I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess chapter 3

3 – Gongnyeo has a different way of thinking

It was a blink of an eye for the two-year-olds who became friends at the first meeting to grow up to the age of toddlers and the age to play together.

The two of them, who had turned 10 before they knew it, were often running around without fear.

On the day Ariel visited the Billhark family holding the hand of her mother Helen, Edgar’s feet and hands were busy.

she was a tyrant More precisely, it was close to a gang.

The thing you want to get must be in your hands, and you have to do what you want to do. In a sense, it could be seen as a personality suitable for the next head of the Grand Duke’s family.

Edgar had been working hard on physical training from an early hour. It was a personal routine that started when I was ten years old.

Since before, he had been a rat poison when it came to using his brain, but as the next head of the baron family, he tried to take care of his body in advance.

In this world, even strong inaction can be recognized as an ability.

“Ed! Let’s go to the mountain today!”

Now they come all of a sudden without any news that they are coming.

I don’t know if this is a natural thing considering the family’s difference in position in the first place.

Edgar responded with a sullen attitude without even saying hello to Ariel who suddenly appeared.

“In addition? You went to the mountain secretly the other day and got scolded.”

“It’s fine! This time, you can go without getting caught!”

Ariel boldly expressed her aspirations while stretching her breasts, which had not yet reached the stage of growth.

Edgar was sure. That it was the most unreliable line he had ever heard.

I wonder if this little Grand Duchess doesn’t even remember what happened just two weeks ago.

“… Are you going to fall and cry again?”

“Who is crying? Ed you idiot!”

who is crying it’s you

As the eldest daughter of the Loveheim family, Ariel has been learning various studies, including royal studies, from a young age, but inside she was a girl among girls who burst into tears with a scratch.

“You can’t remember? You fell while climbing the hill and cried to me… Aww!”

“Tell me one more time! I’ll really beat you up!”

“You’re already beating me… Ah, I see! Stop hitting me because it hurts!”

How could such destructive power come from the hands of this delicate girl?

Seeing that he was being beaten on the back, Edgar felt as if a tear would form on his own.

Anyway, why does that bastard mountain want to go like this? Did you enjoy reading an exploration novel recently?

‘Do 10-year-olds read novels?’

I do not know. At least, in his opinion, novels were something worth reading after entering puberty.

I don’t know if a 10-year-old would like a book with only words and no pictures.

It seems that he has found a picture book that depicts exploration in a delicious way. If you get a chance later, you should ask yourself to show it.

“But how are you going to get out? There are guards too.”

The previous mountain exploration was only possible because of luck.

Even if they are living like Amman friends, the other person’s identity is the daughter of the grand duke’s family, who is the only one in the empire.

There were escorts always watching her, hiding in her surroundings or trying to be as unnoticed as possible.

Escaping from their eyes must have been an unusual task for a ten-year-old.

However, despite hearing Edgar’s concerns, Ariel somehow seemed confident.

To be precise, it seemed as if he had been waiting for that question to be asked. My shoulders were also higher than usual.

“Good question! let’s go inside That way I can show you.”

“not?”

You said you were going to the mountain, so why do you want to go inside the building?

I was full of doubts, but I had no choice but to follow.

Anyway, playing with Ariel in the body of a 10-year-old was a lot of fun.

Of course, sometimes childish play made me wonder why he was doing this, but he also had a low mental age, so most of the time he was on the side of having fun.

“hit. Ed, I brought you a present today, did you know?”

“I have no idea. I didn’t even hear that you were coming.”

It’s a gift anyway. what’s up with him

As mentioned earlier, she was a tyrant. If you are used to receiving things, you are used to it, but it is rare to hand over things you own to someone.

No, correct me. It was just that he had never yielded to ‘Edgar’.

‘I’m not a bad kid.’

Ariel was especially busy teasing Edgar.

When we were playing, like best friends, the two of us happily ran around hahahahahoho, not knowing the time was passing, but after that moment, we pouted and touched him for no reason.

‘Because I can’t understand the feelings of children.’

At least, I don’t know if they’re the same gender, but since it’s not even that, it only deepens the question.

In addition, it was difficult to interpret the intention of giving a gift because of his actions in the past.

Maybe he puts a songchungi he brought from somewhere on his hand and gives it as a gift.

“Can I look forward to it?”

“then! I’m sure you’ll be surprised, Mom said too!”

“Hey.”

Hearing that, I felt relieved now.

No matter how much she is a princess, a 10-year-old kid would not sell out her mother’s name.

‘Helene’s wife is trustworthy.’

To Edgar, Helene was nothing short of a saint.

It was thanks to her that I was able to talk informally with the daughter of the Grand Duchess, whose status difference was enormous at this moment, and it was also because she was the one who always treated him and Ariel as if they were my own children.

Thanks to that, Edgar’s faith in Helen was close to faith.

‘I’m curious. What a gift.’

The mental age to inflate expectations for a gift has passed, but since it was a gift directly from the daughter of a grand duke, not anyone else, I was curious.

