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518 – The Evil Spirit’s Magic

518 – The Evil Spirit’s Magic

With his eyes tightly shut as if dead, Levinas lay beneath Gaeul and Haneul.

Levinas could endure for a moment, but if left like that, it was clear he would suffer.

“Hey, if you keep that up, Levinas will be heavy.”

“Huh?”

Gaeul looked up at me, her head tilted, as if the word “heavy” sounded strange.

As Haneul descended from atop Gaeul, Gaeul shook her head vigorously.

“Chuin Gaeul-ik annya.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Naeng, Gaeul-ik an mugo.”

Flapping her arms, Gaeul mimicked the motion of wings.

It seemed to express that she was light enough to fly.

“Yeah. Gaeul alone isn’t heavy, but wouldn’t it be heavy if she went up with Haneul?”

“······!”

Gaeul clapped her hands as if she understood.

Then she tilted her head while looking at Haneul.

“Hanur-ik mugo?”

Haneul’s face turned red at Gaeul’s innocent question.

After fidgeting with her fingers for a moment, Haneul nodded.

“Yes… I think I’m heavy…”

“Huh?”

Haneul looked light from any angle.

Could she weigh more than she appeared?

Curiosity piqued, I had no choice but to ask Haneul.

“Haneul, how much do you weigh right now?”

“Um… I don’t really know…”

“Huh?”

Why would she say she was heavy if she didn’t know?

Noticing my confusion, Haneul spoke in a small voice, glancing around.

“Well, I’ve always been scolded…”

“Scolded? How?”

“They say I’m useless and just eat like a pig…”

“Um…”

I was at a loss for words at such an unexpected answer.

I never thought it would be for such a terrible reason.

After hesitating for a moment, I approached Haneul and hugged her tightly.

Lifting her up, she was as light as I had expected.

“No, Haneul is so light that she should eat more.”

“More?”

“Yeah. Look at my arms, they’re huge, huge…”

I tried to show off my muscles, but they didn’t seem much different from Haneul’s.

I had a bit more muscle, but it was negligible.

Still, Haneul’s eyes sparkled as she looked at my arms.

“Master’s arms are healthier…!”

“Right? If Haneul eats a lot of meat and exercises hard like me, she’ll be like this too.”

Even though there wasn’t much difference, she said I was better.

Haneul really is sweet.

After patting Haneul’s head, I watched the other kids’ torture session.

“Hey, Wanga! There’s an old chair here! This must be a throne!”

Levinas sat confidently in the chair like a king from a historical drama.

Next to Levinas were two long wooden sticks.

‘This is…?’

Isn’t this a chair used for twisting joints?

I boldly placed the two sticks between Levinas’s legs.

“Wanga, what is this?”

“This is also a tool used for torture. If you press it like this, it will hurt a lot, right?”

I pressed one of the sticks like a lever, and on the other side, Bomi giggled as she pressed the stick lightly.

Of course, she only pressed it gently so it wouldn’t hurt.

“······!”

Levinas’s eyes widened.

Then he jumped up from his seat.

“Humans… are scary…!”

That was Levinas’s conclusion after witnessing the various tortures of the human world.

**

I returned to the guild building and took a short break.

“Ugh.”

While lying on the sofa with Gaeul, Bomi and Saebyeok were bustling about.

Curious, I moved behind them.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“We’re calculating the activities of the Divine Beasts.”

“Divine Beasts?”

“Yeah. The Divine Beasts have started going to dungeons with adventurers.”

I followed Saebyeok to the place used as the guild’s storage.

The storage was piled high with the byproducts from the dungeon.

“Wow.”

The Divine Beasts have been working hard.

It seems everyone is genuinely committed to rebuilding the Beastmen village.

I went around the Ggaemmi Guild, thanking the resting Divine Beasts.

“You all worked hard. I’ll use this to further develop the Beastmen village.”

I patted Seol’s head and gave Kkamang a light tap on the back.

From the mouse Divine Beast Jjikji to the monkey Divine Beast Kkiki and the pig Divine Beast Kkulkkui.

As I hugged everyone lightly, I locked eyes with the butterfly Divine Beast Yuri.

“······.”

Yuri had no expression, so I couldn’t tell what she was thinking.

But I was grateful nonetheless.

I waved my hand at Yuri, who was sitting on a tree.

“Yuri, I’m always thankful.”

In response to my gratitude, Yuri flapped her wings.

Though she had no expression, I could tell she had a kind heart.

“Thank you all, I’ll use this all to develop the Beastmen village.”

“Kkiki!”

“Wang!”

They kicked the ground and spun around joyfully.

It was a time when the Divine Beasts expressed their happiness in their own ways.

