I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I reached the eastern gates of the city with only one magician trailing behind me. Not that he''s the only one but, you get what I mean. The other guy in the adventurer hall was not here so that much was fine. I never met that guy EVER. Not when I went shopping, eating at stalls, walking around the city, going to the market or even in the community kitchen. I was very much not attracting anyone and not approaching anyone since two husbands are already a handful. I even saw that adventurer purposely run to the counter to get there at the same time as me! Did he touch my hand on purpose too? Did the first shameless man I was dreading to meet finally came into existence?

    I shook those scary thoughts out of my head and started walking out the gates to start my foraging activities. I looked at my flora and fauna map to mark the places I need to go to for the plants and the animals I need. It took me a few minutes to finalize my route. I want things organized you see and that includes even the route that I would be walking in inside the forest. It is not due to danger or anything, but for convenience. I''d rather use my energy on fun activities than walking around like a lost child in these forests. That is the main reason I created the map! I was about to walk in to the inner parts of the forest when I heard someone running to catch up to me and all my senses flared up when I noticed that it was the guy in the adventurer hall. NO! DEFINITELY NO! He even shouted my name as he was approaching me. That''s so creepy. How did he know my name?!

    I ignored his calls and his flurried footsteps and went running inside the forest. Once I was about 100 meters away from him, I hid behind a huge tree and teleported to the first place I marked in the map. It was a good thing that I have been to every single area here so I have all the areas added and covered for teleportation purposes. I was finally able to breathe again when the creepy stalker was gone. I gathered all the herbs I needed while making sure to only take so much so that there would be left for others and for the plant to have enough time to recover and grow more. It was about time to continue walking to my next marked area on the map but I wasn''t even 200 meters from the original spot I teleported to when I heard some movements in a bush in front of me. Having lately discovered the wonders of spark spells, I sent one right behind the bush. After being hit by the spell, out came rolling the magician that was following me without the invisibility spell this time. I totally forgot about him when I teleported. Shit. The other tails found out I could teleport, didn''t they? I ended up screaming in frustration while pulling on my hair. I angrily stomped towards the unconscious guy on the ground touched his back and casted a teleportation spell back to wherever he thinks is his home. One tail down. I sent my senses around me and the the two original tails are already here for some reason. I must commend their excellent tracking abilities. I suddenly turned around and spoke to the nothingness around me, "I know that the two of you saw me teleport and I don''t fucking care if you report to whoever sent you but don''t disturb the things I do or I will turn you both to ash."

    ***The two spies following her: *gulp* then they looked at each other as if asking, "How did she know there were two of us? Since when did she know we were following her?"

    I continued my walk and went to the next pin point I placed on the map then continued foraging in peace. I value these walks in the forest not because of the points and the money but because I use it as my "me" time though I am not quite alone recently. These two guys were quiet just like shadow guards I''ve read before who work for royalty in those fictional novels I read so it''s fine. I was able to finish my three tasks within three hours. This is why I love GPS! I went straight to the area where some wild boars lived and hunted the biggest one I could find. I butchered it and placed the usable pieces in my storage and left the innards to the wild animals around. I would love to make sausages but the condiments and spices in this world are hopeless. I have to do something about those first before expanding my menu.

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    Dongmin''s POV

    Did she just run away from me? I know my voice was loud enough for her to hear me. Damn! She is really avoiding me! What did I even do to her? I wasn''t a pervert! (Author''s Note: She thought you were.) I simply sighed and decided to do my five tasks first. I know how hard it is to find people that do not want to be found. If I catch up to her, she will just run away again. She thinks she can avoid me? I will spend my time in the alchemy shop later. I am sure she will drop by since she has to give my father the items that she gathered. Hmpf! Sёar?h the ηovёlFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

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    At a later time, Dongmin did wait at the alchemy shop everyday but Luna never came. She did not need to when she can deposit the items straight into the inventory system and can talk to Uncle Daejung through the communication device. Dongmin came clean about the resonance and what happened at the adventurer''s hall that day with his father and Uncle Daejung was very happy because of this latest progress. He then told him that he will ask Luna, his daughter-in-law, to give his son access to the inventory system of the shop so he can put in sellable items there anytime. He blushed to a beet-red hue and screamed shyly, "She doesn''t even want me! What daughter-in-law?!" then stomped into his room. Uncle Daejung just shook his head and laughed heartily which ended up teasing the grumpy Dongmin further.

