
...PROLOGS...
His daughter is destroying the world.
A throne stood alone on a snow field covered in blood.
Seol-ah sits with her chin on her knuckles and looks at her calmly.
"… Why are you doing this? Seol-ah.”
Hearing her question, Seol-ah laughed.
There was a hint of contempt in the sunken eyes.
“Just the same, Seo-jun Lee. Are you trying to act like a father now?
"I ..."
That cold voice cut through his words as if he had finished dealing with someone else.
"Or did you come to hunt me down as a hunter in the wild?"
He shut his mouth.
The reason he came here was for an ultimatum.
That's to stop Seol-ah.
However, the willingness to negotiate was not felt.
"Stop it, Seo-jun."
A voice came from behind.
The owner of the voice was an old man, a swordsman ( ⁇ ).
[PR Note: means star sword in Chinese]
Behind the old man were many hunters following him.
It was the last deathbed of mankind, gathered to kill Seol-ah.
“It's no longer your daughter. He is a monster.”
"No. Seol-ah is not a monster, she is still my daughter.”
“I will not force you to join the battle. Back off."
"… I'm sorry."
He raised a spear.
Turning around, he aimed at Suseong.
One of the swordsman's eyebrows shot up.
“What will this do now?”
"I believe you should understand."
He slightly bent his knees, and lowered his posture.
After fixing his breath, he turned his spear tightly.
Suseong warned as if he did not want to.
"You're going to die."
"You're gonna have to kill me."
He knows he doesn't play the role of a father.
It also doesn't help Seol-ah or Suseong.
The difference between a sword and his skill was obvious.
It was a meaningless struggle.
However, even if he had to die, he could not just see his daughter being hunted.
The man loved the woman.
At a certain point, a swordsman appeared in front of him.
The speed that passes unnoticed.
When he sensed it, it was after the sword pierced through his heart.
Sensing the coldness of the sword blade, he stared at the sword.
thud.
The spear rolled on the floor, and he fell.
Suseong looked at her for a moment, then turned to Seol-ah.
His vision starts to blur and he can't see Seol-ah's face.
The voice of a dull woman pierced through his ears.
[Witch, Seol-ah Lee is angry.]
[The last search on earth began.]
[Last Boss: Defeat the Witch, Seol-ah Lee.]
It has to start in the end.
There's no turning back.
He vomited blood in his throat and muttered with his last strength.
"I'm sorry. Seol-ah.”
Hot tears covered her face.
He regretted.
He wants everything back to the beginning.
Awareness fades.
A faint voice sounded.
[Seo-jun Lee's unique search begins]
...**1ST CHAPTER...
He woke up to the sound of the system. The sunlight that pierced through the curtains revealed a dizzying living room.
Clothes lying everywhere on chairs, irregular tables.
It was a nostalgic sight that was vaguely left behind in his very old memories.
When he woke up with a dazed thought, his head was throbbing as if he drank alcohol yesterday.
“Ugh.”
He usually picks up the phone next to his pillow to understand the situation.
What was caught was an old smartphone that he had used for a long time. Feeling uncomfortable, he checked the date.
"Aah?"
At first, he thought it was a mistake.
The date on the phone points to 15 years ago. He grabbed his stinging temple and frowned.
He must have been dead when the last search began.
The feeling of being pierced by the swordsman was still alive.
'I have returned?'
A notification sound appeared.
He hurriedly ran to the bathroom. He turned on the light and checked his face in the mirror.
"Crazy ...... What'sthis?"
In the mirror, it was him, but with a younger face.
Judging from the date, he should have been 26 years old. He lit up the cold water of the sink and washed his face.
He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart.
When he pinched his thigh, he felt a definite pain.
'This isn't a dream? Really?'
He can't believe it. But this is very clear reality.
He's back in time.
He needs to organize his thoughts calmly.
'How?'
The first question he had to ask was, how did he go back in time?
This is something you sometimes see in movies. It's time travel.
Why did this happen to him?
He calmly recalled his memories.
'OKAY. They say it's a unique quest.'
Just before he died, he remembered the sound of the system. Apparently, Seo-Jun Lee's unique quest is about to begin.
But right now, he might not be a hunter yet.
After a slight hesitation, he opened the search window.
Stop the five misfortunes of Seol-ah Lee. (0/5)
He stared blankly at the translucent window.
