Storm Warrior - Chapter 327



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#327, Home Sweet Home

Farm in Rioja.

Instead of moving to the annex where I usually used to use my own coordinates, I moved to the sky above the farm.

The aftereffects of the teleportation, called the Sky Wave, naturally contain a large amount of magical power, which could be harmful to the mother who is sensitive to magical power.

Of course, there are still safe coordinates for Casas and Lanzarote staff to enter and exit, but when I first brought my mother in, I installed a device around it to collect and store magical power.

But now that my mother is able to get around on her own, it can’t hurt to be more careful.

Anyway, I’m looking around the farm from the sky, overlooking the whole area.

“… It’s home sweet home for the first time in a while.”

Now, this seems to be the only place that truly feels like home.

My mother is here, and there is the comfort of the pastoral scenery, but the biggest thing is that it is a place I still have no bad memories of.

If I were at home in Yongin, I would feel the absence of my father, and if I were at the hideout, I would feel lonely with the memories of people coming and going as if it were my own home, but here, all I could remember was my family growing.

Awwww─!

After briefly enjoying the nostalgic scent, I smiled at the happy sound and looked for the owner of the howling.

In the direction of Aaron’s house.

From the sky, a huge wolf, looking like a little kid, was looking at me and wagging its tail.

“Yeah. Nice to meet you too, Donggu. Sorry for coming now.”

Although I said it as if I was talking to myself, we were connected to each other at this distance.

[‘Dong-gu’ is very tired.]

[Dong-gu needs a break.]

‘…huh?’

For a moment, I thought there was an error in the message output.

If a monster that threatened Dong-gu had appeared in this neighborhood, Aaron would not have left it alone. Feeling suspicious, I quickly went down to Dong-gu’s side.

Rustle!

At that moment, something small popped out from the cornfield behind Dong-gu.

“Got it…!”

Hurry up!

Dong-gu hid behind me to avoid the small creature that was pounced on him.

“!”

“Eight! … Huh? It’s your uncle?”

“… It’s Gaon.”

It was my nephew who got up, dusting his hands off the bare ground.

“Is your uncle very busy?”

The first words from my nephew, whom I have seen three or four times now.

“…Huh? Right now? No…Why?”

“Why are you wandering around outside instead of coming home?”

… I’m confused.

I’m still awkward with the existence of my nephew.

I’m being cautious because I don’t know exactly how to deal with him, but it seems like this guy has been working as my nephew for about 10 years.

“Well, this and that… somehow it just happened…”

“No. You don’t have to explain anything to me. I’m just telling you to take care of yourself since Grandma is always swearing at Uncle.”

“Yeah… Thanks for letting me know.”

When I first saw him in Rakbisha, he definitely seemed like a kid of that age, but somehow he grew up so much in the blink of an eye.

‘I don’t think my pronunciation was clear back then.’

In reality, not much time had passed, and the appearance was still the same.

Gaon’s gaze turned to Dong-gu, who was peeking out from behind me.

“Kkeuing. Eung… .”

Dong-gu suddenly sticks his head in and stands right behind me.

The Donggu guy was bigger than me, so he was crouching down and rubbing his head against my back.

‘You seem scared even though you’re just like that… You must have suffered a lot.’

Just as I couldn’t see Gaon hidden in the cornfield, the guy’s body didn’t yet contain any magic.

However, it seems that there is an aura of the dragon tribe that only beasts can sense.

Or maybe it’s because he realized that he’s Seongyoon and Maru’s child.

“Hmm… I guess you were playing tag with Dong-gu.”

“No, Aaron told me to get it. He said he’d give me two pieces of garrotte cheese. Grandma likes that.”

“Aaron? Why, did Donggu get into trouble?”

“He was in heat and was stalking Alma. Oh, Alma is the name of Aaron’s dog. Anyway, he tried to force his way into the warehouse where Alma was, and ended up breaking down the warehouse wall.”

this….

He’s already created a bunch of hybrid pups, so there’s no way Aaron would allow that to happen twice.

