The birds, flapping their wings and soaring across the sky, raise their narrow view upwards toward the heavens.

The full moon that had been illuminating the dark night turned silver, and soon after, the radiant yellow sunlight rose into the sky.

Chirp chirp chirp

The sound of birds singing makes the body, which has become very heavy, feel light.

“Ugh… ugh…”

Stretching and lifting their stiff bodies, he gently shook the women who were lying on the bed.

“Eleyna. Rivera, wake up. The sun is high in the sky.”

“Mmm… Master…”

“…..Ugh.. It’s cold.. “

Elaina wakes up rubbing her face. She covers her mouth, yawns, and soon purses her lips.

Yawn…

Rivera, shivering from the cold, also follows Elaina and quietly opens his mouth.

“Haa… bu bu bu…”

The skin of the golden dragon wearing a single garment vibrates along with the scraps of cloth.

“Achoo!”

Soon, he even sneezes and spits out mucus. Geum Gwang-ryong. Rivera’s eyebrows formed a straight line.

“….. “

Keyal examines Rivera’s body.

It was a scrap of cloth that was white and hardly even worthy of being called clothing. The old sash, torn in places and stained with dirty water, looked as though it had been used for quite a long time.

“Wow… at that point, it’s beyond repair.”

Wearing such thin clothes, it is only natural to shiver in the cold.

It was so bad that even a dragon, which was absolutely immune to heat or cold, was coughing while wrapped tightly in a blanket.

Keyal approaches Rivera.

Terup

He grabs Rivera’s hollow armpit and immediately lifts him up.

“…dad? “

Ignoring Rivera’s call, he brings his face close to the courtesan’s chest.

He briefly narrowed the distance and began sniffing Rivera’s scent.

“Ah…Dad…?!!”

Rivera thrashes her body. Held in mid-air, she urgently presses down on her father’s forehead and begins to struggle to pry him away.

…although the effect seemed minimal.

At that moment, Keyal’s expression soured as he smelled Rivera’s scent.

Wow, this fucking…look at the smell.

As Rivera, who was struggling with embarrassment while trying his best to hide his disgusted expression, tilted his head, he forced a smile while tearing his mouth open.

” …. “

Keyal’s hand carefully and slowly lowered her onto the bed sheet.

‘ ……Rivera. ＂

“Uh… huh?”

“First off. Shall we… wash up?”

***

I passed through a busy alley and came out into the bustling marketplace.

Rivera reached into a dark brown bag to take out a snack. With a beaming smile from just taking a bite of a single treat, she looked just like Boksoon.

“Hehe. Is it that delicious?”

Rivera, with powder smeared all over the corners of his mouth, carefully hands over the contents.

“Dad, do you want some too?”

I shook my head at the sight, which looked as if a live freshwater fish had been indiscriminately deep-fried in oil.

I’ll decline.

Geum Gwang-ryong sucks on his fingers, showing his disappointment. Keyal feels a little sorry. However, it can’t be helped.

Oh…

I was someone who, from birth, couldn’t even dare to put anything fishy in my mouth.

I would gag after eating, and if it was severe, I had to stay locked in the bathroom for a while to throw up.

Now, just looking at it makes me nauseous. To think I’d put that in my mouth… Ugh, the mere thought of it is terrifying.

***

The place my party and I were heading to was a stall that was quite famous in the village.

And that is a stall that specializes in selling only clothing.

Keyal stroked Rivera’s head.

” huh? “

Rivera tilts her head, creating a question mark above her head. Keyal gives a wry smile and kneads the crown of her head as if pressing dough.

“ ……Hehe ”

An inscrutable smile spread across the corners of the half-demon’s mouth.

He snickers and scans Rivera’s scrap of cloth with his eyes.

” dad? “

Ahem… It’s nothing.

At her trembling call, I awkwardly clear my throat and gaze at the cramped silhouette in front of me.

I had arrived at a mysterious clothing store that was said to sell distinctive, modern-style clothing, somewhat detached from the medieval setting of the TBG Heroes universe.

There it is. Let’s go in.

The group walks toward the building Keyal pointed to with his finger.

***

The interior of the building exuded a rather luxurious atmosphere.

No, the interior was extremely ordinary, but since the clothes were all so flashy, it certainly looked that way.

As the low melody rang out, a store clerk ran over to greet us.

“Welcome, sir/madam. Is there something you are looking for?”

Keyal smiles with satisfaction.

As he nodded, he gestured for them to follow and guided them.

