The Magic Forest, where Alexei was killed and abandoned, is located about ten days by carriage from the Imperial Capital. The wasteland continues along the way, with few people living there. Occasionally, the Magic Beast occurs and sometimes comes out of the Magic Forest, so there are garrisons of the Knights of the Magic Beast Crusade in four places, east, west, north and south of the Magic Forest.
Alexei was killed in front of the Devil's Forest, and his body was transported by slaves to the Devil's Forest. The moment the slave entered the Forest of Demons, he was killed by the Beast.
Meanwhile, a woman with green skin, which Alexei called pie, came to the Magic Forest herself. Born in a house full of poor farmers' children, she is disgusted by her family because of her pale green skin, raised without being named, and called a bucket without anyone.
She was silent, grown up, and worked well from a young age, but as she grew, her skin began to appear darker green, and her skin even drifted as a buyo buyo, leaving her face and body unthinkable to humans. As a result, she leaves the village secretly, feeling sorry for the family who has become a part of the village because of her own fault. When I was twelve years old.
Then she wandered alone, but went to the Devil's Forest to be guided. In the Forest of Demons, I got along with the Beast and enjoyed the life of the forest together. She has loved animals since she was young.
"Animals, yes. I'm not afraid of Ola."
She didn't know the difference between a beast and an animal. For her, animals and beasts are gentle creatures that do not discriminate against her. And strangely, neither animals nor beasts attacked her at all. It's as if you can communicate.
It was much easier to live than living in a village. I was a beast, but I had a family.
"Ola, I'm going to be your family. I'm your mother, and you're my children!
He looked at himself as his mother and treated the beasts like children.
Life in the woods was very comfortable. Live in a cave and eat the grace of the forest. And using native hemp, I was able to weave a very coarse cloth.
There is no one here who despises himself. It's just a lovely new family.
She picked up Alexei about ten years after she started living in the woods. At a glance, I liked Alexei, who had clear blue sky colored eyes on silver hair.
Their lives pass in the form of her taking care of Alexei.
It was the happiest time of her life.
"Ham-chan, I can always look at it. So, what are you doing?
One day, when Alexei painted herself and her on the ground in her spare time, she also wrote "Me and Pie". Seeing it, she was very pleased.
"Is this Ola and Ham? Is that a lettering down there? What does it say? Ham can write. Amazing. Clever! I can't read in Ola's village. I heard that the village chief couldn't write, so I asked the great man in the neighboring town."
"Huh? You learned that literacy is higher in the Empire than in any other country? Half the population can read and write. It was taught that by increasing literacy rates, the national power would increase and there would be no inequality among people."
"I don't know what's hard for Ola. But you'd better read the letters, wouldn't you?
She stares at Alexei strangely.
"That's right. If you can't read, you can't read, and if you can't read, it's hard to learn."
"That's right, what was that? Ola, I don't know. But I knew Ham was such a smart kid."
That said, she strokes Alexei's head. Alexei was glad to be praised whispering that it wasn't really a big deal. I've had a tough education before, but I didn't get any compliments. On the contrary, I told you to try harder. Even though he was only six years old, Alexei had already been educated enough to be admitted to the Academy of Higher Education.
It's no big deal.
"Oh my god! That's amazing, Ham. My head's on top of my head. Yeah. Ham is a genius!
"It's really no big deal anymore. Anyone can learn and I'll call you. I can even write pies."
She opened her eyes, which were almost hidden under the skin.
"Really, Pepe? Can you write for me, too?
Alexei smiled.
"Yeah, I'm going to teach you a little bit. There's no paper or pen here, so I'm going to write it on the ground with a branch."
"Enough, Pepe! Thank you, Ham. Yeah, I'm a teacher at times like this. Dr. Ham!"
"Don't do it, Ham."
Alexei was delighted that he was no longer just taken care of and protected.