Chapter 94
This is bad.
What if the Master gets angry?
Terrified, I clutched my tail with both hands, looking up at the Master.
"You can't get angry..."
I earnestly pleaded with the Master, but honestly, I didn't think he would listen to me.
I was just a freeloader living off the guild, and the Master was practically the king of this region.
It was up to the Master to get angry or to fire Kwon Arin.
Knowing this, I looked up at the Master with worried eyes, but he just placed his hand on my head.
"What's the matter?"
"Well, this person said something strange, something about being an adventurer affiliated with the Daybreak Guild..."
The woman who was arguing with Kwon Arin pointed at her, trying to shift the blame.
Kwon Arin flinched, but the Master showed no emotion.
"If it's that friend, they are indeed an adventurer affiliated with the guild."
"Yes...?"
The woman's complexion turned pale rapidly.
Realizing the responsibility of the situation had returned to her, she held her breath.
"There was a quarrel with one of our guild members."
"That, that's..."
"It's good to be spirited, but don't go too far."
With those words, the Master turned his gaze to Kwon Arin.
He didn't get particularly angry. Though I don't know if that was due to my request.
'Is the Master not as scary as I thought?'
He let a beggar like me live in the guild and somewhat listened to my requests.
Maybe the Master, despite his intimidating presence, was kinder than I thought.
"And you."
"Yes...!"
Kwon Arin, having been singled out by the Master, stood at attention and then tightly closed her eyes.
As if sensing her end.
"You know that once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back, right?"
"Yes..."
The Master approached Kwon Arin, who was looking down at the ground.
He whispered softly so that only Kwon Arin could hear, but I heard it clearly from behind.
Then, he gave her advice to work hard so it wouldn't just be an empty boast.
Pat, pat-
The Master patted Kwon Arin on the shoulder.
He was a better person than I thought.
"Th, thank you!"
"Yes."
Having concluded the incident, we moved towards the pit.
Many people, including the Master, came to see the ground I had dug, which was somewhat embarrassing.
"Th, this is the tunnel Levinas and I dug..."
I found myself needlessly explaining the pit to the people.
Next to me, Levinas coughed and raised a hand to her waist.
"Why did you dig the ground?"
A woman, who seemed quite gentle and kind, crouched down next to me.
She smiled while looking into my eyes, giving me a sense of peace.
"We, we're doing wilderness training..."
"Wilderness training?"
"Yes, living in the wild like this helps us cultivate our wild instincts."
"Oh? Beast-kin have such practices? Ah, I'm Chae Juyeon, the Master of the Sacred Guild."
The woman who introduced herself as Chae Juyeon extended her hand to me.
Knowing she was offering a handshake, I took her hand in return.
"Are you a Guild Master?"
"Yes. Excluding attendants, everyone here is a Guild Master."
"Really...?"
All these people are Guild Masters?
As I scanned the crowd in surprise, Chae-Ah gently descended into the pit I had dug.
"Master...!"
An attendant-looking person tried to stop Chae-Ah, but she reassured him with a wave of her hand, indicating it was okay.
Unconcerned about getting dirt on herself, Chae-Ah simply crouched down in the pit I had dug.
"Oh... It really feels like it boosts your wildness."
"Really...?"
"Yes. Maybe it's the smell of the soil, but I can feel the energy of nature."
"Hehe."
I was worried about being misunderstood, but being a Guild Master, she understood my training method.
Happy about this, I was about to join her in the pit when a middle-aged man's voice came from behind.
"Ahem, it's dinner time, shouldn't we feed the kids first?"
"Ah... I hadn't thought of that."
Chae-Ah lightly jumped back up to the surface.
"Wow."
Levinas was impressed by her jumping ability.
"Shall we have the meal at the guild?"
"We were going to, but the kids don't really like the menu. We should probably ask them what they want to eat."
"Mmm... That sounds like a good idea."
The conversation turned towards Levinas and me, with the Masters' gazes upon us.
Are they inviting us to dinner?
It felt overwhelming, but I couldn't possibly decline.
I naturally turned to Levinas, but she was just happily hopping around, imitating Chae-Ah.
