Chapter 42 – Chapter 42

I thought her eyeballs were sticking out.

[Is it real? I would like to see it once.]

That’s what it says, bitch.
If the eyeball really pops out, you should go to the hospital right away.
Write, have you been like that since before?

[… ] … Sorry.]

I asked the apologetic voice.

‘Is that dragon I think is right? Maybe it’s another dragon.’

She wouldn’t have been able to teach it before Noah revealed it, but since she revealed herself as a silver dragon with Noah’s own mouth, she seemed to be able to teach her voice as well.
My prediction was correct.

[Probably, the dragon you think is right.]
[Also appearing as a regular in fairy tale stories, or the strongest being on earth… It is a race that usually assumes the role of an absolute.]

Noah is just such a race?
A single drop of dragon’s mucus can kill a whale… Such a colossal race?

“…”

When I looked at Noah quietly in disbelief, Noah lowered her head and muttered again in a crawling voice.

“Yeah, as expected, it’s not worth it… A dragon with even broken horns, there is no other woman in this world who is as useless and insignificant as Noah. No, all guys like Noah live twice, a hundred times harder than other people, so they can barely eat one meal.”
“Which bastard is that?”
“… To?”

No wonder, really.
At the same time, it was clear to me how easy and cruel it was to brainwash and manipulate children with words.

‘Damn it, I killed all the self-esteem of a child.’

I thought I knew what it felt like.
The absolute one, the silver dragon.

Even if it’s just too cute and pretty to look at, don’t you know when you’ll show the side of the absolute. He must have wanted to kill Noah’s self-esteem even more so that he couldn’t even think about it. Even so, did he covet the dragon’s power or appearance?
Enough to brainwash a child into a slave like this?

「Kwu-wook!」

It was a situation where the fist was clenched.

“Some kid did that. Who are the bastards who said that to you?”
“That, that… Whoa!”

Noah struggled to answer my question, but on the contrary, he grabbed his chest and started gasping for breath. No, it would be an accurate expression to say that he couldn’t even breathe properly.
Seeing Noah like that, I quickly picked her up and patted her on the back.

“Noah, breathe. It’s okay, breathe… And you don’t have to answer the question I just asked you right now.”
“Ha ha, ha, ha… Daddy daddy…”
“Okay. Dad, I’m here. So rest assured. I just…”

Seeing Noah tremble, his heart aches at her pity.

“… I just don’t want to forgive the guys who said bullshit to you.”
“Dog sound…?”
“Okay. You are neither pathetic nor insignificant. It’s not even useless.”

Honestly, isn’t the real useless insectivore right next to you?
What a joke

“Who didn’t just look at Miho with strange eyes? It was like seeing a bug! It would be nice if Miho didn’t forget that she’s an elf.”

… Intuition like a beast, you kid.

“Noah.”
“Yes, Dad…”
“It was the same no matter what race you were. There are no useless, insignificant children in this world. It’s especially unsuitable for a kind and cute girl like you. Okay?”
“Do not know… I will Noah, I never thought of it that way… Because… However.”

Noah quietly lifted her head and buried her face in her neck, gently rubbing it as she said.

“If Daddy says that, Noah… I guess you can think so. Dad’s words must be right. Also, it’s warm…”

Perhaps, even if he said this, it was clear that the stereotypes that had been brainwashed into Noah’s brain repeatedly and more stimulatingly than I did would not easily disappear.
Even at a moment like this, Noah is just saying that to me out of her good heart.
Well, she was just grateful.
Even though the heart is so sad, I also came warmly.

“Yes, thank you.”
“Yes, Dad.”

Slowly, very slowly, I hope the day will come when Noah will be as confident in himself as Miho is.
And, sincerely wishing that I could make it, I filled the bathtub again.

“Hey, Miho.”
“Why do you growl?”

Why are you calling me
This cheeky little boy would have no wish even if he resembled only half of Noah’s innocence and courtesy.

“Because you are my sister now.”
“Sister! Oh, whenever I hear it, poetry is a word I don’t hate…”
“If something happens to Noah, or if someone wants to make Noah cry, then you have to help.”
“Ohh…”

Miho, who admired with a strange voice, tilted his head with a questioning expression.

“Elf, dragon?”
“Uh.”
“Even if the dragon makes a fuss, the elf won’t die.”
“…”
“Okay, got it! Miho, because you are my sister!”

It was a moment when I seriously wondered if the mutt that was passing by would be more trustworthy than him.
Anyway.

“Huh, now the water is full. It’s something I don’t do often. It would be much more comfortable to just wash it.”

“With a splash.”

Just in case, I put my hand in to check the temperature of the water and nodded my head in satisfaction. Not hot, not cold… It was just the right temperature.

“Shall we go in now?”
“Kyaaaaang!”

I ran over and grabbed Miho by the back of his head as he was about to jump and put it on my side, carrying Noah in the same way as he slowly soaked himself in the bathtub.

「Chambang!」

Noah flinched as the water filled his feet, but when the water came only up to his neck, he relaxed his body with a relieved expression.
The three of us squatted down in such a narrow bathtub.

It was so narrow that it was natural for their skin to touch each other. Feeling each other’s warmth, it wasn’t only the body that tickled, but the heart also tickled slightly.
At the same time, it was also as warm as the hot water in which we are now soaking.

“How is the water temperature?”
“Just Jjoang!”
“No, I like Noah too…”

Well, let’s see.

“Miho, Noah.”
“Ok?”
“Yes, Dad.”

