Lee Yuna (2)

Lee Yuna (2)

Han A-rin recalled the ‘blue ice with an alien mana structure’ and the ‘gumiho species’ she had seen earlier, and her expression hardened.

There were several reasons.

The most significant reason was that she realized these elements were artificially created.

“Probably underwent experiments similar to Ha-eun’s.”

A more detailed investigation would be necessary.

Following Ha-eun, who inherited the blood of ancient dragons that can’t be found except for Phillips Lecia, the primordial dragon.

Even the gumiho, which Perseus, who has lived for a long time, had never seen before.

It couldn’t be a mere coincidence that two species, normally difficult even to hear about, were discovered simultaneously.

“Is it likely the work of terrorists? Well, there’s no one else but them.”

A woman with her chin resting on her hand makes a fairly accurate deduction while munching on potato chips.

She looks at herself with a somewhat rough appearance, then calmly continues speaking.

“So why are those guys synthesizing the blood of ancient dragons or gumihos? Are they experimenting to collect them like Pox*mon or something?”

At this somewhat frivolous remark, Perseus (Ha-eun’s fan club president #1 and completely devoted to Ha-eun), who was standing nearby, frowns deeply and criticizes her language.

“If you use such words about Ha-eun one more time, I’ll rip your mouth apart, so be careful.”

“I didn’t mean it like that. I like Ha-eun too.”

“Is that so?”

Are they thinking, ‘What’s the big deal?’

Han A-rin, looking at the two foolish guys, pressed her aching head and continued speaking with a sigh.

“Anyway, what’s important is why they’re doing this and what their ultimate goal is. Please keep investigating.”

“Of course. After all, Ha-eun will make a flower base for us later, right?”

“I’ve already received it.”

“Ha. I’m really envious.”

“……”

Honestly, that’s a little… no, very enviable.

But it’s not appropriate to say in a meeting, so I’m holding back. Then, Perseus tapped his finger on the desk and said,

“Getting back to the main point, what do you all think about this child named Yu-na?”

At those words, the surroundings become quiet.

It’s probably because there are many things to consider before speaking hastily.

But since we can’t just say nothing, I spoke up first.

“I think we can see it as a similar case to Ha-eun. She was kidnapped by terrorists, and her blood was mixed due to experiments, up to that point.”

In fact, this is a repetition of what was said earlier, so everyone seems to have little reaction.

Looking at them, I calmly brought up what I had been pondering.

“However, what’s concerning is that unlike Ha-eun’s case, they’ve confined this child Yu-na in an area with high floating population, and furthermore, there are very few people guarding the place.”

While everyone was silently gauging each other’s reactions to this question,

Seong Na-yeon, who had a potato chip in her mouth, made a rather sharp guess.

“It’s obvious. It’s either a trap, or she’s carrying some kind of curse, so they deliberately left her in such a place.”

Hearing those words, Perseus immediately stands up, seemingly intending to go to Ha-eun.

I wanted to go to Ha-eun with Perseus.

However, continuing the meeting was more important than anything else right now, so I calmed Perseus down for the time being.

“Calm down. I’ve already cast protective magic in case of any unforeseen situations.”

Despite these words, Perseus still hesitated, seemingly worried.

But soon he sat down, frowning, signaling me to continue speaking.

Seeing this reaction, Seong Na-yeon popped some snacks into her mouth and smirked.

“But no matter how I think about it, they wouldn’t use something as rare as a gumiho as a throwaway card, right? So I thought, what if these guys are placing this child Yuna in an amusement park to experiment with something?”

“Experiment?”

“Well, I don’t know exactly. But when you think of amusement parks, they’re usually happy and joyful places, right? Maybe they’re experimenting with collecting emotions or something like that?”

At those words, I recalled the sky-colored ice I had seen earlier.

Ice with a strange mana structure created in an artificial form.

Thinking it might be related to this, I decided to investigate further.

* * * * *

After finishing all the investigations, I looked at Yuna who was clinging to me.

As she said when we first met that adults were scary.

Yuna not only feared adults but was hostile towards them, probably due to experiencing severe violence during the experiments.

‘Well, even I… had such experiences.’

Somewhat understanding how she felt, I was patting Yuna’s trembling back when.

Chae-a stared at this thoughtfully.

Then, as if she had a good idea, she took my hand and Yuna’s, leading us while saying.

“Now that Yuna is here too, let’s go to the rare…”

Ha-eun’s ears perk up at the word “rare.”

Seeing that she seemed interested, I gently pat her head and calmly continue speaking.

“Do you want to go see the rare items?”

At these words, Ha-eun wags her tail and quickly nods her head while looking at me.

