I survived for just one day.

Though I only enjoyed a brief time, I had no regrets.

It was quite a stylish end, after all.

As far as endings in a zombie world go, this was a pretty good one.

I looked around, satisfied.

‘This is…’

The dock of the island where we’d moored the ship.

When had I ended up here?

As I turned at the sound of waves, Levinas tightly embraced me.

“King!”

“Levhinash.”

With my face buried in Levinas’ chest, it wasn’t easy to speak.

I had no choice but to poke Levinas’ waist repeatedly.

“Hehehe.”

Levinas shrank back, curling up.

That worried expression from earlier was gone, replaced by giggles.

“Levinas, why’d you get caught too? You should’ve survived till the end.”

“Without King, there’s no reason to play!”

“R-Really?”

“Yeah! The most fun thing in the world becomes the most boring!”

“…I see.”

Looks like Levinas really likes me.

I like Levinas just as much, though.

“Hehe.”

My tail wagged naturally.

That’s when our companions appeared around us.

“Huh?!”

Nam Doyeon, Kim Junseo, Hong Seongwoo.

As they appeared one by one, Levinas’ ears perked up.

It meant they’d all been caught by zombies.

“E-Everyone got caught…?”

I’d sacrificed myself so coolly.

But it was all for nothing.

My shoulders slumped in disappointment.

“Gyeoul, you…”

“Yes?”

“You little…”

Nam Doyeon approached me, looking slightly angry.

Then she started pinching and pulling my cheeks.

My cheeks were elastic, so they stretched out, but it didn’t hurt.

“Wh-Why…?”

My pronunciation was off because my cheeks were stretched.

But my meaning seemed to get across just fine.

“Who gave you permission to rush at the zombies?”

“W-Well, I was trying to protect everyone…”

“…Without even hearing our opinion?”

“Um…”

The situation had been too urgent to get opinions.

At the thought of being scolded by her, my tail drooped.

“Do you know how shocked Gyeoul was seeing you get attacked by zombies?”

“It wasn’t that brutal, was it?”

“You’re level three, Gyeoul. We’re level one.”

“…Is level one death much more gruesome?”

At my question, Nam Doyeon’s face went pale.

Kim Junseo and Hong Seongwoo squeezed their eyes shut too.

Seems Levinas and I had died quite horribly.

“Gyeoul, sacrificing yourself without talking to your teammates is just a rash action.”

“Y-Yes… I’m sorry…”

I apologized to everyone with my hands.

I felt uneasy at the thought that the group had failed because of me.

That’s when Yeoreum’s voice came from behind.

“That’s right, Gyeoul. Sacrifice is absolutely not allowed, no matter what.”

Yeoreum picked me up from behind.

My drooping tail began to wag, tickling her body and chin.

“I’m sorry. I thought this was the best option.”

“Sacrifice is never the best option. No matter what, surviving together is always best.”

“Okay… I won’t do it again next time…”

I was too embarrassed to face her.

So I buried my face in Yeoreum’s chest.

Pat pat-

Her hand patting my back felt nice.

I decided to stay like this for a bit since I had no energy.

“Everyone, thank you so much for helping our Gyeoul.”

Yeoreum addressed the other members.

Even then, she kept stroking my back.

“Oh, no, we just did what we had to.”

“It was fun, thanks to her.”

Everyone said it was fine, even though they’d failed because of me.

They were all good people.

“Um… There’s going to be another tournament, you know? Would you like to participate again then?”

“Huh? Is that allowed?”

“Yes. Thanks to you, we achieved what we wanted. Thank you for your help.”

I had the illusion that Yeoreum’s hand stroking my back became even gentler.

It was so comfortable I felt like I could doze off.

“…So that’s how it was?”

Nam Doyeon answered as if she knew something.

Even though it was pitch black with my face hidden, I could sense everyone looking at me.

What’s going on?

I wanted to lift my head, but I was too sleepy.

I decided to sleep first and then get up.

—

—

I felt comfortable.

Not just my body, but my mind too.

“Mmm…”

Where was I right now?

I carefully opened my eyes.

The first thing I saw was Yeoreum smiling.

It seemed she was holding me.

“Gyeoul, are you awake?”

“Yes…”

I rubbed my eyes and looked around.

Yeoreum was carrying me out of the guild parking lot.

“How about it, want to get down and walk?”

“Um… but I want to stay like this a little longer.”

“Okay. Shall we?”

Yeoreum walked towards the first floor of the building with a bright smile.

Levinas and Saebyeok followed behind.

Crunch crunch, munch munch.

Levinas and Saebyeok were eating carrot sticks and dried anchovies.

I rolled my eyes, looking at the kids alternately.

“King, say ‘ah’.”

“Ah?”

When I opened my mouth saying ‘ah’, Levinas shoved a carrot stick in.

Saebyeok followed, pushing in an anchovy.

“Nom.”

Eating the two together was pretty tasty.

To be honest, it couldn’t not be a delicious combination.

