Hero Returns as a Rookie Dad

The man gazed up at the night sky with mixed emotions. There were three full moons aligned in a row, indicating that this place was not on Earth.

“Has it been 50 years…?” The appearance of this phenomenon occurs every 10 years, and this was his fifth time seeing it.
On his honeymoon, he was summoned to a world where swords and magic existed, while science did not.

“I hope she’s doing well.”
Han Binna, his wife, was separated from him on their first day of marriage.

She was the driving force that helped him survive even in the most desperate situations. “She couldn’t have fallen for someone else, could she?”

The man began to worry.

Han Binna was more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen.

However, on their honeymoon, her husband disappeared, and there were wolves around her who wouldn’t leave her alone.

“What if that’s the case…?”

The man felt a sense of despair at the thought of the worst-case scenario. Then, a woman appeared behind him, flashing with elegance.

The woman, who made him feel a sense of awe with her silver hair and beauty, shook her head, saying, “You’re a real joke. You, who are admired as the Hero by all humans, are trembling because of a mere woman.”

As the woman said, the man was a being called the Hero. He had won every battle, and eventually defeated Helldiak, the demon who wanted to destroy the world.

However, he was currently in a ridiculous situation like trembling in fear because of a woman.

“Oh, Silvy is here?” The man greeted the woman with a bright smile. Even though he saw the woman, so beautiful that his eyes would spin, he didn’t feel any affection in his heart.

“You! I told you not to call me that way! My name is Aesylis Lysaire, of the great Silver Dragon clan!” Aesylis exclaimed angrily.
She was a dragon known as the Mistress of Magic, the Apex Predator, and the Transcendent Species.

“Ugh, what a long name. I’ll just call you Silvy because it’s easier,” the man replied.

He was not only unafraid of her reaction, but he also laughed even louder, which was a testament to his strength in not being intimidated by a dragon.

“Whatever, do as you please,” Aesylis sighed, her expression showing her frustration.

The man continued to laugh and looked up at the three moons slowly aligning in the sky, signaling his time to return to Earth.

Aesylis watched him silently before approaching and sitting next to him.

“By the way, did you say her name was Binna?” she asked, referring to the woman the man had called his wife.

“Yeah, Han Binna. Why do you ask?” he replied.

“Just curious…”

The man looked at Aesylis with surprised eyes.

“What, why are you looking at me like that?” When he stared at her, she blushed slightly.

“It’s unusual that a dragon, like you, is curious about humans.”

Dragons, as supreme racial rulers, were beings different from any other creature, including humans.

From birth, they possessed magic and had enough power to destroy a small city, so humans were like ants to them. That’s why it was unusual that Aesylis took an interest in humans.

“Isn’t it natural to be curious? You’re willing to give up everything you can enjoy here, just for a mere human.”

“Well, I suppose you could be curious if you put it that way.” The man nodded his head. He finally understood now that he had heard her explanation.

“So, what’s the answer?”

“Binna…” The man thought of his wife, Han Binna. Just thinking about her made him smile happily.

“She’s the woman who made me who I am now and gave me the chance to be here.”

He had gone through a desperate situation during his high school years. As an orphan, he was often bullied. But no one around him helped him, so he eventually gave up on everything.

That was when Han Binna appeared in his life. She was a woman who shone as her name suggested. She brightened up everything around him and changed him, the man who had given up on everything.

When he was with her, he would laugh even when he was in despair. Those gloomy times became happy times.

That’s why Han Binna was the woman who was everything to him.

So from the day he arrived in this world until now, his goal has remained the same: to return to Earth and be together with his wife, Han Binna.

To do that, he needed to survive, and so he learned everything he needed to protect his body, including swordsmanship, magic, and everything else necessary for survival.

That’s why he was known as the Hero.

“I see.”

Aesylis had something she wanted to say to the man today. ‘Wouldn’t it be nice for you to just stay here instead of going back to Earth?’
But she kept those words to herself.

She couldn’t bring herself to say those words after seeing the man’s happy smile.

“Oh! Finally!”

At that moment, the man sprang up from his seat.

Three full moons in the sky began to align in a straight line.

“So, this is the last time…”

Time was meaningless to dragons, who lived for thousands of years, unlike humans. But today, she felt that time passed by cruelly fast to her.

“Go up to the magic circle.”

At her words, the man moved to the center of a massive dimensional teleportation magic circle.

The time ratio between this world and Earth was 10:1.

It may only seem on Earth that man disappeared for 5 years.

“I understand,” said the man, walking towards the center of the magic circle with a lighter step than ever before.

At that moment, the three full moons in the sky aligned in a straight line.

All the mana in the world was attracted to this area in an instant.

“Go-o-o!” As Aesylis used the mana to activate the magic circle, the mana hovering in the air surged and began to gather toward the circle.

