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Aion was on his way home with some unidentified meat.

The leader they had captured was handed over to the guild, and the aftermath was left in the guild’s hands.

Even as he was returning home after completing the quest, Aion continued to look at the unidentified meat in his hand.

To ordinary people, the meat Aion was holding looked like nothing more than dried animal flesh, but Aion kept tilting his head at the strange feeling he felt from the meat.

Meat in bite-sized pieces.

Aion couldn’t take his eyes off such meat.

‘I’ve never seen or heard anything like this.’

Even he, who knew the original, was unaware of the meat emitting such a strange aura.

Meat that gives off an eerie aura that cannot be ignored.

It was clear that this was no ordinary meat, so Aion took the entire box home to study it.

After walking for a while like that, Aion was able to arrive home.

Fortunately, this time there were no signs of them coming out or anyone trying to come in or out, so Aion walked towards the door with light steps.

Aion said, opening the tightly closed door.

“I’m out. Has anything happened so far?”

Aion came into the house, calling out to them who were waiting eagerly, and in his hands were sweet snacks for them and the puppy. Wanting to give them a surprise gift, Aion stopped by the market on the way home and bought some delicious snacks, but there was no response to Aion’s words.

Normally, they would come running to the front door as soon as Aion got home, but for some reason, the house was quiet as if no one was home.

So Aion thought it was a good idea and started looking for them, starting from the living room where they often played.

Danawa and Freya were not in the living room or their room, so the only room left was Aion’s room.

He walked towards the room with a trembling heart.

Only then did Aion smile in relief at the sight of them in the room.

They were fast asleep on Aion’s bed, unaware of how much his heart was aching.

The puppy also climbed onto his bed and fell asleep next to them.

“Ha..”

Aion sighed in relief as he looked at them and the puppy.

Contrary to fears, they were safe at home.

Aion approached them slowly, making fewer noises so as not to wake them from their deep sleep.

“Hmm….”

They rolled around in their beds, talking in their sleep, not even realizing that Aion had returned home.

Aion, who had been watching them intently, watched them sleep deeply for a while before getting up from his seat to prepare food for them.

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“Hmm…?”

How long had she been asleep? Dana suddenly woke up to a delicious smell coming from the kitchen.

Her last memory before her eyes closed was of her playing with her younger brother, Fre, in Aion’s bed and falling asleep from exhaustion. After some time had passed, a delicious smell filled the room.

Dana opened her eyes to the delicious smell and rubbed her sleepy eyes as she headed towards the kitchen where the smell was coming from. There she was.

“Are you awake?”

Aion, with a detailed smile, was sitting at the table with prepared food.

He diligently prepared food before they woke up from their sleep.

The puppy, whose sense of smell was better than theirs, woke up first and was happily munching on a bone while eating the snack Aion had given her.

“………!!”

Dana stared blankly at Aion, who was welcoming her, then came to her senses and looked at Aion with wide eyes.

As she rolled around in Aion’s room, the image of herself falling asleep came to mind, and her face turned red like her hair.

“Sister…what is that smell…?”

Fred, who had been in a deep sleep, woke up to the smell coming from the kitchen and came out, rubbing his eyes.

“Are you awake?”

Aion looked at such a Freya and asked affectionately.

She also looked at him with wide eyes in surprise when Aion came into view.

Danawa and Frega came out to none other than Aion’s room, and since he was asleep, they were watching Aion’s every move.

Instead of scolding them, Aion smiled kindly.

“I just woke up. Aren’t you hungry?”

Instead of getting angry, he looked at them with a kind smile and asked.

“……..”

They headed to the table, hesitating at the thoughtfulness of Aion.

I filled my stomach by eating the food Aion made little by little while watching his expression.

“Why? You don’t eat like usual.”

However, their appearance was enough to arouse Aion’s worry.

Usually, they would chatter nonstop even while eating, but now they looked at Aion as if they were watching someone.

In response to Aion’s question, Frey finally asked with a trembling voice.

“We…slept in your room without permission…Aren’t you mad?”

It turned out that they were feeling sorry for sleeping in Aion’s room without permission.

Aion smiled at their words.

“Well.. I’m not really mad. I think he might have fallen asleep while playing, but I was more worried about leaving him home alone.”

Aion said as he stroked their heads.

They looked at Aion with blank expressions at his actions.

They looked at Aion in bewilderment at his unexpected reaction, and Aion laughed loudly at the sight of them.

“What? Is that why you’ve been watching me all this time?”

Aion said while looking at Danawa and Fre, who were watching him closely.

He gently stroked their heads.

“I’m fine, so don’t worry too much, okay? ”

Aion spoke while stroking their small heads, and they also nodded slightly, lowering their heads as if embarrassed by Aion’s actions.

“So now the misunderstanding is cleared up? Let’s finish eating.”

After clearing up the misunderstanding, Aion and the girls continued eating with happy smiles.

Only then did they feel relieved and eat their meals with their faces as usual.

Aion was eating and talking with them like that.

While eating with them, Aion suddenly felt like something was missing and looked around, and noticed that one seat was empty.

While Aion and the girls were eating, the dog that had finished eating first would sit there panting and look at them, but today for some reason the dog was not there.

Looking at the empty seat of the dog, Aion stared at it for a moment without thinking much before starting to eat again.

He didn’t think much of it because it could have been a stomachache or something.

As he expected, after some time, the puppy returned to its original spot as if nothing had happened.

“What are you eating, Puppy?”

The puppy, who had been somewhere, was chewing on something with a frown on his face.

Dana noticed that the puppy was eating something as if it was a snack, and she blankly watched the puppy eat something.

“…….!”

Aion, who had been watching the puppy chewing on something at Dana’s words, got up from his seat in great surprise.

What the guy was eating looked like the dried meat he had brought home, giving off a strange smell.

Then, wondering if the dog might have eaten the meat, Aion ran to his room and looked at his desk.

Aion, who had placed the box of meat on the desk before feeding them, hurriedly looked for the box of meat.

“Fuck…”

The box containing the meat was lying on the floor, and the meat inside was gone. While Aion was talking to them, Mongmongi, who had entered Aion’s room, was drawn to the smell of meat on his desk, so he dropped the box and ate the meat.

When Aion learned of this fact, he tried to open the dog’s mouth with his hand to take the meat it was eating, but the dog seemed to dislike Aion’s touch and shook his hand away by turning its head here and there.

“Sir, what’s wrong!”

Danawa and Fre, who did not know English, were just bewildered as they watched Aion trying to open the puppy’s mouth.

But was it too late? As time passed, Aion finally opened the dog’s mouth, but the meat the puppy was eating had already entered the dog’s stomach.

“Oh no….”

Aion just looked at the dog, who was wagging his tail, oblivious to his desperate feelings.

The puppy turned over on its stomach, looking at Aion and the girls as if nothing had happened, unaware of Aion’s worries.

The unidentified meat that Aion brought home for research ended up becoming a snack for Mongmongi.