Today, Mito dressed up as a magical girl for a volunteer activity at an amusement park.
"Huh... This is embarrassing."
A black school uniform with a sailor-like feel, cute cat ears on top of the head, sharp teeth on the upper right corner of the small mouth, a gold bell hanging from the neck, a cat tail growing out of a short skirt, and finally, cute wings on the shoulders.
A female college student of the same age, an S-ranker, wearing a cute and adorable magical girl outfit that looked like it came straight out of a manga, was awkwardly swaying in her seat.
Well, from Jinseok's perspective, he's just grateful for the treat.
Jinseok was too embarrassed to say anything, so he coughed in vain and looked at Mito intently.
"Hehe... Our Mito is really cute today?"
"Aha, ha... Really?"
Mito gives an embarrassed smile, wondering if Jinseok's compliment was bad.
She suggests in a gentle voice right after.
"Jinseok, should we take a break and chat on the bench over there where the kids can't come in?"
"okay!"
That's how Jinseok and his group headed back to the amusement park stage.
Jinseok takes off his teddy bear head and gulps down a can of Zero Coke.
"Wow, after work, Zero Coke is the rule!"
At the same time, Goldie, who is next to me, also sticks a straw into a can of cola and drinks it every day.
"Duet, duet!"
It was a refreshing carbonated water that went down each person's throat with a thrilling sip.
Jinseok and Goldie both tilt their heads back in shock.
"Hehe, I feel so refreshed now that I feel like I can live."
"Bam!"
To those watching, it was truly a sight of a dandy cut young man and Gold Slime who seemed to have no separate parents or children.
Mito gives a kind smile with a joyful expression.
"Hehehe."
She then slowly starts making small talk.
"Hehe, Jinseok, how was your volunteer work today?"
"Volunteering... I guess it's kind of rewarding."
"Wouldn't it be hard to play with the kids at an amusement park while wearing a puppet costume for volunteer work? And that's while using your pro hunter skills on the rides."
"Haha, it's true that wearing a puppet mask is a bit of a struggle... but it's worth it and feels pretty good because it's for children!"
Mito seemed to really like Jinseok's answer, so she closed her thin eyelids and winked.
"Oh my, as expected, our Jinseok is so kind!"
She then looks up at the sky, as if she is deep in thought, and continues the conversation.
"Jinseok, right? I'm saying this because we're the same age as each other..."
"Yeah, Mito."
"In fact, all the children visiting the amusement park right now come from disadvantaged families. They are what society would call low-income families."
"Oh really? I had no idea..."
Jinseok turns his gaze towards the amusement park with a somewhat regretful feeling.
At a nearby amusement park, cute children were playing, jumping around innocently and having fun.
"Wow, this is so much fun!"
"Yeah, yeah! I'll definitely brag to my mom."
Jinseok watches silently, lost in thought.
"...."
On the outside, they all look like cute and pretty children who would be the apple of your eye, but in reality, they are low-income children who are having a hard time making ends meet. How much suffering must these innocent children have endured on the inside?
For example, when I want to play at an amusement park like a child, I can't, and instead of eating the chicken or pizza I want, I have a hard time eating even a tasteless meal every day, so I have to think about it.
Especially since Jinseok was a young man who had been poor for 23 years, I could fully understand his unspeakable feelings.
It was around this time that Jinseok began to watch with a serious expression.
"These guys are cute...."
Meanwhile, Mito cautiously opens her eyes.
"Hehehe, Jinseok, even you look at them, don't you think the kids are cute?"
"I know."
"Yeah, so I come here every week to this amusement park, which other guilds avoid because it's hard and doesn't pay at all, under the guise of volunteer work. I don't know if my guild members will complain because it's hard because of me... but the guild members are all so affectionate that they never say anything bad. After all, if they see the angelic expressions on the children's faces here, no one can complain!"
Wow, that was the heartwarming feeling of a class S female college student of the same age who had the heart of an angel.
... So, how can he not love her?
Jinseok becomes even more cheerful and joins in the small talk.
"Hehe, just like our Mito said, seeing these kids who are angels themselves, no one can help but volunteer here."
"Hmm... Jinseok, then you too will volunteer here twice a week?"
"Hmm... Is it a bit much to wear a puppet mask every week?"
It was at this time that Jinseok and Mito were chatting affectionately.
"haha...."
Meanwhile, it was at that time.
Mito reacts quickly and shouts.
