I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 344: The Most Dangerous Weapon

"Ugh!"

The sourness must have been stronger than expected, as Gaeul squeezed her eyes shut.

Lemon juice kept dripping from her lips as she let out a groan.

"Gaeul, you can spit it out if it's too sour."

"Eeek!"

Was the lemon too sour for her to even hear my words?

Gaeul swayed her upper body back and forth.

Between her swaying hair, I could see her lips working the lemon.

Wow.

She's still eating it without spitting it out.

I probably couldn't eat a lemon properly either.

I started feeling a new respect for Gaeul.

"Juuice!"

After making quite a sour face, Gaeul finally swallowed the piece of lemon.

Her body was still all scrunched up, probably from the lingering sourness.

"Gaeul, that's amazing. Lemons are really hard to eat."

"Yeah, even I can't eat lemons."

Happy from my and Han Yeoreum's praise, Gaeul wagged her tail while keeping her face scrunched up.

Seeing this contrasting sight, Levinas and Saebyeok, who had just arrived, showed curiosity.

"Why's Gaeul puppy making that face?"

"Gaeul ate a lemon."

"Levinas knows what lemons are! They make your face scrunch up and it won't go back!"

"Yeah, Gaeul's face is..."

Ah.

It's back to normal now.

Gaeul smiled brightly as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Gaeul's cheerful expression in any situation made me smile too.

"Should I try eating a lemon too?"

I tore off a piece of the lemon Gaeul was holding.

Han Yeoreum expressed concern.

"It'll just be sour though?"

"Yes, but it's fun. It's not like it'll hurt me."

"Hmm... that's true."

Han Yeoreum shrugged her shoulders.

It was silent permission to eat it.

Seeing my intention to eat the lemon, Levinas joined in.

"Hehe, then Levinas will try lemon too?!"

When Levinas joined the lemon-eating challenge, Saebyeok also tore off a piece.

Watching us, Han Yeoreum took out her smartphone.

"Should I record this?"

"Yes, that would be nice."

As Han Yeoreum started recording, we put the lemon pieces in our mouths without hesitation.

Seeing us eat the lemon, Gaeul put another piece in her mouth too.

"...!"

The first taste was sour.

All my senses focused on the sourness.

"Ugh, uwaah..."

Now I understood why Gaeul had been squirming.

The beast-kin's sense of taste made the lemon's sourness incredibly intense.

"Urgh..."

My body curled up small.

The sourness was so overwhelming I couldn't even check how the others were doing.

Fortunately, we had Han Yeoreum's recording.

"Hehe."

Han Yeoreum approached us as we were experiencing the aftershock of sourness.

She played the video for us to watch, and even Master, who had been quietly observing, came to watch too.

The video turned out exactly as entertaining as expected.

"Eeek!"

"Ugh, uwaah..."

Gaeul's reaction was the same as before, and I was trembling all over.

Levinas shook her scrunched-up face extremely fast, while Saebyeok was surprisingly composed.

"King, Levinas lost to the lemon. Didn't know it would be this bad."

"Yeah, but it was really fun."

Sometimes we should play like this too.

We kept watching the video, laughing.

While everyone had similar reactions, Saebyeok stood out for eating it calmly.

"Saebyeok, you're amazing. Your expression didn't change at all while eating the lemon."

"No, I couldn't eat it at all so I just spat it out."

"You spat it out?"

Just as I was questioning Saebyeok.

Ptooey.

In the video, Saebyeok spat out the lemon.

The unchewed piece of lemon flew quite far.

'Ah.'

They seemed really composed.

But it was actually too sour to even chew.

Since eating the lemon was a choice, not forced, no one questioned why she spat it out.

"Hehe."

Today was really fun too.

Though I wanted to keep playing with the children, people shouldn't just play all the time.

Tomorrow we planned to go to the dungeon.

**

The next morning.

While preparing to go to the dungeon.

Levinas, who I thought was sleeping, came to me rubbing her eyes.

"King, are you going to the dungeon?"

"Yeah. We'll be back before lunch."

"Really? Can Levinas come to the dungeon too?"

"Hmm... sure, let's go together."

Happy to hear she could come along, Levinas's eyes opened wide.

Her sleepiness completely disappeared.

"Levinas will get ready quickly and come out!"

"No need to rush, take your time."

"Okay!"

As Levinas went to get ready, I moved to sit beside Sophia, who was dozing in the massage chair.

Since Sophia seemed to be quite the late sleeper too, she was nodding off.

Not wanting to wake her, I just stayed beside her.

