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Luke sat up slowly.

It was foolish to expect a sane answer from the ancient bell.

“Let’s go now, Your Majesty.”

“Wait a minute. Why are you just leaving?”

Bertain hugged Elin tightly.

As if to say, if you’re going to take me, take me.

“You are talking nonsense. How can a mere human being build a dimension?”

“You are not just a human, you are a wise man.”

“Isn’t that a title that Bertain gave you alone? And I’m stupid, so I can’t do it.”

I tried to pull Elin out of Bertain’s arms, but she wouldn’t budge.

“Please release the princess.”

“Don’t judge without trying. Are you upset because I’m stupid? Huh?”

“That’s not it… .”

Luke felt something was strange.

Is there any reason for Bertain to be so hung up on?

“Okay. If you like the expression ‘hanging’, then say ‘hanging’.”

“… … Why are you doing that?”

“Because that’s the sealing method that will be the most painful for Gernom.”

Is that all?

Looking at me with those eyes.

“Only you can do it, only you. You’ll lack magic power, so I’m telling you to be with the baby.”

“… What can I do?”

There has never been a dumber question in the world.

But there’s nothing I can do.

To create a new dimension.

It’s something I never even imagined.

“I don’t know much about space magic either. But who else would do it besides you?”

Bertain looked at Luke with soul-piercing eyes.

“You’re not the only one on this continent, are you? There’s a high possibility that Gernom could create a dimension he couldn’t even imagine.”

“… … !”

Luke froze stiffly.

Bertain chuckled.

“Why. Should I pretend not to know?”

“… … ”

Come to think of it, there was no way Berthain wouldn’t have noticed.

Didn’t Gernom immediately recognize Luke’s soul?

Bertain was just not saying anything.

“This continent doesn’t exist…?”

Elin, who had been quietly (forcibly) held in Bertain’s arms, raised her head.

“I don’t think that’s something I should tell you. Ask your teacher yourself.”

Swish.

Bertain released Elin.

“… … ”

But Elin couldn’t get up right away and was lost in thought.

-I am a foreigner. It doesn’t matter if I don’t exist in this world…

It was because the words Luke said while drunk last time kept lingering in my mind.

Let’s ask what that meant.

“Later.”

“… Huh?”

“I’ll explain everything later.”

Luke avoided answering and dragged Elin away.

“… ?”

The fool’s hair became a question mark, but he didn’t bother to ask.

It was because Luke’s face turned pale, as if he had been caught in a secret that he shouldn’t have known.

“I believe you can do it. You are a wise man I recognize and a child who resembles me.”

Luke and Elin emerged from the cave, listening to Bertain’s cheering.

* * * * *

Ssss.

Ss …

Luke sent out a communication by simultaneously launching four long-distance communication sheets.

Ellen tried to talk to him after she finished writing the letter.

Ss …

After 10 minutes, I couldn’t stand it anymore and opened my mouth.

“Are there that many people to contact?”

“Not really much. I’m talking to the dukes, so that’s why.”

“… Are there any women?”

“Duke Garcea in Nordage… Why do you ask that?”

“Nothing.”

Ellen shook her head, poking out her lips.

For now, let’s just leave it alone since we need Luke’s connections.

I didn’t like the very idea of contacting a woman.

“… I don’t know what you’re thinking, but Duke Garcea is over 50.”

“What does age matter?”

Elin put the Western Duke on the list of things to keep in check.

Doesn’t Elin love Luke too?

Age is just a number when it comes to love.

“Are you doing that with the leash on?”

“That’s because the teacher is getting more and more annoying day by day.”

I was never at peace with the fact that Luke had a leash on.

Decadent eyes and dark circles.

The added leash actually creates an unbalanced charm.

The more I look at it, the more I want it.

There’s no guarantee that the other side won’t covet it.

“What did you say?”

Regardless of Ellen’s thoughts, Luke was shocked.

How could that innocent Ellen use such words?

It would have been better if they had first locked him up and put a leash on him.

“Where on earth did you learn such words?”

“I saw it in the book Bena lent me.”

Luke cried out Bena’s name inwardly.

I will not forgive you for defiling Elin’s mouth.

“Princess. Please make one promise.”

“Huh?”

“Everything else is fine, but please refrain from using vulgar language.”

“Huh…? Got it.”

It’s easy to not say things you don’t normally say.

But everything else is good?

Are you giving permission now?

Is it okay to just do whatever you want?

It was Ellin’s cheeky idea to listen to whatever she wanted to hear.

When you are wondering whether you should boldly proceed a little further.

“Are you here?”

Before we knew it, we had arrived at the airship.

Leo, who was standing on the deck, approached Elin and Luke.

“Did you get any advice?”

“Yes, I got it. But I can’t do it right away, so I have to execute the original plan.”

“…? Okay.”

Leo nodded.

If I asked Luke more, who had a complicated expression on his face, it seemed like only difficult words would come out.

“Are you going straight to the capital?”

“Yes. First, we will go to the Bucklin Mansion.”

The devil’s mark is only in the West, South, and East, so Germ would not appear only there.

Rather, if you shoot magic at the capital to break expectations, the damage will be severe.

At least we should let it be known that the devil has risen.

Exactly.

Luke opened a portal to his home after a long time.

* * * * *

But a mad demon has awakened in the North.

The news has only reached the dukes so far.

Therefore, the Bucklin mansion was filled with happiness every day.

“How did something this cute come out?”

“It’s because my daughter-in-law is cute.”

“Oh, father too. Haha… .”

