[Episode 95]
“Hey, what am I saying to this stupid father?”
Just as Callan Etham was about to leave the conference room scratching her head.
“Kalan.”
“yes yes.”
Callan replied insincerely.
“Don’t overdo it.”
“…”
At the voice added, Callan Etam opened her eyes wide, then turned around to look at her father.
Then, he smiled and nodded his head.
“Yes, who am I? You are the father’s son. I can’t stand it.”
“I’ll help you bro.”
“It’s good.”
Callan Etham and Cillian Etham left the conference room. I scratched my cheek and looked at my dad.
‘Does it seem a bit different?’
Because I wasn’t the one who said that.
“You seem to be growing up too.”
Mirel Etam, who was watching the situation quietly, said. He slowly turned his head.
“What did you do when the other guys were growing up, so it wasn’t until you had a daughter that you started seeing properly?”
Mirel Etham, who said that, seemed a little tired of the years, unlike when he had lived a solid life.
“Now it looks like I don’t have to be in this meeting. The one I’m most worried about has come to his senses.”
said Mirel Etam.
He reached out to me, stroked my hair, and smiled.
“My time has passed, so it must be time for you guys to desperately manage it. I’ll spend my days watching my grandchildren play tricks in the back room.”
“Did you suddenly sit down and make a sound of getting old? You’re too famous to be a backroom old man.”
“It wouldn’t be bad for our young head of the family to go down to the new southern territory and take care of it.”
Despite Grandma’s bruises, Grandpa looked at me with a somewhat refreshed expression and said,
“How are you, my lord?”
I just blinked my eyes when he said that he would really retire and step down from the Etham family.
“Since I was going to pick someone to take care of the estate anyway…”
Not a bad story, Mirel Etam said.
‘They’ve become a family at best, but they’re leaving…?’
I couldn’t understand why he wanted to leave.
“Why are you going Grandpa?”
“Originally, the title had to be transferred in the past. But, as you can see, no one is really good enough.”
He clicked his tongue as if he didn’t like it. Despite the words, there was a lot of love in the eyes.
“But finally, these bastards have all come to their senses, so there are no regrets anymore.”
he got up from his seat. Devane Etham, who had been glaring at Mirel Etham disapprovingly, stood up with her.
“I’ll go get the answer later.”
Mirel Etham looked at the children sitting around him and opened his mouth.
“The one who was crazy about swords and power and wandered around the battlefield, or the one who was crazy about money and hid in the upper ranks at a young age…”
Charniel and Nelia shook their shoulders.
“A guy who hated losing with only his nose and pride piercing the sky since he was young, or an ugly guy who ended up leaving his parents before his parents because he was caught up in the eye with a man and wanted to live a life of escape…
” ‘s eyes widened.
“The guy who spent his childhood playing with insects in his room and being buried in books, let alone socializing, or the guy who didn’t know that his parents were stabbed in the chest by entering the temple and being looked down upon…
” Etam hardened his expression and raised his head.
“You bastard whose breathing was immoral…”
At that, Erno Etam snorted.
“There weren’t any of them who liked anything, but I know that you guys were born into this huge family and each had a lot of worries.”
Mirel Etam smiled coolly. He glanced over the round table once with a very refreshing face.
“Even so, each of them overcame well and grew up. Thank you for growing up well. I thought the child farming was a failure…”
Mirel Etam’s words continued slowly. The Etams have various expressions, probably a little embarrassed by the sudden situation.
“Looking at it put together like this, it looks pretty plausible. I thought I’d say it only once in my life…”
Mirel Ettam cleared his throat with a very embarrassed expression, then slightly averted his gaze.
“Even though I was like this, I loved you guys quite a bit. There was no one more and no one less. Know what you were thinking growing up.”
“…”
The son-in-law fell horribly quiet, as if someone had poured ice water on him. Mirel Etham also cleared his throat several times, as if he was very embarrassed.
“Enough then.”
Then he shuddered, turned around, and hurriedly ran out of the meeting room.
Everyone looked at Mirel Etham, who had disappeared with a bewildered look and even the nape of his neck reddened.
Devane Etam also looked at Mirelle Etam’s back as if he was very surprised, but soon turned his attention to his children.
“I…”
The silent woman started a conversation.
“I liked Erno. Because he was the cutest.”
I widened my eyes at Devane’s sudden words. Seeing his father frown, it was clear that he was uncomfortable.
“Because it looked best with a dress and an animal headband on it.”
“….”
I think I’m hearing terrible things.
As expected, everyone’s faces were distorted. As if the painful dark history was pulled out.
“I didn’t expect to grow up to be such an unattractive bastard…”
Devane clicked her tongue.
“Even so, it’s embarrassing to think that I didn’t love you equally.”
she said in succession.
“Especially the cream you.”
cream…?
Unlike me who was embarrassed, there was a person who wrinkled his face at once.
‘Uncle Chuno…?’
The faces of the people sitting at the round table all turned dark, as if a dark history from the past that they wanted to forget was brought out.
Of course, there was nothing to say about Krono Etam. He opened his mouth, frowning.
“Any nicknames like that…”
“Are you done wandering while self-torturing?”
“…”
“Isn’t it nice to go into the temple and abuse yourself because you hate the bloodline that your parents gave you?”
Cruneau Etham pursed his lips with a rare, embarrassed expression, then closed his mouth.
“why? How would you like to know?”
“….”
“Did you think your parents wouldn’t care if you went outside? Have you ever wondered why your father is paying so much money for the temple?”
Krono Etam was silent.
He didn’t open his mouth to respond, but the frown seemed to know what Devane Etham was talking about.
“Still, it’s not bad to see them huddled together to protect one of their youngest nephews.”
“My mother is also…”
Charniel Etham replied lightly with a smile.
“Cherry, am I not talking?”
Wow, I think I know why everyone is afraid of grandma. Charniel Etam’s nickname is Cherry, so I had to try not to open my jaw.
“Anyway, I have never discriminated against you other than your cuteness.”
Devane said.
“I did not discriminate between those who awakened their dragon abilities, those who did not, those who were angular, and those who lacked.”
Devane’s words calmed the atmosphere a little.
‘It seems that it is rare for even Etam’s direct descendants to awaken their special abilities.’
I have seen Etams who quietly listen to their parents’ sincerity. Somehow, I feel like my heart is full.
They all seemed embarrassed, but none of them had dark expressions.
“I didn’t ask you to do what you didn’t like, and I didn’t bother you even though I didn’t kindly support you if you wanted to.”
There was never a time when I stopped what I wanted to do.
“Or have you ever been uncomfortable with not buying dresses for only you guys? Will you buy it now?”
Etam’s heads moved left and right at once. The men were all white, and the women also looked tired as if they had remembered something.
Erno Etam’s back instead of an answer overflowed with magic power.
What kind of dress did she wear, so that Acrea Sapphire, who seems to like to dress up, is also white?
Only Charnett and I had a puzzled expression.
“Still, I didn’t love anyone in particular more. It was fair to all of you.”
The son-in-law was still, and her voice was raspy and low.
“So from now on, be a little child. How come no one comes to visit while the mother lives in isolation?”
She clicked her tongue as she turned and headed for the conference room door.
“You guys will have a new family head to die for, so go out and pack it hard.”
“…To die of hunger.”
“It looks like it’s going to be possessed by the whole family sooner or later, but what… Look, I already bought it.”
She took something out from the pocket on her waist.
It was a little dragon hatchling with wings.
To be precise, it was a real-life doll with silvery scales and a faint pink glow.
