The F-Rank Guild Master Has Too Much Money Chapter 76

 

 

A pair of purple eyes, completely devoid of whites, blinked before locking onto Choi Tae-hyuk.

 

Plarin stared at him as if imprinting something, then fluttered over beside the flower. Reaching out, she grabbed the thick stalk.

 

Snap.

 

For a moment, everyone froze.

 

She had just snapped a stalk larger than her own body with her tiny hands—but then, as if responding to her will, it shrank down to a size she could easily hold.

 

The fully bloomed flower at its tip slowly folded in on itself, tightening into a bud.

 

“…Wow.”

 

A stunned silence filled the room. Then, starting with the gumiho’s awed murmur, excited voices erupted all at once.

 

Plarin glanced at the humans fussing over her, then turned her gaze back to Choi Tae-hyuk.

 

「Mya-mya!」

 

As if greeting him, she pressed herself against his cheek, babbling in incomprehensible sounds.

 

「Mya-mya. Mya-mya-mya-mya-mya-mya-mya-mya-mya.」

 

After chattering endlessly, Plarin suddenly turned toward me.

 

“Uh…”

 

「Mya-mya!」

 

Before I could react, she pressed herself against my face just like she had done to Choi Tae-hyuk. Momentarily flustered, Choi Tae-hyuk reached out his hand.

 

Plarin gently landed on his palm.

 

「Mya-mya, mya-mya-mya-mya mya-mya-mya-mya.」

 

“Guild Master.”

 

Choi Tae-hyuk called out helplessly, but I was too stunned to respond.

 

☆ No Way, It’s a God’s Face has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

Can someone really be born as a different life-form? Is that even possible? That’s Corne!

 

☆ Corne Baby Version has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

A baby version of Corne… but her hair color is exactly like Aether’s.

 

☆ Is That Even Possible? has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

Does this require power to create? I’ll obtain Plarin’s seed no matter what. Just lend me some of your power, Aether.

 

Just as the gods said, Plarin looked exactly like Corne.

 

It was like seeing him as a child—if we were to compare them to humans.

 

‘Why does she have Corne’s face…?’

 

“How can she look so cute?”

 

“She’ll become beautiful when she grows up.”

 

I frowned at their reactions.

 

‘Have they all lost their minds?’

 

How can anyone look at Corne’s face and call it cute or beautiful? That thing looks like shit.

 

“Look at those sparkling eyes! That’s a total puppy face!”

 

“Our Guild Master has a cat-like face, and now there’s a puppy-faced fairy… somehow it fits. And doesn’t she kind of resemble the Guild Master? You’d think they were siblings.”

 

At An Bom’s comment, I made a gagging motion.

 

‘Puppy face, my foot. That’s not a puppy—it’s just a dog. Not even a cute one, just a damn mutt.’

 

“What puppy face? She’s ugly as hell.”

 

My muttering was swallowed by the noise. No one heard me—they were all too busy staring at Plarin, who clung to Choi Tae-hyuk’s cheek, repeating “mya-mya.”

 

“Hello.”

 

After watching in amazement for a while, An Bom cautiously reached out a finger.

 

Plarin tapped it with the flower bud, made a sulky face, then pointed back at her as if in protest.

 

She turned to Choi Tae-hyuk, sounding like she was complaining.

 

「Mya-mya mya-mya-mya-mya-mya!」

 

“What is she saying?”

 

“I have no idea.”

 

“Can I try touching her too?”

 

When Kwon Beom-gaun reached out, Plarin smacked her hand with the flower bud.

 

「Mya-mya!」

 

“Ugh.”

 

Setting aside my confusion for now, I held out my palm toward Plarin.

 

“I can’t understand what you’re saying. Can I hold the flower stalk?”

 

Plarin tilted her head, as if puzzled, then lifted into the air. Her transparent, butterfly-like wings shimmered with rainbow light.

 

As she flew toward me, she spun the flower stalk, and sparkling dust began to gather around the bud.

 

「Mya!」

 

Once enough glittering dust had collected, she tapped my forehead with the flower bud—then flew over to Choi Tae-hyuk and did the same.

 

「Okay?」

 

Her voice sounded slightly brighter than before, like she had just learned how to form words.

 

“Uh? Uh.”

 

‘Whoa… did she just barely learn how to speak? What’s with her…’

 

Choi Tae-hyuk nodded.

 

「Good.」

 

Plarin immediately stuck herself to Choi Tae-hyuk’s face again.

 

“Can you understand what she’s saying?”

