Meanwhile, at that time, Lee Geon (Sagittarius) Sanctuary.
“What?! Mom is, pregnant?!”
The Cheon siblings were shocked by the unexpected news.
It wasn't for any other reason.
“D-does that mean we’re getting a younger sibling?”
“Really?”
“Yes, three weeks.”
They were gaping at Cheon Ji-u, who was acting as shy as a girl.
The Cheon siblings were at the Lee Geon (Sagittarius) Sanctuary, tending to Lee Jae-won while listening to reports from other constellation saints.
And the news of a younger sibling was something to celebrate greatly.
They themselves were also very happy, of course.
But.
‘S-still, at this age.’
‘I didn’t think we’d end up seeing a younger sibling.’
The Cheon siblings were 20 and 16 years old.
It seemed much more realistic to have a niece or nephew in a few years rather than a younger sibling.
“Ah, anyway, you two are really close. That’s a relief…”
“Mom’s amazing, but Dad is really unexpected? He’s totally different from the old Holy God.”
At Cheon Seong-jae’s words, the Blazing Lion’s owner, who was lodging at the sanctuary, felt sad.
He was still in an untreated state.
But regardless, they were extremely surprised by their parents’ pregnancy.
‘Well, it wasn’t impossible.’
Originally, Hugo and Cheon Ji-u were a Holy Man and a wife who was close to one herself.
As a result, they were in a position to receive many divine blessings.
So, whether you looked at their appearance or their physical age, weren’t they both in their 30s?
Therefore, they were already young, and now that they had become saints of Ophiuchus?
‘They’ve rejuvenated and are in their 20s.’
‘It’s not strange at all for them to have a child.’
Moreover, it wasn’t just rejuvenation.
‘Dad received Uncle’s buffs in abundance.’
Though the Blazing Lion’s owner was killed, Dad, on the contrary, was revived and his power improved greatly, they heard.
As evidence, Cheon Ji-u was still squealing with delight even now.
Anyway, that wasn’t the important part.
“Whether a son is born or a daughter is born, they’ll be a fanatic of Lord Lee Geon anyway.”
“Yes.”
The Leo saints, who had come to give Lee Geon a status report, were appalled.
But regardless, Lee Jae-won smiled contentedly, and the Cheon siblings fell into thought.
“Then what about the name? Mom, have you decided?”
At Cheon Yu-ha’s question, Cheon Ji-u shook her head, saying not yet.
“I was going to ask your father too, but I couldn’t reach him. Seems his work isn’t done yet.”
At that, Cheon Seong-jae’s eyes flashed.
“Ah!! Then I’ll name them! The youngest’s name is Geon-nim! Awesome-ultra-super-more-radiant-than-the-sun-lovely Geon-nim!”
The listening Leo saints coughed.
“O-Ophiuchus Saintess. That name seems a bit…”
“That’s right, young master. A baby’s name is restricted to 5 characters excluding the surname.”
“Hey! Lee Jae-won! That’s not the problem right now?!”
But regardless, Lee Jae-won grinned happily. He must have been as overjoyed as if he were getting his own family.
Eventually, as the Cheon siblings kept bringing up bizarre names, even names that flew off to Andromeda, the Leo saints screamed.
“Excuse me! Ma’am? If you keep this up, the child’s name will really become strange!”
“Shouldn’t you stop them?”
“Oh my, but it’s nice. Why not? We’re so indebted to Lord Lee Geon.”
“Ma’am?!”
“Hohoho, it’s a joke.”
The Leo saints shook their heads.
“We should just leave the children’s names to the father of this house…”
“Indeed. At least then it won’t be related to Lord Lee Geon.”
Then Lee Jae-won sneered.
“What are you talking about? Hugo is the most dangerous one.”
“……What?”
Lee Jae-won, sipping his yuzu tea, had an enlightened expression as if recalling old times.
It must have been when Seong-jae was born.
‘A son! A son has been born!’
