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650 – The Palace

650 – The Palace

“Unicorn. Yoo-yoo-yoo unicorn.”

Last night.

Whether it was because he was happy to have seen a unicorn, Levinas danced with a shoulder shimmy while singing a song he had made himself.

Honestly, I was also very proud to have seen a unicorn that no one else had ever seen.

“Levinas, the unicorn’s horn was so cool, right?”

“Yeah! It was as cool as Levinas’s horn!”

Levinas and our children couldn’t hide their excitement from seeing the unicorn.

Haneul went to brag to the blacksmiths, and Bomi went to Marin to show off.

‘Is Levinas going to brag to Ravi too?’

I subtly took Levinas with me to Ravi, but Gaeul was already occupying the space next to Ravi.

“Isn’t it amazing?!”

“Wow, was the unicorn’s horn this big?”

“No! It was this big!”

“What? Was it longer than this?”

“Wow…!”

Levinas smiled brightly while watching their conversation.

He had lost the chance to brag to his parents, but he didn’t seem to mind.

We still had plenty of people to brag to.

“I should go tell Kwon Arin, the supreme ruler, how the unicorn looked!”

“Yeah. But is it okay to call her the supreme ruler these days?”

“Yeah! These days, she actually likes it!”

“Really…?”

At first, she didn’t like it, but has she come to accept it as a nickname now?

I cleared my throat for no reason while watching Levinas run outside.

I thought it would be nice to describe the unicorn to our Master as well.

I don’t particularly like bragging to anyone, but still, the unicorn is special…

“Ahem.”

Clearing my throat for no reason, I stepped outside.

Then, using my unique sense, I set out to find the Master.

‘Is he outside the building?’

The Master was moving somewhere alone.

I hurriedly ran toward the Master before leaving the guild.

“Sir! Sir!”

At my call, the Master turned around.

I was already excited at the thought that I might surprise our Master, who usually showed no change in expression.

“Sir, please don’t be too surprised. I saw a unicorn yesterday, you know?”

At my words, the Master showed no change in expression or emotion.

His shoulders and tail drooped in disappointment.

“But you can be a little surprised…”

“…Hmm.”

Did the Master think he hadn’t shown enough emotion?

The Master showed a slight hint of surprise.

It was a change so small it was hard to detect, but for our Master, that was a significant level of surprise.

Thanks to that, his tail began to wag again.

“I even made eye contact with the unicorn, you know?”

Isn’t that amazing?

With that meaning in mind, I put on a slightly smug expression.

Then the Master nodded and asked me, “Did you catch the unicorn?”

“No, it disappeared in an instant, so I couldn’t catch it.”

“If it appears again, make sure to catch it.”

“Yes. I will.”

Since it’s a rare unicorn, I need to catch it alive without hurting it and show it to everyone.

While I was giggling behind my hand at my own plan, I looked up at the Master again.

“Sir, where are you going?”

“Just to work.”

“Wow, can I go with you?”

“Sure.”

I smiled brightly at the Master’s permission.

I was wondering what to do with the kids today, and I was glad that a new activity had come up.

“Then I’ll bring everyone. Please wait a moment.”

**

We got into a van driven by the Master’s bodyguard and headed somewhere.

I didn’t know where we were going.

“Gyeoul, where are we going?”

“I don’t know. I don’t really know either.”

“Really?”

Bomi looked out the window.

Since it was a road I had never seen before, no one knew the destination.

“If you don’t know, can Levinas guess?!”

“Yeah. Give it a try.”

“Levinas thinks…!”

Hoooom.

Umm…

As Levinas pondered, his ears perked up.

“…Horned Rabbit Palace?”

“Horned Rabbit Palace?”

Is there such a palace?

No, if Levinas wants it, there must be.

I imagined a palace where Horned Rabbit Beastmen gathered, inspired by Levinas’s amusing idea.

Then, unexpectedly, the Master spoke.

“That’s somewhat close.”

“Huh?! Is it really the Horned Rabbit Palace?!”

“…Maybe?”

Oh my.

Are we really going to the Horned Rabbit Palace?

With anticipation, we arrived at a palace from ancient times.

‘This place…’

It looks like a palace from the era when scholars lived.

I don’t know if the history of my world and this world is the same, but I could guess it was a palace from the Joseon Dynasty.

“Wow! It’s a real palace! Where’s the Horned Rabbit?!”

At Levinas’s question, the Master silently pointed at Levinas.

We knew what that finger meant.

“Is it Levinas’s palace?!”

“Today?”

“Whoa!”

Levinas ran toward the distant palace.

I hurriedly followed behind Levinas.

