but at that time he just remembered there were things he had to do so he said goodbye to Henry and Ryan.

"Uncle Henry, Ryan, I said I'd go first there's something I have to do" Neron said

"So then, well don't forget to stop by tonight I'll prepare some good fried noodles for you" Uncle Henry said as he flaunted his white teeth.

"I'll wait for him, then see you"

"me-bye to Neron" replied Ryan.

Neron rushed home to pick up his hunting gear and immediately set off to hunt. 'Hopefully there's still time.and where Hazel went I haven't seen her at all' that's what Neron thought.

The boy jumps off the branches very nimble to find his game, because according to Hazel the quick way to find something is to go to a high place so Neron follows his advice.

And some distance away from where Neron was, a mysterious creature ran towards Neron coming.