Chapter 16 – Chapter 16

Since when
I started not being able to sleep well at night. Maybe it was from the time when I noticed that I was at home, and it was uncomfortable and accepted.
From then on, even when I was making a lot of money while working as a host, I never once slept so soundly that I didn’t want to sleep anymore.
It was always the same whether sleeping alone or hugging the naked body of a beauty like Sunwoo Yerang next to her.
Rather than sleeping side by side with a guest, it was not comfortable, and I had no choice but to be half nervous. Because the guest is the queen, and the host is nothing more than a slave.
It was natural to be in a position where if someone asked for something even while sleeping, I had to get up and do it.

“…”

However, today, for the first time in years, I was able to get a good night’s sleep, confidently saying, “I had a good night’s sleep.” As for how soundly I slept, even though I woke up around 4:30 in the morning, I have no desire to sleep more.

He was in such a state of mind and body that he could stand up straight away and sprint 100 meters.
What is the reason.
I wasn’t sure if it was because of the sudden blessing, or because of the pea-sized girl clinging to my arms like a baby koala hugging her mother.

“No.”

I muttered softly as I looked at Miho, who looked like he would crumble just by touching it.

“… This guy might be a blessing too.”

Anyways what do you do now

[Current time]
[AM 4:34]

Did you wake up too early?

“I don’t have anything to eat. Shall we go buy groceries?”

Even before she graduated from high school, she made plans to live alone, and after she graduated, she ran out of the house right away, and she worked as a host and of course learned to cook to satisfy women, so it was not particularly difficult. There was nothing.

Her skills were good enough to hold a cooking license.
Nevertheless, she didn’t usually cook and eat, how to say… Eating self-cooked meals all by myself was quickly tiring.

Rather than buying and eating, should I say that?
Conversely, seeing the faces of people who are happy with the food I cooked made my heart a little more comfortable.

“Oh, come to think of it, money…”

… I’m a beggar now.

All I have is a foreign car.

“I am crazy.”

Yesterday, when I was hanging out with Seonwooye so hard, I should have gotten a lot of tips. Otherwise, you’ll just get 100 million.
Why did I do that
My head was filled with the thought of going home, so I didn’t do things like induce tips by annoying Seonwoo Yerang in the middle.

“Huh, well, from this month on, I’ll definitely earn money… If you swipe it with a credit card, it will work somehow.”

This is the moment when you mumble and try to raise your body.

「Kugit!」

I saw a dainty hand clutching my clothes. Five fingers were trembling as they desperately gripped my collar.

“… Papa, Mom… Dad, Mom…”
“…”

I sometimes thought that sympathizing with a poor child was deception or self-satisfaction…
Maybe not.
It was pitiful, it was pitiful. Maybe God didn’t know that I would feel this way.

“What are you dreaming about, even shedding tears? On the subject of stupid gluttons. I heard that fools don’t dream.”
“…”

He said, carefully wiping the tears from Miho’s eyes and stroking her hair.
Then, she is Miho, who continues to sleep with a much better expression.

“It can’t happen.”

Here she had a hunch that any slight movement would open her eyes.
I couldn’t help but let out a small sigh and continued to gently stroke the back of her hair without waking Miho.

“Even if it is small, it is too small.”

It was the size of my palm.
Soft and petite.

Children were so fragile that they would break if touched the wrong way, and children did not need the protection of their parents or adults for nothing.

“Whoa, good parents. Are you a good adult…”

I thought these words didn’t suit me too well.

“… It’s difficult, it’s difficult.”

I’m out of cigarettes
I wanted to smoke a cigarette because I was bored, but I couldn’t do it again when I thought of how this old woman sniffed the cigarette smoke in front of me and choked with difficulty.

“Hyunwoo…”

Come to think of it, I called him “Hey” Too.
Miho also called me Hyunwoo.

“…”

One day, if we continue to live together like this until Miho becomes an adult, Miho will call me daddy.
Will the day come when I call Miho my daughter?

「Fishik!」

What am I talking about because I’m completely drunk with the dawn sensibility? It was like a business relationship where Miho and I ended up holding hands for each other.
I needed this ‘blessing’ even to cure her impotence, and Miho needed me as a human being to protect her until she became an adult.

“Everyone wonders why the selector of fate chose you, but there has never been a time when the outcome has been wrong.”

I know.
Why did you entrust such a poor child to someone like me? There must have been a much better person than me in this world.

“There is probably someone who will take care of you with much more warmth and sincerity than someone like me.”

Because he was such a pretty kid.

“Let’s watch You Tube quietly, this is what happened.”

I was able to confirm that there was an unexpected notification as I picked up the phone with a movement that seemed to break the joints of my arms.

[Sunwoo Yerang remitted 10,000,000 won to me.]

“…”

What kind of tip is 10 million won? … Where is the woman who gave it to the host who just left her and left her alone by bank transfer?
Of course, I know that 10 million won for Seonwoo Yerang is a small amount of money.
Still…

“Message?”

Come to think of it, there was also a text message from Seonwoo Yerang.

[I got goosebumps when you turned down 100 million won, as if you always looked at women only for money.
But, that was even better. Good luck next time. Still, if the host did the work, should I get paid for the trouble?]

“Under…!”

