“Just like last time, it’s 1,000 Tower Coins for a single draw, and you can only take one item.”

The same conditions as before.

“Got it, meow! Here are 1,000 Tower Coins, meow!”

Theo coolly handed over the money, accepting Taru’s conditions.

“Good. I wish you luck.”

Creak.

After receiving the payment, Taru opened the door to the storage that was filled with only junk.

“Puhuhut. I don’t need luck, meow!”

Theo confidently entered the lost-and-found storage.

A moment later…

“Meow! What is this, meow?!!!”

Crash!

From inside the storage, the sound of things breaking and Theo’s shriek echoed.

“What happened?”

Taru, about to rush in to help, stopped.

“Come to think of it, I heard there’s a ghost in here…”

Quietly, Taru stepped back, creating distance from the door, and waited for Theo.

***

“Meow! What a mess in here, meow!”

Theo looked around the storage, which resembled a vast sea of junk. The entrance of the storage had stairs leading downward, with an entirely open structure. It seemed the constant piling of items resulted in its current state.

“But every time I look at it from the outside, the inside seems more spacious, meow!”

Theo mused as he walked over the heap of items, towards the attraction on his front paw.

Then…

-Hehehehe.

-Give me your body!

-I won’t hand over my item!

Rustle. Rustle.

With a sinister voice, items began levitating,

Whoosh.

and began rapidly flying towards Theo.

“Meow! What’s happening, meow?!!!”

A flustered Theo dodged the flying objects while shouting.

Bang! Crash!

Items fell and broke everywhere. But Theo soon regained his composure, noting the objects weren’t faster than him, and started looking around again.

And then,

“Meow?”

He noticed black shadowy figures appearing and disappearing as the items were thrown. What were those, meow?

Just as Theo grew curious about these entities,

– Master, those are evil spirits!

Gaeron informed Theo.

“What’s an Evil spirit, meow?”

– They are souls filled with grudges or attachments to certain items. If continuously exposed to negative energy, they turn into such evil spirits. Summon me! I can subdue them.

“Got it, meow! My servant Gaeron, come forth, meow!”

Upon summoning, a small frog the size of Theo’s foot emerged from a swamp on the floor. Gaeron had chosen a smaller size to avoid breaking things around.

Ribbit!

When Gaeron croaked,

-Kiiyip!

The evil spirits screamed in panic and started to flee. Gaeron was once a divine being. The spirits panicked due to the divine aura emitted by Gaeron’s soul. As they tried to escape, Gaeron began hunting them down.

Zap. Zap.

Each time Gaeron extended his tongue, spirits got stuck to it and were sucked into his mouth.

While Gaeron busily hunted the spirits,

“Here, meow?”

paw, started digging in the pile of

And then,

“It’s below here, meow!”

the spot his front paw pointed to, Theo began digging through the items to reach the

However,

Rumble.

than Theo had anticipated, making his search in the newly dug hole more challenging, as

find it at

motivation was

Then,

“Meow! That’s it, meow!”

Evil Spirits

truly a genius, meow! Gaeron, stop eating,

praising himself for the brilliant idea, Theo spoke to Gaeron, who was still busy gobbling up

Why all

Quickly come here and find the item

the item, you won’t let him eat us?,

the black spirits

The rest of you, come over here now,

one spirit approached without harm, the other spirits began to gather around Theo one by one. There were about 1000 spirits in total. It was no

the spots

locations he felt his front paw drawn to and

-Yes!

items from the locations Theo

Then,

was inspected by

“Not this one, meow!”

Swoosh.

rejected were discarded in a non-attractive zone, ensuring no

2 hours later,

“Found it, meow!”

a leather document. He felt a

-Finally!

-It’s over!

Their two hours of labor had almost sent some of them to eternal rest. It wasn’t a joke; some of the weaker spirits

keep

items he’d found before finding

safe?

by Theo’s statement.

right, meow! See

goodbye and

I wish I had

-Me too…

envied their departed

***

Sejun confirmed that the Black Rabbit was safe, he resumed his

worked diligently

Gurgle.

Finally, hunger struck.

“Hehehe. Cuengi, let’s eat!”

out to Cuengi, who was playing nearby,

Krueng!

[Okay!]

Cuengi quickly followed Sejun.

in the kitchen, Sejun

keep an eye on Black Rabbit and wait a

Krueng!

[Alright!]

Cuengi infused magic power into the

I get started

water bottle he had since

but one who fails to be vigilant can’t, a chef who fails

in the right pot and two servings in the left pot

left for Cuengi. Jjajang ramen was reserved for Aileen, and extremely spicy

water

Shake, shake, shake.

added the soup

the

“It’s boiling.”

right pot and two to the left. He discreetly poured any broken bits

While the noodles cooked,

Chop, chop, chop.

quickly chopped green onions and green chili peppers

the ramen

Sniff, sniff.

Krueng!

[It smells delicious!]

spread throughout the cooking area, making Cuengi happily jump

“How’s Black Rabbit?”

Krueng! Krueng!

He’s currently chasing someone trying to escape

“Really?”

Black Rabbit, arms crossed, standing atop the head of the Giant Rock Salt Snake,

“Alright. Let’s eat.”

in front of

Slurp.

took a sip of the broth with his spoon. Ah! This

Slurp. Slurp.

the broth about

“Hoo! Hoo!”

cooled the noodles by blowing on

Then,

Slurrrrp.

up the

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