Chapter 296: Webtoon Special Edition – Extra 8 Corin and His Children (1)

After the fall of the magic tower of the Steel Islands, the mages became slaves and were subjected to forced labor in the Dunaleff salt flats.

Those mages who in the past, as authorities of the tower, had received bags of gold coins for a single lesson were now called by incomprehensible nicknames like Chunsik and Daesik; such was the misery of their downfall.

But even for the Chunsik there was hope being reassigned as technical advisors to the newly founded magic tower, the Dunaleff Tower.

“Oooh! Mr. Chunsik! We did it! We succeeded!”

“With this, we’ll be able to get through this quarter…!”

The Chunsik hugged one another, comforting each other.

In the past, they had been apprentices within the magic tower under a strict hierarchy, but now they were comrades sharing the same situation.

Perhaps, compared to the barren days of the tower, they were now far more full of humanity.

“With this, they won’t kick us out of the shared lodging!”

“We won’t have to go back to the 1.5-pyeong coffin beds!”

“We’ll be able to keep eating something other than potatoes! Sniff, sniff!”

That said, proportionally, their misery had increased about a hundredfold.

“Grr!”

At that moment, upon hearing a familiar voice, all the Chunsik snapped to attention and saluted.

“Loyalty to Young Duke Deokgu!” [1]

“Loyalty!”

The one who had visited the laboratory was none other than Deokgu.

A magical creature born from the lineage of the Sun God Corin Loch and the mistress of the Dunaleff magic tower, Marie Dunaleff.

Regarded de facto as Corin Loch’s firstborn, Deokgu, as always, appeared covered in luxury items from head to toe.

“T-to… everyone, install the translators!”

Deokgu’s base form is that of a dog.

As the familiar of a vampire, only Corin and Marie, with whom he shares blood directly, could understand his language.

However, the Chunsik of the Dunaleff Tower had developed a translator capable of communicating with this magical creature, and as a reward they received a monthly supply of cheese potatoes.

“Grr! Grrr!”

— Is the work going well, soldiers?

“Yes! Of course!”

“We were just about to report the results!”

“Grr! Grrr!”

— Well done. How far have you progressed?

What they were developing was an image receiver that the Deokgu Business Division of the Dunaleff Tower would launch. In other words, a television.

The introduction of Earth-origin electronic devices, under Corin’s control, began with very basic black-and-white televisions, with the goal of gradually accumulating their own technology.

However, when combined with magic, the speed of development was overwhelming.

This image receiver of the Deokgu Division was none other than a portable, full-color, real-time wireless reception device.

That is, a mobile phone.

“Yes! We believe that once we complete data accumulation and expand the infrastructure for the transmission network, we will be able to move into a revolutionary phase of practical application.”

“Grr! Grrr!”

— Then, this quarter, an unprecedented business expansion will be possible. There will be no problems paying maintenance.

“Exactly! Our Deokgu Division! For the glory of our great leader, peerless hero, Sun of the people! For the glory of the first descendant of Corin Loch, Lord Deokgu, we will devote ourselves body and soul!”

“—Grrr, hahaha!”

Just as Deokgu was feeling confident of victory, an unexpected guest appeared in the Deokgu Division of the Dunaleff Tower.

“Listening to weird flattery again.”

— What?

Recognizing the intruder’s voice, Deokgu turned around.

Skin white as snow, red eyes. Dark brown hair, following her mother, tied back in a ponytail.

But unlike her mother, rather than coldness or severity, her gaze was expressionless, bordering on indifference.

She was a girl who looked to be in elementary school, but the intelligence she possessed surpassed that of many adults.

— Did you come to see Mom?

“Our mom isn’t your mom.”

— What do you mean, you brat?! Such disrespect to your older brother!

“If you want me to call you brother, stop bothering the bitches around the tower. You’re disgusting.”

— Park Hayeon!

That’s right. Her name was Park Hayeon.

The daughter born between Corin and Park Sirin, who currently went back and forth between the Dunaleff residence and the royal palace of El Ras.

Even so, she seemed to get along terribly with Deokgu, as every time they met they argued endlessly.

“Grr! Grrr!”

