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672 – Penalty Game

672 – Penalty Game

“Huh?”

“Yeah?”

A small drawing appeared as a giant leaf fell.

‘What is this?’

I examined the crayons placed next to the paper.

The crayons were as big as my forearm due to magic, but the overall drawing was about the size of Levinas’s fist.

‘Does it mean something?’

I didn’t know the artistic meaning of the drawing, but everyone present could recognize what it was.

Long rabbit ears and a horn on the forehead.

Fierce eyes and a mouth shaped like a ‘w’.

It was a drawing that anyone could recognize as Levinas.

‘But it’s just the face.’

A giant paper and crayons, contrasted with a small drawing of Levinas’s face.

I was pondering what meaning it could hold when…

Whoosh-!

Levinas’s face drawing began to grow little by little.

Gaeul, who had been watching the drawing with her tongue sticking out, was startled.

“Hok?!”

“T-the drawing is getting bigger…!”

The innocent drawing of Levinas’s face grew to fill the giant paper.

Yet, the drawing didn’t stop and continued to grow.

“Wow, it’s a moving picture?”

“Is it magic?”

The people who were looking at the drawing also expressed their surprise.

A moving picture, it was definitely not a common type of magic.

‘Now the face doesn’t even fit on the paper.’

The drawing was so big that the ears and cheeks weren’t even visible.

Nevertheless, the drawing continued to grow, and eventually stopped growing when only one horn could barely be seen.

“Ahem.”

It was the moment Levinas puffed out his chest.

Levinas’s face drawing began to shrink rapidly.

‘Was it emphasizing the horn?’

The horn is a part that Levinas is proud of.

Maybe it was a time to let everyone know about the Horned Rabbit.

“It’s kind of profound.”

“I agree. You can’t ignore children’s drawings these days.”

People applauded while looking at Levinas’s drawing.

Was it because they praised everything about the drawing and the Horned Rabbit?

Levinas puffed out his chest with an ‘ahem’.

“Levinas, Levinas.”

“Ung?!”

“Can I ask what intention was put into the drawing?”

At my question, Levinas opened his Horned Rabbit eyes wide.

Then, pointing to Levinas’s face that was repeatedly growing, he shouted.

“Levinas and Horn! That’s the intention!”

“I see.”

I feel like I know, but I don’t.

I think I know what someone meant by saying it was profound.

As I slowly nodded, Levinas looked around at everyone and said.

“Levinas’s drawing doesn’t end here!”

“Huh? Is there more?”

“Ung! Yap!”

With Levinas’s shout, the paper began to shrink.

Only then did I realize that the paper was originally an ordinary sketchbook.

Whoosh-

The sketchbook, which continued to shrink, soon began to shrink even smaller than its original size.

Thanks to becoming as small as a thumb, only the Horned Rabbit’s horn was visible in the drawing.

“Ooh…”

“It’s really profound.”

A giant horn on a giant sketchbook.

A small horn on a small sketchbook.

The horn is just a precious horn in itself, and the size doesn’t matter?

I didn’t know when it was just getting bigger, but it felt philosophical when it got smaller.

The people who were looking at the drawing seemed to have similar thoughts as me, and they were exclaiming in admiration.

“A little artist.”

“I agree.”

Levinas wore a proud expression at the people’s praise.

To go beyond a simple drawing and enter the realm of containing philosophical meaning.

Children’s growth is so fast.

**

We left Levinas’s drawing attached to the wall of the art gallery.

The sight of the paper and drawing growing and shrinking out of sync was enough to captivate people.

“Is this also a work of art?”

“I guess so?”

Whether it was because it was attached to the art gallery, or because the drawing itself really felt like a work of art.

People who came and went to the art gallery would take a look at the drawing.

It must be the latter, right?

I was thinking that when I returned home with the children.

“Master, I’m going to go do some work for a while…!”

“Okay. I need to lie down for a bit.”

While lying on the grass in front of the guild container and looking up at the sky, Bomi approached with chocolate.

Bomi, holding the chocolate, had a mischievous smile on her face.

“Hey guys, I found something fun!”

“Something fun?”

“Yeah! It’s punishment chocolate!”

Bomi held out the chocolate to everyone.

The chocolate’s label had an explanation that one spicy chocolate was hidden.

‘Aha.’

It’s chocolate where you might end up eating something spicy.

It seems fun, but isn’t it too extreme to do with the children?

Before doing the punishment game, let’s get the children’s permission first…

“Heok! The person who eats the spicy one loses?!”

“Yeah. The person who eats the spicy one gets tickled! But if you endure it, it counts!”

