Chapter 469 – 469. The First Gift of Life (1)
As soon as Gumiho finished talking with Eunhyeon, he stopped Gerard and Erin’s training.
When Eun-hyeon visits her shrine during this time, it is mostly to end her training and inform Erin that it is time for dinner.
“Hyunah!”
Erin, who found Eun-hyeon at her shrine, spurned her seat and ran to Eun-hyeon and embraced her in her arms.
“… Tsk.”
The one who clicked his tongue upon seeing it is a nine-tailed fox.
In the midst of continuing training with the gumiho, I didn’t like the way Erin got tangled up with Eunhyeon, unraveling like that.
Although she taught Erin harshly, this is the result of her continuing to pamper and nurture her.
It is true that Eunhyun’s education method is also close to the correct answer in some form.
She is a lover, but the sight of Erin, her own descendant, getting entangled with her man and pampering her, diminishes the dignity of the existence of Shinsoo and only twists in the eyes of the nine-tailed fox.
“You worked hard today too.”
She hadn’t done any strenuous exercise, only trained to refine her inner mana, but Erin’s clothes were wet with sweat and clung to her body, revealing the lines of her mature body in her prime.
Originally, she didn’t care at all, but now Gerard is training with her.
Eun-hyeon took off her own coat and put it over Erin’s shoulder.
“Lol. It’s Hyun’s smell.”
Erin, pulling her silver coat over her shoulder and burying her nose, smiled and enjoyed the smell.
“Older brother. Are you here?”
Gerard, who belatedly discovered her Eun-hyeon, also got up from his seat and said hello to her Eun-hyeon’s visit.
“Okay. How is Shin-soo’s training?”
“… Very good.”
Gerard checked his condition once again, twisting and moving his body around.
“To be honest… To think it would be okay…”
As soon as he was able to gradually control the giraffe’s mana that was raging inside her body and eating away at her flesh, Gerard was able to remain surprisingly stable.
It’s a truly amazing development even for Eun-hyeon, who knew how dangerous Gerard’s body was while treating it.
“… Didn’t you tell me earlier talent is… Tsk. … There is.”
The gumiho cut off once and continued to speak even as he clicked his tongue.
His face was full of annoyance as if he really hated giving his compliments in front of Gerard, but on the other hand, Gerard’s tired face turned bright when he heard the compliment.
“Is that so!? Am I talented!? Miho!?”
“Don’t call me by my first name, pretending to be friendly!”
Perhaps because he was dyed by Erin, Gerard had been calling Gumiho after Erin by her nickname.
“Hmm.”
Watching the sitcom-like scene of Gerard and the nine-tailed fox, Eunhyeon noticed the subtle relationship between the two.
I heard the ridiculous news from Lily about Gerard flirting with a nine-tailed fox, but what I saw in person is a little subtle.
He gets annoyed at Gerard’s one-sided attack and hits an iron wall, but unlike his attitude, which tends to get rid of things that are cumbersome, he is slightly passive.
As Eun-hyeon, who is unable to read the complicated and subtle state of mind of the nine-tailed fox, it is her limit to grasp this far.
“Go get something to eat, and come back tomorrow!”
The nine-tailed fox turned his back on Gerard and went back into the room.
“Gerard. Great job. Let’s stop here and rest for today.”
“… No.”
At Eunhyeon’s recommendation, Gerard shook his head and refused.
“Thank you for your words, but I want to practice a little more.”
“More?”
“Yes.”
Gerard, whose gums were in full bloom after being praised by the gumiho, answered with a serious expression before he knew it.
“A little bit… I think we need to do a little more.”
It hadn’t been long since he started training, but Gerard was already mastering how to control the giraffe’s mana.
Unfortunately, in this part of dealing with the power of divine beasts, Gerard’s achievement was faster and better than Erin’s.
If I rested now, I felt like I would forget this sensation.
Gerard, who did not want to forget this sense, was full of thoughts from the start to make the power of the divine beast completely his own.
“Okay. If you want to do that, do it.”
Eunhyun smiled and nodded his head.
“I’ll talk to Lily and ask her to deliver dinner here. If you get hungry, eat it later.”
“Haha, thank you. Older brother!”
Leaving behind Gerard’s greetings, Eunhyeon and Erin immediately left the shrine and headed home.
“…”
While walking down the street together, Erin clung to Eunhyun, but she didn’t say anything as if she was lost in thought.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Just…”
In response to Eunhyeon’s question, Erin gave an ambiguous answer with a slightly sullen expression on her face.
“Are you complicated because you feel like you were overtaken by Gerard?”
“…”
Erin couldn’t answer Eunhyun’s question again, but her hand holding Eunhyun’s arm trembled slightly, and her strength seemed to hit her right in the middle.
According to her timing, about two years had passed since Erin began to manifest and use the divine power.
Gerard might overtake Erin’s two years of hard work in just a few hours.
