I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 67

Chaemes United pulling off a comeback victory was certainly a good thing, but as I mentioned before, I’m just a casual fan.

The fact that Princess Chaenggu escaped the ranks of the fallen hit closer to home than the actual match victory.

Occasionally, people left comments visiting my post as if making a holy pilgrimage to a sacred site, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.

’It’s still pretty strange that my comment became a holy site, though.’

Back on Earth, posts predicting the future were often called holy sites.

It was quite fascinating that in this world, not only was there a word for it, but there was even a culture of coming to leave comments.

Is it because there’s religion here?

Anyway, while the Gallery was getting flooded with Chaeyu-related posts, I did my chores around the house.

Since evening was approaching, I prepared dinner, checked the smoking rack, and so on.

Finally, I checked if any fish were caught in the fish trap.

Cheolseok! Cheolseok!

Only one fish was caught in the trap. Just one caught in five hours.

And it was a fish with an impressive golden hue—the kind that tasted even better than the red fish.

’With just one fish trap, I don’t have to worry about food anymore.’

It tasted so good that I never got sick of it. In fact, complaining about getting sick of it would be the talk of a spoiled brat.

Up until a week ago, wasn’t I chewing on bitter Fasting Pills?

Right now, fish were being caught consistently, but even a slight misstep would send me right back to living off Fasting Pills.

’By the way, it’s already almost ten days.’

Today is day 8, tomorrow is day 9.

Thanks to the Gallery, I adapted at an astounding speed, but I can’t let my guard down.

Because just like when the saber-toothed tiger ambushed me, I never know what will pop up, when, or where.

’Just today, some giant chicken was looking down at me.’

If a fight had broken out, I feel like my head would’ve been blown off by its beak.

Soon, after returning to the shelter, I put the fish into an iron bucket.

After putting it in the iron bucket, I went back up to the river and reset the fish trap.

After finishing the series of tasks, I checked what everyone else was doing.

"Kyuuu..."

"..."

Wonmo had woken up from his sleep, and Speed Sloth was blankly zoning out like an idiot.

It was slowly getting dark, so spending some time on the Gallery seemed like a good idea.

Title: Grylls-ssi. If you see this post, please leave a comment.

Wondering if my name was mentioned, I searched and saw that Allfather had made a post.

It seemed to be a story related to the heart, so I left a comment without delay.

└Wild Grylls) Hello, Allfather-nim. What’s going on?

└Allfather) I have good news and bad news. Which one would you like to hear first?

└Wild Grylls) Um... bad news first?

└Allfather) The heart exploded.

└Wild Grylls) Teacher?

That’s quite a flabbergasting story. The heart that was perfectly fine when I sent it exploded?

Did an explosion actually occur?

└Wild Grylls) Are you unhurt? If the heart exploded, that sounds really dangerous;;

└Allfather) It did not explode in that manner. It literally just popped.

└Wild Grylls) Huh?

└Allfather) It didn’t blow up like a bomb; it just popped. Like a balloon.

└What the hell did you do for it to pop?

└Did you literally pump air into it like a balloon?

└Why would you run an experiment like that? What a dumbass lol

└Should I stick a hose up your asshole and blow air into it? See what happens?

└Allfather) Please do not. Your large intestine will burst and you will die.

└Shudder shudder shudder shudder

└How do you know that? Could it be...?

└Allfather) I experimented by shoving it up a goblin’s ass.

└Poor goblin...

└Getting caught by such a weirdo...

Although the topic strayed in the middle, the fact that the heart exploded hasn’t changed.

So how did I feel? Honestly, I didn’t feel much.

I didn’t give it to him expecting a reward, and it was a troublesome item to handle anyway.

└Wild Grylls) You’re not injured, right?

└Allfather) Yes. However, since I popped the item you generously gave me due to my own negligence, I intend to compensate you.

└Wild Grylls) It’s fine. It was useless to me anyway.

└Allfather) My conscience will not be at ease otherwise. Still, I can share a few pieces of important information with you.

└Wild Grylls) I don’t know if it’ll be useful to me, but let’s hear the research results first. Should you leave it as a private comment?

└Allfather) There are plenty of fools here who won’t believe it anyway, so it doesn’t matter.

└└└ I’ll believe it. Tell us.

└Are you serious?

