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602 – My Wildness is Still Stronger

602 – My Wildness is Still Stronger

I returned home after clearing the dungeon.

As I sat on the wide living room sofa to take a moment of rest, I noticed something strange about the kids’ condition.

Gaeul lay there with a blank expression, as if she had stopped thinking.

Levinas was tapping a safe he had never seen before with a rubber hammer.

“Come on! Spit out the money!”

Tap tap tap—

The sound of the rubber hammer hitting the metal safe echoed throughout the living room.

It seemed like he was trying to break the safe, but the force of his strikes was too weak for it to break.

“Hey, what are you guys doing?”

“This safe ate Gaeul’s puppy money, so we were punishing it!”

“I see. Do you not know the password?”

“Yeah! When I opened and closed the safe, it said the password changed!”

The password had changed.

Did he accidentally touch something wrong when he opened the safe?

How could I get the money inside out?

As I pondered, I thought of ghosting.

If I used ghosting, my clothes would become ethereal too.

Using that, I might be able to etherealize the coins inside and take the money out.

“Hey, should I try to get the money out?”

“Whoa! Is that possible?!”

“Um… maybe?”

At my answer, Gaeul, who had been lying there blankly, suddenly sat up.

“Wow!”

Gaeul cheered with joy.

Even though it was uncertain whether it would work, Gaeul acted as if I had already succeeded.

It was a clear indication of how much Gaeul trusted me.

“Are you going to do it?”

I used ghosting to put my hand inside the safe.

Although my etherealized body had no sense of touch, I could use Mana to find the coins.

‘If I spill Mana like this, it should work…’

I spilled Mana onto the coin to etherealize it.

Since it was a small coin, I was able to grab it without much difficulty.

“Wow.”

This is working.

Just as I was about to pull my hand out of the safe, I noticed a button protruding from the inside through the Mana.

‘This looks like a reset button…’

A button to reset the password of the safe.

I wondered if I could press it somehow.

As I scanned the safe, I decided to use Mana.

“Ha!”

Since I wasn’t a magician, I couldn’t use telekinesis with Mana, but I could squeeze out enough Mana to press a very small button.

Press—!

I barely managed to press the reset button with Mana and pulled my hand out.

Then, I reset the password as stated in the instructions.

‘The ways to use skills are endless.’

Feeling enlightened by this new realization, I opened the safe.

A few one-hundred-won coins came out from inside.

“Yay!”

Seeing the coins, Gaeul jumped up and hugged me.

Her happy smile as she rubbed her cheek against me was so heartwarming.

“Ju-in, Gaeul is happy.”

“Is this a coin?”

“Yep. Happy snack time.”

Was she saying she would buy snacks with the coins I took out?

Our Gaeul truly had a kind heart.

“Gaeul puppy! What about Levinas?!”

“Rabbit Horn will also be happy.”

“Wow!”

Levinas jumped up in joy.

It seemed like there wouldn’t be enough money to buy snacks for everyone, but I didn’t say anything out loud.

I could just cover the shortfall.

For now, I decided to simply enjoy the happiness.

**

I moved to the convenience store with the kids.

Saebyeok, Bom, and Haneul joined us along the way.

“Gaeul-nim…! Thank you so much for buying snacks…!”

“I won’t play pranks today in return!”

“Huh?”

Gaeul looked disappointed at the mention of not playing pranks.

At this, Bom tilted her head.

“Should we just play pranks anyway?”

“Ugh…!”

Gaeul stuck her tongue out and sent a positive signal.

It seemed Gaeul liked Bom’s pranks more than I thought.

“Everyone, choose your snacks!”

At Levinas’s shout, everyone dashed toward the snack display.

Gaeul, with her hands behind her back, slowly followed the kids.

‘Whoa.’

Wasn’t our Gaeul just like a grandfather taking care of his grandchildren?

At that moment, I noticed Gaeul’s gaze turning toward the display.

“Gaeul, what are you looking at?”

“Happy. Happy lottery?”

Gaeul pointed to a lottery ticket.

It was a scratch-off lottery ticket to check for winnings.

“This is a lottery ticket, and if you win first place, it gives you twenty billion.”

“Twenty billion?”

Gaeul tilted her head, pulling out a one-hundred-won coin from her pocket.

Gaeul, alternating between the one-hundred-won coin and the lottery ticket, soon wore a proud expression.

“Gaeul, what’s wrong?”

“Twenty billion, big money.”

She pointed to the twenty billion on the lottery ticket and then to her one-hundred-won coin.

Gaeul acted as if the one-hundred-won coin was the bigger amount.

…Could it be that she thought twenty billion was twenty won?

The one-hundred-won coin was indeed much more than twenty won.

Of course, since Gaeul had never learned about money in the billions, it was understandable that she could be mistaken.

It seemed best to properly teach her the value of money here.

“Gaeul, that’s not won, it’s billion.”

