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492 – Recruiting Guild Members

492 – Recruiting Guild Members

Hanyeoreum looked down at the children engulfed in despair.

Perhaps it was an instinct of the Beastmen, but all the children were collapsed in the same posture.

“Ugh, ugh.”

They lay face down in the bushes, stretched out in a formal position.

Levinas, Gaeul, Bom, and Gyeoul were all like that.

All the children except Saebyeok were in the same state.

“Hey, hey, guys…?”

Maybe they were disappointed that they couldn’t form the guild they had been looking forward to.

Hanyeoreum decided to comfort the children lost in despair.

“Come on, everyone, get up. Gyeoul, wake up quickly too.”

Hanyeoreum approached Gyeoul, who was lying face down on the floor.

When she gently tugged at Gyeoul’s drooping tail, Gyeoul slowly lifted her head.

“Why didn’t the guild work…?”

“Well? There seems to be some misunderstanding. Should we go find out with my sister?”

“……”

Gyeoul stared intently at Hanyeoreum without answering.

Hanyeoreum forced Gyeoul to stand up by slipping her hand under Gyeoul’s armpit.

“Come on, shall we hold hands?”

“Yes…”

Gyeoul’s small hand tightly grasped three of Hanyeoreum’s fingers.

After patting Gyeoul’s head, Hanyeoreum helped the other children to their feet.

“Bom and Levinas, get up too, and Gaeul, wake up.”

“Ugh…”

Bom and Levinas staggered to their feet, but Gaeul remained lying on the floor until the end.

Maybe she was upset about not being able to form the guild.

As Hanyeoreum gently tapped Gaeul’s back, she noticed Gaeul’s tail was wagging.

“Gaeul, what are you doing?”

“Ggaemmi!”

“Ants?”

“No! Ggaemmi train!”

In front of Gaeul, who was lying down, ants were marching in a line like a train.

So she wasn’t in despair but was watching the ant train.

Hanyeoreum couldn’t help but chuckle at Gaeul’s innocent demeanor.

“Let’s look at the ant train later and go over there with my sister, okay?”

“Okay!”

Seeing Gaeul spring up energetically, the other children regained some of their spirits.

Hanyeoreum led the children toward the community center.

“Yeo-reum!”

Jeong Yuna ran toward them as they headed to the community center.

Jeong Yuna’s expression was filled with disbelief.

“Yuna, did you get a call too?”

“Yeah. They said the guild didn’t work out? What’s going on?”

With the children looking glum and Hanyeoreum and Jeong Yuna wearing serious expressions, the situation seemed unusual, drawing the attention of people in the guild and the park.

“…There are too many people watching. Let’s go check what’s going on first.”

“Ah, okay.”

Hanyeoreum entered the neighborhood community center with everyone.

As Hanyeoreum approached the person in charge of adventurer tasks, Gyeoul tugged on Hanyeoreum’s hand.

“Gyeoul?”

“If we want to do something at the community center, we need to take a number.”

Gyeoul, with her ears and tail drooping, pointed to a number ticket placed on one side of the community center.

Hanyeoreum felt proud of Gyeoul for following the rules even in a tough situation.

“Okay. Shall we take a number and wait?”

“Yes.”

Just as Hanyeoreum was about to take a number, a woman with a tense expression approached from inside the community center.

It was Kim Mi-young, the woman who had taken documents from Gyeoul a few days ago.

“Um… You came regarding the guild establishment, right…?”

“Yes. Was there something missing?”

“Ah… No, it seems there was some misunderstanding from the higher-ups.”

“Misunderstanding?”

“Yes. We just asked, and they got angry instead.”

Angry?

Hanyeoreum tilted her head in confusion.

Then, Kim Mi-young glanced at Jeong Yuna beside her and spoke.

“They said Jeong Yuna wouldn’t leave the Dawn and wouldn’t create a guild called ‘Ggaemmi.’ The guild office is in a container, so it must be a case of document forgery…”

Hmm…

Hanyeoreum stroked her chin.

It was indeed a situation that could raise suspicion.

Even Hanyeoreum thought they might have denied it at least once.

“So what happened?”

“Well, the conversation ended well. But this week’s review is already over, so there will probably be a re-evaluation next week…”

Kim Mi-young stopped speaking and looked behind Hanyeoreum.

It was because Kang Jinho, who exuded a massive presence, was standing there.

“Next week?”

“Ah, yes… This week’s review has all been completed…”

“Why do we have to wait until next week when the mistake was on their side?”

Kang Jinho’s question wasn’t directed at Kim Mi-young.

He muttered it as if to himself, but it was enough to leave Kim Mi-young breathless.

“……”

She had no words to say.

Kim Mi-young brushed off her shoulders in anxiety.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jinho didn’t scold Kim Mi-young.

