Chapter 170. Proof that we grew up2021.09.18.
First day of compulsory vacation. His divine power hadn’t recovered yet, so his body hadn’t returned to its original state, so he just rolled around on the bed. It was my father’s responsibility to prepare all the meals, in case the palace maids or other servants could see me. But my dad, who was helping me, looked really happy.
“Ah- go ahead.”
“dad. (Dad. I also have hands and feet.)
“Yes, very small and cute hands and feet. How can you be so skinny and chubby? Just looking at it makes my heart thump.”
“I’m not old…” (That’s not what I meant…)
My father volunteered to become a slave, perhaps to relieve the grudge I had for not feeding myself much when I was a baby. I didn’t know how much he clung to me and bothered me by asking me about this and that. I was at a crossroads of choice. Is it filial piety or dignity as a human being?
‘No.’
After thinking about it, I decided. Let’s commit infidelity disguised as filial piety!
‘If I keep begging him to do this and that, he’ll stop bothering me too, right?’
I asked my father, who was looking at me with a hearty smile, with his short arms outstretched.
“Do the fisherman!” (Do the fisherman!)
“Come on, the fisherman!”
“I want to go over there.”
“Come. You mean the window? Let’s go.”
“Let’s go, meow sipper. Macaong!” (I want to eat sweets! Macaron!)
“Yes, yes. Hey, bring out the macaron!”
“Makaong is getting colder. (I hate macarons. I want to eat cake.)
“Which cake do you like? You should also have a drink. Should I ask my baby to serve her favorite strawberry juice?”
…I was the loser. No matter what my request was, my father carried out my orders with a happy smile.
‘okay. My dad was such a person…’
In the end, I was the one who got exhausted first.
“right. (Ooh. Tired.)
As he collapsed on the bed, the smile disappeared from his father’s face for the first time.
“No Mabel. Wake up. I need to play more with this daddy!”
“….”
“Only 10 minutes. Let’s play for 10 more minutes. huh?”
Even though he held onto me all day and played with me, it still seemed to be lacking. Then, I suddenly remembered the existence of a person. Of course, since I was on vacation, I thought Dad was taking care of things instead, but Dad was standing next to me. Then, what remains in the office?
“Sure, Dad. Gusutafu alone would be soo…” (By the way, Dad. Gustav would be alone…)
“I’m not even a child, so being alone is no big deal.”
“….”
Dad was buried in Gustav today as well.
‘I’m sorry Gustav.’
When this forced leave is over, I promised to do as much as I felt sorry for. . . . And that time when the Ermano couple are having a happy(?) time.
“Hehehehehe…”
In the office, the black figure shook his shoulders and laughed grotesquely. His name is Gustav Drubal. He was a proud aide to the emperor. Gustav banged on the desk as he frantically organized the pile of paperwork today.
“If both of you don’t come, it’s me! What! Do it!”
Esteban Sangje, who sometimes disappears suddenly, had no expectations in the first place. However, I did not know that His Majesty the Emperor, who was diligently attending the office, would not come.
“Are you both like this!”
Gustav cried sadly today too.
***
The morning of the second day. Finally, my body returned to my original age! The heightened view and the fresh air naturally made me feel better, so I smiled.
“lol.”
“…Is it that good?”
“huh.”
Dad seemed to be sorry. Dad wanted to make a new statue of a baby baby that had been miserably destroyed before, but unfortunately that plan couldn’t come true because I couldn’t show myself to the sculptor.
‘Because the emperor’s health and safety are state secrets.’
If the fact that my body goes backwards if I use my divine power excessively was leaked, the problem would grow. If it were me, I would have written a contract, but there was no way the imperial family could use such inhumane magic items. I gently waved my hand at my sad-looking father.
“Dad, I’ll go now.”
“…It’s crazy how time goes by so quickly.”
“I’m going?”
“Ah, baby Mabel…”
“I have to go.”
