[Episode 72]
I was a little taken aback and looked at him, then burst into laughter and hugged Erno Etam tightly around the neck.
“Yes, Dad is the best.”
Rubbing my face on the nape of his neck, I smiled.
“…Know.”
After a brief silence, he responded in a way that said, “Don’t even say something obvious.”
As if it was just lunchtime, the restaurant was already occupied.
“grandfather?”
“…down?”
Five years ago or now, the Duke of Mirelle, whose appearance has hardly changed, saw me and stood up.
He had cutlery in his hand as if he was about to eat, and the table was already full of delicacies.
“Goyan is finally awake, fluffy.”
“…Hey Eirin.”
It’s not fluffy, it’s Eirin. Eirin!
“Hey, that’s true. Down went into hibernation and finally woke up.”
It was the moment when he stretched out his arms as if to hug me. My body fell behind the hook.
It would be more accurate to say that the person holding me back stepped back.
“….”
“..”
“Don’t touch your daughter’s dirty things.”
“…Erno etham. This immoral, swindler, son of a bitch!”
Duke Mirel’s mouth was filled with anger.
Watching the fire drip from my eyes made me wonder if something else had happened while I was asleep.
“Look at that senility.”
“This… Damn…!”
Duke Miriel couldn’t bear to swear more than that, probably because I was there.
Erno Etham faced him without changing a single color on his face.
He naturally seated me in the high seat where Duke Mirel was.
‘…Yes?’
Why am I sitting in the seat of honor?
As a Confucian girl who grew up learning to respect the elderly and protect the weak in the 21st century, I felt like I was sitting on a cushion of thorns.
As I wiggled my butt, Erno Etam smiled and kissed my forehead.
“I’ll tell you to bring a cushion right away.”
He snapped his fingers while holding on to the misaligned pint.
Then the ladies-in-waiting went outside and each returned with a cushion of various colors and shapes in her hand.
“Take your pick, the cushion you want is prepared.”
I was speechless for a moment as I looked at the colorful cushions stretched out in front of my eyes.
There were many different types of cushions, from animal-shaped cushions such as cats, rabbits, and tigers to candy-shaped and general cushions.
However, the problem is why there are so many cushions in the Duke’s House, which is not a cushion shop.
“Ah, anything…”
All round and cute, handsome.
As I barely opened my mouth, Erno Etam seemed to be thinking for me, then picked out some cushions and stacked them on my chair.
‘No…’
But no matter how you look at it, this is the seat of Duke Miriel.
When I looked at Duke Mirel in confusion, he burst out laughing as if he was absurd.
However, he naturally sat in the first seat on the right, directly below the seat of honor.
And across from Duke Mirel and to my left was Erno Etam.
‘…Isn’t something strange?’
Why is nobody tackling here? Why is the youngest kid sitting in the top seat, obviously leaving his grandfather behind?
“dad.”
“Yes, daughter.”
“Here… this is my grandfather’s place…?”
“It’s your seat.”
The answer came from Erno Etam.
“No, but my grandfather was sitting…”
I expressed my opinion to somehow get out of this uncomfortable position.
“It’s because I’m senile.”
“That senile is your father, you bastard. You are very immoral as if you are eating rice!”
“Even if you’re old, you can do that if your brain is between your legs, so there’s nothing you can do about it.”
“…Hey, you crazy bastard.”
Duke Mirelle threw a knife at Erno Etam.
Erno Etam snorted and tilted his head slightly. The knife, which had been flying round and round, got stuck in the marble.
“….”
Marble is not clay, and knives are stuck.
Duke Miriel seemed to have thrown it lightly, but the power inside did not seem to have.
‘A scary family.’
I swallowed in a gulp.
Anyway, the appetizing food stimulated the sense of smell without stopping. I wanted to eat right away.
“Dad… I feel uncomfortable in this position…”
“I guess it’s because I haven’t been humanized yet.”
no it’s not like that
“There are four seats ahead.”
“This is where the tallest person sits.”
“Yeah, that’s your seat. The seat of honor is where the head of the household sits. Come on, eat now.”
He sliced the meat, served it on my plate, and even put the meat in my mouth.
‘…It seems like something scary just passed by naturally.’
I was afraid to even think about it, so I decided to focus on eating.
It was out of touch with reality.
“Huh…”
At first, I only took what I put in my mouth, but at some point, when I came to my senses, I was already eating what was in front of my eyes.
Despite the amount that filled the table, I kept feeling like I was lacking somehow.
When Erno Etam lightly snapped his finger, the ladies-in-waiting rushed out.
“The hand is not working. daughter.”
Erno Etam lightly restrained me from extending my hand out of habit, as I couldn’t handle it with a fork.
“I don’t like it…”
I don’t know why they don’t let me eat. As if my head had turned white, even a slight unfair feeling welled up.
It felt like my greed for food suppressed my rationality a bit.
“no.”
Erno Etam said firmly and put a fork in my hand.
I looked at him puffing out my cheeks and he lightly stroked my hair. Thanks to you, I feel a little better.
“Food won’t run away, so eat slowly.”
After staring at the food for a while, I slowly nodded.
‘Dad says that’s what…’
What can I do.
Erno Etham served me a steady, well-cut meal so that the food didn’t disappear from the plate in front of me.
Thanks to that, I could eat food from far away, so my dissatisfaction gradually faded.
After diligently fixing my eyes on the plate in front of me and eating, I woke up feeling a little full and saw that the table was already empty.
“Ah…”
A momentary shock came. No matter how good the food is, isn’t it a bit harsh for me?
“Have you eaten, Eirin?”
When I raised my head at the friendly voice I heard, Kalan Etam and Silian Etam were also there before I knew it.
‘Still, it’s not as messy as last time.’
Perhaps because I ate it with a fork, there was no mess around or I climbed onto the table.
‘Wasilian was also incredibly big.’
Not knowing that the lady-in-waiting came and wiped my hands, I just admired it.
‘Erno Jr….’
Silian had a very similar appearance to Erno Etam.
Including the sharp jawline and clear features. With a calm face, Silian strode forward.
“I was so surprised to hear that you didn’t wake up.”
“Yeah, it’s okay now.”
“It’s fortunate that I almost killed the emperor.”
It gave me a little goosebumps to say exactly the same thing as Erno Etam with a fresh face.
‘Will Silian become a father when he grows up?’
I would believe that Erno Etham was his doppelganger, except that his hair was a little less curly.
“When did you grow up so fast?”
Silian Etam said, holding me in his arms.
He was so big that he hugged me casually.
It felt strange to look down at my short, unchanging body after seeing people who had changed while I hadn’t seen them.
“But why did I only grow my tongue… and not grow taller?”
No matter how much I slept, wouldn’t my body need to grow? What do you do when your pronunciation is clear?
“It will grow very quickly.”
Erno Etam said as if he were so sure.
‘Well, that’s all good…’
I couldn’t figure out why no one was tackling the fact that I was sitting in this high seat.
“Oh daughter. You said you had a present?”
He lightly reached out his hand, and the maid put the box down in front of Erno Etam.
Erno Etam held out a box to me. He took it with both hands, and he smiled.
“Congratulations Erin. As of today, you are the head of the Etham family.”
“…yes?”
With a sound like thunder from the sky, I became hardened like a stone while holding the box.
