Amazing!

Amazing!

After hearing Yuna’s words about Chae-a being the Pied Piper, I looked at Chae-a again.

Just as Yuna said, when Chae-a walked forward, all the children followed her, which was indeed similar.

I giggled for a while watching this scene and then raised my phone to film it.

“This is really cute!”

As I raised my phone to show how cute our Chae-a was, the chat window quickly filled up.

[Seo-rin – Ah ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Chae-a is really too cute. I want to pinch her cheeks.]

[Close Combat is the Best – ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s so funny how everyone’s crowding around. Look at how flustered the parents are.]

[Side Roll – I want to go see too. Ah, if only it weren’t for the dungeon.]

Watching this, I had one question.

Why is Seo-rin chatting like that when she’s nearby?

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out the reason, so I decided to give up thinking and turned my head quickly.

‘I should calm Chae-a down soon.’

If we leave her like this, she’ll probably be like that until dinner.

It would be good to stop her here and start playing the sticker game ourselves now.

With that thought, I grabbed Yuna’s hand and walked towards Chae-a.

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak

As we walk out, numerous squeaking sounds can be heard.

In addition to Chae-a’s squeaky shoes, the squeaky shoes worn by other babies added to the sound, filling the air with squeaks.

Yuna giggled and whispered to me softly.

“I’m happy there are so many squeaky sounds.”

She seemed to like the sound.

As I was wagging my tail, thinking that if Yuna is happy, that’s good enough for me.

Chae-a, who was walking ahead, spotted us and started running towards us.

“It’s Ha-eun and Yuna…!”

Then she showed us the still plentiful stickers and smiled brightly.

“The sticker doesn’t disappear…! It’s an infinitely growing sticker!”

Then, confidently showing the sticker and giggling.

Once again, she handed out stickers one by one to the nearby children.

I patted Chae-a’s head, praising her for doing well, and then.

Soon, I came to my senses and said to Chae-a.

“Then shall we put on stickers too?”

At that question, Chae-a, who seemed to want to put on stickers too, nodded and looked at me.

Looking at the still plentiful stickers, she crumpled her face and held them out, saying.

“Then what should I do with these…?”

While I was pondering that question for a moment.

Han A-rin, who had been watching us from behind, came forward with a bright smile.

“Don’t worry, I’ll distribute those with magic.”

Then, snapping her fingers, she made the stickers float in the air.

She made the stickers fly one by one to the children who hadn’t received stickers yet.

Chae-a seemed to really like this sight, unable to take her eyes off it for a long time.

It looked like she had found something she liked, so I just smiled watching her.

*

We returned to the association with stickers plastered all over our clothes.

While I was giggling, thinking it was quite funny to see the surprised looks on the Spirit User Uncle and other hunters’ faces at our appearance.

Chae-a ran over to Han A-rin and said.

“I want to do the fluttering and flying thing.”

It seems the magic she saw earlier left a strong impression on her memory.

Hearing those words, Han A-rin smiled brightly, patted Chae-a’s head, and playfully said.

“Hmm, what should I do? Should I tell you or not?”

At those words, Chae-a looked up at Han A-rin restlessly.

Han A-rin pointed to her own cheek and said to Chae-a.

“If you give your sister a kiss, I might tell you.”

At that, Chae-a closes her eyes and tries to kiss Han A-rin’s cheek.

Han A-rin pretends not to notice, accepts it, and says to Chae-a with great satisfaction.

“No, this isn’t enough. I think I could do it if Chae-a snuggles into her sister’s arms and does something cute.”

At those words, Chae-a quickly ran and snuggled into Han A-rin’s arms, then started to do something cute(?).

“Chae-a imitates an ant well…!”

“Really?”

“Yes! Want to see?”

Then, mimicking antennae with both hands, she said.

“Ant ant…!”

In fact, it was closer to a rabbit than an ant, but such minor details weren’t that important.

Han A-rin, extremely satisfied, patted Chae-a vigorously and said.

“Then in the next magic lesson, in addition to moving quickly, I’ll teach Chae-a telekinesis too. You have to work hard on the homework your sister gives you, okay?”

“Yes!”

“Our Chae-a is so cute.”

Chae-a giggled and then grabbed her own hands, starting to spread her wings of imagination.

“Chae-a will learn magic hard and make ants, earthworm unnie, and blackies float…!”

“Huh?”

“There are hundreds of ant friends… Chae-a needs to work hard!”

At those words, Han A-rin’s expression changed momentarily to one that seemed to say ‘Is this right?’.

