The Youngest Hides a Lot - Chapter 315

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Side Story, Chapter 41
Kalid then flashed a charming smile.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”
It was because of that tear mole of his.
Whenever he smiled with his eyes slightly creased at the corners, that tear mole made him look absolutely bewitching.
Ballock let out a hearty laugh, burying his face in his massive forearm.
“He really is adorable!”
“….”
Grandfather, who had played with him rolling around in the Training Ground since he was a tiny thing, had always been weak to children.
In truth, everyone cherished Kalid just as much as Rubian did.
So there was no real objection to speak of.
Rosetta’s situation was somewhat different.
‘My daughter… my own daughter.’
Her eyebrows drooped sadly.
It wasn’t really about whether the other person was Kalid or not.
Rosetta found both Kalid and Rubian equally adorable and precious.
She simply felt an overwhelming reluctance to see her only daughter become independent.
Rubian was a child she had finally reunited with after such prolonged hardship. She was her most cherished, vulnerable treasure.
So at least before she left her embrace, she wanted to share more special mother-daughter moments, and ideally delay the marriage as long as possible….
‘Leviathan. Read my eyes.’
Rosetta sent her husband a menacing glare.
‘I want to look good in front of Kalid, so you go ahead and be difficult first. Delay the marriage as much as possible…’
“Sigh….”
Then Leviathan exhaled a long breath.
His expression grew very dark.
Everyone’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
Of course.
Here, the typical move was for the doting father to object first…
“Yes. I give my blessing.”
“…?”
“Huh? Really?”
“You… what?”
Leviathan blinked blankly.
“What’s this.”
Why am I consenting so readily?
Then, a passage from some book suddenly flashed through my mind with a whoosh.
A child’s independence is the ultimate goal of parenting!
So support and encourage the decisions your child makes!
【Becoming a Good Father: Mindfulness Techniques Needed When Your Child Becomes Independent】 From
Respecting and permitting a child’s choices transcends mere approval—it is the essential process of helping them internalize autonomy and self-determination. Parents must recognize their impulse to intervene and regulate it by…
【Permission to Allow】 Part
‘These books… when did I read them?’
My memory was hazy.
It seemed like whenever I came to my senses, they were always sitting on a desk or a carriage shelf somewhere…
“Leviathan, what are you doing right now?”
Rosetta whispered menacingly.
“So… what am I doing right now?”
“…?”
“But… isn’t this what a healthy family looks like?”
He kept spouting nothing but sensible words.
“Everyone’s an adult, so you should live as you wish. Freely. Of course, whenever you face difficulties, come back to Father’s embrace.”
“Then can I get engaged this year and marry next year?”
“If that’s what you want to do, then do it.”
“Leviathan… Athan?”
“Huh…?”
“Father?”
…Damn it.
I was supposed to be a daughter fool.
I was confident I’d be a troublesome father.
When did I start thinking so righteously?
Why do I keep becoming more virtuous?
At that moment, Kalid, standing a step behind, swallowed a peculiar smile.
‘Time travel also…’
wasn’t so bad.
‘Well, that wasn’t the original intention.’
When the Time Warp first activated and I fell into Zebert Castle.
It seemed the past Leviathan had read all the books he had scattered here and there.
In other words… Kalid had somehow achieved the purpose of the Time Warp in his own way.
“Thank you for your permission.”
Kalid swore with more sincerity than ever before.
“I will stake everything to make Rubian happy.”
* * *
Meanwhile, in the cave where the Time Warp device was located.
“Come on, everyone work hard!”
Clink, clang, clink, clang.
The Mage Tower mages were busily mining mana stones.
“Eek. I never thought so many high-capacity mana stones were buried here.”
“We’re sitting on a goldmine! A goldmine!”
“Long live our Mage Tower Master, truly!”
Everyone was intoxicated with excitement.
This magic stone that Rubian had discovered by chance would undoubtedly elevate the quality of portable communication devices tremendously.
Perhaps even continent-wide communication would become effortless!
“But Idelaine. Rubian—no, wait. The Mage Tower Master said what would be done with this Time Warp device?”
Asha Drucan asked.
Once an Outpost Mage of the Eastern Region and now the chief mage of the Mage Tower, she still followed Rubian faithfully.
“It does function, doesn’t it?”
Idelaine said.
“Of course. The Archmage left it fully activated, saying anyone curious could research it. As long as there’s the will to activate it, anyone can access it. Why? Are you interested?”
