Gaiden ― Later Il Tales (11)
After arriving at the academy, Yeeun Lee got out of the car as if she had fallen.
Lee Ye-eun, who was about to run to Yoo Ji-hyuk without delay, could see a familiar person standing leaning against a tree.
It was Eugene
“what? Yeeun Lee comes first. hello?”
She, who was looking forward to something, looked at Yeeun Lee and greeted her.
Unlike her, Yeeun Lee could not afford to say hello.
“Jihyuk, where is Jihyuk?!”
“yes?”
Eugene was perplexed at the sight of her clenching her shoulders and shouting urgently.
“uh… Didn’t Yeeun Lee come to the aquarium with you? In the first place, that’s why I’m waiting for you right now.”
Yoo Ji-na, who always said that, was able to realize that something was wrong only after seeing the man who always followed Ye-eun Lee naturally set a barrier to isolate her surroundings.
“… What happen?”
Ye-eun Lee answered Yoo Ji-na’s words.
“Jihyuk is in danger.”
She added, panting.
“Um, I don’t even know what’s going on. But it was the first time I had asked for help with such a bewildered voice. Chi, even when I was fighting the Seven Devils, it was never like that… !”
Upon hearing that, Eugene’s eyes gradually narrowed, and the shadows under her feet began to boil and boil.
Even if all ownership of the inheritance was passed on to Jin Ye-seul, she still had remnants of a shadow worker.
“where is it?”
Yeeun Lee quickly concentrated her mind.
This was because people with branches of the World Tree could assimilate each other’s feelings to some extent and recognize each other’s positions.
So, as she was locating Yoo Ji-hyeok, she was able to recognize that he was now feeling the emotions of embarrassment, surprise, resignation, worry, and subtle fear.
“… found.”
She immediately found Yoo Ji-hyuk’s location and taught Yoo Ji-na in detail.
At that moment, Eugene was about to move through Henir’s shadow.
“Gina. sister.”
It was his voice.
Yoo Ji-na, who had melted halfway into the shadows, immediately stopped moving, and Ye-eun Lee looked at the place where the voice came from with a startled expression.
There stood Yoo Ji-hyeok, holding something wrapped in a swaddling cloth, and Han Soo-young with his hand on his shoulder.
Rather, they were moved by her main specialty, space movement magic.
“Jihyuk!”
Ye-eun Lee called his name and quickly approached him.
Eugene was slowly coming out of the shadows.
“What the hell happened? For what the hell… .”
It was only when she got close to him that Ye-eun Lee could notice that he was holding something big.
It was wriggling as if alive.
Above all else, it is strangely familiar yet unfamiliar… An energy similar to the world tree was wafting.
“… What is that?”
Yoo Ji-na, who came closer, also asked with a nervous look if she felt something unusual.
“This… .”
Before Yoo Ji-hyuk could answer anything, it appeared as if it had popped out of the bag.
Ye-eun Lee and Yu-na Lee, seeing it, literally hardened.
It was a little girl wrapped in swaddling clothes.
The appearance of a girl who literally looked like a doll made them even more bewildered.
It was probably because that child had a similar atmosphere to Yoo Ji-hyuk, no matter who looked at it.
“Hey, this kid… .”
Lee Ye-eun was surprised and even stuttered, and Yoo Ji-hyuk also made a surprised expression.
He immediately nodded his head with a still expression on his face.
“It’s also my sister. Still, I didn’t know that I would notice it as soon as I saw it.”
He said with a relieved expression on his face.
“Actually, that’s why I asked my sister for help. To be honest, I don’t think there are as many experts as my sister… ?!”
For a moment, Yoo Ji-hyuk was startled and stopped talking.
It was because Lee Ye-eun, who was listening to the story, suddenly burst into tears.
Even Yujina, who was standing next to him, was in bad shape.
“… uh?”
what.
He was genuinely perplexed.
* * *
“… So, you thought that Sooyoung and I were the child that came out?”
Yoo Ji-hyuk muttered as if there was no reason to think about it again.
“Hey, did you apologize? At that moment, I was so flustered that I couldn’t even turn my head!”
Ye-eun Lee, whose face was red from embarrassment and embarrassment, shouted.
She fanned herself with her hands and muttered in excuses.
“I mean, Sooyoung, Jihyuk disappeared for a while after you came. There were times I fell there with you in the past, and there were times I went to pick you up… .”