It’s a very surprising achievement for someone, but it can never feel good for someone who is being overtaken.
She had never once thought of being left behind by anyone.
She grew faster and stronger than anyone else, and now Erin feels the deprivation they must have felt through Gerard.
“Hyunah. Maybe i… Am I not talented?”
It is not unreasonable for Erin to come to such an idea.
Eunhyun smiled wryly at her and stroked Errin’s head.
“Erin. You are so special But that doesn’t mean other people aren’t special.”
“… Huh.”
Erin nodded her head.
There are so many people in the world who are more special than you.
Eunhyun is like that, Illyana is like that, and Eleanor and Lily are also very special, different from ordinary humans.
“Erin has really worked hard so far, but Gerard has also worked hard to improve himself since 20 years ago.”
The methods of mana management, instincts, and senses that Gerard had been honed for a long time now serve as a great advantage for Gerard in handling the power of divine beasts.
It is Gerard’s efforts accumulated over 20 years.
Even if the starting point is the same, there is a difference in the time it takes to reach the goal point depending on the difference between a person’s long and short legs.
The difference between Erin and Gerard’s accumulated time is clearly different.
“I want Erin to know that.”
“… Huh. That’s right.”
Erin nodded her head.
No matter how frivolous and flirtatious Gerard is, the reason why I don’t hate him even though he shows an amazing behavior of actively courting a woman who has caught his eye is because he has a very upright foundation.
A person who constantly strives for self-improvement and knows how to look upward.
How could he hate such a person?
Perhaps the nine-tailed fox also recognizes Gerard’s true nature, so he may feel annoyed by his courtship, but he can’t get rid of it coldly.
“I am… You were thinking that only my efforts mattered.”
I couldn’t even consider what Gerard had been trying to do.
“Are you okay. Because now I know Plus, it’s unique.”
She senses that Gerard will soon overtake her, and rather than being jealous of his talent, Erin’s feelings are very admirable as she ponders what could have been her problem.
“Am I special? Lol.”
Erin, who relieved her troubles, smiled, enjoying her graceful touch.
Upon arriving at the house, Eunhyeon and Erin went up to the living room and found Illyana and Eleanor already sitting at the table.
“I’m home!”
Illyana and Eleanor smiled and nodded at Erin, who announced her deafness with her lively voice.
“Okay. Are you here?”
“Come and wash up.”
“All right! I’ll wash up soon!”
Unlike Erin, who went straight to the bathroom, Eunhyun washed her hands in her kitchen and immediately sat down at the table.
Eventually, I realized belatedly that the atmosphere in the living room was very bright.
Lily’s mood as she prepares the dishes in her kitchen seems very excited, and the number of dishes she is preparing is much more diverse than usual.
“What day is it today?”
“Hmm. It is not a day.”
“Whoops.”
Illyana, who smiled and replied, and Eleanor, who covered her mouth with her hand and let out a meaningful laugh, seemed very happy with her.
Have you heard any good news?
Eunhyeon found a box next to Illyana.
“Gift?”
Upon finding the carefully packaged box, Illyana rose from her seat.
Holding the gift box, she slowly moved her steps, came right next to Eun-hyun, and put the box on Eun-hyun’s table.
“Are you giving it to me?”
“Not for you.”
“Then?”
It’s not even a gift she gives herself, so why is she putting this gift box in front of herself?
I didn’t understand her sudden behavior of her wife, but I immediately noticed that Illyana’s face was that she wished she had opened this gift box.
“Do you want me to open it?”
“Huh.”
When Illyana didn’t answer, Eunhyeon didn’t know what was inside her. She carefully untied the ribbon on her box and opened the lid.
“This… Shoes?”
It is also not the ordinary shoes she wears.
They were not shoes that Illyana and her wives would wear.
It is a very small, small shoe that a child would wear.
Eun-hyeon put on a dazed expression when she found baby shoes with flowers carefully embroidered on the outside and materials used in the box.
She certainly isn’t a gift she gives herself.
If so, who the hell is Illyana going to gift these baby shoes to?
The three wives seem excited, congratulating the sudden event.
What do you want to celebrate?
When a possibility passed through her mind as an answer to that question, Eun-hyeon’s eyes widened and she turned her head to the side.
“Illyana. You can’t… ?”
“That’s right.”
Illyana smiled with joy and affirmed Eunhyun’s guess.
She quietly lowered her upper body, leveled her eye level with Eun-hyeon, and delivered the good news into his ear.
“I have my period this week. Didn’t you get your period?”
“…”
“I was also confirmed by a competent doctor introduced through Eleanor.”
In fact, the surest way to confirm this was to get confirmation from Eunhyun.
But she couldn’t tell him until now because she wanted to keep it a secret from him and surprise him.
Eunhyun didn’t know Illyana’s heart, which had been holding back as if she had wanted to deliver this congratulatory news several times.
“Congratulations. You are the father now.”