No matter what, you’re telling a kid the size of a rat to catch a red-eyed wolf.

And it’s not just any ordinary red-eyed wolf, it’s Dong-gu… .

‘Even Aaron thought it didn’t look like a human child.’

Dongguya is our certified pet, so this is not a question of danger.

Common sense tells us that there was no way Dong-gu could keep up with the child’s running.

Even if you approach slowly, they’ll already know by smell.

However, the reason Dong-gu is this tired is probably because Ga-on has a heart that never tires.

Perhaps this chase had been going on for days, from morning to night.

Actually, I was planning to see Aaron first and then go home. He’s a close friend who lost his life twice because of me, so isn’t that the right thing to do?

But given the circumstances, I can’t expect to be treated with hospitality.

“… I should go and ask for forgiveness. Leave Dong-gu alone and go and do whatever Ga-on wants to do.”

“No, it won’t work. I was going to catch it and get the cheese.”

“Your uncle will get it for you, so Gaon can give it to your grandmother.”

“Hmm… Well, then.”

Sigh.

But still, the more I looked at him, the more I seemed to be growing fond of him, because he was a blood relative.

Even though his speech may not be very cute, his gestures and facial expressions are still those of a five-year-old child.

“… … .”

The guy just stared at me blankly without leaving his seat.

“…?”

What is that? Are those eyes asking for pocket money?

“Aren’t you going?”

“No, I was going to see you go….”

“I’m going to follow my uncle?”

“Ah… I see.”

‘Oh no… I can’t help it, Dong-gu.’

I can’t bring myself to tell my nephew to leave because he seems to hate being with me.

But still, he’s a kid.

Gaon was quickly lifted up and placed on Donggu’s back.

Then Dong-gu opened his eyes wide and froze like a stone statue.

I once saw a video of someone putting a tangerine on a cat’s head, and it looked just like that broken thing.

‘Hey… You’re going to see your family for the rest of your life anyway. You just have to adapt. And… The person you should be really afraid of right now is not Gaon, but Aaron. You brat.’

I held Gaon’s arm and gently stroked Donggu’s nape.

“Don’t touch them harshly or chase them around. Always treat them gently like this. Animals like people who treat them well.”

“This isn’t an animal, it’s a monster?”

“… That’s the same thing. Those who harm people are called monsters.”

“Okay. Okay.”

When I let go of Gaon’s arm, he mimicked my gentle touch.

I nodded happily and stroked Dong-gu’s buttocks, injecting some magic into him.

“let’s go.”

Then Dong-gu, who had become more relaxed, followed me.

“Where is Mom?”

“grandma?”

“No, your mother.”

“Ahh. Let’s go find dad.”

Stop.

I looked back at Gaon in surprise.

Maru will be with Katrinan now.

“Your mother… definitely told you that she was going to look for your father?”

“Yeah. I heard you talking to your aunt, so you’re not lying to me.”

The meeting between a dragon mother-in-law and a human daughter-in-law is also a dangerous thing – what if it is revealed that the father of the daughter-in-law who is displeased is the nobleman who sold her blood… Ah.

The ominous thoughts were quickly put to rest.

How could we have met Maru if no one told us where he was?

Perhaps the moment I would worry would be when I had to tell Seongyoon, who had returned without finding him even after crossing Rakbisha, the story belatedly.

“… This is going to be a mess.”

“why?”

“Huh? Oh, no… .”

Suddenly, I had a question about the wording Gaon used earlier.

“But where is your aunt? If she’s your aunt….”

“Yeah. Originally, she was Ivy’s older sister, but my grandmother said she was my aunt.”

“Grandma… I see. Haa. Why did you do that on your own… No, aunt. You can’t call me aunt from now on?”

“Don’t make me do this and that, uncle, sort it out and tell me clearly.”

“… … .”

It was my nephew’s words that left me speechless.

Luckily, I arrived at Aaron’s house without any time to be flustered.

But there was a car parked in front of the house that I had never seen before.

Hahahoho laughter could also be heard from inside the house.

“I see we have a guest.”

