Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 124

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Chapter 124. Pocky Day Special Omake

Arelin found herself thinking.
‘Maybe it was wrong of me to try and celebrate Pocky Day in an Otherworld in the first place?’
The kitchen was a disaster zone.
She and the children were covered in chocolate and unidentifiable debris.
Arelin let out a long sigh.

* * *

One day before the incident.
A peaceful morning at Halbern Manor.
As usual, the Childcare Unit squabbled over their rankings in Arelin’s favor and collected stickers, the Saren Knights were chased out for running an illegal betting ring, and Jaren remained absorbed in recruiting members for the Dragon Protection Association.
Uni found herself in a pleasant and rather difficult situation.
“So you want to give a gift to Mehren?”
“Yeah.”
Arelin fidgeted with her hands, embarrassed after saying it aloud.
So cute!
“Mom’s always doing things for me, so I want to do something for her too.”
“Ah, I’m sure anything would be wonderful. If you gave it to him, he’d treasure it even if it were a stone.”
“Why would I give him a stone?”
Though Arelin frowned at the strange phrasing, Uni was already lost in delight at the young lady’s precious and touching sentiment.
How could our young lady be so kind?
“Is there nothing I can do?”
She’d already asked everyone from Dilan, Mehren’s aide, to the other members of the Childcare Unit, but they’d all come up empty.
Now Uni was her last hope.
“Well, Master Mehren is wealthy, so there’s likely nothing material you could offer.”
Besides, there was already someone else who gave such gifts freely. The Grand Duke of Halbern, in fact.
“Dad isn’t any help at all…….”
At Arelin’s complaint, Uni giggled.
“What if you made something for him?”
“Made something?”
“Anything would be lovely.”
Arelin fell into thought.
Making something had its own rarity value, didn’t it?
Come to think of it, wasn’t Pocky Day coming up soon?
She didn’t know if the Otherworld celebrated Pocky Day, but… what if she gave him homemade Pocky?
That was it!
Arelin’s eyes sparkled.

* * *

“So you suddenly want to cook.”
“It’s not cooking—it’s pastry work!”
Arelin’s eyes narrowed sternly, insisting they were entirely different things.
Valere grinned and rested his chin in his palm.
“Fine, pastry work. So why are you doing it?”
“I’m going to make it for Mehren.”
“Mm.”
Valere, eyes narrowing, promptly turned the tables.
“What about me?”
“…….”
“What about me?”
“……I’ll make some for you too.”
When Arelin conceded like a defeated general, Valere smiled with satisfaction.
“Good?”
“Yes. Your father is a man of such generous spirit that he’s grateful for even small things.”
“A man who greedily makes sure he gets his full share regardless of how small it is, you mean.”
Valere made a sulky face.
There he goes making faces again.
“So you don’t like me?”
“……No, I don’t dislike you.”
Valere gave a wry laugh.
“All right, do your best.”
Arelin had successfully obtained her father’s assistance!
While Valere would keep Mehren’s eyes and ears occupied, Arelin planned to make the gift in secret.
Since they were making them anyway, the twins, Harun, and Fession joined in.
“I’ve never made anything like this before.”
“Neither have I!”
“Neither have I!”
The twins echoed Fession’s sentiment.
“…….”
Harun quietly nodded, silently confirming he was also a first-timer.
“Yeah, me too.”
“……??”
Arelin had also never made Pocky before. She’d only heard stories about people making them as gifts.
‘That’s exactly why I wanted to try making them!’
Since the mansion’s pastry chef had prepared the stick-shaped wafers, the five children only needed to coat them in tempered chocolate. After that, they could decorate with Almonds or other embellishments as they pleased.
Arelin was carefully dressing a stick with a chocolate coating.
Pop!
Fession suddenly added an Elixir to the chocolate.
“……? Why are you putting that there?”
“So they’ll get healthier!”
“???”
“I’m making mine for Arelin!”
What was he talking about?
As Arelin stood aghast, the twins’ eyes gleamed as if struck by inspiration.
“I want to do it too!”
“Me too!”
Noel and Siel began enthusiastically adding strange things to their chocolates.
“……???”
When she spotted what appeared to be capsaicin—a deep reddish substance—Arelin decided to stop thinking altogether.
She’d absolutely have to avoid eating those.
Meanwhile, Harun was quietly and methodically making his Pocky the proper way.
Then.
“Hah!”
“!”
A calculated demon dropped something unidentifiable into Harun’s chocolate. Harun’s eyelashes trembled.
Harun felt wronged.
And so, through no fault of his own, half of Harun’s Pocky turned out fine while the other half tasted like pure hell.
“Want me to add something to yours too?”
“Absolutely not.”
The demon’s grasp reached even toward Arelin.
Arelin flatly refused.
“Come on, just try it!”
“If you put anything in mine, I’m killing you with my bare hands!”
“This stuff is expensive!”
“Like I care!”
“Just one little thing!”
“I said don’t!”
Crash!
After the scuffle between Arelin and the twins, the kitchen descended into complete chaos.
The twins and Arelin found themselves covered in chocolate and unidentifiable substances, and the Pocky-making came to an abrupt end.

