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651 – Club

651 – Club

The ant that had been flying around on the fountain’s water stream came back down to the ground.

I couldn’t see the ant’s expression, but it looked quite satisfied.

On the contrary, Gaeul seemed worried, hurriedly pulling out a handkerchief from her bag.

“Ggaemmi, are you okay?!”

Gaeul gently tapped the ant with the tissue to dry it off.

Even a slight amount of pressure could be fatal for the ant, yet Gaeul managed her strength better than expected.

“Hek…”

After confirming the ant was fine, Gaeul put it back in her bag.

I wondered how the ant’s friend would survive in there.

Would Gaeul prepare food and water for it?

As I watched Gaeul’s bag, which resembled a fourth-dimensional pocket, I heard the children’s laughter mixed with screams from the side.

“Catch this!”

With Bomi’s shout, water sprayed everywhere.

Bomi had stomped on the fountain’s hole, causing the water to shoot out again.

“Ugh…!”

Haneul, caught by surprise, quickly ran away.

On the other hand, Levinas bravely sprayed water back at Bomi’s stream.

“Yah!”

“Bring it on! Let’s see who is stronger, the dragon or the Horned Rabbit!”

“What?!”

Levinas, who had been spraying water, suddenly ran away like Haneul.

A look of confusion spread across Levinas’s face, who disliked fighting with family.

“Levinas, what’s wrong?”

“I don’t want to compete against nice Bomi!”

“Then should we just play the water-splashing game?”

“Yeah!”

Relieved by the mention of a game, Levinas ran back toward the fountain.

Levinas stomped on the fountain’s water, splashing it everywhere.

“Ugh!”

Even though the water was just shooting up from the fountain, the children were having a great time.

They seemed to prefer the fountain over the palace where they could become princesses.

Why was something so trivial as water so enjoyable…?

Thus, I played with the children, running around the fountain.

Lost in play, I didn’t notice the time passing until Master, who had been somewhere, approached us.

“Shall we head back soon?”

“Yes.”

The outing, which had no warning signs, was quite enjoyable.

I told Master we should come again next time before getting into the car.

It was time to go home.

**

Upon returning home, I entered the guild building with the children.

The first-floor lobby was bustling with people, but one person stood out among them.

‘That person is…’

A noticeably pregnant woman.

She lived in our building with her adventurer husband.

Levinas seemed to notice her too, running up to her and pointing at her belly.

“Your belly is so big!”

“Uh…? Oh, it’s you, Levinas?”

“Yeah! It’s Levinas! But what did you eat to make your belly so big?!”

Levinas pushed her belly forward.

After gently tapping her belly, Levinas continued speaking.

“Levinas also ate a lot of delicious food last time, and my belly got this big too!”

“Is that so? But, dear, your belly isn’t from food; there’s a baby inside!”

“Yeah! Actually, Levinas knows that too!”

Hehe.

It was when Levinas was covering his mouth and laughing.

Gaeul, who was nearby, looked surprised.

“Are you eating the baby?!”

“Uh…?”

The pregnant woman, taken aback by Gaeul’s unexpected comment, burst into laughter.

She understood it was just a child’s innocent thought.

“I’m not eating the baby; the baby is resting inside here. It’ll come out when the time is right.”

“Come out?”

“Yes. I hope a pretty baby comes out, just like our friends.”

“Hek…!”

Gaeul smiled brightly at the mention of a pretty friend.

I looked at Gaeul and asked the pregnant woman, who was smiling back.

“But why are you here alone?”

“Ah… My husband is in the dungeon right now. It might be dangerous to be home alone, and it’s a bit boring.”

“I see. If you think it might be dangerous, would you like to stay with us?”

“That’s kind of you, but I’m fine. It’s not time yet.”

“Okay.”

We talked about the pregnant woman and her baby before heading home.

I hoped for a pretty and healthy baby as night fell.

**

“Um… huh…?!”

In the middle of sleeping in bed, I suddenly sat up due to a rising sense of unease.

I quickly looked around, but the children were peacefully asleep.

‘What is it?’

I definitely felt something.

Could it be that I just had a dream?

As I scratched my cheek in confusion and was about to close my eyes again…

“…Huh?”

A suffocating feeling was coming from the first floor of the guild building.

I had no choice but to open the front door in my pajamas due to the unmistakable emotion of someone.

Wee-ooing—

I took the elevator down to the first floor.

There, I could identify the source of the suffocating feeling.

The pregnant woman, Baek Ji-yeon, was pacing in the quiet first-floor lobby.