It was fortunate for me, as I had been prepared for Aaron to be very angry, but it was also frustrating because I couldn’t just go into a house where there were other guests.

“I think your grandmother is here too?”

“Where? Here? How do you know that?”

“I can hear grandma’s voice from inside.”

“uh…?”

The woman’s voice, clearly not a native speaker, stammering a few words of Spanish, sounded familiar to my ears.

But my mother is unable to speak… .

“Huh!”

Crunch!

I kicked open the door and rushed inside.

“…!”

Among the people looking at me with surprised eyes was my mother.

Aaron muttered, smiling brightly.

“It seems the prodigal son who ran away from home has finally returned.”

“mother….”

At that moment, my heart was so full that I couldn’t speak properly.

“Really… can you speak again?”

“That’s right! Raise your voice! And endure it without raising your voice? You must be so angry that you can’t stand it. I have to beat up this son of a bitch! I can’t do that, so I have to vent my frustrations to survive! Do you think I can just endure it without saying anything?! You already hurt, but you abandoned your mother on the other side of the world and are always looking for dangerous places, east and west?

No! If you’re going to leave me here, don’t worry! They say that grown-up children in other families are supposed to be quiet and not notice their parents because they don’t want them to worry, but what is this, Mom! I might not be able to go home!

You’re broadcasting it live to the whole world and you’re falling asleep. Why? Why don’t you hold a ceremony so that I can go quickly? Oh! Hey, Han Seong-jun! If you’ve gotten out safely, shouldn’t you call home right away?

Huh?! Even though he looks like his dad, he only takes after bad things anyway. Okay! Now that we’re on the subject, why on earth did your dad suddenly go crazy and become a global gangster? I thought he was dead because I never heard from him before, but he appeared on TV? Oh my! It’s my arm.”

Listening to my mother’s screams, each word piercing my eardrums, I was truly overcome with emotion.

“Oh my. Han Sang-cheol, you bastard. Even though you did such a big thing without saying anything because it was you, I was thinking that it would be the same now, but I can never forgive you for passing those genes on to my child. Oh my, my arm.”

“… … .”

Originally, I wanted to run straight to my mother and hug her, but I stopped in my tracks because she kept on singing while beating her chest.

Aaron and the guest, who was still unknown, gulped with bewildered faces.

Even if you can’t understand it because the language is different, you must have felt the atmosphere.

Aaron, who had joked at first because he didn’t know his mother would react like this, looked especially flustered.

At that moment, Gaon came down from Dong-gu’s back, who was lying face down with his head resting on the door frame, and ran to his mother.

(Dong-gu’s torso was so large that it couldn’t fit through the entrance.)

And what the guy says as he hugs his mother with his short arms.

“Grandma, don’t cry. I won’t be like Grandpa.”

Mother smiled brightly with her big eyes and hugged Gaon tightly.

“Oh my baby. My puppy. Yes. Of course it should be.”

The little guy, who had been digging into his mother’s arms like a real puppy, turned his head slightly and showed me three fingers.

If we’re going to guess the meaning, it’s like, get another piece of cheese… right?

Anyway, it seemed like a truly wonderful nephew was born on Seongyoon’s ship.

When his mother seemed to have calmed down a bit, Aaron introduced me to the guest who had been uncomfortable for a moment.

“This is Antonio, who takes care of our livestock from time to time. He runs a veterinary hospital in Almeria.”

“Nice to meet you. George… no, it’s Han Seong-jun.”

I was now Han Seong-jun in Rioja too.

“You need no introduction. It’s an honor to meet you.”

Let’s shake hands with Antonio, Aaron said.

“I had a hard time persuading this guy.”

“What… persuasion?”

“Hong-an wolf surgery is something that cannot be done with an ordinary gallbladder.”

“Surgery?”

“Yeah. Neutering surgery. You brought it here just in time. I have to get that bastard’s asshole removed today.”

Only then did I remember why I had come to see Aaron.

‘Dong-gu, jump out!’

In a jiffy.

Dong-gu, who had been lying on the door frame, suddenly got up and disappeared.