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All five messy children were dragged to the bath. Once clean, they gathered together.
“At least the results survived intact.”
It was thanks to Fession and Harun’s quick thinking that they’d managed to salvage everything.
The twins, the cause of this whole mess, giggled as they looked at the Pocky they’d made.
They showed absolutely no sign of wanting to eat their own creations.
“We have to give it to Dad.”
“I’m giving mine to Browning!”
What sins had they committed to deserve this fate?
Arelin mourned silently.
Harun shared his portions, giving one each to Arelin and Fession, who ate them happily.
“Delicious.”
“Right?”
Harun distributed his remaining pieces to the twins as well.
“Ugh!”
The twins took one bite and immediately bolted to the bathroom.
“Harun, your revenge was a success.”
The twins had received karmic retribution for tampering with Harun’s chocolate.
And then came the Elixir Pocky.
“Here, Arelin. Take this!”
Arelin didn’t know what expression to make as she looked at the Pocky he was offering.
That overwhelmingly thick, lumpy Elixir Pocky was simply too much of a burden.
“Fession.”
“Yeah?”
“Want my Pocky if you eat this one?”
Fession was taken aback.
“You weren’t planning not to give it to me?”
Arelin’s eyes held a look of steely determination.
“Eat one of these and I’ll give you mine.”
“I made this one specially for you though.”
“I eat it every day anyway. You try it.”
So Fession took the Elixir Pocky without thinking and immediately went rigid.
Arelin wore a satisfied expression as she watched Fession disappear toward the bathroom.
“Hmm, tastes like plain Elixir.”
In other words, it was absolutely vile.
The twins, returning from the bathroom at just that moment, snatched a bite out of sheer mischief and dashed back.
“My turn.”
“Want to try it too, Harun?”
“Sure.”
She questioned whether this was a wise challenge, but since it meant getting rid of at least one of these terrible Pocky, she gladly handed it over.
“……?”
Surprisingly, he managed just fine.
“You okay?”
“It tastes good.”
“……?”
Are your taste buds actually working?
Harun ate five more of the Elixir Pocky without any visible distress.

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Pocky Day itself arrived.
The moment the morning sun rose, Arelin rushed to Mehren first.
“Mom!”
Mehren, startled, found Arelin suddenly thrusting a beautifully wrapped Pocky into her hands.
“A gift!”
A smile bloomed across Mehren’s face.
“Ah, so this is the legendary Pocky that turned the mansion upside down these past few days.”
“You knew?”
“Indeed. The entire Childcare Unit and household were all waiting in anticipation.”
Though Valere had done an admirable job of keeping Mehren’s eyes and ears covered, Mehren proved far too competent.
“I made it for you, Mom.”
“It’s delicious.”
Behind the laughing Arelin, Valere appeared.
“What about Dad?!”
“…….”
As if she’d expected it, Arelin casually retrieved Valere’s portion.
“Here.”
Valere smiled as he took a piece, but his expression hardened in an instant.
Then he turned and fled.
“What in heaven’s name did you feed him?”
“The twins’ special recipe.”
“…….”
A few moments later, Valere returned looking haggard and shot Arelin a reproachful glare.
“Daughter…… were you trying to assassinate your own father?”
As she watched her father suffer, Arelin felt a twinge of sympathy for Sperom and Browning.
What sin had they committed?
“Here, your real gift.”
Valere took the Pocky with a suspicious expression and cautiously bit into it.
“It’s good.”
“Right?”
Valere placed a piece in Arelin’s mouth and laughed.
“Next year, let’s make them together.”
“Okay.”
“May I join you as well?”
“Of course!”
For some reason, Arelin had a strong premonition that next year’s Pocky Day would be even more lively and chaotic.

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