I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 274

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#7

[To my beloved Leo.]

[Leo. Are you doing well and listening to His Majesty the Emperor and your aunt?]

[I think our Leo is kind and mature, so you must be doing well… but I still worry.]

[Mommy and Daddy are doing well. Everything is fine except for worrying about leaving Leo alone.]

[Since Leo likes reading newspapers, you probably read the article about the sea monster attacking the ship Mommy and Daddy were on.]

[You don’t need to worry. As you saw in the article, your daddy magnificently defeated the monster. I was so proud.]

[The ship got a little damaged so we had to transfer to another ship, which means we’ll arrive at the Kingdom of Natsha a little later than planned. By the time you’re reading this letter, we probably arrived at the Kingdom of Natsha…]

Splash—

Leo, who had been sitting by the lakeside under the warm sunlight reading Leilah’s letter, frowned and looked up as water suddenly splashed on him.

“Puhaha, look at that face.”

Above the lake, a beautiful young man with blue hair was pointing at Leo and giggling.

The young man’s true identity was none other than the Blue Dragon who protected the Empire.

To think that the Blue Dragon, said to have lived for thousands of years, would play such childish pranks and enjoy it.

“You’ve wasted your age.”

Leo clicked his tongue and lightly shook the soaked letter.

Then the letter dried completely without a trace of moisture.

The imperial family of the Empire could freely control water thanks to the Blue Dragon’s blessing.

The same was true for Leo, so he could restore not only the letter but also his clothes to a perfectly dry state.

Since the Blue Dragon might play another prank, he should return to the manor to finish reading the letter.

Leo carefully folded Leilah’s letter and put it in his bag, then looked at the still-laughing Blue Dragon with disdain.

“Is this kind of prank fun?”

The Blue Dragon answered as if asking why he would question something so obvious.

“Of course it’s fun. It’s so fun I might burst with laughter.”

“You don’t have a belly button.”

“I do. I have one when I’m in human form. Want me to show you?”

When the Blue Dragon acted as if he was about to strip his upper body, Leo waved his hands in disgust.

“No need.”

“Really? That’s too bad.”

What was there to be disappointed about?

Leo shook his head and stood up.

Then the Blue Dragon, who had somehow approached Leo, grabbed his arm.

“What? You’re leaving already?”

“I have to go. If I stay in the forest too long, everyone will worry that something happened.”

“But I’m here?”

“They don’t know you’re here.”

“True. You’re the only one I reveal myself to.”

The Blue Dragon muttered gloomily.

“Still, you came all this way, isn’t it too much to just read a letter and leave? You should play with me.”

“I’ll be staying at the Imperial Palace for a while anyway, so I’ll come tomorrow too.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

Only then did the Blue Dragon release Leo’s arm that he had been gripping tightly.

Still, his face showed lingering disappointment.

Well, it would be sad to part with a friend he’d reunited with after hundreds of years.

“Don’t worry. In this lifetime, I won’t die early and will live long, long to stay with you.”

Leo gently patted the Blue Dragon’s head with his small fern-like hand to comfort him.

* * *

There had been no problems when boarding the large passenger ship, but transferring to the small boat triggered seasickness.

“Ugh.”

“Are you alright, Your Majesty?”

The victim was none other than Kalian.

It was only two more days by small boat to reach the Kingdom of Natsha, but those two days were among the most miserable moments in Kalian’s life.

After much struggle, when the small boat finally arrived at the port of the Kingdom of Natsha, Kalian was the first to get off the boat.

Leilah, who hurriedly followed him off, patted Kalian’s back as he sat clutching a tree.

“If I had known your seasickness was this severe, I would have prepared motion sickness medicine…”

Kalian answered in a dying voice, as if talking to himself.

“I didn’t know my seasickness was this bad either.”

If he had known, he would have prepared it before Leilah could prepare motion sickness medicine.

Come to think of it, all the ships Kalian had boarded until now were large vessels like warships or passenger ships.

Large ships don’t rock violently like small boats, so he’d never had the chance to experience seasickness.

“Let’s make sure to buy motion sickness medicine for the return trip.”

