Black-Haired Dad Isn’t Something You Reap - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124. The Red-Haired Friend Is Not Someone to Adopt (1)
My legend as Uprina Lorowi began when I was five years old.
The youngest person in Lorowi history to earn Lorowi’s recognition and obtain the key to the Alchemy Workshop. Success!
At six, the Imperial State’s Comprehensive Children’s Athletic Championship. Gold medal!
At seven, the National Children’s Piano Competition Grand Prize!
At eight, the strongest fighter among minors in the Lorowi Territory!
At nine, first-rate marksmanship!
At ten, obtained a tank driving license!
At eleven, survivor of the unofficial chicken race within the fiefdom!
At twelve, a genius who descended upon the dark poker tables like a dancer!
At thirteen, I slew a total of five men who rushed at me seeking marriage, coveting my strength, beauty, and power—a complete masterpiece, in any case!
I was the king of Lorowi. I was the actual heir apparent, and next year I would receive a tank battalion from Mother. Then I would become the king of that battalion. If I went to war, I could make great achievements. I would fight, conquer, and win to become the king of war!
I would win in the desert, win on the plains, and win in the trenches. I would become an undefeated sovereign! Wahaha! Wahahaha!
“Ha! Such a magnificent creature I am!”
Was I not born to become the king of war? As I sighed deeply and intoxicated myself with my own greatness, Grayson, my dedicated butler who had served me since my apprenticeship, brought strange news.
“Miss Yupi, starting today, someone will be moving into the villa.”
“The villa? We have a villa?”
“There’s one in the Apple Orchard, isn’t there?”
“That’s a villa and not a cottage?!”
Lorowi is fine in every way, but the problem is that all the money goes to military expenses, leaving nothing for home improvements. That’s why we’re barely managing to maintain this estate built over a hundred years ago, and we still have an outhouse for a toilet. When I inherit the marquess title, I’ll change it to a flush toilet first thing.
“But why is someone moving into the villa? Did Mother take in a young husband?”
“Please don’t even joke about such things. Father is listening.”
“Mother said that Father cries, and she finds it even more endearing!”
“Ugh, what are you saying to a child, you lunatics.”
Grayson does his work very well, but the problem is he’s too honest.
I flicked Grayson and asked what kind of person was coming to our house. My faithful servant mentioned the name of Runia Lilith, Mother’s friend, and explained that her daughter had weak health and would be staying in Lorowi for the winter.
“Ah, so Chiron Territory is cold?”
“Yes. Shall I announce your arrival?”
“Of course! I’m the future master of this house!”
“Yes, yes, of course you are.”
I stood up briskly and headed toward the Apple Orchard. Even though she’s Mother’s friend’s daughter, she needs to know who the king of this place is. When I meet her, I’ll have her swear loyalty first and then decide whether to make her my subordinate.
I laughed with a puff and hurried toward the Apple Orchard. In front of the two-story wooden house stood a girl as beautiful as a doll, with long black hair. The girl, who appeared to be my age, commanded the servants with an arrogant expression.
Was she really human? Could she be a porcelain doll? How could a living, breathing human be so beautiful?
I found it so fascinating that without thinking, I approached the girl and took her hand. It was warm. I felt her body heat. She was truly human. I laughed. A person could be this beautiful.
“Hey, you.”
“What?”
Not only was her face beautiful, but her voice was lovely too. I calmed my racing heart and conveyed my true feelings.
“Serve me!”
Mother knocked Father down with just this one phrase, I’m told. So this girl would soon fall into my hands. I am the king of Lorowi.
The girl would surely leap into my arms with delight. I thought so and spread my arms wide to embrace her. But then the world flipped upside down.
“Hey! Call the guards! I caught a crazy bird!”
A pitiful girl with such slender arms she looked incapable of properly holding a fork and knife grabbed my arm and hurled me with a sharp snap.
I learned later that when Luruella threw me, I hit the ground head-first and lost consciousness. They said I was lucky my neck didn’t break.
