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From the 1st generation to the 3rd generation.
<Yama> Kang Hyeon-cheol and <Holy Mother> Park Hye-rim, who served as Twelve Seats for over 20 years since Lim Ga-eul took office as Fairy.
Symbolizing the history of Lim Ga-eul's regime and having received long-standing support from the public, they had laid down the heavy burden on their shoulders following Baek Seo-jin's rebellion and were now living ordinary lives.
They are now living their second life, occasionally appearing on parenting broadcasts as proper parents of a child.
Once called the nation's siblings, they are now known as the nation's couple.
"Poop!"
"..."
Their child raised his hand to make his presence known to Eun-ha.
He was a boy with hair as red as burning flames and fierce-looking eyes like Kang Hyeon-cheol.
Eun-ha blankly looked down at the short child.
'Is he greeting me now?'
Although the sound "poop" was absurd.
Judging by the child's actions, he had no choice but to think so.
"As expected of my son, greeting so energetically and vigorously! I'm proud, my son!"
"Dae-han, you should greet adults by saying 'Hello.' Hello, Uncle Eun-ha."
"Poop!"
"..."
It seemed it was indeed a greeting.
Eun-ha was able to organize his thoughts based on their reactions.
It seemed the child didn't know many words yet, so he substituted "poop" for a greeting.
He couldn't help but smile at the child's cute behavior.
It was completely different from Kang Hyeon-cheol.
"Hello? You must be Dae-han? You've grown a lot since I last saw you."
"Poop!"
Bending down.
Eun-ha patted the head of Kang Dae-han, son of Kang Hyeon-cheol and Park Hye-rim.
Kang Dae-han, who only repeated the same sound, accepted his touch without avoiding it.
"How old is he now?"
"About 10 months now?"
"Seeing how well he walks at 10 months, it seems the child is growing fast."
"Right? They say children grow fast, but maybe because he's my child, he's especially fast. When he first started walking..."
"Sigh... Are you saying that again? Don't you get tired of saying that to everyone you meet?"
At 10 months, he's now one year old.
He's one year younger than Noh Yu-ran and Noh Yu-rin who were born last year.
Eun-ha expressed doubt while brushing off Kang Hyeon-cheol's boasting about his son, who had somehow turned into a doting father.
"But it seems his hair color has changed. Wasn't it the same brown as Hye-rim noona when I saw him before?"
"It was originally, but as time passed, his hair turned red. I think it might be the influence of <Flame Manipulation>."
"Red hair, even more like me and manly, isn't it cool?"
"Oppa's hair is dyed, you know."
"Poop!"
In the case of fetuses or young children who can't control their internal mana well, their appearance often changes due to the influence of internal mana on their genes.
It wasn't a common occurrence, but it wasn't uncommon either.
The higher the innate amount of internal mana, the higher the probability of appearance changes.
It seemed that was the reason Kang Dae-han's hair had turned red.
'It looks like his eye color didn't change.'
The only part of Kang Dae-han's face that resembled Park Hye-rim was his brown eyes.
Outwardly, he looked much more like Kang Hyeon-cheol than Park Hye-rim.
So Eun-ha, looking down at the child, automatically blurted out:
"You shouldn't become like your dad."
"Poop?"
"I hope you don't commit arson, destroy property, and make people suffer."
"Hey, what are you saying to the child? What? Don't become like me?"
"I'm worried about that too, so I'm teaching Dae-han not to do that."
"Hye-rim noona must have a hard time. Dae-han, you should grow up like your mom, not your dad, okay?"
If Kang Hyeon-cheol hadn't become one of the Twelve Seats, he might have become an arsonist.
He was a problematic person to the extent that even Park Hye-rim couldn't defend him.
That's why Eun-ha prayed that Kang Dae-han would grow up properly.
'If by any chance he becomes a second crazy squid...'
He could clearly see how much trouble he would have.
Eun-ha, who was in charge of leading the 4th generation Twelve Seats, inwardly shuddered at the very thought.
