“Ahhk! This is alcohol!!”
The Leo temple’s officers almost fainted when they heard Stevens’s scream.
“What?!! Alcohol is in there?”
Stevens glared at his subordinates. “Who did it? I told you guys to put apple juice in it! Who put alcohol in it?! Is it you?! Alec!”
“What?! What are you talking about? I didn’t even touch it!”
“Was it you?”
“No way! We didn’t touch it at all! You were the one who filled it before giving it to Lee Gun-nim, Zodiac Saint-nim!”
“Wait a moment! None of you really touched it?!”
“Yes! We would be crazy to give him alcohol!”
Stevens was sweating. None of them had touched it. Did the apple juice turn into alcohol by itself? Moreover, a baby looked ecstatic while drinking alcohol?
At this point, the subordinates seemed to have wised up to the situation too.
“C…Can it be? Lee Gun-nim swapped the content by himself….”
“That isn’t possible!”
“He can fly and summon monsters. Why would it be impossible?!!”
“Damn it! What the hell is going on? We were told Lee Gun-nim doesn’t have any abilities!”
“Doesn’t this count as him being able to use his abilities?”
“Also, what kind of ability is that?! It isn’t the ability that he normally uses!”
“Is it the power of Universe?!”
Whether Lee Gun was using his abilities or not wasn’t important right now.
Stevens’s brain short-circuited. He recalled a face. It was after he had kidnapped(?) Yooha. Hugo had attacked the Leo temple on his own. Stevens remembered the expression on Hugo’s face at that time. How could he forget it?
The fact that Hugo wanted to destroy the holy ground of the Leo temple was a given. On top of that, he wanted to destroy everything related to Leo. It was as if he wanted to go back to the beginning to erase its presence.
The expression on Stevens’s face was a pure nightmare!
Of course, that incident was related to Yooha, Hugo’s daughter, but Hugo loved Lee Gun as much as his daughter. This would certainly anger him…
No! This was worse than before!! Hugo wasn’t the only Lee Gun fanatic! Damn it!!
The blood drained from Stevens’s face when he thought about the Chun siblings. The Sagittarius temple and the Serpent Bearer temple already hated him! That wasn’t all! There was Yeonwoo.
Stevens had briefly met Yeonwoo not too long ago while carrying out a commission. She seemed to treasure Lee Gun as well. In some ways, she was as scary as Eternal Change. She had sent even Leo, who had tried to mess with her, flying.
Wasn’t she somewhere in the US right now?
No! It wasn’t just Yeonwoo. All kinds of Lee Gun fanboys and fangirls existed out there…!!
Stevens’s face turned paler.
On the other hand, Baby Lee Gun looked dissatisfied about something.
“Byaa.”
His face said he would like side dishes with his alcohol. His small mouth pouted before he floated. He wasn’t even bothering to hide his abilities anymore.
Baby Lee Gun started hiccuping as he kicked with his short legs. It looked as though he was trying to swing through the air and trying to open the window to leave the building.
“Byaaa.”
Numerous high-rise buildings could be seen out the window. The place drawing Lee Gun’s gaze was the first floor of one of these buildings.
Hamburger food trucks, ice cream food trucks, donut stores, fried potato food trucks… It was food trucks galore…
The drunk Baby Lee Gun smirked nefariously. That wasn’t all.
Beyond the food trucks, he saw the Leo temple’s treasure warehouse. Treasure warehouse… Wouldn’t Hailey and Yeonwoo like that?
Grin!
Lee Gun finally used his ability to open the window.
“Byaaaa! Hiccup!”
It was a double-paned window that even a Zodiac Saint had a hard time opening. When Lee Gun opened it easily, the disciples of the Leo temple were shocked.
“Ahhk!! No!”
When the baby tried to exit through the window, they were shocked.
“You can’t go outside!!!”
“Hey! Stop him!”
Baby Lee Gun was already acting like this in here. If he went outside, it would really be the end!
