The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 135

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【135】
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A short while later, outside the Antique Shop.
The crimson-haired boy crept back into view, moving with feline stealth.
Like a cat stalking its prey.
A dancer and jester had arrived at one corner of the Market to perform, and Superti stood watching with her knights while Maximilian slipped away from the crowd.
‘What’s so special about some fake jewelry anyway?’
I couldn’t fathom it, but Mother had been clear.
One should give a lady what she desires.
‘It was definitely here a moment ago, wasn’t it?’
Maximilian peered through the dusty glass display case with an air of arrogance.
But in the next instant, he found himself frozen.
‘Where is it?’
It should be here.
It was only thirty minutes ago. There’s no way that cheap necklace could have sold in that time.
“Hey, Shop Owner!”
Alarmed, he burst through the door.
But what in the world was this?
The very necklace he sought was dangling from the Shop Owner’s hand.
“You there—what’s this? That’s what I intend to buy. Hand it over.”
Maximilian’s expression darkened as he strode in without hesitation. There was someone wearing a white hood, but what did he care?
He was the Crown Prince of this realm.
“I don’t know what you were planning to pay, but I’ll give you triple the price. Hand it over.”
“Uh…”
The Shop Owner, a man of simple appearance, blinked while his index finger remained pressed to his lips.
Seeing his hesitation, Maximilian threw out another irritated remark.
“Four times the price. That should settle it.”
Whatever that shabby thing cost, there was no way he couldn’t afford it.
‘I need to get back to Superti soon. What is this commoner hesitating about?’
As his fingers drummed impatiently and he glanced to the side, it happened.
“Since when do kittens bark? I hadn’t realized.”
“…What?”
“If you’re going to display such poor upbringing, what will people think? Didn’t your parents teach you to be respectful when making requests of others?”
“Who are you?”
The voice emerging from beneath the hood was smooth and melodious.
It suggested the speaker was not much older than he was.
‘How dare he mock me? And to mention my parents no less?’
The Shop Owner glanced between the hooded figure and Maximilian, then squeezed his eyes shut and thrust forward a pouch containing the necklace.
“P-please, take it! I’m selling it to the customer who arrived first! It’s only right to sell such a precious item to someone who truly appreciates its value!”
“Exactly. That’s why I’ve always liked this Shop Owner. Looks gentle, but has a stubborn streak.”
The white-hooded figure whispered sweetly as he accepted the pouch. However, Maximilian had no intention of letting him go.
“How dare you speak of my parents? Do you even know who they are before you insult them? If you kneel and apologize right now, I might forgive you.”
“A kitten wandering the streets thinks this is its home.”
“…!”
Maximilian’s face, blocking the doorway, flushed crimson in an instant.
“You fox bastard, who are you calling a kitten!”
“Meow meow, shut up before I lose my mind. Get out.”
“Wha… Ugh!”
Boom!
My knees buckled under the sudden surge of force. To avoid falling disgracefully, Maximilian had to exert every ounce of strength.
‘What… is this power….’
An invisible force crashed down like lightning, pressing against every part of his body.
The sensation of his head being crushed and his shoulders trampled—yet executed with such subtlety that the shop owner wouldn’t notice a thing.
It demonstrated that this fox bastard had a talent for tormenting a single person in secret.
‘I… won’t lose…!’
Maximilian, barely holding his ground, summoned his strength.
Facing an opponent stronger than himself, the blood in his veins boiled.
His veins swelled and his heart pounded.
He would stand above others rather than be pinned beneath them.
That was the pride of the Royal Family.
“Aaaaah!”
Poof.
Poof?
He’d screamed and resisted with all his might, yet the bastard simply vanished.
So utterly absurd that words failed him, Maximilian stood slack-jawed and dazed.
The shame that came flooding in afterward was his alone to bear.
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‘Whoever catches the eye of my gaze cannot escape my grasp.’
Rasifer, who had teleported from the Antique Shop, stood suspended in the void above the Market, gazing down.
The throngs of people below were countless, yet to his eyes they appeared merely as a mass or a herd of buffalo in motion.
Not as individual lives with their own stories.
He’d felt this way since earliest childhood, so there was nothing to be done about it.
“Sigh.”
Rasifer withdrew the necklace from the cheap pouch and blew away the dust with his breath.
A cheap necklace adorned with a fake sapphire.
Far too worthless to grace Superti’s neck.
‘Then I’ll simply grant it value.’
Rasifer inscribed rune characters inside the fake sapphire with his other hand—through magic, of course.
Scratch scratch.
Since it wasn’t a mana stone, it couldn’t contain such powerful magic.
But surprisingly, these fake gems were actually superior to genuine ones.
They possessed greater hardness.
When it came to magic that deployed a protective barrier, a genuine sapphire would crack after a single use, but this could withstand three strikes.
‘Mere defense won’t suffice… I need to enchant it with magic that reflects physical attacks back at double their force.’
That means I can only use it once, but that’s acceptable.
Because I’ll be able to eliminate the enemy with absolute certainty.
After that single act of protection and counterattack, the Spirit Kings will shield her.
‘That’s settled.’
I’ve woven various enchantments into the paper crane-shaped hairpin as well, but I can’t exactly use that frequently.
This necklace, however, she’ll wear without hesitation at all times.
If she’s the Superti I know, that is.
‘When we meet again, I’ll cast this upon you.’
I miss her.
As I scattered like light and dispersed, Rasifer Laximon pressed his lips to the end of the necklace.
“…!!”
That Maximilian, who had just rushed out of the shop and was looking around, happened to witness that very moment—pure coincidence.
‘Rasifer Laximon Household Master Deputy?’
Maximilian, frozen in place, murmured hollowly as he watched the platinum-haired figure vanish.
‘I never imagined that white-hooded figure was the Laximon Household Master Deputy.’
Wait, hold on.
‘I didn’t know, but he recognized that I’m the Crown Prince. Yet he acted so arrogantly?’
Ha!
Even if imperial authority crumbled to dust, there are limits!
“Ugh, this is infuriating!”
When Maximilian, tearing at his hair, returned to where the performance had been held.
“Where is Superti? Where did she go?”
Only some of the escort knights remained there; the pink-haired girl who should have been present was nowhere to be found.
It was enough to drive him absolutely mad.
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Quite some time had passed since Maximilian suddenly disappeared, saying he had to go somewhere, and hadn’t returned.
‘Is he in urgent need of the bathroom?’
I thought this while glancing back, and just then the brief performance came to an end.
Since I’d genuinely enjoyed it, I took out two gold coins and handed them to the escort knight.
“Oh, two coins? You’re too generous!”
“Yes. It was so entertaining! We all watched it together, after all.”
“Your kindness is as beautiful as you are. There’s nothing unbecoming about you, my lady.”
As I was laughing warmly with the escort knights, someone suddenly approached and spoke to me—what was this?
Of course, with the knights present, they kept their distance of a few steps.
“You have such a kind expression. Your ancestors must have accumulated great virtue.”
“Thank you for the kind words.”
Good advice?
I tilted my head in confusion when the Luck Spirit King sent me a glittering message.
Look at the emblem on those people’s chests.
“Huh?”
That’s… the emblem badge I stuffed into my bag earlier, isn’t it?
A hoof and branches intertwined together.
Myosotis.
“There are many children in this world who need help. If the noble young lady would assist us, many more children could have meals.”
“Ah, I see. I’ll listen to what you have to say.”
Children, listen up!
Don’t follow suspicious people around.
Especially not ones who say things like, ‘You seem like such a kind person.’ Never!
‘But right now I need to investigate this suspicious organization, so I’m deliberately following these suspicious people.’

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