Taesan Guild Master, Park Taesan.
He was a man who feared nothing in this world.
With fists that could crush anything, there were no trials.
Before Park Taesan, who held such beliefs, appeared a bean-sized creature difficult to crush.
"We're really not holess..."
The child's small head trembled.
Scared, her eyes were fixed on the ground.
Crouched down, she looked even more pitiful.
Park Taesan sought help from Kang Jinho, but he only gave an indifferent look.
It ant to handle it himself.
"Ha, hahaha!"
Was this the reaction from just a little teasing?
What a cold-hearted brother.
Park Taesan, who had lived his life avoiding thinking, just laughed to buy ti.
Saebyeok, interpreting the laughter as provocation, bared her teeth at Park Taesan.
"Grrr."
"......"
What's with this black bean?
She looked exactly like the white child, but taller and fiercer.
She exuded a vicious killing intent unfit for her age.
Clearly the white child's older sister.
She was angry because her sister was called a holess beggar.
"Ha, haha... ahem..."
Though Park Taesan lived recklessly, he wasn't a thug who bullied children.
He might be a bit rough, but he had no hobby of intimidating frightened girls.
It was clear whose fault this was.
Park Taesan decided to apologize in his own way.
"What a mistake! I thought you were one of my comrades!"
"C-comrade...?"
Suddenly, what comrade?
Gyeoul's tail, which had fallen to the ground, trembled, then swept the floor and climbed onto her foot.
Seeing her obvious fear, Park Taesan flashed a hearty smile.
"Truth is, I'm a beggar! A beggar who only sees other beggars."
"Uh..."
Gyeoul looked Park Taesan up and down.
He was wearing sothing resembling a torn dobok[dojo uniform], certainly not looking rich.
'Isn't he a Guild Master...?'
A Guild Master should have lots of money.
Is he purposely living poor?
Unusual, but not unheard of.
Gyeoul could sowhat understand.
"Well, I've made quite the blunder."
At Park Taesan's apology, Saebyeok retracted her fangs.
Gyeoul also lowered her guard a bit.
"It wasn't that bad..."
"Oh? Well, that's a relief!"
Hahaha.
Park Taesan laughed happily.
Now it was ti to pay for his mistake.
The price was to play with the children.
"Since I was in the wrong, I'll serve Gyeoul as the boss for today!"
Boss for a day.
Levinas urgently cried out.
"No!"
"No?"
"Yeah! The King is not just the boss for a day, but for life!"
So that's how it is.
It didn't matter to Park Taesan.
He was strict about hierarchy, but playing with children was an exception.
"Then I'll serve you as boss for life!"
"Yeah! King is the boss!"
Levinas nodded with satisfaction.
The sa went for Saebyeok.
'Seems her sisters take good care of her.'
They're harmonious children.
Park Taesan took a liking to the beast-kin children.
---
---
Park Taesan stood in front of the tent with a handcart.
Saebyeok and Levinas sat on the handcart.
Vroom vroom-
He played with the children by shaking the handcart back and forth.
Though scary at first glance, he didn't seem like a bad person.
"We're repairing the tent today. It got torn in various places while flying around."
"With tape?"
"Yes."
Rip-!
I tore the clothes I brought with my fangs.
My fangs are sharper than most knives, so I could easily tear them.
Rip rip-
As I continued tearing clothes, the Master approached .
His hand reached close to my mouth and touched my lips.
"Ah, open up."
"Ah?"
When I opened my mouth, the Master removed the clothes caught on my fangs.
Then he tore the clothes for instead.
"Don't bite just anything."
"It's easier this way. I'm too weak to use knives or scissors."
"If anything's difficult, bring it to uncle. I'll do anything for you."
"Um... okay..."
Anything, he says.
Coming from the Master, it carries weight.
I decided to seek out the Master if I ever had sothing truly difficult to solve.
Rip-
We tore up all the clothes we brought.
I imdiately reached out to the Master.
"Please lift up there."
"Like this?"
The Master grabbed my waist and lifted up.
It was a good height to repair the hole in the ceiling.
I imdiately tore off so tape and attached the torn clothes.
That's when soone entered the tent.
"I heard you had important business today, was this it?"
The one who entered was Chae Juyeon, the Sacred Guild Master.
I had heard her footsteps approaching, so I already knew.
"Repairing the tent is important, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's extrely important."
Juyeon's arrival and the satisfaction of fixing the tent.
Two good feelings mixed, making my tail wag.
Tap tap tap-
I attacked the Master's face below with my tail.
I was startled and tried to get down, but the Master just moved to the next hole.
"I'm sorry... this moves on its own..."
