The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 48
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Episode 48
“Huh?”
Junho blinked his eyes with a half-awake expression.
I narrowed my eyes and interrogated Junho.
“AI system.”
“….”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know. Father said that. What is it?”
“….”
But Junho was still in a frozen state with a blank expression.
“What are you talking about, Chaea? What about Saebyeol… And AI? What’s that?”
[Is it a new snack? (92%)]
“Hmm….”
I made eye contact with Junho.
But Junho’s face truly seemed to know nothing as he blinked his eyes innocently.
[Or maybe it’s an American singer’s name? I’m bad at English though. (77%)]
“That’s not it! Think carefully!”
As I frowned in frustration, Junho cupped my cheeks and grinned.
“Our Chaea had a dream.”
“No, I’m sure…!”
“Well, that can happen. Kids usually dream a lot when they’re young.”
It didn’t seem like I would get the answer I wanted.
“Father used to dream about falling a lot when I was young too. Maybe that’s why I grew so tall. Hehe.”
[Yesterday I hit my head on the door entrance and it hurt. (82%)]
Junho looked at my sullen face and smiled, then removed his hands from my cheeks and ruffled my hair.
“Now, our princess. Should we get ready to go to preschool?”
* * *
‘Looking at his inner thoughts mode, he really seems not to know….’
I sat on a tree stump in the Somang Preschool forest and let out a deep sigh.
‘But it definitely wasn’t a dream.’
The words “AI system” had clearly come from Junho’s lips.
Perhaps what Mother had said remained in Junho’s subconscious, but he couldn’t remember it.
Well, even my coming to the 1990s was an incomprehensible phenomenon, so it wouldn’t be strange if other things happened.
“Sigh….”
“Chaea.”
Then, as I was sighing, Hee-jae approached me.
There was dirt on the pretty cheeks of the refined young master from a wealthy family.
“Yeah.”
“It doesn’t seem to be over there.”
“…I see. Phew.”
In the distance, I could see Teacher Noh Ji-hye diligently digging the ground with a shovel.
While keeping an eye on the children playing in small groups, the teacher was sweating profusely.
When one of the children tried to wander off in another direction, Teacher Noh shouted.
“You can’t go that way!”
The mosquito-like voice from before had disappeared, and now her voice was quite loud, making the child’s steps hesitate.
“Yes.”
‘Her voice is getting louder and louder.’
The child gave up on escaping and returned to the group of friends.
The forest playtime was coming to an end.
“Let’s stop here for today. There’s tomorrow too.”
“Okay.”
Hee-jae nodded.
“But you… don’t they say anything at home?”
I spoke up, seeing dirt on the back of Hee-jae’s clothes as he turned around.
“I mean, like worrying if something’s happening at preschool. Your grandfather, I mean.”
The face of Chairman Kang Un-san, whom I had met at Tomorrow Bank, suddenly came to mind.
He was the carefully raised heir to Tomorrow Finance, so he might not like it if his grandson came home covered in dirt every other day.
However, an unexpectedly faint smile appeared on Hee-jae’s lips as he looked back at me.
“…He likes it.”
“Huh?”
I blinked at the unexpected words.
“When I told him we do treasure hunting every day, he liked it.”
Treasure hunting…?
“Heave-ho!”
I glanced at Teacher Noh Ji-hye, who was diligently shoveling.
“Well, it’s similar enough….”
Anyway, he doesn’t seem to be the overprotective type with his grandson.
Hee-jae’s voice continued.
“And… well.”
As Hee-jae hesitated unusually, I leaned my face closer and focused on his next words.
‘I didn’t know this kid could make such expressions.’
He had definitely changed from when I first saw him.
Back then, he had icy eyes with pitch-black shadows cast over them.
‘He felt like a doll rather than a person.’
But now, he was just particularly handsome, yet had natural expressions befitting a child his age.
“Grandfather… told me to invite friends. My birthday is next month.”
“Oh.”
“I’d like you to come, Chaea.”
Hee-jae’s cheeks looked a little red under the sunlight.
“Can you come?”
He looked at me with his dark eyes and asked carefully again. I thought for a moment, then smiled and answered.
“Of course! I’ll come.”
Well, Hee-jae digs the ground with his tiny hands like fern shoots for me every day, so I have to go.
At first, I thought he was an unchildlike kid with no charm, but after spending time with him, he was just quiet—he was still a child.
‘Just seeing how happy he is with my answer shows he’s truly a child.’
I thought this as I watched Hee-jae’s face brighten at my cheerful response.
* * *
‘Father isn’t coming home late today?’
After having dinner at the landlady’s house, I went up to the rooftop and opened the door, but the house was empty.
I hadn’t heard anything about night filming today.
‘Come to think of it, I haven’t checked this lately.’
I gestured to Noah to open the ‘Today’s Fortune’ function.
I had been so preoccupied with the AI system message that Junho had heard from Mother that I hadn’t checked it today.
“Show me Father’s fortune for today.”
Noah barked “Woof” toward the sky and then sneakily brought the durumagi while looking around.
Soon a blue status window appeared.
As I focused on the fortune window I was meeting after a while, I furrowed my brow.
And opened my small mouth.
“Wait a minute….”
My fingertips began to tremble slightly.
“…Is this real?”
Noah looked at me with worried eyes, panting heavily.
I rushed out frantically and ran down to the 1st floor.
And with a pale face, I asked the landlady.
“Excuse me. Can I make one phone call?”
“Of course, feel free to use it. Our Chaea.”
At the landlady’s words as she washed dishes, I picked up the red telephone and immediately dialed Junho’s phone number.
011….
My hands were trembling, but fortunately I pressed the numbers correctly.
-The call cannot be connected….
But it didn’t connect.
I immediately hung up and this time pressed Seok-min’s number.
I hated that the numbers pressed properly.
If this were a dream, they wouldn’t press well.
Soon I heard Seok-min’s voice.
-Hello….
“Where’s Father?!”
When I raised my voice to ask, I heard Seok-min’s surprised breathing.
-Chaea?
“Where is Father? Father is….”
-He hasn’t come home yet?
My heart dropped for a moment.
-That’s strange, he should have arrived by now. He said he’d walk for exercise today, so I dropped him off an hour ago.
“Wh… where?”
-No. He’ll arrive soon, so stay put….
“Father is in danger!”
-Huh… what?
I shouted with a trembling voice.
-What are you talking about, Chaea.
“Father is in danger! He could get hurt! Come now! Chaea is going out to find Father too!”
-Wait Chaea, where are you going alone. Why is Junho hyung… anyway, I understand, I should go now right?
“Yes.”
I immediately hung up and ran outside.
The landlady seemed not to have heard my phone call as she was washing dishes.
‘No time to explain.’
Junho’s ‘Today’s Fortune’ was displayed on my status window.
[The one who has been targeting you in the darkness is approaching right before you. Your life may be in danger, so refrain from going out after sunset.]
Why, why today of all days….
I looked at my tightly clenched fist. It was still too small and weak.
“Noah, access the IP addresses around here.”
A nearby PC bang sign was blinking.
Noah looked at me with his tongue hanging out, panting.
“This is Chaea’s method.”
If I can’t help directly, I need to move people.
* * *
“Huff, huff.”
Junho was standing with his back against the wall of a deserted alley, breathing heavily.
This wasn’t a movie or drama filming set.
His heart was beating like crazy, and blood was flowing down from his thigh that had been cut by a knife.
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