episode_0193

“Uh?”

“Sunny This isn’t something you can eat.”

“Aww!”

“This is used when drawing pictures.”

The baby nods his head as if he understands what Rupert says.

Rupert couldn’t help but smile as he watched the sight.

“Who does our Sunny resemble to be so cute!”

“Ahhh!!”

The baby, who was held in Rupert’s arms like a kangaroo, kept trying to grab the pen Rupert was holding with his little arms, as if he was interested in it.

However, Rupert puts the pen away out of sight of the child, fearing that the pen’s sharp tip might hurt him.

It might delay work, but that didn’t matter at all.

“That’s why you say you’re a fool for your daughter.”

Sunny, Rupert’s third and youngest child, was his only girl.

Sunny was treated like a princess by her family because she was quite old compared to her brothers and was not too old considering Rupert’s age, but she was still close to being the youngest.

“Dad, what are you doing? Come out quickly!”

“Aaron, what’s going on now?”

“Robert was playing outside just now and got hurt!”

“What?!”

The voice that broke the peace of Rupert, who was having a good time with Sunny, was none other than his eldest son, Aaron.

Rupert was startled by Aaron’s words that his second son, Robert, was injured, so he jumped up from his seat.

“How much are you hurt? Father, first, treat it with the healing potion in the mansion… .”

Rupert, who followed Aaron down to the workshop, tried to calm his frantic mind as much as possible and began to think about what action to take first.

but,

pop!

“Eww!”

“Hahahaha!!! It worked! I followed the device in the mansion alone and it really worked!”

“Aaron!!!”

As soon as he opened the door to the workshop, a snowball fell on Rupert’s head. Rupert screamed at the cold sensation, but soon came to his senses and tried to get angry at Aaron.

“Why on earth is that guy so fast?”

Aaron had already disappeared from his sight, leaving only his back visible.

“Gyaruruk!!”

“Sunny, I’m glad you’re having fun too.”

Sunny, who had her head sticking out of Rupert’s chest, began to laugh brightly as if she was having fun with Rupert’s eyes rolled back and his face turned white.

Aaron, the first child born to Iolin and the next head of House Somerset.

He was even Rupert’s eldest son whose name was in the line of succession to the throne.

However, Aaron, the eldest son, had such an outgoing personality that it was hard to tell which parent he took after.

Aaron, who had been learning much faster than his peers since he was a baby, was a troublemaker, much like Ada when she was a boy.

‘Robert, let’s go out to the forest and play!’

‘Brother… Father said that the forest is dangerous, so we should never go there alone… .’

‘It’s okay, I’m here!’

It was a daily occurrence for Rupert to be troubled by his younger brother, who would trick him into going to dangerous places or playing pranks on the family servants or the workshop workers.

Of course, even Aaron had a natural enemy.

‘Aaron, you’re so energetic these days.’

‘Uh… Mom.’

‘Would you like to play in the sparring hall with this mother for the first time in a long time?’

Aaron, who watched quietly and then when things got worse, was taken to the training ground by Iolin, and for a while he became very docile.

“There’s certainly nothing scarier than being dragged to the training ground by Iolin.”

Rupert could understand Aaron’s feelings, as he had been dragged to the training ground after making several mistakes with Iolin during their early years of marriage.

But Rupert understood, and he intended to tell Iolin about Aaron’s misdeeds of turning him into a snowman.

“Because hardships make a man.”

It wasn’t because he didn’t have confidence in controlling Aaron or because he was annoyed at how Aaron always treated him.

It was just a father’s affection to convey the truth in hopes that his eldest son, Aaron, would grow up properly.

“Oh my, my princess has also been blinded.”

Rupert noticed a snowflake lightly clinging to Sunny’s head and quickly brushed it away.

As if that wasn’t enough, Rupert quickly moves to a mansion where warm temperature magic is always on, in case he catches a cold.

“Alain! Hurry up and bring me a towel and a warm blanket.”

“What’s wrong, sir?”

“Well, Aaron was messing around and Sunny fell in love with him. What if he catches a cold? ”

Alain shut his eyes tightly as he saw Rupert’s fuss.

“Master, you won’t catch a cold to that extent. And how long will you be carrying Miss Sunny in your arms?”

“But what if I miss you even for a moment?”

“I don’t know how you can say the same thing as the previous head of the family.”

Alain’s image of Rupert reminded him of the former head of the Bradley family twenty years ago.

Bradley, who had two sons and a daughter named Ada as his youngest child, just like Rupert, was a typical doting father.

Alain’s eyes briefly turned red as he recalled the hardships he had endured because of Bradley, who refused to leave Ada’s side even for a moment.

“The previous lord would have really liked Miss Sunny if he had seen her.”

“That’s right. But since you saw Robert, I’m sure your father was satisfied.”

