## Chapter 1621 – The Foreigner With Black Hair – 천마칠드런 (Cheonma’s Children)

“Papa is mine!”
“No! He’s mine!”

Zvel and Kaina are bickering, trying to claim me! I hate it when my daughters fight over me!

I have to stop them!

“So, both of you come here!”

I immediately opened my arms and pulled both kids into my embrace, like a Venus flytrap trapping insects!

—Whump!

“Ah?!”
“Kya!”

The two kids were easily captured.

It goes without saying, they can’t beat me in a battle of strength. Even if my opponent is my own child, I’m a man who exerts his power in these situations.

“Fighting over who gets Papa! If you’re going to do that, beat Papa first!”

If they have a complaint, they can beat me!

If they want to fight over me, they have to fight me first! That’s what it means to fight over Cheonma Kim Kat!

Even their mothers don’t fight over me, so they shouldn’t be doing this!

I wonder who they learned this from!

“Pa, Papa?!”
“How can we beat Papa!”
“You fought without even having the confidence to beat me!”
“B-But! Papa is mine! Kaina, go away!”
“No! Papa is Kaina’s!”

Even while being held in my arms, Zvel and Kaina tried to fight. I guess Zvel is sulking because I’ve been praising Kaina even after scolding her.

I can’t help it.

“Go away! I hate Kaina! You always bully me!”
“That’s just part of the game! I’m not bullying you!”
“Yes, you are! Anyway, go away! Papa is mine!”
“No! He’s mine!”

It would be better to separate them and talk to each of them calmly.

At that moment.

—Fwoosh.

A gate opened, and Karin walked out.

“What are you all arguing about?”
“Ah! Mom!”
“Ka, Karin Auntie…!”

I’m saved.

“Sis! Take Kaina for now!”
“Kaina. Papa is Mommy’s.”

What?

—Whump.

Karin came over and wrapped her arms around my neck.

“M, Mom…?”
“Papa is Mommy’s.”

What is this woman saying in front of the kids? The two children looked shocked at Karin’s words.

“Was our Zvel having fun?”

Karin reached out to Zvel and stroked her hair while speaking in a gentle tone. Nevertheless, Zvel had a dumbfounded expression.

“Ka, Karin Auntie…?”
“Yes. It’s Karin Auntie.”
“What did you just say…?”
“I said Papa belongs to Karin Auntie.”

What is she saying with that playful face!

“Pa, Papa?! Papa belongs to Karin Auntie?!”

Zvel asked me!

Oh my! This woman, really!

“Well, you see, Zvel.”
“If Papa belongs to Karin Auntie, what about Mom? What is she to Papa?”
“Hmm?”

Wait a minute.

Hold on.

“Ah! Sis! You’re confusing Zvel by saying unnecessary things!”
“What? Unnecessary things? Are you saying what I said was unnecessary?”
“Of course not!”

First, Zvel!

She’s very confused right now.

“Zvel! It’s like this! Together. Huh? Together, that’s what it is!”
“W-What?”
“Karin Auntie and Mom are all Papa’s.”
“Huh?”
“Both belong to Papa.”

It almost became complicated for a moment, but it’s not a difficult problem at all. Everyone is mine. That’s how you should conclude it.

“Why does everyone belong to Papa?”

Zvel asked, looking doubtful.

“Because Papa is Kim Kat, the man who takes everything. In short, Mongga.”
“…Mongga? Really?”

Even if you ask if it’s real there.

“Of course, it’s real.”
“Then what about me? Who do I belong to?”
“Zvel, of course, belongs to Papa.”

Zvel was delighted to hear that.

“Yes! I belong to Papa!”
“Hehehe! That’s right!”
“Pa, Papa!”
“Huh? Kaina?”
“I want to belong to Papa too!”
“It’s not ‘want to,’ you were always Papa’s!”
“Yay!”

I think I’ve managed to smooth things over.

“Hahahahahaha!”
“Kyahaha!”
“Ahaha!”

I hugged Kaina and Zvel and laughed together.

That said, Zvel and Kaina like me too much. Yeah. This is the life of a father raising daughters. Daughters naturally like their fathers. I couldn’t be happier.

