If marriage was the grave of life, Evan had already dug four graves. He was surprised that he hadnât been stabbed by another woman but considering that he was planning to dig several more graves in the futureâŠno, he was probably going to get stabbed.
âYay!â
âItâs so cute, isnât it? Heâs Alon.â
âOhâŠâ
Evan felt the mystery of life as he stroked the baby Elf wriggling in his arms. Bernard and Illoinâs second child, Alon, turned out to be a boy, and soon he saw that it wasnât a matter of gender that babies liked Evan. He crawled on the floor and stuck to him.
âHuhu, I was holding him.â
âYou have me, Eir!â
âI like Alon better than Lian.â
âWoooâŠâ
Eir focused only on her younger brother while abandoning her boyfriend. Tragically, Lian still wanted to gain more attention from Eir. But they were just cute children.
âŠThough Eir was physically a little too big for her age.
âLife is more of a miracle than alchemy or the Elixir.â
âThat Elixir, you were in such a hurry to make it that I still donât know what it was truly.â
âLetâs make it together again next time, Grandpa.â
Although Evan helped him a lot, Bernard was also much younger, thanks to his successful training with the Elixir. Of course, he was able to achieve this because he was studying the Elixir deeply with Evan. Rose and Illoin were delighted and deeply grateful to Evan.
âWe shouldâve given you Eir.â
âNow we can have a new one. Me and Bernard.â
âNo way. Thatâs not going to work.â
Mirole grinned and put down her teacup.
âI only accept your heart, Illoin.â
âOh, yeah, yeah.â
Exactly what kind of expression Mirole made to Illoin was unknown because Evan didnât see it.
âMirole seems to love Evan a lot, too.â
âIâd like to have him at least one day a week. But Iâm upset because thatâs too difficult. Considering the years Iâve been waiting for himâŠâ
âConsidering?â
âNo! Donât think about it, Evan.â
Mirole answered firmly.
âNow that you mention it, Mirole worked hard to find Evan. She holds all the elves who wanted to go out to the human world and makes a divine request, and periodically explores with the power of the World TreeâŠâ
âIlloin?â
Miroleâs voice was a little scary again, but Illoin didnât back down this time and smiled back.
âWell, whatâs wrong? Donât you have to appeal to Evan for more points?â
âWellâŠIâve already appealed a lot in the past, so itâs okay.â
Oops, the mood suddenly changed. Mirole, who suddenly became passiveâŠwas embarrassed, holding onto one of Evanâs arms, as she did in the New World. It wasnât strange to forget it because it happened in the long past, but it seemed that Mirole wasnât as shy as before.
âBut whatâs your plan for the baby?â
Illoin sighed as if she was dumbfounded by Miroleâs wriggling shoulders against Evan for no reason. But Mirole replied with a slight blush on her cheeks.
âWhat do you mean plan?â
âThe 2nd wife and 4th wife are already pregnant, right? The first wife is expecting, so Mirole canât be laid back.â
âNo, I meanâŠâ
Mirole was even more embarrassed and buried her face in Evanâs arms. Alon was angry at Mirole trying to take Evanâs arms, so he frowned and resisted, but he couldnât beat the leader of the Elves.
âHuh? âŠNo way!?â
Recognizing the correct answer, Illoin was surprised. But Evan replied nonchalantly.
âWhen did we get married? Of course, weâre expecting.â
âIt hasnât even been a month yet, has it?â
âI borrowed a little bit of motherâsâŠpowersâŠâ
âYouâre cowardly!â
Illoin leaped to her feet and shouted at Miroleâs honest confession.
âAnd we needed to try so hard! Of course, itâs a lie if I said that I didnât enjoy it, but still! How could you use motherâs power for such a trivial thing?â
âItâs, itâs not trivial. Itâs about giving birth to a high elf that will lead the next generation of elves.â
âMirole, youâre not confident either, are you? Is that why you keep avoiding my eyes?â
âCalm down, Illoin. The World Tree must have been waiting for a long time.â
âWow, thenâŠweâll have our third child!â
Bernard replied in amazement when his wife unbearably vented her anger.
âLet it slide for the time being!â
âAm I right? Is it my turn?â
âRose, you stay quiet!â
Perhaps there was a bit of a dangerous atmosphere among the Garcias, so Evan quietly passed Alon back to Eir and left with Mirole.
âEvan Hyeong.â
However, Lian wasnât with Eir and followed him out.
âLian, whatâs up?â
âWhen can I get into the dungeon?â
Lian had a lively look on his face as if he would jump into the dungeon as soon as Evan gave him the signal. Although he looked ten years old, perhaps because he grew up while breathing strange air in the Demon Realm, he was still five years old. When he fought the battle against the Devil, he landed a hit and took some of the tremendous experience, so if the dungeonâs difficulty were as it was, it wouldnât take long before he conquered the dungeonâŠ
âWe have to wait a little longer. Itâs the adjustment period.â
After previous consultations with Evan and the gods, the Sherden Dungeon was under control. No, the same was true of the Pellati and Merdin Dungeon. All three dungeons were dungeons maintained by Evanâs power.
