The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 126

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【126】
“Good heavens.”
Father broke the silence.
Aunt Cecilia’s legs gave way beneath her, and she collapsed right there—but Teddy approached her regardless.
“Ah, um… are you… alright?”
“….”
“So, uh, meeting you… no, I wanted to meet you. I never thought I’d actually get to.”
Teddy, who had been stammering, sat down as well. Then he simply embraced my aunt, who remained rigid and motionless.
“I’m sorry. I came so late.”
“…ah.”
“I’m sorry. For not finding you sooner….”
Why would Teddy say such things?
We’d only just met, so how could such words spill from his lips so naturally?
And with such genuine sincerity, no less.
[The Water Spirit King, Aurora, whispers tenderly to you.]
[Some companions share fragments of each other’s memories or emotions the moment their bond forms—much like how a husband experiences his wife’s morning sickness.]
Wait, that’s actually possible?!
[The Water Spirit King, Aurora, says she hasn’t personally experienced it herself.]
[It happens occasionally when one of the two has an exceptionally high empathy stat, she explains.]
Still, there are many mysteries surrounding Viju that remain shrouded in secrecy.
The origin of Viju itself, when humanity first awakened to it—such things have yet to be unveiled!
But that’s not what matters right now—
“Ah… why did you take so long to come?”
“I’ll be with you from now on. Please forgive me.”
My aunt is crying.
Tears stream down her face so profusely that her entire visage is drenched. Teddy’s eyes glisten with moisture as well.
“…Mother?”
Just then, Lewiwood, who had been entering, froze in his tracks upon witnessing this scene.
Three seconds passed.
After surveying and comprehending the situation, Lewiwood murmured quietly.
“So she’s acquired a new father.”
It was a shocking turn of events on an otherwise ordinary afternoon.
* * *
Aunt Cecilia is forty years old this year.
Teddy is… thirty-two.
“A whole eight years younger!”
At my exclamation, everyone gathered at the dining table burst into laughter.
Aunt Cecilia sat holding Teddy’s hand firmly, and her eyes overflowed with joy as she looked at me.
“Hehe, my youngest has brought another joyful occasion.”
Grandfather smiled warmly and stroked his beard.
“Yes, a Companion. How fascinating. But if you’re an Awakener, why were you selling dolls on the street?”
“Father, mind your words.”
Cecilia cut in sharply. Teddy then fidgeted before signaling to her that it was alright.
“My parents and older sister didn’t want me adopted into a noble household either. And since I love my family, I didn’t want to leave.”
“Hmm, you refused to become nobility? Even though you ended up living in poverty?”
“Yes.”
For the first time, resolve flickered across Teddy’s face.
“Living with my family was more important to me. So we began a wandering life. But we were happy.”
“I see…”
Grandfather tilted his head as if he couldn’t comprehend. As he did, Teddy continued.
“Besides, with my temperament… I dislike competition. I’m simply happy making dolls.”
“Hmm, that makes sense. You couldn’t make dolls if you were adopted into a noble house.”
“Exactly. That’s why I kept running. I never revealed Bijou, and I was almost forgetting I was an Awakener. My ability was so trivial anyway…”
“What ability do you possess?”
Grandfather fired questions at him almost like an interrogation.
Cecilia seemed deeply displeased by this, but Teddy was so gentle and good-natured that somehow it all passed over.
“It’s quite embarrassing, but… the dolls I make with care come to life and move for a short time.”
“Oh?”
“So I’ve used small dolls to tell stories on the streets and at the Orphanage.”
[Flammeus, the Flame Spirit King, says that depending on how you use it, that ability could be helpful in combat.]
[The Luck Spirit King ‘■■■■■■’ disagrees.]
[He said he hates fighting. That kind-hearted human won’t be able to bear his ability being used for combat.]
There are so many different lives and people in this world.
Watching Teddy, I learned something I hadn’t known before.
I thought all Awakeners were adopted… but of course, they would have original families.
If you’re adopted when young, you have to be separated from your real mother and father.
