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 [Chapter 223]

[Miracle (2)]

Kang Hyeon-cheol's resurrection became known to the world and caused quite a stir.

People were enveloped in joyful shock.

"<Yama > has come back to life!?"

"Well, I couldn't imagine that guy dying anyway."

"Kuh!! I believed in him, damn it!!"

"Then is <Yama > returning as a Twelve Seat again?"

Of course, there were people who questioned how Kang Hyeon-cheol was resurrected.

But the Fairy government and Blaze Clan didn't answer their questions.

The Dawn Sword that can even revive the dead.

People who knew about the Dawn Sword agreed to keep it top secret to prevent social chaos.

"Well, <Yama > is <Yama > after all. It's a good thing if he's come back to life, right!"

And <Yama >'s usual image was also a reason why people accepted it as is.

<Yama > did what <Yama > does.

It was a happening that ended with those words.

Meanwhile, people were paying attention to whether the resurrected <Yama > would return as a Twelve Seat.

"I'm sorry to everyone, but I've become a body that can no longer fight like before. Since it's come to this, I'm just going to step down from Blaze Clan and take care of Hye-rim for the time being."

Unfortunately, Kang Hyeon-cheol lost most of his power as the price for his imperfect resurrection.

To this, he announced his position to retire as a player and devote himself to caring for Park Hye-rim.

From now on, he decided to live as a father of a child.

Park Hye-rim also retired on this occasion.

[Breaking News] Batman Returns PD Choi sends love call to <Yama >!

As a side note, in the entertainment industry, there was talk that Kang Hyeon-cheol and Park Hye-rim couple might become celebrities as they showed interest in them.

It's still unknown to everyone.

In such a situation─

[─I promise to award national treasures to the following players.]

The Fairy government announced they would award national treasures to people who contributed to preventing Baek Seo-jin's coup.

Players who directly contributed to subjugating commander-level Slayers were to receive Chungmu grade medals, and players who indirectly contributed were to receive Hwarang grade medals.

For the Inheon grade, it's said to be given only to players who greatly contributed to the operation's progress.

Lastly, players who directly contributed to subjugating Baek Seo-jin were scheduled to receive Eulji grade medals─

─It can't be helped. I decided to attribute the merits I achieved to the country.

Eun-ha, the only player who faced Baek Seo-jin, ended up not receiving any medals.

It was the same for Noh Eun-ah.

It was unavoidable.

Both Eun-ha and Eun-ah had expected this.

This was because the two declared they would serve as Twelve Seats and bear their father's crimes instead.

Three years until a new world opens.

All the merits they achieve until then will be attributed to the country for free.

Three years is short. They say we can receive compensation for rightful labor after three years...

Three years.

It wasn't such a long time.

And Im Ga-eul wasn't really working Eun-ha for free.

Recently, she sent gifts and conveyed her gratitude to the two through personal routes.

Eun-ha was satisfied with that.

Anyway, all disasters are over now.

There won't be any more events to accumulate merits.

Moreover, everything has ended.

All forces threatening Im Baek-yeon's position have disappeared.

With Baek Seo-jin's annihilation, the Fairy's world has truly opened.

Also, he who essentially serves Im Baek-yeon has obtained the myth of lord.

Now no one in this country can become stronger than me.

Limited to this country.

Eun-ha obtained a myth that no one could approach.

He was now called lord, not just <Lord > as an alias.

If the Fairy wielded political power, he wielded military and financial power all the same.

It was the birth of a country's absolute ruler.

What that absolute ruler was doing while treating the wounds inflicted by Baek Seo-jin─

"─Dad, I need to pee." "Okay, Yu-seong, let's go to the bathroom. You guys watch the kids well. Got it?"

"Bibi bibi papa papa pupu pupu!" "Kang!"

The hero was struggling with childcare.

Eun-ha had to take care of three children as soon as his body recovered somewhat.

This was because Han Seo-hyeon and Jeong Ha-yang had so much work that they hardly had time to pay attention to the children.

Eun-ha had to jump up to help Noh Yu-seong urinate while looking after Noh Yu-ran and Noh Yu-rin.

Naturally, the beast transformations suffered too.

"Are you done?"

"Ung." "Okay, pull up your underwear." "Dad, do it for me."

"Oppa should know how to pull it up himself."

"Don't wanna, do it for me."

"Yu-seong, at your age..."

Eun-ha was about to speak but stopped.

He put on the clothes resignedly.

Eldest son, Noh Yu-seong.

He couldn't expect adult-like behavior from a mere 3-year-old child.

He was still a baby.

Eun-ha returned to the office with Noh Yu-seong.

