episode_0497

People’s expressions become strange.

Why is this?

“···Do you think I can use any kind of magic?”

The agents start to get nervous.

They should be nervous because they are meeting the Creator.

In such a long silence.

In the end, the tension line was suddenly broken.

But nothing happened.

Jemmy Drucker looks perplexed.

Beyond ridicule, even shame began to appear on the faces of the agents.

“Neptune, didn’t you tell me to call you when you need help?”

Even if I urge you, there is no response in silence.

‘You’ve given me a good meal.’

I never thought I would ignore it.

It seems inevitable that even servants speak lighter than they act.

It was then.

[I don’t have enough patience. Aren’t you waiting for it to become fun?]

Neptune’s voice rang in my mind.

The tone was as if he was happy.

After thinking about those words— “Push——?!”—laughter burst out.

“As expected, he was the one who turned around.”

“I have an appointment.”

One of the acting chiefs stands up.

He must have thought I was crazy because of my laughter.

“I recognized this guy from the time he brought cheap candy and pretended that it was food made by a servant. There’s no way a servant would eat such obscene food, right?”

” Sir, it looks like the time for retirement is approaching?”

As his departure began, people stood up one by one.

Soon the conference room was deserted and empty.

Black Lion Laoria followed Isaac, who remained until the end, and left with a smile.

Steri was confused and left, following Laoria.

But the mercenary king approached me.

“I heard that you married my teacher.”

“Yes. The wedding hasn’t been held yet.”

“Has he corrected it yet?”

“It’s hard to handle.”

The mercenary king subtly looks me up and down.

” I heard that the teacher fell for a man and turned his back on Drekar, whom he had worked with all his life… I couldn’t believe it was his student’s son.”

The son of a disciple?

‘Do you know your father?’

“···Where did you hear that story?”

“I am your father and uncle’s military classmate. I finished my mandatory service and was immediately discharged, but the two of us stayed in the military.”

‘The mercenary king was his disciple?’

Although I heard that that person was under Lexi…

What on earth was Lexi doing?

“If you get married, send me a wedding invitation too. Because I need to tease Master as much as I can.”

The Mercenary King opens the door and goes out with a smile.

Only me, Jemmy Drucker, and the secretary remained in the conference room.

Jemmy Drucker smiled awkwardly and caught my gaze.

“I know a place that cooks fish well.”

Bang──!

The sling door opened violently.

The receptionist came in, lost in thought, and pointed out the window.

“Ha, the sky ladder is coming down!”

Jemmy Drucker looks at me with wide eyes.

“Ah, father! Ha, the heavenly ladder is coming here!”

‘Please don’t call me father!’

The receptionist looks at me as if she were watching a drama.

“Please pretend you didn’t hear it.”

“Yes? ···Yes.”

“Go out and see.”

Neptune was slowly walking down this direction, showing off his arrogance.

Judging by the arrogant smile he was giving me, it seems like his judgment was messed up.

bang!

The agents and Primal’s mercenaries rushed into the conference room like crazy.

They looked in the mirror, redecorated themselves, or shook off their clothes as they sat down.

“Oh, if you were coming, you should have told me!”

“Didn’t I tell you? They say they don’t like coming down.”

At my excuse, Steri chuckled and got noticed again.

The Mercenary King laughs as if he is dumbfounded and takes a seat next to Jemmy Drucker.

Neptune walked down the sky ladder, passed through the terrace, and entered the conference room.

“So, my devout believers want to see me?”

He walked inside at a leisurely pace and glanced around the main hall with his arms crossed arrogantly.

“Cha, meet the Creator!”

For a moment, everyone bowed to Neptune.

It was courtesy to treat royalty. Neptune smiled with satisfaction and sat comfortably on the water chair she had created.

“Former Dantalian’s agent.”

“Yes.”

“I told you to call me when you need help, but I never told you to call me for something this low-level.”

“I think so too, but what can I do? They should appoint Neptune as a notary.”

“······!”

The agents trembled.

I have to pay the price for disparaging my ‘son’.

“You guys… they’re so arrogant. How dare a creature climb up.”

Neptune looked at the agents in a blunt voice.

“I won’t talk too much. No matter what conditions I set, I will put my name on the person who breaks them and turn them into a waste.”

Soon, Neptune’s eyes turned towards one of the agents with anger.

He was the one who said there was no way a servant would eat obscene food.

“And you.”

“Yes!”

I was so nervous that I raised my guard.

“Food is not corruption. It’s a cycle. If you are not the demi-human chosen by Lu, then change your foolish thoughts.”

“Yes, yes!”

‘cycle?’

The door opens again and Shir enters.

There was a bomb in her hand.

“I killed them all and recovered this one.”

I had to cut off the conversation because I thought the mercenaries would respond.

“This person is a saint. How did it go?”

“I broke it into thousands of pieces.”

Neptune glances at the bomb in Shir’s hand.

“If Dantalian’s representative is trying to force you to enter into this contract, tell them now.”

No one answers.

‘Of course it is.’

The contract itself is not bad.

It is clear that peddlers came to an end with the advent of trains.

