[Episode 32]
“It looks like I have something to say to you. Is it okay for a minute?”
As soon as I let go of Richard, the kindness disappeared.
‘Erno etham was always kind to me even though it was a lie…’
I was startled by the thought that suddenly came to my mind and I shook my head left and right.
“Don’t you have time?”
“Oh no!”
I quickly nodded.
“Just the two of you.”
“yes.”
“No, I will be there too! i am your master Where else is BamBam going…!”
“Master…”
As soon as he finished answering, the two boys clung to his arms.
“I’ll go soon.”
I patted the two children and gently pushed them back. Then, gently, he pushed it out the door.
“Olchi is nice! right?”
“I’m kind of nice…”
“I’ll do it if the owner says so.”
“Yes, wait here, both of you.”
When I nodded, the soldier hesitated, as if embarrassed, and carefully closed the door.
“Now use it!”
I smiled broadly and approached Todo too.
It was time for negotiations.
“Where did you find that child?”
“I’m an orphan.”
“…”
He swept his face down once, as if frustrated, then his expression distorted.
The mixed expression of guilt, relief, regret, despair, and joy was indescribably ambiguous.
“The orphanage… I guess I didn’t have a good life.”
Duke Colin muttered lowly.
The reason why I couldn’t bear to say no was actually because Richard was quite out of place at the orphanage.
“Because a child born with the qualities of a wizard is inevitably despised.”
In the novel, it was said that the younger the child, the more likely he is to feel the foreign energy that is different from his own.
‘But there was Albion…’
Albion did not discriminate, although there might have been minor bullying or bullying by children.
“Still, you should meet Joeun Sun-san.”
“A good teacher?”
“Yes, so Richard is fine.”
Of course, the scars I received at a young age wouldn’t go away easily, but since I had a family, it was something that could be repaired.
‘With this, the probability of evolving into an idiot will decrease.’
Richard was just an innocent and innocent child with a lot of curiosity.
‘I’m sure I’ll become a slightly better adult.’
I nodded my head in satisfaction.
“And now, Mr. Jo, you two are okay.”
“….”
“There are many sad children in Mr. Ajo’s orphanage.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Richard was so great that he was bullied for a while, but that was because he was so great. He looks good and uses magic again…”
I said Richard’s strengths while folding my fingers.
So, don’t even think about retaliation against the orphanage.
With his bloodless and tearless nature, it wouldn’t be difficult to ruin at least one orphanage when my son had a problem.
‘Of course, I don’t think Albion will stay still, but…’
Albion also tended to go too far when it comes to ‘children’. If you try to assassinate, you will be in trouble.
“That’s why, don’t do this to your children.”
“…Aren’t you a child too?”
“Ah, that’s right. Let’s go.”
He looked at me strangely, then rested his chin and kept his gaze fixed on me for a long while.
“Is money what you want?”
“Nope.”
“then?”
“It’s a small house.”
I said, pretending to show two palms together.
No matter how much I think about asking him to stay with the Duke of Colin, it seems like an excessive offer, and since he has a lot of money… I
decided to compensate him with a small house in the capital.
Then I could see Richard as much as I wanted, and I didn’t have to go to an orphanage.
‘And Erno Etam too…’
No, that’s not it. You can see how the original works too!
‘I’ll have to watch the heroine grow up.’
Yeah, it’s because he was someone I admired at one time.
‘Besides, banks are in the capital…’
There are banks in other areas, of course, but the capital is the most secure.
‘I’m still a child.’
It wouldn’t be nice to see him frequently going to and from the bank in a small estate or village.
“house?”
“Yeah, it’s a little bit.”
I wondered if a small one-story wooden building would be just right.
‘How much is the house price in the capital?’
It’s embarrassing because I don’t know anything.
“Why?”
“Uh…”
Your son asked to come with me?
“Uh…”
“I’ll tell you first.”
“yes?”
“I studied the Imperial Law all day yesterday.”
“Yeah….”
Why about the Imperial Law all of a sudden?
Since Richard was declared dead, did he even figure out a way to bring his canceled identity back to life?
Even so, why are you telling me that?
“I’m sorry to you, but…”
Ah, was the house a bit presumptuous?
“There was no legal way to register ‘pets’ on the family register.”
“…yes?”
“I asked lawyers and those who enact laws within the imperial castle, but I did not receive an answer.”
“yes…?”
Am I not understanding the imperial language right now?
Or is Duke Colin speaking a foreign language? Even I felt my pupils tremble slightly.
“Uh… but…?”
It was a bit absurd that you were seriously thinking of putting me on the family register.
‘That’s also a pet…?’
It was clear that Duke Colin was not normal either. Do normal people exist in this novel?
“Did you know that a beastman originally belongs to a ‘family’ or to a ‘master’, or both?”
“…how about it.”
I took a deep breath. Duke Colin’s cool gaze reached me.
“How do you know that I’m a beast…?”
I’ve never said anything or uttered a word. The robe would have thoroughly covered the tail.
“Your magical power is unique to beastmen. After all, he was a bastard beast who never learned how to capture magic.”
“…horsepower?”
Was there such a thing?
I thought I could just hide my tail, but didn’t I?
Then why didn’t the Duke of Etham notice that I was a prisoner?
“You really don’t know anything. It looks like you recently went through your first growth period, is that right?”
“Growth…?”
As I frowned, Duke Colin’s icy expression grew even more serious.
“Ah, that shedding…”
The only recent event that can be called ‘growth’ is about shedding.
Have I been able to feel it because I’ve molted?
“It seems that the grove is blocking it to some extent, but a wizard who is sensitive to magic will notice it.”
“…”
How can you hide your magic power? I looked around my body with a puzzled face.
To my eyes, I couldn’t see a speck of magical power, let alone the magical power unique to beastmen.
“It’s not difficult to give you a house, but a prisoner without an owner doesn’t end well.”
“…”
“The best thing would be to go back to your family. Do you know what number it is?”
“It’s a lizard…”
“Lizard? There are no lizard beasts in the empire. There is a Komodo family, but… it’s only a tribe that occasionally interacts with on a very distant island in the south…”
Duke Colin paused and looked at me.
“They are characterized by dark skin.”
I glanced down at my arm. It looks too white and fluffy to be called swarthy.
‘Albion said something about the Komodo family, but…’
Judging from the fact that he didn’t mention it twice, it was likely that he noticed that I wasn’t born into that family.
“You know? The Empire does not like prisoners.”
My shoulders trembled involuntarily at those cold words.
Even in the novel, there was almost no mention of the prisoner.
Beastmen accounted for only 3% of the world, and most of them lived alone in places such as southern continents or southern islands.
Originally, except for my death, later in the Southern Continent, when the prince of beasts fell in love with the female protagonist at first sight, the story of beastmen briefly came up.
“…”
Do I have to hate it so much when I say I will refuse?
Well, I would hate it if there was a lizard attached to my son who wouldn’t hurt even if I put it in the eyes I barely met.
“Let me know.”
Thinking the conversation was over, I put the robe back on.
‘I can go back to Albion.’
Albion will surely teach you how to capture the mana of beasts.
“Because I borrowed money and got a title. Goodbye.”
To be honest, I was a bit upset.
As I jumped off the sofa without regret, he frowned and held out his hand to me.
“But if you enter as Richard’s brother, there is no problem.”
“…”
I stopped at the unexpected words.
“Even if you can’t register a ‘pet’ on the family register, there is no problem in making them siblings.”
