I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 307: Spider Webs Are Strong

I entered the goblin dungeon with Jeffrey.

I settled near the portal, which was a safe zone, and took out the sketchbook I had prepared.

"A sketchbook?"

"Yes. I'll use it instead of a blackboard."

"Well-prepared, aren't you? You'll make an excellent teacher."

"Hehe..."

Getting praised without doing anything yet was embarrassing, but it didn't feel bad.

I felt my tail swaying gently as I lay down on the grass.

Whenever I drew in the sketchbook without a desk, I always positioned myself like this.

As I was flipping through the pages to find a clean one, Jeffrey took an interest in the drawings already in the sketchbook.

"Did you draw all of these yourself?"

"No, I drew them with my family."

"Your family... you mean the kids from yesterday?"

"Yes. They're my precious family."

Thinking about the children made me feel happy.

I wagged my tail faster as I opened to a blank page in the sketchbook.

Then I drew a goblin with a crayon to explain the basics about goblins.

"This is a goblin. Do you know how tall an adult goblin is?"

"...About your height, I'd guess?"

"Yes, yes... But wouldn't I be a bit taller if you count my ears...?"

"Ah, right. Beast-kin ears are on top of the head."

I was relieved that Jeffrey counted my ears as part of my height.

It could be considered cheating, but somehow it hurt my pride to be shorter than a goblin.

Of course, there was no helping it with hob goblins.

Hob goblins were even taller than adult human women.

"Goblins are..."

Two goblins, three goblins.

As I kept drawing more goblins in the sketchbook, I noticed the surroundings were getting noisy for some reason.

Looking around, I saw that people who had entered the hunting grounds had gathered around me.

Among them was a female adventurer I'd become acquainted with from frequenting the goblin hunting grounds.

"What are you doing, Gyeoul?"

"I'm teaching about the goblin hunting grounds."

"To Jeffrey?"

"Yes."

"Wow. Can I join the lesson too?"

I didn't mind if others joined the lesson.

When I nodded at her, a few more adventurers came closer and settled around me.

Since they were all familiar faces, I didn't feel uncomfortable.

"So, about goblins..."

I continued the lesson, drawing pictures in the sketchbook as I explained.

It was my first time teaching someone like this, but it felt somewhat rewarding.

**

'I wonder what the kids are up to.'

Whenever she had free time, Yeoreum would take out her smartphone.

She did this to check on the children through internet updates.

Videos and photos of the children, who had become celebrities of the Yeomyeong Guild, were being updated every minute.

There were even more uploads of the children than of Yeoreum, who had been active in Yeomyeong for years.

"Yaaah!"

"Huh..."

Levinas was running around the park playing, while Gaeul sat with a blank expression, watching Levinas.

And Saebyeok...

'Oh?'

Saebyeok was lying on top of a large dog in a cat-like posture.

It was a dog Yeoreum had seen before.

They were scared of it before, but it seemed they had become friends in the meantime.

As expected, our children are so friendly.

Yeoreum chuckled and looked for Gyeoul's video next.

'This is...'

Gyeoul's video, uploaded as usual.

The rippling portal indicated it was inside a dungeon.

Gyeoul was lying on the grass in the dungeon, drawing in a sketchbook.

"Goblins live in groups."

"I had no idea."

"There's a leader in the group who gives orders. It's easier if you take out that one first."

"My goodness, I didn't know there was a leader..."

The person adding comments after each of Gyeoul's explanations was none other than Jeffrey.

He was the monster-like adventurer competing for the top rank with Yeomyeong's Master.

People were amazed that he was receiving lessons from Gyeoul.

[King: Why is Jeffrey getting lessons from Gyeoul? lol]

[ChickenWizard: Looks like a veteran watching a newbie with pride lol]

[└MapleTree: For real, he's going 'wow' at everything Gyeoul says lol]

[BeastkinLover: I want lessons from Gyeoul too... T_T]

[PositiveMan: Now that Jeffrey's on Gyeoul's side, isn't Gyeoul truly the world's strongest...?]

[└LuluNana: You think...?]

Most of the comments on the video were about the relationship between Gyeoul and Jeffrey.

Most people were surprised and happy that Jeffrey was treating Gyeoul so well.

'I find this surprising too.'

How did that Jeffrey end up playing with Gyeoul?

Gyeoul should be back soon, maybe I should go to the park and ask?

I had some paperwork to do anyway.

Yeoreum put her smartphone away and headed to the park.

The children were playing near the pond.

"Yaaah!"

Levinas was running around with a tree branch, while Gaeul watched with a blank expression.

