I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 182: Mummy

I laid down on Kwon Arin's face.

Naturally, I ended up facing Encia.

I didn't ask why Encia had twisted Kwon Arin's arm.

I knew they were training.

What concerned me was that even during training, Encia showed no mercy.

The training was too intense.

However, I couldn't scold Encia, my dear friend, so I just gave her an awkward smile.

This was my way of saying that friends shouldn't do this to each other.

"...I'm sorry. I went too far."

Tap, tap.

Kwon Arin, pinned underneath, tapped my back.

"Oh, sorry."

How rude to lie on someone's face.

I hurriedly got off her.

Ugh.

Kwon Arin groaned as she got up.

"Encia, please control your strength. I'm going to die."

"S-Sorry. I got too competitive..."

"...Why would you get competitive? We're training, not fighting. You were supposed to be teaching."

"When it comes to combat, my instincts just scream not to lose..."

Was the wolf beast-kin's instinct triggering her competitiveness?

Encia's inability to control her instincts was a real problem.

"Do you want me to teach you how to control your instincts?"

"You know how?"

How could Kwon Arin, who wasn't a beast-kin, know the way?

Encia and I widened our eyes.

"The method is right here."

Kwon Arin poked my cheek.

"Me?"

"Do you mean Gyeoul?"

"Yes. Train like you do with me."

So, Encia should spar with me.

I didn't know what exactly she meant, but I decided to try for Encia's sake.

Without hesitation, I reached out to Encia.

"Encia, let's train together."

"Th-That..."

"Show me how to twist an arm like you did before."

I grabbed Encia's wrists with both hands and twisted them around.

Nothing really twisted, and it just wobbled around happily.

It felt more like holding hands and swinging them around with Levinas.

This didn't feel like training.

"Um... you need to rotate the wrist more."

"Like this?"

"Yes. You're doing well."

Without applying much force, Encia's wrist twisted.

She was obviously letting me do it.

"Now it's your turn, Encia. Try twisting my arm."

"M-My turn? How can I do that to you, Gyeoul?"

"These things are easier to learn by experiencing them directly."

"Th-This... um..."

Hesitating, Encia grabbed my wrist.

Crack.

It wasn't my joint that twisted, but Encia's.

"O-Ow, Gyeoul, you're too strong."

"...Encia?"

She was clearly letting me win.

I looked at Encia puzzledly.

Kwon Arin, watching us nearby, furrowed her brows.

"...Where did your competitive spirit go?"

"..."

Encia's face turned red.

As Kwon Arin pointed out, there was no trace of competitiveness in Encia now.

"From now on, treat me the same way you treat Gyeoul."

"...Understood."

Encia nodded as if she had realized something.

In front of her, Kwon Arin lay back down.

She assumed a grappler's stance for combat.

"Now, come at me again."

"Yes."

Encia applied a joint lock on the prone Kwon Arin.

Crack.

The sound of twisting joints echoed.

"Ahhh!"

Kwon Arin's scream echoed through the training room.

The previously gentle Encia was nowhere to be seen.

Why did Encia go easy only on me?

I pondered this as I watched their sparring.

Encia didn't hold back once until the sparring was over.

'Wow...'

It was hard to watch.

Unintentionally, I squeezed my eyes shut.

The horrible sounds made me cover my ears as well.

For a long time, I just trembled, blocking out all my senses.

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I'd seen many monsters die.

When I shot explosive arrows, they sometimes shattered into pieces.

But watching a person's joints get twisted was somehow more horrifying.

It might sound discriminatory, but I couldn't help it.

"Ugh."

Encia was unexpectedly ruthless.

Did I have to train like that too?

Feeling a bit scared, I quickly returned home.

As I sat on the sofa, calming my frightened heart, someone opened the bedroom door.

It was Levinas, wrapped entirely in toilet paper.

"Ooooh..."

Levinas approached with her hands outstretched, wobbling side to side.

"Levinas?"

"I'm not Levinas, I'm a zombie."

"Isn't that a mummy?"

"...Yes, actually, I'm a mummy. Ooooh."

Levinas must have wanted to play mummy.

It couldn't have been easy to wrap her entire body in toilet paper.

I couldn't ignore her effort, so I pretended to be scared.

"Aah, a mummy!"

I fell to the side of the sofa and closed my eyes, pretending to faint.

"King...?"

Levinas came over and shook my body.

Despite that, I kept my eyes closed and remained limp.

"King!"