A mission is the type of mission the system assigns to the hunter.
Since it provided a useful reward when it was completed, it was like a task that Hunters had to do.
He also carried out countless quests as a hunter for over 10 years.
However, it was unheard of that the so-called "unique" modification was attached to the front of the quest.
'Five misfortunes?'
It was regrettable, he had no idea what these five misfortunes were. As Seol-ah said, she might not be anything to him.
There's only one guess.
'Eun-hye.'
It was the death of Seol-ah's mother, Yoo Eun-hye.
He checked the date once again. He remembered the date of his death.
The date is exactly the same as the disaster.
"This time, I can stop it."
Seol-ah's bad behavior and her mother's death.
He can change everything he regrets. The past passes like lightning. Eun-hye dies, and she raises Seol-ah herself.
'No, honestly, I can't even say that I raised her.'
If he was a good hunter, he would have income and leeway, but he was not.
Entering the path of the hunter quite late, he rarely even got home properly.
It was because he owed a lot of money after signing the wrong contract with the guild he had reached.
He thinks he has tried his best not to damage Seol-ah.
But now that he looked back, maybe it was just indifference.
He is the one who ignores Seol-ah with one reason or another.
'As Seol-ah said, I'm nothing.'
He regretted.
A life of hell is lived while paying off debts.
But in the end, there was nothing left with him.
'You don't even know what kind of misfortune Seol-ah had. Seo-jun Lee, you bastard.'
It was all his fault.
He did not want to miss the second chance that came to him. This time, everything will be fine.
Ding dong's.
'Ah 'Ah. Today is that day.'
She remembers the first time Eun-hye came to hold Seol-ah's hand.
She broke up with Eun-hye 6 years ago, which was when she was 20 years old.
Eun-hye, who comes to him without contact, introduces Seol-ah as her daughter. At that moment, he could not hide his confusion.
Her ex-boyfriend's sudden visit was also embarrassing.
And a princess.
'I went berserk asking for a dad test.'
Looking back, it seemed like he had done something impossible in front of the child.
He asked for father's confirmation, and he told him that it was someone else's son.
However, as a result of paternity verification, it was concluded that it was in fact his son.
Having a child all of a sudden, he did not accept it easily.
"I'm really trash."
A disappointed laugh came out.
No matter how confused she is, Eun-hye and Seol-ah are terrified.
Eun-hye, who let go of all her pride and asks for help, has to go through all sorts of humiliations.
He can't even imagine how much damage Seol-ah had suffered as a child.
It was something that could not be undone, so he should have accepted it.
"Who is this?"
"Open the door."
Eun-hye's voice is heard behind the door.
He was immediately moved by a voice he had not heard for a long time.
He asked again in a calm voice, trying to control his emotions. He immediately straightened his messy hair.
"Who is this?"
"It's me. Yoo Eun Hye -”
After hesitating for a while, he decided and grabbed the doorknob.
He paused for a moment, and opened the door.
Yoo Eun-hye is there.
"Hello. Seo Jun.”
"It's Eun-hye."
He can't follow.
It felt like something hot was stuck in his throat.
A dead woman was in front of him.
Again, it feels like he's really back. His mouth is almost pouting like a goldfish, and Eun-hye is down.
There was a little boy holding his hand.
“Seol-ah, greet your father.”
"……Hello Dad?"
Seol-ah bows at him. Eyes filled with pure curiosity stared at him.
Until then, he still mumbled foolishly. Eun-hye looks at her as she is like that, and carefully speaks.
"I knew. It's embarrassing, and hard to accept.”
“Oh, uh.”
“This child, our Seol-ah, is really your daughter, Seo-jun.”
He can't answer, so he crouches down in front of Seol-ah. At eye level, she could see her daughter, the most beautiful girl in the world.
White skin looks like her mother, clear eyes, and tiny lips like cherries.
Even her white cheeks that look soft like a slob makes you want to squeeze them. So why don't they face each other?
"Daughter?"
"……Yes.Yes."
Seol-ah glances curiously, but it seems like she's a stranger. She stands back up and holds Eun-hye's hand tightly.
He talks to Seol-ah with a serious face.
"I'm your father."
Seol-ah's eyes turned around. Awkward silence descends.
He just scratched the back of his head.
“Ah, children today do not know this.”