"Levinas, don't you want to eat something?"
"Levinas likes whatever the King likes!"
"Uh, okay..."
To think I had to choose dinner for these remarkable people.
Is this some kind of test?
Not knowing what the upper class eats, I was a bit at a loss.
"I, I would like... um..."
The nearest famous restaurant.
The only place I knew was the pork cutlet place we visited last time.
There was a buffet, but it was too far to walk.
"I'll have pork cutlet..."
I said this while gauging the reactions of the Guild Masters.
I felt that a ten-thousand-won pork cutlet might be too modest for an upper-class dinner.
"Oh, pork cutlet sounds delicious."
"Indeed."
"My kids love pork cutlet, so I've come to enjoy it too."
The Masters exchanged pleasantries amiably.
My dinner menu choice wasn't a failure after all.
Should we get takeout for Sophia?
I regretted not being able to join them for dinner, but for now, I had to focus on surviving.
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"Excuse me."
I entered the pork cutlet restaurant faster than anyone else.
The kind middle-aged female owner greeted me warmly.
"Has Gyeoul come?"
"Yes. Today, I brought a lot of customers."
"Ha-ha, is that so?"
"Yes. I'll help you sell a lot of pork cutlets."
I worried if the enormous amount of pork cutlets would sell well.
I was glad I could bring many customers to the kind owner.
I wagged my tail, waiting for the people to come in.
Shortly after, the Masters entered the pork cutlet restaurant, and an instant silence enveloped the previously noisy place.
"...What's this."
"Why are the Guild Masters having a meeting in a pork cutlet place...?"
"Daybreak, Utopia, Sacred... there's Hwarang too...?"
The people in the pork cutlet restaurant were unanimously shocked.
Was it a mistake to bring the Guild Masters here?
I looked up at the owner with anxious eyes, and she was quite surprised as well.
"Gyeoul, are these people...?"
"Yes. I suggested we eat pork cutlet."
Did I do something wrong?
As I looked around anxiously, Chae-Ah came over to me.
"Do you like fish cutlets, Gyeoul?"
"Yes. I love fish cutlets the most."
"Is that so?"
Chae-Ah placed her hand on my head.
For some reason, my eyes naturally closed.
"How did you know I like fish?"
"Ha-ha, who knows?"
Chae-Ah looked down at me with a playful smile.
I couldn't figure out how she knew my preferences.
"Because King is a cat, it's natural to like fish!"
"...Cats like fish?"
Do cats in this world like fish?
So that's why, as a member of the cat family, I came to like fish?
I was shocked, having learned this for the first time.
Cats in the world I lived in didn't like fish all that much[1].
"Shall we take a seat?"
"Yes."
I sat down with everyone.
The meal with the Masters wasn't bad at all.
Contrary to my expectations, everyone was kind.
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Park Min-kyu.
He was wandering near the beginner's hunting ground with bloodshot eyes, looking for the one who had dragged his life into the abyss.
"That bastard..."
His brother, who had been an executive of the Legion Guild, was dismissed.
Park Min-kyu had no choice but to run away after being beaten by his furious brother.
"Just wait till I catch that cat bastard."
Park Min-kyu knew that Gyeoul frequented the area near the beginner's hunting ground.
That was why he was prowling around there.
Blinded by rage, or rather, because Park Min-kyu was not one to think deeply from the start, he nurtured his desire for revenge against Gyeoul.
"I'll tear you limb from limb."
Park Min-kyu vowed.
As his life had fallen into despair, he intended to make the bastard's life a living hell.
He was prepared to do something so terrible that the victim would beg for death, his life already ruined.
For several days, Park Min-kyu wandered around the beginner's hunting ground until he finally found them.
Two kids playing in front of the pork cutlet restaurant.
"King! Let's play hopscotch!"
"Yeah. Should we?"
He found them.
Park Min-kyu showed a sinister smile.
Did they even know what was about to happen to them?
Park Min-kyu loosened his neck and approached the two children, unaware that there were people inside the building, drinking coffee and watching the kids contentedly.
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