The World’s Strongest Daughter

Chapter 9

“Ah… that’s good.”

Seeing Min So-yeon sighing in relief from how desperate she was, I involuntarily burst out into laughter.

“You worked hard, Soyeon-ah.”

As she was holding her breath, she glanced at me and said with a suspicious look.

“Have you ever seen it?”

“Look, what do you mean, are you kidding me for winning now?”

“Oh, it’s okay…”

Reconfirming her victory, she slowly relaxed with a satisfied smile.

Actually, I did, but I don’t think I need to tell you.

Min So-yeon and I both got wet with sweat because I moved.

It’s still March and the weather is quite chilly, so if you stay like this, you might catch a cold.

When I told Min So-yeon to return to her, she rejoiced and said.

“···really? I was still sweating and felt uncomfortable… Then go.”

Then, naturally, he turned his back to say good-bye.

Embarrassed by Min So-yeon, who was turning around, I hurriedly grabbed her.

“Come on, wait!”

She looks at her as if she’s holding on to her.

“I’ll take care of you.”

“···What?”

“I can’t leave you alone at this late hour.”

“…No, I’m fine.”

She said it was okay and refused, but I can’t let her go like this.

No matter how good the security is, I don’t think it’s okay to go alone late at night in this ugly world.

“I just want to talk a little bit more. It’s okay to go halfway, so I’ll take care of you.”

“···uh? me or me?”

I gently led her, ignoring Min So-yeon’s reaction, who was somehow embarrassed.

“Let’s go, I’m going to catch a cold. Which way should I go?”

“Ah, no…, it’s okay…”

As a result of pushing a little harder, I was able to take care of Min So-yeon.

On the way home with Min So-yeon.

He was giving a lecture to Min So-yeon.

“Magic power is sound, and you are an instrument. It felt like singing a song…”

“I have no idea what you mean.”

“Ummm… well, exhale gently as if exhaling thinly…”

“…just, I’ll take care of it.”

Min So-yeon had a shaky expression on her face as if she did not understand.

Was it too difficult?

As I was walking while arguing with each other, Min So-yeon pointed to an alleyway and said,

“This is our house. You can go now.”

As I looked at the alley she was pointing at, I was a little skeptical.

This is a typical residential district, with a lot of middle class.

Considering the place I lived in when I was still alive, it’s a neighborhood that doesn’t suit my wife’s taste.

Did you make any special modifications?

“I’ll walk you all the way to the front. That alley?”

Min So-yeon hesitated a few times as if trying to say something, and finally, she sighed and led me.

Tub- Tub-

As I got closer to the alley, my doubts grew bigger and bigger.

My wife liked not being disturbed by others, and she liked the quiet neighborhood.

With financial support, I have never been troubled with a house until now, but this neighborhood was far from my wife’s taste no matter how I looked at it.

Then, a thought ran through my head.

Could it be that Min So-yeon moved to a nearby place to make it easier to attend the academy?

It was the most plausible story.

Actually, it is close enough to walk to the academy from here, and the house I lived in was a bit far away.

My wife has always been insensitive in that regard, but it seems to have changed a bit after I died.

While walking while making assumptions, Min So-yeon stopped in front of a house.

“…this is our house.”

I was surprised to see the building standing behind Min So-yeon.

It was a remarkably neat two-story building that had been remodeled, but no matter how you looked at it, it was far from my wife’s taste.

“…it’s nice to have a house.”

To the words she uttered involuntarily, she replied sarcastically.

“It’s too big to live alone.”

···uh?

“Anyway, let’s go.”

“Yeah, see you tomorrow…”

Min So-yeon waved her hand and went inside the house.

Cheokkong-

after the door is closed.

I stood alone by the roadside and looked up blankly at Min So-yeon’s house.

Is Min So-yeon living alone?

My mind was confused.

When I returned with a big doubt, I immediately scoured the Internet to find information about my wife.

Since the name of the swordsman is so high, there were a lot of articles piled up even though there was no activity…

[ ‘Swordsman’ Joo Joo-hee, countdown to comeback? ]

One article caught my attention.

···Are you going to come back?

I read the article holding my breath, and I was soon disappointed.

“Well then…”

After the wife retired, her whereabouts could not be traced, and it was reported that a citizen had seen someone who looked like her.

She was a wife who always had short hair, but her credibility was low in that she had long hair.