After retirement, Bradley enjoyed a truly leisurely country life until he passed away from old age.

‘Rupert, thanks to you I can close my eyes in peace.’

Even at the last moment, Bradley thanked Rupert for not only rebuilding his family on his behalf, but also helping him rise to the highest noble family in the Empire.

‘I’m glad you were my father, too.’

Rupert reminisces about Bradley’s last moments with him… .

“It’s been over a year since you went on a filial piety tour to the Western Continent, so it’s about time for you to return.”

“Damn, he’s definitely going to try to take Sunny away from me… .”

“I’m sure you will.”

Thanks to living a carefree life since retirement, Bradley has been remarkably healthy.

Bradley, now 70 years old by other world standards, went on a filial piety tour of the Western Continent with Sir Muller, who also retired.

Rupert was already worried that Bradley would return from his trip soon and try to monopolize his granddaughter Sunny all day long.

“By the way, do you know where Robert is?”

“Are you talking about the second lord? The Oregon lord is here to play with you for a while.”

“If this guy is here, he should come to me.”

“Maybe it’s because the owner is in the studio and he doesn’t want to disturb you?”

“That guy is so nice, it’s a problem.”

Upon hearing that his older brother Richard’s son, Oregon, had arrived, Rupert left Sunny with Alain for a moment and headed to Robert’s room.

“Dad!”

“Hello, uncle.”

After knocking and entering Robert’s room, I saw Oregon drawing a picture on a piece of paper and Robert staring intently at the picture.

“If you came, you should have said hello.”

“I’m afraid I might disturb my uncle who’s working.”

“You are always welcome.”

The Somerset family was essentially a handsome family.

Bradley, the previous head of the family, also had a dignified aristocratic charm in his appearance, which captured the hearts of the noble ladies around him.

His older brother, Richard, was a manly, handsome and cheerful man.

Rupert also had sharp eyes, so he would never be left out as a person wherever he went, and Ada was famous as a beautiful knight commander even in foreign countries.

The masterpiece that the blood of the Somerset family created when it met with the elves was Oregon.

Oregon, who has inherited the blood of the elves known as the race of beauty, has been famous for his tall appearance since he was young.

And when Oregon, who had grown up and blossomed into an adult, was seen by young ladies from all over the empire and the entire continent, they would come to the neighboring Sleepy County to visit him.

Because of this, Richard and Cypris had a hard time protecting Oregon.

“Yeah, you must be busy with the series, but thank you for playing with Robert.”

“I do this because I like it.”

Despite his appearance, Oregon has a very kind and innocent personality, so he has been Rupert’s nephew who has been very fond of him since long ago.

Moreover, unlike his father Richard, he was very interested in culture and arts and followed Rupert around since he was young, and now he is on the path to becoming a cartoonist who serializes cartoons in Manapia.

Rupert secretly thought of Oregon as the successor to the Somerset estate.

‘Aaron is not cut out for this and Sunny is too young.’

Rupert, who does not show any aptitude for taking over his work among his children and does not want to force them to do it, plans to leave the rest to Oregon.

“Dad, I think Oregon is really good at drawing!”

“Really?”

“Yeah, look at this!”

Robert held up the paper Oregon had been drawing on and showed it to Rupert.

The paper contained a drawing of a red-haired woman using magic against a giant spider.

“Is this Xenia?”

“Yes, I drew a picture of my little mother defeating Arachne.”

“My mom is so cool!”

“Yes, Xenia is truly a great sorceress.”

‘And you were born with a talent greater than that of Xenia.’

Rupert patted Robert’s head once and looked around the room.

It was a task to check whether the protective magic circle jointly designed by Archmage Yustav and Magic Tower Master Xenia was drawn properly.

‘If there’s even the slightest sloppiness, the mansion might just blow away.’

Robert, Rupert’s second son and Xenia’s son.

– It’s a generational change.

When Robert was very sick with a high fever and neither the priest nor the doctor could help, Eustace, who called him in desperation, said this when he saw Robert’s condition.

Mutations that cause an individual to not resemble their parents but instead to display the characteristics of their ancestors from the previous generation are called atavism.

And it was said that Robert, who inherited Xenia’s blood, had the power of a dragon in his blood that was incomparable to Xenia’s.

“I also want to become a wizard who can beat up bad monsters like my mom later on!”

“Then, our Robert can definitely do it.”

Robert was a sore finger to Rupert.

Because the dragon’s blood was so strong, it was difficult for his young body to accept it, so he always had to live cautiously, not knowing when it would go wild.

‘I have to protect my nephew!’

And it had already been several years since Ada left, saying she would definitely find something that would help Robert.

‘I wish you could come back sometime this year.’

Rupert wasn’t the type of brother who would go around getting beaten up, but he was someone you couldn’t help but worry about.