Jung Yu-na was modifying Gyeoul’s weapon in her personal workshop at the guild.

She planned to add special functions using the mana stone Gyeoul had brought.

Between writing magical circuits, Jung Yu-na made eye contact with Gyeoul who was standing across from her.

The standing work table was quite high.

Gyeoul had to stand on her tiptoes to see across it.

“Hehe.”

It was adorable how she rested her chin on the table while standing on tiptoes.

The way she wagged her tail while watching the work and smiled whenever their eyes met gave Jung Yu-na energy.

“Yoyo.”

Poke-poke-

Jung Yu-na poked Gyeoul’s cheek.

The soft yet elastic cheek pushed back against her finger.

Not understanding why Jung Yu-na was poking her cheek, Gyeoul just looked up and chuckled.

‘Thanks to Gyeoul, this work is enjoyable.’

Jung Yu-na decided to give a special item to Gyeoul, who was like a younger sister to her.

For that, she planned to use an even better mana stone than the one Gyeoul had brought.

“Gyeoul, what’s that?”

Jung Yu-na pointed behind Gyeoul.

While Gyeoul turned to look in the direction of Jung Yu-na’s finger, Jung Yu-na attached a charging mana stone under the processed mana stone.

With a charging mana stone, one could use a single-use mana stone multiple times.

Though Gyeoul probably wouldn’t refuse the gift at this point, Jung Yu-na still attached it secretly just in case.

“That’s a mosquito.”

“Yes. A mosquito… mosquito?”

A mosquito in the workshop?

Jung Yu-na frowned and looked around the workshop but couldn’t see any mosquito.

Only after raising her mana detection to the level where it could detect even small creatures did she sense a mosquito sitting on a black book, camouflaged.

Had Gyeoul seen that distant mosquito with just her eyes?

Her eyesight really was extraordinary.

Jung Yu-na, focused on her work, decided to let Gyeoul handle the mosquito.

“Gyeoul, could you catch that mosquito for me?”

“Sure.”

Pitter-patter-patter-

Gyeoul adorably ran over and tapped the mosquito with her fist.

While Gyeoul caught the mosquito and came back, Jung Yu-na finished all her work.

“Here you go, Gyeoul.”

“Thank you.”

Gyeoul politely received the bow with both hands.

She just blinked blankly while holding the bow.

It was because she didn’t know how to use it.

“When you shoot the bow, just infuse mana into the mana stone attached here. It’s rechargeable, so you can use it about five times a day. Usually the limit is twice a day, but Bom taught me how to make enlargement easier.”

“Wow.”

So Bom had shared her skills with Jung Yu-na.

Gyeoul decided to go thank Bom.

“Can I go try shooting this now?”

“Yes. The arrows will get bigger, so be careful when shooting, okay?”

“Yes.”

**

I returned to the tent with my modified bow.

The children were playing hide-and-seek in the tent.

“Found the King!”

Levinas giggled as she pointed at me.

It seemed I had unwittingly become part of the hide-and-seek game.

“Since the King was found, she’ll be it with Levinas!”

“Okay. Got it.”

I set out with Levinas to find the children.

For fun, I deliberately avoided using pheromones.

We didn’t have to search long before finding Saebyeok.

“Found Saebyeok.”

As always, Saebyeok was curled up hiding in a large box.

Her black tail sticking out of the box made her easy to find.

“Gyeoul is good at hide-and-seek.”

“Hehe…”

I wondered if Saebyeok realized that she always hid in tight spaces like boxes.

While I was inwardly smiling, Levinas tapped my shoulder.

“King, over there!”

Levinas pointed to some green bushes.

Though there was no wind, the bushes were rustling and shaking.

“That’s…”

Was Gaeul hiding in the bushes?

I approached the bushes with Levinas and Saebyeok, who had now joined us as seekers.

“Gaeul…”

“Ribbit ribbit.”

As we approached, Gaeul made frog sounds from within the bushes.

Since her voice was unmistakably Gaeul’s, no one was fooled.

We stood still for a moment, looking into each other’s eyes.

We exchanged signals with our eyes about what to do with Gaeul pretending to be a frog.

The first among us to speak was none other than Saebyeok.

“Oh, it’s not Gaeul, it’s a frog.”

“Ribbit.”

Gaeul responded to Saebyeok’s words with another frog imitation.

It was amusing how desperately Gaeul was pretending to be a frog.

“Yes. It’s not Gaeul but a frog. We should look elsewhere.”

“Ribbit ribbit.”

“I wonder where Gaeul is hiding.”

We turned our backs on the bushes where Gaeul was hiding.

Then Levinas started giggling mischievously.

There was something slightly sinister about her laugh that seemed odd.

“At this rate, we might never find puppy Gaeul.”

“Yes. What if we can’t find her all day and can’t give her hugs?”

Rustle-!

The bushes where Gaeul was hiding shook dramatically.

Even without turning around, I could sense Gaeul’s agitation.

Thinking she would move with just a little more teasing, Saebyeok spoke up.

“I brought coins to buy milk with Gaeul, but I can’t find her.”

Rustle-!

