The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 10

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【010】
“Well, Chuuu eats anything without complaint, so… the pretty ones are for people who eat sparingly.”
Even so, could I receive a new name in exchange for something like this?
I wasn’t entirely sure, but I was curious about what name it would be.
I understood my situation quite clearly now.
The Admiral was my fake father, and I was his fake daughter.
I couldn’t return to Kindergarten, and I couldn’t become a cook.
Still, there were blocks here, and Lina, and plenty of delicious food, so I didn’t dislike it.
‘I don’t know how long I’ll stay here. But until I leave, a new name… yes, I like it.’
The Admiral bent his waist and took the cookie from my hand.
His expression was strange, and his touch was extremely careful.
It was just a cookie, yet the Admiral stroked it over and over before finally placing it in his jacket’s inner pocket.
Then he slipped his hands under my armpits and lifted me up into his embrace.
“Superti.”
“…!”
“From now on, your name is Superti Fasayen.”
His soft voice carries my name.
‘It feels like sugar crunching between my teeth.’
If I opened my mouth, it seemed like candy would tumble right out.
My heart suddenly began to race, and I couldn’t sit still.
“I’m Chuuperti!”
“…Superti.”
The Admiral gently corrected my pronunciation.
I grinned widely and nuzzled against the Admiral’s neck, squirming with delight.
“So Chuuu will be the Admiral’s daughter from now on, right?”
“Yes.”
“Yay!”
Something… something made me so happy!
‘I’ll probably have to leave here someday, but it doesn’t seem like I need to go anytime soon, and that’s wonderful!’
Held in his arms, I bounced my feet and broke into a wide smile.
The laughter came so naturally that I couldn’t keep the corners of my mouth still.
“Now try calling me father.”
“…Huh?”
“Repeat after me. Fa… ther. This is how you pronounce it.”
The Admiral looked very, very serious.
He rarely changed his expression and spoke mostly with his eyebrows, but now they were set in earnest.
Following the Admiral’s lead, I opened my mouth gently and only moved my lips silently.
‘I received a name, and he called me his daughter…’
But the word “father” simply wouldn’t come out.
“Hmm, there’s still a ways to go.”
The Admiral’s eyebrows shot upward.
I offered a faint smile and simply rubbed my cheeks together.
I’m not sure why, but I was the same way back at the Kindergarten.
Someday, I’ll leave this place.
I don’t know where I’ll go when I do.
But I’m certain I will leave.
It felt as though someone inside me was whispering such things.
“Do you like the name?”
“Yes!”
“Then it is settled. It is the name of the North Star that guides our course during voyages, and of the goddess of battle.”
The North Star?
I know what that is.
‘We came from that distant star far away. Someday, we will return there.’
Crackle.
‘Huh?’
Just now, something brushed past my vision.
And I heard such a warm voice?
I opened my eyes wide and looked around, but there was only the Admiral and me here.
“What’s wrong?”
“Oh, no… it’s nothing.”
I must have misheard.
“You will have two older brothers.”
“Two of them?!”
“Yes. The first is Mikard. He bears the name of the god of blood and victory itself.”
Older brother Mikard.
I memorized the name.
“The second… you need not know his name.”
“Why not?”
“You will have no occasion to meet him, so there is no need to remember.”
The Admiral looked sorrowful as he said this.
His expression and rigid tone remained unchanged, yet somehow he seemed melancholy.
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ asks this of you.]
[Please embrace him just once. He is foolish, unaware that he himself is in need of comfort.]
Then, shimmering letters spoke to me.
Yet strangely, the letters themselves seemed to be weeping, so I rubbed my eyes once.
‘Well, Chuuu is better at hugging anyway.’
I wrapped my arms tightly around the Admiral’s neck.
The Admiral looked at me with a puzzled expression, as if asking why I was doing this.
As I stared into his deep crimson eyes with their reddish tint, my fingers fidgeted.
My toes wiggled too.
‘When my friends cried, I’d always hold them close, patting and kissing them better.’
Does the Admiral like kisses too?
