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The girl with ashen hair, the Ashen Girl, was always happy.

As soon as she woke up in the morning, she suddenly thought to herself.

“I’m really happy.”

The smell of toast warming up breakfast and the gentle sunlight streaming in through the window.

When she opened the window and looked down, she could feel the green of the street trees surrounding the apartment and their unique scent of wood.

At the end of the green tree-lined path, there was a school situated in the middle of the apartment complex.

“Come on out for breakfast! You need to go to school!”

At the voice calling her, the girl answered, “Yes, I’m coming!” and headed to the dining table.

Her parents, older sister, and older brother were waiting at the table.

Although they didn’t have much money, the girl felt it was always a happy family.

Her parents and siblings who always gave love.

Hehe.

The girl found it oddly amusing and chuckled softly.

As she lifted a huge water bottle that was difficult to hold with one hand and poured water into her cup, the water suddenly turned red and became thick like blood.

“!!!”

Startled, the girl dropped the cup, spilling clear water everywhere.

“Are you okay?”

Her family asked, all looking worried.

The girl rubbed her eyes as if trying to erase the strange sight she had seen, then looked down at the spilled water.

Clear, transparent water.

It was ordinary water.

‘Something feels off.’

Perhaps because she had seen that strange scene, she felt a bit uneasy.

After finishing her meal, she set off for school.

The Ashen Girl was walking along the neatly paved sidewalk.

‘There are no Mini Reapers again today.’

In fact, one of the happiest reasons she was excited about moving to Songpa District was because of the Mini Reapers.

Songpa District, where the Mini Reapers roamed the most!

Of course, her parents were very happy for somewhat different reasons.

‘An apartment on the Han River in Songpa District, the safest place!’

Originally an extremely expensive house, they were thrilled to get it at a lower price.

Unlike her parents, the girl felt overjoyed at the thought of being able to see Mini Reapers easily.

But even though they moved to Songpa District with many Mini Reapers, it was surprisingly hard to find them.

Strangely enough, there were no Mini Reapers around the Ashen Girl.

Not even near the apartment or at school.

‘Why is that?’

As soon as she stepped out of the apartment complex, she could see Mini Reapers walking around, but oddly enough, there were none in the apartment complex.

At first, she felt a bit sad about that fact, but now it was okay.

‘I have a Yellow Reaper!’

A hideout unknown to anyone.

Her own Mini Reaper friend.

Hehe, just thinking about meeting them after school today made her feel a bit happier.

*

In the courtyard of the Sehee Research Institute, bathed in warm sunlight.

I had stopped monitoring the Steel Tower and returned to the Sehee Research Institute.

It was only natural since there had been no changes even after rolling around in front of the Steel Tower all day.

Being stuck in the empty, eerie forest made me incredibly annoyed and I couldn’t hold it any longer.

I clearly spent quite some time in Seoul Forest after being born as an object, but now I couldn’t even last a day.

Biting the Steel Tower out of frustration.

Dropping a dropkick on the Gray Reaper.

Smashing it up with a ‘crack!’

I used every possible method to promote destruction, but nothing worked.

So, after leaving behind two gloomy Golden Reapers chosen as ‘Steel Tower Duty’, I returned to the Sehee Research Institute.

Hehe.

Even though it was the same sunlight, it felt completely different from the sunlight in Seoul Forest as I rolled around.

Basking in the sunlight, I stretched out my limbs like I was waking up, and then I started to hear the sound from the TV set up in the courtyard.

[In Songpa District, considered the safest and most expensive area in Seoul, a unique apartment has been established.]

[This apartment is being rented at a low price, attracting much attention.]

[However, there is a dark shadow over the apartment’s past.]

[Frequent accidents have occurred among the officials who permitted the apartment and those involved, leading to continuous controversies.]

[Such mysterious accidents have reportedly persisted from the construction company president down to junior executives, making it impossible for proper sales to occur.]

[Once thought to be the work of a powerful object, investigations concluded there was no relation, yet ominous rumors persisted.]

[Ultimately, the apartment, transferred to the government because of these incidents, shed its past image and is being provided at a low price for the public good….]

It was a story about newly built apartments.

