Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 3

“I’ll get some water.”

Seo Eun-hye went to the kitchen and brought back some lukewarm water.

She put some formula in a bottle and added water.

Soon, the nipples were inserted into the mouths of the babies who were laying roundly on a clean blanket.

But the babies shook their heads.

They had nipples in their mouths, but they didn’t suck on them.

They whimpered because they were hungry, but they didn’t want to eat.

“Oh, Ji-yoon. If you’re hungry, eat a little.”

Ji-yoon’s mom sighed at the sight of her daughter who refused to eat no matter what.

The other babies were the same.

Only Seo-jun was drinking formula from the nipple.

Seo Eun-hye picked up Seo-jun in her arms.

She didn’t do anything wrong, but she felt awkward seeing her son eating well by himself.

Suck suck-

In his mom’s arms, seo-jun watched the situation.

His mom looked embarrassed holding him, and the other people were also pushing bottles into the babies’ mouths, pleading with them to eat at least one bite.

Suck suck-

While drinking the formula, seo-jun raised his right hand.

If he left them alone, the babies would continue to be noisy and the moms would cry too.

‘This might not work, but…’

In the baby’s right hand, there was a leaf-colored wand with stripes that no one else could see.

‘I’ve never used it like this…’

To be honest, it was his first time using a skill like [Fairy’s Sparkle].

He didn’t need such a superficial skill in the monster ecosystem where only the strong survived.

It was rather dangerous.

He had only used skills that involved fighting and surviving, and now he had to use this kind of skill.

It was quite refreshing.

‘Sparkle.’

[Fairy’s Sparkle-Lowest Level-Sparkles. It attracts the attention of children who can see everything.]

Normally, a fairy’s wings would sparkle, but Seo-jun didn’t have wings, so his hair and skin glowed slightly.

The crying babies’ eyes turned to Seo-jun, who was shining mysteriously.

The moms couldn’t see it.

Only the innocent and pure babies could see the fairy’s sparkle.

When the babies stopped crying and looked to one place, the moms’ eyes followed.

They saw Seo Eun-hye, who was sitting on the floor with Seo-jun in one arm and holding a bottle with the other.

Suck suck-

Only the sound of Seo-jun sucking on the nipple could be heard.

While drinking formula, seo-jun waved his right hand casually.

He shook the sparkle.

[The fairy’s sparkle shakes. Someone will want to imitate you.]

When a fairy’s wings sparkled, it drew the children’s attention, and when a fairy danced, the children danced along.

The fairies played tricks on those who followed them.

Sometimes they took the children into the forest and made them lost.

The fairies danced or sang or did strange things.

Strange things were most of them.

It was all the power of the sparkle.

Suck suck-

Along with the sound of Seo-jun sucking on the nipple, there was another sound from the nipples in the other babies’ mouths.

Suck suck-

The babies who were affected by the sparkle started to drink formula.

“Oh my!”

They all didn’t know why, but they realized that the babies were following Seo-jun.

The babies who were crying and refusing formula were gone, and instead, they were eating as if they had never tasted such delicious formula before.

“Seo-jun is amazing!”

“Right? They all eat when Seo-jun eats!”

The moms were overjoyed and said,

“How nice it is to see them eat like this!”

Especially Ji-yoon’s mom, who had been struggling to feed her daughter for the past few days, said with a sob.

“Ji-yoon, if you’re hungry, please eat a little.”

Ji-yoon had been refusing to eat no matter how much her mom begged and pleaded.

Ji-yoon’s mom had a headache and in tears every mealtime.

The other moms nodded in sympathy.

Mina’s mom stroked Mina’s golden hair as she sucked on the bottle and said,

“Is this what you meant?”

“What?”

The moms looked at Mina’s mom.

Mina’s mom smiled slyly and said,

“The baby version of a mukbang!”

Mina’s mom’s words made a pfft sound from the moms’ mouths.

Mukbang!

The baby version of mukbang!

“Ahahaha!”

They all laughed at the joke made by Mina’s mom, who was a vlogger who recorded and uploaded her daily life on YouTube.

“That’s right!”

“They could really do a mukbang show. They’re stars. Stars!”

Mukbang was a genre of videos where people displayed various delicious foods in front of the camera and ate them in different combinations.

It let the viewers live vicariously through the streamers and left them satisfied and helped with their diets, but sometimes it also made them order the same menu and eat along.

The babies were also influenced by Seo-jun’s eating.

“Hahaha.” the moms laughed without caring about anything else.

The babies didn’t care about the moms’ laughter either.

They looked at Seo-jun, who was sucking on the bottle, and followed him.

Soon, the bottles were empty and the moms picked up their babies.

Burp-!

