Meanwhile, having received contact in the helicopter, Yamauka Shun nodded and said:
“Let’s go now. I’ll escort you to the airport.”
“I wanted to finish the bicycle before I left. Sorry, Guru-chan. Sabbuu’s sorry.”
[Emergency! Danger detected for caregiver ‘Amakusa Kazuki’!]
Shake shake.
Guru shook her head and tugged at Kazuki’s sleeve.
“Sabbuu, yoouuu can’t go.”
Kazuki, who had been turning away, gave an awkward smile.
Guru gripped the sleeve tighter.
She didn’t need the caregiver danger alert anymore to recognize it. If Sabbuu had that face, she couldn’t let him go.
Thupthupthupthupthup—
The helicopter descended into the courtyard in front of the main hall to take Kazuki away.
Thump, thump, thump.
Her heart pounded like after a race.
Guru already knew what she had to do if she didn’t want to let him go.
Her proficiency and level had gone up.
‘Getting scowled at is scary, but...’
If it’s something I can do, I’ll do it.
“Beyii!”
[Activating skill: ‘Squeeze-Squeeze’.]
“Don’ wet Sabbuu go.”
Shffff—
Suddenly, a child with shark teeth appeared.
There were stars etched in the child’s eyes, and beyond the smiling lips, sharp teeth were exposed.
The right arm had turned pitch black, transforming into a monstrous limb. A baseball-sized black orb formed in the hand, pulsating with an eerie energy.
Swoooosh—
Veilach’s chilling aura instantly ratcheted up the tension.
It came with a strange ripple, like space and time were distorting.
“What is that?!”
“A monster!”
Sensing danger, the special forces aimed their weapons at the child.
Yamauka Shun also assumed a drawing stance.
Even if it was a child—if it posed a threat, he would strike!
But the follower seemed utterly delighted at the pathetic flailing of these insects—
—I heed your command, my liege.
He spoke in a voice laced with mirth.
Thud—!
Craack—!
The helicopter, as if struck by a machine, was flattened in an instant.
A crater had formed around the area.
The special forces who had crashed to the ground were frozen like statues, unable to move a muscle.
Kazuki gaped at Yamauka Shun, who sat dumbfounded on the ground.
What even was this situation...?
Meanwhile, Guru turned Veilach back into a hamster.
Now reverted to an ugly hamster, Veilach climbed onto her shoulder.
“Muuuu...”
He looked reluctant, like he regretted using his strength too quickly.
Guru gently patted Veilach’s head over and over.
“Yoouu did gweat, Beyii.”
“Muet?”
Veilach hesitantly accepted the child’s hand, awkward at the praise.
Then Kazuki turned stiffly toward Guru.
Thump!
Am I in twouble?
Now that she had done it, she felt a little jittery.
Guru had broken a helicopter on her own, and slammed the bad guys (probably) into the ground.
Behind them, Monk Hyeongak was ushering in the crowd, murmuring about what just happened.
Guru jutted her lips out and lowered her head, preparing to be scolded.
“Wooow! Guru-chan, you can even do that?!”
Waaah!
“Sabbuuuu!”
With teary eyes, Guru scurried over and dove into Kazuki’s big arms.
Kneeling, Kazuki gently patted the sniffling Guru.
It was a funny scene, honestly.
A kid who had just wiped out special forces in one move was now crying giant tears over an unscathed Kazuki.
“You’re seriously terrifying... Sabbuu broke into a cold sweat. Can you feel it?!”
“Hnnn...? It’s damp. Sniff!”
“Right? I was, like, sooo scared!”
“......Gwuu sowwy for doin’ what Gwuu want. But you can't go wif bad peopow. Hup!”
“It’s okay, you’re such a good girl. Don’t cry.”
“Cuz, hup! ...Gwuu did what she want, and bwoke da hewicoppter... hic!”
Kazuki cupped both of Guru’s cheeks in his hands and wiped away her falling tears again and again.
“Why are you crying, Guru-chan? You did amazing. Don’t cry. If your doting dad sees, he’ll think I made you cry.”
“Heuuung, hup!”
And just then—
“Oh? So you didn’t?”
Gasp!
Kazuki flinched and whipped around at the sound of the familiar voice.
“...On-chan?”
“Sorry for being the doting dad.”
Jurim gave Guru a long look, then turned his eyes to the destroyed helicopter and let out a sigh.
“Haah......”
As he swept back his hair—
Yamauka Shun, who had been standing there blankly like an idiot, finally stirred.
“On Jurim?”
“It’s really On Jurim?”
His name spread through the special forces like wildfire.
That voice carried both fear and reverence. A red alert.
“Ahem, Guildmastuh On Jurim...”
Yamauka Shun cleared his throat and spoke awkward Korean.
He had to deal with Jurim now. Or rather—he had to calm him down and send him back.
Jurim checked his wristwatch and slowly turned his head.
Their eyes locked, and Yamauka Shun swallowed hard.
The immense, unknowable magic was suffocating.
One wrong move and his body might explode into pieces.
Unlike Yamauka, who looked pale with tension, Jurim remained calm as he spoke.
“Take it.”
...Take what?
Before he could even ask, the phone rang.
Beedeedeedeedeep—
Yamauka Shun looked at the caller ID, which read Prime Minister’s Office, and bit his lip.
“...Unbelievable.”
In the center of the daechungmaru, Jurim sat with his arms crossed as Kazuki and Guru lowered their heads in front of him.
“Even when I leave for a bit, you cause chaos.”
Yamauka Shun, after receiving the call from the Prime Minister, had withdrawn with the special forces. But those who remained had to face Jurim’s wrath.
Guru, knowing how to escape from lectures quickly, wasted no time dropping to her knees.
Kazuki, following Guru’s lead, also knelt with a confused face. Under her pressure, he instinctively bowed his head and confessed his sins.
“I-it turned out this way, sumimasen...”
Watching this, Guru’s mouth fell open in shock.
It’s not ‘I’m sorry’?
“Sumi...?”
Guru rolled her big eyes and clumsily mimicked him.
“Sumimassennn...”
Kazuki smiled and whispered.
“Sumimasen*.”
“Haat.”
“Sumi-mangshen...”
Guru bowed low like a tiny pill bug, her baby pronunciation slipping out in streams. Kazuki pursed his lips tight, holding back laughter.
“Why are you so cute? Guru-chan, can’t I raise you now?”
“Ang daee!”
Guru shook her head side to side, but Kazuki hugged her shoulder anyway.
“New Daddy will teach you Japanese, make you tons of bikes, and treat you really ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) well.”
“Should I just fucking kill him...”
Jurim muttered under his breath, his jaw clenching tight.
“If he keeps going, I really will.”
Kazuki raised his hands in surrender like he was giving up and stood.
“But hey, On-chan. How’d you get them to back off? Did you threaten Takahashi or something?”
It was meant as a joke.
But Jurim answered confidently.
“Yeah.”
“...Yeah?”
Jurim rested his chin on his knees, sitting cross-legged, and curled the corner of his lips up.
“I told them I’d let you know who placed the debuff. Their reaction was pretty interesting.”
He spoke in a slightly mocking tone, considering he had just said he threatened the Prime Minister of Japan.
Kazuki couldn’t help being stunned.
“On-chan, you really don’t discriminate, huh!”
It came out more biting than he intended, but Jurim didn’t seem to mind at all.
“So? Will you do it?”

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