“Ugh, you little brat. You’re so happy. The kids like their dad more than their mom. Hey. Daughter. Who do you like more, Mom or Dad?”
“I like Papa!”

Instant reply!

“Agh! Are you really going to do this to your mom!”
“Hehehe, no. Sis. Why are you asking that?”
“Come here!”
“Kya!”

Karin immediately extracted Kaina from my arms and took her away. That woman is so cute.

“Whose daughter are you!”

Karin hugged Kaina like a teddy bear and asked accusingly.

“Mom and Papa’s daughter!”
“Then why do you only like Papa!”
“I like Mom too!”
“You changed your words just now! Hmph!”

Karin, completely sulky, grabbed Kaina and started showering her face with kisses.

—Muah muah muah!

“Kyaaaaa!”

This is another one of Karin’s quirks. Whenever she catches Kaina, she starts showering her with kisses like crazy. Even more so than me. That’s why Kaina keeps running away from her mom.

“Oh my, Sis. You can’t torment the kid like that. Let her go.”

Anyway, I sent Karin a victorious smile.

Kaina likes me more!

“Who’s tormenting who? Hey. Wipe that smirk off your face. Who told you to smile like that.”
“Got a problem?”
“Yeah. I have a problem.”
“Then you should start running up walls like a gecko. Then you’ll naturally become popular…”
“I don’t do that kind of modern art!”
“Kya!”

At that moment, Kaina escaped from Karin’s arms and burrowed back into my embrace like a meerkat entering its burrow.

“Ah! Kaina is back!”
“Can I share the space!”
“Sure, sure. Don’t fight, you two. Just live in Papa’s arms.”

Whatever it is, they’re both so cute I could die.

“Ah! Move aside! That’s my spot!”

But Karin ruined everything!

“Ah! Mom!”
“Karin Auntie!”

She immediately stormed in, and now she’s burrowing into my arms herself! A grown woman is acting just like the kids!

“But it’s cute.”
“Go away go away go away go away!”
“Auntie!”
“Mom!”

The kids, pushed back by Karin’s momentum, bounced onto the bed. Karin, who had monopolized my arms, hugged my neck.

“When will this woman ever grow up?”

I said, stroking her back.

“What? You little brat. Is that something you should be saying?”
“I’ve never seen such a big daughter.”
“Bullshit. You’re the big son.”

What kind of family relationship is this?

“Ka, Kaina! We have to get Karin Auntie off!”
“Y-Yeah, I think we have to! Mom! Please move!”

Well… anyway, it’s good that they made up.

* * *

Today, I decided to spend some time alone with Ryshka.

Shuka asked me to read her a book last time. I decided to read it to her today.

Playing with everyone is good, but it’s also necessary to have some time alone like this. And well, Shuka is a bit of a shy type.

Risha’s child, Ryshka, is… how should I put it? She plays well with everyone when they’re together, but she also enjoys her alone time. Shuka sometimes spends time alone in her room, reading books or something.

Shuka asked me to read her a book, so of course, I have to read it to her.

“Then, Papa. Please read me a book.”

Shuka, who looks exactly like Risha in her child form, grabbed my sleeve and asked calmly.

“Hehehe, sure. What should we read, Shuka?”
“Umm…”
“Why? Don’t you have something picked out?”
“No. There are many things I want Papa to read to me.”
“Then take your time and choose.”

There were many bookshelves in Shuka’s room, and many books were꽂혀 (kkotyeo -꽂다 means to stick/place. I’m assuming it means the books were placed on the shelves). I also taught Shuka the languages of Earth for her sake and got many books from there. She learned the languages quickly, probably because she’s smart, and she read all the books.

As I was looking through the bookshelves.

One caught my eye.

“Pinocchio?”

Collodi’s Pinocchio.
A masterpiece.

“Papa. I’ve already read that.”
“What? You’ve read it?”
“Yes. I was going to put it away after reading it.”
“How admirable.”

Shuka really loves books.
So lovely!

“So, how was it? Pinocchio?”
“Umm… Pinocchio suffered a lot.”
“Right?”

It’s the original Pinocchio. It’s full of content about getting screwed over and backstabbed. Of course, there are dreams and hopes too.

“But he became a human in the end.”
“Hehehe, right? He became a human in the end.”

Is that why she likes it?

