A welcome guest came to the annex drawing room.
It was Elston, whom I had met for the first time in a long time.
“If you have moved your residence to Siaster Street, you should tell me. “I went there as Viscount Evan Roar without even knowing that.”
“Oh, you did?”
“yes!”
Ah, well. That’s about it.
Aren’t you the magic tower lord whose spatial movement magic is easier than a piece of cake?
When I made a sullen face, Elston started talking in rapid-fire bursts.
“Do you think magic just comes out? It’s all about carving up the wizard’s bones and flesh! “My whole body hurts so much right now.”
aha. okay?
“Then it must be difficult to hold Axion. “Give it to me.”
“… … “That is.”
Elston, who was holding Axion as if he were holding a treasure, secretly hid Axion from me.
“It’s not even 1 minute and 30 seconds yet.”
“You said you were tired?”
“Hmm. Such small ears… … No, it’s just a small baby, you can easily hold it. No matter how tired you are!”
He was using three Axion 30-second hug tickets that I gave him earlier at once.
“Well then, whatever. “Is that so?”
Reading the look of defeat in his eyes, I grinned and leaned back on the sofa.
“So, there is no problem with Axion?”
“Hmm.”
Elston, who was huffing and puffing in exasperation, looked serious at my question.
“According to what the Lady said, it’s strange that Axion can’t speak, right?”
“yes.”
As soon as Elston came in for a routine checkup, he caught him and told him that Axion was strange.
‘According to the original work, Axion’s development was unusual from the time he was a very young baby.’
That’s why he was able to sweep away Viscount Evanroire, who abandoned him when he was 7 years old.
So, Axion, who is probably about a year old, should be able to speak by now… … .
‘I think it’s time for those innocent eyes to disappear.’
He also remembered very specifically how he had abandoned him. Even though she was a one-year-old, her cognitive abilities did not seem to be at that of a baby.
‘But it continues to be the same.’
I crossed my arms, staring into Axion’s glaring eyes.
Thanks to this, Axion’s education couldn’t even begin.
‘When I came here, I was trying to find a teacher with a high living expenses.’
As Axion, who was thought to grow well, remained the same, the plan was foiled.
“I don’t know much about child development, but hmm. Don’t boys usually develop slower than girls?”
Elston tilted his head as he looked down at Axion in his arms.
“I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.”
“no. “Our family is so unique that we develop three times faster than others.”
“yes?”
I tried saying things that didn’t make sense, but the answer I got was the same.
“well. If I had to guess, I think it could be a side effect of having the Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart in my body, but I can’t give you a definite answer.”
It’s a side effect of having the Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart in one’s body.
Although it was a plausible hypothesis, it was not due to side effects.
‘In the original work, he grew up well with the Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart in his heart.’
Axion, who had experienced all kinds of misfortune since he was young, grew exceptionally, as if he grew by feeding on misfortune. It must be that kind of setting.
While I was thinking about that, an absurd thought suddenly crossed my mind.
‘Are you not growing up because you are not unhappy?’
I slowly closed my eyes.
It seemed like Elston was muttering something in front of me, but I couldn’t quite hear it.
It’s really strange, because I suddenly remembered what Axion said to Vanilla in the original.
‘I am a being who grew up eating misfortune. The source of my strength is my hatred of everything in the world. ‘Do you dare handle me like that?’
A being that grew up eating misfortune.
Hatred of everything.
That word floated around in my head. I swallowed, and the saliva I swallowed hit my neck. For some reason, my appetite was bitter.
At the same time, I felt like the hair on the back of my neck was standing up.
A baby will not grow unless it is unhappy.
‘Then it’s as if I was born to be unhappy.’
I stared at Axion in Elston’s arms.
The child, with a clear face, stretched out his small hand and pulled Elston’s hair.
The child in front of me was just a pure, innocent little baby. She was a baby so full of love that it was impossible to imagine that she would have been born with such a terrible fate.
