146 – No. I will never do that.
“….”
What I just looked at was a very huge flower bud, and the contents were mixed with ancient runes.
I’m not that surprised that there are ancient runes. But….
“Flan, Louis.”
But then. Becky, still lying on the dirt floor, came out and called Louis.
“Does eternal life really exist?”
“Ahahahaha.”
The owner of the sound of laughter is Louis. He answered with his eyes fixed on the bud that was as big as his own.
“Eternal life that never dies…. It’s hard to believe. Becky, why is that all of a sudden?”
“The tombstone of Trixie’s mother. I heard that if you succeed in decoding it, you can gain eternal life, so I was curious.”
“What…. Isaac must have asked for it just in case. When faced with death, it is human to look for at least one more way to live.”
After starting the arrangement, I heard directly from Isaac that the reason he asked to arrange the garden was to obtain ‘eternal life’.
Trixie’s mother. It seems that there is an ancient rune spell written on Mia’s tombstone, and it is rumored that the spell will bring eternal life to Fritz’s character.
Two things are necessary for the interpretation of tombstones.
First, an ancient rune decipher in the garden.
Second, Trixie, who currently possesses blue flames, succeeds in manifesting ‘Molten Flame’. That was the reason Trixie wasn’t in the garden now.
“I really don’t know…. I really don’t know….”
Becky continued to mutter and propped the back of her head with her clasped hands. The dirt floor seemed to be her bed already.
“If eternal life really exists, it could be handed over to Trixie. Does that mean that no matter how much she likes her daughter, she puts herself first?”
“Well, let’s not think too badly of it. It could be because Trixie is still immature to play the role of the head of household. If you live a long time, I will be by your side and help you for a long time.”
“That’s right. But, it’s not just one or two things that bother me….”
Becky slowly turned to her side. Her red eyes turn to me this time.
“Hey, flan. What do you think? Isn’t it strange?”
“It’s not normal to lie down on the dirt floor.”
“You’re not asking that.”
After Becky clears her throat, she continues her words.
“If immortality is truly the goal, common sense makes no sense to arrange all the books in the garden. It is not so? Am I the only one who finds this strange?”
“That is not like you.”
“What do you mean?”
“It made sense in its own way.”
“… Hey.”
Isaac was in a physical condition that would not be strange if he collapsed and died right now. There was a somewhat strange corner to his request, since he really hoped for eternal life.
Please quickly find only the antidote in the garden.
Please arrange all the books in the garden carefully.
Despite the huge difference between the two, Isaac repeatedly insisted on carefully organizing all his magic books.
But if you have any doubts.
“Don’t worry too much.”
I covered one of the buds with a thud.
The way to cover the book buds is easy. If you tap the stem, the plant will startle and close the book flower it bloomed.
“Our goal is to build a mage tower, and you just have to work on learning and organizing.”
I said as usual.
“That’s it. Got it?”
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The Fritz family’s mansion. House owner Isaac von Fritz’s room.
Despite being the center of the Flame Family, a very cold atmosphere was currently flowing here.
How the hell did this happen?
“Dad.”
After spitting out just two letters, Trixie had to catch her breath several times because of rapid breathing. But no matter how much he organized his thoughts, he couldn’t understand what was going on around him.
“Trixie.”
Then I heard Isaac’s heavy voice.
He has the same expressionless expression as usual and before long puts a piece of paper on his desk. It was a marriage certificate.
“Put a stamp on it.”
Isaac’s voice was firm.
I didn’t believe it at first.
He tried to pass it off as if the maids who liked him were making a fuss like usual, but when he came to his senses, the situation was like this. His father was pushing the marriage certificate toward him.
Plan.
Trixie.
These were the names of the two subjects written on the paper.
“Whoa.”
Trixie calmed herself by repeating her inhalation and exhalation. The situation he was in now was not a dream, but a reality. A bit bizarre and absurd reality.
After burning the paper, the desire to ask a question was like a chimney, but Trixie fought back and asked.
“Is this for real?”
“Yes. I intend to marry you to Plan.”
“No.”
“No, I have to.”
Originally Isaac’s voice had no intonation.
However, every time Trixie mixed determination into her voice, his tone also became more determined.
The sharp gaze between the two continued in the air. Both Isaac and Trixie could at least know that what was in each other’s eyes was sincerity.
It was Trixie who broke the silence first.
“I know Dad’s health is bad. You can do your best to manifest the molten flame. But.”
The next words didn’t come out easily, so Trixie gulped and finished his words.
“What the hell are we going to do with marriage?”
“Daughter, my relatives have been waiting for me to die. You probably don’t know that either.”
“I know.”
“That’s why we get married. If Flan becomes your spouse, they won’t be frivolous for a while.”
Trixie couldn’t answer. Because he couldn’t understand Isaac’s words at all.
“Only, is that the reason?”
Trixie understands well that Plan’s magical prowess is excellent. However, if marriage is used as a weapon, isn’t it usually to wield the power of the family?
There is no family name to Plan. In other words, there is nothing that can be used as an element of political strife.
No, I didn’t need all of that in the first place.
“I’m getting married that way. No.”
First, he never took marriage lightly.
Being a couple is an act of giving up all the remaining people for the sake of just one partner.
Second, I didn’t want to borrow someone else’s power for my family’s work.
“I will do it with my own strength. It’s Fritz’s business.”
“Your strength is too weak. It is beyond my competence.”
“Dad.”
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Trixie called Isaac once again. The girl’s voice was trembling at some point.
“I might ask just in case, what am I to my father?”
“Daughter.”
Isaac also calls his daughter in an accentless tone. But Trixie was already shaking all over her body.
“Am I just a means to Dad?”
Isaac just looks at himself in silence.
“Why can’t you answer me?”
No matter how much you urge him, he never gives back any answer.
“Is that the only reason why the construction of the Mage Tower was permitted? Do you just want to live forever and buy time by selling me into marriage? Answer me.”
Except for her own voice, all that remains is silence.
“No. I will never marry you.”
After that, the girl turned around.
Her admiration for her father was mingled with anger, and the vibrations that ran through her body were not easily calmed down.
Kung—!
Then a dull sound came from behind.
Did she hit the desk with her fist? Are you saying you’re seeing that kind of behavior now? Trixie stopped her steps and murmured softly.
“There is no point in being so angry. Never.”
But at the same time, I felt a sense of incongruity.
After about five seconds, Trixie found out what it was. In the meantime, the presence of people I felt in the room had disappeared.
Trixie narrowed her brow and slowly turned her head.
“….”
But then he tilted his head and had to turn her body completely. The figure of her father who was sitting in her chair had disappeared.
“Dad.”
No, it didn’t disappear.
Trixie was able to quickly find out where Isaac was. He was lying on the floor like a piece of wood.
“… !”
Trixie’s eyes widened. She ran right away and took a quick look at the child’s condition so far.
“Dad, Dad.”
She shook her shoulders with both her hands and repeated her same words.
“Dad… ?”
It didn’t take long for her mind to go white.
The situation does not change no matter how much I say it in my ear. It was the same even if I tried to shake his shoulder as hard as I could.
The head of the Fritz family and Trixie’s father.
Isaac von Fritz.
His consciousness did not return.