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563 – The Beastmen Are Ignorant of the Human World

563 – The Beastmen Are Ignorant of the Human World

Exploration of the Beastmen in the Human World.

Since the purpose was to show a natural human world, there was nothing to prepare in advance, like a sports day.

As soon as we took the portal from the Beastmen village, we arrived at Dawn.

Our only task was to think about what to show.

“Alright, everyone gather here and line up in two rows.”

I held the carrot flag drawn by Levinas and lined up the Beastmen in two rows.

Many Beastmen had signed up for the exploration of the human world, but most of the first participants were those with high ranks among the Beastmen.

From the moderate faction of the Beastmen, the sheep Beastman magician Flora and her assistant, the deer Beastman Hailey, came.

Hailey was an amazing magician who had created a massive curtain over the entire moderate faction Beastmen village.

Wilder, whom I had once competed against, attached himself as a bodyguard to those two.

“Oh! There are so many humans!”

Wilder, the wolf Beastman, bared his sharp teeth and looked around.

Then, seeing the towering Dawn Guild building, his ears and tail fur bristled.

“What is that…?”

Could it be that Wilder had only lived in the other world and the Beastmen village?

It seemed that Wilder had never seen a high-rise building before.

“That’s Levinas and his family’s home! They live way up high!”

“R-Really? Can we visit their house?”

“Yeah! Come over later! Levinas will prepare delicious snacks!”

I turned my gaze away from Wilder and looked at the ‘radical faction’ of the Beastmen.

Nora from the black tiger tribe was the entirety of the ‘radical faction’ Beastmen.

“Nora, hello.”

“Yes. Have you been well?”

“Yes, thanks to you, I’ve been doing well. But I have a question, can I ask?”

“Yes. What are you curious about?”

“Just… what should we call the radical faction Beastmen from now on? They’re not really radical anymore, right?”

“If you’re wondering what to call the group, you can refer to it as Winterion, which will be the regional name.”

Winterion, huh.

I wondered if it was a name with meaning.

As I mulled over the village name Winterion, Hailey’s eyes lit up.

“Eternal winter. What a well-chosen name.”

“Thank you. It’s a name that all the village residents thought hard about.”

Wait.

Does Winterion mean eternal winter?

I was surprised that a word like my name was included in the village name.

“The village name is the same as mine?”

“Yes. It is indeed named after you, Lady Gyeoul.”

“…Huh?”

Why on earth did they name the village after me?

I was so flustered that I couldn’t speak, and I asked with my eyes.

I must have looked very surprised.

“It’s a tradition to name a newly founded place after the name of the first king. Ah, of course, you’re not technically a king yet, Lady Gyeoul…”

“Ah… I see…”

If it was a name chosen by everyone, there was no reason to refuse, but it felt a bit burdensome.

Perhaps the Beastmen were impressed by my earlier fight to liberate the radical faction Beastmen.

“Is it a sign of gratitude?”

After all, I fought alongside everyone to liberate them…

While I was nervously shifting my gaze, Levinas approached me.

Levinas, looking around at everyone, cleared his throat and puffed out his chest.

“From now on, we will begin the exploration of the human world!”

“Wow!”

Clap clap clap—

As I clapped, the other Beastmen began to clap as well.

Seeing the applause, Levinas’s eyes gleamed fiercely.

“Before that, we will learn the most important thing to live in this world!”

“The most important thing?”

“Yes! If you become lost or run out of money, knowing this will leave you without any worries!”

Levinas’s serious demeanor made Flora, who was always relaxed, appear tense.

Even the stoic Nora took a deep breath.

“Levinas, what is that?”

“That is…! Picking up empty bottles…!”

**

“Alright, everyone follow me.”

I led the group at the front, holding the carrot flag.

The destination was a place where empty bottles were discarded.

Perhaps because it was rare to see a Beastman leading other Beastmen, people in the park glanced at us.

“What’s that? I’ve never seen those Beastmen before.”

“No, a few were here during the last sports day.”

“…How do you know that so well? Are you a stalker?”

“…”

I let the curious and playful conversations of the people flow in one ear as I stood in front of the discarded empty bottles.

Nora crouched down and examined the empty bottles.

“It smells strongly of alcohol.”

“Yes. It’s a bottle that contained alcohol.”

“If we pick this up and sell it, do we get money?”

In response to Nora’s question, Gaeul held up ten fingers toward everyone.

With her hand stretched out, Gaeul wore a serious expression like a teacher.