Then, returning to normal, she patted Chae-a’s head and said.

“Y-you can’t send them to people. Okay?”

“Yes!”

I’m not sure if she really understood, but I nodded, thinking it was good that Chae-a was happy.

* * *

When night came, I was training various things.

For example, in addition to practicing making my palms bigger, practicing getting taller, strength training like lifting and lowering pillows, and endurance training.

I was also doing magic training that Han A-rin and Perseus had taught me, so I was even busier at night than during the day.

Among these, the one I’ve been working on the most lately was magic training.

I was training hard because I really wanted to learn the cleaning magic we had promised back then.

‘If I learn this, I can help Seo-rin even more!’

I was grinning, thinking that every time I use cleaning magic, I could clearly see Seo-rin’s happy face.

Then I noticed Chae-a dancing enthusiastically with the blackies next to me.

‘I’m not sure, but she said doing that makes her excited.’

So dancing energetically every night had become a routine.

Yuna…

I tried to hold back my laughter as I looked at Yuna sprawled out on the bed.

She looked cute, like a sloth.

While suppressing my laughter at the sight, I asked Yuna what she was doing.

“I’m playing dinosaur. Dinosaurs don’t move like this.”

It seems she thinks staying still is playing dinosaur, probably because she saw dinosaur sculptures.

Seeing Yuna’s tail swishing in the air, I felt mischievous and pointed it out.

“Yuna, your tail is moving!”

Startled by my words, Yuna tried her best to calm her tail, concentrating hard.

But failing to calm it, she slumped down and said to me in a crumpled voice.

“I’ll practice.”

At those words, I patted her head to encourage her and then turned my gaze away.

The important thing now was to practice magic.

With that thought, I followed exactly what Han A-rin had taught me.

‘Practicing moving mana.’

Since it was my first time, I kept wondering if I was doing it right.

But since I had to do it alone now, I hid my anxiety and continued.

After moving mana around for a while.

Somteol, who had been dozing nearby, suddenly popped up (with Chae-a’s shoe stuck to its fur) and said something to me.

“Peeee?”

At that question asking if it could help, I nodded just in case.

Ha-eun snuggled into my arms and started to concentrate with a ‘peep’ sound.

I wasn’t sure how it was going to help, but since it said it would, I decided to focus my mind as I had done before.

A warm sensation blossomed throughout my body, as if setting up signposts to guide where my mana should go.

Feeling this, I cautiously directed my mana in the direction Ha-eun was indicating.

“Peep, peep peep.”

Ha-eun skillfully guided it, slowly leading my mana and showing me how to circulate it.

Then it collapsed on the floor, panting heavily.

I patted its head to show my appreciation for its hard work, and Ha-eun happily bounced up and down with a bright smile.

‘How fascinating.’

I had no idea Ha-eun had this kind of ability.

No, come to think of it, since it has enhancement abilities, maybe it’s natural that it can do this?

I thought that perhaps the method of enhancement might involve using mana circulation.

I began to practice the flow that Ha-eun had shown me continuously.

* * *

The next morning, when Han A-rin came to visit the hospital room, I ran to her excitedly to show the results of my mana training from the night before.

Of course, it was embarrassing to show such modest progress after just one night of practice, as dramatic changes weren’t to be expected.

‘To make sure I’m not training in the wrong direction.’

Overcoming my embarrassment, I showed her.

Han A-rin was very surprised and urgently asked me questions.

“Ha, Ha-eun? Where did you learn this?”

Worried that something might be wrong, I hugged my tail and hesitated for a moment.

I slowly explained the situation, and Han A-rin spoke to me with a shocked expression.

“… This could be a groundbreaking discovery that might turn the magic society upside down.”

Fortunately, it seems it wasn’t the wrong direction, as she looked somewhat excited.

I held out Somteol to Han A-rin and said.

“It’s because Somteol told me. I think you should praise Somteol!”

At those words, Han A-rin chuckled and patted both my head and Somteol’s simultaneously while saying.

“Both Somteol and Ha-eun are amazing.”

I was a bit flustered because I hadn’t actually done anything.

But since Somteol didn’t seem to mind, I smiled awkwardly.

Han A-rin looked at us for a moment before quickly making a request.

“Can I research this mana circulation method? Of course, I’ll only do it if Ha-eun and Somteol allow it. If you don’t want me to, you can say no.”

Since Somteol’s opinion was more important than mine, I looked at Somteol.

Somteol didn’t seem to mind and chirped while nodding its head.

Han A-rin seemed grateful for our response and patted our heads again.