As soon as Kwon Arin handed me the pad, the game began.

The all-ages horror game had an unexpectedly immersive atmosphere.

I found myself swallowing nervously without realizing it.

“Hey! Are you scared?” Levinas asked, removing her headband.

As her rabbit ears popped up, her eyes became visible.

“Yeah, this is scarier than I expected.”

“Really?! Should Levinas cover her ears and eyes then?!”

“Won’t it be uncomfortable to cover your eyes?”

“It’s fine! I’ll use my sense of smell!”

Levinas put her headband back on.

With her eyes and ears covered, she started sniffing around.

“Baby smell…” Levinas muttered as she sniffed near my collarbone.

It was quite an awkward situation for me.

“Why do I smell like a baby?”

I sniffed my wrist out of curiosity.

I couldn’t detect any baby smell.

Either Levinas was mistaken, or I couldn’t smell my own scent properly.

‘I don’t smell anything.’

Sniff sniff.

She kept smelling me.

Kwon Arin, who was nearby, mumbled softly.

“Gyeoul does smell like a baby.”

“R-Really?”

“Yeah. Like baby formula? It’s a soft, cozy scent.”

“That’s interesting… It’s not a bad smell, is it…?”

“Definitely not. It’s sweet, the kind you want to keep smelling.”

I see.

As long as it wasn’t a bad smell, I didn’t mind what I smelled like.

Maybe my newly created body gave off a baby scent.

[???: Why do I smell like a baby when I’m not one?]

[lol I’m all grown up now lolol]

[lololol]

Incomprehensible comments flooded the chat.

I decided to ignore them and continue with the game.

“Hmm…”

The game involved escaping a haunted hospital while avoiding a vengeful ghost.

The eerie graphics created quite an atmosphere.

-Kihihihik!

My character was hiding in a cabinet, avoiding the ghost.

I could see the ghost through a small gap in the cabinet.

Its movements were grotesque.

My ears and tail stood straight up from the tension.

[Gyeoul in super focus mode lol]

[That scene is coming up now lol]

[Don’t spoil it -_-]

[Kick out the spoiler]

I read the rapidly scrolling chat while playing the game.

What could that scene be for people to react like that?

It might be a horrifying or scary scene.

Just as I tightly gripped the pad, building up tension-

-Kihihi!

The ghost started laughing creepily and opening the cabinets one by one.

Under the desk and other places.

It checked every possible hiding spot, approaching the cabinet I was in.

“Uh, uh oh?”

Was I going to get caught?

Would I die if I was caught?

My heart started pounding.

‘What should I do?’

The ghost was faster than my character.

So I had to use the terrain and consumable items to evade it.

I calculated in my head how to escape.

My beast-kin instincts created the optimal escape route.

-Kihihik?

The ghost staggered and opened the cabinet opposite me.

As it looked around inside, I didn’t hesitate to open my cabinet and run out.

-Kihik!

Its reaction speed was surprisingly fast.

The difficulty was so high I doubted if escape was even possible.

However, my beast-kin reflexes made escape possible.

Instead of fleeing to the exit, I chose to run around the room.

“Uh, uah.”

I jumped on and off desks, avoiding the pursuing ghost.

I didn’t look back, but I could sense it was right behind me.

I immediately used the flash bang item.

Bang-!

-Kyaaak!

The blinded ghost flailed its arms around.

I immediately ran for the exit.

Even a second’s delay would get me caught.

“Uaah.”

I had to reach the safe zone.

As I ran in a direction the ghost couldn’t follow, Kwon Arin and the chat’s reactions were strange.

“What the…”

[How did you just escape?]

[First time I’ve seen someone get out of there lol]

[Gyeoul’s skills lol]

People, including Kwon Arin, were expressing surprise.

Not understanding why, I glanced at Kwon Arin.

“That section was supposed to be impossible to escape…”

“How are you supposed to beat it if it’s impossible…?”

“You’re meant to get caught and transported to another location. It’s designed so you can’t avoid it…”

[She just escaped with pure skill, right? lol]

[Gyeoul timed that skill perfectly]

[I timed it, she used it right before getting caught. Must’ve calculated it mentally]

Ah.

So that was a section where you’re supposed to get caught.

How did I manage to escape then?

As I turned around, I saw the ghost charging at incredible speed.

-Kihihihik!

“Uah!”

How did it get in here? This was supposed to be a safe zone!

Startled, I ran all around the room.

