episode_0004

Beatyrus’ eyes followed me every time I moved.

Tilt your head to the left to the left.

Tilt to the right to the right.

“Hey..”

Now that he was staring at me and drooling, I reached into my right pocket and took out a handkerchief.

Ann earlier.

-“Handkerchiefs are essential for men!”

He put it in.

He placed his hand on the table between me and Beatyrus and held out a handkerchief to wipe away the drool.

“Okay..”

“Saliva is flowing..”

Beatirus stiffened with a noticeably red face.

‘Is that enough to make you angry?’

No matter how young I am, it hurts me to hate myself this much.

After wiping off all the spit, I tried to fold the handkerchief and put it in my pocket.

“Now… just a moment!”

There was a pause due to Beatirus suddenly shouting.

“Why are you doing that?”

“Handkerchief..”

Her eyes are now fixed on my handkerchief.

Please give me “.. a new one for a low price..”

“It’s okay.”

However, he doesn’t seem to be a mean child.

When I said that with a grin, he looked at me as if he was missing something.

What’s so disappointing?

Time passed as I looked at her with a lonely smile and she was still looking at my right pocket.

-smart.

At that time, a sudden knocking sound was heard.

“Can I come in to Verador?”

I heard my mother’s voice,

“Yes. Please come in.”

-Good..

“Greetings, Berador.”

Next to her mother stood a woman with silver hair and black eyes, just like Beatyr.

“Hello. This is Berador von Amorae.”

When I bowed my head and said that, my mother introduced herself with a smile.

“You are polite. I am Sylvia von Veritas.”

The head of the Veritas family.

Actually, the head of the family will come personally to get his daughter engaged.

She still spoke with a kind smile on her face.

“Please take good care of my daughter who is lacking a lot.”

“Uh.. Mother!”

Sylvia mercilessly disses her daughter.

However, it was inevitable that some rejection would occur.

No normal person would think of being engaged to a 5-year-old girl very positively.

‘What is the age difference?’

Beatyrus did not feel like a woman, but just a child.

So you’re engaged to a child?

I feel a little self-destructive because I feel like I’ve committed a crime, but what can I do?

“Please take care of me.”

Because I don’t have the option of rejecting it in the first place.

And marriage is still a long way off, so it will be okay.

“When will you have the engagement ceremony?”

“Mother!!!”

“Coughing..”

maybe?

***

It was decided that the engagement ceremony would be held on the day Beatirus and I turned 6, and Beatirus returned to the dorm with his lips pursed.

Her mother also went back to comfort her with a lonely smile, and my mother headed to the restaurant to prepare a meal.

Since I still had time to eat lunch, I went to see my father.

-smart.

“It’s me, father. Can I come in?”

“Who is that?”

A prank my father played a lot when I was young, even when I lived on Earth.

I almost felt a little homesick, but I forced myself to hold back.

“This is Berador. Can I come in?”

“Come in.”

-Kkiik.

My father sitting in a chair and documents piled up next to him.

The office had a slightly musty paper smell, but it didn’t bother me too much, perhaps because it was well-ventilated.

“I was worried a lot, but now he speaks well.”

“Sorry for causing you worry.”

“No problem. I should be sorry.”

In the front of the office, there was a table and chair where my father always sat and processed documents, and to the left was a sofa where I could relax, so I sat on the sofa, and my father also sat on the same sofa, patting my head and asking.

“So what’s going on?”

Feeling my father’s slightly clumsy touch, I closed my eyes and thought about what to say.

The magic, cloth talent, and mana that appeared when I looked at the status window yesterday.

The only thing that’s a bit of a problem is that Chun’s talent level is very low.

Only D grade.

I don’t know how effective it will be, so I’ll pass on it.

Magic was clearly divided into low and intermediate levels, so it was okay.

Then there is one thing left.

Relative value of mana.

“How much mana does your father have?”

If you ask, you won’t know the exact number, so I wonder if there’s any way.

“Your father is a great wizard, right?”

“Okay.”

“So how much magic can you use?”

“Hmm..”

He taught me that mana is the number of times magic can be used.

If so, the correct answer would be to ask this question.

“Wait a moment.”

