I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 410: Function

The time for farewell came quickly.

We moved toward the portal, followed by Ariel, Evelyn, and other researchers.

"Leaving already?"

"Yes. Many people are waiting at home. They'll be worried."

"...It feels a bit disappointing. We couldn't properly thank you."

"It's okay. That's what helping each other is about."

The laboratory where I first appeared.

We all stood together near the portal there.

At first, it was just Ariel and me, but now everyone was here.

"What is it?"

"It's an MS we made - a distress signal for emergencies. Though I'm not sure if it'll reach your world."

"Wow..."

Ariel's gift was a small radio that fit in my palm.

Though I wasn't sure about it, I decided to keep it as a memento.

"Though with how strong everyone is in your world, I'm not sure if this will help."

"It's okay. It's a really nice gift."

"Hmm... but I want to give something else too..."

A gift.

After thinking, I decided to make one request to Ariel.

"Ariel, instead of a gift, I have a request."

"A request?"

"Yes. Please don't hate the researchers because of this incident."

I looked around at the surrounding researchers as I spoke.

My words seemed unexpected - the researchers' eyes went wide.

The same was true for Ariel.

"Not hating them is your request?"

"Yes. I know from experience that hating someone only hurts yourself."

"Mmm! That's right!"

"Yes... so..."

Both the researchers and I watched Ariel's reaction carefully.

Fortunately, Ariel smiled brightly.

"Okay. I'll forgive them."

"Really?"

"Yeah. And honestly, I wasn't that angry."

The researchers sighed in relief at Ariel's gentle smile.

Ariel really was a good person.

Han Yeoreum caught my gently swaying tail tip.

"Gyeoul, it's time to go."

"Ah, yes."

I backed toward the portal while looking at Ariel and the researchers.

The children and I waved goodbye.

"Well then, we'll be going."

"Yeah. Take care, and let's meet again someday!"

"Yes."

I wondered if we could meet again someday.

That would be really nice.

Hoping to meet again someday, I stepped into the portal.

**

Ariel watched the shrinking portal while recalling her memories.

Kaylee Fielding.

She had disliked having a younger superior, and ended up doing something like this.

The situation turned out this way because Kaylee happened to discover a memory manipulation MS.

'The higher-ups probably knew already?'

MS wasn't such an incompetent organization.

They probably stayed quiet to see how MS172 would be used.

'This bit-'

...No, Gyeoul said not to hate.

Ahem, as Ariel cleared her throat, Evelyn tapped on her tablet beside her.

"Evelyn, what are you doing?"

"Modifying the records."

"The Light of Tranquility? That name should be changed."

"No, I'm modifying Gyeoul's entry."

Evelyn wrote new information about Gyeoul.

She recorded exactly what she had observed while with Gyeoul.

[MS132-Han Gyeoul] [Grade I]

[Abilities extremely dangerous, but naturally gentle and likes helping people.]

[Similar level to MS89 Saint]

[Enjoys head pats and hugs.]

[Seems to especially enjoy being swung like an airplane.]

"...That's not wrong."

"Right?"

Evelyn chuckled while looking at the tablet.

When was the last time she had laughed so genuinely?

Just as Evelyn placed her hand over her chest, the portal began to shrink.

"Evelyn, what will you do now?"

"About what?"

"The MS you were in charge of is disappearing."

"Hmm..."

She would need to be assigned a new MS.

Maybe one even more dangerous than the portal.

"Tch."

This world never let you rest easy.

Just as Evelyn clicked her tongue:

Someone poked their head out of the shrinking portal.

It was Gaeul with her cute tongue sticking out.

"Yak!"

Gaeul, with just her head poking out of the portal, threw something.

A yellow lemon fell onto the laboratory floor.

"Heck..."

After throwing the lemon, Gaeul pulled their head back with a satisfied expression.

The portal disappeared at the same time.

"Why the lemon...?"

"...Maybe they left us something new to research?"

"Ah...?"

They said that lemon was really dangerous.

It was worth researching separately.

It seemed they wouldn't need to worry about being assigned dangerous MS for a while.

**

As soon as we returned through the portal, we saw Kim Min-jun, the dungeon management civil servant.

"Gyeoul!"

He rushed over to me frantically.

His eyes darted around examining my condition.

