Party (2)

Party (2)

The Hunter Association’s training ground was so enormous that the entire scenery couldn’t be taken in at a glance.

According to the original novel, it was said to be able to comfortably accommodate over a thousand people.

I thought it would probably take an hour or two if I tried to run around and see everything myself.

‘Anyway, the important thing is that it’s a place where many people gather because it’s so big.’

Because where there are many people, all kinds of trash inevitably accumulate.

In other words, it meant that there would be a lot of the red bottle caps that Chae-a likes.

I was watching worriedly as Chae-a ran towards us with the brightest expression in the world, wondering if she might fall, but

Impressively, she reached us without falling once and had a very proud expression.

“I found… the treasure castle. I’ll tell you where it is!”

Suddenly formal speech?

Tilting my head in confusion, I saw a cleaning lady following Chae-a, speaking formally.

“Oh my, young lady, you shouldn’t run.”

It seemed Chae-a was using formal speech imitating the cleaning lady.

I smiled slightly, thinking Chae-a was cute.

‘I must protect Chae-a.’

Unlike me, she’s a real baby.

Thinking I must protect Chae-a and Seo-rin no matter what, I got out of Han A-rin’s arms.

As I came down to the floor like that, Chae-a jumped up and down in place and said to me,

“I brought the princess of the castle too!”

Chae-a pointed to the cleaning lady when she said “princess”.

It seems the castle means the place where plastic bottles are collected,

And she was calling the person organizing there the princess.

‘She seems to be referencing how Seo-rin calls us princesses.’

Thinking that for Chae-a, princess probably means someone great or cool,

I bowed my head to the cleaning lady, meaning thank you very much for playing with Chae-a.

“Thank you for playing with Chae-a…! If it’s not rude, please have some snacks before you go.”

“Oh my, thank you.”

It’s so amazing that she uses formal speech even with children.

I thanked her again and patted Chae-a’s head as she smiled brightly, saying,

“Did you find the castle?”

“Yes! There were this many treasures! The contractor will like it too!”

Chae-a seemed very happy to have found so many plastic bottles and couldn’t hide her excitement,

Constantly chattering to me about how amazing the treasure castle was.

Finding Chae-a cute, I nodded and then seeing the hunters gathering, decided to finish preparing for the party.

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[What? The babies held a dessert party in the training ground? feat – Crazy cuteness

• Apparently the association mascots Ha-eun and Chae-a brought a bunch of desserts and shared them with the hunters in the training ground.

  Ah I’m really jealous.. I wanted to eat dessert given by Ha-eun too!!!

  Of all times, a gate opened so aaaah!!]

ㄴ Teacher, calm down ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But I ate it ㅅㄱ The kids are super cute.

ㄴ I saw it on the broadcast and they were really adorable wow. I almost had a heart attack watching.

ㄴ For real ㅋㅋㅋ Even people who usually don’t talk and train with serious faces were standing around grinning today.

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The hunter community was buzzing with talk about Ha-eun and Chae-a.

To the extent that some were calling Ha-eun and Chae-a the association’s mascots,

There was an atmosphere of the Hunter Association being very fond of Ha-eun and Chae-a.

However, because the children might feel burdened or scared,

One unwritten rule emerged.

It was the rule that you shouldn’t speak to the children first unless they speak to you.

‘Because they might get stressed if many people come to talk to them.’

Counselor Jeong Su-a thought this trend was very good and smiled contentedly,

Nodding at seeing the community’s aggressiveness or sensitivity noticeably lower than usual.

‘Thanks to Ha-eun and Chae-a, the hunter community has been very clean lately.’

Due to the nature of their job, hunters often have to kill monsters, though they are living beings, or are driven into mentally stressful situations,

So there were many who were mentally exhausted, but

After Ha-eun and Chae-a appeared, that exhaustion was greatly reduced, creating an atmosphere of mental healthiness, bringing both relief and joy.

Thinking that, she was scanning through the community when

She found an interesting post.

[Ha-eun awakened healing ability ㄷㄷ

• I asked a friend who’s friends with a dragon.

  Usually it takes hatchlings years to awaken their trait.

But Ha-eun awakened her trait right away after praying for a moment ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

Ha-eun is an angel, pretty, and even a genius.

On top of that, even the rare healing ability?

I really want to pat her head vigorously and buy her snacks.]

ㄴ This reminds me, wasn’t it said that hatchlings haven’t been born for a very long time?

ㄴ Yeah that’s right, so dragons are desperately waiting for Ha-eun too.

ㄴ Wow Ha-eun’s life is set. Healing ability, Hunter Han A-rin’s protection, and even dragons ㅋㅋㅋ. At this rate, if anyone touches Ha-eun, a war might break out?