The bushes shook vigorously at Saebyeok’s words.

Saebyeok didn’t stop and continued:

“I was going to let Gaeul use the vending machine.”

“Heuk…!”

As soon as Saebyeok finished speaking, Gaeul poked her head out from the bushes.

There was a leaf sitting on top of her head.

“Oh, Gaeul was hiding there?”

“Nyeng.”

“That’s strange, I thought there was a frog.”

“Gaeuri go ribbit!”

“So the frog was Gaeul?”

Amazing.

When I patted Gaeul’s head, her tail spun in circles.

She must have been overjoyed—playing, doing well in the game, and then getting her head patted.

“Now we just need to find Bom.”

“Yes. Only Bom is left.”

Levinas’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Somehow, she felt different from the usual Levinas.

‘What is it?’

Her behavior and way of speaking were subtly different.

It felt as if someone other than Levinas was pretending to be her.

‘Could it be…’

I approached Levinas from behind as she looked around.

Then I spread my arms wide and captured her body.

“Caught Bom!”

“Huh?! How did you know?!”

“Levinas’s speech and behavior were completely different.”

“I thought I was acting exactly the same.”

With black mana, Levinas’s appearance changed back to Bom.

If that was the case, then Levinas…

Looking around, I made eye contact with Levinas, who was watching us from the container window.

Levinas quickly hid below the window, but her long ears sticking out couldn’t be hidden.

Knock-knock-

I approached the container and knocked on the window, and Levinas popped out.

Levinas, who had been giggling on the other side of the window, opened the container door and came outside.

“King, how did you know it wasn’t Levinas?”

“Something was different about you. Remember when we found the doppelganger Gaeul before?”

Did she like my answer?

Levinas’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Contrary to Levinas, Bom stuck out her lower lip.

“Next time I’ll definitely fool you!”

It seemed I had triggered Bom’s competitive spirit.

**

After finishing hide-and-seek, I went down to the training grounds with the children.

It was to try out the enlargement arrows.

“So if you shoot with this, the arrow gets bigger?”

“Yes.”

“How much bigger?!”

“Well, maybe about the size of a forearm?”

“Forearm!”

Levinas and the other children sent expectant looks.

I was also excited about being able to shoot arrows as thick as a forearm.

“Since I can only shoot five times a day, I’ll be careful.”

First, a regular arrow.

I nocked an arrow with no special abilities to the bow and, as Jung Yu-na had instructed, infused mana into it.

‘…Did it work?’

Since I couldn’t tell, I decided to shoot and see.

I aimed at the target placed at the end of the underground training ground and fired.

Shwack-!

The rapidly flying arrow began to swell instantly.

Growing beyond the size of a forearm, it reached the size of a ballista I’d seen in movies.

Crash-!

The giant arrow, after demolishing the target, deeply embedded itself in the concrete wall behind.

It seemed that not only the size but also the destructive power had increased.

“W-wow…”

After confirming there was no one else in the firing range, I ran toward the arrow.

I broke into a cold sweat seeing the deep hole in the solid concrete wall.

Not because of the destructive power, but because of the shattered concrete wall.

“Bom, this…”

“Yes. I’ll fix it.”

Bom raised her black mana to repair the wall and also shrunk the arrow back to its original size.

Phew.

That’s a relief.

After patting my chest, I tried shooting an explosive arrow next.

Shwack-!

Bang-!

The explosive power, increased more than tenfold, blew a hole in the concrete wall.

Concrete fragments flew toward us, but thanks to the training ground’s protective magic, no one was hurt.

“Huok!”

“W-wow…”

This was almost what you’d call an ultimate technique.

And to think I could use such a powerful technique five times a day.

This was enough to face multiple Level 4 bosses on my own.

After fixing the shattered concrete wall and returning, Gaeul held out Woodcalibur to me.

Her face was full of expectation.

“Woodcalibur… you want me to shoot it?”

“Nyeng!”

“Um…”

Is that even possible?

After considering, I nocked Woodcalibur onto the bow.

‘I think it’ll work.’

My bow had a function that assisted in drawing, making it easier to shoot.

That’s why I could easily shoot Woodcalibur too.

Fwip-!

Though not as fast as an arrow, Woodcalibur did move forward.

Growing larger as it swelled up, Woodcalibur smashed the target but couldn’t penetrate the concrete wall.

It was due to the high air resistance.

“Woah!”

Gaeul cheered as she approached the enlarged Woodcalibur.

She tried to pick up the giant Woodcalibur, but it was too heavy.

It seemed that increasing in size also increased weight.

“Heuk…”

Gaeul looked at Bom and pointed at Woodcalibur.

But Bom, when she turned around, looked quite exhausted.

“I’m too tired to do any more magic…”

“Uing?”

“I’ve used too much magic today…”

Bom had been through a dungeon, used transformation magic to imitate Levinas, and repaired the concrete wall multiple times.

It was natural for her to be tired.

The problem was Gaeul’s Woodcalibur.

“Heuk…?”

Daeng-

Gaeul stood beside the giant Woodcalibur with a blank expression.

Her silent finger just pointed at Woodcalibur.

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