LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 115 - There was simply too much to overlook.
Chapter 115 There was simply too much to overlook.
I knew a new enemy would appear to take Sophia back from the future.
But when I realized that the enemy was my own ‘daughters’ from the future, I honestly wanted to deny reality.
After all, this past world was the front line for them, where it wouldn’t be surprising if they died at any moment.
What kind of parent would send their children to such a perilous place?
Especially when one of them was a young lady who had only just shed her childlike innocence, and the other still looked like a student.
I was so speechless at that realization that I got ambushed and knocked out. When I woke up, I sensed the presence of Riverine and Ria, who were currently protecting me.
This terrible reality wasn’t a dream—there was no denying it.
**”Kraaaaaa—!!”**
“Ah…”
“Oppa!”
“Shin-woo!”
How crazy must my future self be?
How insane must I have become to be happy just because they called me ‘father’ and then sent them to such a dangerous place?
I couldn’t fully grasp it yet since I hadn’t met my future self in person.
However, there was something I clearly knew I had to do right now.
“Your Majesty. I didn’t expect you to wake up so soon.”
“Grrk…”
“But no matter how powerful you are, Your Majesty, it shouldn’t be difficult to subdue you now, even if it requires a bit of effort.”
“……”
“So please, would you kindly surrender?”
I shook my head.
I felt a sense of pride in the way my daughter, even though an enemy, spoke to me with respect.
But that was an impossible request to fulfill.
“Is that so… Then I have no choice but to use force. Archery Unit, forward!”
The skeletal soldiers around me began drawing their bows toward me.
My future daughter, Yulian, who had grown two horns, pointed at me with a somewhat sorrowful expression, holding something like a command baton, and soon my vision was surrounded by a rain of white arrows.
‘What kind of bastard is my future self…’
Even if it was the past, making your own children fight you?
The moment I met that bastard, I’d definitely punch him right in the gut.
With that thought, I let out a bit of my anger.
**”Kraaaaaa—!!”**
“Krrk?!”
As I roared.
Thud, thud, thud.
“The arrows… with just a roar?”
The rain of arrows that had been flying toward me lost their momentum and fell to the ground.
“C-Cavalry Unit! All infantry units, advance! Quickly subdue Father…!”
“Grrrr…”
‘Kyokushin Karate…’
As the skeletal soldiers stomped the ground and advanced toward me.
“Grrk!”
‘Straight Punch.’
I threw a punch, letting out some of my anger toward my future self.
Just with that, the white soldiers that had been blocking my view were completely obliterated, leaving nothing but dust, creating a path between me and my daughter.
“No way…”
“Grrk.”
“Did they fall… with just one punch? This is 20 years in the past…”
Yulian’s face turned pale as if in shock.
I began walking toward my future daughter.
Was it because my first child was a son?
Looking at my daughter, a different feeling welled up inside me compared to Jae-won.
To think such a child was my daughter…
Swoosh.
“H-Hic?!”
As I stood in front of her and raised my hand, Yulian flinched and squeezed her eyes shut, turning her head away.
Was it because she was afraid of me in my monster form?
Or was this the image I had for her?
These were things my present self, who didn’t know the future, couldn’t understand.
But if there was something I wanted to do.
Pat.
“…Huh?”
“Grrk, grrk.”
‘I’ve won, so let’s end this here, daughter.’
Pat, pat.
It was a gentle form of discipline and a calm conversation.
“Grrrk. Grrrk.”
‘I don’t intend to harm you. I just… want to resolve this among the adults. So, could I possibly meet with my future self?’
That crazy bastard.
If he wanted to meet Sophia, he should’ve come himself.
What kind of parent uses their own children as a shield to get what they want?
This was an issue to be resolved between Han Shin-woo alone.
It was something the kids should never have been involved in.
So, wanting to resolve it among ourselves, I lightly brushed Yulian’s hair back and asked.
But.
“F-Father…”
“Grrk?”
“I don’t have much of your genes, so I can’t understand ‘Growl Speak’…”
“G-Grrk?!”
Even though she was my daughter, it seemed that Growl Speak was a bit difficult for her.
***
Following after Jae-won, who had set out first, Rolling and Yoo Che-ran came outside.
The two of them were currently right in front of the Hunter Association building.
**Clang! Clang! Clang!**
“Wow…”
“How can they move like that at their age…?”
“I thought my daughter was the greatest genius, but it turns out my grandson is just a monster.”
They both looked as though they were at a loss for words, watching Han Shin-woo’s two children fight.
