Why Are You Here?

Stop!

The sight of Daepodong, as if about to swing the rattle toward the bird, made me quickly stop his movement.

No matter how much that guy had made So-eun cry, I couldn't bring myself to execute him with the rattle.

Shh, don't hit that guy.

At my words, the guy spat on the floor toward the bird and turned his body. Then he approached So-eun and shook the rattle vigorously.

And the guide who saw this scene looked extremely surprised. It was like he was about to watch the execution of a bird out of nowhere, so it was strange not to be surprised.

I was giving my daughter some cookies on the terrace, but that bird snatched them. There, my daughter was crying, and they jumped out and caught it. Since they liked my daughter so much, this happened.

I appealed that we had no fault as much as possible.

The captured bird wasn't particularly injured, so the guide ended with telling to release the bird and didn't say anything more.

Yubu, let him go.

You won't execute ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠him?

...No.

At that, Yubu, who didn't like leaving the guy who stole So-eun's snack, spat like Daepodong.

Kwooooo!

And, after receiving two spits, the bird immediately flew away from Yubu's claws and escaped. It was almost like crying.

Looking at that, I picked up the last cookie left in the bag and put it in So-eun's mouth.

Although one was taken away, So-eun seemed satisfied as the cookie entered her mouth again.

She held her hands around her mouth and chewed it cutely, as if she wouldn't be taken away this time. Her moist eyes looked especially cute.

She's so cute, Young Miss. I'm envious. We have one son at home, but how much trouble he causes...

The guide, shaking his head, smiled faintly.

By the way, what was that bird earlier? It kind of looked like a pigeon in color, but its beak wasn't.

It's a lava gull. Judging by size, it's not a full adult, maybe sub-adult. By the way, it's an endangered vulnerable species.

Hearing it was an endangered vulnerable species, I thought I was right to stop Daepodong and Yubu.

Probably, because people give them cookies little by little, thinking they're seagulls, they snatched the cookies my daughter wanted to eat.

Tsk... I guess I need to be careful giving snacks.

Everything they learned because of people's actions. It became their way of survival.

I could understand the guide's words well, so I nodded.

Of course, I didn't think of snatching So-eun's cookies again. Watching So-eun's full belly laugh was so good, patting her belly.

Then, since there seems to be no problem, we'll go down for now. If you need anything or plan to go out, please let us know anytime.

Although there was a brief commotion, the guide confirmed it was nothing and left with the bodyguards.

Suddenly feeling tired. Shall I sleep a little?

Shall ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠I? So-eun suddenly cried, so she might be tired.

So-eun, with her cheeks puffed out and eyes half-closed, I laughed lightly, and Noona and I decided to take a short nap.

Noona and I put So-eun in the middle and slowly fell asleep.

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Daddy, I hate you!

Nooooo!

I screamed at the unbearable sound.

And, waking up from the dream. In the half-conscious state, I immediately realized that the sound from earlier was a dream.

It had to be an extremely shocking sound.

Appa...!

Eh, eh?

Waking from the dream due to shock, I saw So-eun lying on my chest.

I quickly realized that the strange dream was because of So-eun pressing on my chest. Since she was on my chest, I couldn't help but have nightmares like being squeezed by scissors.

But I didn't get angry at So-eun. Rather, I was just grateful that it was a dream.

Why are you not sleeping on top of dad?

Kyaang!

Instead of answering my question, So-eun showed a bright smile. Yes, that was enough.

Are you awake?

I hugged So-eun who was smiling brightly, and Noona, who had woken up first and washed, came out from the bathroom. She had a brand new towel wrapped around her head.

Oh, you washed first? Then it's my turn?

Don't make strange sounds, wash up quickly and come out. Let's go eat.

On Noona's words, I reflexively looked at the clock on my phone. It was already evening.

Since I wasn't planning to starve, I quickly went to the bathroom, showered, and came out, seeing Noona and So-eun ready for the outing looking at me.

Feeling a bit flustered, I roughly put on a t-shirt and shorts, and with Noona and So-eun, and leading the animals, we went outside.