└It’s a lie lol

└As expected lol

└Wild Grylls) Please ignore those morons and tell me.

└Allfather) To jump straight to the conclusion, the heart of the saber-toothed tiger you gave me, Grylls-ssi, possessed the exact same structure as a Dragon Heart.Read this novel at novеlping.com for the best experience.

I’ve heard about what a Dragon Heart is. Was it roughly described as a biological nuke?

It contained an immense amount of mana inside, making it absurdly difficult to process.

Allfather said he consumed one, but I wasn’t sure if that was true.

└Are you a fraud? Does that even make sense? Can you provide proof?

└Allfather) Believe it or not, it is up to you. I am too bothered to explain further.

└He can’t explain because it’s a lie lol

└In the first place, aren’t there very few people who have actually researched a Dragon Heart?

└There are plenty of thesis papers. Long-lived races like demons or elves hunt them quite often.

└Are there no humans?

└There’s a rumor Kadir hunted one single-handedly and used it as research material. After that, no idea.

└Wild Grylls) Who is Kadir again?

└He’s the King of Magic. Just think of him as a fucking overpowered old man.

└After hunting the dragon, didn’t he also subjugate the Immortal King?

└I heard he subjugated and even sealed the Immortal King. But nobody knows where he sealed him.

└Turns out he stored him in his home refrigerator lol

└Holy shit, say something that makes sense lol

Anyway, so he’s an insanely strong person. I get the general idea.

For such a person to... use the Gallery? Well, why not.

Right now, even the Heavenly Demon was using the Gallery just because she was bored.

Regardless of status, the Gallery was something anyone could enjoy.

└Wild Grylls) So it’s a tiger holding a Dragon Heart? Is that even possible?

└Allfather) That is something I am curious about as well—what kind of mutations the Forest of the Four Seasons has induced in living creatures.

└Wild Grylls) That sounds like an ominous thing to say?

└Allfather) You, Grylls-nim, might also undergo a similar change.

"Mmm..."

I let out a low groan. That was hardly a positive hypothesis.

Evolution wasn’t something that happened overnight.

But then again, you never know what could happen in this world.

If any change occurred along the way, it would be best to tell Allfather.

└Wild Grylls) I’ll take that to heart. Is there anything else?

└Allfather) There is, but it likely will not be of help to you, Grylls-ssi. Furthermore, I would like to offer you an item.

└Wild Grylls) What kind of item?

└Allfather) From here on, let us speak via trade request.

Before long, a trade request arrived from Allfather. I willingly accepted it.

Since an important topic was bound to come up, I couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.

[Allfather: The item I will give you is a Subspace Bag.]

Consider it compensation for the item you gave me, Grylls-ssi.

A Subspace Bag?

[Wild Grylls: What’s that again?]

[Allfather: You can think of it as a bag that ignores spatial limitations.]

Although it appears small on the outside, you can place numerous items inside it.

It sounded roughly similar to a game inventory. I marveled at it.

With just that, my convenience would increase overwhelmingly.

However, life wasn’t that easy, as Allfather went on to mention the restrictions placed on the Subspace Bag.

[Allfather: However, living creatures cannot be placed inside, and because it cannot ignore the law of conservation of mass, you will have to handle the weight yourself.]

[Wild Grylls: What about when taking items out?]

[Allfather: If you visualize the item you want, you can easily retrieve it.]

I understand.

That alone is more than enough for me.

[Wild Grylls: But isn’t this super expensive?]

[Allfather: It is an item of lesser value than the heart you provided, Grylls-ssi.]

This is an item I offer out of my own guilt, so please accept it.

Understood.

[Wild Grylls: I’ll make good use of it.]

[Allfather: Thank you for accepting the trade.]

If you discover any interesting flora or fauna, please do give me an opportunity to research them.

Ah, and if possible, I would prefer if you did not mention that I gave you this item.

It seems he has a specific reason. I’ll keep that in mind for now.

It appeared he gave me the item because he didn’t want to sever ties with me.

Since I wouldn’t know the identity of plants and animals without Allfather, his help was essential to me as well.

’This is like a game inventory?’

The item Allfather gave me was closer to a pouch than a bag.

Peering cautiously inside, I couldn’t see the bottom, only pitch-black darkness.

