The Youngest Hides a Lot - Chapter 309

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Side Story, Chapter 35
“But… is it really okay to influence the past this much?”
Kalid peeked around the corner as he asked. They had already slipped inside the Mercenary Company.
He looked thoroughly displeased.
He resented Rubian getting involved in such a dangerous affair.
Especially since Rubian had been injured on the mountain, his separation anxiety had skyrocketed to about +1000.
For days afterward, terrified that Rubian might fall ill again, Kalid had stayed by her side all night, fretting.
Whether or not she understood his tender concern, Rubian nodded brightly.
“The fact that the curse doesn’t actually exist would have been revealed soon anyway.”
“Because the Crown Prince is involved in this?”
“Right. Within a short time, he’d summon either an Outpost Mage or someone else to directly verify whether the curse exists.”
Rubian simply wanted to ease Rosetta’s fear and hesitation.
If the Commander were to be dealt with, she wanted it to be Rosetta—not the Crown Prince or Leviathan.
It was similar to the feeling she’d had when revealing the Demon Beast’s existence to Ballock.
“And besides, the warp system has been quiet anyway… right? Hey! If I’m right, tell me when the time warp ends!”
Time remaining until
Time Warp Termination: □□□◨■
※ Warning: Mana depletion speed will accelerate by 1.5x from this point forward.
“What?!”
“What’s wrong?”
“My battery drain suddenly sped up by 1.5 times!”
“What?”
“Why?”
My head spun in circles.
Did I offend it somehow? Was my tone just now a bit rude? Just how capricious is this system?
If that wasn’t it…
‘Could something be happening at the location where we time warped?’
Had someone invaded…?
I hurried forward.
“Let’s go quickly. Is anyone ahead?”
“No.”
I pressed myself against Kalid’s back and peeked ahead.
In the distance, the Captain’s Office of the Mercenary Company came into view.
‘Father will come to retrieve the memorial box.’
Then I could finally end this tedious warp.
Because…
“In exchange, Uncle, you have to promise me something.”
“What.”
“That you’ll definitely get engaged to that beautiful lady!”
“…?”
“You get it, right? You have to confess before you even come see me! And tell me the engagement date!”
Rubian’s eyes sparkled with delight.
‘A person’s head isn’t a hairpin holder~’
I still don’t understand what this engagement is all about.
Remaining lies: 1
Give the parties involved a justification, and then directly!
Wouldn’t it be enough to confirm the truth myself?
“What? These brats.”
“Ugh!”
Inside the Captain’s Office.
The mercenaries guarding the vault rushed toward Rubian.
But Kalid quickly stepped forward and unleashed his mana.
Four burly men slammed straight into the wall.
“What, Kalid? Wasn’t mana control supposed to be difficult for you?”
“I don’t know. When it comes to protecting you, it works fine.”
“Huh?”
Kalid replied with an indifferent expression.
“The gods must be showing favoritism.”
A rather sweet favoritism at that.
“So, the Duke is definitely coming this way?”
“Yeah. Father will definitely come to retrieve the keepsake box.”
By now, Rosetta would be tracking the Commander.
If that was the case, then Leviathan would surely secure her precious belongings.
“I’ll wait here… meet Father and confirm the engagement date, then just fix the diary…!”
“Ha, finally it’s over.”
Kalid’s legs gave out and he sank to his knees.
“…When I get back, I’m definitely destroying that time travel device.”
Anyway, that Dragon God bastard wasn’t helpful, it turned out coming to the past wasn’t the answer, I’ve said it repeatedly but I wanted to go to the future, why is marriage approval so treacherous and exhausting, but somehow I kind of expected it and this and that…
Kalid muttered to himself.
‘What’s wrong with the kid…?’
Give me back my blunt little brat.
“Anyway, there’s every treasure imaginable here.”
Rubian looked around the spacious vault with fresh eyes.
Gold coins and all manner of jewels that the Commander had accumulated over the years were piled high.
“Kalid, do you have deep pockets?”
“Huh?”
“If you put a royal diamond in there, wouldn’t your pants fall off?”
“What?”
Kalid’s complexion turned a sickly pale.
“Taking off… why would you say something like that?”
“…?”
“I’m not ready to take them off yet… or maybe I’ve been ready all along?”
What are you talking about?
‘This kid really is a bit….’
Give me back my innocent puppy.
“…Huh!”
At that moment, Rubian’s eyes widened.
She’d spotted an old box sitting on one of the shelves.
“A keepsake box!”
“Rubian, be careful…!”
The instant Rubian reached out, the shelf—its center of gravity compromised—lurched sharply to one side.
