Chapter 1393 – They Say That People in the Past Had Their Resident Registration Numbers Starting With 1 or 2.
Our son Ji-hoo never existed. This did not mean that he had not been pregnant since the Demon King’s pregnancy, but that he had not yet registered the birth, so he was officially a non-existent person.
“…”
“I’m glad the weather is warm today. “I think it’s good because winter doesn’t feel like winter these days.”
“It’s abnormal weather, Sehee.”
I couldn’t just go and register the birth of my first child by myself. Not only the strangely quiet Demon King, but also Sehee, who was looking out the passenger window, and Minah, who was driving, were heading to a nearby community center.
“… Jiheon.”
The Demon King was strangely downcast except when my mother came to see Ji-hoo. She called me, who was sitting in the back seat with her, and talked nonsense with an unusually serious expression on her face.
“Can’t I just not register the birth?”
“Will it work?!”
“Ahh! Jiheoeon! “Why do I have to register my birth?”
“Isn’t it obvious that we should do it?!”
The demon king sat down and struggled, trying to stop the birth of his son from being reported. He didn’t ask to buy a toy at the department store, and he couldn’t avoid registering the birth just because it was a hassle.
“Why, why? Why don’t you want to do it?
Still, I asked him why he didn’t want to do it first. The Demon King stopped struggling and answered with a tearful face.
“If you register your birth, you will be registered in this country’s system and one day you will be taken to the military!”
“… Turn the car around.”
“Oppa?!”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Oh! No! Don’t make it real!”
Even though I expected Sehee to be shocked, I didn’t expect Minah to actually try to turn the car around. I stopped her, who looked like she was about to make an illegal U-turn, and began to appease her devil again.
“What’s wrong with going to the military? “I also had a good trip.”
“You too were shot and almost killed in the military! I see! Isn’t that so!”
“Yeah, that’s true, but…”
“Look! “How could she send her son away when she almost lost you in the army!”
Of course, I was shot and almost died when I went to the military. But I was a special case. Ordinary people would not have to go overseas to the Middle East and get caught up in battle like I did.
“Do you understand? Jim has no intention of registering Jihoo in this country’s system! Minah! Turn the car around right away!”
“Yes, I understand.”
“No, really, don’t turn it! Min!”
“Yes, I understand.”
Minah brought her car close to the center line as if she was going to turn it for real this time. I stopped her once again and appeased her demon lord. This time she had some reassuring evidence.
“It’s okay if Jihoo goes to the military. It will come out soon anyway.”
“Hmm? What does that mean?”
“Do you not know who I am?”
“This is a man who was not satisfied with just Jim, so he seduced Jim’s younger sister, and also seduced her former subordinate and ex-wife.”
“Not that?!”
“Then I guess Jim was wrong!”
“T-It’s not wrong! This! Look at this!”
She quickly took out her wallet and showed her card. She usually used it as a transportation card, but this time it was a card proving that I was a person of national merit. Even after seeing this, the Demon King looked like he was wondering what I was talking about, so I immediately explained it.
“I am a person of national merit. Then my son will go into public service rather than active duty. And that’s only for 6 months.”
“What?!”
“Really? “Oppa?”
“Is that so?”
Mawang, Sehee, and Minah all reacted as if they were hearing it for the first time. They were the ones who kept scolding me when I tried to discount something with this, so I proudly boasted about it.
“Look. This isn’t just for free bus rides or discounts. “I also use it when my children get out of the military.”
“Wow, dog poop also becomes fertilizer for dandelions?”
“Why am I such a piece of shit?”
“Brother. “Isn’t that military service corruption?”
“Why is this military service corruption? And if dad almost died in the military, son should get some rest.”
“Jiheon. Does this include children out of wedlock?”
“Well, well? “I’ll have to look into it.”
Only the Demon King was officially my wife, and Sehee and Minah were just housemates. I searched on the Internet to see if the benefits would apply to their sons, who I don’t know when. Unfortunately, only one person was able to be removed for public interest.
“We have arrived.”
Meanwhile, I arrived at the community center near my house. Minah parked her car right in front of the parking lot reserved for civil servants, and we, including her, got out of the car and entered the community center building.
“Welcome, welcome.”
As we entered the community center, we were greeted by an employee sitting on a chair near the entrance. He looked young enough to be a community center employee, so he seemed like a public servant who might be the future of our Jihoo.
“What brought you here?”
Gong Gong-guk, seeing the beauty of my wives, blushed and smiled kindly. The Demon King looked at him and said with a cowardly smile.
“Hohoho, hello. Agent.”
“Yes, yes?”
“I came to register the birth. Where should I go?”
“Ah, ah, birth certificate? “Hey, just take this and go over there.”
“Yes. Thank you. Agent.”
“Yes, yes!”
