With a voice soaked in lingering emotions, Yeonwoo asked, “Is it that you can’t stand having me around? Will I be a burden if I go? Then please tell me honestly. I’ll leave cleanly.”

“….”

Sad eyes from Yeonwoo met Gun’s gaze.

‘I’m going crazy.’ If he considered Yeonwoo, preventing her from following him would be the right thing to do, but seeing her dejected figure made it difficult to reject her outright.

How could he refuse such a pitiful gaze?

Unable to resist her pathetic eyes, Gun eventually surrendered.

“…Alright.”

“!”

Where did the person who seemed resigned to die tomorrow go? When Gun gave his permission, Yeonwoo’s eyes sparkled brightly.

With a voice more determined than ever, Yeonwoo said, “I will definitely be of help to you!”

Seeing Yeonwoo like that, Gun sighed deeply. There was simply no way to win against that gaze.

Unknowingly, the two of them arrived at a store selling large hunting tools.

The walls of the store were decorated with stuffed heads of fierce animals such as tigers, bears, and wolves, and various hunting tools were abundant on the walls.
Various stuffed heads of beasts such as tigers, bears, and wolves decorated the walls of the store, and hunting tools were abundant on the walls.

While Yeonwoo was looking at the tools displayed at a distance, the shop owner came out and welcomed Gun.

“What do you need?”

“I need traps, iron traps, and a special net for catching tigers for tiger hunting.”

When Gun cleanly stated his request, the owner began rummaging through the store to find the items.

“Let me see, the traps are here…”

The owner took out the traps from not too far away.

“How many iron traps do you need?”

“The more, the better.”

“There’s only one in the store. Could you wait a moment? I need to check if there’s more in the warehouse.”

“Sure.”

“The tiger net is hanging near the entrance, so please take it.”

Nodding as if understanding, Gun allowed the shop owner to go to the warehouse.

While Yeonwoo, who had been exploring the inside of the store a little distance away, was asking Gun curiously when he returned empty-handed, “Where did the shop owner go, leaving only you behind? Did the tools run out?”

“He said he needed to check the quantity, so he went to the warehouse.”

“Oh, I see.”

Yeonwoo nonchalantly nodded and then admired the stuffed animal models on the wall as if uninterested.

On the wall, heads of animals such as deer and foxes, as well as tigers, bears, and wolves, were displayed.

While Yeonwoo had seen stuffed small animals like rabbits or deer before, she had never seen stuffed models of such fierce beasts.

She was fascinated by the models of these unfamiliar predators.

However, when she turned around because she felt a gaze on the back of her head, she suddenly made eye contact with Gun, who had approached unnoticed.

But this person was staring at Yeonwoo to the point of embarrassment.

Feeling a piercing gaze on her back, Yeonwoo turned around and asked, “Is there something on my face?”

“No.”

Strange. Clearly, that face seemed to have something to say.

Ignoring the discomfort, Yeonwoo turned back to admire the stuffed animals on the wall, but she still felt his intense gaze on the back of her head.

Then, Gun, with only one fist’s distance left, pressed closely against Yeonwoo.

His warm breath tickled her neck, and Yeonwoo felt a tingling sensation, causing her body to tremble.

“What’s going on? What’s this situation?”

Trying to conceal this discomfort, Yeonwoo moved her steps slightly to the side.

However, if she went to the right, Gun also moved to the right, and if she went to the left, Gun also moved to the left. It couldn’t be considered a coincidence.

Why was this person doing this? Unable to endure anymore, Yeonwoo turned around and exclaimed, “Why do you keep sticking to me!”

“Behind you.”

Gun pointed behind Yeonwoo with a nod of his head.

“I need to take out the tiger net.”

“Ah…”

Turning around, Yeonwoo saw the tiger net, used for catching tigers, hanging on the back wall just behind her.

It seemed like she unintentionally blocked the way to retrieve the net, and Gun couldn’t get to it.

Feigning nonchalance, Yeonwoo tried to act as if nothing had happened.

“Haha… Shouldn’t you have told me earlier? I’ll get it for you!”

“It’s okay. I can do it myself.”

“No, since I offered to help, I should assist properly.”

To shake off the embarrassment, Yeonwoo hurriedly moved her body.

Lifting her foot to reach for the tiger net on the wall, in a moment of haste, her hand accidentally brushed against the nearby stuffed bear head.

The bear head, which had been hanging precariously from the beginning, shook for a moment before plunging toward Yeonwoo.

“Oops!”

“!”

It happened so suddenly that there was no time to dodge.

Just before the large bear head covered Yeonwoo’s vision, she closed her eyes tightly.

At the same time, the sound of a dull collision reached her ears.

Normally, she should have felt immense pain in her head, but Yeonwoo didn’t sense any pain at all.

Instead, she felt a warm energy behind her.
At that moment, Gun’s sigh mixed with a groan was heard.

“Haah….”

At the subdued sound of his breathing, Yeonwoo slowly opened her tightly closed eyes.

Then, within her field of vision, she saw the tangled tiger net.

Apparently, when the tiger net fell along with the bear head, Yeonwoo was trapped underneath.

However, it wasn’t just the tiger net that confined her.

As she lowered her head, Gun’s arms wrapped around Yeonwoo’s shoulders came into view.

With a strangely colored voice, Gun, who embraced Yeonwoo from behind, uttered, “Didn’t I say… I would get it?”