But that’s not what Shuka meant.

“But… I don’t like it very much.”
“What? Why?”
“Pinocchio couldn’t have become a human in the first place without the fairy.”
“U-Uh?”

Well, that’s true, but.

“So, I feel bad… No matter how hard he tries, he can’t become a human without the fairy. Poor Pinocchio.”

Oh my.

This is a bit deep.

“Hehehe, our Shuka has thought a lot about it.”

As I stroked her silver hair, which resembled Risha’s, Shuka blushed and lowered her head slightly.

“…Yes.”
“Usually, people don’t think that far.”
“I felt it when I read it carefully… so I’m a little disappointed with the ending.”

Disappointed with the ending.

Then giving her new stimulation is the duty of a father.

“But Shuka. Did you know that Pinocchio has an original story?”
“Huh? An original story?”
“It’s a very scary and eerie story.”
“Scary and eerie?! Pinocchio?!”
“Yeah.”
“We, well… Pinocchio suffered, but it wasn’t a scary and eerie fairy tale… Papa! I want to hear it! Please tell me!”

Shuka loves books and stories.
She reacts so energetically.

“Hehehe, that’s a very fresh and energetic reaction.”
“I want to hear it!”
“Then I’ll tell you.”

I have to tell her the story.

“Then I’ll start now. Our Shuka has to listen carefully?”
“Yes!”

Shuka’s eyes are sparkling.
She’s so cute, just like Risha.

—Ahem!

Then I’ll clear my throat once.

Kat Dad’s Inhuman Fairy Tale Theater!
Begins!

“On a stormy night with thunder! In the underground of a cemetery where there is only darkness! There was the lair of the evil black magician, Grandpa Gepetto!”

—Rumble!

As I shouted, lightning flashed outside the window, and it suddenly became dark, and heavy rain began to pour.

Great directing.

My current power can drastically manipulate even natural phenomena.

“Pa, Papa?!”

Shuka, flustered, looked around and grasped the rapidly changing atmosphere!

“Ryshka! Once you hear this story, there’s no turning back! The truth of Pinocchio! Are you ready to hear it!”
“Heok!”

I grabbed her shoulders and asked, and Shuka became afraid.

But!

“I, if it’s the truth, I want to hear it…!”

She nods!

Good!

I immediately placed my hand on Shuka’s head.

“Then I’ll continue!”
“Yes! Please tell me!”

Well done!

Then I’ll resume the story!

“Hahahahahaha! An ominous laughter echoed in the middle of that underground lair! It was none other than the laughter of the evil black magician, Grandpa Gepetto.”
“A black magician…! Why is the kind Grandpa Gepetto a black magician?!”
“I wonder. Why is that.”

Why is that.

“Ryshka. Haven’t you ever thought about this?”
“Huh? What thought?”
“Pinocchio is a fairy tale from Earth.”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“It’s a world without magic. In such a world… do you really think a human can bring a wooden doll to life?”
“I, I don’t think so… Co, could it be! So?!”

Ryshka, as if realizing something, widened her eyes!

“That’s right. Grandpa Gepetto was actually a black magician. So… he performed a terrible ritual to put a soul into a sinister idol made of wood.”
“A terrible ritual!”

Why is there black magic when there is no magic? Of course, Ryshka didn’t think that far.

“And finally, he succeeded! That evil ritual! `Pinocchio puppet, I like you.` As Gepetto chanted the hellish spell, unclean dark energy began to flow in from beyond the other world…!”

—Gulp!

Shuka huddled up, trembling and concentrating on my words.

This makes the story worth telling!

“But the dark energy that flowed in couldn’t invade Gepetto’s body, which was protected by evil black magic! So naturally!”
“Pi, Pinocchio! The energy went into Pinocchio’s doll…!”

Shuka, immersed, added interjections while expressing her own guesses!

Storytelling mood explodes!

“That’s right! That’s exactly it! The dark energy soon flowed into the wooden idol next to him, and with that! Pinocchio was born! A sinister monster without even a soul!!!”
“Kyaaaaaa!”

The highlight hasn’t even come out yet, but Shuka screamed and hugged me.

Just as I was about to say more!

—Thump!

“What kind of bizarre story are you telling again!”

Risha stormed in!