I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 278: Howling

The physical fitness test lasted about three hours.

Surprisingly, everyone passed.

The passing standard was quite lenient, probably because they only checked the basics.

Even I passed, despite only managing one pull-up.

Of course, my rank was abysmal due to that one pull-up.

Dead last among all the students.

It was because I deliberately got hit by balls during the agility test, which I was confident in.

'It's a shame, but I can't stand out.'

I have to work hard for the guild.

As I was making this resolution to myself, clenching my fist,

The instructor standing in the center of the fitness test area looked around at us and said,

"Today, we'll simply form teams and then finish up."

"Teams?"

"Yes. We encourage party play for dungeons. The number of members doesn't matter, but we recommend at least three or four."

A party.

I looked up at Yoon Hyunseo and Han Taehwi beside me.

Yoon Hyunseo gave me a smile with her eyes, and Han Taehwi nodded.

"Harang, you'll be in our party, right?"

"...Yes."

Harang.

My fake name.

I was a bit slow to respond because I wasn't used to the name.

"Is the bow your main weapon, Harang?"

"Yes. The bow is my main weapon."

"Really? Magic is my main weapon."

Yoon Hyunseo held out a wooden staff.

She was a wizard, considered nobility among adventurers.

"That's amazing."

"Not really. I can only use a few low-level spells."

Yoon Hyunseo's cheeks reddened.

She seemed embarrassed that she could only use beginner-level magic.

"It is amazing. I can't even use beginner-level magic."

"Hmm... Harang, you have a really nice way of speaking."

Yoon Hyunseo flashed a bright smile.

I was glad she seemed to have regained her confidence.

"I'm sure you'll learn the next level of magic soon."

"Yeah. I hope so. I'm working hard to get badges right now."

"Badges?"

"Yeah. Yeomyeong Guild regularly holds magic lectures, you know? The head of the wizards Association comes too, but you need badges to attend."

"That's..."

Was she talking about the lecture at the guild that suddenly became much bigger in scale?

I found myself nodding slowly without realizing it.

"Haa, but getting badges is like picking stars from the sky..."

It's strange that getting badges is difficult.

The guild had an abundance of badges.

Yoon Hyunseo must have misunderstood something.

"Um... I think you'll be able to get one soon."

"Hehe, you think so?"

"Yes."

I should give Yoon Hyunseo a badge tomorrow.

A badge that anyone could get wouldn't reveal my identity.

'What was the badge for wizards again?'

It was definitely the tomato badge.

I spent the lecture time thinking about various things and chatting.

That's how the first day passed.

"Harang, are you going straight home?"

"Yes. They'll be worried at home."

"Right. Harang is still in middle school after all."

"Go home quickly."

Maybe because I was set up as being young, they didn't try to drag me to after-class gatherings.

Instead, they just waved their hands, telling me to hurry home.

I could see how much Yoon Hyunseo and Han Taehwi cared for their younger siblings.

"I'll be going now. See you tomorrow."

"Okay."

I waved goodbye to the two of them and turned into an alley.

Deep in the alley, Encia was waiting in a car.

Click-

I opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

Seeing Encia made me smile.

I sat in the car and took off the illusion ring.

"Gyeoul, how was your class?"

"We didn't do much today. We just did physical measurements and formed teams, but it was kind of fun."

"I'm glad you enjoyed it."

As Encia started the car and I was fastening my seatbelt,

I heard someone's breathing from the back seat.

It sounded like someone quietly exhaling a held breath.

"Huh?"

I turned around, puzzled.

Suddenly, three children popped out at once.

"Rawr."

"Master!"

Levinas bared her claws and teeth threateningly, while Gaeul copied this pose but called out to me.

Saebyeok also showed her claws with an expressionless face.

"...!"

My surprised ears and tail shot up like a porcupine's quills, but quickly settled down when I realized it was the children.

Seeing my ears, Levinas quickly lowered her hands.

"Were you really surprised?!"

"Yeah. You startled me."

"Oh no!"

Levinas, sitting right behind the passenger seat, put her hands on my head.

For some reason, I felt like Levinas's head-patting skills had improved.

"We'll be leaving now."

"Okay."

The children sat down and fastened their seatbelts.

Saebyeok helped Gaeul with her seatbelt, as she didn't know how to do it.

And so, we were able to return home.

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There's no one suspicious yet.

The classes were pretty fun.

After reporting this back at home, I went out to the park.

In the park, Levinas was cutting and pasting boxes to make something.

"Levinas, what are you making?"

"I'm making a car!"

"A car? An automobile?"

"Yeah! Levinas wants to drive a car too."

Ah.

Levinas had always liked cars.