I, Uprina Lorowi, fell in love for the first time in my thirteen years of life at that very moment.

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My neck didn’t break, but it was slightly sprained, so I spent several days bedridden with a neck brace. Luruella came to apologize to me, the equivalent of Lorowi’s sovereign, but she never imagined such a foolish idiot could be Lorowi’s heir, so she carelessly laid hands on me, or so she claimed.
Each word that left her lips had an edge to it, and the way it pricked my heart felt deliciously thrilling. When I asked her to curse at me a little more since I’d enjoyed it so much, Luruella punched my head with her fist.
My already-sprained neck twisted more severely, and I had to spend another week bedridden.
“Peel an apple and spear it with your fork, then feed it to my mouth. Aah~ Aang~ Aaah~♡”
“I’ll kill you, you foolish idiot.”
“Aww, the way Luruella says such mean things with that beautiful face is so cool!”
“F*** off.”
“Khehehng, khehehng.”
“Idiot.”
I love Luruella so much! When I grow up, I’m going to marry Luruella!
When I declared this ambition, Ru looked at me with utter disdain and spoke with an expression of pure disgust.
“Women can’t marry women.”
“Khehehng, is Chiron Territory really that conservative?”
“What are you talking about, you crazy bastard….”
Lorowi has no gender restrictions on marriage by law! Lorowi is rural and already facing a population cliff, so we can’t afford to recognize only male-female marriages.
Not just the fiefdom’s people, but Lorowi’s ancestors had couples who married same-sex partners. We’re famous as the explosive Lorowi, but we’re actually an alchemist family, so we can create rare items that enable same-sex pregnancy.
Using alchemy isn’t exactly a secret, but since no one asks, we don’t reveal it either. Lorowi even told me to keep my mouth shut unless someone specifically asks.
“Wait until I recover, and I’ll show you why Chiron Territory is so conservative.”
“Once I’m healed, I’m going home.”
Now that I think about it, she said she came to warm Lorowi in the south because her body was weak, right? But judging by how she threw me, she seems pretty sturdy. What part of her is weak exactly?
“You said your body was weak? What exactly is wrong with you?”
“My bronchial tubes. Asthma.”
“I see.”
So that’s why she came to avoid the cold air. I should consult with Lorowi about whether we can make medicine to cure asthma.
After my neck healed, I went to Lorowi’s workshop and consulted about whether we could make medicine to cure asthma. Lorowi pondered deeply, then said that while she could make a universal panacea if she spent considerable divine power and paid a great price, she couldn’t make medicine that specifically cured only asthma.
She told me not to boast about making medicine with alchemy, and that if someone was sick, they should go to a hospital—it’s faster. Following Lorowi’s advice, I told Ru to go to a hospital if she was sick, and got beaten for it.
Khehehng, a woman whose hands move faster than her words—she’s charming, I tell you.
Anyway, just because Lorowi’s original recipe didn’t have the medicine I wanted doesn’t mean I have to give up.
I’m the century’s greatest genius born from Lorowi! Lorowi’s sovereign! The god of war! Uprina Lorowi!
Ordinary Lorowi can only create things according to the recipes Lorowi teaches, but a genius like me could also arrange formulas or create original recipes.
So I’ll make it! If Lorowi won’t teach me, I’ll just create it myself!
I threw myself into research, and whenever I had time, I’d visit Ru, leave my mark, and get chased away repeatedly. I finally managed to create an item that would calm her when inhaled during an attack, but around that time, Ru left for Chiron Territory without a word, saying the weather had warmed up.
Such a cold woman. But that’s what makes her charming.
That year, I went to the battlefield for the first time, achieved victory, and brought honor to Lorowi. And I stockpiled emergency asthma medicine for winter and various gifts to give to Ru.
When this winter comes, I’ll propose to Luruella, and once I come of age, we’ll marry. I hope for two daughters—the eldest bearing Ru’s features, the second bearing mine. With such a future in mind, I filled in the blanks of the marriage certificate according to the customs of Lorowi Territory.

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