Levinas’s eyes narrowed fiercely.

Gaeul followed suit, raising her eyebrows slightly.

“Do you really hate Gyeoul…?!” Levinas demanded.

“W-well…” The two high school girls fell silent at Levinas’s angry voice.

Even Gaeul seemed surprised, her eyes wide open.

It seemed Levinas had truly misunderstood. As I reached out to stop her, she suddenly started giggling.

“Then look at this!” Levinas pulled out a smartphone from her pocket.

She clumsily touched the screen, opening a gallery full of photos and videos.

The gallery was packed with pictures and videos of me and the children.

Among them, there were particularly many of me.

‘What’s this?’

When did she take all of these?

Just as I was about to examine the screen closely, Levinas sat down between the two high school girls, holding out the smartphone.

“Look at this!”

Everyone’s gaze focused on the screen Levinas was showing.

On it was me, looking as if I had just woken up.

“Nyahm.”

In the video, I walked out of the room in a drowsy state.

Then I stretched out on the living room floor like a cat.

“W-wow…” The two girls covered their mouths after watching the video.

For some reason, Levinas’s shoulders rose proudly.

“Well?! Do you still hate Gyeoul?!”

She called me ‘Gyeoul’ instead of ‘King’.

I could understand this subtle difference.

Levinas knew that the Gyeoul the girl said she disliked wasn’t me, but the season.

“Um… seeing it like this, Winter seems kind of nice, but also not…”

“You still don’t get it?!”

“Yeah. I think we might need to see more videos…”

The two girls nodded, exchanging glances.

I wasn’t sure what they meant.

“Alright! Then Levinas will show you more videos!”

Levinas swiped the smartphone screen.

This time, it showed me sleeping in bed.

Nom nom-

It was a video of me nibbling on Saebyeok’s tail while sleeping.

‘Oh my.’

So I really do groom instinctively while sleeping.

It was a bit shocking to see myself grooming for the first time.

“Wow.”

“Oh…”

The two girls’ faces flushed.

Levinas continued to show off lots of my photos and videos.

“Well?! Do you like Gyeoul now?!”

“Yeah. Gyeoul’s become my favorite season of all.”

“I’ve always liked Gyeoul.”

Levinas looked confident at their words of liking Gyeoul.

The two girls chuckled at Levinas’s proud expression, then turned to look at me.

“Hey, Gyeoul.”

“Y-yes…?”

“Sorry for saying we hated Gyeoul earlier.”

“Oh, no. You were talking about the season Winter. I know you weren’t talking about me.”

“Really? That’s a relief.”

We chatted with the two high school girls about various things.

Suddenly, Levinas’s ears perked up.

“Were you really scared because of Levinas earlier?”

“Um… We were a bit surprised, but not scared. We could tell it was a joke.”

The two girls shook their heads, saying it was fine.

Was Levinas feeling bad for setting up the mood to play a prank?

She let out a sigh of relief.

“Levinas will show you more of King’s photos as an apology.”

“Really?”

“Yeah! This one is…”

We continued chatting with the girls for a while before parting ways.

“Bye-bye,” Levinas waved her smartphone at the girls.

“Hey, Levinas.”

“Yeah?!”

“You knew they were talking about the season Winter, not me?”

“Yeah! Levinas knew!”

I see.

As I nodded, Gaeul’s ears next to me suddenly perked up.

“Season?!”

“Gaeul puppy didn’t know?!”

“Huh…!”

Well, it’s understandable that Gaeul didn’t know.

She’s the youngest among us, after all.

Saebyeok, who was standing nearby, seemed to think the same, as she patted Gaeul’s head reassuringly.

Thanks to that, I could continue my conversation with Levinas.

“If you knew they weren’t talking about me but the season, why did you run over?”

“Because it seemed like a chance to show off King! King is the best!”

“Me…?”

“Yeah! Levinas wanted to brag about King! Because King is the best!”

“I see.”

I felt embarrassed yet pleased.

I scratched my cheek, chuckling.

My tail swayed gently.

“I think Levinas is the best too.”

“Really?!”

“Yeah. Saebyeok and Gaeul are the best too.”

Pleased by my words, Saebyeok and Gaeul’s tails wagged rapidly.

I was relieved that what could have been an incident ended on such a good note.

After leaving the small park, we continued wandering around.

We mainly explored unfamiliar streets to scout out the neighborhood.

“King! Look at that!”

