Three pairs of ears peeked over the desk.

They were too short to be fully seen.

Despite the busy situation, Choi Gun-woo didn’t miss those innocent eyes.

When Choi Gun-woo arrived at the desk, he checked the state of the three children.

Even though they were lost, the oldest child showed no signs of fear.

The second-largest horned rabbit beast-kin child just kept grinning.

Naturally, Choi Gun-woo’s gaze landed on the smallest, Gyeoul.

She was the smallest and had the softest voice.

She was a child who triggered a protective instinct in people.

Choi Gun-woo felt that the beast-kin girls were protecting Gyeoul.

Ah! This child must be the youngest!

Choi Gun-woo naturally spoke to Gyeoul.

To pay attention to the youngest and most timid-looking child.

Because of his line of sight, he didn’t see the real lost child hidden below the desk.

‘Their home was with the Yeomyeong Guild, right?’

While Choi Gun-woo typed on the keyboard to gather information, Gyeoul yawned from tiredness.

Did she not get much sleep last night?

I’ll have to nap a bit when I get home.

Gyeoul thought to herself.

“Huh?”

Gyeoul’s eyes were red.

Engrossed in gathering information and not noticing the yawn, Choi Gun-woo thought to himself that the child must have been frightened.

“You were very scared, weren’t you?”

“Hmm…”

At Choi Gun-woo’s question, Gyeoul looked down.

The lost kid was quietly fiddling with a tail.

He looked calm.

There was no sign of fear.

Levinas, thinking similar thoughts to Gyeoul, spoke up.

“The little one is brave, so there’s no need to worry!”

“Really?”

“Yes! With her sisters, the little one is invincible!”

The sisters must have taken good care of their younger sibling so she wouldn’t cry.

Such good sisters.

Choi Gun-woo felt a warm feeling in his chest as he called the guild.

-Hello?

Gyeoul perked up at the familiar voice.

It was the voice of a guild office worker she sometimes encountered.

Gyeoul had good hearing and was also good at analyzing sounds.

However, she couldn’t have imagined that the policeman was calling the Yeomyeong Guild.

‘It’s not right to eavesdrop on the phone call…’

Gyeoul decided not to eavesdrop on the phone conversation.

She closed her ears and sat on a chair a bit further away.

The other children followed Gyeoul to the chairs.

At that moment, the police station door opened, and a woman who looked somewhat anxious appeared.

She seemed to head straight for the desk but glanced at Gyeoul.

The woman’s face lit up.

It was then that the lost girl first let go of her tail.

“Yeon-seo…!”

“Mom…!”

In the emotional reunion between mother and daughter, Gyeoul and Saebyeok’s tails wagged.

Levinas, with her shorter tail, just grinned.

“Yeon-seo, didn’t mom tell you not to go anywhere?”

“I’m sorry… I followed a puppy…”

“Haah… You didn’t cry? You’re not hurt?”

“Yes. The sisters brought me to the police station.”

The woman’s gaze turned to the children.

Her expression was full of gratitude.

“Thank you for taking care of my Yeon-seo. How can I repay you?”

“It’s okay. We didn’t do it for a reward.”

“Even so…”

“Really, it’s okay.”

Gyeoul waved her hand at the woman who wanted to repay them.

After refusing two more times, the woman stepped back with a regretful expression.

“Yeon-seo, you should thank the sisters, right?”

“Yes. Thank you, sisters.”

Bye-bye.

After expressing their gratitude to us and the nearby police, the mother and daughter left the police station.

Choi Gun-woo, who was on the phone with the Yeomyeong Guild, didn’t see it.

“Hmm…”

It’s over, so what should we do now?

Gyeoul waited for Choi Gun-woo’s call to end.

After a while, he hung up the phone and approached the children, saying,

“Would you wait here for a moment?”

“Hmm… okay…”

They had found the mother of the lost child, so why were they being asked to wait? Gyeoul didn’t understand, but she didn’t resist authority. The fear from when she had no identity still lingered.

After waiting for about five more minutes, someone appeared as the police station door opened.

Gyeoul recognized the footsteps as belonging to Jung Yu-na.

“Wizard!”

Levinas ran into Yu-na’s arms.

Saebyeok also approached her with quick steps.

“Oh, for lost children, you all seem fine?”

“Lost?”

What was Yu-na talking about? Gyeoul wondered as she approached her.

She didn’t know what was going on, but meeting Yu-na at the police station was fascinating.

After finishing a conversation with the police, we were able to leave the station.

