episode_0569

El Costera was a huge city.

It’s hard to believe that such a huge city exists in such an island country.

‘It’s comparable to the city of Pangea.’

It was safe to say that we had surpassed the level of civilization by several levels.

It was clear that there was intervention by the ‘head’.

I quietly looked around.

The reason I infiltrated El Costera alone now is to obtain information.

Even now, a map of El Costera is being drawn in my head.

‘There must be a fera cu here somewhere.’

I think he will be guarding Callisto’s side.

The two have nowhere to return.

Basilisks follow Yunaira, not Fera Ku.

Callisto’s immediate descendants are dead.

Even though grandchildren are cute, even great-grandchildren are not as cute as great-great-grandchildren.

‘Maybe he was brainwashed by that Pera Kudo guy.’

I was limping with my eyes down and my cane in hand.

His body was covered in dirty dirt and grease here and there.

“Give me a penny…!”

He waved the gourd as if urging a baby bird and looked at people’s feet.

Because I don’t want to be discovered by the ‘head’.

The nymphs were walking with the dotae species.

Their dynamic movements are full of joy.

Is that why?

The Dotaejongs looked at me with a very surprised expression.

I was out of breath with a sense of shame.

Anybody would do that to someone who looked at them as if asking if there were such unfortunate people in the world.

‘If I hadn’t been in disguise, I might have cried.’

“···Mom, don’t you feel sorry for that person?”

“Do you want to help?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. My son is so kind.”

The nymph smiles and looks up at Dotaejong.

I hurried ahead with my back to their eyes.

“How does your son want to help people in need?”

“So… by giving me money?”

“Money? Is that really the best?”

All of the Dotae sects were no different from ordinary people.

The least human-like among them was the nymph.

Because everyone had the same face.

‘It looks like it was self-cloned.’

The Dotaejongs were wearing clothes that fit their bodies and walking with the nymphs, smiling cheerfully.

As if happy.

A certain species was chatting with a nymph and then approached with a bright smile on its face.

─To me.

‘You can’t get swept away!’

I waved the gourd in prayer as if sprinkling salt to drive them away.

“Give me a penny… Just give me a penny…!”

but.

Do Tae-jong, full of good intentions, puts his hand into his leather pocket.

Moreover, what he took out was a gold coin.

‘Aren’t you crazy?!’

Gold is an ore obtained through mining.

Therefore, in countries that use ore as coins, it has a certain value.

‘I’m not a YouTuber who donates anything!’

I turned around, pretending my eyes were dim.

However, Dotaejong came close to me, even blocking my path.

“Okay, take it.”

Do Tae-jong smiles and places a gold coin on my gourd.

Suddenly─

“···Thank you. no···?! This much money…!”

I took out a gold coin with hands pretending to be shaking and handed it to Taejong Do.

“You can’t receive this much money…!”

“Why?”

A bold yet innocent question.

Again, I was speechless.

Because Taejong Do had a look in his eyes that said he really didn’t know.

“I buy clothes and wash with it. That works, right?”

There was no sign of selfishness in the brightly smiling child.

The nymph smiles at Dotaejong and makes eye contact.

“Daughter?”

“Yes?”

“A gift is something that should consider the feelings of the recipient.”

“But this isn’t a strange gift, is it?”

“But you feel remorse, right?”

Taejong Do looks at me with eyes of understanding.

Soon Taejong Do extends his hand and takes the gold coin I held out.

“Then can I give you something else?”

“···Anything else? I don’t need anything else…”

Even though he showed signs of refusal, Taejong Do did not back down.

“My mom said that. What about people? They say that your mood can change depending on how you look.”

“···Yes?”

” If you wash up, wear clean clothes, and eat a delicious meal, you will feel better.”

Excited─

My heart pounded at the sensitivity I felt for the first time in such a long time.

It was just a child smiling brightly.

Deep down, I was judging them as being eliminated.

Toughness, aggression, physical limitations, immune issues.

Everything was considered defective.

“Definitely.”

But I was wrong.

These were humans no different from us.

I couldn’t bear to refuse my child’s request.

As a parent of a child, I pictured my child’s future without even realizing it.

I was brought to the inn.

‘Maybe I shouldn’t have used the cane.’

I hung out in a bathtub full of warm water and wiped my stomach.

At the same time, I was enjoying a luxury that I had not had in a long time.

Ladies would also like to wash.

After washing my body like that, I went out.

“Ha!”

The nymph and child even prepared clothes for me to wear.

I pretended to dry my hair and covered my face with my long hair.

“Ugh! Your bangs reach up to your nose. Would you like me to cut your hair too?”

“No. It’s okay.”

“Please leave it to me. I’m really good at cutting.”

“I am grateful that you helped me this far.”

“···Really?”

The child looks at me as if he is sad, but then smiles and shrugs.

“Well, it can’t be helped. Still, you won’t reject the clothes you bought, right?”

As if telling you not to reject it.

The nymph smiles and holds out the clothes to me.

“···Thank you.”

“I’m doing what my daughter tells me to do.”

I took the clothes and dressed leisurely.

The nymph stepped back and cuddled up with her daughter.

After obediently getting dressed.

“···Wow, it really suits you.”

The child and the nymph look at me from my toes to my head in admiration.

But eventually, my gaze stopped at my head.

The child sighed and looked at the nymph.

The nymph was also smiling shyly.

“Mom approves too, right?”

“···Yes. It doesn’t suit me.”

