The Little Squid (ORV)

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Lee Jihye went to escort Kim Dokja while the duo went to escort Yoo Mina right after them.

Once the kids were out of sight, Yoo Sangah finally came down the stairs. She had a sweet smile on her face that didnt reach her up to her eyes.

While walking down the stairs she said,

"Right, how about we all relax and sit down to discuss this, Yoo Joonghyuk."

You could here the slight anger and mocking in her tone. Yoo Joonghyuk just scowled even more but made a rough sound of agreement.

With that, the group of adults moved the discussion to the living room.

Lee Hyunsung and Jung Heewon were sitting together on the left while Yoo Sangah and Han Sooyoung were on the right. Yoo Joonghyuk sat in a single seater couch.

Seeing everyone present and quite Yoo Sangah spoke first,

"I'm sure that Hyunsung-ssi and Jeewon-ssi have already been informed about what's going on?"

The both of them nodded solemnly in response.

"Good. Then I guess Joonghyuk-ssi is the only one who isn't aware of our current situation considering that he just returned from the game competition with Yoo Mina?"

"Stop beating around the bush and explain already."

Yoo Joonghyuk said with a frown on his face appearing impatient.

She was right though. Two days before Kim Dokja turned it a child Yoo Joonghyuk was still here. Everything was normal until he received an invitation to participate in a famous expert game competition. This was also because he was a former gamer/ streamer.

It was taking place in the US so Yoo Mina also came along since she was bored lately and she was Yoo Joonghyuk's responsibility.

However, who would've thought that you would unexpectedly return to see such a sight of someone you despise and have complicated feelings for when everything seemed so normal.

"If that is the case then let me explain."

She then went on to explain to Yoo Joonghyuk of what happened according to the kid's perspective and the hypothesis that she or rather HanSooyoung came up with.

"To put it simply, the child you saw a few minutes ago was Kim Dokja and not the Oldest Dream."

"...."

Yoo Joonghyuk was left to process this sudden influx of information while covering his face with both hands.

After a few minutes of silence Yoo Joonghyuk finally raised his head. His face looking like the bottom of a burnt pot while grinding his teeth.

"That damn fool!"

Saying this Yoo Joonghyuk immediately stood up and walked towards the stairs in strides.

"Hey! Hold it right there you sunfish bastard!"

Said Han Sooyoung, who ran to stop him from doing anything stupid.

Luckily she was fast enough to make it infront of him before he reached the staircase.

"Stop right there! You are not taking another step forward even if it's to teach that ugly squid a lesson."

"Oh, really and why is that?"

"Well, it's be-"

Suddenly Lee Hyunsung spoke up preventing Han Sooyoung from explaining and instead explained in her place.

"Heewon-ssi also tried to do the same. However, according to Sooyoung-ssi Dokja-ssi's memory was also affected."

"What?!"

Yoo Joonghyuk shouted in utter shock.

"That's how it appeared since the ugly squid behaved as if he didn't recognize any of us from the moment he woke up." said Han Sooyoung.

"...." Yoo Joonghyuk was left to process another load of information even if it was a hypothesis.

"Is there anything else that I should be aware of?"

"As of right now no." Yoo Sangah said while approaching him from behind.

"While Han Sooyoung and the kids were busy informing Heewon-ssi and Hyunsung-ssi about Kim Dokja's current state, I stayed to get some information out of him."

"What did you find out?" asked Jung Heewon.

"According to him, he was staying with his aunt and uncle. At the time he was also reading the novel but didn't know how he or when he fell alseep."

"Anything else?"

"....Do you all rememher the scenario of seeing Kim Dokja's past?"

"...."

The silence was already a sign of agreement.

Yoo Sangah sighed helplessly while seeing them them not answer. Besides that would explain all the injuries they saw earlier.

"In any case his memory and body have reverted back to the age of fifteen. However, judging at how he hasn't returned back to normal even though almost two hours have past he'll likely remain like this for a few days."

"Then what should we do in the mean time?"
asked Lee Hyunsung.

Yoo Sangah's face immediately broke out into a refreshing smile like the sun. Chasing away the heavy atmosphere but leaving whoever looked at her confused.

"Why, that's easy." She said while lightly clapping her hands as if she was excited.

She then looked at everyone with an extremely gentle simle.

"Although we still have to inform Kim Dokja's mother about this, we shouldn't distance ourselves from him."

"So, you're basically suggesting we take care of him?"asked Han Sooyoung.

"Bingo." Yoo Sangah said while winking.

"We just have to approach him slowly and get him to trust once more. What do you guys think, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Hearing hear say this everyone started to smile.

That's right. Who wouldn't want to get to know a cute mini version of your former boss and close friend.

Yoo Joonghyuk still felt complicated but agreed.

Everyone was satisfied with the outcome of this discussion....however, while everyone was smiling, from behind them, out of their sights for an instant,

Han Sooyoung's face broke out into a wide mischievous grin as if she weee up to no good.

What could she be up to....

To be continued....

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