[Episode 50]
Erno Etam carefully carried me away from Callan’s hand.
“Really… I grow up quickly.”
Kalan Etham puffed out her cheeks and mumbled in an unfair way.
‘But once you grow up, I’ll grow up too.’
I couldn’t bear to say it until there, so I smiled brightly. I don’t know if you’ll see me smiling because it’s a lizard.
“Anyway, we’ve been thinking about it for a while, haven’t we?”
‘What worries?’
When I tilted my head instead of answering, Silian took a step forward.
Then he opened a book in front of me. It seemed to be a book written about prisoners.
“I looked it up, and lizards seem to like living in subtropical climates. Of course, there are unique individuals that live in the desert, and they live in water… but we don’t know exactly which individual Eirin is.”
Well, that definitely made sense.
‘Come to think of it, they said that a prisoner needed an environment suitable for him.’
So, it was said that a prisoner usually does not leave the place where he was born until he becomes an adult.
It is said that the place where the beasts are born and grows is the most suitable ecosystem for the growth of the beasts.
nod
As I nodded, Silian Etham turned the bookshelf to the next.
“So we’re going to demolish some of the remaining estate of the Etam family and make it a comfortable place for you to live? Oh, I got permission from the head of the family.”
The Duke of Mirel gave permission?
How the hell has it been since I passed out? I didn’t feel like I had been asleep for that long…
“So, by any chance, would you like to read a picture book and choose what kind of feeling you like?”
A detailed description of the lizard’s habitat was written on the bookshelf he opened.
“Do you have a favorite climate?”
I like warm things, but I don’t like hot things very much.
But most of the lizard habitats he shows are on the hot side.
‘I’m not confident in swimming…’
I took a close look at the book, even sticking my face into it, but there was nothing I particularly liked.
‘It seems stuffy everywhere.’
As he shook his head, Silian’s expression showed disappointment.
“doesn’t exist…? The subtropics here are the most popular among lizards.”
Shaking my head.
Humid and hot is the worst. Korean summer was the worst. I hate the feeling of being stuck all over my body.
“Then, where is the desert…?”
dory dory.
It’s too hot there. I’m sure I can’t even breathe and I’m going to die. to dry up
“A place like this where there is water…?”
It was a place that looked like swamps and lakes.
I shook my head vigorously once again. No matter how I think about it, that’s not a place for me to live.
“It’s strange. Most lizards live in this way…”
And my back was so itchy.
‘It’s strange.’
It seems that my body has grown a little bigger than last time.
My back was itchy, so I twisted my body and rolled my palms. Erno Etam smiled and gently stroked my forehead.
‘Come to think of it, is your hair okay?’
I tapped my head with a paw and pointed at Erno Etham, who ran his hand across his forehead once and narrowed his brows.
Like a person who has finally realized something strange, he stood there silently for a long time before slowly looking down at me.
smart.
It was then.
A sharp knock was heard.
“I have prepared a pet for the lady of Prince Erno.”
I felt hesitation at the servant’s words.
‘Oh, it’s been a while since I passed out.’
fortunately it was
It’s not like it’s been a week or so.
“A pet? What is it?”
“What kind of animal did you buy for your father, Eirin…” When
the door opened just in time and Lucillion came in, Callan and Sillian, who were expressing their doubts, became quiet as if they had witnessed something unbelievable.
The two boys looked at Lucillion, who had become more and more confused, and then saw Erno Etam.
“father…?”
“They say it’s the latest fad.”
“yes…?”
“It looks like you guys didn’t even know because you were at home too.”
Erno Etham looked down at his two sons, making them trash in the corner of the room.
“If you don’t want to fall behind the trends, you should go out and have a social life, too.”
“….”
“….”
The two boys looked at Erno Etham as if they were absurd.
“master.”
When Lucillion found me sitting in Erno Etam’s hand, he slowly closed his eyes and approached me.
At that moment, Kalan Etam blocked the way.
“What kind of Eirin are you entrusting to such a fox-like bastard who doesn’t know where your father got it!”
“That’s right, he’s a man too.”
“If you castrate, it will stop.”
Lucillion, who was always smiling, rarely shook his shoulders and took a few steps back.
“Did you like pets of the same sex?”
“That wouldn’t be bad.”
“The energy is clean and it’s quite smooth, so I brought it…”
Don’t worry about it seriously.
These psychopaths…
“Kwuuuuu!”