“Don’t worry… Your wife, Binna, would never be attracted to other men,” Aesylis said with a smile, after confirming that the magic circle had been activated properly.

“Is that so? Well, with a husband like me, no other man could catch her eye,” the man replied.

Normally, Aesylis would have cursed him as a crazy person, but this time, she didn’t say anything positive or negative.

“Will we ever see each other again?” the man asked Aesylis.

“Probably not,” she replied.
The man nodded silently and said the words he had wanted to say to her for so long.

“Thank you for everything, my friend, Aesylis Lysair.”

With those words, the man disappeared within the burst of light.

“Friend…” Aesylis stood still for a long time, staring at the spot where the man had disappeared.

***

Not long after, the man appeared out of nowhere. He was the man called Hero in the other world called Gea.

“Long time no see…”

The man was captivated by the white hotel in front of him. This hotel was where he had come on a honeymoon with his beloved wife. It was also the place where he had been before going to the other world.

“I should look around later, let’s find Binna first.”

Although he wanted to look around the hotel and reminisce about old memories, he held back. He could do it together with his beloved wife after finding her, it wouldn’t be too late.

“I’m glad I kept this safe.”

The man took out a strand of black hair from his space. It was the hair of his wife, Han Binna.

By coincidence, it had stuck to his body when he first came to the other world. The man thought of the hair as his wife’s presence and kept it dearly during his time in Gea.

“Find the owner of this hair.”

The man used magic. It was a spell that let him find the owner of the object he is holding.

Flash-!

And so the man disappeared within the light.

“Hope Orphanage?”

The place where the man reappeared was an Orphanage.

“I guess my mana was running a bit low.”

Originally, it was a spell that moved the caster beside the owner’s location, but the man had lost most of his mana while crossing dimensions.

“It’s over there.”

Still, there’s some mana left seeing that the hair, right now, was like a laser pointing towards a specific location.

The man moved in the direction indicated by the hair with a joyful heart, thinking of seeing his wife soon.

“Huh? Is this the right place?” The man arrived at the location indicated by the hair and stopped.
Several children around the age of six were gathered there.

“Did I not have enough mana after all?” The man thought his spell had failed. So this time, he took out an object that could replenish mana from his dimension space and decided to use magic again after replenishing his mana.

“······” As the man was about to use magic, he hesitated. It was because he heard the voices of children from behind.

“Narae is a liar.”

“Narae lies every day.”

“I-I-I’ve never lied before!”

“Ugh, Kang Narae is lying again. She says her parents are still alive.”

Several children were harassing one child, and when he heard the name of the child being bullied, the man stopped.

Narae, in the Korean language, means wings.

It was the name that the man and his wife had promised to give their child, hoping that she would grow up freely with wings.

And above all else···

The cute and lovely face of the girl was somewhat familiar.

“Who’s coming?”

“It’s an awakened hunter! Run away!”

As the man walked slowly towards the child, the children who were harassing her started to run away.

“Are you okay, little one?”

“Yes, I’m okay.”

The child, who was weeping, quickly wiped her tears with her arms and replied bravely when she saw the man.

His heart raced at the sight of her.

Not even during his battle with Helldiak his heart ever race, back then his heart remained calm.

“But what are you doing here, uncle? I’ve never seen you before······”

The child realized that the man was a stranger and backed away, wary.

“I’m not a bad person, little one,” the man said, trying to be as friendly as possible.

“Bad people don’t admit they’re bad, my mom said that.”

But despite the man’s efforts, the child remained wary.

“That’s not true… but can I ask you something, Narae? I’ll give you some delicious candy in return if you answer me,” the man said while pulling out candy from his pocket.

It was candy he had specially requested from a candy artisan from the other world for his wife, who loved candy.

“Okay,” the child hesitated before finally nodding her head, unable to resist the temptation of candy.

“What’s your mom’s name, Narae?”

“Um, my mom’s name?” The child hesitated.

“Well, I thought you might know her since you seem to know everyone,” the man said, trying to be friendly.

“My mom’s name is Han Binna,” the child replied reluctantly.

As soon as he heard the name, the man’s heart began to beat faster.

“It could be a coincidence,” he thought. Although the name Han Binna wasn’t common, it wasn’t that rare of a name.

“Do you know your dad’s name too?” He asked.

The child only nodded and looked away.

“You don’t have to worry about lying to me, Narae. I have a special ability to detect lies,” the man said, realizing why the child was so

hesitant.

“Re-really, do you have that ability?” the child asked nervously.

“I’m not joking!” Hearing his response, Narae sighed in relief.

“So what is Narae’s dad’s name?”

“My dad’s name is… Kang Haon,” the child replied.

At that moment, the man felt as if his heart had stopped.

Kang Haon is his name.