“He’s a calamity!!!”
They tried to grab Lee Gun, who was about to leave.
The baby kept gurgling and hiccuping as if he didn’t understand why they were doing this. He resisted.
On the other hand, the Leo disciples hung on for dear life as if they were trying to protect(?) the earth. They grabbed Lee Gun’s legs, waist, and even his neck.
Stevens became sober.
‘He’s trying to head out toward the building where Hailey is!’
He couldn’t let him leave at all costs! Stevens barely kept a struggling Lee Gun at bay as he shouted, “Contact the Archer Saint!”
“Is Hugo still not answering the phone?!”
“We are trying! Ah! He answered it!”
Someone who had been trying to contact Hugo let out a bright smile.
Stevens looked over in relief. “Is that so? You got through?”
“Yes! We were finally able to contact him!”
“Where is he right now?”
“He is… Uh?”
The subordinate who had his phone up to his ear turned pale.
Stevens furrowed his brows. “What is it? What’s wrong?”
“That is….”
The subordinate froze when he looked behind Stevens.
Stevens wondered why he was acting like this when…
“What the hell are you guys doing right now?”
Eh?
Stevens and his subordinates, who were grabbing Lee Gun around his neck, froze.
“I ask again. What are you guys doing?”
The voice was cold enough to freeze the building.
Stevens slowly turned his head around. He saw Hugo, the Chun siblings, and several disciples of the Sagittarius temple…
Archer disciples?!!
A flustered Stevens and his subordinates acted as if they had seen a ghost. They looked at Hugo’s party.
“H…Hugo! Why are you here?!”
Hugo glared at Stevens with a scary expression. His angry gaze headed toward Lee Gun, who was being restrained by his neck.
“What the hell…are you doing…to my kid?”
Each phrase was infused with killing intent.
It didn’t matter who saw this. The situation made it seem as if they were keeping Baby Lee Gun in place and tormenting him.
Stevens knew he was screwed. He quickly tried to fix the misunderstanding.
“Hugo! This isn’t what it looks like! We aren’t bullying him! It’s because he was going on a rampage!”
However, Hugo and the Chun siblings couldn’t be reasoned with. They were already enraged.
“You dare kidnap Gun?”
“What? Whoa! Whoa! It isn’t like that. We didn’t kidnap him!”
“If you didn’t kidnap him, why would the baby be here on the other side of the world?”
“Why else? He came here himself!” Stevens protested, and his subordinates nodded along.
However, Hugo’s party appeared dumbfounded.
Yooha furrowed her brows. “You should make your excuses more believable.”
“That’s what I’m saying. How can a baby with no ability reach this place?”
Stevens felt aggrieved when the father and daughter looked at him with contempt in their eyes. “What are you talking about? He can use his abilities! We should be the ones to have an issue with you guys. You said the baby can’t use his ability!”
“What?”
“He can fly!”
“What?”
When Hugo looked at him with contempt, Stevens pointed at Lee Gun. “Here! Look at him! He’ll start floating around in the air soon!”
Everyone focused their gaze on Lee Gun.
Hugo skeptically observed Lee Gun. He didn’t believe Stevens, but Lee Gun was someone who did inconceivable things.
Moreover, the Leo Saint looked aggrieved, and his claim was plausible. There wasn’t a downside to trusting his claim.
Everyone focused their attention on Lee Gun.
Stevens wanted a favorable outcome, so he waved a snack in the air. “Here! This is the snack you wanted to eat! Go! Fly! Fly!!”
“…!”
Everyone gulped as they looked at Lee Gun.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
….
Ten seconds.
Only silence reigned.
Lee Gun didn’t start flying. In fact, he didn’t even react at all.
Hugo mocked Stevens. “Oh. Is that so? He can fly?”
Stevens froze when faced with Hugo’s terrifying smile. The Archer Saint’s mouth was smiling, yet his eyes weren't.
