episode_0484

What I asked for was a ‘petition’.

I received Dantalian’s ability, ‘Interpretation’, from Isabel.

Thanks to this, difficulties in communication between different races have disappeared.

However, it seems that it will be released if it is not updated periodically by Isabel.

Separately, he asked to establish contact with Stefan Schweinsteiger.

Stefan’s head will probably be taken away by an envoy sent to Doomheim.

I’m sorry, but Stefan must either die or step down from the throne.

‘How is Edeline doing?’

I was standing in front of Daegong Academy.

In the past, I would have just walked in, but I am no longer Dantalian’s agent.

I leisurely entered Daegong Academy.

That alone drew some people’s attention to me.

‘Maybe it’s because of my clothes.’

At least the clothes Lexi chose were not those of a scholar.

“Stop.”

A soldier with a crossbow on his chest approaches me.

Thanks to this, other people’s eyes turned to me.

“The University College Academy is a place where only relevant people can enter.”

“Are you correct?”

Embarrassment appears on the soldier’s face.

“···Excuse me. Could you please show me your ID?”

“No. What I mean is… I came looking for my wife who works here.”

“If you are not an official of the university academy, you cannot enter.”

“Then, can you at least send a message to your wife?”

The wariness on the soldier’s face had disappeared to some extent.

It even looks a little annoying now.

“What is your wife’s name?”

“My name is Edeline Grace.”

The soldier’s eyes are nailed to my core.

However, the eyes of some who know Edeline have turned round and are staring at me.

“Edeline Grace…? Isn’t that witch the evil Dragonia from Slave Travels?”

An engineer who was staring at me from a direct hit approaches me.

The eyes and expressions that looked at me up and down were full of doubt, and I could see a desperation that went beyond doubt.

“Ah, that’s the chief’s nickname! She is so evil like a witch!”

“Ah, ah! Is that so?”

“It looks like the chief’s spouse. I will take this person to the reception room.”

I wasn’t able to check my identity, but if an official came forward, it would be a different story.

I passed the security and stood in front of the engineer.

“Follow me.”

The engineer walked quickly to a place with few people.

Eventually, the engineer turned around roughly.

He looked quite angry.

“What on earth are you thinking of calling the chief by his real name…?!”

“Can’t I even call my wife by her name?”

“What?”

The engineer looked at me with amazed eyes.

It seemed like he didn’t believe me.

“This is my first time hearing that the chief has a spouse.”

“If you tell me you came to see Rohan, I will understand.”

“What about Rohan…!”

“This is my child.”

He looked at me as if he was shocked.

“As a man, you are trash.”

It may seem that way.

In their eyes, it will look like I got Edeline pregnant and only now showed myself.

“I was personally very busy. I plan to do my best even now.”

“···I will come back with questions, so please wait here. You’d better not even think about stepping inside here.”

The engineer threatened me and headed to the university’s engineering academy.

How long did we wait like that?

A woman and a child left Daegong Academy.

Edeline’s face, looking at me while holding Rohan, was as stern as usual.

I welcomed her with a smile.

“It’s been a while since I saw you.”

“····I heard that you passed away.”

‘You’re not blunt, you’re angry.’

I think I’m bored.

How did they hear that I was dead?

“A~ Did you believe that? I’m not the one to die, right?”

I tried to hug Rohan, but he just held Edeline’s hand and looked at me.

Thinking that it was a clumsy action, I slowly removed my hand.

Just as parents need time to accept their children, children also need time to accept their parents.

‘What should I do to become close to my child?’

I don’t know, but I can’t help it.

I’m a new dad.

Rohan, who is not yet a year old, looks like he is two years old.

“Wow, you’ve grown a lot in the time I haven’t seen you.”

“That’s because it promotes growth.”

“····In how many years will it take you physically to turn four?”

“I think it will be around 700 days.”

23 months.

Right now… I can’t take care of Rohan right now.

When humans turn four years old, they begin to remember the past.

‘I want to remain a good father to Rohan.’

But… can I finish everything in 700 days?

I don’t know. But I will try.

“Sorry for coming so late.”

I hugged Edeline lightly.

The small body holding Rohan trembles.

“····I can’t help Sihyeon anymore.”

“It’s okay if you don’t do that.”

“The dragon’s power bestowed on me has been erased…!”

Because she was the woman I loved, it was clear that the dragon had caught her eye.

Even so, she is a woman who dedicated her life to fulfilling the dragon’s will.

‘The more you think about it, the more you think.’

I didn’t know he was of this low standard.

“It has no value to me anymore…!”

Edeline looks up at me with tearful eyes.

There was a vague look of fear on his face.

“I don’t know how to live. I want to raise Rohan properly…! If I get sick or have an accident, I don’t know what to do…”

Lohan had to undergo multiple surgeries due to her growth spurt.

