Chapter 79. You are dead! 2020.11.03.
Sack-sack. The sound of a child’s breathing filled the room. The moonlight, obscured by the clouds, climbed through the window and illuminated the child’s face.
[Stupid Mabel. I don’t know how to do it in moderation.]
Shinsoo, whom the child named ‘Yangi’, came in through the window and landed lightly on the bedside. The bountiful tail swayed skyward.
[Why are you wasting so much divine power when you’re still a child?]
The divine beast’s softly said foot touched the child’s cheek. Then, a faint light shone and permeated over the red cheeks. Before long, the child’s breathing was much easier than before. Yangyang crouched down and stared at Mabel’s sleeping face.
‘At first, I didn’t intend to become this close.’
After being called by the god, he became a divine servant of the god’s seed and waited for the seed to germinate for a long time. After Mabel was born like that, when he finally woke up with him, he was just bored.
‘The wait was too long.’
Because of the long stay in the state of an egg, I felt sick of living. Also, at what age to raise a newborn child to become the savior of the world, I was at a loss. But what The baby grew up too quickly. Even if I wanted to see more of my small self, I grew up day by day. The child, who could not walk well, started toddling and then even running. He fell in love with the process of growing up.
[The word bored is cancelled.]
The 9 years I spent with Mabel were filled with more enjoyable times than anything else. I spent every day without noticing the passage of time. Mabel was a child with a foolish personality who always looked at the expressions of others and thought of others first while saying that she only knew herself. So it was more interesting.
[Maybe God chose you because you had such a soft personality?]
He wanted to stop the flow of time if he could. If so, the ordeal of fate that would come to Mabel could be delayed even a little.
‘I’ll be happy right now when I don’t know what it is yet.’
I wish they grew up a little more slowly. So that the time to be happy is longer. After watching Mabel sleep for a while, Yangyang raised her head at the approaching wave of disparate magic. I couldn’t see it, but I could feel it. jump. The figure of the sheep who jumped out of the bed gradually changed. It was a sheep that was the size of a small cat in line with its child, Mabel, but as Mabel’s divine power stabilized, the sheep also had the power to change its body. Its small body gradually grew larger and its dainty horns gradually grew. After a while, standing under the cloudy moonlight was a beast the size of a beast.
[come in. You were going to do that anyway.]
Surprisingly, Yang Yang’s words in the form of the Eucharist were heard clearly by the uninvited guests outside the balcony. It was Aidan who entered after a while. He didn’t look surprised at all when he heard Shinsoo’s words and asked calmly.
“What about Mabel?”
[Are you sleeping. I put some of my power into it, so it should be fine.]
“I see.”
Silence passed. That’s why they’ve been face to face for a long time, but they didn’t get along very well. Aidan had no idea, and Yangyang hated him one-sidedly.
[That energy flowing through your body. Didn’t you say it belonged to Devlin?]
“…Yes.”
[I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but I think that energy has faded compared to before. Even though we’re looking at each other like this, it’s less unpleasant.]
Yang guessed that the reason was that she was neutralized by being next to Mabel, who had strong divine power. But there was always something I didn’t understand. Mabel’s and Shinsoo’s powers are of the same nature, and Mabel was not offended by Aidan. Looking at Aidan leaning over the railing and looking at the side of the bed, Yang suddenly realized. Red eyes with faint heat under the long eyelashes hanging over the eyes. Even the captivating features.
‘A face is a face…!’
She saw a very small possibility that it might be the power of her beauty.
***
Arriving in front of Esteban’s office, Oscar involuntarily overheard the conversation flowing from inside.
“I guess Devlin’s mage was missed after all.”
“I have no face, Your Majesty.”
“It happened. If I caught him, I wouldn’t be able to shake him off. You just need to know that the enemy is Devlin.”
The successive raids were talked about by the people of the empire and almost ruined the prestige of the imperial family, but they were buried cleanly with Mabel’s Sacred Monument anyway.
‘I don’t know if that little thing knows or not.’
Sometimes Mabel would do amazing things for her age. Each time Esteban was startled.
“…as expected, my daughter is a genius.”
Gustav nodded with a solemn expression at the words he muttered inadvertently.
“you’re right.”
The intentions of the two were perfectly aligned. Esteban brought up the next business.
“How did you deal with that bastard from the Bursley family?”
“I did as you commanded. I will probably be broke sooner or later.”
The young man who wanted to propose but was afraid of losing his life and wished to become rich. He was in danger of losing his money as well. It was a bitter price for all of them trying to bully Mabel.
“Don’t even come near Mabel.”
“Of course.”
Oscar overheard the conversation and knocked on the open door.
“Emperor. You should keep the door closed when talking about important things.”
“Thank you for the advice, son. I already knew you were standing at the door.”
Esteban was one of the strongest swordsmen in the empire, so he could easily detect the signs of others approaching nearby without being vigilant. So an open door wasn’t particularly dangerous.
“Still, I will take your advice gratefully.”
“Because it’s good to be careful about everything.”
As Oscar sat down on the sofa, Gustav served the car in front of him.
“What did you come for, Your Highness?”
“I have something to ask the emperor.”
When Oscar said he had something to ask, Esteban put down the papers and went and sat across from Oscar.
“What are you curious about?”