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
It wasn’t that I was laughing at Seonwoo Yerang’s behavior or anything like that.
Conversely, thank you.

It was amazing.

“Ha, really…”

No matter how good I was, no matter how well I satisfied a woman, it was the kind of text I had never received before.

“What is it, really?”

Host and guest.
There was something of a tacit atmosphere between the two. Women know that hosts see them as money, and hosts know that women want to have their money do what they want.

Between host and guest.
In the middle of the day, we recognized him and always drew a line suitable for him. And Seonwoo Yerang was one of those women who knew that line better than anyone else.
How could such a woman send such a text message?

“So, it was better…”

… If Miho hadn’t been there, would I have been able to have such a crush on Seonwoo Yerang? Have you ever been so desperate to hang out with a game to get home?

Could I have turned my back coolly without caring about money or anything?

“As expected, you might be a blessing too.”

I gently stroked Miho’s head as he slept soundly.
Despite the comfortable expression, I couldn’t help but laugh like an idiot when I saw that the power in the hand holding my collar was still the same.

I thought it wasn’t bad to be supported by someone this much.

* * *

“Booth.”
“Sniff, squeak.”

It was around the time that Miho opened his eyes, and my hand felt numb.
8 o’clock in the morning to be exact.

He slept for too long, and at the moment when I wanted to close my eyes again, he rubbed Booth’s own eyes and blinked his round eyes, typical of children.

“Did you sleep well, gluttonous pig?”
“Hunaam, good night after a long time. Tongue, tongue, tongue!”
“Ok?”

Booth gets up and hangs the coat I was using as a blanket on a hanger, but Miho pulls on the hem of my clothes.
Doesn’t that mean you can’t go to the bathroom by yourself?
You taught me yesterday
No matter how stupid it is…

“My stomach is rumbling, fried! Give me the fried chicken.”
“… Give me back my impression of dawn, pig.”

What the hell is in this bitch’s head? Isn’t there nothing in the head other than eating, cheap, and sleeping?

“…”

It made me even more creepy that the thoughts I had just a moment ago might not be groundless.
If you open that child’s head, you might find a brain the size of a puzzle piece inside.

“Hey.”
“Ok!”

Is it because I ate well and slept well?
Miho was definitely more energetic than yesterday. Well, the simpler the kid, the more energetic he is.

“Do you know how to count?”

It was a question I wanted to ask ever since I heard that I had counted well over ten to ten yesterday.

“Ok! Miho, you’re not that stupid.”
“Try.”
“One, two, whatever…”
“Five.”

I was about to give a small admiration, but I couldn’t help but close my eyes tightly at the words that followed immediately.

“Four, all, one, one, one, ten! And another one.”
“…”

Does the level of mathematical knowledge stop at ten?
Is not it?
Is this normal at that age? Didn’t I say 140 years old? Was he even human in the first place?

I stared at Miho’s ear blankly.
No matter how you look at it, it was noticeably long ears.

[Yes? I never once told you that children are human. There’s no way I can bless you enough to entrust you with a human in the first place.]
[Miho is an elf.]

“Oh, elf.”

You are also a legend who just said that.

「Flicker!」

As soon as I uttered the word elf, Miho’s body his stiffened. And the atmosphere changed as if I was slightly wary, so I quickly changed my words.
Working as a host, the thing that improved the most was paying attention.

“There is a lot to do today. Buy clothes, buy toothpaste, buy some food. Well, I don’t think it’s bad to go around here and there after going out. Oh right. I had to buy a phone too. There are a lot of things to do, hey, at times like this, I write them down on a notepad. Okay?”
“Memo… Chan?”
“Yes, there is such a thing. If you become smarter than you are now, you will understand it naturally.”
“Miho, genius?”
“No, stupid.”
“Ughyaak!”

I lightly held Miho’s fist, which was about to punch another testicle, and said.

“Once you wake up, go to work first, then brush your teeth first.”

「Flicker!」

Miho hardens again.
If there is something a little different from before.

“Oh, oh oh… Oh, okay!”

I cautiously go into the bathroom alone and close the door, looking at me.

“It’s okay if you look into it. Got it?”
“OK.”

I confidently nodded, and a minute later confidently opened the door.
Then, after doing errands, standing in the room was Miho, who was brushing her teeth roughly with a toothbrush that hadn’t even been dipped in toothpaste.

“Ugh! A goose!”
“You aren’t even brushing your teeth!”
“Miho is fine!”
“Me too! Anyway, I’m your protector now! Is the little one rolling his hair already?”

… I think I was very upset with my parents when I was young.

I thought this bitch might be worse than me.

「Zuuuuu!」

I deliberately squeezed out a lot of mint toothpaste and slowly approached Miho.

“That, stop… !”
“This is all for you!”
“… Kyaaaaang!”

After a bout of fighting in the morning over brushing my teeth, I decided to finish everything I started, from washing my face to washing my hair.

“Take it off, bitch.”
“Uhehe, brush your teeth… Miho, I’m hungry.”

I said while watching Miho whining about being hungry even in the middle of this.
I wonder how a chicken got into that little boat yesterday.

“After washing, put on your clothes and let’s go eat right away.”

At that moment, Miho threw my T-shirt that I was wearing at the speed of lightning.

“Good!”
“…”

I already had an intuition that today’s day would not go easily.