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601 – The Thief’s Safe

601 – The Thief’s Safe

“Ull… Gyeoul…”

“Umnya…”

Through the haze of dreams, a voice could be heard.

Not wanting to wake up yet, I responded by wagging my tail gently.

“Gyeoul?”

“Yes…”

Even though I answered with a tail wag, I was still called.

Could there be something urgent?

I slowly lifted my head as I woke up.

As I forced my eyes to blink open, I noticed something strange.

“Oh?”

I distinctly remembered falling asleep at home, but for some reason, our park was in view.

Am I still half-asleep?

In a fluster, I pinched my cheek.

“Eh.”

The pain was definitely real.

That meant it was absolutely not a dream.

What on earth is going on?

Just as I tilted my head in confusion, I noticed someone walking beside me.

It was Hanyeoreum, Jeong Yuna, and Choi Jin-hyuk.

“How can you move while sleeping?”

“Gyeoul was sleeping while riding this?”

Jeong Yuna pointed below me.

As soon as I saw the robot vacuum cleaner, everything clicked into place, and my eyes widened.

“I fell asleep riding this at home. But it seems like it came out here by itself.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Where on earth is it going?

The three seemed curious too, as they walked alongside me, who was sprawled on the vacuum.

Click click-

People were taking pictures of me lying on the vacuum, finding it amusing.

Hanyeoreum, Jeong Yuna, and even the people in the park.

Many people were taking pictures of me.

It seemed to be because my position on the vacuum looked ridiculous.

“This is an invasion of privacy.”

“Oh? Is it not allowed to take pictures?”

“No, it’s fine to take them.”

As I smiled, Hanyeoreum grinned and took another picture of me.

Then she turned to Choi Jin-hyuk beside her and asked,

“Jin-hyuk, aren’t you taking any?”

“Send me the ones you took. I’m not good at taking pictures.”

“Okay, treat me to a meal later.”

“…Sure.”

Getting a picture in exchange for a meal?

That must be just a joke, right?

I watched Hanyeoreum and Choi Jin-hyuk exchanging photos while sprawled on the vacuum.

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the guild’s blacksmith.

“Oh? Why did the vacuum come here?”

“It seems like the vacuum got caught on a perfume bottle.”

“Do vacuums get caught on perfume bottles these days?”

“No.”

“Oh, right.”

Could it be because we were being so loud?

Shin Ha-il, who practically lived in the guild’s blacksmith, came out through the door.

“What are you doing outside at this hour?”

“This is because of the vacuum.”

“The vacuum? Why?”

“I turned on the robot vacuum, and it came all the way here by itself.”

“…Ah.”

Shin Ha-il nodded as if he understood.

When I asked for the robot vacuum, he stood up without hesitation.

“It seems like having a vacuum that’s too smart isn’t a good thing.”

“Is it smart?”

“Yeah. It must have remembered the coordinates here and found its way.”

“Wow.”

So the accident happened because of its great performance.

While I was marveling at this, I spotted Betty hiding behind the blacksmith’s door.

“I’m, I’m sorry… I made a mistake…”

“Is it Betty?”

“Yeah…”

She was embarrassed and apologetic over a trivial mistake.

It could be said that comforting such guild members was also the Master’s duty.

“It’s okay. Thanks to you, it was fun.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. I’m actually happy that you worked hard for the house like this.”

“Uh, yeah…”

Betty’s face turned even redder.

She was quite shy.

“I’ll play around with this again with Betty; it’s not in the final stage yet.”

“Yes.”

After chatting with the people in the blacksmith for a bit, I turned to head home.

On the way, I felt a bit disappointed that the robot vacuum wasn’t with me.

“It was nice having the vacuum; now it’s gone.”

“Really? Then should I be your vacuum?”

Hanyeoreum picked me up effortlessly.

Her embrace was so warm that it couldn’t even be compared to the vacuum.

Thanks to that, the way home felt cozy.

**

The next day.

Gaeul was wandering around the neighborhood alone.

She was collecting empty bottles.

In the past, she disliked going out alone, but now it was no big deal for Gaeul.

“Wingku!”

At Gaeul’s call, Winglet quickly brought an empty bottle.

With an enormous number of bottles in her arms, Gaeul wagged her tail excitedly.

“Iku da pakkuyak.”

While carrying the empty bottles, Gaeul spotted a baby sitting in a stroller.

The baby had to go out with its mom, but Gaeul could walk alone.

Feeling like a senior in life, Gaeul puffed out her chest and walked.

“Hek…”

Having sold the empty bottles for money, Gaeul realized she had gathered quite a bit.

What should she do with this money? She decided to check out a large supermarket.

“Wow.”

The supermarket had many fascinating items.

