episode_0083

Ah. I want to go on an adventure. It was a thought that suddenly occurred to me after eating breakfast.

Of course, just going out sometimes is a huge adventure for us. It may be a small step for humans, but for me, it is a great distance that I can catch up with by riding an RC car!

But anyway, isn’t that all just routine?

It’s not like it’s something grand like saving the world, saving the princess, or anything like that.

Maybe it’s because I traveled a lot in my past life, but I want to experience something special rather than everyday life.

And then I, and we, became very small. What was just a desk to Narin became a tall building to us, and the floor was just a wide wilderness.

“… … No, the floor is lava! Guys, lava is rising from the floor. Run away! ”

“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

As I climbed up onto the cage without warning, Jihyun ran after me out of breath.

Hamshik looked at me pitifully, but he seemed to be in a good mood today and followed me. Saekmusae just tilted his head.

I guess you don’t understand why I was shouting so urgently.

“Yes, the guardian of the ancient temple, the Colorbird, can step into the lava. It can even fly. But we have to cross that lava and find the treasure in the temple.”

“Am I the guardian of the ancient gods?”

“Yeah, the color bird is the guardian. It can roam the house as it pleases.”

So, after I gave him a reasonable compromise, the magpie raised its head. Then, it started walking, shaking its head back and forth like a pigeon.

It seems like it wasn’t easy to maintain a dignified appearance. But it’s okay because he’s cute.

Jihyun also realized what the situation was and started to follow my rhythm, albeit awkwardly.

“Suddenly lava, what is this? Namin, what do we do now?”

“Don’t worry. If you find the treasure in the temple beyond the lava, the lava will drain away and peace will come to this land!”

“Uh, umm… … . I see. So we become Diana Jones and Lara Craft?”

“What is that?”

“… … There are characters from famous adventure movies of the past. They find treasure and save the world.”

“This is totally awesome!”

I didn’t know because I don’t watch movies much, but when Jihyun said that, I got even more excited and my heart started pounding.

Okay, from now on, I’m Diana Jones, and Jihyun is Lara Craft. And Hamsik is, um… … Hamsik. No one can replace Hamsik.

“Let’s go, Jihyun. First, we need to find a way to get there without stepping on the lava. Any good ideas?”

Now, let’s decide on a destination. I pointed to a temple full of water and food beyond the lava, and Jihyun looked around briefly and immediately suggested two ways.

“Hmm, maybe you could ride a boat that can withstand lava. Or you could climb up the desk, climb up the closet next to it, and jump down from there onto the sink.”

As expected, Jihyun is smart. I was vaguely wondering how and how much I could jump and where I could step on stepping stones to get through, but she figured out a way in an instant!

“Good idea. Where does Hamshik want to go?”

I was impressed by that and asked Hamshik’s opinion as well. We are colleagues, so everyone’s opinion is important.

Hamshik jumped towards the desk and started climbing up the vertical wall.

Yeah, I guess it’s possible to jump from the cage to the side of the desk. Hamshik’s leg strength is that good.

But you’re just going up that vertical side? Does that make sense?

When I opened the front door, I could have just supported my body between the two walls at right angles and climbed up.

Isn’t that going up purely due to friction?

“Hamshik is a scam! How can you just go up there!”

“Ham-sik is Ham-sik, so that’s possible. Rather than that, let’s think about how we should go up. Hmm, Namin-ah. Do you want to throw me? Then I can hang on to the desk drawer handle. Then I’ll open them in order and make them like stairs. ”

But, as Ji-hyeon said, Ham-shik is Ham-shik. We had to find our own solution.

Jihyun was more excited than I was, so she stepped forward on her own. So I lifted Jihyun up over my head.

“Okay, I’ll throw it. Be careful not to fall into the lava. One, two, three!”

I can even lift Hamshik, so why can’t I throw Jihyun, who is much lighter than me?

It had been a long time since I played ball, but I threw Jihyun with the intention of sending it high and far. Jihyun flew safely in a parabolic arc toward the desk drawer.

And, the chin. Ji-hyun flies through the air, legs flailing, and then she hooks her hands on the desk drawer handle as if she’s dunking.

Hanging like that, Jihyun pushed the top drawer and started opening the bottom drawer with the recoil.

The bottom drawer is pulled a fair amount, and the one above it is pulled a little less. In this way, the top drawer is opened just enough for us to step on, and the desk drawer becomes a very high staircase for us.

“Okay, Namin. Can you come over?”

“Of course. I can go beyond this. Yay!”

Leaping towards the desk drawer handle would be difficult for me as I’m not very athletic.

It would have been much easier to just jump towards the open handle. The landing surface would have been wide, and if I fell I’d be inside the drawer. There was no risk of falling into the lava.

So I settled down on the drawer, and Jihyun and I, supporting each other, climbed up onto the desk.

Then, Hamshik, who had been looking down at us from above and sniffing, turned around and started climbing up the closet again.

Just like climbing a desk, it was ridiculous to just climb up a vertical side.

“Does he think he’s some kind of Spider-Man?”

“It’s ham-baked. How do we get up now?”

Hamshik could easily climb up using the cannon, but I guess it was because I was bothering him that Hamshik didn’t seem like he would readily cooperate.

So, that means we have to get up there with our own strength.

No, is it really necessary to go up there?

