episode_0048

In the future, he basically uses a sword. This is partly because he learned kendo, but also because the risk of hurting his opponent is too great if he uses all his abilities.

But the two-handed sword I made today was no different from using all of its abilities.

Every time the sword as big as the future body is swung, a bone-chilling cold wind blows. If Tachibana had not inherited vampire blood, he would have already turned into an ice statue.

“Mirae Yang, Mirae Yang, I think you are misunderstanding the meaning of the conversation.”

Tachibana dodged the Sword of the Future with a hair’s breadth that was almost annoying.

The sword’s size increased, which was a blessing in disguise.

Of course, if you get hit directly, you’ll be sent straight to heaven, but slow attacks like this can be avoided just by hearing the sound.

Moreover, because it was so emotional and inaccurate, I couldn’t possibly agree with it even if I wanted to.

Kwaang─!

Mirae stepped on the ice that had been created under her feet and slid forward. But that was also intentional. Mirae used the weight of her sword and the momentum of her sliding to strike the ground.

The stone dungeon caved in, and broken fragments scattered in all directions.

“Why did you do that… .”

“Why is the future sheep like that? Isn’t it more appropriate to explain it first?”

Tachibana snatched one of the fragments flying towards him and threw it at Mirai, who was growling with her teeth clenched.

Bam.

A blunt rock hits Future’s forehead and falls. At the same time, Future’s forehead distorts violently and sharp ice crystals begin to appear around his body.

“Ego, it’s dangerous… .”

The fierce battle continues again.

Tachibana runs around here and there, and Mirae chases after him as if she’s going to kill him.

“Miss Mirae, calm down for now. I have something I want to say to you too.”

“Explanation first.”

“So, shouldn’t the future sheep stop and explain themselves?”

As Tachibana jumped up and went out of the training ground, Mirai caught her ragged breath while holding her sword down.

“Besides, I don’t think this is something to talk about here.”

Tachibana glanced at the teacher who was guiding another student, smiled, and motioned for him to follow.

“… … .”

The future seemed twisted and tangled.

Thinking back, I didn’t like her from the first time I met her. She was the student council secretary who came in third place on the entrance exam. Her sticky gaze that scanned me like a snake was extremely uncomfortable.

Tachibana Tanei had a good reason for doing all of this. After all, she was the one who would become his daughter in the future. He just wanted to keep an eye on her in as much detail as possible.

“Just a moment. Drink some water… .”

“Explanation first.”

Tachibana brushed back her hair and brought her lips to the water fountain, but Mirae blocked the fountain with her palm before the water could come out.

Because of that, Tachibana had to leave, licking his lips and unable to move his neck.

“Um… .”

Tachibana leaned against the wall next to the water fountain and began to think about what to say. It was clear why Mirai was angry. But why she was angry was beyond his understanding.

“To be honest, I don’t even know why I have to explain myself. What’s wrong with tasting the blood of the person who will become my wife?”

So Tachibana just blurted out the doubts he had been harboring.

In fact, it’s not like there was no such thing as a cold spell.

However, since it was impossible for a normal human to know the rules of vampire society, it was clear that Mirae was angry only after seeing the mark on her mother’s neck.

Tachibana’s doubts only deepen.

I only bit my mother’s neck very lightly, but why is she making such a fuss?

“What are you saying now… .”

There was no way the future could accept this.

Is it really true that Tachibana and I are living in the same world?

Feeling a sense of disconnect from common sense, Mirae couldn’t even get angry and just looked at Tachibana with a blank expression.

“Let me get straight to the point. I want to be the mother of the future sheep. Or, you could say I want to be the mother of the future sheep.”

Tachibana continued talking without paying any attention. He himself thought it was a perfectly normal conversation.

“Of course, I plan to cherish Mirae Yang as if she were my own daughter. I am confident in that. What do you think? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a mother who is like a friend to you?”

According to what I heard from Seo-hu, the two are mother and daughter who are not related by blood. However, I cannot ignore the 17 years they have spent together. In order to take the woman I love as my wife, I must also persuade her daughter.

“I don’t need it. I don’t need someone like you, so don’t approach Mom anymore.”

“Ah, I completely understand how Mirae Yang feels. As a daughter, it’s natural to be worried. I’m not even sure if I really love Mirae Yang’s mother yet.”

Persistent persuasion based on empathy. No matter how long it takes, it doesn’t matter. Haven’t you been patient for nearly ten years?

