Chapter 106
Chapter 106
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 106
Chapter Title: Chaotic Spring (1)
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A joyful Christmas had passed.
Gu Bong-gu finally left the hospital after a long time.
Not long after, he started running the kindergarten again.
Thanks to that, the kids went back to kindergarten.
"See you later, Dad. Pick me up quick when it's over."
"Got it, Suryeon. Study hard."
"Yeah."
And so.
The kids attended kindergarten.
I diligently roamed the dimensional gates.
Living lives suited to our places, time flew by until it was Lunar New Year.
"How do you make tteokguk again..."
Even looking at the recipe, it wasn't easy to cook.
New dishes are always tough.
I followed the recipe to make a simple, thick tteokguk.
"Here, everyone eat some tteokguk and age a year."
Clink—
I set down bowls of tteokguk in front of each of them.
Choryeon looked at her bowl and raised her hand with a question.
"Daddy, what's the connection between tteokguk and age?"
"Oh, you don't know? They say eating tteokguk on Lunar New Year makes you a year older."
"Then eating two bowls adds two years!?"
Eureka!
Choryeon widened her eyes like she'd made a historic discovery.
Just as I was about to correct her that it wasn't like that.
"What?! Eating one bowl of tteokguk adds a year!?"
"Found it. The optimal route to adulthood. It's an age-duplication event."
Hwaryeon and Suryeon started emptying their bowls without even listening to me.
"All done! I'm 1 now! Bring more tteokguk! No, bring it all!!!"
"Me too, one more bowl."
Hwaryeon thrust her empty bowl at me, demanding more right away.
Even Suryeon, who usually ate lightly, wanted seconds.
Maybe she couldn't let herself be outdone.
"Eating lots of years means I can marry Daddy too! One more bowl for me too, please, Daddy!"
Swish—
They shoved their emptied bowls at me in an instant.
I was flustered but refilled them since they wanted more.
"Hmph, I'm number one! I'll age the most!"
"By eating lots of tteokguk. I'll grow up fast."
"Marriage to Daddy...! It's not far off...! Just wait a bit longer, Daddy...!"
Slurp—
They inhaled the tteokguk like vacuums.
Their enthusiasm made me wonder if I should tell them the harsh truth.
'They're eating it so deliciously. Should I say it or not?'
It was a meaningless tradition, but I couldn't bring myself to say it amid their overwhelming momentum.
The dragons kept emptying bowls.
"One more bowl!"
Empty bowls piled up.
"Me too, one more."
The kids' melon-like bellies swelled like watermelons.
"One more for me too, please!"
Only after I bought more ingredients midway and the pot scraped bottom.
"Uwaa! So full, ate great! I ate the most!"
"Ugh, overdid it... But now I'm... an adult too..."
"Ughhh, now I... can marry Daddy...! Let's have the wedding quick... Daddy...!"
The kids finished their tteokguk feast.
The dragon kids had eaten so much they'd become adults.
I drummed their volleyball-sized bellies like drums and said.
"But kids, you know what?"
"What, Daddy?"
"Tteokguk doesn't actually make you age."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You're still just 1 year old."
"...Daddy?"
Chill—
The air froze cold.
The dragon kids glared at me murderously, eyes flashing.
They were seriously pissed at me.
'Oh no, this is bad.'
Better escape before it's too late.
I dodged them and bolted to the bathroom.
It was the right call.
"Daddy tricked me! You're dead, Daddy!"
"You dared trick me. Don't hide, come out now, Daddy."
"I'm disappointed, Daddy. Come out and do the wedding, then I'll forgive you."
Bang bang-!!
The kids pounded the door, demanding I come out.
I desperately barricaded it and yelled.
"You gotta listen to the end in Korean! You misunderstood! And you ate the tteokguk deliciously!"
"That's a different issue, Daddy. Open the door quick."
Bang bang-!!
The door shook violently.
I couldn't hide in the bathroom all day.
Once their anger seemed to cool a bit, I emerged.
