Chick 206
by Cristae206
The next day.
As morning broke, a commotion stirred among the staff.
The vegetable garden, which had been packed with produce just the day before, now lay completely empty.
“Seriously, could it be a ghost or a goblin?”
“No way. It’s probably a wild animal… A wild boar, maybe…”
“If a whole pack had come, wouldn’t it have been so noisy that we’d notice?”
Listening in on the production team’s conversation, Groo stood in shock in front of the barren garden.
‘This can’t be happening.’
Sniff. Tears welled up in her eyes, and her cheeks puffed up round and full.
The night before, after hearing ghost stories, she had spent the night shivering under her blanket, waking again and again, so exhaustion was etched deeply in her eyes.
‘There’s no way.’
Surely, some wild animal must have stolen the crops from the garden.
A wild boar, or a rabbit, or even a turtle!
“Bastard did this, huh…”
Or… a dog!
“Hm?”
The person who had assumed the thief was that dog was Lee Romi.
Clenching her jaw in anger, she muttered as she glared at the empty garden with a grave expression. She even clenched her fist, trembling with fury.
‘Did Romi unni go to bed hungry last night?’
Groo wondered at her quivering demeanor. Meanwhile, Producer Hwang clapped his hands to draw everyone’s attention and brought order to the chaos.
“Alright everyone, enough with the wild guesses! The unpredictability of location shoots, that’s part of the charm, isn’t it? In any case, since things turned out this way, if you complete the punishment for yesterday’s mishap, the production team will specially provide ingredients for today.”
“Punishment?”
When Wooju asked, Producer Hwang raised a finger and replied kindly.
“Children! There’s a rule here that you can’t simply buy ingredients! Hahaha!”
Ding—!
Groo and Wooju’s mouths dropped open, while Kazuki and Romi forced awkward smiles.
Meanwhile, Joorim stood calmly behind them, as if the whole affair had nothing to do with him. As though nothing was truly a big deal in his world.
Seeing Joorim’s utter lack of interest, Kazuki shot up his hand.
“What if we don’t do the punishment?”
“If you refuse, I’m afraid you’ll just have to go hungry. You know the rules, right?”
Watching Producer Hwang’s smug, satisfied grin, Groo muttered sulkily.
“Meanie…”
“Hahaha!”
“So stingy…”
“Gasp!”
Producer Hwang inhaled sharply.
Then, as Romi braced Groo’s shoulder with a proud pat, she asked cautiously,
“We’ll do it. We can’t let the kids starve… But what exactly do we have to do?”
“That’s our eldest daughter! Such a sense of responsibility~ Ahem, then I’ll announce it! Today’s punishment is…”
Producer Hwang flashed a sly grin.
Jingle—!
The tambourine shook rhythmically back and forth, ringing out a lively sound.
Romi clenched her fist tight and belted out a high note, while Wooju and Groo dazzled the crowd with tambourine flourishes.
The punishment mission for Groo, Wooju, and Romi was to form a trio and deliver a fantastic stage performance!
For that, each of them took up a microphone or tambourine and climbed onto the stage hurriedly assembled in front of the village hall.
Jingle!
From behind Romi, who was singing a trot song for the elders, Groo shook the tambourine with a stiff, serious face and murmured softly.
“It wasn’t a ghost.”
Jingle!
Jingle!
“Hm?”
“Teacher said there’s no such thing as ghosts.”
Something that scary couldn’t possibly exist.
Wooju looked as if she couldn’t quite follow, but Groo was determined to prove it herself tonight, and spun around in time with the beat.
Jingle! Jingle jingle!
The elders applauded with laughter at Groo’s choreography and dazzling tambourine skills.
Meanwhile, Kazuki had taken on another mission—
[Activating skill: ‘Potter of the Seventh Night’.]
Milky Way dough transformed into sandpaper, falling into his hand.
As he ran the glittering sandpaper along an old kitchen knife, its nicked and battered edge sharpened, gleaming silver.
Elders lined up, carrying knives and farming tools, whispering eagerly as they watched Kazuki.
“He’s good with knives because he’s a yakuza.”
A large Japanese man with tattooed skin and a rough, intimidating look.
Somehow, a rumor had spread in the village that Kazuki was yakuza.
With that flashy appearance and his deftness with knives, no one suspected he might actually be a top-tier Japanese craftsman.
“Huh?”
Meanwhile, Kazuki, unable to follow their dialect, simply beamed at them with innocent enthusiasm.
“What a nice yakuza boy.”
“Maybe he quit already.”
“Indeed.”
One of the elders patted Kazuki on the shoulder.
“See here, stop using your knife for harm and live sharpening others people’s knives. This is your true calling. That’s that.”