‘If it were me, I think I’d hate that too.’
Maybe Mother and Father would have run away with me?
[Aurora, the Water Spirit King, says that’s certainly what would have happened.]
[My child, I’d never give you to anyone. You’re my daughter.]
“Hmm, the banquets resume tomorrow night. Will you attend the banquet with us? As Cecilia’s Companion.”
At Grandfather’s question, Teddy shook his head with a gentle smile.
“I prefer living as a dollmaker. Behind Cecilia, always quiet and unnoticed.”
“Very well, then.”
With that, Grandfather lost interest in Teddy.
‘Our family grew!’
How wonderful.
Now that Cecilia has a Companion, won’t she be happy too?
‘I hope so!’
I gazed at the two of them with a bright smile.
A perfection that no one else could intrude upon.
That perfection existed there.
* * *
The banquet held after the Night of the Blooming Flame was, for the most part, rather meaningless.
Any nobleman could attend, but the high nobility never showed their faces.
So it naturally became nothing more than a gathering for lower nobility to gossip or pursue romance.
However, the banquet held before the friendly competition was different.
This banquet, bearing the rather poetic name of , began in the afternoon and concluded around sunset.
Since it started early, boat rides, performances, strolls, picnics, and garden dates took precedence over dancing and drinking, allowing many children to participate as well.
“And what makes this fun is that confessions happen here. People get rejected too. And sometimes people compete to win a lady’s heart.”
Iliad, dressed particularly well today, boasted as he spoke.
The banquet starts with a boat ride—why dress up so much for that?
“Is there someone you want to impress?”
“Yeah! Finally! Princess Diorose is coming today, they said.”
“What?! Sister Diz is?!”
Where does Iliad get all this information?
“I just want to go on one date with Princess Diorose. She’s the most beautiful woman in this country.”
Iliad muttered dreamily, lost in thought. Watching him, Naiad let out a long sigh.
“To the princess, we’re just kids. She won’t do it.”
“Well, I can still hope!”
“Yeah, disappointment is free too. Sometimes I forget we have the same face.”
“So what if we do!”
But what even is a date?
As I tilted my head blankly watching the two of them, Upiros suddenly popped out.
[Eating delicious food! And spending happy time together!]
What? If that’s what it is, I want to go on a date with Sister Diz too?!
But it seems like there are quite a few competitors.
Looking closer, besides Iliad, several others were dressed up like peacocks… I should have dressed up too!
“Oh, isn’t that the Crown Prince?”
“Where, where. Huh, it really is.”
“Why is he here…?”
But not long after, the one who appeared wasn’t Sister Diorose, whom we’d been waiting for, but the cat Kyaong.
Not that I cared much.
But why does Maximilian keep hovering around me?
He’s being incredibly annoying, like he wants me to look at him once.
Eventually, I turned to face Maximilian.
“What?”
“How rude. You should use formal speech with the Crown Prince.”
“…Ah, yes. Then please, go on your way!”
I finally looked at him, and this is how he acts.
Hmph!
I whipped my head around. In that instant, something caught my eye.
‘Could that be… pudding hidden behind his back?’
It looked like pudding, but…?
“Hey.”
“…”
“Hey!”
“…”
“Princess Diorose of Fasayen.”
“Yeah, what?”
Whenever Maximilian addressed me so casually, I simply refused to respond. But the moment he used proper courtesy, I’d already switched to informal speech myself.
Maximilian stared at me with an expression of utter exasperation before slowly extending what he’d been hiding.
“Here, eat these. Corn-flavored, carrot-flavored, and sweet potato-flavored puddings. They taste terrible, so I’m giving them to you.”
“…?”
These are absolutely delicious things though?!
Maximilian was a bit annoying, but my irritation suddenly melted away—and it was absolutely not because of the pudding.
Absolutely… absolutely not because I was craving the corn-flavored pudding…!
“Oh, and I’m granting you the honor of becoming my friend.”
Maximilian spoke with an air of self-importance.

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