Are you asking if I have any clothes to buy?

There is. And a lot of it.

Rivera, who was following behind Keyal, looks up.

” ….. “

I see Father’s face, with a sinister smile spreading across his lips once again.

It was an expression that looked just like the kind of lewd men who frequent brothels would make.

How on earth could such a handsome face be torn into pieces like that?

The young dragon’s echo stopped. Only then did Rivera realize that Keyal Klein—his father—had been wearing such a strange smile since before he came here.

He must have unconsciously smiled as he imagined the cute and adorable outfits he would wear.

Rivera follows behind the group with a leisurely pace.

Geum Gwang-ryong, blushing and giving an embarrassed smile, glances at his father.

Crack

An elf looking around the shop from his side takes a fish tank into his mouth.

” …… “

The elf glares.

The desperate young dragon glows with red eyes.

As an eerie atmosphere lingered around, the clerk instinctively sensed the murderous intent and bowed his head in fear.

” ….sorry. “

Keyal had no choice but to rub his forehead and lower his head.

Act your age… This is indoors… and it’s someone else’s shop…

Thinking that, his body tilts in a tectonic shape, and soon reveals the crown of his head in front of the employee.

It might be annoying to hear him, who isn’t even thirty yet, talking about returning to the capital to the legal old men right in front of him, but…

Why are you breaking it?

Then why are you getting so angry, unnie?

Compared to those two, I probably look like an adult.

***

I bought a few winter clothes and soon left the store.

I deliberately considered buying things like a maid outfit or a miniskirt in between to satisfy my personal desires, but…

I had no choice but to quit because Elaina was glaring at the clerk and me as if she were about to shoot lasers from her eyes.

…For a moment, I thought it was Homelander.

Rivera, wearing a snow-colored overcoat, flaps his sleeves.

The clothes seem a bit too big for her small frame.

The coat covered Rivera’s small hand.

I’m pretty sure I bought a youth size…

Rivera is shorter than his peers.

Even a quick glance shows that he comes up to about my waist. Rivera’s height does not appear to be even 160 cm.

“…Do you like it?”

“Yeah. But it’s a little big.”

I suppose so.

I turned my gaze toward the lower body. The coat was dragging on the floor.

He swept the dirt and completely concealed Rivera’s entire body.

“ …… ”

At that moment.

I felt a chilling sensation from behind.

Elaina was staring at me with a broad, murderous smile.

…Did he get sulky because I didn’t buy him one?

Keyal hesitates for a moment, then speaks to Elaina.

“A-are you okay, Elayna…?”

My vocal cords begin to tremble wildly. My whole body is terrified of the elf behind me.

Should I call it instinct? Or intuition?

Is it jealousy? Or am I just envious?

A myriad of thoughts swirl chaotically in my head.

I am overwhelmed by a fierce murderous aura that makes me feel as though my head would be severed if I opened my mouth even once.

Well, strictly speaking, that killing intent wasn’t directed at me.

“Eh… Elayna?”

Master.

” yes yes? “

The elf tilts his gaze once more, then soon raises his head.

The eyes that had held a murderous smile turned cloudy, and soon curved as if engulfed in madness.

Fuck, that’s fucking scary..!!

It feels like watching a scene from a horror movie.

Me too. Could you buy me just one?

The ghost in front of me speaks in a stiff voice.

Swoosh-

The weak, sinking voice sends shivers down my spine.

“Uh… is there anything you need?”

Crackle

Elaina clenches her left hand as if to crush something and then tear it apart.

“Hehe, it’s nothing. Just a little bit. I need something.”

…I just asked you…

Soon, her unsettling smile surged before my eyes once again.

“I’m asking you a favor. You will do it, right?”

He calls it a request, but that is just a threat. It means he wants you to shut up and do it, warning you not to know what he might do if you don’t comply.

Keyal nods, having grasped her true feelings.

Realizing that he would be screwed if he didn’t do it, he was looking for a way to save himself.

I mean, do you think they would actually kill anyone… but if they don’t listen to me, I’m going to tear someone to pieces today. That elf.

With one hand, he held the young lady’s sleeve, and with the other, he grasped the elf’s hand, which was unusually tight today.

A dragon below and an elf up close glare fiercely at each other. From a distance, they would surely look like a mother, father, and daughter.

If only I weren’t the one stuck in the middle.

Ow, f*ck, that hurts like hell…

I wondered how such monstrous strength could come from two slender hands, but then I thought about it, these two.

Oh, right.

He was a 6-star hero.