The reason I was going up to the closet was to go to a temple full of water and food to cool the lava and bring peace to this land.

If you can get there, you don’t have to go through the closet. That means you can outrun the hamster!

“Let’s make an airplane.”

“Airplane? How?”

“Narin, can I use two sheets of paper?”

“Huh? Oh, I have some new A4 paper, so use that.”

“I’ll use it well!”

No matter how much of an adventure you go on, you have to get permission from your older sister, Narin.

I must have gotten permission from Narin, who was not getting out of bed because it was a rare day off. I immediately took out two sheets of white A4 paper and folded them neatly.

A simple plane would crash quickly, but if you make it sturdy enough, it can fly.

“Hey, you know how to fold an airplane, right? You can fly over there with this.”

“Oh, will it work? Won’t it crash…? …? No matter how light we are, I don’t think the paper airplane will be able to support us.”

“If it was just paper, I wouldn’t know, but it’s a paper airplane. It can fly!”

Originally, paper airplanes flew in a variety of ways depending on how they were folded and how they were thrown.

Some of them would crash to the ground right away even if folded with great care, while others would fly over 10 meters even if folded very carelessly and without even forming an airplane shape.

When I was a kid, there was a kid who threw a paper airplane out the window at school and all the way to the school gate. That story remained a legend all the way through elementary school.

Anyway, it’s still like that now. If you make it well, you can go from the desk to the sink in one go.

Jihyun followed me and made an airplane, half in doubt. Maybe she wasn’t a researcher for nothing. Jihyun’s airplane seemed more sleek than mine and had various decorations added to it.

If mine was just a paper airplane, Jihyun’s was like a prince in the sky.

Hmm. Surely you didn’t study how to fold an airplane separately? Mine looked shabby, and I was a little jealous of Jihyun’s airplane.

“Jihyun, I’ll go first! Watch carefully and learn!”

“Ugh, yeah!”

I trust my dexterity. I trust the airplane that was born with my dexterity. So I just picked up the airplane and jumped forward, and hung on to it.

Whoosh, the front of the plane was moving forward and then lifted upward by air resistance. I naturally shifted my weight to the front of the plane to maintain balance.

Thanks to the head being lifted, the plane gained a little altitude, and it arrived at the sink in no time.

I tried to land gently on the sink, but I was so slow that I couldn’t land on my feet, so I just rolled down the sink.

But I succeeded anyway. Hamshik also didn’t seem to have imagined that I would arrive first, as he was just blankly staring at me from above the closet.

I shouted proudly at that ham-eater.

“Huh, justice will prevail! Okay, Jihyun. You can come over now on the plane.”

“This is it… … . Yeah, I’ll go soon, huh?!”

Ji-hyun followed my example and jumped with the airplane over her head. But perhaps it was because she lacked faith in the airplane. Ji-hyun plummeted down.

“No, Jihyun-ahhh! Sob, Jihyun fell into the lava!”

“Ah… … . Is this it? Namin, you must find the treasure… … .”

Ji-Hyeon, who appeared after pushing the crashed plane aside, took stock of her condition, then fell helplessly into the lava and raised her thumb.

The corpse approached Ji-hyeon and poked her while tilting her head, but she could neither move nor speak.

While Saekmusae was playing with Jihyun, I went towards the end with Hamshik.

“We can’t let our comrades’ sacrifices be meaningless. Hamshik, we have to keep moving forward. Lava can be overcome by cold. Open the refrigerator and save the world!”

Hamshik licked his lips at my words. Could it be that he was coveting the food in the refrigerator? He had just had breakfast.

But Narin hasn’t had breakfast or lunch yet. I think it would be okay to take advantage of that and feed her some food.

“Then, Hamshik-ah. You have to open the refrigerator… … ”

So I thought that maybe if I cooked for Narin, she would like it. I tried to put that into practice.

When I tried to open the refrigerator, I felt confused again.

Up until now, I never thought about it because Narin always put food on the table and went to work.

When I actually tried to open the refrigerator, I found that I needed additional support to pull the door open.

No matter what I do to the door on the sink, it won’t open. At least I have to pull it from the floor, but there’s lava down there right now.

“Umm, Hamshik-ah, it’s a change of strategy. Let’s call the goddess to open the refrigerator door!”

Of course, Hamshik didn’t follow my change of plan. He just stared at me.

But it’s okay if Hamshik doesn’t help. I can do it on my own anyway.

I opened the salt cap that was outside. Then I sprinkled it little by little on the sink, drawing a circle, and carefully drew a star shape inside it.

Narin, who had been lying down in the commotion, got up and came over to me.

“What is it? Namin-ah, why are you suddenly sprinkling salt?”

“Ah, the goddess has appeared! Oh, goddess. Open the fridge and get rid of the lava!”

“Refrigerator? Oh, is this how you open it?”

“Wow!”

Jihyun’s sacrifice was not in vain. Now the lava is gone, and we can step on the ground.

… … It was fun while I was playing, but once I was done immersing myself, I suddenly felt embarrassed.

So, at that moment when I was awkwardly laughing, Hamshik screamed.

“Keeek!”

“Oh, Hamshik-i ate salt… …! Did you think it was sugar?”

“Oh my. I ate that already. I should give it some water.”

Hamshik licked the magic circle.