episode_0166

The seasons changed twenty-eight times.

To put it another way, seven years have passed.

“I’ll be back!”

Standing in front of the main hall of the duke’s residence, Aria smiled brightly while wearing a navy blue school uniform. With Eril and Kaltara standing in the back.

I am 12 years old this year, and if someone asks me what school uniform is, there is only one answer.

“Is early admission correct?”

Deltan said bluntly.

Agnes responded with a chuckle.

“Why, you should be proud.”

“You’re so proud, you don’t need to go to the academy if you’re at Aria’s level. It’s a waste of time.”

“You’re going to enjoy your youth. I think I am making the best use of my time.”

“If that’s the case, go at the same age as everyone else.”

“I can’t take it anymore.”

Deltan couldn’t stop grumbling.

It’s not that it’s not, but the thought of sending my daughter, who is only 12 years old, to school, even to boarding school, makes me feel very upset.

After all, how could it be easy for parents to let their daughter, who is still so young, live alone?

Deltan added another word out of regret.

“Now I’m only in 3rd place… .”

“Dad said he didn’t even know how to use magic at my age.”

Deltan narrowed his eyes at Aria’s words.

I couldn’t help but be so obnoxious about my daughter, who was so stubborn and didn’t want to give up even a single word, like someone else.

“Do you really have to go? Leave this dad?”

“Dad plays with Mom.”

“It’s more fun to play with you… .”

Agnes’s gaze is sharp.

Deltan immediately swallowed his words.

Aria giggled and came over to hug Deltan.

“I’m all grown up.”

“I didn’t grow up.”

“I’m old enough to go to school. Dad knows too, right? What a great person the father and daughter are.”

Deltan gave up trying to stop him any further.

No parent can beat their child.

It’s a statement that surprisingly fits whoever made it.

Deltan said as he hugged Aria.

“… If you’re having a hard time, tell your dad right away.”

“Yes.”

“If there is someone who is harassing you… .”

“I’ll tell Kaltara.”

“If the professor behaves rudely… .”

“I will refute it. Because I use magic better than the professor.”

A chuckle came out of the Deltan’s mouth.

“Study hard. I made a lot of friends.”

After saying that, the Deltan knelt down and made eye contact with Aria.

Then Aria sighed and kissed Deltan’s cheek.

I can feel the sound of lips touching my cheek.

Only then did Deltan let go of Aria with a satisfied expression on his face.

“Mom is doing well too. I’ll write you a letter!”

“Yes, Mom will be playing with Dad. I may not have as much fun playing with you as I do with you.”

It’s a joke, but why does it feel so creepy?

Deltan looked at Agnes.

Then Eryl said.

“Duke, if you don’t leave soon, the dormitory processing time will run out.”

“Boss! Lions throw their children off cliffs! Stop worrying!”

Anyway, there is no one who takes my side.

Deltan nodded and waved his hand.

“Come back.”

“I’m really going!”

Aria immediately turned around and walked out the door.

Afterwards, Eril and Kaltara left and the door closed.

thud!

Silence rose in the hall along with the sound.

Deltan said.

“I don’t even look back. A heartless daughter.”

“It’s the best time to be friends.”

“Still, there is affection between father and daughter.”

“Anyway, there is no such thing as an unexpected outcome.”

Agnes crossed her arms.

“Okay, let’s go in. You’re not going to be here all day, are you? and… .”

Agnes said this and pursed her lips.

Deltan nodded.

“… Yes, we should prepare too.”

A little early Aryan independence.

There was something else it meant.

“The two of us are traveling together. It’s been a while.”

The two of them had to leave now.

To a very distant place, for quite some time.

*

It is now 12 years ago.

The day the Deltans collapsed the hall and faced ‘death’, they made a deal with death.

-I’ll find people to replace the hall. Even if they have to scour the entire dimension, they are honest and thoughtful people.

It was true that the Hall of Fame was an enemy group to the Deltans, but unfortunately, the Hall of Fame was an indispensable group.

Without them, and without their control of living organisms, most existing dimensions would not be able to handle the new life and would self-destruct.

Therefore, a substitute was needed.

An alternative to choose food for death.

A replacement that will prevent death from randomly devouring the dimensional world.

‘Now I have to start slowly.’

Originally, we had planned to build a new hall only after Aria had grown up, but with Aria gone, there was no need to waste more time.

“Deltain.”

I raised my head at Agnes’ call.

Agnes, who didn’t look any different from when she was twenty years old, smiled while wearing a flowy dress.

“How about it?”

“It’s pretty.”

“You too, change. Are you really going to wear a suit?”

“I think so for now.”

“It’s our first date in a long time. Can’t you cheer me up a little?”

“It’s not a date, it’s work.”

“You two are traveling together, so you can call it a date. Kandori Delta Inn.”

Tap, Agnes flicked the tip of Deltan’s nose.

Deltan wrinkled his nose and chuckled.

“You look in a really good mood.”

“Playing with my daughter is so fun, and thanks to you, this time has become precious.”

“I am a sinner.”

“I’m glad I didn’t.”

Deltan already knew that insisting on wearing a suit here would only do him harm. It was wisdom learned after 12 years of marriage.

Deltan headed straight to the dressing room.

Then Agnes followed, humming and choosing clothes together.

“Wear light clothes. Since I’m a one-piece dress, I think you’ll want clothes that feel like spring, too. Um, white shirt and beige pants. Let’s take out a cardigan too.”

