chapter_0565

565 – Oh No!

565 – Oh No!

At the edge of the stairs, the books that had been stacked began to topple over and started to climb back up the stairs.

I had worked hard to stack the books, and in an instant, they fell, leaving me feeling empty.

“Hey, what’s this?”

“This is domino… I was stacking books like dominoes…”

“R-Really? Did I knock it over? What should I do… I’m so sorry…?”

Hanyeoreum came to me with a sincere apology.

It wasn’t like it was done on purpose, so there was no reason for either of us to feel hurt.

“It’s okay. It’s also our fault for stacking books on the emergency exit stairs.”

This time, I decided not to place the dominoes near the emergency exit door.

I decided to comfort the disappointed kids.

“Guys, let’s not be disappointed and try stacking them again. The second time will be easier.”

“Yeah…!”

“Right, let’s do it again.”

We followed the book dominoes into the Master’s room.

The Master, who was busy signing documents, glanced at Hanyeoreum, who was hesitantly following us.

“Did you knock it over?”

“I did it by mistake. We can just help each other again!”

Hanyeoreum squatted down by the Master’s feet and stood the first book back up.

Watching her, we also began to restack the book dominoes.

“Everyone, be careful! This is a very, very difficult game where if one falls, all of them fall! If we succeed in this game, we can become one step closer to being grown-up kids!”

“Wow…!”

At Levinas’s warning, Gaeul held her breath and stacked the dominoes.

She would stand one book up, run far away to catch her breath, then stand another book up, and run far away again, repeating the process.

It seemed Gaeul believed that holding her breath would allow her to perform more delicate tasks.

“Saebyeok and Haneul, do you want to come up from down there? We’ll come down from above.”

“Okay.”

“Yes…!”

“Bomi, make a cool course in the middle.”

“Okay! Got it!”

We moved back to the emergency exit while restacking the fallen books.

When we had gone down three more floors like before, the emergency exit door opened, and Jeong Yuna appeared.

Fortunately, we hadn’t placed any books next to the emergency exit door, so they didn’t fall.

“Why wasn’t the front door opening? So you all were here? What are you doing?”

“We’re playing dominoes.”

“Oh… Can I join too?”

“Yes, of course.”

Jeong Yuna joined the domino game.

As we continued down to the lower floor, Kwon Arin opened the emergency exit door.

“What are you doing?”

“We’re playing dominoes.”

“Oh… Can I too…?”

Kwon Arin joined the dominoes, and another adventurer from the lower floor joined in as well.

Perhaps because the Dawn Guild had many perceptive adventurers, they were curious about the crowd at the emergency exit and kept opening the door.

“Wow!”

“There are so many books…!”

Thanks to one or two adventurers joining on each floor, we were able to complete an incredibly long book domino.

It was an absurdly long chain of books stretching from the rooftop to the first floor.

It was thanks to the guild members who joined out of curiosity and boredom.

“Is it time to push it now?! Are we going to push it now?!”

“Yeah! Let’s go and push it!”

We took the elevator back up to the Master’s room.

The Master welcomed us as we entered.

“How far did you stack it?”

“To the first floor.”

“That’s amazing.”

“Hehe.”

I picked up the camera that Kwon Arin had given me.

I planned to film the incredible length of the domino as it fell.

“On the count of three, we all push together?!”

Levinas, filled with excitement, bounced on his feet.

Honestly, I was also looking forward to chasing after the dominoes.

“One! Two! Three!”

We all pushed the first book together.

Among the hands pushing the books was the Master’s as well.

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“Wow!”

“It fell!”

Hanyeoreum was watching a video she had posted online.

It was a video of the kids running after the fallen dominoes.

It was an impressive video with the adventurers of Dawn cheering on each floor.

‘This is almost at the level of a promotional video, right?’

The kids running and laughing at the falling dominoes brought happiness to those watching.

The video that Hanyeoreum posted on her personal SNS received many likes and comments, among which were those who noticed something different about the video.

[Isn’t this the first time the Master’s room of the Dawn Guild has been revealed?]

[└Yeah, it seems like a first reveal.]

[└I know it’s a first reveal, but the kids playing is more important, haha.]

[I found something amazing in the video.]

[└What is it?]

[└The black book that appears at 13 seconds, that’s the strategy for defeating the top-tier monster written by Kang Jinho, one of the top secrets of the Dawn Guild.]

[└Really? That was only revealed in a documentary before.]

[└??? : I didn’t know it was a secret, but I’m going to play dominoes, so hand it over.]

[└Kids playing dominoes are more important than secrets, haha.]

After reading the comments, Hanyeoreum checked the 13-second mark.

