131 – Princess is surprisingly weak against babies
Edgar had never had a younger sister before, so Sonia’s presence felt very strange.
When I was young, I thought of Ariel as a little sister and stayed with her as a friend, but even so, there is no choice but to be psychologically different from her real sister.
“Pooh-! no twine.”
Sonia’s language skills were quite good for her age.
Of course, the pronunciation is still awkward, but sometimes Edgar and Ariel used a vocabulary that surprised them.
Even now, just looking at the canal under the castle and immediately thinking of fish, I could tell that he was quite smarter than his peers.
“fish? I’m sorry, Sonia. No fish live here.”
Unfortunately, contrary to Sonia’s wish, there were no fish living in this canal.
In the first place, there were no fish raised in the ponds that existed in the gardens of this castle.
On the other hand, Sonia pursed her lips at her older brother’s answer that shattered her imagination, raised her hand, and shouted again.
“No twine!”
It seemed that the fish wanted to see it for a while.
At this, Edgar put on a troubled smile and looked around, pretending to be looking for fish.
That doesn’t mean the fish won’t pop out of nowhere, though.
“What about this? Do you want to see fish that much?”
“Ugh-!”
Seeing Sonia vigorously nodding, Edgar burst into laughter.
At best, it was truly amazing how a soon-to-be-three-year-old could understand words so well.
“Do you want to see fish?”
“Did you see that? Where should I go and get some fish?”
In response to Ariel’s question, Edgar joked about it and handed a brief apology to his sister.
At least I would have to leave the castle to show the fish or not, but it was difficult to leave the castle right now because I didn’t know when Yulken would call.
It might be possible tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but for now, it’s quite a burden.
At this, Sonia put on a sullen expression and lowered her head.
When the child who had been pointing at all kinds of objects in all directions with his fingers a moment ago suddenly lost his strength, Ariel’s eyes, who were watching this, were also worried.
Of course, it’s a bit sarcastic to steal Edgar’s attention, but she’s his real sister after all.
Besides, since he was only two years old, he was just as cute as he was, so when I saw him, I had a desire to do whatever he wanted.
“Sonia. Will this sister show me the fish?”
When Ariel asked affectionately, keeping eye level with Sonia, who was cradled in Edgar’s arms, bending her waist slightly, a glimmer of hope appeared on her sullen face.
“No twine?”
“Yes, fish.”
“… … !”
Sonia’s eyes wide open and sparkle as if responding to Ariel’s smile.
It must have been something the fish wanted to see.
Ariel didn’t know until it was hard to find fish where she lived, but the important fact was that she had to show Sonia fish somehow.
‘Anyway, that’s really strange.’
Ariel, who was staring at Sonia, who was showing off her soft white cheeks, trembled slightly at the strange feeling of difference.
She didn’t particularly like babies, so normally, she would have completely ignored this kind of childishness.
But somehow, something like a desire to grant Sonia anything she asked for was born.
Is it because he is so cute? Or is it because she is the younger sister of the one she loves?
“Only believe in this sister. I will definitely show you the fish.”
“hehehe-!”
Seeing Ariel beat her chest and confidently answer, Sonia spread her arms and smiled brightly.
In contrast, Edgar’s face was permeated with concern.
“What number are you trying to show? It’s a bit like leaving the castle now.”
“Who is leaving the castle? Just follow me.”
As Ariel stepped forward with a confident smile, Edgar followed suit with Sonia in his arms, feeling as if he didn’t understand.
After wandering around the castle for a while, they arrived at the garden, where a pond created for landscaping welcomed the three of them.
The size was quite large, so dozens of fish looked like they were going around funny, but Ariel, who was watching them, talked to the man who was tending the garden.
It was a man named Bram, the father of Ronan, Shuri’s lover, and the gardener here.
“Bram, can fish live in this pond?”
“Huh… ! Sin, sorry. miss. I didn’t even know you came… … !”
Ariel asks the main topic without saying hello.
In response, Bram hurriedly hid the tools he had been tending the garden with, and bowed deeply to greet them.
It was a principle for everyone, including the servants who were in charge of the work in the castle, to remain as inconspicuous as possible from their superiors.
Of course, if you’re busy, you can’t help it, but that was the tacit rule.
However, Ariel, as if she didn’t know about such a matter, frowned and verbally pinched Bram for not answering her question properly.
“I apologized, so answer me. Can fish live in this pond?”
“Mu, fish… Are you talking? My grandfather once said that he raised fish in a pond in the past, so it’s probably possible.”
“You said you grew up? I’m hearing it for the first time.”
It was Ariel who remembered that neither Yulken nor Helen ever told him such a story.
However, since Bram, like Shuri, was a member of the Loveheim family from his predecessors, it was presumed that the story he heard from his grandfather was true.
Anyway, since she got the answer she wanted, what she was going to do from now on was decided.
“Anyway, if that is true, let some fish loose in this pond. If it’s too much for you to do, I’ll find someone else.”
Although the Amman Pond is said to be landscaping in the garden, it may be that someone else does it.
In that case, Ariel couldn’t ask for an unreasonable favor, so Ariel had the intention of looking for someone else right away.
However, fortunately or unluckily for Bram, he nodded his head straight away because it was a job that he could do on his own.
“Oh, no. As for the landscaping of the garden, I have been entrusted with full authority, so that much is possible.”
“yes? Good news to hear. Then I’ll ask you a favor. Please do it as soon as possible.”
‘As soon as possible.’
That passage could not help but make a chill run down Bram’s spine.
At least until tomorrow, release a few fish. It’s not a big deal, but for some reason, the meaning of ‘quickly’ she said sounded like a word to advance the timing more than that.
