episode_0177

“Then does that mean I can’t go back there?”

I asked Amy a question, gently tugging on the hem of her clothes as she was organizing her things.

Amy, who was carrying the items she had been using around the room, answered my question with a smile.

“Right? It’s a shame?”

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel sorry, but I shook my head.

“It’s okay.”

Valentine and Uncle Ben’s store came to mind, but it seemed like it could be easily emptied after a few days.

I sat down on the floor and ate the jelly.

It was quite delicious, the soft and sweet texture wriggling on my tongue.

It is said that Jin quickly cleaned up the scene.

I don’t know how or what he did, but it seemed like the jewel he was holding and the ability he possessed had some kind of synergy.

Shine seemed interested in the jewel.

“That must be a support item made by Mary, right?”

“Maybe so?”

Shine asked me questions and ate my jelly.

“Ahh! This is mine!”

The jellies were divided equally between Shine and me, but Shine ate all of her jellies and was coveting mine.

I picked up the jelly box from within Shine’s reach and hid it behind my back.

Then Shine’s expression becomes strange.

Her smile was full of playfulness, and for some reason, her smile gave me goosebumps.

I sucked on the long spaghetti jelly in my mouth.

A long jelly that runs up around the lips.

But Shine’s movements were faster.

She stuck her face out and took the jelly hanging from under my chin in one gulp.

Snap-

I was startled by Shine’s face that came up to me in an instant.

Little lips following the jelly I’m biting.

The sloshing movement took my breath away.

Shine, who had been coming closer, opened her mouth and let out a strange laugh.

The cut surface of the jelly, cut into small pieces, hangs down and touches the lips.

Maybe it was because her saliva was slightly on it.

The jelly was sticky and moist.

“That, you wanted to eat jelly that much…?”

The situation was strangely embarrassing.

I touched my burning cheek and handed Shine the jelly box I had hidden behind my back.

Then Shine shook her head and answered.

“No. I wanted to eat something else.”

“What, what?”

She didn’t answer my question.

Shine, who jumped up from her seat with a light movement, spun around in place and swung her dinosaur tail.

Then, Rain, who was sitting behind and diligently eating the jelly, was hit by Shine’s tail and fell backwards.

“Eh.”

Rain rubbed his forehead once, then got up again and ate the jelly.

“Is everyone writing their reports properly?”

Amy spoke to us as she carried the last box into the room.

The three of us, who had been peacefully eating jelly, froze in place and couldn’t say anything.

A white piece of paper with a form for the report Amy gave me to write.

I still haven’t filled in that blank.

“I, I didn’t originally use it. My teammates used it for me…?”

Lane made excuses that weren’t excuses.

Amy had no trouble understanding what she was saying, although her pronunciation was a little slurred by the jelly stuffed into her mouth.

Amy narrowed her eyes at Rain’s words and placed her hands on her hips.

Her mood seemed a little off.

“Hey… Rain, let’s use it together?”

I grabbed Lane’s hand and pulled her while watching Amy’s expression.

Rain, who still had a lingering attachment to jelly, got up from his seat and picked up a handful of worm-shaped jelly.

Shine, Rain, and I sat down at the desk again.

All we’re given is a small pen.

I had to write a report on this.

But neither Nana, Shine, nor Rain were able to fill in the blank spaces on this paper.

It’s already been an hour.

“Umm…”

I groaned, wrapping my head around my head.

I think I know? I think I know?

I think you know how to write it?

Why don’t you know?

I can’t breathe.

It was so frustrating.

And I was getting annoyed.

I swung my legs back and forth and stomped my hands.

The desk shook slightly, and Shine and Rain looked at me with wide eyes.

“Jeff?”

“Ugh. Sorry, I’m a little frustrated.”

Rain hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind and began to move his pen.

“Do you know how to use Rain?”

“I think I know. Hughes, I mean, my former teammate, I always saw him write. He writes about what happened on missions, so maybe it’s a diary? That’s what I think.”

Listening to Rain, it seemed like that too.

I nodded absentmindedly and moved my pen.

So the report of the three of us took the form of a diary.

After writing everything, I felt like there was an empty space.

I took out a colored pencil and drew a picture in the blank space.

When we played ball, and when we had a barbecue in the evening.

And when a huge brain dragon fell from the sky.

“Done.”

I put the colored pencils down and looked at the finished report.

Somehow, I felt like I had to write it again.

But for now, this is the best I can do.

So the three of us were able to write the entire report.

“Everyone wrote it, right?”

“Yes!”

Amy, with a questioning expression on her face at my answer, took back the report she had placed on the desk.

Amy started reading the report we had written.

Her facial expression showed many changes from moment to moment.

I tilted my head because it seemed like he was trying to hold back laughter, seeing as he was exerting so much force.

There’s probably nothing funny about it, so why are you holding back laughter?

Amy, who had been looking over the report for a long time, nodded.