My father stretched his hand toward the bookshelf.

“Supérfĕro.”

At the same time, something blue flew out of my father’s hand and the beads on the bookshelf floated in the air.

-Ssss..

The marble that floated fell from my father’s hand.

“This bead can tell how much mana a person has.”

“Wow..”

In that case, it wouldn’t have mattered if I asked about mana directly.

“Let’s see..”

My father placed his hand on the bead and closed his eyes.

-Grumbling…

There was a sound like a bell ringing, and my father removed his hand.

“This is my mana level.”

The mana value written on the bead is one hundred and twenty.

“This father had a mana value of 90 when he was your size. You should try it too.”

Oh.. Cheongchuleoram..?

My father lifted my hesitant hand directly onto the bead.

-Grumbling…

The measurement has been completed.

When my father read the numbers, his eyes widened.

“..white..white ginseng?”

It seems that the path I have to take has been decided.

“Father.”

“Uh..”

“Please teach me magic.”

“..That would be good..”

My father seems a little distraught.

Are you that shocked?

“Phew.. son..”

“Yes?”

“Do not tell anyone about this.”

“..Yes?”

My father gave advice in a serious voice.

“Never…you should never reveal your mana value.”

“Yes…”

It was my first time seeing my father’s serious expression, so my body trembled a little.

“I have the highest mana level in this world. Did you know that?”

“Yes.. Because you are an archmage.”

“On average, at your age, you have about ten mana.”

“Yes?”

The average mana is twelve.

It exceeded the average ten times,

Only then did I realize how serious it was.

“..There must be a lot of people trying to target me..”

“Yes. Because strong power creates fear.”

Rather than being welcomed by a sudden strong force, there is a high possibility that it will try to kill you.

They say it may be a threat in the future.

Not everyone will, but you never know.

“I’ll tell you about magic starting tomorrow. Tomorrow, the Veritas family will all leave… Even though I am engaged to the Veritas family, I cannot trust anyone except my family now.”

“..I understand..”

‘If this continues, I won’t end up distrusting humans..’

However, according to the words of my father, the ancestor Munchkin, there is nothing bad about it.

These are all words that come from experience.

“Then go back.”

“Yes! Take care.”

-Kkiik

When I left the office, Anne was waiting for me.

“It’s time to go eat.”

“Yes..no, let’s go!”

After that, I followed Ann to the restaurant.

When we arrived at the restaurant, we saw Beatyrus and her mother, Silvia, still looking upset.

“Welcome, my son-in-law.”

“Mother!!”

Beatyrus’s mother, who calls me her son-in-law, and Beatyrus relaxes and glares at his mother again.

“Here comes the food!”

“””Wow..”””

My mother and the chef came in with those words.

I think this is my first time seeing that guy too..

“Oh. Nice to meet you, master. It’s my first time seeing the others too. My name is Francis, the chef of the Amorae family.”

Francis takes off the white hat he is wearing and bows his head slightly.

Food was pouring in behind him.

“I’m not good at it, but I hope you like it.”

“Your humility is excessive. It is rumored that the food of the Amorae family is delicious.”

I had no choice but to agree to this.

Because I have never eaten such delicious food in my life.

Today too, everyone gathered here began to eat deliciously.

Beatirus eats food and opens his eyes wide.

Her mother, Sylvia, is wiping away something from the corner of her mouth.

My mother Sorut and I, Berador, look at it and smile.

We finished the meal with laughter.

***

“Haa..”

The husband of the head of the Amorae family, who remained in the family room.

Geoff von Amorae played with the beads and sighed.

“Why.. this happens..”

The reason I told my son that he was in his 90s was because I thought he might be conceited by saying he was higher than average, so I called him high.

In fact, at my son’s age, his mana was 45.

Even with that much mana, he could face all the evil in the world.

But his son… is a whopping 100.

“God…”

I hope nothing happens to my son.

no.

No matter what happens, I will stop it.

Because that’s what parents do.

‘I guess…’

I think I need to start training again.

Because the time has come to sharpen a dull knife again.

I also have to tell my wife…

“It’s been a while.. maybe I should get serious..”

His blue eyes began to glow golden.