But maybe that problem can be solved somehow.

“It’s okay. I also brought some emergency medicine. You will be able to live like before without relying on the dragon’s power.”

In any case, Edeline is no longer the one who received the dragon’s blessing.

Losing the blessing would mean being excluded from the chessboard.

Although Ceres’ blessing remains, this person is now an ordinary person.

“There are many people with the same name, so I changed my last name to Arthur. And… there is no need to live in such a cramped place anymore.”

“···Please don’t go.”

You know the work isn’t over yet.

In the past, I would never have asked a request like that.

“The dragon fucked me and the top turned. I said, ‘Pick it.’”

“In that case, you shouldn’t do anything else. Right now, we can’t figure out what’s irritating the dragon, right?”

“I like that stupid feeling.”

Rather than saying it was bad, I even felt a sense of accomplishment.

‘A human being who pissed off the creator.’

I feel happy as if I achieved my goal in life.

What is the dragon thinking as he looks at me like this?

“He doesn’t deserve to exist in Pangea.”

Dragons and magic towers are separate.

Edeline, who was kicked out of the Magic Tower, still had the dragon’s blessing.

I won’t be able to receive full help from Seth anymore, but even if I do, I won’t be involved in the ‘deal’.

“···Now I have to graduate from a university academy.”

Edeline looks at me silently.

“I will take you to your new home. He stayed there as a guest of the queen. It will definitely provide a good environment for Rohan.”

The copyright of the train should belong solely to Edeline.

You must exclude all material that may raise objections from your organization.

Isabel’s eyes are staring at me.

“Okay.”

I would like to walk together and share stories, but Edeline is now just an ordinary woman.

‘···How should I make baby food while I’m at it?’

Does a two-year-old stop eating baby food?

I don’t know anything about the child.

“Will Rohan get motion sick?”

“I made it so that it doesn’t.”

“Yes? Are you making it?”

“Yes. My child… unless something special happens, he will be able to live for a century.”

I have no intention of shouting about bioethics.

There was jealousy on Rohan’s face as he looked up at me.

It seemed like he missed his mother’s love.

How can a child who is only one year old already be jealous?

“We have to leave as quickly as possible. Please prepare it within a week.”

“Please wait a moment and I will prepare and come out right away.”

as soon as?

“···Is it okay if I don’t do the handover?”

“Yes. It’s just me sitting here in the first place.”

You said you were pressed down?

Are you saying it’s not a contractual relationship?

That means-

‘You’ve been working for free all this time?!’

Now I can feel eyes looking at me from a faraway place.

“You weren’t threatened, right?”

“I just did what I wanted.”

What Edeline wants is to benefit the subhumans of Pangea.

This was the reason dragons existed.

“···I will help you.”

He was probably respected by them.

I am the bad guy who took away their respected leader.

‘Respect… I didn’t even think about it.’

The word itself was so unfamiliar to me that it felt empty.

I also need to earn people’s respect.

Because now I have to become the head of the family.

I opened the basement door and went in, helping Edeline pack up her things.

“I’m sorry.”

“Sihyeon did nothing wrong. Don’t apologize.”

“But──”

“Don’t apologize.”

Edeline didn’t have that many things.

Clothing, outdated quills and ink, writing parchment and other miscellaneous items.

Edeline held Rohan in her arms, and I naturally ended up carrying the bag.

Although he has the strength to take me to Rohan, it is because he is reluctant to take me.

I didn’t even think that Edeline would give up Rohan.

“Stay still.”

Southern thin cotton blankets are perfect for swaddling.

I twisted the ends of the blanket and made a swaddle for Edeline.

I feel a certain sense of nostalgia in Edeline’s appearance, and it puts my mind at ease.

Edeline is a swaddle.

“It’s done.”

“···Thank you.”

I walked out leisurely, holding hands with Edeline.

Perhaps because the swaddle was awkward, Edeline’s other hand was supporting Rohan’s buttocks.

“Let’s go now.”

Fortunately, I was able to charter a four-wheeled carriage heading to Gestier at a low price.

Edeline, who had been chatting casually, soon fell asleep with her head resting on my shoulder.

It feels like being on an express bus.

The two horses driven by the coachman pulled the carriage as smoothly as an experienced driver of large cargo.

I looked after Rohan and Edeline who were sleeping.

What would happen if Rohan suddenly came out and left Edeline?

It will break your heart.

And no matter the reason, they will want Rohan to come back.

‘I stabbed a dagger into my parents’ hearts.’

I’d like to say hello to my father and mother, but I shouldn’t right now.

At least for now.

‘Let’s go see you when everything is over.’

