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489 – No, My Ear

489 – No, My Ear

The journey on the East Sea was over, and the day to return home had arrived.

As we discussed, we decided to take a plane to get home quickly.

Master, who had business here, decided to use the car we originally came in.

“Everyone, the plane…”

I was about to ask if they were flying for the first time, but the children seemed strange.

Except for Saebyeok, the children sat on their chairs with stiff expressions.

“What’s wrong, everyone?”

“Levinas is flying for the first time, so…”

“Me too…”

Bomi, who is always full of mischief, was frozen stiff.

Levinas, who is usually energetic, looked nervous today.

“It must be nerve-wracking if it’s your first time.”

“Yeah… I think Levinas needs to doll up a bit.”

“Huh?”

Why doll up when she’s nervous?

Is she trying to forget her fear of flying by dressing up?

I couldn’t help but ask Levinas, who had raised my doubts.

“Does dressing up make you feel better?”

“Yeah…! If I dress up pretty, I won’t be nervous even if they click-click…!”

“Click…?”

“Don’t people click-click when people get off the plane at the airport?”

“That’s…”

I guess she’s talking about the scene when celebrities arrive at the airport.

Reporters and fans gather to take pictures.

It seemed Levinas thought people would come and take pictures of her when she got off the plane.

‘It’s not the flight, but getting off that’s making her nervous.’

I couldn’t help but smile at the unexpected source of her anxiety.

“Everyone, doll up quickly…!”

Levinas smoothed her ears with her hands.

Watching this, Gaeul took out a red Thread bundle from her bag and put it on her head.

“Me too, I want to doll up too!”

Bomi took out a luxurious white Ornament and hung it on her chest.

Saebyeok did her own grooming by dusting off her clothes.

It was nice to see the children dressing up to look even prettier.

Hehe, I covered my mouth and laughed, but I couldn’t help but worry that the children would be disappointed if no one was there when they got off at the airport.

‘Will they be very disappointed if no one’s there?’

With that worry, the boarding process began.

We all got on the plane together.

Perhaps because it was a domestic flight with plenty of seats, we were able to sit together on one side.

There were only two window seats, and I gave them to Gaeul and Bomi.

-Flight 102 to Incheon on Seed Airlines will be departing soon…

As the announcement rang to signal the plane’s departure, the children fastened their seatbelts.

As the plane began to move, Gaeul stared ahead with wide eyes.

Looking closely, she was holding her breath.

“Gaeul, you can breathe.”

“Hek…!”

The plane moved to the runway and began to speed up.

Soon, the plane lifted off, and the body was pushed back by the inertia of the acceleration.

“……!”

The children, who had been chattering, fell silent in an instant.

It seemed to be thanks to the surprise of the plane.

We all kept our mouths shut until the plane reached a safe altitude.

Levinas was the first to speak again on the plane.

“Heeok…! The clouds are close…!”

Levinas’s eyes sparkled as she looked out the window.

Gaeul also wagged her tail as she looked at the clouds right in front of her.

“Gaeul, you dog, the clouds are cotton candy, so they taste sweet if you eat them…!”

“Hek…!”

“But you have to be careful because they disappear if you wash them in water…!”

Levinas and Gaeul were talking, but the children sitting in the front seats remained silent.

I unfastened my seatbelt and leaned forward, and Bomi was just staring out the window.

“Bomi, what are you doing?”

“Looking at the sky. I’m going to fly in the sky like that someday.”

“If you fly yourself, you can eat clouds too, right?”

“Yeah. I’ll eat clouds and catch birds too.”

Catching birds while flying in the sky.

That sounded pretty fun.

“When that happens, give me a ride on your back. Let’s catch clouds and birds together.”

“Okay. I’ll give everyone a ride on my back. Let’s share the clouds.”

Bomi was looking out the window, so I couldn’t see her eyes, but I could tell they were sparkling.

I was already looking forward to the day when Bomi would fly freely in the sky.

**

The domestic flight wasn’t very long.

We were able to get off at the airport after a thirty-minute flight.

“Everyone, get ready! The click-click is about to start!”

Before entering the arrival hall, the children began to groom themselves.

Gaeul, who had put the Thread bundle on her head, also puffed out her chest and walked forward.

We arrived at the arrival hall.

Of course, there were no reporters or fans taking pictures.

“…….”

“Ehhh…”

The children looked around with disappointed expressions.

I was worried about how to comfort them when I heard a click from somewhere.

Clickclickclickclickclick-

I heard a loud camera shutter sound.

