Chi-Woo wasn’t alone in the house and was accompanied by several guests. Allen Leonard squinted one eye at Zelit. Ru Amuh bowed politely, and Ru Hiana’s mind seemed occupied by something else.

“It’s been a while,” Allen Leonard said with a smile while leaning on a pillar as soon as Zelit came in.

“I am ashamed of how I had acted,” Zelit replied. 

“Haha. It’s fine since you came back. Please sit.” 

Like Allen told him to, Zelit sat on the floor and blinked hard at Ru Hiana, as she crouched over the yard and observed something on the ground.

“What is…that?” Zelit saw a fist-sized, translucent slime crawling across the floor. 

“Ah, he’s a new friend I made,” Chi-Woo replied. The slime was moving away from Ru Hiana now as if she was bothering it, and Chi-Woo called out to it, “Hey! Bag!” 

“Bag?” Zelit asked. The bun’s name had changed from “Ppyu-ppyu” to “Bag” somewhere along the way.

“I call it that because it’s able to hold a lot of goods. Thanks to it, I was able to bring all the food supplies here at once.” While the two conversed, the bun slid between them.

“Let me introduce you. This is my companion,” Chi-Woo told Zelit. The bun swished around, and although it didn’t have eyes, Zelit felt like the bun was meeting his gaze. Zelit didn’t know what this creature was, but since Chi-Woo introduced it as his friend, Zelit coughed and bowed; then he said, “Nice to meet you. I’m Zelit.”

The bun didn’t say anything but simply looked up at him. 

“I heard that...