Maza!

Maza!

A building completely burned down without leaving a trace.

There, Perseus received a report from his subordinate while stepping on the ashes of what had been destroyed.

“We succeeded in finding numerous pieces of evidence proving that they were planning a terrorist attack and the location of a new laboratory.”

Judging by the results alone, it was positive news.

However, his expression hardened at the mention of a new laboratory location.

In other words, it meant that many victims were still unable to escape their suffering.

Therefore, I hardened my expression, shook off the ash on my shoes, and manifested magic.

‘Teleportation magic.’

The highest-level magic that proves one is a high-level magician.

While manifesting this, I gave one additional order to my subordinate.

“It would be better to return for now and talk with the hunters from the association.”

“Yes, understood.”

“Ah, and…”

Just as I was about to continue speaking, a strange color in the distance caught my eye.

A blue-green liquid that appears to be blue but with rippling red.

As time passes, the liquid’s color keeps changing, piquing my interest. As I was about to approach it, a sudden doubt arose.

‘Why haven’t I noticed this until now?’

It’s been three hours since we started investigating this place.

It’s strange that we haven’t discovered such an obvious item until now.

Since it doesn’t make sense logically, I could only make two guesses.

Either someone left it here, or it was hidden and emerged due to some impact.

I’m not sure which is correct yet.

Somehow, I felt that if this was here, there might be a significant breakthrough in the terrorist incident, so I walked forward.

* * * * *

This body, which is only 3 years old, or at most 4 years old if I’m being generous, was too vulnerable to emotions.

I was feeling extremely embarrassed, still sensing the burning sensation in my nose and eyes.

Seo-rin hugged me and started cooing excessively.

“Was Ha-eun very sad? Oh, how can we handle our Ha-eun being so sad? Big sister’s heart hurts so much too.”

Although the act of comforting itself wasn’t unpleasant as it was showing kindness to the other person.

It was a bit embarrassing to be cooed at like a baby.

No matter what, I’m still an adult… As I was trying to compose myself, thinking that this kind of thing shouldn’t improve my mood.

Swish swish.

The silly tail seemed to completely disagree with my thoughts.

It wagged left and right at an incredibly fast speed, as if shouting that my anger had completely dissipated.

‘…Ah.’

I tried to grab the wildly wagging tail to calm it down, but.

It seems that as I grow, the tail grows with me, as it dodges my hands and continues to wag enthusiastically.

Feeling a bit annoyed at the tail, I looked at it with a sullen expression, and it slowly reduced its speed and came into my arms.

 

‘…Can it really read my thoughts?’

Judging by its actions alone, it seems to act based on reading my thoughts.

I was a bit puzzled, but regardless, the important thing now was to calm the tail down.

As I was hugging it and fiddling with it, Somteol, who had been singing and dancing in front of me, quickly approached and said something.

“Beep!”

(I’ll help!)

Suddenly?

Wondering what that was about, I blinked my eyes, and Chae-a, who was walking towards me with a triumphant expression.

Spoke to me in a lowered voice like a detective, giggling.

“Somteol said it could enhance various things. Ha-eun asked to enhance her rarity.”

Then, with a confident look on her face, she stared at me.

She leaned her head in, making a gesture as if strongly demanding something.

“Chae-a did well. You can praise her…!”

“Good job!”

“Yeah!”

I enthusiastically patted Chae-a’s head, who was slightly taller than me, while praising her randomly.

I awkwardly smiled at Somteol, who seemed to be expecting something in front of me.

‘Does Somteol want to be praised too?’

Maybe that’s the case.

Just in case, I patted Somteol’s head and praised it too.

Somteol jumped up and down happily and spoke to me.

“Beep!”

 

It showed a willingness to enhance anything I wanted.

I was grateful for Somteol’s kind heart and smiled along with it.

*

Back in the rare space, I.

Stared blankly at the furniture I had received earlier from the laboratory.

A pure white chair!

They must have chosen a good one on purpose, as it was a completely new product with the plastic wrap still intact.

At first, when they said they would give this to me, I felt too sorry and said it was okay, but.

Ha-eun was able to take the chair with less guilt thanks to being shown a pile of chairs stacked up in the laboratory and being told “We have chairs to spare.”

I brightened my eyes while looking at the sparkling chair.

After diligently wiping off the dust with a handkerchief, I proudly showed it to Seo-rin.

“This is the first reward I’ve received…!”

(This is the first reward I’ve received!)

Rather than being happy about receiving new furniture.

Although it was somewhat embarrassing, I was also happy because it was the first reward received after completing a request.

Of course, it was more of a mission where I caused a lot of trouble rather than properly completing the request…

Still, I couldn’t help but feel happy as I fidgeted.