“Everyone did a good job. But next time, can you do better than this?”

“Yes!”

I’m glad you did well.

As I nodded in response, Amy stood up from her seat with a small sigh.

“I have to show it to Jinhan. Wait a minute.”

“You’re showing that to Jinhan?”

At Amy’s words, I jumped up from my seat and blocked her path.

“Yeah. Why?”

She tilted her head as if she didn’t know what the problem was and asked again.

I closed my eyes tightly and shook my head.

“No! There’s embarrassing stuff written there too!”

It was quite embarrassing to show anyone other than Amy the list of things like when she went to the bathroom, how Shine tried to sneak in, and what foods she wanted to eat.

“But, there’s nothing I can do. I have to show it to Jin.”

Amy said that and patted my head.

A large hand moved with a rough motion and gently pushed me away.

Amy left the room like that.

I walked around the place she had left, trembling with anxiety.

What should I do? Will that weird rabbit-loving guy come back to steal my snacks again?

Did you write in too much detail about what time you eat lunch and snack?

“Jeff. What’s wrong?”

“Shine. We’re in big trouble. If that report gets to Jin, he’ll know when I eat and when I have snacks. ”

“Did you write something like that too…?”

“Yeah…”

At my words, Shine smiled slightly and grabbed my hand.

I was dragged helplessly into her arms.

A soft and sweet fragrance wafts through the air.

“It’ll be okay. I’ll protect you. Gene will never be able to take Jeff’s snacks away.”

Shine said that and put a candy in my mouth.

As the small, sweet thing rolled into my mouth, my anxiety subsided in an instant.

While we waited for Amy to return, we fired up our newly installed computer.

“How much time is left for the field boss?”

“Um… about 10 minutes.”

I started up my computer while answering Shine’s question.

The computer we used at home in District 2 was moved to our room.

The moment he was about to log into the online game, Shine let out a short scream.

“What is this!”

I turned my head to look at the screen at her words.

“Ah!”

The moment I saw the screen, I too let out a short scream.

A green shaped shield.

The program was blocking access to the game’s homepage.

The safeguard program installed by Amy.

When was that thing called the child guard installed?

Shine moved the mouse around with an expression of disbelief.

But there was no way to solve it.

To unlock the program, I had to enter a password that Amy had given me, but Amy had never told me the password.

Shine typed on the keyboard with an impatient expression.

But the password couldn’t be cracked!

So Shine and I missed the raid time.

Could it be because of the shock of not being able to play the game?

She lost her strength and fell to her knees.

The long, hanging tail weakly sweeps the ground.

As I was lying on the bed like that, passing the time, Amy came back.

She had a worried expression on her face, but as soon as Amy returned, Shine jumped up from her seat and ran to her.

“Amy!”

“My… shine?”

Whenever Amy came, it was always my job to run to her.

So, Amy, who was naturally about to call my name, immediately noticed that the girl running towards her was not me, but Shine.

Amy smiles happily at Shine’s attitude, which she is seeing for the first time.

She lifted Shine into her arms, who was holding her tightly.

“Shine. Did you miss me that much?”

“Yeah.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I missed Amy so much. So let me go.”

Shine pointed to the computer while hanging onto Amy’s arms.

Amy followed her fingers.

A green shield appeared on the screen.

“Quickly. Release me quickly. I said I couldn’t go to the raid.”

Shine shook Amy back and forth, still unresponsive.

Amy, who had been shaking slightly, lowered Shine to the floor in a calm voice.

“Do you really want to do that?”

“Yeah. I want to do it every day.”

“Every day?”

“Yeah. Release me quickly.”

Amy began to ponder with a serious expression on her face what Shine was saying.

“It’s not a weird game, is it?”

“Yeah. It’s a fantasy game. Jeff is playing with me.”

Amy’s gaze turns to me this time.

I nodded with an awkward laugh.

Amy eventually came to the computer, looked at the installed games, and searched for the game’s content on her phone to look up some simple information.

“Hmm… It’s not a weird game, is it?”

“Yeah!”

Eventually, Amy went into the Safeguard settings and made an exception for the game Shine and I were playing.

“Instead, just do it for one hour a day. Okay?”

“Yeah!”

“Shine. That’s not how you answer.”

“Yes!”

Shine nodded in response to Amy’s words and went to her computer chair and sank into it.

I thought it was a little cute that the little dinosaur was integrated into the chair.

I also followed Shine and sat down in front of the computer.

As I was preparing for the game, Amy’s question flew in from behind me.

“Hey. Jeff. Shine. Do you guys plan on going to school?”

Questions you never thought of, things you never even thought about.

That’s why neither Shine nor I could answer.

After a brief silence, Amy continued.

“Are you saying that because you feel uneasy about going alone? Rain will go with you too.”

Lane was startled by Amy’s words and asked back.

“Me? Why me? Why am I going?”

Amy didn’t answer.