It was a book labeled “Important,” and it was indeed part of the Dawn Guild’s important asset list.

A book that every guild in the world would shine their eyes at and ask to see just one page.

To think that such a precious book was given away for the kids’ domino game.

Hanyeoreum had never read all the pages of that book either.

No matter how much I thought about it, our Master was a fool.

Just as Hanyeoreum was chuckling to herself,

“Big trouble! Big trouble!”

Gyeoul, who had just returned from the dungeon after finishing the domino game, burst through the door, panting.

With her eyes tightly shut, Gyeoul looked strange.

“Gyeoul, what’s wrong?”

“My eyes won’t open!”

“Your eyes? Let me take a quick look.”

Hanyeoreum reached out and touched Gyeoul’s eyelids.

Her upper and lower eyelids were stuck together as if glued.

“Oh dear, how did this happen?”

“I got hit by a strange wave released by the boss monster, and it turned out like this…”

Gyeoul made a whimpering sound.

She then held out an empty potion bottle.

“I drank the potion, but my eyes won’t open.”

“That’s a type of curse, so instead of drinking a potion, we need to do a healing spell.”

“Healing spell?”

“Yeah. Yuna knows how to do it, but she’s currently in the dungeon, right? This time, we’ll just…”

We would have to use the guild’s healing service.

The line might be long at this time, but would it be okay?

As Hanyeoreum pondered for a moment, Gyeoul sat down on the sofa without hesitation.

“Then should we wait?”

“Wait? Are you okay with that?”

“Yes. Even if I can’t see in front of me, I can sense everything.”

Thanks to her keen senses, Gyeoul could act as if she could see even without her eyes.

“Then should I wait with you?”

“Yes.”

Gyeoul’s ears twitched as she sat on the bed.

As if she were analyzing multiple pieces of information in real-time, her tail would rise and fall like a question mark and then a punctuation mark.

“Gyeoul, what are you doing?”

“I’m listening to the sound of bugs crawling.”

“Huh…?”

Are there bugs in the house?

A cold sweat ran down Hanyeoreum’s neck at that moment.

The front door opened, and the sound of kids’ footsteps could be heard.

“Wanga!”

“Chwing!”

The kids giggled as they sat down next to Gyeoul.

It seemed strange to see her with her eyes closed even though she wasn’t asleep, so Saebyeok began to examine Gyeoul’s face here and there.

“Gyeoul, why are your eyes closed?”

“I’m under a curse that won’t let me open my eyes. Even potions don’t work.”

“What?!”

Levinas, startled, began to touch Gyeoul’s eyes.

Haneul gasped in shock and asked if she was okay, while the playful Bomi also wore a worried expression.

“Chwing.”

“Huh?”

“Gaeul is licking your eyes to heal you.”

Lick lick—

Gaeul began to lick Gyeoul’s eyes.

She thought her licking was a form of healing.

And watching Gaeul, Levinas hugged Gyeoul tightly.

“Wanga! Wanga! Don’t worry too much! From now on, Levinas will be your eyes!”

“Levinas?”

“Yeah! Levinas will feed you, change your clothes, and do everything, so don’t worry too much!”

Pat pat—

Levinas patted Gyeoul’s back.

Haneul and Bomi hurriedly hugged Gyeoul as well.

“Master! I will definitely create artificial eyes someday…!”

“Don’t worry too much. I’ll use transformation magic to make Gyeoul’s eyes.”

It was a moment when each child offered their own comfort.

Gyeoul could hear Levinas swallowing back tears.

Holding back her sad feelings, she didn’t shed any tears.

“Levinas, are you sad?”

“Yeah… I feel sad thinking that Wanga won’t be able to see Levinas and the family…”

“Um… You probably won’t be unable to see them for life? They said this curse can be lifted.”

“What?! Is that so?!”

“Yeah. You just have to wait a little.”

Phew.

Haa.

A sigh of relief escaped from around Gyeoul.

Only Gaeul was not relieved and continued to diligently lick Gyeoul’s eyes.

“Chwing, what’s this?”

“Um… I think my eyes are opening just a little bit.”

“Gaeul is a healer?!”

“Yeah. I can see Gaeul. This is my face, and this is my ear?”

Gyeoul reached out her hand toward Gaeul’s face and ear with her innate sense.

Although she couldn’t actually see, she pretended to act for Gaeul, who was trying to heal her eyes.

“Huh…!”

Perhaps happy that her licking was working, Gaeul clapped her hands excitedly.

Then, with her tongue sticking out, which had performed a magnificent healing act, she proudly puffed out her chest.

Gaeul was proud of her tongue that had healed her master’s eyes.

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!

Gaeul’s tongue is a healing tongue~

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