âAdjustment PeriodâŠwhy are you adjusting it, Hyeong?â
âThink about it, Lian. The dungeon before was a place where humans trained to deal with the Demon King.â
âWoow! But they said you killed it!â
âI didnât kill the Demon King, but it killed itself on his own, anyway. Thatâs not going to be enough from now on.â
âOhhhhhâŠâ
Evanâs words clouded Lianâs eyes. Obviously, despite discussing the crisis, he looked interested. These guys were what the world called the main characters. Evan smiled and continued.
âSo, Iâm working on the structure of all the dungeons. Weirdly, we can solve the mix and grow step by step. Weâre going to lower the mortality rate a little, and weâre going to create new spaces for each level of difficulty.â
âWow!â
Lian, who didnât know how great it was, just clapped his hands and cheered.
âSo what? Who am I supposed to fight?â
âThatâs what Iâm sayingâŠâ
But when Evan was about to give Lian a little hint, a shadow suddenly fell over their heads. They looked up and checked, and it was an airship.
âWhat is that, Evan?â
Mirole, who had lived for a long time and was instinctively afraid of new things, hugged his arm tightly. Evan squinted at the giant print on the side of the ship.
âThe Merdin airship. Louise, youâve done another big thing.â
âSo big!â
âIâm afraid Iâll have to go meet the guests. Lian, go to your dad.â
âYes!â
Lian ran away with a big smile. Evan turned to Mirole, who was envious of him because he had no worries.
âIâm going to see her, so Mirole, you can go to our house first.â
âBut I donât want to spend time there aloneâŠ!â
Mirole was rarely annoying. No, if it was the past, this side might be more familiar. Evan reached out very naturally and patted Mirole on the head.
âAhâŠ!â
âSheâs not here to pick me up, donât worry.â
âThen, yes, Iâll believe in youâŠwhoo-hoo.â
The airship landed very slowly near Sherden. On a ship that had drawn everyoneâs attention in Sherden, the crown symbolizing the ruler of the empireâŠno, a woman wearing an imperial robe was walking out. She was indeed worthy of her position. Her reddish-brown hair was curled gracefully, and her brownish eyes were facing Evan straight.
âTeacher.â
âYou didnât come to the wedding, did you?â
âI thought Iâd cry so that I couldnât come then.â
What do you mean youâre going to cry because youâd be so angry? Evan faced Louise with a wry smile at the words. It was surprisingly the first time he faced Louise in person after arriving back to modern times. He was shocked to hear that Louise even made an empire, so he tried to visit her right away, but Louise told him not to, saying she would come when she was ready.
ââŠIs it okay to move?â
âWeâre in good hands.â
âYesâŠâ
Evan was very concerned about her big belly. It was his child who possessed extraordinary magic already. No, of course, he knew from the beginning that it would be, but the shock of facing each other was different.
âIâm sorry, Master. Iâve sinned enough to die.â
âNo, no, no, no, donât kneel. Donât kneel because itâs dangerous for the child.â
Evan freaked out and stopped Louise, who looked thrilled by his touch.
âTeacher, are you forgiving me?â
âNo, not that.â
âOh.â
Evan urgently assisted Louise, who was about to lose all hope and collapse on the spot.
âThereâs nothing wrong with the kid, so donât mess around!â
âIâll keep that in mind. Thank you, Master. Thereâs nothing I can say even if you throw me awayâŠâ
âHonestly, I have so many things I want to sayâŠbut you did it for me.â
Evan sighed and hugged Louise.
âGood job, Louise.â
âMa-MasterâŠwell, Iâm so happyâŠâ
âDonât fall.â
âHuhu, thank you.â
He patted Louise and responded in a slightly stronger voice.
âBut you canât do what youâve always done until now. Itâs forbidden to manipulate peopleâs minds.â
âYes, Iâve already stopped doing that.â
âIâll believe you. So? I chose today becauseâŠahh, indeed.â
Evan saw two men and women getting off the airship belatedly, and his eyes turned red. These were the people he talked to on telecommunication not too long ago: Ctheasil, the witch who activated the Magic Circle this time. And Evanâs disciple who moved with her, Yo-Ma Great War 5âsâŠset to be the main character of a new series, Default.
âAs expected, youâre here together.â
âYouâre doing something fun, Evan! As the manager of the Magic Circle, I canât miss it!â
âYou were on the verge of losing your breath, Noona. Donât pretend to be excited. Oh, teacher. Iâm so glad youâre all right.â
Ctheasil tried to hug Evan even though her nominal leader Louise was in Evanâs arms. Default tried to stop his pathetic sister and bowed politely to Evan. Evan nodded with a bitter smile, as it was true that he couldnât proceed with the story without them, although he felt mixed feelings upon seeing them.
âIâve been waiting for you two. Iâm entitled to be the first member of the task force.â
âItâs an honor, Master.â
âWhoa, you know Iâm the master of witches, donât you, Evan?â
âOh, it was set for Selune yesterday.â
âWhat!â
A shock ran through them. Evan shook his head, and Louise, in his arms, responded, pulling carefully at the sleeve of his clothes.
âCan I join, teacherâŠ?â
âNo, just take care of yourselfâŠâ
This brought all the members together. The members of the dream team would discuss what happens after the end of the Yo-Ma Great War Classic series.