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546 – The News is Slow

546 – The News is Slow

A tug-of-war race between Team 1 and our team was about to begin.

Most of the team members sensed defeat even before it started, but Levinas was different.

“Wanga! Levinas has been eating a lot of meat lately! So I’ve gotten much stronger!”

Thump—

Levinas patted his own bicep.

It was the same soft bicep as always, but his confident demeanor was reassuring.

“If Levinas is here, I’m invincible.”

“Yeah! Levinas is invincible because Wanga is here too!”

Levinas raised his fist towards the sky.

Then the team members bumped their fists against Levinas’s.

“Let’s give it a try.”

“Yes. I will do my best too.”

“Um… I’m not really good at physical activities, but I will pull as hard as I can.”

After making our own resolutions, we grabbed the rope.

The front positions in each team were Gaeul and me.

“Juin, are you ready?”

“Yeah. I’m here.”

“Gaeul, are you ready?”

“Yeah. Let’s do our best!”

“Huh…?”

Gaeul tilted her head.

Does Gaeul not know how to play tug-of-war?

“Tug-of-war is…”

Just as I was about to explain tug-of-war to Gaeul, the referee approached us.

The referee was Sophia, who had refused to participate in physical activities and stood in for Levinas.

“Grab the rope, and when I blow the whistle, we start.”

Sophia finished her brief explanation and picked up the whistle hanging around her neck.

Peeeee—

With the sharp sound of the whistle, the tug-of-war race began.

“Ugh!”

“Ugh…!”

I squeezed my eyes shut and pulled on the rope as if I were about to fall over.

I could hear grunting sounds from behind, indicating that the team members were pulling with all their might.

“Meow!”

The rope didn’t budge at all.

Still, it wasn’t being pulled towards the other side.

Was the strength of the bull Beastman Mino greater than I expected?

With hope, I opened my eyes halfway.

And I had no choice but to despair.

“……”

All the members of the opposing team were holding the rope with just one hand.

They were just staring at us blankly, not pulling as hard as we were.

Gaeul, who was at the very front, wasn’t even holding the rope.

Her round eyes were just blinking.

“Juin, are you pulling the rope?”

“I-it’s tugging the rope…!”

Shaking with fear, I tried to pull the rope with all my strength, but it didn’t budge.

Seeing me like this seemed strange to Gaeul, who was staring at me, and she came over to our side.

“Juin, Gaeul is here.”

Gaeul, who had switched teams, started tugging on the rope with a grunt.

Suddenly changing teams like that left me no choice but to be flustered.

“Gaeul…! But you’re on the other team…?!”

“No! Gaeul is here!”

Grunt.

While pulling the rope and shaking her head, Gaeul gestured towards Saebyeok, who was on the opposite side.

“Black bunny, come here! Come here!”

“Am I going there?”

“Huh…?”

Saebyeok, who hesitated for a moment at Gaeul’s call, came over to our team.

Despite the abnormal ratio of 7 to 3, the opposing team didn’t budge at all.

As expected, the strength of the two Masters and Jeffrey was formidable.

“Hahaha! This is how it should be!”

Master Park Tae-san began to pull the rope with both hands, betrayed by Saebyeok and Gaeul.

Although Jeffrey and our Master were still pulling with one hand, they seemed to be putting in more effort thanks to Saebyeok’s joining.

“This… this isn’t budging at all…!”

“Ugh…! Let’s keep pulling…!”

Our team members, Hwang In-ho, Kim Min-jun, and Mino, shouted and pulled the rope with all their might.

I squeezed my eyes shut again and started pulling on the rope.

“The invincible Horned Rabbit’s power!”

“Ugh!”

Did our efforts finally get rewarded?

The rope, which hadn’t budged at all, began to shift slightly.

“Huh?”

Are we winning against those three?

Surprised, I opened my eyes and looked ahead.

Then I spotted our Master casually joining our team.

“Hyung! Why did you go over there?!”

“Gaeul!”

Ah.

Gaeul had forcibly made him join our team.

As our Master joined the team, the balance of the tug-of-war began to shift.

“Ugh!”

“Haha, strong indeed.”

The result of the tug-of-war was our victory.

I and the kids jumped up and down with joy.

“Yay! Yay!”

Levinas, who was hopping around, suddenly raised his eyes fiercely.

Then he swung his hand down towards our team.

“Both teams, foul play!”

“Ugh.”

