We took the children out of the building.

Our Saebyeok carried Levinas, who was weakened from using the Long-lived Horned Rabbit’s mana stone, on her back.

After patting exhausted Levinas’s back, I looked around at everyone and asked:

“Where should we go?”

“There!”

This world’s Levinas pointed to one side of the park.

The pool playground where we often played in our original world was there, but sadly there wasn’t any water in it.

“There’s no water in the pool.”

“Yeah! We drank it because water was scarce!”

“Ah…”

The pond and pool water too.

Had they drunk every bit of water they could find?

I slowly looked around the pool playground.

Though it couldn’t serve its original purpose without water, some children were still playing happily there.

“Levinas wants to play here again someday!”

Levinas clasped her hands together as if praying.

Her desperate expression made me smile, then feel bitter.

In our world this was a pool playground we could visit anytime.

But for this world’s Levinas, was it a place she desperately wished to play at again someday?

Just as I was about to look down at the ground with that bitter feeling, Levinas ran toward the pool playground.

“I used to swim here with Gaeul puppy!”

Splash splash-

This world’s Levinas waved her hands in the air, pretending to swim.

Both Gaeuls ran to her side and also pretended to swim.

Splash splash-

Splash splash-

While mimicking swimming, Levinas climbed onto the slide equipment.

“I rode this slide with Princess too!”

This world’s Levinas sat at the top of the slide.

Our Levinas, riding on Saebyeok’s back, opened her horned rabbit eyes.

“Heuk! Levinas rode that with King too!”

“Heuk! Really?!”

This world’s Levinas slid down.

With no water on the slide, she kept stopping and starting on her way down.

Still, Levinas seemed to be having fun, giggling away.

She was completely different from when we first met her in this world.

“Princess! Let’s definitely play here again later!”

“Yes. Let’s ride the slide and swim together.”

While this world’s Levinas and I were talking-

A robed and masked figure appeared from behind trees on the far side of the pool playground.

Though I couldn’t see their appearance, I could tell it was our world’s Jung Yu-na from their height and the staff they held.

Mana rose from the tip of Jung Yu-na’s staff.

I could instinctively sense it was mana related to ‘water’.

She was preparing magic to fill the pool.

Flick-

Our world’s Jung Yu-na gave me a thumbs up.

I returned double thumbs up before turning to this world’s children.

“Levinas and me.”

“Yeah!”

“Yes…?”

“Let’s play now, not later.”

Splash-!

As soon as I finished speaking, water started filling the pool.

The magic had activated with perfect timing.

“Heuk! Water!”

“…!”

Levinas and Princess’s ears shot straight up.

The children splashed in the water with wide round eyes.

“This is…”

Han Yeoreum, who had followed us belatedly, stared down at the rising pool water.

Then she glanced at Jung Yu-na standing behind the distant trees.

“Oh.”

This wasn’t supposed to be discovered.

I looked up at Han Yeoreum with concern.

But Han Yeoreum just smiled and patted my head.

**

Robed Jung Yu-na met with this world’s Han Yeoreum.

They stood by a tree watching the children play in the pool, while I stood between them holding both their hands.

“Kyaa!”

“Hehe!”

Just watching the children play energetically brought smiles to our faces.

My gently swaying tail brushed against both people beside me.

“I see. So Gyeoul brought all the guild members?”

“Yeah. But Yeoreum, why are you speaking informally?”

“U-um…?”

Han Yeoreum looked at Jung Yu-na with confused eyes.

Though I couldn’t see behind the mask, I could tell Jung Yu-na was wearing a mischievous smile.

“I’m much older and more senior than you.”

“R-really…?”

“Don’t you think so?”

“Oh my.”

Han Yeoreum narrowed her eyes then burst out laughing.

Jung Yu-na started chuckling too.

“But what’s the me here doing, not even filling the pool and pond?”

“She went to the Chungcheong area. We have to protect other regions too.”

“I see. You’re really short-handed?”

A moment of silence.

Then Jung Yu-na spoke again.

“Just wait a bit, we’re searching for the Lotus bases. It’ll take time with all the monsters, but we’ll resolve this.”

“Yeah… thanks…”

Han Yeoreum smiled awkwardly.

Jung Yu-na, who had been smiling similarly, pointed at the pool playground.

Our children and children who had evacuated to the park were playing excitedly there.

“Yes.”

I needed to teach wild energy to this world’s me.

