chapter_0573
by fnovelpia573 – Autumn Ball
573 – Autumn Ball
“Yum yum yum.”
We shared slices of orange.
It was a delicious orange, sweet and tangy.
“Gaeul, where did you get this orange?”
“Ee-keh.”
Gaeul picked up a small candy from the table.
Then she put it into her portal.
“Aha.”
So she saves food little by little and takes it out when needed.
Is it similar to storing acidic lemons?
Gaeul must have experienced the zombie world several times.
She might have learned the importance of food storage.
“Gaeul, thanks to you, I enjoyed the orange.”
“Heh…!”
After sharing the orange, we stepped outside again.
We were heading to the swimming pool playground, where Jeong Yuna and Marin were sitting side by side, chatting.
As I tried to approach them, Bomi stopped me.
Bomi raised a finger to her lips, signaling for silence, and began to sneak up on the two.
Was she trying to surprise them?
I followed Bomi quietly, trying to muffle my footsteps.
“……!”
Bomi’s tail perked up as she got close to the two.
Just as Bomi raised her arms to surprise them, Jeong Yuna turned around.
“Roar!”
Jeong Yuna’s eyes were filled with tears of fright.
Startled, I jumped up with Bomi.
“Meow!”
“Ah!”
We jumped high and hugged each other in mid-air.
When we landed, Jeong Yuna started to look even more flustered.
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you this much.”
Jeong Yuna had a noticeably apologetic expression.
Seeing her made me feel playful too.
I decided to pretend to be angry.
“I hate you.”
At my light remark, Jeong Yuna’s mouth dropped open in shock.
Marin looked just as horrified, even though she hadn’t done anything.
“W-Winter…?”
“Gyeoul, are you really mad…?”
It was just a simple prank, yet it turned out like this.
I became more flustered at their anxious reactions.
If I hesitated here, the situation would only worsen.
Since it had come to this, I decided to keep the prank going until the end.
“I’m so angry that I’ve become the dark Winter.”
I placed Saebyeok, who was approaching us, in front of me.
Saebyeok, who didn’t know what was going on, looked confused, but soon caught on to the atmosphere and began to act.
“I hate humans.”
Though Saebyeok’s expression was blank, her tone made it clear it was a joke.
It seemed Jeong Yuna and Marin also realized we were just playing around.
“What should I do to like humans again?”
“…Hug?”
It was Saebyeok, not me, who answered Jeong Yuna’s question.
As Saebyeok pushed me forward, Jeong Yuna reached out for a hug.
“How about now? Have I returned to happy Winter?”
“Yes. But what is happy Winter?”
“Just, Winter who makes people happy?”
“……!”
So that was the meaning.
It meant Jeong Yuna felt happiness through me, right?
Her statement made my tail wag with joy.
“But what were you two doing here?”
“Just talking about magic.”
“Magic?”
Now that I think about it, both Marin and Jeong Yuna were magicians.
Were they having an in-depth conversation about magic?
Curiosity piqued, I leaned against the two and sat down.
“What kind of magic were you talking about?”
“Well, the association decided to research gravity magic this time. I came to ask Marin for good ideas.”
“Aha.”
Gravity magic, huh.
High-level magicians are truly amazing.
While I was marveling, Levinas ran up to my side.
“Magician Yuna, what is gravity?!”
“Gravity is the force that pulls objects with mass toward each other.”
Jeong Yuna explained gravity to Levinas.
Then Levinas clapped his hands as if he had realized something.
“Then is Wanga gravity?!”
“Gyeoul?”
“Yes! Wanga always pulls Levinas!”
Levinas hugged me tightly and rubbed his cheek against mine.
I felt happy and let out a giggle.
“Well… Gyeoul does pull her family, but it’s a bit different.”
“Different?!”
“Yes. Gravity isn’t an emotion.”
“Is that so?!”
Levinas opened his Horned Rabbit eyes wide.
It seemed gravity was still a difficult concept for him.
Jeong Yuna looked at Levinas, pondering for a moment, then continued speaking.
“Levinas, what do you think has the highest mass on Earth?”
“…Summer?!”
Summer, huh.
It was clear Levinas didn’t understand what mass was.
