Seoul Object Story

I was lying on the rooftop railing of a fairly tall building in Mapo-gu under the bright morning sunlight, watching the crowd of people gather. Even though I was lying in the most sunny spot, the morning was still a little chilly, so I summoned the warm Red Reaper and hugged it tightly.

The Red Reaper was definitely the warmest.

The Red Reaper struggled inside my arms, feeling a little uncomfortable, but eventually gave up and laid down on my stomach, basking in the sun. It had been three days since I released the Golden Reapers into Mapo-gu, and the outside world began to notice the change, so the broadcasting station began to send a lot of people to Mapo-gu.

Right now, I could see that a fairly large broadcasting station was preparing to broadcast a story about Mapo-gu by sending a reporter to the place under this building. There was a researcher wearing a large helmet standing with a female reporter and people holding equipment like cameras.

It looked interesting…

I lifted the Red Reaper up, brought it to my face, and poked its cheeks to convey my intentions.

Should we go down and watch? It’ll be fun to watch secretly.

The Red Reaper nodded its head vigorously as if it also thought it would be fun. After jumping down from the rooftop, I hid behind the bushes in the park where I could see the broadcasting station staff and started watching.

Playing watching with Mom!

The Red Reaper seemed to enjoy hiding with me, it climbed on my shoulder and kept chattering away.

“Why don’t we change the interview location? Mapo-gu is too dangerous right now.”

The researcher wearing a tag that said Object Association and a large helmet looked around as if he was very anxious about something. The researcher in the helmet also looked very nervous as if he had entered the mountains where a tiger was hiding.

“That can’t be done.”

The reporter shook his head and refused.

The reporter then listed several reasons.

Other broadcasting stations come into Mapo-gu to report, so, how could they do it from outside Mapo-gu?

It was a coverage that had already been arranged in advance, so why did he keep refusing?

If it was that dangerous, the Object Association wouldn’t have given permission.

The reporter grimaced and refuted the researcher’s opinion with a well-organized opinion, as if this matter had been debated several times.

“But still…”

The researcher, who opened his mouth to voice his frustration, soon gave up and began to wait quietly for the interview. The moment they were preparing for the broadcast after finding a suitable position, a Golden Reaper jumped out onto the reporter’s shoulder in a cheering pose.

“Huh?”

Golden Reapers also jumped and rushed towards the broadcasting staff around the reporter and clinging to them.

They were the Golden Reapers who faithfully carried out my order to stick to every human in Mapo-gu.

On the cheek, on the hem of the pants, and in the pocket of the coat.

At first, everyone was surprised to see the Golden Reapers sticking to their preferred locations, but soon they realized the harmlessness and kind hearts of the children and began to welcome them with open arms.

“Oh, this must be the famous Object that took over Mapo-gu, the ‘Golden Reaper’.”

The reporter placed the Golden Reaper that appeared on her shoulder on her palm and looked at it with an expression as if she was looking at something new. It was the gaze of someone simply looking at a cute creature without any preconceptions,

Then, she slowly extended her finger and brought it near the Golden Reaper. Looking at it, the Golden Reaper grabbed her finger with both hands and smiled brightly.

Surprised by the Golden Reaper’s sudden action, the reporter pulled her finger back in surprise as if she had been bitten by a wild animal. However, the Golden Reaper held on to her finger tightly as if she would never let it go, so it ended up dangling from the tip of her finger.

The reporter let out a hollow laugh as she saw the Golden Reaper desperately hanging on with its eyes tightly shut as if to say, ‘This finger is mine!’

“It’s cute. Seems like there’s a reason for the association’s lukewarm response. It’s because it’s harmless, right?”

The reporter, who put the Golden Reaper on her cheek as if he saw something cute, looked back at the researcher with a joyful smile, but the researcher took a step back and said.

“Put the Golden Reaper on the floor quickly and step back. Fortunately, if you express yourself clearly, it won’t come closer to you, so you have to express yourself clearly!”

It was as if he was talking about a terrifying alien creature.

However, the researcher’s reaction had no effect and ended up as a meaningless cry.

The reporter, the cameraman, and the others did not understand the researcher’s reaction, and instead just looked at him as if they were looking at a strange person.

“You want me to throw this kind ‘Golden Reaper’ to the ground? How sad would they feel if I did that?”

Rather, the reporter was busy playing with the Golden Reaper, tickling its chin.

Seeing the attitude of the reporter who was completely enamored with the Golden Reaper, it seemed like there was no need for me to worry about slanderous articles like what the ‘Daily Object’ did back in the day.

It’s really fortunate.