Chapter 62 – The Uninvited Guest

“It’s done~!”

Seung-hee, who was squatting to work in the field, stood up with a big stretch.

In the end, the seeds were planted together by the three of them, including the mother.
Perhaps it was because it had been a long time since they had been outside, and both Mom and Seunghee were active. It didn’t take that much time to restore the once ruined vegetable garden.

“Brother. Can Piyak give me the remaining seeds?”
“Of course not.”

The seeds were still more than halfway in the bag.

However, there was no reason to keep feeding expensive seeds when there was a separate feed. More than anything else, there are more seeds that Peepy fed than seeds already planted in the ground.

“Ah~ Oppa~.”

Seung-hee flirts with clumsy aegyo.

“Where are you sick?”

I removed the seunghee that was clinging to my arm.
Next to her, her mother smiled and said.

“It’s Changjae. Don’t do that, just give me this.”
“Um…”

Even her mother is on Seunghee’s side.
Wouldn’t it be fun to feed Peepy like that?

“Coin will try to help my mother earn more. Huh?”
“Me too!”

Even though my mother said that, I couldn’t refuse.

“… All right. Then just this.”
“Oops!”

Seunghee snatched the bag of seeds from my hand and took it.

Peepy wasn’t starving, so why are you trying to feed him so much?
Even now, my stomach is so full… What?

“… Does it look bigger than when I saw it this morning?”
“Huh? Is it?”

Something obviously looked different.
It grew. No, to be precise, I would have to say that I became fat.

Even if I fed a lot of food, does it show immediately like this?
It wasn’t just the belly that came out, it felt like the overall volume had grown. It seems that my hair has become a bit fuzzy.

Hmm?

“Pepper, you have to eat a lot and grow up. Understand?”

It looks like it’s grown big already.

– Beep beep!

Seung-hee puts a seed on her palm and holds it out to Peep.
Peep pecked at his palm and quickly ate the seed Seunghee gave him.

-Beep beep~!

And as if that wasn’t enough, it flaps its short wings.
Then, this time, the mother put the seed in the palm of her hand and held it out.

“Our Piyak eats well.”
“… I’m getting rid of it because I ate too well.”

Peep begins to inhale the seeds again.
The seeds I ate so far would have eaten my weight.

“The laws of physics are breaking.”

Animal stomachs have limits.
Even so, it was definitely abnormal to eat more than my body size. Didn’t he even call his stomach?

“Mom. I don’t think it’s good to eat too much.”
“Is it?”
“You might get an upset stomach.”
“Still, you eat well like this.”
“Feed in moderation, in moderation.”

First, convince your mother.
It’s a seed now, but you might say you’ll feed it a steak later.
Before that happened, at least my mother had to be persuaded. Seunghee, because if you’re alone, you can do anything.

“Uh? Peep, what’s wrong?”

Seung-hee, who was looking at Pee-jac frantically, tilted her head and asked.
Peepee, who had only focused on seeds, showed a different behavior for the first time.

– Beep!

Peep spread out its short wings and began to cheep as if claiming something to us.

– Beep! Beep!

“Yes?”

Mother and Seung-hee are puzzled by Peep’s strange behavior.
If it was a game, ‘Oh! Peep’s condition… ?’ Was the atmosphere.

Hmm? Are you trying to evolve into a real dinosaur?
Together with the two of them, I carefully watched Peep’s condition.

– Beep!

Peep suddenly stomps on the ground and starts digging.

“What is Peepy trying to do?”
“Is there any treasure buried there?”

The curiosity of those who watched Peepy grew even more.

And.
Peep placed black pellets on the ground he dug.

“… Poop?”
“It’s shit.”
“It was shit…”

It was shit.

“…”
“Ha…”
“So it is.”

The three of us watched closely and dropped our shoulders side by side.
Why did you make such a fuss to show us how to poop?

In fact, if you ate, it was natural to buy as much as you ate.
Still, it is true that I was expecting something special to happen. It’s not strange that such ‘special things’ happen here.

But it was a vain hope. The disappointment was as great as the expectations were high.

“… Should I stop eating now?”
“… I’d rather do that.”

My mother and Seung-hee also seem to have Hyun-ta.
Good for you. In any case, the decision to stop feeding the precious seeds was a good thing.

-… Beep!

“Huh?”

Just as I was about to sort things out, Peep showed another unusual behavior.
It jumps on its short legs and flaps its wings. It even spins around in place.

Do you want to poop again?

“Pepper, why is that? Is it because they don’t give seeds anymore? Would you like more?”

Seung-hee puts the seed on her palm again and holds it out to Peep.
But Peep didn’t show any interest in the seeds anymore.
You ate so much, what happened?

-Piyaaaaagh!

“Huh?”

