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I woke up this morning with muscle pain all over my body.

Today is the day that Ye-eun has been waiting and hoping to go to the aquarium.

When I went out to the living room, it seemed like he was slowly getting ready to go out.

“Son. If you’re up, hurry up and wash up and eat.”

“Okay. When are you going to the aquarium?”

“Should I eat before I go?”

“Okay. I’ll wash up and come out quickly.”

After going into the bathroom and washing up, I came out to see my mom preparing dinner and Ye-eun already dressed and ready to go out.

Ye-eun is excited about going to the aquarium.

“Yeun-ah. Do you like going to the aquarium?”

“Yeah!! These penguins are super cute!”

“Is there a penguin in the aquarium?”

“Yeah. He just keeps walking like this.”

Ye-eun, who walks unsteadily with her hands on her hips and her hands at a 90-degree angle. Today, Ye-eun is still as pretty and cute as ever.

Having never been to an aquarium in my past life, I thought there were only fish in aquariums, but it seems that wasn’t the case.

Today, too, I patted the head of the pretty and cute Ye-eun and headed to her room to change her clothes.

After changing clothes and heading to the kitchen, I followed my family to the dining table and sat down on the chairs.

“”I’ll eat well.””

“Eat a lot, son and daughter.”

“Me?”

“You just eat it yourself.”

It seems like Dad irritated Mom again today.

“What did dad do again?”

“Your dad. Oh my.”

Dad spoke to Mom, who was unable to continue speaking.

“Son.”

“Why.”

“Don’t be too interested in Dad.”

“Why?”

“Dad, I’m so scared of what you’re going to say now.”

“Suddenly?”

“Mom, I’ll eat your cooking gratefully and deliciously. I want to go out in a good mood today.”

“Ouch! Okay, I caught a lot.”

My father is still a bit discouraged, as he hasn’t fully recovered yet.

After eating a quiet meal with my family, we all started preparing to go out.

A question arises as everyone gets dressed neatly, leaves the house, gets in the car and sets off.

“But where is the aquarium?”

“65 Building.”

“Is it close?”

“Yeah.”

“But why are you speaking so briefly?”

“Not to allow any attacks.”

“Pfft! I won’t do that today”

“Really? You can’t change your words?”

“Okay. Will I get there in about 20 minutes?”

“Right? Wow, I’m finally going to buy it.”

Today too, Dad looked really immature.

Dad speaks again as he comes into view of the 65 Building.

“Do you know that there’s an air defense battery on top of that building?”

“Please stop talking nonsense.”

How did Dad know that? It was only discovered ten years later.

“Did dad say that?”

“Your father?”

“Dad. If Grandpa did that, wouldn’t that be a military secret?”

“Your grandfather told me, so shouldn’t I tell you too?”

“What’s going on, Dad? Does that make sense?”

“Hahahaha.”

“What is an air defense battery?”

Ye-eun asks about the air defense battery, curious.

“Do you know Ye-eun’s cannon?”

“Yeah, something bigger than a gun.”

“That’s something similar.”

“I see.”

After chatting with my family, we quickly arrived, parked the car, and headed underground to the aquarium.

When I went down to the basement, there were more people in line than I expected, probably because it was the weekend opening time.

After standing in line to buy a ticket and entering the theme park, I started to see an artificial aquarium on one side and many fish.

“Wow~”

As Ye-eun, who was excited, walked slowly while holding Mia’s hand, she began to see aquariums full of small fish and fish as big as her forearm.

To be honest, I think it feels like the fish tank at the sushi restaurant has been decorated a little and made bigger.

When I look back, my mom is looking at me as if she thinks I’m pretty, and my dad has a similar feeling to me. He even seems to be regaining his appetite. Surely not.

“Wow. Oppa, what is that?”

“Shark, is that an ironclad shark?”

“Wow. That’s cool.”

“Shark is a cavi…”

I stopped talking without realizing it. I shouldn’t be like this, but I can’t be becoming like my dad, right?

Fortunately, I spoke quietly so no one seemed to hear.

I guess the body controls the brain. Blood is thicker than water, and I had a scary thought that I was becoming like my father.

As I held hands with Ye-eun and moved on, otters appeared.

The sight of four otters swimming and even coming out of the water to watch people was cute.

“Wow. So cute~”

“That’s right.”

Next came schools of piranhas, schools of orange-red blood parrots, and various species of pirarucu, making it a fish paradise that no one would call an aquarium.

As expected, my dad and I didn’t feel much interest, but my mom and Ye-eun seemed to be having fun.

Ye-eun handed her hand to her mother and approached her father.

“Dad. Isn’t it fun?”

“Right. When you go to a sushi restaurant, you can see, chew, taste, and enjoy it.”

“……”

This shouldn’t be happening, but why do I sympathize?

I was speechless for the first time in a long time because I didn’t want to be like my father.

My dad was beyond my imagination.