“Why the cardigan?”

“If it gets cold, I will take your clothes for you.”

Are you already thinking that far?

Deltan engraved Agnes’ image on his entire retina.

It’s so adorable to see him so excited.

What also comes to mind is the feeling of guilt that I haven’t been able to take care of her enough.

Was it the situation of leaving, or was Agnes looking so excited the cause?

Feeling excited together for no reason, Deltan hugged Agnes from behind.

“Let’s just do it roughly.”

“Huh?”

“You can take all the clothes here. What are you choosing?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Agnes muttered, “There was a way,” and continued with a bright smile.

“It’s been a long time since I saw you use magic, so I forgot.”

“Fool Agnes.”

“You’re so noisy, you idiot Deltan.”

Agnes hugged Deltan’s arms around her body.

“Then let’s fool around a little more and then go.”

“I’ll ask Gerhart to make the coffee.”

“Okay, just drink that and let’s go.”

A long sound of laughter echoed through the dressing room.

*

The moment the compass touches the floor, a portal opens.

It was a black pit-shaped door, so I couldn’t see the other side.

Agnes asked that.

“Where are you going?”

“First of all, I’m going to go there because Lastoria told me something.”

“Huh?”

“They said there was one suitable person.”

Agnes tilted her head.

“Is there any more information besides that?”

“The level of civilization is similar here. It’s a town alive with magic and mystery, and the woman said it’s a place that just fought a continent-wide war.”

“It seems dangerous.”

“There is no way it could be dangerous when I am there.”

Deltan giggled.

Agnes couldn’t help but laugh at his confidence.

“Then will you believe it?”

“Any amount.”

The two held hands.

Eventually, I stepped into the pit.

*

The world beyond the pit was like that no matter who saw it.

“Academy?”

“I think so.”

We arrived at a terrace.

The first thing that comes to mind when I look at the buildings crowded around me and the age and clothing of people passing by is that of an educational institution.

Deltan summoned mana without delay.

‘Surely Lastoria said it.’

If you release mana beyond a certain concentration, there will be someone who will react.

It was soon after that Deltan realized what those words meant.

“Grrr… .”

I heard the howl of an animal.

It was right after.

Deltan turned his head to check the direction from which the sound came.

“… Dog?”

“You have three eyes.”

There was a black puppy big enough to fit into Aria’s arms.

What was special about it was that it was a strange dog that, in addition to its original eyes, could raise a third eye between its eyebrows.

No, there is something else special about it besides just the eyes.

“Huh… .”

I laugh out loud.

It’s not just a puppy.

The energy it contained was unusual.

At least, there is a level of energy that can easily tear apart a high-level demon, and an aspect that is foreign to mana.

What kind of creature is this?

It was the moment when such a question arose in the minds of Deltans.

“Hyria!”

A young man’s voice rang out.

Immediately after, a boy of about 15 years old quickly running towards this direction was engraved on the Deltan’s retina.

White hair and gray eyes, the moment Deltan saw it, he realized.

‘It’s him.’

This boy is the ‘suitable person’ that Lastoria spoke of.

‘What… .’

Are there all these monsters out there?

The potential for power it holds is comparable to that of Aria.

Obviously, even if you were an ordinary human being, you would be at the same level as Aria, the ‘Eternal Contract’.

“Aaaah!”

“I told you not to threaten people! Come here.”

The boy held the puppy.

Then, the puppy belatedly starts acting cute.

“I’m sorry. You were very surprised, right?”

The boy belatedly lowers his head.

Then he straightened his back and spoke again.

“But you’re someone I haven’t seen before? I remember all the faces of the people at the academy.”

“… .”

“Are you an outsider? What brings you here? Oh, more than that, what is your name? If it’s okay, I’ll guide you.”

Agnes whispered to the words spoken with a grin.

“He’s a very good kid.”

Deltan listened to those words, looked at the boy, and asked.

“What is your name?”

“Yes?”

“Let’s hear your name first.”

The boy blinked.

Then he said.

“Wow, it’s been a while since I introduced myself. No matter where I go, no one knows me.”

The smiling face was quite picturesque.

The boy put down the three-eyed puppy named ‘Hirya’ and spoke politely.

“Lennon, I am Lennon.”

Gray eyes sparkled with a smile.

“The next great success of Elia, a prosperous kingdom, will you understand if I say this?”

The wind blew.

It was such a natural and artificial wind that it felt as if the entire world was moving to make his presence shine.

Deltan responded by engraving the phenomena on his body.

“I don’t know.”

“I didn’t think so… huh? yes? Huh?”

A blank expression appeared on Lennon’s face.

Agnes burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, the three-eyed puppy, Hiria, hung out his tongue and panted innocently.

“G, you really don’t know? Holy kingdom Elia! Lennon Saint-Laure! Then what about my father? What about your mother? Hawk, oath… .”

“I don’t know.”

“… .”

Deltan laughed at Lennon’s face, which looked blank like an idiot.

I laughed at the self-consciousness of a middle school student and the thought that he was a fun guy no matter what.

‘It must be easy to trick you.’

Deltan finally managed to control his laughter and spoke.

“More than that.”

“… Huh?”

“Would you like to work with me? It’s a bit of a big deal.”

As he spoke, a look of puzzlement appeared on Lennon’s face.

Deltan held out his hand.

“Let’s save the world. With me.”

This day was the day that the first button in the strong relationship between Delta Hebron and Lennon St. Lor was established.