“Oh, our Ha-eun has grown up. I feel like I’m really going to cry…”

I giggled while watching Seo-rin clapping and saying it was amazing in front of me.

As I was telling Seo-rin that the newly acquired chair was exclusively for her and trying to seat her there.

“Beep!”

Somteol jumps up and snuggles into my body.

I was tilting my head wondering why it suddenly came to me after dancing enthusiastically with Chae-a.

Somteol rubs its body against me vigorously, then bounces off towards the chair and starts hopping around.

‘I wonder if it liked the chair?’

While I was contemplating whether to call it Somteol’s chair instead of Seo-rin’s chair.

Suddenly, the chair turned blue, and sparkling blue smoke began to rise from the entire chair.

As the smoke spread thickly, reminiscent of a performance venue, I was puzzled.

Seo-rin, who was next to me, spoke to me with a voice full of bewilderment.

“… Huh? The chair has been enhanced?”

The chair has been enhanced?

I blinked blankly, recalling the ability of Somteol that Researcher Jung Jae-hyun had told me about.

I couldn’t have imagined it would be so easy to enhance like that.

‘How amazing.’

While I was vigorously petting Somteol, who was stretching out in front of me, asking for praise.

I asked Seo-rin, who was examining the chair, about it.

“What got better about it?”

After pondering for a moment at my question.

Seo-rin told me what the enhancement effect was.

“It says here that if you rest on this, the resting effect will be several times better.”

“Wow.”

Upon hearing those words, I looked at the chair with sparkling eyes.

If the resting effect increased multiple times, it seemed like it could be a great help to Seo-rin, who had been looking very tired lately.

Hoping that Seo-rin would soon be free from fatigue, I grabbed some scrap paper and a pen nearby and started writing diligently.

[Seo-rin’s exclusive chair]

Although the writing was extremely crooked because I had to grip the pen tightly due to my still weak finger strength.

It was still legible, so I attached it to the chair and was feeling satisfied.

Seeing my actions, Seo-rin, seemingly very touched, spoke to me with a face on the verge of tears.

“Did you really put this on for your sister…?”

“Yeah. Because Seo-rin looked tired. I put it there to cheer her up.”

Hearing my words, Seo-rin’s eyes turn red as she hugs me tightly.

I’m patting her shoulder to show that I’m always supporting her, when…

“Beep?!?”

Somteol, who was watching this from the side, starts to tremble and whine loudly.

“Beep beep! Beeeep!”

(I did it…!)

Somteol, who was pouting because I patted Seo-rin instead of him even though he did the enhancement,

puffs up his fur, trembles all over, and then turns away as if sulking.

Chae-a, who was watching this, blinks her eyes and tells me with a very shocked expression.

“Somteol is sulking…!”

It happened so suddenly that I was momentarily flustered.

But I tried to calm myself down and approached Somteol, saying,

“I’m sorry. Are you okay?”

Apparently, a simple apology wasn’t enough to appease him.

Somteol is still trembling with his face turned away.

I thought for a moment while looking at Somteol, then carefully took him in my arms and tried to soothe him with various words.

“Somteol did so well… I’m sorry I didn’t praise you. I’ll make sure to praise you from now on, okay?”

As I sincerely comforted him and gently stroked his head,

Fortunately, it seems her mood has improved as she turns her face back to me and rubs it vigorously.

While I was thinking how relieved I was that her anger had subsided, Chae-a lets out a sigh of relief beside us and says,

“Thank goodness…!”

Given Chae-a’s personality that dislikes fights,

It seems she was very scared that we might actually end up fighting.

As I’m patting Chae-a’s head, showing my mature side, Seo-rin, who’s next to us, smiles happily and says to me,

“Our Ha-eun is really mature and grown-up, isn’t she?”

At the words ‘mature’ and ‘grown-up’, I realize that my adulthood has finally been recognized.

With a proud expression, I nod my head.

“That’s right!”

“What should we do now that Ha-eun has grown up? I wish Ha-eun could stay a baby forever.”

Something seemed off about what she said, so I tilted my head in confusion.

But what mattered now was that my maturity had been acknowledged…!

I nodded, thinking that I should continue to act maturely to widely prove that I’m an adult.

‘I need to try harder.’

After spending a while strengthening my resolve,

I slowly turned my gaze to look at Seo-rin.

Seo-rin looked extremely happy, and I pointed to the chair and said to her,

“Shall we rest then?”

It’s just the moment I’ve been curious about how effective the supposedly increased resting effect would be.

I strongly expressed my curiosity, wondering how much Seo-rin, who was worn out from fatigue, would recover.