"Waah! Waah!" "Baaaa!!"

Just because he was away for a moment.

Noh Yu-ran and Noh Yu-rin were crying.

Kang and Buldak were coaxing and soothing, even Lala tried to soothe the two children, but it was no use.

Eun-ha immediately noticed the problem.

"Yu-ran pooped, huh."

Eun-ha took off Noh Yu-ran's diaper and changed her into a new one.

Then Noh Yu-ran smiled brightly as if nothing had happened.

Eun-ha's face softened at that smile and he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth.

Then he moved to Noh Yu-rin who was lying next to her, flailing.

"Dad! Should I help?"

"No, Dad will do it. Yu-seong, you ride on Kang's back and play. Kang, make sure Yu-seong doesn't fall off."

"Kuku..." "Kang, I'll play with you!?"

It was hectic.

Eun-ha patted Noh Yu-seong's head and subtly sent him to Kang.

Noh Yu-seong ran excitedly, and Kang eventually had to carry him and go around the office once.

That sight was quite pitiful.

Meanwhile, Eun-ha moved his hands to undo Noh Yu-rin's diaper.

"Huh? What? She didn't poop?"

Third child, Noh Yu-rin.

Noh Yu-rin's diaper was clean.

Eun-ha was perplexed.

It seemed she just cried along because Noh Yu-ran cried.

Thinking that─

─Pssst

"..."

Noh Yu-rin peed.

Eun-ha, who had his face close, ended up getting peed on.

"Abu! Babuu!!"

Urine drips from Eun-ha's face.

Noh Yu-rin giggles.

Her laughing sound was so lovely that he couldn't bring himself to get angry.

Eun-ha ended up bursting into laughter.

"Are you happy surprising Dad?"

"Bauu!!"

Eun-ha gave a bitter smile.

Lala brought wet wipes.

Eun-ha wiped the urine on his face with wet wipes and changed Noh Yu-rin's diaper.

By then, another task came in.

It was time for the children to eat.

"Dad, I'm hungry." "Waah!!"

"Ububu!!"

It was truly hectic.

Eun-ha had to take care of the children before he could even eat himself.

It was fortunate that Lala helped.

He decided to leave feeding Noh Yu-seong to Buldak, and directly feed formula to his two daughters.

"Is it delicious? Eat well."

Childcare was war.

Not a war fighting monsters, but experiencing a different kind of war, Eun-ha had a tired face.

Yet just seeing the children eat made him feel full.

"Sorry, am I late? Were you feeding the kids just now?" "Ah, Yu-jeong."

Around that time, Lee Yu-jeong came.

Unlike Han Seo-hyeon and Jeong Ha-yang, she had relatively fewer assigned tasks.

So she would come to look after the children as soon as she finished work.

"Give Yu-rin to me. I'll feed her. Have you eaten?" "I need to eat now. What about you, Yu-jeong?" "I ate lightly while working earlier. Then give me Yu-ran too. I'll feed her instead."

"No, I can't do that. I'll eat after feeding Yu-ran."

Lee Yu-jeong sat on the sofa.

She held Noh Yu-rin and skillfully fed her formula.

The sight of her holding the bottle comfortably for Noh Yu-rin to eat easily with a gentle smile made one newly realize she had become a mother of a child.

Eun-ha leaned on her shoulder.

"It feels good being like this." "Isn't taking care of the children hard?"

"But we have time to be comfortable like this together."

This was the peace he had hoped for.

It was peace finally obtained.

Eun-ha conveyed his sentiments to Lee Yu-jeong.

Then Lee Yu-jeong made a "kik" sound.

"Yeah, I like it too. Nothing will happen anymore now, right?" "Probably."

"I see. Then we'll have more time together like this. That's good. Now we can just live watching the kids grow up together, right?"

"Leaving clan work to the kids?"

"Should we?"

Lee Yu-jeong goes along with the joke.

The two chuckled just like that.

Although it was said without thinking, it didn't seem bad.

Of course, if they did that, the clan members would riot.

It was then.

"Ah, right. Seo-hyeon unnie said something earlier." "What?" "About Yeon-hwa unnie." "Yeah." "It seems Yeon-hwa unnie wants to have a child too. She said it's visible how envious she is of us." "Ah... I see."

Eun-ha nodded.

He had vaguely felt it too.

Perhaps because the three of them had children, she seemed to want to have one soon too.

"So, Seo-hyeon unnie said she told Yeon-hwa unnie to go for it passionately." "What?"

Eun-ha almost dropped Noh Yu-ran he was holding for a moment.

He had a flustered face.

Lee Yu-jeong chuckled.

