I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 255: Beastkin Dog

"G-Gyeoul! What's this...!"

Jung Yu-na ran towards me.

I reached out, happy to see her, but my neck got caught on the leash.

"Ugh."

I need to untie this.

Just as I reached for the leash, Jung Yu-na placed her hand on my cheek.

She pressed it hard enough to make a slapping sound.

"Ow, ow..."

My cheek hurt.

It wasn't bad enough to complain about, but it was shocking to be hurt by someone I considered family.

For some reason, Jung Yu-na seemed very startled.

"Gyeoul, why are you like this? Hm?"

"We were running away from a dog..."

"A, a dog?"

Jung Yu-na looked back.

Saebyeok and the dog were still growling at each other.

"The leash got caught on a tree while we were running away from the dog."

"Oh, it got caught? I guess that makes sense..."

Phew.

Jung Yu-na let out an inexplicable sigh of relief.

She used magic to lower the leash caught on the tree.

"But why the leash..."

Just as Jung Yu-na was about to say something, someone else came through the bushes.

"Happy!"

It was a woman I'd seen before.

I didn't know her name.

"Woof woof!"

"Happy, how could you run off alone!"

The woman glanced at us before approaching the dog called Happy.

Seeing this, Jung Yu-na gritted her teeth.

"Excuse me."

"Yes?"

"If you can't control your dog, you should use a leash and muzzle."

"O-Our baby is gentle, so we don't need those things...?!"

"You bi-"

Jung Yu-na started to speak but glanced at me.

She cleared her throat and continued.

"Didn't you see it barking and growling at the kids just now?"

"It didn't bite them!"

"Is not biting the only standard?! What if the kids got into a traffic accident while running away...!"

Jung Yu-na and the unknown woman started arguing loudly.

Despite Jung Yu-na's scary anger, the woman didn't back down and fought back.

"W-Wow..."

I stepped back with Levinas.

Saebyeok also seemed scared of the angry Jung Yu-na and ran towards us.

How should we resolve this situation?

My body trembled slightly with fear.

"King, King."

"Y-Yeah...?"

"Give me the leash."

Levinas reached for my leash.

With a determined expression, she started to untie it.

"What are you doing?"

"A gift!"

Gulp, Levinas swallowed and approached the dog's owner.

She handed over the leash and muzzle bought from the pet store.

"This is a gift!"

"I told you, Happy gets uncomfortable with a leash."

The woman snapped at Levinas.

Jung Yu-na got angry at this, but Levinas's reaction was calm.

"Does the doggy find the leash uncomfortable?"

"That's what I'm saying! He's such a sensitive child..."

"Is that so? Levinas thinks it might be harder without a leash...?!"

Levinas tilted her head.

She really seemed not to understand why the dog disliked the leash.

"W-Why do you think that?"

"Because the leash-less doggy makes its precious family argue with people every day! They hear bad words too!"

"That's..."

We couldn't help but close our mouths at Levinas's unexpected statement.

Even the woman's anger subsided.

"Levinas finds it hard to see family members fighting and hearing bad words! I'd rather wear a leash!"

"......"

The woman lowered her head.

She looked deep in thought.

Levinas handed the leash and muzzle to the woman.

"Doggy, wear this! Don't fight, be friendly!"

"Um... okay..."

The woman took the leash and muzzle from Levinas.

With a reddened face, she put the leash on Happy.

Happy accepted the leash and muzzle without much resistance.

"Wow."

Ending a fight with just a few words.

I felt proud of Levinas as her family.

"Levinas, that was really cool."

"Was it?!"

"Yeah. Is this why you bought the leash?"

"Hmm... about half?"

I see.

Then what's the other half for?

I was curious, but praising Levinas came first.

"Levinas, you're really amazing. I feel ashamed for arguing angrily."

Jung Yu-na sighed.

Embarrassed about raising her voice to argue, she scratched her cheek.

"Levinas learned to behave well from King! Wizard Yu-na should learn too!"

"Yeah. I should."

Hehe.

Jung Yu-na patted my head.

Saebyeok and Levinas also patted my head.

Levinas did well, so why me?

I just tilted my head in confusion for a while.

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There was one thing I realized from the incident Levinas resolved.

That we were all growing little by little.

Had I grown too?

I looked at the cracked mirror in the tent.

