Black-Haired Dad Isn’t Something You Reap - Chapter 132

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Chapter 132. How to Not Obsess Over a Child Missing for Over Half a Year (1)
When I returned, the Imperial Palace, the Capital, and the entire nation fell into a festive mood.
Articles with headlines like “Vishnabel Lorowi Kisomalos, the Princess Missing for Over Half a Year, Returns Alive!” graced the front pages of all three major newspapers, salons across the realm held parties celebrating my return, and the Imperial Family was preparing to host a grand banquet once my safety was fully secured.
And the culprit was caught, but best of all—all of Lorowi’s power and wealth now belonged to the Imperial Palace!
“Kyaaah! Puhehe! Whehehehe!”
I was so delighted that I bounced on my bed and danced “round and round” with my friends.
Kidnapping the legitimate heir of Kisomalos was truly a heinous crime. In fact, death a hundred times over wouldn’t be enough punishment, so the Chamberlain, who had narrowly escaped execution, had to confess everything she could.
Thus, the Lorowi Territory became directly administered by the Princess Palace, and all of Lorowi’s private forces were absorbed into the Princess Palace. The massive bomb sleeping in the great vault of the Lorowi History Museum would be moved to the Princess Palace vault and all, and I would monopolize the position of Commander-in-Chief of the entire Air Force, sharing authority with no one.
“This is thrilling! Kyaaah! Long live! Long live!”
“You seem awfully pleased, Pisha.”
“You simply don’t realize the dangers that await you.”
Huh? But the Chamberlain was already caught—what danger could possibly be lurking?
Of course, these past few days, Father, the Chief Chamberlain, and Choco all insisted on sleeping in my room because they couldn’t bear to leave me alone. Father had billed all my search expenses to the Princess Palace, so my debts had grown again, and there was some financial danger, but… I could pay that off by absorbing Lorowi, so it didn’t matter!
“The young Chamberlain’s divine power of explosion will be sealed.”
But if that happens, won’t my Aunt be unable to use her explosive power either? I loved watching my Aunt burn everything to ash. It’s a shame I won’t get to see that anymore.
“Hmm?”
I suddenly noticed my desk was piled high with letters. If they were unimportant, Emily would have disposed of them all, but these were from someone I didn’t know. Looking at the full names, they were from House of Duke Alset?
“What? What is this?”
For some reason, someone from Alset had sent an enormous number of petitions asking for leniency because Kazelnu Lorowi had committed no crime. Alset and my Aunt had a terrible relationship, if anything, so who would write such a petition?
“Does anyone here know who sent this?”
“Ah, that.”
When I held up the letter and asked if anyone knew, Croa pretended to know. With a graceful smile, Croa revealed the sender’s identity and added some curious information.
“It’s the eldest son of Alset, whom you met at the ball last year. He’s uglier than me, so he’s not worth your attention, Pisha.”
“Oh… right.”
“He has little standing in the Duke’s House, no real power, and can’t use his divine power skillfully. There’s absolutely no reason for you to take interest in him.”
“I said I understand, didn’t I?”
Could you stop badmouthing someone I barely know? But now that you mention it, I do remember him. Wasn’t he the one Duke Alset deliberately brought to spite my Aunt? Now that I know, it’s even stranger. Why would he petition to release my Aunt?
“By the way, did you get along well with Media? I heard the backlash was diluted?”
“Ah, about that.”
Croa said she had reported that matter to Father first, then informed me of news from the Heavenly Realm. The curse sealing divine power created too much backlash even when many shared the burden, so Media went to the Heavenly Realm with Chiron and Listo to confront Lorowi, who had returned there.
“Wow, Media is really working hard.”
“She made a contract in the Heavenly Realm’s documents so that descendants won’t receive explosion abilities for ten years.”
“What about after ten years?”
“Either they’ll renegotiate, or they’ll let ‘that Kisomalos bastard’ handle it themselves.”
“I see.”
“She specifically insisted I use the phrase ‘that Kisomalos bastard,’ so I’m emphasizing it again.”
“Mm…”
Emotional rifts aren’t easily healed. Even now, Croa went to find Lorowi only because she pleaded, not because of me—she’s really emphasizing that point. I understand, but still.
Anyway, Father and the Head Attendant Grandmother also said they’d participate in the curse, so Chiron and Listo stepped forward too. I find it somewhat amusing thinking about how Lorowi must have been intimidated when all these powerful deities showed up in a group.
