The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 12

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【012】
At my question, Elzen flinched slightly.
“Hmm, you’re the first to ask so directly… but yes, you’re right. I’ll be dying soon.”
“Don’t die.”
“Why?”
“Just because. We only met today.”
Elzen, who resembled a spring branch in full bloom, continued to cough softly.
There were older girls like him at Kindergarten too.
Then one day, I suddenly couldn’t see them anymore.
“It’s sad that we can’t meet anymore.”
“Is it?”
Elzen, who had been responding indifferently, took a seat.
Then he told me his name.
“My name is Elzen. What about you?”
“I’m… I’m Chuuu, Superti.”
“Superti?”
I had been about to say “Chuuu” naturally, but I quickly corrected myself.
Right, I have a proper name now.
Fortunately, Elzen understood without difficulty.
‘He must be smart!’
He seemed rather impressive.
His posture was neat and upright.
He’d even read half of a difficult-looking book.
I wriggled my way up onto the chair.
Once I’d claimed the seat beside Elzen, I exhaled a long, heavy breath. It had been exhausting.
“I’m glad you’re here.”
“Huh?”
“Father was worried. But now I think I can leave with peace of mind.”
I wished Elzen wouldn’t die, but he seemed to have already made his decision.
As I fidgeted with my fingers, I suddenly grabbed his hand that rested on the book.
“There.”
“What are you doing?”
“I’m doing this so it won’t hurt.”
“That won’t actually stop the pain, you know?”
Cough, cough.
Elzen coughed softly again.
As I patted his back with concern, my eyes widened when I saw blood on his pale hand.
“Blood! There’s blood!”
“There’s no need to make a fuss. It’s natural.”
“But… blood means it hurts…”
Why does my heart feel so heavy?
With tears welling in my eyes, I fumbled through my rabbit-shaped bag and withdrew a handkerchief.
It was the rabbit-embroidered handkerchief that Lina had prepared for me.
“Let me wipe your tears away.”
“You’re so kind. There’s no need to be this considerate toward me. I’ll be dead in the Back Room Corner soon anyway, so there’s no benefit to treating me well.”
“I’m not doing this expecting a reward.”
I couldn’t explain the reason.
But my sadness kept swelling, again and again.
It felt as though something like this had happened before.
Though that shouldn’t be possible.
‘If I had orca sugar, would Elzen regain his strength too?’
I shouldn’t have used it all up back then.
I do have 10 grams of butter infused with encouragement, but… I haven’t received it yet.
“Please heal him.”
“It’s an incurable illness. Only if a companion with the same Viju shares their life force with him.”
“I see.”
“But I have no intention of accepting that. If I had a companion, I would love them the moment we met. How could I shamefully live on by stealing their lifespan? I cannot do such a thing.”
That was when it happened.
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ weeps bitterly.]
[Pure love! Such pure love!]
The Emotion Spirit King reacted intensely.
Then the text came pouring out in a torrent.
[This child must live! How can someone so young be so tender-hearted? A child like this dying is a loss of romance for all humanity! But to save them, a companion must appear?! Then both would have such short lives together, and… *sniff*. Tears! Wahhhhh! Our Spirit Alliance mis…!]
[Warning: 140 character limit! (;´Д`)]
[Due to spam, the Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ is restricted from speaking for 1 minute.]
[This restriction is calculated in Spirit Realm time.]
Something had just flashed past…?
I stared blankly at the empty air, focusing on the last disappearing text.
‘Spirit Alliance mission reward?’
That thing I received with the orca sugar before?
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ clicks his tongue.]
[Materials from Eden are forbidden from being brought to the Human World without specific justification. You know this, yet you do it anyway. We could be annihilated.]
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ agrees with the Flame Spirit King.]
[That’s right. Moreover, this child isn’t even a contractor. Last time, we agreed to provide the Spirit Alliance reward because it was the first time, but we cannot agree a second time. The Water Spirit King has karmic ties with this child, so there’s some consideration there, but….]
[The ◇◇ Spirit King ‘■■■■■■’ proposes carefully.]