 

“Can you hear her?”

 

With sparkling eyes and barely contained excitement, Kwon Beom-gaun and An Bom asked one after another.

 

When I nodded in surprise, squeals of delight erupted.

 

“Do me too! Do me too!”

 

“Me too!”

 

“Me too!”

 

“Me too!”

 

At the flood of requests, Plarin pulled away from Choi Tae-hyuk and crossed her arms.

 

「Hmm.」

 

Watching her hesitate over whether to grant their request made my head spin even more.

 

This newly born Plarin was nothing like the one I had seen in the school dungeon.

 

The hair color made sense—it was probably due to my divine power—but everything else was different. Her body was much smaller than the original Plarin’s, jet-black, and she had wings.

 

Aside from her face, she looked exactly like the Fairy Queen.

 

‘Could this be Corne transformed? Let me check with Clairvoyance.’

 

[Typhoon Plolarin – A Rank]

 

– The first hybrid Plolarin, born with excessive power

– Born from the combined powers of the god Corne and Aether

– Capable of generating a typhoon

– Wings formed through divine power

 

I frowned at the information window that appeared before my eyes.

 

‘The first hybrid… does that even make sense?’

 

Plarin, still seeming unsure, glanced at Choi Tae-hyuk.

 

「Do you want me to?」

 

The quick-witted gumiho nodded vigorously while staring at him.

 

“Hmm… if it’s not too much trouble.”

 

At Choi Tae-hyuk’s reply, Plarin let out a small sigh and waved the flower stalk.

 

「Alright.」

 

Silver dust drifted from the flower bud and lightly touched each person’s forehead one by one.

 

「With my power.」

 

Plarin, her expression unchanged, reached out toward Choi Tae-hyuk. He seemed about to hug her, but after noticing her size, he instead held out his palm.

 

「Ah… that’s tiring.」

 

A quiet gasp spread among the onlookers, who had been holding their breath as they watched Plarin sit in his palm.

 

“Did you hear her?”

 

“Yeah. How was her pronunciation?”

 

“She’s so cute. I want to touch her too.”

 

“Can I record this?”

 

Starting with Gumiho, even Kwon Beom-gaun was completely captivated by Plarin, barely able to focus on anything else.

 

I still couldn’t understand what was so cute about her face.

 

Wasn’t it just… a face?

 

No matter how I looked at it, she just resembled a poorly made copy of Corne.

 

“Guild Master.”

 

Choi Tae-hyuk, still looking at Plarin in his palm, called out to me.

 

“Is this really Plarin?”

 

I nodded, recalling what I had just confirmed.

 

“Yes, it’s Plarin—but she seems to have evolved. More precisely… she’s a Plolarin.”

 

“Plolarin.”

 

“She doesn’t have healing abilities like before, but she can generate a typhoon.”

 

「Yup! Power… gone… used lots, lots!」

 

☆ If She Were Next to Me… has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

Right, right. Does it hurt when she uses too much? Aww… that’s adorable, isn’t it?

 

☆ Choi Tae-hyuk has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

I’m jealous… a baby version of Corne. I’m the fan club president, so why don’t I have a Plolarin yet? T_T

 

☆ Corne Baby Version has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

So cute… I wonder if Aether was this cute as a child? He must have been, since she resembles him. If he were human, people would be getting nosebleeds for sure.

 

When I was little, I was such a cheeky kid.

 

…But gods don’t have childhoods. From birth until now, I’ve always looked the same.

 

“Then shall we call her Larin?”

 

“How about the name Larin?”

 

Kwon Beom-gaun suggested it, and Ji Yun-seo turned to Plolarin.

 

「Is that okay?」

 

Choi Tae-hyuk nodded, and Plolarin nodded too.

 

「Yes.」

 

The faces of Ji Yun-seo and Kwon Beom-gaun lit up.

 

To sort out the mess in my head, I clapped my hands toward everyone.

 

“Alright, everyone. That’s enough staring—let’s all get back to what we were doing.”

 

Since it was lunchtime, it was time for Gumiho and An Bom to head back down to the office.

 

“You, come here.”

 

When I beckoned to Plolarin, she flew up and kissed Choi Tae-hyuk on the cheek.

 

「See you later.」

 

At Plolarin’s farewell, Choi Tae-hyuk carefully patted her head with his finger.

 

「Hehe」

 

After watching him disappear into the light of the gate, Plolarin flew back to me. Sitting quietly on my outstretched palm, she immediately caught Gumiho and An Bom’s attention—they couldn’t take their eyes off her, so I spoke up.

