Return to Protect the World

The next day, after work, I headed to the place where we’d agreed to meet to buy a flowerpot.

Our meeting place was in front of a subway station a little way from downtown Taepyeong City.

Even though it was well past quitting time, the streets around the station were crowded.

Here and there, I saw an orc couple returning from grocery shopping, beastkin sharing street food, and hunters who looked like they’d just come back from the Tower.

I searched for Priella among them.

It didn’t take long to find her.

I spotted her familiar golden hair near the station.

“Ms. Priella.”

“Mincheol!”

Priella spotted me and smiled brightly...