ㄴ No joke, it really could. They say dragons have been shedding tears of blood lately because there are no hatchlings at all.

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Jeong Su-a nodded, recalling someone’s joke that dragons are the modern royal family.

Dragons not only had long lifespans, but also overwhelmingly superior talents, so they possessed all three: military power, wealth, and authority.

Perhaps due to dragons’ characteristic love for their own kind, she heard they usually use these to protect their own.

‘That’s why there’s a rumor that if you mess with a dragon, three generations of your family will be ruined.’

It’s said that dragons never forgive those who touch their own kind.

Recalling a few incidents of guilds or companies being completely destroyed in the past, she was about to brew coffee when

“Teacher!”

Ha-eun’s voice was heard from outside.

At that voice, Jeong Su-a thought she should see Ha-eun when tired and opened the door.

She saw Ha-eun carrying a dessert box as big as herself on her head.

“I brought this to give to teacher.”

Due to the nature of her job, having seen all kinds of people and situations,

She rarely felt truly moved, but seeing Ha-eun bring a dessert box as big as herself all the way here for her was strangely touching,

She almost shed tears for a moment, but held them back and said,

“… Really? Wasn’t it heavy?”

“No!”

Trying hard to hold back the urge to pat her head vigorously because she was just too cute,

She quickly grabbed the box, worried it might be heavy for Ha-eun, and said,

“Thank you, teacher will buy Ha-eun something delicious later too, okay?”

At those words, Ha-eun wagged her tail quickly and smiled brightly.

Finding that cute, she was thinking of taking a picture when

“I’ll give you this…!”

Chae-a, who was behind, came striding up and held out a red bottle cap.

It might just be trash to others, but knowing it was a great treasure to Chae-a,

That feeling was very touching.

Moved by that, she finally couldn’t hold back and picked up the two babies, rubbing their cheeks vigorously.

Ha-eun and Chae-a giggled and wiggled their bodies.

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After giving dessert to the counselor, I was sitting on the bed, deeply pondering something.

It wasn’t much, just thinking about how to use my healing ability that I had gained earlier.

‘Would it be good to go find sick people and heal them?’

I heard there aren’t many people with healing abilities,

So thinking my healing ability might be helpful, I asked Han A-rin sitting nearby for her opinion, but

“Hmm… no. Ha-eun needs absolute rest. At least for 10 years, it’s not allowed.”

The answer came back that it’s absolutely not allowed.

Wondering if it’s because my ability is still lacking, I was feeling dejected when

Han A-rin looked at me like that and smiled bitterly.

“There are still too many scary things for Ha-eun to experience. So I’d like you to do it after you become an adult.”

I wanted to say I’m already an adult, but

Feeling like they wouldn’t believe me at all if I said I was an adult in this situation, I could only nod my head dejectedly.

“So why don’t you try something else for now?”

As Han A-rin said, there were many things I had to do and wanted to do anyway,

Deciding to do that first, I bowed my head to Han A-rin.

“Yes, you thought well. If you ever have any difficulties, tell unnie anytime. Okay?”

“Yes…”

“Good good, you’re a good child.”

I stared blankly at my tangled hair and asked one question.

“Then… can I practice healing?”

“Practice? Of course you can practice.”

If so, I decided to hone my ability diligently so I can help many people later, and nodded.

To practice my healing ability, I tried hugging and blowing on my tail where my teeth marks remained,

And I also diligently hugged and blew on slightly wilted flowers or not-so-fresh vegetables, but

It seems it doesn’t work on these things, as there was no reaction.

Seeing that, I thought maybe there needs to be a proper wound and stared intently at my soft palm, but

I shook my head, thinking if I made a wound, the people around would be very sad.

‘Then what should I do?’

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t come up with a good method.

I was nibbling on my tail, which was wagging happily whether it knew my feelings or not, when

Chae-a, who was sleeping, waved her hand and sleep-talked.

“I like Hauni…”

Her voice was slurred so the pronunciation was mushy, but I could hear clearly what she was saying, so I felt a bit embarrassed.

I was fixing Chae-a’s disheveled blanket with gratitude when

Han A-rin asked me one question.

“Ha-eun, I’m sorry but could you lend unnie your phone for a moment?”

My phone?

At those words, I handed over the phone without any hesitation.

Han A-rin entered the broadcast settings and started pressing things randomly.

‘What is she doing?’

I felt curious, but thought it would be better to leave her be.

I lay down next to Chae-a and was watching her snore when

“It’s done. Finally I can send a donation.”

A very happy voice was heard from beside me.