Since Noona had contacted in advance, the bodyguards and guide were waiting.

As we came out, they immediately surrounded us, protecting. It felt like they were fulfilling their duty as bodyguards.

And like the bodyguards, the guide was also trying to properly fulfill his duty.

What would you like for dinner? There are burgers, and lots of Western and seafood dishes.

Hmm... Noona, what do you want to eat?

Western is fine, but since we came this far, shouldn't we eat seafood too? Suhwan, what do you want to eat?

Where's the place to answer questions with questions.

Where's the place not to answer questions with questions.

Tsk.

On the rebuke to not say unnecessary things and just answer, I pondered for a moment and looked at the guide.

Is there a restaurant that does both Western and seafood well?

Fuhuhu, yes. There is. Shall I guide you there?

Please.

The guide, amazed ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠at my choice like Solomon, led us.

And the place we arrived following the guide was a restaurant located by the beach. It was a building with an interior like it was half floating on the sea. It was a popular place, with quite a few people sitting.

This is a quite famous restaurant. They do pasta well, and seafood cooking is top-notch. Personally, I recommend the lobster.

Oh, lobster!

Let's eat that!

On the word lobster, Noona and I reacted with excitement. It was a food I wanted to try once, but I hadn't had the chance until now. Maybe reservation failed or ingredients ran out.

We decided to eat here, took the closest seat to the empty beach, and ordered without hesitation. The guide next to us translating the menu made it very convenient.

Here. Burger, pasta, and the lobster I mentioned earlier... uh, what else?

Fish steamed with curry sauce? Let's try that too.

We ordered enough food that two people might not finish.

Ordered too much?

It'll be fine if we eat it all. But it doesn't seem that much.

Looking around the tables, the portion of one dish didn't seem that big.

After shaking off that worry, looking at the sky turning red, the food came quickly. Starting with burger, pasta, lobster, fish steamed filled the table.

Wow! Suhwan, try this. Delicious?

I took the fish meat Noona offered and nodded vigorously. It tasted better than I thought.

And other dishes also showed taste better than expected.

Thanks to that, we finished dinner very satisfyingly. The accommodation was nice, and although there was commotion in the middle, we enjoyed dinner happily, feeling the worth of the trip.

Suhwan. Shall we take a beach walk and come back?

Alright.

After finishing dinner, on Noona's suggestion from the restaurant, we started walking slowly on the beach.

Squeak squeak squeak...!

Of course, So-eun, who loves wearing squeaky shoes and walking the most, was walking happily like jumping.

But there was one problem: the shoes that flashed and made squeak sounds when walking attracted a lot of attention.

Look at that baby!

¡Ese bebé es muy lindo!

Holy! She's so cute!

It was attracting the gazes of people who were casually walking around. People were looking at So-eun saying she's cute.

But the squeaky shoes of So-eun weren't attracting only people's gazes.

What is that?

Light...!

It was attracting the gazes of sea lions who were occupying all benches like homeless people.

Suhwan! So-eun! So-eun!

On the sea lions rushing to So-eun in an instant, Noona shouted urgently.

I, seeing the scene, quickly hugged So-eun, and the animals including Cheongho approached and started guarding.

It was Cheongho showing a growling, sharp teeth, about to pounce.

Because of that, sea lions couldn't approach easily, but their gazes didn't leave So-eun.

I fell in love.

And, one of the sea lions suddenly made a strange sound and jumped towards the sea.

...?

I couldn't immediately accept the sudden situation, staring blankly at the sea lions for a ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠moment.

In that moment of blankness, the sea lion that ran to the sea appeared again. It was holding a fairly large fish in its mouth.

Take this!

He placed the fish on the table in front of me. Exactly, as if to give it to So-eun.

Ehe, hem, hehe.

The sea lion that placed the fish twisted its body as if embarrassed. Making cooing sounds.

And, other sea lions, seeing that, ran towards the sea in group. Naturally, their mouths had one seafood fish each.

Squeak! Save! Save!

In the middle, even the 'Galapagos penguin' that was the cause of coming to Galapagos was there.