“How much is that?”

“Yeah. Twenty billion means you could buy everything in this convenience store and still have money left over.”

“Really?!”

“I could probably buy everything in this convenience store more than ten times.”

“……!”

As Gaeul folded her fingers, she flopped down.

She had given up counting the twenty billion because it was too large.

“Gaeul, are you okay?”

“Ugh…”

Gaeul got back up and approached the display.

She pointed to the lottery ticket while looking at the convenience store employee.

“Can I buy this?”

“I’m sorry, but children can’t buy lottery tickets.”

“Huh?”

That’s right; children couldn’t buy lottery tickets.

There were many restrictions for children.

“Gaeul, should we just buy snacks instead?”

“……Okay!”

I bought snacks with the kids and returned to the guild building.

While eating snacks, I noticed Gaeul writing something on a piece of paper.

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Winning

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Winning

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Losing

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Blank

After combining the words, I realized it was about winning and losing.

There were about ten winning tickets and one losing ticket.

“Gaeul, what’s this?”

“Look!”

“Gaeul is making a lottery?”

“Yep. Winning one hundred.”

If you win, you get a whole one hundred won.

With so few losing tickets, the chance of getting a hundred won was incredibly high.

“What’s the entry fee?”

“Free.”

“Wow, you just get it for free?”

“Ugh…!”

The kids showed interest in Gaeul’s free lottery.

So we each picked up a folded note.

“Wow! I won!”

“I did too…!”

“Levinas won too!”

The kids held up their winning notes and laughed happily.

There were so many winners.

Could everyone get a hundred won from Gaeul?

Just as I was thinking about Gaeul’s pocket situation, Saebyeok held out a note that said ‘losing.’

“I lost.”

“……!”

Seeing the losing note, Gaeul perked up her ears and pulled out three one-hundred-won coins from her pocket to give to Saebyeok.

There was only one winning ticket for one hundred won, but she gave away three for the losing ticket.

“Gaeul, you’re giving three hundred won for a losing ticket?”

“Yep. Losing is sad.”

“Oh.”

That’s right.

If everyone else won and you were the only one who lost, it would be sad.

A losing ticket that was better than winning.

I guess it was very much like Gaeul.

Thanks to Gaeul’s consideration, Saebyeok’s tail wagged quickly.

**

Gyeoul obtained honey from the tiger bees.

It was to make dandelion honey tea for the kids eating snacks.

As Gyeoul entered the building, she spotted a tense Levinas and Gaeul.

“Hey, kids?”

Why are they trembling without even eating snacks?

Just as I was wondering, I heard Haneul’s loud growl.

Haneul was glaring at the mirror with a fierce expression.

“Haneul, what are you doing?”

“I’m practicing my wildness…!”

“I see.”

No wonder Levinas and Gaeul looked so tense; it must have been because of Haneul’s wild nature.

As Gyeoul approached Haneul, she couldn’t help but feel flustered seeing Haneul looking so glum.

“But no matter how much I try, I can’t be like my master…”

“Huh.”

Gyeoul thought Haneul’s wildness might be at a similar level to hers.

What Haneul lacked was definitely confidence, not wildness.

“Master, could you show your wildness again…?”

“Um… I can show it, but then the family will be scared, so let’s do it outside later.”

“Ah…! Yes…!”

After about thirty minutes of snack time, Gyeoul went outside with Haneul.

They decided to go to a beginner hunting ground to show off their wildness.

“I’ll show you how I growl at goblins.”

“I’m looking forward to it…!”

Moving to the nearby beginner hunting ground, Gyeoul searched for goblins.

There were three goblins clustered together, but Gyeoul was not flustered.

She thought she could easily overpower goblins with her wildness.

“Haneul, watch closely. Growl!”

Gyeoul extended her claws toward the goblins.

She let out a lot of wildness, but the goblins just looked confused.

‘Huh?’

Did she let out her wildness incorrectly?

Why weren’t the goblins reacting at all?

Just then, as Gyeoul was scanning her body, Haneul was watching the goblins.

Haneul didn’t let out any wildness at all.

She was just angry at the goblins for not reacting to her master’s threat.

Zing—

“Ki, kiii…!”

“Kyah!”

As Haneul frowned, the goblin group took a step back.

Gyeoul thought the goblins were finally reacting to her wildness.

And Haneul thought the same.

Haneul believed Gyeoul’s wildness was far stronger than her own.

“Did you see that, Haneul?”

“Yes…! When you growled, the goblins were terrified…!”

As Haneul admired, Gyeoul felt a bit proud.

Haneul’s wildness was indeed impressive, but for now, her wildness was a bit stronger.

It really showed that effort and practice were important.

Gyeoul decided to continue practicing her wildness diligently.

“Haneul, let’s go scare a hobgoblin too!”

“Yes…!”

Not just one, but she had scared three at once.

Gyeoul felt a little excited.