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659 – Family Faith Church

659 – Family Faith Church

Having regained control of my impulses, I returned home with the children.

It was to watch the Animal King animation that would be airing soon.

In this episode, a new character appeared, capturing the children’s interest.

“It’s a black panther.”

The black panther wielded a whip, defeating enemies.

The children watched the animation with wide eyes, captivated by its unique, haughty yet agile movements.

“A whip! Cool!”

The new whip character brought great inspiration to our children.

Levinas, wanting to wield a whip like the black panther, grabbed Haneul’s tail and swung it around.

“Yap! Yap!”

Swish! Swish!

Haneul’s tail swayed back and forth.

Seeing this, Bomi grabbed my tail and swung it towards Levinas.

“I have a whip too!”

Swish! Swish!

Two tail whips were swung in the air.

Of course, they didn’t swing them towards each other’s bodies.

“Wow…”

Was Levinas and Bomi’s tail whip battle fun to watch?

Gaeul slowly looked around.

It seemed like she was trying to find another tail whip.

“Black Juing.”

Gaeul approached Saebyeok, who was lying face down on the sofa, sleeping.

She wanted to play with Saebyeok’s tail, but since Saebyeok was asleep, she just stared at it.

“Hek…”

In the end, Gaeul didn’t touch Saebyeok’s tail.

She just came back and watched Levinas and Bomi swinging their tails.

Even though she probably wanted to swing a tail and play herself, Gaeul just watched.

“Gaeul, would you like to swing a whip too…?”

“Gaeul too?”

“Yes…! I’ll make a special whip for you…!”

I was about to ask Gaeul to borrow her tail for a moment.

But, bless her heart, Haneul declared that she would make a new whip first.

Gaeul nodded with expectant eyes, and Haneul quickly made a whip.

It was more like a rhythmic gymnastics ribbon than a whip.

“Woah!”

Swish-! Swish-!

Gaeul swung the ribbon wildly.

It wasn’t as aggressive as a whip, but the ribbon, swaying rhythmically, was so pretty.

Maybe our Gaeul has a talent for rhythmic gymnastics.

“What?! It’s not a smack whip, it’s a whirly whip!”

“Hek…!”

Gaeul spun around in place, swinging the ribbon.

The ribbon spun along with the rotation, and began to wrap around Levinas and Haneul’s bodies, who were nearby.

“Huh?”

“Uh…”

Whirly-!

Gaeul didn’t stop there and spun around, approaching where Bom and I were.

The ribbon was quite long, so it ended up wrapping around and tying up Bom and me as well.

Because of the tightly tied ribbon, Gaeul could no longer spin.

“Eung…?”

When Gaeul stopped spinning, we were all caught in the ribbon.

‘What is this.’

What kind of control did she use to catch us all?

Even Gaeul got tied up too.

While we were momentarily bewildered, Saebyeok, who had been sleeping, rubbed her eyes and got up.

“……”

Saebyeok blinked her eyes and silently approached us.

With half-closed eyes, Saebyeok used the remaining part of the ribbon to wrap around her body.

‘No way.’

I thought she was going to help, but did Saebyeok choose to get caught too?

Saebyeok tied herself up and then started sleeping again.

It was a shocking development that exceeded my expectations.

“Kids… huh?”

Ravi, who happened to be entering the living room, widened her Rabbit eyes as she looked at us.

It was no wonder she was surprised, since we were all tied up together.

“What’s this? Are you all becoming one?”

“Ekhem.”

At Ravi’s words, Gaeul proudly puffed out her chest.

She seemed to regard tying us all together as a pretty great achievement.

“Oh, Gaeul did it?”

“Nang!”

Gaeul gave a bright smile.

Right next to her, Levinas was waving her hand at Ravi.

“Mom, come in quickly…! We’re becoming one with us…!”

“…Levinas, you sounded like a fanatic just now.”

“What’s a fanatic?”

“Um… should I say it’s like a religious person who has lost their reason?”

At Ravi’s words, Levinas’s rabbit ears perked up.

She looked somehow gleeful.

“Religion! Levinas knows religion too! I believe in the angel!”

“You can believe in other ‘nims’ besides the angel?”

“Even if they’re not an angel?”

“Yeah. You decide who you believe in.”

The so-called freedom of religion.

Like a kind mother, Ravi was teaching Levinas about freedom.

“Mom, Mom, if that’s the case, Levinas has a religion too.”

“Huh? Levinas had a religion?”

“Yeah! Levinas believes in her family, so it’s Family Faith!”

“Ah, family?”

Family, huh.

Belief in family and religious belief are a little different, aren’t they?

