Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- Fourth Bite [Complete] by Takuma Sakai

Author:Takuma Sakai
Language: eng
Format: epub

For roughly thirty minutes, we leisurely trekked down a narrow path that couldn’t even fit a carriage. We were deep in the forest with no signs of any other human presence. Soon, the path came to an end, and the trees gave way to clear up our vision.

That was when Jess raised her voice. “We’re here!”

At a glance, the area looked like an orchard. To be more precise, it was an apple orchard. Evenly spaced rows of short trees stretched out their slender limbs. They’d shed most of their leaves, allowing us a panoramic view of the extensive plantation. As for how I’d recognized it as an apple orchard, there was one distant section of the orchard with red fruit hanging from the trees. The winter wind carried over the homely scent of earth and dry leaves.

I recalled what Jess had told me. <<You mentioned that our original destination, the Alte Plains, is one of the most renowned and largest apple-producing regions, right? Does that apply to this place too?>>

She nodded. “Yes. The white flowers that bloom profusely as far as the eye can see are apple blossoms. This place, Fairy Creek, is on the outskirts of the Alte Plains.” Eagerly beckoning me forward, Jess began making her way to the section with fruits. “Come on, let’s take a look.”

<<So when you said that there were things to look forward to, you meant apples, huh?>>

“Yep. But not just those.” She lowered her voice theatrically. “There’s a certain rumor about Fairy Creek.”

Rumors, rumors, once again. A literal phantom thief, an enchanted color-changing hot spring, and now, she’s adding one more to the list. For the past few days, we’d been going around and verifying the reality behind these rumors before stumbling upon shocking truths we’d never imagined. Are we following that trend again?

<<What kind of rumor is it?>>

Jess began talking ecstatically. “There’s a rumor that just like the name the ‘Fairy Creek’ implies, there is an actual fairy living in this place!”

Oh? <<Fairies exist in this world?>> Mesteria was a nation of swords and sorcery. We hadn’t witnessed any real ghosts back in Rach Valley, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a race like fairies were around.

“No... Um, correction, they might exist, but no one has proven it yet if they do.”

Huh. She’s started to adapt the speech patterns of a fastidious science nerd. Makes me wonder who rubbed off on her.

She hesitated before continuing, “For species or races that are established as more than myth, they have specified names. In Mesteria, we refer to beings that are beyond our knowledge with vague terms like ‘ghost’ or ‘fairy.’”

Her detailed supplementary explanation was very helpful. <<I learned something new today. In that case, the rumor implies that a being beyond our knowledge is lurking within this apple orchard—in other words, there are inexplicable phenomena observed here, right?>>

“You got it!” She clapped her hands together. “You’re the best, Mister Pig!”

There it is, her iconic ‘praise the pig’ moment. Thank you, thank you.

Smiling sweetly, Jess came to a stop.

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