I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 222: Shall We Send Another Signal?

Gyeoul was a child pure enough to forgive her own enemies.

How shocked she must have been to shoot someone.

It wouldn't have been strange for her to panic.

Yeoreum needed to calm Gyeoul down first.

She observed Gyeoul, but was surprised by her composure.

It felt like watching a veteran adventurer unfazed by death.

Could she be used to situations like this?

An uneasy thought crossed Yeoreum's mind, but she shook it off.

It was common for fear to set in later.

Even if Gyeoul seemed fine now, she might burst into tears when alone.

While showering or trying to sleep.

It would be foolish to assume she was alright just because she appeared calm.

The important thing now was to let Gyeoul know she wasn't alone.

Yeoreum carefully embraced her.

"Gyeoul, did you see?"

"See what?"

"As soon as you were in danger, everyone came running."

"Yes. How did you know to come?"

"Your big sister always knows when you're in danger. Amazing, right?"

In truth, it was thanks to the pheromones.

Yeoreum decided to lie for Gyeoul's sake.

"It's amazing. I survived because of that."

Gyeoul's tail wagged slowly.

Joy was outweighing fear.

"Hehe, you did nothing wrong this time, so don't blame yourself, okay?"

"Blame myself?"

"Yeah. You had no choice but to shoot."

"Ah..."

Gyeoul's gaze turned to Grimson.

The arrow she had fired was lodged in his stomach.

Blood was seeping from the wound.

It would gush out if removed.

Gyeoul's face turned pale.

"Oh, don't look at it."

"Okay... But I'm not blaming myself."

"No?"

"No. That person tried to kill us first."

"I-I see..."

So she knew he was trying to kill them.

Yeoreum swallowed the sigh that was about to escape.

Then she gaped at Gyeoul's next words.

"Besides, a wound like that will heal with some potion. We both know what it's like to have our stomachs pierced, right?"

Hehe, Gyeoul said jokingly.

But Yeoreum couldn't bring herself to laugh it off.

It was horrifying that an eight-year-old child treated a near-death experience as a joke.

"Uh... Um..."

What should I say?

Gyeoul poked Yeoreum's cheeks as she opened and closed her mouth like a goldfish.

"But I'm curious about something."

"What is it?"

"That person was trying to do something strange to me."

"W-What kind of strange thing...?"

"Hmm..."

Gyeoul looked down at her own body.

It was too small to provoke desire in a man.

Of course, knowing it wasn't entirely impossible, she asked Yeoreum just in case.

"He was looking at me weirdly, and it felt like... like he wanted to touch my body."

"...He didn't actually touch you, did he?"

"No. Master came before that."

I see.

Thank goodness.

Whew, Yeoreum let out a sigh of relief.

She decided to lie for Gyeoul's sake, to protect her innocence.

"He was trying to bully you."

"Bully me?"

"Yeah. You probably looked like the weakest of the group. Guys like that get a thrill from picking on those weaker than them."

"Ah... I know about that."

So it was because I looked the smallest and weakest.

I've met a lot of people like that.

Gyeoul seemed to understand in her own way.

It was more believable than the idea of someone lusting after her small body.

"He's a truly bad person, isn't he?"

"Yes. Really bad."

"I don't want to see that jerk anymore, so let's leave this to Master and the others and go ahead."

"Oh... Is that okay?"

Shouldn't we help with the cleanup?

Gyeoul looked at Kang Jinho.

Jinho waved his hand, telling them to go on ahead.

"Don't worry about it. Go and rest."

"Okay. But don't we need to defeat the boss to get out of here...?"

We haven't beaten the boss yet, what should we do?

As Gyeoul looked around worriedly, Yeoreum reassured her.

"It's okay, Jinhyuk and Yu-na went to fight the boss. They've probably beaten it by now."

"Ah."

"Jinhyuk and Yu-na need to help Master, so they'll come later. Shall we go out first?"

"Okay."

I wondered where those two had gone, but they went to fight the boss.

If it's those two, they must have beaten the boss quickly, right?

Gyeoul buried her face in Yeoreum's embrace.

She decided to rest a bit until they went through the portal.

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While dozing off in Yeoreum's arms, someone shouted loudly right next to my ear.

"Boss! Are you okay?! Booooss!"

I woke with a start at the familiar yet loud voice.

Argo was stomping around me.

The portal leading into the dungeon rippled before my eyes.