“Shut up. Stop bothering the neighborhood dogs. Even Sister Ren avoids you when she sees you.”

“Grrr?!”

— It’s a misunderstanding! Sister Ren is a woman who could become my mother!

“Disgusting!”

Leaving all that aside.

‘How is it that she can understand him without a translator?’

Strangely enough, Corin’s children were able to communicate with Deokgu without any problem.

***

One of Corin Loch’s wives, Park Sirin, was often away.

Although no new demonic existences were being born after the War of the Sun, much of the demonic still remained scattered throughout the world.

Sirin traveled constantly and often spent the night away, so naturally the care of Hayeon fell to the wives who stayed in one place.

“Did you fight with your brother again?”

“…..It wasn’t a fight.”

Marie Dunaleff scolded the sulking Park Hayeon.

“He… he was the one who started it, mocking me and calling me a brat! And he’s only ten years old too!”

Of course, for Deokgu, who had been two meters tall since birth, that was already late.

“If I had grown up like Mom, he wouldn’t dare look down on me like that…..”

“Hehe, that was a decision your dad and your moms made together, so trust us and follow it.”

Marie, watching Hayeon complain like any other child her age, thought once again that their decision had been the right one.

‘The first time I saw her, she looked about five years old.’

And that was after only half a year since her birth.

It was accelerated growth made possible by Dannan blood, but now she finally looked appropriate for her age.

「Children should grow as children. Until they become adults, we will remove their divinity and raise them that way.」

When Corin obtained the divinity of the Sun God, he became a Dannan with divinity.

The problem was his children.

Just looking at Park Hayeon, who had grown to look like a five-year-old in only half a year, made it obvious.

Hayeon, who had been brought from Earth together with Sirin, grew like other children thanks to her divinity being temporarily removed.

Because of that, Park Hayeon, now seven years old, looked just about her age.

“You’ll be entering the academy soon, so you need to learn how to get along with others.”

“That… brother counts as a person too?”

“Hey! I’m not speaking in biological terms!”

Marie scolded her sharply.

Hayeon tilted her head with a confused expression.

“But… do I really have to go to the academy?”

“Why? Don’t you want to interact with children your age? You did fine in the kindergarten.”

“They’re too childish.”

“Ah…”

It wasn’t an incorrect observation.

With her father’s blood and the extraordinary intelligence inherited from her mother, Hayeon already possessed a mind comparable to, or even superior to, that of an adult.

How could children her age not seem childish to her?

‘Though seeing how she fights with Deokgu, she’s not exactly mature either.’

Did she inherit some of her mother’s combative temperament?

Marie recalled with a bitter smile how cold Park Sirin could be toward others, despite how gentle she was with her husband.

For someone known as the Great Mage of Justice, Sirin had quite a nasty personality.

“Come on, make up with your brother and get along with him. And with the baby that’s going to be born.”

Hayeon’s gaze settled on Marie’s belly.

The bulge beneath the maternity clothes announced that the birth was near.

“Yes… Mom Marie.”

“Do you want to eat potatoes? I have sugar and salt!”

“I’m sick of potatoes…..”

“Huh?!”

Marie suddenly felt uneasy, wondering if her potato-based early education had failed.

***

Park Hayeon, seven years old this year, was also in a bad mood today after being scolded.

Hayeon considered herself an adult.

In fact, her intelligence surpassed that of many adults, and her innate magical talent and Dannan body far exceeded those of ordinary humans.

Interacting with kindergarten children had already been torture, and now they were telling her she had to go to the academy.

‘Couldn’t I just travel with Mom?’

Since coming to this world, the time they spent together had decreased, and the emptiness left by her mother was greater than she had expected.

Even though the other moms treated her well, it wasn’t the same as her biological mother.

‘I want to see Mom.’

Mom was always traveling the world.

As if something were chasing her, she rarely returned home.

It hadn’t been like that on Earth.

Mom had always been by her side.

When she caught a cold, she held her all day, as if she might break.

‘It was after Dad appeared. Dad changed Mom.’

Everything began that day, when Dad appeared on the island where she was with Mom.

That day, Dad hit Mom and hurt her.

And then, on his own, he kidnapped both of them and brought them to this world.

‘I hate everything. Dad, and the other moms too.’

