I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 358: Let Me Introduce the Guild

My height had shrunk and my arms were shorter.

Even my childish lisp, which I normally didn't notice, was now clearly audible.

Had I not just gotten smaller, but younger too?

Bewildered, I stared at my palms before turning to Levinas.

"Hey Levinas, can you make me big again...?"

"Yeah... but how do I make you bigger...?"

"Hmm... maybe if you blow air through the straw?"

"..."

Levinas blinked while looking down at her straw, then carefully put it in her mouth.

She blew air onto my head with a soft "phoo."

"Oh?"

My body started growing rapidly from Levinas's breath.

I hadn't noticed it happening the first time, but now that I was paying attention, I could clearly feel it.

"Heuk! It's a magic straw!"

Levinas held up the straw triumphantly.

Though really the straw was ordinary and Levinas was the special one, I decided to stay quiet about that.

"If I suck with this, everything gets smaller!"

Levinas approached Sophia while holding the straw.

Her giggling made her look like an evil villain.

"W-what are you planning?"

"Levinas wants to see a baby shark!"

"...Don't do that."

"Okay! I understand!"

Levinas returned with the straw without any hesitation.

Even when pretending to be a villain, she would never do something someone didn't like.

"Levinas, did you use magic like this when you lived with the bad snake?"

"No! Only for making vegetables grow!"

"...I see."

As Sophia grew lost in thought, Levinas came back to me.

I tapped Levinas's arm as she sat examining the straw from different angles.

"Levinas, make me small again."

"Huh? Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I want to properly see what I look like when I'm younger."

I'd never seen myself at a younger age.

It wouldn't hurt to see it once as a memento.

"Okay!"

Levinas pressed the straw against my cheek.

Slurp slurp, my body started shrinking as she sucked.

"Wow."

I examined my smaller body in front of the mirror.

Small, delicate, and fragile.

When I first became a beast-kin, I'd complained about being too young.

Now I was grateful I hadn't gotten this young - my body looked too small and fragile to even properly shoot a bow by myself.

"Look at this, I'm totally a baby."

"Yeah! Baby King!"

"Baby Master?"

The children played with my shrunken body, poking and prodding it.

Ahem, even Sophia cleared her throat and came over to pinch my cheeks.

"Looking at you like this makes me feel regretful."

"About what?"

"That I didn't get to see you grow up. I wish I could have seen you from when you were just a baby."

I understood what she meant.

Watching children grow up was one of life's joys for adults.

"Levinas likes this size best!"

"Why? You don't like making me even smaller?"

"No! If you're too much of a baby we can't talk together!"

"Ah."

Since babies could only babble.

For Levinas who loved talking, that wouldn't be very fun.

Sophia nodded in agreement.

"Yes, being able to converse together is truly the greatest blessing."

Pat pat.

Sophia stroked my head.

The children were poking my cheeks and squishing my soft arms.

As we played like this for a while, Han Yeoreum came in through the front door.

"Sister, I'm home... what's going on here?"

"Do I look different?"

I stood in front of Han Yeoreum with my shrunken body.

Her eyes went wide.

"What? Why did Gyeoul get smaller?"

"I got hit by some magic."

"Really?"

Han Yeoreum naturally picked me up.

Then she started rubbing her cheek against mine.

As our cheeks squished together like rice cakes, my tail started wagging.

"You're just as squishy as usual."

"Really?"

"Yeah. But this has its own charm."

Squeeze-

After hugging me tightly, Han Yeoreum set me down on the floor with a satisfied expression.

I thought it was over, but it wasn't.

She sat on the couch and placed me on her lap.

"This is a problem though, I had something to ask Gyeoul."

Han Yeoreum said while squishing my cheeks.

She didn't look particularly troubled though.

"Ask me what?"

"Well, we're supposed to film a promotional video for the guild? I was going to ask you to help with that."

"M-me? I don't think I'd be good at promotion?"

Who would even... watch a video I made.

Though beast-kin were special enough on their own.

"You don't need to be good at it. What matters is that you do it."

"Hmm..."

I suppose.

I should think about it a bit.

As I was lost in thought, feeling Han Yeoreum playing with my ears, Levinas hopped onto the seat next to us.

"Then Levinas will film!"

"Levinas will?"

"Yeah! Levinas loves filming!"

"Hmm... then Levinas can be the camera director..."

Han Yeoreum turned to look at me.