‘S-Saint?’
‘Alright! The son’s name is Geon!!! Cheon Yi-geon!’
‘Saint?!’
It had been the same with Yu-ha; Hugo had been overjoyed when the second was born.
And the day after Seong-jae was born, Hugo, who had been drinking at an important event, had immediately rushed to the community center to submit the birth registration.
‘The son’s name is Lee Geon!!’
Well, Cheon Ji-u had also agreed, so Hugo had excitedly submitted the son’s name, but.
‘What?! It’s legally blocked? The name Lee Geon?!’
‘Uh, yes…! Due to potential misuse, temporarily…’
‘Then what about Cheon Geon?!!’
‘Th-that’s also a bit…’
‘No, why!!!’
‘W-well, please come back tomorrow for now! You might regret it!’
‘I won’t regret it!!’
Thanks to the quick-witted civil servant, the situation of Seong-jae becoming Geon was mercifully avoided.
But hearing that story, the person in question burst into tears.
“Why!!! Why did they stop it!!! Why!! My name!! It was a chance to have the same name as Uncle! Whyyy!!!”
“……”
As Cheon Seong-jae beat the ground and wept, the Leo saints decided to stop talking.
And just then.
“What’s this, it’s so noisy.”
“!!”
A familiar face appeared in the Sagittarius Sanctuary.
“Uncle!”
Everyone was surprised by Lee Geon’s appearance.
Lee Geon was entering with Goat. As a bonus, he had a bundle of unidentifiable tripe stems slung over his shoulder.
“Jae-won, are you feeling okay?”
At that, Lee Jae-won, wearing a patient’s gown, smiled.
“Yes, thanks to you, Lord Lee Geon.”
He had been treated by Lee Geon and even resurrected safely, but the aftereffects of being directly struck by Ege remained.
“Take good care of the side Chaos hit. You won’t be able to use it for a while.”
“Yes.”
As expected of a monarch-level, even with super regeneration, the aftereffects weren't cured.
Probably, one would need to be at least at Life Tier 5 to leave no aftereffects behind.
But that was fine.
“Seong-jae, can you make a human?”
Everyone was surprised by Lee Geon’s question.
Especially Cheon Seong-jae was the most surprised.
“A human?”
“Why. As a saint of life, you gained abilities and made all sorts of my clones, even making my face, didn’t you?”
“??!!”
When everyone looked at him as if asking if that was true, Cheon Seong-jae screamed.
“N-no, I never did such a…”
“What do you mean never?”
Before he could finish, Lee Geon lifted Cheon Seong-jae up and shook him thoroughly.
“Aaaaack!!”
Then, numerous pieces of merchandise fell from Cheon Seong-jae’s body!
To a frightening degree, they were all keychains that exactly resembled Lee Geon.
From the skin texture and individual strands of hair, to even the famous Lee Geon uniforms from each generation among fans.
That wasn’t all.
Unbelievable things came spilling out of the bag that had been made for storage.
And that was a 1:1 scale Lee Geon figure, even matching his height!
“Aaaaack!!”
No, it wasn’t a figure.
“Lord Lee Geon?!”
“That’s a human body!!”
Indeed. Even the composition was identical to a real human.
Because of that, everyone was horrified, and especially Lee Geon, seeing the 1:1 scale body, his eyes flashed.
“Seong-jae. What did you make this with? You didn’t just make it from imagination, right?”
“Uh, uh, well… actually, while Uncle was sleeping, I pulled out a few strands of Uncle’s hair and made it…!!”
“Hair?”
At the unexpected word, Lee Geon’s eyes flashed, and Cheon Yu-ha also grabbed her younger brother.
“Hey! How could you!! Of all things!”
“Uwaaah, Uncle! I committed a grave sin! I originally tried to make a keychain for proselytizing, but when I used the hair, suddenly that came out! I'm sorry. I’ll dispose of it right away…”
“No. You did well.”
