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592 – Would That Be Good?

592 – Would That Be Good?

Hanyeoreum, moving at incredible speed, scooped me up.

Before I could explain what we were doing, Hanyeoreum tossed me into a nearby pond.

“Nyaaaa!”

Splash-!

A real scream, different from when I was acting, burst out.

I was a little disoriented, but quickly regained my senses and swam away from Hanyeoreum, doing the cat paddle.

“Gyeoul-ah, where are you going?”

Hanyeoreum’s voice, laced with panic, came from behind.

Swimming forward, I didn’t even turn to look at her as I said, “I’m mad that you threw me in the pond.”

“Huh…?!”

“Just kidding.”

I turned around again and swam towards Hanyeoreum.

Then, Hanyeoreum pulled me out of the pond and hugged me again.

“Gyeoul-ah, weren’t you on fire?”

“No, I was just experiencing a movie shoot.”

“Ah, a shoot… I thought something terrible had happened to Gyeoul. What should I do, I’m so sorry?”

“It’s okay. You rushed over because you thought I was in danger.”

Far from being angry, I should be grateful.

As a sign of my gratitude, I hugged Hanyeoreum tightly.

Thanks to that, we both got soaking wet, but I felt really good.

“Gyeoul-ah.”

“Master…!”

While I was hugging Hanyeoreum, the children approached us.

They had the same shocked expressions as I did when I was thrown into the pond.

“Kids, I think we should stop playing this game.”

“Stop?!”

“Yeah. It’s dangerous, and it seems like people are worried, so we shouldn’t.”

“Okay! Got it!”

The game was over, but no one was disappointed.

It was thanks to knowing that we could play more fun and new games.

What game should we play next?

As I pondered, Gaeul and Bomi came into my view.

Gaeul was shaking her head firmly, so it seemed like Bomi had played another prank.

“Gaeul-ah, I’m serious this time, okay?”

“Nyah nyah.”

“I’m really not tricking you.”

“Nyah nyah.”

Bomi trying to persuade her, and Gaeul not believing her.

What on earth are they talking about?

Curious, I approached them.

“Bomi-ah, what’s wrong?”

“No, Gaeul won’t believe what I’m saying.”

“What did you say?”

“I told her I open my eyes when I wash my hair, but she says it’s impossible.”

“Really?”

Opening your eyes while washing your hair is something you can definitely do.

Is it so difficult for Gaeul that she can’t believe it?

“Gaeul-ah, opening your eyes while washing your hair is easier than you think.”

“Eing?!”

Gaeul’s eyes, who usually believes almost everything, widened.

Opening her eyes while washing her hair might be an impossible feat for Gaeul.

“Eyez open wash?”

Gaeul asked the children around her.

Levinas and Haneul immediately shook their heads.

“Levinas can’t do it because I’m scared! If the bubbles get in my eyes, it hurts!”

“I can’t do it either…”

At Levinas and Haneul’s answers, Gaeul shrugged her shoulders.

It was as if she was answering, “See?”

“Master eyez open wash?”

“Um… I can’t keep them open the whole time, but I can open them for a little bit.”

“Rweally?!”

“Yeah.”

Before I became a Beastman, I could keep them open the whole time.

Now, should I say I feel fear?

But I can still do it a little, so I didn’t lie.

“I can open and close my eyes.”

“Me too.”

“Unnie can do it too?”

Bomi and Saebyeok declared that they could open and close their eyes.

When Hanyeoreum and Jeong Yuna joined in, Gaeul’s suspicion turned into respect.

“Woah…”

Gaeul’s eyes sparkled.

Then, as if she had made a decision, she took out shampoo from the Ggaemmi Guild building.

“Gaeul-ah, why the shampoo?”

“Gaeul eyez open wash.”

“Gaeul is going to try opening her eyes while washing her hair?”

“Hek…”

Gaeul held the shampoo and approached Jeong Yuna.

If she had Jeong Yuna, she could wash her hair outside.

“Want me to make a shower?”

“Mhm.”

“Then, with purification magic…”

Jeong Yuna, moving Mana here and there, created a blue orb.

Water began to pour out of the orb like a shower hose.

“……”

Gaeul stared at the magic shower for a long time.

It seemed like it took quite a big decision to open your eyes while washing your hair.

“…Gaeul-ah?”

“Yah!”

At my call, Gaeul shouted.

She lowered her head and started washing her hair, so I watched the process of washing her hair from the front.

Gaeul washed her hair with a frown as if she was angry.

She hadn’t even used shampoo yet, but she was scared, so she squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again.

But even so, you could say she opened her eyes.

“Huk! Gaeul puppy is opening her eyes!”

“Amazing…!”

“Gaeul-ah, hang in there.”

Amidst the children’s cheers, the shampooing came.

As the shampoo bubbles formed, Gaeul’s eyes twitched.

