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The young guardian spirits in the white room are watching me.

Children quietly pass me by and leave the door.

The children pass by me carefully, lest they get angry if they bump into me.

They were not guardian spirits or anything like that.

Although their entire bodies were white and bleeding with black blood, they were still children who were afraid of adults.

“I’m sorry. I was standing there so obliviously.”

I took a step forward and stepped into the white room.

As I picked up Nyamu’s fallen body and walked into the depths of the white room, the young guardian spirits who were watching me slipped out of the Ussusu door.

‘Where are we going?’

Where are the children going now?

I hope that no matter where my children go or what they do, they can feel the happiness they never experienced before.

After saying a short prayer in my mind, I looked around.

I could see not only me, but also several members of the Comet Guild who had remained by the side of the child who had died.

Honestly, I thought they would be different.

Even those who seem to have no blood or tears.

In reality, they were just people like me who had been forced to adapt to this shitty tower.

“Are you listening?”

I lowered my head again and carefully patted Nyamu, who was still lying down, and spoke to him, but I received no response.

“What are we doing? Dad is coming home, so should I wait here even if he comes to his senses first?”

Now even the face that resembled Suyeon’s has turned completely white.

I roughly tore my clothes and tied a knot like a bracelet on Nyamu’s wrist.

A slender wrist with a red bracelet tied with a ribbon.

Actually, I don’t know.

I am not confident.

The plan I’ve made now is going to be rushed at me blindly, so there’s little chance of it happening.

Still, I had to do it.

“Dad, I will definitely find a way. Promise..”

I hooked my little finger around Nyamu’s little finger, which was dangling helplessly, and went back home.

“Chivalry, Lee Seol-hee.”

My vision has changed.

“Are you here?”

My sister had already arrived home and entered the warehouse first, pressing her cell phone against each item.

I don’t know if she noticed what I was trying to do, or if Seolhee-noona was thinking the same thing, but the two of us started rummaging through the pile of items in silence.

I touched my phone to each of the dozens of items I had.

We continued looking for the item, reading it one by one without missing any of the small print to see if we might have missed the effect of the item.

I don’t know how many hours have passed.

The time when the sun had already set.

Looking at the few items left, I feel my hope disappearing in an instant.

“…Sister.”

“..Why?”

“Comet Guild… doesn’t have any items like that?”

“..I am the person who manages all the items, so I know the performance of most items, but there was no item that could revive a dead person.”

“..Lee Soo-ah, is that person not able to do something like resurrection?”

“You can’t save a dead person.”

There was silence again.

“I promised…”

I flopped down in my seat and looked blankly out the window.

Strangely enough, the stars in the sky were shining brightly today.

((What are you doing?!!))

As I stare blankly out the window, a little fairy appears.

“Huh..?”

A little fairy appeared.

When the little fairy appeared at an unexpected time, I picked up my phone and checked the 4th floor clear ranking, but my name was not written down.

Well, in order to clear it, you have to hand over the children’s bodies to the guardian spirit, but I just held on to the guardian spirit.

“What are you here for?

My words came out in vain.

When I thought about it, the first time I met the little fairy, I used polite language, but when we met at the mansion, I didn’t even care and spoke naturally due to the atmosphere.

((I’m here to give you a special reward!!))

The little fairy twirled above my head, smiling innocently as if she didn’t care about my worries.

“Special reward..?”

The little fairy smiled and answered my question as if it were reasonable.

((That’s right!! To Cheonhwi who hunted all the guardian spirits on the 4th floor!! Whatever reward you want!! I can give it to you if I can get it for you!!))

“Everything..? The young guardian gods… were left alone?”

((There are complicated circumstances there!! Originally, that mansion too!! It was a mansion created by the Lord to reflect on the parents, but…!! It has deteriorated like that?!!))

Even the guy named God didn’t seem to look kindly on the parents who killed their child.

((Again!! This time, Lauriel helped with the ball!!))

“Gong..?”

((Um..!! Let me explain it in an easy way for you to understand!! It’s a point!! When you say you need 100 points to receive a reward!! Lauriel is the one who made up for the missing points!!))

Then the little fairy grabbed her cheeks with a surprised expression.

((It’s amazing, it’s so amazing!! I can’t believe I’m someone loved by Lauriel!!))

Then the little fairy flew around me again as if I was seeing a strange creature.

But now, there was one thing that remained more important to me than anything else.

