The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 143

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【143】
Light gathered and shimmered, and Rasifer materialized from the void.
Platinum hair fell across his forehead in wispy strands, and between them gleamed grape-like violet eyes.
Rasifer, gentle as a lamb, bowed slightly at the waist toward Father.
It was truly courteous behavior.
“Greetings, Father.”
“Who said you could call me that? I never gave permission.”
“Oh, don’t be upset for no reason.”
Rasifer laughed playfully at Father’s irritation, and Father’s expression twisted as he gripped his sword hilt—what was this?!
“Father!”
I cried out in alarm, but Father remained deadly serious.
“That can’t possibly be Rasifer Laximon. It must be a homunculus.”
“My goodness, what are you saying, Father?”
Rasifer seemed perfectly normal to me.
He was just the Rasifer I knew.
“It’s alright, Shu. I can land one blow.”
“No! You’ll scar his face!”
Father was terrifyingly strong.
I stepped in front of Rasifer and shook my head firmly. Father sighed.
“Sigh… How did a fox cub end up in our household? This is maddening.”
“It seems there’s been a misunderstanding about me. Wouldn’t it be better to clear things up over some tea?”
Speaking smoothly, Rasifer snapped his fingers, and a teapot appeared along with animal-shaped butter cookies.
“Father, let’s have some together, yes?”
No matter how much fathers are supposed to dislike their daughters’ boyfriends, I wanted the two of them to get along.
After all, they were both so precious to me.
“Ah, Vanilla! You’ve just reached the summit! A three-headed dragon is waiting at the peak! There’s a red flag on the dragon’s middle head! How will you obtain it?!”
While I’d been distracted, the competition had progressed rapidly.
Mikard was lost in an avalanche on the mountainside, and Blake had entered a cave.
Vanilla had reached the summit, and Maximilian arrived shortly after.
“The Laximen Family’s mage was sent as a substitute, right?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
I asked while sipping chamomile tea, and Rasifer nodded.
“Probably the lowest-ranking mage who lost at rock-paper-scissors.”
“Is that even allowed?!”
“Laximen’s important duty is maintaining the stadium, not finding flags within it.”
Laximen had only produced single children throughout generations, so there were no branch families.
Since each person could only compete in two events, Rasifer couldn’t participate in all five.
Three events absolutely required substitutes, and if someone was reluctant, they’d have every reason to do nothing.
“Ah, the Laximen mage appears quite warm-hearted! They’ve set up a sleeping bag near the Safe Zone! But that might not be laziness—it could be high-level strategy! We mustn’t forget that the red flag belongs not to the one who obtains it, but to whoever holds it when the competition ends!”
Oh no—
“A grand scheme to seize the flags of those who enter the Safe Zone?!”
“It’s possible.”
Rasifer shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s more efficient than moving around laboriously. Mages are corpses without efficiency.”
“I see….”
“Anyway, it’s too cold to stay on the Snow Mountain holding a flag. They’ll show up at the Safe Zone if they want to drink something warm.”
That made sense.
The Safe Zone was indeed equipped with blankets, sleeping bags, food and tea, and most importantly, a brazier.
The rule was that no fighting was allowed inside, but… if they occupied the area right in front of the Safe Zone like that, entry wouldn’t be easy.
“Oh, wait! Vanilla Bellarian and Maximilian are about to fight over the flag!”
Woooooah!!
Dodging the dragon’s attack, Vanilla Bellarian seized Maximilian’s shadow with a firm grip. At the same moment, Maximilian manifested his ability, and the spectators all cried out simultaneously.
“Toy soldiers!”
Tiny soldiers with small fireballs perched on their heads charged forward, then exploded with loud bangs around Vanilla Bellarian.
The dragon’s tail lashed at the distracted Vanilla Bellarian, and in that opening, Maximilian snatched the red flag.
“He’s getting away!”
So you didn’t actually have to defeat the monster?
You could just pass it along.
It was a bit cowardly, but it was Maximilian’s best choice.
“Hey! Come back! Hey!!”
Vanilla Bellarian shouted indignantly, but her voice was swallowed by the dragon’s roar.
And the next moment.
“Pardon me.”
Mikard suddenly appeared from nowhere, stepped on Maximilian’s back, and snatched the red flag away.
“This is incredible….”
No mercy whatsoever.
I crunched on an animal cookie with a very serious expression. I couldn’t take my eyes off for even a moment.
By the way, where is Blake?
“Give me my flag back!!”
Thwack!
Just then, Vanilla Bellarian, her hair disheveled, stepped on the back of Mikard’s head and snatched the flag.
Of course, this was only possible because she’d tripped him by catching his ankle with her shadow, even if only briefly.
Mikard’s face was pushed into the snowy field, and above him… a dragon with one head missing spread its wings and appeared.
In an absolutely furious state.
“That girl wields her shadow like a whip. Right?”
“Yeah. If you pay attention, you can dodge it, but if you’re careless, you’ll fall.”
Rasifer tried to brush away the cookie crumbs around my mouth with a handkerchief.
“Wait.”
But Father stopped him and took the handkerchief.
“That’s still Father’s role.”
“…Unfortunately, I must withdraw.”
Rasifer raised his hand and smiled softly.
Father wiped my mouth with an expression of utmost care, as though it were the most important matter in the world.
[Water Spirit King Aurora murmurs.]
[I wonder how she’ll ever get married at this rate.]
“Father, Mother was wondering how you’d handle my marriage.”
“…Marriage?”
Oh no, Father’s gone blank!
“Just because you have a companion doesn’t mean you must marry. You can live with Father forever and skip marriage entirely.”
“But I still want to wear a wedding dress!”
“I’ll buy you a hundred wedding dresses.”
“Hmm….”
[Water Spirit King Aurora taps her forehead.]
I looked back at Mother and Father’s reactions and laughed helplessly.
Just then, Blake finally made his entrance.
A filming butterfly had spotted Blake.
“Oh, that’s… the golden flag!”
Blake found it!
The golden flag was wedged inside a crystal.
It seemed I had to break it and claim it somehow….
‘Don’t get hurt.’
I hiccupped as I watched anxiously.
Blake clenched his fist, then opened it. A crackling sound erupted from one of his arms as his form suddenly warped and transformed.
A beast.
There was no other way to describe the shape he took.
Crash!!
As his enormous claws raked across the crystal, the supposedly solid rock tore like paper and shattered.
“Oh, Blake has found the golden flag! There are no obstacles nearby! Will the game end this quickly?”
Obtaining the golden flag alone ends the game.
So who has the red flag now?
“Tsk, of all times.”
Blake brushed the crystal dust from his hands and finally seized the golden flag. At the same moment, Rasifer muttered something under his breath, but I couldn’t hear it properly over the roar from Isthel’s side.
And on top of that… Fasayen’s cheers were equally thunderous.
“Mikard has the red flag!”
Mikard, who had defeated the dragon, had just snatched the red flag from Vanilla Bellarian.
Simultaneously, with a loud boom, the stadium began to fade away, and the participants came into view.
Above their heads floated a scoreboard displaying each household’s name.
[Final Score]
Isthel: 3 Stars
Fasayen: 1 Star
Barateum: 0 Stars
Belarion: 0 Stars
Laximon: 0 Stars
Blake, who had boldly brought three stars to his household, was awarded the golden rose reserved for the victor.
“Stage 1’s champion of the Snow Mountain is Blake Isshel! He skillfully discovered the hidden cave entrance. And he conquered it in record time! While everyone else aimed for the summit, he alone traversed the cave.”
“….”
“Ah, Blake! You’re suddenly taking the golden rose somewhere—is there someone you mean to give it to?”

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