Chapter 299: Webtoon Special Edition – Extra 11 Corin and His Children (4)

Arden family meeting room.

A big family large enough to form thirteen sports teams was gathered in an awkward and tense atmosphere.

The first to speak was Corin. He cleared his throat while the children stared at him intently.

“First… I think something regrettable happened. That… our children saw… that… it wasn’t… educationally very good… or was it? Is it bad? Is it good?”

“It was way too early! Right?”

“Yeah, yeah. Educationally it wasn’t the best situation.”

They had barely started and were already sweating buckets.

Lunia sighed watching them.

“Anyway! What you saw was your loving papa and mamas confirming their love through physical exchange──”

“Corin-ssi, you’re making it worse.”

“Natural contact between husband and wife── Alisha! You try!”

“Huh?! Me? U-uh…”

Alisha, handed the baton, started explaining while sweating coldly.

“Uh… mama always had a dream!”

“A dream?”

When the eldest daughter Aria reacted, Alisha perked up.

“Yes! She always dreamed of having thirteen children with the person she loves. Thirteen kids as cute and lovable as you all!”

“Ooh… never heard of a family plan like that.”

“Corin-ssi, shut up!”

Alisha silenced Corin and continued her passionate speech.

“Imagine it! When we have a family reunion with mama Marie or mama Estelle, the Arden team will be a full team! We can play trendy soccer or baseball. Wouldn’t that be fun?”

“Hehe, then the other mamas would have to team up, and we’d all be one team.”

“Exactly, Kanta!”

Alisha went on.

“For that to happen, mama and papa have to love each other a lot. Do you understand what mama is saying?”

“…”

“…”

Among the silent children, Lunia’s eldest daughter Lusha raised her hand.

“I think that and showing us that are two different things.”

“Ugh! T-that is…!”

This time it was Alisha’s eldest daughter Aria.

“It’ll be burned into my memory forever! Mama and papa doing those gross things!”

“S-sorry! It wasn’t on purpose!”

“Unbelievable. Pervert! Lecher! Self-proclaimed god!”

“The god part is true…”

Corin and Alisha didn’t know where to hide from the children’s fierce accusations.

Lunia, who had been listening quietly, stepped in.

“Seeing parents in such an explicit situation isn’t pleasant for children. But──”

Lunia looked at the kids.

She knew they were more mature than they looked.

Because of the Danann blood running through their veins, their intelligence and wisdom were on a different level compared to kids their age.

So she decided to educate them at their eye level, not their age level.

“Sex──”

“──!!”

“──marital relations aren’t something shameful. To be fruitful and multiply is the duty of living beings. Thanks to that process, papa and mamas confirmed their mutual love and were able to have precious children like you.”

Lunia approached the eldest daughters, who still seemed upset, got down to their height, and held their soft little hands.

“Mamas aren’t ashamed of what we did to have you. You aren’t either, right?”

“Yes…”

Seeing the children nod, Lunia smiled sweetly.

“But it’s strange. Mamas haven’t given you any sex education that would let you understand that.”

Lunia’s gaze sharpened.

“Our eldest daughters… where did you get that knowledge from?”

“Hic…!”

“U-uh… that…”

“I’ll have to inspect your rooms soon.”

“N-no!”

“Privacy! Respect privacy! Children aren’t parents’ property!”

“As long as you live off the money mamas earn, you’ll have to accept a minimum of supervision.”

“Uuuuh…”

The kids were left speechless and the topic suddenly shifted.

Corin and Alisha admired the scene.

‘She turned it into an attack?’

‘As expected of unnie! Her experience raising me… wait, I think I went through the same thing…’

In parenting, Lunia was the veteran.

From that day on, Corin and the Arden sisters did everything they could to never show the children the same scene again.

Sex ed or whatever, having the kids see that was… a bit much.

“Ah, Aria! Lusha!”

“Mama?”

“What is it, mama Alisha?”

The two playing doctor with the little ones tilted their heads as Alisha approached
timidly.

“Kids, don’t you have plans to go play outside?”

“No? Today we’re playing doctor at home.”

