episode_0002

“No. You ate too much. I ate a whole bungeoppang and I don’t know where it all went. Don’t you know it’s bigger than you?”

“… … You shouldn’t look at it like that! I didn’t even eat dinner… … . This is my dinner.”

“This, this is for the little guy. He has to eat it too. Yeah, he’s good. I’ll go to the mart tomorrow and buy some hamster food, so just bear with it for a bit. What, you nodded? Do you understand what I’m saying? … … That can’t be happening. Gosh, how can a hamster understand human speech? ”

The surroundings were noisy. It wasn’t usually this noisy. The giants didn’t talk much, and their voices were also on the low side.

The voice you hear now is high-pitched, and because it’s a woman’s voice, it naturally sounds a bit louder.

Of course, from a woman’s perspective, it could just be a soliloquy. But it’s probably because I’m relatively small that the voice is loud.

I habitually shivered and looked around blankly. Instead of the spacious white room I usually stayed in, I was greeted by a space densely packed with furniture.

Even that was a huge space to me. Anyway, it was an unfamiliar environment, so I looked around and made eye contact with a giant.

Her long, black hair was damp. Did she just come out of a shower?

The giants in the previous white house always walked around wearing white gowns and never showed themselves like that.

It wasn’t for nothing that I initially misunderstood and thought this was heaven and they were angels.

Anyway, as I briefly made eye contact with those black eyes, the situation before I fell asleep vaguely came to mind.

The giant who originally raised us must have had a hard time, so he put us in a box and abandoned us.

Especially since he was a giant who always smiled at us, I decided to understand that, even though other giants with expressionless faces might not understand.

If he was just throwing it away because he was tired of it, then it wouldn’t matter. He must have been a giant who cared so much for us, so he must have wanted to throw it away.

There must have been some circumstances that made it so. Maybe they couldn’t find someone to adopt the child, or maybe things got really difficult.

… … Personally, I had a feeling it might be the former.

If you think of it as a kind of temporary shelter rather than heaven, then perhaps the animals that are not adopted are euthanized.

The giant may have thrown us out because he wanted us to survive somehow. If we’re lucky, someone else may come and take us.

And really, what a lucky thing it was that such a beautiful giant picked us up.

Yes, this world is not heaven. It’s just a world of giants. No, that’s just from my perspective. In fact, I think I’m just small.

Because everything in the world was big, and Hamshik was the size of me, and the other mice and birds weren’t the size I knew.

It’s not heaven, it’s just an ordinary world. It’s not like I can just do whatever I want. So I tried the most basic communication that I have to do when I meet someone.

“Hi! Thank you for picking us up! I thought we were going to freeze to death in the snow!”

I deliberately shouted loudly because I thought she wouldn’t hear me if I spoke softly. Surprised, the woman’s eyes widened and she strode backwards.

“Ma, you’re talking! Oops, sorry. Did I speak too loudly?”

“Oh, it’s big, but it’s okay! It’s not like your ears will hurt just because it’s loud!”

“Oh, thank goodness. You don’t have to yell like that. I can hear you.”

“Oh, that’s good. My throat was just sore.”

Fortunately, the giant who picked us up was a considerate and kind person. No, wasn’t he a kind person from the start when he picked us up and placed us in a warm place?

Although this is not heaven, Hamshik and I are still lucky. We were given this kind of person.

The woman carefully reached out her finger to me and stroked my hair, as if I were a precious doll.

In my previous life, I had been petted when I was young, but never as an adult. I held onto his finger and hung on.

It’s not that I feel particularly uncomfortable or threatening, it’s just that I feel awkward being touched.

“Soft… … . It’s really alive. It wasn’t a robot or a doll. Yeah, well. There are things like elves and orcs running around in this world, so there’s no reason why there wouldn’t be a dwarf. What’s your name? You were put in a box and abandoned… … . Do you remember why?”

A woman muttered as if she was surprised to see me like that and then asked me. I told her exactly what I had guessed.

“Hmm, I don’t think I have a separate name. This one here is Hamshik. He eats a lot of rice, so he’s called Hamshik! Maybe we were abandoned… … . Maybe it was because the giant who raised us was in difficult circumstances?”

