I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 341: Let's Eat the Magpie

"Levinas couldn't protect the snacks...!"

Thump.

Far behind Levinas, who had collapsed onto the ground, a magpie perched on the building came into view.

The magpie was pecking at the snack bag with its beak.

It was the premium snack Jung Yu-na had bought us at the building.

"Did a magpie take the snacks?"

"Yeah... and a tiger cat took the anchovies too..."

"Tiger cat?"

"It was a really, really scary cat with tiger stripes..."

So they were hit by not just the magpie but a stray cat too.

Why did they target our snacks when there were so many other people around?

They say animals sometimes steal food from each other.

Did they steal our food thinking beast-kin with ears and tails were animals?

Even I couldn't understand the situation.

"If it had been just one, Levinas and Gaeul could have stopped them, but it had to be two at once."

"Yeah... sorry Levinas couldn't protect the snacks..."

Levinas's rabbit ears drooped sadly.

Her face fell, probably from not properly completing her assigned task.

"What do you mean you couldn't protect them? I think you did really well! Look how much is left thanks to Levinas guarding them."

"R-really...?"

"Yes. If Levinas and Gaeul hadn't been here, they would have taken everything."

This wasn't just comfort - it was the truth.

Without anyone guarding them, they could have easily stolen everything if they'd wanted to.

Levinas seemed somewhat consoled, her expression lightening a little.

"So Levinas half succeeded?"

"No, way more than half!"

"...!"

Levinas's ears perked up as she came to sit beside me.

As if trying to make up for her small mistake, she began carefully arranging the snacks.

"Levinas could have protected them perfectly - that's what's frustrating!"

"No, you protected them plenty well enough."

Yeah, that's right.

Jung Yu-na and Saebyeok chimed in agreement with my words.

"Hehe... next time Levinas will complete the mission perfectly!"

"Yeah. Just hearing that makes me feel reassured."

We all enjoyed our snacks together after that.

The tower's snacks were premium quality, just as delicious as our guild's fish-shaped bread.

We promised to come back and eat like this again before heading home.

By the way, I kept the ball of fur Gaeul had put down.

I planned to give it back to her when we got home.

**

That afternoon.

Levinas went to the park and practiced catching falling leaves.

It was a training method she'd seen in an animation - supposedly it would make her punches faster.

"Yah!"

Never letting snacks get stolen again.

With that determination, Levinas reached out her hands. Seol and Kkamang approached.

"Meow?"

"Squeak?"

Seol and Kkamang tilted their heads, finding Levinas's actions strange.

But seeing her working hard at something, they didn't interfere.

"Caught two!"

After catching two falling leaves in succession, Levinas plopped down on the ground.

Time for a break after making progress.

Just as she thought this, Seol approached with Kkamang perched on their head.

"Meow meow?"

Though Levinas couldn't understand Seol's words exactly, she got the general idea.

Probably asking what she was doing.

Levinas let out a sigh.

"Actually, today Levinas..."

Like sharing her troubles, Levinas told Seol and Kkamang about what happened that morning.

The two became quite angry hearing about other animals stealing the snacks.

"Meow meow!"

"Huh?"

"Meow!"

Seol tugged at Levinas's clothes with their teeth.

As if saying to follow them.

"Where are we going?"

Though questioning, Levinas followed behind Seol.

She walked quite far outside the park, but Levinas wasn't scared with her two friends.

In an alley they reached.

The tiger-striped cat sat on top of a wall.

Levinas could see the scar on its eye.

This was the bad cat that had taken all their precious anchovies.

"Tiger cat!"

The cat looked down at Levinas's shout.

Its vertical pupils and scarred eye were frightening.

As Levinas stumbled backward, Seol ran forward.

"Meow!"

Seol raised their fur threateningly at the cat.

Kkamang on Seol's head also raised their front legs menacingly.

Finding this amusing, the cat merely yawned.

"Squeak squeak!"

Swoosh-!

Angered by the blatant disrespect, Kkamang shot spider web at the cat.

The quickly fired web bound the cat to the wall.

"Meow! Meow!"

Though it struggled, Kkamang's web was strong.

Too strong for the cat to break free.

"Got you!"

Levinas picked up the web-bound cat.

She glared at the cat, trying to look as scary as possible.

"Tell us where the bird is if you want to live!"

