Party

Party

After learning that my trait was healing,

I felt a bit strange and kept clenching and unclenching my fist.

I was happy, but… it felt like my existence was being acknowledged as not worthless.

Perhaps because of that, I kept smiling uncontrollably and fidgeting, when

Chae-a, seeming to want to imitate me, was repeatedly blowing “hoo” on my tail that she had bitten earlier.

“Chae-a, what are you doing?”

“I’m doing this because the contractor likes it…!”

“I see.”

It was ticklish, but maybe because it was warm, it felt a bit nice.

I was giggling watching Chae-a blowing air diligently when Han A-rin looked at me worriedly and said,

“Ha-eun, if strangers try to approach you, you must tell unnie, okay?”

Seeing her worry like that, it seems the healing ability I gained has considerable value.

I nodded to Han A-rin to mean not to worry, then

Deciding to go to Seo-rin soon, I stared blankly at the clock hanging on the wall.

‘Not much time left.’

Thinking she might be hungry after exercising and would like getting dessert then,

I carefully tugged on the clothes of Han A-rin, who was looking worried beside me, and said,

“I want to give Seo-rin dessert.”

“Really? Then we should go over there.”

Hoping Seo-rin would be happy, I gathered the phone with the broadcast on and Chae-a, then walked forward diligently.

“Kyaa! Ha-eun, congratulations, really really. Unnie wanted to run over right away when she saw Ha-eun awaken, but I couldn’t come because training wasn’t over. I’m really sorry.”

Seeing her tension higher than usual, it seems she was very happy about my awakening.

I thought I felt happy too seeing Seo-rin smile, and giggled, then

Pulled myself together and held out the dessert I had brought earlier to Seo-rin.

“Eat this!”

At those words, Seo-rin seemed very touched and hugged me with an expression that looked like she might cry if poked, saying,

“Is Ha-eun an angel? Yes, I think you must be an angel.”

With those final words, Seo-rin, just like she did every day in prison,

Hugged me tightly like an attachment doll and lay down on the floor with an expression like she had the whole world.

“I’m happy.”

It was a bit embarrassing to be hugged like this, but

Thinking I could endure it if Seo-rin was happy, I was wiggling my fingers when

Chae-a, who had been watching us, spread her arms wide beside us and said with a proud expression,

“Chae-a is here too!”

She probably wants a hug too.

Finding Chae-a cute, I smiled and slowly spread my arms, making a gesture for her to come, then

She approached me as if headbutting and hugged me tightly, smiling brightly, but

“I want to stay like this forever, but…”

Perhaps because of the training soon, she lowered her head dejectedly and said,

“There’s training again in an hour, so I should go train.”

Hearing those words, I thought the training time seemed more than what was written in the original work.

I carefully opened my mouth to ask about this.

“Is it okay…? If it’s hard, you should rest…”

“No no, unnie isn’t tired at all. Unnie is fine as long as Ha-eun is here.”

But she seems a bit fatigued despite saying that.

I pondered for a moment looking at Seo-rin’s slight dark circles and less shiny hair, but

Remembering how she’s been slacking off watching my broadcast every time, I was about to leave her be for now, thinking it might be okay, but

‘No matter how I think about it, I’m worried.’

Deciding to infuse healing with the healing ability I had just acquired,

I diligently hugged Seo-rin and blew air on her.

Seo-rin giggled again at my actions and touched my cheeks, saying,

“Could it be you’re hugging me because you’re worried unnie might be tired? Oh my, our Ha-eun is so kind, what should I do? Ha, this won’t do, Ha-eun. Let’s live together forever.”

Because she hugged me even tighter than before, I struggled a bit as I was slightly suffocating.

Seo-rin was startled and released me.

I made a “puhaa” sound as I escaped from Seo-rin’s arms and pointed at the dessert box.

“Eat this.”

Hearing my words, Seo-rin tried to repeat her earlier actions.

I stepped back avoiding Seo-rin like that, then glanced around.

‘Since I brought a lot of dessert anyway.’

Thinking it was time to act like an adult for Seo-rin and Chae-a,

I approached the hunters nearby with a dessert box as big as my body balanced on my head.

“Please eat this.”

It wasn’t much, just meaning please take care of me and here’s a snack.

Of course, I’m not sure if this will work or not, but since there’s extra snacks anyway,

Thinking it’s not a bad choice, I went around distributing snacks.

“Kyaaaa. It’s an angel, a real angel.”

“I’ll eat well, okay? Ah, I’ll give you some pocket money, so please wait a moment.”

“I brought some snacks too, Ha-eun, have one.”

Various things started piling up in the dessert box I was holding.

When I put it down because it got a bit heavy, I saw it overflowing with all kinds of bills and snacks.

