[Episode 112]
“Today was very fun, lady.”
Easter, who dropped me off in front of my door after evading Crunno Etam, said with a smile.
“Yeah me too.”
“I wondered what kind of person he was because the young head of the family settled down in this historic family…”
Easter slowly knelt down in front of me and met our gaze.
“I found out that he is kind but not rude.”
“…okay?”
“Yes, I am looking forward to the Etam that the young lady will take care of in the future.”
Easter laughed and got up from his seat.
“By the way, the competition to fill Sir Iona’s vacant seat was quite fierce.”
“Was there any competition?”
“Because there was a group brawl among the four applicants, so only the last person who survived could come.”
I didn’t know there was such a hidden story. What the hell am I even doing?
I’m grateful, curious, and a little unfamiliar with it, so I don’t know what to do.
“Once again, I apologize for my rude behavior today. May the dragon’s protection be with the family lord.”
Easter lowered his head and stepped back.
‘Come to think of it, he must be the Knights of Noir, too.’
I didn’t even think of it because he behaved so lightly… I definitely thought that his skills weren’t average.
‘Now… only my father is left.’
I looked at the black tiger in my arms with a grim expression.
With the black tiger arc in one arm and the black tiger doll given to me by my father in the other, I headed to my dad’s office with a sense of pride.
“You have to look good to Ark’s dad unconditionally. Understand? So we can be together.”
The black tiger seemed to have understood my sincere words, “Kkaung!” and wept bitterly.
Arriving at the office, I took a deep breath and called him.
“Dad, are you busy?”
When I put my head through the open door, Dad stopped what he was doing and looked up to see me.
“Not busy.”
My dad, who found me, answered, strode over, and opened the door at once.
Looking at the wide open door, I brought the faces of the two black tigers in my arms to my cheeks as I had prepared.
‘It’s a little embarrassing, but…’
Still, I wanted to raise this embarrassing feeling.
When I said that, Ark opened his eyes, put his paws together carefully, tilted his head, and said, “Kkaung?” I cried.
It was a powerful cry earlier, but now it’s a cute little cry.
‘Is he perfect?’
I felt like they really understood what I was saying.
‘I heard that it’s a rare creature, so maybe it’s smart?’
Thinking about it, I saw my dad standing in front of me as if he was standing firm and carefully opened my mouth.
“Dad… even if I raise this child…”
“Raise him.”
No, I’m not done talking yet.
“If you don’t mind, daughter, stay still for a little while.”
“yes? yes.”
He snapped his fingers, and a glittering orb formed.
What he took out was a fairly familiar marble. The photo stone I saw from Laurent.
It is also a glittering photo stone that looks expensive even when flying.
And in the other hand, there was something like a book with a hard cover.
It was a gorgeous book that didn’t go well with my father, who had a shiny surface and was studded with some kind of jewel.
Looking through the gap, the inside seemed transparent at first glance.
It is like an album in which you can insert photos and write small notes.
“Nowadays…”
he opened his mouth.
“They say this is fashionable.”
Dad, who has been aware of the strange trend following ‘pet’, said somehow proudly.
“They say it’s a growth album.”
growth album?
Even in Korea, making an album for my child was a common occurrence.
‘Because my mother also kept all of the younger brothers’ albums.’
Is it only mom
I meet them occasionally, but even my grandmother, who was especially strict with me, had the same albums as my younger brothers.
‘I didn’t have mine…’
But thinking that my dad would do it for no reason made me feel better and my body stiffened.
‘What if it’s taken strangely?’
I was very nervous, but my dad, who took a few pictures, even opened his mouth to me.
“They say that if you keep this, good luck will come to the main character of this album.”
yes?
Dad, that’s a gimmick.
“How much did you pay for that…?”
“The basic 20 million roast was said to be custom-made with jewels, so I added a few more. I bought the most, so I think it cost about 100 million won.”
Ugh, I can make it for you if I roast 100,000!
No way, where did my dad go and become a hukou! My mouth didn’t come out of my mouth to say no.
‘Who did this to Gan Big Daddy?’
I couldn’t bear to tell my father that I had been scammed, and my father smiled lightly as I pursed my lips.
“You seem to want to tell your daughter that I have been tricked.”
When I looked up with a cold expression, my dad picked me up with one arm holding the doll and the arc in his arms.
“Daughter.”
“yes…?”
“I know this price is outrageous. It could be a bullshit trick. But still…”
Dad lightly rubbed my cheek with his other hand.
“I wish you all the luck in the world.”
My eyes widened at my father’s words.
“Looking at the first page of the album written like this, I had no choice but to live, even if it was a lie.”
