Chapter 249. Michael’s splendid ruin
2022.06.21.
Time flew by. Even though it seemed like I closed my eyes for a moment and then opened them, several days passed by.
After spending busy days with government meetings, military meetings, and personal training, the long-awaited day has arrived.
March 28th. Aidan’s birthday.
Unfortunately, I don’t have Veron’s hair to give right now, so I decided to replace it with another gift this year.
“Aidan. Are you sad?”
“no. at all.”
“Don’t worry, even if it’s late, I’ll definitely take revenge.”
As I waved Aidan’s hand as if to comfort him, Aidan looked at my hand.
The face seemed to have something to say.
It was then that Aidan opened his mouth.
“Rather than that-”
“Aidan!”
Oscar burst through the parlor door and headed straight for Aidan.
“Happy Birthday!”
“okay. But let this go.”
“Why are you friends?”
Oscar clung to Aidan and started flirting. The awkwardness seemed more friendly than before.
‘The two of them look nice.’
I smiled heartily and started inspecting the birthday party again.
I invited a very small number of people, and since Aidan doesn’t like loud noises, I deliberately prepared a small parlor instead of renting a large hall.
It is simple, but the assortment is well matched as there are places to enjoy indoors all over the place and a table full of delicious food is set.
‘Because it’s Aidan’s birthday, I especially showed off my skills!’
I was already looking forward to it thinking that people would be surprised.
After a while, the guests who had sent invitations began to arrive one by one.
The next guests were the Javier siblings. Emily smiled and hugged me tightly.
“Thank you for inviting me, Mabel. Happy birthday Count Aserad.”
Aidan, still held by Oscar, could be seen nodding from a distance.
“Aidan must be embarrassed.”
“I’m sure it’s not that, Mabel.”
“Yes.”
I was embarrassed by Emily’s firm answer. I looked up at Enrique, who had come with me.
“Thank you for coming, Enrique.”
“Your Majesty invited me, how could I not come?”
“There are a lot of delicious things, so eat until you’re full!”
Then Emily smiled and said a word.
“Anyway, do you really like feeding others?”
The next customer was Franz, who appeared with a large gift box.
“Am I not too late?”
“Come on, Master. haven’t started yet But what about Casey?”
Naturally, I thought he would arrive with Franz, but Casey was nowhere to be seen.
“yes? well. Didn’t you get an invitation from the upper house too?”
“Of course I sent it. Even Casey.”
“Then you will come later. Aren’t you the kind of person who never misses a seat like this?”
Franz smiled and went inside. But I couldn’t help but laugh.
‘Aidan can’t…?’
Aidan wrote a total of two invitations. One was for Dad, and the other was for Casey.
However, the invitation to my father had Aidan’s words added to the invitation I had written, whereas the invitation to Casey had nothing written.
Given Aidan’s personality, it wasn’t unreasonable to send it with a blank piece of paper.
‘Ay. It’s not!’
Having a foreboding feeling, I took out a communication magic tool without Aidan’s knowledge and sent a few sentences to Casey.
As soon as I put the magic tool back in, the next guest came.
“Mabel. You prepared very hard. A wonderful guy.”
side. As soon as we met, Dad kissed my cheek and went inside without hesitation.
“I almost couldn’t attend because I was busy, but Count Aserad begged me to attend, so I stopped by.”
Standing proudly in front of Aidan, with Gustav on the left and Lisandro on the right, Dad stared at him and said,
“…”
Aidan just looked at his father with an expressionless face, as always.
“I didn’t know Count Aserad would treat me so dearly. Sending such a friendly invitation.”
Dad smiled brightly and patted Aidan on the shoulder affectionately. Aidan slapped his father’s hand roughly.
“Don’t touch me carelessly.”
“It looks like a prickly cat.”
Seeing that subtle confrontation made me wonder what Aidan had written on his father’s invitation.
Of course, I didn’t think I would have written a sweet word like my dad said.