“A-ah, right? Still, the best thing for kids is playing outside, isn’t it? Papa Corin played outside too and that’s why he became such a great adult!”

“…”

“Tell us what you really want, mama Alisha.”

Faced with the kids’ cold response, Alisha fidgeted like she’d committed a crime and… secretly handed them some bills.

They were notes worth ten silver coins each.

“Wow! Pocket money?”

“U-uh… yeah… Go play outside and if you get hungry buy some tonkatsu. About four hours?”

“…”

“…”

Suddenly, the eldest daughters’ faces hardened.

They silently took the money Alisha offered, gathered the little ones, and went out.

Without a single word until the end.

Watching them leave, Alisha cheered victory.

“Yes! They didn’t notice! Corin-ssi! Unnie! The kids are gone!”

From then on, tonkatsu became the tacit signal between Alisha and the children.

Alisha never realized she’d been caught.

***

There was a group in the Eastern Empire known as the Demonic Sect.

The rulers of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Those who dreamed of the resurrection of the demon god Surama, Park Bongpal, and of the expansion of the Great Heavenly Sect.

They had dominated the murim of the Central Plains, and when they sought a vessel into which the demon god Surama Park Bongpal could descend, that vessel was Kang Ran, who at the time had visited the Kang family to obtain permission to marry the God of the Sun.

That is to say, the current Heavenly Raksha, Hwaran.

“I ate it without thinking.”

“It was junk food.”

But Hwa and Ran treated the demon god Surama Park Bongpal dwelling within them as if he were junk food, and the enraged demon god ultimately attained spiritual liberation at the hands of the God of the Sun, Corin Loch.

In this way, the believers of the Heavenly Sect witnessed the birth of new gods of the Realm of Deification.

And thus—

“All demons bow! The blood of the world returns!”

“All demons bow! The blood of the world returns!”

Hwaran and Corin became the new gods who led the Heavenly Sect.

And what happened after that?

Hwaran, who ascended as the new leader of the sect and as a living demon god, naturally promoted a merger with the Unified Church of El Ras in the West.

In this way, Hwaran came to reign as the supreme authority of the Heavenly Sect.

Although she was called a religious leader, in truth Hwaran did not do very much.

“Hwaran, here is today’s Surama table.”

“Uh-huh. What is this?”

“The fish was flash-frozen immediately after being caught and prepared with great care. The chef was invited from the Far East. We hope it suits your taste.”

Receiving extremely respectful treatment from the believers, Hwaran observed the colorful dishes arranged on the table.

Everything had been meticulously prepared her favorite fish as the main dish, vegetable leaves for wrapping, and small side dishes, not a single detail neglected.

“Hwaran… regarding this morning’s schedule.”

“What about it?”

“An envoy from the imperial palace has arrived. It seems they wish for you to attend the Foundation Day ceremony.”

“What a nuisance.”

Within the Heavenly Sect, and even throughout the entire Eastern Empire, Hwaran’s influence was absolute.

Since the light of the world had been extinguished by Tates Valtazar, the Dannan of Light, and then restored after the War of the Sun, the Eastern Empire had no choice but to recognize the Heavenly Sect—where the God of the Sun had descended—as the state religion.

In the past, when it was still called a demonic sect, it had been despised and blocked every time it attempted to expand into the central murim.

But now, with countless demon gods of the Realm of Deification, who could oppose them?

After witnessing Hwaran crushing high-ranking demons one after another, people lost all will to confront the Heavenly Sect by force.

“Then we will take our leave.”

“Wait.”

“Yes? Give your order, Hwaran.”

“What is Hyeok doing…?”

“The sacred child is sleeping at the moment.”

“……”

“Has he not even come looking for his mother?”

At that question, the believer who had prepared the table hesitated and spoke cautiously.

“He has come looking for you, but…”

“……That’s fine.”

Hwa silently gestured for him to withdraw.

[Are you still worried?]

The voice that echoed within her belonged to Ran, her other personality and her sister.

“He’s spoiled. Staying angry over something like that for days.”

[Hehehe. He reminds me of you when you were young.]

“What about me?”

[Don’t you remember when you ditched a group assignment at the academy just because your brother annoyed you a little?]

