Chapter 28: I’m going to draw a crime prevention mascot (2)

What animal best symbolizes cuteness and strength at the same time?

There are several candidates, but

I think the best is undoubtedly a bear.

A plump, slow-looking body type and an outer appearance covered in fluffy fur that amplifies that charm.

And besides, it looks clumsy and cute, but

In reality, it’s a tremendously strong animal,

A bear is something that can put the saying ‘a bear tears a person’ to practice at once.

If you make a bear with strong forepaws, overwhelming weight,

and unbelievable speed for crime prevention?

A perfect being that has both cuteness and strength.

The strongest mascot that does both promotion and crime prevention.

It will surely become a reliable guardian, protecting this village and also our amusement park.

‘And today, I have something to draw and look at.’

In the large mirror,

I smiled, looking at the bear-doll hood that was covering my head.

“Okay—! Let’s try drawing it with all my strength—!”

I immediately took out the magic pen.

Then Eurydice approached me, looking curious.

“What is that pen, Sajjang?”

“Uung? It’s something I got from the Goddess. I can make whatever I want—!”

Eurydice looked at the magic pen in my hand, her eyes sparkling.

“Wow, what an amazing item. You can make whatever you want.”

“Yeah—! I will make the strongest mascot to protect this village!”

“Huhu, I’m looking forward to it, okay?”

I nodded vigorously.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror once again.

The bear doll ears on the hood, the soft feeling that the fluffy material gives.

And even a cute and lovely design.

If I follow the bear doll hood, I will surely be able to draw a lovely mascot.

A soft light spread from the tip of the magic pen.

I took a deep breath and drew the bear doll’s shape in the air.

No matter how bad my drawing skills were, I couldn’t fail to draw by following it.

…Or so I thought.

“Uuum, what’s the problem….”

I fell into serious contemplation, looking at the completed bear doll.

[Bear Doll Appears!]

A plump body.

Although it feels a little lacking in fluff, it passed.

A round face.

Perfect in itself─. Passed.

The ears were fine,

And the arms and legs were attached beautifully.

The face also followed the hood, so it should definitely be cute and lovely……

“What exactly is not good….”

After pondering for a while, I realized what the problem was.

The bear doll’s eyes.

They weren’t fierce enough to be used for crime prevention.

“Aha! That was the problem—!”

I clapped my hands together.

No matter how much I thought about it, the problem was the eyes.

In general, for crime prevention, you need charisma that overwhelms the enemy.

To play the role of protecting someone, you need to give a reliable impression.

“The bunnies and this guy too, they all look too kind….”

I carefully looked at the drawing and pondered.

Rather than changing the eye shape,

I wanted to add intensity while maintaining this cuteness.

And at the same time, it should have more functions……

I tapped the floor with the magic pen and pondered seriously.

A strong look, an intense gaze, and adding functions.

“A strong gaze, while not losing the cute charm, and adding functions…”

At that moment—.

I thought of the pride of our amusement park, the pegasus.

“Right, I’ll add lights to the bear doll’s eyes too—!”

I was impressed by the brilliant idea and grabbed the magic pen again.

Like the pegasus shining at the night amusement park with twinkling lights,

I will make the bear doll’s eyes shine too.

Intense, but warm rainbow-colored lights.

Usually, during the day, it will maintain a cute and gentle impression,

And at night or when switching to crime prevention mode, its eyes will sparkle and transform into a dignified existence!

‘Now, I just need to ask Eurydice for the materials.’

I excitedly ran to Eurydice.

“Auntie Eru!”

“Huh? Did you finish drawing it already, Sajjang?”

“Yeah! Come and see!”

Eurydice, looking at my sparkling eyes, came towards me, smiling brightly.

But the moment she saw the bear doll, her smile gradually hardened.

“What’s wrong?”

“…Umm.”

Eurydice, looking at the drawing for a while, tilted her head with a subtle expression.

“Is this child going to protect the village?”

“Yeah! If the bad uncles come again, it will punish them!”

“Really?”

Eurydice let out a deep sigh.

“…Not good?”

“No. I just feel sorry to make such a cute child use violence….”

I shook my head vigorously.

Violence. I’m against that too.

“No! These children will only monitor the bad uncles and send them back to where they belong!”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Of course, if those uncles do something harmful, they will use legitimate defense, but they will never use violence until then!”

Right. These children are guardians, not perpetrators.

They are only ‘for crime prevention’ and ‘for defense’ mascots.

They will monitor the enemies from harming the village and drive them out as soon as they are discovered.

“Our bear doll is just a defensive mascot!”