Before long, the grandfather clock in the parlor began to chime slowly. For some reason, the most excited Franz put his hands together and said.
“Oh, it’s six o’clock now.”
“It’s almost all gathered. Casey will be a little late, so let’s eat first. Everyone take a seat.”
The long table prepared in advance was full of delicious food.
From roast turkey, which is eaten on the so-called festival of Genesis, to sweet grilled back ribs, and salmon salad with plenty of fresh vegetables.
Apart from that, all the glossy and tasty food was the skill of the original chef.
“thank you for this food.”
“Don’t eat deliciously.”
We started eating casually. While everyone was eating, they did not forget to wish Aidan a happy birthday.
Aidan, who had been ignoring whatever people said, responded by nodding his head today.
‘My child, who is blunt, expresses this much!’
It couldn’t have been a great development.
After a while, the peaceful meal ended, and the servants appeared with a dessert tray.
It was half a sweet dessert and half a not-so-sweet dessert.
‘Because Aidan said he hates sweets.’
Then Dad asked, pointing to the one in the middle of the table.
“What is that?”
“that? cake?”
“cake? a cake? Who the hell came up with something like that? It’s hard to call it a cake with the cream sticking to it.”
Lisandro added hastily.
“Your Majesty made it yourself.”
“-It looks like a work of art. Very good, great.”
Dad hurriedly changed his expression and started praising the cake.
“Look at this lumpy cross-section. How wonderful isn’t it? Isn’t it like looking at the statue of the great master Kotella? Right Gustaf?”
I smiled broadly at my dad, who praised me every day.
“dad.”
“…okay.”
“Dad can’t eat.”
“You misunderstood Mabel!”
Dad jumped up and began to protest desperately. I squinted my eyes and watched my dad.
“You can’t force yourself to eat.”
“Forcibly. Who dares to forcefully eat the cake you made?”
Dad clenched his fists and shouted resolutely. I thought it would never end, so I finally sighed and nodded my head.
“The shape is a little bit, but I made it hard.”
It was a cake made yesterday morning by secretly dragging Lisandro to the kitchen.
A special cake for Aidan’s birthday party!
“Let’s share one piece at a time. Oh, I have to leave Casey’s.”
It was just then that Dad rolled up his sleeves and was cutting the cake.
The parlor door was thrown open, revealing a late guest.
“too bad! You’re partying without me…!”
Casey stormed in, trembling with a sense of betrayal.
“Franz! you are here too! Why did you leave without me!”
Franz was sweating as Casey ran amok.
“Did you receive the top share? Your Majesty’s invitation.”
“…was that an invitation?”
Taking something out of her bosom, Casey opened her axe eye and stomped toward me.
“Look at this, Your Majesty! That’s all I have to say!”
Casey exclaimed unfairly and held out the invitation to me. I checked the outside of the invitation. The invitation paper I prepared was correct.
What was written in it was…
[ㅗ]
That was all.
‘Aidaan…’
I immediately looked at Aidan, and he avoided my gaze.
Anyway, it was my fault for not checking again, so it was my job to appease Casey.
“Ummm… I must have gone to the wrong place by mistake.”
“It’s too much! Except for me! Only me!”
He could think of only one way to appease the blushing, irritable Casey.
“I’m sorry. I’ll give you a bonus this month.”
“Please miss me next time.”
“…”
I lost my words for a moment at the quick change of attitude. Either way, Casey smiled at the thought of getting the bonus.
‘Cheaper than Casey’s pride tires!’
Peace returned to the drawing room. There was a tumult that Aidan was ignoring after Dad started a one-sided fight, but it was a normal thing.
That time when everyone was sharing cakes and spending time playing board games I prepared.
“Daddy is here, son.”
An unexpected person appeared today.
Michael Abelardo.
It was Michael’s splendid ruin that put a perfect end to the birthday party.
***
There was a stifling silence in the drawing room. In the distant silence, Emily and Gustaf were the only ones who didn’t know why the surroundings had become quiet.
