[Episode 16]
Erno Etam speaks softly to everyone. Even when I go against his heart, he just laughs.
Laughter was his symbol.
He is not friendly to everyone, but if he is not hostile, he is a fair person who puts the same distance with everyone with the same tone of voice.
That means no one is special.
Just like a person who is kind to everyone doesn’t care about anyone in particular.
However, Erno Etam also reveals his true colors in front of his two sons.
He has an expressionless face to his two sons and doesn’t smile much.
I know that I have read the novel to the point that it is real.
He poked his head through the crack in the door.
‘I knew it would turn out like this.’
It is only natural that the heroine and the strong person in the world meet like this.
‘I’ll be able to see the heroine’s performance soon, right?’
Still, seeing the two of them together in real life makes me feel a little strange.
I paused in front of the door, scratching my cheek, contemplating whether to enter or not.
“hmm.”
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally turned my steps slowly.
It’s because I thought it wasn’t a place for me to fit in.
“Daughter, why aren’t you coming?”
If it wasn’t for the voice that found me, I would have gone back to my room and packed my things.
“Uh, Dad… I’m busy.”
“No, not very busy. Come here.”
He still opened the door with a friendly voice and reached out to me.
The voice is obviously sweet, but not sincere. I know that much too.
“Are you scolding your father Harabuji?”
“I?”
He smiled lightly, as if he had heard nothing funny.
“Well… I know that the head of the household will come running to me soon.”
he grinned. With the face of a mischievous villain.
“yes?”
“3 2 1 look behind you.”
“Erno etham! You damned bastard is not enough to chew on this…! Do you even know what you’ve been up to! Others say that their head is a flower garden, but your head is full of bugs…!”
As soon as he finished his words, Duke Miriel actually appeared with his sword drawn.
The reddish-purple face really made me feel like I was seeing a demon that had just crawled out of hell.
The sword in one hand trembled with anger. He could feel the heat from the sword spewing red flames.
‘That’s the dragon’s relic.’
The sword was said to have been made by mixing dragon bones and scales with mithril, which is said to exist only at the end of the world, and heated in lava fire.
According to [Ip. Yang. Gak], there were three dragon relics in the Etam family.
One of them was a sword called ‘Salt of Blaze’ that was born with flames and could not be melted or scratched by any flame.
“Please cover up the situation, Lord. Doesn’t it sound rude to my daughter?”
“A daughter…”
Only then did Mirelle’s gaze reach me, who was held in Erno Etam’s arms.
And it reached the female lead underneath.
“You look like an elderly person in front of the kids, or… can I get you a pair of glasses?”
“This evil bastard in the world who only makes accidents everywhere he goes and smears shit on my face…!”
“Do you have any faces left to paint on?”
Erno Etam answered with a bright smile.
“You dare to siphon off a family mine in your personal name? Do you guys have any thoughts? doesn’t exist!”
“I know that your teeth have gone out with the passage of time, but please speak straight. I just took my share.”
“what?”
“Didn’t you tell me to give it to you in the past? Don’t you remember?”
“Don’t talk nonsense about this sane bastard! When did I decide to give you the family estate!”
Erno Etam’s face became even brighter. He seems to be in a very bad mood right now.
“I did.”
“When did I!”
A short sigh leaked from Erno Etam’s lips.
“That’s exactly what you said. ‘If you’re going to live such a pitiful and insignificant life in the future, know that the only legacy that will go to you after I die is the mountain over there.’”
The exact syllable, as if not a single word was wrong, made Duke Mirelle blank as well, wondering if anything came to mind.
“Didn’t you refuse that back then…!”
“Come to think of it, I’m going to live this kind of life from now on… so I decided to just accept it.”
he laughed mischievously.
It was a word like a capricious king.
A white smile filled with joy was drawn on his lips.
“Did you have a hole in your head? Stop talking crazy bullshit and put it back right away!”
At Duke Mirel’s anger, Erno Etam opened his mouth with a pretty smile.
“Waah wow.”
Duke Mirel, who looked like a mountain after seeing this, grabbed the back of his neck.
“This guy’s baby …!”
“Please leave, my lord. I have something to say to my daughter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Erno Etam lightly snapped his fingers.
space has increased.
As if the land was getting longer, the distance between us and the Duke of Mirelle grew farther away in an instant, and the Duke disappeared before our eyes.
Quaang-!
There was a roar outside, but the door wouldn’t budge and Erno Etam was at peace.
“Now the noisy dog has gone home.”
Erno etham sat down on the bed and sat me on his lap.
All around was enveloped in silence. I was contemplating what to do when something popped out in front of my eyes.
“hi?”
A girl with a bright smile pushed her face in front of her.
was the female lead.
