episode_0124

For me, my biological parents were teachers themselves.

Human, adult, couple, parent.

There is no real advantage or anything. It is full of all kinds of shortcomings. It is appropriate to say that they are the worst type of human being.

Thanks to this, it was able to serve a similar role as a caution sign.

A type that should never be resembled.

The limit is that no matter how far you can fall, you must not fall.

A line that tells you that if something like that happens, it’s better to hang yourself and die…

So, no matter how bad I was, I tried not to resemble them as much as possible.

I want to become a good human being.

I want to grow up to be a good adult.

I’m not confident right now, but if I get married and start a family later, I want to be a good spouse.

And I can’t imagine it, but… if I was going to have children, I had to make them happy.

Once upon a time, I made that promise. That idea still persists.

Getting married. Having children must be considered very carefully.

I carefully and carefully consider whether I can really meet someone, start a family, have children, and take responsibility for them.

“It’s beautiful!”

“……”

“Papa?”

The resolution of the past that I had been trying so hard to recall was broken.

A cold reality that I wanted to ignore was thrust upon me.

The corners of my eyes were trembling. My head is a mess and I feel like it’s going to explode.

I wiped my face with my arms, shaking awkwardly as if an earthquake had occurred, and returned to observing again.

An unidentified baby sitting on the sofa right in front of you.

The baby let out a bright laugh, wondering what was so happy about it. It is a lively smile that brightens the surroundings.

Every time he smiled, his eyes as white as snow blinked, and his silky hair shimmered all the way to his back.

Then he stretched out his hands and caressed my cheek. The softness and warmth of the cute palm was clearly conveyed.

If you think about it up to this point, it’s just an infinitely adorable baby…

– Lightly, softly

A pair of wings rising from the back strongly emphasized that this was not an ordinary human baby.

The appearance makes you wonder what it would look like if butterfly wings were attached to the size of a baby.

There was something about the vivid and brilliant colors that naturally made people feel dreamy.

‘That’s…’

I’ve seen wings with those characteristics in the original work.

I calmed my dizzy head and searched for memories.

A monster… race that I have seen very rarely while traveling through many unexplored lands, and that I have encountered quite a few when trying to rob the main house of the Taesan family.

‘fairy?’

A type that should be called a higher species of spirits. A fantastic species that lives in nature, untouched by human footprints.

The egg of origin has hatched.

It’s important.

From there, not an object, an elixir, an artifact or a magic tool, but a living creature emerged.

This is very important.

The creature appears to be a fairy.

In the original work, a fairy that is difficult to witness unless you rob the Taishan family is roaring in front of me.

It’s really important.

but…

“Ah… pa!”

It wasn’t as important as the constant shouting. Rather, it was not even that important compared to this issue.

‘I don’t want to hear it.’

I was not at all ready to hear something like that. No, is he really my child in the first place?

I have never been in a relationship with anyone. When I think of him, I can’t have children.

I thought about that and gritted my teeth. I don’t know if the baby will understand, but I have to tell it to convince myself.

[I, I…]

– Step by step…

The necklace creaked. The voice, which had always been emotionless until now, suddenly cut off.

The baby frowned at the unpleasant noise. Even that looks very cute.

[Your father, your parents…]

But that is that and this is this.

No matter how cute it looks, it doesn’t mean it’s not.

Aren’t the races different in the first place?

Um… every time someone calls me a parent, my head feels like it’s going to crumble. My chest was so heavy that it felt like it was going to collapse and break.

My breathing became rough. A moan spontaneously escaped from my mouth.

[No… not…]

A voice played in a stuttering manner. The baby started crying and covered his ears with his hands due to the constant squeaks.

“ing…”

Suddenly, my eyes became moist and tears filled my eyes. The baby whimpered as if he understood what I was saying…

“Dad…”

– Jijijijik…

My hair turned white.

My mind was completely cut off.

The spirit that had not been broken even after being hit hard by Aerus was cut off at once.

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.

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[no no!]

[I’m sorry…!]

