“What is it, crying?”
Ryan chuckled.
“Oh, no...”
Revan wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
...crying. I guess I feel strange.
What should I say? A sense of belonging? A feeling of having a fence surrounding you, something called family?
“Now, we are family!”
Ryan bent down and hugged Revan and my shoulders, smiling brightly.
"Beings who love and care for one another! In this harsh world, others you can trust and rely on! Isn't that what family is all about?"
It sounded like a typical father's comment, but it was cool and reassuring.
'I think it was a good decision to leave home.'
And holding Ryan's hand, too.
Unlike before I returned to the corrupt family, my body may be more uncomfortable, but my mind is at ease.
After all, people shouldn't live by committing sins.
“Yes, let’s go home now!”
The strong head of our household shouted.
Yes!
Let's go home!
The sun is shining brightly.
Birds are chirping, and you can hear the sound of a trickling stream.
It's been two weeks since I returned home.
Belzer is peaceful today, too.
'I'm sleepy. Let's sleep for five more minutes.'
As I was turning over the blanket, I heard Revan's voice from outside without a doubt.
“Bunny! What are you planning on eating for dinner?!”
I closed my eyes and laughed.
I'm used to his way of speaking. It's like, how long will this last?
“No, no~ Eat breakfast!”
I gave it back and got up.
I sit on the bed, run my hand through my messy hair, and look around the room.
Our house has changed a lot.
The renovations are all done, and Ryan moved some usable furniture from the unused room upstairs, so my room has become more spacious.
I also added a canopy to the bed, and in addition to the dressing table and table, I also got a wardrobe, a jewelry box, and a desk.
“What about Dad?”
I asked, sitting down at the kitchen table with only a little bit of eye booger in my eyes. Revan put down two slices of jam-covered bread and a glass of milk.
“He went hunting.”
“I wish he had caught a wild boar today. Bear meat is so tasteless.”
“You want pork? Then just order it. Why bother skinning a wild animal?”
We can now enjoy fresh milk and egg dishes every day. We also have various necessities delivered.
If you order, there is a groom who will go shopping for you and come the next day.
"Hello!"
“Yes, good morning~.”
“Jean, are you here?”
A brown-haired coachman carrying a large box of groceries came in through the open door.
His name is Jean. His full name is Jean Wellings.
That's right, the fourteen-year-old coachman who took us to Belzer on the first day we set foot on the continent.
“You haven’t eaten breakfast, so have a seat.”
“Oh! Thank you.”
Revan also prepared Jean's share as usual.
The reason Jean came to Belzer without hesitation? Surprisingly, it was because the groom was introduced to him by Wolf Lehman, a member of the hiring guild.
His name is like some kind of guarantee... Miners and Jean come to work thinking, "Wolf, I guess it's really okay."
“Did you guys go straight to the workshop?”
“Yeah. I brought it down.”
Jean brings the miners home every morning and takes them home after work. He also cleared up the misunderstanding that our entire family was planning to commit suicide.
Actually, it’s been a while since the misunderstanding was resolved...
“Wow! Jean, it’s been two weeks?”
“You, you, you! You’re alive?!”
“Hey, I told you I wasn’t going to die.”
We already met once, the last time I was in the city. On the way to buy underwear with Revan.
"It's nice meeting you. I have a question. Since you brought us to Belzer last time, has anyone asked you about us?"
“Huh? ...Oh, right! An old man was wondering. He asked me, ‘What kind of people are those people? Why are they going into Belzer without fear?”
A middle-aged man who asked him suspiciously detailed questions about things like Ryan and my relationship, and why I thought they went to Belzer.
'Maybe that man was Professor Gustav.'
Anyway, I was pretty sure of it from the conversation I had with Jean back then, so I kind of expected that he would kidnap me...
“Bunny, here’s your lunch box!”
“Yeah! I’ll be back.”
After finishing my meal, I leave the house with the lunch box that Revan packed for me.
If you walk along the path in the backyard of the mansion for about 20 minutes, you will see the entrance to the mine at the bottom of the mountain.
And the hard-working miners, too.
“Everyone, eat breakfast!”
“Oh, Vania is here!”
“Hey, everyone, let’s eat!”
“Eat first! We’ll eat later!”
Only five of the ten people showed up first. They were all nice-looking men.