My height and appearance were the same, and mental growth couldn't be seen with the eyes.

Tsk.

Feeling disappointed, I clicked my tongue and took out a minnow from my pocket.

It was a minnow I'd just caught from the pond.

I placed the minnow on Kkamang's spider web.

"Kkamang, thanks for guarding the house."

"Eek eek!"

Kkamang raised its front legs.

Kkamang was also one of those I had to take care of.

As the number of things I had to take care of increased, I had to live diligently.

'I need to earn more money, save more...'

That just sounded a bit adult-like.

No, aren't I already an adult?

I wandered around the park, thinking various thoughts to myself.

I was looking for empty bottles.

"Should we open one more?"

"Hmm... just one more?"

People drinking in the park.

I hovered around them.

There were quite a few empty bottles piled up that I wanted to take.

"I'm gonna have a hangover..."

"I brought some ice pops."

"Oh..."

The people drinking each put an ice pop in their mouth.

They didn't eat the leftover ice cream on the stick and placed it where the empty bottles were piled.

It meant they were throwing them away.

"Oh."

There were 5 discarded ice pop sticks.

How could they throw away such precious things?

If I had those, I wouldn't need to buy snacks today.

With the money saved from my snacks, I could buy something tastier for the kids.

I approached the discarded ice pop sticks.

I sat down and put one in my mouth.

"Yum yum."

The tangy kiwi flavor spread throughout my mouth.

It tasted like real fruit.

Getting five of these delicious things, what a windfall.

I hugged the bottles to my chest while nibbling on the ice pop stick.

"A-Ahem..."

Someone eating an ice pop approached me.

They handed me an ice pop that was still in its wrapper.

"Gyeoul, do you want this?"

"Me...?"

"Yeah. I accidentally bought one extra."

"W-Well..."

I felt uncomfortable suddenly being offered something for free.

As I was about to refuse, waving my hand, they pointed at the empty bottles near me.

"It's thanks for cleaning up our trash."

"Ah..."

So that's how it is.

I just picked them up to make money.

After thinking for a bit, I accepted their ice pop.

"Thank you. I'll eat it little by little, cherishing it."

"No, don't save it. Eat it all up."

"Okay..."

Ice cream melts if you try to save it.

I should eat it quickly.

I stuffed the empty bottles into my bag and held the ice pop with both hands.

'I guess this is enough for today.'

I should sell these at the convenience store and go home.

Just as I thought that.

Woong-!

Suddenly, an inexplicable energy pierced my chest.

I started feeling happy yet melancholic.

"What's this...?"

Isn't that where the portal is?

Is the portal messing with my emotions again?

Last time, I definitely felt a sense of longing.

Curious, I moved towards the portal.

Woong-!

The curtain Jung Yu-na made was blocking the portal.

It was opaque, so I couldn't see inside.

That's a bit disappointing.

Without realizing it, I placed my hand on the curtain.

I wanted to see inside, but I couldn't penetrate the curtain with my skills.

"Hmm..."

Does the portal lure people?

What a dangerous thing.

Just as I took my hand off the curtain and stepped back, a small hand popped out from inside the curtain.

"!"

Is it a monster?

Even Yeoreum can't easily penetrate this curtain?

I immediately raised my guard.

The world seemed to move slowly.

What popped out of the curtain wasn't a monster, but a child.

A girl about Levinas's height.

She had pointed beast ears on top of her head.

I could see a wagging tail on her back too.

'A dog beast-kin?'

The tail looked similar to the golden dog Choi Jinhyuk kept.

However, her ears weren't droopy but pointed upwards.

The child who escaped the portal stuck out her tongue slightly.

She wagged her tail while looking at me.

Fortunately, the tail wagging didn't seem hostile.

"Who are you...?"

Although I'm sure I've never seen this child before, why do I feel so happy to see her?

Even while being cautious, I found it hard to stop my wagging tail.

"...!"

The child didn't answer my question.

She just smiled brightly and wagged her tail.

"Um..."

After smiling for a while, the child suddenly pounced on me.

She pinned me to the ground and sat on my stomach.

"Ah."

I let my guard down.

Is this how they attack people?

I closed my eyes tightly.

Something soft started touching my cheek.

Lick lick-

What was touching my cheek was none other than the child's tongue.

For some reason, it didn't feel unpleasant.

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