“It’s your son’s birthday, but you can’t miss it, right? He said he brought a special gift.”
Michael rustled and proudly showed what he was hiding behind. Mabel opened her mouth at the gift.
‘Go teddy bear?’
It was also a very dainty and cute black teddy bear.
“receive. A cute doll that looks like you.”
I could feel the intention of bringing it to tease.
“…”
Aidan’s expression turned cold.
The people around them watched the scene where Michael crossed the irreversible river.
‘oh my god.’
‘Oh God.’
‘Yelium.’
They prayed for Michael’s happiness in different languages.
“You complain about gifts because you are all grown up.”
Michael, who hadn’t expected Aidan to receive the doll in the first place, chuckled and tossed the doll into Aidan’s pile of presents.
“It’s been a while, Esteban Sangje. Thank you for always taking care of my son.”
“…is it.”
Esteban took a step back.
It was a hand loss.
Michael, unaware of the indirect investigation, turned to Mabel and asked.
“I’m glad I arrived earlier than expected. Right, bribri?”
“I wonder…”
Mabel’s dubious answer finally made Michael realize that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Everyone except Emily and Gustav, Mabel and Aidan were creeping back.
As if avoiding yourself.
“what. Do you smell me?”
Of course, there was no way for him to purify his own body because he had strong divine power.
In the end, Mabel, who was worse off, intervened between Aidan and Michael.
“Today’s birthday party is over because the God King has arrived! Thanks everyone for coming!”
We had to stop Michael before he did more irreversible things!
***
A three-way meeting organized by Mabel took place.
The other two main characters were, of course, Michael and Aidan.
“Stop laughing, Michael.”
“Laughing is my freedom. Bribri.”
Mabel, who tried to calm Michael, who was laughing all the time as if he was trying to provoke Aidan, gave up.
‘Sooner or later, tears of blood will be shed.’
I’ve done enough.
Anyway, the reason Michael stopped by Ermano was because he needed the essences of the tree of creation.
I had to convince Michael.
Mabel was seriously out of luck.
“Michael. You know that the core I had was broken and the balance of the world was disrupted, right?”
“okay.”
“That’s why all sorts of disasters are beating the continent.”
“Why are you asking for the essence when you know it well?”
“That’s why…”
No matter how much I tried to explain it, I couldn’t explain it properly if I left out the premise that ‘Aidan is a god’. But he couldn’t fool Michael with lies.
Again, the only way was to reveal the truth.
Even if Michael gets a little… no big shock.
“Michael.”
Suddenly, Mabel’s expression became more serious than ever before, and the smile on Michael’s face disappeared.
“why. What is it?”
Instead of answering Michael’s question, Mabel asked a random question.
“How much faith do you have in God Ades?”
“How much?”
“How much do you believe in God?”
I wondered, but it wasn’t a difficult question to answer. Michael told me the truth.
“My faith in God is incomparable to anyone else.”
“Aha…”
He became solemn.
Mabel, who glanced back at Aidan, became more solemn when she saw Shin frowning.
Mabel’s question continued.
“If you could meet God for real, what would you say?”
“Why are you asking such a thing all of a sudden?”
“just? curious?”
“well. I hadn’t thought about that until now. As a servant of God, I must be just honored to be able to kiss a piece of God’s brilliance.”
It really couldn’t have been an answer worthy of a follower of God.
Mabel looked back at Aidan and asked.
“How is Aidan?”
“go away.”
“The oracle has come down. Go away.”
Michael’s eyebrows narrowed at Mabel’s vague words.
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
The annoyed response made Mabel realize that the roundabout method had failed.
I couldn’t help it.
“Michael. Don’t be surprised. Listen carefully.”
“So act like you’re going to say something important from a while ago and then-”
“Aidan is Ades.”
At Mabel’s words, Michael’s gaze turned to Aidan.
Red eyes met red eyes.
Eventually, Michael’s mouth opened.