The Player Who Returned From The Apocalypse

Seongjin and the party started to take out the things they had prepared one by one.

A colorful tablecloth was placed on the large table prepared, and decorations such as food and candles were placed along with the tableware.

And in one corner, small and large gift boxes were piled up.

"What?"

"Humans are coming and doing something."

"Are you having a party?"

The elf children, who had quickly hid themselves out of fear of strangers, looked at it with curiosity.

And a little later, one of the most curious children ran to the snow girl who was preparing and pulled her skirt.

"Hey, older sister. What is this, what is it?"

"Huh? This? Well, what do you think?"

“Um… a party. My grandfather often told me.”

The child replied with a smile on a cheerful expression.

She wasn't even a year old, so she hadn't even had her birthday party.

For them, the memory of mana was everything, and it came to them as curiosity and intimacy rather than fear of unfamiliar things.

“Uh… do you think it’s similar?”

Seeing her child's shining eyes, Snow Nyeo couldn't help but turn her head, she said.

"Wow! Then you can party with her grandfather, right?"

"Yeah. That's right. So... no, it's getting in the way of preparing the party, so stay away."

"Yeah!"

Seeing the snow girl sprinting and speaking to her other children, she sighed.

She didn't lie.

She's both right with Mana and having parties.

The only difference is that it is the last and the party is a funeral.

* * *

"Let's start the snow girl."

"Yes, Master."

When all preparations for the ceremony were finished, Seongjin ordered Seolnyeo.

She heard his simple command and put her hand on her coffin.

And unlocked her frozen skill that she had hung up on.

Damn it, Zeng-

The glass tube began to crack and then broke. No, to be precise, it wasn't even glass.

ice.

The ice tube, which almost resembled the glass tube made by Snow Nyeo, was broken.

As the broken fragments fall to the ground, they evaporate and disappear in an instant.

The cold air that had been holding the inside of the tube escaped and made water vapor.

It completely concealed the appearance of mana.

And after all the water vapor is gone.

she showed up

Not lying down, but standing on two legs.

“…they came a lot.”

Mana frowned her dazzlingly and opened her eyes thinly, she said.

Sungjin replied to his words.

"Yes. A lot has come."

“I asked for people I could definitely apply for…”

“This is what I came up with as a representative.”

"is it."

"grandfather!"

During the conversation, the elf children rushed out and embraced Mana.

With a surprised expression, he held them in his arms and then collapsed.

"Haha. Yon guys. It's heavy, these guys."

"Hehe. Grandpa. I missed you."

"Grandpa. Aren't you sick? Can I help you?"

"Grandpa is a late sleeper. Why did he keep sleeping? Do you know how worried he was?"

"Ugh! Grandpa!"

Mana lay down and hugged her children as they laughed and cried.

He made all kinds of subtle expressions.

Sungjin said to him with an apologetic expression.

"Let's sit down. All the food we have prepared will cool down."

"Yeah. That's right. Guys, let's eat."

"Yes!"

The children who gave clear answers went to their respective places.

Mana looked lonely at their backs, rubbed her eyes and went to her seat.

* * *

As her skill on Mana was released, the weather around her became warm.

The sun was shining and the food and the children ran around under it.

"Hey. That's mine!"

"Maerong! The first person to own the house is the owner."

"Grandpa, Sister! Tom stole my toys!"

louder than you think.

In addition to running around the table, he used magic to make food fly in the sky and unravel gift boxes at will.

The atmosphere of solemnity was gone, and I was busy playing with the children.

"Guys. Is it delicious?"

"Yes!"

"Okay. Eat a lot. Seongjin over there bought it for you, so be sure to say thank you."

"Thank you, Uncle Sungjin."

"thank you!"

Still, he couldn't rebuke them.

He didn't want to break the smile that bloomed on Mana's face.

Because he was the protagonist here.

"Try this. It is item meat that came out of catching a monster called Behemoth."

"Hey. That looks delicious. Thank you."

Seong-jin, who was sitting next to him, brought the meat of Behemoth he brought to Mana.

Mana rubbed her eyes for a moment and then used her magic to cut her meat.

She then blew the meat to the children's plates.

As soon as the children saw it, they were hesitant to pick it up with their hands and eat it.

Mana was not eaten.

"I'm sorry that there won't be any leftover dishes because we have a large family."

"It's fine. The quantity is large. Asabel. May I ask you a little sooner?"

"of course."

Asa Bell started cooking with the meat that Seongjin had brought her.

Behemoth meat.

It was an item that raised the stats when cooking with the item that came out of killing the Behemoth that was killed just before the last of the previous tower.

The taste was good and the quantity was so much that it was worth the size of a monster.

Of course, considering the value of it, hunters around the world should share it, but for now, I made it not to think about it.

"You, too, Mana-nim."

"I'm fine. Just looking at the kids eating makes me full. And what if I have to eat? Don't worry about the old people and start eating."

At Mana's words, Seongjin and the party lifted the table again.

Inspired by a light atmosphere, the meal was better than expected.

When I first saw them, I was frightened and trembled from a distance, but now I see them up close.

"You're cute."

“Kids are usually cute, though they are more lively than I thought.”

"Yes. It's hard to see them as monsters."

"A monster. Does that look like a monster?"

"Well, seeing that the system doesn't respond, it's funny to think that it's a monster."

“Yes. And… we are not the protagonists here.”

The companions who came together looked at the children with delight as they ate the food.

When they enjoyed the food they brought, they smiled happily.

They were more than happy to open the gift box and see the toys in it rejoice.

There were some who had the perception that elves were monsters, but that perception was gradually fading.

'Well, technically, these aren't monsters either.'

