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646 – Snail

646 – Snail

I hurriedly blocked the way as Ensia was really going to find money.

I always felt that whenever it involved me, Ensia had a tendency to rush ahead like this.

“Ensia, um… there’s a way to use the museum without paying.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“Yes. The entrance fee is one million won or a hug.”

As I spoke, I glanced at Levinas.

Perhaps thinking it was a good idea, Levinas clapped his hands.

“Hug! Levinas prefers hugs over one million won!”

Wudada-

Levinas dashed towards Ensia.

Just as it seemed he was going to share a warm hug with her, he quickly came back to me.

“Wolf! I need to hug Wang too! I need to hug everyone!”

“Okay. I understand.”

Ensia gave me and the kids light hugs.

As if the hug triggered something, the children giggled and started hugging each other.

“Can we enter now?”

“Yes!”

Levinas took Ensia’s hand, who had collected the entrance fee, and moved towards the museum.

The first corner of the museum was my food corner.

“This is the corner with Wang’s favorite foods! You can eat as much as you want!”

“Wow, it’s amazing that we can taste them too.”

In the food corner, or rather, the tasting corner, there were simple foods like anchovies and dandelion tea.

Seeing this, Ensia wore a somewhat proud expression.

“Did you know? Gyeoul really likes ice cream.”

Ice cream, huh.

I thought about how that was a snack everyone loved and recalled the memory of buying ice cream with Ensia alone.

Perhaps recalling that day, Ensia wagged her tail gently.

“Wow, Wang likes ice cream! Levinas likes ice cream too!”

“I see. Then would you like to have ice cream together after the tour?”

“Yes!”

Was it because of the reward of ice cream?

Levinas guided us through the museum with even more excitement.

Though the items were nothing special, like a dented pot and torn clothes, he explained them with great enthusiasm.

“What do you think? Isn’t Wang’s museum cool?!”

“Yes, it’s the coolest museum I’ve ever seen in my life.”

“Hehe.”

Levinas and the kids successfully finished the museum tour.

As a reward for Levinas and the kids who guided us, Ensia treated them to ice cream.

“Yum.”

While eating ice cream, I noticed the kids huddled together by a bush.

As I approached, I spotted a snail crawling on a leaf.

“Juin, it’s a baby worm.”

“A worm?”

“No.”

“Gaeul, this isn’t a baby worm; it’s a snail!”

“Is it a baby worm?”

Gaeul tilted her head.

Perhaps it was her first time seeing a snail.

“Can you see its antennae? Worms don’t have those.”

“Hek…”

At my explanation, Gaeul poked the snail’s antennae.

She watched the antennae retract and come out again before looking back at me.

“It’s a baby worm.”

“Yes. Snails…”

Just as I was about to explain about snails to Gaeul, Bomi started to stomp on the ground and wail dramatically.

“Sniff, this snail must be too poor to buy a house.”

“Gubugi?!”

“Yes. The snail is sad because it doesn’t have a home.”

“……!”

Gaeul, who had been staring at the snail, ran towards the tent.

What Gaeul brought back from the tent was a large pot.

“Hek…”

Gaeul covered the snail with the pot.

Then she puffed out her chest.

Was she proud of giving the snail a home?

It was somewhat admirable, but unfortunately, the pot was too big to be a home for the snail.

“Gaeul, isn’t this house too big?”

“Gubugi…?”

“Yes. Snails only need a shell for a home, like Gubugi.”

Hek…

Gaeul, sticking out her tongue, made a blank expression.

After a few seconds of being dazed, Gaeul suddenly ran towards the Ggaemmi Guild container.

Wudada-!

When Gaeul quickly returned, she had colored paper and an origami book in her hands.

As she flipped through the origami book, she perked up at the box folding section.

Sqrch-

Gaeul cut a piece of red paper into small pieces and began folding a paper box while looking at the book.

“I’ll do it.”

“Oh, okay.”

Gaeul asked me for help with the more difficult parts of the origami.

After diligently working with the colored paper together, we managed to create a small, crooked box.

“Wow, is this a colored paper house?”

“Yes!”

Gaeul placed the small colored paper box on the snail’s back.

Thanks to that, the snail became a unique snail with a red paper house.

“This is amazing; the snail will be happy with this house.”

“Thank you for the house, Gaeul~”

Bomi held the snail and did ventriloquism.

At this, Gaeul’s tail wagged happily.