And Saebyeok was riding on top of the huge dog.

Just like in the video.

Yeoreum approached the children with a smile in her eyes.

"What are you kids up to?"

"Waiting for King!"

"I see."

Should we wait together then?

Yeoreum sat on a nearby bench and watched the children.

Gyeoul arrived at the park thirty minutes later.

"...!"

Gyeoul ran over silently and jumped into Yeoreum's arms.

She's become so natural with her affection now.

Yeoreum felt inexplicably proud.

"Did you come alone, Gyeoul? Where's Jeffrey?"

"Jeffrey said he'd stop by another dungeon before coming."

"I see."

The goblin dungeon must have been a bit stifling for Jeffrey, who values strength.

He probably couldn't unleash his full power against goblins.

It made sense that he'd visit another dungeon.

"By the way, Gyeoul, how did you become friends with Jeffrey?"

"Just... we got close as we spent time together."

"Ah...?"

Of course, anyone would become friends with Gyeoul if they spent time with her.

Gyeoul had a charm that drew everyone in.

Despite the brief explanation, Yeoreum somehow understood.

"Can I go play with my family now?"

"Hmm... I do have some paperwork to do, but let's play first and do it later."

"What kind of paperwork?"

"This, an adventurer's personal information form."

Yeoreum showed Gyeoul the document.

Gyeoul's eyes widened when she saw it.

"There's a lot to fill out."

"Yeah. I'll fill out most of it for you. You just need to do the basic parts."

"Okay."

An adventurer's personal information form.

Gyeoul felt happy, like she was truly being recognized as a resident of this world.

**

After quickly skimming through the document Yeoreum handed me, I ran towards the children playing in the distance.

"Yaaah!"

Levinas was running non-stop.

Saebyeok was chasing after Levinas while riding Leo.

'Leo's fun, isn't he.'

But where was Gaeul?

I used the pheromones I had spread earlier to find Gaeul.

Gaeul was sitting alone in a grassy area a little way off, playing by herself.

"Gaeul, what are you doing here alone?"

"Master...!"

Gaeul wagged her tail happily when she saw me.

She was holding Kkamang in her hands.

"Were you playing with Kkamang?"

"Jjuk-jjuk."

"Jjuk-jjuk."

Gaeul reached towards Kkamang's mouth area.

I thought she was going to touch Kkamang's venomous fangs, but instead, she pulled out a strand of spider web.

Unlike spiders that produce silk from their abdomens, Kkamang's web came from near its mouth.

"Jjuk-jjuk."

Gaeul kept pulling out more spider web.

This seemed like it would be tiring for Kkamang.

I looked at Kkamang worriedly, but Kkamang didn't seem bothered at all.

"Have you been playing by pulling out spider web...?"

"Huh."

Every time she pulled, more web came out.

Was she having fun continuously pulling it out?

Since Kkamang didn't look uncomfortable, I decided to just watch.

Then Gaeul started pulling out the spider web even faster.

"Jjuk-jjuk."

Gaeul wound the spider web around both hands like she was winding a kite string.

The sticky spider web made her winding speed gradually slow down.

At some point, Gaeul's hands suddenly stopped moving.

She had wound so much spider web around her hands that they were now tied together.

"Huh...?"

Gaeul looked down at her arms with surprised eyes.

She tried moving her bound arms up and down and pulling them apart, but the arms tightly wrapped in spider web wouldn't come loose.

"Master...!"

Gaeul's ears and tail, which had perked up, suddenly drooped.

She looked up at me with dejected eyes.

She looked like a pitiful puppy.

"Um..."

What should I do about this?

Kkamang's spider web was unexpectedly tough and couldn't be cut even with scissors.

I carefully tugged at the spider web binding Gaeul's arms.

Stretch-!

The elastic web stretched out and pulled my hand back instead.

I pulled harder, but the stretched web just snapped back like a rubber band.

What should I do?

Should I put my hand in deeper?

After considering for a moment, I inserted my wrist and forearm into the gaps in the spider web.

As I put my arm into the tightly wound web, it constricted even more.

"Gaeul, I'm going to pull. You need to use your strength too, okay?"

"Huh...!"

Forearm, wrist, and fingers.

I pulled the spider web with all my might.

But no matter what I did, Kkamang's web wouldn't break.

It seemed I'd need to get something sharp to cut it.

A knife would be too dangerous.

Maybe I should ask an adult who knows how to handle it for help?

As I was thinking this and tried to pull my hand out of the web, for some reason, my hand wouldn't come out.

"Huh...?"

Kkamang's spider web had bound my hand too.

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