Since Levinas wanted to do it.

In the end, I had no choice but to nod.

"Okay. I'll do it."

**

The next morning.

I returned to my original body through Levinas's straw magic.

Though being smaller was interesting and fun, my current body really was best.

Click-

I got in the elevator with the children and pressed the button for the first floor.

Levinas was already filming with her smartphone.

"King, where should we film first?"

"Hmm... shall we go down first?"

"Yeah!"

Our goal was to show off the guild's various facilities.

So we decided to start from the first floor and work our way up.

Ding-!

The elevator doors opened to reveal the first floor.

This was like the guild's signature space.

"Should we film here?"

"Hmm..."

Would it be okay to film like this?

I looked at Saebyeok sleeping on my back and Gaeul smiling brightly beside me.

It might not look professional, but it shouldn't be too bad.

"Yeah. Let's start filming now. Should we use formal speech?"

"Yes, I understand!"

Tap tap-

Levinas nodded and tapped her smartphone.

The video recording had begun.

"King, what's on the first floor?"

"The first floor has facilities mainly used by adventurers. There's also a place that sells mana stones."

We awkwardly filmed while moving to the mana stone exchange.

Sophia, Yoo Sang-ah, and Momoa were working hard at the counter.

Seeing their friendly faces, I found myself running over without thinking.

"I'm here."

"Welcome."

"Oh my, Gyeoul."

"You're here?"

Sophia, Yoo Sang-ah, and Momoa greeted me in turn.

I stretched my body toward them from outside the counter.

As I rested my upper body on the counter to get closer, my legs naturally lifted off the ground.

When I got closer to them, my legs swayed back and forth in the air.

My tail wagged gently too.

"Here is..."

What do you do here?

I couldn't ask my prepared question.

Because Yoo Sang-ah put a cookie in my mouth.

"Gyeoul, perfect timing. These are cookies Momoa made at home. Try some."

Gaeul, Levinas and I shared the cookies nicely.

When I put a cookie in sleeping Saebyeok's mouth, she just chewed it while still sleeping.

"Delicious!"

"Yeah. The cookies are really good. You could open a cookie shop."

"A-ahem. Thank you."

Momoa's cheeks turned red, apparently quite embarrassed.

But the corners of her mouth were slightly turned up.

"But what do you do here..."

"Gyeoul, would you like some milk too?"

"Yes."

The milk was deliciously rich after eating chocolate cookies.

My tail floated up and down from how good the milk tasted.

"That was good."

"I'll make you some again later."

And so we had pleasant everyday conversation while having snacks.

When business hours arrived, we went outside the exchange so we wouldn't disturb them.

'That was fun.'

Another day starting happily.

As I walked contentedly, I suddenly realized.

We were supposed to be filming a promotional video.

"Oh no."

We completely forgot and just played around.

That footage won't be usable.

I scratched my cheek and headed toward the first floor dining area.

"This is the guild's café. After eating at the guild, people drink coffee here."

"Fish bread!"

"Yeah. We eat fish-shaped bread too. Our guild's fish bread is special - it gives you strength when you eat it."

Since Yoon Chaerin was at school this morning, the café staff was making the fish bread.

As we watched them make fish bread from afar, the café staff called out to us.

"Gyeoul."

"Yes?"

"Could you taste test this fish bread? I'm not sure if I made it right."

"Sure. I'll try it."

Nom nom.

The fish bread the café staff gave us was absolutely perfect.

And so we sat in chairs sharing fish bread and tea.

"Master, nom nom."

"Yeah. It's really delicious."

But we're supposed to be filming to show off our facilities.

Somehow we keep just eating instead.

When I looked across, Levinas was still filming us while eating fish bread.

Levinas sure was dedicated.

I tapped the top of Levinas's smartphone.

"Levinas, are you filming this too?"

"Yeah! Can't take breaks during a broadcast!"

"Broadcast...?"

It wasn't being edited and uploaded later, but streaming live?

I hurriedly looked at the smartphone screen.

[I want fish bread too lol]

[Look at their puffy cheeks, they're eating so well lol]

[Don't know about Yeomyeong Guild's facilities, but I can see the kids are loved lol]

"Oh..."

I examined the smartphone screen, rolling my eyes.

The streaming account was Kwon Arin's.

Thanks to that, there were quite a lot of viewers.

The small title below read [Yeomyeong Guild Facility Introduction Video].