‘Wow…’
I swallowed my breath nervously. She was so cute and pretty that anyone would think she was lovable.
Her skin was pale, her cheeks plump as if they were well-grown, and not a shadow could be found on her flushed face.
“Yeah, hello.”
“My name is Charne. Eight years old!”
Will this heroine be happy here? like in the novel.
i envy you.
At the moment of thought, I shook my head.
‘No, I just need to eat and live my own way.’
The bankbook was thick, so there was little need for hesitation.
All that remains now is that Erno Etham speaks for sure.
Looking at Erno Etham, he smiled and nodded. He allowed it, so we have to move.
“I’m Eiring. Five.”
“five? Then am I your sister?”
“Umm….”
In terms of age, of course, that would be the case… but
my mental age is a bit…
“Sister!”
“….”
The heroine is looking at me with sparkling eyes.
“Am I your sister?”
“…”
I think I know what you want.
“huh?”
“….”
No matter how much you avoid your eyes, the twinkling eyes do not leave.
“Oh sister…?”
My lips didn’t come off easily, but I managed to open my mouth.
That was the moment.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
The female lead hugged me tightly.
‘…uh?’
I was sitting on Erno Etam’s lap, so I didn’t shake much, but I was a little surprised.
“I’ve longed for a sister so very much…!”
“Yes…?”
The female lead with sparkling eyes hugged me tightly.
‘what?’
Wasn’t the heroine at this time of year a little wet with melancholy?
I remember the description that I was depressed for a while because it was just after my mother passed away.
“Wow, soft.”
Seeing the heroine smiling brightly and touching my cheek, my mouth finally loosened up.
Better than being sad.
I liked the female lead.
I liked the heroine, who was only a typeface, but lived in a completely different world, suffered a completely different sadness and was loved by everyone brightly and confidently.
At first, I just came in after seeing the title [Adopted, I was mistaken!].
I thought it would be similar to me who lived like an ugly duckling, being treated unfairly just because I was born as a girl.
Most romance fantasy novels end with a happy ending, so I started this novel with the desire to comfort myself.
“My younger sister is the best… why didn’t my grandfather tell me that he had a younger sister? I wouldn’t have bothered if you said you were there. It’s really cute.”
I was at a loss for words when I saw the female lead spitting out compliments as if she wasn’t ashamed.
I couldn’t really see a single point of darkness.
The heroine of [Ip. Yang. Gak] has always been a person who seeks a ray of light in the dark.
Even in the midst of numerous shortcomings, he always finds strengths.
‘As expected, the female lead doesn’t change.’
I was speechless for a moment watching the heroine, who was always active in type and became the object of my admiration, move in front of my eyes.
‘Is this an opportunity to intuit the original work?’
I’ll leave anyway when I get tired of Erno Etam, but until then, isn’t it a chance to see the original work right next to me?
Erno Etam, who used to be grouchy and cold and only used the heroine to eat when he needed it, gradually began to eat with the heroine and bring her presents!
‘Of course, I don’t end up being a daughter-in-law like in other novels, but…’
Actually, it was a rather disappointing development for me, who expected that kind of thing.
As the story of [Ip.Yang.Gak] unfolds, many main and supporting actors sing different meanings of love to the female protagonist.
However, Erno Etam did not say that he loved the heroine until the end.
“You are my uncle’s daughter, right?”
“Yes.”
While answering, I glanced at Erno Etam.
Fortunately, Erno Etham sat quietly and patted my cheek as always.
Once upon a time I wanted to be like the heroine. There were times when I tried to act like a heroine.
I thought that if I did that, my family would love me.
But all I dreamed of was an illusion on type, and I was not a heroine.
Suddenly, I wanted to make the relationship between the female lead and Erno Etam a little closer.
I want to surpass the original novel.
So that the female lead can be much happier than in the original work.
“Father, I’m going now!”
As I jumped from his lap at the sudden idea of a plan, Erno Etham’s brow was slightly cracked.
“Where?”
“Go to your room.”
“already?”
“yes!”
He was silent for a moment. I nodded and headed for the door with quick steps.
“Daughter.”
“yes?”
“I asked to have a meal with you yesterday and couldn’t go. Did you have a good meal?”
As I was about to leave the door, my steps stopped abruptly. I immediately turned my head and looked at him with a smile on my face.
“yes! You’ve been drinking!”
Now that I have a goal, I have a reason to stick to this house even a little more.
‘It’s still going to be half a year at the longest, but…’
But until then, I should be a child who doesn’t bother.
“…okay?”
“yes!”
Unfortunately, I didn’t notice at this time of year that the corners of Erno Etham’s mouth, which always had a picturesque smile, went down slightly.