“That…”

“Leilah!”

A high-pitched voice pierced his ears, almost making his eardrums feel stuffy.

It had also called out his beloved wife’s name.

Since it was a familiar voice, Kalian looked in that direction despite his churning stomach.

Leilah did the same.

“Diane!”

In the distance, Diane was smiling brightly and waving at them.

Behind Diane, Ber could be seen holding a child.

Ber and a child.

Kalian’s lips twitched at the mismatched combination.

“Leilah! I missed you!”

Diane ran over in one stride and hugged Leilah tightly.

Leilah, who was relatively small in stature, was embraced snugly in Diane’s arms.

“To think I’d see Leilah in the Kingdom of Natsha! I’m so happy!”

“I’m happy too, Diane.”

Leilah also raised her hands to embrace Diane’s back.

It seemed like this touching reunion would end here, but it didn’t.

“But why did you ask His Majesty instead of me to do this?”

At the added words, Diane flinched in surprise and looked down at Leilah.

Leilah’s lips were curved in a smile, but her eyes looking up at Diane flashed dangerously.

“You asked him because you knew I would refuse, didn’t you?”

“Well…”

“You shouldn’t do that when you know everything, Diane. It wasn’t just any request, and you teased His Majesty about not being able to go on a honeymoon?”

He told her everything?

Diane looked at Kalian with resentful eyes.

“Where are you looking right now? Do you not want to hear what I’m saying?”

That was brief, as Diane looked back at Leilah at the sharp criticism.

“Of course not. I just missed Leilah, and since you always work, I thought you should rest a little…”

Diane rambled out excuses incoherently.

There was no trace of Viscount Andrian, the tiger diplomat who was said to make foreign diplomats tremble with his eloquent speech.

While Diane made excuses, Leilah just smiled silently.

In situations like this, silence is more frightening than a hundred words of scolding.

Instinctively sensing danger, Diane swallowed her remaining excuses and quickly bowed her head in apology.

“I’m sorry, Leilah. I won’t do it again.”

Only then did a hint of amusement appear in Leilah’s eyes.

“Fine. I’ll accept your apology, so don’t do it again. If something like this happens one more time… you know what will happen, right?”

Diane just nodded like an obedient child.

‘How interesting.’

Kalian leaned against a tree and watched the scene with interest.

He had been feeling wronged about sleeping in separate rooms after being swayed by Diane’s words.

But seeing Diane getting scolded by Leilah seemed to cure not only his motion sickness but also ten years’ worth of indigestion.

At the same time, he thought he should never deceive Leilah again.

Even if it was for Leilah’s sake.

“It’s been a while, Your Majesty.”

Ber, who had approached nearby, greeted him.

Kalian nodded lightly in response and looked down at the child Ber was holding.

The child with chubby cheeks sucking on a pacifier was adorable by anyone’s standards.

“This must be the second child you had recently.”

“Yes. She’s 21 months old now.”

“A daughter?”

“Yes.”

“The first was a son.”

Ber didn’t understand why Kalian was going over these facts, but he answered faithfully nonetheless.

Meanwhile, Kalian’s gaze never left the child.

Perhaps because she was a daughter.

The child greatly resembled her mother, Diane.

Then surely a daughter born between him and Leilah would be the spitting image of Leilah too.

Kalian looked at Leilah, who was talking with Diane.

A pretty daughter who resembled her.

Kalian’s lips curved into a loose smile at the sudden fantasy.

Perhaps it would be good to have a second child after all?

But then Leilah would have a hard time, and more importantly, there was no guarantee it would be a daughter.

Leo was confident it would be a younger sister, but he couldn’t believe that.

It wasn’t like Leo could see the future, so how would he know?

‘Wait a minute.’

Come to think of it, there seemed to have been someone among the past Imperial Family members who had prophetic abilities… could it be?

“What’s wrong, Your Majesty?”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

Despite his answer, Kalian continued to look at Leilah with a serious expression.

If that were true, wouldn’t a pretty daughter who resembled Leilah really be born?

Though he had made a promise with Leo, his heart, which had been wavering without direction, began to lean toward one side.

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