Chapter 837 – [Side Story] 17. Kim Ha-Yul 1
Hayul turned fourteen.
Children grow up really quickly. If you look closely, you won’t notice it at all.
However, if you look at it from a little distance, you can clearly feel it.
He’s already grown this much? So much so that I think about it countless times.
Honestly, I still feel like I could use memory recovery.
Sometimes, I am surprised when I see something being said.
In some parts, he shows the knowledge and sparkle of an adult. So, for example… Something like a game?
“Hey! I won! I finally won! Haha!”
A kart racing game that follows TV.
Hayul started doing this when he was seven years old. No. Is she six years old? Anyway.
She has never beaten me in 8 years. Honestly, how do you win? There is a physical difference.
But today I lost for the first time. And. It really doesn’t make sense.
Ah. Does it take that long in the end? This is really ridiculous. It can almost be considered a bug?
But no matter what excuse you make, that’s not the point. What matters is that you lost.
Hehe. I shouldn’t play this game anymore!”
“Huh? What is it? Why don’t you do it?”
“Because I won. I will be remembered as the final winner! Haha.”
“Wow… That’s terrible. Who on earth did you learn that from?”
“Who is it? It’s you.”
Damn. That’s right. Because I was the one who taught him about the game. That’s not what I’m saying.
To suffer karma like this.
Moreover, I got scolded by a 14-year-old for not playing games with a bastard anymore.
Ah. Didn’t you even say that? But that’s how it sounded to my ears.
Classic biting. No. If I act sensitive here, I will lose.
“Now you have to grant my wish!”
“Huh? A wish? What do you mean by that?”
“Huh? Are you pretending not to know? You said that last year? If you win, your wish will be granted?”
“I don’t remember? And last year? So vaguely? Aren’t you throwing it too harshly?”
“Huh!? Huh!? I really did! It’s true!”
Actually, I know. Because I remember. Actually, I used the phrase ‘granting wishes’ a few times when I was young.
But I remember that. I tried to skip it.
Well, it doesn’t matter. If a 14-year-old makes a wish, it can be granted.
Because I have the wish to be invincible. If you want something, you can create it right away, right?
“Okay. Let’s say so. Tell me. What do you need?”
“Let’s just say that! Is it really like that?”
“Okay. I got it. So what do you need? Tell me.”
“There is a place I want to go.”
“Where do you want to go? Where? Mountains? Ocean? Antarctica? Island?”
“Are you not going to listen to me?”
I close my mouth and look at Hayul. Only then did the girl speak with a mischievous smile.
“Seoul.”
“Seoul? Seoul?”
“Yes. I’m really curious. I want to go there.”
“If you go there, there won’t be anything. It’s a complete ruin.”
“Still, I’m curious. Is it difficult? Can’t you go there too?”
Look at this. Do you know how to scratch quietly?
Did you think that if you said that, I would burst into tears and ask you to go? Awesome guy.
“Get permission from your dad.”
“Oh yeah!”
Then he hurriedly left the room.
The thudding sound of going down the stairs. ‘Dad! A voice calling Seung-gyu, ‘Dad!’
If it were Seung-gyu, he would flatly refuse, right? Usually when you hear something like that, you’ll ask why you go there?
Moreover, Seung-gyu is a secretly conservative man. There is a high probability that they will tell you not to go.
I keep looking at Hayul like that.
After asking Yu-jeong and checking where Seung-gyu is, he quickly goes outside.
Running with all his might and heading towards Seung-gyu.
Is that direction towards the greenhouse? Is it over there?
In the end, he meets Seung-gyu and asks for his permission, even using gestures of his hands and feet. And the expression brightens.
What do you want? Did you allow it? Why? Why? You should have flatly refused!?
Hayul runs back home with all his might.
And. That’s really fast. Why are you so fast? Is it the track and field club?
The house door flinging open, the figure running furiously up the stairs.
“Go! You can go! Haha. Haha. Haha. The child is having a hard time. Haha.”
Was this what the soldier who ran in with the news of victory at the Battle of Marathon looked like?
He leans down and looks at me while breathing heavily.
“Ha. Really. What is your dad thinking?”
It’s Seoul.
Is there anything to see there? It’s a concrete tomb full of ruins, plants, and wild animals?
Okay. Let’s go. How difficult is it to go?
I sighed once and invited Hayul to the party.
“Huh? What is this? Wow!?”
“Accept.”
Hayul came to the party. I don’t know what skills to use, but of course I have to join the party.
Let’s see. It’s Seoul. The closest portal is… There is none.
I have to fly forever. It’s not that far away, but should I carry him?
“Wow! What is this? You feel strange!? What is this? You said you were just invited to a party? A party? Like a party from a game?”
These are children who live in a zone where skill use is prohibited.
I know the skill window and have chosen skills, but I have never used them properly.
The only people who can use skills here are a few designated people.
That’s why we barely even see the skill.
“Do you have a fear of heights or something?”
“What is that? Ah! Is it scary to go up high?”
“Uh.”
“I don’t know? I’ve never climbed high before.”
Come to think of it, I see. The tallest building here is a three-story building.
“Let’s go out. First.”
“Wow!”
As we left the room and went down the stairs, Yujeong saw us and spoke.
“Where are you going?”
“Seoul.”
“Seoul? Suddenly? Why there?”
“I said it as a wish! I even got permission from my dad!”
“Seongcheol, are you going with me?”
“That’s it.”
“Then it doesn’t matter. Come back.”
“I guess you don’t even have to worry about your daughter.”
“Seongcheol is going with you. What are you worried about? You sound strange.”
It’s a strange feeling to be completely trusted.
