episode_0231

“Uuuu! Butterfly!”

Asha chases the butterfly deep into the forest. Adele was in my arms, so I couldn’t chase after her, but I wasn’t particularly worried.

Normally, it would be easy to get lost in the forest, but for elves, it is like a home.

And I was ‘Titania’ who earned the respect of the elves.

Oh, of course, just because I am Titania doesn’t mean I suddenly become bright on forest paths and nature treats me warmly.

It just means that with just one word from me, the elves that come out of the forest anytime, anywhere will be keeping a close eye on my child.

“I still chase after butterflies whenever I see them…”

The person who was not a cat but would become a great dragon had a great obsession with small animals.

Actually, I’m not in a position to say anything about this, since I unintentionally tore off the wings of many dragonflies in the countryside when I was young.

“Dad~”

“Yeah~ Adele doesn’t have to walk?”

“It’s nice to be hugged by dad.”

“Really?”

As my children grew up, I wanted to take on the role of a decent father, but there was nothing I could do about the corners of my mouth that would naturally rise at times like this.

From the beginning, Adele had a tendency to want to cling tightly to her mom and dad, but she felt especially strongly about following me.

Of course, it was inevitable because, unlike me, who had a wide range of movement, Arjen was in the middle of recuperation, so naturally the time he spent with me increased.

Actually, if you think about it, Arjen is the one who wants to be by my side more than anyone else…

“Oh my gosh, I’m really going to miss it.”

Even though he could have had the elves figure out Asha’s location, he had no intention of intentionally leaving her alone and then asking for someone else’s help.

Of course, I usually take care of their help when an emergency situation arises.

Because I’m a dad.

“Sirocco.”

With Sirocco’s help, I flew up into the sky. Thanks to this, Adele’s pupils naturally widen as she is held in my arms.

“Shirokoo!”

“Hello, Adele!”

The wind spirit in the form of a small woman met all the elements of being a young dragon’s best friend.

“Sirocco, let’s fly slowly like this.”

“Are you looking for Asha again?”

“Yes.”

No matter how easy it is to wander through the forest, there is no need to worry when looking at it from the sky.

Even if the densely grown trees obscure Asha’s appearance, it is not a problem.

Asha may be young, but she is a dragon. This is because it has powerful magical powers that cannot be found in normal nature.

Even if you can’t handle that power properly, it’s very easy to sense it.

No, conversely, since I couldn’t handle it properly, it was better to make it easier to find. If you are conserving magical power, it may be difficult to find.

“There it is.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the Scirocco glided quickly. Adele cheered like a child riding a roller coaster and enjoyed the feeling of speed as she was held in my arms.

There will be no more thrilling play than this for baby dragons who cannot fly on their own yet.

“Asha. What are you doing here?”

Asha, who had been running around without a clear destination, stopped in place.

Asha was staring blankly at one place without answering my call.

“Why are you looking at me like that, ah…”

The place where Asha looked was where spider webs were spread between the tree branches.

The butterfly that Asha was chasing was caught in a spider’s web, unable to struggle properly, and was being eaten by the spider.

“Dad! Spider, spider turns into a butterfly!”

“Oh, that’s not bullying.”

“Mom tells me that I shouldn’t be a dick to others! Then they say tttjjittti…oh?”

Asha must have heard me belatedly, so she stopped what she was saying and opened her eyes.

“Isn’t it a dog treat?”

“Yes.”

“But you say the butterfly is in pain?”

I finally made up my mind that it was time to explain the food chain to my son.

“Dad will explain. Asha, do you eat every day?”

“Wow!”

“Does mom cook delicious food?”

“Wow!”

“The spider is eating right now too. When Asha eats meat, the spider eats butterflies.”

“Mugger a butterfly!? Sarah is there!?”

Perhaps because he grew up eating only well-cooked meat, he didn’t seem to understand the concept of eating something alive.

“The food my mother made for Asha and Adele was originally from live animals.”

“Ugh!?”

Adele, who was quietly listening to the story in my arms, looked surprised as the story became more interesting.

“I’ve never seen a cow or a pig… Come to think of it.”

Once again, I realized that I wasn’t really showing my children a variety of things.

When I was on Earth, I promised myself that if I ever got married and had children, I would go to a lot of zoos and aquariums.

“Okay, let’s go see it.”

