NOVEL NEXT Chapter 40.2
“This is after we reduced the price because you didn’t want it to be so expensive.”
“The reduced price is one hundred thousand won…?”
“Yes. Your buff applies cumulatively.”
“Cumulative buffs?”
Does that mean the buffs can stack?
My tail curled up like a question mark.
“Normally, you can only apply one buff of each type, right? But your buffs strangely stack.”
“Then the effect is better?”
“Yes. That’s why even one hundred thousand won is cheap.”
If Yeoreum said so, then it must be.
I had nothing more to say about the price.
I just hoped the tea would sell well and thanked the cafe staff.
“Thank you for selling the tea I made.”
I bowed humbly, hands clasped above my belly.
Yeoreum and the cafe staff chuckled at my gesture, finding it amusing.
“I’ll rely on you as well.”
“Okay…?”
They kept laughing for a while, avoiding my gaze, as I stood there puzzled.
‘What’s going on?’
Is there something funny behind me?
As I turned around in confusion, Yeoreum tapped me on the shoulder.
“Gyeoul, I still have some work to do at the cafe, do you mind going ahead?”
“Go ahead?”
“Yes. You have a lot to do, don’t you?”
“Yes. I plan to plant dandelions in the garden.”
To sell more dandelion tea, I had to grow dandelions myself.
I pulled out a seedling shovel from my pocket.
“Really? Should I help you plant dandelions later?”
“No, no… I can do it myself…”
“Okay.”
All this was to repay Yeoreum.
I couldn’t ask her to do hard work.
“I’ll be going then—!”
Worried she might follow, I quickly waved goodbye to Yeoreum and returned to my container house.
Looking around the garden, I noticed Sophia was not there.
“Sophia?”
She usually waited for me at home.
Her absence felt strange, leaving a heavy feeling in my heart.
I stood there, lost in thought, when I heard the sound of someone walking through the grass.
Rustle—
It was a small step, like Sophia’s.
Turning to the side, I found myself eye-to-eye with a girl hiding in the bushes.
“A unicorn…?”
She had a horn on her forehead, smaller than my little finger.
Startled by my gaze, she cleared her throat and stepped out of the bushes.
“It’s impressive that you found me hiding—!”
“Uh, yeah… I have good hearing…”
But didn’t she just make a noise loud enough for anyone to hear?
Feeling like it was an awkward thing to point out, I just nodded.
“You’re not ordinary, as I’ve heard—!”
The girl cautiously stepped back, keeping an eye on me.
I was just curious about this stranger’s behavior.
“But who are you…?”
“A feisty one, aren’t you.”
The response didn’t come from the girl.
Turning to where the voice came from, I saw Sophia with a frown on her face.
“Sophia, where have you been?”
“I went to buy dandelion seeds.”
“Oh.”
She must have heard my muttering about needing dandelion seeds.
I approached Sophia with joy in my heart.
“But something seems off.”
“What is it?”
“For someone from the radical faction, she seems naïve… almost like a child.”
“A child?”
I had assumed she was an adult with a young appearance, like Sophia.
But if she was actually younger than me, there’s no need to be afraid.
“Ha! Naïve? I am great Levinas of the horned rabbit tribe!”
“Oh, I see…”
Maybe she’s someone with a strong sense of self.
Not sure how to respond, I just fumbled in my pocket.
I was looking for tools to plant dandelions.
“A seedling shovel and… a small watering can…”
As I was about to take out the tools, the boss horned rabbit’s mana stone was in the way, so I took it out first.
I needed to take out the tools and then put everything back.
Just as I thought this, the girl gasped in horror at the sight of the mana stone.
Gasp!
“Huh?”
The girl froze like a rabbit in front of a predator, trembling.
She’s really odd.
Seemed better not to bother with her.
I decided to just leave her be and focus on tending to the garden.