I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 343: Yum Yum Lemon

Jo Gyubin, who specialized in attention-seeking and public disturbances, knew one thing.

There were rules even to disruptive behavior.

The most important was avoiding actual jail time.

You had to cause enough commotion to get attention while staying just below the level of serious punishment.

Jo Gyubin had spent his entire streaming career thinking about this balance.

'They're just kids...'

Splashing water might work.

Kids that age actually liked getting wet.

They might even enjoy it if he shouted excitedly while spraying water.

Though others would see it as a nuisance, kids loved this kind of thing.

'They keep fish in a pond, don't they?'

A few years ago, he'd caught fish with his bare hands from a pond.

Maybe he could jump in and catch fish this time too?

Jo Gyubin headed to the park considering various options.

"Brothers, I've arrived at Yeomyeong Park!"

Jo Gyubin started his stream, moving the camera around to show the park.

Chat messages began flowing quickly at the sight of the famous Yeomyeong Park.

[He actually came here?]

[You could seriously die if you mess with Gyeoul ㄷㄷ]

[LOL this guy's crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[You're really something else.]

Crazy.

Something else.

These were the reactions Jo Gyubin wanted.

That backhanded praise was his bread and butter.

"Now let's go find Gyeoul!"

Jo Gyubin moved toward the container house where Gyeoul lived, camera in hand.

Looking around the guild as he walked, he saw many famous people - not surprising for Yeomyeong Park.

"Wow, look over there. It's Choi Jinhyuk."

Jo Gyubin's stream caught Choi Jinhyuk on camera.

Viewers questioned his seemingly angry expression.

[He's glaring at you?]

[Choi Jinhyuk looks mad.]

"Come on, why would Choi Jinhyuk be mad at me?"

Must just be the intimidating presence from his large build.

Jo Gyubin dismissed it and continued walking through the park.

He turned the camera toward another familiar face.

"Wow, there's Jung Yu-na too!"

As expected of Yeomyeong Park.

Why were there so many famous people?

As Jo Gyubin captured them one by one on camera, he started feeling uneasy.

"Shit, there's Jeffrey too..."

Jeffrey showed clear hostility that anyone could recognize.

Come to think of it, hadn't Jung Yu-na been glaring fiercely too?

Jo Gyubin began feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

"Everyone's glaring at me...?"

[Looks like they already know why Jo Gyubin came ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Wow look at those guild members' eyes ㄷㄷ]

[Run if you don't want to die ㅋㅋㅋ]

"......"

Jo Gyubin had to stop, seeing the chat.

The guild members' open hostility was real.

"Do they really know why I'm here?"

[Yeah I told Kwon Arin earlier ㅅㄱ]

"What?!"

Kwon Arin was a major corporate streamer far above mid-tier streamers like Jo Gyubin.

Outstanding looks, overwhelming gaming skill, plus occasional appearances with beast-kin children and Yeomyeong Guild members.

She had everything needed for popularity - born for streaming.

Someone tattled to Kwon Arin?

"You son of a..."

Jo Gyubin shook the camera in rage.

But being a professional streamer, he quickly regained composure.

The guild members' behavior seemed odd.

'They're not trying to stop me or scare me off.'

Why was that?

Maybe there was some rule about not bothering civilians?

Jo Gyubin interpreted the guild members' behavior in his own way.

"Hah, you think I'll back down from this?"

[You're really gonna do it?]

"Of course, I'd do it even if Kang Jinho was here."

Gritting his teeth, Jo Gyubin moved toward Gyeoul's tent.

The beast-kin children were playing in the dirt there.

"King, look at this. Levinas made a pond."

Levinas poured water into a small hole they'd dug.

The children gathered around the tiny muddy pond.

"Amazing. Fish could live here."

"Yeah. But since it's small, only small fish could live in it."

Among the children huddled around the muddy water, Gaeul suddenly stood up.

Pointing at the pond, she shouted energetically.

"Can we raise fish?!"

"Hmm... but wouldn't the fish prefer a bigger pond?"

"Heh...!"

Gaeul nodded in agreement, while Saebyeok stirred the water vigorously with a found branch.

Watching the children play with muddy water, Jo Gyubin made his interpretation.

Kids really did love playing with water.

So he'd quickly spray them and run.

"Brothers, here I go."

Jo Gyubin approached the children with a water bottle.

As the suspicious person approached, the children naturally turned their heads.