I hurriedly apologized to the Master.
Before I could hear his reply, Juyeon ran towards us.
"That's unfair, I want to lift her too."
"...Fine then."
The Master handed over to Juyeon.
Being small made it easy to be passed around in people's arms.
"Hello, Gyeoul."
"Hello."
This ti I repaired the tent while held up by Juyeon.
As I attached the cloth pieces, the two Masters had a businesslike conversation.
"Since you didn't co to the eting, we decided the competition venue ourselves."
"Where did you decide?"
"The Sacred Guild. Is that okay?"
"As long as it's held, the location doesn't matter."
A competition?
Are the guilds doing sothing?
Curious, I turned around.
My eyes t Juyeon's, who was holding .
"There's a competition at the Sacred Guild?"
"Yes. We're holding a competition without using mana this ti. The prize money is huge too."
"Ah..."
Because a dungeon where mana couldn't be used had appeared.
Are the guilds cooperating and holding a competition to prepare for it?
It seed like a fairly reasonable approach.
"Can I participate in the competition too?"
"Gyeoul? Wouldn't it be difficult for you?"
Juyeon glanced at the Master as she spoke.
She was asking our Guild Master's opinion, not mine.
"It would be tough."
"Is it that hard...? I'm good at fighting without mana..."
If it were a competition using mana, I wouldn't stand a chance, but a competition without mana was different.
I had even caught a boss horned rabbit without mana.
Of course, I had everyone's help, but I could confidently say I excelled at fighting without mana more than anyone.
"This isn't just about being good at it..."
The two Masters looked at each other.
After pondering for a while, Juyeon turned to .
"Um... Gyeoul, can you hit people?"
"Ah..."
I can't.
Last ti, I was wracked with guilt after sparring with Yeoreum.
I might be good at fighting without mana, but I was a novice when it ca to facing people.
"Fighting people is different from hunting monsters. It's still too difficult for Gyeoul."
"I see."
I had hoped to gain experience by participating.
Disappointed, I just licked my lips.
"Are you very disappointed?"
"Yes. I thought it would be a chance to gain experience."
"Experience... you can gain that without the competition, you know?"
"Really?"
"Yes. Want to co with for a bit?"
"Okay."
Though she said to follow her, I was still in Juyeon's arms.
I was carried in her arms to the guild training ground.
Clack-! Tak-!
Our guild mbers and so unfamiliar people were sparring with wooden swords.
Maybe because they weren't using mana, their movents were quite sluggish.
"Those are our guild mbers. Yeomyeong and Sacred are in a cooperative relationship, so we spar like this."
"I see."
"Want to spar too, Gyeoul?"
"Can I?"
"Of course, just wait here for a mont."
Juyeon put down and went sowhere.
I decided to watch the sparring until she returned.
Clack-! Clack-!
The two guild mbers clashing wooden swords.
Watching them, I thought.
Maybe I'd be the strongest if we fought without mana.
'Beast-kin have superior physical abilities even without mana.'
With fast movents, I might manage sohow?
I watched the sparring with such thoughts.
---
---
Juyeon approached Gyeoul, who was absorbed in watching the sparring.
A tall woman was beside her.
She seed over 190 cm tall.
Gyeoul had to crane her neck to see her face.
"Mokhwa, want to spar with Gyeoul here?"
"...Pardon?"
The woman called Mokhwa's pupils trembled.
She had co thinking the Master had found a formidable opponent, but it was a tiny child barely half her size.
It was Gyeoul, the most famous beast-kin child in Korea.
A small child who didn't like she could fight.
"Um, well..."
Gyeoul instinctively lowered her eyes when they t Mokhwa's.
Sparring was aningless in the face of such an overwhelming size difference.
She felt at least a ter taller.
And probably three tis her weight.
Of course, it wasn't that much, but it felt that way.
Gyeoul thought she'd die if Mokhwa just kicked her lightly.
Gyeoul grabbed her tail with both hands and trembled.
"...Master?"
Mokhwa looked at Juyeon.
Juyeon smiled, wondering why she was being called.
I see.
Our Master doesn't understand about weight classes.
Mokhwa closed her eyes.
'This is my first ti fighting without mana.'
With mana, that tiny child might be able to beat her.
But in a mana-less match, weight class dictated everything.
It was so overwhelming she could guarantee a 100% win rate.
The Sacred Guild Master hadn't realized this yet.
She was fundantally a 'healer', far removed from combat.
"I, I don't think..."
Mokwha wanted to cry for scaring the child.
She was a kind-hearted woman.
---
1/6 Enjoy the chappy!
Please give the book a rating and a review on NovelUpdates.
Reviews
All reviews (0)