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530 – Let’s Meet and Hug

530 – Let’s Meet and Hug

Gaeul placed an ant on my knee, and it crawled down to my toes.

At that point, Levinas and I were able to regain our senses and stand up again.

“Wang-a, what should we do about this Gaim…?”

“It’s okay. We can get a refund.”

“Wow! They give refunds for this?!”

“Um… maybe…?”

We had the receipt, and the packaging was unopened.

With that, the chances of getting a refund were high.

“Let’s do the refund later. For now, I’ll buy you a game of the same kind, so do you want to play?”

“Wow! That sounds great!”

Thanks to Kwon Arin’s consideration, we were able to enjoy the game in downloadable format.

The game was called “Animal Kingdom,” where we could build and play in a village made of blocks.

“I think we can all play together like this?”

Kwon Arin had plenty of devices to run games at her house.

There were two broadcasting computers and even two laptops.

On top of that, there were game consoles connected to the television and several handheld gaming devices.

Thanks to Kwon Arin, who was a gaming enthusiast, everyone could enjoy the game together.

“Wang-a, what kind of Gaim is this?”

“I don’t know? It seems like we’re just mining blocks and stacking them?”

“Really?!”

Knock knock knock knock knock—

Levinas’s Horned Rabbit character was digging into the ground with bare hands.

As one dirt block disappeared, Levinas, holding the handheld game console, bounced with excitement.

“Wang-a! We can dig into the ground too!”

Knock knock knock knock knock—

Levinas started digging straight down into the ground.

Seeing this, Haneul handed Levinas a shovel.

“Levinas-nim, if you use this, you’ll dig faster.”

“Wow! Is that so?!”

Knock knock knock knock—

Levinas began digging into the ground with the shovel.

Kwon Arin started building a house, while Saebyeok walked around us with a sword like a bodyguard.

“Then I’ll go find some food for us.”

I caught fish with a fishing rod and gathered fruits and grains from the mountains.

As I put the gathered food into the storage box that Haneul made, for some reason, the food kept decreasing instead of increasing.

“What’s going on?”

This game didn’t require us to eat food this often.

Who keeps taking and eating it?

I set out to find the food thief and easily discovered the culprit.

Nom nom nom— nom nom— nom nom nom nom—

A puppy character with dull eyes was continuously eating something without rest.

Having eaten all the food in its inventory, it opened the storage box and started eating the food I had brought.

“Gaeul, did you eat all of this?”

“No.”

“This is only for when you’re hungry, right?”

“No, Gaeul is just hungry.”

Gaeul nodded, and a rumbling sound came from her stomach.

It seemed like she was so hungry that she wanted to feed the game character a lot.

“Gaeul, should we have a snack while we play?”

“Wow…!”

Bouncing up and down—

Gaeul’s character jumped from its spot.

But for some reason, Gaeul’s character had turned green.

“Oh?”

That looked like a symptom that appears when you consume poison.

They say if you eat without cooking, you can get food poisoning; could that be it?

I watched as Gaeul’s character gradually turned more green.

Before long, Gaeul’s character died.

“Huh?”

“Gaeul died.”

“Thud…!”

Gaeul lay sprawled on the ground.

The first death in the game was Gaeul…

“Wow…! Wang-a! Wang-a!”

“Yes?”

“What is this?!”

“Why? What happened?”

I jumped down into the hole that Levinas had dug.

What appeared in front of my character, which had been falling for quite a while, was none other than a lava area.

Gulp—! Gulp—!

My character, having fallen into the lava, screamed and died.

The dead character opened its eyes again in the respawn area, and right in front of me, Levinas’s character was staring at me intently.

“Did Levinas also fall into the lava and die?”

“Is that red stuff lava?!”

“Yeah. They say there’s lava deep in the ground.”

“Wow! Levinas dug down to the lava!”

Levinas’s Horned Rabbit character spun around in excitement.

It seemed like she was happy that she had dug down to the lava.

“Um…”

Surely, she wouldn’t dig down to lava in real life, right?

Just in case, I should warn her later.

While I was thinking that, an explosion sound began to echo from somewhere.

Bang—! Bang—!

“Bom! Bom!”

Along with the explosions, Kwon Arin’s scream could be heard.

As I moved toward the sound, Bom was throwing bombs all over the map.

Bang—! Bang—!

Kwon Arin’s house was destroyed, and trees and Monsters were also blown up.

Saebyeok’s character, who was watching this with wide eyes, also died.

“Ha ha ha.”

Bom, now a bomb-throwing maniac, laughed wickedly.

It was nice to see the kids enjoying the game in their own way.

**

The next day.

I went to the game store with Sophia to get a refund.

To be precise, it wasn’t a refund but an exchange for another game.

The reason I insisted on going with Sophia was because of my fear.

“Thank you for coming with me, Sophia. I wouldn’t have been able to do it alone.”

“Refunds can be scary. It’s not like you did anything wrong.”

“Hehe.”

I held the newly purchased game close to my chest while holding Sophia’s hand with the other.

The time spent walking together was so enjoyable that my tail wagged wildly.

“By the way, Gyeoul.”

“Yes?”

“I’m thinking of having an interview tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?”

“Are you talking about an office staff position?”

