The Story of Demon Hunter

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Without feeling it, time just passed.

Day after day passed so quickly. Satoru and the other disciples went through the day quietly without much turmoil. Now, it's been three days before the Golden Week holidays.

Today, many students are preparing for the holidays. Seeing his comrades seem busy, Satoru and Ono could only look at each other then shake their heads.

In the dormitory, Ono looked towards Manabu and Takeo with a curious expression.

“Are you guys going on holiday?” ono asked with a curious expression.

“There is such a thing.” Takeo shook his head. “Rather than going home, actually I want to stay at school.”

“Then why not just stay at school?”

“Mana can! My parents are waiting at home. When I get back, I have to help take care of the fields. Ughhhh! That would definitely be exhausting.”

“Just like Takeo, I also have to go back to help take care of the fields,” Manabu said before Ono asked.

“Are you not coming home?” ask Takeo.

“It ..” Ono turned his face away. The young man muttered softly with a depressed expression. “I'll stay at school.”

“What about you, Satoru-san?”

“I?”

Lying on the top bed, Satoru looked at the ceiling with a blank expression on his face. After a while of waiting, he finally spoke.

“I can't go home.”

Hearing that, his three friends looked confused. Manabu immediately raised his hand and asked, “So you will not return to Tokyo? However, don't you still have relatives?”

Hearing Manabu's question, Satoru only remembered that his identity was kept secret. Now, he is a young man from the city who goes to Hokkaido for following his relatives.

“I feel uncomfortable. So it is better to stay in this place.”

Satoru's words made Takeo and Manabu sigh deeply. Feeling sorry for the young man because of the ‘musibah’ that had befallen him. Meanwhile, Ono also quietly let out a long sigh. He felt calmer, even more comfortable because he felt that not only himself was getting into trouble.

“By the way, I saw you two studying laying hens. Not only when it first arrived, but also several times when it was leisurely. Do you guys have a chicken farm at home?”

“No.” Manabu shook his head. “We both learned it because I wanted to try raising laying hens. Unlike Takeo who wants to be a great mechanic, go to town, and meet a city girl and live there, I want to open a small farm so that it has enough income.”

“MANABU! WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SUCH AN EMBARRASSING THING!” takeo shouted with a depressed expression on his face.

“Isn't it okay? I mean, there are no outsiders here.” Manabu said with a friendly smile.

Ono who was sitting in his chair looked at Takeo with an astonished expression. I did not think that my friend had such an interesting dream.

Meanwhile, Satoru who had just listened to Manabu's words immediately sat on his bed. Looking towards that fat but friendly young man, he couldn't help but ask a few questions out of curiosity.

“Didn't you choose the department of food processing. Why not try from there?” ask Satoru.

“It's just a hobby. Besides, the reason why I came to school just to get an education and get a diploma, is nothing more. In fact, the fact is that almost everyone in this academy will return to their hometown after graduation.

They will continue their family efforts. Either become a farmer, become a dairy farmer, chicken farmer, and so on. Few intend to go on to university.”

Manabu's gentle reply made Satoru surprised. He did not expect that there was such a thing. Wanting to try to cheer up, the young man opened his mouth.

“Indeed not so bad, but I feel a bit lacking. My own family life is mediocre, it can be considered middle to lower. We have not too large land, so the benefits are not too much.

Buying seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and hiring people need money. Not only that, there are many problems such as pest attacks, mold, even the weather which is sometimes quite extreme. You could say, the income is too minimal. That's why I want to try to make another attempt.

At least ... make my family's life better than ever.”

Manabu's words left Satoru and Ono speechless. Although they know that not all life is comfortable, but do not expect that there is such a thing.

Just then, Takeo's voice sounded in the room.

“Different from Manabu, my family's land is actually wider. However, I am still not satisfied with my life right now. I myself am the oldest child, having four younger brothers, two daughters and two sons.

I want to go to the city, work and earn quite a lot of money there. Other than money, I will make friends and gain more experience while living in the city. With that money and experience, I want my sisters to go to higher school.

Stop being a farmer and live what they want.”

Satoru and Ono looked at Takeo with shocked expressions on their faces. Right now, the young man did not look careless and ridiculous at all. Instead, she looked so cool and mature, looking like an amazing big brother that her sisters could rely on.

Upon hearing the stories of his two comrades, Satoru who had previously covered everything finally opened his mouth.

“I don't have a father or a mother, so I don't know what it's like. It's just that, if it's family-friendly, I still quite understand because I still have a grandfather. My own grandfather had a business that yes .. I cannot explain much.

The point is, once I grow up, maybe I'll be told to continue that business. However I was less mature and liked to make trouble, so sent here. Let me learn to be more mature and be a more useful person.

Whether to inherit the business or not, but now I realize that there are many things that I really need to learn.”

The three roommates of Satoru looked surprised as they listened to the young man's words. Although they had guessed, but they did not expect that Satoru really did not have parents.

At that moment, Ono got up and walked to his bed. The young man threw himself onto the bed while muttering softly.

“Why does it feel like a person who has no purpose like me becomes a useless person.”

Satoru who heard that immediately smiled.

“Doesn't that mean you have more options?”

Hearing that, Ono was stunned in his place.

***

The next day afternoon.

While finishing his lunch, Satoru who was dragging Jiro met Pak Aikawa in the hallway.

“Satoru-kun, follow me. The principal wants to talk to you.”

Hearing Mr. Aikawa's words, the disciples immediately looked towards Satoru with suspicious expressions. They immediately wondered what the young man was doing this time. After all, he was very famous. Not only among the 1st grade students, but also the 2nd grade.

“There is an important phone from your family.”

When he heard Mr. Aikawa's words, Satoru's pupils instantly shrank. An expression full of shock and disbelief was on his face.

The young man obviously did not expect the grandfather to contact him!

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