“I came to ask how the investigation into the information guild < Evil > is progressing.”
“If that’s the case, as you know, one of the knights was caught before he could even follow him.”
“Has there been any progress since then?”
“That’s because I’m busy with other things.”
Esteban averted his gaze.
‘I can’t say it’s because of the guys who said they were proposing to Mabel during the swordsmanship competition.’
Oscar thought as he watched him work tirelessly to maintain his dignity as a father.
‘The cause is Mabel.’
It was understandable because he himself was also devoted to swordsmanship practice because of that job, and he didn’t care about the information guild investigation at all.
“I’ll have to check it out again. How a small guild could grow to that extent in such a short period of time. It’s not just one or two suspicious things.”
“That’s why, Father.”
“hmm?”
“I will hide my identity and visit the guild.”
“…you?”
Esteban’s reaction was not very encouraging. No matter how strong a swordsman was to be awarded the title of the youngest knight, Oscar was a child like Mabel in Esteban’s eyes.
‘I’m still at a good age to be in your arms, but why are you trying to run out like this?’
In particular, Oscar tended to do everything alone, perhaps because he was raised as the successor from birth. Seeing Esteban’s reaction, Oscar’s expression darkened as he thought he was not trustworthy.
“Do you think I will do poorly?”
“That’s not it.”
“It’s not a very difficult mission, Father. I intend to fake my identity, go to a fake information request, and do a simple investigation.”
Oscar’s will to do the mission was visible. Esteban wondered why his son was so obsessed with the mission.
“Is there any other reason you want to investigate Evil?”
“Not like that. I just… want to do what I can.”
Oscar always tried. to become a great emperor. And after that goal disappears, to become a knight to protect Mabel, who became the emperor. I reached my goal, but I didn’t feel accomplished. Is it because I have never protected Mabel? So, Oscar set a goal to eliminate the beings that were a threat to Mabel one by one. The first was the information guild < Evil >.
“A huge guild alone without a competitor will pose a threat to the imperial power in the future. I think we need to know who is behind it.”
“…He is too.”
“Please leave it to me, Father. I will not disappoint you.”
Esteban nodded at Oscar’s words, feeling his firm will.
“Instead, there are conditions.”
“What is?”
“Your mission is just to fake your identity and submit a request. No more risky single action is allowed.”
“…All right.”
“Remember, Oscar.”
Esteban, who had repeatedly warned Oscar, suddenly raised his head. Then he suddenly opened the paper and pretended to read it seriously. And a minute later, Mabel’s pink hair appeared beyond the door of the office. Gustaf and Oscar, who vividly witnessed such situation, were at a loss for words.
‘You seem to be diligently managing your image today.’
It was a common idea between the two.
***
Oscar and Gustaf were also there when I entered Dad’s office. I glanced at Dad looking at the papers.
‘He’s pretending to read the papers again.’
Are your eyes not moving at all? However, fearing that his father would be hurt, he pretended not to know and approached them, saying hello.
“Dad Oscar Gustav, hello.”
“Oh yeah. Here you are, Mabel.”
“Yes. Daddy was working hard. Awesome!”
Then Dad smiled brightly and sat me on his lap. Then he carefully touched his forehead with his large hand.
“hmm. The fever is almost gone.”
“huh. It’s okay now.”
“It’s not okay, Mabel. No matter how strong your ability is, isn’t it hard on your body to use it all at once? He created a protective shield and healed people, and even rained down the holy spirit. How can I—”
Another nagging bombardment ensued. I cried out and covered my father’s mouth with both hands.
“…?”
“…I was wrong, Dad.”
Even if I went back to the past, the choice that I would have used my ability would not change, but I still felt guilty for making my dad worry. Looking up sullenly, Dad’s expression softened.
“It looks like Mabel is also reflecting, but why don’t you just let this matter go, Father? Fortunately, the fever is gone.”
When I gently removed the hand that had covered my mouth, Dad grabbed it again and kissed the palm of my hand.
“I worry because the sullen Mabel is cute, but it’s okay. Let’s do it.”
That’s how I was able to avoid the nagging bombardment. I smiled brightly in return for Oscar, who was sitting across from me.
“But what were you talking about?”
Before Dad pretended to read the papers, he overheard the rich man talking seriously. Oscar seems to be doing something and Dad seems to be stopping him. What is it?
“What are you talking about?”
“I ordered a simple investigation, Mabel.”
I was not satisfied with my father’s answer. The occupational disease in information has been activated.
“What a simple premature birth?”
“Which organization are you investigating?”
Oscar answered instead. Again, it did not fully satisfy my curiosity.
“What organization is it?”
“Um, it’s a very suspicious and huge organization, but I thought it might be bad people, so I decided to investigate.”
“A bad organization?”
“okay. Bad organization.”
No matter how much I begged him, he seemed unwilling to reveal what he was investigating in detail.
‘Dad wouldn’t have made me do something dangerous.’
So it seemed there was no need to worry.
“okay. Is Oscar scolding the bad guys?”
“It’s not a bad guy organization….”
“Don’t get hurt, show me the example. Understand?”
“Yes, I understand.”
Oscar’s smiling face was like a reliable older brother. I enthusiastically cheered Oscar on his first mission.
‘I don’t know what kind of organization it is, but you guys are dead!’
