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669 – Death Penalty

669 – Death Penalty

Gaeul clicked on the empty lake with the mouse.

A clicking sound echoed, but no one came back up.

Even pure Gaeul knew very well what this meant.

“…Ggekkudak?”

Gaeul pointed at the lake on the monitor and asked.

I pondered over what to say while scanning the chat window.

[He has gone to a good place…]

[Did he go to another world?]

[There must be an alligator in the lake ㅠ.T.T..]

Could it be because we were broadcasting under Gaeul’s lead?

The chat window was less chaotic than I had expected.

‘But there’s no helpful chat…’

As I watched the rapidly scrolling chat, I felt a twinge of disappointment.

A useful message quickly shot up to the top.

[If you go to options, you can load the game.]

It was quickly buried under other messages, but I managed to catch it with my reflexes.

I silently thanked the person who provided the good information and gently tapped Gaeul’s slumped shoulder.

“Gaeul, there’s still a way to save him.”

“…Guae?”

“Yeah. We can use time magic.”

“…!”

Time magic.

Just hearing about it made Gaeul’s eyes sparkle with excitement.

Her pure expression brought out my playful side.

“Gaeul may not know, but I’m actually a magician of time magic.”

“Wow…”

Gaeul’s eyes shone brightly.

She believed everything I said without question.

I decided to show her a wonderful trick.

“Watch closely… Hyap…!”

With a small shout, I used the game’s load function.

Suddenly, the NPC, who I thought had drowned, was wandering around the park.

“Whoa! Time really turned back!”

“Gyeoul reversed time!”

Levinas was genuinely surprised, while Bomi pretended to be surprised even though she already knew.

Thanks to that, Gaeul’s reaction was even more intense than I had anticipated.

“Wah!”

Clap clap clap!

Gaeul, who was clapping with joy, hurriedly grabbed the mouse.

I wondered what she was up to when she created a small prison with a fence and put the revived guest inside.

“Eh? Gaeul, if you do this, the guest won’t be able to explore the park?”

“Jangkkamannya.”

“Wait a minute?”

“Naeng…”

Gaeul hurriedly began decorating the park.

She planted flowers and set up a souvenir shop, but there were still no rides.

“Gaeul, let’s set up some rides now.”

“Hack…”

Gaeul, who was looking at the rides tab, clicked on the carousel.

She had loved the carousel when we went to the amusement park together back in the day.

Maybe because of that memory, she chose the carousel first among many attractions.

“Ikku yokgi.”

Gaeul placed the carousel at the entrance of the park.

After setting down the guest who had been trapped in front of it, he began to ride the carousel.

“Whoa! He’s riding it!”

“Gaeul is the first user of the park’s ride…!”

Although it was a park with only one ride, it was enough to bring joy to Gaeul and the children.

Even Saebyeok, who usually wasn’t interested in games, seemed to find this fun, wagging her tail and pointing at the monitor.

“Let’s set up a roller coaster too.”

“Ju-a.”

Gaeul clicked on the roller coaster that Saebyeok pointed at.

Surprisingly, the roller coaster allowed us to set the course ourselves.

Click-click—

It went up, quickly down, and made a full turn.

I thought it was quite a standard roller coaster, but then I realized it resembled the course I had seen at an amusement park before.

‘Wow.’

Gaeul’s memory was impressive.

Was it because the amusement park was so fun that it stuck in her memory?

While I was thinking that we should go to the park together again later, more guests began to arrive at the park.

“Gaeul, there are so many guests. It’s about time to show them a new ride.”

“Hack…!”

Gaeul pressed the opening button for the roller coaster she had just completed.

Then, people started to flock toward the roller coaster.

“Wow! They’re riding it!”

“It’s about to start…!”

The roller coaster Gaeul created operated quite well.

The guests’ reactions were also quite positive.

–
It’s fun!

–
It’s interesting!

Could it be that Gaeul was happy to see people enjoying the roller coaster she made?

Giggling and clapping, Gaeul clicked on the roller coaster again.

Having broken the middle part of the roller coaster, Gaeul began to create a new course.

It seemed she wanted to make a longer and more thrilling roller coaster.

“Gaeul, are you going to make the roller coaster longer?”

“Naeng!”

A super long roller coaster, huh?

That’s a wonderful idea.

The children and I watched with curious eyes as Gaeul’s new course took shape.