‘… This doesn’t seem right!’

If I accept this, it becomes putting the cart before the horse.

I decided to use my last resort and gathered the bills one by one, making one request to Seo-rin.

“You want me to buy drinks?”

At those words, I nodded and then looked around at the nearby hunters and said,

“Yes. I want to give you drinks.”

“Then please wait a moment. I’ll be right back, okay?”

I wanted to go myself, but since I didn’t have access rights, if I left like this, there was a possibility I couldn’t re-enter the training ground.

So I had no choice but to ask Ha-rin to deliver the drinks, then

Gathered the remaining snacks in one place to form a circle and said to Chae-a,

“Chae-a, let’s tell people to eat this together.”

“I like it…!”

Chae-a seemed happy about sharing with others, but shy about being surrounded by people, so she nodded with an expression mixed with half expectation and half worry, then

Soon whispered to me in a bright voice,

“Wooow, it’s like a party…!”

Indeed, as Chae-a said, gathering desserts like this looks like party food.

Thinking I feel excited too like Chae-a, I giggled and then held Chae-a’s hand and said,

“Yes. This is a party! So we need to invite guests…!”

“Guests!”

At those words, Chae-a glanced around and then showed a reaction as if steeling her resolve.

Then she took a small deep breath and whispered to me with a determined expression,

“Then Chae-a will bring lots and lots of people!”

“Really?!”

“Yes. The contractor is a baby. So big sister will do it.”

Judging by her use of “big sister”, she seems to be imitating Han A-rin.

With those final words, Chae-a hesitantly approached the nearby hunters, her pink hair trembling.

Watching this, I thought Chae-a was amazing and vowed to pat her head vigorously when she returned, when

Han A-rin beside me chuckled and said playfully,

“You know what, Ha-eun? You’re not supposed to have parties in the training ground.”

Thinking about it, it was such an obvious rule that my body stiffened.

I was so focused on the thought that I should return as much as I received that I failed to recall something so obvious, and was blaming myself when

Han A-rin touched my cheeks and said softly,

“But it’s okay. Everyone is on Ha-eun’s side.”

With those words, Han A-rin picked me up and showed me the hunters approaching.

Until just earlier, everyone’s expressions didn’t look too good due to the hard training, but

Now that they were called to have a party, everyone’s expressions had changed to happy ones.

For some reason that made me happy and I was smiling brightly when

Han A-rin poked my cheek and said to me,

“So if anything difficult happens to Ha-eun, all the hunters here will help you, so don’t worry too much. Okay?”

Grateful that she said such things for me, I unconsciously giggled and nodded slightly, when

My tail, not reading the mood, suddenly moved quickly side to side, hitting Han A-rin’s body.

“Ah.”

Seeing this, I felt so sorry to Han A-rin that I grabbed my tail and immediately apologized, but

Han A-rin, perhaps wanting to continue joking, pretended to cry and said to me,

“Unnie’s heart hurts so much from being hit by Ha-eun.”

Although I knew she wasn’t really crying,

I hugged my tail, not knowing what to do because I felt sorry, then bowed my head as much as possible and apologized.

“I’m sorry…!”

At those words, Han A-rin bit her lips tightly and held back her laughter for a moment, then

Soon returned to a calm expression and calmly stated her request.

“Hmm, then call me unnie. Then I’ll forgive you.”

“……”

Feeling embarrassed at that proposal, I nibbled on my tail for a moment to calm my mind, then

Realizing that biting my tail was a bad habit, I tried hard to pull myself together.

‘I shouldn’t do this.’

Thinking that as my body got younger, my behavior seemed to be getting younger too, I shook my head quickly, then

Chose the most rational option I could choose now.

“U-unnie.”

Thinking about it maturely, it’s definitely right to choose an option that has no loss except for a little embarrassment.

I tried using the title “unnie” while hesitating, but

Realizing that calling her by this title was more embarrassing than I thought, I couldn’t raise my face.

‘I’m embarrassed.’

Wondering why I did that, I bit my tail hard, then

My tail, perhaps angry, lightly bopped my forehead.

As I was looking at my tail like that, apologizing and crumpling up dejectedly,

“Ha-eun, we’re here.”

The hunters I had healed earlier were coming here waving their hands.

“W-welcome.”

“Ha-eun, thank you so much for healing me earlier.”

“Where is a triceratops-like thing making nasal sounds? You’re startling Ha-eun.”

“Hey you… pretty friend. You shouldn’t use such bad words.”

I was giggling watching the hunters bickering in front of me when

Suddenly Chae-a started calling me from far away.

Wondering why, I checked and saw Chae-a running towards me with her arms full of plastic bottles, looking very happy.

“Contractor…! I found a treasure castle!”