Slap, slap, slap!

Levinas tapped my cheeks.

Unintentionally, I smiled.

"You're smiling! Was it a prank!"

"Yes, it was a prank."

"Wha! Levinas got tricked again!"

Levinas giggled and sat beside me.

She was the cutest mummy I'd ever seen.

"Why did you wrap yourself in toilet paper, Levinas?"

"I saw it on TV! They said if you wrap yourself like this, you can live for thousands of years!"

I'd heard that mummies don't decay even after thousands of years.

Maybe Levinas wanted to live long like a mummy.

"You want to live that long?"

"Yes! I want to live a long time with King and our family!"

"Oh..."

I wanted to tell her not to waste toilet paper.

But knowing it was her wish to be with us for a long time, I didn't want to scold her.

I just gave her a warm smile.

"King should be a mummy too!"

"Me, too...?"

"Yes! Let's be mummies and live together for thousands of years!"

"Um... should I?"

We should save toilet paper, but I couldn't refuse Levinas' innocent wish.

I found myself nodding.

We could always reuse the toilet paper later.

There was no reason not to do it.

"Levinas will wrap you up!"

Levinas brought a roll of toilet paper from the utility room.

She started wrapping me up.

"Hi-yah!"

Levinas spun around me with the toilet paper.

My body was slowly enveloped in the paper.

She wrapped my head, my arms and legs, and even draped some over my tail.

"Are we done?"

"Yes! Now you're a mummy king!"

Clap, clap, clap.

Levinas clapped her hands with a happy smile.

I wasn't sure if she was happy because we were playing together or because we could now live a long time together.

Maybe it was both.

"Now we'll live together for ten thousand years?"

"Yes... but now that I think about it, ten thousand years is too short...! How about a million years instead?!"

"That's a great idea. Let's live together for a million years."

"Wow...!"

Levinas raised her hands in excitement at my answer.

Just then, the front door opened, and Yeoreum and Saebyeok came in.

"Oh my!"

Seeing us, Yeoreum took out her smartphone.

Click, click.

She walked around, taking pictures of Levinas and me.

"Why did you suddenly become mummies, kids?"

"To live a long time!"

"To live a long time... Well, mummies are preserved for a long time, I guess."

But what do you plan to do living that long?

Yeoreum looked puzzled.

Levinas cleared up her confusion.

"Levinas wants to live happily with her family for a long, long time!"

"Oh... such a reason!"

"Do you want to be a mummy too, Yeoreum?"

"Yes! Should I be a mummy too?"

As Levinas and Yeoreum chatted, Saebyeok approached, hugging a roll of toilet paper.

Her rapidly wagging tail indicated she wanted to join in the fun.

'That's a relief.'

I had been worried about looking ridiculous wrapped in toilet paper.

But seeing that Yeoreum and Saebyeok wanted to join made me feel better.

It was impossible to resist a child's pure heart.

Swish, swish, swish.

The three beast-kin children wrapped themselves in toilet paper.

They looked so adorable that Yeoreum couldn't help but smile.

'They want to live a long time, huh.'

Whose idea was it to become mummies?

Yeoreum naturally turned her gaze to Gyeoul.

"Gyeoul, do you want to live with your sister for a long time?"

"Yes. Let's live together for a long time."

"Hehe, should we?"

Did it matter whose idea it was?

Everyone felt the same way.

As Yeoreum patted the children's heads, the front door opened, and Sophia appeared.

"Oh dear..."

Sophia frowned.

Seeing the living room in chaos with toilet paper everywhere, she sighed deeply.

But having spent a long time with the beast-kin, Yeoreum knew.

Sophia's tail was wagging with joy.

"Sophia, you're here?"

"Yes, I'm here. But what on earth is going on?"

"The kids became mummies to live a long time with you. Do you want to be a mummy too, Sophia?"

"...No, thank you."

Oh no.

Levinas, taking it as a refusal to live together, drooped her ears.

Gyeoul and Saebyeok also showed their disappointment.

"...I already live a long life, so don't worry."

Ah.

Sophia naturally lived a long time.

It wasn't that she didn't want to live with them.

Gyeoul wagged her tail as she approached Sophia.

The toilet paper wrapped around her tail fluttered like ribbons.

"...!"

Saebyeok's eyes gleamed like a predator's.

The fluttering toilet paper on Gyeoul's tail triggered her hunting instincts.

Unable to resist, Saebyeok pounced on Gyeoul's tail.

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