I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 78
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<Chapter 78>
After the night walk, Kami had been spending most of his day in the yard.
But Kami shrugged his shoulders at the child’s confident words.
“It’s not like you’ve met many times, just once or twice. Wait a little, Little One.”
“Huh?”
An unexpected reaction.
Rie’s surprised eyes narrowed.
“…Isn’t Kami on Rie’s side?”
“I am on your side. But there’s a saying that love quarrels are like cutting water with a sword. Especially if it’s someone else’s love quarrel, you need to know how to wait and watch.”
“Does Kami know about love?”
“As you know, I fly around the sky, right? I’ve seen and heard a lot from below. Ahem!”
Smugly.
“Hmm?”
‘Kami’s eyes… somehow look bashful.’
That’s right.
Kami was particularly arrogant today.
His posture of folding his wings in front of his chest, like crossing arms…
‘Showing off?!’
Rie’s mouth dropped open.
‘Kami is treating Rie like a little kid! He’s showing off!’
“Rie has seen and heard lots too! Rie reads many books!”
“You only have <The.Cave.Bear>.”
“Still, that’s four volumes! Kami is mean!”
“Hey, you!”
Rie, upset that he wasn’t taking her side, scurried away.
It seemed like she couldn’t communicate with Kami.
Right. She needed consultation from someone more kind.
* * *
Meanwhile, Kami, left alone, glared at Rie’s empty spot and grumbled.
“…If she knew the truth, it would be even harder for her. Why is she so curious?”
When he revealed his chest that had been hidden by his wings, the black feathers that had been glossy until now were faded to gray.
Kami had been feeling his existence fading away with each passing day recently.
The reason he had been staying only in the yard lately was because he lacked the energy to fly.
He didn’t know why.
The only thing certain was that it had been happening since he threw the notebook to Casselik.
“…I don’t know when I’ll disappear, but she only looks for Mother? Well, I did help with the regression so she could live with Mother.”
‘No. Don’t let your heart weaken.’
He almost became sad for a moment, but shaking his head, he diligently pecked at bread crumbs.
He had to conserve as much energy as possible.
Even if he disappeared when the time came, he had to help Rie until the end.
* * *
Rie, who found Jair, chattered with a sullen expression.
“So Mother is mean, Father is mean, and Kami is mean too. Rie is really, really curious but nobody tells me anything…”
“Then spy on what the two of them are doing. Rie, you can use time abilities, right?”
“Huh?”
“Why?”
“Is it okay to spy? Mother said not to, so I thought it wasn’t allowed…”
Jair, who had been thinking ‘what’s the problem?’, closed his mouth for a moment.
His opponent was Rie.
Saying that to an innocent four-year-old… wouldn’t that be wrong education?
He was also seven years old, but among children, even one year was a big difference.
Jair fell into thought for a moment.
Then the boy thought of Philip.
“Remember when I fought with Uncle Philip?”
“Marquis Philip?”
“Yeah. If Uncle hadn’t hidden it from me and had honestly told me the situation at that time… of course I would have been disappointed, but our relationship wouldn’t have gotten as bad as it did at the wedding venue.”
Rie’s mouth opened with a “heh” as she concentrated.
“Of course I understand the adults’ position too. They’re already troubled, so they wouldn’t want to pass that on to a child. What do you prefer?”
“Hmm?”
“Do you want to be protected by adults? Or do you want to hear the truth honestly, even if it’s scary?”
Jair asked as seriously as possible.
Thanks to that, Rie also became serious and touched her round chin.
“…When Rie saw Uncle Ethan’s past with the angel, Rie actually wasn’t going to say anything to Uncle.”
“Really?”
“But Jair said ‘You have to see the end to start anew!’ So Rie gave Uncle the ring, and Uncle… likes it so, so much.”
“Then do as you wish. If you get caught and scolded, run to me. I’ll give you my room anytime. If you need to hide, you can sleep in the Tower of Time too.”
“Can’t just anyone enter the Tower of Time?”
“Right. No one can enter except you.”
Jair, who had been answering without hesitation, flinched.
‘Wait. Did that sound a bit cheesy?’
“Because Rie is the angel’s friend! Right?!”
But seeing Rie’s excited reaction, fortunately she didn’t seem to notice.
Jair, who had been sighing in relief, flinched again.
‘No, wait. What’s fortunate about it? It was just something I could say normally, I didn’t intend to sound cheesy either.’
Rie was the only child who could free him from the future he didn’t want to know.
That was the only reason.
“A-anyway. If you have anything else to consult about, call me.”
“Yees.”
“Then I… have a schedule, so I’ll walk you to the carriage. Is that okay?”
“Yeees.”
“Alright.”
Jair, unusually awkward, left first for the first time in his meetings with Rie.
* * *
At that time, on a pleasant afternoon.
A tall man and woman were enjoying a reading date at the cafeteria.
It was Emilia and Casselik.
Casselik sat in a chair with his long legs crossed, holding a book with one hand while resting his other hand on the table.
From the outside, he seemed focused on reading, but his deep eyes were directed toward Emilia.
Unlike him, Emilia had her nose buried in her book.
“…But what if Rie uses her time ability to spy on us later?”
“That’s why we’re hiding it.”
“Ah, so that’s why you suggested disguising it as a cafe date.”
“…Yeah. But because of what you just said, I think Rie might have noticed.”
“Oh my goodness.”
Emilia’s face turned bright red as she closed her book.
He firmly pressed down his lips that were about to curve up slightly.
“Don’t worry. Even if she’s watching us through her time ability, she won’t be able to see inside these books.”
Currently, on the pages of the two people’s seemingly ordinary books lay contracts.
They were contracts regarding the transfer of Rie’s legal guardianship and custody arrangements after Emilia’s death.
Of course, Casselik had no intention of letting her die.
He had scoured the entire Empire to bring in famous herbalists and physicians like catching mice, and had also piled up books and papers related to amnesia in the castle.
But he had obediently come all the way here due to Emilia’s strong insistence that they needed to write a contract for the child.
And to see her face while he was at it.
“And just in case, I also twisted the timeline of the conversation scene we had at the viscount’s house.”
“That’s a relief.”
“Yes. As long as you didn’t leave any suspicious items at home, there’s absolutely no chance of being caught.”
But then.
“…?”
Emilia’s gaze slowly shifted from her book toward Casselik.
“What is it?”
“…I think I need to go home right away. I have a letter I wrote to Rie in preparation for the future, and it’s in my bedroom.”
“…What? You already wrote something like that?”
“Oh my goodness. I need to go check!”
Emilia, who had turned pale, hurriedly stood up.
And at Viscount Birdwell’s residence.
Grin.
Rie’s lips curved upward after hearing all this conversation from Kami, who had just flown in.
* * *
She couldn’t do time travel because she felt sorry for Mother, but listening through Kami wasn’t wrong!
Friends can have that much conversation, right?
She was a bit worried because Kami seemed more tired than usual, but he said it was because he was sleepy and went in to sleep.
Rie immediately ran to Emilia’s bedroom.
She had to find it quickly before she arrived.
“Letter, letter!”
Her short legs moved busily.
The bedside nightstand.
The drawer under the makeshift table. Even under the bed.
“…Huh?”
It was while she was bustling around playing detective like this.
When she opened the makeshift wardrobe, something feather-like fluttered down.
It was letter paper.
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