Fortunately, a cascade of items didn’t come tumbling down….
But as my body swayed, the key to the replicated keepsake box clattered to the floor.
“Gasp, the fruit of my labor. That was close.”
Rubian picked up the keepsake box from the floor, the key already clutched in one hand.
But in that instant, a brilliant light flashed—shhhhh.
“What?!”
Click.
“It was a touch key!”
The keepsake box, responding to the key’s magical resonance, suddenly sprang open.
* * *
At that moment, the present.
Before the cave where Rubian and Kalid had time-warped.
Leviathan, the three siblings’ father, clicked his tongue anxiously.
“So where exactly have these two gone now?”
The Ruins Area, swept by desolate winds, was riddled with caves both large and small.
Yet he immediately recognized the cave that had swallowed Rubian and Kalid.
It was the one radiating the most brilliant light in this place.
“It appears the two of them have traveled to the past—roughly twenty years ago. This is a variation of a temporal magic circle.”
“….”
At the words of Idelaine, the Mage Kingdom’s chief elder, Leviathan’s frown deepened.
“What kind of travel do kids these days do… to the past?”
Overseas trips, domestic trips, backpacking, honeymoons… no, never mind.
Anyway, why abandon all those ordinary options and choose time travel of all things?
“The joy of having a mage daughter, I suppose.”
“Sigh.”
“Mm-hmm. Our great archmage is truly remarkable! She flew to the past to resolve her parents’ conflict.”
“….”
“Now do you understand? Why you shouldn’t fight in front of your children?”
Life lesson: Parents quarrel, children time-warp.
The wise old man chuckled and tapped his bone staff.
Leviathan had nothing to say, so he simply pressed his lips together.
The Zebert knights looked around in various places to confirm safety.
Meanwhile, Idelaine investigated the stone monument in front of the cave.
Asha Drucan and the Mage Tower mages snorted like Liam, examining the magical formations carved into the monument.
It appeared that activating the magical formation engraved on the monument would allow passage through the cave as a gate to reach the past.
The Ancient Language Interpretation Team arrived and deciphered the inscription carved on the monument.
If you become the omnipotent master of space and time,
is the place you wish to go the future,
or the past?
“These troublemakers, honestly…”
How did they even discover something like this?
‘I need to get the children and leave quickly.’
Leviathan pressed his throbbing forehead.
‘Before Rosetta notices.’
If she discovered that I’d come alone to retrieve the children trapped in the past, Rosetta might become even more furious.
But there was nothing I could do about it.
‘Surely… Rubian isn’t actually bringing the key back from the past, is she?’
My daughter is capable.
She’s the strongest mage in the universe.
The possibility was extremely high.
If that were the case, I had to intercept the key before it reached Rosetta’s hands.
I… hoped that Rosetta would not open the heirloom box.
“Father! Look at this!”
Just then, a voice called from inside the cave.
It was Void and Liam, who had stubbornly followed behind me.
“I told you two not to enter the cave first because it’s dangerous… What is this?”
“A magic stone? Something like that, I suppose.”
Liam pushed his glasses up and muttered.
“I can already hear our greedy fairy drooling.”
The interior, which I’d expected to be dark, was bright as midday.
It was because of the crimson magic stones embedded throughout the cave interior.
The light was intensely brilliant, given the powerful magical energy they contained.
“Wait, don’t these magic stones look familiar? Liam, look carefully at what’s embedded in the wall here.”
“How rude, Void. I don’t observe unless it’s a demon beast.”
“Come on!”
“Hmm. This is exactly the same as what’s used there.”
Liam carefully retrieved a velvet box. Inside the sturdy-looking box, resting on a red cushion, was a communication stone.
He put on white silk gloves and carefully lifted the communication stone.
“A communication stone made by our youngest fairy.”
“How precious do you think it is?”
Void wore an exasperated expression before blinking.
“Right. It’s exactly like the magic stone embedded at the top of the communication channel! The high-capacity magic stone Rubian was searching for must be this!”
“So this is the high-capacity magic stone Rubian was looking for.”
At the same time, Idelaine came running.
“Your Excellency, Duke Zebert! I believe I’ve found a way to activate the magic circle! Since our brilliant and proud Archmage has already activated the magic circle, we only need to remove the access restrictions, but…”
A sharp glint of premonition flashed across Leviathan’s eyes.
“Father?”
Normally, it was Father’s role to go retrieve his troublemaking daughter. Besides, the whereabouts of the key also weighed on my mind…
I moved in an instant.
Simultaneously, an intense light flashed across the ancient ruins.

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