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Chapter 175: Family Play

Sophia’s cheeks flushed with a rosy hue.

She looked like a lovely girl who didn’t know what to do.

Who would have thought Sophia, who always pursued elegance, had such a side to her?

Feeling happy, I unwittingly murmured the word “mom” again.

“Mom… but why mom?”

“Ahem.”

Sophia blushed and stepped back.

It felt like she was running away from me.

Did I do something wrong?

I couldn’t approach easily and just watched Sophia.

Ahem.

Sophia, who cleared her throat several times, turned her gaze to Levinas.

“Let’s stop here.”

“Huh?! Already stopping?!”

Sophia patted Levinas’ head, who was expressing disappointment.

The way she was comforting the child looked like a true mother.

“It’s wrong to take away a person’s free will. Let’s stop before I feel even sorrier for Gyeoul.”

“Okay…”

Levinas approached me holding a coin.

She shook the coin saying, “Come back.”

It was time to reveal the truth.

A prank should end with revealing the truth at the end to be a prank.

If you keep deceiving until the end, that’s just being mean.

“Levinas, I actually didn’t get hypnotized.”

“What! Really?!”

“Yeah. I was just pretending to be hypnotized as a prank.”

“No way! Levinas was fooled again!”

Levinas giggled as if she found the prank quite amusing.

Saebyeok, who was nearby, didn’t show any reaction.

It seemed she had noticed that I was pretending.

I wondered if this could become a fun game for the kids.

While feeling satisfied by myself, Sophia’s reaction was somehow strange.

“So, it was a… a prank?”

“Yes…”

Did I make a mistake?

Feeling nervous, I fidgeted with my fingers while Sophia covered her face with both hands.

“Hah… I was foolish. Gyeoul, you tricked me.”

“I’m, I’m sorry…”

“No need to apologize. It’s the fault of an adult who foolishly intruded on a children’s game.”

Sophia walked to the sofa, dragging her feet.

I quickly sat beside her.

I couldn’t speak recklessly since I had to gauge the mood.

“Kid, don’t worry.”

Sophia’s hand reached over my head.

I felt the kindness of a saint.

She had asked me to call her mom, could it be that Sophia had children?

Curious, I poked Sophia’s shoulder.

“Sophia.”

“Hmm?”

“Do you have any children?”

“…Yes, I have about three daughters.”

I thought it might be, but she has three daughters?

I looked Sophia up and down with surprised eyes.

Sophia’s body was small, but the body of a beast-kin was sturdy.

In this world, there was an all-mighty healing called a potion.

With enough effort, it might be possible to have children somehow.

“Where are your daughters?”

“They’re right beside you.”

“What?”

Where are the daughters?

I looked around.

I could only see Levinas and Saebyeok playing with dolls.

“Two cats and one rabbit. There are three in total.”

“Oh…”

So, she was referring to us as her daughters.

My gaping mouth started to form a smile.

“Actually, I feel like Sophia is like a mom too.”

“Re-Really…?”

“Yes. You’re the most trustworthy adult around me.”

“Ahem…”

Sophia scratched her cheek.

She had a smile on her lips.

I knew she was happy.

I felt the same.

Affection among family is always a wonderful feeling.

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Raei  Translations
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Fun drawing time!

Levinas, sitting at the table, picked up a crayon.

Today’s theme was family.

She drew Sophia as the mom and Saebyeok as the oldest sister.

And Levinas was the second sister.

Naturally, Gyeoul was the youngest.

She was the smallest and the youngest.

Though reliable, Gyeoul was still young.

In the drawing, Levinas depicted Gyeoul as a child who needed her sisters’ help.

“Hehe.”

Yeoreum also seemed like a mom.

Should she have two moms?!

Levinas assigned family roles as she pleased.

In truth, Levinas didn’t care who played what role.

Everyone was a mom, a friend, and a sister.

Yeoreum could be an older sister or a mom, it didn’t matter.

Except for Gyeoul.

Gyeoul was always Levinas’ little sister.

Though she was truly strong, dependable, and cool, Levinas didn’t want her to play any role other than a sister.

“Hmm…”

As Levinas assigned each person a role, she hesitated when she saw an empty spot.

There was no ‘dad,’ a role as important as mom.

Should she make the Master the dad?

Levinas, pondering, stopped drawing and took the elevator to the Master’s office.