"Me-meow..."

"...What did it say?"

Levinas turned to look at Seol.

Unfortunately, she could only understand Seol's cat language.

"Meow! Meow nya! Meow!"

"Really?!"

"Meow!"

It would help find the bird by cooperating with other cats if they let it go.

After thinking briefly, Levinas nodded.

"Alright!"

**

Saebyeok was sleeping on a bench while Levinas trained near the tent.

With nothing particular to do, I walked around the park with Gaeul.

In one hand, Gaeul held leftover snacks from the morning.

"Master!"

"Yes?"

"Bird!"

Gaeul pointed at pigeons wandering the park.

The way she licked her lips watching the pigeons, she seemed to want to eat them.

"Gaeul, they say we shouldn't eat pigeons."

"Can't?!"

"No. There's plenty of other things to eat without catching them."

"...!"

Gaeul looked down at the snacks in her hand.

As if understanding something, she stuck out her tongue slightly.

"Instead of catching them, should we feed them?"

"Feed?"

"Hmm... snacks are fine but they'd probably like bread crumbs better."

I bought a small thousand-won loaf of bread from the convenience store.

Just breaking up the bread drew pigeons gathering nearby.

To think I'd spend my own money buying pigeon feed.

Feeling oddly proud, I threw the torn bread to the pigeons.

Peck peck-

The pigeons quickly ran over to eat the bread.

Gaeul's eyes went wide, fascinated by the pigeons eating our bread pieces.

"Master!"

Gaeul pointed at the pigeons pecking at the bread.

I held out some pre-torn bread pieces to Gaeul.

"Want to try throwing some? The pigeons will come eat them."

"...!"

The bread pieces in my palm.

Gaeul took them with her mouth and ate them.

Munch munch.

Bread crumbs stuck to her mouth as she chewed.

"Oh."

Wasn't expecting Gaeul to eat them.

I couldn't help but laugh at the amusing situation.

I patted Gaeul's head and tore up more bread.

"Are you going to eat it instead of giving it to the pigeons?"

"Give!"

Gaeul threw the bread pieces I gave her toward the pigeons.

Pitter patter, the pigeons ran over with tiny footsteps and ate the bread.

"Wow!"

Gaeul clapped watching the pigeons.

The snack bag in her hands made crinkling sounds.

"Is it fun?"

"Yeah!"

Gaeul smiled brightly and looked down at the snack bag in her hand.

After staring at the snacks for a moment,

She grabbed a handful and threw them at the pigeons.

Snacks and crumbs flew at the pigeons like shrapnel from a bomb.

The startled pigeons flapped away.

"Oh dear."

She threw the snacks too hard.

Can't help it since children aren't good at controlling their strength.

Just as I thought we should clean up the snacks, the pigeons flew back to peck at them.

"Master!"

"Uh, yeah..."

They came back to eat them.

Pigeons are pigeons in any world, I guess.

I was scratching my cheek in bewilderment when-

"King!"

Levinas's voice came from behind.

When I turned around, Levinas was holding something.

'That's...'

A bird bound in spider web.

It was the magpie that had stolen our snacks.

"King, Levinas caught the thief bird!"

"Wow... how did you catch it...?"

"Caught it together with Seol and Kkamang!"

Levinas pointed to Seol and Kkamang at her feet.

She looked quite confident, probably from catching the thief.

"So what do we do with this bird?"

"Hmm..."

Right.

We caught it, but what should we do with it?

As we pondered this, Gaeul suddenly stuck her face between us.

"Nom nom?!"

"Ah! Eat it?!"

"Umm..."

Han Yeoreum said we shouldn't eat wild animals.

But this one stole the snacks Levinas was guarding.

Maybe we could make an exception just this once.

"Yeah. Let's go roast it at the tent."

I headed to the tent with the children.

We lit a fire and put the web-bound magpie on a cutting board.

"I'll go to the back for a bit, will you wait here?"

"Yeah! Got it!"

Better not show the children the process of preparing the bird.

Plucking the feathers would be quite brutal.

I took the magpie and moved to a corner.

Just as I crouched down, a voice came from behind.

"Gyeoul, what are you doing there?"

"Oh!"

It was Han Yeoreum.

Why at this timing?

I instinctively hid the magpie against my chest.

It felt like being caught doing something bad.

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