Beguiling the Enemy’s Patriarch - Chapter 188

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Special Side Story Episode 5
When that child was younger, he was honestly not as entertaining as he is now.
Quiet, composed, indifferent, extremely disciplined, strict with himself, and rarely interacted with others.
The only interesting thing about him was that among all the Emperors throughout history, his appearance was exceptionally refined, and since Andrea, the firstborn, he was the child who inherited the divine essence most deeply.
But what good is strength in such a peaceful age?
If there’s no use for that strength, then love instead. I’ve wanted to nag him about this more than once or twice.
Fortunately, there seems to be some change lately, but in my view, he still has a long way to go.
That fool finished his tea time today and coldly disappeared into the Central Palace.
Raulus made a clicking sound and swirled the water in the basin with his hand.
‘Boring as always.’
Would it be more fun if I went down there myself and stirred things up?
The previous Emperor happened to pass away right after conducting the Raulus Summoning Ceremony, which occurs once every ten years, so the newly ascended child has not yet held his own summoning ceremony.
There are still several years left to complete the ten-year cycle.
Five years remain until the summoning ceremony.
Raulus had always awaited the summoning ceremony, but this time the anticipation felt somehow more special.
Was it because a child had emerged whom I wished to make my new priestess?
The rippling water in the basin gradually calmed and reflected another place.
An onion-shaped palace skimmed across the surface, then enlarged greatly to reveal the interior of a bedroom.
Raulus rested his chin on the basin and gazed down intently at the bed on one side of the bedroom.
The adorable thing that brings me the most joy these days is probably that form squirming around over there.
[Your wariness is far too high.]
A sullen voice emerged from within the blanket, wrapped around like a caterpillar.
From those words alone, Raulus could tell that this little one’s plans had come to nothing once again today.
[We’ve had tea time ten times, gone sightseeing in Barishard together, and I even proposed—so why does it still feel like there’s some subtle distance?]
“…Wasn’t that last one the problem?”
Raulus chuckled at that muttering and threw out his words.
One might expect the child to be startled by the god’s voice suddenly thundering in her head, but she had already grown accustomed to it and responded calmly.
[If the proposal was the problem, then when he asked if something was wrong, it seemed like he wasn’t even considering it seriously. If he’d been genuinely concerned, things would have gotten awkward much sooner.]
“Hmm….”
Raulus looked down at Yerenika, who was writhing in a caterpillar-like form, and casually remarked.
“Still, from what I can see, you two seem quite intimate. You converse well enough. And he accepts your nonsensical rambling fairly well.”
The Emperor of this generation, to whom he had personally given the baptismal name Sheyer, was not one to talk to himself as much as this child did.
Even for Raulus, there was no way to read the innermost thoughts of humans from beyond the distant Udeta, so he could not know exactly what Sheyer was thinking.
But….
With thousands of years of experience peering into the mortal world through the basin.
Raulus considered himself quite knowledgeable about humans.
And judging from the past appearances of the child called Sheyer that I knew, that child was already quite….
Perhaps smoothly, in the process of crossing over?
Of course, it was true that he still had a long way to go, but even this much was tremendous progress.
However, the child became fixated on an unexpected word.
[Nonsense? Really, that’s too much. I don’t expect gratitude, but such reckless words!]
“I can’t deny it.”
[…If you’re not going to help, then leave. Raulus is terribly, awfully busy governing beyond Udeta.]
“Taking proper rest increases efficiency.”
As Raulus chuckled and replied, Yerenika buried her head back under the blankets.
[Even a god is useless. Sigh, poor Diego. Don’t waste your precious youth—hurry and escape….]
“Tsk, it’s rather irreverent that even scraps are all I can offer.”
Raulus snorted and flicked his finger sharply.
Yerenika was suddenly struck by a chestnut that flew through the air and frowned.
“Tell me honestly. You’re not the god of peace and prosperity, are you? You’re the god of jealousy and discord, aren’t you… Ow.”
And the insignificant human child received another chestnut strike from him.
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True to his reputation as a god more versed in humanity than humans themselves, Raulus’s premonition proved remarkably accurate.
“My, look at those two.”
Raulus quickly withdrew his hand from his long, fluttering sleeves and covered his eyes.
Of course, with all ten fingers spread wide open, the gesture of covering his eyes was nearly meaningless.
“Where do these youngsters get off! In broad daylight!”
In truth, the scene wasn’t particularly obscene—merely an afternoon kiss between an affectionate couple.
However, since Raulus, who once championed free love and marriage among humans, had become remarkably conservative at some point, this sight now seemed terribly improper by his standards.
“How dare they! In a sacred Temple! These rascals are showing no reverence!”
Raulus made a fuss and hastily stirred the water in the basin with his hands.
“I never taught my children to do such things!”
Of course, his words, actions, and expression hardly matched.
Raulus’s lips had already stretched to his ears in a grin.
“Not long ago, they were just exchanging glances and fumbling about awkwardly, as if they were nothing….”
That cat wearing a puppy’s disguise circling around, and that child boasting an iron wall bouncing off love’s arrows—it seemed like only yesterday, yet now they were already so shameless.
As a god of propriety and consideration, Raulus would avert his eyes from the basin whenever they expressed affection without restraint, instead rolling about in the Garden.
“Humans truly must love!”
The king of the Divine Realm, without dignity or composure, rolling across the vast green fields was clearly visible from the Temples surrounding the Garden.
The gods watching their brother’s antics each offered their own commentary.
“Again?”
“He does this every day. Leave him be. It’s fine that he only acts like this at home; let’s just hope he doesn’t do it outside.”
Whether his other siblings shook their heads or not, the self-proclaimed Cupid Raulus made no effort to hide his satisfaction and rolled about the Garden for quite some time.
The Divine Realm beyond Udeta was peaceful once more today.

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