## Chapter 1536 – Foreign Sword Saint – The Demon God of Another World

“Geuntae, have you forgotten even such basic things? This father… as your father, I have always lived thinking of you. And yet, you forgot such an important thing… tsk tsk.”

Clicking his tongue and shaking his head, my father put an unlit red ginseng stick in his mouth.

ㅡFshhh.

He naturally pulled out a lighter and lit the end of it.

“Aigo, Father.”
“What is it?”
“Are you going to grill that red ginseng stick?”
“Red ginseng stick? Ah, hot, you son of a bitch!!!”

ㅡPop!

My father, who even burned his fingers with the lighter flame, shook his hand violently, sending the red ginseng stick flying. What is he even doing right now?

“Why are you setting fire to red ginseng? Do people grill red ginseng these days?”

Truly the age of ubiquitousness.

“Y-You, Geuntae…! If you were watching, you should have said something!”

My father’s face turned red, and he blamed me for no reason, scolding me.

Ah. Right. This is my father. This man has always blamed and yelled at the nearest person whenever he made a mistake, dropped something, or stubbed his toe.

“What was I supposed to say? I thought you were trying to grill the red ginseng.”
“You little…!”
“More importantly, is this guy trying to smoke in the house right now? In front of me, of all people?”
“What?”

ㅡGYAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Kuaaaaaaaack!”

Smoking indoors. And daring to do it in front of me? Unforgivable. I immediately reprimanded him, and my father screamed and fell backward.

“Y-You, this punk keeps…!”
“You get scolded for smoking in the house. Imagine if I suddenly started smoking in the house back in the day.”
“G-Geuntae, you little bastard, are you talking back to your father…”

ㅡShudder, shudder.

My father trembled, but he didn’t say another word. That must be what growth is.

Now, my father’s era is over.

“You’ve changed a lot. You can even raise your voice at your father.”
“There’s a saying that a gentleman acts according to what he has learned. Anyway, a daughter-in-law?”
“Yes. A daughter-in-law from another world. But still, she’s a daughter-in-law that you, Geuntae, brought. So it doesn’t matter where she’s from.”

Huh.

“Just come quickly to introduce them. Your daughters-in-law are now members of our family, so of course, they must greet this father, don’t you think?”
“Well, yeah. They should.”

But Dad.
It’s not our family, it’s my family.

I was originally going to keep it minimal if I didn’t like them after seeing them once, but everyone is so happy, and my father even shed tears, so I’m planning to properly introduce them.

Daughters-in-law.

For a moment, the faces of Xenia’s and Karin’s fathers, and Claudia’s father flashed through my mind. I beat them all up. Those kinds of guys deserve to be beaten.

Xenia’s dad looked down on Winia, Karin’s dad was just an asshole, and Claudia’s dad, after abandoning Claudia, still acted like she was his property.

I couldn’t forgive them.

Even Risha’s dad was a Demon King, so I killed him with my own hands. An existence obsessed with transcendence, directly defining his own limits. In the end, he was no match for me.

Anyway.

When you think about it, my dad was also a parent who belonged to that category of villains who deserved to be beaten. Actually, I was going to beat him up if I didn’t like him after coming, but he welcomed me with tears, so I decided to just let the past go.

“Then I’ll come to greet you soon. But is it okay if nine of them come?”
“…This guy has gone crazy for women.”
“It’s better than just being crazy.”
“Nonsense… then bring them. I’ll judge them myself after seeing them.”

What judgment?

I judge my own women.

“And when can I meet their parents?”
“Parents? There’s hardly anyone to see?”
“What?”

A formal meeting between families.

The only parents-in-law who have been recognized by me are Liz’s mom and dad. The rest of the parents have serious flaws. Or I don’t even know they exist.

“Yeah. There are only two of them. They’re in another world, so it’s realistically a bit difficult.”
“Hmm… is it really not possible?”
“Yeah. There are quite a few reasons.”
“Are those reasons more important than the parents meeting each other when their children are getting married?”
“Pretty much. We’ll see them when the time comes. Or just exchange letters. Anyway, I’m going to head back now. See you when I come to greet you next time.”

ㅡSwish.

I got up from my seat right away.

“Well, it’s been a long time since I met Father.”
“…”
“Thanks for worrying about me. Live well with the treasure I gave you.”

I want to say more, but it’s too cheesy. Still, my father’s tears have seeped well into my heart. He’s a real son of a bitch.

“Hyung. Are you leaving?”
“Yeah. You live well with the treasure too, you bastard.”
“Yeah. Th-Thank you… but when are you coming next time?”
“Unannounced.”
“You’re coming unannounced?”
“I’m coming unannounced, so keep your area clean. Maintain the rest discipline.”
“Wow. It’s been so long since I heard the words ‘rest discipline’.”

Geunsu’s tension is starting to ease up.

