Ranker’s Return

wondered inwardly.

“Is it puberty?” Hyeonu sighed lightly and walked toward Tang-E.
“What’s wrong with you? Haven’t you been a bit upset lately? Is there a problem at Bung Bung Island? What’s wrong with you?”

“It’s nothing, Master dude.” Tang-E shook his head.

“It isn’t nothing.
Then tell me later when you want to talk.
I’ll listen to you anytime.
Don’t be upset alone.”

“Understood, Master dude.”

“You sure are good at answering…” Hyeonu sighed again before bending over to hug Tang-E.
“If you keep saying this, I have no choice but to worry.
Understood?”

“Understood, Master dude.
I won’t do it in the future.”

“I’m not saying don ’t do it.
I’m just asking you to tell me.
Don’t suffer alone.”

Hyeonu’s continued words made Tang-E raise his paws to cover his ears. After a while, he covered his eyes instead while his feet covered his ears.

“In addition, magic spirit, you should call Tang-E by ‘older brother’ in the future.
He has lived longer than you and eaten tens of thousands more pieces of meat than you.
I won’t forgive a mutiny.
Tang-E, just think of it as having a younger brother and take care of him.” Hyeonu stroked Tang-E’s head with his free right hand while his left hand continued to hold Tang-E.

“Little brother?! Do you mean I’m above him?” Tang-E suddenly raised himself up and hung himself around Hyeonu’s neck.

“You are the older brother.
He was just born,” Hyeonu said.

No matter how high the magic spirit’s level was, it was still only one year old. It had been less than a year since Hyeonu met John Blake and produced the magic spirit. In comparison, Tang-E’s age couldn’t be guessed. No one had told Hyeonu what it was, and he didn’t want to know. However, he was sure that Tang-E was older than the magic spirit. This was because Hyeonu had already spent a lot of time with Tang-E.

“Huhu, I am the older brother.
I am the older brother…” Tang-E hummed with a deep nasal sound.
He raised his head and looked at the magic spirit.
“Little brother, hurry up and greet me.
I am the older brother.” 

Tang-E had an elated air after Hyeonu’s words.

“Brother Tang-E.” The magic spirit bowed his round head.

“Yes, little brother.
Let’s get along well in the future.” Tang-E nodded several times.

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“Hyeonu, don’t you think the magic spirit needs a name now?” Reina walked toward Hyeonu’s side. She was able to smile now that the matter had worked out in its own way between Tang-E and the magic spirit.

“A name?” Hyeonu cocked his head as Reina approached him. He had never thought about it before. The magic spirit had always been ‘the magic spirit’.

‘Indeed…
Now that he has an ego, I can’t just call him the magic spirit.’

“Come to think of it, I think he does need one,” Hyeonu agreed.

“You have to give it a good name.
I think it would be better if it were a cute name like Tang-E,” Reina said.

“A cute name…” Hyeonu was lost in thought. He was thinking about what to name the magic spirit.

‘It should be a name that goes well with Tang-E…’

Hyeonu’s worries didn’t last long. Based on the way Tang-E was named, Hyeonu quickly came up with a name for the magic spirit.

“Your name is Gom-E, Gom-E.” [1]

Hyeonu named the magic spirit ‘Gom-E’.

The magic spirit muttered the name Hyeonu mentioned in a small voice, “Gom-E…
I have a name as well…” 

Then a change occurred again in the magic spirit’s body.

“What is this now?” Hyeonu was so troubled by the transformation that he felt drained. The amount of magic power flowing outside was enormous.

‘It isn’t outside…
Is it flowing to the magic spirit?’ Hyeonu cautiously felt the movement of the magic power. Then a message window appeared in front of Hyeonu. It was a message that explained the current situation very clearly.

[The magic spirit has acquired a name.]

[The ego has become more solid.]

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[The skill proficiency of Magic Spirit Creation has increased to B+.]

In an instant, the rank of Magic Spirit Creation jumped two levels. This was a ridiculous rank up considering that from starting from rank B, the proficiency rose at a tremendously slow pace. It was only when the magic spirit had sucked up half of Hyeonu’s magic power that magic power no longer flowed to the magic spirit.

After a while, the magic spirit opened his closed eyes. The magic spirit had an innocent expression. “My name is Gomi.
My name is Gomi.
My name is Go…” The magic spirit repeated the same words over and over again.

Reina burst out laughing when she heard that. It was because the actions of the magic spirit were so cute. Hyeonu frowned and corrected the error in the magic spirit’s words: “It is Gom-E, not Gomi.
Gom-E.” 

The name of the magic spirit was not Gomi. It was Gom-E.

“Understood, Master dude.
My name is Gomi.” The magic spirit, Gom-E, continued to say his name incorrectly despite Hyeonu’s correction.

Hyeonu tried to point it out, but he eventually just tolerated it. It was all the same anyway.

‘If you say it quickly, it’s fine.’

However, it should be made clear when writing or pronouncing it slowly. That way, the original meaning would emerge when he was called along with Tang-E.

“Then the two of you should hold hands and reconcile.
Hurry.” Hyeonu put the purple bear and golden bear down on the ground. The two bears stood on the ground and stared at each other. At first, the purple bear looked a bit sad, but he soon approached the golden bear first.

“Brother Tang-E, please look after me well in the future.”

“Yes, let’s get along well, Gom-E.” 

The two bears grabbed each other’s paws and shook them up and down.

“Pffft!” Hyeonu laughed at the sight. “Puhuhuhu!”

‘The Gom-Tang duo…’

He couldn’t resist laughing.

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Gom = Bear