I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 187: Is Skinship Common Sense?

"Please wait a moment."

Yoo Sang-ah ran to the guild building.

A short while later, she returned with a jump rope in her hand.

"Here you go."

"This is..."

"It's from the guild's fitness center. Any guild member can use it."

"From the fitness center?"

I'd never seen jump ropes in the fitness center before.

My tail curled into a question mark shape naturally.

"There's a separate fitness center for non-adventurers."

"Ah..."

I see.

Of course there would be welfare facilities for regular people too.

I might have been thinking too much from an adventurer's perspective.

I accepted the jump rope with both hands.

I bowed my head, saying "Thank you."

"Hehe, want to try jumping rope now?"

"Sure."

It was longer and heavier than a cable.

This should be sufficient for Levinas and me to jump rope.

Hop-

I lightly jumped over the rope.

This time my tail didn't get caught either.

"Woah!"

Levinas clapped enthusiastically, while Saebyeok clicked her tongue.

It seemed like she felt something was missing, but she clapped anyway.

"Wow, Gyeoul, you're good at jump rope?"

"Y-yeah..."

It's embarrassing to be praised for jump rope.

I let the rope hang limply, then handed it to Levinas.

"Gyeoul, if you need exercise equipment, ask the guild."

"The guild?"

"Yes. The guild provides fitness equipment for free. Bikes, balls, whatever exercise gear you need, they'll give it to you."

"I-I didn't know that."

As expected of an adventurers' guild, their support for physical training was substantial.

I should look into exactly what kind of support they offer.

"Check out the other benefits too. There might be things you're missing out on."

"Hmm... I will. Thank you for letting me know."

Benefits, huh.

It was something I hadn't considered before.

After playing with the kids, I decided to visit the Guild Master's office.

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The top floor of the guild building.

Escorted by security guards in black suits, I entered the Guild Master's office.

Tap tap tap-

The Guild Master's gaze was on me as he typed on his keyboard.

"What's up?"

"Well, you see..."

Starting with what I wanted right away seemed too rude.

It was better to start with casual conversation.

People in this world like skinship, after all.

I decided to try some skinship to further close the distance between us.

"...Can I sit with you?"

I pointed at the Guild Master's knee area with my fingertip.

The Guild Master flinched at my question.

It was such a small tremor that it would have been hard to notice without a beast-kin's keen eyes.

Was that not allowed?

Had I misunderstood something?

As I anxiously brought my hands to my chest, the Guild Master pulled his chair back.

"Sit."

Pat pat-

The Guild Master patted his knee a couple of times.

I quickly sat on the Guild Master's lap.

He didn't show any particular signs of rejection even after I sat down.

If everyone does this, not just one or two people, I couldn't help but think this world was indeed tolerant of skinship.

"Uncle, what were you doing?"

"Sending messages."

"Messages?"

Sitting on the Guild Master's lap, I could see the monitor screen.

Two chat-like windows were open on the screen.

One was an internal guild message, and the other showed the name of Chae Juyeon, the Sacred Guild Master.

Since he wasn't hiding anything, it seemed these messages were okay for me to see.

───

Research methods of fighting without mana immediately.

───

It was a short, intense message befitting the Guild Master.

The shock from the horned rabbit dungeon seemed to still linger.

'Fighting without mana is tough...'

My shoulders sank as memories of the past surfaced.

I sprawled on the desk, stretching my arms out and resting my chin.

Tap tap-

That's when the Guild Master tapped the top of my head.

"Want to try typing?"

The Guild Master grabbed my wrist and placed it on the keyboard.

I just wiggled my fingers on the keyboard.

"Well, I'm not sure how..."

The keyboard layout was different from our world.

If I were learning from scratch it might be okay, but the ambiguous changes made it even more difficult.

"If you don't know, you should learn. Try typing something."

"Um... okay..."

The Guild Master was right.

If you don't know, you should learn.

I typed random words while listening to the pleasant sound of the keyboard.

It was Chae Juyeon's chat room, but it didn't matter where I typed as long as I didn't actually send the message.

[Hellkthereimhangyeoul,]

Where's the spacebar?

Why are the positions of ㅔ and ㅐ swapped again?

I couldn't even see where the backspace key was.

The unfamiliar keyboard was so awkward that I couldn't form a proper sentence.

I stared up at the Guild Master, hoping for help.

"Press this."

"This one?"

Is this the spacebar?

In our world, the enter key was here.

I pressed the key as guided by the Guild Master.

Click.

As soon as I pressed the button, the message appeared in the chat window.

The enter key was still enter in this world too.

"Huh...?"

"Not bad for your first try."

"Yeah... but is it okay to send messages here?"

This wasn't just anyone's account, but the amazing Guild Master's.

I was worried, but the Guild Master didn't seem to mind.

The same went for Chae Juyeon on the other side of the chat.

[Gyeoul?]