While I was momentarily bewildered, Levinas shouted to everyone in a confident voice.

“The leader of Family Faith is Wang!”

“The Pope?”

“Yeah! The Pope!”

Oh my god.

I was the Pope.

I could only widen my eyes at the shocking development.

**

After watching the Animal King animation, we went back to the park.

In the park, Bomi gently tugged on Levinas’s sleeve.

“Levinas, can I do that Family Faith thing from earlier too?”

“Ehh?! Isn’t Bomi already Family Faith?!”

“Oh? Is that so?”

“Yeah! Levinas’s family are all Family Faith!”

Oh my god.

If you’re Levinas’s family, your religion is forcibly decided?

At first glance, it seemed coercive, but I knew that Levinas was saying it from a pure heart.

“Levinas, but what kind of religion is Family Faith?”

“It’s a religion that makes families happy!”

“Ah, I see.”

I expected it, but it’s a wonderful religion.

I saw Ensia coming out of the guild building in the distance and poked Levinas’s shoulder.

“Levinas, shall we go proselytizing then?”

“Proselytizing? What’s proselytizing?!”

“It’s going around telling people, ‘Please join our religion.'”

“Yeah! Proselytizing is good!”

“Hehe.”

I led Levinas and approached Ensia.

Levinas tilted her head when she saw Ensia.

“Wanga, isn’t the wolf already Family Faith?”

“Um… not yet. You shouldn’t force someone’s religion.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. It’s like if someone forces you to eat something delicious, it’s hard, so it’s basic etiquette to ask, ‘Would you like to eat it?'”

“……!”

Levinas nodded, saying she understood.

Since there was no coercive intent, Levinas easily agreed.

“Then shall we go ask Ensia?”

“Yeah!”

Levinas ran towards Ensia.

Perhaps because I mentioned etiquette, she was quite polite.

“Wolf, would you like to join our Family Faith?”

“What is Family Faith?”

“It’s a religion that makes families happy! The Pope is none other than Wang!”

“Yes. I will.”

“……!”

Ensia joined Levinas’s religion without a moment’s hesitation.

I knew she would join, but I couldn’t help but be flustered because it happened so easily.

“Ensia, do you have any more questions about the religion?”

“Yes. Is Gyeoul the Pope?”

“Huh?”

Did she join just because of her faith in me?

While I was perking up my tail, Levinas answered with a solemn expression.

“People of Family Faith must hug each other every day.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Ensia hugged us tightly.

I could see Ensia’s tail wagging during the hug.

“Ensia, but where were you going?”

“I was going to the Dungeon. It’s a bit far, so I was thinking of taking the subway.”

Levinas’s ears perked up at the word subway.

Bus, airplane, and subway.

Levinas, who loves transportation, was fidgeting in front of Ensia.

“Can Levinas go see the subway too?!”

“Of course. Shall we go to the station together?”

“Yeah!”

We walked along the road with Ensia.

Just as we were about to go underground to take the subway.

Someone handed us a small card.

“Excuse me, could you read this once?”

“This is…”

The card had various stories about religion written on it.

Ensia, who examined the contents, wore a troubled expression.

“I’m sorry. Unfortunately, I already have a religion.”

“Ah… is it a religion only for Beastmen?”

“Yes. It’s called Family Faith.”

“Family Faith…?”

Both the woman who was recommending the religion and I couldn’t help but be flustered at Ensia’s words.

It was because Ensia was taking the Family Faith that I made up as a joke too seriously.

I hurriedly poked Ensia’s waist.

“Ensia, Family Faith is something we made up as a game.”

“A, a game…”

“Yes. It’s a religion game, but…”

But Levinas was a little serious about it.

I looked at Levinas as I spoke.

But unexpectedly, Levinas also nodded, agreeing with my words.

“That’s right! It was a religion game!”

Oh my god.

It was a game for Levinas too.

I was worried about how to end it later, but it seemed like I didn’t have to.

“I, it was a game.”

Ensia’s tail drooped down, as she had sincerely believed in Family Faith.

I felt sorry for deceiving Ensia.

“Ensia, I’m sorry…”

“It’s okay. By the way, the daily hugs…”

“Can’t we just hug whenever we want…?”

“Ah, is that so?”

Ensia looked relieved.

Perhaps she wasn’t disappointed because she was deceived by a fake religion, but because the doctrine of Family Faith, daily hugs, had disappeared.

‘Hmm.’

Hugs are a major issue.

It was understandable enough.

Author’s Note

Thank you so much PIA1747014585384 for reading again today!

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

(I’m really, really, really sorry for being late…!)

PIA1747014585384, wouldn’t you like to join Family Faith too…?!