Travel (1)
“Dad is here.”
“Dad!”
Scared to go inside, Lize ran up and threw herself.
How do you feel stronger?
Seeing him grow so fast even though I haven’t seen him for a few days, I was proud that he seemed to be growing well.
While enjoying the emotional embrace, Rize’s forehead felt wet.
Look at the outfit… … .
“Have you just finished training?”
“Yeah, did you come running as soon as you heard Dad come in?”
“You didn’t just throw it away and run, did you?”
“Perfectly arranged.”
then give it a thumbs up
Oh my gosh, I’m going to die of admiration.
This is why I want to come home soon.
As we sighed and shared warmth for a while, I felt a pitiful gaze from one side.
I don’t know why he did that again as soon as he entered, but right now it was more important to focus on his time with Rize.
Irina, who was standing on one side with a sullen expression, bowed politely as she stood apart from Rize, who was holding her so tightly.
“Are you here?”
“Yes, everything was fine, right?”
“The tutor sent by the Wizard’s Tower has come.”
“Oh yeah?”
He wanted to see his face in person, but he seemed to have come while I was gone.
I was going to listen to it in detail, but Rize jumped one step behind me and spoke first.
“I’ll finish it then. Don’t go out secretly OK, Dad?”
“I won’t go out. don’t worry.”
At my words, Rize laughed and walked happily towards the backyard.
I can’t just stand here and talk, so I decided to listen to the story after I roughly organized my luggage and changed my clothes.
“When did the tutor come?”
“Irvin left and came back the next day.”
“how is it? Do you think Rize can learn magic?”
“He has magical talent, and he has aptitude for all attributes. The first class started with theory, and the young lady was interested. I think you will be able to follow along.”
“You mean you look like your mother?”
“… … .”
She muttered, remembering how she protected Rize with magic until the end, but Irina held a strangely heavy silence.
As I was changing my clothes, I peeked out and saw that he was looking at me with a very strange expression.
There was a complex emotion mixed with something pathetic and annoyed.
“What?”
“it’s nothing.”
“Do you have something to hide from your lord?”
“Because I still can’t decide if I can say this.”
What is it?
I have no idea what else happened while I was gone.
Judging by the reaction, it seems that nothing serious happened… … I’ll tell you when the time comes.
I soon turned my attention away and turned back to my tutor.
“What is the name of the tutor?”
I wondered if it might be someone I knew, so I asked, but I shook my head inwardly.
The wizards he knew were only a handful of them, but would he assign such a high-level talent as a tutor to the daughter of an A-class mercenary just because the owner of the mage tower was crazy?
Even I thought it was a funny story, so I laughed and heard Irina’s answer.
“This is Martin de Chambers.”
“… … who?”
“You heard it right.”
I stayed still, rolling my eyes and thinking.
Who is Martin de Chambers?
He is the grandson of the owner of the Mage Tower, Elysion de Chamber, and is counted as a genius that appears only once in 100 years.
But that spoiled little boy with a cheeky personality is Rize’s tutor?
I felt bad for a moment, but there was a question that came to my mind first.
“why?”
“How would I know? Didn’t Irvin do something?”
“I just found the things you asked for and asked me to send you a private tutor for Rize as a reward.”
“That request is great, but… … Was the item you asked for a green branch of a wise man?”
I nodded, and Irina looked at me with a tired face, as if she had no energy to be surprised anymore, and spoke as if muttering.
“Isn’t that one of the Mage Tower’s long-cherished wishes? Even if he was a tutor, he must have paid a lot of attention.”
“So you send your own grandson? Has the owner of the Magic Tower gone senile? I don’t know what your intentions are.”
“… … Maybe you want to try it out? I think she thought it would be a suitable experience since she is the same age as me.”
“What does the grandson of the tower owner and the so-called genius say he has to experience here?”
Irina’s opinion was quite valid.
Still, I tried to think a little more about the remaining questions, but soon realized that it was not important and scattered my thoughts.
The important thing now was whether or not that sleazy kid had the ability to be a teacher.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. No matter what, you can teach me well. How was your class?”
“The young lady is motivated, and Mr. Martin also worked hard to prepare, so it was a solid class. but… … .”
“but?”
I felt something bad.
I stopped moving and looked away with a frown on my face, and Irina put on another difficult expression before saying a word.
“Looks like Mr. Martin has a crush on you.”
“… … This rot, how dare you… … !”
who’s over whom?
I called you to be a tutor, but you fell for the student?
A young guy whose hair hasn’t even dried yet is already trying to date because his feet are cracked?
Even if he is from the Wizard’s Tower and is praised as a magical genius, and even if he is the grandson of the owner of the Magic Tower, there’s no way I’ll catch my eyes if he’s a dog clap.
Of course, Rize was a waste.
No matter how much I thought about it, even if Rize was a waste, it was a waste for a long time.
“Don’t react that way to a mere childish crush. Ugly.”
When I tried to find Martin right away, Irina stopped me with a pathetic voice.
“No, but it is. This is an official protest… … !”
“It’s because Miss Rize is so attractive. The lady doesn’t see you as a member of the opposite s*x, so don’t worry.”
Hmmm, that’s it too.
If it’s Rize, anyone of any age or gender can fall in love with it.
Among the children in the neighborhood she played with, how many boys suffered from heartache because of Rize.
Even though I let go of my threats and realized that Rize was also not interested in such things, and soon calmed down.
But even so, it was impossible to be careless.
“dad?”
