“Lady Vanilla likes… … “What?”
Elston blinked his blind eyes a couple of times.
I nodded quickly.
“yes. Still, I thought Elston might know vanilla well. “He spends a lot of time teaching and teaching.”
“Yes, that’s true.”
It wasn’t even a compliment, but Elston slightly raised the tip of his nose and made an ahem sound. I was a little surprised, but since I had to get information from him, I just ignored it.
Elston held his chin with one hand and gently closed his eyes. It is a face in deep agony.
“Ummmm. Lady Vanilla likes it… … . “I don’t know young ladies very well, but Lady Vanilla seems a little different from the other ladies.”
“is it so? “In what way?”
It’s different. What’s different?
Elston slowly opened his eyes and said.
“Don’t young children usually like playing with dolls, playing house, and other cute things like that?”
“That’s usually the case.”
“But Lady Vanilla is not interested in such things at all.”
“Hmm.”
I quickly gave up the thought of trying to seduce Axion with the dolls he had.
If you’re not interested in dolls, then what are you interested in? What is the sword fight that boys usually like? War game?
At that time, Elston spoke as if he had read my mind.
“That doesn’t mean… … “We are not interested in war games or sword fighting like the Yeongsiks.”
“is it so… … ?”
Ugh. Then what does it mean?
When I frown, Elston looks at me and smiles, lifting his lips.
Wow. You probably aren’t enjoying watching me suffer right now.
As my eyes narrowed, Elston hmm! Clearing his throat, he quickly stood up. He went to the window and pointed at something with his index finger.
“I was more interested in this than that.”
“… … ?”
What he was pointing at was the window.
“You’re interested in architecture? Or the interior?”
“no. That’s not it… … “This is it.”
I took one step closer to him and checked what Elston was pointing at. What his long index finger was pointing at was the joint where the window was attached to the wall.
To be exact… … .
“Are you talking about hinges?”
“yes. Hinges. Lady Vanilla was very interested in structures like this. It’s like tools created to aid human convenience. “In the academy, this is what they call engineering.”
“ah.”
Engineering.
So, mechanical engineering? Are you saying something like this?
It was a field that was far from my background in the liberal arts. The confidence I had at that time, when I thought I would definitely become friends with Vanilla, seemed to have shrunk like air from a balloon.
That kind of thing is bad.
“But why are you asking this? Do you want to give the Vanilla Lady a gift? As far as I know, Lady Vanilla’s birthday is still far away… … .”
“Uhm. Well, it’s similar.”
While roughly answering Elston’s question, I held my head. after. Something like mechanical engineering. Is there something like that around here? … ?
If there’s anything that might catch Vanilla’s attention… … .
“ah!”
Suddenly, the face of a muscular man flashed through my mind and I jumped up from my chair.
“Ugh. Lady? “Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“thank you! Elston. It was very helpful. See you next time then. “I have some places to visit.”
“What… … .”
Leaving Elston behind, I hurriedly borrowed a carriage from the Siaster family and headed out to the capital.
It was time for Axion to take a nap, and Carl was leisurely drinking crucian carp juice for afternoon childcare, so there was no problem with my absence.
When I arrived in the capital, I walked and entered a store.
Cough! Cough!
This is a place where the sound of metal clashing against metal is loud.
“anybody home?”
The other day, I stopped by a store called ‘You can make that machine, too!’ to make agricultural machinery.
Obviously, Ralph, the owner of this store, said this at the time.
‘I’m guessing they came to ask me to make something like an automatic rotating table or an infinitely-operating fan to use for tea time. Don’t let your makeup smear with sweat.’
Automatic rotating table for tea time. Infinite operating debt!
What useful machines these are.
Surely Ralph could make a machine that Vanilla would love!
“Howdy. “It’s been a while.”
Ralph stumbled out from inside the sweltering heat of the workshop. His rugged body was still the same.
He glanced at me, leaned back on the table, and scratched the back of his head.
