We followed the Wizards Association president outside the park.

Feeling like it was an outing, Levinas started singing.

“Invincible horned rabbit! Strongest horned rabbit!”

Bom awkwardly tried to follow Levinas’s cheerful singing.

She just hummed along without lyrics.

“Kind snake should sing energetically like Levinas!”

“Uh… I don’t know any songs…”

“Ah! Then Levinas will teach you!”

Levinas taught Bom the horned rabbit song.

Invincible horned rabbit~ Strongest horned rabbit~

Every time Bom sang about horned rabbits, Levinas’s shoulders rose proudly.

“The song is really good.”

“Yeah! Horned rabbit songs are the best in the world!”

“…That must be nice.”

Though I thought we were having a pleasant conversation, somehow Bom’s expression didn’t look good.

After staring at the ground for a while, Bom fidgeted with her tail and asked.

“…Are there any songs about snakes?”

“W-well…”

I could feel Levinas’s panic at Bom’s question.

As family, I understood why Levinas was reacting that way.

“There aren’t any snake songs?”

“Well, Levinas doesn’t really know any snake songs…”

“It’s okay. Can’t be helped if you don’t know any.”

Though Bom smiled saying it was fine, disappointment showed on her face.

Seeing her somewhat sad expression, Levinas’s shoulders drooped.

“Sorry, Levinas was just bragging about horned rabbits too much…”

What showed on Levinas’s face was guilt.

Guilt for having bragged so much about herself while not considering Bom at all.

Should I look for snake songs on the smartphone?

Looking at Levinas’s pocket bulging with her smartphone, an idea came to mind.

“Levinas.”

“Yeah…?”

“Why don’t you make a snake song for Bom?”

“Ah…! That’s possible…!”

Levinas’s eyes sparkled.

As if she’d never felt sorry, Levinas started giggling.

“Kind snake, Levinas will make you the coolest snake song in the world!”

“Wow really?”

“Yeah! But it’s Levinas’s first time making a song so it might take a while!”

“Okay. I’ll look forward to it.”

Hehehe.

Kihihi.

Bom and Levinas walked together laughing.

Before we knew it, we’d arrived at the construction site.

“A construction site?”

“Yes. It’s my building. Please wait here while I have a word with them.”

“Okay.”

His own building in this expensive neighborhood?

The Wizards Association president must be incredibly wealthy.

As I was looking up at the building under construction, Gaeul suddenly started running somewhere.

“Sand!”

Gray cement packed in bags.

Thinking it was sand, Gaeul reached for the cement.

Did she want to play with sand?

I quickly grabbed Gaeul’s wrist.

“Gaeul, this isn’t sand – it’s cement.”

“Cement?”

“Yeah. It’s used for making buildings, and if you put your hand in it, your hand might turn to stone.”

“…!”

Todododok-

Gaeul backed away with startled eyes.

Saebyeok put a hard hat on Gaeul’s head.

“They say this keeps you safe even if stones fall on your head.”

“Eek…”

Saebyeok put a hard hat on me too.

When I turned around, Levinas and Bom were already wearing hard hats.

Wearing her hat, Levinas was examining construction tools with Bom.

“Oh!”

Levinas picked up a shovel from the ground.

Then she threw it far with force.

Clang-

Though the shovel fell with a metallic sound, no one in the busy construction site turned to look.

“Levinas, why did you throw the shovel?”

“Big shovels are bad shovels!”

“Why are shovels bad?”

At my question, Levinas picked up the shovel she’d thrown.

Somehow drooping her ears, she started digging.

“Huff huff…”

After struggling to scoop one shovelful of dirt, she put the shovel down.

Then she stepped back and made an angry face.

“Hurry up and dig!”

“…Did someone scold Levinas like that?”

“No! Levinas likes digging dirt so didn’t get scolded! Levinas dug everyone else’s share too!”

“Ah, right.”

Our Levinas is really good at digging after all.

Good enough not to need help from mere shovels.

Is this how the radical beast-kin village people live so difficultly?

Maybe the radical beast-kin had a class-based society.

‘Since they have a king.’

Did they divide people by class and status?

While I was lost in these thoughts, Lee Gunwoo returned to us.

He led us to where cement bags were piled up.

“Could you plant the underground flower here? With the exit facing the upper floor?”