Of course, Victor and Diane’s daughter.

That was because my granddaughter was born!

Benedict and Vivian thought they would never see a grandchild again until they died.

Due to the nature of battle magicians, they are often called out to the battlefield.

It seemed like the two sons had no intention of getting married.

I gave up and decided to wait until Nia’s wedding.

But what is this?

The eldest son, who didn’t seem like he would bleed even if he was stabbed with a spear, brought home a cute daughter-in-law.

As if that wasn’t enough, she even had a child that year.

“Yeah. How lucky I am that Victor doesn’t look like him at all.”

Rudy Bucklin.

It was the name of a granddaughter who looked exactly like Dien.

Rudy is fast asleep, hugged by Dien.

Vivian stroked his soft cheek.

“I think I’m going to wake up like this. You should go out.”

Victor said nonchalantly from the side.

“This kid is just… He doesn’t care about his parents because he has a child?”

“Isn’t this story unrelated to petting Rudy?”

“Why not? We are happy to see our granddaughter, happy!”

Vivian whispered, afraid that Rudy would wake up.

“I think it’s time to get up soon.”

“You too?”

Benedict shook his head.

“Luke has arrived.”

“Oh my? You’re coming now?”

Vivian put her hands on her hips and raised her eyebrows into a V shape.

She was full of resentment towards Luke.

From the time I entered the academy and we lost contact for 4 years.

Even to the point of not visiting his nephew because he was busy.

Once when Rudy was born.

Once when I was one year old.

That was all Luke had to say to his nephew.

This time, he didn’t even come to see me on my second birthday.

“I guess I should go and see how busy you are that you’re only showing your face now.”

Of course, I had no idea that Luke was locked up at the time and couldn’t come.

Just as Benedict and Vivian were about to leave the room.

The old attendant came and said.

“Master. The young master is coming here.”

“Didn’t we tell you that we were going?”

“I feel like I haven’t seen my nephew in a while, so I’ll come myself… .”

“Huh. Still, I’m glad that he’s not completely without a conscience.”

Vivian crossed her arms and glared at the door.

I was planning on spewing out some nags when Luke came in.

If you like the princess so much that you’re only going to stay in Bertain, then get married right away.

I was planning to have a cute baby and live happily ever after, and have my mom come visit often.

Squeak.

“It’s been a while. Mom, Dad. Brother and sister-in-law.”

When I saw Luke appearing with a leash on.

“… Son?!”

My heart suddenly came crashing down.

* * * * *

Luke managed to calm Vivian down.

“Okay, it’s okay. I really like it so I do it.”

“A leash?”

“… … Yes.”

I was so busy walking around with the leash on that I couldn’t think.

It is a scene that parents would naturally be worried about when they see it… .

“That’s right. The teacher asked me to do it myself.”

He somehow managed to get Elin to kiss him and made an excuse that he had worn the leash as an accessory.

“Oh, that’s what kind of taste you have, son… .”

Today, Luke’s honor seemed to have been lowered by one level.

“How can you take after your father in this way?”

“…!?”

But Luke wasn’t the only one who was lowered.

“Ahem.”

Benedict coughed and turned his head.

“… Could it be that your father too?”

“It was only like that when I was young.”

I was shocked by the honest confession.

The heads of the three great magic families had such tastes…!

“Uuuung… !”

“Oh, I woke up.”

Rudy, who had been burying himself in Dien’s hair, stretched and got up.

It got noisy because there were more people.

“… … ?”

Knock knock knock.

Rudy was frozen because there were so many people he was seeing for the first time.

“Mom… ?”

He turns his head to Dien, spitting out the words he says most often these days.

“Yeah, it’s okay. They’re guests. This is Little Daddy and next to him is… um, the prospective aunt?”

Dien looked at Luke as if asking what to call him.

“That… .”

“Yes, that’s right, Aunt.”

Before Luke could say anything, Ellen took a step forward.

“Aunt… ?”

“Yes, Aunt. You speak so well already?”

Cuteness dripped from Ellen’s eyes.

Elin also saw Rudy when he was born and on his first birthday.

I was busy before the coming-of-age ceremony, and I didn’t have time after that because I was busy taking care of Luke.

“How can they be so similar?”

Elin looked at Rudy carefully.

She’s only two years old, but she already has fluffy pink hair that reaches down to her calves.

Round and gentle eyes that resemble Dien.

Even the skin is white and soft.

It was to the point where I suspected that Victor’s genes had been deleted.

Luke muttered absentmindedly from the side.

“In the end, imagination became reality… .”

A pink ball of fur being hugged by a pink ball of fur.

It seemed like they would have no problem getting through the winter if they just hugged each other.

“So why did you come?”

When everyone was dazzled by Rudy’s cuteness.

Victor asked Luke.

“I don’t think he just came to see Rudy.”

Victor prided himself on knowing his brother well.

Luke never takes the time to see his nephew.

There must be some other matter.

“I have other business to attend to, but… why don’t you just come and see me?”

Luke tried to make excuses because he didn’t want to be such a heartless uncle.

No one here believed that.

“Tell me what your business is.”

“If we talk about it, it’s a bit long. Let’s move to another place and do it… .”

“I have to prepare Rudy’s meal soon. Keep it short.”

“Then… .”

Luke sorted out the words in his head.

To convey the crisis of the devil’s resurrection as briefly and concisely as possible… .

“Rudy can die to the devil.”

Kkudangtang!

On the other side, a more violent reaction than Victor erupted.

“… What does that mean?”

Vivian glared at Luke, her magic flowing out.