Looking at the source of the sound, Ensia was holding a huge camera and filming us.

“Everyone, please walk naturally.”

“Welcome! Welcome!”

Next to Ensia, Argo was holding a welcome sign.

The sign had two cats, a rabbit, a dog, and a dragon drawn on it.

“Heok!”

The ears of the children, who had been drooping with disappointment, perked up.

Then they began to make cool expressions again.

It was an awkward but somehow haughty expression.

“Huh?”

How are Ensia and Argo here?

As I tilted my head, I spotted Hanyeoreum giggling.

It seemed Hanyeoreum had called Ensia and Argo without me and the children knowing.

Thanks to that, the children were able to make their airport debut in their own way.

**

I returned home, took a short break, and went out to the park.

It was to check on Seol and Kkamang, the Divine Beasts, and the crops.

“Seol and Kkamang, have you been doing well?”

“Myaong-myaong!”

“Kkikki!”

Seol and Kkamang were doing well, and so were the Divine Beasts.

The crops were lush, as if Seol and Kkamang had taken care of them while I was away.

I held Seol in my arms and put Kkamang on my head and thought.

I wondered if I could call Seol and Kkamang Divine Beasts at this point.

“Kkamang and Seol, would you like to be Divine Beasts?”

“Kkikki!”

“Myaong! Myaong!”

“Okay. Then let’s be Divine Beasts from now on.”

I don’t know if you can decide to be a Divine Beast like this, but we’re the ones deciding anyway.

So Kkamang and Seol decided to be Divine Beasts.

I patrolled the park with the two who had become Divine Beasts.

Fortunately, the park was as peaceful as ever.

As I was walking around the park, I spotted something interesting in a general store across the crosswalk.

It was a headband with Beastmen ears, and the shape of the ears was very similar to mine and the children’s.

‘This is…’

There were cat and rabbit ears, and dog ears too.

It seemed to be something that targeted the special nature of the park where the Beastmen children lived.

‘Should I buy one?’

Since it was a discount store, the headbands weren’t too expensive.

I could definitely afford it now that I had some financial leeway.

“Excuse me, I’ll take this.”

As I moved to the checkout counter with the headbands, the employee at the counter looked flustered.

She looked back and forth between the cat headband I was holding and the ears on my head, then started calculating.

Is it strange for a Beastmen to buy a Beastmen ear headband?

We looked at each other and finished in an awkward atmosphere.

“Thank you…”

“Ah, yes…”

I returned to the park with the headbands I had purchased.

Gaeul was alone near the park’s pond, watching the fish.

‘Hmm…’

Looking at Gaeul, I thought of a fun prank.

I went into the container house, put on a hat that could cover my ears, and approached Gaeul.

“Gaeul, what are you doing?”

“Mukkogi.”

“Watching the fish?”

“Neng! Jjuin?”

Gaeul, who was squatting in front of the pond, looked up at me.

It was like she was asking what I was doing.

I barely managed to hold back the laughter that was about to come out at Gaeul’s pure eyes.

“I’m going to wash my ears.”

“Gi ssiso?”

“Yeah. I’m going to wash my ears, so I took them off and I don’t have ears now. That’s why I’m wearing a hat?”

“Ing?”

Gaeul blinked and looked at the top of my head.

I was wearing a hat, so she couldn’t see my ears.

“Jjuin gi ttaetto?”

“Yeah. Wanna see?”

I showed Gaeul the headband I bought at the store.

Gaeul’s eyes widened so much that the whites of her eyes showed at the white cat ears.

Kukung-

Gaeul grabbed her ears with a shocked expression.

She flinched a little, as if it hurt a little.

“Annya…”

“Gaeul, can’t you take off your ears?”

“Neng…! Aya! Aya!”

Gaeul cried out in pain.

I put my hand on Gaeul’s ear.

“Should I take them off for you? It won’t hurt at all?”

“Anni aya?!”

“Yeah. It doesn’t hurt at all. Wanna try taking them off?”

“Hek…!”

At Gaeul’s affirmative signal, I put my hand on Gaeul’s ear and gently pulled it.

Jjookjjook-

I pulled Gaeul’s ear a few times and pretended to tear it off.

“It’s off.”

“Uing?!”

I showed Gaeul the dog headband I had prepared.

Gaeul, who was looking at the dog headband with blank eyes, collapsed to the ground.

Gaeul, who had closed her eyes, didn’t even move.

“Gaeul?”

“…….”

The shock of losing her ears must have been great, as Gaeul was pretending to be dead.

Author’s Note

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