"So, because of this fruit, did everyone in the village turn into squirrels?"
Yuri asked anxiously, biting her lip as she examined the fruit through a magnifying glass.
Mina, flipping through the plant dictionary she brought from the library, replied slowly,
"It seems like it. Here on page 164..."
The plant in the dictionary looked exactly like the one Yuri was holding.
"There's definitely a secret in this fruit. Let's hurry back to the village with it,"
Yuri's voice echoed like a whisper in the quiet forest,
and suddenly, with a shimmering light somewhere and a gust of wind,
Yuri carefully tucked the fruit into her pocket and grabbed Mina's hand tightly.
✳ illust & story : hani kim
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