Although her expression and actions didn’t match, her desire to go was clearly felt.

So I decided to show Ha-eun the rare items and started walking.

When we arrived at the rare items section.

Ha-eun’s nine tails wag wildly, showing ‘I’m excited!’

Seeing Ha-eun’s reaction, I smile and introduce the rare items.

“This is the cotton house, and this is for farming… This is Seo-rin’s special chair!”

Every time I introduce furniture or places, Ha-eun’s ears perk up faster and faster.

Feeling proud of this sight, I gain confidence and start introducing even the smallest details.

“Meong?”

We make eye contact with the black ones rolling around on the ground.

The black ones seem unfamiliar with the newly appeared friend, Ha-eun, and hesitate cautiously.

But after confirming that she’s holding hands with me, they immediately smile brightly and cling to her.

It seems they thought that a friend of a friend is a friend.

The black ones danced on Ha-eun’s head and shoulders, showing a great welcoming greeting.

“I’ve never seen the black ones this excited…!”

Seeing this, Chae-a evaluates it as amazing and her eyes sparkle.

Soon, she starts welcoming Yuna by dancing with the little black ones.

While smiling because it’s cute, my phone rings again, so I check it.

[Grandma Lecia – I’m almost there. Where are you?]

There was a message from Grandma Lecia.

I replied to that question saying I was in the lair.

[Me – I’m in the lair!]

Every time I tried to type a message, the little black one and the fluffy one next to me kept pressing the keyboard randomly, so I failed to write the message properly.

While I was considering whether to rewrite and send it, Fluffy presses the send button.

At this point, I’m suspecting they might be interfering on purpose, but Grandma Lecia immediately replies.

[Grandma Lecia – Then I’ll go straight to the lair.]

How on earth did she understand that?

Seeing this, I think Grandma Lecia is really amazing and wag my tail, when.

From far away, I hear a voice calling me and Chae-a.

It seemed Grandma Lecia had already arrived, so I turn my gaze with sparkling eyes.

I see Grandma Lecia holding a flower basket in her hand.

“Darling.”

Grandma Lecia approaches us with a bright smile and.

Crouches down to meet our eyes and continues speaking.

“Have you been well? Has anyone been bothering you?”

“Yes…!”

“That should do it.”

Grandma Lecia stroked my head for a while, then looked at Yuna beside me and said with a puzzled expression.

“It seems you’ve made a new friend.”

As attention turned to her, Yuna seemed uncomfortable with the gaze and quietly hid behind me.

I held her hand to reassure her it was okay, and she peeked out her face.

“… Hello.”

She dislikes adults, but fortunately, Grandma Lecia seems to be okay.

Yuna hesitantly emerged from behind my back.

After bowing politely, she quickly hid behind me again.

Grandma Lecia looked at Yuna like this, seeming to contemplate something for a moment.

Then she carefully reached out and gently pressed Yuna’s forehead with her finger.

“…?”

Yuna seemed very flustered by Grandma Lecia’s action, blinking her eyes with a blank expression.

Grandma Lecia looked at Yuna like this and continued speaking with a gentle smile.

“That should do it.”

I wonder what she means by that? I’m not sure, but I feel like the sense of discomfort I felt from Yuna has disappeared, and as I’m blinking my eyes,

Grandma Lecia looked at us with a pleased smile and held out a flower basket to me.

“Here, this is the gift I mentioned before.”

I was about to say it’s okay since I’ve already received too much and couldn’t accept another gift like this.

But before I could, Grandma Lecia pressed the flower basket into my hands and continued speaking.

“I stayed up for several nights making this to give to you, Ha-eun. Are you really not going to accept it?”

“Th-thank you very much.”

“Yes. By the way, I put Chae-a’s gift in there too, so share it among yourselves.”

After hearing those words, I first received it and looked inside the flower basket while holding it.

I could see something blue and shiny inside.

‘A hairpin?’

My eyes were sparkling at the sight of the very pretty hairpin.

Grandmother Lecia smiled with satisfaction, picked up the hairpin, and tied it to the side of my hair while saying,

“If any danger arises, this hairpin will protect you, Ha-eun. Make sure to always wear it.”

“Yes…!”

I’m not sure what kind of function it has, but it seems to have some kind of protective magic on it.

I was about to bow deeply to express my gratitude for such a gift.

Grandmother Lecia cleared her throat and held out her phone, making one request to me.

“That flower cup? thing, this grandmother wants to try it too. Would it be alright if I did? That Perseus boy keeps bragging about it.”

“……”

At those words, I blinked my eyes and nodded for now.