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Midas had the appearance of a golden retriever.

However, it was far from the feeling of half-heartedly covering every part of the body with gold lacquer.

The golden fur was as soft as a real dog’s, and the slight trembling movements at slight intervals made it look like the creature was breathing.

‘But that doesn’t change the fact that Midas is a golden golem.’

While I was lost in thought for a moment.

My shoes, where Midas was rubbing his face, had turned almost golden.

“Maybe it’s because I’m still young… The speed of goldenization is not that fast.”

“That’s natural. It could be seen as safer for everyone.”

I unconsciously nodded at Solas’ words.

I can’t control it properly, but if the goldenization speed was fast, that would be a bit difficult.

Meanwhile, Solas suddenly approached me and Midas.

The moment when her beautiful white hands were about to lift Midas.

Wow, Midas started biting on something with all his might.

“…Huh?!”

The reason why Midas suddenly hung up…

It was none other than my ankle.

Those nearby began to panic at the effect of the gold coins, which began to spread in an instant.

“I’m fine.”

He quickly raised his vicious right hand and severed my ankle.

I leaned on the back of Lund next to me until it regenerated.

“….”

Where my gaze was directed, only my ankle, which had been severed and turned completely golden, was left behind.

“Wow, this is really interesting.”

“I think it would be better not to touch it.”

Psylocke suddenly approached and raised her golden ankle.

Laia, who was next to me, tried to stop it, but the golden coin’s influence did not extend to Psylocke.

Yes, I guess Midas’s power is still only that much.

‘by the way.’

It seemed that if Midas intended, it would be possible for gold to proceed as quickly as just now.

Meanwhile, Midas, who tried to do something with me but failed spectacularly, tried to run away from inside the bar.

Even though we were surrounded in an instant.

“Midas, this guy.”

Solas immediately made a move to do something to Midas.

“Wait a minute.”

“Chris?”

Just before Solas pressed the button on the device he took out of his pocket. He stopped when he heard me.

“Phew….”

I breathed a sigh of relief and turned my gaze towards Midas.

Then, surrounded by us, the little dog was trembling and crying. No, I saw Midas.

***

The siege of the bar’s bartenders and my companions was strong. Especially for Midas, who is still just a puppy.

“Everyone, please step back for a moment.”

But I decided to lift the siege.

First of all, it was a necessary measure to make Midas feel less scared.

“Chris.”

In the meantime, Ray was right next to me, alerting us to any emergency.

Before taking the first step towards Midas. I momentarily exchanged glances with Ray.

It was a meaningless action, but Ray followed me right behind me.

“Midas.”

“….”

“Midas, why on earth are you like that?”

When I called his name and got no answer, I started asking out of curiosity.

Meanwhile, Solas and Lund seemed ready to immediately impose sanctions if Midas did anything dangerous.

“…heee.”

Instead of answering the question, Midas sat down.

“Midas?”

He suddenly started crying like chicken shit, so I called him again, but there was no response.

Ray and I looked at each other again and then slowly approached Midas.

Midas didn’t even care whether I approached or not, as if the momentum that had been biting me a moment ago had long since disappeared.

“This guy! Got it!”

As soon as Midas was caught by his vicious right hand, my hand began to turn golden. Lillian and Laia said it was dangerous, but I didn’t care.

“…?”

But suddenly I felt something moist in my palm.

I looked closely and saw Midas licking my palm.

As I watched the puppy crying and licking my hand, all sorts of thoughts came to mind.

However, after Midas licked it a few times, the golden color subsided and it began to return to normal.

“Now, tell me.”

asked Midas on the palm of his hand.

“Ah….”

“Ah?”

“I miss you, Dad!”

Immediately after answering, Midas covered his eyes with both cute hands and buried his face in my palms.

“Your father….”

I was trying to tell it like it was, but stopped for a moment.

I didn’t know I would cast Your Father Has Got to America! myself.

“Would you like to tell me a little about your dad?”

“Yes!”

Midas stopped crying and started wagging his tail again.

Ray and I laughed at that sight.

I lifted Midas and placed him on top of the captain.

Lina and Lillian looked a little troubled, but it was possible because Midas was small.

***

“First of all… I don’t know much about your dad.”

As soon as he heard my words, Midas made a sullen expression.

“Still, if you want to hear it, I’ll tell you.”

“I want to listen!”

Ray stroked Midas’ head next to me.

Midas seemed to be in a better mood, wagging his tail faster.

When it comes to talking about King Gordius, to be honest, there isn’t much to talk about. But if I had to name a few things…

“He had great hair.”

“How much?”

“So much so that they play with all of us.”

“Is it great?”

For example, secretly digging a passage from the second basement level to the first floor, or setting aside a golem that looks like King Gordian to anyone.

“He was also dexterous.”

It reminded me of the clothes made of human skin that the golem that made it look like itself was wearing.

“And… I probably cared for you terribly.”

Suddenly, Midas’ tail stopped in midair.

When he looked like he was going to cry again, I petted Midas with Ray.

“Why, why did you kill my dad?!”

“Your dad tried to kill us first.”

“Why?!”

When Midas heard my answer, he responded that he couldn’t understand it. Then Ray next to him stepped forward instead.

“Midas, we went to help the people who worked in the mine.”

“When we arrived, your father had already been killed.”

“….”

Even when we saw Midas’ expression, we felt sorry for him.

