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On a serene afternoon filled with green light on the black planet, the purple girl was led by the golden halo reaper to find a spot to watch the performance prepared by the mini reapers.

Many mini reapers were sitting right in front of her, their eyes sparkling with anticipation.

The purple girl whispered to the golden halo reaper, “Is it really okay for me to be here?”

Given that she suddenly stood out among the tiny mini reapers, she felt as if she was in a place where she shouldn’t be.

Hearing her words, the golden halo reaper giggled as if there was no problem at all.

Looking where the golden halo reaper pointed, she saw a gray reaper sprawled out, much larger than the mini reapers.

But perhaps dragged here by the insistence of the mini reapers, he lay on the ground looking annoyed, with only the soles of his feet raised towards the play.

It was as if eyes had sprung out of his soles.

As the curtain of the stage slowly opened, the play began with an ordinary golden reaper suddenly falling in front of a mysterious mansion.

Well-kept lawns and a huge mansion.

Colorful hungry ghosts wandering around inside.

The stage props were so meticulously crafted that it was hard to believe they were made by mini reapers, enhancing the immersion of the play.

“It’s started!”

Perhaps because it was always an enjoyable play by the yellow reaper, all the mini reapers wore expressions full of excitement.

From the first scene, the mini reapers’ reactions were fervent.

Particularly in the scene where the golden reaper meets the attached human and smiles brightly, they seemed genuinely happy as if they were watching their own story.

But soon, the atmosphere shifted.

The elegant and sophisticated ambiance of the mansion began to twist little by little.

It felt like a suspicious atmosphere and music as if caught in an object’s trap.

Even the golden reapers, who had been laughing, closed their mouths, and a tense silence enveloped the stage.

Finally, a gigantic stone hungry ghost appeared.

Though he seemed to be dying, there was a glint of will in the ghost’s eyes.

The stage momentarily returned to the past, starting to tell the stone hungry ghost’s story.

“Good hungry ghost!”

“Don’t die!”

As the stone hungry ghost’s sorrowful past was recalled, the mini reapers gasped in shock and kept shouting “Don’t die!”

And then the crisis began.

“Waaah!”

Especially in the scene where the girl was in danger from the shark external being, some mini reapers covered their tiny eyes with their small hands.

However, at the critical moment, the golden halo reaper and the red sun reaper appeared.

In that instant, the mini reapers jumped up from their seats, pouring out their joy.

The purple girl smiled softly as she saw the cute sight of them clapping with their small hands.

And as always, the play ended with the appearance of the mom doll.

Especially since this time the mom doll was a giant mom doll, the mini reapers wore expressions twice as excited.

“Mom is strong!”

“Big mom!”

The purple girl was also taken aback by the mini reapers’ enthusiastic responses.

But the gray reaper, wearing a sullen expression, was tossing away the mini reapers who clung to him out of emotion.

And that was how the play came to an end.

Though the physical form had vanished, it was a touching story of hungry ghosts trying to protect the girl until the very end.

The tale of guardians trying to protect humans even after death was a story perfectly suited to the mini reapers’ tastes.

Even after the performance ended, the mini reapers talked excitedly for a long time.

Some mini reapers spoke of the brave stone hungry ghost, while others expressed a desire to grow strong like the golden halo reaper to protect their attached human.

As the excitement of the play slowly cooled down, a special buzz arose among the mini reapers.

They looked at each other and nodded as if they were about to carry out an important mission.

Pitter-patter.

Tiny footsteps began to be heard from all directions as they started to gather around the purple girl and the stone hungry ghosts.

“What are they planning to do?”

The purple girl curiously watched the mini reapers.

In their small hands, they held something shiny.

Upon closer inspection, it was a small piece carefully engraved with a mini reaper’s face.

It looked like a badge.

The first mini reaper approached the stone hungry ghost.

Cautiously, with its small hand, it attached the badge to the surface of the stone hungry ghost, smiling brightly.

“Honorary Mini Reaper!”

As if that will was a signal, other mini reapers started stepping forward one by one.

They each adorned the stone hungry ghosts with the badges they held, joyfully sending their intentions.

“Honorary Younger Sibling!”

“Good Hungry Ghost!”

One by one, the hard surfaces of the stone hungry ghosts began to adorn the mini reapers’ badges.

Unlike the other hungry ghosts, it was the moment the stone hungry ghosts earned the honorary younger sibling qualification.

