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553 – Doll Monster

553 – Doll Monster

We looked at the chickens trapped in the iron cage.

Too scared to get close, we watched from a few steps away.

“Wanga, are chickens normally this big?”

“Uh…”

It was probably unlikely.

The chickens we usually ate were much smaller than this.

Gaeul must have known that this wasn’t a normal chicken either, as she shook her head firmly.

“Icku, not chicken.”

“Yeah. This looks like a Monster chicken.”

“Gaemmu chicken!”

Gaeul’s ears drooped when she saw the giant chicken.

She seemed disappointed that she saw a big chicken instead of a small one.

“Still, it looks like there’d be a lot of meat on that thing. One of those would be more than enough to feed our whole family.”

“Heck…?!”

Gaeul’s ears perked up again at the mention of a lot of meat.

Gaeul stretched her arms out to the sides to check the size of the chicken, then giggled and approached the chicken coop.

“Meat chicken!”

Munch, munch.

Gaeul, stuck to the cage, smacked her lips.

Then, one of the chickens nearby lunged at Gaeul, claws out.

Clang!

When the claws collided with the iron bars, it sounded like metal clanging against metal.

It seemed to be quite strong, as befitting its large size.

And it seemed to have a strong sense of territory.

“……!”

Startled by the metallic sound and sharp claws, Gaeul fell backward.

Her startled eyes were wide, and her ears were standing on end.

“Hureuk! Gaeul puppy is attacked!”

Levinas, seeing Gaeul fall, raised his fist and charged at the chicken coop.

The children and I ran after Levinas.

Thud!

Levinas kicked the iron chicken coop.

Unfortunately, the sound wasn’t as loud as the kick.

Nevertheless, Levinas’s kick was enough to upset the giant chickens.

“Bbak bba!”

The chickens in the coop all rushed at Levinas at once.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Thanks to the iron chicken coop, Levinas wasn’t attacked, but it was enough to startle Levinas and me.

“Hureueuk!”

“Nya…!”

Levinas and I jumped in surprise, and Bomi showed strong hostility toward the chickens.

And Saebyeok and Haneul bared their teeth at the chickens.

Haneul was frightened, but as a tiger Beastmen, she was instinctively showing aggression.

‘Wow…’

Our Haneul is amazing.

Thinking that, I slowly backed away.

The aggressive chickens were too scary.

“Wanga, I think the chicken is a dinosaur, considering Levinas’s reaction…!”

“Yeah… it’s as fierce as a dinosaur…”

“Don’t tell me Argo will turn into one of those later?!”

“Hmm… probably not…?”

I looked at Gaeul, who was lying on the ground.

Her eyes were wide, and her arms were stretched out in the air, frozen.

It was as if only Gaeul’s time had stopped.

“Gaeul, are you okay?”

“Heck…”

When I carefully stroked Gaeul’s stomach, Gaeul slowly got up.

I could feel Gaeul’s heart pounding on my hand on her stomach.

“We’re in danger, so let’s go back…”

“Bbak! Bbak!”

Clang! Clang!

As I tried to retreat with Gaeul, the chickens got angry and attacked the iron cage.

“Nyak!”

“……!”

Ensia, watching us tremble in surprise, muttered softly.

“…We’ll have to put them on the dinner table.”

Ensia showed her wild side to the chickens.

The startled giant chickens fled to the edge of the coop.

“Wow.”

Ensia is different, as expected.

Ensia opened the chicken coop and grabbed the chicken that had shown the most aggression toward us.

Even though it was a dead chicken, our wariness didn’t disappear.

“Ensia, is it okay to catch a chicken you’re raising like that?”

“Yes. It’s being presented to Gyeoul, so there’s no problem. The chicken probably thought it was an honor to die.”

“Nee…?”

A tribute.

Ensia always speaks formally.

Something was strange, but I was curious about the taste of the giant chicken, so I didn’t pay much attention.

“Ensia, but do you know how to cook this? It’s so big that I have no idea how to cook it.”

“You can leave that to Argo. Argo’s cooking skills are top-notch.”

“R-really…?”

Argo can cook too.

Our Argo is surprisingly versatile.

We returned home, looking forward to what the giant chicken would taste like.

**

A giant chicken dish was created from Argo’s hands.

It was roasted whole in the oven like a turkey, and the moment we took a bite, we were surprised.

“De! Li! Cious!”

“How can it taste like this…!”

It was a taste that denied all the chicken dishes I knew.

Even Bomi, who hates giant chickens, was wagging her tail.

“Boss! Is it good?!”

“Yes. Argo’s cooking is really the best.”

“Argo is good at cooking…?”

