The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

Ten seconds passed.

Contrary to expectations, nothing appeared.

From afar, she could hear “Young Miss, we’re all hidden!” being called out.

‘It was definitely supposed to be here!’

She had seen it in the book.

‘It’ll be terrible if the maid sisters come!’

Her anxiety grew more and more.

Before long, the sound of her pounding heart began to reach her ears.

At that moment, what came to Airi’s mind was…

‘A magic spell!’

You need a spell to summon a friend!

Airi earnestly recited spells she had seen in animations.

“Key that holds the power of darkness…?”

However, it didn’t work.

Airi clenched her fists and fell deep into thought.

The dream, or rather, her ‘Airin’ days that seemed like a past life were still vivid in her memory.

But right then, a great crisis came to Airi.

“Young Miss, seeker! Aren’t you coming to find us?!”

“Little Round One! Did you perhaps hurt yourself bumping into some tree hollow?!”

Oh no.

The impatient northern maids were showing signs of returning to Airi at any moment.

The little hero had encountered a powerful crisis.

And at that moment.

Magic spells she had mastered thanks to watching countless animations sparkled in her mind.

“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. Moon Prism Power. Avada Kedavra!”

Airi looked into the knot hole, clasped her hands together as if praying, and waited.

‘Come out quickly!’

Thump, thump-thump.

In Airi’s mind, the background music of 『Justice Hero Regent』 headed toward its climax.

And finally…

Thud, thud-thud.

Time stopped, leaving only Airi and the tree.

In an instant, a massive amount of mist shimmered around the entire tree.

Airi opened her eyes wide and stared into the air.

[The greatest summoned being of the Ortejo Family was sealed together with the spirit of the beech tree.

They had longed to obtain physical form through contracts with humans.]

‘Now it’s getting a body and appearing…!’

[The summoned being of the Ortejo Family was a powerful ally that would make the summoner the strongest.]

Strangely, she remembered this content perfectly without missing a single word.

At that moment.

The mist began to thicken.

Was it finally appearing?

That great summoned being?!

Airi clenched her fists tightly.

“Finally freed from the seal! Kuhahaha!”

From within the thick, thick mist.

A tremendously evil villain-like voice could be heard.

In an instant, a mass of bizarre mist disturbed the tree.

Airi stared at the tree with sweaty palms clenched in fists.

Then it was also true that her heart began to pound a little.

‘It was said to be a completely incredibly scary monster, right?’

What kind of monster would it be? Would it have sharp horns protruding from its forehead?

If so, it would be best to establish discipline with ‘Taegeuk Form 3’, right?

But even after waiting a long time, the mist remained.

As time remained stopped and she kept waiting and waiting inside the knot hole, she became hungry.

‘I want to eat the ginger cookies Grandmother gave me.’

Thinking of cookies made her mouth water naturally.

If she had known summoning would take this long, she would have brought some to eat while waiting!

‘I have to endure the hunger and wait. I’m not an ordinary five-year-old, but a brave nine-year-old who came with awareness of the past!’

So she waited earnestly and quietly again.

Then after a few seconds passed.

As if reflecting Airi’s faith, the mist gradually cleared.

And…

“Huff, huff…”

Through the clearing mist, a tremendous being slowly appeared.

A round head, round arms and hands, round body, even round legs!

A summoned being with the form of a palm-sized ginger cookie had chocolate chip eyes dotting it.

A mouth drawn with white chocolate pen was also smoothly formed.

‘It appeared! The summoned being!’

Airi could finally smile brightly.

“Hello!”

“…Kukuk, hero who will save the world with great me…!”

“Nice to meet you!”

The cookie that had been ominously extending both hands toward Airi showed a flustered expression.

“Kukuk, nice to meet… no, what, what’s this. Why are my arms so short?”

“I don’t know either!”

When Airi tilted her head, the cookie blinked its chocolate eyes.

Then it burst out in frustration with all its might.