Lee Gunwoo pointed to the upper floors of the building under construction.

He requested the underground flower’s path wind up like a vine to bloom upstairs.

“Hmm… the path needs soil…”

“It’s fine. It’ll work.”

“Then I’ll try!”

When Levinas cast her magic, the underground flower started growing.

It wound around the building’s pillars, climbing up until a flower bloomed on the highest floor.

“! It worked!”

“I used magic to give the building pillars soil properties. It’s being tricked into thinking they’re soil. And…”

Lee Gunwoo infused mana into the piled cement.

The construction workers watched with fascination.

“Would you try moving it? Just feed the cement to the flower.”

“Ah, yes.”

A construction worker wearing a hard hat and safety vest carried three bags of cement.

After some hesitation, he pushed the cement into the flower petals, and the cement started traveling through the underground flower’s roots.

“Wow.”

Wiggle wiggle-

We could see the cement moving up through the passage.

Just as everyone’s eyes turned to the flower above, it spat out the cement onto the floor.

“How is this possible…?”

“Does this mean we don’t have to climb stairs?”

“Wow, Park got lucky today.”

Perhaps because they wouldn’t have to carry heavy cement up the stairs?

Smiles spread across the construction workers’ faces.

‘That worked out well.’

Seeing people happy made me happy too.

And the happiest among us was none other than Lee Gunwoo.

“This could be useful in many ways. Though there’s still much more to research.”

“Research?”

“Yes. We can handle the soil properties and mana infusion with items, but the plant growth is an issue. We can’t keep asking someone to grow the plants every time.”

“Ah…”

“The most important thing in this kind of work is automation.”

Lee Gunwoo looked up at the tall underground flower.

With a faint smile, he spoke again.

“I believe magic that develops society is truly good magic.”

“Yes. I just thought the same thing.”

Wizards Association President Lee Gunwoo.

I could understand why he’d risen to the position of president.

Beyond his magical ability, he was a pure person who wanted society to develop.

I felt I’d truly made the right choice inviting him to the beast-kin village.

**

After parting with Lee Gunwoo who wanted to do more research, I walked toward the park with the children.

While leisurely enjoying our outing, we spotted two familiar people.

Yoo Sang-ah and Momoa.

“Waaah!”

As if planned, we all ran toward the two.

Their eyes widened then narrowed, probably not expecting to meet us on the street.

“What are you doing here?”

“Going to a meeting.”

Yoo Sang-ah answered while gently patting my head.

Beside her, Momoa let out a deep sigh.

“I didn’t want to go, but unnie said we need to expand our industry connections.”

“I see.”

Momoa did prefer being alone.

But she didn’t show much complaint, perhaps considering networking as part of her job.

“Is it a meeting for guild office workers?”

“Yes. People from various guilds attend, and since lots of information gets exchanged, we have to participate.”

“Wow.”

A gathering of industry experts.

The thought of capable people like Yoo Sang-ah and Momoa gathering in one place filled me with admiration.

“Hehe, would Gyeoul like to come too?”

“Can I?”

“Yes. Why not?”

“Then I’ll just quietly watch.”

We decided to watch the office workers’ meeting together in the afternoon.

It seemed like a good idea since they said delicious buffet food would be prepared too.

“Momoa, what do you usually do at these meetings?”

“Well? This is my first time going too.”

“Ah.”

I wondered if there would be many capable office workers.

Just as we approached the building where the meeting was to be held, Momoa suddenly stopped in her tracks.

“Momoa?”

“……”

“Momoa?”

She didn’t answer when called.

Feeling confused, Levinas tapped Momoa’s back.

“Mo-mo-mo-moya, what’s wrong?”

“……”

Momoa’s gaze was fixed on someone.

A fierce-looking woman with blonde hair.

“Do you know her?”

“…She’s bad news.”

“Ah…”

I’d heard Momoa had been bullied at school.

But that was supposed to be when she lived abroad.

‘…Well, our country is a powerhouse for adventurers.’

It wasn’t strange for people to come from abroad.

“Momoa, are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine. I got over the past long ago. I was just surprised to see that unpleasant face.”

Momoa was quite confident, as if proving her words weren’t lies.

She was so composed it made my worry seem unnecessary.

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