As I gathered my strength from the boat and cried with all my might, the eyes of the four men were fixed on me at the same time.
“Did your daughter just cry?”
nod
Erno Etham opened his eyes wide, then smiled and stroked my hair gently.
“Did you see the ecology of lizards?”
“Yeah, you… but how did you know this was Eirin?”
Lucillion’s eyes widened at Callan Etam’s question.
“Where is the pet that doesn’t recognize its owner?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Lucillion smiled and scratched my cheek several times.
“Because the owner picked me up the other day.”
“Eirin picked you up?”
“Yes, after that, I lost my master in an underground auction… I met the owner’s father quite by chance while living on the streets again.”
is that really a coincidence?
I pressed my heart to ask a question. Seeing Erno Etham showed no sign of surprise.
He obviously knew and brought it.
‘…Because the High Priestess could have foretold the future.’
There was a high probability that he would have used it. Of course, it’s my fault for not contacting you first.
“…If coincidences continue several times, they say it’s intentional.”
“It is inevitable.”
Lucillion smiled like a fox and replied. Erno Etam also had a somewhat uncomfortable expression.
‘You look like you brought me here for no reason?’
Lucillion took a step closer to me.
“And you won’t need a lizard ecology guide like that.”
The moment Lucillion carefully reached out his hand to me, Erno Etam took my hand back.
“…”
Lucillion’s expression deepened with regret.
“You don’t need it?”
“Master, you’re probably not an ordinary lizard.”
“…not a lizard?”
“yes.”
Lucillion leaned down and met eyes with the smaller me.
“Yes?”
I was really dumbfounded, so I opened my eyes wide and shook my head.
I’m a lizard to anyone’s eyes.
With a long tail, a flat and long body, and even the size of the palm of your hand…
‘Huh?’
At the time, it was enough to fit Richard’s small hands.
But now it was about the size of Erno Etam’s large palm.
‘Has it grown in that time?’
Lucillion shook his head, saw me hardened like a stone statue, seemed to be thinking about something, and then smiled.
“Ah, that’s it.”
Lucillion nodded.
“If Eirin isn’t a lizard, are you saying it’s a different entity?”
“Maybe, maybe not.”
Silian Etam drew his sword and placed it under Lucillion’s chin.
“Does it look like we’re trying to play puns with you lowly bastard?”
No, he is the most sacred person recognized by God, but…
‘Why does he keep hovering around me?’
“I was just stating the truth. After that, I guess you’ll have to figure it out yourself. I… I can’t say more than this yet.”
Lucillion pressed her lips with her index finger and spoke softly.
‘Is it a restriction?’
As much as he was loved by God the most, he was able to know many things that others did not know, but Lucillion had so few words to say.
If you spit it out as it predicts the future, all the arranged destiny will be ruined, so there must be a special restriction.
‘I remember I had to pay the price…’
I couldn’t remember what the price was.
“Anyway, thank you. master.”
Erno Etam snorted and walked past Lucillion and left the room.
“Ah, I don’t know the details, but if my prediction is correct, you’ll probably be very hungry after this growing season.”
“…A growing season?”
“…yes, didn’t you know? You may get sick often because of growing pains.”
Erno Etham took me in his arms and slowly headed for my room.
“There are so many things I want to ask of you.”
“…”
I stared blankly at him, slowly curled up, wrapped my tail around my body, and closed my eyes.
“Thanks to my daughter, my head doesn’t hurt.”
“…”
“It’s clear that you were born with some special ability.”
The chanting voice was somehow very low. Listening to it made me feel like my strength was also released.
“But I don’t know if that… is a good thing.”
‘I’m tired.’
I wanted to say something to his voice, but somehow I kept falling asleep.
Soon, the sight darkened.
Erno Etam, who was looking down at the sleeping child, stopped slowly.
“I need to find some puppies since I was kicked out. I wouldn’t have killed you, so you’ll be alive.”
“Yes, Lord Soga.”
Out of thin air, one of the ‘Terem’ appeared.
“Find him, find out why he had a child, and investigate everything, including the woman he was dealing with.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Erno Etam stroked the child’s head.
‘There’s something strange on my back.’
What sprouted up on the scales looked like small flower buds, and sometimes like change.
“…I hope not.”
He looked at it for a long time, then frowned and shook his head.
Still, a feeling of uneasiness ran down his spine.