[What if we ask them to bring us something we need, or show us a scene we wish to see? And then we give them a stamp of excellence. If we allow them to exchange that for materials from Eden… wouldn’t the laws of causality have nothing to say to us?]
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ ponders.]
[It’s not a bad idea, but they would need to collect three stamps. Can you do it?]
“Yes!”
Without thinking, I answered loudly.
Elzen looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“Who are you answering?”
Oh no.
Worried that another chirping sound might escape my lips, I quickly covered my mouth with both hands and grinned sheepishly.
“You smile a lot, don’t you?”
“They say smiling brings good fortune.”
“Is that so? It looks nice. There’s no one else here who grins like you do.”
Tap.
Elzen touched the tip of my nose.
It didn’t feel unpleasant or painful, but something about it felt oddly strange—his demeanor was like encountering a cat on the street.
“My real younger sibling probably would have looked just like you.”
“A real sibling…?”
“Yes. I had one. But they were swallowed by the Sea along with Mother. My sibling probably became a divine beast. When I die, I’ll become one too, so we’ll be able to meet then.”
Now that I think about it, Mother isn’t here. But Father is.
I wanted to ask more, but something told me I shouldn’t.
‘I’m curious though….’
At that moment, a Quest suddenly appeared, just like before.
Quest!
Become Vice Class Representative!
The ◇◇ Spirit King has assigned you homework!
✔
Become Vice Class Representative in the class election
Reward for success
★Good Job!★ Stamp x1
Penalty for failure
Extremely unlucky days unfold! (3 days)
Gasp, Vice Class Representative!
Now that I think about it, the Classroom has been buzzing with talk of class representatives lately.
‘They said the Class Representative is Lewiwood.’
Everyone calls him Lewiwood, so I’ve gotten used to saying it that way too.
Since Lewiwood is usually away handling training or missions, it’s the Vice Class Representative who actually leads the children in the Classroom.
Quest!
Tears blur your vision whenever family stories come up!
The Earth Spirit King and Water Spirit King have assigned you homework!
✔
Find the family portrait of Navy Admiral Diagon Fasayen
✔
Discover the secrets of Navy Admiral Diagon Fasayen’s family history
Reward for success
★Good Job!★ Stamp x1
Penalty for Failure
Eating all 100 beans that the Earth Spirit King sweated into
Wait, 100 beans?!
I don’t want to!
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ looks dejected.]
[But I raised those beans with such care….]
‘Oh.’
I immediately felt sorry.
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ laughs sadly.]
[In my heart, I’d do anything for you…. But first, why don’t we collect two “Well Done” stamps? I’ll tell you the condition for the third stamp once you finish the previous assignments.]
Yes, I’ll try.
Answering silently in my heart, I began counting off the tasks I needed to complete.
First, find the Admiral’s family portrait.
Second, find out what happened to Elzen’s younger sibling.
Third, become vice class representative.
Fourth, make bread with killer whale sugar for Cedric and Elzen.
Fifth, deduce who the ◇◇ and ○○ Spirit Kings are.
Sixth, discover the Spirit Kings’ names!
Sigh, why is there so much to do!
I wasn’t sure I could accomplish it all, but I resolved to do my best, tackling each task one by one.
I want to earn my keep!
‘And seventh. This is the most important one.’
Elzen, who I suspect is my second older brother, and the Admiral, and Mikard, my first older brother whom I haven’t met yet.
Becoming a family with all of them.
So later, I hope there will be a family portrait with me drawn in it.
I kept that wish locked away deep inside.
It still felt like a distant dream.
* * *
Back in my room, I flopped onto the bed.
Then I opened a book, and the first thing I decided to read was none other than information about Viju.
Viju is a jewel—a crystallization of pure power that emerges somewhere on the body, including the face.
This jewel appears on a bonded partner’s body in the same form.
The location may vary.
One is destined to be drawn to a bonded partner who bears the same Viju.
The moment an awakened one encounters their bonded partner, they imprint, and cannot resist that pull.
This phenomenon is called the ‘Viju-phenomenon’.
‘So that’s what Elzen was talking about!’
A bonded partner with the same Viju.
“But who could my bonded partner be.”

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