While moving the mouse indifferently, checking the knights.

[ ‘Swordsman’ Joo Hee-hee buys an expensive house… ]

I was finally able to find useful information.

The content was as follows.

About a year ago, a building was traded in my wife’s name, and it was said that the building was undergoing remodeling.

It’s probably Min So-yeon’s house.

The reporter stayed nearby and waited for Joo Joo-hee to appear, but he never showed up until the moment the building was completed.

According to the reporter, a swordsman who made a name for himself as an S-Rank hunter did not buy the building for speculation purposes, but left an opinion that he bought it for the purpose of real residence or the surrounding school district.

I have another question here.

As the reporter said, his wife must have found a house in time for Soyeon’s entrance to the academy.

But why is Min So-yeon living alone?

She was a woman who loved her daughter so much.

I couldn’t understand why his wife had left her daughter alone.

No matter how old Soyeon is, she is still a child.

It’s a time when it’s not enough to take care of you…

“ah.”

Then, all of a sudden, information began to flow like puzzles put together in my head.

From Min So-yeon smoking to that she lives alone.

Every factor that I had neglected meant that something was wrong with her.

“ah···.”

A heavy sigh escaped from his chest.

Until now, I was not aware that Min So-yeon had a problem.

I was so preoccupied with narrowing the relationship and growing her that I didn’t see the most important thing.

There are only two cases in which adolescent children stumble.

Whether it’s a parental problem or an external problem.

Min So-yeon grew up receiving excessive attention from the name tag of ‘The Swordsman’s Daughter’ since childhood.

I didn’t express it like that, but it may have been a burden on my heart.

Thanks to this, she received a lot of attention from the academy, and when choosing a partner, a guy like Jang Su-won who was aiming for her name appeared.

To Min So-yeon, I may have looked like a similar person.

“····.”

But what if it’s a parent’s problem, not an external problem?

The ‘I’ who had to support Min So-yeon by her side died.

For some reason, my wife left So-yeon Min to live alone.

Since the parents left their children, it was a situation that could have caused more than enough problems.

Of course, all of this could be my imagination.

. . . I would rather have it.

“···ha.”

For some reason, Jin fell for me, and I struggled to get up and headed for the bathroom.

Even though all the sweat has already cooled down, it feels uncomfortable to sleep like this.

After taking off his clothes, he immediately twisted the shower valve.

shoot-

The moment the pouring water hits your body.

“Ahh!!”

I staggered back and stepped back.

Obviously, I turned on the warm water, but cold water like ice came out.

When I checked to see if I had turned it on wrong, the valve was pointing to hot water.

“No, why are you doing this…”

I waited for a long time thinking that the water might have been less warm, but still only cold water came out.

Something seems to have gone wrong.

Just as I was about to contact the owner’s aunt, I was able to check the missed calls and messages left behind.

It was reported that the hot water pipe had burst.

“···ha ha ha···.”

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

The only good thing about this cramped house was the frequent hot water, but even that didn’t work.

I quietly put my phone down and headed back to the bathroom.

It made no sense, but after turning the shower valve to the end of the hot water, I exhaled quickly and threw myself into the cold stream.

“Oh, it’s cold…”

After wetting his body with lamentable swear words, he rubbed the soap to make foam, but it didn’t look good because the water was cold.

Now even the soap was a problem.

“Life is real…”

After such an unpleasant shower, I threw myself on the pre-set blanket and went straight to bed.

The auditorium became a mess.

Students who fell and fell.

And a woman standing there alone.

It was an unfamiliar sight.

I barely came to my senses at the painful moans coming from all over the place, and I hurriedly ran away from the scene and set out to find Min So-yeon.

“Soyeon-ah!! Min So Yeon!!!!”

However, Min So-yeon was nowhere to be seen, and instead, only the image of the academy that had collapsed horribly was unfolding before her eyes.

Red blood dripping from the wreckage on the floor.

A male student holding the severed hand and glowing.

A girl who smashes debris with all her might as if trying to get someone out.

Even the students who take care of the fallen students.

There really was no hell.

“Soyeon-ah! Soyeon-ah!!”

But Min So-yeon was nowhere to be seen.

how much did you run

When he came to his senses, he had already returned to the auditorium, and was startled by the changed appearance of the auditorium.

A pure white main road that stretches straight from the entrance to the auditorium.