The Demon King was handed the necessary documents and walked to the window that Gong pointed to. Gong looked at Se-hee and Min-ah, thinking they were there for other work, but they were already moving with us.
“But, sister. What is an agent?”
On the way to the counter, Sehee asked me something I was also curious about. Since the Demon King was not a stranger, he explained the agent in his usual tone.
“It’s short for public service agent.”
“Public, service? Public interest agent?”
“No. “I am a public service worker.”
“Ah…”
His face looked astonished, considering he had discovered new facts. With Sehee in tow, I arrived at the window where birth and death reports were written. The person in charge smiled and said as if he had been waiting for us to arrive.
“I do immigration-related work at other counters, not here.”
“Hmm?”
The demon king, who had silver hair and blue eyes that was completely unseen among Koreans and rare among Caucasians, frowned. She grinned and set her face in an angry tone, as if remembering her funny prank.
“I’m not a foreigner, I’m Korean?”
“Uh, huh? Yes?”
“I’m Korean. Here. Min proof.”
The devil pretended to be offended, so she took out her wallet and showed him her ID. Of course, she had her resident registration card in her wallet, not her alien registration card.
“Oh, uh, sorry. “I apologize if you were offended.”
She bowed her head and apologized for her remarks, which could have been racist. The Demon King immediately relaxed her face and gave her employee a coquettish smile.
“No. That could be true.”
“Still, I’m sorry.”
“Are you okay. But how do I register the birth?”
“Please wait a moment.”
The staff at the community center, who seemed to be sighing, told us about the documents needed to register the birth, and we, who had prepared all of them, submitted them right away. And not long after that, my son officially became a real person.
After completing the birth registration, I immediately printed out the certified copy. The transcript included not only family members but also housemates, so all of our names appeared, and even our son’s name was listed in the last column.
“Keuuu! Kang Ji-hoo! “How can it be such a pretty and manly name!”
“Shall I take a few more copies? “Can I have one?”
“I want to frame it and decorate it in my office.”
“This even shows our resident registration number. “No.”
Instead of leaving the community center, we gathered together and looked at the freshly selected copies. Then Sehee took out her phone and took a picture.
-Click!
“Wait a minute. “I have to show this to Taeyeon’s aunt.”
Even though we are not good friends because we usually can’t eat each other, it was right to be close in times like this. With a happy heart, I looked at the phone where Sehee was texting Taeyeon with her photo.
Me: (photo)
Me: Aunt
Me: Can you see it?
Me: I heard that in the past, people’s resident registration numbers started with 1 or 2.
Me: Is this your first time seeing something that starts with 3?
“Hey?!”
It wasn’t to announce that Jihoo’s birth was registered, it was to make fun of Taeyeon. The person who was teased for being old responded sooner than expected.
Aunt Taeyeon: Searching
Aunt Taeyeon: My daughter starts with 4?
Me: Oh my
Me: Really?
But Taeyeon shouldn’t have sent a reply like that. Sehee teased Taeyeon non-stop with her dark blue eyes sparkling.
Me: I start with 4 too?
Me: Like Yena
Me: Is there such a difference between my aunt and me?
Me: Not the same age as my nephew
Me: You’re about my daughter’s age?
Me: Oh my god
Hum! Hum!
The smartphone screen changed to a call request. Of course, the person who called was Taeyeon. Sehee giggled as she saw her phone vibrating at regular intervals.
“As expected, it’s my aunt. It has a taste of teasing.”
Haha. Hmm. That’s right.”
The Demon King was rather amused when he saw Taeyeon, who was his sister’s age, teasing him. I sighed at the thought of Taeyeon stopping me later, and Minah looked at Sehee with her blunt face.
“Sehee.”
“Yes? “Why?”
“Like Taeyeon, the last digit of my resident registration number starts with 2.”
“…”
Sehee erased her smile after hearing Minah’s secretly hurt words. The Demon King and I looked at the transcript again. In fact, the last digit of Mina’s resident registration number started with 2, not 4 like Mawang and Sehee.
“Mi, Mina unnie. I didn’t mean it that way…”
“No. It’s okay. “There is no need to apologize to me, who is as old as my mother.”
“No, that’s it. That’s not it…”
Unusually for Sehee, he didn’t know what to do and apologized to Minah. However, Minah, once upset, did not accept her apology easily.
“Sister. Brother. I… !”
Even though she apologized again, Minah’s blunt face did not turn towards Sehee. Seeing that determined look, Sehee looked at us as if asking for help. I’m sorry, but I didn’t have the heart to help. Because Sehee started first.
“Haha, Minah. How about this?”
Unlike me, the Demon King tried to comfort Minah.
“Now that you’ve heard mom, how about playing mom today?”
“Hey?!”
“Sister?!”
In her own strange and bizarre way.
“Yes, I understand.”
When that worked, she was shocked again.
