Chapter 45 – Chapter 45

In the midst of this, Noah shouted.

“Oh, if you don’t go… ! Oh, it won’t work…”

I didn’t want to go even more because I could see how much courage Noah mustered up to say that. Besides, how many people like to work?
But it was unavoidable.
We couldn’t make a living doing what everyone wanted to do.

“Noah. You have to work, earn money. With that money, everyone can eat well and live in a warm house. So…”
“No, Noah, I will work. Gee, I’ll wash that, even the dishes, at a restaurant somewhere right now!”
“No.”
“Why, why… Noah, you can do it. If you just say you need money, blood, Noah, you can earn it without sleeping.”

He was truly a very kind and pitiful child.

“I can’t.”
“Why…”
“Because I am a child.”
“… !”
“Since both Miho and Noah are still children. Rather than making money, I want you guys to enjoy what you can do now. That is the role of adults and parents.”
“Huh, huh…”
“Will you let me be a proud father to you two?”

It was then.
Miho, who had been watching silently from the side, hurriedly ran over and grabbed Noah’s hand as he was crying and opened his mouth.

“Miho, eat a lot.”
“Know.”
“Miho, you pig! Chicken, you peck so much!”
“Know.”
“So, tongue… You have to earn a lot of money. Instead, Miho… I’ll be waiting for you here with Noah.”

I was momentarily at a loss for words.
The child was truly amazing.

Even if you always show a foolish, lacking, or worried about getting hurt… At times, it shows a really great appearance that you can’t even imagine.
Just like now.

“Uh, yes… You will earn a lot.”

If you think about why you were so obsessed with money in the past, there was no reason.
It’s just a capitalist society, and it’s comfortable in the world of Korea… Because in order to be arrogant in front of other people, there had to be a lot of ‘money’.
It was a world where people could be ignored just because they didn’t have money.
But if you ask me if I was happy because I had a lot of money, I think it was a momentary happiness after all.
Of course, having more money is better than not having it, but humans are so cunning animals that we quickly get used to having a lot of money.
On the other hand, now there was a clear reason.

‘For these children.’

To make you happy again.
And Miho and Noah… With these children, every day, no, every moment was new.
There is no time to get used to something and become lazy.
If my efforts and my time were spent for these children, none of it was wasted.

“Are you still here, tongue-nu?”
“Yes.”
“Miho, pork, and lots of things to eat… If I didn’t have a tongue, I wouldn’t have been that good…”
“…”
“It’s all cold tofu jjobab, I’m standing still… I didn’t drink it.”

Children were never meant to receive something from adults.
It’s just that what they give usually doesn’t exist in a materialized form, and they obviously do their best in their own way to give back a lot to us.

“I’ll let you go.”
“Yeah, Noah should be human too. Dad, you have to say, “Have a good trip.”

Even if it wasn’t the order in which I met, Miho was my ‘sister’.
Although she said that Miho was still less able to speak than Noah, and that her abilities were lacking, by extension, her brain her could be worse.
However, she said that Miho was her older sister her.

“Hey, heh… Daddy daddy… Bye.”
“I will be back.”
“Ugh, Dad… Bye!”

In the end, seeing her Noah who could n’t stand her crying, I had no choice but to hug her once and pat her her. Miho was also slightly tearful, but her older sister had times to be dignified.
I said while giving Miho a hug.

“I believe you, sister. If anything happens, she should call me right away.”
“Oh, don’t worry. Because Miho is the older sister!”

I just put on my shoes and went out the door.

「Kikkik, thump!」

The door closed, and the children were completely out of sight.
In that moment, I realized that I was back in the world I knew.
Different.
The world with children and the world where only me exists are clearly different.
It was a different world.

[Go. To work.]

“Stop.”

Unknowingly, I grabbed the doorknob and tried to open it, but I flinched and moved on.

“Thank you.”

[You’re welcome. I can do this much, me too.]

“Okay, thanks.”

[… ] … I am.]

“Yes? What?”

[No, I didn’t say anything.]

I’m sorry, I’m like a shy person.

[Profit! You all heard… Really!]

The further I moved away from home, the more anxious I felt. Certainly, rather than living alone, life with children could be a little more tiring, anxious, and more difficult because there are many things to worry about.

But that’s why I was able to get something precious that I couldn’t get when I was alone.
It was like an inestimable treasure.

[Taxi stop]

“Please go to Exit 5 of Myeongwoon Station.”
“All right.”

Lying in the taxi, I took a small deep breath and took my phone out of my pocket. Then, I entered the ‘gallery’, which I would never normally look into, and looked at the pictures.
There was a strange man smiling brightly with two children on either side of him who wouldn’t hurt to put them in his eyes.

The fact that it was me was just surprising and made me laugh.
And just in time, as I was splitting the room, I saw a picture frame that the taxi driver had put right next to the steering wheel.
The picture was taken at an amusement park.