Hanyeoreum and Sophia also ate the chicken dish, and both had satisfied expressions on their faces.

A chicken that satisfies both humans and Beastmen.

My ears perked up at a sudden thought.

“This is a specialty product!”

“Specialty product?”

“Yes! It’s a specialty product of the Beastmen village.”

A fantastically delicious chicken raised in the Beastmen village.

I could guarantee that it would be incredibly popular.

“That’s a good idea, but we need to do some tests first.”

“Tests?”

“Yes, it would be a disaster if we spread viruses.”

“Ah.”

Is she talking about avian influenza?

My mouth dropped open at the sudden appearance of a realistic obstacle.

“Even though the Dungeon portal has antibacterial properties, raising them directly is different.”

“So it’s not easy in many ways?”

“Yes, it won’t be easy, but I’ll try.”

“Yes. Thank you, Sophia.”

It will be difficult, but it will be fine if Sophia helps.

I ate without any worries because Sophia was there.

The chicken dish that Argo made was by far the best chicken dish I had ever eaten.

**

The next day.

Gyeoul, who was walking around the first floor of the guild, found Saebyeok talking to Im Sehee.

Gyeoul thought it was amazing that Saebyeok was talking to a former Lotus employee without any hesitation.

“Saebyeok.”

Gyeoul, after confirming that the two had finished talking, approached Saebyeok.

Saebyeok was holding a sunflower doll that Im Sehee had given her.

“Saebyeok, what’s that?”

“I got this as a gift.”

“I see, it’s very pretty.”

A smiling sunflower doll in a pot.

It would be nice to put it on one side of the house.

Gyeoul, who returned home, placed the doll that Im Sehee had given her on top of the children’s toy basket.

“Juin, Icku muak?”

“This is just a doll.”

“Doll!”

Gaeul hugged the doll and giggled.

Gaeul liked the sunflower doll that Gyeoul brought very much.

“Gaeul, I’m going out for a while, will you stay home?”

“I also have some personal business to take care of.”

“Okay! I know!”

Gyeoul and Saebyeok went out, and Bomi and Haneul went out for job training.

Gaeul was going to play with Levinas, but Levinas was engrossed in the Animal King animation.

Gaeul had no choice but to play with the new doll that Gyeoul had given her.

“Heck…”

She licked the petals of the doll and flicked the long stem.

Gaeul, who was playing with the doll here and there, found a switch under the pot.

“Muak?”

It looked similar to the switch that was pressed to brighten the dark house.

Gaeul pressed the switch, expecting the flower to sparkle.

“……?”

Gaeul, who pressed the switch, looked around the flower.

But unfortunately, the flower didn’t shine.

“Not?”

Isn’t it a sparkling switch?

It was the moment Gaeul was disappointed.

-Not?

The flower started dancing from side to side, mimicking what Gaeul had said.

“Icku muak?!”

-Icku muak!

The voice was a little distorted, but Gaeul could tell.

This scary flower doll was mimicking her voice.

“……!”

Gaeul knew that a microphone mimicked a person’s voice.

But this one was a little different.

It mimicked the words and tone, but the voice was too different.

The unique, shrill voice was so scary.

“Icku…!”

-Icku…!

Gaeul’s ears and tail stood on end after thinking.

Her eyes were wide open as if they would pop out.

It’s a doll Monster that imitates human speech.

That was the conclusion Gaeul came to.

“Babu!”

-Babu!

“Ttalryajimak!”

-Ttalryajimak!

Gaeul got angry at the doll Monster that was mimicking her, telling it not to mimic her.

But the doll even mimicked the words not to mimic.

This was a huge emergency.

Gaeul hurriedly brought the Wooden Caliber and attacked the doll.

Whack! Whack!

Gaeul knew that her Wooden Caliber had the power to defeat bad things.

If she hit it a few more times like this, she would be able to defeat the bad doll too.

Gaeul, who hit the doll several times with the Wooden Caliber, sighed in relief.

“Uddya!”

How is it?

Ahem, Gaeul proudly puffed out her chest.

-Uddya!

The flower danced from side to side, mimicking Gaeul’s words.

As if that level of attack was nothing.

“……!”

It moved even though she hit it with the Wooden Caliber.

It was impossible according to Gaeul’s common sense.

Gaeul could sense that the doll was stronger than her.

Should she lick the gem that makes her smarter?!

After thinking about this and that, Gaeul concluded that it was a problem she couldn’t solve alone.

All Gaeul could do was ask for help.

“Aeeeeeeeng!”

Gaeul sounded the siren.

-Aeeeeeeeng!

The sunflower doll also sounded the siren.

Author’s Note

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