“Oppa. Does that mean I’m getting nine sisters-in-law now?”
“That’s right. Geunmi is screwed.”
“What? Why am I screwed?”
“If you get nine sisters-in-law, you’re just screwed.”

I probably won’t see them much anyway, but I said that just to tease her, and Geunmi shouted.

“Stop talking nonsense!”
“It’s not nonsense.”

They’re all women with fiery tempers. Their combat experience alone is extraordinary, they’re true warriors. In other words, my queens can be described as a professional group of warriors.

Thinking about them.

“…”

A dark shadow looming. A picture of nine women standing side by side, holding weapons and emitting red light from their eyes. For some reason, the surroundings are burning.

“Anyway… it’s really amazing. Those queens from another world are all more famous than celebrities.”
“It seems so.”
“That thing. That queen with the sky-blue hair who made a scene while talking about Upham during the interview.”
“Liz? She’s my fifth wife.”
“No, seriously, wow. Polygamy… Anyway, she’s super popular on the internet because of that Upham thing.”
“Hehehe, I know.”

The scene of Liz going ballistic has already been made into GIFs and spread all over the internet.

“Can I really see them all?”
“If you come to greet them.”

You’ll see them all eventually.

“Then Mom. I’m leaving.”
“Stay longer…”
“I’m busy too.”

After saying goodbye to my mom one last time, I immediately opened the gate and returned.

* * *

“Yeah. It was better than I thought. I didn’t say anything, but my father already recognized me.”
“Oh my. Really?”
“I’m telling you.”
“Considering how different you were when I first met you, Kat, compared to now… he recognized you?”
“Yeah. He recognized me right away. And he was crying and… welcoming me.”

At those words, they nodded.

“Kya. It’s not common for a father to shed tears for his child. That’s good. Then I can accept it.”
“I was going to beat him up if he wasn’t good enough, like that darkie did to me and my sisters’ parents, but if that’s the case, then it seems okay.”
“That’s right. You were going to beat him up.”

That’s my women for you.

“Why do you always think of such violent methods first…”
“It’s all what our husband taught us. It’s okay to beat up parents if they’re messed up.”
“That’s right. That’s why I’m scolding Xenia these days.”
“Our Winia is truly a paragon of etiquette. A paragon.”
“Chuckles. Can you compare to Karin-unnie?”

Perhaps because they had shitty parents, Karin and Winia got along very well.

“Anyway, he seems like a wonderful person. To be able to cry for his child. Isn’t that an ideal father? I don’t think there’s anything to worry about, Seongdo-nim.”

Ideal?

“Uh… I don’t think so. Anyway, he said he knew everything, so we were worrying about that problem for nothing.”
“That’s a relief then!”
“Yeah. It’s a huge relief, really. And I told him properly not to say anything.”
“It seems we can rest assured about Kat-nim’s identity. Then.”
“Hehehe, that’s right. Anyway, I’m thinking of going to greet him. Are you going?”

Then let’s get ready to go.

“Of course, we have to go. That’s one of the reasons we came to Earth in the first place. Even if nothing else, if he saw Kat-dangsin return and shed tears, that means he loves you. If that’s the case, we should greet such parents with formality.”
“Haa… To think that this one would have parents-in-law… It’s quite amazing.”
“That’s how it is. That’s how it is. It’s all our first time. Risha-nim.”

It’s a bit amazing.

Then Claudia asked me.

“So Kat. What was Kat’s mother like?”
“Well. Seeing her, I was happy.”
“Hmph… is that so.”
“Yeah. Ah, but Claudia. I was thinking after seeing my mom for the first time in a while. Claudia is kind of like that.”
“Like what?”

I realized it for sure this time.

Claudia is.

“Transcending her mother… such a transcendent existence. Claudia is more of a mama than her mom.”
“Heok…! Kat!”

At those words, Claudia fluttered her ears and looked like she was deeply moved.

* * *

And so, the day of the formal meeting between families arrived.

What appeared before my eyes was.

ㅡ…

The back of a man.

It was a small and humble-looking back, but for some reason, that man’s back was saying “Mount Tai.” Mount Tai. A towering mountain. I immediately interpreted the meaning of that Mount Tai. No. There was no need to interpret it. I already knew it.

That Mount Tai.

Was made of Confucianism.

The man spoke of the Mount Tai of Confucianism with his back.

Deng Tai Shan Er Xiao Tian Xia (登泰山而小天下). Confucius, the overlord of Confucianism, said that the world was small when he ascended Mount Tai. The world is small. But people are big. What forms the foundation of my father is a distorted Confucianism combined with K-style꼰대 culture.

Believing that he is bigger than anyone else.
Such a Mount Tai-like ideology.

The man sitting on the cushion with his back to us spoke of it with his back.

And with his mouth.

He said this.

“Let’s start by having our daughters-in-law give us a big bow.”

The incarnation of Confucianism.

Father Kim Mal-soo.

Demanding a big bow from the nine demigoddesses from another world.

“Those are words that could be written on a tombstone.”