“Levinas, can we not go inside?”

“Can’t we?!”

“Yeah. Things like this are usually cultural heritage.”

“Really?!”

Levinas kindly only looked around the palace from a distance.

He walked gracefully near the palace like a princess.

“Levinas really looks like a princess living in a real palace.”

“Hehe. But I still have a long way to go to be like Wang!”

“Huh?”

While I was puzzled, the Master slowly approached us.

Then he pointed toward the inside of the door and said, “You can go in.”

“What? Isn’t this cultural heritage?”

“That’s right, but we covered the restoration costs this time.”

“Oh…”

Is he saying he has a connection?

Our Master is truly amazing.

“But you can’t touch anything, just look with your eyes.”

“Okay.”

We put on special shoes for entry and stepped inside the palace.

Honestly, I didn’t know much about cultural heritage, but seeing Levinas happy made me think it was worth coming.

“Ahem, it’s Princess Levinas.”

“Levinas, princesses don’t say ‘ahem.'”

“Then… Oh ho ho, it’s Princess Levinas, right?”

“Um…?”

That tone sounded familiar; Gaeul had spoken like that after eating candy back in the day.

I couldn’t help but giggle at the unique princess tone.

I laughed while looking around.

Inside the palace, it was just me and Levinas.

Where were the other kids?

As I looked outside the palace, I spotted the kids squatting on the large stone floor.

“Hey, what are you doing over there?”

“Gyeoul! There’s a hole in the ground here!”

“A hole?”

I moved with Levinas to where the kids were.

Then I discovered holes that were regularly spaced in the stone floor.

“This is…?”

Is it a fountain?

They must have made it so we could play while admiring the beautiful palace.

While I was admiring the thoughtful consideration, Gaeul pointed at the hole and said, “It’s a mole hole.”

“A mole?”

“No!”

Did Gaeul think the fountain hole was dug by a mole?

No matter how much a mole might try, it couldn’t make a hole in stone…

Well, maybe it could.

I don’t know about other moles, but our moles could definitely do it.

“Hey, but this is…?”

Just as I was about to tell the kids that it was a hole where water would come out, Haneul made a rather serious expression.

“It looks like an ant hole…!”

“Ggaemmi?!”

“Yes…! Ant holes look like this…!”

“······!”

With her ears perked up, Gaeul took an ant out of her bag.

It was an ant I had seen a few times before.

‘No way.’

Could it be that Gaeul is raising this ant herself?

At this point, it was almost like a Divine Beast.

While I was examining the surprisingly sturdy ant, Gaeul placed the ant in front of the fountain hole.

“Ggaemmi friend.”

“Is Gaeul trying to introduce a friend to the ant?”

“No!”

Trying to let her pet ant meet a new friend?

Is this a pure idea that’s so typical of Gaeul?

I forgot to tell them about the fountain and just giggled.

It’s nice to see the kids playing while using their imagination.

I thought I would tell them about the fountain later.

“Is it coming out soon?”

“What? What is?”

“The fountain.”

Our Master pointed at the fountain hole.

At the same time, a stream of water began to shoot up.

For safety, it sprayed a low stream of water that reached our ankles for a few seconds.

The kids’ eyes widened in surprise, as they hadn’t expected the water to come out suddenly.

“It was a fountain…?!”

As soon as Haneul finished speaking, the water stream shot high into the sky.

It was a fountain that easily exceeded three times our height.

“Wow… huh?”

While admiring the beautiful fountain, I saw an ant flying through the water stream.

“Gaeul, the ant!”

“Ggaem…mi?!”

Gaeul, who had been mesmerized by the fountain, perked up her ears as if she had just remembered the ant.

As Gaeul looked around, I pointed to the ant that was soaring high.

“Gaeul, the ant is over there.”

“Ggaemmi?!”

Gaeul jumped up to catch the ant.

However, the fountain’s water stream shot diagonally, sending the ant flying far away.

“Ggaemmi! Ggaemmi!”

Gaeul chased after the flying ant.

Then a new fountain emerged, sending the ant off to another place.

“Huh?!”

“Oh my.”

It was as if the ant was playing on the fountain.

I wondered if the ant Gaeul was raising would get hurt in the fountain’s water stream, but fortunately, it seemed to be fine.

Could it be that the ant had become a little special from receiving the energy of the Beastmen?

I watched the ant with curious eyes.

“Ggaemmi!”

Gaeul could only lament as she couldn’t catch the ant flying around.

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!

I used to wonder why I liked fountains so much when I was a child… but honestly, I still like them these days…!

It’s just that I can’t play around like the kids for the sake of appearances…!