“But I’m ready to prove it all.”

Yes, it’s been 10 years. I’ve been interpreting what Haru said, growing love in my head, and enduring an unfathomable amount of time.

To show his true feelings to Mirai, Tachibana took out the pendant he always wore around his neck.

“Okay, look… Uh, huh?”

But all that was visible above the white gym jersey was a thin gold stripe.

Tachibana hurriedly felt around his chest. He put his hands inside his clothes and searched through every pocket.

does not exist.

The treasure that I had been cherishing, thinking it was her, had disappeared somewhere.

“Oh, what should I do? Where did I lose it… .”

Tachibana, who had been calm and composed until now and had made the future boil, started to look around noticeably flustered.

“Oh, no way… .”

Tachibana, who had been loitering around the water fountain with an anxious expression, hurriedly turned around and ran towards the training ground.

“What are you looking for?”

“Pendant… I think the string broke during the duel… .”

The future is also Haru’s daughter. I couldn’t just be angry when I saw someone in trouble.

Even if it is true that he was cut off during the sparring, doesn’t that mean he has some share?

Mirae walked beside Tachibana, who was wandering around with a sad face, looking for the pendant together.

“Not there on your side either?”

“It’s not there… I can’t find it no matter how much I look for it… . Did someone pick it up? ”

Meanwhile, the bell signaling lunch time rang, and students flocked into the academy.

“I’ll go to the teachers’ office and check if there’s anything lost.”

If it was indeed lost in the training room, the person who found it must have been one of the students in the same class. If he had no intention of keeping it, he would have left it in the teachers’ office.

As I was about to walk to the principal’s office based on that guess, I noticed Seo-hu, who was about to enter the academy.

“Minseohoo.”

Mirae called out in a low voice, but it seemed like it was buried in the students’ chattering voices.

“Minseohoo!”

“Hic… !”

It was a loud voice that he never used to make. Perhaps because of that, there was a hint of irritation in his voice, and Seo-hu, surprised by that, turned around with his shoulders shaking.

“Why, why… .”

“Tachibana, help me out.”

Where the slender fingers of the future pointed, there was Tachibana, kneeling on the floor with a worried face.

His eyes scan the surroundings with a fierce momentum. It seems like he is desperately searching for something… .

Unfortunately, the only thing on Seo-hu’s mind right now was the lunch appointment he had with Na-rin during break time.

“I have to eat lunch… .”

“Are you still hungry after seeing that?”

The future was absurd and he glared at Seo-hu.

A look in his eyes as if he was looking at trash. Only then did Seo-hu realize that he had slipped of the tongue and scratched the back of his head.

“Seo-hu! Oh, is Mirae here too?”

At that moment, Narin came running brightly, carrying a sandwich and milk she had bought at the store.

“That’s great. I got a call from my sister earlier today. She asked me to eat with the kids.”

Why did Mom contact someone else instead of herself? Mirae’s hand clenched tightly.

But Mirae calmed down and relaxed her grip. This was because Narin was not on the list of people at risk for Mirae.

Besides, there was someone else who could deal with Narin.

“So Minseohu… .”

“I said let’s find it quickly because I have to eat lunch. Tachibana, what did you lose?”

Seo-hu suddenly changed his attitude and approached Tachibana.

The future knows. That day, when we sat around the living room eating chicken together, seven-year-old Seo-hu fell in love with his mother’s friend’s younger brother after receiving a chicken leg. It’s so simple that in some ways, I’m even jealous.

“The juniors you said you were having lunch with? No, the chairman? Were you already acquainted?”

“Ah, yes. No… Yeah… . My sister’s friend… We’re like siblings… .”

“A sister like a daughter? Hahaha, what is that? A French joke? ”

“What, that, that’s right? Hahahaha… .”

While Narin was embarrassed by the friends she had made on her first day of school, Mirae left them behind and headed to the principal’s office.

“Sigh… .”

As I took a step back from the noisy scene and regained my composure, I felt a slight dizziness.

Tachibana suddenly wants to marry his mother. Is this a Japanese joke?

“I absolutely can’t admit it.”

On this day, the students who faced the future all spoke with one voice.

If there are casualties at the academy, the culprit will definitely be the first-year president.

* * *

“Can you keep an eye on me? I left my blood pack in the classroom… .”

The place where Tachibana’s pendant was discovered was a small forest located behind the school building.