[I won’t say that…]

When I came to my senses, I found myself holding the baby in my arms and struggling to comfort him.

I am definitely not acknowledging that he is my father.

However, I couldn’t just leave the baby, who thought of me like his father, sniffling… I just soothed him because leaving him alone was the worst and most useless thing to do.

She held the baby up with her only hand and, in case she fell backwards, supported her back with the feathers of the wings of the sky.

“Ehehe…”

The baby, who had been crying, smiled brightly as if it had never been like this before, and was snuggled up in my arms. The baby was so small that it somehow fit into my arms.

It’s cute, but it’s also a complicated feeling in many ways. I sigh automatically…

– Sigh…!

…I covered my mouth as it tried to come out.

I carefully examined the baby. I held my breath in shock, wondering if I was going to start crying again. Fortunately, it seems like I didn’t hear it.

Meanwhile, it occurred to me that the baby had no clothes on, perhaps because it had just hatched(?).

‘…Is this okay?’

The living room is at an appropriate temperature. The baby didn’t seem to be cold, but I was worried that he might catch a cold.

Babies naturally have very weak immunity. Therefore, you should always keep your surroundings clean and take care of them with care.

Finally, a newborn? human? fairy? Isn’t it a baby? Now that I think about it, I think it would be very dangerous to just leave it like this.

I’ve never acknowledged him as my father, but I can’t just leave him alone.

– Ugh!

First, he indiscriminately used purification magic on everyone around him, including me. From observation, I can’t feel any dust or foreign matter, but you never know.

And then, temporarily, she stretched out her heavenly wings and wrapped the baby around her. First of all, it is an artifact. It has an appropriate warming effect.

It looks like it’s wrapped like a swaddle.

“Ugh?”

The baby’s eyes looked up at me. Fortunately, he seems to like the feel of the sky as he touches the feathers of the wings of the sky that cover his body without much resistance.

For a moment I was relieved by that, but my body went limp again when I realized that not a single thing had been resolved yet.

‘…What do you feed your baby?’

The baby was carefully observed.

He can sit down on the sofa… and mumble even simple words like “ah, dad.” The hair is so thick that it falls all the way down to the back…

[Baby? for a moment…]

“Wow? Wow…?”

He supported the baby’s buttocks with the feathers of his heavenly wings and carefully opened the baby’s mouth with his hands.

‘Do you have any teeth?’

I know that if you have teeth, you should feed them baby food, not formula…

‘How many months old is this? If teeth have erupted, has it been over 12 months? ‘So is it already too late to get vaccinated?’

no.

I still lack common sense in this world.

It is a world where magic and unique abilities exist, but there may be differences from my knowledge.

Above all, isn’t this baby a fairy and not a human? It is questionable whether human common sense can be applied to a fairy baby?

Confusing.

The knowledge I had was so shallow and insignificant that I couldn’t make good judgments.

As expected, I wasn’t prepared at all. If you act carelessly with this knowledge, what if something goes wrong with the baby?

My head was pounding. A different type of headache from the side effects of authority… It is pain caused by mental burden such as stress.

– Cry!

However, you can’t be arrogant in front of your favorite baby.

It is truly a desperate situation.

‘…okay.’

After patting the baby on the back and thinking about it for a while, I stood up with a firm resolve.

People must be able to admit their own shortcomings. Only after experiencing that empty space can you fill it.

Also, if there is something you cannot fill in, you must know how to ask others for help.

Not only am I in danger, but the baby could also be in danger.

I too can say that it’s sudden or that the situation is like this… If you come up with excuses, a major disaster can happen to your baby.

I tapped my smartwatch with my stiff fingers.

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Because of that damn midterm evaluation, Liana has been busy these days.

Superhumans with spirit affinity are rare.

Those whose qualities are above a certain level are even rarer, and elementalists who boast that they have achieved greatness by raising them are extremely rare.

In fact, Liana, an elementalist who has reached the highest level, is a very rare talent even in the poetry cradle, so the questions and grading of the midterm evaluation were divided among the best.

it’s tough.