“As soon as possible, right now… Are you talking?”
“yes. Within an hour if possible?”
“… We will try to find it right away.”
Edgar, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, had no time to stop, and Bram quickly left somewhere, his complexion pale in an instant.
“Do you want to sit here and wait? He’ll be back soon anyway.”
“… I can’t live because of you What is Mr. Bram like because of a childish madness?”
When Ariel, who was seated in a corner, hummed a song with a calm expression, Edgar replied with an absurd expression.
Amman power is the best, but at most what a two-year-old child spits out is what bothers a person who was doing well at best.
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Later, when the opportunity arises, he sits next to Ariel with the feeling that he should apologize to Bram separately.
“But I wished at least one or two fish lived in the pond. It’s so boring right now.”
“There must be a reason. Who would like to throw it in randomly?”
“Hey, how are you? It’s the garden of the house I live in, so it’s okay to decorate it a little bit as you like, right?”
Despite Edgar’s scolding, Ariel snorted and said, ‘Isn’t it?’ and asked for sympathy from Sonia.
“Ugh!”
“Look, so does Sonia.”
“Is my sister your spokesperson… … ?”
It was only a question to him whether the porridge had been beaten so well before he knew it.
To the point where I wonder if the person who became the target of jealousy is the same as an adult woman who, until a little while ago, was only jealous of a two-year-old child.
“I guess Sonia likes me too. Are you sticking to me now?”
“So it is. Did you get a taste of power and pass it on quickly?”
Sonia, who had been held tightly in Ariel’s arms before she knew it, searched for Ariel anxiously with a slurred pronunciation.
I couldn’t even memorize her name yet, and I couldn’t organize the title in my head, so I just kept repeating words I didn’t know what they meant.
Ariel, who was staring at such Sonia, had a strange desire, supported her by both armpits and lifted her up to look at him.
Then, carefully embracing the wish she had been dreaming of, she asked Sonia for one thing in a trembling voice.
“Come on, Sonia. Can I call you sister?”
“Are you here?”
“Yes, sister.”
“Onni!”
There was no way for the two of them to know at what point the laughter broke out, but anyway, ‘Uhe-!’ Sonia smiled broadly and wrung Ariel’s hand, using the titles she had just learned.
“I will take Sonia with me now, so you just need to hold my hand.”
“… You didn’t take Sonia for that, did you?”
“Well? Why don’t you guess as best you can?”
Holding Sonia in one arm, Ariel reached out and tapped Edgar on the side of Edgar’s thigh.
‘what the.’
Having fallen for her tricks, he now had no means of resisting.
There was no reason to resist in the first place.
In the end, Edgar, who had no choice but to accept her request, held her outstretched hand.
Her hands, which were still so soft that I could feel the difference between them, were smooth and elegant like glasswork.
It was a different feeling from his hand, which had become rather rough from holding the sword for a long time.
At that moment, Edgar suddenly remembered that Ariel hates rough touches.
When she came to Ardenum as a child, there were times when she complained about the rougher bed than the blanket she used in the castle.
That’s why he tried to sneak his hand away without realizing it, but Ariel took his hand a little faster.
“Don’t go out on your own. Are you uncomfortable?”
“It’s not like that… For some reason, I wondered if you would dislike rough hands like this.”
Edgar laughs while scratching his cheek awkwardly.
In the past, his condition was at least better, so holding Ariel’s hand did not feel like this, but perhaps because he trained so rough right before the coming-of-age ceremony, his hand is now to the point where it’s appropriate to describe it as a rag.
It was to the point where even Creed joked that if he looked at his hands, he would know that he was the same age as him.
When the memory of that time came to mind and he spat out something uncharacteristic of him, Ariel, who had been staring at him intently, closed his hand completely with a pod and added a word.
“it’s okay. Just like this.”
“Good. I can’t even see it.”
“I may not look good in your eyes, but I am not. Do you keep throwing up?”
“If anyone sees it, they will know that I am talking about your hand, not mine. Hey.”
Edgar laughed bitterly at the strange situation in which the one who took the side and the one who criticized were reversed.
Either that or not, Ariel quietly lifted his clumsy hand and studied it, making a bloody, airy sound.
She also wanted to convey the sincerity she had hidden inside.
I wanted to cheer him up by telling him that if it weren’t for this hand, neither she nor her father would have survived.
However, knowing that Edgar was particularly weak in such an atmosphere, he did not dare to say it out of his mouth, and gently rubbed his face with his raised hand as if a cat was charming.
“Why are you doing something you didn’t do?”
“At times like this, shut up and be quiet, you fool. Because it’s a reward.”
“… … ?”
He had no way of knowing what the prize was or why it was given, but he decided to keep his mouth shut when he said it was a prize.
The two of them spent a moment of affection for a while, and soon after, Bram returned with a manpower to help him.
Of course, along with the fish to put in the pond.
Even in that short time, he thought about what kind of fish would be good, and said that he had chosen the breed that would best fit the landscaping.
with a splash.
As soon as the fish were released in the pond, they spread to their respective positions and began to swim, and a bright smile formed on Sonia’s lips as she watched them.
“Onni-! No twine!”
“Yes, it is a fish. How are you, Sonia? great?”
“Choo!”
Responding to Ariel’s question without hesitation, Sonia stared at the pond with sparkling eyes.
Not only Edgar and Ariel, who watched the actions of the princess, who were extremely innocent, but also Bram and other people around her enjoyed the results of her hard work with a smile.
“If Sonia wants to buy me a castle later, I will buy her a castle.”
“I can’t buy it. Sonia, do you want a castle?”
“… … .”
And what Edgar learned that day was that Ariel was much weaker to babies than he thought.