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I stroked Seo-a’s head as she clung to me like a sloth, listening to Han A-rin’s words.

 

“Cleaning magic is fundamentally based on classification magic.”

 

I nodded at the mention of classification magic.

Of course, the first thing to do when cleaning was to decide what needed to be cleared away and what shouldn’t be.

 

‘If you think about it more deeply, you also have to decide which parts should be wiped with a cloth, which should be swept with a broom…’

 

In a way, classification was the most important part.

As I nodded in agreement, Han A-rin smiled brightly and continued her explanation.

 

“That’s why the first thing you need to do is to put accurate and detailed classifications into the formula. For example, garbage goes to the trash can, dust needs to be wiped away, things like that?”

 

It was already starting to feel complicated just listening to it.

Of course, you’d have to specify each thing that’s considered garbage as a basic step.

Furthermore, it was extremely difficult to clearly distinguish things, as what might be trash to one person could be a treasure to another.

 

While I was thinking that cleaning magic seemed quite difficult and wondering if I could learn it,

Han A-rin chuckled and gave me a piece of good news.

 

“No need to worry too much. It looks complicated, but it’s simple.”

 

Thinking ‘Is that so?’, I blinked my eyes.

Han A-rin took out a book and said,

 

“You just need to copy and paste.”

“…?” 

 

I looked at Han A-rin with a “meow” sound, shocked by this somewhat surprising solution.

Han A-rin giggled and poked my cheek.

 

“Data essence accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years… These days, they call it deep learning, don’t they? Anyway, if we add a magic formula that reads and decides the user’s intention in advance based on this, we can solve it.” 

 

I still don’t really understand what they’re saying…! 

Just when I was blinking my eyes, having only understood that I need to add my spoon to the magic formula created by our ancestors. 

Han A-rin patted my head while looking at me, then tapped the book and said. 

 

“Then from today, I’ll teach you how to apply the magic formula. You need to follow along well, okay? It’s not difficult, so you’ll be able to do it soon.” 

“Yes…” 

 

I didn’t think it would be easy, so I nodded and decided to follow along as best as I could. 

 

* 

 

“Igo baba? Chae-a, if you do it like this, you’ll get faster! Heung-cha!” 

 

Chae-a seemed to have succeeded in learning the speed-up magic faster than expected. 

By the time evening came, she demonstrated the speed-up magic in front of us. 

I was clapping my hands, amazed at how quickly Chae-a had learned, when the Spirit User Uncle next to me smiled and said. 

 

“Be careful not to get hurt, go slowly.” 

“Okay. But Chae-a is fine because I can go fast like this!” 

“?” 

 

I was giggling at their silly conversation when I glanced at Yuna. 

Yuna seemed to be struggling a bit with the mana circulation method she was learning from Han A-rin, but. 

Judging by her incredible concentration despite all the noise around, I thought she might learn it soon. 

 

‘I hope Yuna learns quickly too.’ 

 

I was thinking it would be fun to show off the magic we learned to each other later, and deciding to study cleaning magic hard too, when. 

Seo-a, who had been clinging tightly to me, suddenly seemed to remember something and jumped up from her seat. 

 

“Should we play hide-and-seek?”

 

She looked at me with sparkling eyes, saying something. 

 

‘Judging by her saying “Want to read?”, is she talking about a storybook?’ 

 

Come to think of it, I used to read her a storybook around this time every day. 

Seeing Seo-a’s face full of expectation, I couldn’t bring myself to say no, so I nodded and gave permission. 

 

“Yes. If there’s something you want to read, bring it.” 

“Yay!” 

 

At my words, Seo-a grinned and ran to where the storybooks were stacked. 

While waiting for Seo-a to bring the storybook, I thought I’d study more of the cleaning magic formula, reviewing what Han A-rin had taught me earlier. 

Then I noticed Seo-rin running towards me from afar, calling out “Ha-eun!” 

 

“Seo-rin is here?” 

“Yeah, yeah. Oh, today was really tough, but seeing Ha-eun makes all the tiredness go away.” 

 

Seo-rin hugged me tightly and rubbed her cheeks against mine, healing herself. 

Then she started fiddling with my hands and looked at what I was doing. 

 

“Ha-eun, you’re learning cleaning magic?” 

“Yes.” 

“That’s amazing! Isn’t our Ha-eun too smart? I have to brag about this on Instagram. Our Ha-eun is such a genius!” 

 

I awkwardly smiled at Seo-rin, who was gushing over me nearby. 

Then I calmly turned my gaze to face Seo-rin. 

 

‘She looks less tired than before, but still seems to be struggling a lot.’ 

 

Most likely, she’s working even harder than usual because of me.

I looked at Seo-rin with an apologetic, awkward smile. 

Seo-rin looked at me and smiled back. 

 

* * * 

 

“Oink oink. Wee wee. Oink oink.” 

