[Episode 51]
Rumbling-
I crawled further under the pillow at the sound of the boat horn.
‘Stop making noise!’
How many times does it ring today alone?
Yesterday, when I woke up after passing out like that, what came to me was a terrible, terrible hunger.
The fingers of Erno Etham, who had been greeting me, looked like sausages, so I couldn’t even bite them, so I mumbled.
The problem is that I already ate twice today.
Less than two hours had passed since I had my second meal, and the boat horns did not stop.
“I told you to prepare more meals for your daughter.”
I dug a little further under the pillow.
‘I don’t want to be hated.’
I mean, I don’t want to be bothered. I didn’t want to be a troublesome child who eats a lot and needs a lot of hands.
I didn’t want to lose my barely formed family because it was annoying because I was different from others.
“Daughter.”
Even at the low call, I did not budge.
I hoped the hunger would go away somehow.
“Eirin.”
My vision brightened at the small call. The feeling of the heavy pillow on my back was also gone.
“Why is my daughter like this? Didn’t the rice suit your taste?”
“…”
“I’ll cut all the cooks.”
no don’t do that This mad dad…
As I shook my head, I heard faint, laughing breathing from above.
“Then why?”
‘If you eat too much, you might turn into a pig… If you take it like this every time, it’ll be annoying… Again…
‘
‘If it’s not cute, I might hate it.’
Even to me, Eirin was very cute. But if you eat too much and get fat, you might not like it.
‘Looking at it this time, he’s grown too big.’
It’s a bit like a lizard, honestly, the size of an adult man’s palm.
What if it’s bigger here?
‘Some lizards are said to be as tall as 3 meters, but…’
Then it is sure to be abandoned.
‘I don’t want to grow a 3-meter one either.’
honestly it’s gross
“Airin, do you intend to take away the barely born daughter from me?”
Hearing that weak voice, I raised my head and shook my head.
‘It’s not like that…’
I was just afraid of changing.
Even if I gained a little weight, the past, where I was cursed at, kept holding me back.
“If my daughter collapses again because she is hungry but does not eat, I will kick out all the cooks and call for a new one.”
I opened my eyes wide and shook my head.
If it’s all my fault, I don’t know why they kick out the good cooks…
“If the cook comes and you don’t eat again, I’ll cut them again and recruit a new chef.”
I blankly looked up at him.
‘why?’
I wanted to ask that.
Even if you purse your lips, your voice won’t come out. It was so frustrating.
However, Erno Etham opened his mouth as if he immediately noticed my question.
“I don’t know, but someone said that parents are like that.”
“…”
“I want to be on your side unconditionally even if your child does something wrong.”
My eyes grew exponentially.
If it weren’t for the lizard, I would have grabbed hold of the hem of his clothes.
“Even if something terrible happened in the world and it was my daughter’s fault, I wouldn’t say it was your fault.”
I slowly lifted the face buried in his bed.
As he slowly turned around, his palms were close at hand. Tears flowed.
[mom. Noona ordered it~ Let us see. So that’s what I did. He said he wanted it.]
[I heard it, Mom.]
[Yes, I know. Our good sons couldn’t have done it. It’s the owner’s fault for putting things carelessly in a place like this in the first place.]
[Hey, Mother. What is it?]
[Yunan, who coveted a toy that costs a few pennies… Here’s the money.]
Tears dripped down my eyes, more saddened by the memories that came to mind.
Mother always defended her younger brother, even though she clearly knew who had stolen the toy that boys were supposed to play with.
you must have known Who really stole it.
It was like a dream to hear the words I always wanted to hear while living like that.
Watching me wet his palms, Erno Etam gently stroked my scales.
“I will take your side even though I know it won’t work. So please eat a lot and grow up.”
‘I…!’
I pursed my lips, but no words came out.
‘I want to talk. I want to have a proper talk with my father.’
The moment I put my wish in my head, desire filled my heart.
That was the moment. The front of my eyes went white. At the same time, my body became hot and my vision increased.
Erno Etam’s eyes widened.
“I…”
came a voice.