“You’re still not old enough.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk sat on his lap and glanced at Laune, who was clinging tightly to him.
“To have a kid like this, at least I would have had an accident when I was in high school.”
“Yeah, that’s what I kept saying. I was so surprised at that moment that I couldn’t even think of such a natural thing.”
While saying that, Yeeun Lee looked at Yoo Jihyuk, who was sitting next to him, with a squint inwardly, and to be precise, Laune who was sitting on his lap.
That kid is the one who made it.
Yeeun Lee couldn’t help but be surprised again.
It was surprising that Mandragora became a human, but it was even more surprising to see how she is now as a human.
‘… You look really pretty.’
He had seen a lot of good-looking people, but he… Yes, I wonder if it is right to say this to a child, but it was the first time in my life that I had seen such a beautiful-looking child.
If I had been born in the old days, I could have thought that it would have become synonymous with the word “Gyeonggukjisaek”.
But, most of all, what upset Lee Ye-eun was that child… I don’t know why, but the more I look at it, the more I think of Yoo Ji-hyuk.
So, the moment he saw that child for the first time, he showed an ugliness without realizing it.
“… … .”
Why was it?
In fact, it was a lie to say that his head was not spinning properly.
A child who resembles Yoo Ji-hyuk.
A child I don’t know exists.
When his thoughts went crazy up to that point, he couldn’t think of anything.
‘Ugh, it’s embarrassing to think about it again.’
“Hmm,” said Yeeun, who coughed in vain, and Lee Ye-eun glanced at Laune.
There is not a single feature that resembles Yoo Ji-hyeok, starting with his facial features, but I don’t know why he reminds me of him.
“But I don’t know why, but he looks very strangely like my brother.”
Yoo Ji-na, who was sitting next to Yoo Ji-hyuk, muttered like that.
From the moment she got into the car, she continued to stare at Laune as if possessed by something.
“I can understand Yeeun Lee. To be honest, I also thought at first that oppa had created a nephew without me knowing.”
Eugena muttered like that and gently reached out and gently touched Laune’s head.
Raune grimaced as if in a bad mood, then looked at Eugene and licked her lips.
It was because she felt a similar energy to Yoo Ji-hyuk.
“If only I didn’t look like my brother, I would have been prettier.”
“… … ?!”
At her playfully muttered words, Laune gave a grim expression as if she couldn’t just ignore it.
In other people’s eyes, he just looked cute, but he didn’t seem to know that fact.
“And for some reason, I think other people look a little alike.”
This is Han Su-young, this is Jin Ye-seul, this is Lee Ye-eun, this is Lee Yu-na, this is Minerva… .
She stroked Laune’s hair and stroked her cheek.
“Oh, where do you resemble me? miss?”
Yeeun Lee quickly raised her head at the words that she and Laune looked alike.
Han Soo-young, who was sitting in the passenger seat after yielding the back seat to the two, turned her head and looked back while pretending not to be.
“Then why did you call me?”
Yoo Ji-hyuk answered Lee Ye-eun’s question.
“The child has a strange lack of energy.”
He gently stroked Laune’s head, and Laune closed her eyes as if pleased with his gesture.
“Raune is me, the world tree, and the spirits and the Seven Evils. It has all four types of energy. But, of course, I didn’t even know the Sbangali guy at all… .”
“Um, this is the first time I’ve ever done something like this.”
After thinking for a moment, she asked.
“By the way, besides me, there are Belluna-san and Ivan. As for the spirits, there must be no one who knows better than the two of them.”
“Uh, is it?”
He answered with a little bewildered expression.
“But the first thing that came to mind was my sister… .”
“Oh, uhm. greatness. Hmm. I see.”
She had to work tirelessly to keep the corners of her lips from rising uncontrollably.
Naturally, she turned her head and looked out the window, taking a deep breath and thinking.
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On this occasion, I have to show that I am very determined like a noona.
Determined, she cleared her voice and gave a dignified order to Shin Woo-seok, who was holding the steering wheel.
“Did you understand the situation roughly?”
“Yes, my lord. No one will know about the Sodang Lord’s young lady.”
Shin Woo-seok, realizing her intentions, answered in a more polite voice than usual.
“great. And when I heard that the dormitory room that Jihyuk was using was a mess… I will ask you to not make any other noise on that matter.”
“Yes, don’t worry.”
He waited for a while before continuing.