A white cat is enjoying a peaceful moment on a tree. It leisurely looks down at the humans who suddenly fly in, and gently covers the pendant placed in front of it with its paw.

Tachibana wanted to rush over and beat up that disgusting cat. However, Tachibana’s current strength was only slightly better than that of an average woman. She didn’t have the strength to climb the tree.

When I met my prospective bride, I was so happy that I bit her, but in order to obtain human blood, I absolutely needed the other person’s consent.

Of course, if it’s your spouse’s blood, you can take whatever you want.

The pleasure that comes from bloodsucking is not something that can be easily escaped. I’ve even heard that in many cases, the relationship is reversed later on, and the victim is the one who demands it first.

But no matter how much I say, the truth is that I currently don’t have a partner to donate blood to. I have no choice but to go back to the classroom and get a blood pack containing cow’s blood.

“No, you don’t have to do that.”

The one who stopped Tachibana was none other than Seohu.

“Is that precious?”

“Yes, very much.”

Tachibana, who had never thought that he would be able to help her to this point, nodded while caressing the empty gold string left by the fallen rocket.

“That’s enough.”

Seo-hu stares blankly up at the cat on the tree.

A cat that greets you with an arrogant attitude, saying, “Come if you want.”

Narin, who barely managed to escape from her friends and follow them, and Mirae, who returned from the teachers’ office without getting anything out of it.

I focused on Seo-hu, who was rolling up the sleeves of his gym uniform with a meaningful smile.

“Let’s try it.”

Seo-hu glanced at Narin, then took a deep breath and kicked the ground.

Mirae thought as she watched Seo-hu jump up the tree in a straight line.

The kid became weird because he watched too much anime.

“You naughty boy. Stay still, I’ll put you down.”

That’s what I mean. Just come down quietly.

Mirae shook her head and turned away.

“This, the future!”

Seo-hu caught that future.

“Something like a slide… .”

Seo-hu, who had no intention of coming down from the tree, was holding the cat in his arms and just shaking his legs. When he went up, he only looked at the sky and ran, but when he looked at the ground to go down, he suddenly became scared.

“Phew… .”

When Narin burst into laughter, Seohu felt like crying. What was he doing after coming up so nicely?

“Oh, sorry. Could you wait a moment? I’ll get it down right away.”

Narin picked up a branch that had fallen nearby and drew a large square on the dirt floor.

It was a square, a crooked square drawn in an instant.

But it wasn’t your typical square.

The dirt rose along the line drawn by Narin. The dirt, which had risen into the air to the thickness of a sheet of drawing paper, soon fluttered and flew away, stopping in front of Seohu.

“Just climb on it. It won’t fall down. Probably.”

“Ah, maybe… ?”

Seo-hu crawled forward, his legs shaking.

This is an opportunity. This is where you show your trust.

“Mi, I believe you!”

“Yeah, trust me.”

Soon, Seo-hu’s body settled on the thin soil.

Contrary to its appearance, the soil moved the West steadily. However, that impression soon dissipated.

“Wow!!”

“Hey, why is it like this?”

Seo-hu’s body flipped over in the air. However, Na-rin only pretended to be surprised and laughed quietly in a calm voice.

“Ugh, ugh, woooosh… .”

Seo-hu, who somehow managed to get down to the ground, rolled over in a pitiful manner and let out a ragged breath. His determination to show off his cool side had long since been broken. What good was that when he almost died?

“Thank you, thank you Seo-hoo!”

Tachibana ran straight to Seohu and snatched the rocket.

“I’m glad you’re safe… .”

Tachibana was so touched by the rocket that he almost cried as he rubbed it against his cheek, wondering if it was really a precious item.

Seo-hu suddenly became curious when he saw that sight.

“Can I ask what’s inside?”

Tachibana, whose thoughts are usually unpredictable, shows such a serious and honest side.

“Of course. No, I wish you had asked.”

Tachibana wiped away the tears in his eyes with his fingertips and carefully opened the round locket.

“Huh, because of this… .”

The value of an item varies from person to person. Especially when it comes to items that hold memories, they cannot even be priced.

Even though he was fully aware of that fact, Seo-hu ended up expressing his resentment.

Well, that thing came out of the rocket.

“You were lonely because you were apart? It’s okay now. I won’t lose you again.”

Because it was a neatly folded Chuchu candy wrapper.