The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 47

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Episode 47

 

And I quickly looked at Junho. He had his eyes closed with a confused expression on his face.

 

My heart was pounding thump, thump as I watched Junho talking in his sleep.

 

“AI system….”

 

As soon as the words flowed from my lips, Noah appeared before my eyes wagging his tail.

 

[૮₍˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶₎ა]

 

I looked at Junho as if it was absurd.

 

Junho, who had been talking in his sleep, was now sleeping peacefully again.

 

“What… does he know?”

 

“I don’t understand, Saebyeol noona.”

 

And.

 

“AI system?”

 

Junho speaking as if he had heard it from Saebyeol.

 

In this era when the word AI itself would be unfamiliar except to some experts, it wasn’t a word that should come from Junho’s mouth.

 

I raised my trembling hand to press against my throbbing forehead.

 

Kang Sae-byeol, the female protagonist of 【I’ll Love You Even If I Die】.

 

My dear mother who raised me with warm love until I was four years old.

 

I had never thought about it before, but if Saebyeol knew about the AI system….

 

‘Maybe she wasn’t from this era….’

 

Goosebumps spread all over my body and my heart began to beat violently.

 

“Bring up all information about the deceased actress Kang Sae-byeol.”

 

I immediately commanded Noah.

 

An hourglass appeared as if processing information and didn’t disappear for quite a while.

 

I tried to be patient and glared at the AI system.

 

“Tell me honestly.”

 

[….]

 

“Is our mother from the future by any chance?”

 

After several minutes, the hourglass disappeared, and a message appeared along with Noah’s image as if he was pretending not to know.

 

[Cannot output that information.]

 

The corner of my eye twitched upward.

 

“Damn it. Give me the information!”

 

There was nothing more important than this right now.

 

But that Noah kept pretending not to know.

 

[Access to that information is restricted. ૮₍ ◔ ᴥ ◔ ₎ა …]

 

“Huu… Do you want to get hit by a deletion beam?”

 

Noah looked at me with a pitiful expression, gently wagging his tail.

 

[Cannot lift access restrictions.]

 

“You’re supposed to obey me!”

 

I had cleared Noah’s recognition quest, so Noah had an obligation to obey me.

 

But the reason he kept pretending not to know was indeed.

 

[Cannot lift access restrictions.]

 

Soon a pink window appeared.

 

[A ‘Red Key’ is required to lift access restrictions on all information.]

 

This was probably a powerful system warning that Noah couldn’t do anything about.

 

When the pink window appeared, Noah curled his tail as if scared.

 

I stared at the pink window silently for a while before speaking again.

 

“Petty.”

 

[….]

 

So there’s a separate unlock item called the ‘Red Key’.

 

I’ll have to get it someday. Huu.

 

“Then tell me about Gu Jun-ho.”

 

[Searching…]

 

Noah dug in the ground and brought back a bone, and soon Junho’s profile appeared.

 

Name Gu Jun-ho, age 26, address, family register, resident registration number and all….

 

“…Father is just an ordinary person though.”

 

Huu, I sighed with complicated feelings.

 

From Junho’s sleep talking, it seemed Saebyeol had said something to Junho in his dream, and his reaction showed he didn’t understand it.

 

I should ask more when Junho wakes up.

 

“But Noah. Did you hack Father’s resident registration number too?”

 

At Noah’s current level, there are still many things he can’t do, so did he hack it?

 

Then Noah immediately displayed some web page on a blue screen to show me.

 

[Celebrity Resident Registration Number List]

 

“Wh-what is this!”

 

Someone posted a list of celebrity resident registration numbers on a community site?

 

“N-no way….”

 

Soon Noah panted and showed me another page.

 

[Celebrity Address List.]

 

“Everything’s out there!”

 

Surprisingly, next to the name Gu Jun-ho, the address of our house was recorded.

 

Come to think of it, personal information wasn’t well protected in this era.

 

‘Even so, to have resident registration numbers and home addresses posted on the internet….’

 

Pressing my forehead, I said to Noah.

 

“Can you make this page private?”

 

Noah barked, “Woof!”

 

[Yes! ૮₍ •̀ ᴥ •́ ₎ა]

 

“Delete it quickly!”

 

After giving the command, I lay down next to Junho.

 

Junho was sleeping peacefully, oblivious to the world.

 

My head was complicated with thoughts about Saebyeol, but I soon fell asleep.

 

* * *

 

“Don’t think too hard about it. Public interest will soon die down, you know how fickle people are.”

 

Seungcheol was walking down an alley while on a phone call with someone.

 

A loud voice could be heard from the other end of the phone.

 

-Damn it, I don’t know, I don’t know. Just handle it well somehow.

 

Go Jae-il, the president of Claudia, who was heavily drunk and cursing at those damn police, hung up first.

 

Seungcheol’s lips curled cynically.

