Hunter Kindergarten, Dolphin Class! - Chapter 96

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Episode 096

 

During the brief moment when Na Hwi-yeon left his seat to go get lunch.

 

The children remaining in the classroom sat in front of the round table, quietly waiting for the teacher to arrive.

 

And this included Nabi, the new friend who came to kindergarten today, as well as Won-gang and Da-yeong, who came to Dolphin Class due to the absence of the Seal Class Teacher.

 

Won-gang and Da-yeong, with their naturally gentle dispositions and personalities uninterested in others, simply kept quiet in their seats. They even looked more well-behaved than the older boys in Dolphin Class.

 

However.

 

The remaining one was not like that.

 

“What will we have for lunch today?”

 

Her head, which looked like sweet cotton candy, shook rapidly from side to side. Her bottom had already left the chair quite some time ago, and her red cheeks clearly showed her excited mood.

 

Baek Cheonji found this new friend fascinating.

 

‘How does she stay excited all the time?’

 

That wasn’t all.

 

Nabi liked and found everything fascinating, no matter what she did.

 

 

She liked everything she saw as if she were experiencing it for the first time.

 

When eating apples for snacks, when playing with common blocks, and even when doing coloring study that sometimes felt tedious from doing it so often.

 

Even her review after reading the fairy tale book “Little Ghost Jack,” which Baek Cheonji most disliked reading, was unique.

 

 

Nabi, who found it strange that he was afraid of ghosts… Baek Cheonji found her even more fascinating.

 

In short, Nabi was somehow a new and interesting friend.

 

…And she was equally difficult and a bit overwhelming.

 

“What kind of food do you like? I’ve only eaten snacks, so I don’t really know.”

 

…She talked without rest.

 

“Huh? What’s that? I’ve never seen that before!”

 

And she ran around without rest.

 

Thanks to this, Baek Cheonji couldn’t sit still either. Remembering Nabi’s earlier attempt to ‘actually’ eat the toy food models in the morning, Baek Cheonji had no choice but to get up from his seat ‘again.’

 

“Sigh…”

 

Baek Cheonji approached Nabi, who was continuously pressing the toy telephone, grabbed her free hand and pulled her along.

 

“Nabi, let’s sit over there and play.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Because Teacher said it’s time to eat, so we need to sit quietly and wait.”

 

“Why?”

 

At that moment, Baek Cheonji looked back at Nabi.

 

Her pitch-black pupils were staring at him blankly.

 

“Because when eating, we have to eat quietly…”

 

“Why?”

 

“Obviously…”

 

So… why?

 

‘Why do we have to be well-behaved when eating?’

 

Strangely… the right answer didn’t come to mind immediately. And the reason why the right answer didn’t come to mind was clear.

 

‘I’ve never learned about that.’

 

Because Mom and Dad told him to, because they said he had to… he just did it.

 

‘And because all my friends do it that way too…’

 

Baek Cheonji fell into thought for a moment.

 

It was the most puzzling question he had ever received in his life.

 

‘It’s obvious… but why is that obvious?’

 

While his head was becoming dazed from this slight shock, something touched his right ear. When he turned his head at that hard and cool sensation…

 

“?”

 

…Nabi was holding the toy telephone up to his ear.

 

“This is for saying ‘hello,’ right?”

 

“…Yes, that’s right.”

 

“Hurry up and try it! Say ‘hello’!”

 

“…H, hello.”

 

“Yes! This is Nabi! Who is this?”

 

“I…. am Baek Cheonji.”

 

“Hi, Cheonji!”

 

Grinning.

 

When Nabi smiled, Baek Cheonji found himself unconsciously smiling along. This was also strange.

 

In his head, he was still thinking that he needed to hurry and sit down before Teacher came…. But his urgency was fading and his chest even felt ticklish.

 

And Nabi, who was facing him….

 

-Pop.

 

Huh?

 

‘What is that?’

 

Black.

 

Huge.

 

Fingers. A palm.

 

…A big, black hand.

 

He could see five fingers spread wide above his head. As he slowly lowered his gaze…. A large palm and long wrist gradually came into view.

 

And the end of that huge black wrist was connected to Nabi’s back.

 

The shock of seeing this scene caused all the thoughts filling Baek Cheonji’s head to instantly evaporate and fly away.

 

A huge hand.

 

That hand swiftly snatched up the toy telephone that Baek Cheonji had dropped.

 

But Baek Cheonji just stood there frozen solid, unable to do anything.

 

‘What is that?’

 

Just then.

 

Noah, who had been watching all this from behind, shouted excitedly.

 

“Na…. Nabi, you were an alien?!”

 

“…Huh? Ah! Right!”

 

Only then did Nabi realize his condition and looked back at himself, trying to press the black hand down and tuck it away.

 

“Tell me honestly! You’re that alien from back then! The amusement park!”

 

“I need to go back to being a doll!”

 

“What are you talking about, speak properly! You’re an alien, right?!”

 

“Where’s my doll? My doll?”

 

The two were having what could hardly be called an argument, talking past each other completely.

 

An excited Noah, and a startled Nabi.

 

And Baek Cheonji himself, unable to do anything in between.

 

There was something he should do as a ‘mediator’ right now, but he couldn’t easily open his mouth.

 

Then.

 

Seo-ro appeared with a bored expression, arms crossed, and intervened.

 

“You idiots.”

 

“?”

 

“Nabi is also an Awakener.”

 

“!”

 

“What alien? Kim Noah, have you ever seen an alien that looks like this?”

 

“I have!”

 

“Where.”

 

“….”