They happened to spot children approaching them while they were resting.
"Oh, of all places, the kids are running towards this area, the official entrance area... Jinseok, you and Goldie, put on your puppet masks right away! We have to protect the kids' innocence!"
"Ah... yeah!"
Jinseok puts on the teddy bear mask with a feeling of sadness.
At that moment, a group of three little girls arrives in front of Jinseok and his group.
For some reason, I started to cry.
"Ugh..."
Mito asks in a friendly manner.
"Oh my, this place is off-limits to officials, but what are our cute princesses doing here?"
"Oh, pretty magical girl sister! My friend who received a gift at the amusement park today is in trouble!"
A short-haired kid points with his finger.
Then, next to him, his friend, a little boy with black hair, was sobbing.
"Huh... my bunny doll!"
He held a rabbit doll with a torn ear in his small hands, the size of a bracken fern.
The little boy in question starts to cry and then expresses his sorrowful feelings.
"Ugh, Magical Girl Sister... The rabbit I received as a gift earlier got its ear ripped off by some boys who were playing around with it. How can your magic not heal it?"
It was a request from innocent little girls to repair a rabbit doll with a torn ear.
Mito smiled awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed, and thought to herself.
"Oh my... I see. Our rabbit sheep's ear got hurt. It must be really painful."
"Ugh, please use your magic to cure the rabbit!"
The innocent little kids just held onto Mito's legs and pleaded.
Meanwhile, Jinseok, who was watching, feels awkward and thinks to himself.
'Ahem, surgery on a rabbit doll... Come to think of it, when I was young, I also mistook dolls and toys for living things, didn't I? Well, the memories are good, but the real problem is that it's a rabbit doll with a torn ear. Even if I'm an S-ranked female student at Kenshin University, this is beyond my capabilities, so it seems like there's nothing I can do about it.'
But that was then.
Mito was giving instructions to her guild members through her earphones in a small, mosquito-like voice.
"... Hayoung, this is Mito, so dress up like a nurse and bring a new rabbit doll over here!"
She was the one who instructed her guild member to bring a new rabbit doll.
Mito immediately gives a bright, innocent smile and starts talking to the children.
"Oh my, our little bunny must have been really sick... My magical girl sister will treat the bunny, so give it to her!"
"Huh... Please take good care of me, Unnie!"
The innocent little girls hand over the rabbit doll to Mito without any suspicion.
It was right after that.
Mito suddenly stares into space, then blinks her thin eyelids repeatedly and shouts loudly.
She acted with all her might.
"Oh, kids. Look at the sky! There's a UFO floating in the sky!!!"
"Yes, a UFO?"
The little girls are so naive that they immediately believe and then everyone just stares into space.
"Wow, a UFO... I want to see it too!"
It was right after that.
Mito looked at the kids and quickly took out the black sword hanging from her waist.
The magic sword Levatein, which was given to me as a gift from Jinseok.
"...."
Immediately after, with a serious expression on her face, she activates her sword energy and burns the rabbit doll in an instant.
It was reduced to ashes, leaving no trace.
"...!"
Jinseok and Goldie, who were watching the scene, suddenly widened their eyes in bewilderment.
"Huh, Mito, what are you doing...?"
"Dewuk?!"
What on earth is this S-ranking female college student of the same age thinking, burning a rabbit doll that should have been repaired for the kids with black magic?
Meanwhile, the kids look back with disappointed expressions after not finding the UFO.
"There's no UFO... Hey Magical Girl Sister, where did my rabbit go?"
"Huh? That's right...."
To the little boy's innocent question, Mito gives an awkward smile as if telling a white lie and then answers.
"Ah, haha... That's right. Our rabbit doll is currently being treated at the hospital by her magical girl sister who used magic to treat her ear disease!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah, and now that the surgery went well, the nurse will come and get you... Oh, there the nurse is coming!"
Mito and the little ones look back.
Then, not far away, Ha-young, wearing a nurse's cap, was running towards me in a hurry, holding a rabbit doll.
"Haa, ha..."
As instructed by Mito, it was transformed into a product identical to the torn doll.
Hayoung makes a fuss with her arms and hands it over.
"Voila, the rabbit doll has safely completed its ear treatment and has arrived! Now, please accept it, Princess."
"Wow, our rabbit got ear treatment... Thank you so much! Magical girls, nurses!"
"Hehehe, okay, from now on, you have to be careful not to hurt your rabbit ears, right?"