"......"

"......"

Jo Gyubin's eyes met Gyeoul's.

Startled, Gyeoul's ears shot straight up.

Could this be the person Kwon Arin mentioned?

Frightened, Gyeoul trembled.

All this was caught on the stream.

[You trash, don't do it]

[This isn't right.]

"Er, hmm..."

Seeing the frightened Gyeoul, viewer sentiment turned.

Jo Gyubin regretted his actions too.

Thinking about harassing such an innocent child, he couldn't move.

'What should I do.'

Should he just close his eyes and do it?

As he hesitated, Jo Gyubin realized someone was watching him from afar.

Yeomyeong Guild Master Kang Jinho.

He stood watching with arms crossed.

Unlike the other glaring guild members, his expression was indifferent, but his presence was on another level.

As if saying "Try it if you dare."

That's how he stood silently.

Though he actually wasn't emitting any presence and just watching, Jo Gyubin's knees went weak.

The stream viewers could see Kang Jinho too.

The rapidly moving chat suddenly stopped.

Only after some time did messages start appearing again.

[Holy shit, even watching through the screen made me nervous.]

[I already pissed myself...]

[What did I just see...]

"......"

Ah.

This really could get him killed.

Buried somewhere no one would ever find him?

Feeling his breathing falling apart in real time, Jo Gyubin raised the water bottle above his head.

"H-hahaha!"

Jo Gyubin poured water over his own head.

Laughing manically, he emptied the entire 1.5 liter bottle then turned and ran.

It couldn't be helped.

Kang Jinho's presence was that strong.

[Got crushed?ㅋㅋ Just totally overwhelmed?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Even crazy people come to their senses against Kang Jinhoㅋㅋ]

[Fake madness at its finest ㅋㅋ]

The chat was full of people mocking Jo Gyubin.

"Um..."

Only the confused Gyeoul stood there blinking.

**

I was sitting near the tent stroking Seol's back when

Han Yeoreum came running from afar after finishing work.

"Master, did that person come and go?"

"He did."

"Nothing happened, right?"

Master nodded to Han Yeoreum.

I moved to Han Yeoreum's side.

"He wasn't really someone who caused much trouble."

"Really?"

"Yes. He might not even know what causing trouble means."

Can't really call pouring water on your own head while laughing "ha ha" causing trouble.

Better to just see him as someone playful.

"I see?"

Han Yeoreum picked me up with a smile in her eyes.

Seol, caught between us, meowed.

It sounded like a happy meow.

"What did Gyeoul do today?"

"We played in the dirt today."

By the way, where did Gaeul go?

As I looked around,

Gaeul came waving from outside the park.

"Master!"

Gaeul held a yellow fruit.

It was a well-ripened yellow lemon.

"Eat nom nom."

Gaeul held out the lemon for me to eat.

She seemed to have confused it with a tangerine.

"That's not a tangerine, it's a lemon."

"Lem-mon?"

"Yeah. Unlike tangerines, it's super sour so you can't really eat it plain."

"Oh..."

Disappointed to learn it wasn't edible, Gaeul's eyebrows drooped.

I felt bad for disappointing Gaeul who had brought the lemon thinking of me.

"But it's not that you can't eat it. It's just really sour so people either love it or hate it. People who like it really enjoy eating it."

"Heh...?"

Gaeul's tongue peeked out slightly.

Learning it was edible seemed to improve her mood.

Rip-

Gaeul started peeling the lemon.

The flesh was bright yellow too.

Sniff sniff.

After smelling the lemon, Gaeul gulped.

I also gulped, my mouth watering at the lemon's unique fresh scent.

Was it because of beast-kin's keen sense of smell?

Just going by smell, it seemed like a really delicious fruit.

I actually started thinking maybe lemons were incredibly tasty.

'Should I try just one piece.'

As I seriously considered this,

Gaeul put a piece of peeled lemon in her mouth.

"Oh..."

"Hmm."

"Hm."

Master, Han Yeoreum and I silently watched.

We didn't stop her because we knew some people really loved lemons.

If it was too much, she could just spit it out.

Munch munch-

Gaeul froze in place while chewing the lemon.

Dribble, lemon juice flowed copiously between her lips.

It looked like she was deliberately letting it drip out because it was too hard to eat.

"Gaeul?"

"...!"

Gaeul's ears and tail stood straight up like cat fur.

I'd never seen Gaeul like this before.