"Hmm, but I agree too. It's good for kids to be close in age, if there's a big age gap it might be a bit awkward for them to play together, don't you think?"

"Hmm... There is that."

"And I prefer having more rather than none." "...You want many?" "Wouldn't it be nice to be bustling?"

Lee Yu-jeong subtly seeks agreement.

She tickles Eun-ha's body.

Eun-ha laughed awkwardly.

"You know." "...Y-Yeah." "It's not just Yeon-hwa unnie who's preparing passionately."

"Haha..."

They hadn't rested properly all this time.

There was no time for that.

So everyone's bodies were heating up in the peace they found after a long time.

Even Lee Yu-jeong, whom Eun-ha considered the most modest, said such things, so it was as good as over.

Second 'children' might be born.

Eun-ha inwardly stuck out his tongue.

He was already overwhelmed by three children, if more were born from here...

Looks like I'll be using doppelganger magic to do childcare.

Eun-ha shuddered involuntarily at the future that hadn't even come yet.

He wanted to suffer from childcare at least when the children had grown somewhat.

And that night─

"─Um, Eun-ha." "Oh, Yeon-hwa...?"

"Since I fought hard this time... I'd like to receive a reward..."

There was a battle between myths and myths.

Feeling like he'd be scolded if he objected saying should she really receive a Chungmu grade award, Eun-ha quietly pulled her in.

Ryu Yeon-hwa was passionate.

☆

"Sigh... My eyes feel dry."

That day too, Im Baek-yeon suffered from all sorts of work under Im Ga-eul.

At least recently, her intense work decreased as she was about to enter high school.

Now she could even commute.

"Ah, I need to water the flowers in oppa's office."

Im Baek-yeon returned to the clan headquarters.

After returning to her room and washing up cleanly, she soon recalled the task she had forgotten.

"Ugh, I wonder if someone already watered them?"

Im Baek-yeon stamped her feet.

Should she go water them or not.

She pondered while drying her hair.

No, let's just go water them.

Eventually, she made a decision.

She hadn't met Eun-ha often recently either.

Let's go see him while going to water the flowers.

Not sure herself whether she was going to water the flowers or see Noh Eun-ha, she left her room.

It was late in the evening.

What if Eun-ha oppa isn't there?

Such a thought suddenly occurred.

But she had already left her room.

Im Baek-yeon put away her worries and headed to Eun-ha's office.

"Oppa, are you here? Ah, you are."

Fortunately, Noh Eun-ha was there.

He was sleeping lying down next to the babies' beds with the lights still on.

It was a nursery, not an office.

Im Baek-yeon saw that sight and quietly let out a laugh.

"Are the other unnies not here? Yu-jeong unnie should be here at least, I guess she went out for a moment."

Im Baek-yeon looked around.

Then she approached Noh Eun-ha.

Noh Yu-seong was in his arms.

Kang was riding on Noh Eun-ha's stomach, and Buldak was clinging tightly to Noh Yu-seong, sleeping.

Also, in the nearby baby beds, Noh Yu-ran and Noh Yu-rin were sleeping soundly.

"So cute."

It was a strange sight.

Im Baek-yeon quickly took a picture of the sleeping people.

"Hmm..."

Then her gaze went to Eun-ha.

She stared down at him.

He must be very tired.

Has this oppa always been this thin?

Unlike others, his workload isn't even that much.

Noh Eun-ha looked very tired.

Is childcare that hard?

Im Baek-yeon drew her own conclusion and gently brought her face close to him.

"Good job. You couldn't receive a medal, but when I become Fairy later, I'll take care of you generously. So until then, bear with this."

It's an Eulji grade medal, she said.

Im Baek-yeon kissed his cheek.

Then looking back at what she had done, she inwardly screamed "Kyaaa".

What did I just do?

Am I like this because I'm too tired these days?

Im Baek-yeon lightly hit her own lips with her hand.

Her face became hot.

Anxiously wondering if Noh Eun-ha might have woken up.

Im Baek-yeon quietly watered the flowers and slipped out of the office.

☆

Eun-ha spent busy times doing volunteer work with his father.

After recovering from his injuries, he also started working in earnest as the Twelve Seat leader.

Thus autumn and winter pass.

And Fairy Power Year 24.

Noh Eun-ha turns 29 years old.

"─Are you sure?" "It should be without doubt. According to information, there's one foreigner among the nationally certified players in this country. A woman with blue eyes and blonde hair."

"What's that woman's name?"

That spring.

In a western country very far from Korea, multiple witches entered the country.

"Precise Memory." "'Precious Memory'... It means precious memories. It's likely the woman we're looking for."