Chapter 122…
Braver Maker.
A game that plants seeds of hope—raising a hero into a true Hero.
Of course, the player can choose paths other than “Hero,”
but wars with the demon tribe break out from time to time.
Because the game has a much deeper worldbuilding than expected,
you usually end up choosing either to become a hero… or one of the very limited other options.
He continued playing Braver Maker steadily even after the collaboration stream,
and watching Rey grow day by day became a healing time he shared with the viewers.
A week passed like that.
Everyone thought the father–daughter bond between them was becoming even stronger, strengthened by the affectionate blessings of all who watched.
But Ji-han and the viewers…
…were facing the greatest crisis ever inside Braver Maker.
And it had to happen on her special day.
“Dad, I want to become an adventurer.”
Rey, age 15.
Because time flowed quickly in the game,
she was no longer the toddling little child she used to be.
“This time, instead of a gift…
Can’t you take me to a dungeon?”
On her 15th birthday, Rey proudly held up the high-tier spirit-stone necklace she had received as a gift from her dad and said:
[???]
[Why?]
[Out of nowhere??]
The chat instantly fell into chaos.
[No! Our granddaughter is NOT allowed!!!]
[Father-in-law, please calm down ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
[But look at Ji-han—his eyes are literally shaking lol]
[ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ji-han! Deep breaths! Breathe first!!]
“Why do you want to become an adventurer all of a sudden?”
“Because I learned that Dad sends me to school, buys me food, buys me clothes…
all with money you earned from running dungeons.”
“That… doesn’t really have anything to do with you wanting to become an adventurer, does it…?”
Rey’s eyebrows scrunched at Ji-han’s words.
“That means right now…”
“Rey, no. You can’t become an adventurer. It’s dangerous—far too dangerous.”
At those words, Rey bit her lip hard.
Her small clenched fist trembled.
“If you think you’re in debt to me… that’s….”
Ji-han’s voice caught in his throat.
He remembered the words his own parents had said back when he was training as a national athlete, when he was in the reserve team.
They had always supported him.
Even after his body broke down, they told him it was okay.
He forced himself to get a job just to repay them somehow…
but of course, his days at the company didn’t last long.
And thus he ended up streaming—where all those feelings had drifted into.
Ji-han, looking at Rey now…
“Of course I’m in debt! Obviously! And you’re not even my real dad!”
…saw himself reflected in her.
“…Who told you that?”
“Our hair colors are different! And the whole village says it!
The adults said so!
That Dad… Dad arrived in this village carrying a little kid!”
[Ah…]
[He’s not… hurt by that, right?]
[…That’s spicy…]
[…]
[Father-in-law is quiet…]
[Ugh… look at Ji-han’s face. How do you even respond to that face…]
“OurGranddaughterIsTheBest”—
now widely known as Ji-han’s “father”—could not type anything.
The moment Braver Maker was turned on, he would always talk nonstop…
but now he had fallen silent.
[Was this game always this spicy?]
[Especially during puberty, yeah… it gets rough.]
[But Ji-han might be a special case. Most players don’t get this immersed and just slap the kid once and end the event lol]
[Maybe it’s related to Ji-han’s upbringing?]
[Could be… but it’s not like he told us everything. We can’t pry.]
[For now…]
[Yeah… let’s let Ji-han handle this one by himself.]
“That’s true.
But I… Rey, I didn’t devote myself to you so you could repay some ‘debt.’”
Ji-han’s voice trembled.
“So let’s calm down a little—”
“I’m not angry! I just—!”
Rey shouted:
“I want to become an adventurer too!
So I can repay Dad!”
“Rey…!”
Ji-han raised his voice just as sharply.
Tension rippled between them.
“Just like my 10th birthday!
I’m not some fragile daughter who needs protection anymore!
I practiced the spirit arts Dad taught me,
and I learned swordsmanship and magic at school!”
Ji-han had never played a game with a time-flow this fast.
As his playtime accumulated, Rey grew at an unbelievable pace.
Weekly activity reports—
all those little text logs that had piled up…
…were now standing vividly before him.
“Dad. I want to become an adventurer.”
[If she had said she wanted to be a Hero, would it have been different?]
[No, Ji-han would’ve foamed at the mouth in refusal.]
[Honestly, adventurer might be the safer option lol]
[Probably an event trigger. He took her to a dungeon at age 10, and Ji-han kept clearing dungeons and killing the commanders early, so it makes sense this event unlocked.]
The chat quieted a little.
Their detailed analysis had continued for a while now.
They had watched Rey’s entire growth journey—
so this puberty clash didn’t feel like just a game event.
In that moment, with everyone immersed—
Ji-han said:
“…Then, Rey. Let’s do it.”
Just a single drop of a sentence.
He wore a serious expression.
“Dad?”
“…If you can land even one hit on me,
I’ll allow you to go to the dungeon.”
[Ji-han??]
[Are you sure about this?]
[Rey’s specs are way higher than yours even without Hero training??]
[She was chosen as a Hero candidate—her growth speed is absurd.]
[But Ji-han just doesn’t want her to be in danger, and that’s that.]
“You have to keep that promise.”