As I spoke, I nodded at Sophia.

As the Master of the Ggaemmi Guild, I decided to conduct the interviews myself.

“How many people will be interviewed?”

“About a hundred?”

“Wow… that’s a lot…?”

“That’s after filtering them down. Our staff worked hard to narrow it down.”

“Oh… thank you for your help. I will definitely repay you.”

Arriving at the Ggaemmi Guild while chatting with Sophia, I found Hanyeoreum and Jeong Yuna there, with Levinas taking pictures of the two.

“Strike a cooler pose!”

“A cool pose?”

Jeong Yuna, sitting in a chair in the Ggaemmi Guild, crossed her legs.

Thanks to Jeong Yuna’s glamorous appearance, even sitting casually made her look like a model.

“How is it? Is it cool?”

“Yes! Very very cool!”

“Really? What looks cool?”

Levinas pondered seriously at Jeong Yuna’s playful smile.

Hmm.

Pouting her lips in thought, Levinas pointed at Jeong Yuna’s legs.

“Your legs are long! Levinas is this short…!”

“Levinas is still a child, so there’s nothing you can do about it. When Levinas grows up, she’ll be tall too!”

“Is that so?”

Hehe.

Levinas, having regained her smile, took more pictures of the two.

“Oh. This one turned out really well! I should use it as my profile picture.”

“Me too, I should brag that Levinas took it.”

Hanyeoreum and Jeong Yuna tapped on their smartphones.

I approached the two of them.

“Can I get my picture taken too?”

“Oh my, when did Gyeoul come?”

I snuggled into Hanyeoreum’s arms and looked at the picture Levinas had taken.

I wondered if Levinas had a talent for photography; it turned out quite nice.

“Wow. Levinas takes great pictures.”

“Yes! Levinas is a total photographer!”

Click click—

Perhaps encouraged by everyone’s compliments, Levinas began taking pictures here and there.

As we spent time happily, Jeong Yuna and Hanyeoreum went out to go to the Dungeon, and Sophia also left for work.

Although three people suddenly left, I didn’t feel lonely.

There were many family members in the Ggaemmi Guild.

I approached Levinas, who was looking at her smartphone.

“Levinas, what are you doing?”

“Levinas is going to make an SNS too!”

“SNS…?”

“Yes! Levinas wants to try that too!”

Levinas, who had been tapping on her smartphone, went to find Shin Haeil in the guild’s blacksmith.

Then she showed her smartphone to Shin Haeil.

“Wave, rough wave, can you make this for Levinas…?”

“This?”

Did she ask the skilled Shin Haeil to create an SNS ID for her?

Fortunately, Shin Haeil skillfully created Levinas’s SNS ID.

“Wow! Thank you!”

“Yes. If you need anything else, just let me know.”

“Yes!”

Having gotten her personal SNS, Levinas searched for her family’s IDs for the first time.

Searching for Hanyeoreum’s ID, Levinas opened the comment section of the latest post.

It was a comment on the picture Levinas had taken.

“Wang-a. When you comment, make sure to use nice words!”

“Really? Then can you leave a comment saying I’m pretty?”

“Yes! I’ll do it!”

Tap tap—

Levinas slowly but surely wrote a comment.

[You’re pretty.]

It seemed like just writing comments was fun, as Levinas jumped from her spot.

“More! Write even nicer words!”

“Yes. Let’s leave comments for everyone.”

Thus began the positive comment movement.

Even when I briefly stepped away, Levinas was leaving comments with the kids.

**

While Gyeoul was away for personal matters, Levinas played with the kids, leaving only positive comments that would make others feel good.

“Magician Yuna has long legs, so she’s pretty!”

[Her legs are pretty.]

Levinas left a comment on Jeong Yuna’s post.

Next was Gaeul’s turn.

“Smell!”

“Ma-ta! Magician Yuna has a nice smell!”

[Sniff sniff, it smells good.]

Levinas noted Gaeul’s opinion and turned to Bom.

Realizing it was her turn, Bom spoke up.

“I like it when you sometimes pet my head.”

“Ma-ta! It’s nice to be petted on the head!”

[Pet me every day.]

Levinas wrote down all the kids’ positive opinions.

Just then, Gyeoul returned from her personal matters.

“Wang-a! Wang-a! Tell me something good about Magician Yuna!”

“Um… it’s nice because she hugs me warmly.”

“Hug! Ma-ta, Levinas wants to hug too!”

[Let’s meet and hug.]

The comments compiled from the kids’ opinions.

While riding in a vehicle heading to the Dungeon, Jeong Yuna checked the comments late.

[Her legs are pretty.]

[Sniff sniff, it smells good.]

[Her hair is shiny.]

[Pet me every day.]

[Let’s meet and hug.]

[□squish♥☆]

“What… who is this crazy person?”

Jeong Yuna couldn’t fathom that the one leaving the comments was the kids.

The kids didn’t have SNS IDs.

This pervert.

I won’t let you get away with this.

That was all Jeong Yuna could think.

A word from the author (Author’s note)

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

Thank you for the comment recommendations too! They always give me strength…!

Everyone, be careful not to overeat during the Lunar New Year…!

Many people end up having problems during the Lunar New Year…!

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