“Then I will have to find a place to stay other than the dormitory.”
“It should be.”
“Can we provide a place for Sodang Lord to stay in the territory? I will give orders so that no one other than permission is allowed to approach.”
At that, Yeeun Lee paused for a moment and then shook her head.
It was because Laune could feel the energy of the World Tree.
It wouldn’t matter if he stayed for a while, but if he lived within the territory of the World Tree, any member of a sensitive or sensitive family would have noticed Laune’s existence.
“No, I’d rather just get a separate room. If there are family members around, someone will definitely notice.”
“All right.”
She nodded her head as if satisfied, and suddenly looked at Laune’s swaddling clothes with a puzzled gaze.
“Then why are you wearing this?”
He replied with a slightly embarrassed smile.
“The first time I saw it, I wasn’t wearing anything.”
“Ah, well… .”
Ye-eun Lee quietly took out her phone.
Just as she was about to call Seo-ryeong Yoon and tell her to prepare some clothes for a child to wear, her cell phone rang first.
It was Yoon Seo-ryeong’s phone call.
The first time she called her was only when there was something important.
– My lord.
“What’s up?”
― A guest has arrived.
“Guest?”
Yeeun Lee tilted her head.
“I didn’t have any specific appointments today, but who are you talking about in such a tense voice?”
After a while, she frowned at the name she heard.
The visitor was none other than Belluna Hunt.
* * *
“Oh my gosh, I thought it was true.”
These were the first words Belluna uttered, who was waiting for them while eating sweets in the reception room.
Laune, who was in Yoo Ji-hyuk’s arms, opened her mouth wide as soon as she saw her.
“… … ! … … !”
He moved his mouth hard and clenched, but no sound came out of Laune’s mouth.
However, Belluna crossed her arms with a triumphant expression on whether she understood correctly.
“Fufu, you should be so grateful. I’m just showing you how, comrade. The rest is up to you.”
“… … ?! … … !!!”
Belluna, who was bursting with laughter, bowed her head politely toward Yeeun Lee.
“I am a guest who was not invited, but since it is an important job, I am forced to come and claim to be a guest. Will you please accept me as a guest, representative of the Lord of this land?”
“… Yes, yes. Please feel free to stay.”
Ye-eun Lee nodded her head even though she had a shaky expression on her face.
Belluna bowed her head once more, expressing her gratitude.
“Mr. Belluna, you said you just showed Laune the way, didn’t you?”
At the words of Yoo Ji-hyuk, who seemed to have waited, Belluna nodded her head.
“Yes, I taught my compatriots how to be human.”
“how… .”
“Yeah, I’ve been through a similar process.”
She shrugged.
“I was in a similar position, in a similar situation. Seeing my compatriots like that reminded me of my past, and I couldn’t stand it.”
Having said that, Belluna smiled brightly.
“Did you come here because your compatriot is not feeling well?”
Jihyuk nodded his head.
Belluna’s expression was still the same.
“I thought so. Yes, I did too.”
“Are you here to help?”
At his words, Belluna blinked as if she was talking about something.
“yes? sure. Or was it that I came all the way here to do something? We watch our son tickle love affair next to him.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk sighed as if he was happy.
Lee Ye-eun, who was deprived of her opportunity to step out, pouted her lips as if she was a little dissatisfied, but immediately put on an expression that seemed to be glad that things were going well.
“Then hand over your compatriots to me.”
“Oh, yes.”
Laune looked at Yoo Ji-hyuk and Belluna alternately with an anxious expression, and then nodded as if she had made up her mind.
Then he waved his hand as if it was okay to Belluna, who was about to hug him, and then stepped onto the ground.
“Then let’s go to the bathtub. Because I have water.”
“A bathtub?”
“Yes, bathtub.”
Belluna nodded and explained.
“The reason why our compatriots are not able to do their best is that what has changed is only the outside, and the inside has not been properly assimilated. So I have to spit out the by-products left in the process of assimilation… .”
Looking at Yeeun Lee, she shrugged.
“I don’t think anyone wants their room to be dirty.”
After leaving those words, Belluna and Laune naturally headed to the bathroom attached to the reception room.
Yoo Ji-hyeok, who looked at the back of the two of them, had his eyes as if he were looking at a child who had been thrown out on the water.
After examining the atmosphere for a while, Eugene finally decided to take the gun and opened her mouth.
