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591 – Acting

591 – Acting

Choi Jin-hyuk’s transformation was quite a shock to our kids.

Gaeul even grabbed Choi Jin-hyuk’s cheeks, examining his face all over.

“Muwak…?”

“It’s because I shaved my beard.”

“Swimming?”

Gaeul’s clumsy pronunciation made her say ‘swimming’ instead of ‘beard.’

My tail perked up at their conversation.

I thought I might be able to teach Gaeul the correct pronunciation.

“Gaeul, can you say ‘beard’ again?”

“…Swimming?”

“Wow, Gaeul just said ‘swimming.'”

I reached out and pretended to swim, doing the ‘oopu oopu’ sound.

Gaeul giggled, finding my swimming imitation funny.

“Suyon!”

“Huh? You said ‘swimming’ just now.”

“…Suyon?”

“Oh, no.”

She said ‘swimming’ instead of ‘beard,’ so I thought she could say the word ‘swimming’ properly.

But now she’s saying ‘suyon’ instead of ‘swimming’?

It seemed teaching Gaeul the correct pronunciation would have to wait.

“Suyon… Swimming!”

Gaeul seemed to remember talking about beards and pointed at Choi Jin-hyuk’s cheeks.

Levinas and Haneul were also wide-eyed, amazed by Choi Jin-hyuk’s transformation.

“How can you change so much?!”

“Men are like that when they shave their beards.”

“Gasp…! Can girl children do it too?!”

“…No, I don’t think so?”

Levinas knelt down at Choi Jin-hyuk’s answer.

She seemed disappointed that she couldn’t transform using a beard.

“Levinas too…! Levinas wants a beard too…!”

Sob sob.

I patted Levinas’s shoulder as she wailed.

I knew a way to make beards grow on girl children too.

“Levinas, shall I make a beard grow for you?”

“Gasp! Is that possible?!”

“Yeah. I know a place that sells beards.”

I took Levinas outside.

Choi Jin-hyuk and the kids, curious about me buying a beard, followed behind me.

“Wanga, where do you buy beards?”

“Over there.”

I had seen Santa beards for sale at the general store.

I told the kids to wait for a moment and bought a Santa beard from the general store.

‘I should wear it out.’

I had to hook the elastic band around my ears, but I didn’t have human ears.

So, I had to fix the elastic band to my fur with a pin.

The Santa’s signature white beard went well with my white fur.

I could hide the string with my fur, so it looked really seamless.

“Kids.”

I walked outside wearing the Santa beard.

The kids’ eyes widened at my old man-like appearance with the beard.

“Master is an old man…!”

“Wow, Gyeoul has a beard.”

The kids came over and touched my beard.

Levinas was happy with my beard, and Gaeul was confused.

“Jjuin, ikku muwak?”

“This is a beard. I have to live with a beard forever now.”

“Eeng?!”

Gaeul pulled on my beard.

Then, the elastic band that was holding the beard stretched and threatened my face.

“G-Gaeul, that’s scary…”

“Musuk?”

“Yeah. If you let go of it suddenly, it’ll fly and hit my face.”

“Heck…”

Gaeul carefully let go of the beard.

Relieved, I looked around and found Levinas stamping her feet.

“Cool! Levinas wants to wear a beard too!”

“Then I’ll shave it off and give it to you.”

Wee-ing-

Wee-ing-

I pretended to shave and took off the beard.

Then, I stuck the beard back on Levinas.

“Now Levinas is a grandpa.”

“Heok…!”

Levinas, wearing the beard, cleared her throat and puffed out her chest.

She seemed to think she looked pretty cool with the beard.

“Levinas, weren’t you going to shave the beard?”

“I was, but now it’s cooler to have a beard!”

“I see.”

If Levinas said so, then so be it.

It was the moment I nodded.

“Ah.”

Choi Jin-hyuk touched his chin with a regretful expression.

He seemed to regret shaving off the beard that Levinas thought was cool.

**

I watched television with the kids.

Levinas watched television with the beard on.

It was a children’s movie, and the villain’s body caught fire from a spell cast by the protagonist in the movie.

“Wow.”

Bomi expressed surprise at the person on fire.

I didn’t know why she was surprised either.

“Bomi, what’s wrong?”

At my question, Bomi glanced at Levinas.

Then, she brought her mouth to my ear and said softly.

“Movies are all fake, right?”

“I guess so?”

“But, how did they set their body on fire? Isn’t it hot if they do that?”

She was surprised that they used real fire when they were fighting fake?

Bomi often showed a mature side, but she seemed to be still a child.

“Maybe it’s a special fire?”

“Special fire?”

“Yeah. Graphics, or… magic?”

“Magic?”

“Well, I don’t really know exactly. Shall we go ask later?”

“Okay.”

After watching the movie, we went to find Jeong Yuna.

It was to resolve the question about the fire on the body.

“How do actors set their bodies on fire?”

“Yes.”

“It’s either computer graphics or magic?”

“Magic?”

