Chapter 581 – 581. Fathers
After training in Yeongsan, filled with the magic of the World Tree, Eunhyeon, Erin, Cha Hanseong, and Riod returned to the elf village instead of camp.
No matter how important training is, it was a special measure to soothe Erin’s regret for not being able to tour the elven village while maintaining the camp for a long time and replenishing necessary consumables.
“Wow… !”
Seeing the elves’ village for the first time in her life, Erin let out her exclamation.
All of them are tall and dense trees that seem to be hundreds of years old, stretching straight up and blocking the sunlight.
Exclamations naturally flowed out saying that the sunlight shining through the numerous leaves and illuminating the floor was dazzling yet warm and beautiful.
And the dozens of houses built on the thick branches of the huge old tree are artificially made, but the superb view that naturally melts into the forest makes my heart overflow.
Of course, Erin was not the only one who shed an exclamation to the extent that she brushed off her regret that she had not even been able to tour her since entering the elven realm.
“… Great.”
“This is… Elven Forest…”
Similarly, the expressions of Rio De and Cha Han-sung, who showed similar reactions, were as mesmerized as Erin, and had the superb view of her forest village in her eyes.
“Welcome. Riod.”
As Eun-hyeon had contacted beforehand, Alice, the only human staying in the elven village and former colleague of Eun-hyeon and Riod, came to meet the four of them.
“Welcome! Everyone!”
And she and Derkin, her husband, who accompanied her, greeted the four of her with a smile.
Previously, he was a talented elf who was at the forefront of the fight as the leader of the search for the Elven Guard, blocking threats approaching the elves, but now he gave up that position and took on the role of mediator between humans and elves someday.
As an elf who took a human woman as her wife, there would be no other elf suitable for this role.
“This is the first time we met here. Erin.”
“Yes! Derkin! Did my brother get into trouble while I was gone?”
Derkin had briefly followed his wife, Alice, with his daughter, Eris, and stayed within the Duchy of Armitas.
At that time, Eris had been strangely following Erin’s older brother, Erwin, and as a result of Derkin and Erin’s acquaintance, this reunion was not so unfamiliar.
“… I want you to cause trouble.”
Rather embarrassed, Derkin sighed as he honestly revealed his true feelings.
“Yes?”
Since that appearance was unexpected, Erin asked back with a puzzled expression.
“… Her daughter is not separated from Elvin at all. On the contrary, the more time passes, the more time we spend together.”
Then, when she comes of age, she looks worried that she will say that she wants to live with Alvin for the rest of her life.
However, if she hastily tried to separate Elvin, she would cry to herself, her father, and whine, ‘Dad, I really hate you!’. Even that would be impossible for Derkin, whose words were pierced like a dagger and cut through the wounds in her heart.
It would be great if Erwin could make a big mistake and use it as an excuse to separate Eris and her forever.
Elvin is her spirit and as a member of the Elven Guard, she is clearly carrying out her mission, and she is firmly protecting Eris.
“You too…”
Alice smiled bitterly at her husband’s polarity, but it wasn’t that she wasn’t too pleased with Elvin’s presence.
Rather, it wasn’t enough to accept Eris’ childishness well and to protect her, and she was also a great help in developing her aptitude as a Elementalist.
The reason why Derkin hated Erwin was because he was childishly jealous that he had been deprived of the role of watching Eris grow up close and teaching him various things.
Realizing that her daughter Ai, who has been growing rapidly in recent years, has been pampered by a spirit that suddenly jumped out of nowhere, Derkin sighed and expressed her concerns.
“Ah, ahaha… Hopefully it’s that far…”
Erin smiled awkwardly at the fact that the culprit was none other than her own brother, and she hesitated in confusion as to how to answer.
“… I understand.”
Words of consolation for Derkin came from a completely different place.
Although the category of race is completely different, as his father, Rio de is in a similar situation.
“… Yes?”
“Me too. I just realized that some thief who recently showed up is after my daughter.”
“… Suck!”
Cha Han-seong trembled his shoulders and swallowed his breath at the words of Leo De, who openly revealed his discomfort with his sharp voice.
“It is already too late. If it bothered you, you should have gotten rid of it right away from that point on. Now that I haven’t… Better to just be prepared to accept it.”
It was also advice to Derkin, but for some reason, it might have been an illusion that it sounded like regret not only for him but also for himself for not doing so.
“Oh, that can’t be… !”
Derkin’s face distorted at Riod’s stern words.
“Really… Is there no way at all!?”
Derkin looked at Riod with an expression that he wanted to hold on to at least a thread of hope.
Derkin, who is an elf in age, should be higher, but it is a strange situation where Derkin is respectful and Riod speaks plainly.
It’s as if the person who greets the wise man and seeks wisdom is Riod, a human being, which is full of contradictions, so it’s kind of funny.
