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I hurried outside without having time to change my clothes.
While getting hit by the cool morning air, I headed to the town hall where the drinking party took place late last night.
When I reached there, I could see a parked car and the faces of people I knew very well.
“Oh? It’s Uncle Si!”
“Uncle!”
Taeho was the first to find me, followed by Sehe.
It was very nice to meet them after a long time, but I was confused because I didn’t expect to meet them like this.
Such a confused feeling got transmitted to my face.
“What are you guys doing here? That too this early in the morning?”
“Of course, We came to help you.”
“I heard you needed help.”
Taeho replied as if asking what kind of question is this, while Sehe smiled faintly.
“Haha! We came a little early. We didn’t mean to disturb you.”
Jin smiled awkwardly and approached me.
“Jin, what happened?”
“I heard there was an urgent request for the guild last night. Usually, this kind of case is related to the government or the Angels. So of course, naturally, I woke up early in the morning and prepared for it, but I didn’t expect it to be related to Brother Si
”
“Then you came here without knowing what happened?”
“Yes. They told me to go there and help Brother Si.”
Director Lee seemed to have done things much faster than I expected.
I thought someone would come to help at least in the evening at the earliest

“Oh! And they told me to give this to Brother Si.”
“
.?”
Jin handed me a bag made of soft silk and something long, surrounded by a black cloth.
As soon as I received the item in the black cloth, I immediately recognized its identity.
It was my sword that I left in the Demon world.
Inside the bag was a small note and a familiar-looking potion.
It was a potion made from Hap in Demon Lord Castle.
The note contained a short sentence in the language of the Demon world.
I’m sending this hoping it will be of a little help to you. Feel free to contact me if you need any help.
– Ryan.
Director Lee must have passed the news to Ryan.
The careful consideration of Ryan touched my heart.
While checking what Jin gave me

Someone rushed toward me and kept looking around.
“What have you been up to? Where have you left the children?”
“Of course, they’re still at home. It hasn’t been long since they woke up.”
Yerin turned her eyes away looking sulky.
“Tch
 if you brought the kids, you should’ve told me in advance. You know how much I miss them
.”
“Sorry. I couldn’t help it. This time I came to my hometown because it was my father’s death anniversary.”
As soon as she heard my situation, Yerin no longer complained.
However, she pouted her lips as if she still felt a little desolate.
I smiled softly at the sight.
“Anyway, thank you all. Thank you for coming to help me, even though I requested it out of the blue.”
“We’ve already received a lot of help from Uncle. We have to pay it back now.”
“Sehe is right. If it’s for Uncle, we’ll come to help at any time.”
“We’re paid to work, so you don’t have to feel burdened. Besides, the urgent request comes with a special allowance.”
“Awww
.I don’t need anything, and I just want to see the kids soon.”
Except for one person who expressed her personal desires, the answers of the other three felt very reassuring.
“I couldn’t prepare much because I was told too suddenly.”
When Aunt told embarrassingly about the breakfast prepared by her, Yerin and Jin hurriedly waved their hands.
“No! It’s obviously a feast.”
“We’re just grateful that you prepared this much even though we came unannounced. Thank you very much.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you.”
Taeho and Sehe also bowed their heads to express their gratitude to Aunt.
At first, I tried to take them to another place, since it was rude of me to take them to Uncle’s house, while I myself was staying there as a guest.
However, after hearing the circumstances, Uncle called us home, saying, [We must treat those who came to help the village.]
Thanks to this, I and the guild members were able to receive a hearty breakfast.
The breakfast prepared by Aunt was really delicious, but the guild members continued to eat in a slightly awkward manner.
Eating in a stranger’s house might have been a reason, but I felt the influence of the small girl who was stuck next to me might be a big reason.
“Brother Si? The kid next to you
?”
“Oh
 Didn’t I introduce her? This is Speranza.”
“What’s your relationship with
?,”
I replied with a smile to Jin’s careful question.
“She’s my daughter. Isn’t she so cute?”
Except Yerin everyone responded with a flabbergasted look with their eyes wide open.
Speranza shook her fox ears and buried her face behind my back.
“Huh
 Was she the child who called you ‘Papa’ on the phone at that time?”
Jin murmured despondently, recalling what had happened in the past.
“She’s not your own daughter, right? Ugh! OUCH?”
As soon as Taeho asked an inconsiderate question, Sehe, who was next to him, stabbed him in the ribs strongly.
“Fool! Don’t you have common sense!”
