Momoa's nesis's face turned purple with rage.
Anger and indignation flashed in her eyes.
Though she didn't seem to be lying, connecting beast-kin with humans was my role.
That led to one conclusion - unless she was an incredibly skilled actor, she might be connected to the radical beast-kin faction.
"Um..."
I looked up at Momoa silently.
Knowing the beast-kin situation, Momoa seed to realize sothing too, her expression turning serious.
"Are you really allied with actual beast-kin?"
"What, think I'm lying?"
The nesis raised her voice.
If this was acting, she deserved an award for her performance.
"Just checking."
"Tch."
She clicked her tongue and flicked her hair in annoyance.
I'd thought Momoa was prissy, but her nesis was even worse.
Though she was aggressive, Momoa didn't seem interested in confronting her.
Rather than being scared, she appeared genuinely uninterested.
"Sorry for doubting you. Why'd you co all the way from Arica to Korea anyway?"
"Because of Yeomyeong Guild. You know about them, right?"
Pride filled her voice - pride about working with Yeomyeong.
However, I didn't understand why she was seeking our guild.
"Why Yeomyeong...?"
"Not sure myself. The guild just asked to deliver a letter. Said it'd be more effective in person or sothing."
A letter?
Momoa and I looked at each other.
As we blinked at each other, a small smile spread across Momoa's face.
"Sadie, think Yeomyeong will accept your docunts?"
"Are you kidding? We're Epics after all."
'We're Epics after all.'
Was Epics such a prestigious guild?
As I pondered this, Momoa's smile turned wicked.
"They might not even et with you."
"Ha, who are you to say that?"
"Well... because I handle those docunts..."
"What?"
Sadie froze and looked Momoa up and down.
The scrutiny was so intense that I might have looked away if it were .
"You're with Yeomyeong?"
"Yep. Here's my ID."
"......"
Sadie pressed her lips together.
Her eyes darted around, all aggression gone from her deanor.
Of course, I knew Momoa wouldn't let personal feelings affect important work decisions.
She probably just wanted to ss with her old nesis a bit.
Knowing this, I stayed out of it.
"Maybe Sadie will just have to go ho?"
"H-hey, didn't we agree to get along?"
"...Did we?"
Hmm.
After brief consideration, Momoa held out her hand toward Sadie.
Her eyes were fixed on Sadie's letter.
"Give it here. I'll read it and pass it to the Master."
"...Directly to the Master?"
"What, think I can't do that much?"
"But the Master is..."
Sadie fidgeted with the letter in her hand.
It wasn't easy for a regular employee to et a major guild's master.
Her doubt about the letter being delivered was understandable.
But our Master was different.
Our Master would et even with entry-level employees.
Though Momoa wasn't exactly a regular employee.
"Actually, Gyeoul here is close with the Master."
"This beast-kin child?"
"Yeah. She's pretty famous in our country. You could look her up."
Sadie's piercing gaze.
I unconsciously lowered my head.
"Hello. I'm Han Gyeoul."
"H-hi..."
Sadie returned my greeting.
Being foreign, she gave an awkward bow.
That ended our conversation.
Because Momoa held out her hand beside .
"Co on, give the letter."
"You'll really give it to the Master...?"
"...Are you doubting now?"
"N-no, that's not it..."
After hesitating, Sadie finally handed the letter to Momoa.
Then she quickly ran off sowhere.
"Where are you going suddenly?"
"I-I'm busy so..."
I could see a smartphone in her hastily retreating hand.
With my beast-kin eyesight, I caught a glimpse of her screen.
Tap tap tap-
She was frantically searching information about .
"Pretty obvious who she's looking up."
"Um..."
Could Momoa tell even without seeing?
She was quite scary.
I carefully looked up at Momoa.
Her expression showed no satisfaction.
Just a face that said 'whatever.'
It seed true that she had no lingering feelings about it.
**
After eating at the buffet, we returned ho.
