118 – Abduction (End)
I struggled to open my eyes. I felt something cold on my forehead. It was a towel that looked like Sael had put it on.
‘Did he pass out?’
I couldn’t even take care of my body properly and collapsed in front of my family.
I felt sorry for Sael and Ruel.
It might have been a big shock to Ruel, who was still young.
I quickly got up and got up. It was then that I felt something small in my arms.
“Ruel?”
Ruel was sleeping in my arms. So I should be relieved, but I had no choice but to breathe.
Because Ruel, who always smiled when he slept, was frowning.
That meant that I was shocked by my passing out.
‘Wake up first….’
I was trying to get up, but I lowered my head again when I felt something again.
Warm magical energy was emanating from Ruel’s sleeping hand.
‘Come to think of it, I heard you say that you succeeded in using healing magic right before you passed out.’
Ruel was continuing to use healing magic that barely succeeded for me.
My daughter, but she was so kind.
“Huh, daddy. Don’t die⋯⋯.”
It was a bonus to talk cutely in your sleep. He was sleeping while using magic, so he was talking in his sleep because he was out of his mind.
He petted Ruel several times and calmed her of Ruel’s magical power.
I want to be by The Ruel’s side, but now it’s my turn to check on Sael. She got up from her bed after covering her with the covers for Ruelle.
‘Where is Sael?’
She just lost her mind from overwork, but if it was Sael, she would have been as worried as Ruel.
She could have gone to buy all sorts of medicines, worrying a lot for nothing.
‘So I have to find it quickly.’
It wasn’t in Shael’s bedroom with me, and it wasn’t the same in Ruel’s bedroom. Shael was nowhere to be seen in the garden or in the dining room.
“You will be in the office!”
Thanks to one of her maids who barely knew Sael’s whereabouts, they were able to find him.
‘Why did you go to the office?’
Maybe he burned the documents so that he could not work in the future.
If it was Shael, she might have been. I hurried to the office and opened the door.
Read at noblemtl.com
Kikiiik.
As the maid said, Shael was in the office. She was sleeping at her desk with her chin resting.
Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any trace of dangerous magic being used.
‘Then what the hell is this?’
A neatly arranged bundle of papers catches my eye. Things I had to do today.
A large amount of them were placed in front of Shael in a perfectly processed state.
Shael did the work for me.
I opened the document. Admiration came out. Shael’s skills were surprisingly good.
I couldn’t pass it on to anyone because it contained important information, but if it was Sael, I could trust it.
Anyway, Shael went through all sorts of hardships because of me.
“Umm⋯⋯.”
Shael slipped her little drool. Before I could even approach, Shael’s eyes fluttered open.
“Are you okay?”
“That’s what someone would say.”
For some reason, she remembered the atmosphere she had when she first saw Shael. The atmosphere of a bloody villain.
But ironically, I found the atmosphere to be upbeat.
It was for that reason that I let out a foolish laugh.
It was the next thing to remain silent.
“No, what about the trash underneath?”
“Stop exercising, I ate it myself.”
Medicals that contain ingredients that are good for muscles. The things I had been eating all along were walking on the floor in cans.
⋯My protein is gone.
* * *
Several years have passed. Ruel’s height grew rapidly, and Ruel’s magic skills also showed tremendous development.
Ruel has been using healing magic since he was five years old. After several years, Ruel had the ability to use all kinds of magic.
Now, Ruel was wandering around the Holy Land alone.
‘Papa and mom will be worried, but…!’
And I already miss my cute younger siblings.
It only takes a moment. Anyway, Ruel was safe. He brought protective accessories, and Ruel’s magic skills were excellent in the first place.
Ruel’s goal was the memo that his mother had attached to the castle.
It was said that it was attached to the top of a huge tree, so even now, after a long time, the memo with the wish written on it should be safe.
I saw a tree that Mom and Dad must have visited. It was definitely a huge tree.
So there won’t be a memo pad at the top. It was an impossible height to reach without using magic.
‘Except for the ones my mom and dad attached.’
A smile of anticipation bloomed on Ruel’s face. Scrolls for magic were placed in Ruel’s hand.
Ahh.
Ruel quickly raised his gaze to the tree. He scrolled through to find a bunch of notepads with vastly improved eyesight on top, then he tore another scroll and pulled it out.
Finally, four memo pads in Ruel’s hands.
It was a memo pad that Dad and Mom wrote down their wishes on. I did find another piece of something, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.
Ruel immediately unfolded the memo. First of all, there was a wish written in Dad’s handwriting to help them build a happy family together.
Next, a similar wish was written in her mother’s handwriting.
‘Then next!’
It was the turn of the mother to reveal her long-hidden wish. Ruel quickly unfolded another note.
ㅡPlease make Eran’s wish come true.
It was a wish that revealed my mother’s shy heart. Even looking at her handwriting, at the end of her handwriting, it was evident that she wrote her letters in a hurry.
Of course, Ruel was a bit disappointed. I wanted to know her mother’s much embarrassing secret.
Ruel pursed her lips and glued the three notes to the top of the tree.
Now it was her turn to attach her own to the top of her. Ruel wanted to attach her precious wishes next to the memos written by her mother and father.
But before that, there was a note she hadn’t opened yet.
“This?”