“Huh?”
“Arigato, arigato.”
“Aha! You’re welcome!”
The staff, purposely leaving the misunderstanding unresolved, burst into laughter.
Meanwhile, Joorim stood nearby…
He looked up at the mountain of firewood stacked in front of him.
“How’s a young man supposed to split all this, really…”
In truth, splitting wood like this was usually left to the relatively young village youth leader or the mercenaries from Northern Europe brought in for the rice-planting season.
“Don’t just stand there stiffly, get moving already.”
When Joorim merely stood there after being handed the axe, the youth leader began to prod him.
“…Hmm.”
He set the axe lightly on the ground.
“I don’t think this is needed.”
“Huh? Then what’ll you do instead?”
Joorim leapt atop the pile of logs in one swift movement, sizing them up.
With the tip of his foot, he tapped the stack.
That instant—
Crash!
The logs, all split perfectly into quarters, tumbled down in a heap.
Everyone’s jaws dropped in astonishment, mouths agape in disbelief.
To use a skill so delicately—it was clear proof of Joorim’s exceptional mastery.
There may be countless Hunters capable of splitting logs by various means, but this level of finely honed skill was unique to Joorim alone.
Kazuki’s eyes sparkled at witnessing such a rare scene.
[“As expected of On-chan! What a monster!”]
Kazuki clapped in delight, his laughter free of malice, as Joorim muttered with a sour expression.
“A monster, you say…”
[“I don’t think I can stay human anymore!”]
With that, Kazuki flashed a bright, innocent grin.
Was that a backhanded compliment?
Joorim seriously questioned whether the fool meant it as praise, or was just mocking him.
Naive fools were truly the hardest to deal with.
At least the task was finished now.
“Well, I’ll be on my—”
“That’s not possible!”
Producer Hwang quickly intervened, thrusting ‘it’ into Joorim’s hand.
Jingle—
Joorim stared blankly at what lay in his hand, mouth slightly open.
Why?
Jingle—
Why me?
Had he finished his work too quickly, and now was being punished for it?
Joorim was forced to join the children on tambourine duty.
“…?”
Why am I on tambourine?
Groo, timing each beat perfectly with her dazzling skills, burst out laughing.
“Daddy can’t keep the beat at all.”
“Mister, you’re playing half a beat early.”
“…?!”
Jingle—
And the hot clip of this iconic scene would hold the #1 spot in trending videos for quite some time.
[Trending Videos]
- [ENG/JPN] Tambourine Shaken By the #1 Ranked Hunter and S-Class Craftsman Who Sharpens Knives
(Thumbnail: Joorim shaking the tambourine with a serious face, Kazuki sharpening a knife)
[7,824 Comments]
@447393
Top S-Class two-shot, this is wild lmao
I can’t believe this is real lol
Did they seriously bring those two there to do THAT? lmao Producer Hwang is insane lolol
@duehaka
01:10 Look at Groo’s tambourine snap, our little chick? She’s a tambourine pro lmao?
F-rank dad, S-rank daughter
For real, even On Joorim can’t compete with a pro kindergarten dancer lmao
@eueu988
I just watched On Joorim shaking the tambourine in my room, feels like the world’s really ending this time
It’s fine. I stan Joorim for 500 years now, and for this, it’s… not that bad
Not great either, though
Does Joorim look like the kind of guy who’d shake a tambourine for fun? Are you a spy?
ahahahahaha, damn, I was talking nonsense. My bad
@qwer1234
Is Producer Hwang still alive??
Apparently the youngest writer posted this
Rest in action-beam, you legend ㅠ
Your last show is a masterpiece of variety television…
@hyeonakofficial
Our Groo is adorable as always?❤❤❤ Our Guildmaster is the cutest too, heh
Goodness
This is actual Orchestra fan content
Post this for the Guildmaster to see lol
Orchestra staff, if Guildmaster’s holding you hostage to write comments, shake a tambourine
@rachelXX
so lovely family i love big on and little on!
@tuski-333
[So this is what Koreans do with Amakusa-san www]
[Why is the Amakusa beloved by Japanese fans now sharpening knives as a yakuza in Korea… But if Amakusa-san is happy, ok]
[We sent one, so we get one in exchange, right? Let’s bring Groo-chan ww]
[Agreed! Groo-chan’s insanely cute ww]
[F<=>S only? Is that the right exchange rate?]
[Super cute little girl <=> yakuza]
[It’s a fair trade, lol]
@yuurii
[If only it weren’t for Prime Minister Takahashi Norio… Groo-chan would’ve been ours]
[Hey, pull yourself together. Amakusa was ours, too www]
Don’t even think about Groo, you damn foreigners??