Saebyeok approached me with an unusual urgency.

“Gyeoul, there’s a big problem.”

“What? What’s wrong?”

“Gaeul touched an item in the storage, and suddenly she went weird.”

“Huh?”

Sometimes there were strange items.

I had once touched an item incorrectly and only made a meowing sound.

Did Gaeul touch one of those items?

We hurriedly ran towards Gaeul.

“Medicine!”

When we arrived with Saebyeok, Gaeul was stomping angrily on the floor.

Her furious stomping was unlike the usual Gaeul.

“Medicine! Medicine!”

Even though Gaeul locked eyes with me, she continued to stomp angrily.

She looked so sulky that it felt oddly familiar.

‘Could it be…?’

I felt a sense of familiarity from Gaeul.

When I was consumed by my primal instincts, I had exactly that kind of angry reaction.

“Saebyeok, that’s just primal instinct.”

“Primal instinct?”

“Yeah. I was like that too back in the day. Don’t you remember?”

“Yeah. I remember.”

I knew well how to control a young Beastman consumed by primal instincts.

Having experienced it myself.

“If you get consumed by primal instincts, just say the child is pretty, and they’ll come back quickly.”

“I see.”

As Saebyeok nodded, Gaeul picked up a piece of paper.

With a fierce expression, Gaeul tore the paper vertically.

Then she let out a wild roar.

“Ga-woof.”

**

Early afternoon.

Having finished her work, Sophia hurried home.

The moment she took the elevator and headed towards the kids at home was one of Sophia’s favorite times.

I wonder who will be home today.

It would be great if everyone was there.

With pleasant thoughts, Sophia opened the front door.

“Gaeul is the best, Gaeul is cool.”

“Graah.”

“There won’t be a stronger dog than Gaeul!”

Voices of all the kids echoed from the house.

It was Sophia’s favorite situation.

So all the kids are here today.

Ignoring the tail wagging up and down, Sophia moved to the living room.

As she arrived at the entrance, she sensed an unusual energy.

A wicked aura that could only be felt from an Evil Spirit harboring deep resentment.

Sophia hurriedly entered the living room.

“Gaeul, shall we eat chocolate? I’ll have one, and Gaeul can have two.”

“Medicine!”

The kids were playing with an angry-looking Gaeul.

Sophia could feel the energy of the Evil Spirit rising from Gaeul.

‘That…?’

It was a curse that sometimes beginner adventurers would fall into.

If left as is, it would be dangerous as Gaeul would be consumed by the Evil Spirit’s demonic energy, but it was easy to purify, so it had never caused a major problem.

Sophia also knew a very simple purification method.

“You’re here, but you don’t even turn around.”

“Oh, Sophia, I’m sorry. Gaeul was consumed by primal instincts.”

“Primal instincts?”

Could the kids not distinguish between primal instincts and the demonic energy of the Evil Spirit?

They were still young children with much to learn.

Just as Sophia was about to approach Gaeul to cleanse the demonic energy that had consumed her…

“Gaeul, isn’t chocolate delicious?”

“Yuck! Bear mouth!”

Gaeul, with a fierce expression, tightly hugged Gyeoul.

To express gratitude while being consumed by demonic energy.

Even Sophia, who had lived long, had never seen such a thing.

‘Come to think of it…’

Every time the kids did something for Gaeul, the Evil Spirit’s demonic energy decreased little by little.

Watching that mysterious sight, Sophia sat on the sofa to observe.

“Ju-in! Igguba!”

Having eaten chocolate and feeling thirsty, Gaeul filled a cup with water.

Then, looking at everyone, she gulped down the entire cup in one go.

It seemed like she was trying to show off her tough side.

“Wow, Gaeul is amazing.”

“I would need to drink half of that and take a break.”

Clap, clap, clap-

As the kids applauded, Gaeul placed the cup on the desk.

While she was putting it down with all her might, fearing it might break, she noticed the startled kids and gently set it down.

“Graah.”

Gaeul howled fiercely.

Sophia thought as she watched Gaeul.

‘Is it because Gaeul is inherently a good child? Or is it thanks to the kids being by her side?’

To have demonic energy purified without using magic.

That must mean the bond among the kids is strong.

Sophia decided to step back for a moment and watch how the kids handled it.

Thud-! Thud-!

Seeing Gaeul tear the sketchbook apart with a fierce look, it seemed like it would work out well.

Normally, she would be in a situation where she would tear someone apart.

A word from the author (Author’s note)

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

Thank you for the comments and recommendations! They always give me strength!

Gaeul, who has become wicked due to the Evil Spirit, but knows no wickedness…!

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