“Yeah. They use illusion magic, or cast protection magic and set fire.”

Even if protection magic is cast, they set fire to their bodies, so don’t the actors feel fear?

Feeling my expression darken, Jeong Yuna chuckled.

“Gubugi’s protection magic is possible too, right?”

“Gubugi can do it too?”

“Yeah. If Gubugi protects you, wouldn’t you be not scared at all even if your body catches fire?”

“Yes, then I won’t be scared at all.”

If Gubugi cast protection magic, I wouldn’t be scared even if I set fire to my body directly.

It wasn’t magic that could be penetrated by mere fire.

Do the actors also have reliable magicians?

If so, it was understandable enough.

“Gyeoul, Gyeoul.”

Bomi, who had heard Jeong Yuna’s explanation, shook my shoulder.

She had an expression as if she had found something fun.

“Why?”

“Shall we set our bodies on fire too?”

“F-Fire…?”

“Yeah. It’ll be really cool!”

“Um…”

They say it’s not dangerous, but should we really do it?

I couldn’t easily come to a conclusion and only looked at Jeong Yuna.

“Bomi, do you want to try fire?”

“Yeah!”

“Then… it might be dangerous, so I’ll watch from the side.”

Jeong Yuna, an excellent magician, would watch from the side.

If she did that, there would be no worries about injuries.

We decided to play with fire without worry.

**

In front of the guild building.

We stood with tense expressions.

We really just stood still and did nothing.

It was all thanks to Jeong Yuna doing everything for us.

“Fire prevention is done, and I’ve contacted the guild…”

Jeong Yuna, who had finished preparing, looked back at us.

It seemed to mean who would try it first.

“Me! Do it for me!”

Bomi raised her hand towards Jeong Yuna.

It was said to be safe, but it would be scary to set fire, but Bomi was brave.

“Then, shall we try it on your hand first?”

“Yeah!”

Jeong Yuna cast protection magic on Bomi’s hand.

Then, she looked around at the surrounding children and said.

“It’s a fire that doesn’t hurt, so you don’t have to be too scared, okay?”

“Okay.”

“Yes…”

At the same time as Haneul swallowed, fire rose on Bomi’s hand.

Bomi’s entire right hand was engulfed in flames.

“Heok!”

“……!”

We were told not to be scared, but we couldn’t help but be surprised.

We stood far away and watched Bomi on fire.

“Good Bomi, are you okay?! Isn’t it hot?!”

“Yeah. I’m okay. It’s not hot at all.”

Bomi spun her arm on fire around.

It was like a fire wheel, so it was kind of cool.

The children seemed to have similar thoughts to me, and their eyes shone brightly.

“How is it? It doesn’t seem scary, right?”

“Yeah!”

The fire on Bomi’s hand goes out.

The test was over, so it was really time to set fire to the body.

At the moment I thought Bomi would go next, Bomi turned to me.

“Gyeoul, do you want to try next?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. I’ve done it once, so I’ll give it to you.”

She wanted to do it more, but she was giving it up.

Then I had no choice but to accept it.

It was a consideration that Bomi had made up her mind to give me.

“Then I’ll try it.”

I slowly approached Jeong Yuna.

Jeong Yuna carefully cast protection magic on my whole body.

“It won’t hurt even if you catch fire, so you don’t have to be too surprised, okay?”

“Yes!”

I made a confident expression towards Jeong Yuna.

Jeong Yuna, pleased with that expression, began to set fire to my body.

Feet, thighs, and even stomach.

My whole body was on fire, but it wasn’t hot at all.

“Wow! Wang is a fire cat!”

“Cool.”

I looked around at my body on fire.

My tail wagged wildly at the mysterious experience I was having for the first time in my life.

“Gyeoul, is it fun?”

“Yeah. It’s not hot at all.”

Even Saebyeok, who doesn’t express her emotions well, looked at me with interested eyes.

Did Saebyeok want to be a fire cat too?

It was the moment I was about to pass the turn to Saebyeok.

Bomi, thinking my actions were bland, made a suggestion to me.

“Gyeoul, act.”

“Act?”

“Yeah. Act like a person on fire.”

“Um…”

I’m not good at acting.

But should I try it?

“Nyaaaa.”

I shook my body on fire around.

It was like a person really on fire.

“Jjuing…!”

Did she think I was in pain?

It was the moment Gaeul’s eyes widened.

“Agh! Gyeoul!”

I could see Hanyeoreum running at a tremendous speed from afar.

She seemed to think my body was really on fire.

Author’s Note

PIA1747014585384 Thank you so much for reading again today!

Thank you for your comments and recommendations! It’s always a strength…!

Yesterday, while playing a game called Stalker 2, I spent the whole day setting myself on fire.

I thought it would be fun if the kids’ bodies caught fire too, but after writing the article, I remembered that there was a big forest fire this time…

The material was really, absolutely not written with forest fires in mind.

There is absolutely no intention to trivialize it.

I’m really sorry if you felt uncomfortable.