I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 355: Scared of Waves

Kang Min-wook faced the biggest dilemma of his life.

He was wondering if the beast-kin child playing in the training grounds was really meant to be the training subject.

'First, stay calm...'

Let's look for another pet dog.

Kang Min-wook slowly looked around the field.

But there wasn't another dog in sight.

'Really...?'

Did they really come here to ask him to train a beast-kin child?

Like training a dog?

Kang Min-wook's pupils shook violently.

How should he handle this?

After considering, Kang Min-wook decided to ask the child's name first.

"Um... what's our new friend's name?"

"Leo."

"Leo."

A Latin word meaning lion.

The child's fur color did resemble a lion's.

'Though Leo is usually a male name...'

Golden hair that was similar to but brighter than a lion's.

The innocent yet active demeanor suited the name Leo.

'...I should probably decline, right?'

Kang Min-wook turned to look at Choi Jinhyuk.

But Choi Jinhyuk was looking elsewhere.

What was he looking at?

Kang Min-wook followed his gaze but could only see the open gate of the training grounds.

Choi Jinhyuk was looking far beyond the gate.

"I'll go get the kids for a moment."

"Ah, yes. Take your time."

Come to think of it, he'd mentioned there were other children who wanted to join the lesson.

Kang Min-wook watched Choi Jinhyuk leave the grounds, then approached the child called Leo - Gaeul.

A lovable child with blank yet round eyes.

"Hi Leo."

Kang Min-wook spoke in the gentle voice characteristic of dog trainers.

But for some reason, the child didn't respond at all.

They just stared at him with blank eyes.

"Leo?"

"No."

"Huh?"

"No, Leo not here."

Leo's not here?

Did they want to play pretend?

Kang Min-wook decided to go along with whatever the child wanted to do.

"Yeah, Leo's not here. I wonder where he went?"

Though he answered in a gentle voice, the child just looked confused.

Was it because his size was intimidating?

Kang Min-wook tried his best to give a friendly smile.

He decided to try comforting the child until Choi Jinhyuk returned.

"Was Leo playing here?"

"No!"

"...No? Then what was Leo doing?"

"Leo not here...!"

"Hmm...?"

Was the child scared of being alone?

Just as Kang Min-wook was touching his lips uncertainly-

"Woof!"

An adult dog's bark came from outside the grounds.

Both Kang Min-wook and Gaeul naturally turned their heads.

There stood Jango and Leo, completely soaked, along with Gyeoul.

"Master!"

Gaeul ran toward Gyeoul.

Gyeoul tilted her head at Gaeul's urgent manner.

"Gaeul, what's wrong?"

"Gaeul...! Leo!"

Gaeul waved her clenched fists up and down.

She also stomped her feet repeatedly.

It looked like she was trying to explain something.

"Gaeul and Leo?"

What was Gaeul trying to tell them?

As Gyeoul was interpreting her meaning, Choi Jinhyuk approached Kang Min-wook with Leo.

"This is Leo."

"What...?"

"Huh?"

An awkward silence.

Then Kang Min-wook swallowed and pointed at Gaeul.

"I, I thought that friend was Leo... so I was wondering how to handle this..."

"Hmm..."

"I'm, I'm so sorry. I misunderstood..."

"No, it's fine. The situation was confusing."

Choi Jinhyuk and Kang Min-wook's gazes turned toward the children.

Seeing this, Gyeoul understood the whole situation.

'Ah.'

They went outside and mistook Gaeul for Leo.

This was one of the common misunderstandings beast-kin faced regarding their animal features.

"Gaeul, looks like there was a misunderstanding. They thought you were Leo."

"...!"

Gaeul's eyes went wide as she approached trainer Kang Min-wook.

Then she thrust out her chest and said:

"Gaeul."

"Ah... your name is Gaeul?"

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry. Uncle thought you were Leo."

Perhaps appeased by trainer Kang Min-wook's apology?

Gaeul gave him a bright smile.

"To make up for it, I'll give you a really fun lesson. It'll be really fun."

"Yeah."

Swish swish.

Gaeul's tail wagged.

Gyeoul was glad the misunderstanding was cleared up.

**

Trainer Kang Min-wook's skills were impressive.

He trained Leo without any forceful methods.

"Now, when you do 'down' like this."

When trainer Kang Min-wook gestured, Leo lay down.

Training Leo so easily.

The children and I couldn't help but be amazed.

"Now, would you like to try? Should our Gaeul try?"

"Yeah."

Gaeul smiled brightly as she approached Leo.

Then she swung her index finger down like a wand.

"Dawn!"

Though Gaeul gestured at Leo, unfortunately he didn't lie down.

He just tilted his head with a "huh?"