'Levinas really likes biting Sophia's tail.'

According to Sophia, they use it for teething.

Is it really that nice?

I carefully tried biting Sophia's shark tail.

'Ah.'

The shark's curved tail fin fit perfectly in a person's mouth.

Now I understood why Levinas liked biting Sophia's tail so much.

'When you bite it, it fits perfectly and feels comfortable.'

Nom nom-

I gently chewed the tail.

My fangs ground against the shark tail that was both firm and soft.

'So this is how Levinas does her teething.'

I learned something new.

Nodding, I walked back around to Sophia's front.

I thought I'd look at sleeping Sophia's face, but her eyes were already open.

"......"

Sophia watched me silently.

Her tail was flicking back and forth behind her.

"Th-that's, I was just curious since Levinas always does it..."

"This one didn't say anything though."

"Y-yes..."

Though it wasn't bad behavior, maybe because I was caught doing it secretly while she was sleeping?

I found myself nervously watching Sophia's reaction.

"Why are you being so nervous?"

"It feels like I got caught doing something bad."

"Gyeoul, your idea of bad behavior has quite a low threshold."

Sophia chuckled and patted her lap.

I naturally sat on Sophia's lap.

"What are your plans for today?"

"We're going to the dungeon today. It appeared two days ago and it's level two."

"Hmm... a level two dungeon probably isn't threatening anymore at this point, but always be careful with new dungeons."

"Yes."

New dungeons are more dangerous than established ones.

Because you don't know what might appear.

Should I find more people to come along?

As I was considering this, Levinas came out ready to go.

Gaeul and Saebyeok were with her.

"Are Gaeul and Saebyeok coming too?"

"Yep."

"Yeah!"

Swish swish.

Watching the children wagging their tails, Sophia got up from her seat.

"Choi Jinhyuk said he has time today, so go with him."

"Yes."

She must be worried about the children.

Having a guardian would be good for us.

We decided to ask Choi Jinhyuk on our way out.

**

We left home and headed to the dungeon.

Fortunately, Choi Jinhyuk joined our party.

With a party this size, we should clear the level two dungeon quickly.

Just as we finished the entry procedures and were about to enter the dungeon, Choi Jinhyuk stopped us.

"Everyone got their weapons?"

"Yes."

I showed the main bow on my back.

Saebyeok held out their tightly clenched fists.

"Hmm."

Just as Choi Jinhyuk was nodding.

Levinas took out a staff from her bag.

It was a toy staff she'd gotten from a game event.

Rather than a colorful children's staff, it was an elegant wooden one.

"Levinas has a weapon too! Going to punish bad guys with this."

Swoosh swoosh.

Levinas swung her magic staff around.

But somehow, mana could be felt from the toy staff.

And quite a lot of it too.

'Huh?'

Did Jung Yu-na modify it?

I wasn't sure, but since Levinas knew how to use magic.

I believed it wasn't anything bad.

"Good. You're all well prepared."

Choi Jinhyuk praised us for being ready.

It felt nice getting praised by a top adventurer.

I wondered if we could enter the dungeon now.

As I was glancing at the red portal.

Gaeul stomped her feet in place.

"Me too."

"Gaeul too? Did you bring a weapon too?"

"Yeah!"

Gaeul rummaged through her bag.

What kind of weapon would appear?

What emerged with anticipation was two lemons.

"Medicine!"

Gaeul proudly held up the lemons.

One in each hand, two lemons total, gleaming in the sunlight.

"Oh..."

Was the impact of the lemon that strong?

Gaeul seemed to believe lemons could be weapons.

"That's amazing. The enemy won't be able to move if you make them eat lemons."

Clap clap clap-

As I was applauding Gaeul.

Levinas approached Gaeul with her staff.

"Gaeul puppy, Levinas will cast magic to make them stronger!"

"Magic?"

"Yeah! Magic to make the lemons super sour!"

Tap tap tap-

Levinas tapped Gaeul's lemons with her staff.

A small light from the staff seeped into the lemons.

"Oh..."

The intense sour smell rising from the lemon peels made my mouth water.

Did the acidity really increase?

Levinas could make crops tastier with plant magic.

Then making things sourer should be possible too.

Eating those would be really bad.

Choi Jinhyuk seemed to have similar thoughts, watching the lemons with tense eyes.

"...Absolutely do not eat those, okay?"

His expression was like he was looking at poison.

Gaeul raised her eyebrows high and nodded.

"Yeah!"

Maybe Gaeul had ended up with the most dangerous weapon among us.

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