When the jellyfish appeared, I thought it was pretty since it was the first time I saw it, but I heard someone next to me say that he wanted to eat stir-fried jellyfish.

When I see fish like catfish, I want to eat spicy catfish stew.

The grilled eel tastes good when the electric eel comes out.

How did you know that sea turtles are poisonous and can kill you if you eat them wrong?

If I had put Ye-eun next to her father, she would have cried, and if I had put her next to her mother, wouldn’t she have gotten hit on the back?

There was a moment when I wondered what my father would have been doing if he had not been born as my grandfather’s child.

Surely he wasn’t a fisherman.

After finishing the tour on the first basement level, we headed to the second basement level and the penguin that Ye-eun had wanted to see appeared.

“That’s kind of cute.”

“Wrong.”

For the first time in a long time, I agreed with what my father said.

Ye-eun was the cutest when she got closer and stared at me intently for a long time.

The penguin also came close to Ye-eun and stared at her, wondering if she was cute.

When Ye-eun moved her head to the left, the penguin followed Ye-eun’s left, and when Ye-eun moved her head to the right, it followed Ye-eun’s right. Ye-eun and the penguin were really cute.

It was a shame that a smartphone that could take pictures hadn’t been released yet.

After passing seahorses, pufferfish, squid, cuttlefish, and all sorts of turtles, this time it’s the stingray.

As I was holding Ye-eun’s hand again and looking at the giant squid, I heard a voice that sounded like my father’s voice behind me.

“This guy looks like a fermented skate. It makes me want to eat some fermented skate salad.”

-match

As expected, Mom didn’t hold back. Fortunately, Ye-eun was too focused on Ga-ori to hear, but she deserved to be hit.

Isn’t it fortunate that there are no people around?

Next, the doctor fish experience zone appeared out of nowhere.

I wonder if this is a space for people who are tired of looking at fish. There weren’t many people here, but now there are quite a lot of people.

My dad and I sat down in a corner, as if we were having fun, while my mom and Ye-eun put their hands in the doctor fish tank and laughed.

Seeing my mom and Ye-eun smiling brightly from afar, I thought it was a good idea to come to the aquarium because it was such a sight.

Maybe Dad is thinking the same thing as me, seeing him be so quiet.

As expected, when I looked to the side, my father was resting comfortably with his eyes closed, ignoring my expectations.

After resting for about 5 minutes and getting up, I started to get tired again because there were so many different types of fish. Then a seal appeared.

Even Dad was curious about the seals, so the whole family went up close to see them for the first time.

“Would it hurt if he slapped you?”

“Dad, check it out and let me know.”

“I’m curious.”

“Okay.”

I shook my head vigorously and walked away from my father. I had a feeling that if I stayed close, something big would happen.

Maybe we were too close. Our thoughts started to become similar.

Next, we came across countless corals, sea anemones, triangular fish, shrimp, and various other colorful sea breams.

The shops began to come into view, and our aquarium tour was finally over.

Ye-eun went into the store holding her mother’s hand and came out holding a penguin doll.

It seems like penguins are really great.

After finishing our tour of the aquarium, we headed to the observation deck for the last time.

As I took the glass elevator up to see outside, I began to see the Han River, starting with the Han River Park, and then the bridge and the apartments on the other side.

This was the same, my father and I were not particularly impressed, and only Ye-eun and my mother were looking outside and enjoying themselves.

This shouldn’t be happening, but I guess it’s an illusion that I’m strangely starting to resemble my father.

After visiting an art gallery with small paintings on display, today’s schedule finally came to an end.

As the time to choose the lunch menu before going home approached, Mom, of course, blocked Dad’s right to speak from the start.

Is it because I can clearly predict what my mom, dad, or I will recommend on the menu?

At the moment when Ye-eun was listening, he was busy protecting Ye-eun’s innocence.

Dad must have noticed that too, because he kept his mouth shut.

“What do Ye-eun and Jae-hoon want to eat?”

“I’ll eat whatever Ye-eun wants to eat.”

“I want pizza!”

We headed to a franchise pizza place with our family, perhaps because one pizza wasn’t enough for four people.

Mom must have felt a little sorry, because she asked Dad if there was any pizza he wanted to eat.

Dad, who had been staring at the menu for a long time, ended up betraying Mom’s expectations.

“Shrimp Pizza?”

“…..”

“Dad, what is shrimp?”

I had no choice but to quickly answer Ye-eun’s question.

“That’s the tasteless pizza that Dad likes. What kind of pizza does Ye-eun want to eat?”

“I want pepperoni or bulgogi pizza?”

“Then let’s order two of those, eat them, and take any leftovers home.”

In the end, Dad’s choice was taken away.

Our weekend aquarium visit ended with some pizza.

Maybe when I get home, my dad will get spanked on the back by my mom.

I’m scared that I’m starting to resemble my dad. I hope he grows up soon.