There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 129

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Episode 129
A room entirely pristine white.
A single TV and keyboard sitting alone in the space.
And a woman tapping away at that keyboard.
She bore a striking resemblance to Yewon and Lee Doha.
The woman gazed at Yewon on the TV screen—who stared back with an unwavering gaze—her eyes brimming with profound affection.
Then.
-I warned you clearly. You can’t operate the system however you please like this.
Cotton Ball, who had made a contract with Yewon, appeared and blocked her view.
“…I’m not operating it however I please. I’m respecting Yewon’s choices.”
The woman, Lee Seoha, responded to Cotton Ball with a firm voice.
“Besides, the ‘Minor Protection Clause’ was activated for exactly this reason, wasn’t it?”
-You act like that clause is some kind of invincible shield, but even that has its limits.
Cotton Ball bared its sharp teeth and growled at Lee Seoha.
-If you keep modifying the Quests I’ve issued like this and bombarding her with messages, you’re only eroding your own soul. Eventually, it all comes back to you.
-You won’t even be able to reincarnate. Do you understand?
“….”
Lee Seoha didn’t even blink at Cotton Ball’s warning.
It was something she already knew.
She could feel it herself.
Each time she altered a Quest for Yewon’s sake, her own soul was gradually dissipating.
“Regardless, I won’t let you turn my daughter into a murderer.”
-….
“That Quest you issued before, targeting Jeyeon. If Yewon had taken revenge as intended, Jeyeon would have died, wouldn’t she? Isn’t that right?”
At Lee Seoha’s cold words, Cotton Ball pretended not to hear and circled around her once.
These perceptive humans were always so troublesome.
“So ultimately, that karma would have fallen on Yewon. On innocent Yewon!”
Lee Seoha glared at Cotton Ball, suppressing her fury.
“You issued that Quest precisely to dump the karma onto Yewon. Because if Jeyeon grew up as planned, she’d interfere with your ‘scheme,’ so you needed to eliminate her, but you didn’t want to bear the karma yourself!”
-Hmph. What do you mean she didn’t know? She knew everything and consented. And karma? I’m giving her so many benefits that she can bear that much karma!
Cotton Ball answered brazenly.
-Besides, that’s just righteous revenge, so it’s not even that big a deal. Why are you making such a fuss over something so trivial?
“Trivial? I won’t let my daughter bear even that trivial amount of karma.”
Lee Seoha spoke with absolute conviction.
“That’s why, according to the ‘Minor Protection Clause,’ I became Yewon’s guardian. To protect the child from someone as sinister as you.”
-You really know how to twist words, don’t you? Even when I’m showing concern, you make a fuss.
Cotton Ball laughed mockingly at Lee Seoha.
-The reason Yewon never even met her biological father and died was because of ‘your wish,’ Lee Seoha!
-Because in your previous life, you wished, ‘Please let my daughter live freely, away from her family!’
“….”
At Cotton Ball’s point, Seoha couldn’t find words and merely clenched her fists.
“…I know. I know I made a terrible mistake.”
In my previous life.
When death had crept to the very edge of her existence, Seoha had prayed desperately to the heavens, again and again.
That her daughter would never live a life like hers.
That under the guise of “Family,” she would never encounter those who wielded her life as they pleased and brought her misery—those people called “Family.”
That her daughter alone would live freely, according to her own will.
Running away from Yusong, Yewon’s biological father, twice stemmed from this very reason.
When she first fled from Yusong, it was simply because she hoped he would find a better woman than herself.
But then.
‘…Why did you abandon me?’
‘!’
‘I just want you to answer that. Then I’ll disappear on my own.’
The moment Yusong appeared before her, having finally found her, Seoha couldn’t help but open her heart to him again.
How could she not love a man like this?
A man who tracked down a woman who fled without a word, only to say that if she’d just tell him why, he’d disappear.
But then, not long after.
When Seoha discovered she was pregnant, she was seized by fear once more.
Because this man—
‘…What are Yusong’s parents like?’
‘They’re nothing special.’
‘That’s a lie.’
‘Have I ever lied to you? They’re really people you don’t need to worry about.’
He carried a background far too immense for her to handle. Just searching his name online would flood the screen with articles.
And Seoha was already someone thoroughly exhausted by such “prestigious families.”
Still, hoping against hope, she asked, and when the answer came back as “people you don’t need to worry about,” her anxiety only deepened.
If they were good people, he wouldn’t speak of them that way.
