The Strongest Guild Kidnapped Me

Maybe she was a child suffering from mood swings.

‘Such a strange kid.’

Or rather, a pitiable one.

Feeling sympathy, I was about to put the horned rabbit mana stone back into my pocket when Levinas lunged at me.

“Levinas will prove her worth, even if it means death!”

The kid grabbed my pocket.

Surprised by the sudden turn of events, I also gripped my pocket tightly.

Creak—

The struggle continued, and the old pocket’s stitching began to tear.

Just as I worried the pocket might burst open.

Boom—!

The stitching tore apart all at once, spilling its contents.

Gardening tools, the Long-Lived Horned Rabbit’s mana stone, and fifty unsold horned rabbit mana stones.

In a world that seemed to slow down, the contents of the pocket scattered into the air.

“Yikes!”

Levinas’ eyes widened at the sight of the falling mana stones.

She looked as if she had seen a bug, then suddenly, Levinas collapsed backward.

“Hey, are you okay…?”

She stood frozen, arms raised above her head as if turned to stone by Medusa.

She had fainted without any warning.

‘What’s going on?’

I was trying to figure out the situation, blinking in confusion.

As I gently poked Levinas’ cheek, Sophia crouched down next to me.

“The horned rabbit beast-kin must have been scared seeing the horned rabbit mana stones.”

“Horned rabbit beast-kin?”

“Yes. Horned rabbits are known to be very timid.”

“Ah, I see.”

Now that I thought about it, Levinas did mention she was from the horned rabbit tribe.

Perhaps the horned rabbit mana stones looked like human corpses to Levinas.

‘Wow.’

Dozens of corpses falling from the sky would indeed be terrifying.

I scratched the back of my head and grabbed Levinas’ arm.

“We should move her inside the container.”

“…Yes, let’s do that.”

✧✧✧✧✧

After planting dandelions in the garden and taking a break, I felt someone’s presence inside the container.

Had Levinas regained consciousness?

As I entered to check on her, I locked eyes with Levinas, who had just woken up.

“I, I am the great Levinas of the ho, horned rabbit tribe—!”

“Uh, okay…”

She seemed to really like introducing herself.

Not sure how to respond, I just rolled my eyes.

“I, I admit defeat this time! So, le, let me go—!”

“That’s not possible.”

Sophia, who had come in with me, answered Levinas in my stead.

I wasn’t sure why we couldn’t let her go, but I had no intention of arguing with Sophia’s decision.

“Why, why not?! I admitted defeat…”

“If we let you go, you’ll probably run to the radicals and blab everything about this place.”

“Uh—!”

This was a dangerous conversation.

Not wanting to get involved, I quietly slipped out of the container.

‘Are the radicals and moderates fighting each other?’

I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I didn’t want to get involved.

For now, I decided to just sell off all the horned rabbit mana stones in my pocket.

It seemed like the girl was scared of them.

‘…But I wonder if I’d be scared of mana stones too?’

My ears and tail were similar to those of a cat.

Would I be terrified like Levinas if I saw a mana stone of a feline monster?

I pondered for a moment but concluded it was unlikely.

After all, I was originally human, not a beast-kin.

“Hmm…”

Still, I felt a bit uneasy.

Maybe I should experiment for future reference.

Lost in these thoughts, I was moving away when Yeoreum approached, calling my name.

“Gyeoul, what are you thinking about so deeply?”

“Ah… I just encountered a horned rabbit beast-kin.”

“Horned rabbit beast-kin?”

“Yes.”

I told Yeoreum all about my recent concerns.

I wondered if, like the horned rabbit beast-kin who fainted at the sight of horned rabbit mana stones, I might also be terrified upon seeing mana stones of feline monsters.

“Are you just curious?”

“Yes. It’s better to know in advance.”

“Hmm… I’m curious too, shall we try it?”

Yeoreum’s eyes sparkled as she placed her hand on my shoulder.

It seemed I had piqued her interest.

“Where do we get the mana stones?”

“There are plenty over there.”

Yeoreum pointed towards the guild building.

Now that I thought about it, that was where the mana stone storage was.

If we went there, there would surely be hundreds, if not thousands, of mana stones from feline beasts.

I nodded and followed Yeoreum towards the guild building.

Honestly, I didn’t think I’d be startled by the mana stones like Levinas, but it was still a good idea to be prepared, just in case.