With a terrified expression, Clint ran, looking at the ground. The knights, thinking something serious had happened, quickly cleared the way in front.

As if a bear were chasing from behind, the hamster ran with all its might.

“Ha… the hamster is… panting. I-it’s so fast? Ha…”

Unlike Clint, I was getting out of breath.

But I couldn’t let Mu go like this.

For some unknown reason, Mu wasn’t Mu right now. In other words, it wasn’t the fake Semula but a real hamster.

If that hamster were to move freely, encounter a predator, and get caught or killed…

Then what would happen to the fake Semula inside its body?

I couldn’t let that happen. I absolutely needed the fake Semula.

Only Semula could retrieve the power of the corrupted World Tree.”
“So, in other words, I need Semula to survive, and Rivampel can also survive because of it.

So, absolutely. Absolutely.

“Fetch my hamster right away!”

Mu had to be caught.

It seemed difficult for Clint to catch Mu alone. I shouted loudly, pointing to the hamster that Clint was chasing.

Only then did the knights, who realized what we were doing, move quickly.

“Yes! Your Majesty!”

“Capture the Queen’s hamster!”

Many people followed the small hamster. The more they chased, the more the hamster ran, teasing them as if it would be caught.

While fleeing under a statue in the corridor, it sometimes collided with others chasing it between the legs of those blocking its way.

‘Isn’t it just Mu?’

By this point, it was suspicious enough to think that the intelligent Mu wasn’t running away to make fun of me.

I was out of breath up to my chin, but still, I chased Mu as if my life depended on it.

However, Mu was getting farther away.

“Don’t go down there! That’s the garden!”

“First, catch it! Bring more people!”

“Capture the Queen’s hamster! It’s impossible to catch once it goes out here! Catch it!”

If the hamster went down to the lower floor, there was an external corridor, and next to it was a wide garden. The chances of catching the small hamster in the vast garden were becoming slim.

‘Mu. Don’t get away from me.’

Don’t leave me behind too, Mu.

Fortunately, the knights, who were fiercely rolling their feet in front of the stairs to prevent the hamster from going down, caused the hamster to turn back.

When the hamster ran back again, the people who were running towards it all stopped and stood in confusion.

There were sounds of people colliding and falling everywhere.

“What is this commotion… Ugh!”

The commotion in the palace reached everyone’s ears, and after finishing Iana’s mourning, Karaan, Raven, and Elifu, who were resting in the annex, came.

Raven, surprised by the tumultuous scene in front of her, opened her mouth wide.

“W-What is happening now… W-Who invaded?”

Busy chasing the hamster, no one answered Raven’s question.

“Terry. What’s going on?”

Karaan grabbed me as I ran past him, covered me with his outer garment, and asked.

I pointed to where people were chasing.

“My hamster, my hamster ran away, brother.”

Just saying that might make me look like a naive queen, but Mu was very important. Tears were about to burst out for no reason.

“If it’s a hamster… Is it the one you asked to rest at the fountain in the last royal garden?”

Elifu comforted me and asked kindly. I nodded slowly, and Raven, who was eavesdropping on our conversation, muttered with a bewildered face, ‘A hamster in the royal garden…?’

“It’s a really important hamster to me!”

And it’s important to this world too!

“Don’t worry, Terry.”
As I frantically spoke while rolling my feet, Karaan smiled and gestured in the air.

“Terry, if it’s important to you, then it’s naturally important to me too. If you say even a tiny speck of dust is important, I will consider it important too.”

At Karaan’s call, a superior spirit appeared.

“So, I’ll make sure you come back to me without a single scratch, Terry. Just trust your big brother.”

People, surprised by the sudden appearance of the spirit, got more entangled with each other.

Karaan laughed and commanded the superior spirits to catch the hamster.

“Ahh! W-Wolf!”

The superior spirit, following the command of its contractor, stirred through the crowd to catch the hamster.

“K-Karaan! Put the spirit away! The hamster will run away faster if it’s scared!”

“Who’s summoning spirits to catch the hamster!”

Elifu and Raven ran directly, shouting to catch the hamster.

However, amidst all the noise, it seemed Karaan couldn’t hear them.

“Down, it’s going down! The hamster is going down!”

“Block it!”

More people crowded, and even a suddenly appeared large wolf spirit.

The startled hamster moved desperately to protect itself.

And eventually, the hamster went downstairs.

“Capture it!”

With Clint’s loud shout, many people rushed after the hamster.

Thanks to the hamster, running around the vast palace like it was its own house, bright lights were turned on in various places.

And finally.

“What’s going on?”

In the end, even Rivampel had to step forward.