As I ran toward the pool playground, I stopped briefly watching the two Gaeuls focused on something.

“Yah!”

“Yah?”

Our Gaeul was teaching this world’s Gaeul the teleportation magic trick.

It was nice seeing them practice so seriously.

“Is Gaeul teaching Gaeul?”

“Nyuu.”

“Nyuu.”

Our Gaeul, who had been wagging her tail gently, hid herself with cloth.

Seeing this, this world’s Gaeul also hid herself with cloth.

“Yah!”

“Yah!”

The two Gaeuls threw their cloths and ran.

But they went in different directions and crashed into each other.

With a small thump, both Gaeuls fell to the ground.

They stared at each other with blank faces.

Their expressions showed they had no idea what had happened.

“You both need to run in the same direction. That way you won’t crash.”

“Heuk…!”

“Heuk…!”

Both Gaeuls stuck out their tongues to show they understood.

I patted their heads.

“Want to show me after you practice more?”

“Nyuu.”

“Nyuu.”

The Gaeuls started practicing the teleportation magic again.

I passed by them and approached the other children.

“Princess! Coming down!”

“U-um…”

This world’s me and Levinas slid down the slide.

Whoosh-

This world’s me slid down with eyes tightly shut.

Her body was completely curled up.

This world’s me was really timid.

I moved to the bottom part of the slide where the two were coming down.

“Princess came down with me and Princess welcomed us!”

This world’s Levinas giggled happily.

Only then did I open my tightly shut eyes.

“It’s scary even though I’ve ridden it often…”

“Yeah! But Princess rode it bravely!”

It seemed like this world had reversed my and Levinas’s roles somehow.

I helped the two still sitting on the slide stand up and said:

“This world’s me needs to become a bit braver.”

“M-me…?”

“Yes. You don’t need to become very brave, just a tiny bit is enough.”

“But I…”

This world’s me hung her head while fidgeting with her hands.

Levinas put her hand on my drooping shoulders.

“Princess will definitely do it!”

“R-really…?”

“Yeah! Because Levinas did it! Princess is Levinas’s family so she’ll definitely succeed!”

“Yes…”

I who had been fidgeting with my hands clenched them into fists.

Though small and clumsy, it was a clear resolution.

Resolution is only possible with courage.

It was a good start.

**

I took this world’s Levinas and me to the side of the pool playground.

The two Saebyeoks and Gaeuls followed us, along with Levinas being carried.

“This world’s Gyeoul.”

“U-um…?”

I approached myself who was standing there hesitantly.

Having the same name made it weird when calling each other.

“We’re from the cat species.”

“Yes…”

“They say cat species have sleeping wild energy inside them. So you can do it too.”

“R-really…?”

This world’s me rolled her eyes around.

Our Levinas who was being carried suddenly raised her hand.

“That’s right! King is super fierce and really scary when releasing wild energy!”

This world’s children tilted their heads at Levinas’s statement.

My being extremely fierce must be hard for these children to understand.

After all, this world’s me was literally a princess.

I decided to show them a small bit of wild energy for their sake.

“I’ll show you wild energy.”

I slowly drew out the wild energy hidden inside me.

I only brought out a tiny portion to avoid startling the children.

“Roar.”

I let out a small roar while showing cat species’ characteristic sharp fangs and claws.

This world’s children stood still in their spots facing my wild energy.

“Oh…”

What’s this.

Was the wild energy too weak?

Just as I was starting to feel embarrassed-

“Heeeuk!”

This world’s Levinas showed a similar reaction to when she first met me.

Her expression was like she’d seen a ghost.

“Nyaa…”

Soon after, Gaeul beside her lay down exposing her belly.

Taking a submissive posture, Gaeul’s body trembled.

And beside such Gaeul…

“Nyaa…”

This world’s me also exposed her belly like Gaeul.

Making sounds like a rain-soaked cat, she took a submissive posture.

“King, isn’t that too much for their first time?”

“Y-yes… sorry…”

Our Levinas lowered my extended claws.

While doing so she puffed out her chest with an “ahem.”

She was proud of my wild energy.

‘What’s this.’

I had tried to control it.

Our children weren’t affected at all, so what was this?

Scratching my cheek, I recalled when I first showed wild energy.

Even when I was completely inexperienced, Levinas had been really scared.

Now I was somewhat used to it.

Even controlled, wild energy was still wild energy.

For children facing wild energy for the first time, it might have been quite ferocious.

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