[Episode 163]
“Good morning Eirin.”
“dad!”
I was the one who lost after the scuffle between me who wanted to sleep a little longer and Laurent who said he had to eat.
When I left the room to go to the restaurant with a tired face, what I saw was a face I really missed.
It’s not really that long since I haven’t seen it, so I don’t know why it feels like I’ve seen it for the first time in a while and I miss it.
I rushed over and put him in my arms, and Dad smiled softly and hugged me.
I liked this kind hand.
I liked my dad who always held me in his arms and greeted me kindly.
If I had a moment to brag about, it was to the point where I wanted to brag about it.
‘I have a father too!’
I said.
Although a bit embarrassing.
“You seem to be very busy.”
“Yes, a little…”
I answered with a smile, and my father lightly put me down.
“Were you on your way to dinner?”
“yes.”
“Let’s go together.”
“Are you waiting for me?”
“yes.”
“why? I was going to go now…”
“Do you want to see your daughter as soon as possible?”
I opened my eyes round at the sound of laughter, but then I opened my mouth.
“Yeah me too.”
I wanted to see too.
Hearing my words, my dad smiled and started walking slowly.
I walked beside him and let out a short breath.
“Is the reason you are busy right now because of me?”
“yes?”
“Or maybe it’s because of your mother.”
“That’s…”
I don’t want to lie.
However, it was true that it was a little hesitant to tell the truth.
“If so, you don’t have to.”
“yes…?”
“I’m saying you don’t have to do that for us.”
Dad opened his mouth calmly, as if he were talking about something very trivial.
“I want you to find your happiness. I grew up so unusually…”
Dad blurted out his words slightly.
“Because I am very sorry for you.”
“It’s not Dad’s fault.”
I was taken aback and hurriedly added the words. Dad glanced at me and smiled lightly.
“I know.”
“But why…”
“But after becoming a parent… I felt sorry for him even though I knew that I couldn’t help it.”
Dad’s words made my mouth shut like a clam. After a moment of hesitation, I shook my head vigorously.
“I do this and that because I just want to do it. I don’t want to live without knowing anything.”
Dad’s eyes widened slightly at my words. He reached out his hand, tossed my hair lightly, and smiled.
“Yes, if that’s your will, I won’t oppose it.”
Receiving a friendly hand, I nodded.
“This is probably something I will get through. Because if I don’t make myself happy, something will follow me like a shadow, constantly wishing for my unhappiness.”
“…”
Dad opened his mouth slightly at my words. He tilted his head as if he was curious about his obvious surprise, and Dad shook his shoulders and started giggling.
“dad? Why are you like that?”
“Just…”
Dad laughed.
“It’s amazing when my daughter grew up like this.”
“yes?”
“You are now at an age where you can stand on your own without the help of your parents.”
Dad lowered his hand that had been stroking my hair and patted my cheek once, chanting softly.
“It’s quite lonely to see children becoming adults.”
After the father muttered, he strode forward again.
As I chased after him, Dad smiled bitterly.
The eyes that looked at a child who was becoming an adult who no longer needed to take care of him and did not need to take care of him looked somewhat bitter.
* * *
After dinner with my dad, we talked about this and that.
Thinking that Dad seemed worried too, when I explained my plans for the future, Dad said he would look into the Granpurus tree.
“Thanks for your help, Dad.”
“you’re welcome. Before I am your father, I am also a vassal. You can say anything you want. You have the right to do that.”
“Yes and…”
“Is there anything else you need help with?”
“I love you! dad! Even when I grow up, I like my dad the most!”
At the end of the conversation, I screamed out loud and quickly left the mansion, pretending not to know my dad, who opened his mouth with a puzzled look on his face.
And arrived at the temple to meet Lucillion.
The question is…
“No Lucillion?”
“You recently went on a pilgrimage…”
“What a pilgrimage…”
“It’s a pilgrimage to increase the number of believers.”
Ah…
Come to think of it, the exchange condition for helping me was to increase the number of followers by 100,000.
‘Somehow, I couldn’t hear the news at all…’
Thinking that he was going through such hardships to help me somehow made me feel bad.
“Any word on when it will come?”
“Because he periodically visits the temple… Oh, it seems that today is the cycle he will return to.”
Counting the days with his fingers, he answered. I smiled and raised my head.
“Then can I wait a minute?”
“But it’s just an estimate, I’m not sure you’ll come today…”
“It’s okay. I’ll wait until evening and if you don’t come, I’ll go back.”
“…If so.”
At my strong attitude, the priest hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
‘I don’t have the confidence to go back and see my father’s face.’
I opened my mouth as I slowly walked to the parlor guided by the priest.
“Then why did you follow me again?”
“Give me the churro.”
“…I really hate it. Give money and buy it.”
“money? No money, lots of jewels. But I decided to exterminate the witch too, isn’t that asking too much?”
Where the hell did you hear the news of my going out? The snow leopard that followed me as soon as I left the mansion showed no signs of leaving.
“I didn’t ask to be expelled.”
“But without you, I can’t eat Chur, so I have to get rid of it, right?”
“That’s the teacher’s business.”
It didn’t feel good to watch a grown adult sticking out his lips and grunting.
“Okay, I can’t help it. I’ll give you special jewels and exterminate them. Give me a lot of churro instead. With a red one.”
“yes yes.”
After taking a deep breath, I went into the living room and used my skills again to make a full bowl of cat food.
Then he threw himself into the cat food, got buried between them, and hurriedly began to bite the churro in his mouth.
‘Should I really start a cat food business?’
Looking at the appearance of the snow pyo, somehow it seemed that if I opened a business, it would be a jackpot.
Wouldn’t the dye business and cat food business have already taken over the world?
Since I put all the people and animals in my hands…
‘Cat food is kind of boring.’
I don’t make it with my ability, but I try to make it as similar as possible with materials that exist in this world.
Then there will be more jobs and more rewarding business.
I sat down on the sofa and waited and didn’t come back, so I lay down on the sofa.
Snow Leopard was already sleeping comfortably, lying on his back among the mountain of cat food.
While I was lying down watching it, I fell asleep. The sunlight coming through the window made me feel so good.
It was an instant to fall asleep.
Sareuk sareuk-
The sound of cloth brushing could be heard from afar. Something approached me slowly, but my eyelids were heavy and I couldn’t open my eyes.
It felt like standing on the border between dream and reality.
“It’s difficult to sleep here defenselessly like this.”
A soft hand brushed his cheek, then lightly brushed his hair.
“It makes me want to catch and eat it.”
Could the voice of a beast licking his lips resemble this?
I didn’t even understand the meaning of the words, but I just thought that.
I was very happy with the warmth that touched me and lightly rubbed my cheek. Then I felt my hand get a little stiff.
“Umm…”
“Master.”
A low whispering voice was heard. It’s a familiar voice.
“Master, wake up.”
The owner of a soft voice shook my body lightly.
Only then did it feel a little more realistic. When I slowly opened my eyes, blue eyes shimmered in front of my nose as if they were about to swallow me.
“My dear master.”
“…Lucilion?”
“Yes, why are you sleeping here like this if someone comes in?”
“Did I sleep…? sorry. After waiting, the sunlight felt good…”
He rubbed his eyes and stood up. He poured water into a glass and held it out to me.
A few sips of cold water brought me to my senses.
“So what is it, master?”
Lucillion asked, lightly covering my cheek with the palm of her hand.