 

Kim Noah was frustrated, but instead of answering, he could only bite his innocent lips.

 

Certainly, Kim Noah had memories of seeing this black hand with Teacher at Neverland Amusement Park on his birthday.

 

And Teacher had introduced that black hand as his ‘hometown friend’!

 

‘Teacher is an alien, so his younger brother must be an alien too!’

 

…However, this was something he couldn’t say.

 

This was a ‘secret between Teacher and me’ that he couldn’t reveal no matter what gifts or threats came his way!

 

And Seo-ro, unaware of Noah’s meaningful thoughts, turned a cold gaze to scan over Nabi.

 

Then he spoke somewhat coldly.

 

“Right, so you’re an Awakener too? If you’re Teacher’s younger brother, you should at least be that much.”

 

“That’s right. I’m Teacher’s younger brother!”

 

“What’s your ability? Body Transformation? Or animal transformation ability? I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

 

“Me too, Lee Seo-ra has never seen it either!”

 

Meanwhile, Baek Cheonji, who couldn’t quite follow his friends’ conversation due to shock, calmed his startled heart while looking around.

 

The twins were calmly talking with Nabi.

 

Noah was busy fuming.

 

Tae-jae was sitting far away on a chair with his chin propped up, watching this way.

 

‘Won-gang and Da-yeong are… Oh, they’re sleeping.’

 

Baek Cheonji was confused.

 

‘Am I the only one who’s scared?’

 

Honestly, even now… he felt scared to death.

 

The black hand larger than a refrigerator, and even the incomprehensible white patterns winding across it like graffiti.

 

It wasn’t exactly a pleasant visual for a 7-year-old child to see.

 

However, since his friends seemed unbothered, Baek Cheonji naturally felt embarrassed.

 

‘Isn’t this something to be scared of?’

 

Nabi, who had somehow skillfully tucked away the black hand, was looking at Seo-ro with distress.

 

And then, at Seo-ro’s sharp observation…

 

“Looking closely, you don’t really look like Teacher. Are you really his younger brother?”

 

Nabi burst out as if having a fit.

 

“I am! I’m Teacher’s younger brother! And… I am an Awakener.”

 

“What’s your ability?”

 

“Just… I transform like this. Like a monster.”

 

“…”

 

Everyone held their breath at Nabi’s honest answer.

 

Only their eyes rolled around, and the sound of gulping saliva could be heard.

 

Then suddenly.

 

“So cool!!!!”

 

“Awesooooome~!”

 

Suddenly, shouts loud enough to shake the classroom broke through that silence.

 

Seo-ra and Noah suddenly started stomping their feet and running in circles around Nabi!

 

“Then can you transform like T-Bot too? If you’re an alien’s, I mean, Teacher’s younger brother, you must have that kind of ability too?!”

 

“Nabi, Nabi. I like Cash Tinypang! Can you transform into that?!”

 

“T-Bot? Cash Tinypang? What are those?”

 

This was a communication problem that arose because Na Hwi-yeon only let him watch children’s educational programs, thinking of Nabi’s emotional development.

 

“I know the ghost that crawls out of the TV…”

 

“Ooh? There’s something like that too?”

 

“Lee Seo-ra doesn’t know!”

 

Baek Cheonji, who had been quietly watching this, thought Nabi looked troubled being caught between Seo-ra and Noah. So, forgetting his fear, he was drawn in and squeezed between them.

 

Barely managing to stand in front of Nabi, Baek Cheonji spoke to his two friends who were jumping around like colts.

 

“Lee Seo-ra, Kim Noah. Stop it… You’re scaring Nabi.”

 

“…”

 

Then Seo-ro and Noah stopped jumping and looked at him.

 

“We should take care of our new friend. You can’t bother him like this.”

 

“…”

 

“Nabi, quickly sit down quietly again too…”

 

Suddenly.

 

?

 

Baek Cheonji was startled by the hands that suddenly embraced her from behind. And the person who hugged her was Nabi!

 

“N-Nabi?”

 

“Like this! The ghost on TV grabbed people like this!”

 

Seo-ra and Noah, who had been watching Baek Cheonji’s reaction, didn’t miss this opportunity and eagerly asked.

 

“Really? Scary? Aren’t ghosts scary?!”

 

“Not scary, ghosts are my friends!”

 

“Can you transform like that TV ghost?”

 

“Yeah! I transformed like that and played before.”

 

It was when she drove the G Detective Agency people out of the Crazy Cult Group Building. But the Children, who had no way of knowing this, reacted with…

 

“You’re really a cool friend, aren’t you?”

 

“Really?”

 

“Really!”

 

“Really!!”

 

And so it suddenly started ‘again’. Nabi began spinning around in circles with Seo-ra and Noah while still hugging her!

 

Joining in, Lee Seo-ro and Nam Tae-jae, who had been quiet, also participated.

 

“What? Why are you suddenly playing among yourselves?”

 

“Ganggangsullae is fun.”

 

Baek Cheonji, who suddenly found herself caught between friends and spinning around in place, turned red in the face.

 

She felt flustered and embarrassed.

 

But then… soon she chuckled.

 

She laughed.

 

“Spinning around is fun!”

 

It was funny.

 

The uncontrolled, freely flowing situation was so funny.

 

The friends who wouldn’t listen were funny.

 

And herself caught in between them was even funnier.

 

Baek Cheonji laughed out loud in that chaotic situation and rolled around with her friends.

 

Before she knew it, the fear and inexplicable anxiety that had remained in her heart had disappeared.

 

And Na Hwi-yeon, who was returning with lunch, was silently watching this scene.

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