The enemy launched a sweeping attack.

Although Levinas could have dodged it by moving the stick backward, she unknowingly moved forward instead.

Tap-tap-

I quickly moved the stick backward for her.

By just a hair’s breadth, we managed to dodge the enemy’s water bombardment.

“We dodged it! King and Levinas avoided the attack!”

Elated, Levinas bounced around, and my tail wagged, expressing joy.

“It’s better when we do it together than alone.”

“Yeah! With King, Levinas is invincible!”

Invincible, huh?

Does she trust me that much?

Levinas’s trust always made me happy.

For her, I resolved to focus even more on our game.

“Ah, it’s the boss.”

We had exhausted all our powerful water bomb attacks early in the game.

As a result, we were left with only a water gun to defeat the boss, but it didn’t matter.

I could see every one of the enemy’s chaotic attacks.

“Wow.”

Levinas swung the stick left and right as relentless attacks flew at us.

I assisted her, moving the stick so that dozens of attacks narrowly missed our character.

“What kind of trick is this…?”

Kwon Arin, who had quietly approached, watched us play.

She was fascinated by us controlling one character together and couldn’t tear her eyes away from the game screen.

“Isn’t it amazing? Only King and Levinas can do this!”

“Yeah, it really is amazing. This game is quite difficult.”

As Kwon Arin pointed out, it was a challenging game, with dozens of attacks flying in real-time.

But my senses allowed me to perceive all of it, and eventually, we managed to defeat the final boss.

“We, we won…!”

Levinas froze in her seat, her eyes gleaming as though lost in the moment.

“Wow, the reflexes of beast-kin are impressive.”

“It’s not just because she’s a beast-kin. The kid next to her struggled a lot, didn’t she?”

“Oh? Really?”

I looked around and noticed many people were watching us.

Watching other people play in the arcade was common, so I decided to not make a big deal out of it, although it wasn’t easy.

“How did they even manage to beat such a tough game alone…?”

“They didn’t even know the pattern. They just beat it with reflexes.”

“Hmm…”

So much for it being no big deal.

I felt quite embarrassed as the attention focused on us.

I scratched the back of my neck and then patted Levinas’s stomach as she sat on my knees.

“Levinas, let’s enter our names.”

“Names?”

“Yeah. Here.”

The screen prompted us to enter the players’ names.

Levinas pondered and then entered the initials RCC.

“What’s RCC?”

“One rabbit and two cats!”

“Ah.”

Initials for rabbit and cats.

I was proud that she knew English.

“Levinas is good at English?”

“Yeah! Learned it from Animal King cards!”

“I see.”

She must have figured it out by looking at the English on the Animal King cards.

Just as I was about to pat her back for doing well, Levinas suddenly turned around.

From sitting on my thigh, we ended up hugging each other tightly.

“King! Thank you!”

“Yeah.”

“And thank you, Dark King too!”

Levinas stroked the head of Saebyeok, who was sitting in the chair.

Saebyeok’s tail, which I had assumed was asleep, swayed from side to side.

It was a truly lovely scene.

Smiling contentedly, Kwon Arin placed her hand over my head.

“So, are you guys going to play more?”

“No, we’re going home now. We’re tired from concentrating so much.”

Maybe because I had used a lot of mana, but my head felt dizzy.

I needed to go home and rest.

“I’ll take you home. Let’s go together.”

“It’s okay. It’s not that far.”

“No, I can’t leave you two alone; I’d get in trouble.”

“Ah…”

Indeed.

Rumors of leaving the kids alone to play games would cause big trouble.

I nodded in agreement to Kwon Arin.

“Yes, let’s go home together.”

“Alright.”

—

—

Who should I talk to and how?

Yeoreum, feeling anxious, bit her nails.

She couldn’t keep still and paced around the living room.

Creak-

The front door opened, and three kids came in.

Yeoreum approached the children as if she had been waiting for them.

“Wow, you’re back?”

“Yes…”

Gyeoul’s eyes were half-closed.

She looked so drained that Yeoreum’s heart sank.

“You look very tired. What happened?”

“Just a bit exhausted… I just want to rest now…”

“Oh…?”

Tired and wanting to rest.

Yeoreum swallowed hard at this scary sounding remark.

“I used a lot of mana. That’s why I’m tired.”

“Ah, right. Using a lot of mana can be exhausting.”

She was overthinking it.

Yeoreum placed her hand on her chest and sighed in relief.