By monster, we mean those Awakened who have invaded through the gate from another world.

In that respect, none of them corresponded to it.

Neither Awakened nor from another world.

Their home was this world.

"…are you okay?"

"Yeah. It's fine. No, it's the best."

Mana answered Seongjin's question like that.

This was what he had hoped for.

This place, this atmosphere, and the gifts they brought are all he wanted.

That's what he wants for his children.

"This should be the last sight."

Mana frowned and looked at the children.

Is it presbyopia who came late, or she couldn't see well.

* * *

The sun went down.

The children, who had been playing and eating all day, went to sleep in a house built at random, and Seong-jin and his companions started cleaning up.

Wash the scattered dishes with water magic and wrap them roughly with a tablecloth.

The rest of the food was taken away and the table was replaced with a round table that was smaller than before, but easy to see.

And there each other's representatives were seated, and behind them were arranged by those they had brought.

It was time to talk about serious adults.

"Snow-nyeo. How much time do you have left?"

When Seongjin asked, Seolnyeo went to the back of Mana and checked his status.

Time remaining.

It meant the amount of time mana could stay in this life.

Contrary to its appearance, his body was a mess on the inside.

He had lost most of his intestines while fighting Sima.

He is incurable. Asa Bell tried to use his hands, but it was impossible to restore his broken body.

It is a miracle that he is still alive today.

He delayed it as a frozen human and only reached this point.

to get where you are now.

"About an hour left."

"It's not that long either."

Hearing the answer, Mana answered her before anyone else could react.

Spending too much time with the children was so much fun.

But no regrets.

This amount of time was enough.

Because they were sure they would listen to them.

He fumbled with his hand and drank the tea set in front of him.

Now you can't see what's right in front of you.

"I'm running out of time, so I'll make it fast. For now, you'll know my true identity even if you don't see it now, right?"

Mana took off the hat she was wearing with her trembling hands.

The pointed ears of elves, not ordinary humans, were opened to the public.

Everyone was not surprised because everyone knew it.

"I taught you everything before I came here."

"That's right. Somehow, he didn't say anything."

"Tell me later."

"Yeah, nothing else but I have gathered you all for one request."

He sighed nervously, biting his lip to relieve his tension, then said.

"Will you not protect my children?"

“….”

"It's enough until they're all grown up. Elves mature faster than humans. If you wait five years, they'll become adults and become independent. So..."

When everyone did not answer, Mana's mouth became increasingly busy.

She talked and talked for a long time, but she didn't answer.

'strange.'

It was clear that Seongjin was someone they could trust, and they were brought in to accept them, but there was no sound at all.

Her body trembled with anxiety.

“Will the one who will provide for the children not answer?”

“….”

"Why no answer?"

“….”

"Didn't I give my life to work for your world?"

“….”

"Nurari. Didn't you promise to protect my children?"

“….”

"Sungjin. No matter how much you saved me, didn't you work hard enough and sacrifice more than enough? Isn't it okay to do this much?"

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"Someone tell me! If you say no, say yes!"

thud!

As he spoke, Mana got up from the excitement and collapsed as his legs became weak.

He tried to get up again by giving his body strength, but even that was difficult.

Still, he managed to get to his knees.

"I... I'm begging you this way. How can the children live without me? I... I can't see it even if I die. Please, please."

Sobbing, he knelt down on his knees and said.

He said, squeezing the soil with his hands and banging his head on the ground.

"Anyone...!"

hey hey-

A tinnitus sounded in my ear.

And with him, he felt a warm touch on his skin.

“Okay, I thought something was strange.”

Sungjin's voice was heard in my ear.

When he lifted his head, he could see the faces of others faintly.

Everyone looked at them with worried eyes.

"Somehow there was no response."

"If you can't see it, you can't see it, and if you can't hear it, you can't hear it."

"Everyone was surprised that they kept ignoring us and talking to themselves."

If you can't hear it... .

Mana only realized that she had deaf her ears when Asa Bell lifted her hand and spoke with her divine powers.

"You didn't hear from us. Let's answer them slowly one by one."

When Seongjin said while beating her sister Lari, he said.

"Mana. I have been told that you are asking for children. I will succeed you and raise children and raise new children. Your maintenance, I will accept."

Nura-ri hit Lee Do-hyung who was next to him, and he continued.

"We will support the children with everything they need to live. Education, daily necessities, land. Just speak. You can also get a job in our guild. The children's funeral looked very promising."

"Are you saying it's Inje positive after all?"

"If you don't give any excuses like this, you'll get hit a few times."

"That's right. Then, let's put a spoon on me too."

After arguing with Jung Dae-man for a while, Lee Do-hyung hit Kim Gak-hwan next to him.

"The perception that elves are monsters still remains in society. I'll start with the basics and fix them. It will take some time, but this guy will have to suffer. Right?"

"The chief also speaks very easily."

"So you can't?"

"Who said you can't? I'll definitely do it, so please prepare a bounty vacation or a boon."

Kim Gak-hwan, who heard Jae-cheol Lee's answer, turned and clapped with Seong-jin.

"It's me last."

Sungjin knelt down on his knees and made eye contact with him.

"Everyone works for the children, but I am different. I will work for Mana-sama. I have no intention of letting you go like this. I will not die. I will not let you die. I will save you."

He gently embraced the mana of his bare body.

drop.

Her Mana's clothes got wet.

With a distorted expression on his face as he tried to hold back his tears, he carefully turned his head to look at his face.

“So, go ahead.”

I could see his face as he was talking and weeping.

Mana shed the tears she had been holding back as she looked at it, but smiled.

"…thank you."

A midsummer night when a poisonous cicada cries violently

He smiled and closed his eyes.

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