“Ugh
”
He belatedly realized his mistake and looked at me.
I said, smiling comfortably as if I was fine.
“It doesn’t matter because I think of her as my own daughter,”
I murmured as if pledging to myself and stroked Speranza’s hair.
This time, all four looked at me as if they were touched by my words.
Speranza also looked up at me with her eyes shining.
“Speranza. Come here.”
Yerin, who was looking for a chance, waved at Speranza.
The fox girl, who was contemplating for a while, left me and headed to her side.
Yerin hugged Speranza tightly and rubbed her cheeks.
“Speranza, didn’t you miss me?”
“Um
 I missed
.. a little bit.”
“Oh, my! So happy! I also missed Speranza sooooooo much.”
Yerin showed off her intimacy with Speranza to her heart’s content as if she was bragging about it to the rest.
The three looked at Yerin with great envy.
While everyone was distracted by Speranza’s cuteness, two small shadows came up to me.
Pow wo wooo!
“Where did you go, Popi?”
Akum and Gyuri came to me and dug into my arms.
The guild’s eyes were wide open once again with the appearance of the two children.
“Huh? Those kids
”
“I saw them at the Poison Ant cave
”
“That’s right! Akum and Gyuri! It’s Akum, Gyuri, right?”
The three remembered Akum and Gyuri and looked delighted.
-Pow woo? Pow wooo! Pow woooo!
“Oh! I saw them in a cave where there were many ants, Popi!”
Akum and Gyuri also recognized them and greeted them happily.
The two children, who were not shy like Speranza, approached the three naturally.
The three, who were distracted by their cuteness for a while, noticed something was wrong and their expressions gradually distorted.
“Ah, Uncle?”
“Huh?”
“These kids aren’t summons?”
“Ehh, How? Why?”
“Huh?”
“When you took a picture and sent it to me, I felt a little strange
 I didn’t expect them to be real
”
Taeho and Sehe stammered in surprise.
Jin looked at me with a look of dumbfoundedness.
“I won’t ask you anything, just answer me this one question
 Who the hell are you, brother?”
“Hahaha!”
I couldn’t help but laugh awkwardly instead of answering.
After receiving a great reception from Uncle and Aunt, guided by Junho, we headed to the entrance from where we could go up the mountain behind.
Jin asked Junho, who took the lead on the way to the mountain this and that.
“So, after removing the Rift, the wasps suddenly became fierce, right?”
“Yes.”
“After that, you asked the guilds to do the eradication?”
“Yes, I’m not sure how much, but we asked various places. But, nothing changed.”
“Hmmm
”
Jin, who was talking to Junho, frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.
I spoke carefully because I was curious about his opinion.
“Jin, what do you think?”
“It’s quite common for a monster to survive by adapting to its surroundings. In fact, that can change the ecosystem in foreign countries. But I’ve never heard of a monster taking control of a whole group of living things. It’s definitely a very unusual case.”
“The Awakeners who came before also told the same thing.”
Junho expressed his opinion and agreed with Jin’s story.
“Sihyeon, I don’t think it’s going to be easier. In this case, it’s much more troublesome than just fighting with a monster.”
His prediction of difficulty hardened my face and Junho’s face.
“What are you worried about? I don’t think there’s a problem with that.”
“Right, we don’t have to worry too much. We have Uncle Si.”
Here we go again.
Taeho and Sehe looked at me with eyes sparkling as if saying, [It’s a piece of cake for me!]
It was such an absolute trust that it felt almost like they were members of my pseudo cult.
“Hey. What did you do to these kids?”
I couldn’t hide my bitter smile at Yerin’s question.
While walking down the road talking about this and that, about ten middle-aged men appeared in the opposite direction.
At first, I thought they were just passing by, but they walked straight to us and blocked us.
In an unusual situation, Jun-ho shouted with an offended look.
“What’s this?”
Someone showed up from among the men.
It was Kim Changsoo, whom I saw at the meeting yesterday.
“You’re
”
“Hmm. Are these the people of the Guardian or something guild? Well
 they don’t seem as great as I thought.”
There was a clear sense of hostility in his speech.
Junho looked at us and then turned to Kim Changsoo, suppressing his emotions as much as possible.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but please get out of the way. As he said at the town meeting yesterday, Sihy has brought in people to help.”
“Are you going to the mountain behind to catch wasps?”
“Yes.”
A sneer came from Kim Changsoo’s mouth when he heard the answer.
“I’m sorry, but you can’t go there.”