Chapter 88
Ugh.
As the taste of food waste crossed my mind, Yeoreum sat down next to me.
She looked down at me with a gentle smile.
"Gyeoul, let's eat only delicious things from now on, okay?"
"Delicious things?"
"Yeah. Let's eat fish that Gyeoul likes, and cotton candy too."
Fish.
That is something I really like now.
I nodded at her.
"Yes. Let's eat a lot of fish."
"Okay."
Yeoreum smiled with her eyes and stroked my head.
Just her touch made my tail wag uncontrollably.
Having a normal conversation with a person really is a wonderful thing.
As I thought about what more to talk about with her, Levinas, who had been playing with a doll, expressed her curiosity.
"Yeoreum, what's cotton candy?"
"Oh... you don't know what cotton candy is?"
Yeoreum looked back and forth between me and Levinas.
It was as though I was included among those who didn't know what cotton candy was.
"Yes! Levinas doesn't know cotton candy!"
"Then, should I make some cotton candy?"
"Whoa! You can make it?!"
"Yeah. Anyone can make it if they have the machine."
Levinas, excited by the fact that she could eat cotton candy, hopped down from the sofa.
She carefully placed the doll she had borrowed from the department store on the sofa and ran towards the door.
"Levinas wants to eat cotton candy fast! Has the king ever eaten cotton candy?!"
Cotton candy.
At least, I don't remember eating it in this lifetime.
It was just an inflated sugar snack that cost thousands of won.
To me now, cotton candy was an extravagant luxury that I couldn't even afford to try.
"I've never eaten it, cotton candy is only for the rich."
"That, that so...? Then Levinas doesn't want to eat..."
Levinas's shoulders slumped.
It was as though I had carelessly spoken harsh words to a child full of hope.
Cotton candy was a luxury, but not to the extent that it was unaffordable.
I also had a strong desire to let Levinas eat something delicious.
It would be right to tell her it's okay to try cotton candy here.
Just as I was about to approach Levinas, Yeoreum urgently waved her hand at us.
"Kids, cotton candy isn't that expensive."
"It isn't?"
"Yeah. It's only about three thousand won each."
Three thousand won.
An amount that required selling dozens of empty bottles.
Levinas gasped in shock.
"That's, that's expensive..."
"But, if you make it yourself, it won't cost much."
"Really...?"
"Yeah. Probably won't even cost a hundred won."
That's probably true.
Since all you needed was a stick and some sugar, the cost wouldn't be much.
"So, if we make it ourselves, we only need to pay a hundred won each?"
"Uh, yeah! Just give a hundred won!"
A hundred won.
An amount so small that even Levinas and I, who had no money, could afford it.
"Levinas has a lot! Four hundred won! Do you have a lot of hundred won, King?"
"Yeah. I have a lot of hundred won too."
"Whoa! Then we can eat cotton candy!"
Levinas jumped up high from her spot.
I felt good knowing I could feed her delicious things without worrying about money.
It must all be thanks to Yeoreum.
I was grateful to her for making cotton candy at its cost price.
Returning to the park, we sat down on a mat near the pond.
There, Levinas and I intently watched the cotton candy machine that Yeoreum had brought from somewhere.
"Is this the machine that makes cotton candy?"
"Yes."
As Yeoreum put sugar into the machine, cotton-shaped sugar spurted out.
When Yeoreum started spinning a wooden stick she had brought from somewhere around, cotton candy began to form.
"Wow."
It was my first time seeing cotton candy being made this close.
Curiously leaning closer to the machine, a piece of white cotton candy stuck to my nose.
"Gyeoul, maybe step back a bit? Your face will get sticky."
"Okay..."
The moment Yeoreum removed the cotton candy stuck to my nose, someone approached us.
It was Jung Yu-na, a mage from the guild, wearing a red robe.
"Oh, making something cute, huh?"
"Yeah. The kids said they've never eaten cotton candy before."
Yeoreum pushed the finished cotton candy forward.
Levinas was looking at me, so I gestured for her to take it first.
"Cotton...!"
Was the soft cotton candy pretty?
Levinas just stared at the cotton candy for a while.
Perhaps amused by Levinas's appearance, Jung Yu-na chuckled playfully.
"Levinas."
"Yes?"
"Freshly made cotton candy is dirty, so you have to wash it in water before eating."
"Is, is that so...?"
Levinas turned her gaze towards the park pond, and Yeoreum quickly grabbed Jung Yu-na's cheek.
Yu-na's elastic cheek stretched out.
"The kids will believe that."