It seemed she couldn't enunciate "down" clearly like trainer Kang Min-wook.

"Not 'dawn', you need to say 'down' clearly, one syllable at a time. Dogs listen to tone rather than words."

"Um, dawn! D-own!"

Though Gaeul tried her best to speak clearly, she unfortunately failed.

She was too young to pronounce words properly.

"Hmm... then maybe like this..."

Just as trainer Kang Min-wook was about to suggest a new training method-

Gaeul got there first, pressing down on Leo's back while shouting.

"Dawn!"

"Heuk."

Leo seemed to understand, lying down in place.

We couldn't help but be surprised.

"Oh."

"Wow, she adapted the method?"

As everyone expressed amazement, Gaeul puffed out her chest with an "ahem."

Was our Gaeul truly a genius?

As I was thinking this-

"Gyeoul!"

Han Yeoreum waved and approached from the entrance.

Sophia was with her.

"What is it? How did you know we were here?"

"Yeah. There's a beach nearby, so we thought we could play together. How's the training going?"

"Good. Gaeul's doing really well at training."

"Oh my, really?"

I led Han Yeoreum and Sophia toward Gaeul.

Seeing us, Gaeul commanded Leo without being asked.

"Dawn!"

"Woong."

Leo immediately lay down.

Han Yeoreum, who knew Leo was troublesome, was greatly impressed.

"Wow, Gaeul did that?"

"Yeah!"

"That's amazing!"

Gaeul's tail wagged at Han Yeoreum's praise.

This level of success with Leo's training seemed sufficient.

We decided to thank trainer Kang Min-wook.

"Thank you, trainer. Leo was quite naughty, but now he listens well."

"It's my job. I'm glad you're pleased."

Trainer Kang Min-wook smiled at me.

People who gave their all to their work were always impressive.

**

We all went to the nearby beach together.

The waves were quite large.

"Wow."

"Woah!"

The children and I ran toward the ocean as soon as we got out of the car, as if on cue.

We chased after the ebbing tide, then ran back when the waves rushed in.

"Ahhhhh!"

"...!"

Chase and retreat.

Chase and retreat.

After repeating this several times, Levinas pointed at the waves and asked:

"King! How do the waves move?!"

Levinas pointed at the waves as she asked.

Explaining waves would require explaining the moon's gravity.

Wouldn't gravity be too difficult for Levinas right now?

Hmm.

Just as I was about to cross my arms-

"Yah yah!"

Gaeul stomped on the incoming waves.

Levinas's ears perked up at the small ripples from the splashing.

"Levinas knows! A giant is playing in the water far away! It's a wave giant!"

"Hmm... maybe?"

"Hehe."

Levinas covered her mouth as she laughed, then went over to Gaeul.

Then she hopped on the incoming waves.

She stomped hard enough to leave footprints in the sand.

"Gaeul puppy! Let's make waves too!"

Splash splash-

Levinas and Gaeul made small waves.

Though tiny compared to the huge ocean waves, the children didn't seem to mind.

"I'll help too."

I stomped on the waves with the children.

Saebyeok also joined in stomping waves while carefully restraining her strength.

Splash splash-

Our small waves collided with the ocean's huge waves.

Perhaps by coincidence, the ocean waves began to calm after we started making waves.

"Master...!"

"Gasp! We beat the wave giant...!"

The children cheered at the calming ocean.

Saebyeok's tail wagged happily too.

Hehe.

The children's joy made me happy too.

As I felt my tail swaying gently-

Sophia's dissatisfied voice came from right in front.

"Down. Tsk, won't you lie down?"

Sophia was giving commands to Leo.

Leo ignored her and kept digging in the beach sand.

"Sophia, the tone is important. You have to say 'down.'"

"...Is that so?"

"Yes. Gaeul's really good at this."

I patted Gaeul's back asking for a demonstration.

Gaeul ran toward Leo shouting.

"Dawn!"

"Woong."

Leo stopped digging and lay down.

It was always impressive how well Leo listened.

Clap clap clap-

I applauded for Gaeul.

And then.

Whoosh-!

A huge wave crashed over me from behind.

**

Han Yeoreum was taking pictures of the children as usual.

She photographed Gaeul, Saebyeok, Gyeoul, and Levinas.

'Better use continuous shooting.'

Click click-

Just as Han Yeoreum was photographing the children with their backs to the shore-

Whoosh-!

A sudden huge wave crashed over the children.

Click click-

Taking continuous shots, Han Yeoreum captured each moment.

The wave rising to the waists of the children as they clapped.

That huge wave sweeping the children away.

Only the strong Saebyeok remained standing in place.

"Oh."

Nyaaah.

Gyeoul's expression was captured in the photo.

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