Click-click—

As the course was being created slowly but surely, the broadcast chat window began to fill up urgently.

[Uh-oh]

[The roller coaster is starting.]

[Emergency!!!!!!!]

“Uh…?”

I pressed the keyboard arrow keys to move the screen, noticing something strange in the chat.

At the starting point that was revealed, people were boarding the roller coaster.

“Gaeul! The train is starting!”

“Eh…?”

Even though the rails weren’t connected, people were getting on the roller coaster.

As we watched in astonishment, the train began to depart without hesitation.

“Gaeul! You need to build it quickly!”

“Eing?!”

Startled, Gaeul quickly connected the rails.

She was trying to speed up, but her lack of skill made it difficult to connect the rails.

“Ugh!”

“Oh, it’s coming…!”

In the tense situation, someone swallowed hard.

I held my breath, praying that Gaeul would finish the course quickly.

“Th-this, Ikku…”

Gaeul hurriedly created an ascending rail and turned it downwards.

Now, all that was left was to create the descending rail for the roller coaster, but unfortunately, it was too late.

Whoosh—

The train that had climbed the ascending rail soared from the point where the rails were disconnected.

Like a rocket, the train began to fall again due to gravity.

– Aaaah!

Boom—

The screams of the guests and the sound of an explosion echoed.

We could only watch in shock for a while.

Gaeul and Levinas’s eyes were wide open, almost popping out.

[Oh no, an accident has occurred.]

[Hahaha]

[It exploded…]

As I stared blankly at the chat window in shock, someone poked my arm.

Turning to the side, I saw Gaeul sticking out her tongue and looking at me.

“Ju-in, don’t give me money.”

“Oh, okay.”

We had time magic on our side.

I pressed the game’s load button again.

Thanks to that, the people in the game world could be revived once more.

Without even realizing that they had died.

Unfortunately, they died a few more times during the game broadcast, but they didn’t notice.

I was relieved that it was just a game.

**

[Today’s broadcast was epic ㅋㅋ]

[Can we broadcast forever??]

[It was fun.]

The broadcast ended in great success.

We received quite a bit of support, allowing us to buy a lot of snacks and return home.

“Gaeul, there were ten thousand guests at the end!”

“Hack…!”

The children returned home, chatting about the game, and turned on the television.

A difficult program about a court trial was airing on the TV.

‘Is it overseas?’

– The defendant’s crime is extremely serious and inhumane…

The judge delivered the verdict in a stern voice.

The result was surprisingly ‘death penalty.’

“Ugh!”

Levinas’s eyes widened at the mention of the death penalty.

It was indeed a bit scary for the children…

“Wanga! What’s the death penalty?!”

Levinas poked my shoulder and asked.

It seemed she was surprised because she didn’t know what the death penalty was and just heard the verdict.

“Um… the death penalty is…”

There was no need to explain that it was a punishment that takes a life.

I decided to soften the explanation for Levinas.

“It’s a punishment given to someone who did very, very bad things.”

“Whoa! Is that so?!”

Levinas’s eyes rose up.

She seemed to be pondering what constitutes bad behavior.

“Wanga, did Levinas do something that would get her the death penalty?”

“Um… no? Levinas is a good child.”

“Whoa! That’s right! Levinas is a good child!”

Giggling, Levinas got up from her seat.

“Levinas, where are you going?”

“To the convenience store!”

“Again to the convenience store?”

“Yeah! I suddenly want to buy something!”

“Okay. Should we go together?”

“No, it’s fine! You rest here!”

Levinas told me to stay home and rest.

This time, I decided to accept Levinas’s kindness.

She was indeed our good Levinas.

**

Levinas came down to the first floor of the guild to go to the convenience store.

Humming the Animal King song, Levinas ran and heard an angry voice coming from somewhere.

“No, why is the magic stone distribution like this?”

“I hunted more!”

“What are you talking about? You wouldn’t have been able to hunt like that without my support!”

Levinas’s eyes widened as she watched the two people arguing loudly.

She recalled what Gyeoul had said a little while ago.

– A punishment given to someone who did very, very bad things.

Arguing with a teammate was, for Levinas, a very, very bad thing.

Even though they had gone to the dungeon together, they were fighting?

With her eyebrows furrowed in anger, Levinas approached the two adventurers and shouted.

“Death penalty!”