“Well… that’s not entirely wrong, but still, Earth has the highest mass on Earth. Mass refers to the amount of matter… in kilograms?”
“Kilograms! Levinas knows kilograms!”
“Yes. On Earth, Earth has the highest kilograms, right?”
“Yes!”
Levinas nodded as if he had finally understood.
There was still much to learn, but Levinas was quick to pick things up.
“Earth is the heaviest, so it pulls us with the strongest gravity. Thanks to that, we can walk on the ground.”
“Is that what gravity is?!”
“Yes.”
After a moment of thought, Levinas stood up and jumped.
It looked like he was conducting his own experiment on gravity.
“Is jumping and coming back down because of Earth’s gravity?!”
“Yes. Because Earth is so heavy, even if Levinas jumps, he comes back to Earth.”
“Then what happens if there’s no gravity?! Do we fly out into space?!”
Jeong Yuna’s eyes widened at Levinas’s question.
I was also surprised by the insightful question.
“Yes. Should I show you?”
**
In the empty lot in front of the Ggaemmi Guild building.
Jeong Yuna drew a complex magic circle, and the kids and I watched from the sidelines.
It was a spell that would make gravity disappear within a certain range, and I clasped my hands in anticipation.
“Okay, do you want to step onto the magic circle?”
“Yes.”
We stepped onto the magic circle drawn by Jeong Yuna.
It didn’t feel like we were in zero gravity at all.
Just as I was looking at Jeong Yuna in confusion, she struck her staff down.
“This is what happens when there’s no gravity?”
Woosh-!
The magic circle glowed red, and our bodies began to lose balance and float.
Right in front of us, Gaeul also started to float up with a blank expression.
“Whoa!”
We floated around inside the magic circle.
I tried to move my limbs as if swimming, but it was harder to move in the direction I wanted than I expected.
It felt like my strength was endless.
“Wow.”
I thought it would feel like swimming in water.
But it was a bit different.
As I slowly moved my body, trying to adapt to the zero gravity, I suddenly heard a frantic scream.
“Wahh! Wahh!”
Turning to the source of the sound, I saw Bomi reaching out from outside the magic circle, spinning Gaeul around in the air.
Swish- Swish-
Even after Bomi pulled her hand back, Gaeul kept spinning.
After spinning for a while, she should have stopped, but could it be that the magic created a state similar to space?
But I could still breathe, so what was going on?
Magic is truly fascinating.
The sight of Gaeul spinning endlessly in mid-air was even more amazing.
“Meow.”
Rolling and rolling.
Gaeul continued to roll around in the zero-gravity space like a ball.
At first, she screamed, but as she got used to it, she stuck her tongue out and kept rolling.
“Gaeul has turned into a ball.”
“Heh…”
I pushed the Gaeul ball towards Saebyeok.
Saebyeok passed the Gaeul ball to another side.
Rolling- Rolling-
Levinas just stared at the Gaeul ball rolling around.
Then, as if he realized something, his ears perked up.
“If there’s no gravity, we can keep flying!”
With his eyebrows furrowed, Levinas swam down towards the ground.
It was tough in zero gravity, but somehow he managed to land on both feet.
“What are you doing, Levinas?”
“Invincible Horned Rabbit jump! Hiyah!”
Levinas curled up and jumped from his spot.
With the unique strength of the Horned Rabbit combined with zero gravity, Levinas began to soar high into the sky without limits.
“Levinas?!”
Levinas, who had risen high into the sky, began to shrink in size.
What if he flies out into space like that?
I was worried, but fortunately, there was a limit to the effect of the magic circle.
“Wanga!”
Levinas, who had surpassed the height of a ten-story apartment, waved at me.
Was he proud of jumping that high?
I waved back at him, looking up, but Levinas’s expression seemed strange.
His face was pale.
It was clear to anyone that he was terrified.
“Levinas, help!”
“Uh.”
Right.
It’s scary to go up high.
I quickly looked back at where Jeong Yuna was.
Just as I was about to ask her for help, I spotted a ball rising into the sky where Levinas was.
Rolling- Rolling-
The ball spinning and rising into the sky was none other than Gaeul.
Gaeul had bravely flown up to save the terrified Levinas.
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