It seemed we had already exited the dungeon.

"Ah, Argo...?"

Argo, who hadn't said a word in the dungeon, suddenly started causing a commotion.

Bewildered, I looked at Encia who was nearby.

I opened my eyes wide, hoping for an explanation.

"We had to focus on guarding you in the dungeon, Gyeoul. Now that the guard duty is over, what he was holding back has burst out."

"Ah..."

I thought it was strange how Argo and Encia seemed unusually quiet when we met in the dungeon.

So that's why.

Even though Argo seems rough, he strictly adheres to things like this.

My tail wagged rapidly at his cool behavior.

"Boss! Are you okay?! Are you okay?!"

"Yes, I'm fine. Argo protected me, after all."

"That's right! Argo protected you!"

Kuhaha.

Argo laughed happily and ran to a nearby tent.

It was the tent where the dungeon management civil servants were stationed.

Why did Argo suddenly go in there?

As I tilted my head in confusion, Levinas and Saebyeok came running out of the tent in a hurry.

"King! Kinggg!"

"Le-Levinas, Saebyeok."

Why are the kids here?

My heart sank at the sight of the children on the verge of tears.

"King, are you okay?!"

"Yeah. I'm fine, but how did you two know to come here?"

I hadn't told them exactly where I was going.

As I wondered, another person walked out from inside the tent.

It was Sophia, not using her cane.

Sophia's entire body was wet.

"Those brats kept begging me to bring them along..."

"Sophia brought you?"

"Yeah, they clung to me and threw a fit, so I had no choice. Because of that, I couldn't even enter the dungeon..."

Shake shake shake-

Sophia shook out her wet hair.

The smell of the guild pond water came from Sophia's body.

"Um... But how did everyone know to come...?"

I looked around as I asked.

Levinas was the first to answer my question.

"King said 'help me'!"

"I... I did?"

"Yeah! King was crying, saying 'Gyeoul is scared... help me...'"

Levinas acted out shivering in fear.

I was bewildered, as I had no recollection of calling for help.

"What's going on..."

I sent out a distress call?

Did I awaken a magical talent in a crisis and send out a distress spell?

As I pondered, Encia approached me.

She had an expression like she had accomplished something.

"Gyeoul, it might have been thanks to the item I gave you this morning."

"The emergency alarm?"

"Yes. I heard it's something to use when in danger."

"Was... was it that...?"

The emergency alarm was just supposed to make a beeping sound when pulled to signal danger.

Does it have some function to alert others of danger?

I took out the emergency alarm from my pocket.

Since it had a mana stone, it wouldn't be strange if it had magical functions.

"I knew it was a tool to use in emergencies, but I didn't know it had this kind of function."

"Yes. I didn't know either."

Am I misunderstanding something?

Just in case, I asked the others for their opinions.

Sophia shrugged her shoulders, while Yeoreum just gave me an eye smile.

'I guess it's real.'

So the alarms in this world with magic can even send danger signals to family members.

This was quite a useful tool.

"It's a device you can keep using if you charge it, so it would be good to carry it around normally."

"Okay."

I should wear the emergency alarm somewhere visible.

So I can easily pull it in an emergency, and others can see it and avoid danger.

I can attach it to my bag strap, right?

I thought as I attached the emergency alarm to my bag.

I need to learn exactly how to use it.

"Do I just think 'help me' while holding this alarm?"

"I suppose that might work?"

Even Encia wasn't sure.

It seemed I needed to figure out how to use the alarm.

'Help me. Help me.'

I looked around while muttering to myself.

Everyone just stared at me blankly, so it didn't seem like any distress signal had been sent.

"Did anyone receive a distress call from me just now?"

"I'm sorry. We didn't receive anything."

"Hmm... Maybe it only works in truly urgent situations."

I want to know exactly how to use it.

Should I pull this ring?

Master came to the dungeon even before I pulled the ring though.

Just in case, I put my hand on the ring.

Yeoreum stopped me in alarm.

"D-Don't just pull it carelessly. Something bad might happen."

"But, I wanted to know how to use it..."

"Maybe it activates automatically in dangerous situations?"

"Automatically..."

In dangerous situations.

Does that mean I need to be in danger to practice using it?

I didn't want to go that far just to practice.

"...I'll practice with this on my own."

If I could utilize the alarm's ability, couldn't I send signals other than distress?

A small curiosity began to grow.

I decided to set aside some time to research it.

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