Wondering what to put inside for an experiment, I picked up a rock lying around outside.

It was a rock of a size that could never fit into such a small pouch. Testing with this should work.

Swoosh!

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The rock slid into the pouch with extreme ease. And then it became heavy.

True to his word that the law of conservation of mass couldn’t be ignored, the weight of the rock was felt intact.

Literally, it was an item that pushed convenience to the absolute limit, not an item that transcended boundaries.

’Still, this is amazing.’

With this, I could even carry a crossbow around. That was the biggest advantage.

Allfather gifted me an exceptionally wonderful item. It was immensely useful for me.

’Still, I should carry the sword and shield myself.’

Especially the Sword of the Heavenly Demon—it was so sharp that I might cut my hand.

The shield also needed to be used quickly in an emergency, so I intended to store it by strapping it to my back.

Anyway, since I could store various items in addition to the crossbow, its utility was high.

’Where did he get something like this? Is this magic too?’

I felt like asking Allfather, but he had requested that I refrain from talking about it if possible.

I wasn’t sure what the reason was, but it was likely personal. There was no need to pry.

After experimenting with various things using the Subspace Pouch, I formed a satisfied smile.

’I won’t run out of hands anymore.’

I gained a tremendous harvest. The tiger’s heart wasn’t of much use to me anyway.

After playing around with the Subspace Pouch, I set it down carefully. If this tore, it would be a huge loss.

’Time to eat dinner soon.’

Dinner was the fish I had just caught. A golden fish with an impressively delicious texture.

Since I had become somewhat skilled at gutting fish, I was able to handle it without trouble.

’How long will these keep coming out?’

I stored the Inner Core that came out during the gutting process in an empty bottle.

At this rate, I wondered if I’d fill it up completely anytime soon. If I kept eating only fish, it wasn’t impossible.

"Here, Wonmo. Take a bite."

"Kyu!"

Now that I had devoured a hearty dinner, all that was left was practicing the Mental Cultivation Method.

Perhaps because I had consumed the medicine given by Allfather, a bizarre sensation swirled inside my body.

’Mental cultivation is important, but aura manipulation is crucial too.’

My aura was still merely shimmering like a heat haze, failing to take a specific shape.

According to Sword Matstar’s explanation, reaching Aura Blade was in the realm of talent.

’Well, it hasn’t even been a month since I started using mana, right?’

Tomorrow would be day 9. And I started the Internal Cultivation Art around day 6 or 7.

It only felt long because each day was so packed, but not much time had actually passed.

If I acted hastily, I might stray further, so making progress step by step would be fine.

Tadak! Tadak! Ppaak!

"..."

I stared blankly at the fiercely crackling campfire.

Because I wasn’t speaking, the cave was exceptionally quiet.

Speed Sloth was originally a fellow who didn’t speak, and Wonmo was simply sitting next to me.

Seueuk- Seuk-

"Kyuuu..."

When I stroked his head, Wonmo purred and leaned against me.

Speed Sloth was hanging onto my back before I knew it. Surprisingly, he wasn’t heavy at all.

In that state, I accessed the Gallery. Since there wasn’t much else to do, I might as well look at this.

Only then did it feel like I could soothe this strangely gloomy heart.

Title: Do you know why we lose?

Suspiciously...

(Photo of a man slapping his forehead!)

Because we played the match!

└Lolololol

└A sage! A sage has appeared!

└Did bottom-tier Ho lose again this time?

└Suspiciously...) We could have won, but we lost to a single walk-off home run. I really wanna beat them all up with a bat lol

└Lolololol This is why we watch sports

The Gallery, which had been occupied by Chaeyu, was suddenly filled with new fallen fans.

After snickering at this for a moment, a question popped into my head.

’Does time flow the same for everyone in this world?’

The Gallery was a place where people gathered without distinction of day or night. Because of that, the concept of time was confusing.

Even if worlds differed, time would vary by region. If it was day somewhere, it would be night elsewhere.

’There’s... no need to ask. What good would asking do anyway?’

For me, the Forest of the Four Seasons was more important.

After browsing various things on the Gallery, I quietly turned it off.

Rather than aimlessly exploring the Gallery, circulating the Mental Cultivation Art one more time was better.

’I should strive to maintain the cultivation art continuously during normal times too.’

An eventful day came to an end.