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It had been a long time since I wore jeans, a jacket, and a t-shirt instead of a white shirt and cotton pants.

It was the clothes I was wearing when I first arrived here with Ha Tae-heon. When I got out of the temple after changing clothes, Elohim and Elahah, who had opened the passage, looked at me.

"I didn't know these clothes were still there."

"I kept it aside for the day I left."

As I walked closer to the two of them, Fox that had been wandering around rushed over. Piiik. He came down on my shoulder and wept softly.

Is it Fox's farewell? It wasn't a bad feeling, so I left him for now and turned to Elahah.

"I'm going."

"Yeah."

Elahah, who answered in a dull voice, looked at Fox on my shoulder for a moment before opening his mouth.

"Will you take him?"

"Pardon?"

"I think this kid is already planning to follow."

Surprised by the unexpected remark, I hurriedly tried to pull Fox away, but the guy raised his claws and grabbed my clothes.

"No. It's a little..."

"Why? It's no big deal, right?"

Piiik! Piiik!

Fox trembled and hung on me till the end, and when I grabbed his back, he started crying bitterly. Having become a bully to a small animal, I eventually let him go in embarrassment.

"He is a child who has always lived safely here, how do I suddenly take him?"

"Well, that's possible. That's what he wants."

Fox crawled back on my shoulder in a hurry, fearing that I might take him off again, and nailed his claw. Surprisingly, it was quite painful.

"But..."

I turned a helping eye to Elohim standing behind Elahah. He made eye contact with me and smiled.

"Why don't you take him?"

"......"

I had no one to trust.

"As I said before, they are monsters, not ordinary animals. You don't have to feed them or brushed their hair, so it's worth taking them with you."

"Still, I..."

I sighed as I watched Fox blinking his big eyes, still with a claw on my shoulder.

"I don't know what will happen when I return to Korea, but I don't have the confidence to protect him properly."

"Hm..."

Piiik! Piik!

Not knowing how others felt, Fox continued to cry in protest. As I was contemplating how to convince this guy, Elohim, who was touching the corner of his mouth, suggested.

"Then why don't you keep him until we get the weapon from the gate first?"

"Umm..."

"Even then, if you still don't like it, after you get the weapon, I can take him with me. It's okay, right?"

"If that's the case, I'm fine too."

When the conversation was over, Fox let out a small sigh. I was the one who was in trouble, but I didn't know why he was sighing.

In the end, Elahah said to me, standing in front of the aisle with Fox on my shoulder.

"Kwon Se-hyun, you know because you read the book. You are responsible for what you have tamed. Even if it wasn't intentional."

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