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545 – Tug of War

545 – Tug of War

Whack-! Whack-!

The Wang Ant bit Gaeul’s palm a whopping two times.

Even after being bitten, Gaeul didn’t seem to feel much pain, only sticking her tongue out a little.

“Ggaemmi okay?”

Whack-!

It answered Gaeul’s question by biting her palm.

Gaeul seemed to think the Wang Ant was fine, as she smiled brightly.

“Good job, good job.”

Gaeul diligently stroked the back of one ant.

In the end, is Master Park Tae-san the winner?

It was the moment of watching Master Park Tae-san’s ant cross the finish line.

Pyoong-!

A mechanical sound came from the starting point of the rail.

Turning to look at the starting point, an ant was flying, spewing Mana from its rear.

“Heok!”

“Igu muyak!”

The ant, which flew in an instant, stepped on the finish line.

The owner of the ant was none other than the blacksmith team of the Ggaemmi Guild.

“Wow! We won!”

“Yes…! Amazing…!”

“But is this okay?”

Shin Hae-il and Haneul high-fived.

Betty, who was watching the others’ reactions, also had a satisfied expression on her face.

‘Oh my god.’

Did the blacksmith team make a booster exclusively for ants to win the game?

But is it okay to use such an item?

I turned to look at Levinas, who was the referee of the game.

“Foul! Disqualified!”

Pyong- pyong-

Levinas hit the blacksmith team’s heads with a Pyong-hammer.

If you cheat, you get hit with the Pyong-hammer.

Haneul’s eyes widened as she was hit on the head by Levinas’s Pyong-hammer.

“I guess it’s not allowed after all?”

“But it was fun making it together…!”

With the blacksmith team’s disqualification due to a foul, the victory went to Master Park Tae-san.

Who would have thought that the smallest fire ant among the ants would win?

Did Master Park Tae-san foresee this?

Clap clap clap-

We applauded the winning Master Park Tae-san.

“Congratulations! What do you want as a prize?!”

Levinas asked, pointing to the place where the prizes were displayed.

Then Master Park Tae-san began to stroke his chin and examine the prizes.

“Hmm…! I don’t really need things like a car or a refrigerator… What’s this?”

Master Park Tae-san picked up the ball of fluff that Saebyeok had put up.

Certainly, if you have a lot of money, these kinds of prizes might be better.

The moment I nodded, my ears perked up at the sharp energy I felt from somewhere.

“Huh…?”

What is it?

The moment Master Park Tae-san picked up the ball of fluff, it felt like someone glared fiercely.

I quickly looked around, but there was no one with a fierce expression.

‘…Is it just my imagination?’

I shrugged and watched Master Park Tae-san choose a prize.

Levinas was handing Master Park Tae-san a picture drawn with the children.

“Then how about this?!”

“What is this?!”

“It’s a picture drawn with everyone!”

“Oh! Great! I’ll take this!”

Master Park Tae-san took the picture with the children as a prize.

Then, a sigh was heard from behind.

‘……..’

Could it be that someone is aiming for my ball of fluff?

Why? For what reason?

I was curious, but I decided not to find out.

Because it was a little scary.

**

The second game was a scavenger race.

It was a game where five people competed to find what was written on a piece of paper.

“Gloves, does anyone have gloves?”

“Oh, I have gloves.”

“Really? Give me the gloves quickly.”

“I don’t want to?”

“……..?”

People running around to find something.

Gyeoul and the children ate snacks while cheering for them.

“Good luck.”

“Aren’t there any carrots?! Levinas has a lot of carrots!”

“I have a lot of dried anchovies.”

Kikkikik.

Thanks to the harmonious atmosphere of the picnic, the children laughed at trivial things.

In such a harmonious atmosphere, it was Gaeul’s turn.

“Heok…”

Gaeul picked up one of the pieces of paper mixed up here and there.

Gaeul, who unfolded the folded piece of paper, widened her eyes.

[The Strongest]

Gaeul’s gaze naturally turned to Gyeoul.

Next to the strongest that Gaeul acknowledged, there was another strongest.

“Gaeul puppy, what did you get?!”

“It’s a foul if I tell you that, right?”

“Heok! Is that so?!”

Gaeul remembered.

Levinas always said that the Horned Rabbit was the strongest.

Even Gaeul thought the Horned Rabbit was the strongest.

And behind Levinas’s right side, there was an incredible strongest.

It was none other than Kang Jinho, the Master of the Dawn Guild.

“Heok…”

Master Chae Ju-yeon over there is the strongest in healing.

Jeong Yuna and the president of the Magician Association are the strongest in magic.

Hanyeoreum was the strongest in cooking, and Sophia and Marin were the strongest in swimming.

Gaeul belatedly realized that there were many strongests in the world.