 

“Get to work, everyone.”

 

At my urging, the two reluctantly went down to the office.

 

With the three adults gone, only a kindergartener free to play and a high schooler with nothing to do during vacation remained in the living room.

 

“Let’s start with lunch.”

 

Following the principle that adults can skip meals but kids must be well-fed, I ordered lunch from a restaurant and sat down at the table.

 

Plolarin, who had been resting on my palm, fluttered over and perched right in the middle of the bouquet An Bom had brought to lift Ji Yun-seo’s spirits.

 

“What do you eat?”

 

「God’s power!」

 

As soon as Ji Yun-seo asked, Plolarin answered immediately. Then Kwon Beom-gaun asked,

 

“God? Who’s that?”

 

「That god!」

 

Plolarin pointed her finger at me.

 

‘Why am I suddenly a god here?!’

 

“Why would I be a god? Don’t call me that.”

 

「But you are. That’s right.」

 

Ji Yun-seo and Kwon Beom-gaun tilted their heads in confusion.

 

Kids really do have loose lips. Flustered, I snapped at her.

 

“I said I’m not! Why do you keep calling me that? Stop it!”

 

At that moment, Plolarin’s eyes filled with tears.

 

☆ Whoa has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

The baby’s crying.

 

☆ Aether has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

Didn’t expect you to be so cold! Why are you like that to a kid?!

 

☆ If You Treat a Kid Like That has donated 100 Mana Stones.☆

That’s not okay. What’s wrong with calling a god a god?!

 

「Hic…」

 

As big teardrops began falling from her eyes, Kwon Beom-gaun and Ji Yun-seo’s expressions instantly changed.

 

‘What did I even do wrong…?’

 

They looked at me like I was some kind of villain. I tried to protest my innocence, but their expressions didn’t change.

 

Turning slightly so the kids couldn’t see, I whispered through gritted teeth to Plolarin,

 

“Stop crying. You’re making me look like the bad guy.”

 

「Waaah… you said not to call you g-god, but you are a g-god…」

 

Instead of calming down, she burst into louder sobs, making the kids’ gazes even sharper.

 

“Uncle, that was mean.”

 

“Yeah… I didn’t think you were like that, mister.”

 

Just like that, I became the villain.

 

‘How could they do this to me…?!’

 

While I was in despair, Ji Yun-seo and Kwon Beom-gaun came over to comfort Plolarin.

 

“Don’t cry. I’ll scold uncle for you.”

 

“Yeah, me too. Mister, hurry and apologize. From Larin’s point of view, you are a god. You’re the one who brought her into existence.”

 

At Kwon Beom-gaun’s words, Ji Yun-seo nodded vigorously.

 

‘That’s how you’re interpreting it…?’

 

Scratching my head roughly, I said,

 

“Stop crying.”

 

「Sniff… hic…」

 

Even though I told her to stop, Plolarin kept crying, so I lowered my head.

 

Then, with a bright smile, I whispered so the kids couldn’t hear,

 

“If you keep crying, I won’t give you any food.”

 

At the threat-laced words, Plolarin quickly wiped her tears and stopped crying.

 

‘The more I look at this, the more suspicious it is… and yet I have to watch myself because of the kids.’

 

Just as I felt the need to reflect on my life, the food arrived from the restaurant.

 

Today’s special was Chinese food, and as I watched the children enjoy the black bean noodles and sweet and sour pork, I concluded my contemplation.

 

“I’ll cut it for you.”

 

I cut up Ji Yun-seo’s and Kwon Beom-gaun’s noodles for them.

 

“Guild Master, aren’t you eating?”

 

“No, I’m not hungry. You guys eat. I’ll talk with her for a bit.”

 

“You’re going to make her cry again? What kind of god is that? Larin! Don’t believe in that god—believe in me! I’ll take responsibility for you!”

 

At the playful remark, I flicked Kwon Beom-gaun on the forehead, then took Plolarin with me into the study.

 

Curious about the place, Plolarin looked around, so I placed a cushion on the desk for her to sit on.

 

“Sit here.”

 

「Okay.」

 

Watching her sit neatly, I crossed my arms.

 

When I first saw Plolarin, I thought she might be Corne. Aside from the hair color, she looked exactly like him.

 

But seeing her cry, I knew she wasn’t. Corne absolutely hates it when gods cry.

 

Which means Plolarin is…

 

“You’re Corne’s hero, aren’t you?”