“I haven’t been able to make the requested item yet. “Was it urgent?”
I shook my head.
“no. That’s not why I came. “I’d like to ask you something else.”
“What is that?”
There was anticipation in Ralph’s eyes.
“Ho, perhaps there is a machine that His Majesty the Emperor needs… … .”
“Unfortunately, that’s not the case. “I was wondering if you could make me a machine.”
“… … hmm. “What is it for?”
Ralph, with a visibly regretful expression on his face, asked, slumping his shoulders. I raised both hands to draw a circle, outlined the approximate size, and drew the shape with the pen and paper lying on the table.
“ah. Well, it looks like it should be as big as my face, and it looks like this… … .”
After hearing my story, Ralph laughed and slammed the table! I hit it.
“I guess this is a machine you need for Your Majesty, right? This is a piece of cake. I’ll make it right away. haha!”
“oh… … .”
And before I could catch him, Ralph went inside the workshop.
In some ways, the improved relationship between Dazar and Vanilla also brings peace to the empire… … Affect… … Are you crazy?
So let’s help… … Did it work?
In the moment I was in agony, Ralph snapped and voila! And created a work of art.
“Thank you?”
“Haha! Maybe you were surprised that I was so fast? Even though it looks like this, this body… … .”
In the blink of an eye, I looked at the toy in my hand and pretended to listen intently to Ralph’s boast.
oh. Vanilla would like this, right?
I didn’t stop my mouth from rising.
* * *
Sigh… … . Swish! Pababat! Sigh! Swish! Pot!
A place where familiar sounds are heard even today. In this place filled with sand, I sat facing Axion and let out a nervous breath.
Vanilla was still quick to hide herself every time I turned my head.
Hehehe. But I can’t bear to not come here today.
I snuck out a toy/machine from Ralph’s store.
“… … ?”
I can feel him tilting his head at the toy I took out from afar!
Vanilla is starting to take interest in toys.
I smiled to myself and held out the toy to Axion.
“Axion. “Today, mom brought me a very interesting toy.”
“Wow?”
“Now, this is called an excavator. If I turn it around like this… … braided! “You dig sand by yourself, right?”
“Wow!”
flinch! The pigtails sticking out from the side of the tree shook greatly at my words. I continued to say.
“And then if we reverse this again… … braided! Now you’re putting sand down here? Wow, this is amazing. yes?”
“Kyaaa!”
“Should Axion give it a try? But Axion is difficult to do alone, so it would be nice if someone could help him… … .”
As I let out the words, I began to hear the sound of Tudadada running from afar.
Vanilla, with black pigtails neatly tied up, ran towards me with a red dress flying and stopped in front of me.
I was almost scared a little by the child’s strength, but I didn’t show it.
“oh. Vanilla amount. What’s going on here… … .”
“I can help!”
“yes?”
“Forklift!”
Vanilla must have been running at full speed, and was panting continuously. The child’s cheeks turned bright red and looked like bright red tomatoes.
“that! Let me help you! therefore… … therefore… … .”
Vanilla held both hands and slightly lowered her head. She glanced up at me and spoke hesitantly.
“So, do you want me to touch you?”
“… … !”
Sigh. It’s so cute.
It was a new cuteness that could not be felt from the baby boy Axion. Before I could even feel the joy of success, I quickly grabbed my chest as I felt like I had been hit in the heart.
I tried to control my trembling voice and desperately tried to let people know that I had not been taken in by Vanilla’s cuteness.
“Well, of course. Vanilla amount. Would you like to play with Axion?”
“yes!”
“Wow!”
So Vanilla quietly sat down next to me and started playing with the excavator I had made with excitement.
“Zion! I guess this is an excavator. “Alright?”
She let me know like an older sister, as if she hadn’t forgotten that she was here in the name of playing with Axion.
At that time, I suddenly noticed something hanging from Vanilla’s waist.
‘doll?’
It was a doll about half the size of Vanilla.