The tips of his lips trembled at the sincerity of his father who whispered affectionately.
“You can call it my selfishness. I wish all the luck in the world would be poured out on you.”
Feeling like she was about to cry, she buried her face in her father’s chest with her expression contorted.
“Your father too… I want him to be happier.”
I wanted my dad, who brought me this good luck, to be much happier than I was.
Rather than me, I wanted all the luck to go back to my dad who made me spend such a dream-like time.
“Eirin.”
“yes.”
“Your happiness is my happiness. don’t forget that If you are happy, I will be happy to see you.”
My eyes became blurry. However, it was the time when I tried to twist the corners of my eyes because I didn’t want to show my crying face.
The scent of a cigar of a man wearing a robe, which had been lingering in my nose since before, suddenly came to my mind strongly.
“Ah….”
The tiger doll I was holding fell to the floor and Ark jumped out of my arms and landed safely.
“Daughter?”
“…Ah, Dad…”
My eyes suddenly spun around, and my body staggered uncontrollably.
That was the moment.
Pew-!
My vision suddenly went down, and soon I felt my dad even bigger.
Dad’s eyes widened as he looked at me.
uh? what?
“What?”
A rather familiar cry came from very close. I slowly raised my head with a puzzled expression.
“Eirin.”
“Kyuwoo!”
yes
I answered, but it didn’t come to a point that anyone could understand.
‘Why can’t I speak even though I’m a dragon?’
Is it still a hatchling?
Will even a dragon be able to speak when it becomes an adult? If you look at many novels, even hatchlings talk….
Why am I doing this?
But why did this happen all of a sudden?! I hurriedly re-imagined it and tried to become the original shape, but it doesn’t budge.
What is it?
At that moment, the unpleasant smell of cigars suddenly came to mind.
‘Ah…’
I remembered.
The smell of this cigar.
It was very similar to the smell I had the other day when that asshole who said it was my biological father approached me.
‘…Could that person be the culprit?’
I left it right in front of me and missed the culprit.
‘But…’
I tilted my head after sniffing the air.
‘I think I can somehow find it?’
After thinking about that, my hopes grew slightly more than my despair.
I grinned.
“Kyung! Kwywyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! Kyuuuk Kyuu!”
I think you can find me daddy!
I hung on to my dad and said hard. Of course, it didn’t sound like a whimper.
“…You should have learned the dragon language.”
Dad said with a very serious face. I shook my head and flapped my wings to fly.
“Eirin.”
There was a pen and paper on Dad’s desk. I held a blank piece of paper in my paw and held a quill in my other hand.
Should I say that it was inserted between the claws of the front paws?
The text became more crooked.
‘It doesn’t work well.’
It was big and crooked, so it looked like a picture rather than a letter.
The text I wrote was roughly like this.
I was slightly speechless at the two words filling a piece of paper.
“criminal?”
I nodded, then flew up again and came down with another piece of paper.
“You’re looking for the culprit?”
Dad crouched next to me and asked. I wanted to hug my dad who recognized this picture-like handwriting.
I nodded.
Then, as I stood on all fours and sniffed, pretending to smell it, Dad narrowed his eyes.
“You mean you can find the culprit by smell?”
“Kyumkyum!”
I nodded coldly.
“Can’t you come back as a human?”
I tried to do it right away, but it didn’t work out because the smell of cigars continued to linger in my nose.
When I shook my head, my father’s smile brightened even more.
“To know the smell means you’ve been in contact with the culprit.”
“Kyung!”
I nodded coldly.
I moved my limbs hard and put a black tiger doll on one side.
Then I hurried back and went outside and pretended to walk, but I bumped into a black tiger on purpose and fell down and took a sitting position.
“The culprit tripped you.”
I nodded.
Then, when I pretended to cover my nose with my front paw, my father’s smile became indescribably glaring.
“Yes, I understand.”
Dad said as I smiled broadly.
“You mean he made you like this?”
“Kyumkyum!”
answer! At my words, Dad gently stroked my hair.
“Yes, you can catch it and feed it to the beasts.”
No, why does the conclusion jump that way?
“Let’s go.”
“Kyauk?!”
Dad alone?
No matter how strong your father is, you should take someone with you!
My dad smiled and gently rubbed the scales on my cheek as I slapped him.
“Are you worried? But if you take other guys with you, it gets a little annoying.”
“What?”
What?
“Because I’ll probably have to keep things in my hands.”
I got goose bumps at the sound of my father’s languid voice.
‘Isn’t that why I have to take someone…?’
But Dad was already leaving the room with me in his arms.
