The Duke Dad I Chose Can’t (Really) See Well - Chapter 85

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Chapter 85

“These small and precious little ones!”

As if that wasn’t enough, he suddenly pulled Max and Ashirion toward him.

“Huh? E-excuse me?”

“Wait, I’m-!”

Then, without giving them a chance to stop him, he lifted both of them up with all his heart and began tossing them in celebration.

“This is truly a touching moment.”

Caron, who had been clapping with an expressionless face, pretended to wipe his eyes.

“A moment when twisted things harmoniously blend together to become one.”

“Right, Caron?”

“Yes.”

Caron nodded his head.

“I’ve just realized that while twisted things are beautiful in themselves, becoming one is also beautiful. This Caron will create even more pieces in the future…”

“Ah, child. Come this way.”

【Guide. Come to our side. That person seems like the most frightening human I’ve ever seen…】

Before I could even hear the end of his words, the Birocheryeong People and Eye Rabbits hurriedly led me away.

“Amazing… This is the best, isn’t it? If you become a genius, can you receive this kind of treatment every day?”

“Don’t say such strange things again… Ugh.”

Before I knew it, Max and Ashirion had been put back down on the ground.

Unlike Max with his flushed face, the relatively frail Ashirion was covering his mouth and staggering.

I should quickly go to them and celebrate together.

Just as I was thinking that, I suddenly hesitated. Rene was quietly watching the Eye Rabbits who were hugging each other in joy.

‘Ah. Come to think of it, there were injured individuals among those Jaguars too.’

Rene still showed neither thoughts nor emotions.

Even so, at this moment I could read his heart.

He was imagining his injured family members walking with whole legs.

That’s when it happened.

“Hey, Rene!”

Max, who had just regained his senses, suddenly threw his arm around Rene’s shoulder.

“If you’re here, you should greet your big brother first. What are you staring at so blankly? Ah, is it because of my genius?”

“…”

“I know you’re surprised, but don’t be like that. I didn’t achieve this alone. I’m not that petty. Since you helped a lot, I’ll exempt you from sock errands and give you some of the profits…”

Max, who had been saying incomprehensible things, soon spotted me and quickly approached.

“Younger Boy!”

“Max, you worked hard. I thought it was just bragging, but you really are a genius!”

“For a genius like me, this much is nothing! Hehehe!”

Max’s shoulders were about to soar to the sky.

“So, when are you going to release it?”

“What?”

“The prosthetic leg. I heard from the Rebel Leader. You’re planning to sell it through Palren’s trading company.”

Ashirion, who had returned after settling his stomach, asked.

What they said was true.

Although it ended in failure, before my regression, Max’s prosthetics and Ashirion’s animal treatment techniques were greatly coveted by the Temple and Imperial Palace.

So I wanted to sell their collaborative prosthetics under Stukkyia’s name.

If it was medical equipment like prosthetics, even the Temple and Imperial Palace wouldn’t be able to stop the sales. As a bonus, we could gradually wash away Stukkyia’s stigma as a ‘living tomb.’

But…

I shook my head.

“No, we won’t be selling them.”

“What?”

Max, who had been calculating how much money they could make, froze.

“What do you mean? You’re not going to sell them?”

“I don’t mean we’ll never sell them. How hard did you two work? Of course you should earn proper money.”

Besides, the heartache of the Birocheryeong People and Eye Rabbits was also involved.

We needed to earn more than that, no, several times more.

“But we need time.”

“What time? You want to observe more here?”

“No. This time we only put a prosthetic on that one Eye Rabbit. But there are more Eye Rabbits who lost their legs. We’re going to give legs to them one by one too.”

“And then?”

“After that.”

I said with a bright smile.

“We’ll give the Eye Rabbits freedom. So they can move anywhere, as much as they want.”

“What does that… Ah.”

Unlike Max who didn’t understand, Ashirion seemed to immediately grasp my meaning.

“You want to show the prosthetics to the world first.”

“That’s right.”

I nodded my head.

People still called Stukkyia a ‘garbage dump.’

No matter how excellent the prosthetics’ performance, if the production site was Stukkyia, it would likely face people’s antipathy first.

‘Most importantly, the Temple won’t stay still. If prosthetics appear, people won’t cling only to divine power anymore.’

So I decided to change my thinking.

To make people interested in the fact of being healed itself, not the prosthetics.

“In that regard, how about treating injured animals together?”

“That’s good, but… where are you going to bring injured animals from? Their owners won’t easily give them up.”

“There are animals without owners.”

I answered confidently.

“The ‘Forbidden Land’!”

Only then did Max and Ashirion’s eyes widen.

“…Come to think of it, during the Religious War, the first to be driven to the Forbidden Land were injured animals. On the grounds that they might spread disease.”

“And half of them were like children, beings that people had directly raised.”

Max and Ashirion muttered in turn.

“If those animals returned perfectly fine with mechanical legs…?”

“If it was confirmed they were alive…?”

The animal lover who was cold to humans but warm to animals and the inventive genius met each other’s gaze.

Intense sparks flew in both their eyes.

Caron, who had been listening to our conversation, said “How hot indeed. I just needed fire,” and took out a cigarette.

Of course, as soon as he took it out, the Blacksmiths snatched it away, telling him not to show dangerous things to the kids.

‘Even though they grumble, they really match well in this aspect.’

Watching that scene with a pleased smile, I took the opportunity to approach Rene.

“Hey, Rene.”

Then I whispered in a voice only Rene could hear.

“When Max and Ash make additional prosthetics, let’s fix your family members first.”

Then Rene’s gaze reached me again.

His slightly furrowed transparent golden eyes seemed to ask what that meant.

I added in a small voice.

“There were several cubs among your family with leg problems. I heard they were hurt by traps set by grave robbers. Since they’re still young, it’ll be much easier for them to adapt if fitted when young.”

“…”

“Of course the Eye Rabbits come first, but… isn’t this what having good connections means?”

Smiling playfully, I added what I really wanted to say.

“I’ll show you. The sight of new flesh growing.”

I said this to Rene in the Forbidden Land.

The sense of loss from losing someone precious will make you very sad. It won’t disappear easily.

But that absolutely doesn’t mean their memories will disappear, and they will continue to be with you forever.

So I wanted to show Rene that new flesh would surely grow, that the family would heal.

‘Of course, even if I say this, Rene probably can’t understand.’

Still, since our people helped, he won’t harbor resentment like before the regression.

Thinking that far, I suddenly wondered what it would have been like if this had been my first life.

If Rene’s Jaguar Family hadn’t been sick.

And if I had been a Stukkyia princess instead of an Agnito princess…

“We could have gotten married safely too.”

“…”

“The timing is really unfortunate. Right?”

It was just words I blurted out in regret.

Even though he was abandoned, Rene was the emperor’s son. There’s no way he could marry me if I became a Stukkyia princess.

But.

“…”

For some reason, wasn’t Rene looking at me with a slight frown?

As if… he had understood what I said.

‘Huh?’

I blinked my eyes.

Could this be.

‘Is he about to start speaking?’

I waited for Rene’s first words with the feeling of waiting for a baby’s first babbling.

Finally, Rene slowly moved his lips.

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