She knows I sent the chat.

Well, unlike the Guild Master, it's full of typos.

I reached out again to continue chatting with Chae Juyeon.

Feeling I should respond, I typed without learning how to use the spacebar or backspace.

[Yres]

[How have you been, Gyeoul?]

[Imdoingwell.ButImhavingtroublesinceitsthefirsttimeIvusedakeyboard/]

[Haha, that's pretty good for your first time. Could Gyeoul be a genius?]

No, not at all.

I've just used keyboards in my previous world.

Though many things have changed, making it even more difficult.

"Uncle, how do I use the spacebar?"

"This one."

Ah, I see.

So that's the button.

Now I should be able to chat properly.

[I just learned how to use the spacebar.]

[Wow, you're learning so fast!]

[Hehe]

Using a keyboard after so long was kind of fun.

I decided to learn a bit more.

"How do I delete text?"

"It's this key. How are you so good at this for your first time?"

"Well... it's not actually my first time."

"Did you use one in your original world?"

"Yes. But the keyboard layout is quite different, so it's actually more difficult."

So the Guild Master knows I came from the other side too.

I didn't really mind if any of our guild members knew.

"To be this good with a changed keyboard is still impressive."

The Guild Master patted my head.

I responded by brushing his wrist with my tail as I continued chatting with Chae Juyeon.

[Gyeoul, let's meet again soon, okay? The Guild Master will help.]

What is he going to help with?

I'm not sure what she means, but I did want to meet Chae Juyeon.

She was a genuinely kind person, after all.

[Yes, let's definitely meet. I miss you too.]

[(OoO)!!]

After chatting with Chae Juyeon a few more times, I turned back to the Guild Master.

I figured it might be okay to ask him for a favor now.

"Um, you know..."

"What?"

"Could you buy inline skates for Levinas...?"

The reason I'd mustered up the courage to visit the Guild Master.

I wanted to buy a new toy for Levinas.

Inline skates were sort of exercise equipment.

Maybe I could get them through the guild's welfare program.

"...You want me to buy an inline skate factory?"

"N-no! Just the ones you wear..."

A factory?

The Guild Master's scale is too big.

I shook my head at the Guild Master who was looking at the back of my head.

"Just the ones you wear on your feet?"

"Yes, the wearable ones. I heard the guild provides exercise equipment."

"Well, I could buy you a thousand of those."

"N-no, one is enough..."

I held up one finger towards the Guild Master.

Feeling awkward keeping it up, I carefully lowered it after checking his reaction.

"Alright, I'll get you a good one."

"Th-thank you...!"

I could see why people want to work for big companies.

A company with great benefits is truly the best.

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After chatting more with the Guild Master, I returned home.

The Guild Master escorted me all the way to my house.

"Uncle, see you tomorrow."

"Sure."

I played with the kids until nighttime after getting home.

When it was time to sleep, I lay down in bed, but something felt off.

'I can't sleep.'

What's going on?

I always got drowsy at this time.

After tossing and turning for a while, I went back out to the living room.

"Oh my, Gyeoul, you're not asleep?"

Yeoreum, who was watching TV, turned her gaze to me.

Sophia, sitting in the massage chair, was looking at me too.

"No, for some reason I can't fall asleep..."

"...Gyeoul, did you drink coffee? Is that why?"

"Coffee? Did Gyeoul drink coffee?"

Sophia got up from the massage chair and approached me.

She lifted my eyelids and examined my pupils.

My already large eyes opened even wider.

"I did have a few sips..."

"Oh dear, that's..."

"I-I'm sorry..."

"...Well, don't drink coffee from now on."

Saying that, Sophia picked me up in her arms.

She patted my back while walking around the living room.

"Try to close your eyes, even if you have to force it."

"Okay. But Sophia..."

"Hm?"

"People in this world seem to like skinship much more than in the world I used to live in."

"...What do you mean by that?"

I told Sophia about everything I'd experienced so far in response to her question.

Sophia's brow furrowed slightly after hearing my full story.

"No, that's because you, Gyeoul..."

"S-Sophia! Wait a moment!"

Yeoreum interrupted Sophia as she was about to say something.

With an awkward laugh.

"Gyeoul's right, people here really do like skinship."

So I was right after all.

As I nodded, another question popped into my mind.

"But why don't you two do it?"

"U-us?"

"Yes. I've never seen you two being physically affectionate."

"Th-that's..."

Yeoreum's pupils trembled.

Sophia, whose mouth was covered, just shook her head rapidly.

"Oh, sis and Sophia do skinship all the time. Hugging and sitting on laps and stuff. You haven't seen us?"

"Really?"

"Yeah. Want me to show you?"

Yeoreum reached out towards Sophia.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

Sophia shook her head even more vigorously.

It seems like she's resisting... Am I misunderstanding something?

Did I get something wrong?

Confused, I just looked back and forth between the two of them blankly.

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