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    Keeran''s POV

    The last thing I remembered was seeing her teleport to some place else. I honestly was shocked since I could not feel even a tiny bit of mana from her even during the first time we met or when I was practically behind her while following her with the invisibility spell on. I am a rank 5 magician and I should feel any strand of mana in my surroundings and she had none! It was good that I placed a tracking spell on her so I frantically ran around the forest like a crazy person to catch up to where she was. I calculated and she actually teleported to almost 800 meters from her original spot. That''s impressive! When I saw her, she is already foraging some herbs like she teleported to that place purposely. It got me wondering, "Can she teleport with pin point accuracy?" (Author''s Note: Oh yes, she can.)

    I was hiding quietly behind the bush waiting for her to pass by so I can follow her stealthily again but I was surprised by a snake passing by in front of me that I lost my balance and fell on my butt. How unlucky. Not even a few seconds passed, I felt a surge of electricity hit me from behind and I remembered blacking out. That electricity surge spell was well created. It was just enough to make someone unconscious but not to kill. I know that''s her. She must have thought I was a wild animal trying to attack her. But who would explain the fact that I am back in my room inside the magic tower, lying stomach first on the floor? Did she just get rid of me by sending me back here? Was I that annoying to her? Damn! That''s a teleportation with pin point accuracy of at least two kilometers away! For the first time, I found myself crying while stuck in this degrading position on the floor.

    You don''t know how much pent up frustration and embarassment I am feeling since the first time we met, I was ignored repeatedly. She crushed my ego over and over again. I was treated like a prince in this magic tower, being the only grandchild of the current magic tower grandmaster. I got everything I wanted. I admit I was spoiled rotten especially when I was found to be quite talented in magic at a young age. There were a lot of women who have sent marriage proposals to my grandfather and they regularly send gifts to woo me but being the scum that I was, I led them on and those that I find ugly, I publicly decline. I don''t know what went in my head but I enjoyed the attention and the power I had over the feelings of others. Here I am, eating all that bad karma after I fell for a woman who doesn''t even want to see my shadow anywhere near her. It took a ton of pride-swallowing, self-smacking and migraine-inducing thinking before I accepted the fact that I fell for her the first time we met. Once you fell first, you''re kind of doomed if you''re the man, you know? Starting the relationship (well in this case it felt more like an agreement or a negotiation) where you were the more desperate one never went well. Even if she accepts me in the future, I am quite sure I will be like a puppy waiting for scraps. Fuck! What can I do about it? She''s my resonant...

    Resonance just like love, hurts when it is not accepted by the woman. The pain in my heart and soul core made me feel like I was dying whenever she ignores me or avoids me. Is there medicine for this? Yes, but it has to come from her. It''s her acceptance, her touch, having intimacy with her and being marked by her permanently. It''s all about her decision of my future! I hate not being in control but I hate it more that she doesn''t want me one bit. I haven''t told my grandfather about my predicament. With the amount of power he has, he can just force her to take me in by offering her benefits that she can''t help but accept but that''s not what I want. I may be scum or a spoiled brat but I can''t be like that with her. I want her to accept me on her own. I don''t want it to be like a business proposal she accepted with benefits that included me like icing on top. It may be my pride talking here but I can''t accept the fact that she will only accept me because of the benefits she would get and not me as a person. (Author''s Note: But she does think about benefits before taking people in though?)

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    After making sure I have not forgotten anything, I guess it''s time to go back and get my rewards for these three tasks for now.