In her head, fluffy clouds became a chubby baby bird.
The baby bird was on the verge of being roasted golden brown and gobbled up by a wolf!
But the spy ladybug that was actually supposed to go to Mephisto was floundering far away!
=>Then? Let’s make the ladybug fast!
Geuru sprang up, eyes shining.
“……!”
Right then, Sereuhi and Gidan sensed movement outside the door and quickly turned their heads toward it.
Outside, the management team leader Seol Yeojin was banging on the door.
“Guild Master! I had a salary negotiation today!”
“Guild Master!”
Team leaders swarmed like cattle, shouting as they tried to enter the Guild Master’s office.
He had been told it wasn’t a big deal since the memories would return quickly once the abnormal status was lifted, but…….
Who would have thought everyone would take this opportunity to try to fill their own greed like this.
Blocking the door with his back, Sereuhi muttered.
“I think I’m starting to resent humans.”
“Adults, huh…….”
At Gidan’s sigh, Geuru pursed her lips upward.
‘Now. It’s time for Supreme Geuru to move…….’
Now that everyone’s attention was focused on the Guild Master who had lost his memory.
Geuru secretly slipped out of the Guild Master’s office.
Geuru went patter-patter and slid into the elevator.
Stomping her feet impatiently, Geuru went down to the first floor, checked her tablet, and crossed the lobby.
Since a return order had already been given to the spy ladybug, it was approaching the company again.
Since it hadn’t gotten far from the company, the return didn’t take long.
“Geuru, are you going home?”
“Did the sitter lady come?”
“Ye~s~”
“Okay~ Bye~”
“Bye-bye!”
Geuru pulled her alien hat down firmly in front of the glass revolving door.
As darkness began to envelope her, the child ran in a fluster to the bushes beside the company.
The spy ladybug was charging on top of the bushes, basking in the sunlight.
Out of battery already?!
‘The efficiency is terrible!’
More functions meant much higher energy consumption.
Geuru leaped and snatched the ladybug, then immediately took out a bicycle from her inventory.
Then she put the baby rabbit, the spy ladybug, and Veilark into the compact basket attached to the front of the tricycle.
“Perr, hug Mumu.”
Lucifer shook his head vigorously and hugged the spy ladybug from behind.
Perhaps because Lucifer had become its power source, the spy ladybug’s eyes sparkled and its antennae perked straight up.
Meanwhile, Geuru sat on the saddle and placed her feet on the pedals with sharp clicks.
“Let’s go! Mumu, guide us to where Mephi is!”
Perk!
The antennae pointed in a direction like a compass.
‘Let’s go! Hero Geuru! On an adventure to save Mephi!’
In Geuru’s head, the white tricycle transformed into a gallant steed.
Hmph! Foolish adults.
Hero Geuru will save Princess Mephi and find her real dad too.
Huff huff! Snorting through her nose, Geuru marched proudly toward the downtown area.
“Vroom-!”
Geuru made motor noises with her mouth and pedaled vigorously.
Geuru’s tricycle sped wildly down the bike path.
Just then, the white hamster that had been sleeping rubbed its eyes, woke up, and hung from the edge of the basket.
“Mweet?!”
What is this situation? Veilark, bewildered, grabbed the basket and stood up, only to stagger from the speed.
At that, Lucifer, who was holding the ladybug, grabbed Veilark with one arm.
“Kyu!” (Careful!)
“Bay! Hold on tight because it’s dangerous!”
“……Mwe?”
When Veilark stared blankly with a face that couldn’t understand the situation at all, Geuru somehow read this and explained simply.
“We’re going to save Mephi right now!”
Terrified by the horrible imagination, Veilark looked around just in case, but Geuru’s guardians were indeed nowhere to be seen.
“Mweee?!” (Just us?!)
Does this child master think that’s even remotely reasonable? Does she know where that is! He wouldn’t even be able to take human form until tomorrow.
“Mu!” (You should have stopped her!)
For no reason, anger welled up and Veilark shoved Lucifer’s head.
Then Lucifer’s lip corners trembled and he sniffed back the snot that dripped down. But even so, the baby rabbit’s hands holding the spy ladybug never lost their grip.
“Kyuung……” (We’re going to save Brother Mephi.)
“……!”
Whether Veilark’s insides were burning with anxiety or not, the tricycle accelerated and whooshed past a certain store in the downtown area—
Squeak squeak squeak squeak—
and reversed.