Kids, huh.
Why am I included in that?
I looked up at Yeoreum with a wronged expression, but she wasn't looking at me.
She was focused on talking with Yu-na and making cotton candy.
"It's cute, though."
"It is, but..."
Watching Yeoreum and Yu-na bicker, I turned my gaze towards Levinas.
She had somehow reached the nearby pond.
Maybe it's because she's a horned rabbit beast-kin, but she made no sound.
'Levinas?'
Could she be trying to wash the cotton candy in the pond?
It was a plausible action for her, who didn't know what cotton candy was.
I hurriedly ran towards Levinas.
"Levinas."
As I reached out to stop her, placing my hand over her shoulder, Levinas dipped the cotton candy into the pond.
She swirled it around, perhaps trying to wash it properly.
"Why are you calling me?"
Levinas looked up at me, swirling the stick that the cotton candy was on.
The cotton candy had already disappeared somewhere.
"Oops."
It was too late, but it wasn't as if a huge disaster had happened.
I crouched next to her to explain that cotton candy dissolves in water.
"Levinas, the cotton candy disappeared."
"What?!"
Levinas blinked, looking at the stick where the cotton candy had been, not understanding where it had gone.
"Did the fish eat it...?"
She thought the fish had eaten the cotton candy.
I couldn't help but laugh at such a Levinas-like idea.
"Yeah, the fish ate it. I saw it."
"Is that so? Fish like cotton candy too?"
"Yeah. It looks like it."
I felt like I understood why Jung Yu-na had told her a lie.
Her innocence was quite adorable.
Of course, I couldn't keep lying to Levinas forever.
Just as I was about to tell her the truth, Yeoreum and Jung Yu-na approached us.
"Our kids are really quick. When did they get to the pond?"
"Yeah. Without making a sound... Oh?"
Yeoreum and Yu-na noticed the stick in Levinas's hand.
They quickly realized Levinas had washed the cotton candy in water.
"Oh, Yu-na."
"So, sorry..."
Yu-na, scratching her cheek, crouched down next to us.
Levinas showed her the stick.
"Mage, the fish ate all the cotton candy."
"The fish?"
"Yeah. I put the cotton candy in the water, and it disappeared instantly. The king saw it with me."
"Uh, um..."
Yu-na glanced at me and then chuckled awkwardly.
She poked Levinas's and my cheeks before carefully speaking up.
"It wasn't the fish that ate it; it dissolved in the water."
"Dissolved? I thought we were supposed to wash it in water?"
"Sorry, it was because Levinas and Gyeoul were eating cotton candy for the first time, so I played a little prank."
"Whoa."
Levinas, with her eyes wide, looked at me.
I just looked down at the pond, feeling awkward.
"That's..."
I wanted to apologize for the prank, but Yu-na spoke up before I could.
"Gyeoul didn't know either since it's also her first time, right?"
"I, I was, that's..."
"Cotton candy is sugar, so it dissolves in water."
"Tha... yes..."
Since I had just watched Levinas wash the cotton candy in water, I couldn't really say anything.
"Sorry, I'll make you a bigger one instead."
"Ye, yes..."
I bowed my head in embarrassment.
Yeoreum then patted my shoulder.
"Gyeoul, it's natural not to know at first. If it was my first time too, I wouldn't have known anything just like Gyeoul."
"That's, that's right..."
"Yeah. There's no need for Gyeoul to be embarrassed by this, and we didn't intend to tease Gyeoul. You understand what I'm saying?"
"Yes..."
Was this their way of comforting me?
They were truly good people.
It would have been better if this situation wasn't a misunderstanding.
I felt wronged, but I decided to accept that it was all my fault.
Levinas didn't know anything, and arguing that I knew it all would only make me more embarrassed.
"Mage, since this was your mistake, you have to make the cotton candy extra big, right?! Levinas lost a hundred won!"
"Yeah. I'll make the cotton candy extra big for you. Can you forgive me just this once?"
"Hehe, then Levinas will forgive you this time."
Levinas bounced and ran towards the cotton candy machine.
She wasn't even embarrassed about not knowing.
'Not knowing something isn't shameful.'
I was someone who knew nothing about this world.
I couldn't be embarrassed every time I learned something new.
Maybe today, I should follow Levinas's example.
Shedding my embarrassment, I chased after Levinas.
Back at the cotton candy machine, Levinas was muttering something strange while looking at the machine.
"If the King used her tail to make cotton candy, she could make even more..."
"Uh."
I was stunned into silence by her shocking statement.
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