Stevens became desperate. “Damn it! Why isn’t he flying?!”
He picked up the baby and tossed him into the air. “Fly! Do it like before! Hurry!”
“!!!”
When Stevens threw the baby upward, he went soaring toward the sky.
This shocked everyone. They screamed as their faces turned pale from fright.
“Kyaaaaa!!”
Everyone was appalled except Stevens.
“Yes. Hurry up and fly….”
At that moment, gravity was about to take hold. However, as Lee Gun was starting to fall, Chun Sungjae used his teleportation skill to snatch him out of the air.
Tuhk!
As if taking a cue from her young brother, Yooha aimed her blade at Stevens’s throat. “Do you want to die? What the hell are you doing???”
She looked furious, and her eyes flashed. Moreover, she wasn’t the only one. All the disciples of the Sagittarius temple who had gathered here were enraged.
Then there was Hugo, who had seen Stevens throw a newborn baby in the air. A terrifying black energy emanated from his body.
“I see.”
Stevens was terrified when he heard the cold voice. It seemed Hugo had unleashed the power of a monarch. Stevens almost screamed when he saw this.
“As if kidnapping my kid isn’t enough, you’re now abusing him?” Hugo’s rage was so great that it pierced the sky.
Steven yelled as if he was aggrieved, “Damn it! It really isn’t like that! He did use his ability! In fact, he even summoned monsters! He made this building like this too!”
“Hmmph… Now you’re claiming Gun summoned monsters of all things?”
“It’s true! This is driving me nuts!”
A desperate Stevens approached Lee Gun. “Hey! Hurry up and summon them again! Summon the monsters like before!!”
Despite seeing Stevens’s desperation, Lee Gun acted innocent as he tilted his head. He also stuck his thumb into his mouth, and his cheeks looked like that of a hamster.
“Byaa?”
It was as if he was feigning ignorance.
Stevens got angry. “Hey, asshole!!! Don’t act dumb! Hurry up and summon them like before!!”
When Stevens raised his voice, Baby Lee Gun looked startled. He was on the verge of tears. “Byaa…!”
Yooha, Hugo, and Sungjae got enraged when they witnessed Stevens threaten Lee Gun. One could practically hear their veins pop from anger.
An aggrieved Stevens grabbed Lee Gun. “Hey! You laughed like the devil earlier. You beat us up, and you drank alcohol. You destroyed the building, and you took whatever you wanted from us! How can you pretend to cry like this? It’s detestable!!!”
Hearing Stevens’s angry shout, Lee Gun finally started to sniffle as he looked for someone. It was as if he was looking for his guardians. “Byaa, byaa…!”
When they saw the child’s tears(?), the eyes of Yooha and Lee Gun’s stepfather were already seeing red.
“Really? You kidnapped a baby, and you tormented him enough that he destroyed the building. To make matters worse, you let a baby drink alcohol?”
“No! Hey! This is all a misunderstanding! Yooha! Why are you taking out a rope? Stop tying me up! This is a misunderstanding!”
“It’s a misunderstanding?”
“Yes! He wanted to drink alcohol, so we swapped it out for apple juice! Turns out it was alcohol in the end! I’m telling the truth! Please believe me!”
Hugo finally exploded. “How can you spout such nonsense!!! How can you call yourself a human!!?”
In the end, it was like the time when Stevens had kidnapped a young Yooha. The hands of the Archer Saint once again razed the holy ground of the Leo temple to the ground.
Kwah-gwah-gwahng!
It seemed Lee Gun had dust in his eyes. After he rubbed his eyes, the baby’s tears were nowhere to be seen. He glanced at the building housing Hailey. Then he put on a goofy expression as he hugged Yooha. He was still drunk, so he let out a small burp.
While this was going on, the Leo temple was going through a burning ceremony.
“Zodiac Saint-nim!!”
“Ahhhhk!! Help!”
Stevens and the Leo disciples screamed. They still had no idea why Lee Gun had come here.