Mini reapers began to gather around the purple girl as well.

The mini reapers who approached her didn’t let out any special intentions.

They simply sat beside her, sometimes gently touching the hem of her clothes, wearing happy expressions.

In their eyes sparkled the thrill and joy of being with the main character of the story.

Even though the story of the play had ended, for the mini reapers, the purple girl and the stone hungry ghosts still remained special beings.

A blue reaper shyly approached near the purple girl’s knees and, looking up, started weaving strings.

[Now, we belong to the same garden!]

The blue reaper quickly wrote the welcoming string, filled with the spirit of greeting, before vanishing into thin air as if shy.

Seeing that, the purple girl finally felt a sense of belonging.

The aerial city the purple girl lived in had fallen, and the mansion she lived in had collapsed.

And her parents, along with all the people she knew, had perished.

As if resolving the daunting situation of having nowhere to anchor her heart, a slight sense of mistiness filled the purple girl’s eyes.

Seeing that, the golden halo reaper pulled the purple girl into a gentle hug.

*

When the play ended, I called the green reaper for the halo test.

I had nine halos.

The halo for seeing death, whose usage I still didn’t quite understand.

The halo for negating abilities that the red sun reaper could use.

The halo for complete evasion that the orange crowned reaper could use.

The halo for creating illusions that the yellow reaper could use.

The halo for commanding that the blue idol reaper could use.

The halo of time that the mini flower reaper could use.

The halo of space gotten from the fake blindfold blue reaper.

The halo of fusion that the hug reaper could use.

And this time, I acquired the halo of circulation.

‘Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet…’

Counting the seven colors of the rainbow with my fingers, I began to match the halos.

‘The halo of circulation should belong to the green reaper…’

Since it was golden-colored and except for the halo of fusion obtained from the external being, there was only one empty color left.

It was green.

Moreover, based on ability and feel, it seemed that the green reaper and the halo of circulation were indeed linked.

As I held the halo of circulation and slowly approached the green reaper, the green reaper looked up at me with a face full of tension.

“Meh….”

Realizing I was about to place the halo on it, the green reaper began to puff itself up excitedly.

It grew quite large, resembling the moss ball object I saw at the station.

“I’m!”

And with a confident look, it looked up at me.

‘Hmm, its size has grown immensely, but is it still the same level? Is that really okay?’

Even the green reaper there seemed to think that getting bigger means getting stronger, similar to the shark external being.

No, in fact, most mini reapers were like that.

Everyone seemed to have an unusual fondness for size.

“Meh-ehh!”

And just like that, despite its bold attempt, the green reaper fainted instantly as the halo was placed on it.

Truly, with low halo resistance, it resembled a white hungry ghost more than a mini reaper!

From now on, in my heart, that guy was no longer the green reaper.

Since its level was similar to that of a hungry ghost, I’ll have to call it ‘Mingming.’

Hehe.

*

In the middle of the vast meadow where the gray reaper had left.

“Meh-ehh.”

The green reaper, now known as Mingming, was releasing a sorrowful sound after regaining consciousness.

Mingming had a round orb hanging on its chest, and inside that message orb was written “Mingming.”

“Meh….”

Mingming shed tears of sadness, unable to use the halo of circulation that was clearly meant for him.

*

Deep within the mini reaper garden, in the marshmallow plains.

Maa! Maa!

There was a discolored reaper training tirelessly, constantly stretching out its little fists.

Although the discolored reaper was still weaker than the other mini reapers, it believed that one day it would be needed for its strength.

In fact, that feeling never left its mind.

Creak. Creak.

While training earnestly, the discolored reaper heard a strange sound.

“Maa?”

Perhaps there was a restricted area nearby, as it was strange for anyone to be around.

With a serious expression, the discolored reaper waddled toward the source of the sound with its short limbs.

“Maa!”

When it reached the source of the sound, an unimaginable scene unfolded before the discolored reaper’s eyes.

Like an apple that had been bitten into, a blue unchanging sphere had a deep hole in it.

When the discolored reaper let out a surprised “Maa!” a face suddenly popped up from the hole in the unchanging sphere.

It was a lead doll with its cheeks aggressively puffed up.

“Maaaaaaa!!!”

Thinking it was a state of emergency, the discolored reaper immediately called for its mom.

The message was simple.

‘Lead doll rebellion!’