The tension between them slowly settled.
“Sally, Noah, Kua, Windy.”
At her call, the once-small spirits—now the size of mid-tier elementals—appeared.
They circled her protectively, as if standing guard.
[Wasn’t Rey’s affinity set to fire?]
[Her weekly reports show high aptitude in magic, swordsmanship, AND martial arts.]
[Plus, thanks to Ji-han, she can control spirits too.]
[You’d better be careful, Ji-han.]
“You guys, it’s fine.
Dad is…”
Ji-han muted his microphone briefly so only viewers could hear:
“…strong.”
At that moment—
Bang!
He shot forward.
“Kh!?”
Ji-han chose to strike first before she could react or draw a weapon.
But Rey was faster.
“Sally!”
Fwoosh!
A fire-lizard spirit spewed flames at Ji-han’s feet.
He stepped back, and Rey didn’t miss the opening.
“Kua!”
Water burst forth from the turtle-shaped spirit—
Sssssss—
Steam engulfed the area.
Then—
“Windy!”
Slashhh!
A razor-sharp wind blade flew in.
Rey began chanting.
[Holy— is this okay??]
[Their specs are way too different!]
[But… you realize something?]
[?? What?]
[Ji-han hasn’t been hit even once;;;]
Ji-han entered hyper-focus mode.
Not the destructive, uncontrollable kind he had used before—
he forced himself to dial it down.
He could crush everything instantly…
but this was his daughter.
Even if she was made of pixels and data,
Ji-han treated every NPC like a real living person.
And Rey—especially—felt like a living daughter to him.
“Fireball!”
Fwoosh!
“Undine!”
Ji-han summoned a mid-tier water elemental and neutralized the fireball.
Sssssss!
More steam burst out.
“Sylphid!”
At his call, a mid-tier wind spirit swept away the fog in seconds.
“Noah! Charge!”
“Gigas—crush it!”
The boar-shaped lesser spirit clashed with Gigas, the giant elemental.
Even though Ji-han’s spirit was the stronger one—
Crack!
[Holy crap;;;]
[Is that the power of the high-tier spirit stone??]
[The gift he gave her is doing all the heavy lifting;;;]
[See?? I told you! Puberty events ALWAYS escalate;;;;]
[Is Ji-han going to lose??]
[Nah;; he dodged the fragments.]
[This is stressful as hell;;]
Noah had rammed straight into Gigas’ waist, denting it deeply.
“Sally!”
She fired flames again
and began preparing a second chant.
“Fire… Strike…!”
A spell one tier above Fireball.
As she finished the chant,
the intense Hero’s aura wrapped around her body.
[Oof— that buff kicked in HARD.]
[If that hits, he dies right???]
[Can he dodge??]
[If he dodges, the whole house is gone lol]
Ji-han checked his remaining MP.
Barely enough.
If she’s still standing afterward, maybe she wins.
“Glacio.”
A single short command.
The high-tier ice spirit appeared.
[Ah… she appears.]
[Ji-han nearly died acquiring her…]
[Makes sense though, considering how strong she is.]
[But is it okay to summon THAT??]
The woman in a white dress gently touched the floor—
Crack crack crackkk!
The entire house froze as if turned into permanent permafrost.
Even the blazing Fire Strike froze solid in an instant.
Glacio didn’t attack afterward—
she simply existed, and everything froze.
‘Ugh… getting dizzy.’
MP shortage.
His vision wavered.
Why did the developers have to implement even this?
Every streamer had complained about MP sickness.
‘But I can’t fall yet.’
The battle wasn’t over.
Crack… crack… craaack…
Beyond the mist—
Something broke through the ice.
“…Ifrit. Thank you.”
Rey’s voice.
Behind her, a towering red giant emerged.
[Yep… Heroes really ARE built different;;]
[Ji-han is insane but… this is on another level.]
[She’s completely beyond standard specs.]
Through the steam, Rey staggered forward.
Ji-han readied the final blow.
“Glacio—freeze everything.”
“Ifrit! Pierce through!!”
And at the same time, Rey chanted a third spell.
Along with Ifrit’s fiery fist—
“Flame Spear!!!”
A sharp spear of fire shot forward,
meeting Glacio’s blizzard head-on.
KRRRRRSH!
CRACKKKK!!
A violent shockwave burst out.
Steam swallowed everything.
Wind roared.
A moment of silence.
As the steam cleared—
Only one person was still standing.
“…You’re really strong.
To think you’d take a head-on hit from a high-tier spirit.”
Ji-han breathed heavily.
Rey lay collapsed on the floor.
[She’s not dead, right?]
[Look—her chest is moving.]
[Still breathing. Phew…]
[Heroes regen fast. Don’t worry.]
“But like this…”
Ji-han was the victor.
But he also collapsed to the floor like a puppet with its strings cut.
“If I refuse…
…you’ll just make me go through this again, won’t you?”
He sounded a little resentful.
In the end, the dad could never win against his daughter.
Ji-han happily accepted his not-quite-a-loss.
[Uh… Ji-han?]
[What about the house?]
Only then did Ji-han look around.
Right.
He had blown up the entire house while trying to convince his daughter.