Through Yu-na’s conversation with the police, it became clear that they had misunderstood something.

“So, it was another child who was lost?”

“Yes! Levinas helped find the little one’s mother with the Kings!”

“Oh…”

Realizing the truth late, Yu-na patted the children’s heads.

She also patted my head.

“You did a good deed, so you should get a reward, right?”

“A reward?”

“Yes. But it has to be in a place where there are no people…”

“There are no people near my tent.”

“Oh, right.”

We returned to the park with Yu-na.

After waiting for a while near the tent, Yu-na came back with a large box.

“Do you know what this is?”

“It’s a box! Boxes are 100 won per kilo!”

Levinas ran towards Yu-na.

She thought the reward for finding the lost child was scrap paper.

“No, not the box itself, but what’s inside.”

“…Inside?”

Levinas tilted her head.

I sniffed the box since Levinas was sniffing it.

There was the smell of mana stones and plastic from inside.

It was likely an object made of both materials.

“It smells like a magic tool.”

“…You can tell that from the smell?”

“Yes.”

“That’s remarkable…”

Sniff sniff.

Yu-na sniffed the box, then took out the contents.

It was a somewhat large disc.

“Do you know what this is?”

“I know.”

Saebyeok expressed her joy upon seeing the disc.

Levinas and I just stood there, confused.

“King, what is this?!”

“I don’t know…?”

To me, it looked like a simple disc.

A toy that flies and comes back when thrown.

“Oh, don’t you know the floating disc?”

“Floating disc?”

“Yes. It flies around.”

“Oh…!”

So, it was just a disc.

Since it had mana stones attached, it must be a more amazing disc.

Now I understood why Yu-na wanted to find a place with no people.

If someone got hit by the disc, it would be a big problem.

“I know what this is. It’s for playing, right?”

“Oh, you know? Then Gyeoul, why don’t you give it a try?”

“Okay.”

I picked up the disc from the box.

It was heavy for a disc, but not too heavy to lift.

Yeomyeong Park was wide, so there was no worry of hitting anyone.

“Go on, do it.”

Saebyeok wagged her tail while looking at me.

Saebyeok, who was always expressionless, showed a lot of excitement.

It seemed her cat instincts wanted to play with the disc.

“Alright.”

I threw the disc, avoiding the trees.

Using the shoulder strength I had built up from shooting arrows, I managed to throw it far… but not very far.

My combat power came from mana, not muscles.

Still, it flew a decent distance.

It landed in the bushes, out of sight.

“That flew far.”

For my small body, that was a good throw.

Satisfied, I turned around.

“…?”

Yu-na was blinking at the bushes where the disc had fallen.

Saebyeok’s wagging tail had also stopped.

Levinas was the only one expressing joy, hopping around me.

“Wow! It flew far! You’re the best, King!”

Despite Levinas’ innocent excitement, I couldn’t easily smile.

After throwing it, I realized I had misunderstood the disc’s purpose.

“Gyeoul, that wasn’t meant to be thrown…”

“I’m sorry…”

I had thrown something that shouldn’t be thrown.

What if it broke?

I quickly ran to where the disc had flown.

It was stuck in a tree slightly taller than me.

The tree was full of small branches, often used for fences.

As I reached for the tree, the branches pricked my body.

When I stood on my tiptoes to grab the disc, Yu-na pulled me back.

“Gye-Gyeoul…”

“…”

Yu-na raised her voice like that.

Was she angry because I threw the disc?

Feeling guilty, I could only fidget with my fingers.

“…Sorry, I’m not angry. I was just worried you might get hurt.”

“Okay… but the disc…”

“I can use magic to get it down.”

Yu-na waved her staff, and the disc floated down from the tree.

I caught the lightly falling disc with both hands.

“I’m sorry… I thought it was just a regular disc and threw it…”

“It’s okay. You have nothing to be sorry for, Gyeoul.”

Yu-na looked at me with a tender gaze.

She hugged me tightly and patted my back.

I didn’t understand why she was doing this.

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The disc Gyeoul had thrown was actually a hoverboard.

A toy that floated in the sky, something every child dreamed of.

“Haah.”

So Gyeoul didn’t know what a hoverboard was.

Well, until recently, she didn’t even know what playing was.

Yu-na’s heart ached at the child’s words, apologizing for not knowing how to play.

What’s wrong with not knowing how to play?

Yu-na hugged Gyeoul tightly.

It was so pitiful that an eight-year-old didn’t even know what a toy was.

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