I narrowly avoided the ghost’s hands.

[What’s going on? lol This is supposed to be a safe zone, how is it chasing?? lol]

[Guess they designed it so you get caught even if you escape]

[But Gyeoul’s even avoiding this lolol]

The chat exploded with reactions, as this seemed to be a situation no one had seen before.

Kwon Arin, sitting next to me, patted my shoulder.

“Gyeoul, you’re supposed to get caught now.”

“N-No… I don’t want to die…”

I didn’t want to get caught.

Driven by the desire to live, I ran wildly through the hospital.

And then.

BANG-!

The door to our room suddenly burst open.

“Nyak!”

“Nyaak!”

“Uak!”

“F*ck!”

We all jumped like startled cats at the loud noise.

Even Levinas, with her eyes and ears covered, was shocked.

“W-What…?”

I looked warily towards the door.

I saw Yeoreum, looking frantic.

“Gyeoul! Are you okay?!”

“Y-Yes…”

My tail fur remained puffed up, refusing to settle.

Yeoreum scratched her cheek, looking at my startled state.

“I heard you say you didn’t want to die, so…”

Yeoreum’s gaze shifted to the monitor.

Just then, my character was being dragged away by the ghost.

“I was just playing a horror game…”

“Oh… A horror game…?”

Yeoreum looked around the room.

She saw Levinas trembling in fear, Saebyeok still on guard.

Kwon Arin was clutching her chest.

[Damn, that scared me too.]

[I almost had a heart attack]

[The timing lol]

[Gyeoul and Saebyeok really jumped like cats]

[I jumped like a cat too, ffs]

The chat was also startled, just like us.

Yeoreum cleared her throat after darting her eyes around.

“Ah, Arin, how could you curse in front of the kids…?”

“…Sis?”

“S-Sorry…”

Yeoreum sheepishly stepped aside.

Only then did I notice other people near the broken door.

It was my family.

“Playing a game?”

The Master stepped in, crushing door fragments underfoot.

Others followed behind him.

The small room quickly became packed with people.

“Yes… I was playing a game…”

The signal must have been strong.

I didn’t expect so many to come.

The security buzzer was quite effective.

“You broke down the door while the kids were gaming?”

The Master glared at Yeoreum with narrowed eyes.

Yeoreum flinched but stood her ground.

“W-Wouldn’t you have done the same, Master? Gyeoul was calling for help!”

“I would’ve removed it without breaking it. What if the debris hit the kids?”

“……”

Yeoreum clamped her mouth shut.

The Master watched her for a moment before sitting on the floor nearby.

“Training with a horror game?”

“Yes. I wanted to feel a sense of crisis.”

“Interesting. Keep going.”

The Master handed me the fallen pad.

I couldn’t tell if he wanted to watch the game or check my training method.

I continued simply because the Master told me to.

“Gyeoul, aren’t you scared of horror games?”

Jung Yu-na approached, holding Saebyeok in her arms.

Saebyeok’s tail was still puffed up.

She must have been really startled.

I stroked Saebyeok’s head as I answered.

“It’s scary, but I can handle it.”

“Wow, that’s impressive.”

Encia and Argo came over to Yu-na’s side as she marveled.

They seemed somewhat proud.

“Horror games are nothing to Gyeoul.”

“That’s right! The boss is brave!”

My family members approached, each offering a word of encouragement.

The chat went wild due to their sudden appearance.

[Wow]

[Kwon Arin’s broadcast guests are top-tier]

[At this point, isn’t Kwon Arin’s personal broadcast > TV station? lol]

[They must’ve come to see Gyeoul]

[Gyeoul launched one hell of a flare]

Word must have spread somewhere, as the viewer count was rising in real-time.

The number in the thousands place was increasing by the minute.

[Is Kwon Arin friends with Yeomyeong’s guild master?]

[Nah, it’s Yeomyeong but she’s just a low-rank member, right? Kang Jinho probably came for Gyeoul?]

[What’s wrong with being friends with a low-rank member? She could be.]

“W-Well…”

Kwon Arin glanced at the Master nervously while looking at the chat.

Perhaps due to old memories, she hesitated to claim friendship.

The Master spoke indifferently without even looking at Kwon Arin.

“We’re friends.”

“……!”

Brief but powerful.

Kwon Arin’s eyes reddened slightly.

It was nice to see.

A chuckle escaped me.

The pad in my hands felt lighter.

3/6 Enjoy the chappy!

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