“Meow meow.”

Seol made its unique cat sound as it licked my tail.

I wondered what could be so tasty that it kept licking.

When I flicked my tail to the right, Seol looked up at me.

Those innocent eyes made it impossible not to give my tail back.

“Seol, if you keep licking like that, won’t you cough up a hairball? Saebyeok coughed one up the other day.”

“Meow! Meow!”

“O-okay…?”

It didn’t seem to care.

Is this normal for all felines?

Bewildered, I was about to scratch my cheek when I realized Levinas was already licking it, so I stopped.

‘They all really love licking.’

It wasn’t hurting anything, so there was no need to stop them if they enjoyed it.

I decided I’d just play with the drone instead.

As I was about to put the goggles back on, Gaeul came into the tent holding the drone.

“Master…!”

Gaeul held out the drone to show me.

She looked a bit proud of herself.

“Wow, did you catch it, Gaeul?”

“No…!”

Shaking her head, Gaeul pointed at Saebyeok behind her.

Saebyeok’s eyes were unusually fierce.

It seemed her feline instincts were still active from hunting the drone.

“Saebyeok, did you catch this drone?”

“Yeah. I caught it.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

“Ahem…”

Saebyeok puffed out her chest.

It always made me happy to see the usually stoic Saebyeok express herself like this.

“But you know, I was actually the one flying it?”

“You were, Gyeoul?”

“Yeah, using this controller…”

Just as I was about to show Saebyeok the controller, Gaeul picked up the goggles sitting on my thigh.

“Huh…?”

Gaeul examined the goggles from all angles.

She tried wearing them like a bracelet, then placed them on her thigh like I had.

It seemed she was trying to figure out how to use them.

“Nng…”

Whimpering as she pondered, Gaeul finally put the goggles over her eyes.

Having figured out how to use them, she perked up her ears and put them on properly.

“…!”

Gaeul’s body trembled as she wore the goggles.

Seeing a completely different world through the drone’s camera must have been surprising.

By the way, the camera of the drone Gaeul was holding was pointed directly at her face.

“Master…! Gaeul…!”

Was she surprised to see her own face?

Gaeul started flailing around.

I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Can you see your face, Gaeul?”

“Huh…!”

“It’s like your eyes have moved over there.”

“…!”

Gaeul reached out towards the drone camera, then quickly pulled her hand back in shock.

She must have thought her eye was about to be poked.

I was curious how Gaeul would solve this problem.

But for a while, Gaeul just stared at the drone camera with her mouth agape.

“Gaeul?”

Mrrr-

After staying like that for a while, Gaeul seemed to make a decision and stuck out her tongue slightly.

She brought her tongue towards the camera.

As her tongue got closer to the camera, Gaeul’s ears and tail fur stood on end.

‘That tongue must look huge on camera.’

A giant pink tongue had filled the screen before.

Gaeul must have found it scary, as she pulled her tongue back.

She repeated this process of sticking her tongue out and pulling it back for quite some time.

Her fur would stand up when her tongue got close to the camera, and settle when it moved away.

After conflicting over whether to lick it or not several times, Gaeul finally licked the camera.

“…!”

Shiver.

Gaeul’s body trembled.

After freezing for a moment as if in awe, Gaeul started licking the camera rapidly.

“Gaeul, what are you doing?”

“Fixing eye!”

“Your eye?”

Was she trying to fix her eye by licking it?

Dogs do have a habit of licking their wounds.

I thought it was time to stop this game.

“Gaeul, actually, if you take off the goggles, everything goes back to normal.”

I reached out and took the goggles off Gaeul.

Her eyes were wide open when revealed.

“Fixed?!”

“Y-yeah. Gaeul’s eyes are all better now.”

“Master…!”

Thinking I had fixed her eyes, Gaeul started licking my cheek.

Seol was licking my tail, Levinas and Gaeul were licking my cheeks.

And Saebyeok was licking my ears.

‘They really do love this.’

We should start preparing for the party soon.

But maybe we could stay like this for just a bit longer.

I sat down with my legs stretched out under the tent.

I had no choice but to let the children lick me for a while.

**

The party preparations began with trust in our guild members.

The belief that they would certainly clear the dungeons and return.

With that belief, we were able to prepare a celebration party.

“Gyeoul, I’ll cover the costs, so don’t worry about money and spend as much as you want.”

“Is… is that okay? It seems like it’ll be expensive…”

“Of course it’s okay. You know your sister is super rich, right?”