After all, they are merchants too. There is no business when it comes to money.

“No.”

Neptune looks at the people one by one with a servant’s characteristic sense of intimidation.

“I don’t like the fact that I got involved in such a private matter.”

“······!”

Everyone except me trembles and lowers their gaze due to a feeling of intimidation similar to that of a dragon.

The demihumans’ tails were swollen like squirrels.

“No one here should ever reveal anything about what happened here.”

Everyone remained silent and bowed their heads.

Neptune snorted and gave me a subtle look.

“Is the knot in your heart going away now?”

“······.”

“Probably not, but I hope so.”

Neptune stands up and steps onto the sky ladder.

Everyone who was following Neptune with their eyes, unable to breathe due to his short and bold appearance, let out their breath.

‘···The hurdle has been passed.’

Shir approached me with a bomb.

The black head and tail turn white.

“This woman is a saint. This is my beautiful wife. Greetings.”

I tried to take a break, but it only lasted for a moment.

“···Hello. It’s a white wolf.”

The magistrates were once again astonished.

They are all military veterans.

You must have heard so much about the white wolf.

“You nourished the Golden Road with the blood of the saint.”

“Thanks to this, Golden Road is called a top company that sells time in the public.”

“The remaining Immortals who are seeking the blood of the saint who has just arrived are targeting the Golden Road.”

“This is another reason why you should move your headquarters to Horus.”

I took the bomb that Shir was holding and held it out as if to show it.

“For your safety.”

“You must be protected by Dragonia.”

There is no counterargument from anyone.

Among them. I realized something.

This was informed by my memories of the days when I used Dantalian’s power.

‘I fell in love with Shir.’

“Seeing the look in your eyes, I really have to say this.”

The magistrates’ clouded eyes turned to me.

“The saint is my woman.”

“Pugh?!”

Shir burst out laughing.

He seemed happy to see me jealous.

To Hosottin Shir, it looks like a cat fight.

‘Both men and women are mirrors.’

In the end, we both liked similar genres.

“It’s inevitable that your eyes will be drawn to beautiful things, but you should look at flowers, not pick them.”

“A thief who picked flowers and made them into bunches.”

“What I did was repot. I am the best gardener.”

How beautiful is it when six flowers bloom in a haphazard manner?

‘Biologically speaking, it is very deformed.’

These six flowers will be the only ones in my flower pot.

Shir frowned, smiled, and nudged me with his elbow.

“Watch out for this guy. Because he is a man who strangely likes married women and older men.”

“If you plan on taking it, you should be prepared to have it taken away.”

That’s what life is all about.

An agent smiled boldly and spoke.

“Am I single?”

“I’ve never called you ‘wife’ before?”

“What?! Puhahahaha!”

The agents’ laughter echoed through the conference room as if they were dumbfounded.

The atmosphere that had been shaken by the servant’s appearance was calmed down to some extent by this play on words.

“Now, shall we start the meeting?”

* * * * * *

The waiter was approaching us with a threatening expression.

The sight of him holding food all over his body reminded me of an acrobat.

“The order is two perforated fish steaks, grilled butter, raw fish, stew and a glass of beer, barbecued suckling pig, veal tenderloin steak, five glasses of blue wine and grape juice.”

He set the food down in front of us as if he was performing a trick.

“I didn’t know we would all come together. How did you get Rohan?”

“I went through space 1.”

Moving through space is the dragon’s power.

It seems he wasn’t as scrawny as I thought.

“Did you see many interesting things when you came to Benji’s?”

“···Yes.”

“It’s a really beautiful city, isn’t it?”

It all started with Rohan’s request.

‘I can’t believe you said you wanted to see me.’

I definitely thought I was hated by Rohan.

However, Rohan came forward and asked to meet me.

Then everyone, including Isabelle and Anne, followed.

“I finished this work the day before yesterday.”

“Are there any obstructions in the track construction?”

“There is no problem. This is an era where manpower is cheap and rotten.”

It was all my fault.

Let us make every effort to create jobs for the common people and grow the economy.

“How was Yunaira’s side?”

“It’s already being made. Because we border Horus.”

Lexi shoves sashimi of drilled fish into her mouth.

Her eyes were nailed to Anne.

“Is it that kid? The child you said you tamed.”

“Yes.”

It was a tense moment.

Anne held her breath as she watched Lexi’s thoughts, wondering what she was going to say and threaten me.

“I think I’ve heard that voice before.”

“Voice?”

“I heard it on Yunaira.”

The golden eye turns to Anne.

Only then did Sur look at Anne with admiration.

“Ah! It’s her! Sihyeon is trying to commit suicide! The woman who asked me to stop!”

“···That’s right! ···Why did I forget that important thing?”

The two women’s eyes turned to Anne.

“He asked me what my relationship was with Lee… I was so scared by the look in his eyes that I ran away with my power! Sorry!”

“What are you sorry about?”

“Woman, I’m sorry for stealing your man!”

It was a stupid apology.

But to me it looks like Anne took a step forward.

Rohan, who was close to Anne, looks between us.

