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557 – Isn’t it Levinas?

557 – Isn’t it Levinas?

Levinas, who had just watched the Horned Rabbit animation, dashed straight to the park.

Whether it was because he was impressed by the hero Horned Rabbit of the Fire Dragon, he was roaring “Kraa!” in the middle of the park.

“Levinas, you look really happy.”

“Yeah! Levinas is very, very happy right now! Levinas will also become the hero Horned Rabbit of the Fire Dragon someday!”

“That’s amazing. Then Levinas would be completely invincible, right?”

“Of course! The hero Horned Rabbit of the Fire Dragon is an invincible rabbit that no one in the world can defeat!”

Ahem.

Even though Levinas was not yet the hero Horned Rabbit of the Fire Dragon, he felt a sense of pride.

It was a fictional awakening from a cartoon, but if it were our Levinas, he might really pull it off.

“I’ll cheer for you. You have to become the hero Horned Rabbit of the Fire Dragon, okay?”

“Yeah! Absolutely!”

Kraa.

Levinas roared into the air.

Whether this sound stimulated something in Gaeul, she also howled towards the sky.

“Awuu.”

“Kraa.”

As the two cute howls and roars echoed, Bomi walked over.

Was Bomi also trying to roar with the kids?

I hoped so, but Bomi was just waiting for Levinas’s Kraa to finish.

“Levinas, Levinas.”

“Yeah?”

“What about the Black Dragon instead of the Fire Dragon? I’m the future Black Dragon, you know.”

Bomi patted her chest.

Fortunately, Levinas liked the Black Dragon even more than the Fire Dragon.

“Black Dragon is great! Levinas is the hero Horned Rabbit of the Black Dragon!”

Kraa.

Awuu.

While Levinas and Gaeul were letting out their roars, something amazing happened.

Black flames began to rise above Levinas’s body.

“Aw… huh?”

“F-fire! It’s on fire, Master…!”

Even though Levinas’s entire body was covered in black flames, he didn’t feel any heat.

Could it be that Levinas’s imagination magic was activated again?

Watching without worry, it was rather Levinas who looked surprised.

“Whoa! It’s fire! Buuul!”

Levinas lay on the ground and started rolling around.

It seemed he was trying to extinguish the flames on his body.

“Levinas is going to be roasted!”

Saebyeok caught Levinas, who was rolling on the ground.

Without hesitation, she threw Levinas into a nearby pond.

Splash-!

The pond water extinguished the black flames.

Levinas, who was checking his body with Horned Rabbit eyes, let out a sigh of relief as the flames went out.

“Levinas almost became a roasted rabbit.”

Phew.

As I watched the relieved Levinas, I thought.

Where did Levinas’s almost omnipotent abilities come from?

It seemed that both Levinas and the smart Sophia didn’t know the exact reason, which made me curious.

I hoped to find out for sure if I got the chance later.

**

The next day.

I woke up early in the morning and went to the park to harvest vegetables.

It was nice to have the Divine Beasts help during the harvest.

“Kki-ki!”

Kkamang, who had climbed up a tree, pulled out radishes with a spider web.

Seol also dug the ground to make it easier to pull out the vegetables, and the other Divine Beasts used their abilities to help with the harvest.

“Hey, pup, do you want to eat this carrot?”

“Kkiing…”

When I handed a carrot to the puppy, it backed away while whining.

I couldn’t tell if it was being picky or if it just didn’t eat meat.

“Carrots are delicious.”

The carrots grown by Levinas were on a different level compared to regular carrots.

They boasted the best taste and quality, the finest carrots of this era.

“You have to try it later. The carrots are really tasty.”

“Heh.”

After harvesting a day’s worth of vegetables, I packed my things to head to the dungeon.

‘I packed a lot of arrows, and I have potions and emergency rations…’

Today, I planned to clear a simple three-stage dungeon.

As I packed my gear and started climbing the mountain path towards my destination, I felt a familiar energy coming from deep within the mountain, where people rarely went.

Curiosity piqued, I traced the energy and soon discovered a portal on the mountainside.

“This is…”

A small white portal was enticing me to enter.

The energy it emitted somehow stimulated the instincts of the Beastmen.

“Is someone in need of help?”

I knew well the identity of such suddenly appearing portals.

They opened because the world or someone in the world was seeking help.

The fact that such a portal appeared before me meant that the probability of me being able to help was high.

If necessary, there was also Gaeul’s portal.

After checking my equipment one last time, I stepped into the portal without hesitation.

Whoooosh-!

The space warped, and a new world appeared.

I saw unfamiliar types of grass and trees, and even a small lake that wasn’t very wide.

While I was admiring the beautiful blue lake for a moment, I heard footsteps behind me.

“Huh?”

Turning to where the footsteps came from, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

It was Levinas, dressed in a maid outfit.

“Levinas…?”

“What do you mean, Levinas?!”

“What do you mean, what is Levinas? Levinas is Levinas!”

I pointed at Levinas with my finger.

