## Chapter 1618 – The Black-Haired Foreigner Chronicles – The Cheonma Children

ㅡPat-pat-pat!

I sprint on all fours toward the target.

“Hee, heeeaaaaack!”

Nick, screaming, tries to flee.

“Ice!”

ㅡHalt!

He shouts the word “ice” and freezes in place. His arms are crossed, like a pharaoh’s mummy.

Ice.

Yes.

Frozen like ice.
And according to the rules of this game.

“Ice… Iiiiiice!!!!”

A child who has become ice cannot be eaten!

“I’m iceeeeeeeeee!!!”

That felt so incredibly terrifying!

Monster Kim Kat is a horrifying demon addicted to the flesh of young children! There’s no way he can endure having his prey turn to ice right before his eyes!

“I can’t eat iceeeeeeeeee!!! Kkeuaaaaaaaaack!!!”

So, I screamed in front of Nick.

Simply put, I threw a tantrum in front of Nick.

“Hee, heeaack…!”

How terrifying must it be to see your father, turned into a monster, roaring in front of you?

Nick was terrified, but he didn’t actually need to worry. According to the rules of this variant Kim Kat Ice-Fire, a child who casts the ice spell can’t move but is immune to attacks.

“To think I can’t eat this delicious child! Sseuaaaack! I’m so saaaaaaad!!!”

Anyway, I tore at my hair and roared in front of Nick.

“Hic…!”
“Oh, what do we do…!”
“Papa!”

The other frozen children trembled as they watched me.

Of course, moving while frozen means game over. Ice is a spell that protects you, but it’s also a shackle that prevents you from escaping.

“I want to eat! I want to eaaaaat! But I can’t because it’s iceeeeee!”

I imitated a demon consumed by appetite.

ㅡSsaaack!

And licked Nick’s frozen cheek with my tongue. Ssaaack!

“Heack!”

Hmm.

Delicious.

Tender and soft.

Anyway, if your prey is frozen, you just need to target something else. I immediately scan the scene. The next prey is, yes.

Kaina.

“Hic!”

When I stared at Kaina, she made a terrified sound. Before chasing her, I recited a line like a demon.

“But!!! If all the children become ice!!! I can just kidnap them all, melt them slowly, and then devour them!!”

The rules of the game are simple.

If you become ice, I can’t eat you, but you can’t move. Once you’re frozen, you have to stay still unless another child comes and touches you, shouting “Fire.”

However, if all the children become ice, it’s game over. I’ll kidnap them all, melt them slowly, and then devour them.

So, you have to move strategically and hold out for the time limit.

Since the mothers are currently performing an exorcism, the basic setup is that if you just hold out, Monster Kim Kat will be reverse-summoned back to the demon world.

So, children.

Keep running.
If you all become ice, it’s game over.

“Kainaaaaaa!”
“Kyaaaaaaack!”

Of course, there’s no way the children can act tactically. They run away in a group, and when I approach, they shout “ice” in a bunch, self-incapacitating themselves.

Well, they do “fire” each other and run away again, but it’s still just kids’ level.

So, now only Kaina was left.

“Papa! No! Don’t follow me!”
“I want meat! Kaina meat! Kaina meaaaaat!”
“Heeeeeuk!”

Kaina, pale with fear, runs as hard as she can.

ㅡWiggle-waggle.

Since she has a ponytail like her mom, that ponytail is shaking wildly.

Watching it is cute and fun.

“Meaaaaat! Meaaaaaaat! I want meaaaaaaat!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaack! Papa! Get a grip! I’m not Kaina meat!”
“Let me eat meaaaaaat!!!”

I chase Kaina on all fours, skillfully adjusting my speed. It’s most important to always maintain an atmosphere where I seem like I’m about to catch her.

As I was chasing her.

“I, iceㅡ!”
“No! Kaina, Unni!”

Erika shouted like lightning at Kaina, who was about to give up and shout “ice.”

“Don’t ice! You can’t! We’re all already ice!”
“B, but! What do you want me to do!”

Erika is right.

Kaina is the last survivor now.

She has to either run until the time limit is up or use “fire” on another child to increase the number of allies who can run.

Let’s see.

Let’s see what Kaina does.

“Ah!”

That’s when it happened.
Kaina changed direction.

“Hmm?”

Kaina, who changed direction, went straight!

“Lizbelle!”

She runs toward our Zvelle!

“Lizbelle!”
“Uh, uh?! Kaina, Unni?! Why are you calling me?!”
“Lizbelle!”
“No! Don’t come! Kaina, Unni, don’t comeeeee!!!”

Zvelle screamed.

“Fire!”

But Kaina mercilessly touched Zvelle.

“Sorry, Lizbelle! Do your best for both of us!”
“Kaina, Unni! That’s so mean!”
“Sorry! Ice!”

And then Kaina, who sacrificed Zvelle again, shouted “ice”…! That cowardly little thing!

“She became ice!”
“Hiiiic!”

But that’s the rule of the game, so there’s nothing I can do. I licked Kaina’s face once, ssaaack, and then chased Zvelle.