“……As expected, I did wrong… what?”
He had come to check just in case, but after touching the 1:1 scale human model, Lee Geon smiled as if it was sufficient.
“Seong-jae. Hand over the blueprint for this. Even if you don’t have one, hand it over.”
“What?!!”
“Anyway, so if you have DNA or a body part, it can become a person like this?”
At that, Goat seemed to immediately catch on to Lee Geon’s plan.
He had already heard through Hugo that Lee Geon needed Yeon-woo’s body.
‘Lord Lee Geon is trying to personally create a vessel for Lord Yeon-woo!’
One that is much better for settling into than a paper doll or something!
And while Cheon Seong-jae could do it with his immense fanatic passion, Lee Geon was a crafting genius.
He would create a sculpture more real than real and make a vessel identical to an actual person.
It was like the Pygmalion effect.
“But Lord Yeon-woo doesn’t have a remaining body…! Then how!”
“No. There is.”
“!!”
Lee Geon took out Cheon-gong.
“Cheon-gong was made with Yeon-woo’s bone as the base.”
“?!!”
Everyone who caught the meaning of those words was horrified.
“U-Uncle! Then are you going to break Cheon-gong?!”
“Ah…!!”
“No. Not likely.”
Lee Geon went into the kitchen and picked up a whetstone.
“With Seong-jae’s principle, just a little grinding is enough.”
“G-grinding?!”
Lee Geon ground the level-1 hand axe against the whetstone with a scraping sound.
And using a Creation Workshop skill!
At the same time, light burst out.
[Cheon-gong feels refreshed as if old grime has been scrubbed away]
[Cheon-gong feels extremely refreshing]
Lee Geon diligently scraped at the core side as well.
And.
[Cheon-gong says that spot is itchy]
[Cheon-gong asks to do it gently]
And just then.
“Alright. The preparations are complete with this.”
Lee Geon raised the corner of his mouth at the shining substance that had been ground off onto the whetstone.
***
And around that same time.
“What?! Pregnant?!”
8 PM.
Hugo, who was out in the city for a brief errand, gaped.
“Right now, Ji-u is pregnant? Then our third?”
-Yeah. So stop wandering around and come quickly.
Hugo couldn’t close his mouth at Lee Geon’s call, which seemed made out of impatience.
He didn’t know what to do with the unexpected news.
It felt as if he had received a once-in-a-lifetime gift.
Perhaps Lee Geon could feel from his voice alone that he couldn’t hide his joy.
-Are you that happy?
Was that even a question.
“Of course I'm happy. You saved my younger-brother-like subordinates, and thanks to you, we even gained a new life.”
Hugo laughed honestly.
“Now if anything happens, I just need to find Lord Lee Geon.”
-What are you saying. Even I can’t save someone of god-level.
“What, you’re so incompetent.”
-If you don’t want to die, buy a gift for Ji-u and come. I’m calling in advance in case you show up empty-handed.
“Okay. I’ll buy something expensive and come.”
-Ack! Dad, don’t buy anything weird!
The Cheon siblings’ shouts were heard, and at Hugo’s hint of going overboard, Lee Geon sneered.
-Hey. Don’t be too happy. No matter what, the third one will be my fan anyway.
“Get lost, you bastard! At least my child, whether son or daughter, I’ll raise them to be a daddy’s fan?!”
And so he hung up the phone roughly.
Of course, although he said that, Hugo was sincerely grateful to Lee Geon.
After sending Lee Geon away, and after losing the subordinates he cherished like younger siblings and his beloved wife,
He had thought he would never have a reason to smile again.
‘I should buy a gift for Geon-ie too.’
But right at that moment.
“…Urk!”
Hugo suddenly vomited blood.
A terrible pain.
A strange hand was piercing his heart from behind.
When the shocked Hugo turned around, he was startled.
[We meet again?]
A person who should never have appeared had appeared.
(To be continued in the next episode)