Rohan started looking around, touching Edeline’s face with his hands full of milk.

Only after meeting my face did the blue eyes stop scanning their surroundings and look at me intently.

‘okay. ‘I’m dad.’

Your eye color and hair color are similar to your mom, right?

How should I play with my child?

Other parents would usually make silly faces and play with them.

‘How old does that work for children?’

I don’t know.

But it felt awkward just to stare, so I made an ugly face.

“···Don’t do it.”

Rohan looks at me with annoyed eyes.

···It seems like he doesn’t like this kind of thing.

“Yes. I’m sorry.”

He apologized and looked away.

‘A child can talk when he or she is two years old.’

I thought I would have to study hard about parenting later.

“Is this your first time raising a child?”

The driver who lit the fire is looking at me.

Edeline also wakes up as soon as she sees someone.

However, he still has low blood pressure and has a sleepy expression.

“···Yes. This is my first child.”

“You’re not traveling with a child.”

He had a very stern expression.

I think it’s a wrong move.

“I’m still heading towards a place to settle down.”

“By Gesti? Raising a child there is crazy. The crazy queen is killing people at will.”

“I’ve heard of it. Gestier is just a transit point.”

Rohan squirms and touches Edeline’s face.

Thanks to this, Edeline also woke up.

Edeline leaned her head against me and took off the swaddle, allowing Rohan to play.

Rohan sits down to get off the carriage, which is not very high, and carefully places his feet on the ground.

Because of how dangerous that figure was, I ended up running after it without realizing it.

Of course, there was no accident.

“My child was really cute when he was that size.”

The coachman looks at Rohan approaching the fire with eyes immersed in memories.

“I was a devil-like child who couldn’t stay still for even a single moment.”

“Wouldn’t all children of that age be like that?”

Edeline, perhaps feeling irritated from sitting for a long time, stretched out and stepped out of the carriage.

“You could make something for your child to eat.”

“Please.”

The coachman took out a pot pretending to hang next to the carriage and poured water into a leather canteen.

Next, add beef jerky, meat, etc. and cut onions and fruits.

After taking out the beef jerky soaked in hot water and pouring out the water, the coachman added onions and fruit and stir-fried them with a spatula over low heat.

Edeline seemed dissatisfied with something, but she didn’t come forward.

“Would you like to eat it?”

The coachman handed over the beef jerky that he had taken out.

“Thank you.”

I tore the beef jerky handed to me by the coachman in half and gave half to Edeline.

The coachman poured some cooled baby food into a small meal bowl.

“Me too. I left the countryside and headed to the capital. I wanted to live a worthwhile life with my wife. All I had was my guts. ···But guts don’t work in the capital.”

“So what did you do?”

“What should I do? Between reality and ideals, I chose reality. Because I also had children.”

The coachman’s eyes turn to me.

The gaze that seemed to tell me not to do anything I would regret pierced my heart.

I also envy that concern.

When I was on Earth, my head was always full of such worries.

At any rate, it was a shallow ploy that could be used since he had given up on his future.

“Don’t do something you’ll regret. Failure is not acceptable to a man with a family.”

“I will listen closely.”

My eyes turned to Edeline sitting next to Rohan.

Since he was a person who always pursued ideals, he seemed to be very unhappy with the realistic food presented to his children.

“The stars are so bright.”

“Today is the 18th day of the month.”

“It’s bright for me.”

The sky here is brighter than the night sky of the Grand Canyon.

Sentimental thoughts start to come to mind.

Rohan leaned against Edeline and closed his eyes like a child suffering from hunger.

Edeline leans her head against me and puts her weight on me.

Sleep well.

I didn’t want to move because I was lending my shoulder.

“You are a good person.”

“···What is that noise all of a sudden?”

“I know you put sleeping pills in your food.”

I don’t hear an answer.

It is an implicit affirmation.

“Trying to do that to me is an obvious mistake.”

“···I guess so.”

Thieves do not use sleeping pills.

After all, killing the opponent is the end of the hunt.

Moreover, poison is easy to obtain.

In a similar vein, sleeping pills are ten times more expensive than poison.

It meant that this person kept the minimum line.

“Please don’t do this in the future. It’s because you stick to the standard. ”

Soon there was silence in front of the bonfire.

How much time has passed?

widely!

The firewood explodes and brings good luck.

“···Should you have used poison?”

“Don’t you think that went too far?”

“It’s a joke. Don’t keep it. Because I don’t even carry something with such dreadlocks.”

“That won’t work. From now on, you will have to take one bite at a time first.”

“Hahaha! okay. Let’s do that.”

For a moment the coachman laughed.

He asked slyly, arranging the dishes.

“···Who are you?”

I said, looking at the two pretty hats.

“This is a person who has nothing but guts.”