“Master! Uncle Master!”

Levinas ran down the top floor hallway.

She high-fived a familiar guard as she passed by.

A guard, smiling at Levinas’ innocence, opened the office door.

“Master!”

“Yes.”

What’s the matter?

The Master asked with his eyes.

“Be the dad, Master!”

“Dad?”

“Yes! Dad!”

Levinas held out the paper.

The Master showed interest in the sincerely drawn picture.

‘Sophia is the mom, huh.’

Sophia was old enough to call Kang Jinho a child.

She was his senior, but looked like a young girl.

There were many differences in many ways.

Even if it was a child’s play, being in a marital relationship was risky.

Being a dad was too much, but he could be a guardian, a godfather.

He had already decided that long ago.

“Being a dad is tough due to my age, but I can be a big uncle.”

“Big uncle…! Got it!”

Big uncle.

Big uncle sounded like a bigger dad.

Levinas was pleased, but he wasn’t dad.

She needed to find a new dad.

Waving goodbye to the Master, Levinas took the elevator down to the underground training center.

At this time, Choi Jinhyuk was in the training center.

“Giant!”

Levinas ran toward Choi Jinhyuk.

It was fascinating to see him lift a dumbbell as big as his torso.

Levinas tried lifting a nearby dumbbell.

It didn’t budge.

“It’s dangerous, so don’t touch the equipment.”

“Okay!”

It was dangerous.

Levinas, who was good at listening, stepped away from the equipment and asked,

“Giant! Want to be Levinas’ dad?”

“Dad?”

“Yes!”

Levinas held out the paper again.

Choi Jinhyuk quickly realized Levinas was playing a family game.

“I’m not old enough to be a dad yet. How about an uncle?”

“Uncle…! Good…!”

The giant was an uncle.

The Master was a big uncle.

The family was growing.

But the important dad was missing!

She didn’t know any more adult men, where could she find a dad?!

Levinas headed to the park to find a dad.

“Haah… when will I meet a woman and get married…”

Two men on a park bench were talking.

They were a bit far away, but Levinas could hear everything.

‘Marriage!’

A man becomes a dad when he marries a woman.

Needing a dad, Levinas ran towards them.

“What happened to the girlfriend you were dating?”

“She broke up with me because I didn’t have much savings.”

“Oh…”

A sad conversation took place.

Breaking up because of no money.

Sophia takes good care of us even without money!

Levinas decided to offer the dad role to the unfortunate man.

After all, it was just a game and not a real dad.

It didn’t matter who played the dad role in the game.

“Do you want to be a dad?!”

“Huh, what?”

“Levinas will make you a dad!”

The sudden appearance of Levinas startled the two men.

The man who had been talking about marriage reacted first.

“Are you going to introduce me to a woman?”

Levinas nodded quite seriously at his playful question.

Levinas always took games seriously.

“Yes! She’s very pretty!”

“Very…?”

Beast-kin were generally all beautiful.

To hear the words “very pretty” from a beast-kin.

Though it was a child’s suggestion, he couldn’t help but be a little intrigued.

“Is she an adult? An adult woman?”

“Yes! She’s an adult! She’s taller than Levinas!”

It was true.

Sophia was about two centimeters taller than Levinas.

Even so, she didn’t surpass 140 centimeters.

“Oh…”

An adult woman who a beast-kin called very pretty.

Could it be Encia?!

Is spring coming for me too!?

Filled with excitement, he stood up from the bench.

Though it was a child’s introduction, one could never know with meetings between men and women.

“Introduce me! Introduce her to me!”

“Okay!”

Levinas led him towards the guild building.

As they entered the guild building, known for its many beauties, his heart started to pound.

Levinas felt like Cupid to him.

“Here…”

Levinas entered the guild exchange, looking around for Sophia.

For some reason, Sophia was sitting with Gyeoul.

“Shark!”

Levinas grabbed his sleeve and ran.

With a very bright face, Levinas announced to everyone.

“Levinas brought a dad!”

“A dad?”

“Yes! Shark is the mom! You two be dad and mom!”

People in the exchange knew Levinas was playing a family game.

So, no one looked at them strangely.

They only saw it as playing with the kids.

However, the man involved was different.

A beast-kin child who looked like she was at most in upper elementary school was the mom?

And I’m supposed to be the dad?

This is f*cked up!

His face turned pale.

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