Thinking of her family, I wouldn’t be surprised if she suddenly brought a mansion and said, ‘It’s a gift!’

‘That went too far.’

Regardless of whether or not they are capable, even if they are friends, there is an appropriate level of gifts that can be given and received between only 10-year-olds, so it must be a small gift.

I’ve been enjoying reading books lately, so it would be nice to receive an interesting book as a gift.

I can only hope for her sense.

The two entered the building while talking like that.

As if it were her own home, Ariel walked freely through the main building of the Billhark family with familiar steps.

He has no choice but to do that, because this mansion is probably the place he has been to most other than my house.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve never been to the Loveheim family.’

According to what I heard in the past, I heard that it was an ancient castle of enormous size.

If I get a chance later, maybe I can visit someday.

From his point of view, the mansion of the Bilhark family was big enough, but he wanted to see the giant castle that can only be seen in books at least once in his life.

“yes? Where are you going?”

While lost in thought for a moment, Edgar opens his eyes wide when he sees Ariel heading to the left hallway.

The destination for the two of them to head in this mansion has been decided.

Dining room for meals, Edgar’s room for play, drawing room for someone’s parents calling.

Among them, now, if I had to ask, it would be the time to play.

Even so, for some reason, Ariel’s footsteps were heading elsewhere.

“I’m going somewhere other than Ed’s room.”

“different place?”

I can’t understand English more and more.

In any case, since she was the head of the alley, Edgar silently followed.

I didn’t know what kind of reaction would come out if I made a tackle here.

“There! Ed, come quickly!”

“Uh, yes.”

The place she pointed to was a small warehouse in the corner of the first floor.

A shabby place usually used by servants to put away objects and other odds and ends that are no longer needed.

It was also a place that even Edgar, who lived in the mansion, had rarely visited.

quick profit.

Perhaps it hadn’t even been properly oiled recently, the door opened with the characteristic scream of a wooden door.

At the same time, white dust covered the two of them.

My eyes were so itchy that it was almost spicy.

“Etch!”

“Coke! Coke!”

How the hell are you managing this place to get to this point?

At least, it wouldn’t be this serious if I dusted it once a week.

Edgar immediately took out the handkerchief he was carrying from his pocket and held it out to Ariel.

“Coke… ! Come on, cover your nose and mouth with this.”

“you?”

“Because I am.”

Ariel stared blankly at the handkerchief held out to her, then accepted it with a shy nod.

‘Anyway, why did I ask to come to a place like this?’

Have you seen anything you need here?

Covered in dust before breathing in the fresh mountain air, Edgar rummaged through the piles of luggage in the storage room.

Certainly, in a place like this, you wouldn’t have to worry about being caught by the guards.

“What are you going to do?”

“I’ll show you right away, so wait a bit.”

It seems that there is something prepared.

Ariel suddenly walked to the center of the warehouse and crouched there.

Soon, he rummaged and pulled out something from a small pocket attached to his chest.

When Edgar looked closely, there was a mysterious pile of powder on her small palm.

“If you put it in a barrel, you’ll get caught, so I put it here. Did you do well?”

Ariel looked up at Edgar with a triumphant face, as if telling him to hurry up and praise him.

However, it was just an embarrassing question for Edgar, who did not even know what the object was.

You need to know what to praise or not to do.

“what is that?”

“It’s a powder made from grinding mana stones. Have you ever seen Ed?”

“yes.”

In the first place, he had no magical talent. Not only that, but the Billhark family had bloodlines that couldn’t handle magic for generations.

Naturally, there were no books or items related to magic in the mansion.

If at all, it would be a magic tool that ordinary people could use.

“Look Carefully. using this… … .”

Ariel started muttering something with her hands half-closed like a fist.

Although Edgar was unfamiliar with magic, he could tell that it was an incantation chanted before using magic.

I’ve seen people who have used magic a few times before.

‘Can I use magic already?’

They say that even a sorcerer, who is called the world’s most talented wizard, only learns mana at the age of 10, and can activate magic only when he is 12 years old.

Just how much talent does this girl in front of me have?

Before I knew it, goose bumps grew on Edgar’s arms.

Giing.

Soon after, the growing light from his hand rose into the air and headed straight for the wall of the warehouse.

And as soon as it touched the wall, it became a circle bigger than the two of them.

Beyond that, to my surprise, the scene outside the mansion was illuminated.

“This is the first magic I learned. Isn’t it nice?”

“Could you use this magic to secretly go to the mountain?”

“yes.”

It was a very naive answer, but I couldn’t believe that the process was the action of a 10-year-old child.

What kid would think of learning magic and breaking through a hole in the wall to enjoy a day’s escape?

‘The mindset is different.’

Of course, it is possible if you have that kind of ability.

Edgar, whose absurdity had disappeared, pointed at the wall with his chin in desperation.

Then he took a small knife that was lying in the corner of the warehouse.

‘I’ll be able to get rid of the branches of trees with this.’

Since it happened like this, it would be better to go quickly.

A bright flower bloomed on Ariel’s face after reading Edgar’s actions.