“Yeah…”

As I nodded, Yeoreum held out a card to me.

It was a sleek black card that looked high-end.

“It’s to celebrate our hardworking guild members, so I won’t be stingy with the money.”

“Okay. That’s great.”

“Alright. So how should we do the party?”

“Hmm…”

First, we’d need delicious food.

But what kind of food would be good?

As I was thinking with my arms crossed, Levinas suddenly raised her hand.

“Buffet!”

“Buffet?”

“Yeah! A buffet has lots of different foods!”

Ah.

I thought of the buffet at the department store.

“The department store buffet is really delicious.”

“Yeah! Should we ask the buffet to cook for us?!”

“Well… I don’t think that would work.”

It’s not like they do catering.

It would probably be difficult to ask them to come here.

As I was thinking this, Yeoreum started laughing like a villain.

“Gyeoul, just trust your sister.”

“Do you have a way?”

“Yeah. Your sister is a VVIP at that department store. One of the perks is an off-site food service.”

“There’s such a thing?”

“Yep. But it’s only available on the department store’s day off…”

Their day off, huh.

I counted the days on my fingers.

If nothing went wrong, the guild members would return on Monday.

“Everyone said they’d be back next Monday.”

“Right. The department store is closed on Mondays, so it’s perfect timing.”

“Oh?”

I see.

I didn’t know that because I’d never been to the department store on a Monday.

But I did know it was open on weekends.

“I’ll ask if the buffet is available on Monday.”

“Okay. But won’t it be hard for them to work on their day off?”

“Don’t worry. They have special staff just for this kind of service.”

“I see…”

As expected of a high-end department store.

I didn’t know they had things like that.

Having lived as an ordinary person all my life, I couldn’t help but be amazed.

“Alright, so we’ve got the food sorted. As for decorations…”

“Levinas is in charge of decorations!”

Levinas raised her hand high.

Yeoreum smiled as if she had expected this.

Gaeul, standing nearby, raised her hand too, even though she looked confused about what was going on.

“Okay then, I’ll leave the decorations to you?”

“Yeah! Just trust Levinas!”

Levinas picked up her drawing supplies.

Thinking it was a drawing game, Gaeul’s eyes sparkled.

“Gaeul too.”

“Yeah! Gaeul puppy can help too! We’ll all do it together!”

“Huh!”

Levinas and Gaeul ran towards the park.

They decided to work hard on decorating the park before the guild members returned.

**

Recently, the biggest topic of conversation was undoubtedly Yeomyeong.

From politicians and reporters to adventurers and ordinary citizens.

Everyone was watching Yeomyeong’s dispatch closely.

Those who supported Yeomyeong said they had made a reckless choice, but still hoped for their success.

Some factions hostile to Yeomyeong sneered, saying Kang Jinho must have gone senile.

People treated Yeomyeong in their own ways, but both supporters and critics shared the same thought:

This time, Yeomyeong might really slip up.

“Honestly, I think Kang Jinho can do it.”

“If he had enough time, sure. The problem is, there isn’t enough time.”

Three level 9 dungeons had opened in Australia.

And over a dozen level 8 dungeons.

Knowing this, Kang Jinho still sent all the guild members to Norway and headed to Australia alone.

Saying something strange about dandelion honey tea being enough.

To say such a thing when he knew monsters would escape the portal in three days.

The Australian government, belatedly informed of the situation, protested strongly.

There were even news articles about them hastily recruiting other guilds.

“Could Kang Jinho do it alone if he had enough time?”

“That guy could clear a hundred level 9 dungeons if he had enough time. I’m more worried about the Norway side.”

“I hope it all works out…”

Sigh.

Those discussing the matter let out long sighs.

They worried about Yeomyeong Guild, even though it wasn’t their business.

Anyone who used Yeomyeong Park couldn’t help but worry.

“King! Let’s float carrot boats in the pond too!”

“Should we put Levinas’s drawings on the boats?”

“Yeah!”

The children were preparing for the celebration party near the park’s pond.

They decorated various parts of the park, drawing happy cats, celebrating rabbits, and cheerfully smiling dogs.

The children prepared for the party, believing Yeomyeong would succeed.

They didn’t seem to have a single doubt.

What would happen to the children if Yeomyeong failed?

“Ugh…”

It’s terrible just to imagine.

Sighs escaped from the mouths of those visiting the park.

They could only hope that Yeomyeong would succeed.

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