“Is there an item that can resurrect a dead child or turn back time?”

((Ah..!! Sorry!! Resurrection and time are entirely in charge of Lauriel..!!))

does not exist.

((But..!! I can further increase Cheonhwi’s magic power!! Or I can further strengthen your skills!! Or I can tell you the history of Cheonhwi’s skills..!!))

“…”

There was no need.

((I’m sorry..!! I’m not the kind of person who can talk to Lauriel just because I want to..!!))

I feel drained.

“I promised.. but..”

The fairy who looked gloomy when I saw that I had no energy, and Seolhee, who slowly patted my back to comfort me.

“Then maybe..?”

At that time, the older sister spoke quietly and lifted the egg in front of the little fairy.

It was a spirit egg.

“Can you change the creatures born here?”

((!!!! It’s possible!!))

“That will be the 4th floor reward.”

As soon as I heard what my sister and the little fairy said, I immediately decided on the reward I would receive.

((But..!! Then Cheonhwi can’t become stronger?!! Because he didn’t receive the reward properly twice..!!))

It didn’t matter.

“It’s okay, please.”

((I understand..!! It’s easy because there is no life in the spirit egg in the first place!! Just a moment!!))

Soon, a dazzling light seeped into the spirit egg.

((That’s it!! Just feed the egg to the creature whose soul you want to transfer!! Then you can do it!!))

As soon as the little fairy finished speaking, I immediately picked up my phone and pressed the button to enter the 4th floor.

I ran forward, ignoring the Comet Guild members who were still inside the mansion and walking around with weapons, as well as the young guardian spirits running around the mansion.

Now there were doors open to places other than the one I was supposed to go to, but I didn’t hesitate and ran tirelessly toward where I needed to go.

“Hey!”

I shouted as soon as I arrived in front of the white room.

“Hey!!”

Numerous guardian spirits looking back at me as I scream.

But one by one, they started turning their heads towards me as if they were not interested.

“Nyamuya! Dad, Dad is here!”

No matter how much I shout, among the young guardian gods who ignore me and each do their own thing, there is one guardian who is staring at me intently.

A red knotted ribbon was tied around the guardian’s arm.

I ran without even thinking.

Immediately, he lifted Nyamu up with both hands and hugged him tightly in his arms.

do not resist

The guardian spirit who tried to hug me with its small arms was Nyamu.

“Dad, I’m sorry I’m late..”

I could no longer understand Nyamu’s words.

Nyamu’s strangely crying voice no longer belonged to a human being, but was simply heard as the cry of a guardian spirit.

Still, I knew.

“No.. Why did dad leave Nyamu behind.. Dad went home for a while to live with Nyamu.”

Nyamu buried her head in my chest and cried sadly, as if asking if it was true.

I soothed Nyamu, who was crying for a moment.

It wasn’t even a child I gave birth to.

It wasn’t even a child I raised myself.

Although he is not even a human anymore, Nyamu was my child.

“Nyamu, they say this is a spirit egg, and if you eat this, you can be with your dad for the rest of your life.”

This time, Nyamu makes a tearful sound as if asking if it’s true.

“Okay then! Dad, I promise you that no matter what happens, I will always be with you.”

He slowly stroked Nyamu’s head and put the spirit egg into Nyamu’s mouth.

Nyamu swallowed the egg without chewing it.

The change occurred immediately.

Nyamu, the guardian deity, melted.

It melts and takes a round shape, then takes the form of a spirit egg.

The spirit egg that absorbed all of the young guardian spirits was twice the size of my head, much larger than the first one.

“Let’s go home with dad.”

I hugged him tightly and went back home.

That evening, me, Seolhee, and Nyamu were lying on the bed.

Of course, it was an egg, but neither my sister nor I really cared about that.

I gently covered Nyamu with a blanket, and we continued our conversation, hoping that she would fall asleep.

The picture I saw in the frame on the 4th floor.

The fact that the Comet Guild has already deciphered the 4th floor document.

This time, the fact that Hyesung invested a huge amount of capital to build a children’s playground in a four-story mansion made me laugh.

After chatting about various things, we soon fell asleep.

I opened my eyes when I felt something soft poking my cheek.

The warm sunlight coming through the curtains was lighting up the dark room, and a child resembling Suyeon was lying on my chest, sticking out his little finger and pressing my cheek.

“Oh my!”