The Carrot Class Teacher certainly did.
As I pondered this, shimmering letters materialized before me.
Quest!
A daughter’s kiss is the strongest in the world!
The Water Spirit King has assigned you a task!
✔
Help Navy Admiral Diagon Fasayen avoid crying
Success Reward
Butter Butter 10g overflowing with encouragement
Failure Penalty
You won’t be able to taste sweetness! (3 days)
Gasp, unable to taste sweetness!
Panicking, I squeezed my eyes shut and headbutted him.
Bonk!
“…?”
Nuzzle!
“Don’t cry, okay?”
“Hmm?”
“But if you really want to cry, it’s okay to cry.”
Even if I lose the ability to taste sweetness, that’s fine.
Adults have days when they need to cry too.
I cupped my hands around the Admiral’s ear and whispered.
“If you want to cry, Chuuu will come stay with you.”
“….”
“You understand? Promise.”
As I giggled and held out my pinky finger, the Admiral stared at me for a long while.
First at my face, then at my pinky.
“…Crab or not. Only children cry.”
“Not a crab. I’m Superti.”
“Good that you know. Let’s go have dinner now.”
The Admiral quietly turned his head away.
I noticed the tendons standing taut in his jaw, so I gently rubbed them.
Thinking to myself that adults cry in strange ways without using their eyes.
* * *
Dinner time was incredibly joyful.
The best things today were the enormous blueberry pie and lasagna!
But even though my belly was stuffed, the Admiral didn’t get up from his seat.
And it wouldn’t be polite for me to jump up first.
I swung my feet back and forth, and as the silence stretched on, I found myself at a loss for words.
I felt like I had to say something!
‘Oh, should I ask about that?’
The thing I still hadn’t asked Lina about.
“Admiral, what is Viju?”
“Hmm.”
“What is Viju?”
Viju, Viju.
Even the pronunciation was pretty.
I deliberately puffed out my lips and played around.
The Admiral gazed at me for a moment, then answered slowly.
It felt like waking from some long dream, or deep thought.
“Viju is the crystallization of pure power.”
“…?”
That’s all the explanation?
Reading the question in my eyes, the Admiral cleared his throat and added more.
“First of all, when you become an Awakened One, a Viju mark appears somewhere on your body, including your face.”
“Yes.”
“After that, a jewel will bloom in that spot. Once the Viju blooms, that’s when you can use your special abilities. These abilities are extraordinary powers.”
This explanation was better than before.
At least I could understand that Viju was a jewel.
“In your case, the Viju will bloom on your left wing joint. As long as that spot isn’t damaged.”
“Damaged…?”
When I made a confused face at the difficult word, the Admiral pressed down on my head firmly.
Today, my seat was close enough for his hand to reach.
“It means you mustn’t show it carelessly to just anyone. There are those who target Awakened Ones before their Viju blooms and harm them. Once it blooms, it’s nearly impossible to remove, so it should be fine then.”
“Even to Lina?”
“Fasayen… no. Only me, your brothers, Kamin, Lina and Cedric, and my father. Trust only those people.”
“Yes.”
So it’s something precious that must be protected.
‘I hope it blooms soon!’
I wasn’t showing it openly, but losing my precious class representative badge still made me sad.
‘But I’ll protect my Viju well.’
What kind of special power would I gain?
What about the Admiral and Household Master Grandfather?
Does Lina not have one?
I had mountains of questions.
But this was what I was most curious about.
“So when will Chuuu’s bloom?”
“It will bloom once you’re fully grown. Typically around age ten. Of course, exceptionally talented ones bloom earlier.”
“When did you turn seven, Admiral?”
“Seven years old.”
The Admiral seemed quite pleased with himself as he said this.
“Then I want to be seven years old too.”
Seven years old meant sleeping through how many nights?
Counting on my fingers one by one, I looked up at the Admiral with a blank expression.
The Admiral, who seemed to be suppressing a smile, soon nodded solemnly.
“Yes. I hope you’ll turn seven.”
“Then, Admiral, what ability do you have?”

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