“Sounds good! That’ll be fun!”

Thinking it was a fun rule, Levinas jumped up and down.

Saebyeok gave Levinas a worried look.

“Levinas, are you sure you’re okay with spicy food?”

“Yeah! Levinas is trained with spicy ramen!”

“Still, let’s put out some milk just in case.”

As expected of our Saebyeok.

Even though she seems indifferent, she takes the best care of the children.

Levinas seemed to know Saebyeok’s heart, and smiled brightly.

“The person who eats the spicy one drinks milk?!”

“Woof?!”

At the word ‘milk’, Gaeul’s ears, which had been drooping on the chair, perked up.

Gaeul, looking around, scurried towards us and politely held out both hands.

“Give milk.”

“Gaeul puppy! The milk is for the person who eats the punishment chocolate!”

“Punishment?”

“Yeah! Spicy chocolate!”

Gaeul, startled by the words ‘spicy chocolate’, slowly lowered her hands.

After hesitating for a moment, Gaeul pointed to the chocolate in Bomi’s hand and said.

“…Gaeul eat punishment?”

Oh my god.

She’s going to eat the punishment.

Gaeul is willing to eat spicy chocolate for the sake of milk.

I know she likes milk, but Bomi suggested the game first.

“Gaeul, I’ll buy you milk later, so do you want to play the game with us first?”

“Okay!”

Gaeul nodded, and after a while, Haneul, who had finished working at the smithy, joined the game.

When all the children had gathered, Bomi began to distribute the chocolate.

“Gyeoul has a good nose, so you have to eat it with your nose blocked.”

“Will it smell spicy?”

“Wouldn’t it?”

Certainly, Bomi’s words made sense.

I nodded in agreement, then immediately grabbed my nose.

After confirming that I couldn’t smell anything, Bomi distributed the chocolate to everyone.

There were several chocolates in each pack, so a considerable amount was distributed to each person.

“We’ll eat one at a time when we start, okay?”

“Yes…!”

“Then start!”

At Bomi’s shout, the children each picked up a piece of chocolate and ate it.

Munch munch-

We ate the chocolate while watching each other’s reactions.

‘Who could have eaten it?’

Unfortunately, or fortunately, no one showed any signs of distress from the first chocolate.

So we watched each other and ate the second chocolate.

“Munch munch.”

It’s supposed to be punishment chocolate, but it’s really delicious.

By the way, we’re almost done with the chocolate, but why isn’t anyone complaining about it being spicy?

I was puzzled and chewing on the last chocolate when…

“……!”

Levinas’s eyes trembled.

I could tell that Levinas was enduring the spiciness.

I’m sure it was said that if you endure the spiciness, it’s invalid.

Because no one would know who ate the spicy one.

Levinas seemed to understand this point, and while fidgeting all over…

Poo-!

Suddenly, flames erupted from Levinas’s mouth.

The children’s eyes widened, but Levinas had a rather confident expression on his face.

“Wh-what! No one ate the spicy one…!”

“Huh?”

Levinas looked around, pretending not to know.

Is he trying to pretend he didn’t just breathe fire?

What should I do in this situation?

It was the moment I made eye contact with Bomi, the host of the game.

Gaeul, who had been looking around, raised her hand high.

“…Gaeul eat it?”

Gaeul tilted her head.

Gaeul was asking us if she had eaten the spicy one.

“Do you think Gaeul ate the spicy one?”

“Heok…?”

She had a confused expression.

Nevertheless, there was a reason why she was asking ‘Did Gaeul eat the spicy one?’

‘Is it the milk?’

Gaeul was glancing at the milk in real time.

The temptation of milk was truly great.

‘So who gets the punishment?’

Levinas, who is pretending not to know even though he breathed fire, and Gaeul, who is asking ‘Did I eat it?’ even though she didn’t eat the spicy one.

Who should be tickled in this situation?

This was quite a profound problem, and unable to find an answer, I glanced at Bomi.

Because Bomi was the host of this game.

“Hmm…”

Bomi crossed her arms and pondered quite seriously.

Then, she opened her eyes wide and pointed to Levinas and Gaeul.

“Tickle both of them at the same time!”

“Heok!”

“Eing?!”

Levinas, startled and breathing fire, and Gaeul, widening her eyes.

It seemed that Gaeul didn’t know there was a tickling punishment.

Author’s Note

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

Thank you for the comments and recommendations! It’s always a source of strength!

Levinas’s drawing is… similar to the Levinas emoticon that says “Munde Baem…!”