“Seo-jun, you ....”.
“Log in. How long will you stand and talk? My leg's hurt."
Perhaps it was an unexpected reaction, Eun-hye looked at him with confused eyes.
He knelt down on one knee and extended his hand politely like a knight.
“I want to serve you. Princess."
"……Yeah!"
Seol-ah smiles brightly and puts her little hand on top of her hand.
* * *
"You've changed."
"Huh? What's?"
Yoo Eun-hye looks at Seo-joon Lee with a confused face. As soon as they entered the room, he cleaned the messy house.
She becomes close to Seol-ah by playing jokes naturally, and they now watch children's cartoons together.
As Seol-ah concentrates on the children's cartoons playing on her smartphone, Seo-jun Lee carefully goes to the kitchen.
After rummaging through the drawers a little, he skillfully took out a tea that looked like a gift and gave it away.
This was a sight he could not imagine.
"It seems like just yesterday you were a little girl."
"After six years, everyone's changed."
Sitting across from Yoo Eun-hye, Seo-jun sips tea. When did Seo-jun Lee, who used to only drink sweet latte coffee, turn out like that?
Yoo Eun-hye, who thinks it is completely foreign, shakes her head.
“So, Seol-ah is my daughter?”
"Yes. Hard to believe.”
"No. I believe."
Eun-hye, who has put her hand in her bag, stops moving.
He thought he'd ask her to get a paternity check. She was really embarrassed to see him so obediently accepting it.
Seo-jun Lee looks at Yoo Eun-hye.
“Why are you hiding it?”
“......We didn't end well.”
Like most lovers who are separated, the end of Seo-Jun Lee and You Eun-Hye is not very good.
Seo-jun registers as if she ran away, and only then does Yoo Eun-hye find out that she is pregnant.
“At first, I wanted to raise it myself. But things turned out to be unfavorable. ”
"What's the problem?"
"There was an accident. The house collapsed ...... I have nowhere to go now. ”
Seo-jun nods her head.
Yoo Eun-hye took out the words she had prepared for him with great difficulty.
“I won't tell you to take responsibility. Because he was born with my choice.”
"Then?"
“Let's stay a while. You can't put a child to sleep in a motel.”
Yoo Eun-hye has no parents to rely on. He has no close relatives.
Seo-jun Lee is the one he found after a lot of research. Still, as the father of a child, he thought he would not be rude.
However, just as she was expecting a friction, Yoo Eun-hye let out a long sigh.
No matter what Seo-jun Lee says, he will just listen and set it aside for Seol-ah.
"Yes. You can do it."
"Huh?"
“Home is not too spacious, but if I set things I do not need, I will have a space.”
However, Seo-jun does not hesitate or refuse.
As if it was a very natural matter, she accepts it and accepts Yoo Eun-hye and Seol-ah.
When Seo-joon Lee looks like this, Yoo Eun-hye is confused.
"What about the payload?"
"Woading? Uh, outside.”
"Wait, I'll take him."
Seo-jun puts down the cup and gets up. As she goes to the front door, she sees Seol-ah glued to the TV show.
“Seol-ah, are you having fun?”
"Yes!"
“If you watch too much, your eyes will be bad. Do you have to watch just that? ”
"……I'd like to see more."
“Come play with Mom and Dad later only.”
"okay!"
Seo-jun Lee, who pats Seol-ah on the head as if she is cute, goes outside.
Then he dragged the bearer who had been standing by the door.
Sitting across from Yoo Eun-hye again, Seo-jun looks at Seol-ah for a moment. Those eyes were somehow affectionate.
"Enough. Is it because he's just like you?”
"……What?"
“I think she's beautiful because she looks like you.”
Seo-jun Lee sets his sights on Seol-ah and continues to speak calmly.
Eventually, Yoo Eun-hye's confusion reaches its peak.
'Who is this?'
Seo-jun Lee whom he knows is not a man who expresses affection in this way.
He was a troublemaker, and the word immature suited him. But for some reason, Seo-jun Lee looks soft.
Even in words that seemed to be spewed out without thinking, he could feel his sincerity.
Yoo Eun-hye sips tea to calm her heart.
“Eun Hye.”
"Huh?"
"Let's get married."
Uhuk.
The tea in Yoo Eun-hye's mouth goes back to the tea cup**.