Chapter 373 – 373. The Face of the Family (1)
Baek!
“Ouch!”
Erin’s scream resonated throughout the shrine, along with a light but heavy sound from the hand of the nine-tailed fox striking the top of the head.
“The coordination of the sixth fox-fire is too weak. Besides, it takes too much time to create. Again.”
Erin is currently under Gumiho, and she has started training in earnest to deal with the power of divine beasts.
The beginning and end of the nine-tailed fox magic is the fox fire created by magic.
Depending on how well you handle this fox fire, there is a difference in your ability to exert your power as a divine beast.
That’s why Erin’s current training was in the process of initiating multiple fox fires and making them into various forms.
With fox fire, he makes various animal shapes, such as rabbits, squirrels, and foxes, and gradually increases the number.
The more elaborate the shape and the greater the number, the greater the burden placed on Erinn, and the better Erinn’s capabilities.
But that practice can never be easy.
Erin had to cry at the nine-tailed fox’s chop when she lost her concentration even a little bit.
“…”
Erin glared fiercely at the nine-tailed fox, who spoke coldly.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
“It hurts!”
“If you get sick, you just have to grow fast enough that you can’t fit.”
“Bad! It’s mean. Really!”
Erin, who had already repeated this conversation several times, pouted and stuck her mouth out with an expression of her disgust.
“Joy. If you have any complaints, talk to that guy who is your teacher.”
She snorted and listened to the nine-tailed fox’s reply, which returned the same answer over and over again.
The first reason Eun-hyeon resurrected the nine-tailed fox is to promote her Erin’s growth.
In the areas of taijutsu, swordsmanship, and manipulation of magical powers, her basics had already been laid.
All that remains is for her to improve her personal skills through constant self-discipline and mastery.
Although it is possible to give advice through simulated sparring or training, these are only indirect factors.
“That guy wants you to inherit all of my magic as a descendant of a divine beast. Doesn’t he want to live up to those expectations as soon as possible?”
That’s why Eun-hyeon entrusted Erin’s training so that she could skillfully use all of Erin’s nine-tailed fox tricks.
“Eww…”
When Eunhyeon’s story came out, Erin’s expression naturally frowned.
“If you can’t do this, he’ll be disappointed in you.”
She touched the pride in Erin’s heart, who had always tried desperately to live up to his expectations.
“Hyung, Hyun-i won’t abandon me for something like this! I am… It even connected with Hyun!”
“Hey, that’s something I don’t know. I’ve lived close to a thousand years, and I’ve seen trashy men who change women dozens of times. That guy has three other women besides you, and he even has a goddess. Is there anything special if only you fall behind?”
Erin’s eyes shook as she snorted at her and spoke confidently.
Even though she thought it could never happen, the wind of doubt once blown into her ears invaded Erin’s reason without knowing how to control it.
“It’s not… There’s no way Hyun-i would be like that… I made a promise with you…”
On the night of her first experience, she doubts his words even after he promised her that she would love her to the end.
Soon, tears began to form in the two swaying eyes, and she began to sob on her own.
“Huh…”
‘… Did I push myself too hard?’
The gumiho suddenly sniffed her nose and looked at Erin, who was depressed.
In Erin’s heart, the existence of Eun-hyeon is that big.
As much as she tries her best to receive her love from him, she is extremely afraid of Eun-hyeon disappointing her.
The tendency to be extremely dependent on Eun-hyeon and crave affection is a great motivation for great growth, but it is like a double-edged sword that can break some parts of your emotions if you do wrong.
“… Tsk.”
Although she accepted it as Eun-hyeon’s request, she never imagined that she would be in a position to play the role of a babysitter like this.
‘What if I…’
However, at the request of Eun-hyeon, who is no different from a benefactor, the role of growing a descendant of Shin-soo was not such a bad proposition for him.
I said it a little harshly, but now that I pushed it, it’s time to give it a carrot.
“Calm down. To prevent that from happening, you have to hold on to that man so he won’t leave.”
“…”
“Did she hear from that goddess? That the man couldn’t resist my temptation and lost his mind for a very short time.”
“… Huh.”
Erin smiled and nodded her head.
In the end, the fact that Eun-hyun was bewitched by the gumiho was heard by her wives by Verdandi, although it was a very brief moment due to the sudden action of the gumiho.
Erin is also there.
As much as she has the ability of ‘Energy Drain’ to manipulate the emotions of others and absorb their essence, she knows how useful this is because Erin has also used her magic to manipulate the emotions of other people. There was.
“… Huh.”
What she really didn’t like about her was that while she didn’t budge from her own temptations, her eun-hyeon gave way to her nine-tailed fox’s temptations.
I am very frustrated and annoyed.
If there is at least one hope.
“One day you might use it too, so don’t feel bad about it.”
The reason why the gumiho provoked Eunhyeon and Belldandi was none other than the intention to provoke Erin.
Deep down, his pride was hurt by the fact that the temptation he had triggered with his own magic didn’t work at all.
“… Okay.”
Erin, who had set the lofty goal of wanting to grow up one day and seduce her Eun-hyeon on her own, sniffed her nose and focused her mind once again.