Meanwhile, he focused on Kang Hyeon-cheol's right arm.
"How's your arm? Is it okay?"
"Oh, this?"
Kang Hyeon-cheol had experienced death once.
As a result, Eun-ha revived him using the power of the Dawn Sword to remove the cause and change the result, but unfortunately, the resurrection wasn't complete.
He couldn't restore the severed arm.
It was unavoidable.
"As you can see, it works fine without any problems. Not only your clan's maestro, but our maestro is quite good too. Plus, they put an artificial membrane on it, so doesn't it look real?"
The cause that led Kang Hyeon-cheol to death and the cause of him losing his right arm existed separately.
The former was <Puppeteer> Lee Dong-hyuk, and the latter was the Mein Halphas.
So to restore his arm, he would have to remove the cause by cutting off Mein Halphas's mana stone.
But with Eun-ha's skills at that time, he could only eliminate the most recent cause, so while he could revive him, he couldn't restore his arm.
'Now, after that, my skills might have improved enough to make it possible, but...'
Unfortunately, an attempt was impossible.
This was because the Dawn Sword had disappeared after conquering the <Dungeon of the Abyss>.
He no longer had the power to influence causality.
Of course, even without the power of the Dawn Sword, he could use elixir to treat Kang Hyeon-cheol's condition, but─.
"I can live well enough with this arm, why use something precious? Such things should be used for people in worse condition than me."
Kang Hyeon-cheol had declined to use the elixir possessed by the Blaze Clan.
Eun-ha sympathized with his words but felt regretful inside.
'If he had used the elixir, he could have returned to active duty...'
They were short-handed.
As the leader of the 4th generation Twelve Seats, Eun-ha found Kang Hyeon-cheol's absence regrettable.
To the point where he almost missed how he used to come and torment him by constantly asking for sparring matches when he was on active duty...
'No, that's not it.'
Nevertheless, he was just disappointed that he couldn't make use of him.
"But wouldn't a real arm be better than a mechanical one? Or we could sell you elixir cheaply..."
"What nonsense! You don't know the charm of this arm, but because it's mechanical, it can be modified in various ways? That's why Hye-rim loves..."
"What are you saying now!? Don't say things that others might misunderstand!"
"..."
Before Kang Hyeon-cheol could finish speaking, Park Hye-rim quickly reached out and covered his mouth.
Then, with a face now truly befitting her alias <Holy Mother>, she urged Eun-ha.
No, she warned him.
"Please don't misunderstand, if possible?"
"...Yes."
Eun-ha quickly nodded.
He had no desire to get involved between the Kang Hyeon-cheol and Park Hye-rim couple.
He decided not to mention Kang Hyeon-cheol's arm anymore.
It was then.
"Kids, Dad is over there!"
"Daddy!"
"Huh?"
When he turned his head towards the sound, he saw Noh Yu-seong, Noh Yu-ran, Noh Yu-rin, and Noh Eun-ae.
It seemed Eun-ae had brought the children out of the bride's waiting room.
She conveniently explained the situation.
"The kids were getting restless staying inside, so I came out to play with them. Ah, Hye-rim unnie, hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? Uncle Hyeon-cheol, welcome too!"
"Eun-ae, hello? I received the flowers you gave as a gift then. They were really beautiful. I'll use your shop often in the future. By the way, you're really becoming prettier every time I see you, just like Eun-ah's sister, aren't you?"
"Hye-rim calls you unnie, so why am I uncle? Call me opp... Ugh."
"Excuse me, oppa? Where's your conscience saying such things? Don't you see Eun-ha glaring at you now?"
"And you, do you have a consci... No, nevermind."
"It's just more comfortable to call Uncle Hyeon-cheol uncle! Uncle seems like a reliable title too, doesn't it? But who's that cute baby there? Is it Hye-rim unnie and Uncle Hyeon-cheol's baby?"
"That's right. His name is Kang Dae-han. Dae-han, you should greet Aunt Eun-ae, okay?"