“As expected… … . Still, at least find someone else to adopt.”

“Maybe they looked into it but couldn’t find anyone to take it? They couldn’t help it. After that, they would have had no choice but to euthanize it… … . I think it’s better to at least keep it alive!”

“I see. … …My name is Narin. Narin. What would be a good name for you?”

It was vivid in my mind that I was holding back from cursing the giant who had raised us.

To be honest, you could think that it was irresponsible, too much, and cruel. I too was heartbroken when the giant abandoned us.

But it’s okay because it turned out well. It’s better than being euthanized, right? Animals can’t speak, but they understand when I speak, so I think we could have negotiated somehow.

And on top of that, I was really excited about the fact that they even gave me a name, something I had never thought about before.

I didn’t need a name because there were no children over there to call my name. The mice and birds played with me, but they couldn’t talk.

The giants just loved me, and sometimes they would go and get me vaccinated, give me shots, give me toys, and give me food. That was it.

He didn’t really talk to me. When I spoke to him, he just smiled like I was cute. Or he just blankly went off to do something else.

That’s why I thought they were angels because I couldn’t communicate with them.

Anyway, what would be a good name? I also pondered along with Na-rin. I rested my chin on my hand and tilted my head.

“How about White, since her hair is white? Is that too simple? Or Seol, since she was picked up in the snow? No, that’s too common. Can you think of a good name?”

“Hmm. His name is Hamsik… … . How about Hamsoon for me?”

I also gave my opinion to Narin’s worries. When I did, Hamshik, who had been crawling around on his own, started crying and saying “Kkieeeek.”

He’s never screamed like that before. No, even hamsters can cry like that. Why is he suddenly acting like that? Could it be that he’s trying to have a name similar to his own?

But we’ve been living together for so long, we’re siblings. We could use similar names.

“Ugh. Don’t give me a name.”

“Huh. Isn’t it cute?”

“That’s because the names are similar so it’s confusing. Anyway, I’ll think of a better name… … .”

But since Narindo said it wasn’t that great, I guess I guess so. Even if we can communicate in the language, that doesn’t mean this is the world I knew.

This is actually a kind of parallel universe, so the details of the setting may be different, such as a man giving birth to a child.

The moment I was about to nod in agreement, my stomach started growling. Come to think of it, Hamsik ate almost all of the almonds the giant gave me.

No, didn’t I just eat it all while you were still a little bit away?

“Pfft, you’re hungry? Okay, let’s think about it while eating. Can you eat bungeoppang?”

I thought it was just a small sound, but it seems like Narin heard it too. Judging from the way she smiled lightly and took out a bungeoppang from a slightly oily paper bag.

And when Hamshik saw that, he came running from far away.

“Yes, I think I can eat everything you guys are eating. Can I share it with Hamshik?”

Even though he ate all the almonds by himself, he is a very greedy person. So, it was a bit difficult for him to ignore the ham diet and eat it.

Narin tore up a piece of paper and laid it on the floor, placed a crispy-looking bungeoppang on it, and answered while putting a bungeoppang in her mouth.

“It’s not like it won’t work, but Hamshik ate a whole one just now.”

“Huh? Hamshik! You ate all that and are going to eat it again? Hey, you pig!”

While I was asking questions, Hamshik was already devouring the bungeoppang. Looking at the way he was nibbling the tail and putting it in his mouth, I felt a sense of crisis that if I left it like that, I wouldn’t have anything to eat.

Of course, he always steals half of my food. He devours the bungeoppang so fast. The bungeoppang might not end up halfway through.

I also started to nibble on the bungeoppang right away. The outside was crispy and warm, but the inside was moist and hot, making it difficult to eat.

Hamshik-yi seemed completely unaffected by the heat, and while I was barely able to eat the mouth part of the bungeoppang, he was already digging into everything from the fins to the intestines.

Hamshik, where you put the sweet red bean paste and meat into your mouth and lick your tongue.

Looking at that, I felt frustrated that I could never beat the ham diet in terms of food, and I just watched in a daze as the guy finished his satisfying meal and walked away, wagging his butt.

But you still leave half of it. You bad boy.