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Chapter 6,
Desert Fox Moon Jun-hwi, Gocheomdochi Seo Myeong-ho, and Hamster Boo Seung-kwan
Now, only one fennec fox, one hedgehog, and one hamster remain.
Those kids met a month after Min-gyu came to our house, just last year, in a supermarket a little further than the one in front of our house. They'd come to that store because Min-gyu was pestering me to buy him one, claiming he only had one toy. Min-gyu, in human form, seemed to be wagging his tail (though it wasn't visible), seemingly excited.
"Sister! Me, this!!"
"Min-gyu said he wanted it, so I have to buy it for him."
Min-gyu walked over to the doll display case and pointed to a fennec fox doll with its eyes closed. It looked so real and warm. He didn't think there was a real one on display.
I nodded to Min-gyu, telling him it was okay. Min-gyu had already chosen two other toys, in addition to the fennec fox plush, and I told him we should go home. But he didn't listen and, holding a toy in each hand, walked off to the hamster and hedgehog stores. I had no choice but to follow him.
"Sister, sister!"
"Why, Min-gyu?"
"I want to raise these two! Buy them!"
" ... "
" okay. "
I ended up saying okay to Min-gyu who asked so brightly. I'm going to get scolded by Kwon Soon-young again when I get home...
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After finishing the calculations, Min-gyu headed home with the hamster and hedgehog, and I followed slowly behind him, carrying a bag of two toys under my arm and petting the warm, fluffy fennec fox.
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When we got home, all the animals in the house had turned into humans and came running towards us, saying they smelled like other half-human, half-beast animals. Soonyoung's expression was not very good when she saw the fennec fox stuffed animal, hedgehog, and hamster. When I asked why, Soonyoung spoke quickly, as if she was rapping.
"Ayoung, I'm already so tired from these guys, why did you bring three more half-human, half-beasts? Where did you find these guys? Let's leave them here. I'll go with you."
"These guys are half-human, half-beast too?? "
"Min-gyu didn't say anything?"
"Min-gyu would have known. He's a dog, so his sense of smell is sharper and more sensitive than other dogs. Didn't you know, Min-gyu?"
"I knew it, I knew it and brought you here!"
"You knew and brought me here?"
"Kim Min-gyu, ha... really..."Sunyoung
"Why? It's cute and nice."
"This rat in particular is so cute I want to bite it."
"Hyung Jeonghan, don't say that while smiling... It's scary..."
"But rats are my food. Cats won't leave them alone, will they?"
"What..?? Huh, what should I do with our hamster..."
As Min-gyu finished speaking, the fennec fox in my arms hopped to the floor, and the hedgehog and hamster also escaped from their small boxes and landed on the floor. They seemed to be watching us closely.
All three turned into humans at the same time.
"I'm not a doll."
" … "
"It won't work!!"
It was my first meeting with the half-human, half-beast desert fox, Moon Jun-hwi, the gossip Seo Myeong-ho, and the hamster Boo Seung-kwan.