At that, Asha waved her hand dismissively.
“Phew, the Mage Tower Master nearly had a terrible time, but here we are. I’m just happy with now. Right now.”
“I feel the same. If we went to the past, the Mage King would still be alive.”
“Ugh! Just hearing about it gives me chills!”
“If we went to the future….”
The white-haired elder chuckled softly.
“I’d probably wake up underground.”
“Pardon?”
“Because I’d already be in my coffin! Hehehehe!”
“That’s rather dark.”
Far too dark.
A joke about mortality only those with years of wisdom could make.
After laughing heartily for a while, Idelaine gazed at the stele where the magic circle still glowed.
“Well, the mana is already depleted enough that it should naturally dissipate even if left alone. At least within a week.”
“Hm?”
“What is it? Asha.”
“That person….”
Just then, Asha lifted her eyes.
Far away.
A silhouette was drawing closer.
That day, the mana of the Time Warp device was completely exhausted.
It was not natural dissipation.
Someone had activated the device.
The device activated a total of two times.
To the future,
and to the past.
* * *
I was sleeping soundly.
Then I felt the bedroom door open carefully.
One side of the bed dipped down.
“Mm… Kalid?”
“Sorry. Did I wake you?”
“Mm….”
I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck.
Kalid startled slightly, then carefully tucked the blanket snug around my body.
“…Not yet.”
“Not yet what? Besides, didn’t you say you had somewhere to go for a bit? Did you have a good trip?”
“…Well, yes.”
And so the tumultuous Time Warp adventure came to an end.
Daily life swiftly returned to its proper place.
Mother and Father reconciled as if they’d never quarreled, and my older brothers resumed their roles as respectable members of society without missing a beat!
Grandfather was back to his usual business, forging weapons with unbridled enthusiasm.
‘Of course, Mother and Father seemed somewhat bewildered by the fact that we’d stirred up the past.’
“So… you’re saying it was you who was suffering in that cave? The pale, mysterious… raccoon wasn’t you?”
“What are you talking about!”
They had only just realized that their altered memories were rather peculiar.
“Huh? So I was never engaged to a twenty-year-old Leviathan? My goodness… No wonder something felt hazy. I went and married him without thinking it through.”
“Hehehehe…. Huh? What’s wrong, Father?”
“So in the end… I, who came from the future, heard my own wife’s first confession and even stole her first kiss? That damned bastard….”
“No, that damned bastard is your current self….”
“Either way, my past self got blindsided. By that shameless scoundrel.”
“No, that’s because that shameless one is your current self….”
Father spiraled into a future-me versus past-me dilemma, his eyes spinning in confusion.
‘Anyway, everything turned out fine, so that’s that!’
I too was about to end my unexpectedly extended vacation and return to the Mage Tower soon!
I couldn’t wait to test the new mana stone we’d discovered on the Western Continent!
And… as Kalid and I had anticipated.
“Hehe, that tickles.”
“You grabbed me first, Rubian.”
We planned to hold our engagement ceremony before winter arrived! A joyful engagement party! Yay!
Kalid peppered kisses across my forehead and cheeks, teasing me. As I laughed uncontrollably, the blanket slipped down.
He stiffened immediately, then deliberately retrieved his outer robe from where it hung on the chair.
“It’s a bit warm….”
“Absolutely not. You tend to overestimate me.”
“Huh?”
“If you knew what that beast did to you… how he roasted you alive….”
What was he talking about?
Kalid’s face turned as red as a tomato.
He said he was going somewhere. What on earth had he been doing?
“…Anyway, don’t provoke me too much. I really don’t want to hurt you.”
Hmm, it seems he’s broken again.
Sleep had completely abandoned me.
Wrapped in a thin shawl like kimbap, I collapsed onto the large sofa, my entire body cocooned in fabric.
“I’m a bit hungry.”
“Want some?”
Kalid retrieved roasted walnuts from his pocket.
These were the delicious pastries I had enjoyed during our date in the Capital not long ago!
I naturally began munching on them, crunching away. So sweet!
“Where did you get these?”
“Zebert Duke gave them to me.”
“Wow… so you went on another date with Mother again.”
“Yes.”
“Oh!”
At that moment, my jaw froze.
“What’s wrong?”
“Now that I think about it… I remember! Where I’ve tasted these sweet nuts before.”
“Where have you tasted them?”
“It was… when I was eight years old, before I met you, on the battlefield…?”

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