“Yeoreum, Levinas is also sleepy.”

“Okay. We should get some sleep.”

Gyeoul and Levinas headed to the bedroom.

Levinas naturally clung to Gyeoul like a doll.

“Hehe.”

After checking on the sleeping children, she returned to the living room.

Yeoreum flopped down next to Saebyeok, who was lying on the sofa.

“Hey, Saebyeok.”

“Yeah.”

Saebyeok’s tail swished gently.

Yeoreum paused before speaking.

“…Did Gyeoul come from another world?”

Suddenly, Saebyeok’s tail stopped moving.

She looked up at Yeoreum and then sat up straight on the sofa.

“…You found out?”

“Yeah. It just came up.”

“I see.”

Her drooping ears and tail were pitiful.

Knowing how much Saebyeok cared for Gyeoul made it even more so.

“It’s for Gyeoul’s sake, isn’t it?”

“…Yes.”

“Thank you, you’ve done really well.”

She praised her without asking why.

Surprised by this, Saebyeok’s eyes widened.

“You’re not mad?”

“Why would I be mad at Saebyeok? You’ve been working hard.”

“……”

Saebyeok bowed her head deeply.

After fidgeting with her fingers on her thigh for a while, she looked up at Yeoreum with a determined gaze.

“Give me just one day.”

“You need time?”

“Yes. My thoughts are all jumbled right now… I’ll tell you after I’ve sorted them out.”

“Alright, don’t forget I’m on your side, Saebyeok.”

Yeoreum hugged the anxious Saebyeok tightly and gently stroked her back.

It was a relief to be able to share Saebyeok’s burden.

—

—

The next morning.

I was led by Levinas toward a tent.

Levinas, holding the entrance of the tent, giggled.

“King, what’s inside here?”

“What’s inside?”

“The answer is!”

Drumroll.

Levinas made sound effects with her mouth and flung open the tent’s entrance.

The first thing that appeared was a giant carrot cut in half.

“A carrot?”

“Yes! Levinas made a boat out of a carrot!”

“Really?”

I approached the tent filled with carrots.

The carrot was indeed carved into the shape of a boat.

It was a rough job, but it was a real boat made of carrots.

“Levinas held back from eating it just to save it!”

“That’s amazing.”

“Right! Levinas is amazing!”

Levinas jumped up and then stared intently at Saebyeok who was beside her.

Responding to the silent request, Saebyeok hoisted the carrot boat aloft.

“Should I take it to the pond?”

“Yes! Let’s all get on it and have fun at the pond!”

“Okay.”

Saebyeok carried the carrot boat and dashed towards the pond.

Although the boat was several times her size, she got to the pond without struggle.

‘But will this thing float?’

I wasn’t familiar with boats, which made me anxious.

So, I watched Saebyeok with a worried look.

Splash!

With a cheerful splash, the carrot boat floated on the water.

It looked precarious, as if it might sink at any moment.

‘Hmm…’

This seems a bit risky.

I decided I should test it first for safety.

“Just to be safe, I’ll go first.”

“Okay!”

Levinas and Saebyeok stepped back.

I cautiously extended my foot towards the carrot boat.

The boat rocked side to side, but I managed to stabilize it using the unique agility of cats and beast-kin.

I sat down, balancing on the boat that seemed like it could capsize at any moment.

“King! How is it?”

Levinas, standing right in front of me, shouted as if talking to someone far away.

I gave her a thumbs up.

“It should be fine if you maintain your balance.”

“Really?!”

“Yeah.”

But how could I get the other two onto this unstable carrot boat?

As I pondered this, the boat began to sink.

Whoosh-

Water started to flood over the boat, speeding up the sinking process because of the added weight.

“Wow, King!”

“Oh no.”

From my pants to my tail, I began to get soaked.

The pond’s water level was low, so sinking wasn’t particularly dangerous.

In this situation, Levinas was the only one showing signs of panic.

“King! Grab Levinas’s hand! King!”

Levinas extended her hand to me.

Her expression was so adorable, I couldn’t help but feel playful.

“I was wrong…”

“Kiiiiing!”

Levinas’s scream resonated throughout the park.

Hearing the commotion, Yeoreum and Jung Yu-na appeared from somewhere.

“What’s happening…!”

Our eyes met from the sinking boat, up to my chest and neck.

Even as the water rose, I sat still, observing everyone.

Bubble-bubble-

Bubbles surfaced from my mouth.

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