 

“Stupid bastard.”

 

Go Jae-il, the president of Claudia, was the eldest son of Chairman Gochan-hyeong, with whom Seungcheol was currently doing his biggest business.

 

Chairman Gochan-hyeong. He was the chairman of Cheong-hwan Holdings, a solid mid-sized company that operated chemical, petroleum, construction, and golf businesses with revenues comparable to large corporations, and Seungcheol’s top-tier law firm was steadily backing him up.

 

After the current affairs program about entertainment industry hospitality corruption aired, sparks flew to Claudia, which Go Jae-il was operating, and under Chairman Gochan-hyeong’s order for assistance, Seungcheol was busy going around the legal community trying to cover up this matter….

 

“Tsk.”

 

Cleaning up after that stupid pig wasn’t very pleasant.

 

Stopping briefly to take out a cigarette, he recalled the handsome face of a certain man.

 

Gu Jun-ho. At first, that name had been very irritating.

 

That pathetic supporting actor who dared to drive his son out of Edinburgh Kindergarten.

 

It happened that Im Su-yeon considered Gu Jun-ho a thorn in her side, so he had provided a plan to crush that bastard, but it failed miserably twice.

 

The first was due to Im Su-yeon’s lack of ability, and the second was because of the hidden narrative Gu Jun-ho had.

 

Even though he hadn’t intervened directly, it was the first time he felt such an absurd sense of defeat.

 

Watching Im Su-yeon fall into what seemed like a well-designed trap, he thought whoever designed it must be quite formidable.

 

The sparks even flew to Claudia, making things troublesome for him.

 

But when he met Gu Jun-ho in person, he had a gentle and innocent face, looking like he would burst into tears the moment anything happened.

 

That wasn’t acting. Gu Jun-ho was just a naive fool.

 

Then who had broken through the trap he had set?

 

Who had ruined his toy?

 

Why had things become so troublesome for him?

 

All that suspicion ridiculously pointed toward one preschooler.

 

The five-year-old girl named Gu Chaea, who was called a genius recognized by Edinburgh Director Jo Mi-sook.

 

Seungcheol slightly furrowed his brow as he recalled those clear eyes that had looked at him in the hospital emergency room without hiding any hostility.

 

Tap-tap-tap-

 

Just then, someone running from the alley brushed past Seungcheol’s side.

 

His shoulder bumped slightly, making Seungcheol frown even more as he glared briefly at the back of the man disappearing into the darkness.

 

* * *

 

“Dad.”

 

“Hmm…”

 

“Here, drink some honey water.”

 

“Huh? Oh…”

 

Junho rubbed his eyes as he got up and drank the honey water I had prepared for him.

 

His hair looked like a bird’s nest was sitting on top of it.

 

Gulp, gulp.

 

“Ah… Did Chaea make this for me?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Ah… Chaea…”

 

Ignoring his honey-sweet, touched expression as if he was about to cry from our daughter’s care, I rolled my eyes.

 

“Hey! Do you remember Uncle carrying you home yesterday?!”

 

When I raised my voice, Junho’s shoulders flinched.

 

“Ah, ah… Sorry, Chaea. Dad showed you something he shouldn’t have…”

 

“Yes! Very much so!”

 

“Yeah. It was the first time I drank that much…”

 

Looking at Junho’s droopy appearance as he scratched his messy hair, I couldn’t scold him more but added a warning.

 

The quest was successful, but I still had to say what needed to be said!

 

“Anyway, if you drink like that one more time…”

 

Looking into Junho’s puppy-like eyes, I said firmly.

 

“I might hate you.”

 

“What?”

 

“Chaea hates the smell of alcohol, and I hate seeing Dad all wobbly like this too.”

 

I raised my fingers and pulled down under both eyes, mimicking his appearance from yesterday in a teasing way.

 

“No! No, not that!”

 

Junho clenched his fists and said.

 

“Dad just won’t get drunk anymore, right?”

 

At those puppy-like eyes, I crossed my arms and tilted my head as if to say I’d wait and see.

 

“Hmm.”

 

“If our cute Chaea hates Dad, what reason would Dad have to live?”

 

“That’s why alcohol…”

 

“Right, I’d rather not drink a single drop from now on. Promise!”

 

“…Promise.”

 

Junho made a promise with me, hooking our pinky fingers.

 

Yes, may this be an opportunity to cherish his precious liver.

 

This way, when he becomes more famous later, it’ll also prevent any alcohol-related scandals.

 

“But Dad.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“You were talking in your sleep yesterday…”

 

“What? Me? I was talking in my sleep too?”

 

When I nodded, Junho looked embarrassed.

 

I looked up at Junho and asked.

 

“By any chance… did our mom ever say she came from the future?”

 

-Noah, turn on inner thoughts mode.

 

If the system won’t tell me, I’ll at least try to find out from Dad.

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