I unfolded all the notes that Mom and Dad had already written. It was clear that this note belonged to someone else.
So, it would be right for her to put it back in place without unfolding it, but Ruel felt that she wanted to open the note without knowing why.
“Eh, I don’t know!”
Ruel boldly unfolded her memo.
What was visible was not the text. There were several sheets of wide paper in the memo pad.
The text is full. It was surprising that there was such a thing in the notepad.
It was clear that he used shrinking magic. At the same time, Ruel opened her eyes wide and gave her a surprised expression.
“My handwriting?”
No matter how you look at it, the writing on her paper was her own.
However, I had a question. Because Ruel had no memory of writing such a piece of paper.
Ruel quickly read the paper, feeling the outpouring interest.
First of all, the recipe is written.
They were recipes for making desserts.
It was a recipe for desserts that had a shape similar to the ones my dad used to make.
Then was an explanation of a certain book.
I don’t know why it exists, but it’s an explanation of a book that needs to be passed on to someone.
To make this book, it was necessary to carefully observe someone’s handwriting.
The last one was about the golden pearl.
A pearl that is said to have a very mysterious ability related to time.
It was about the position of the pearl, which was said to be only one, and that if you crushed the ‘bracelet with strong holy power’, you could make another pearl.
Ruelle read the paper as if to engrave it in her head.
Soon, a light shone in Ruel’s eyes.
It seemed that I could personally check the fresh love between her father and mother.
Ruel turned around. She had come to stick a note on the top of the tree, but it seemed like it could be postponed for a future time.
No, maybe putting it off into the past would have been correct.
* * *
She looked at Shael with her head tilted at an angle.
Blowing sunlight. Even though her broad brim shaded him, Sael frowned at her.
I was able to think of something else only after I hugged her and shaded her so she could sleep more comfortably.
‘What about Ruel?’
I used to subconsciously check Ruel every time. Ruel, who suddenly disappeared a few weeks ago.
Fortunately, they returned safely, but to be honest, there is no guarantee that such things will not happen in the future.
That said, it didn’t seem like nagging Ruel would work.
Because Ruel was an adventurous kid.
A while ago, he asked me for fragments of the ‘Bracelet of Broken Holy Power’ that he had kept in case he knew how, and he also checked my handwriting every time I worked.
‘Perhaps there is no child more curious than Ruel.’
It wouldn’t be strange to leave the mansion alone at any time without an escort.
So me and Sael put on Ruel protective magic circles every moment so that no one could hurt her Ruel, and it was the same for Duke Jespen.
That’s why even if the knight commander of the empire came, he wouldn’t be able to harm Ruel. Even Ruel himself had excellent magic skills.
To add to the sudden thought, Ruel also possessed excellent dessert skills.
‘Honestly, this is questionable.’
I did teach Ruel about dessert. However, I did not teach Ruel the proper recipe for dessert.
But a few weeks ago, Ruel’s desserts started to look like mine, and even taste better than mine.
Is it the difference in talent?
Anyway. First of all, it didn’t matter since Ruel was now within my sight.
“It’s fluffy here!”
Ruel, who was standing tall, stepped on the field, and the two children who were sitting in Odokani followed him toddling.
A girl with blue hair and sky blue eyes, and a boy with those reversed.
To me and Sael, they were the most precious beings. Precious treasures that only came out after Sael suffered a great deal of pain.
Anyway, I couldn’t believe I had run away from home without my knowledge, leaving such cute younger siblings behind. I also think that Ruel is outraged.
“Come here!”
The place where the children who were moving in perfect order were headed to my arms.
He made a mischievous smile. It was because the sunlight that had been covering Shael’s sake had grown stronger.
“Dad!”
I lowered my head at Ruel’s innocent voice. Sael and the other children were sleeping, and Ruel was giving me a curious look.
“Dad, did you and Mom have a good relationship from the beginning?”
“Of course not. After all, she promised to marry her from the beginning.”
Actually, it was really bad, but⋯⋯.
I can’t tell that to Ruel. Because Ruel might be shocked.
“I see!”
I heard Ruel’s giggling laughter for some reason, but ended the conversation by hugging her entire family.
At some point, white clouds began to block the sun. At the same time, Ruel’s eyes closed, and I started stroking the whole family one by one.
After doing this, I feel rather calm. If someone smiles at my touch, I am also contagious with that smile.
“I’m not a kid, so why do I keep combing my hair?”
Shael woke up at some point and pouted her lips. But i was fine Contrary to what she said, Shael did not reject my touch.
Sael simply stretched out her hand as if she would not lose to me. A gentle touch felt on her head.
We continued our gentle touches as if we had made a bet on who would give up stroking first.
Sael glared at me gently with her vitality, and I looked down at Sael with a deep smile.
Sael had a strong competitive spirit. Her Sael’s hand wouldn’t come off my head, and she was about to finally rise as the sun went down.
She nodded her head and dozed off, then woke up shaking her head as if she would not lose in a strange bet.
The funny actions were repeated over and over again, but in the end, they both lowered their heads.
Without communication, there was no winner of the bet placed. Sael and I ended up winning that childish bet. Therefore, there were no losers in the bet.
That’s why Sael and I were able to fall into a blissful sleep, receiving silent smiles as a reward.