If you think about it, they are strangers. I can’t wait to leave my daughter to you without any worries. Does that work?
I thought about replacing Hayul with Si-eun. Hmm… No. It’s impossible.
Once I put that guy to sleep, I don’t think I will be relieved even if I read all his memories from the time he was born to the present.
“Uh, okay. Let’s go.”
Hayul just smirked at my words. She follows me like that.
“Hmm. Just sit here for now.”
“Huh? On the floor?”
“No. Here.”
My eyes widen as I punch the air with my hand.
A chair made from poltergeist. A strange phenomenon that cannot be seen but can be touched.
Hayul fumbles with the chair and makes a surprised expression.
“Wow! What is this?”
“Just sit down. Don’t ask questions one by one.”
“Can you give me an answer?”
Still, I sit down. I touch here and there as if it’s amazing to be sitting in the air.
“Don’t be surprised.”
Then, he lifted his body slightly.
Hayul’s eyes widen again as she flies through the sky, sitting in the air.
If you fly too high, you’ll be scared, right? Maybe I should fly a little lower?
“Wow! It’s amazing! I’m flying in the sky! Is this safe? So can I fly a little higher?”
It seems my worries were unfounded. I’m so scared. I really like it.
“Are you okay? Aren’t you scared?”
“Isn’t there a ceiling and a blockage in front of this? It looks like that when I touch it?”
“That’s right.”
“Then it’s okay!”
Eh, I don’t know. Let’s do whatever we want.
I increased my speed a little and went up into the sky.
The landscape on the ground gets smaller and smaller. Are you really not scared? Is it worth being scared at first?
However, as the altitude increases, Hayul’s laughter also increases.
Wow, my ears hurt. What do you like so much? They even screamed as if they were excited.
“Hey, stop laughing. You’ll get hoarse.”
“But! This is so much fun! Uncle! I can fly too!? With my skills!?”
“Hey! It’s hard to hear because of the wind! So tell me when you arrive! When you arrive!”
“Yes!?”
“Arrive!”
“Voyeur screen!?”
“Hey. It’s done.”
Stop talking and fly into the sky.
Still, the altitude is quite low compared to the altitude I usually fly to.
But for Hayul, it seems like the perfect height for sightseeing.
He was looking around frantically. Ah. Right. I’m stupid. There is no need for this, right?
It came down to the ground.
Hayul makes a puzzled expression when he suddenly lands on the ground.
“What do you think? Is this Seoul? It’s a little different from what I heard?”
“No. Take this.”
Then, he made a flight scroll and gave it to him.
He accepted it and tilted his head.
“What is this?”
“Hold it and say ‘flight’.”
“Fly!”
The scroll disappeared. A surprised expression.
“Huh!?”
“Now, the important thing is now. Imagine your body flying in the sky. Imagine floating your body the way you want.”
“Your body? Hmm? Ugh!?”
When his body floats, he is startled and quickly comes back down.
Hayul sighs in relief as soon as his feet touch the ground. However… A smile appears on her face.
“Was it like this!?”
Then he lifted his body up.
And. Are you adapting quickly? Cook it right away?
“Oooh!”
“Okay, now you’re flying under your own power. But you have to be really careful. Let’s learn to stop first. So…”
Driving training started suddenly. In fact, you just need to learn how to stop. No, there is nothing to learn.
Because flying is up to your imagination.
At least so far, no one around me has lost consciousness or crashed while flying.
If there was one, I would have made fun of it for the rest of my life.
That’s how easy it is to fly. Because you can do everything with just your will.
As expected, Hayul adapted quickly.
Showing free flight while moving around.
Well, that should be enough. There will be no problem.
“Okay, let’s go. The direction is that way. Let’s look in that direction and fly. Don’t fly too fast, okay?”
“Yes!”
So fly again. I follow Hayul while continuing to detect and area information.
Around there is no one around. No one pretends to be popular. Still, I don’t let go of tension just in case.
We even turned on animal detection to prepare for a possible bird strike, but luckily there was no such incident.
“Where do you start in Seoul?”
“From earlier.”
“Eh? Then, tell me something!”
“There are no skyscrapers or anything like that yet. Don’t you want to see something like that?”
“Hmm. Is that so? I guess so.”
“What? You don’t even know what you want to see?”
“Seoul! It’s perfect! There aren’t many images that come to mind…”
“Hmm… Then there’s a good place. Follow me.”
I took Hayul and headed toward Gwanghwamun Square.
I’ve been there once with Mina before. Gwanghwamun, Gyeongbokgung Palace, and here and there.
“Wow!”
As expected, Hayul arrives at Gyeongbokgung Palace and shows a satisfactory response.
Although it has been damaged and damaged a lot, the feeling still remains, so it seems like it is enough.
“But is this all?”
Eh. No.
After watching Hayul for a while, she looked at me in awe at first, but then she quickly grew tired.
Is it really this hard? Aren’t these things fun for kids?
“Then let’s go over there.”
When she pointed to Namsan Tower, she took off and flew away.
Hayul, who came to the tower like that, flies around and lands gently at the top of the observatory.
“Aren’t you scared?”
“Yes! If you had told me to walk and stay here like this, I wouldn’t have died.”
And then she smiles. A smile without a single wrinkle.
Just seeing smiles like these makes me feel rewarded for all the hard work I put into building a townhouse and gathering people.
Well, Seunggyu actually suffered more.
“Wow. That’s good. My goal was to see Seoul, but I found out something even better. Flying in the sky.”
The teen delinquent drip came into my head again, but this time I didn’t say it out loud.
Okay. Such rotten drips should stop.
If Hayul hears something like that, he might get a really serious look.