The child, after receiving permission from the nymph, rummages through his pockets.

What was in that hand was a thread.

“The hair… is comfortable this way.”

“No? It’s easier to tie it.”

“You can leave it like this.”

“You’ll change your mind after tying it up?!”

The child ran towards me.

I wondered if I should throw it away or push it away, but what appeared on my face was an innocent smile.

Like Rohan.

“······!”

By the time I came to my senses, I had already been caught.

“I’ll think about putting it all together first. Try tying it. Tie it up!”

“Ah, don’t they say you don’t have to tie it?!”

A cruel hand that tells me to go away, pushes my hair back.

The force was so strong that my head was held tightly.

I can assure you that this child can break a person’s head like a reed.

“You say it will really suit you? Otherwise, you just have to solve it.”

I tried to stop him, but I failed.

The moment when my hair was inevitably tied up in a ponytail.

“Daughter.”

The child’s hand stops at the sound of the nymph’s voice.

“Why?”

“···It would be better not to tie it. You have a scar on your face.”

“Ah.”

The child seemed startled and withdrew his hand from me.

I shook my head at the child while loosening his tight neck.

“Sorry. I didn’t know.”

“···No. It’s my fault for not explaining.”

The child who approached me hesitantly looked at me and took a quick step back.

As I took a breath, I secretly looked at the nymph.

Of course, there were no scars on my face.

─He recognized me.

‘I must be the nymph’s enemy?’

“···But you don’t feel worse than before, right?”

The way he spoke seemed to suggest that I was angry.

I couldn’t bear to show my true colors.

“Yes. It’s okay.”

“Oh, and the Prophet said that. They say people can make the right decisions when they are in a good mood.”

─Prophet.

I glanced at the child.

Because I needed information about him.

“And, to feel good, you have to be full.”

But that seems to be the end.

The child smiled and grabbed my hand.

“I’ll make sure you’re full.”

I looked at the nymph.

She smiles sadly and bows her head to me.

With an expression as if asking for final mercy.

I don’t know the intention, but that smile seemed very unpleasant to me.

‘What right do you have to make an expression like that?’

I am a child who has not forgotten filial piety and a father of one child.

That’s why I couldn’t forgive the shameless act of stealing someone else’s child.

‘예언자, 그 개새끼는 내가 죽인다.’

What will your children say when the brainwashing is lifted?

Should I call you disgusting? Or will we pour out hatred?

Even if they are beaten to death, they have nothing to say.

I wanted to curse right now.

If you are determined to raise the child well, is it okay to kidnap the child at will?

“Not just full, but delicious!”

But it’s not something you should say in front of your child.

The nymph seemed to understand at least that much and didn’t show any nonsense.

“···Something delicious?”

“Yes. It’s really delicious.”

So, let’s accompany each other for a moment.

I wandered around El Costera like Bupyeong Elementary School, led by a child.

The child was not wary of strangers.

In fact, he even told me what he was going to do tomorrow and who his friend was.

He was a big kid.

“Ugh… I enjoyed it.”

A child too big even for me controls a full stomach.

I felt bloated.

I felt like I ate too much because I was randomly stuffing food into my stomach just because it suited me.

The child rolled his eyes and looked at me.

“You ate enough to not even think about eating for a while, right?”

“Yes. How on earth should I thank you…”

“Don’t thank me. Because I was trying to be nice.”

The child smiles and gets up from his seat.

I had a strong wish that my child would grow up like that.

But maybe I was looking at him too much, and I ended up meeting his eyes that were looking at me.

“Oh, I’m going to the bathroom.”

The child laughed and said.

“Uncle, you should try it sometime. Helping others is, surprisingly, a lot of fun.”

The child smiled and walked to the bathroom.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Of course, I didn’t let my guard down.

I will leave before that child goes to the bathroom.

I may have been exchanging hand signals without my knowledge.

But there was something I really wanted to ask this woman.

I adjusted my clothes and looked at the nymph.

“···No matter how dedicated you are to raising a child, it is not your child.”

“I know.”

The nymph looks at me with a self-deprecating smile.

“And you, the blasphemer, will destroy this world.”

It seems like they have figured out this person’s identity.

‘I don’t know why I didn’t snitch.’

“That won’t happen.”

“Prometheus’ oracle has never been wrong.”

Another repertoire that I am sick of has begun.

Thanks to this, I couldn’t help but feel a little angry.

“Humans live to be happy.”

But I couldn’t be angry.

Because now I have to get up from my seat.

“I have a family.”

“Your child is fake, but my child is real.”

“I live for my children and my wife, and I live for my people.”

“The happiness of those people is my happiness.”

I got up from my seat.

Just as I was about to leave in a hurry.

“The primordial womb is under the lake of nymphs.”

The falling steps stuck together as if I had stepped on glue.

Because it was the information I was most thirsty for.

“No one will prevent you from seeing Maal.”

“···How can I believe that?”

“We have never stopped you. The thing that blocked it was the ‘head’.”

“Why should I do that?”

The nymph looks up at me as if she is depressed.

“We just hope you don’t make a mistake with your words.”

It was a feeling of déjà vu.

Neptune said something similar when he asked me for a favor.

“I’ll tell you the truth. ···Be prepared mentally.”

‘Are you mentally prepared?’

I can hear the popularity.

It was clear that the child was coming back.

Only then did the soles of my feet come off the floor.

“···If that is false, you will have the worst experience.”

I had to leave the place as if to run away.