Noh Eun-ae, who was having a warm conversation after meeting Park Hye-rim and Kang Hyeon-cheol after a long time.
Soon, she saw Kang Dae-han standing there and her eyes lit up.
"Poop..."
"So your name is Kang Dae-han? You greet well and are good. Yes, hello?"
Unlike Eun-ha who was flustered when he first received Kang Dae-han's greeting.
Noh Eun-ae, who possessed a gift that could understand children's hearts, responded skillfully.
'She really likes children.'
Eun-ha smiled involuntarily as he watched her bend down to talk at Kang Dae-han's eye level.
It was just like watching a kindergarten teacher.
On the other hand.
'But where is he looking?'
Eun-ha suddenly noticed that Kang Dae-han's gaze was directed not at Eun-ae but somewhere else.
It was where Noh Yu-seong, Noh Yu-ran, and Noh Yu-rin were.
He seemed to be looking especially at Noh Yu-rin.
Eun-ae must have noticed the direction of his gaze too, as she glanced at the children and chuckled.
"Hmm, I see? Dae-han seems very interested, huh?"
With a strangely delighted expression.
A smile hung on Noh Eun-ae's lips, and her shoulders shook slightly.
It was right then.
"Poop."
"..."
Suddenly, Kang Dae-han, on his short legs, waddled towards the children like a duck, swaying his bottom.
No, he approached Noh Yu-rin.
"Poop."
"...Hello?"
Kang Dae-han is greeting, probably.
Noh Yu-rin tilted her head to the side as if showing curiosity towards him.
At that moment, he stretched out his ham-like arm and held out the pacifier in his mouth.
It was as if he was offering a gift.
"Poop."
"..."
"To think he would try to give that when he couldn't be without his pacifier..."
"This kid, even at one year old, you're a man too? As expected of my son! Your courage is great!"
Park Hye-rim, who was watching this scene, was very interested.
Kang Hyeon-cheol nodded repeatedly, looking satisfied as if it was praiseworthy.
And Noh Yu-rin, who was to receive Kang Dae-han's gift.
"...Thank you?"
Noh Yu-rin, who was blankly blinking her eyes with a face that didn't understand the situation, was about to accept the pacifier as if to say she would take it since it was being given.
Of course, Eun-ha wouldn't allow it.
"Yu-rin, no, it's dirty."
"...Dirty?"
"Yes, it's dirty. Don't accept things like that."
"Okay."
Before Noh Yu-rin could receive it with both hands.
Eun-ha suddenly intervened and hid her behind his back.
The innocent girl followed his words without showing any suspicion.
He took the pacifier instead and put it back in Kang Dae-han's mouth.
He also grabbed his head and spun him around, changing his direction.
"Turn around."
"Poop?"
"Go to your mom and dad."
"Poop?"
"Hey, why are you interfering between the kids? You should let them get close on their own, what are you doing? And what? Dirty? My son's pacifier is dirty?"
"It's dirty for Yu-rin because it has the child's saliva on it, right?"
Whether Kang Hyeon-cheol was dumbfounded or not.
Eun-ha ignored his words appropriately and gently pushed Kang Dae-han's back.
But Kang Dae-han didn't intend to return to his parents as Eun-ha intended.
He turned his body around after taking a few steps forward.
He was holding the pacifier in his hand.
"Poop."
"It's no use trying to give it to Yu-rin. I'm sorry, but take it back."
"Poop!"
"I said I won't accept it... Are you giving it to me now?"
"Poop!"
"Dae-han says so, oppa?"
"Huh..."
If he couldn't target Noh Yu-rin, did he mean to target himself first?
Eun-ha let out a hollow laugh as he looked at the pacifier Kang Dae-han was holding out.
He had no intention of accepting it at all.
He didn't, but...
"If you reject that too, Dae-han might be very disappointed, so why don't you accept it? It's just you accepting it anyway, oppa."