They appeared to be just around the age of barely becoming adults or still high school students, but their fighting was on par with professional Hunters—no, even above that, almost like a battle between national powers.
“Go, grandson! Don’t lose!”
“Ah, thank you! Grandma.”
“Grandma…?! Then, is that the famous Madam Rolling?”
“Oh, come to think of it, if that’s Shin-woo’s child, then they’re my grandchildren too!”
Jae-won, who had been fighting fiercely enough that he could have lost his life if he let his guard down even a little, instantly responded to the cheer from someone who, although not his mother, was still family.
But if she was Jae-won’s grandmother, then she was also the grandmother of Yujin and the other children of Shin-woo.
“So… who are you?”
“Yes, Madam! I am Han Yujin, the 16th child of Father! I’ve read about you in history books!”
“The 16th child?! Oh my… My son really got around, didn’t he…”
“Shin-woo… is quite something…”
Their mouths hung open as they learned that Yujin was not the second or third, but the 16th child.
However, one thing was certain: even if Sophia wasn’t his mother, Yujin was definitely Shin-woo’s child.
“Alright, Yujin. Even if you’re siblings, you shouldn’t fight too harshly. Understand?”
“Of course! …You heard that, brother? Let’s just take it easy and go back to the future together.”
“I told you I refuse!”
**Clang! Clang! Crash! Crackle!**
An indestructible body versus a Holy Sword that could cut through anything.
It seemed like this battle would take quite a while.
And more than that, Yoo Che-ran, who didn’t dare step into the battle between the ‘siblings,’ said,
“Master, I’ll head to your house as you instructed.”
“Ah, yes. Go and bring my husband here quickly. He should be home by now.”
“Yes! Understood.”
She had been given a task before coming down from the building.
The current Chief of Staff of the Army, who was busy with the destruction of North Korea, had just returned home briefly before heading out again. He needed to be brought to the Hunter Association for the Shin-woo matter.
“I’ll be back soon.”
Yoo Che-ran quickly ran towards Shin-woo’s house.
Meanwhile.
“Who’s there?”
“Ah…”
Lee Seok-gyu, who had been urgently summoned at dawn due to the North Korea incident, was rushing around, trying to change his clothes at home.
When he arrived in the living room, he found himself face-to-face with a girl rummaging through the fridge with shark-like teeth.
***
At first, I only intended to investigate and then leave.
One of the places Lady Sophia stayed at would obviously be her house.
If she was there, I planned to kidnap her, and if she wasn’t, I was going to pull off a small trick and then escape.
But after searching the second floor and confirming Lady Sophia wasn’t there, I was about to leave when…
“?! T-That’s a fridge…!”
Shin-ah spotted it.
A fridge filled with snacks that no longer existed on the scorched Earth 20 years later outside the Korean Peninsula.
“…Maybe I should check it out?”
She was curious.
Honestly, how could she not be?
After eating only potato chips like Pocachip, she wanted to try other chips like Pringles or Lay’s, flavors from other countries she’d never tasted before.
Rustle, rustle, rustle
, rustle.
“Is this… Spam?! It’s completely different from Lincheon Meat just by the packaging!”
Delicacies that couldn’t be eaten in the future.
Unable to resist her curiosity, Shin-ah thought about taking a few, but the fridge was too vast to carry everything.
So she decided to eat as much as she could.
Sizzle…
“I’ll just eat this and go.”
Even though she was on a mission.
She was frying Spam in her father’s old house with the stove turned on.
“Munch, munch… It’s delicious!”
There was rice too, so she ate it together.
Spam and rice were a legendary combination, as written in the history books.
American pork(?) melted in her mouth.
After finishing her meal, she prepared to leave, but…
“This is Coca-Cola and Pepsi?! It’s not 815 Cola or McCol?”
Her father’s old fridge was a treasure trove.
Shin-ah also found original colas that no longer existed in the future.
She guzzled down the two bottles of cola her grandfather had bought.
“Wow, Dubai chocolate!”
She devoured even the chocolate that belonged to Sophia, her stepmother.
“Wow, is this Dunkin’ Donuts, not the market donuts I’ve only heard about?!”
She ate up the snacks her grandmother had left behind.
“This is Japanese ramen! I’ve always wanted to try this!”
She even devoured her father’s stash until…
“Who are you?”
“Ye-Yes…?”
She was caught in the act.
“Shin-woo…? No, my son couldn’t have turned into a woman overnight. So why does she have his aura…?”
“Gulp!?”
“But more importantly… the fridge is empty…?”
“Uh, well, that’s…”