As I lightly brushed against her, the hormones she had absorbed allowed me to read her emotions.

“Excuse me…”

“Huh? Is that Gyeoul?”

“Yes, it’s night, and you’re not sleeping. What are you doing here?”

“Ah… I suddenly craved mango while sleeping.”

“Suddenly?”

I had heard that pregnant women sometimes crave specific foods suddenly.

But where could I find mango at this hour?

“Then I’ll go look outside.”

“No, there’s no need for that.”

“It’s okay. I usually go for walks at night.”

“Oh, no…”

As Baek Ji-yeon tried to stop me, I dashed to the entrance using my unique speed.

She, with her heavy body from pregnancy, couldn’t stop me.

“I’ll go find it. Please wait a moment.”

“Uh… okay…”

I saw Baek Ji-yeon reluctantly nodding and stepped outside the building.

It was highly likely that the fruit shop would be closed, but I had to check anyway.

Just as I thought that, I noticed a line of children coming out.

“Wanga, where are you going?”

“Master, aren’t you sleeping…?”

The children followed me sleepily, rubbing their eyes.

Saebyeok, who was deep in sleep, was being carried on Bomi’s back.

“I’m just looking for something.”

“What are you looking for?”

“Mango.”

“Mango…?”

Just as I was about to tell the confused children to stay inside the house, Gaeul raised her head with a dazed expression, holding up a Wooden Caliber.

“Chuba…!”

“Are you going together?”

“Hek…”

I had intended to go alone.

But since all the children were out, I had no choice.

Since it had come to this, I decided to quickly find mango with the children.

“Then shall we go together?”

“Okay!”

I walked down the night road with the children.

It was a neighborhood I always walked through, but the atmosphere at night felt different.

Was it because there were no lights, making it eerie?

The children seemed to have similar thoughts, sticking closely to each other.

When we arrived at the fruit shop, the door was closed as expected.

‘Just as I thought.’

Finding a fruit shop open at this hour would be even harder.

The sweet smell of mango wafting from inside was so disappointing.

But well, this was within the expected range.

I gave up on the closed fruit shop and decided to head to the bustling area.

The bustling area had many shops open even at night.

“Kids, let’s go somewhere else.”

“Yes…!”

We bravely ran toward the more distant bustling area.

To get there quickly, we had to pass through an alley, but the alley at night was quite scary.

“What should we do? Should we go around?”

“No way!”

“Really?”

“Cold! Medicine! Medicine! Medicine!”

Gaeul swung her Wooden Caliber toward the darkness of the alley and moved ahead.

Thanks to that, we gathered our courage and sped through the alley, arriving at the bustling area a little further away.

“Mango…”

Upon arriving at the bustling area, we used the Beastmen’s unique senses to track down the mango.

I thought the chances of finding it were low, but my ears perked up at the smell of mango wafting from somewhere.

“I found it!”

“You found it?!”

“Did you find it?!”

“Yes!”

I led the children toward the source of the mango smell.

With hope in our hearts, we had no choice but to stop when we arrived there.

‘A nightclub?’

Isn’t this a place where adults hang out at night?

The children could never enter here.

Just when we thought we had found the mango, a new obstacle blocked our way.

‘What should I do?’

Should I leave the children here and go alone?

As I pondered alone, Levinas poked my shoulder.

“Wanga, is there mango down there?”

“Yes.”

“Then why aren’t you going in?”

“Well…”

It was a place that was dangerous for the children to enter in many ways.

Just as I was about to explain that to them, Levinas’s eyes began to sharpen.

Levinas’s gaze was directed at the burly men guarding the club entrance.

“Wanga, is there mango down there?!”

“Yes… there is mango, but… there are people guarding it…”

How should I explain the club to the children?

While I was lost in thought, Levinas took a stance.

“Then just trust Levinas…! Levinas is fast on his feet…!”

“Fast?”

“Yes!”

After finishing his answer, Levinas suddenly dashed toward the club.

Surprised, I followed Levinas.

“Whoa?!”

The guards at the club reacted, but it was impossible to catch up with the Beastmen’s unique speed.

Swish—

Levinas dodged the guards with quick movements and ran down the stairs to the basement.

Thus, we entered the night club.

Thump-thump—

People were swaying to the EDM sounds and dazzling lights unique to clubs.

Levinas, with his Horned Rabbit eyes wide open, looked around at them.

“Oh?!”

Was it because of the people dancing to the music that he felt excited?

He started to sway his shoulders along with the crowd.