Midas was too young to truly understand and face the sins of his father.

But he kept asking us why.

I pointed at Midas with the dragon’s finger.

“It’s for you.”

They killed parents trying to protect their children.

What we did could not be defined so simply.

But for Gordius and Midas, there could be no better summary.

“Midas.”

Once again, he grabbed Midas with both hands and lifted him up.

“Your father killed many people for whatever reason. And then he went out into the mine and tried to kill many people.”

Gordius would have had no choice.

Because it was a golden golem designed that way from the beginning. Gordius’ goal is to store enough strength until Midas grows up safely.

“Hieeing….”

Midas let out a low cry and writhed in his hands.

“So you shouldn’t be like your dad.”

“…Why?”

“Even if I sacrifice my life for you, what’s the use if I can’t be in your future?”

“Chris.”

Ray seemed to think my words were excessive.

Even though I mentioned Gordius’s mistakes, my blame was directed at someone other than him.

To the creator who designed King Gordius this way in the first place.

“Leaving a cute son like you alone.”

“….”

I turned my attention to Midas again and petted him.

“I’m not sure…”

“You don’t need to know now. But keep this one thing in mind.”

“What?”

“We were the ones who killed your father, and we were the ones who witnessed his end. So… we’ll take responsibility for you.”

And then I hugged Midas.

Midas just kept sobbing and licking me.

“It’s really touching….”

I don’t know the details, but the orc guests were secretly wiping away tears when Midas and I looked like this.

No, not secretly. Because I could hear the sound of sadness even in my ears.

***

Just like that, the commotion caused by Geumjjoki was put to rest.

“This is General Silarang. Scylla, general. This is Midas.”

For now, I decided to introduce my new friend to Midas.

“Hello!”

The two, who soon returned to their original form as a cat and a giant water general, greeted Midas first.

“….”

Instead of responding to Scylla’s greeting, Midas hid behind my legs.

“Uh-huh, you should say hello instead of hiding.”

“Ah… Hello.”

At the same time as Midas’ greeting, the general started shaking his body.

At that sight, Midas began to run away, and Scylla and the general chased after him.

The bar quickly became a place where three small animals engaged in a chase.

“Hahaha!”

The laughter of guests who saw this could be heard from all directions.

“Phew….”

Seeing the three of us having fun together, I wiped away the cold sweat from my forehead.

As soon as I could breathe a sigh of relief, Lina put down the glasses filled with drinks for me and Ray.

“Chris, thank you for your hard work.”

“…I was fine a little while ago, right?”

Lina nodded repeatedly, but no one else thought so.

“No, it was very dangerous just now.

Lund! Next to him was Solas.

“If it was that dangerous, you should have helped too!”

“If something happened, I tried to intervene right away.

“…Still, I was glad that nothing bad happened.”

I was greatly relieved that Solas seemed to have been quite embarrassed just like me.

“Oh, and Solas said he had something to say.”

“Keuuu! What to say? What is it?”

I answered while drinking the drink Lina gave me like it was some kind of alcohol.

“It’s about the core of King Gordius.”

“Ah!”

Come to think of it, I forgot about that.

“So where is it now?”

Solas’ eyes turned to Midas, who was running around the bar.

“…Really?”

“It’s true. Although I was not there in person. Researchers say that Gordian’s core suddenly seemed to have been remotely absorbed by Midas.”

“Ah….”

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand.

Because everything Gordius did was for his son, Midas.

From that perspective, it wouldn’t be that surprising for the core to be absorbed by Midas after death.

“So Midas can use the golden ability?”

“No, golden coins could be used even before that.”

In response to Solas’ response, I asked about the changes that occurred after Midas absorbed the core.

“Simple. The output of golden coins has increased.”

According to Lund, it didn’t give him new powers… but it clearly made Midas’ existing powers stronger.

“Really… he was a father who only knew his son until the end.”

Ray, who was next to me, kept nodding his head as if he strongly agreed with what I said.

But Lund and Solas acted as if that wasn’t important right now.

“Midas will not be able to master his powers yet.”

“Yes, I guess so.”

I tried to get bitten, and I also slowly got golden.

From the perspective of the person who was directly involved, Midas’ Golden Coin was a very lacking ability in its current state.

However, due to the fact that Midas was a newly created life, it could be seen that there was ample room for growth.

I tend to think that future possibilities are more important than the present.

“In order for Midas to handle his abilities well…”

“For?”

“You have to use your abilities often.”

It was like the way Sila and Janggun trained their beast-human skills.

It was the most ignorant yet most common sense method.

“What, is that all?”

“That’s all it takes to handle your abilities well.”

….

There was clearly a thorn in Solas’ words.

Even though Midas was a bitch, raising a child was not easy.

As for the right person for this job… David came to mind.

Since he is the child’s father, wouldn’t he be prone to such things? That’s what I thought, but I felt like I had no choice but to leave it in the bar and raise it.

“But is all the research there done?”

“Yes.”

Solas talked about the many possibilities of Midas’ ability. In fact, it was an ability that did not require worrying about money.

However, with the current Midas, there were many restrictions on the size and number of objects that could be exchanged for gold per day.

“Well, I guess I have no choice but to take him with me for the time being?”

He turned his attention to Lund and Solas, but it seemed like there was no way either of them could do anything.

Meanwhile, Geumjyuk had already left Sila and Janggun behind and was approaching us.

“…There will be no time to be bored anymore.”