"That's right! Just accept it and boost our son's confidence a bit!"
"Right, couldn't you just accept it?"
"..."
There were the gazes of the people around.
After much deliberation, Eun-ha reluctantly decided to accept the pacifier.
"Even if I accept it, it doesn't change my heart, okay? Here, I've accepted it. Now go away."
"Poop!"
"Dae-han says thank you and he'll see you next time? He says he'll come to see Yu-rin."
"I know my daughter is pretty, but..."
Kang Dae-han only returned to Kang Hyeon-cheol and Park Hye-rim after handing over the pacifier to Eun-ha.
Eun-ha found it quite funny how he kept looking back at Noh Yu-rin until he entered the wedding hall.
He had quite a cute side, unlike Kang Hyeon-cheol's son.
Not that he intended to allow it, though.
"Yu-seong. And Yu-ran too."
"Yes! What is it?"
"Yes!"
Noh Yu-seong and Noh Yu-ran, whose names Eun-ha called, quickly responded.
Unlike Noh Yu-rin who was born in the same year, Yu-ran, who had a lively personality, raised her hand above her head.
Eun-ha urged the two children.
"You saw that kid earlier, right? The one called Kang
"You saw that kid earlier, right? The one called Kang Dae-han. You two should make sure he doesn't approach Yu-rin. Yu-seong, you're the oldest brother, so you should protect your younger sister, and Yu-ran, you're still older than Yu-rin, so you should protect your younger sister too. Understand?"
"Yes! I'll protect the kids!"
"Yes! Me too!"
"Yes."
While it's unimaginable to give away his lovely daughter now.
No, he doesn't even want to imagine it.
Eun-ha had absolutely no intention of giving his daughter to Kang Hyeon-cheol's son.
Absolutely, never.
"Our oppa really..."
Eun-ae reportedly gave a bitter smile at Eun-ha's behavior.
* * *
Noh Eun-ah's wedding ceremony began.
The officiant was <Empress> Shin Seo-young, who had been her first teacher.
[Now, the bride will enter.]
[Please welcome the bride with a grand applause.]
Shin Seo-young's voice echoed in the hall.
Noh Eun-ah, wearing a pure white wedding dress, enters holding her father's hand.
She had a bright face as she received the applause of the people.
On the other hand, her father's face was solemn as he gently held her hand.
And Eun-ha's face was.
'Quite stiff indeed.'
<Sword Saint> Mok Min-ho.
He, who had given up his seat for other guests and was watching the wedding from the back, found Eun-ha and felt gleeful.
Now considered Eun-ha's right-hand man and living a busy life, he was very pleased with Eun-ha's face.
'On the contrary, Chang-jin hyung looks delighted... I wonder if he'll be able to survive.'
Noh Eun-ah was very popular due to her lively and cheerful personality and beautiful appearance.
As a result, people like Noh Eun-ha could be found quite often around her.
Perhaps they might go crazy and try to kill Han Chang-jin.
'Well, that hyung will handle it himself.'
With Han Chang-jin's skills, he wouldn't die, but if he did die, he should at least offer condolences.
Mok Min-ho decided to dismiss it as something unrelated to him.
Meanwhile, <Valkyrie> Cha Eun-woo was also watching the wedding ceremony beside him.
She affectionately hugged his arm, pressing her body close, and whispered in his ear.
"So many people came. Right?"
"Yeah. I heard from Eun-ha earlier that even the Fairy came in disguise."
"Wow, even the Fairy attended."
"She knows Eun-ah noona, right? Really, what kind of family is Noh Eun-ha's family? Is it because of that guy's regre... that thing?"
"You almost said it, didn't you?"
"Because of that guy, we now have a secret to keep, geez..."
"But isn't it good that Eun-ha told us?"
"...It is more comfortable than seeing that guy suffering alone as if he was the only one who knew."
Mok Min-ho lightly shrugged his shoulders and unwrapped his arm from Cha Eun-woo's.