Every time Gaeul visited the supermarket, it felt like entering a world of adventure.

“Ka ja… Annyeong. Kkaegwi… Annyeong.”

She had to carefully decide what to buy.

As she wandered around the supermarket, determined, something caught her eye.

“Iku muyak?”

“This is a safe. It’s used to store valuable items.”

So it’s used to store valuable items.

Gaeul tapped the safe lightly.

It was so solid that hitting it hard would probably hurt her hand more.

“Gung-go…”

Gaeul had so many precious items.

But the large safe was too expensive, so she bought a mini safe for thirty thousand won.

She couldn’t fit all her precious items in it, but she could put a few inside.

“Gung-go!”

With the safe in her hands, Gaeul ran back home.

A smile broke out at the thought of having the safest storage in the world.

What should she put inside?

While pondering, Gaeul decided to try putting a one-won coin inside as an experiment.

Clang clang-

“Eh?”

But for some reason, the safe door wouldn’t open.

Flustered, Gaeul discovered something called a manual.

Although she couldn’t read all the long text in the manual, she could compare the numbers and symbols.

As she read the manual carefully, Gaeul pressed the 0000# written at the very front.

Then, with a beeping sound, the safe door opened.

“……!”

After putting a few one-won coins inside the safe, Gaeul noticed a button on the inside of the door.

[RESET]

Gaeul didn’t know what the squiggly writing meant, but she pressed the button, thinking there might be something.

Bee-

At the small mechanical sound, Gaeul’s ears perked up.

Something must have activated, but she didn’t know what it was.

Tilting her head back and forth, Gaeul closed the safe door.

The metal box containing the one-won coins looked incredibly sturdy.

“Hek…”

As Gaeul, who was wagging her tail, tried to open the safe door again, it wouldn’t budge for some reason.

“Eh?”

In a daze, Gaeul pressed random numbers.

Then she remembered the 0000# written at the beginning of the manual.

“……!”

Gaeul pressed 0000#.

Strangely, the door still wouldn’t open.

“Eh?!”

Beep beep beep beep-

She diligently pressed the numbers and even tapped the safe with her fist.

Despite her various efforts, the safe refused to give up the one-won coins.

“Baegun!”

Could it be a thief’s safe?

Gaeul’s ears and tail perked up, but she decided not to jump to conclusions about it being a thief’s safe right away.

“…Juttaewo.”

Gaeul reached out her hand toward the safe.

But still, it didn’t give her the one-won coin.

“Juttaewo.”

This time, she even bowed politely.

But the safe still didn’t give her the one-won coins.

Daeeng-

Gaeul’s Horned Rabbit eyes widened.

It was a situation where she could confirm that she had been robbed of her one-won coins by the safe.

“Tak! Tak!”

Gaeul stomped her feet on the ground.

Just then, Levinas, who was coming home, noticed the angry Gaeul.

“Gaeul, what are you doing?”

“Gaeul-lee baek geon! Nyamhaetda! Annyeong! Annyeong!”

Gaeul used all the words she knew to convey that she had her one-won coins taken away.

Understanding the whole situation, Levinas clapped his hands.

“From Levinas’s perspective, this is voice recognition!”

“Umsyeo?”

“Yes! Look!”

Puffing out his chest confidently, Levinas stood in front of the safe.

And he boldly shouted,

“Open sesame!”

Although Levinas shouted with confidence, the safe remained silent.

This left Levinas no choice but to be flustered.

“Gaeul, it seems like it only responds to your voice.”

“Gaeul-ik?”

“Yes! Gaeul, try saying ‘open sesame!'”

“Yeonnyeo…! Yeonnyeo na chankkaeng!”

Gaeul glared at the safe with a fierce expression.

Unfortunately, the safe still wouldn’t open.

“Anyeonnyeo.”

“It seems like Gaeul’s pronunciation isn’t good enough! Try saying it better!”

“Hek…”

Yeonnyeo na chankkaeng!

Yeonnyeonak chankkaeng!

Gaeul tried her best to say it clearly, but it was impossible for her since she had only recently learned to speak.

Looking at the silent door, Gaeul made a blank expression.

She couldn’t believe that she had been robbed of her precious one-won coin by a safe she bought for an expensive price.

“Kaekgudak.”

Gaeul lay down on the spot with her eyes tightly closed.

Kaekgudak was one of the biggest expressions of emotion Gaeul knew.

Usually used when surprised, this time it was despair.

The feeling of despair was so great that she decided to say it one more time.

“Kaekgudak kaekgudak.”

No, she decided to say it just twice.

A word from the author (Author’s note)

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

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Sometimes I forget the house password…

I can’t remember the password, but should I say my subconscious types it in…?!

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