“Is it yummy?”

“Yeah. It’s really delicious.”

Eating snacks like that, we arrived at the first floor lobby.

Kwon Arin ran towards us as if she’d been waiting.

“Sis! Gyeoul!”

“Yes?”

She looked quite urgent.

It was enough to make my remaining drowsiness fly away.

“Help me out!”

“What do you need help with?”

“A game!”

“Game?!”

It wasn’t me who answered Kwon Arin, but Levinas.

At the word ‘game’, Levinas’ eyes began to sparkle.

“What kind of game?”

“There’s a first clear event for a new boss, you know? But it’s a boss where party members need to work well together.”

“Ah…”

If it was that, I could help as much as needed.

I climbed down Yeoreum’s body.

“Arin, isn’t it bad to make the kids play games for too long?”

“Yes. It’ll be over quickly anyway since Gyeoul is good at it.”

“Hehe…”

It was embarrassing to say it myself, but I was pretty good.

My reflexes were on an absurd level, after all.

“Game! Levinas wants to play game too!”

“Okay. Let’s do it together.”

We moved to a nearby PC bang like that.

We had to go to a PC bang since Kwon Arin only had one computer.

“Welcome…”

The employee’s eyes widened as they saw us.

People wandering around the PC bang were quite surprised too.

“Hey, the Yeomyeong Guild kids are here.”

“The beast-kin kids? Why are they here?”

Though they spoke quietly, I could hear it all.

It was only natural they’d be surprised to see beast-kin, who like playing outside, come here.

I didn’t pay much attention and just followed behind Kwon Arin.

“Two seats should be enough, right?”

Levinas and I shared one computer, and Kwon Arin used one.

Saebyeok, who didn’t enjoy games, just sat on Kwon Arin’s lap.

“Um, but I don’t have a game ID…”

“It’s fine, I have two accounts.”

“Ah, I see.”

The game Kwon Arin turned on was an online RPG.

My character was a bit special, a first-person shooter character.

It seemed Kwon Arin had raised the character to suit my traits.

“Let’s find a party to go with.”

“Don’t you have party members?”

“Nope. There’s a rumor going around that only streamers get special treatment, so I’m trying to clear it without streaming.”

“Ah…”

Was it like a gamer’s pride?

It was perfectly understandable.

So we spent about 30 minutes finding a party and entered the dungeon.

—

—

Levinas moved the character, and I used the mouse to shoot enemies.

When it looked like an attack would hit, I moved the character to dodge.

My class, Gunner, dealt more damage when targeting weak points, and all ten shots I fired hit weak points.

“What’s this?”

Levinas pressed a number key.

It was the key to drink a potion.

Even though our health was almost full, we drank a potion.

A sign indicating health recovery appeared above my character.

Bang bang-!

As I accurately hit only weak points, the named boss frequently became groggy.

Thanks to that, we were able to easily take down the first named boss.

“Guys, I’m going to the bathroom for a bit.”

“Okay~”

We took a short break as we moved on to the next named boss.

While Kwon Arin went to the bathroom, we decided to play around with our characters since we had nothing to do.

We threw firework items and used emotes that stuck out their tongues.

It was pretty fun.

-What’s up with that person??

-Using potions at full HP and moving weirdly, I thought they were a noob lol

-Gunner didn’t get hit even once during the berserk pattern earlier. They dodged everything by like a single tick.

-Gunner is #1 in DPS~

Break time.

The remaining people chatted and played around.

Many players showed interest in us.

It was because we were playing the game strangely.

“Ahem.”

Levinas puffed out her chest and placed her hands on the keyboard.

She began to type one letter at a time in slow motion.

-★!BabyKittyIsGoodAtGame!★

Baby Kitty.

It was my character’s nickname.

How had Levinas figured out how to use special characters?

I looked back and forth between Levinas and the monitor screen in surprise.

-Oh boy

-Just looking at the chat, I can tell they’re a pro lol

The party members’ reactions to Levinas’ chat weren’t bad.

Except for one person.

-The concept is so cringe.

“King! What does ‘concept is cringe’ mean?!”

“Um… I think they didn’t like the chat you sent.”

“Wah!”

Startled, Levinas began to type again.

I quickly added polite speech as she was about to reply informally.

Since I intervened in a hurry, there was a typo.

-Sorry!So;ㅠㅠ

-Gunner, everything’s great but please don’t act cute…

-○Why?! BabyKittyIsCute?!★

-Oh fuc…

The chat that came back was a profanity even Levinas would know.

Levinas raised her fist in anger.

“Grr!”

The loud noise drew the attention of everyone in the PC bang.

Thanks to the unusual combination of a PC bang and beast-kin, quite a few gazes gathered.

“They’re beast-kin kids?”

“Yeah. They came in earlier.”

“But why are the kids so angry?”

“Dunno, weird huh?”

Those showing interest peeked at our screen.

Just then, Levinas’ chat full of anger was going up.

-Stupid

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