“… What are they talking about?”
Eunhyeon, who watched from a distance as the fathers continued their conversation on a strange subject, muttered as if he was pitiful.
Erin, who realized that the image of the dignified and great knight she knew was slightly shattering, was dumbfounded and sighed slightly.
“And…”
Erin slightly stepped back from her, leaving Cha Han-seong, who had been paying attention because she couldn’t participate in that conversation.
Then, she distanced herself from Rio De and Cha Han-seong and moved closer to Eun-hyeon, whispering in Eun-hyeon’s ear and calling him.
“… Hyuna.”
“Huh?”
“Leod. That word… Hansung Cha. Are you telling me to listen? Yes? It must be so.”
It’s clear that it was on purpose to pay attention while talking openly like that.
Seeing him hold his breath by shrinking the opponent with just words and glances, it was to the point of admiration that the title of the best knight in the Kingdom of Pernias was not given for nothing.
“… Even that guy sometimes doesn’t look like an adult.”
Especially when it comes to family matters.
Especially in the case of her wife, Terry Gianna, and her daughter, Eira, they react even more sensitively.
It may be because he is a husband and father of a family who loves his wife and daughters before being a knight.
“… Will Hyun-i be like that later?”
“Huh?”
Unable to understand what he meant, Eunhyeon showed a puzzled reaction, and Erin spoke in detail.
“That is… If Illyana-sama’s baby was born, if it’s a girl… I think Hyun-i will act like those two.”
“…”
Is it because as a father with a daughter, Riod and Derkin, who have something in common, show the same reaction?
Erin had a confident expression on her face.
“If Hyuni and I have a baby…”
Erin was speechless as she blushed as if she was ashamed to say more.
She tells her that she wants her baby to be spared, just like Leo and Derkin are.
Soon, Erin’s confident expression trembled cautiously, as if she were expressing her wishes, and Eunhyun smiled at her as she looked at Erin as she hugged and pulled her arm.
“Why? Do you want to have a baby?”
“Uh, uh, huh?”
Erin, who hesitated and blushed at Eun-hyeon’s straight-forward question, is embarrassed and puts on a bewildered expression.
Eun-hyeon quickly wrapped her arms around Erin’s waist with her other arm and led her towards herself.
As I wrapped her around her waist and lifted her up slightly, her Erin’s heel floated up and came close to her Eun-hyeon’s face.
“Why, why are you like this… ! Everyone sees… !”
Unlike when he didn’t care at all even in front of many people and spread affection full of cuteness, on the contrary, he doesn’t seem to be used to receiving excessive affection and attention.
Embarrassed, Erin blushed and patted Eunhyun’s chest to resist, but the resistance was so weak that she couldn’t tell whether she really hated it or liked it.
Eun-hyeon caught the cute image of her young wife in her eyes and smiled, hugging her closer to herself.
Then, he whispered softly into Erin’s ear, who was getting closer.
“If you want, can I go home and make a baby right now?”
“Hee!?”
Erin, who is like a gentle sheep with her prey in front of her and a wolf licking her lips, might have been startled with her fox ears and nine tails bristling if she had been in the state of a nine-tailed fox.
“Bah, fool! Pervert!”
However, the reason why she doesn’t hate this skinship is that she is aiming exactly at Erin’s inner heart, which is hungry for her affection.
Because he tightly hugged her waist and held her tight, the loud beating sound of Erin’s chest thumped through her body.
“I’ll be there a little later. I’m waiting for you.”
“I don’t know…”
Erin buried her face in her eunuch’s chest and bowed down, hiding her own face in her new blush.
“Derkin. Guide Erin to my house. I need to talk to Regina.”
“All right. Mr. Riod! Today, let’s spend the night at my house with this friend. I have a lot to say, and her wife will love it too!”
“Sure. Riod.”
Alice agreed with her husband’s opinion and welcomed Leode’s visit with a smile.
Eventually, she shifted her gaze to the side and shifted her gaze to Cha Han-seong, who was standing awkwardly, and she suggested that he stay as well.
“I heard the story. Stay overnight at my house with Lyod.”
“Ah, I…”
Cha Hanseong hesitated to answer right away.
Thinking of having to keep listening to that conversation between Riod and Derkin from the sidelines, there was no separate cushion for thorns.
That said, sticking to Erin’s side and spending the night at Eun-hyeon’s house here, I hated being caught in the middle of that couple who spend every day like newlyweds, in a different way.
‘Ah… I just think homelessness would be comfortable…’
Even though the body is tired, the mind is comfortable.
However, Cha Han-seong could not choose the third option, homelessness.
There was no such thing as a choice for him.
“What are you doing? Head straight to Derkin and Alice’s house.”
“… Yep.”
Cha Han-seong had no choice but to choose a thorny path to eat mustard while crying.