“……!”

Unable to bear the fear of shampooing, her eyes began to close little by little.

Then, before long, Gaeul’s eyes closed completely.

“Gaeul cwosed…”

Gaeul’s shoulders slumped.

I decided to comfort Gaeul, who was disappointed.

“But you opened them a little, right?”

“That’s right…! It was amazing…!”

“You were a total hero Horned Rabbit just now!”

At the children’s praise-filled comfort, Gaeul’s tail wagged.

Haneul approached Gaeul, who was giggling.

“I want to try too…!”

“Haneul too?”

“Yes…!”

Haneul stood in front of the magic shower with the dignified appearance of a tiger.

As if proving that she was a tiger Beastman, Haneul began to wash her hair without hesitation.

She opened her eyes sharply and wet her hair and shampooed it.

Even while doing that, Haneul didn’t blink once.

There wasn’t even a normal blink.

“Ha, Haneul-ah?”

“Oh my.”

Haneul’s eyes began to turn red.

As her eyes turned red enough to be bloodshot, Haneul’s hair washing came to an end.

“I, I did it…!”

“W, wow…”

Clap clap clap.

I applauded Haneul.

Haneul’s determination and tenacity were arguably the best among us.

Of course, not blinking even once was dangerous, so I decided to warn her later.

**

Washing hair without closing eyes was over.

Perhaps it was because they succeeded in their own challenge, Gaeul and Haneul walked around with dignified appearances.

I watched the two of them, then turned my head at the familiar voice coming from the park.

“Look, my mom bought this for me.”

“Oh, cool.”

The owners of the voices were my neighborhood friends, Im Dahee and Kim Woosung.

Kim Woosung, the troublemaker who used to play with Animal King Cards, was now a dignified aspiring adventurer.

“Hey guys, oh?”

Mana emanated from the clothes Dahee was wearing.

I couldn’t help but be distracted by the unusual-looking clothes.

“Dahee-ah, what’s that?”

“This is armor. My dad bought it for me.”

“Wow.”

She’s still young, but she’s wearing magic armor.

Dahee’s family seemed to be quite wealthy.

“If you wear this, you won’t get hurt even if you’re attacked by a goblin?”

“That’s amazing. I’m jealous.”

“Hey, Gyeoul shouldn’t be jealous of me.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Gyeoul’s dad buys her a lot of good stuff too, right?”

“Huh?”

Dad?

I don’t have a dad in this world?

I tilted my head at the questionable situation.

“Isn’t everything Gyeoul has bought by her dad?”

“No. I don’t have a dad.”

“Oh…”

Dahee’s eyebrows went up, but the corners of her eyes went down.

I might have put pressure on Dahee.

“Gyeoul-ah, why don’t you have a dad?”

After Dahee was silent for a moment, Woosung asked me a question.

It was as if he knew my dad.

“Because I don’t…?”

“Wasn’t Kang Jinho ajusshi Gyeoul’s dad?”

“Huh?”

Could it be that the children thought our Master was my dad?

Surprised, I waved my hands at the children.

“No, I wish he was my dad, but he’s not.”

Hehe.

The moment I gave the children an awkward smile, a hand came up over my head.

I could tell it was our Master just by the large, soft touch.

It seemed like he came because we were talking about Master.

“You wish I was your dad?”

“Th, that’s, I was just saying…”

“Hmm…”

Master strokes my head.

The touch was so warm that it really felt like a dad.

“But, I sometimes think you’re like a dad.”

“Then call me that.”

“N, no. That’s too rude…”

“……”

Master, who had been staring at me for a while while stroking my head, soon walked towards the guild building.

I hope I didn’t make him angry.

I felt worried.

**

Break time.

Sophia came out of the building to find the children.

Sophia, who was coming out through the back door of the building, ran into Master Kang Jinho.

“……?”

Kang Jinho was as taciturn as usual, but Sophia, who had her own insight, could tell.

That Kang Jinho seemed to be in a very good mood.

If Kang Jinho were a Beastman, his tail might have been spinning like a propeller.

What on earth is he so happy about?

I wanted to go up and ask him directly, but I didn’t want to disturb anyone’s joy.

Sophia simply nodded her head and passed by.

Then Kang Jinho nodded his head as well.

Um.

While making his unique exclamation.

‘His voice tone is also higher than usual.’

What on earth happened?

Unable to contain her curiosity, Sophia walked along the path Kang Jinho had come from.

At the end of the road was none other than Gyeoul, who was in a slumped state.

“Oh dear. I’m in big trouble.”

Unlike Kang Jinho, Gyeoul seemed quite troubled.

A word from the author (author’s afterword)

PIA1747014585384 Thank you so much for reading again today!

Thank you for the comments and recommendations too! It gives me strength…!

Master is beaming at the sound of ‘dad’…!