Then he placed his hand on her waist, pulling her close to his side.
She didn't resist and obediently nestled into his embrace.
'I can't tell Eun-woo.'
After Eun-ha confessed about the regression.
Mok Min-ho personally went to him to find out what kind of life he and Cha Eun-woo had lived before the regression.
The answer that he was originally destined to go berserk during the Seoul Calamity and try to kill On Tae-yang, only to be killed by him instead, was very shocking.
However, the answer that she had married On Tae-yang and become his second wife was even more shocking.
—Eun-woo doesn't seem like that kind of person... Are you saying she liked On Tae-yang that much before the regression?
—How would I know your inside story? Just, well... I think Eun-woo's face looks better now than before the regression.
—...
—Don't worry about it since it's from before the regression. You might lose what you have now if you do.
—That's rich coming from you.
—You asked me to tell you.
—...
—Before the regression is before the regression. So don't forget that.
—...Anyway, thanks for telling me. And don't tell Eun-woo. She might be shocked.
—Alright. You don't show it either.
—Lastly...
—What?
—Thank you for changing the future.
—...It was all for my sake, you know. You don't need to thank me.
The conversation Mok Min-ho had with Eun-ha then greatly moved his heart.
He realized how precious Cha Eun-woo's existence was to him.
So he decided to propose to her, not wanting to lose her.
"What is it?"
"Nothing. You'd look pretty in a wedding dress like Eun-ah noona too."
"What, are you already looking forward to it?"
Of course, Cha Eun-woo happily accepted the proposal.
Now, in a few months, the two of them were scheduled to get married and become a couple.
Mok Min-ho looked down at her who would become his wife, as if she was precious.
At that moment, she spoke up.
"I hope a lot of people come to our wedding too."
"I'll work hard so many can come."
"The Fairy too?"
"...I guess I'll have to ask through Eun-ha."
"No, I'm joking. I'd be happy even if it's just a small ceremony with just us."
Cha Eun-woo smiled brightly.
Mok Min-ho couldn't contain his emotions and lightly kissed her lips.
Her smile deepened.
'Min-ho, you don't know. How precious and thankful this life is to me.'
In fact, Cha Eun-woo had also heard about the events before the regression.
She had asked Eun-ha first.
That's why she was grateful for her current life where she was with her childhood friend whom she had harbored feelings for since she was very young.
"Do you have to watch me catch the bouquet later?"
"I'll be watching without going anywhere."
"Make sure to record it on video too."
"Alright."
Time passed from then.
Cha Eun-woo went out to catch the bouquet, and somehow almost fell on her bottom after misstepping.
The person who saved her then was none other than <Pandora's Saint> Iriya.
"I got you! Oh...?"
"Devotee Cha Eun-woo, are you okay? ...Huh?"
"..."
Iriya, who supported Cha Eun-woo from behind, ended up touching the bouquet as well.
It was foreshadowing for the event where she would come to be called <Pandora's Holy Mother> in the not-too-distant future.
* * *
Noh Eun-ah's wedding ended successfully.
Han Chang-jin, who had been smiling throughout, couldn't escape unscathed from the people who liked Noh Eun-ah.
"Die! Just die!"
Eun-ha, his father, Ryu Yeon-hwa, and others beat Han Chang-jin, who had been wearing a goofy expression.
Even Noh Yu-seong, Noh Yu-ran, and Noh Yu-rin happily joined in beating up the groom.
There was even an incident where the group of singles formed around Bae Su-bin mobilized.
"Th-thank you, everyone..."
Han Chang-jin didn't stop smiling even as his tuxedo was being torn.
He was only able to get away from the people after receiving a round of beating.
It was after that when they left for their honeymoon.
Eun-ha, who couldn't beat Han Chang-jin more, saw them off with regret.
As soon as the vehicle they boarded disappeared from sight.
"Then shall we follow them too?"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes."
Eun-ha immediately set out on a trip with his wives and children after a long time.
Coincidentally, the destination was the same.
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