"Ahem, kids. Anger gone?"
"Nope."
"Gone?"
"No. I'm still mad!"
Their tempers still flared wildly.
Since they weren't over it, I had no choice but to pay settlement.
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year!"
"...Fine, here's your New Year's money."
I had to give them thick stacks.
It was quite a hemorrhage.
I secretly checked my account balance and wiped tears.
'These greedy brats.'
Their greed for money was stronger than expected.
Must be the dragon in them.
***
Cold winter ended.
A short spring came to us.
Meaning.
The season when plants sprout fresh and green.
"Time to farm, Daddy!"
Beam—
Choryeon beamed, grabbing my hand and leading me to the rooftop.
Winter had dragged on, so the long-awaited farming season arrived.
"Scatter the seeeeds~ And water them well~"
Hum hum—
Choryeon headed to the rooftop in high spirits.
I called to the dragon kids still blankly seated.
"Hwaryeon, Suryeon! You come to the rooftop too!"
"..."
"..."
Look at that?
Hwaryeon and Suryeon didn't even respond.
I had no choice but to invoke our family rule.
"Dragons who don't work don't eat. No rooftop, no dinner today."
"Fine! We'll go!"
Whoosh!
Hwaryeon and Suryeon jumped up and followed to the rooftop.
Food mattered to them too.
'Good thing we need the tractor and watering can.'
S-rank tractor and watering can.
My daughters had impressive abilities.
"What's with that look, Daddy? I don't like it! Raaah!"
"Me too."
Rawr!
Hwaryeon and Suryeon bit my legs on the way up.
'...They know instinctively?'
These scary kids.
I dragged my toothed legs up to the rooftop.
It'd gotten pretty dirty after so long.
"Before planting in the flower beds, we gotta clean first. Everyone grab cleaning tools!"
"Yes!"
Dash dash—
Choryeon raced ahead, fetching the tools.
She distributed them to the kids and they cleaned vigorously.
"So much trash in the world! We should clear it all!"
"Yeah."
"When I grow up, I'll clean all the trash! Not leaving a speck!"
Choryeon's eyes held no tremor as she said it.
Seemed sincere.
"Cleaning trash is good. But Choryeon."
"Yes!"
"Don't treat humans like trash, okay?"
"Hmm, doesn't that depend on the situation?"
"..."
No firm answer.
Choryeon might dream scarier than I thought.
We cleaned the rooftop together, and I grabbed seeds for the flower beds.
"This feel's been a while."
"Bored! I wanna scatter too!"
"Okay, Hwaryeon, you scatter."
Hwaryeon jumped eagerly for seeds.
I put some in her hand.
She started scattering into the flower bed.
"Grow or don't! Grow yourself!"
Her lively voice scattered seeds.
Choryeon watched with interest and approached.
"Daddy! I wanna scatter seeds too!"
"Sure, Choryeon, here. Don't plant chili seeds in the lettuce section."
"Yes! Got it!"
Hwaryeon and Choryeon scattered seeds by section.
Seeing them enjoy planting made me happy.
'Good they're not annoyed by this.'
Suryeon seemed reluctant.
I asked her watching from afar.
"Suryeon, you not joining?"
Suryeon eyed me steadily, turned away, and replied.
"No need. Too annoying."
"Fine, if you say so... Can you grab the watering can then?"
"Sure. Watering can."
Suryeon nodded and headed downstairs.
No interest in seeding, but cooperative with farming—relief.
But only briefly.
"Daddy."
Suryeon returned with an uncharacteristic flustered face.
No watering can in her hands.
She looked at me seriously.
"Better come quick."
"Why?"
"That old lady human's collapsed on the stairs."
No sooner said.
I bolted from the rooftop to the stairs.
As Suryeon said, the granny lay collapsed right below.
"Granny!"
Gu Bong-gu's words to check on her flashed.
I hoisted her on my back and raced to the hospital.
No ambulance system in 09 District.
Thus, with my daughters, I rushed the granny to the hospital.