As expected, it turned out that way.

Levinas was merciless even towards his own team.

It was disappointing, but I appreciated Levinas for ensuring a fair competition.

**

“Juin, let’s go get snacks!”

“Yeah. Gaeul got snacks again?”

“Yay! Let’s go! Let’s go!”

We were eliminated from the game, but we received snacks as participation prizes.

Fortunately, snacks were the best prize for our kids.

Crunch— Crunch—

We shared the snacks while watching the tug-of-war.

Thanks to our Master team, the strong favorites for victory, being eliminated, the remaining tug-of-war was surprisingly tight.

“Ugh!”

“We won!”

The winners of the tug-of-war were none other than Master Chae Joo-yeon’s team.

It was thanks to Hanyeoreum and Ensia, who were famous for their strength, being on Master Chae Joo-yeon’s team.

“The winning team gets to choose a prize!”

Levinas led the winning team to the prize display.

Master Chae Joo-yeon, glancing at Hanyeoreum and Ensia, eventually picked up my fluff ball.

“Can I take this? Or should we compete again…?”

There was tension in Master Chae Joo-yeon’s voice.

Hanyeoreum smiled at the Master.

“It’s okay. I already have one.”

“I have one too, so it’s fine.”

Hanyeoreum knew, but when did Ensia take my fluff ball?

I was astonished, my eyes wide open.

“Oh my, then I can take it!”

Master Chae Joo-yeon put my fluff ball into her magic bag.

Then sighs of disappointment erupted from all around.

“Ah…! I should have taken the car instead…!”

“No, were you debating between the car and the fluff ball?”

“That person doesn’t deserve to receive the fluff ball.”

People watching the competition murmured.

Isn’t a luxury car a million times better than my fluff ball?

As expected, the wealthy neighborhood had a different way of thinking.

“Now, the next game is…!”

Our picnic and sports day continued.

Those with a lot of money took home prizes like the drawings we made, while those with less took practical items like cars or laptops.

‘Incredible.’

They really managed to adjust things so that necessary items went to those who needed them.

Thanks to that, our two new employees were beaming with smiles.

“Wow! We can take public transport now!”

“Me too.”

Sniff sniff.

The two new employees hugged each other, expressing their joy.

And the Beastmen who participated in the sports day were also quite satisfied.

“So this is the human race’s play culture?”

“Yes. There are similarities and differences. Just in time, I needed this computer, and I got it as a prize.”

“I think our kids would really love a game console as a gift.”

Everyone who participated was satisfied.

Among them, our kids were the happiest.

“Wanga! Look at this!”

“Master, there are so many snacks…!”

The kids were delighted, hugging their snacks.

Even though they could have chosen other prizes by winning a few games, most of the kids only picked snacks.

“Levinas, didn’t you choose a game console?”

“Yeah! There are plenty of game consoles at Kwon Arin’s house! It would be fun to play with Kwon Arin there!”

“Is that so?”

Still, Bom and Saebyeok chose laptops and computers.

Haneul picked a refrigerator.

They must be things to use in the guild, right?

I felt so proud that the kids thought about the guild while enjoying the picnic and chose such prizes.

“Uncle, let’s have another picnic later.”

“Sure, let’s do it regularly.”

The Master placed his hand on my head.

It was always a warm touch.

Thus, we were able to conclude the picnic successfully.

**

Thanks to my close relationship with the Beastmen, I could get away with one assignment.

Kwon Arin’s younger sister, Kwon Arang, looked down at her assignment with a confident expression.

“Oh.”

She blinked at the score given to her.

The score was strange.

‘D?’

Not a B, not a C, but a D.

Kwon Arang, who always stayed at the top, couldn’t believe it.

She composed herself and went to see the professor.

And she received a shocking statement from the professor.

“Arang, while this assignment has many parts for personal opinions, do you really think it makes sense for the Beastmen to use the won?”

“No, that’s…”

“If what you say is true, wouldn’t everyone in the world be clamoring for the won?”

The Beastmen’s unique portal ability, which was only slightly revealed.

That alone had infinite value.

If converted to money, it would be astronomical.

Moreover, there were many undisclosed technologies.

“And Arang, everyone knows that the Beastmen are a royal nation in secret.”

“No, that’s just that the professor is slow to catch up…”

“Arang.”

The professor called Kwon Arang’s name in a heavy voice.

Kwon Arang felt nothing but injustice.