“Huhu, are you better than auntie, Sajjang?”

“Ehehe.”

Eurydice quietly looked at the drawing again and smiled.

“You know, Auntie Eru.”

“Yeah?”

“You know, are there materials that are very strong and durable?”

“Strong and durable?”

I nodded my head.

The best attack is perfect defense.

What is needed for that,

Was a tougher physique than the bunnies and a detection system to identify enemies right away.

“I will make the bear doll strong by adding those materials! Then, the bear doll won’t get hurt and can protect the people.”

“I see….”

Eurydice, thinking something for a moment at my words, glanced at the cutting table.

“If it’s strong and durable materials, there are many things I know of, auntie. Dragon scales, special minerals, and jewels.”

“Minerals, jewels, dragon scales….”

I sighed involuntarily.

Because there were only things that were hard to get right now.

“I see. I can’t help it. I have to give up on durability…”

“Hey, Sajjang.”

“Uung?”

Eurydice held out a cutting scissors.

The cutting scissors, that looked gold and copper at the same time, was shining very brightly.

“If it’s okay to not be a raw stone, would you like to use auntie’s scissors?”

“Eh? What is this?”

“It’s a scissor made of orichalcum.”

“Oriharu?”

No matter what it is, it has a very cute and lovely name.

It also has a strange mysterious feeling.

‘If Eurydice recommended it, there must be a reason…’

I hesitated, glancing at the scissors.

“This seems like a very precious scissors, is it okay to give it to me? If I use it as a material, it will all disappear.”

“It’s okay. It’s needed to protect our village and the world, not for anything else.”

Eurydice said so and held out the scissors.

I received the scissors in surprise and looked at them restlessly.

Scissors that seemed to be well-maintained just by looking at it.

I couldn’t use all of them just to extract materials that showed user’s love for it.

‘What do I do?’

At that moment, I noticed the part protruding from the top of the scissors handle.

“Can I remove only the thing above the handle and use it?”

“Um? I appreciate your kindness, but that would be difficult. Because orichalcum is a very hard metal, and it needs to be processed in a special way…”

“I’ll take it!”

I held out the cutting scissors to Eurydice.

Eurydice looked at the scissors with a surprised expression.

“…H, how?”

“I’ll take it.”

“Really?”

For some reason, it looks like sweat is running down Eurydice’s forehead. Is she hot?

Anyways, since I got the material to make my body strong,

Now it’s time to reinforce the detection system to identify enemies immediately.

“Auntie Eru, can you take me to that garden I saw earlier?”

“…Garden? Ye, yes. Let’s go.”

“Uung? Auntie. Your arms and legs don’t move the same way.”

Even adults sometimes can’t move their bodies as they want.

I formed a strange sympathy and followed Eurydice.

A little later.

The sun, which had already leaned a little, and the flowers, which were even more excited after the afternoon, greeted us.

“But don’t come close! It’s hard for me to wash—!” Aaaaannyyyooong―!

“Huhu, Sajjang is a really fun child.”

“Me?”

Eurydice just smiled at my question.

What I need here are these flowers.

If I mix the crime-prevention flowers I saw earlier with the flowers in this garden to decorate the bear doll!

I can take care of both crime prevention and design at the same time.

“How is it? It will definitely be the specialty of this village!”

“Great idea. Then, let’s see. These flowers and… these flowers, and…”

Eurydice picked a few flowers and brought them to me.

“If it’s these flowers, they will help you protect the village in particular.

This has defensive properties, so it can protect the body, this flower can enhance the detection ability. And this one has the effect of making it more agile.”

“Wow… They are useful!”

I poked them with the magic pen with gratitude.

The flowers shone and scattered like powder and were absorbed into the magic pen.

“I’ll definitely make a pretty mascot with you. Okay! I’ll change you, one, two, three, yap!”

I used [I’ll Change You, One, Two, Three, Yap—!] on the bear doll’s sketch.

At that moment.

The bear doll’s black eyes and mouth changed into dazzling lights.

The body of the chubby bear doll was covered with orichalcum,

And on top of that, the flowers that Eurydice had specially selected were placed one by one.

[Reinforced Bear Doll Appears!]

The bear doll wiggled its ears, dripping gooey liquid.

Eurydice and I, who saw that, exclaimed at once.

“Wow….”

“Oh, it looks like a flower walking around.”

“Yeah!”

Wasn’t it about time Ria woke up?

I should show the bear doll to Orpheus too.

‘Before that, I should definitely hug the bear doll.’

As I thought so and approached the bear doll,

The bear doll, flinging the black-red goo, disappeared at full speed.