"I was really grateful for Wolf. What would have happened if I hadn't saved the miners?"
I recalled the day they came, looking at the well-drilled veins with the help of the experts.
I can't hold back my laughter...
"No, who were you trying to bury? Why did you dig up the backyard like this?"
"Ugh! This hideous pit, touched by the ignorant hands of non-experts! I can't stand it!"
On the first day, the experts were shocked to see the backyard of the mansion that Ryan and Revan had so horribly dug up.
And after quickly inspecting the ground with the various tools he had brought and drawing up a blueprint, he began to dig an entrance in the most ideal location...
'I thought all I had to do was dig a little dirt, what a fool I was!'
I didn't know, since it's not my area of expertise. I just knew that Belzer was full of magic stones buried there.
“By the way, did the champion go hunting again this morning?”
“I told you, he's really diligent.”
Oh, and the fact that all the miners were fans of Ryan, the fight show champion, played a part in why they overcame their fears and came to Belzer.
“Daughter! Daddy is here!”
A lion will come when I say so!
A lion came down from the mountain with a wild boar on his shoulder.
He also carries hunting tools like ropes and traps on his shoulders. These were meant to deceive the miners, so as not to give the impression that he had killed his prey instantly.
“Hey, champion! You caught a wild boar?”
“As expected, it’s amazing!”
Ryan slammed the board down and wiped his nose, feeling pleased.
“Daughter! Praise for dad!”
“Wow! Dad, you’re the best!”
After two weeks of training, I ran over and hung onto Ryan's waist. He wrapped his arms around me and rocked me back and forth.
“Hiya, it’s really nice to see you.”
“My daughter is all grown up, so you don’t act cute anymore...”
The men stopped eating their sandwiches and looked at me and Ryan with a pleased expression.
The men who became Ryan's fans because of the tearful father-daughter story, perhaps because of that, really enjoyed seeing him and me being so affectionate.
‘Actually, we are half-siblings who have known each other for two months...’
Anyway, as I continued to act as an old family member while providing fan service in this way, I naturally started to use the word “dad” and speak informally.
“But what hasn’t come out yet?”
After shaking hard, Ryan put down the knife and asked the miners.
"Champion, I'm sorry, but you were scammed. Find the person who started that rumor and kill them."
The miners know that the reason we bought Belzer was because of rumors that it was producing minerals.
Everyone felt sorry for Ryan, who had bought the land after hearing rumors, but he was still drilling the mine as per the contract...
“Oh, no. It’s coming out. It has to come out.”
Ryan looked at me as he said that. After two weeks of digging through the mountains and still no results, his eyes seemed to be beginning to distrust me.
'But it really came out!'
Wassenberg, who wants to completely erase all traces of magic from this world, searches for and collects magic stones in every way possible, but now most people don't even know what the stones are.
So before I returned, when I was eighteen.
After much effort, the magic stones have completely disappeared from the continent...
‘...I thought it was, but it wasn’t?’
There's still one step left!
A magic stone accidentally discovered in 'Belzer' during the Eastern Front's Demon Suppression Campaign.
Naturally, Wassenberg was in an uproar.
Father immediately ordered Belzer to turn over and kill people there.
He flipped it over, and it was chaos again.
There were magic stones buried in all sorts of places, making it difficult to deal with them.
Father had no choice but to close the Belzer and tighten security to prevent anyone from sneaking in and stealing the magic stones.
A stone containing traces of magic.
Wassenberg is currently working on purchasing and destroying the stone, even if it means paying billions.
'So, the magic stone must come out!'
That way, I can make a living by emptying the pockets of my father, the Duke of Wassenberg...
At that time.
“Ah, Champion! You’re here just in time?”
A miner came running. He was holding something in his hand.
'Ah.'
The moment I saw it.
A shiver ran through my body.
"What did you find just now? It's a mineral I've never seen before. It's buried in such a large pile... Huh, huh?"
Looking to the side, Ryan was stretching his arms out to the sides, his head raised toward the sky, and his eyes tightly closed.
“What? Why are you like that?”
The miners, who didn't know what a magic stone was, were puzzled by Ryan's reaction.
Only I, who knows what it is, am crying...
“Daughter.”
Ryan turned to me with his arms outstretched and said.
“Hug me.”
Ryan chuckled.