“So where are we going anyway?”
“The Emperor’s temporary office.”
“When did that get built?”
“Yes. It was constructed in the Princess Palace while you were gone.”
So many things appeared while I was away? Even that strange research facility where the Ferris wheel used to be?
Croa and Shirley firmly linked their arms through mine on both sides and practically dragged me toward the temporary office, where I found Choco, the Chief Chamberlain, Father, and everyone else gathered. Wait—Shirley’s mother was here too?
“Ah, Doctor Marichi. I trust you’ve been well.”
“Yes, thanks to your concern. I’m relieved to see the Princess safe and sound.”
We exchanged brief pleasantries about what we’d been up to, and just as my adventure stories were running dry, Father thrust a contract in front of me.
“The reason we’ve all gathered here today is so that you’ll sign this contract, Pisha.”
“Huh? What now?”
It’s probably some document about reinforcing the Princess Palace’s security, right? If I’m unlucky, it might be a contract demanding compensation for emotional damages I suffered while missing. But if it’s the latter, I can’t sign that—I’m a victim too!
Anyway, determined not to lose out, I used the contract-reading skills Father had taught me to underline the important parts and read through the contents carefully.
But this contract was completely unexpected…
“A surgical consent form?”
“That’s right.”
“I’m… sick somewhere?”
Did something go wrong when they extracted my memories with alchemy? I don’t feel anything unusual…
Since I had no idea what surgery they were talking about, I asked for details. Doctor Marichi and Shirley stepped forward with a flourish and explained.
“The critical failure in this disappearance incident was that we couldn’t pinpoint your location, wasn’t it?”
“So we at the Marichi Research Institute pooled our manpower and time to create this!”
Shirley and her mother shouted “A location tracker!” and pulled out a fist-sized stone and a device.
“Wow…”
I was just marveling at the machine when Shirley excitedly explained how it worked.
“You see, here we have a spirit stone that continuously emits a specific frequency. It was a spirit stone we’d been discarding because we didn’t know its purpose.”
“But we at the Marichi Research Institute figured out its structure and discovered its use this time!”
“And then, this radioactive signal is captured and converted into location information through cables and circuits, and—”
A beeping sound came from the machine’s screen, and the spirit stone’s location appeared on the map.
Wow! This is amazing!
“So if I carry this spirit stone with me normally, you can track me anytime, right?”
But this thing’s too big to carry around. It’s heavy too. When I pointed out that I’d definitely lose it if I wasn’t careful, Shirley and her mother shook their heads with a wistful expression, as if that wasn’t the point at all.
“You saw the surgical consent form, didn’t you?”
“We’re going to implant the spirit stone inside you. You’ll never lose it that way.”
“…?”
…They’re going to implant this inside my body?
Thinking I must have misheard, I looked back and forth between Father, Choco, and the Chief Chamberlain’s faces, and the adults nodded as if I’d heard correctly.
I was shocked. So shocked that my words started to stammer.
“Th-this big thing, inside my body, there’s no w-way it could, th-there’s no way!”
“That’s why we need surgery. We’ll tie it floating next to your ribs.”
“No way, no way, no way!”
What is this, are you all insane? Everyone’s lost their minds! I mean, just because I was missing for a while, you’re going to perform surgery to implant a fist-sized stone in my body? Are you serious?!
“I hope the Princess understands. Otherwise, we’ll have to stay by your side all day long.”
“Then just don’t stay by my side all day!”
“But what if you get kidnapped again!”
“Surely such a thing won’t happen twice in a lifetime!”
“Once something has happened, it must never happen a second or third time.”
There’s something unsettling about Choco’s voice. The man who had been playfully drawing and sheathing his sword narrowed his eyes as if recalling old memories, then spoke in a low murmur.
“How tedious it was.”
“Why is Choco being so menacing?”
“She was worse when you weren’t around.”
This is terrifying. Not just Choco, but all these people forcing a surgical consent form on me are insane. Let’s find a gentler solution. Why are they so eager to cut open my abdomen!
“No! I’m scared of surgery! I won’t do it!”
“But there’s no other way.”
“I won’t! I said I won’t! Aaaah! Nooo! Waaaah! Noooo!”
I shrieked and shrieked, then began to cry, overwhelmed by pity for my own pitiful, sorrowful self.
As I rolled on the floor throwing a tantrum and suddenly burst into tears, the Chief Chamberlain, who was weak to my crying, was the first to surrender.

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