Lisandro caught up with me on my way back to my hometown after abandoning my father who was blinded by the Mabel of the past and forgot about the present Mabel.
“your majesty. Why did you suddenly take a vacation? His Majesty didn’t come to the meeting yesterday, so my sister-. Oh, please forget the words soon.”
“Dad told me to get some rest. But what did Duke Donovan say?”
“Big big hmm. no. Come on, let’s go back to nature!”
I had only slept in Dad’s bedroom for one day, but it felt like I hadn’t been back in a very long time. In the bedroom, Aidan and Yangyang were having an uncomfortable confrontation.
“Two people, not one person and one. what are you doing right now?”
Then Aidan and Yangyang answered at the same time.
[Fighting!]
“Doing nothing.”
Again, there was a disagreement between one person and one dog. As usual, I smiled happily at the friendly appearance and went to the front of the food storage for each animal prepared on the wall. As usual, I took out the feed to entice the tweeter, but I hesitated.
“That’s right, it was forbidden.”
I put the road feed in. I had a lot of work to do, but I had to follow my father’s severe punishment anyway. When I was in my dad’s bedroom, I didn’t know because I was dealing with him, but there was nothing I could do except for prohibited items. I lay helplessly on the bed and blinked my eyes.
[Mabel. Why are you lying still?]
“Dad told me not to do anything. It’s not okay for the sheep to talk to you, so please don’t talk to me.”
[What? What’s wrong?]
“If I talk to you, my holy power wears off weakly.”
[joy. See if I said it first!]
The sheep waggled its tail and proudly left the bedroom. And a dark shadow fell over me. I lifted my gaze slightly to see Aidan’s handsome face looking down at me.
“I got a call from Casey. You said you can’t communicate with His Majesty, but don’t you get in touch?”
“No contact with Casey.”
That’s how I spent the second day listening to my dad. But, unfortunately, no time has passed.
‘What if something happens while I’m doing this?’
I spent a sleepless night mixed with such anxiety and the boredom of having nothing to do. morning of the third day. My dad caught me secretly contacting Casey with a communication magic tool.
“Mabel?”
“Oh, I just wanted to say hello. It’s not work related.”
But my lie didn’t even go to bed.
“…How long has it been since you regained your strength? Then what if I become a baby baby Mabel again?”
“Dad liked me too when I became a baby.”
“Kuh hmm. That’s… it happened because of unavoidable circumstances, so that’s why I enjoyed my lovely baby.”
Confused, Dad’s expression turned stern again for a moment.
“Mabel.”
“Okay…”
I became unemployed again.
***
Rumors of the emperor’s vacation had already spread among the nobles. This is because the unfortunate criticism of the nobility of the parliament has spread throughout the social world.
“I was so shocked that the door suddenly opened and His Majesty the Emperor entered.”
“I thought my heart was dropping! It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so I’m even more afraid!”
“It was like a demon that came up from hell. Your Majesty the Situation Emperor!”
The existence of the Situational System was feared by the House of Representatives, whose immunity had already disappeared for several months before the Situational System no longer appeared at regular meetings. Where the hell has our precious little emperor, His Majesty, gone! On the day of the meeting, a nobleman summoned the courage to ask.
“I would like to know why His Majesty Sang Hwang attended the meeting as a proxy.”
“I don’t know.”
There was no one who could ask the reason for the cold work. In the end, it was Duke Emily Javier, who attended the council and was closest to the emperor, who took up the mantle. Emily’s request to meet was easily accomplished, as she was banned from office but not from meeting her friends.
“The atmosphere is bloody since Mabel doesn’t come to the meeting.”
“Haha. Even the uncles.”
“By the way, I also agree with His Majesty’s judgment. You worked without days off. Mabel, you need to get some rest.”
Mabel puffed out her cheeks.
“I am not the only one working. Everyone is working hard. Same goes for Emily.”
“It’s because you, Mabel, are indispensable and valuable to this empire.”