“Oh, no...”
Revan wiped his eyes with his sleeve.
...crying. I guess I feel strange.
What should I say? A sense of belonging? A feeling of having a fence surrounding you, something called family?
“Now, we are family!”
Ryan bent down and hugged Revan and my shoulders, smiling brightly.
"Beings who love and care for one another! In this harsh world, others you can trust and rely on! Isn't that what family is all about?"
It sounded like a typical father's comment, but it was cool and reassuring.
'I think it was a good decision to leave home.'
And holding Ryan's hand, too.
Unlike before I returned to the corrupt family, my body may be more uncomfortable, but my mind is at ease.
After all, people shouldn't live by committing sins.
“Yes, let’s go home now!”
The strong head of our household shouted.
Yes!
Let's go home!
***
The sun is shining brightly.
Birds are chirping, and you can hear the sound of a trickling stream.
It's been two weeks since I returned home.
Belzer is peaceful today, too.
'I'm sleepy. Let's sleep for five more minutes.'
As I was turning over the blanket, I heard Revan's voice from outside without a doubt.
“Bunny! What are you planning on eating for dinner?!”
I closed my eyes and laughed.
I'm used to his way of speaking. It's like, how long will this last?
“No, no~ Eat breakfast!”
I gave it back and got up.
I sit on the bed, run my hand through my messy hair, and look around the room.
Our house has changed a lot.
The renovations are all done, and Ryan moved some usable furniture from the unused room upstairs, so my room has become more spacious.
I also added a canopy to the bed, and in addition to the dressing table and table, I also got a wardrobe, a jewelry box, and a desk.
“What about Dad?”
I asked, sitting down at the kitchen table with only a little bit of eye booger in my eyes. Revan put down two slices of jam-covered bread and a glass of milk.
“He went hunting.”
“I wish he had caught a wild boar today. Bear meat is so tasteless.”
“You want pork? Then just order it. Why bother skinning a wild animal?”
We can now enjoy fresh milk and egg dishes every day. We also have various necessities delivered.
If you order, there is a groom who will go shopping for you and come the next day.
"Hello!"
“Yes, good morning~.”
“Jean, are you here?”
A brown-haired coachman carrying a large box of groceries came in through the open door.
His name is Jean. His full name is Jean Wellings.
That's right, the fourteen-year-old coachman who took us to Belzer on the first day we set foot on the continent.
“You haven’t eaten breakfast, so have a seat.”
“Oh! Thank you.”
Revan also prepared Jean's share as usual.
The reason Jean came to Belzer without hesitation? Surprisingly, it was because the groom was introduced to him by Wolf Lehman, a member of the hiring guild.
His name is like some kind of guarantee... Miners and Jean come to work thinking, "Wolf, I guess it's really okay."
“Did you guys go straight to the workshop?”
“Yeah. I brought it down.”
Jean brings the miners home every morning and takes them home after work. He also cleared up the misunderstanding that our entire family was planning to commit suicide.
Actually, it’s been a while since the misunderstanding was resolved...
“Wow! Jean, it’s been two weeks?”
“You, you, you! You’re alive?!”
“Hey, I told you I wasn’t going to die.”
We already met once, the last time I was in the city. On the way to buy underwear with Revan.
"It's nice meeting you. I have a question. Since you brought us to Belzer last time, has anyone asked you about us?"
“Huh? ...Oh, right! An old man was wondering. He asked me, ‘What kind of people are those people? Why are they going into Belzer without fear?”
A middle-aged man who asked him suspiciously detailed questions about things like Ryan and my relationship, and why I thought they went to Belzer.
'Maybe that man was Professor Gustav.'
Anyway, I was pretty sure of it from the conversation I had with Jean back then, so I kind of expected that he would kidnap me...
“Bunny, here’s your lunch box!”
“Yeah! I’ll be back.”
After finishing my meal, I leave the house with the lunch box that Revan packed for me.
If you walk along the path in the backyard of the mansion for about 20 minutes, you will see the entrance to the mine at the bottom of the mountain.
And the hard-working miners, too.
“Everyone, eat breakfast!”
“Oh, Vania is here!”
“Hey, everyone, let’s eat!”
“Eat first! We’ll eat later!”
Only five of the ten people showed up first. They were all nice-looking men.