"Gyeoul, are you okay?!"

"Yes. It was a really easy dungeon."

"Haah... thank goodness... when the dungeon suddenly appeared..."

After briefly chatting with the relieved Kim Min-jun, I walked toward the park.

While examining the signal device from that world as I walked, Levinas suddenly jumped up.

"Ah! Matta!"

"What's wrong?"

"Levinas wanted to show this but forgot!"

Levinas rummaged through her pockets.

What came out was bubble gum.

Levinas thrust out her chest along with the bubble gum.

"Look at this! It's a portable balloon!"

"Portable balloon?"

"Yeah! In movies people make balloons with this! Levinas bought it because it was cool!"

At the words 'portable balloon,' all the children's attention focused.

Well, it was a balloon since it was bubble 'gum'.

"Levinas, do you know how to blow bubbles with it?"

"Yeah! After chewing it, you blow and it gets as big as a balloon!"

"Wow, want to try?"

"Yeah!"

"Yeah!"

Munch munch-

After chewing the gum briefly, Levinas waved her hands at us excitedly.

She seemed to be saying watch her blow a bubble.

"Ready?"

"Mm...!"

Levinas's cheeks puffed up as she nodded.

Then her puffed cheeks deflated as she blew out a very strong breath.

Phoo-!

The gum Levinas had been chewing shot out like a bullet from the force.

The gum stuck precisely to the center of Gaeul's forehead.

"Uing?"

Gaeul's ears perked up.

She tilted her head back and rolled her eyes upward but couldn't see the gum stuck to her forehead.

Maybe because she didn't know what hit her?

Gaeul made a blank expression after getting hit by the gum attack, then started clapping like a seal.

She seemed to think Levinas had performed an amazing trick.

"Gaeul, it's stuck to your forehead."

"Heuk...?"

Gaeul peeled the stuck gum off her forehead.

Wondering how it stuck there, it seemed her bangs had helped it stick.

"Balloon!"

"Yeah. You can make balloons with it."

"...!"

Gaeul, tail wagging gently, put the gum Levinas had chewed into her precious bag.

Han Yeoreum burst out laughing at the sight.

"How did it stick right to the forehead?"

"It flew like Gyeoul's arrows."

Han Yeoreum, Saebyeok, and even me.

While everyone was enjoying themselves, only Levinas had her horned rabbit eyes wide open.

"The balloon didn't work...!"

Levinas's ears drooped halfway.

It seemed I needed to teach Levinas how to blow bubbles.

"Levinas, to blow a bubble..."

Munch munch, I chewed gum while teaching Levinas how to blow bubbles.

When I blew a bubble through my mouth, Levinas and Gaeul jumped up.

"Balloon! Balloon!"

Poke poke.

Gaeul poked the large bubble with her finger.

The bubble gum stretched to its limit was so fragile it popped at Gaeul's pokes.

Pop-

"...!"

The popped bubble covered her nose and mouth completely.

Both Gaeul and I were so startled our eyes went wide.

"I'll help get it off."

"Mm..."

Saebyeok used tissues to remove the bubble gum.

At that moment, Levinas also started blowing a bubble.

Phooo.

Looking up at the sky, she blew a bubble that started growing bigger and bigger.

I thought it was big enough, but the bubble kept growing past its limit.

"Gyeoul taught really well-"

Han Yeoreum seemed to notice something strange and stopped mid-sentence to watch Levinas's continuously expanding bubble.

The bubble Levinas blew eventually grew as large as a small car.

"I think I know what's going to happen next."

"What?"

"Hmm... she might fly away on the bubble."

Just as Han Yeoreum finished speaking, Levinas's body started floating up.

It seemed Levinas's unique ability had activated.

"Mm! Mmm...!"

Maybe because they were holding the gum?

Levinas couldn't open her mouth and just flapped her arms and legs back and forth.

Her flapping made her body start moving.

"Wow."

The children and I watched blank-eyed as Levinas flew away.

She floated gently like a hot air balloon, but didn't go too high.

Just high enough that a beast-kin wouldn't get hurt falling, high enough that Han Yeoreum could easily catch her.

So we just stared blankly up at Levinas.

Levinas flapped her arms and legs side to side like she was doing jumping jacks.

"Mm! Mm...!"

Making strange incomprehensible sounds.

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