But Mabel couldn’t agree with Emily’s words. Because it was thought that anyone could replace the emperor’s seat. While the two girls were having tea time, Oscar returned after training for the Knights Templar. Enrique was also with him. Enrique greeted me with a gentle smile.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“Come on. Let’s go to training.”
“It ended early.”
Oscar stroked Mabel’s hair and casually greeted the guest who had arrived first.
“It’s been a while, Emily.”
“Yeah, it’s been a while. Brother Oscar.”
“I just let go of my words before and now I’ve grown up, right?”
“After all, it’s a duke.”
After greeting the arrogant Emily, Oscar’s eyes turned to Aidan, who was silently escorting him.
“Aidan, you seem to have been doing well. Come to think of it, it seems like it’s been a while since we all got together like this.”
At that, Mabel clapped her hands.
“Let’s go on a picnic to the northern forest!”
3 days without doing anything. Rather, if we go on a picnic together, eat delicious food, and chat, time might pass quickly. Mabel’s sudden suggestion forced them to go on a picnic out of the blue. Oscar, who was walking side by side on the road to the northern woods, looked down at Mabel and said,
“Come to think of it, Mabel.”
“huh?”
“I think you are taller.”
“really?!”
While listening, Mabel’s eyes twinkled at the good news. Mabel put off the picnic for a while and led everyone to the tombstone in the northern forest. Esteban’s tombstone was so tall that he had to look up at it for a long time when Mabel stood next to him. At the bottom, there are still traces of a key drawn with Oscar when he was three years old. On top of that, I used to measure my height at intervals of one to two years. There were two similar cuts above the marks made when Mabel was five years old. Not only Oscar and Mabel, but also Aidan’s height were measured together. Compared to the traces of that time, they have already grown up. Mabel, who was crouching down to watch the trail, motioned for Aidan to come closer.
“Aidan. Can you see this?”
“I see.”
“Proof that we grew up.”
“…”
Aidan stared at the tombstone without answering. The traces of his childhood were small enough that he now had to bend over.
“Let’s engrave our keys on the tombstone and go.”
Enrique asked, slightly surprised by Mabel’s suggestion.
“Are we talking too?”
“huh. no?”
“no. I would not like it.”
“Then start with Enrique!”
The five children carved their heights into the tombstone. Of course it was the youngest, but the smallest was Mabel.
“Let it go. Because I will be the biggest!”
Then, I suddenly realized that I hadn’t grown that fast even after drinking the Growth Elixir, and I was greatly frustrated. Mabel ran her fingertips over the traces of the rock. We will continue to grow as much as this time we have grown little by little. Until one day the time comes when it will no longer grow. It’s a distant future that feels far away now, but I knew that that too would come soon. It feels like the time I grew up to today has passed in an instant. Mabel looked back and shouted.
“Let’s all be healthy!”
First of all, eat well and grow well. Another thing to think about after that.
***
A deep hollow somewhere. In that space buried so deep into the ground that it was impossible to know the depth, high-purity divine power spread through the air. It was such a strong divine power that even those without divine power felt it on the surface of their skin and shuddered. The crowd in white robes descended the spiral staircase with an unreserved gait. I arrived at my destination after going down for so long that I did not know how long I had walked. The wind in the hem of the dress caused the candles in the candlesticks hanging on the wall to distort and flicker. The final destination was in front of the common end, Han In-young.
“Thank you for coming a long way.”
“yes. This time, it took quite a bit of time to avoid snow. I have no face.”
“Since the God King is the successor to the Eye of Insight, it is not easy to fool your eyes.”
There was a moment of natural silence. The topic of conversation went straight to the main point.
“What happened to ‘it’?”
“The transplant was finally successful.”
“A conflict?”
“doesn’t exist. It is stable as long as there is no stimulation.”
“It is the power of bloodline.”
they laughed The cavity filled with laughter. The experiment of those wearing white ended successfully. Time passed slowly but steadily. . . .and 4 years later.