Of course, it wasn’t as hard as rolling around on the front line.

I felt much more comfortable physically and mentally than in a place where I was on guard 24 hours a day and was on high alert to see when and where monsters would come out and take my life.

but…

From a young age, Liana received all kinds of expectations and continued training intensely. Before she even became an adult, she went to the front line and fell and fell until last year.

Now that the hero has retired, he must be living a relatively comfortable life! For Liana, who had been looking forward to it full of hope, even this schedule felt very arduous.

I want to throw everything away and run away, or just lock myself in the lab… but I can’t do that.

That’s why Liana went to work at the Teolle Teolle laboratory in broad daylight on Sunday, when it was clearly a red day.

I was planning to go through the basic tasks and continue grading the mid-term evaluations that were still behind.

– Tiring! Tiring! Tiring!

“Huh?”

[Contact information: Cadet Lee Ha-yul]

▶Cadet Lee Ha-yul: I apologize for contacting you on Sunday morning. I am contacting you because I have an urgent matter.

▶Cadet Lee Ha-yul: I need the professor’s help.

▶Cadet Lee Ha-yul: Can I see you in the lab? I would like to see you as soon as possible

“Huh?”

It was about time I sipped my morning coffee and checked my backlog of emails. Liana’s eyes widened at the name Lee Ha-yul.

I received a call in real time from Lee Ha-yul, who had no habit of contacting me first.

Also, the content was unusual. I’m sorry for contacting you on a day like this. I need help. I hope to meet you as soon as possible…

‘We’ll meet for a long time tomorrow, at least for training… Is it that urgent?’

Liana nodded and replied that she could come now. Lee Ha-yul also expressed his intention to leave immediately.

Even at first glance, there is something unusual about the current. Did something happen to him again?

‘How long has it been since the accident occurred in Sifnaha? No, if that was the case in the first place, wouldn’t you have gone to Atra?’

It’s a little disappointing, but if Lee Ha-yul is in crisis, he’ll run to Atra rather than Liana.

Why do you have to come to Liana?

– smart

[professor]

[This is Lee Ha-yul]

“Yes, please come in.”

Lee Ha-yul arrived shortly after.

It seems like it’s really urgent.

When I was allowed to enter the room, the door opened, and Lee Ha-yul, with a hesitant attitude like a puppy getting wet in the rain, sneaked in.

[Sorry for asking you on a day like this]

Aside from his position as the professor in charge of the spring class, he was also asked by the president to take good care of Lee Ha-yul. There was nothing to be sorry about at this level.

Liana shrugged her shoulders and tilted her coffee cup to her mouth.

“No. I had already gone to work before that. What’s more than that─”

“Papa?”

With “─… oh…?”

The hand that was tilting the coffee cup stiffened at the unique sound that penetrated my ears.

The mouth that was holding the coffee also stiffened, and the other hand that was tapping the hologram also stiffened.

“Huh?”

Liana blinked foolishly for a moment and then looked away.

Lee Ha-yul, who was standing awkwardly, did not have the winged clothes she always hung behind her back.

Wrong. The wing clothes are tied in the front, not the back.

Exactly, what kind of pure white baby…? A baby with wings on its back… no, a fairy?

He was wrapped in swaddling clothes and held tightly as if he were his own child.

“…?”

Liana’s mouth opened blankly.

There was no disaster where coffee spilled all over.

Fortunately, I had already swallowed the coffee.

* * *

[The fairy knight responds to the player]

[The mental state “?Jeong” reacts]

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[Player Correction System: Measurement]

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▶Mental state

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“?affection” : ?

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[Player Correction System: Favorability]

Lee Ha-yul → Liana Bellus

●●●●●●○○○○(65▶66/100)

｢Goodwill｣ ｢Gratitude｣ ｢Kind Adult｣

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[The requirements for ‘Curse of Silence’ were not satisfied]

[The requirements for “Curse of Solitude” were not met]