Then Levinas opened her Horned Rabbit eyes and pointed at herself.

“I am Rabinde?!”

“Rabini?”

“No! Ravi!”

Ravi, huh.

No matter how I looked at it, it was Levinas.

I was taken aback by her appearance, which surpassed that of Levinas’s twin.

“Now that I’ve revealed my name, you should reveal yours too!”

“I am Gyeoul.”

“Gyeouri?”

“Yeah.”

Ravi approached me cautiously, sniffing my body here and there, then pulled my cheek.

“Are you working here too, Gyeouri?”

“Working here? Where is the workplace here?”

“Yeah! Over there!”

Ravi pointed with her finger behind the lake.

I then discovered a mansion nestled among the tall trees.

“Uh… Ravi, wait a moment.”

I climbed the tall tree to survey the surrounding area.

A mansion so large it could be called a castle, and stone buildings in front of it.

Further out, there were wooden buildings lined up.

‘A medieval city… or is it a fantasy world…?’

They say the chance of meeting someone beyond the portal is lower than being struck by lightning.

Yet for some reason, I often experienced such things.

Maybe I was a special case.

“You climb trees well, Gyeouri?!”

“Yeah. My body is light.”

“Really?!”

Ravi looked similar to Levinas in appearance and voice, but her way of speaking was different.

That girl was showing me affection.

“Hey, Gyeouri! Do you want to work together in our mansion?! Ravi will teach you how to work well!”

Ravi tightly grabbed my hand.

I started to feel good at Ravi’s pure expression of affection.

Perhaps it was because Ravi resembled Levinas like a twin.

“Um… then shall we work together?”

“Yay! Great!”

Ravi hopped around like a rabbit, circling me once.

Ravi, who was purely expressing her joy, took my hand and began to move towards the mansion.

“I was bored because I didn’t have any friends my age! But now that I have Gyeouri, I’m not bored anymore!”

“I see.”

As I listened to Ravi’s story, I entered the mansion.

The reason I followed Ravi, whom I had just met, was that she was the first being I encountered in this world.

There must be a reason for meeting Ravi for the first time in this world.

Perhaps Ravi was the protagonist who created the portal.

“Ta-da! This is where Ravi works!”

Ravi pointed at the tightly closed front door of the mansion.

At the entrance of the mansion, a guard who looked like a medieval sentry was standing with a spear, guarding the entrance.

“Wow.”

A mansion in a fantasy world.

This was something not everyone could experience.

As I looked up at the mansion with shining eyes, the guard opened the door for us.

“Another secret escape… and who is this next to you?”

“My friend Ravi! I’m going to work with Ravi here!”

“Mm.”

The guard gestured for us to enter the mansion.

I wondered if Ravi had the privilege to come and go freely in this mansion.

Was she a competent employee?

Curiosity got the better of me, and I had to ask Ravi.

“Ravi, what do you do here?”

“I mainly do slave work!”

“…Slave?”

“Yeah! Isn’t it amazing?”

Ahem.

Ravi puffed out her chest proudly.

I couldn’t help but be taken aback by her confident demeanor.

‘Does she not know what a slave is…?’

As I blinked and watched Ravi, I heard a click.

The sound of the mansion’s front door latch locking echoed.

“Uh…”

Slowly turning around, I locked eyes with the guard at the entrance.

I realized I had made a big mistake when I saw the cold gaze as if looking at a bug.

“R-Ravi, if you’re a slave, they don’t just hit you like this… right?”

At my question, Ravi chuckled.

She looked just like Levinas when she wanted to show off something.

“You shouldn’t be surprised when you hear it, right?”

“Yeah. I won’t be surprised.”

“Ravi gets hit maybe once a week, if that.”

“R-Really…?”

“Ravi is a very, very competent slave! So competent that she’ll rise up quickly.”

A slave rising up.

The combination of words that seemed entirely unrelated made me tilt my head.

“Can a slave rise up?”

“Yeah! Ravi does her job so well that she’ll become a noble! Maybe she’ll even become a knight who protects the king!”

“Uh…”

From a slave to a noble.

From a slave to a knight who protects the king.

Though I didn’t know much about this world, I understood that it was close to impossible.

Just looking at the guard’s contemptuous gaze at the entrance made that clear.

‘…Is it innocence?’

Ravi probably believed that her purity could truly lead her to become a noble.

Perhaps the people of the mansion were trying to give Ravi false hope.

Still, I didn’t want to believe that this was a false hope.

Ravi was a child with immense potential, capable of becoming anything.

“You will definitely be able to become a noble, Ravi.”

“Right?!”

“Yeah. But I think being a knight who protects the king looks cooler.”

“Whoa! Then should I become a knight?!”

Hehehe.

Ravi jumped with joy.

Seeing us, the guard at the entrance sneered.

“Knights are nonsense.”

It was clear he was mocking Ravi.

A word from the author (Author’s Note)

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

Thank you for the comments and recommendations! They always give me strength…!

Ravi is such a pure and hopeful friend…!

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