“That was…”

Hwa was about to say that she had been young back then, but she remembered that her son was no different.

“Still, not coming to see me for days is rude. Kang Hyeok needs to be corrected early.”

[Hehehe.]

“What’s so funny?”

[Just… thinking that this day would come for our Hwa too.]

“We’re in the same body. Don’t act like you’re the adult.”

At her sister’s offended tone, Ran let out a small laugh, and they began to recall the origin of the problem.

It had all started a few days earlier.

***

Cats are skittish and temperamental creatures, difficult to handle without care.

But once they accept contact after prolonged coexistence, there is no better companion.

Corin was enjoying precisely that with the cat in his arms.

Glossy black fur, soft texture, plush paw pads, and that affectionate cheek-rubbing gesture that brought smiles.

“Well, well. You like it that much? What a cute thing.”

In the private chamber of the leader of the Heavenly Sect, a place no believer dared to enter, the cat yawned and lifted its head.

– That’s enough.

“W-wait.”

Puff.

The cat vanished in a cloud of smoke.

In its place appeared a young woman sitting on Corin’s lap, wearing the sacred robe of the sect.

“It’s over… cat time is over.”

“You’re persistent. Stop asking me for these things.”

“Ever since you became the God of the Sun, animals don’t come near me anymore. The only fur I can touch is yours.”

“There’s also Deokgu.”

“Touching him is a fight to the death. His mother adores him, but he’s been fighting with me since the day he was born.”

Corin began to stroke Hwaran naturally as she leaned against his chest.

His hand slipped under her clothes, touching her soft abdomen and gently scratching her chin as she settled in like a cat.

“But since we’ve come out into the mortal world, I feel like it’s not right to be alone like this, without the children.”

“Ran?”

The young woman’s eyes turned a blue-green color. It was Ran, sharing the same body.

“Are you still very busy?”

“You have no idea. With Erin in the Shadow World, it’s like nonstop hard labor. I don’t even know how many curses the ancient gods left behind.”

Although at home Corin was seen as an unemployed slacker, his work was crucial.

The era of the gods had begun, and now they had to cleanse the curses, demons, and evil spirits still infesting the world.

All of them existed in the Shadow World, where Erin Danua had been sealed, and Corin worked there alongside her to purify them.

A thousand-year task would not be resolved quickly.

“We can help you.”

“No. I’d rather you continue acting in the mortal world. The faith gathered here is just as important as my work there.”

The gods exist through faith.

That was why Estelle, who founded the Church of the Sun in the West, and Hwaran, who ruled the Heavenly Sect in the East, were key figures.

“By the way… why don’t we take this chance and have a little fun together?”

The hand playing with her abdomen began to move upward.

A strategic point, above or below.

Hwa and Ran looked at each other.

“It would be troublesome if we switched again halfway through.”

“You do it too. I can endure it pretty well.”

“Then, dear wives… what does it matter one way or the other? Let’s make another second child.”

When the God of the Sun smiled mischievously—

Bang!

The door to the chamber was kicked open.

In the entire Heavenly Sect, there was only one person who could enter without permission.

“S-s-sub leader! You can’t do this!”

“Let go of me! Today I must see both of them!”

The intruder was a black-haired boy with mismatched eyes, one blue and one red.

His appearance was delicate, almost feminine, but he was undoubtedly a boy.

The vice leader of the Heavenly Sect.

“Hyeok? What is it?”

“Father! Mother! This child greets you!”

Kang Hyeok clasped his fists and bowed his head.

For someone the same age as Lusha and Aria, he was surprisingly mature.

“But son, what brings you here—”

“Take your hand away.”

“Ahem…”

Recalling the incident at Arden, Corin immediately withdrew the hand he had slipped under Hwaran’s clothes.

“What is it, son?”

“Father, mother.”

Kang Hyeok stepped forward resolutely and made an unexpected declaration.

“This child wishes to travel. More precisely, to embark on a journey through the murim.”

“……”

“…What?”

The vice leader of the Heavenly Sect, Kang Hyeok.

At five years old, he proclaimed his intention to roam the murim.