Gaeul, who didn’t know which strongest to take, started spinning around in place.

“Aeeng…”

After spinning around for a long time, she got dizzy and fell to the floor.

The children approached Gaeul, who was lying on her side.

“Gaeul, what’s wrong?”

“Mano…!”

“Many?”

“Cold…!”

Bomi is the strongest in pranks.

Haneul is the strongest in making.

And Saebyeok is also the strongest.

Gaeul, who was worried about too many strongests, decided to just take them all.

She took the children’s hands and took them to the finish line.

Next, she took the Masters’ hands and took them to the finish line.

“Gaeul, what did you get that you’re bringing everyone?”

“Gyeoul, it’s a foul if I tell you that!”

‘Ah, that’s right.’

The people at the finish line waited, imagining what was written on Gaeul’s piece of paper.

Most of them imagined positive things.

“I think it’s something she likes?”

“Gaeul doesn’t like you, right?”

“What, you punk?”

“Maybe it’s friends.”

Amidst the rampant speculation, Gaeul finally brought everyone to the finish line.

Then, Gaeul revealed the contents of the piece of paper she had been hiding to everyone.

“Ickgu!”

[The Strongest]

There were too many strongests, so I had no choice but to bring them all.

Gaeul held out the piece of paper with that meaning, but Levinas accepted the contents of the piece of paper with a different meaning.

“Heok! That’s right! If everyone joins forces, that’s the strongest! Gaeul puppy passes!”

“Heok…”

Gaeul’s tail wags at Levinas’s declaration of passing.

It took too long to bring people, so she was last, but Gaeul didn’t show any signs of disappointment.

She just smiled while holding the snacks she received as a participation prize.

“Juin, Gaeulik!”

“Yeah. Gaeul worked hard and got snacks as a prize, right?”

“Cold!”

Gaeul jumped up and down.

The atmosphere of the picnic began to heat up even more with her innocent appearance.

**

There was also a scavenger race, a running race, and a gourd-breaking race.

“Yak!”

“Iyap!”

The children diligently threw beanbags and hit the gourds.

Then, finally, the gourd burst with a bang, scattering flower petals in all directions.

“We did it! We did it!”

“We won…!”

Levinas and Haneul hugged each other tightly, expressing their joy.

Next to such children, Bomi covered her mouth and laughed.

“But isn’t that the opponent’s gourd, not our gourd?”

“Huh?”

Unfortunately, the gourd-breaking game was a defeat because they broke the opponent’s gourd.

It was a shame, but it was still fun to break the gourd.

“But it was fun to break the gourd.”

“Yeah! The stress is relieved!”

“Stress?”

“Woong!”

After finishing the gourd-breaking, everyone ate lunch together.

Lunch was even more delicious because they shared the lunch boxes they had brought.

“Wanga, Levinas has a carrot farm in her stomach!”

“Did you eat a lot of carrots?”

“Woong! And the King of Darkness has an aquarium in his stomach!”

Saebyeok must have eaten a lot of fish too.

I turned to look at Saebyeok, who had laid down as soon as she ate.

Saebyeok seemed satisfied with the picnic lunch, patting her plump belly.

“Saebyeok, did you eat a lot of fish?”

“Yeah. I ate so much that the fish might mistake it for the sea.”

“Wow.”

She must have eaten a lot.

I ate a lot too, though.

It seemed like I needed to take some time to digest.

“Gyeoul, I didn’t know the picnic would be this fun.”

“Right, should we do it regularly in the future?”

“Our Beastmen are in favor.”

“Us too.”

I spent lunchtime talking with the people who came to the picnic.

Then, when I had digested everything, the next game began.

“Next is random tug-of-war!”

“Random tug-of-war?”

“Woong! It’s a tug-of-war where you draw tickets randomly!”

You draw tickets randomly and do tug-of-war with five against five.

Since there were many people participating in the picnic, multiple tournaments were possible.

“Then let’s draw tickets from each other!”

We put our hands in the ballot box and chose a team.

The team I belonged to was Team Two.

It was me, Levinas, the president of the Magician Association, and office worker Hwang In-ho, and Mino, a bull Beastman from the Beastmen village.

“Wow.”

That’s good.

There were as many as three strong adult men.

Even Mino is a bull Beastman famous for his strength.

With this much, I had the expectation that we could win at least the first game.

“Wanga! We’re going to win!”

“Yeah. Let’s win everything.”

By the way, what happened to our opposing team?

I looked at Team One in the next seat.

Saebyeok, our Master, Jeffrey, and Master Park Tae-san were on the same team.

“Eh.”

Looking at the opposing team, I made a blank expression like Gaeul.

Then Gaeul, who was standing in Team One, was looking at me with a blank expression.

It seemed that the winner of this team selection was Gaeul.

Author’s Note

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