 

Even though Seo-a had already read “The Three Little Pigs” three times, she continued reading without getting bored at all. 

Seeing this, I thought that babies have both the contradictory qualities of getting bored quickly with some things and never getting bored with others, as I calmly continued reading to her. 

Seo-rin, watching this, giggled and asked for my permission. 

 

“Ha-eun, can I post a video of you reading the storybook to Seo-a on the community?” 

“This?” 

“Yeah. I think a lot of people will love it.” 

 

To be honest, I didn’t really care. 

But thinking it would be best to let Seo-rin do what she wanted, I nodded, meaning she could do as she pleased. 

 

“Thanks! This time it’s definitely going to get 10 million views.” 

 

Ten million…? I must have heard wrong. 

I shook my head, meaning that couldn’t be possible, and continued reading the storybook. 

 

“Then the wolf appeared and huffed and puffed and blew down the first pig’s house.” 

“Scary…” 

 

Seo-a, seemingly really scared, clung to me tightly and trembled. 

Thinking her reactions were good even though I had already read it three times, I chuckled and continued reading the storybook. 

Around that time, Yuna, having finished her mana circulation practice, approached us and alternately patted my head and Seo-a’s. 

 

“Ha-eun is amazing. Just like a big sister.”

“…?” 

 

Now I’m too tired to even say I’m an adult, so I just nod. 

Seo-rin smiled broadly beside me, giggling, then seemingly deciding that wouldn’t do, she spoke to us with a face full of laughter. 

 

“Why are our babies so cute…? Oh, I’m really so happy, sis.” 

 

If Seo-rin is happy, that should be enough. 

As I was nodding, deciding to be satisfied despite feeling a bit ambivalent, suddenly a question popped into my mind. 

 

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t ask about the horizontal bar.’ 

 

Realizing I had forgotten to ask Spirit User Uncle why he had installed the horizontal bar so high. 

I promised Seo-a I would read to her later, then headed towards Spirit User Uncle. 

 

“Uncle, I have something I want to ask.” 

 

As soon as I approached Spirit User Uncle and asked my question. 

Spirit User Uncle, munching on his snacks, stared at me blankly for a moment. 

Then he held out his snacks to me with a bright smile. 

 

“Oh, do you want some? They’re delicious. So, what did you want to know?” 

 

I took a potato chip and asked ‘about the horizontal bar’. 

For some reason, Spirit User Uncle burst out laughing and told me the reason. 

 

“Ah, that? Actually, I made that for myself to use.” 

“…?” 

“My belly has gotten really big lately. So I wanted to exercise a bit to lose weight.” 

 

Hearing that, I silently looked at the potato chip. 

I thought that rather than losing weight through exercise, he should start by watching what he eats, but… 

Just as I was about to awkwardly smile and nod, thinking it wasn’t necessary to tell the truth.

 

“Kookoo-ri!” 

 

Seo-a suddenly appeared. 

She giggled while looking at Spirit User Uncle’s belly, and hugged it tightly. 

Seeing this, I was startled and quickly lifted Seo-a up while saying urgently. 

 

“You shouldn’t say bad things…!” 

 

To my words, Seo-a tilted her head as if she didn’t understand at all and asked me back. 

 

“Like kookoo-ri. Kookoo-ri yum…! Myam-mya. It’s pig!” 

 

As if feeling very wronged, Seo-a explains to me using longer sentences than usual. 

Seeing this, I still felt I should scold her and was about to say that we shouldn’t call people pigs. 

But before I could, Spirit User Uncle said ‘It’s okay,’ so I had to keep my mouth shut. 

 

‘Well, if the person himself says it’s okay…’ 

 

Still, I decided to carefully tell her later that she shouldn’t do this kind of thing, and while I was nodding my head. 

Seo-a hugged Spirit User Uncle very glumly and said. 

 

“Koo-ya.” 

 

Is she apologizing? 

Seeing this, I was vigorously patting Seo-a’s head to show her she did well. 

Then Spirit User Uncle spoke to us in a very touched voice. 

 

“Maybe it’s because I only have a son… This is the first time I’ve received an apology like this.” 

“…?” 

“But Uncle, you have a son, right? If he’s sorry, he hits you.” 

“?!” 

 

Isn’t that not okay?!

I was blinking in confusion when Seo-rin, who was next to me, smiled and said.

 

“Everyone’s like that these days! That’s why Ha-eun, Chae-a, Yuna, and Seo-a aren’t getting special treatment for nothing, you know?”

“That’s right. Oh, I wish our son would take after Ha-eun even half as much.”

 

I shook my head awkwardly, feeling it wasn’t quite that much.

But their praise continued endlessly.

While I was receiving compliments for a while, Seo-rin looked at her constantly vibrating phone and then told me a shocking fact with an “Oh” sound.

 

“The video we took earlier already reached 1 million views?”