Not long after, my mom called out:
“Kids, the tteokbokki’s ready!”
“Even rich people eat tteokbokki,” Yeon-ha-neul teased as we sat at the table.
“We eat ramen too. People live the same way.”
“But I bet your tteokbokki has chadolbagi in it.”
“So you don’t like it?”
“No, it’s delicious! Your mom is a great cook.”
We left Mongsil with the servants and enjoyed the tteokbokki my mom had prepared.
Unlike the usual fare, it was packed with extras—chadolbagi, fried food, and more.
Yeon-ha-neul seemed genuinely impressed.
“I brought dessert too,” my mom said, setting down a tray. “Haneul, milk or juice? What do you prefer?”
“Oh… Milk, please.”
“Okay. Then I won’t bother you two. Have fun!”
“Yes… thank you.”
After eating the tteokbokki, my mother came up with a roll cake.
Other refreshments were also prepared.
“Your mother is really kind. She’s beautiful. When I grow up, I want to be like your mother.”
“You should have said that to my mother directly.”
“It’s embarrassing. You do it later.”
Yeon-ha-neul seemed unfamiliar with being treated like this.
She whispered quietly as soon as her mother left the room.
Then she stroked her stomach and glared at the dessert.
“I can’t eat all of this… .”
If I’m full, I can just not eat.
It seemed like she couldn’t refuse her mother’s kindness.
I laughed at her.
“Just eat as much as you can. Or you can take it home.”
“… Is that okay?”
“Of course.”
Yeon-ha-neul’s eyes widened.
The news that she could take her to the daycare seemed to have made her heart flutter.
Her ears were also noticeably erect.
‘Does she bink when she’s in a good mood?’
I wondered if she would jump around, so I briefly watched her reaction.
But the reaction I expected didn’t happen.
Then a thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘Now that I think about it, what’s her status window like?’
I remembered that I hadn’t checked Yeon-ha-neul’s status window until now.
It was because looking at other people’s status windows took a lot of energy.
It wasn’t a habit to begin with.
‘But I guess I should at least check it once.’
Yeon-ha-neul is a character in the game, and she’s a significant character who will turn dark as a mid-boss in the future.
She was also someone I was planning to invite to my party someday.
I need to check her abilities.
I soon met her eyes and muttered to myself.
‘Status window.’
Those words became the signal for her status window to appear before my eyes.
[Personal Information]
Name: Yeon-ha-neul (Female, 12 years old)
Nickname: Rabbit Monster
Affiliation: Raon Elementary School
[Holding Gift]
Splitting
[Physical Abilities]
Physical Strength: 30
Strength: 28
Endurance: 30
Agility: 32
Magic Power: 75
Luck: 20
Remaining Points: 0
Is it because she’s Ain?
Yeon-ha-neul’s physical abilities were quite high.
Even if you think of her as someone from a prestigious family, her numbers were not lacking.
Especially her magic power.
‘75….’
As far as I know, there weren’t many characters in games with magic power over 70.
What’s more, Yeon-ha-neul was only twelve years old and had never handled mana before.
Even so, the fact that her magic power was 75 meant that her potential was limitless when looking into the future.
‘Your body’s mana must be really huge. Is that why you were able to burn down the entire Academy City in the game…?’
Magic power is a general term for abilities related to mana, such as the amount of mana in your body, mana efficiency, and resistance.
In other words, you can’t rashly judge that your body’s mana is huge just because your magic power is high.
However, if your magic power is high, your body’s mana amount is also proportional.
And if you’ve never handled mana before, your body’s mana will take up a significant portion of your magic power.
“….”
That’s how much Yeonhaneul was a raw stone.
A raw stone that could become a shining jewel depending on how I polished it.
I stared at her intently.
She asked warily, perhaps because my gaze was burdensome.
“What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?”
“You have chili powder on your teeth.”
“Ugh.”
“I’m lying.”
“… Is it true?”
“Actually, it got a little on the corner of my mouth.”
“Did you get a lot? Where? Here?”
“I’ll wipe it off. Stay still.”
I reached out to Yeon-ha-neul.
At this, she hesitated and gave up, turning her face to me.
“Ha-neul.”
“Are you done wiping it?”
“No, not yet.”
“Wipe it off quickly. But why?”
“Let’s get along well from now on.”
“… You seem so out of the blue.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
The tteokbokki sauce on her lips.
I wiped the red sauce off.
As expected, I did well in becoming close with Yeon-ha-neul.
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