He wasn’t foolish enough to blame someone who wasn’t responsible.

Kang Jinho simply pressed the call button on his smartphone.

**

As I returned to the park, I looked down at the certificate in my hand.

It was a certificate stating that the Ggaemmi Guild was officially recognized by the association.

“What is this?”

They said I had to wait another week.

With a single phone call from the Master, a suited man who had rushed in from somewhere handed over the acceptance certificate.

It all happened in an instant.

‘What the heck?’

The content of the Master’s call was simple.

He just asked why the children were rejected.

Less than twenty minutes after that one question, the suited man brought the certificate.

I was left bewildered by the incomprehensible situation.

‘…Did it really work out?’

Let’s not think too deeply.

I just raised the certificate in my hand high.

“It’s a guild! A guild!”

“Wow!”

The children spun around me.

To be precise, they spun around the certificate.

No more gloominess remained for us.

“Wanga! If we formed a guild, we need to gather guild members!”

“Guildees?”

“Yes! We need to gather lots and lots of guild members!”

“Hmm… Should we…?”

“Yes!”

When we arrived at the guild park, we set up a table and chairs in the bustling park.

I sat on the chair, and the children stood beside me holding drawings they had made.

[Recruiting Ggaemmi Guild Members!]

As we officially began recruiting guild members, the first to approach us were none other than Ensia and Argo.

“Are you… recruiting guild members?”

“Yes. Do you want to join, Ensia?”

“…If you allow me to join, I will consider it an honor for my family.”

“Uh…”

It might not be that much of an honor.

I scratched my cheek and wrote Ensia’s name on the list of members.

Then Ensia clasped her hands together and showed a delighted expression.

“Captain! Me too! Me too!”

“Yes. Argo is joining too.”

“Hooray!”

With Argo raising both arms high, Hanyeoreum, Jeong Yuna, and the Master approached.

Hanyeoreum sat down across from me with a playful smile.

“Oh my, Gyeoul, Master, you’re gathering guild members? Can I join too?”

“Yes. You’re welcome.”

As I wrote Hanyeoreum’s name on the list of members, the Master raised an eyebrow.

The Master’s gaze was fixed on the list of members.

“You’re taking all my guild members.”

“Uh, um… Would you like to join the guild too…?”

“Me too?”

The Master’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Seeing this, Jeong Yuna burst into a giggle.

“If it were me, I would have given up Dawn and chosen Gyeoul.”

“Hmm…”

The Master, who had been staring at the list of members, eventually wrote his name on it.

I was taken aback, not expecting him to actually join the guild.

“Are you really joining? What about Dawn…?”

“I’ll do a dual guild.”

“…Is dual guilding possible?”

Aren’t you supposed to only be able to join one guild?

Hanyeoreum and Jeong Yuna seemed surprised too, looking at the Master with wide eyes.

“Normally, it’s not allowed, but there are always exceptions.”

“Exceptions?”

“They said it would be possible if it’s to help the adaptation of the Beastmen. Of course, they won’t be formal guild members, but auxiliary guild members.”

“Ah…!”

Min So-yoon was a former employee of the Beastmen Association.

The Beastmen Association was an organization that helped Beastmen adapt to Earth.

If it was something Min So-yoon said, it was definitely credible.

“Wanga, then can’t we sign everyone up?!”

“Yes. Let’s ask everyone we know.”

We took out our smartphones and called all the adventurers we knew.

Master Cha Joo-yeon from the Sacred, Master Park Tae-san from the Tae-san Guild.

We also called Jeffrey and the president of the Magician Association, Lee Geon-woo.

“Hello. Is it possible to…?”

We asked them if they could join as auxiliary guild members.

Fortunately, no one refused.

Thanks to that, we were able to gather quite a few guild members in a short time.

We even signed up a few familiar faces from Dawn as guild members.

They weren’t formal members but auxiliary ones, yet the children were still very happy.

“We’re going to recruit more guild members! We need to recruit Divine Beasts too!”

“Gyeoul, can we also include Marin in the guild?”

“Yes. Let’s ask everyone to join the guild.”

We included Divine Beasts, Marin, and Sophia as auxiliary guild members.

Seeing the increasing number of guild members, Hanyeoreum wore an awkward smile.

“Isn’t the Ggaemmi Guild too strong…?”

“Um…”

It does look quite strong.

Even though they were auxiliary members and not formal ones.

Still, it felt good to have such strong people gathered in our guild.

Hehe.

As I laughed with the children while looking at the list of guild members, Jeong Yuna picked up the list.

“This list isn’t just for writing down names; we also need to submit applications.”

“Applications?”

“Yes. I can help with the applications, but…”

“But?”

“…The person submitting the application might refuse it.”

Jeong Yuna smiled awkwardly while looking at the list.

Indeed, they were quite extraordinary individuals to be part of one guild.