“You’re the one who made me into a cookie!”

“Me? I didn’t, didn’t do anything!”

When Airi showed a flustered expression, the cookie stomped its foot with a thud.

It seemed to try its best to look dignified, but it was a motion filled with rather trivial energy.

“A summoned being is an existence that manifests in the form desired by the person who summoned it!”

“Huh?”

Difficult words, don’t understand.

“You, you wished for me to appear as a cookie!”

Well…

Right now Airi was very hungry and wanted to eat the ginger cookies her grandmother had made.

That was all.

When she explained the situation, the cookie’s chocolate chip eyes shook violently.

“This great body became cookie crumbs because of a moment’s hunger?”

Looking at the round body of the ginger cookie fallen into shock, Airi muttered in puzzlement.

“Huh, why is the cookie?”

The cookie kicked its round feet wildly and shouted.

“I was once summoned by the founding head who established the Ortejo Family! Back then I was the strongest dragon on earth!”

“Wow! That’s cool!”

“Right! I’m cool! And after that day! I was once summoned by a ninety-year-old sword master called a peerless hero. Then I manifested as a phoenix that everyone looked up to!”

“Wow! A phoenix is cool too!”

“But, but…!”

“So?”

Cookie made a frustrated expression and plopped down on the floor with a thud.

“These crispy brown arms!”

“They’re well-baked!”

“Chocolate eyes! Everything looks blurry right now!”

“Gasp, so cute!”

“And, and… this bald head!”

“…”

Cookie made a groaning sound and slumped down with a thud.

“This magnificent body! Has become nothing but a worthless palm-sized cookie!”

Airi carefully clutched the wildly flailing Cookie in her hands.

As if overly frustrated, he became soggy like a cookie that had fallen into milk.

But to Airi, he was a precious hero friend.

“That’s not bad at all. Cookies are super delicious. They’re crispy. Sweet when chocolate’s on them and salty when salt’s on them!”

“…”

Since Cookie remained silent, Airi added one more comment.

“Sweet and salty!”

Cookie drooped his shoulders at ‘sweet and salty.’

As if thinking he couldn’t communicate with Airi at all, he seemed ready to change the subject.

“So, why did you summon me?”

“Well… to save the world… together with you!”

A wind blew across the barren land with a whoosh.

“…You?”

“Yeah!”

“What’s your ability?”

Airi proudly raised her fist.

“I can do forms and sparring too!”

“…?”

“I’m super super strong!”

When Airi raised her fist with a pop, Cookie let out a sigh.

“How did I, who was always the strongest’s assistant, end up becoming a child’s babysitter…”

But what could he do.

Cookie extended his round brown hand toward Airi.

“…Anyway, since you summoned me, we’ve made a contract.”

The moment the round brown hand touched the small white pinky finger.

As if making a solemn vow, a pure white light briefly enveloped the two of them.

“Let’s journey together to save the world.”

Airi firmly grasped Cookie’s hand and took a step forward.

The contract between one cookie and one child was complete.

This was quite trivial, but it was a great step toward saving the world.

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After pretending to play hide-and-seek with the maid sisters a few times.

Airi returned to her room with Cookie.

“…”

“…”

Where had that great determination from earlier gone.

Only silence hung between Cookie and Airi.

And for good reason…

“…So you’re saying you don’t know how to use your ability?”

“Yeah! They definitely said I’m a ‘purifier’ who will save the world! But I don’t know how to do ‘purifying’!”

Cookie looked at Airi with an expression full of disbelief.

“Hmm, then shall we check your ability stats once?”

“Wow! Amazing! You can see that kind of thing?”

“Since my ability is ‘assistant who helps contractors grow to be the strongest,’ of course I can see it.”

Cookie squeezed his chocolate eyes shut and opened them.

Right at that moment.

Beads of ice cream formed on Cookie’s forehead.

Airi watched Cookie with sweaty palms.

Finally, Cookie’s mouth opened majestically.

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