“So what are you going to do, brother?”
“What, what, how?”
“Of course it’s about that kid.”
Eugene asked.
“I… The situation is different with Belluna-san. I heard that the spirit is about 300 years old?”
“It’s not that spirit, it’s Laune.”
“Yes, Laune. So am I right?”
“right. That would have been it.”
“To the spirits, 300 is just the age of maturity. I mean, I’m not an adult yet. On the other hand, Belluna-san is a spirit who has been revered as a god for a long time.”
Yoo Ji-hyuk sighed at her words.
“… So what do you want to say?”
“Don’t get me wrong, brother. Do you know what I’m trying to say? Let’s just make this clear.”
Eugene looked at him with determined eyes and said.
“Are you planning on taking over?”
“Of course.”
He didn’t ask for details, but at least he could tell that Laune had made such a choice because of him.
Aside from that fact, he thought he owed Laune a debt that was too great to be paid.
As long as he had an opportunity to repay the huge debt, even a little, he couldn’t refuse.
“… Can you do it?”
At Yoo Ji-na’s words, who seemed to be worried, Yoo Ji-hyuk suddenly gasped and burst into laughter.
He said looking at Yoo Ji-na, who had a harsh expression on her face as if she was smiling.
“Gina. When you were young, you fed, clothed, slept, washed… That’s what this oppa did. I’ve done it once, isn’t it difficult to do it twice?”
“What? Hey, what kind of nonsense are you talking about all of a sudden? !”
Surprised, Yoo Ji-na turned her head to look at Han Soo-young and Lee Ye-eun.
He said as he looked at Eugene, whose face was blushing as if it was about to explode.
“Is that all? I already forgot who raised you while changing your poop diaper and washing the pee blanket… .”
“Hey, Yoo Ji-hyuk! Are you really going to kill me today?!”
Soon, Eugene screamed and ran towards him.
She immediately strangled him by the neck and reached out to cover the corner of his mouth as if to please shut his mouth.
Yoo Ji-hyuk giggled and began to bring out old stories that Yoo Ji-na hated, one by one.
Han Soo-young murmured as if she was surprised by the fight between siblings that would have been filmed while muttering that it was the best if Jin Ye-seul had been there.
“It’s surprising. I didn’t think they would do that, but they’re all the same… … .”
Come to think of it, when I was young, I and Choi Hyun-woo had a lot of fights like that.
Unlike Han Soo-young, who remembers old memories, Lee Ye-eun, who was the only daughter, looked at the two of them with an envious gaze.
“Ugh, evil! Hey Gina! It really hurts, I really think I’m going to die… ! Aww, you hit a bone, a bone!”
“Die, please die, die!”
Yoo Ji-na, who climbed on top of the struggling Yoo Ji-hyeok, clenched her teeth and slammed her fist.
Han Soo-young and Lee Ye-eun were about to step forward, thinking that it would be better to dry them soon.
“… … !!!”
“Ouch.”
At some point, Laune, who ran up to him, flew away and collided with Eugene.
It was a blow that was like a bat, but at Raune’s gaze, she had no choice but to retreat with a shy expression without realizing it.
“… … !!! … … !!!”
Laune shouted something at Yoo Ji-na and blocked her as if to protect Yoo Ji-hyuk.
The others knew it was half a joke, but it was because in Raune’s eyes, Yoo Ji-hyuk was really suffering from being attacked.
“Uh, Laune… ?”
“… ?! … !!!”
Laune looked around at Yoo Ji-hyeok, who was about to get up, and burst into tears.
Soon, with a bright expression on her face, she started running towards somewhere.
“Comrades? I haven’t dried my hair properly yet. As long as you have a human body, it is better to dry your hair properly. And running around like that is dangerous.”
Belluna, who was calm despite the commotion, said so while holding a towel in both hands.
Either way, Laune grabbed something in both hands and carefully approached Yoo Ji-hyuk and handed it to him.
“… what’s this?”
He felt something was unfamiliar and looked down at it.
What she handed over was a glass with something in it.
“… … !!!”
Laune nodded to Yoo Ji-hyuk with a bright expression as if to drink.
Belluna, who was staring at him, answered.
“Made, we are water.”
He realized what he meant after a beat.
“Oh, nothing to worry about. Perhaps the effect will remain the same.”
Belluna was still calm.
Unlike her, Yoo Ji-hyuk couldn’t do that.