“ZvelleZvelleZvelleZvelleMokelleMbembeee!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

Zvelle, crying and running away!

It’s really the most satisfying to chase her!

“Don’t do it, Papa! Save me!”

That cute child is begging so cutely. As a father, I had no choice but to ignore that plea. Because it was so much fun.

“Want to live in Papa’s belly together?”
“Nooooooooo!”

It would be nice to live together.

“Ah, I can’t do this! Aisha! Sorry!”
“Why! Why me! Don’t do this!”
“Sorry! Fire!”
“Gyaack!”

Zvelle, who was running away like that, touched Aisha. Aisha was shocked by that, and Zvelle breathed a sigh of relief.

But.

“Ice!”
“Zvelle-ah. Did you think you’d be faster than your Papa?”
“Ah?”

It was faster for me to grab Zvelle’s arm than for Zvelle to shout “ice.”

“Ah, ah. No! It’s not…!”

Denial.

“Papa! No! Ice! Ice! I iced!”

With tears welling up in her eyes, Zvelle kept shouting “ice.” Ah, my daughter Lizbelle. My Lizbelle, whose sky-blue hair, resembling Liz-noona, is so lovely.

“Ice! Ice! Ice! Papa! I iced! Heeuk!”

To think that I have to devour a child who is begging so adorably.

What a cursed demon I am.

“Our lovely Zvelle. You iced?”
“Heeuk! Yes! I iced!”

Zvelle, answering while rubbing her eyes with both hands.

“But it’s already too late.”
“Yes…?”
“Zvelle is Papa’s food. Ssaeaahhhhhhhh!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

ㅡCheoeok.

I immediately grabbed Zvelle’s ankle, held her upside down, took off her shoes, and lightly bit her white foot.

“Aang.”

Nibbling. Gently biting as if tickling, pretending to eat her. Of course, even though I’m holding her upside down by the ankle, I’m supporting her with my strength. There’s no strain at all.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaack!”

She’s just scared and screaming.

“Noooooooo!!! You can’t eat meeeeeeeee!!!”

Zvelle, falling into terror and despair.

“Ah, ah…!”
“Heeuk!”
“Sorry, Lizbelle! Unni will live for your share!”
“Kaina! It’s all your fault! Lizbelle because of you!”
“Ah, Aisha. Internal strife isn’t good…”
“But!”

Aisha had already used “fire” on all the children. But internal strife broke out. Aisha was blaming Kaina, and Diel seemed to be mediating.

“Papaaaaa! Don’t eat meeeee!”

Good.

There are so many spectators.

Shall I try a slightly more realistic performance?

ㅡSsuk.

I immediately turn my body and turn my back to the children.

And.

“Aang.”

ㅡHwareureuk.

I create a gate right in front of my mouth, large enough for Zvelle to enter.

“Gonna eat you.”
“Papaat?!”

I put Zvelle into the gate as it is, performing as if I’m really eating her!

Since I’m currently turned around with my body hiding Zvelle, they’ll think I’m really eating her!

“Heoeeeok?!”
“Eoaaaaaaat?!”

Nick and Hilda scream.

“Li, Lizbelle, Unni, was really eaten!”

Erika is shocked.

“Papaaaat?!”
“Re, really…?”

Claire made a surprised sound, and Rishka trembled.

“Gulp.”

I warped Zvelle to the game over room like that.

As expected, there’s an explosive reaction.

ㅡHwaeek!

And I turn around and declare!

“Hehehe! All the prey has been released! I’ll eat you all! All of you!”

ㅡSsaaaaaack!

I shout again and chase the children on all fours!

“We, we have to run in all directions! We have no chance if we stick together!”

The smartest, Kadiel, instinctively scattered the children who were trying to stick together. As expected, I have to eat the smart ones first.

“We just have to hold out for 5 more minutes! We can live if we just hold out for 5 minutes!”

Hilda shouted, thinking of raising morale.

Good!

I’ll eat the trumpeter first!

The moment I thought that.

ㅡPat-pat-pat!

Suddenly, Nick comes running.

“Hmm? Nick?”

And then.

ㅡProstrate!

“Papa! Please! Come back to the Papa you used to be! Please!”

He prostrated himself and bowed to me, saying those words.

“No.”

This kid is the only boy, but he’s the most scared. He’s even the eldest son, but he’s the most scared. Really.

“Please! Come back!”

Did he think I’d come back if he begged?

“Kueuk…! Ni, Nick? Nick-ah?”
“Pa, Papa?”
“Ru, run away…! Papa will soon become a monster again! Run away quickly!”
“But!”
“I said run away quickly! Is of course a lie, and I’m a monsterrrr!”
“Ah?”

ㅡHwaaaaaack!

I immediately grabbed Nick’s arms and opened my mouth wide.

“Papa?”

ㅡJiiiiiing.

I deployed a gate in front of my mouth and had Nick pass through from head to toe, performing the act of eating him, and at that moment.

ㅡKyaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Screams erupted again, and despair took root in the hearts of the innocent children. Yes. This despair is my energy.