“···What did my sister do wrong?”

“It’s because my sister is nice. It’s not your fault, but you think it’s your fault.”

“Then who was at fault?”

“Dad.”

“What did I do wrong?”

“I tamed my sister. Like a pet.”

“···Then Dad did something wrong?”

“That’s right. It’s dad’s fault.”

He subtly announced this by setting up a baby shield.

“I didn’t know. I thought I was doing the right thing.”

Women who had lived for hundreds of years looked at me rather dryly.

Even if I got angry, I had no intention of backing down.

‘Because it was my fault.’

If you truly cared for Anne, you should have taught her how to catch fish rather than giving her fish.

Why do wildlife rescue centers make efforts not to harm wild animals?

This is because wild animals without wild nature cannot survive in nature.

‘It’s my fault for forgetting that fact.’

I had a lot of fun raising Anne.

It’s like using Anne as an altruistic emotional trash can.

It was thanks to Juul that he recognized that this was the act of creating a pet, not a human.

‘Because of that damn Dantalian’s power.’

There was an absence of empathy.

“But it wasn’t. I’ve been doing things wrong my whole life, and I’ve ruined my women’s lives. In a way that can never be fulfilled without me.”

“······.”

“So I have to take responsibility. I will never make this mistake again.”

Now I see it’s a victims’ group.

Isabel, Sur, Anne, Edeline, Lexi, Seth.

─All of this.

It was Rohan who broke the silence.

“I also give my sister food.”

Rohan’s eyes were focused on Anne’s steak bowl.

Couldn’t follow the conversation or wasn’t interested.

Or maybe you helped me.

“Okay. Shall we share?”

Anne swaps food with Rohan.

“Try this too.”

“The stew is also delicious.”

“Can human babies eat raw fish?”

“It’s okay.”

Rohan’s bowl was filled with colorful food, like a tree in full bloom.

As the meal was coming to an end, Shir picked up the decanter.

“Does anyone know what this is?”

Shir gently shook the decanter as if he was playing a prank and poured the fish eggs into everyone’s bowls.

─Except me.

“···Am I?”

“Do you have a conscience?”

“Stay out.”

“Don’t you know how to do it?”

I had no choice but to raise my hands in response to the fierce criticism.

“Hey, how old are you?”

“Woman, I’m eighteen!”

──Ouch!

After hearing Anne’s confession, Shir pinched me.

“······?!”

I understand you’re angry.

By Hosott’s standards, nineteen is an adult.

But today my hands are very spicy!

“Speak comfortably. How old were you when you met?”

“···Woman, I met you when I was 16.”

Burbubbuk!

“──────?!!!”

I kicked the joint and pinched the thigh.

But after hearing this, I realize that I am a sinner!

“Do your parents know that you are like this?”

“···I separated from my parents when I was young. Afterwards, it was Lee’s first time talking to someone in 10 years.”

Pop!

My feet were trampled.

Isabel glares at me with blue ghostly sparkle in her eyes.

“So, you tamed a girl who separated from her parents at the age of 6 and had not talked to others for 10 years, like a pet?”

“Yes. I did.”

“Hey beast──” “That’s not it!”

Anne, who waved her hand, was intimidated by several pairs of gazes.

“···Only Lee could see me in the world.”

“At that time, I was a thief who stole everything and looked like a monster.”

“Lee willingly came forward and gave me things, even though I was a monster.”

“Next, I taught him how to use his powers.”

“Even when I was treated like a crazy person by others, I didn’t abandon or ignore him.”

“They pushed me out of the world and into the world.”

Soon Anne glanced at me.

“···And then he left, leaving me at Golden Road.”

After Anne’s explanation, the violence was abolished, but the gaze was not abolished.

“Try what Shir gave you. That’s really delicious.”

That atmosphere was overtaken the moment I savored the roosters’ eggs.

“Mmm~!”

“Sir, give me a little more.”

“Mom, I’m pregnant. I’m going to send this to you as a gift.”

Isabelle looked at Shir with a sullen expression.

Because for Hosott, sharing food means being family.

Shir couldn’t resist the look in Isabel’s eyes and ended up pouring half of the drill fish eggs into everyone’s bowl.

Of course, nothing came back to me.

“Rohan, what are you doing in the castle?”

“···Read a book.”

‘Reading books at the age of two.’

After thinking about my childhood, I felt something was wrong.

In my memory, not a single child has ever picked up a book of their own accord.

No matter how many times I pick it up, it’s a storybook or a picture book.

I was busy going out and playing, and I think kids should play.

“Don’t you want to go out and play?”

“There is no one to play with.”

“Mom?”

“Because you are always busy.”

‘How on earth is that a two-year-old child?’

Of course, physically, he is not two years old… but isn’t he an old man?

I felt like I couldn’t leave it like this.

“Shall we go out on a night out with Dad?”

“No. I’m tired and sleepy now.”

“Then there is nothing we can do.”

No one jumps into life prepared.

I don’t know what a father is, but let’s do what we have to do as a father tomorrow.

“Okay. When we return to the castle tomorrow, let’s go play with dad.”