Episode -3 A

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  Rogi is busy cleaning and organizing her luggage in her new room.

  When she opened a pale pink bundle, a family photo of Rogi came out. Healthy Mom holding Rogi and smiling brightly...

  Thinking of her sick Mom, tears welled in Rogi’s eyes. Just as the sadness was about to surge up,

  [Zzzing~] Bermuda vibrates.

  "Hm?"

  Rogi roughly wiped away her tears and looked into the Bermuda.

  Before long, the kids who had finished dinner had gathered in the group chat room and were talking.

  But Rogi couldn’t tell who was who. Because all the kids were using different nicknames as their IDs.

  King of the Prairie: Dabi must have delivered it~

  Space Hero: Yeah, I delivered it to Rogi’s dad~ Rogi wasn’t there.

  Choco : Why wasn’t she?

  Cheese Burger: Huh? She can’t not be there?

  King of the Prairie: Why isn’t she?

  Yo! : Don’t tell me...

  Yo! : Rogi doesn’t know the village layout! She moved in today.

  Choco : Dabi, you didn’t go look for Rogi?

  Space Hero: Ah... oh!

  Choco : Oh!? That’s not okay!! You... seriously~

  Space Hero: Ah... should I go out now.

  Cheese Burger: Let’s all go out and look. If we all go out, we’ll find her quickly.

  Princess Baekseok: You idiot brother!

  Yo! : For now, everyone go out.

  While everyone was worrying about Rogi, Rogi was smiling as she read the chat.

  Just as she was about to join the conversation before things got worse, a window popped up on Bermuda asking her to set a chat name.

  Flustered, Rogi quickly typed in 'Hotteok Witch' and immediately posted a message.

  Hotteok Witch: Stop -

  A brief silence followed. But there could only be one new person entering the chat,

  and everyone could guess who the unfamiliar chat name was.

  Hotteok Witch: I got home safely, thank you for worrying.

  Yo! : That’s a relief, Rogi~

  Princess Baekseok: Sister~ I was worried~

  Choco : Rogi~

  Space Hero: Wow, thank goodness.

  The kids each rushed to say they were worried about Rogi, sharing their feelings, and then everyone

  learned that Rogi had gotten lost but was able to get home safely with the help of some grandmother.

  Hotteok Witch: Um... I can roughly tell who is who, but who are 'King of the Prairie' and 'Cheese Burger'?

  Choco : Prairie is Leo, and Cheese is Eli, Rogi~

  Hotteok Witch: Thanks, Pai~ then why is Eti Princess Baekseok?

  Cheese Burger: Eti still doesn’t know letters~ it got entered as Baekseok, and even when I say I’ll fix it, she says she likes that one!

  Princess Baekseok: I like this, yeah! [STONE WHITE]

  Hotteok Witch: Okay! Then last! Where did this machine come from? Did you guys buy it with money?

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  King of the Prairie: No, Eli made all of this.

  Even at a young age, Eli was quite smart, and he gathered parts from piles of abandoned trash

  to build a communication device so the friends could talk to each other. Of course, for parts that were too complex, he got help from the study room Teacher.

  Hotteok Witch: That’s amazing, Eli. You must be a genius.

  Cheese Burger: No~ I don’t know either, Teacher helped me~

  The kids talked without noticing the time passing, and shared the roles each of them had to do tomorrow.

  And they also talked about how to wrap up story play.

  Yo! : Rogi, you have to look over the story summary once tomorrow~

  Hotteok Witch: Yeah~ I was just looking at it anyway.

  Yo! : And Rogi, you have to make one story too.

  Hotteok Witch: Make a story?

  Yo! : Yeah, what genre do you like, Rogi?

  Hotteok Witch: A story I like...

  Rogi thought for a long time, but she couldn’t think of a genre she liked right away.

  Even after that, within the endlessly continuing chat, the kids laughed and talked, having a fun time.

  Another space connected through small machines from each of their homes gave the kids a moment like a dream.

  And that space became a special chance that quickly brought them closer to each other.

  But at that time, the kids still didn’t know.

  How precious these hours would become later,

  and how they would bring comfort and courage into their lives...

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  Under the moonlight, Polun is grabbed by the collar, and Eat is shaking him...

  In fact, Eat is not an Olpin; he only had connections with them.

  Polun is trying his best to calm Eat down, who can’t easily settle down.

  Eat: "Polun! How long did I live as a prisoner! Why didn’t you come even once! You bastard!"

  Polun: "I!... I didn’t know. Since you didn’t contact me, I thought you still hadn’t cooled down."

  Polun: "So I waited... I’m sorry, I didn’t know~" [Polun was truly sorry, but first he had to clear up the misunderstanding.]

  Eat: "Do you know how much~ I got beaten up and humiliated by the insects!~"

  Polun: "I’m sorry!! I was wrong~!!..."