Seeing Rize sticking out her head as if she was looking for me, my heart, which had been agitated like a lie, calmed down.
Yeah, even if I struggled alone, I couldn’t figure out anything.
So now… … .
“Rize, shall we take a bath together with Dad after a long time?”
“huh!”
The time has come for an honest conversation between father and daughter.
* * *
Bathtub with warm water.
Feeling the perfect temperature for soaking, I relieved the fatigue accumulated in my body.
Thanks to his training, he rarely gets tired, but this time he destroyed a branch of a pseudo-church and even brought back five children, so he was a little tired.
After all, when I was soaking in this warm water, it seemed as if my worries were washed away as well.
“Hee hee, it’s warm.”
With Rize sitting on my lap, I couldn’t be happier.
For a while, feeling the warm water and Rize’s body temperature, I regained my peace of mind.
Then, calmly, I was able to think about Martin again.
Yes, like Irina said, these are the feelings of children who do not yet know what love is.
No matter how important early education is, you don’t have to raise your fever already.
“Lize, how is your magic teacher?”
So, this question was asked without any worries, just because I was curious about what Lize was thinking about the magic class.
I didn’t mean to say anything bad about Martin.
Really.
“Miss Martin? They say he’s a year older than me, but he’s very smart.”
It’s ambiguous.
“I’m usually very quiet, but when I talk about magic, I talk a lot. I know a lot about magic, and it’s very easy to teach.”
um, good luck
From the looks of it, he seemed to only think of himself as a teacher. If that’s the case, I don’t think I really need to worry.
If I didn’t do it, I almost became the wizard’s tower and the crippled index.
After feeling so relieved, I finally started to be interested in other things.
“How about magic? fun?”
“Um, I don’t know yet. I feel like I know something, but I don’t know… … ?”
I expected to nod right away, but Rize tilted her head.
I was worried once again because I thought that maybe because of me, she was forcibly learning magic.
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But Rize immediately added words as if that wasn’t the case.
“My teacher said that to learn magic, you need to understand mana, so I am learning it. I’ve never seen magic used, so I want to see what it’s like… … .”
Rize’s face was full of regret as she pouted as she said that.
Being a wizard was a more advanced workforce than I thought. It was difficult for the general public to see magic, as there was no way they would just sell their feet and perform on the street.
All I heard was that they spew fire and water from their hands.
Originally, when you learn something for the first time, you have to show something that catches the eye first to create interest… … It seemed that Martin was inexperienced as an educator and didn’t know much about it.
Heck, no matter how genius he is, he’s still an 11-year-old kid.
“Then, should Dad ask the teacher to show me some magic?”
“really? are you okay?”
“Would you rather like it?”
“Wow, it’s Dad! I was very worried.”
Rize immediately turned her head and her eyes, full of anticipation, sparkled.
As I’m often away these days, I should be able to score a lot with things like this. No matter how much it is for Rize, it can’t turn the tide.
Well, it was also important to arouse Rize’s interest in magic.
At most, he was a tutor sent by the Wizard’s Tower, but I couldn’t make him learn Eoyoung and Booyoung.
I didn’t want to suffer like I did because I couldn’t use magic.
“I heard from Irina unnie that Miss Martin is very good at magic even at a young age. He speaks very smartly, so he must use really cool magic, right? Making fire in the air, striking down lightning, uhm, that must be really cool.”
“… … .”
Shall I deal with it now?
Putting the eerie thoughts of the moment aside for a moment, I pondered for a moment whether I could bring up this question.
But still, for Rize’s future, it would be right to ask.
Looking at Rize, who pretended to stir her hands in the water as if she were trying to use magic, she cleared her throat a couple of times before opening her mouth again.
“Rizeya, maybe… … .”
“huh? why?”
Even if I rushed out like that, words hardly came out, so I hesitated several times and then finally spoke out.
“Does Rize know what love is?”
It’s ugly.
It seemed that Irina’s voice was coming from somewhere.
But what can I do?
It was a natural question for a father to ask.
At my question, Rize tilted her head for a moment, then quickly turned around and smiled bashfully.
“Yeah, I know!”
“Cuck!”
In an instant, my heart almost stopped.
what to do Are you the real Martin guy?
Or a local boy? who?
As all sorts of murderous intentions were going back and forth, Rize suddenly came and hugged me.
“Dad, I love you!”
What words can describe this overflowing heart?
It looked like it would fly into the sky. Only the body, only the soul.
I closed my eyes and calmly appreciated the feeling, and finally calmed down, and I also hugged Rize and said a word.
“Dad loves Rize very much too.”
“I love you too, Dad.”
“I love you very much, too.”
“I love you so much so much!”
There was a childish confrontation, but it was good.
Yes, it was enough for Rize to be happy. What more could you want?
Later, even if Lize found someone she really loved, she would accept it with a generous heart.
Of course, I’m going to thoroughly figure out where the guy was playing.
More than that, I’m going to spend a long happy time with Rize like this… … .
smart.
“Irvine, young lady. You both have been doing it too long. Come out soon.”
Irina intervened as if she wouldn’t give it a chance.
It really doesn’t help in this case.
After all, he was having a good time with Rize.
Hmm, wait.
“Dad has to go far again soon?”
“also… … ? It’s been a while since Dad came… … .”
Rize’s voice as she answered was weak.
Even without looking at it, the expression was expected, but when I slightly removed it from the bosom, the sullen expression caught my eye just as expected.
I smiled and added a word without hesitation.
“Do you want to go with Rize?”
“Yep! Shall we go! shall we go together!”