I also hugged Asha with my other arm. As I flew into the sky with my two children in my arms, the forest soon disappeared and a plain appeared.

“Wow….”

“It’s over there. Asha, Adele. Hey, do you see that?”

Finding animals in the sky was easy. On the one hand, I felt sorry for myself for not having done such a simple thing until now.

Asha and Adele were very interested in seeing a herd of live cows for the first time in their lives.

“Wow… is that meat?”

“Yes. Those kids become meat.”

“They look so different!”

Seeing is worth hearing. I decided to show you how meat is actually made. It’s also time for lunch.

After safely lowering the children to the ground to prevent them from getting hurt, they entrust Sirocco to guard them and carefully approach the cow.

Perhaps because they are a wild species and not a species herded by humans, the bison has a very scary appearance.

“Yay.”

Of course, in the face of the power of faith, there was no particular difference between a male buffalo and a newborn calf.

“Hmm!”

As soon as one cow is captured, the remaining cows run away. This makes me feel like a lion in the savannah.

“Guys, come here.”

“Dad opened the cow!”

“I’m going to tell my mom about it! Heehee!”

In Adele and Asha’s eyes, they still saw me as nothing more than a bully. I said as if there was nothing I could do.

“Really? Then, Dad will eat the meat alone, so Asha and Adele should not eat it, just hold back and then go and tell Mom.”

“Huh? It’s disgusting! I want to eat meat too!”

“Me too!”

“If you want to eat meat, you can tell mom, can’t you?”

“”No rental!!”

Every single reaction is so cute that I want to bite it. Of course, contrary to the children’s expectations, even if I really tell Arjen, nothing much will happen to me.

This is a fact that the children do not know because Arjen and other personalities, especially Viola, adhere to a strict discipline policy.

‘Even if all five moms come, I’m not scared of dad.’

If there’s anything scary about five people coming together, it’s that the love will be excessive.

Of course, I couldn’t say these things directly to the children, so I nodded, feeling moderately satisfied.

“Okay, then wait a moment?”

I took out a butcher knife from a bag I had packed separately. The reason they carry something like this is because the dwarves gave it to them as a tribute.

The nearly 50 years he spent in the dwarven village were not really wasted, so he learned many dexterity skills from them.

Slaughter was one of them. Is it just slaughter? I also learned tanning.

To be precise, in the process of learning tanning first, I also learned slaughtering. Animal skin was an important material for dwarves.

“”Wow….””

I showed the children clearly how a cow becomes meat.

If it were human children, it would be no different from child abuse, but Asha and Adele watched the slaughter process until the end with their eyes shining.

“Now, this is the meat that Asha and Adele eat.”

Since there was no need to use the entire cow to feed two children, I only shaped the area around the sirloin that would actually be eaten. Asha, facing the red-hot meat, tilts her head.

“It’s not a color?”

“Isn’t it a color? Oh, it’s different? Just wait a moment.”

We made a bonfire on land where grass did not grow and immediately grilled meat. Asha applauded as if the meat had finally become the color she knew it to be.

“Wow! Real meat!”

“Dad, renew your contract!”

“Right? Isn’t your dad kind of awesome?”

Praise from innocent children without lies or pretense felt much better than praise from most people.

Especially since it is my child.

“Now! Let’s eat until we’re full!”

Open field. The weather is nice too. On a day like this, lighting a bonfire outside and having a barbecue party with the kids was literally heaven.

Perhaps because of that, I became more excited than usual.

And I think the fact that I act rashly when I’m excited is a human characteristic that I haven’t yet been able to shake off.

After the cool breeze, warm sunlight, and a filling meal, I lay down in the field and enjoyed a nap with the kids.

It’s unlikely that something like that will happen, but someone might do harm while you’re sleeping, so I asked Sirocco to be on guard.

It was a structure that could not happen if it was supposed to happen. So actually, I wasn’t being careless.

But when I woke up and found myself alone.

Even after washing my eyes and searching, Asha and Adele were nowhere to be seen.

“…Asha, Adele?”

The body wakes up automatically before the mind even thinks.

“Guys?”

Still no answer. Before asking where the kids had gone, I wondered why Sirocco didn’t wake me up.

“Sirocco?”

…….

However, even Sirocco’s voice, which I thought would naturally answer, was not heard.