“Ten times!”

“Ten times…? That’s a unit I’ve never heard of.”

It made sense.

Ten times was a unit unique to our Gaeul.

She probably meant that if you picked up ten empty bottles, you would get ten won.

Seeing the bewildered expressions of the others seemed to amuse Levinas, who chuckled as he picked up an empty bottle.

“After picking it up like this…! Gaeul will demonstrate…!”

“Ugh…!”

Receiving the empty bottle, Gaeul walked confidently to the convenience store.

Perhaps because everyone was watching, she placed the empty bottle on the counter quite impressively.

Clunk—

The sound echoed quite loudly.

“Give me the baegun.”

“Ah… okay…”

The village Beastmen and our kids too.

Even the convenience store employee, who was used to Beastmen, seemed quite surprised to see so many Beastmen come in.

The employee who collected the empty bottle took out ten won from the cash register.

Everyone seemed tense as they watched the exchange of ten won and the empty bottle, swallowing hard.

“Here’s ten won…”

“Baegun!”

Gaeul held up the shiny silver ten won high in the air.

Everyone applauded for Gaeul.

“Wow, it really turns into money.”

“Really? But how much is this worth exactly? This is the first time I’ve seen currency in person.”

In response to Hailey’s question, Haneul, who had been quietly observing us, brought out chocolate and showed it to everyone.

It seemed she wanted to inform everyone of the value of ten won.

“If you pick up just ten of these big bottles, you can buy this chocolate…!”

“What?! You can buy that expensive chocolate with just ten bottles?!”

“Isn’t chocolate something only human nobles eat? Is the chocolate in this world different?”

Hailey and Wilder looked quite shocked.

It seemed they were thinking based on their experiences from the other side.

“This is why exchange is necessary.”

If they remain completely ignorant of the human world, they might get into serious trouble someday.

I decided to take this opportunity to teach the Beastmen a lot about the human world.

**

Gaeul’s ten won was kept as a memento by Hailey.

“I’m so jealous of you, Master. I want ten won too.”

Flora glanced at me.

It seemed she was asking if there were more.

“Flora, actually, ten won isn’t that much money.”

“Yeah. I have a rough idea, but I just want to keep it as a souvenir. It’s the first money we earned in the human world.”

“I want ten won too.”

Everyone looked at Hailey’s ten won with envious eyes.

Reluctantly, I picked up more empty bottles and distributed ten won to everyone.

I also gave ten won to the hesitant Nora.

“Thank you. I will cherish it.”

“Yeah.”

If they cherish it, that would make me happy.

I felt the gently swaying tail as I led everyone.

The next destination was the arcade in the city.

“We’ve worked hard, so now we’ll play. It’s a game from the human world.”

“Oh! Games!”

At the mention of games, Wilder showed the most interest.

However, that interest vanished the moment we arrived at the arcade.

“W-What is this…?”

“Is that a screen… a television?”

Beep beep beep—

The sounds of games ringing out and the flashing lights were quite a stimulus for the Beastmen who had lived in another world.

Wilder and Nora’s pupils dilated.

Their ears perked up in response to the various sounds.

“Wilder, do you want to try this?”

I brought the fighting game to Wilder, who loved to fight.

Wilder, not knowing what a fighting game was, could only express confusion.

“What is this…?”

“This is where you fight against the opponent. You move the character with this stick and this is for punches…”

As I explained how to play the fighting game to Wilder, he quickly grasped it and started playing.

Perhaps due to his innate combat sense, he easily defeated the enemies.

“…Now I understand why these humans are so strong.”

“Yeah…?”

“They treat fighting like a game!”

Hah.

Wilder let out a deep sigh.

Behind him, Flora nodded in agreement.

“It’s not a realistic fight, and there’s the drawback of not being able to move your body directly, but you can practice reflexes and psychological warfare.”

“Uh…”

That’s true.

It’s a game based on psychological warfare and reflexes.

Perhaps because they had lived in the Beastmen village until adulthood, their way of thinking was quite different from ours.

“Gyeoul, do you come here often?”

“Not often, but I come sometimes to play. It’s fun to play games with my family.”

“…So you also see fighting as just a game?”

Wilder looked at me with awe in his eyes.

Clearly, he had misunderstood something.

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!

Flora and Hailey have never been to the human world because they maintain the barrier!

Wilder, being the guardian of the village, has never been to the human world either…!

And Nora, you all know without me saying, right?!

This party is made up entirely of those who are ignorant of the human world!

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