Peepy played with his short legs and ran into the hideout.
My butt was wobbling because I was fat.

“Why is Peep suddenly like that?”

Seung-hee put the seed in her hand back into the envelope.

“Pepper, come out. Let’s play with mom.”

He didn’t come out even when his mother called.
Did you listen to people that well?
Hmm…

… I had a strange feeling about something.
I took out my phone and opened the map.

And that moment.

– ──

Something was felt.
A subtle vibration that you can hardly feel unless you concentrate on it.

“Ah.”

– ──

After a while, I felt the ground shaking again.

… I know this feeling.

“—Mom, Seunghee, go inside the hideout.”
“Uh? Why?”
“Hurry.”

First of all, they take refuge inside the hideout.

“Homi is——”
“Leave everything and go in now… !”

Even Seung-hee, who was dull at my urgent words, hurriedly entered the hideout, perhaps sensing something.

– Kki-ik, Cheol-kyeong.

I went inside and locked the iron door tightly.
My mother and Seung-hee, who came in first, were looking at me with worried faces.

“Changjae, why is that? What’s the matter?”

Mom asked anxiously.

“Have I told you before? There are also dinosaurs on this island.”
“Dinosaur? Wasn’t that just a joke?”
“What is a joke? Am I kidding you about that?”

Well, even I wouldn’t believe it if someone said they’d seen a living dinosaur.
I can say this because I have seen it with my own eyes.

“Dinosaur… Was it a Tyrannosaurus?”
“Yes. What I saw was Tirano.”
“So you mean Tirano is coming?”
“Okay. Can’t you feel the vibration?”

At my words, Seunghee and her mother close their eyes and concentrate.
Even now as we were talking like this, there were occasional vibrations in the distance.

– ──

“… Can’t you feel anything?”
“It’s dull.”

I didn’t even expect Seunghee.
Seeing her mother, she shook her head as if she didn’t even know.

“It may not be noticeable to the average person. I am a bit sensitive by nature.”
“What is it, you say it’s dull for me.”
“Because you’re dull.”

– ──

Even while talking like that, the vibration was ringing.

“Let’s hide in a corner for now.”

I squat behind the bed with my mother and Seunghee.

– ──

“Ah, now. I felt it.”
“Me too.”

Now, Mom and Seunghee can feel the vibrations as well.
That meant the distance was getting closer.

I took out my phone and opened the map again.

“Ah.”

On the map on my phone, there were three red dots grouped together.
The distance from the hideout… Is it about 300 meters? Not sure though.

As I was looking at the map, my mother and Seung-hee also joined me.

“Three? Oh, one less.”
“Just by looking at this, I don’t know what kind of animal it is. Maybe one of the three is a dinosaur, and the other two are other animals. And now one must have been eaten and gone.”
“I see… I wish I had enough to eat and not come this way.”

Am I the only one who feels like my mother’s wish is an ominous foreshadowing?

“Ah. Went over there.”

One of the two remaining dots on the map quickly moved to the other side of the hideout.

“Is that a Tyrannosaurus?”
“Maybe… Probably not.”

I couldn’t hear the ground rumble even though I was moving quickly.
It would be correct to say that other animals escaped from the Tyrannosaurus.

“Please, follow me over there!”

Seung-hee’s wish was colorless.

“Ah!”

The dot that appeared to be Tyrannosaurus was moving closer to the hideout.

– ──

At the same time, a vibration sounded.

“Hey!”

Sensing the vibration, Seunghee clung to me in fear.
Mom was also on the other side of me.
The smell of a woman sweating from work outside wafted up.

“It’s Seunghee and Changjae. Don’t worry. Mom will protect both of you.”

Her mother’s voice was trembling when she said that.
The strength I felt in the hand holding my arm was too weak. It seemed that he could not win even against a cat, not a dinosaur.

“Put.”

But what is the reason why she is relieved by her mother’s words?
It was a strange thing.
Thanks to that, I was able to be more calm.

– Goo-woong–

The ringing gets closer and closer. Now I could hear footsteps and trees breaking.
I hugged the two of them with both arms.

“Are you okay. It will just pass.”

Even so, I was thinking about what to do if Tyranno attacked this place.

The entrance to the hideout is narrow. Even if you smash the iron door, it’s not big enough for a dinosaur to enter.

And no beast, no matter how strong, would attack here without reason.
Even if they knew there were people inside and tried to hunt, it would not be worth the trouble of destroying a natural stone cave.

I don’t believe he can attack unless that big head is a decoration.
But what if.
What if they seriously attacked this place?

“Whoa——”

I turned off the terminal map and turned on the store instead.

6 bundles of butane gas.
1 liter of petrol.
Lastly, I bought a Zippo lighter.

They were ingredients for homemade grenades to drive away uninvited guests.