Before I knew it, I was sitting on Erno Etam’s lap and holding on to the hem of his clothes.
Erno Etam wrapped a blanket around me before I knew it.
“What if I become fat…?”
“Then you will be a chubby daughter.”
“What if it becomes a very, very big lizard…?”
“I will be a very big daughter.”
“What if it just gets ugly?!”
“Ugly… is such a thing possible?”
Erno Etam’s expression became strange as he answered.
When I asked how serious that expression was, I was taken aback.
“I can’t even imagine the impossible.”
As soon as I finished speaking, I clung to Erno Etham’s neck without realizing it.
“Even your tear-stained face looks cute, so I must have fallen in love with you.”
Erno Etam stroked my hair.
“Anyway, you’re back as a human.”
“Yes…”
“Don’t you remember how you got back?”
“Father… no. Think about wanting to talk to Dad.”
“You thought?”
“Yes…”
I nodded while holding him on his chest. Erno Etam’s expression darkened slightly and became subtle.
“I was not sick yesterday, what were you thinking at that time?”
At Erno Etam’s question, I slowly searched my memory.
“Ah…”
I barely opened my mouth while hiding my face at the memory of being slightly embarrassed.
“I wish it was…”
“what?”
“Dad and my family aren’t sick… I want to live for a long, long time…”
Erno Etam’s eyes widened at the child’s confession. he let out a low laugh.
‘This is such a childish wish…’
But it was the biggest wish I always had.
“Eirin.”
“yes?”
“Hasn’t that already been done? If you want to do that in the future, you should eat when you are hungry, right?”
“…”
When I turned my head, the table was already full of food that broke my upper leg.
The
rumbling sound was heard again.
As soon as the food that smelled appetizing was placed in front of me, I reflexively reached out my hand like a person with a broken switch and hurriedly ate the food.
“Ha-!”
Before I could feel the taste filling my mouth, my hand was already touching the next food.
“….”
“….”
“….”
Erno Etam and the servants helping with the meal seemed to have lost their words for a moment.
The hearty table, which seemed to be enough for 10 people, was empty in an instant.
After finishing my meal, I woke up.
My hands were a mess because I used my hands to eat at random.
“Ah….”
I was speechless as I was looking at the generously piled plates.
“Uh….”
Could it be that I heard something in my stomach? Otherwise, what is the reason for eating this far?
“Are you a little full now?”
I was awakened by the sound of a voice next to me.
I nodded slowly.
Earlier, I felt hungry even after eating a normal serving, but now my stomach is definitely full and full.
“You’re full.”
“Okay, I’ll tell you to prepare a meal like this from now on.”
“…What about you? Eat like this…”
“You can eat more. I have a lot of money.”
I nodded lightly.
I recognized it from the time I gave out 1 billion won of allowance…
“Oh, and the teacher the family head said the other day is coming from tomorrow.”
“Are you sunbathing?”
“Yes, he is the eldest son of the Baron Rosemont in the West. Since the head of the household chose it, the identity must be certain.”
“yes!”
Even if it’s not, I didn’t like being at home, so I wanted to learn something, but it’s fortunate.
“Do what you want to do.”
He said while stroking my hair. My lips softened at the gentle touch.
* * *
After sleeping soundly with Dad’s warmth, my whole body felt refreshed.
After breakfast, I was thinking about what to do, but a sudden thought popped up from my seat.
‘I have to go see Sharnet.’
What is the female lead doing?
I left Erno Etam, who said he had work, and ran down the hallway.
“Oh, that kid…”
“He really has a tail…”
As I was walking across the hallway, I stopped involuntarily at the sound of a voice.
‘Ah, I forgot to hide it.’
Even with this humanization, he failed to hide his tail.
Oddly enough, the tail got a little longer and seemed shiny.
“…Is that so?”
“Yeah sure…”
I tried to hide it by pressing it under the skirt, but it was already finished so that the tail that my father had requested to be specially made for me came out, so I couldn’t even hide it.
It was a moment when I bowed my head.
“I really want to touch it…”
A voice like a hot breath filled with desire lodged in my ear.