"I was really grateful for Wolf. What would have happened if I hadn't saved the miners?"
I recalled the day they came, looking at the well-drilled veins with the help of the experts.
I can't hold back my laughter...
"No, who were you trying to bury? Why did you dig up the backyard like this?"
"Ugh! This hideous pit, touched by the ignorant hands of non-experts! I can't stand it!"
On the first day, the experts were shocked to see the backyard of the mansion that Ryan and Revan had so horribly dug up.
And after quickly inspecting the ground with the various tools he had brought and drawing up a blueprint, he began to dig an entrance in the most ideal location...
'I thought all I had to do was dig a little dirt, what a fool I was!'
I didn't know, since it's not my area of expertise. I just knew that Belzer was full of magic stones buried there.
“By the way, did the champion go hunting again this morning?”
“I told you, he's really diligent.”
Oh, and the fact that all the miners were fans of Ryan, the fight show champion, played a part in why they overcame their fears and came to Belzer.
“Daughter! Daddy is here!”
A lion will come when I say so!
A lion came down from the mountain with a wild boar on his shoulder.
He also carries hunting tools like ropes and traps on his shoulders. These were meant to deceive the miners, so as not to give the impression that he had killed his prey instantly.
“Hey, champion! You caught a wild boar?”
“As expected, it’s amazing!”
Ryan slammed the board down and wiped his nose, feeling pleased.
“Daughter! Praise for dad!”
“Wow! Dad, you’re the best!”
After two weeks of training, I ran over and hung onto Ryan's waist. He wrapped his arms around me and rocked me back and forth.
“Hiya, it’s really nice to see you.”
“My daughter is all grown up, so you don’t act cute anymore...”
The men stopped eating their sandwiches and looked at me and Ryan with a pleased expression.
The men who became Ryan's fans because of the tearful father-daughter story, perhaps because of that, really enjoyed seeing him and me being so affectionate.
‘Actually, we are half-siblings who have known each other for two months...’
Anyway, as I continued to act as an old family member while providing fan service in this way, I naturally started to use the word “dad” and speak informally.
“But what hasn’t come out yet?”
After shaking hard, Ryan put down the knife and asked the miners.
"Champion, I'm sorry, but you were scammed. Find the person who started that rumor and kill them."
The miners know that the reason we bought Belzer was because of rumors that it was producing minerals.
Everyone felt sorry for Ryan, who had bought the land after hearing rumors, but he was still drilling the mine as per the contract...
“Oh, no. It’s coming out. It has to come out.”
Ryan looked at me as he said that. After two weeks of digging through the mountains and still no results, his eyes seemed to be beginning to distrust me.
'But it really came out!'
Wassenberg, who wants to completely erase all traces of magic from this world, searches for and collects magic stones in every way possible, but now most people don't even know what the stones are.
So before I returned, when I was eighteen.
After much effort, the magic stones have completely disappeared from the continent...
‘...I thought it was, but it wasn’t?’
There's still one step left!
A magic stone accidentally discovered in 'Belzer' during the Eastern Front's Demon Suppression Campaign.
Naturally, Wassenberg was in an uproar.
Father immediately ordered Belzer to turn over and kill people there.
He flipped it over, and it was chaos again.
There were magic stones buried in all sorts of places, making it difficult to deal with them.
Father had no choice but to close the Belzer and tighten security to prevent anyone from sneaking in and stealing the magic stones.
A stone containing traces of magic.
Wassenberg is currently working on purchasing and destroying the stone, even if it means paying billions.
'So, the magic stone must come out!'
That way, I can make a living by emptying the pockets of my father, the Duke of Wassenberg...
At that time.
“Ah, Champion! You’re here just in time?”
A miner came running. He was holding something in his hand.
'Ah.'
The moment I saw it.
A shiver ran through my body.
"What did you find just now? It's a mineral I've never seen before. It's buried in such a large pile... Huh, huh?"
Looking to the side, Ryan was stretching his arms out to the sides, his head raised toward the sky, and his eyes tightly closed.
“What? Why are you like that?”
The miners, who didn't know what a magic stone was, were puzzled by Ryan's reaction.
Only I, who knows what it is, am crying...
“Daughter.”
Ryan turned to me with his arms outstretched and said.
“Hug me.”
Comments
Post a Comment