The Mini Reapers seemed to have occasionally buzzed around, but these days, there were no stories about that apartment.

Lost in thoughts about that suspicious apartment, the Mini Reapers began to stir excitedly.

“New younger sibling!”

“The youngest is here!”

When I turned my gaze to check, a girl I saw at the space station and a Green Reaper were entering the courtyard.

Hmm.

Suddenly, as tiny animals like little miniature creatures roamed the courtyard, it seemed those were animals created by the Green Reaper.

As soon as I arrived in the courtyard, I focused on those fascinating miniature animals.

And the moment I saw the mini rabbit, I wanted to realize a ‘brilliant snack’, but sadly, I couldn’t due to strong opposition from the Mini Reapers.

That brilliant snack was skewered mini rabbits the size of a thumbnail.

Sigh.

I wanted to eat a skewer packed with five mini rabbits each.

But as the Mini Reapers looked at me as though I were a harmful object, I couldn’t dare to attempt it.

Is it really that different from a white hungry ghost skewer?

The only difference seems to be in pain and resurrection.

Now the Green Reaper began to create tiny elephants, hippos, and rhinos, responding to the Mini Reapers’ requests.

Perhaps since there was only one Green Reaper, it didn’t seem to feel burdened by creating animals.

‘Ah!’

At that moment, I realized the most important fact in the world.

I should ask for a Tyrannosaurus to be made!

Hehe.

The combination of James’s Golden-Mecha-Tyranno Armor and the detailed Tyrannosaurus made by the Green Reaper!

Just thinking about it made my heart pound.

Of course, I don’t have a heart!

*

Deep inside the Mini Reaper Garden.

A canyon artificially created between the Marshmallow Plains and the Candy Mountain.

In a place nicknamed ‘The White Hungry Ghost’s Wail’ by the Mini Reapers, many Red Reapers had gathered.

The blonde girl was observing a slightly smaller Red Reaper as it hopped around, leading the Red Reapers.

The most cheerfully jumping Red Reaper had shrunk to about the size of a head smaller than the other Red Reapers.

‘It seems it wasn’t this small before…’

Initially, they were of similar size, and after a while, it was slightly smaller, but now the difference had widened even more.

The first Red Reaper always loved claiming she was the eldest, but watching them play, it appeared quite the opposite.

The immensely adored youngest was leading her sisters, and the sisters laughed and indulged her.

‘Revolution!’

‘Revolution!’

When the Red Reaper shouted ‘revolution!’, the sisters cried it out together.

Kyeehihih.

When the Red Reaper roasted the White Hungry Ghost, it felt like her sisters were roasting it alongside her.

Perhaps it’s because it reminded me of our childhood.

When our parents were all alive and our grandfather hadn’t become strange, the happy times we had.

The blonde girl turned her head and lightly smiled, brushing aside the Red Reaper sisters who were clinging to the Black Agent.

This is our happy ending.

At that moment, the tiny Red Reaper floated into the sky, radiating willpower.

‘Expedition!’

It was a call to march into Seoul Forest, where numerous objects lay, for no reason at all.

‘…’

It must be a happy ending, right?

*

Currently, among the completed apartment complexes in Songpa District, the most luxurious apartment complex.

The Ashen Girl was slightly detouring on her way home after school to meet the Yellow Reaper.

Wiggling among the other students.

Then came the somewhat frightened voices of the children.

“That’s a Golden Reaper.”

“It looks somehow scary.”

Turning my head towards the sound, I saw the Golden Reaper standing on a bollard, preventing vehicles from entering the sidewalk.

With a blank expression, it stared blankly.

The Golden Reaper was watching the children passing by with no emotion.

‘It’s definitely strange.’

I heard that the Golden Reaper sweetly smiled at humans, but until now, all the Golden Reapers I had seen had that same gaze.

Eyes as transparent as pebbles on the roadside.

With no emotions mixed in but thus appearing even more dangerous.

Sure enough, the internet can’t be trusted.

All the stories about the Golden Reaper were lies.

But thankfully, the girl had her own ‘Yellow Reaper’.

‘A friend who laughs and plays with me, unlike the Golden Reaper.’

Thinking of seeing her friend today made the Ashen Girl’s lips curl up by themselves.