“Driver, did you like that amusement park?”
“Yes? Ahhh…It was good. Since it was the weekend, how many people came to play as a family unit just like us. It exploded to the point where I couldn’t even breathe. Still, how much my sons loved it. After all, kids love amusement parks.”
“Okay. I’ll have to take him next time too.”
“You won’t regret it, but you better be prepared.”
“Yes?”
“In an amusement park, kids have infinite stamina.”
“That’s something you have to be really careful about.”

Mysteriously, the taxi driver and I were smiling the same way, and after that, we carefully talked about the children.
Arriving at the destination was an instant.

* * *

〈 Miho’s point of view 〉

「Kikkik, thump!」

As soon as the door closed, Noah burst into tears and clung to the porch. Seeing this, Miho also flinched and raised and lowered his hand.
It was a scene I had seen several times, but it was a scene that was difficult to get used to.

When Hyeonu, who seemed to always be by his side, disappeared from sight, anxiety and fear that he had forgotten about came up.
When Kim Hyun-woo is together, the sun rises and sets in an instant, and the moon rises and sets repeatedly.
Without him, a day seemed so long.

‘Don’t go, Hyeonu…’

She loves to eat, but since Miho would rather starve, she wanted Kim Hyun-woo to be by her side.
But I know that shouldn’t be the case.
Parents have the role of parents, and children have the role of children.

“Miho.”

These were the facts taught by the main characters whose voices are now so faint. Even if she forgot many things because of her brain, Miho never forgot them.

“Dad mom!”

I couldn’t forget

But today felt a little different.
There was noah

“Whoa, whoa, whoa…”

Noah was one of the most famous crybabies Miho had ever seen.

「No, Noah! It’s a silver dragon!”

Startle!

‘D-Dragon…’

Of course, elves were incredibly frightening beings that could be killed with a light snort. My parents in the past told me to be absolutely careful about dragons, if nothing else.
They say that they have a vicious heart befitting an absolute being, and they are disaster-like beings who show no mercy except for the same dragon.
However, in Miho’s eyes, Noah was not like that.
Just like you… She was a fragile little child.

“Tp-tuk-tuk, pat-pat.”

Miho quietly approached Noah and cautiously reached out and patted Noah on the head, just as Kim Hyunwoo always did.

“Noah, don’t cry.”
“Hey, uh, sister…”

It was scary and difficult for Miho as well.

‘Miho, because she’s the older sister!’

“Miho, that was dangerous! What would she have done if her sister was even a little late, she really is.”

Miho already knew to some extent what her older sister was like.
Because I saw it a lot when I was young.

“Your tongue went to work! I didn’t go because I didn’t like Noah. When Noah and Miho cry like this, who suffers the most? Does Noah want that?”
“Oh no! Never, never… Oh, I don’t want to make it difficult for Dad.”
“Then drop it, do it. Here is the towel I used earlier.”
“Kheuuuuu!”
“That’s right, it’s boring.”

It was Miho who even wiped away the tears with a towel full of runny nose.

“The tongue will come soon. Miho did too. Heat to heat uh, uh… Anyway, I didn’t count too much, but I came.”

And that wasn’t all.
Miho knew.

On the day he ran away, he hid in a hole in a nearby corner and watched.
He saw Kim Hyun-woo, who desperately turned the whole neighborhood upside down, saying that he would find it no matter where he was hiding.
Even if people cursed at him, he knew Kim Hyun-woo, who cried out the name ‘Miho’ in that dark space.

“Wait, Dad… Are you coming soon?”
“Hem! Of course. Because.”

Miho said confidently.

“You’re a good tongue-in-cheek dad!”
“… !”

Noah opened her eyes and nodded her head again through tears.

“Yes, Dad is a good dad. Thanks sister.”
“Sister! Thank you?!”

It was something that really tickled my heart.
Miho was a little excited.

“Come here and sit down. Let’s see our Gatty Tranguna.”
“Yes, sister…”

Miho, who sat with her back in the corner of the studio with Noah, thought.
It’s different than when I’m alone.

Without Kim Hyun-woo, he felt that the one-room was too spacious and cold for him, but now there was another warmth that shared with him.
Was my sister

‘Younger sister! Miho’s little sister!’

At first, I hated Noah a little, and was afraid, but not anymore.
Noah was a precious little sister.

It was a family.
It was a family that would be together for a long time to come.

“Miho, I’m thirsty for something.”
“Sister, here is Coke.”
“Five…”
“I brought some sweets here too. It’s good to eat, I’ll put it in my sister’s hand. Unnie, you can focus on her ground ball her.”

Miho thought.

‘With Noah, Miho, I don’t have to lift a finger from her!’

… Noah was a really good sister.

Meanwhile, watching her Miho, who was concentrating solely on her ground ball, Noah carefully lifted his phone with both of her hands.
And she entered the ‘gallery’ with a touch she was already accustomed to.
Over 2,000 photos of Hyunwoo Kim were stored there. Noah looked at them slowly and smiled at her.

“Dad…”

For Noah, looking at Kim Hyun-woo’s picture was ten million times more enjoyable than the ground ball.

“Kyahahaha, kyahaha!”

My sister really likes her even if she only serves a little, and she also takes good care of Noah.
Miho was a really good older sister.