The Returner

5. Mother, daughter-in-law (3)

“Jihyuk.”

“Huh?"

“Take me to the guest room. ”

“Bar or room? ”

“You have a spare room. ”

Lee Hyuk's house was left with five rooms on the first floor and more on the second floor because Choi Jung-hoon was looking for a good house without any measures.

One of them is currently occupied by the Appledrice, but there are too many rooms left to raise cats.

That's why I'm giving you your room. No problem.

Erkana and Apeldiche.

The inferno beneath which the Demon King and Dragon Road live... Well, it's not the first time, and it's nothing new.

However, the problem is…….

“Hey, Mom! You can't do that! ”

Lee Hyuk never wanted this situation.

I told you that if you bring him home, Park will kick him out on his own, but what is the situation here?

I was about to shoot a drama on the highway, and the genre changed into a multicultural Human documentary.

“Mom! I'm not from somewhere he can't live! ”

“Are you stupid? ”

“Huh?”

Park Seon-Duk pointed at the bag in front of his eyes without saying a word.

“How much do you think it costs? ”

“That's right…. ”

Expensive.

It'll be filthy expensive.

That's not cubic in there, is it?

What's with the bag of diamonds?

And what did he do to come to Earth to buy it first?

It's a terrifying adaptation!

“Must be a lot of money. A kid with no money would buy something like that. And all the money in the world? ”

“… No, that's not it……. ”

“I'd love to have all the money. You have a lot of money. ”

“Mom, that speech is subtle.... ”

What's wrong with my son?

That's enough!

“If you come to a far-off country, your heart is empty whether you have money or not. Don't you know that? ”

I know. I know too well.

You can say that because you don't know what I did because I know it so well.

Lee Hyuk sighed deeply.

“Mommy.”

“… you have a very colorful title. What's the matter?"

“I don't sleep in the other room. ”

“Huh? What do you mean? ”

Herkana holds Park's hand tightly and opens her mouth.

“The couple said they were sleeping in the same room. Herkana, I don't know much about this world, but I've learned that couples don't. ”

“Well, yes. ”

Park Seon-Duk nodded without even knowing it.

“I'm not married! ”

Lee Hyuk's protest was not heard in Park Seon-Duk's ears anymore.

“Quiet. ”

“Mom, if you keep doing this, I'm serious! ”

“... Be quiet. ”

“Yes.”

Lee Hyuk calmly silenced his mouth during his mother's life.

Stammering silently in Mother's ears was the best resistance he could.

“Whose side are you on? ”

“Tsk.”

However, even that rebellion faded like a bubble in front of the warm sun as Park Seon-Duk's eyes became fierce.

“Yes, did you say Herkana? ”

“Yes, Mommy. ”

“If you're a couple with Ji-hyuk, of course you're right. ”

“Yes.”

“But there seems to be a lot of people who can't admit that yet. ”

Jung Jeong-min nodded violently.

Next to him, Dogayun nodded slightly to tune in when he appeared.

“Huh?"

Afterwards, Erkana looks at you in a dazed fashion, checking that the appendage is still standing at a subtle distance.

But the appendage is only staring at the distant mountains.

“Hoho?”

There was a completely different voice than when I was treating Park Seon-Duk.

There is a slight cold sweat on the forehead of the appendage, but it does not back off.

“You've grown so much. ”

A voice that seemed to have flowed from the bride flows into the ears of the appendix. It was not heard by others, but only by Apeldiche.

The appendage trembles.

“What's the matter? ”

When Park Seon-Duk wondered, Herkana smiled brightly and replied, "When did you fix your face?"

“It's nothing. ”

“Hmm, really? Anyway, since you have nowhere to go, let's stay together for a while. But since we're less prepared, let's just take it from side to side. ”

“Yes, Mommy. ”

Herkana replies somewhat.

In front of him, Lee Hyuk said in a desperate manner.

“We're screwed... …. ”

Herkana sat in Lee Hyuk's house as a military member without interruption.

“... This can't be happening. ”

A cafe in front of Lee Hyuk's house.

There are three women sitting there right now.

Bitter.

Appeldrich, who sucks the yogurt smoothie, tilts his head.

“This tastes weird. Sour flavor that looks spoiled but not spoiled? Humans eat weird things. ”

“Does it matter now? ”

“It shouldn't matter. ”

The appendage remained relatively calm.

Other women accepted the shocking situation that Lee Hyuk had a wife and had to watch her in front of their eyes, but it was not that shocked that Appeldrich knew the existence of Herkana in the first place.

I was just embarrassed because I didn't know that Herkana would follow me to Earth.

“What happened? ”

Rarely, Tokayun asked first.

However, Jung Jeong-min withdrew from Dogyoon.

“Just a moment, Gayun. ”

“ ……? ”

“Wait. We're not there yet. ”

As Dogayun tilted his head, the cafe door opened and Kim Da-som, who had a very stiff face, walked inside.

Dogayun glanced at Gimdasom quietly and nodded. Clearly, she deserved to know about this.

“What do you mean? ”

There was no accident.