Seo-jun, who finished first, burped first, and Seo Eun-hye helped Ji-woo burp.

Like a lullaby, the babies’ burping sounds filled the living room.

Fortunately, they all ate well and burped well, and they didn’t seem to vomit.

The moms put the babies back on one side of the living room and continued their conversation while occasionally looking at them.

“Seo-jun’s mom.”

“Hmm?”

Ji-yoon’s mom asked Seo Eun-hye her request.

Mina’s mom had said it as a joke, but the heart of a mom who had a baby who didn’t eat well was different.

She felt a bit embarrassed but rationalized it was for her daughter.

“I’m sorry to ask you this. But can you film Seo-jun eating and send it to me?”

Everyone was surprised by Ji-yoon’s mom’s words.

Especially Mina’s mom said in surprise,

“No. That was a joke.”

“I know that.”

Tears welled up in Ji-yoon’s mom’s eyes.

The twin’s mom quickly handed her a tissue.

“My Ji-yoon is so small compared to her peers because she doesn’t eat well. So I’ve been trying to feed her well, but she just won’t eat…”

Ji-yoon’s mom shed tears.

The moms looked at the babies.

Ji-yoon, who was holding a rattle in her hand, was clearly smaller than Seo-jun, who was seven months old like her.

She was the smallest among the five babies.

Seo-jun and Ji-yoon were different in size, but Seo Eun-hye thought that it was because Seo-jun was unusually healthy and tall for his age.

She quickly raised her hand and said,

“No. Seo-jun is just bigger than his peers, so he looks like that.”

“Sob…The doctor said that I have to feed her well… Sob…”

Ji-yoon’s mom burst into tears.

Ji-yoon seemed to notice her mom crying and her face twitched.

Seeing that, seo-jun sighed inwardly and raised his right hand to call the sparkle.

‘I don’t need this useless crying when I’m not even hungry!’

[The fairy’s sparkle sparkles. It attracts the attention of children who can see everything.]

Soon, seo-jun’s hair and skin glittered.

The babies’ eyes were drawn to him.

‘Oops! I forgot.’

The babies flocked to Seo-jun.

It was different from before when he was safely in his mom’s arms.

The babies swarmed over Seo-jun, who was lying defenseless on the floor.

They were babies who would grab anything with their hands and put it in their mouths.

There was something shiny and amazing right in front of them.

They couldn’t miss it.

Seo-jun’s glittering hair and fingers went into the babies’ mouths.

Suck suck-

They sucked on them as if they had formula.

‘Mom!’

Seo-jun looked at Seo Eun-hye, but she was comforting Ji-yoon’s mom.

His whole body was covered with the babies’ saliva.

He could have cried ‘Eek’, but he saw that the moms were having a serious conversation.

Seo-jun sighed deeply and gave himself up to the babies.

He decided to sacrifice himself for the sake of not disturbing the moms’ talk.

Suck suck-

‘But why do I feel like my soul is being sucked?’

“Really, I’m just asking you once… Sob.”

Ji-yoon’s mom clasped her hands and begged.

Seo Eun-hye’s heart softened.

Her son ate well, slept well, and pooped well.

He was healthy and never sick.

She thought he was a very rare baby.

She raised him without any worries or troubles.

She was a mom too.

So, she understood Ji-yoon’s mom’s feelings very well.

Besides, it was just filming him eating.

‘It’s not like she’s asking me for money.’

She wasn’t going to ask Seo-jun to eat every time Ji-yoon didn’t eat.

She thought for a moment and said,

“Okay. I’ll film him eating and send it to you on Banana Talk. He won’t eat now because he’s full.”

“Really?!”

Ji-yoon’s mom asked in surprise. Then she grabbed Seo Eun-hye’s hands.

“I’ll, I’ll only show it to my Ji-yoon. Only my Ji-yoon…”

She wiped her tears and said,

“I’m really grateful. Really… Thank you… I’ll repay you…”

“No, no. Just let me know when Ji-yoon eats well after watching the video.”

The twin’s mom and Mina’s mom, who were watching them, thought for a bit and opened their mouths.

“Um, seo-jun’s mom. Can you send it to me too?”

“Me too!”

“My twins are not bad eaters, but they sometimes don’t eat…”

“Mina doesn’t like baby food, so… Can you please send me the baby food version?”

Seo Eun-hye nodded at their words.

“Sure! It’s just filming him eating anyway. I’ll film him eating both formula and baby food.”

Only then did the smiles return to their faces.

Seo Eun-hye smiled too and turned her head to her son, who ate well and slept well.

“Oh my, seo-jun!”

“Mina!”

“Ji-ho, Ji-woo!”

“Ji-yoon!”

Seo Eun-hye’s son was half-resigned under the babies.