It was only natural that she wanted to drive one.

"I'll help you. What kind of car are you making?"

"A carrot car! It'd be nice if it could fit four people..."

Four people.

It seemed Levinas wanted to fit all of us in the car.

"Then shall we make a car today?"

"Yeah."

"Heh."

I made a carrot car with the children.

Cutting boxes and sticking tape.

Saebyeok helped diligently, while Gaeul seemed to find it difficult and was sticking tape on her ears and tail.

"Gaeul, if you stick that on your fur, it'll hurt when you take it off."

I reached out towards Gaeul's tail.

I was about to pull the tape off right away, but as my hand got closer, Gaeul's tail wagged faster, making it hard to catch.

"Gaeul, can you stop your tail for a moment?"

"Master...!"

Gaeul looked shocked at my request.

I pondered why she suddenly reacted like this, then realized.

Gaeul's tail only stops when she's not happy.

"Never mind, you don't have to stop your tail."

I used my mana to slow down the flow of the world.

I reached for Gaeul's wagging tail and peeled off only the tape.

Rip-

A few strands of Gaeul's golden fur came off with the tape.

"...!"

The tape removal must have stung a bit, as Gaeul looked up at me with wide eyes.

But that lasted only a moment before Gaeul returned to her usual blank expression and started wagging her tail.

"Gaeul, we shouldn't stick tape on ears and tails, okay?"

"Heh."

I patted Gaeul's head and then focused on making the car.

After about an hour of hard work, we completed a car that was clumsy but somewhat convincing.

It was a carrot car covered with orange paper.

"Wow."

Levinas ran towards us, holding the completed box car.

Following Levinas's lead, we lined up and then turned the box car upside down over us.

It was a car with an open bottom that we had to walk in ourselves.

It was a bit embarrassing to ride in a toy car together, but it was for the children's sake.

No one in the world would mock someone playing with children.

"Vroom vroom."

Levinas made engine noises with her mouth.

Then she looked back with fiercely raised eyebrows.

Right behind Levinas was me, followed by Gaeul and Saebyeok in order.

"We're departing!"

"Okay."

We supported the box car with our hands and moved forward.

Because Saebyeok was slower at running compared to us, we kept it at a moderate jogging pace.

"Right turn ahead."

The place Levinas ran to was the road outside the park.

I quickly tapped Levinas on the shoulder.

"Levinas, we can't go on the road."

"Really?!"

"Yeah. It's Levinas's first time driving."

"Oh! That's right!"

Levinas, who had gone up to the road, turned sideways.

As we continued running, we deliberately bumped into things like trees and bus stops.

"Crash! Crash!"

"Woof woof!"

Levinas made crashing sounds with her mouth.

Thinking it was the sound of a dog barking, Gaeul barked along.

It seemed canines had a tendency to bark together when someone else barked.

"Hey, look at those kids over there."

"...Really, it's not good for my heart."

"Aww..."

People around us smiled warmly as they watched us.

I was glad people found the children cute.

By the way, Levinas is driving quite recklessly.

I'm sure the protagonist in that horned rabbit animation drove like this.

That's how we ran outside the park, led by Levinas.

"This is..."

It was an alley where tattooed men often appeared.

Levinas seemed to really like this alley.

"Shall we take a break?"

"Yeah."

I lowered my head and got out of the car.

Gaeul followed me out, while Levinas and Saebyeok stayed inside the car.

"Master."

Gaeul stuck out her tongue slightly and grinned.

Gaeul must have enjoyed the car play too.

Seeing the children enjoying themselves made me smile as well.

"Gaeul, did you have fun?"

"Good!"

Just as Gaeul was running around me with her tongue out,

-Awoooo!

A dog's howling could be heard from somewhere in the alley.

"...!"

Startled, Gaeul froze in place.

Then she looked up at the sky and started howling along.

"Awoooo."

Gaeul's howling sounded like a person clumsily imitating a dog.

The dog that had been howling earlier responded to Gaeul's clumsy cry.

-Awoooo!

-Awoo!

"Awoooo."

The neighborhood dogs were exchanging howls.

As I was blankly watching Gaeul in this sudden situation,

"These damn dogs always start this shit at this time! I'm really gonna rip them apart!"

Bang-!

The front gate of a house not far away opened with a loud noise.

The one who kicked open the gate was a large man.

I made eye contact with the scary man holding a club in one hand.

He had a dragon tattoo on one of his forearms.

My startled body trembled.

"Awoooo."

Even then, Gaeul was still howling.

"Oh."

The man who saw us stopped abruptly in his tracks.

He stood frozen like a stone statue for nearly ten seconds.

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