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The dungeon of the Archis Great Labyrinth, the three families who discovered the huge buildings installed in the depths looked up at the buildings with blank expressions.
A large house that was not built with styles and materials that existed on the Arkena continent.
“Mom. Dad. There is no sunlight, but grains are growing in the room.”
Eris, who was walking in the middle of Derkin’s and Alice’s hands, pointed to one side of her with a curious expression on her face.
Inside the dungeon where there is no sunlight, the ‘greenhouse’ environment where large-scale crops are grown is very heterogeneous.
“This place…”
“Isn’t it a dungeon?”
The two couples who first visited the dungeon house inside the Great Labyrinth of Archis looked around with confused expressions.
“This way.”
Naturally, the guide to the interior of the labyrinth had to be taken by Alvin, who accompanied him.
“Have you ever been here?”
“Yes, my brother lives here.”
A few days ago, Erwin suddenly recalled the face of Erin, who had come looking for her with a pale face.
-Brother! I finally did it! I became Hyun-i’s lover!
As she recalls Erin’s bright expression as she confidently revealed her first experience with her own solo escape, she naturally looks tired.
Although she was her brother who knew her sister’s heart deep down and supported her sister’s love, Erin, who proudly revealed her first experience to herself, was to blame for her immaturity. I had no choice but to
She had something to celebrate, but her own sister, who had just come of age, was too immature.
Of course, she couldn’t smile brightly and reveal that Erin had said such frivolous things to others, but it was a good thing that Erin, who was usually shy, became lively.
‘It’s all thanks to him.’
Alvin thought of Eunhyeon who had saved her, Erin, and Hersha siblings.
‘I think he’ll have to lead me well.’
The man, now said to be her sister’s lover, is at the same time the master to whom he has sworn allegiance.
With that thought in mind, Alvin guided Derkin, Alice, and Eris.
As soon as she reached the entrance of the dungeon house, she skillfully pressed the doorbell to announce their visit.
In less than two minutes, a woman dressed in a maid’s uniform came straight out to meet her at her entrance.
It was the ‘devil’ Lily, who was subordinated to Eun-hyeon in a form similar to her own.
“Welcome. I was waiting for you.”
Grabbing the skirt of her own skirt and holding it up to her, Lily greeted the four of her with a formal, courteous greeting.
“The master is waiting inside.”
Guided by Lily, the four of them entered the interior of the house.
Alvin spoke to Lily, leaving Lily and a family behind Elvin to look around the interior of her mysterious room.
“Where is Erin?”
“Erin is in training now.”
When Erin’s story came out, Lily smiled.
“Perform?”
“Huh. I am very motivated. I think it was a good stimulus.”
“… Hmm.”
Hearing Lily’s reply with a smile, Alvin put on a suspicious expression, but she didn’t ask deeply.
Judging by the look on her face, it didn’t seem that bad.
If it was dangerous or bad, she would have informed herself first from Eun-hyeon’s side.
Elvin decided to prioritize the guidance of the elven elemental mage couple in front of her eyes.
“How are the children? I haven’t been able to show my face well lately.”
Occasionally, while continuing the current situation of the children at the nursery school, the party eventually arrived at the workshop in the basement.
“You are here.”
As soon as they opened the door and entered the studio, it was Eleanor and Eunhyeon who greeted them.
“Come on.”
“Long time no see.”
“How have you been?”
“Don’t talk like you’re talking to a superior person.”
Eunhyun smiled bitterly and shook her head.
“Are you really going to be okay?”
The reason why Eunhyeon called Derkin and Alice today is to fix Alice’s eyes.
A colleague, Archbishop of the Holy Nation of Erenia.
The purpose of inviting her two couples and her daughter to her house is to gift Alice with new eyesight, which even Agnes, who was said to have received the most divine blessings on the continent, could not heal.
Alice showed a nervous expression, but she opened her mouth with a firm expression.
“Yes. I will leave it to Eunhyun.”
Alice and Derkin’s behavior of bowing her head and politely asking for a favor seemed to have already made up their mind.
“Please fix my eyes.”
Alice’s hand, which was holding Eris’s tightly, began to tremble slightly.
Although she had been uncomfortable with the loss of both eyes, she had never thought that her life was miserable.
Although of different races, she always had a husband who loved her, and a lovely daughter born of her relationship.
She went through a time of war where many people died. Alice lost her eyes in return, but as her reward she got a happy family.
That is why her one greed rising in her heart soon turned into her earnest desire.
The faces of her husband and her daughter, whom she had never seen before in her happy life.
With the help of her elemental powers, she can recognize two people, touch and smell them, but she can’t catch the faces of her lovely family in her own eyes.
She has lived with giving up and resignation, but the possibility presented by her Eun-hyeon starts to rekindle the candle of hope that was extinguished by her giving up and resignation.
“With my own two eyes… To see her husband and Eris… Help.”
“Please.”
“Please. Mister.”
Likewise, the image of her family bowing their heads and asking for a favor together with her desperate husband’s longing and not knowing what is going on is so warm and friendly.
The sight made Eleanor and Lily laugh as well.
With a smile, Eun-hyeon stroked the head of the cute half-elf girl who bowed her head, and she answered their request.
“Okay. Uncle is her mother’s eyes. I will make sure you get better.”