“Young lady?”
Elston called me with a puzzled look, perhaps wondering if I had suddenly turned so serious.
I was lost in thought without an answer.
So, it means that Axion is not growing up because he is not as unhappy as the original.
‘If my assumption is true, while I am protecting Axion… … So, if you live a happy life, doesn’t that mean you won’t grow throughout your life?’
Then, since I don’t have to be killed, my goal of surviving is achieved.
It is true that I should be happy, but my heart was depressed.
I felt uneasy at the thought that Axion would not be able to grow normally and live fully in this world.
Seeing that feeling, the thought occurred to me that I had truly accepted Axion as my own child.
“Hey, young lady. Is something wrong?”
No, wait.
Let’s not pretend this crazy idea is true.
I shook my head, realizing I had gone too far.
“What did you just say? Elston.”
First of all, now was not the time to think about this assumption.
It seemed like finding out more would have to be postponed until the meeting with Elston.
“yes? Uh… … .”
At the sudden question, Elston opened his eyes and parted his lips.
“I asked you what it was like to stay with Duke Siaster… … .”
Dazar?
iced coffee. I’m doing very well.
I answered in a bright voice on purpose, leaving behind the thoughts floating around in my head.
“It’s indescribably perfect.”
At those words, Elston’s eyes sparkled strangely.
Looking at those eyes, it seemed quite dark this time.
I shook off my awkward feelings and asked playfully.
“What are those dark eyes?”
“Yes, yes?”
Elston made a puzzled face at the sudden question.
“Hehehe darkness?”
Even just looking at Elston’s voice, shaking like an aspen tree, seemed suspicious.
But I already knew that he was a black man, so I pretended to be indifferent.
“I’m just saying this. Well, there is something like that. On the outside, he pretends to be on the main character’s side, but it turns out he’s actually the boss of an evil group. A character who helps the main character, but it turns out he has a plan and secretly forces the main character into a trap.”
“… … Cough, Cough!”
Seeing Elston who suddenly started coughing, I kindly held out my hand.
“Hey, Axion. Come here. “The man is coughing.”
“It’s not like I’m the boss of an evil group or anything like that!”
Elston cried out as he anxiously looked at Axion, who had escaped from his grasp. Then, as her eyes widened, it seemed like she had said it without me knowing.
There is a saying that a slip of the tongue is a reflection of a person’s true intentions.
‘Hmm. ‘You’re not the boss of the evil group?’
I roughly shrugged my shoulders and patted Axion.
I felt like teasing Elston made me feel a little better.
“Where is a good wizard like me? “Rather than me, Duke Siaster is closer to the axis of evil.”
“Hmm?”
Oh my goodness. How could Elston’s thoughts suddenly be the same as mine?
“So you have to be careful. “Because we became so close.”
“Last time, you told me I was a dignified and great person.”
“Well, that’s because I didn’t think we’d end up together like this at the time. Hmm.”
“so. Why is it the axis of evil?”
Elston lowered his voice slightly.
“This is a rumor that everyone in the know knows. “It is said that among transcendental people, there are sometimes people who remember their past lives.”
Remember your past life… … ?
Elston saw my surprised face and his eyes sparkled once again.
“And the Duke of Dazar is said to be such a case.”
I was stunned and dazed and asked a question that naturally occurred to me.
“What does that have to do with the axis of evil?”
“that… … .”
Elston glanced away. He clicked his tongue as if he had made a mistake.
“It’s because of the bloody storm that blew through the Siaster duchy in the past.”
With those last words, Elston hurriedly left, saying he was running out of time.
It was clearly like he was avoiding talking.
In an instant, only Axion and I were left standing.
“I remember my past life… … ?”
I don’t think that setting was dealt with in the original work.
As I was thinking that, it suddenly occurred to me that Dazar never really appeared in the original work.
‘uh… … ? What happened to Dazar in the original?’
