Chapter 135: My Guardian Deity (1) (1/2)

There was an official notice from Lair.

– Guardian Consultation Period

It was time for another one already, but the consultation theme today was slightly special.

– Consult through an informal conversation and record it.

Of course, this ‘consultation theme’ wasn’t mandatory and it didn’t matter whether people adhered to it or not. Therefore, Yu Jitae was thinking of skipping the informal part, and sticking to a normal consultation.

That was his plan until Kaeul found out about it.

“Nn? What’s this?”

Hugging the baby chicken all morning, she brushed and played with its fur. After that, they ran around the room until Chirpy discovered the notice, which had been randomly placed on the ground beneath the living room table.

“Is the guardian consultation going to be in casual?”

“Casual?”

“In a casual tone. Like informal talk time*? We can talk casually with each other during the given amount of time!”

“What? Why is that necessary?”

Yeorum, who was sitting on the floor trimming her toenails, opened her mouth.

“Just speak casually from the get go.”

“Unn? Now that you mention it, why don’t you speak politely to ahussi, unni?”

“Why do I have to?”

“Nn? That’s… uhh, umm…”

Kaeul tilted her head and contemplated which the baby chicken mimicked by tilting its own head. Then, she thought of something and gave a clap.

“Because someone that doesn’t know manners is a ruffian?”

“What about ruffians.”

“Everyone hates them right? Ahht…”

During her speech, she realised that she was talking about someone that was specifically inside the living room. “Uang!” Yeorum raised her body and compressed Kaeul’s temples with her two fists, while claiming that she had no manners.

“Chirp!”

The baby chicken counterattacked in order to protect its owner. The chicken ran to Yeorum on the side and pecked her near the ribs.

Even a dragon was like a human with the polymorphed body. “Ah, fuc*,” Yeorum swore with a frown from the tickle and changed the target. The baby chicken had its temples pressured like its owner and growled in pain.

“Asking for death.”

Kaeul and the baby chicken rolled on the living room floor in pain.

In any case, it was time for the guardian consultation period. He decided to gather them together and do it all at once.

When he told them that they can speak to him casually, Kaeul and Gyeoul appeared especially excited.

“Bom.”

“Why, Jitae?”

Hearing Bom’s words, Yeorum, Kaeul and Gyeoul all giggled. The Regressor looked at Bom with his hazy gaze, before turning back to the paper.

“How are you.”

“Good.”

“Anything you need.”

“Nope. Doing fine.”

“Anything difficult happening at school.”

Bom shook her head so Yu Jitae completed the consultation record saying that there were no problems. That was when she opened her mouth for a question.

“Ah, by the way ahjussi.”

“Yeah.”

“Can I ask you for one favour?”

“What.”

“At least during the consultation, can you speak to us politely instead?’

He was wondering what nonsense this was about but he seemed to be the only one thinking that. Kaeul clapped sonorously and shouted.

“Uwaaah. Unni. You’re the best!”

“No joke, that would be quite funny.”

“…!”

Yeorum and Gyeoul were the same. It was unclear what they were so excited about but they showed enthusiastic support for Bom’s idea.

“I don’t want to.”

“It’s just going to be for a short period of time. Can you not?”

“…”

“Please.”

Seriously. Bom had an innate talent at making Yu Jitae feel troubled, to the point that he wondered why he didn’t even catch a glimpse of such a side in the previous iterations.

“No.”

He shook his head. For the most part, he would do everything that they enjoyed but he seriously didn’t want to do this.

“Whyyyy~ That’s such a shame!”

“What a boomer.”

“…”

What followed the zealous support was an intense disappointment but he shook his hand and continued with the questions. He asked what they needed to Yeorum and Kaeul, as well as their life at school and the things they found difficult.

Even this time around, Gyeoul looked like she wanted to be included so he added her to the mix naturally and asked her.

Kururung…

That was when the protector who was standing in the corner of the room like a statue, gave an empty cough (probably).

Understanding his sign, Bom took the paper from Yu Jitae’s hands.

“How are you these days, Cleaner ahjussi?”

“As for me, you can say that I have discovered the enjoyment of household chores. In the very distant past, there were times where I’ve found such tasks to be superficial and low-end, but whatever the task, so long as you undertake an essential task that necessitates a being to be in charge, that is perhaps destiny itself. If there are people that need me…”

“Ahh. So you’re doing fine?”

The bevor of the headpiece that was rambling came to a stop.

“…That is the case.”

The consultation continued. The consultation topic began with their recent hobbies, Yu Jitae’s hobby, hobbies that can be carried out together, trips and future plans, before connecting to a completely different topic altogether.

“You know. Who do you think you know the best out of everyone here?” asked Yeorum.

“That’s a good question.”

“Ohh, ohh. I want to know as well!”

“…?”

It wasn’t a significantly important question, and it was probably something they randomly chucked without thinking too much about it.

But as always, the Regressor was a boring human who thought a lot. He therefore pondered seriously in response to the question.

The answer however, was simple.

“Kaeul of course.”

They appeared surprised evident from their gazes. Gyeoul especially looked slightly shocked.

“…Me?”

“I’m getting to know you better.”

His reply must have been quite good. Hearing his response, Gyeoul regained her peace.

It was the same for everyone else. Yu Jitae was getting to know Bom, Yeorum and Gyeoul better every single day but that wasn’t the case for Kaeul. Yu Jitae already knew a lot about Kaeul.

The one that was curious the most was in fact Kaeul.

“Uing…? How do you know me the best, ahjussi?”

“I just do.”

“But if you think about it, don’t ahjussi and I talk the least?”

That was true. Somehow, he didn’t have much of a chance to talk to Kaeul and it was becoming more like that recently.

But the one that he knew the best was definitely Kaeul, and the one he knew for the longest and was the closest to was also Kaeul.

There was no doubt about that.

That day,

Kaeul had her day off.

After the consultation was over, she gave a big stretch and hugged the baby chicken to sleep. Yu Jitae watched her quietly and didn’t look away for a very long time.

The seventh iteration seemed to be a success for the time being.