  Polun: "Ah... right! Red Rooster!! The insects.. should I get revenge on all of them for you?"

  Eat: "What!?...You die first—you die first!"

  Polun: "Oh dear.. I’m sorry." [>.<]

  Eat keeps grabbing and shaking Polun.

  Roter and Pad, watching Eat and Polun.. sincerely think the Red Rooster Eat looks great.

  [Polun is the highest-ranking Supreme Commander among all Olpin.

  It is said that across the entire universe, there are few beings who can stand equal with Polun.

  But there is no Olpin who has actually seen those few beings.]

  And yet he’s grabbing Polun by the collar and shaking him... And Polun is flustered in that situation!

  Watching them, Roter opened his mouth.

  "Pad, come to think of it, why is Lord Polun a golden owl? There isn’t even anything golden on his body. No matter how you look at it, it’s yellow, isn’t it?"

  Pad, who had been thinking hard, answered seriously too.

  "Come to think of it, 'Yellow Owl Polun' is right. Strange! So strange~ Should we ask him once?"

  In a difficult situation, Polun cannot forgive his subordinates, who are only chattering behind him.

  Polun: "Hey~ you guys, go catch more insects or something and return on your own! Get lost!... "

  Polun: "Hurry! Won’t you get lost!!"

  Polun took it out on his poor subordinates. Of course, the fact that he was being grabbed and shaken by the collar did not change.

  Roter & Pad: "Yes! Understood!"

  Afraid the sparks would hit them, Roter and Pad hurriedly leave the place.

  Roter and Pad run off frantically. Pad runs powerfully~ and Roter travels by flying, his cloak fluttering~ but then

  Pad notices the giant unconscious Ugu... and Mond, unable to leave while holding Ugu with his whole body.

  After watching in silence for a moment, Pad quietly walks toward them.

  Mond is out of his mind worrying about Ugu... then sensing the approaching Olpin, he panics.

  At the same time, he works hard at the impossible, trying to hide the giant Ugu with his small body.

  Then he looks around, picks up a few branches, and flaps about, trying to cover the unconscious Ugu with leaves stuck to the branches.

  But there is no way to hide that enormous Ugu.

  In the end, his choice is~ to throw himself down and bow before the approaching Olpin’s feet!

  Then he cannot open his mouth to beg for mercy.

  Mond, the lowest of the low even among Barak, could die if he opens his mouth in front of an Olpin.

  It can be seen as the relationship between an insect and a powerful bird.

  Pad: "Why don’t you run away?"

  Mond: "Yes?...Ah!"

  In an instant, Mond covers his mouth with both hands. A life-or-death situation has arrived!!

  His whole body is trembling. Watching Mond tremble, Pad opens his right palm upward toward the sky.

  And focusing his power, he creates a few energy balls.

  Seeing the energy balls, Mond thought.

  "Now I’m going to die."

  At the same time, Pad is surprised once again~

  Mond, even while trembling in fear, spreads his arms and tries to protect Ugu with his body.

  As if he is trying to die in his place.

  Mond’s trembling legs bump into each other, almost making a sound. Waiting for the pain to come, Mond tenses his whole body,

  and then he starts to cry.

  Mond: Uweok... uuu... waeng~?,.?

  Pad: Are you crying? Don’t cry~

  Pad tries to soothe the crying Mond for quite a while.

  Pad: "You.. do you want to save that guy that badly... then push this into his body!"

  [Pad hands over the sphere he created.]

  But Mond trembles like a broken machine, making a face that begs to be spared...

  Pad: "Seriously!...Don’t worry~ hurry and put this into his body, or he’ll die!"

  Pad: "...If you just do what I say, I’ll even fix his arm~"

  After a long time, Mond is finally persuaded. Without a word, carefully, as Pad instructed, he accepts the sphere Pad hands him.

  And he slowly pushes it into Ugu’s body, who is unconscious.

  Then Ugu’s consciousness begins to return little by little.

  After a moment, Ugu begins to open his eyes slightly! In his eyes, he sees Mond trembling in fear, and a purple Olpin.

  Instantly judging that Mond is facing a threat to his life, Ugu forces his damaged body up with all his strength.

  Then, to protect Mond, he reaches out and attacks Pad, but one of Ugu’s arms had already been cut off~

  so he could not harm Pad at all.

  Then Ugu loses consciousness again. It seems his body has not fully recovered yet.

  Pad, briefly lost in thought at Ugu’s behavior, wears a serious face.

  Pad: "Answer me. What are you? Why?"

  Mond: "Yes...?"

  Pad: "You.. why don’t you run.. and why is that big one...?"

  Pad: "...Could it be?"

  Roter, watching them from afar... finds Pad’s petty curiosity nothing but boring.

  And yet he just waits for Pad anyway.

  "Let’s go home already.."