As soon as I saw the text sent by Jeonghae Min, I didn't know what I was doing here.

“Sit down, please. ”

“I need to know what's going on. ”

“Yes, I'll tell you... Have a seat. ”

Kim Da-som looked at Jung-min with a face full of complaints and sat down.

“What would you like to drink? ”

“I'm listening. ”

“Decide what to drink. I'm gonna get in. ”

“… Americano. ”

“You'd better eat something cold. ”

“Iced Americano, then. ”

Jung-min nodded and ordered an ice Americano.

Jung Jin-min sighed when the drink that she ordered came out and said to Kim Da-som.

“Lee Hyuk's wife showed up. ”

“… Yes? ”

“Literally. He was married when he was in this world. But he came to me. ”

Kim Da-som's face became blank.

What the hell is going on here?

Half-time?

“And…. ”

“Anything else? ”

“She's the Demon King. ”

Gimdasome was drinking Americano.

Jung Hae Min turned her head to look at the appendage without waiting for Kim Da-Som's reaction.

“Can you explain exactly what's going on here? You knew about this, didn't you, Mr. Apeldice? ”

“Yes.”

“Don't you have feelings for Yi Hyuk as well? ”

In Jeonghae's headquarters, others' gaze came towards Apeldiche in unison.

We've known each other implicitly, but it was the first time we had a proper conversation like this.

“Yes.”

And Appeldrich simply admitted to being vain.

“You knew you had a wife and you did it? ”

Aphedrice tilts her head back as if their reactions didn't make sense.

“What does it matter? ”

“Of course it does. ”

“Why?”

What do you mean?

The answer became vague when I asked him something so obvious.

Where do I start to explain this?

“Ah……. ”

Appeldrich nods as if he understood.

“For a moment I forgot that monogamy is fundamental. I didn't think it was so strange where I lived that it was natural for a man to have so many wives. ”

“Hmm……. ”

Jung Hae Min nodded.

I couldn't help but acknowledge cultural differences.

“What kind of relationship are you two? ”

“Couples.”

“… how can the Demon Lord and man……. ”

“Lee Hyuk was not a person at all. ”

“It wasn't a person? ”

Aphedrice glances at the sea with a slightly icy eye.

“You didn't try to understand Lee Hyuk's life at all. ”

“ ……. ”

“He's hurt a lot. Someone who misses people. So I wanted to heal that scar while hanging out with people, but I don't think I can be healed among the ignorant like you. I'd rather it was Beraf. ”

Kim Da-Som glances at the appendage with cold eyes.

“How do we know he won't tell us? ”

“Did you try to find out? ”

Dogyoon opened his mouth.

“We're not here to fight. ”

“ ……. ”

“Take action. Organized; discussed what to do next. I heard that. ”

When Togayun cleared up, others also made an unseemly expression, but I couldn't disagree with him.

Now was not the time to fight amongst themselves.

“But Ji-hyuk said Erkana didn't deserve it. You don't seem very pleased with your attitude. ”

Aphedrice nods.

“Lee Hyuk has been running away for hundreds of years. ”

“Why?”

“Well, I asked why.... ”

“Yes.”

“That was a strange answer. ”

“What did he say? ”

“That's what happens when you get married. ”

“ ……. ”

What the hell are you talking about?

“Even if you live with a beautiful and good woman, you'll look like a tiger for ten years. If you live with 20 years, you'll look like a devil. If you live with a hundred years, you'll look like a slime. If you live with 300 years, you'll look lifelike a tiger. I didn't understand. ”

“Hmm…. ”

I don't think I understand. I don't think I understand.

“Four, 300 years together? ”

In the meantime, Kim Da-Som was surprised at the cultural shock.

“Yes.”

“How old is Ji-hyuk? ”

Appeldrich tilts his head.

“It's a little ambiguous.... ”

“Yes?”

“You're in your 20s on this side of the world, but you're roughly 1300 years old on Beraf? ”

“… Yes? ”

“And I think I'm over 2,000 years old, considering the time I spent living there... ”

Yeah, I'm 2,000...

Then he's about the same age as Jesus.

Hahaha.

Kim Da-som laughed.

“You're not very good at jokes. ”

“ ……. ”

I looked around like a sympathizer... but even Jeongmin Jung and Togayun were just staring at her.

“Are you for real?"

Nod.

Dogayun nodded, and Kim Da-Som trembled like a cultural shock again.

Two thousand years old...

What's that supposed to mean?

You must feel so fooled when you're in your 40s. Two thousand years old!

“You said you're in your twenties on this side of the world. ”

“Yes.”

“Okay, then. ”

Oh, yeah?

I thought you were in shock.

“You okay?"

“Yeah. Well, I was thinking, you know, I'm young, I'm young, and I was wondering what my age would be. I'd be shocked if I said I had 20 years or so to say I'm 2,000 years old, which is completely unrealistic. ”

He's got a strange way of thinking, too.

“So……. ”

Dogayun looked at the appendage and asked.

“Can she stay here? ”

Everyone's gaze is drawn to Apeldiche.