They must be like her own grandparents—people he was circumspect about mentioning.
So Seoha asked once more.
‘Yusong. What if… we had a child between us?’
‘A child?’
Yusong turned to face Seoha with a hardened expression, as if he’d heard something he shouldn’t have.
‘Yes. I mean… your parents might not like the child. And they might not approve of me either.’
Seoha’s voice trembled mercilessly as she spoke.
Please, please say it isn’t so.
Tell me this child will be loved abundantly by everyone and will live freely.
Seoha waited desperately for Yusong’s answer.
‘I don’t care what they think. Why would that matter?’
‘But—’
‘And I have no intention of showing them the child until they’re old enough.’
‘!’
‘They’ll definitely be a nuisance about it.’
At those words, Seoha’s wavering resolve crystallized into certainty.
I couldn’t give my child the same life I’d lived.
I would give this child a life filled with nothing but love, no matter what.
If Yusong’s parents might cause this child suffering, I would ensure they didn’t even know of their existence.
I loved Yusong deeply, but I had a duty to protect my child.
So Seoha ran away once more.
Hiding even the fact that I was pregnant, back to Korea.
‘…If I’d known that complaint meant they would love me with such relentless devotion, I wouldn’t have done it.’
Seoha smiled bitterly to herself.
I didn’t know back then.
That I would leave this world so soon.
That I would depart with no one to protect my child.
So when I made one final wish for my child—
—that wish you just made. I’ll grant it.
Though there are conditions, of course.
I met Cotton Ball.
I should have refused then.
“…If I’d known that Yusong’s family were truly such wonderful people, I never would have made such a wish.”
Seoha berated herself over and over for foolishly making a contract with Cotton Ball.
—No going back now, Lee Seoha. Really, who makes wishes so carelessly? You should have been more thoughtful. Everything has a price.
Cotton Ball wore a contemptible smile.
—Both you and your brother. You two really only make foolish wishes.
At those words.
Seoha’s eyes widened.
I had made a contract with Cotton Ball, but Lee Doha made a wish too?
“What are you talking about? Lee Doha met you and made a wish?”
Seoha rose urgently, asking.
I knew Lee Doha had made poor choices in his past life, but I never expected he’d met Cotton Ball. Not everyone who died could meet Cotton Ball.
—Who knows?
But Cotton Ball simply whistled—whee, whee—drifting away from Seoha.
—Stop meddling in others’ affairs and don’t ignore my warning, Lee Seoha.
—Keep this up and you’ll really dissipate, so stop interfering. Do you understand?
“Just answer me. What does it mean that Lee Doha made a wish too—”
Before Seoha could press further.
Cotton Ball vanished with a pop.
“…!”
Running away like this.
Seoha bit her lip and turned her gaze back to the TV.
Within it, Lee Doha was laughing alongside Yewon as if nothing had happened.
Lee Seoha pressed her chest tightly as she watched the two of them.
‘Lee Doha, what exactly… what wish did you make? And what else did you pay for?’
Lee Seoha was overwhelmed with an unbearable sense of apology toward both of them.
All she could do was remain here and alter fate as much as possible for their sake.
For that, she could abandon her own soul without hesitation.
As long as those two could be happy.
Lee Seoha took another deep breath and sat down before the keyboard.
* * *
Meanwhile, at the Hyun Family mansion in Pyeongchang-dong.
“…You’re certain of this?”
Yusong barely managed to squeeze out the words as he looked at the report Kim Manager had handed him.
“Yes, sir. It’s a fact we’ve verified multiple times.”
“…”
Yusong looked at the report in his hands once more.
…Probability of biological paternity exceeds 99.9%.
Therefore, we hereby confirm the establishment of a parent-child relationship between the two parties.
“…You said a daughter?”
“Yes, sir. Information regarding your daughter has been compiled and organized on the following page.”
Kim Manager said this and stepped back.
“Then I shall take my leave. Please review it at your leisure.”
“…Thank you for your hard work.”
As Kim Manager left, Yusong turned the page of the report.
There were photographs of a child named Yewon and detailed personal information laid out in meticulous detail.
Yusong looked at the child’s face again and again.
A face that bore such an unmistakable resemblance to the woman he had loved so dearly, leaving no room for doubt.
“…”
A daughter. Lee Seoha?
What exactly were you…?
Yusong slowly read the words written in the corner of the report.
…Mother: Lee Seoha (Deceased)
Words he could not possibly believe.

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