I opened my mouth very carefully. The atmosphere has improved, but I wonder if it is right to bring up what happened earlier.
Personally, I thought it would be better to point it out at least once rather than just skip it.

“It’s something that just happened.”
“Yes…”
“Yes, Dad…”
“I want both of you to think about it from the other person’s point of view, but is that possible?”
“The mouth of the best friend?”

I nodded.

“First, Miho. Miho, what do you think would have happened if, on the day you first came to my house, the child who had come earlier suddenly shouted at you?”

In response to my question, Miho answered as if it were very natural.

“Very bitch. You have to pump your ass.”
“… You, who speaks so confidently, are now approaching in reverse.”
“Kyaaaaang! Miho is great!”

Seriously, even if I go bankrupt, I’ll give you at least three tutors.

“You know that bastard was you from a moment ago, right?”
“Miho?”
“You tried to push Noah away and screamed at the same time as Noah came to my house.”
“… !”

It was only then that Miho opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth as if realizing a big fact. I sprinkled a handful of warm water on Miho’s head and stroked his hair.

“Of course, it was possible enough. But like you just said, if you change your perspective and think about it, you must have been very sad and scared, right?”
“Yes…”

Still, thank you for accepting this kindly again.
To the next…

“Noah.”
“Yes, Dad.”
“If you put yourself in Miho’s shoes, you’ll understand a little bit. You are living with me first, what do you think it will be like when a new sister suddenly arrives?”
“That, that… I think it would be scary.”

What?
Maybe the question is a bit wrong?

However, my thoughts were wrong. Noah was taking my question straighter than I thought.

“Ah, I wonder if my dad is being taken away… I think it must have been scary.”

I thought that children are really amazing.
Sometimes I look so stupid, but there are times when I feel more like an adult than I am.
I felt so proud of the two of them, so I gently stroked their heads and said.

“If you think about it from the other person’s point of view, you can understand the problem that you don’t understand, and that’s it. So, for once in the future, let’s put ourselves in the other person’s shoes before we act.”
“Yeah, got it!”
“Yes, Dad. It was such a great word…”
“What? Haha…”

Even though I laughed, I was too shy.
It was a basic fact that I knew that the attitude of yeokjisaji (易地思之) is important. But when I look back to see if I really lived according to what I told my children… Not at all.

Leaving aside the annoyance, I was just a selfish human being.
As long as it wasn’t doing more than a certain amount of damage to others, I was the kind of person who lived thinking only of me.

Did I even have the qualifications to say these things?

「Fuck」

In the midst of this, I thought as I felt the warmth of the two children trying to cling to me even a little more.
To be honest, I didn’t know that a person like me didn’t deserve that.
If so, you could say it was a lie, or it was okay to be called disgusting by someone.
Please, let’s be a good father and a good parent even in front of these children.

‘I really want to be. Being a good father.’

I never dreamed that I would have this kind of greed in my life.

“Tonnu, Mia… Miho, I couldn’t call you daddy…”
“Dad, thank you for saying only good things to a kid like Noh and Noah. Noah, I feel very happy right now…”

Perhaps, if there were such lovely children around, everyone, not just me, would have had no choice but to think this way.

“Now, shall we change seats?”
“Ok?”
“Yes?”

I lifted up the startled kids, went into a corner, stretched out my legs, and put the two between them.
Then, they flinched and flinched slightly apart, but soon after I playfully pushed them in with ‘Ebbie,’ and their skins were bound to touch naturally.

“Oh, ohhh… Soft. Soft and soft…”
“Uh, sister, I’m sorry.”
“Sister!”

I hate that bastard’s word sister.
On the other hand, Miho, who happily scratched the back of her head at the word unnie, began to try various things to see if she was curious about Noah, who was touching her.

Grabbing and pulling his cheeks his, fiddling with Noah’s fingers his, or tickling his armpits his.
At that time, Noah just suffered calmly.

“Kyaaaaa!”

Thanks to this, only Miho is excited and is about to die.
If I had a younger sister who was so calm and pretty, would n’t she have played with her sister her every day?
In the meantime

“Miho, I have a question.”
“Uh, sister?”
“There is no hole here for tongue-in-cheek, but Miho and Noah have holes. What if I put a stick here? Noah, open your legs.”
“Yes Yes? Ha, but here…”

… It’s not like I have a bad heart, but it’s something I shouldn’t do even out of pure curiosity.
I quickly grabbed the two of them by the nape of their necks and pulled them up.

“Today’s bath ends here!”
“Eh, Miho, I want to play a little more… !”
“Let’s do it again tomorrow then.”
“Yeah, okay.”

Did they become a little closer by bathing together like this?
I was looking for clothes for Noah to wear while slightly worrying about that. I carefully took out Miho’s new clothes and asked.

“Can I give this to Noah?”

At my question, Miho casually nodded his head.

“Yes. Are you okay?”

“No,” She said as she reversed and ran to Noah with a towel and rubbed her hair vigorously.

“I was sorry earlier.”
“Oh, no, no. Uh, sister… No, Noah is all wrong…”
“No, it was Miho who was wrong. And it’s okay to be wrong. It’s because they say that if someone does something wrong, you can apologize. When that happens, I say, “Is it okay?”
“… It’s okay, sister.”
“Kyaaaaang! Whenever you have a hard time, tell Miho.”

Miho said as she patted her small chest.

“Miho, because you are my sister!”

Embarrassed and embarrassed by that comment, Noah nodded her head cautiously.

“Yes, sister.”

A small smile appeared on Noah’s lips his.