Geuru’s mouth fell agape as she stared, entranced, at the store plastered with pink characters.
“Mweet?”
When Geuru’s demeanor looked strange, Veilark followed her gaze and turned his head.
A small exclamation leaked from Geuru’s mouth.
“Teenieping……!”
Boom crash-!
Veilark rubbed his eyes, seeing an illusion of thunder and lightning crashing above Geuru’s head.
A collaboration between a famous franchise fancy shop and Teenieping.
‘This is a trial no five-year-old could endure.’
Just as he thought, Geuru drooled with her mouth wide open, staring endlessly at the words “Limited edition figures available,” then turned her head to the door.
Children were lined up holding their families’ hands.
Seeing a child come out holding a Teenieping figure and smiling brightly, Geuru’s lips trembled. Strength surged into her hands gripping the handlebars.
“Mweet!” (Hmph!)
Veilark plopped down in his spot, crossed his arms, and snorted.
Even if he didn’t bother stepping in to stop her, the moment she stood at the end of that long line, today’s adventure would be over.
The whole day would be spent waiting.
He had been covering the fretfully squeaking Lucifer’s mouth, thinking he might as well go back to sleep, when—.
“……!”
‘The bicycle is moving forward?’
Geuru was pedaling hard, eyes narrowed into triangles, forcibly turning her gaze away. She seemed desperate to get away from there quickly.
‘She’s putting in effort for a five-year-old.’
But.
Veilark reached out his hand.
“Mu!”
Could she really avoid that too?
Thump-thump-thump~ Ding-dong-ding-dong~
“Saurus Kids World is now open!”
A Saurus mascot costume was handing out flyers with loud music playing.
It seemed to have come out to promote a dinosaur-concept kids cafe.
Geuru swallowed dryly.
“S-, Saurus Kids World……!”
Veilark twisted up one corner of his mouth.
The downtown area was full of items to captivate curious children’s eyes.
It would be too much to cast them all aside and go.
“W-wait just a moment.”
Then, Geuru parked the bicycle by the curb and suddenly moved somewhere.
‘I knew it.’
A child is a child.
If she spent some time here with Teenieping and dinosaurs, her guardians would soon notice she was missing and come looking.
Just as Veilark was thinking that.
“Snack!”
Geuru returned much faster than expected.
Holding a castella in her hand.
“You need a solid meal for an adventure.”
Geuru divided one castella into four equal parts.
She pushed two pieces into the mouths of the baby rabbit and the ugly hamster, and stuffed one into her own mouth too.
“Let’s save the rest for Mephi.”
Geuru folded the bread bag up and placed it in a corner of the basket, then checked the spy ladybug again.
Lucifer munched the bread deliciously, and Veilark swallowed without chewing before shouting.
“Mu!” (That’s not it!)
“Ung?”
The flustered Veilark pointed at the dinosaur mascot and Teenieping collaboration store.
Geuru shook her head as if she understood everything Veilark was saying.
The downtown area she had come to alone was certainly a paradise dazzling enough to make one’s head spin.
Even so.
“Geuru cares more about Mephi and Dad than Teenieping, than dinosaurs…….”
A determined little walnut formed on Geuru’s chin as she spoke as if making a vow.
Geuru wiped her damp eyelids busily with the back of her hand and then moved her legs hastily again.
She was avoiding adults asking where her parents were, taking detours through dark alleys where scary middle and high schoolers were posted.
Before she could even leave the downtown area, darkness began to creep in before she knew it, and a raindrop plopped on her nose.
“Ah……!”
Plop, plop.
A few more drops fell.
‘Rain!’
Geuru quickly hid her body under an awning.
She planned to wait out the rain like this and then move again.
But…….
Plop. Plop. Pitter-patter.
The rain that had fallen one or two drops like dewdrops soon became long streaks,
Swoosh—
and soon, raindrops cutting through the darkness began pouring down all at once.
“…….”
Geuru crouched down under the awning with her bicycle parked and looked up at the sky.
She had thought she would only have to wait a little, but the pouring rain showed no signs of letting up.
Geuru unconsciously looked at the watch on her wrist.
If she called Dad on a day like this, he would have come with an umbrella to get her.
“……Hic!”
It was so heartbreaking and upsetting that she held her breath and clamped her mouth shut.
The walnut on her chin quivered, and her eyes brimmed with tears.
It was in that moment.
“Where are you going?”