It was a kind of improvised play designed by Mito and her group to appease the children's innocence.
But the children, believing their words that they had used magic, were so happy that they left with blushing cheeks.
"Hehe, magical girl sister is the best!"
"...."
Mito and her group watched the backs of the children walking away, each sighing in relief.
"Whew, our Hayoung worked hard... Fortunately, we were able to preserve the children's innocence!"
"Yes, Mito-sister, you've worked hard..."
It was the large hunter's guild, Dainty Guild, that worked hard to show off their skills in order to give new dolls to innocent children.
It was around the time when Jinseok and his group were secretly moved and hesitant.
"Ha, as expected from our Mitone."
"Duet!"
Meanwhile, Mito also gives Jinseok a favor.
"Heh heh... It's embarrassing. Just Jinseok!"
"Yeah, Mito."
"Just as we're volunteering today, you too must protect the children's innocence! You're smart, so you know what I mean, right?"
"Yeah, just leave it to me!"
"Hehehe, then I guess I'll go on a tour to help the kids as part of my volunteer work. Jinseok, I'll see you later after work!"
"okay!"
So, Jinseok and his group returned to the amusement park for volunteer work.
Jinseok, wearing a teddy bear mask, sighs in exhaustion.
"Whew, taking care of children is really rewarding... but doll making is still really hard."
"Duet..."
It was around this time that Jinseok and his group resumed their work at the amusement park, looking listless.
But that was the time.
At that very moment, a group of three young men approached Jinseok and his group.
"Huh, Mr. Bear... I have a favor to ask."
"Huh, you're asking me to do you a favor?"
Jinseok blinks his eyes innocently and watches.
In the group of kids, there was a little boy wearing a hat who was sobbing in a depressed mood day after day.
Unfortunately, he was holding a toy robot with a broken arm.
The little boy asks in a dejected voice.
"Oh, Mr. Bear, my robotic arm that I received as a gift at the amusement park today broke and it hurts... How can it not be cured with magic or something?"
"One side of this robot arm is broken?"
The little boy ended up in tears and kept holding onto Jinseok's leg for days.
"Yes, please, please... Ugh."
Jinseok gives an awkward laugh, feeling a little embarrassed, and then pauses.
"Hmm... Is that so?"
Is this the kind of situation where the expression "deja vu" is used?
Earlier, little girls with torn rabbit ears came to me, and this time, little boys with broken toy robot arms came to me asking for help.
Jinseok just smiles with a blank expression.
"Ahem, you suddenly want me to fix your robot arm... Well, I guess I can just do what Mito did earlier? Wreck the broken robot toy beyond recognition, then hand me a new one when it's fixed!"
Jinseok immediately starts smoking.
"Kids, leave this to Bear! I'll treat the toy robot right away!"
"Wow, thank you, bro!"
The little boy just trusts Jinseok and hands him the robot.
Jinseok, who accepted it, glanced at Goldie and gave her instructions.
'Goldie, when the kids let their guard down and think it's a UFO, you use your melting skill to obliterate the robot without a trace.'
'Duet!'
It was a perfect plan.
Jinseok immediately looks up into the air and shouts exaggeratedly.
"Hey kids, look over there... it's a UFO!"
"Oh, really?"
The kids are taken in by Jinseok's boast and just look at the distant mountains.
Goldie immediately bites the robot toy with her small mouth and begins to dissolve the solution.
If given just three seconds, the robot toy could be completely melted without a trace.
"...Dewut!"
But that was then.
Not even a second had passed before one of the kids suddenly turned around and looked at me.
"Oh, that's not right. You should watch UFOs together with robot toys... Huh?"
At that moment, the little boy's eyes widened in surprise.
"Ugh... Mr. Bear, what shameless thing are you doing to our robot?!"
That's because Jinseok and Goldie were melting the robot toy in real time right before my eyes.
Jinseok and his party shrug their shoulders in surprise at the unexpected discovery.
"Huh...?"
"Dewuk...?"
In addition, in Goldie's mouth was a robot toy whose remaining arm had now melted into a molten piece.
The young man, who witnessed the gruesome scene, suddenly turned pale and screamed in shock.
"Eww, that teddy bear and that golden worm killed our toy robot!"
It was Jinseok and his group who faced a major crisis while on a volunteer mission.
but.
Meanwhile, Goldie's locked skills were slowly being unlocked.
[Goldie's locked skill, synthetic skill (???) is unlocked.]