“Wow… can I make a snail house too…?”

Haneul’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the snail.

She seemed interested in making a house for the snail.

“Yes. Would you like to try, Haneul?”

“Yes…! But I think it will take me a little longer…!”

“…Really?”

What kind of house was she planning to make?

Haneul had a natural talent for creating mechanical devices.

Perhaps she would create a wonderful house that I had never seen before.

For now, I decided to wait with anticipation.

**

After tidying up the museum, we hurried back home.

It was to watch the Animal King animation that night.

As always, Animal King unfolded with interesting and shocking developments.

The mouse, who seemed to be on the protagonist’s side, betrayed them.

“Whoa!”

Levinas’s horned rabbit eyes widened at the unexpected turn of events.

The betrayal of a companion was bound to be shocking.

“Why?!”

“Nappu…”

With the betrayal of the mouse companion, the animation ended, and the kids were left in a daze for a while.

They were just staring blankly with their mouths agape.

“Hey, kids.”

I shook their bodies.

As Levinas’s body was pushed aside, he slumped down helplessly.

Seeing this, Gaeul also lay down beside him.

“…Wanga, when is the next episode coming out?”

“The next episode should come out next week, right?”

“Ugh.”

I understood very well the feeling of wanting to see the next episode but having to wait.

I checked to see if Gaeul was also sad, and she was lying on her side, licking a lollipop.

Our Gaeul was quick to change her mood.

‘I should cheer Levinas up first.’

Should I change the subject?

I pondered for a moment and decided to use the theme of the animation we had watched today.

“Hey, kids, what do you think would happen if I betrayed you like the mouse?”

“Betray?!”

Levinas jumped up in surprise.

I waved my hand at Levinas, who looked quite shocked.

“I’m not really going to betray you; it’s just an example. I would suddenly side with the bad guys.”

“Then… then Levinas would definitely hug you!”

“Wow.”

Was he trying to turn things back with the power of friendship?

It was a moment of joy as he wagged his tail.

Gaeul suddenly jumped up and smiled brightly.

“Gaeul too.”

“Would Gaeul hug me too?”

“No, Gaeul would betray too.”

“Oh…”

Gaeul would betray too.

Was she saying she would stick with me whether I was on the bad side or the good side?

It felt good, but at the same time, I felt like I should say that it wasn’t right…

Hmm.

It was a moment of conflict about what to say.

I noticed Saebyeok clenching her fists.

“If Gyeoul and Gaeul betray, I’ll get back at them.”

“Saebyeok?”

“Yes. Like this.”

Thud- Thud-

Saebyeok slammed her fist down on my and Gaeul’s heads.

It was a light attack that didn’t hurt, but we couldn’t help but be startled.

It was because we knew Saebyeok’s true strength.

If she betrayed, would she hit harder than this?

Probably not, but I definitely shouldn’t betray.

I sincerely hoped that the mouse would return to the protagonist’s side.

After all, there was someone with incredible strength like Saebyeok among the protagonist’s group.

**

The next day.

Haneul ran to me after I returned from the dungeon.

She looked somehow excited.

“Master…! Master…!”

“Yes?”

“I finished it…!”

“Uh… what?”

“The snail house…!”

Ah.

I had said I would make a snail house.

Had she been working on it for over a day?

Intrigued, I followed Haneul to the guild.

There, I found the blacksmith and the kids gathered outside.

“Yo, you’re here?”

“Yes. But what are you doing here?”

“Just looking at the snail. I was bored, so I helped make a house too.”

Oh my.

I couldn’t believe that Shin Ha-il helped make a snail house.

I had no idea how amazing the house would turn out.

I hurriedly looked around and spotted a snail crawling on a table.

“This is…”

Something was placed on the snail’s back.

It looked mechanical; what could it be?

Just as I tilted my head at the snail, something incredible happened.

Dududududu-!

A pair of propellers emerged from the mechanical shell and began to spin.

They were small propellers, but thanks to the snail being so light, it could fly around in the sky.

Dududududu-!

As the snail flew through the air, the kids’ ears perked up.

“Ikgu-muyak!”

“Ah! It’s a flying snail!”

The one who was most surprised among the kids was none other than Bomi.

Surprisingly, Bomi might have been scared of snails.

A word from the author (Author’s note)

Thank you so much for reading today as well, PIA1747014585384!

Thanks for the comments and recommendations too! They always give me strength!

I might scream if the snail flies away…!

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