If someone asked her whether she truly hated them, she probably wouldn’t be able to answer easily.

But as a Dannan, perhaps she was simply going through that turbulent stage earlier than others.

“Hey, move.”

A provocative voice addressed her while she was in a foul mood.

Turning around, she saw a beautiful pink-haired girl frowning at her.

“Don’t you know how to speak nicely?”

“Yeah, you first. Did you fight with Brother Deokgu again? You’re not a fighting rooster, but you’re always picking fights.”

It was Abigail, the second daughter of Estelle, now the Pope of the Church of the Sun that ruled the world.

If Deokgu was the older brother she constantly argued with, Abigail was a sister she flat-out didn’t get along with.

Hayeon knew it.

That pink-haired girl, adorable and beautiful like her mother, was actually a cruel demon.

“Because of you, everyone thinks Dad’s children have shitty personalities. That’s why the Vatican only uses me for propaganda.”

The Vatican was the institution of the Church of the Sun established in the Holy Kingdom of El Ras.

“That’s because your mom is the leader of the Vatican.”

“And what about your mom, the Great Mage of Justice? Doesn’t she do anything?”

“…..”

She said that because she knew her mother almost never came back.

Though two years younger, her way of speaking was extremely cunning.

But in the end, both of them were still children.

Even Deokgu often acted emotionally, so how could they be any different?

The two acted on impulse.

“Tell your mom to stop pocketing the offering money and putting up weird statues!”

“What?! That’s for our own good! What’s wrong with putting up statues of Dad?! It’s way more constructive than your mom, who spends all day beating people up!”

“She beats them because they deserve it!”

As the two divine descendants grew increasingly heated, the staff quietly approached a man.

“Chief Rark. What should we do?”

Rark, a former academy companion of the Sun God Corin Loch.

Now he was the head of research and development of the Dunaleff Tower, wielding more power than many directors and team leaders.

All thanks to Corin.

In other words, he was practically their “uncle.”

“Uf… what can we do? Deploy the shield and activate the security systems.”

“Aren’t… you going to separate them?”

“Me? How?”

“You are… their uncle.”

“If it were an ordinary children’s fight, I’d stop it. Do you think this can be stopped?”

In an instant, the tower’s shield and defensive systems began to tremble.

Hayeon and Abigail had moved into physical confrontation.

And they were using magic and divine power!

Boom!

Crash!

Park Hayeon, inheritor of the blood of the Great Mage Park Sirin.

Abigail, inheritor of the blood of Estelle, saint and goddess of the earth.

And both sharing the power of the Sun God Corin Loch, the strongest being in the world.

Their “girls’ fight” was no longer something adults could stop.

“You’re dead!”

“Huh? You used magic? Then I’ll use divine power!”

“Go ahead, bitch!”

“Watch your mouth, crazy! No wonder you’re the daughter of a commoner!”

“I’m the Great President of the Korean Empire!”

Watching the fight between a seven-year-old and a five-year-old, Rark wore a blank expression.

“With just ten of these, we could conquer the world.”

Ah, right—they already had.

Though it was an emotional fight, neither of them intended to back down.

They knew that showing weakness would mean being ridiculed for life.

With childish minds taken to the extreme, they fought as if it were to the death—

“Ah! Let go! Pulling my hair? That’s low! You really can’t deny your vulgar blood!”

“Hey! Your dad was a commoner too! And I’m the older sister!”

“An older sister should act like one! I carry the blood of the Princess of El Ras—Aaah!!”

“Say you surrender, brat!”

“No way!”

“Then today you die!”

As the fight descended into the most literal level of a childish brawl, Rark could only sigh.

“Damn womanizing bastard. You should have chosen just one woman.”

There were still many children who had yet to fully grow up.

What would happen when they all did?

Just as Rark was checking the defensive systems—

────!!

Time and space stopped.

That was the only thing he could perceive.

He could think, but not move his body.

Even the dust floating in the air was frozen in space, the result of absurd magic.

The great mage responsible for that miracle advanced with the clear sound of her heels.

“Fighting again?”

Park Sirin approached, letting out a deep sigh.

T/N:

[1]: I changed Deokgu’s name to match the manhwa version.