We soon discovered a massive building.

It was a circular structure that looked like a stadium, with quite a crowd gathered around it.

“There must be some kind of event going on.”

Let’s take a quick look.

As we approached, I spotted a familiar figure in the distance.

A sword at the waist and tight-fitting leather clothes.

It was the outfit Yeoreum wore when heading into dungeons.

But something felt off about this Yeoreum.

She seemed slightly shorter than usual.

The body wasn’t as sturdy as I remembered, and the scent was different too.

Crucially, my pheromones weren’t present anywhere on her body.

‘What’s going on?’

Adventurers usually had their hunting clothes tailored to their specific traits and body types.

That meant Yeoreum’s adventurer outfit was one of a kind in the world.

Yet the person before us wore clothes identical to Yeoreum’s.

It was Yeoreum, but not Yeoreum.

My tail formed a question mark.

The children also seemed to sense something was off, eyeing the fake Yeoreum’s back warily.

“Master…!”

Gaeul pointed at the fake Yeoreum with wide eyes.

Then, as if making up her mind, she approached.

We followed closely behind.

“…!”

Gaeul’s ears and tail stood on end as she stood behind the fake Yeoreum.

Up close, the strangeness became even more apparent.

‘What is going on?’

I raised my guard to the maximum.

“What’s up?!”

Tap tap-

Gaeul tugged at the fake Yeoreum’s clothes.

She slowly turned around.

“Um, yes?”

“…!”

The face that turned to us was indeed that of a stranger.

All our fur stood on end.

“It’s a fake…!”

“No, wait, I’m-“

“Everyone run!”

“Kids, that’s not-!”

The fake Yeoreum reached out towards us.

Startled, our bodies instinctively began to run.

“Nyaaah!”

“Masterrr…!”

I fled with the children.

As we ran, I spotted a sign set up at one corner of the stadium.

───

International Cosplay Event

───

‘Cosplay?’

I came to my senses and looked around.

I could see people in various costumes.

I’d thought there were a lot of adventurers, but…

They were cosplaying.

I finally realized the identity of the fake Yeoreum from earlier.

“Kids, wait a second.”

I stopped running and called the children together.

As I was about to explain what this place was, Levinas’s eyes grew wide.

“King…!”

Levinas pointed in a direction.

There stood a woman in a bunny girl costume.

Rabbit ears visible above her head and small horns protruding.

There was even a round rabbit tail on her back.

So otherworld bunny girls have horns too.

I looked at the woman in the bunny girl outfit with curious eyes.

“King! It’s Levinas’s kin…! I thought Levinas was the only horned rabbit…!”

“No, that’s-“

The ears and tail characteristic of horned rabbits did look quite real.

The horns were pretty impressive too.

Thanks to the magic that existed in this world, it was possible to make them look authentic.

“Horned rabbit…!”

Levinas ran towards the bunny girl woman.

She stood in front of her, stomping her feet excitedly.

“Hm…?”

“Horned rabbit! Are your horns bigger than Levinas’s?! Are you an adult horned rabbit?!”

Levinas raised her hand and poked the woman’s horns.

She was touching the ears too, so I went over and felt them as well.

They were soft, just like real horned rabbit ears.

It was understandable that Levinas, who didn’t know what cosplay was, would be fooled.

“How long have horned rabbits been here?!”

“Well, that’s…”

“Have you met any bad snakes?! If not, be careful of bad snakes! Snake beast-kin hit a lot!”

Levinas swung her fists in the air.

She also pretended to hit her own forearm, going “Whack, whack!”

“They hit like this, so be careful!”

“…Did you get hit a lot?”

“No! Levinas didn’t get hit! But they pinched and squeezed! You have to be two years older than Levinas to get hit!”

“I see…”

The bunny girl woman crouched down and patted Levinas’s head.

Levinas giggled, seemingly enjoying the touch from someone she thought was her kin.

“But you know, actually, big sister isn’t a horned rabbit-“

Just as the bunny girl woman was about to explain something,

Levinas went behind her and grabbed her tail.

Tug tug-

Levinas played with the woman’s tail, pulling on it.

Then, pop-

The woman’s rabbit tail came off with a pop.

“Huuuuuuh?!”

Levinas’s horned rabbit eyes went wide.

She opened them wider than I’d ever seen before.

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[raei: uhm I tried to swap Gyeoul and Winter depending on what they were implying. Sorry for any confusion.]

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