The first thing we did was read Sadie's letter.
Though the letter was long, it basically said:
The radical beast-kin faction wanted to visit Yeomyeong soon.
News about beast-kin naturally reached our beast-kin children's ears.
"......"
"......"
Levinas's usually innocent face hardened.
Bom's face had gone pale.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah..."
"...I don't think I am."
Well, they were radical beast-kin after all.
The two who had suffered at their hands couldn't help but worry.
I hoped they weren't too scared.
As I watched them with concerned eyes, Saebyeok put her hands on Levinas and Bom's heads.
"Kids, I'll beat them up if anything happens."
Whoosh whoosh-
Saebyeok punched the air.
Her small, delicate fist made heavy sounds.
"I'll help beat them up too."
I followed Saebyeok's example and threw so punches.
Swoosh swoosh-
Though my punches were much weaker than Saebyeok's, they helped lift the children's spirits.
"Yeah! Then Levinas isn't scared at all!"
"Because Gyeoul is strong..."
The children started regaining their composure.
Watching us, Sophia spoke softly:
"They probably won't act threatening since it's an official visit."
"You think so?"
"Yes. They even wrote a letter asking to visit - acting violently would an war."
"Hmm..."
That made sense.
Even radicals wouldn't be rude during an official eting.
Just as I was about to feel relieved by Sophia's explanation, Levinas jumped up.
"Levinas will help beat up the bad guys too! Levinas isn't scared of bad beast-kin anymore!"
Ahem.
Levinas puffed out her chest.
Watching her, Bom curled up and stared at the floor.
"Can I... can I go away for a bit when they co...?"
Bom's face turned bright red.
It was a pitiful sight, but our Levinas just maintained her stern expression.
"Kind snake...!"
"Yes...?"
"Levinas is scared of lots of things too! Ghosts are scary, and whoosh rides are scary! But...!"
Levinas paused for breath at what seed like an important mont.
Everyone's attention turned to her.
The ability to instinctively draw people's attention was truly impressive.
"But Gaeul puppy isn't scared of ghosts! Dark King isn't scared of whoosh rides! So people who aren't scared can protect people who are scared!"
Mhmm.
That's right.
Gaeul and Saebyeok nodded at Levinas's words.
"Even if bad guys are scary, don't run away! Because there are people right beside you to protect you! Running far away just makes you lonely and more scared!"
Boom-!
Levinas finished her speech with hands on her hips.
The impressive speech deserved applause.
A small light returned to Bom's eyes.
"You'll protect ?"
"Isn't that obvious...?"
"...!"
Bom uncurled her body.
I was glad she seed to have regained her confidence.
**
Three days later.
The day the radical beast-kin were coming arrived.
The park was as usual, and people went to work at the guild as normal.
Though it was quite a special visit from radical beast-kin, there was no VIP treatnt.
Everything flowed normally without tension, except for and the children.
"Levinas, are you really staying here?"
"Yeah! We have to show them we're proud!"
We stood proudly with the children at the main entrance where the radical beast-kin would arrive.
Even Bom had her fists tightly clenched.
"Shuin!"
Just as we were getting bored from waiting so long, three people appeared in the distance, approaching the guild.
Two unfamiliar beast-kin.
"They're wolf beast-kin...!"
At Levinas's cry, a crackling sound ca from Saebyeok's fist.
Was she ready to attack if needed?
Just hearing the sound was reassuring.
"Hope this goes well today."
"Let's hope so."
The two radical beast-kin entered the guild while chatting.
Weren't we supposed to show them we're proud?
Just as I was about to puff out my chest with an "ahem," Levinas threw punches at the two beast-kin.
Well, at the air actually.
"Punch punch! Punch!"
Levinas threw awkward punches while making flashy sound effects with her mouth.
She also stomped the ground making loud noises.
"......"
"......"
The radical beast-kin's gazes fixed on us at Levinas's actions.
Their expressions were unreadable.
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