The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 173

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【Interlude 5】
Meanwhile, outside the Household. Downtown.
Four boys, their expressions grave, descended from an ornate carriage in a flurry.
With their uniformly handsome faces, passersby couldn’t help but steal glances at the quartet.
Mikard, flaunting a crimson jacket, emerged with a heavy purse secured at his waist.
Elzen and Naiad wore sharp white jackets paired with black trousers, while Iliad simply donned a shirt.
These days, Iliad stood tallest among the four, so even in such casual attire, he commanded the most attention.
In any case, the reason these four had ventured out together was simple.
They were competing to select a dress for Superti.
“I’ll win, I’m certain of it. I know my sister better than anyone.”
As Mikard boasted, Elzen chuckled beside him.
His demeanor suggested the comment wasn’t even worth a response.
“But among the four of us, my aesthetic sensibility is undoubtedly the finest.”
Naiad murmured this while passing the two of them.
Iliad simply grinned vacantly, spinning about.
“Let’s settle this!”
“Yes, let’s compete.”
The four had already selected gifts for the Household Master since early in the year.
This year’s birthday celebration for the Household Master held special significance, and the reason was undoubtedly Superti.
“Next year, I’ll be the one taking Superti to Sineria!”
Mikard declared with unbridled confidence, striding ahead.
Downtown boasted several clothing shops—some sold ready-made garments, while others would custom-craft pieces based on selected designs.
“Welcome!”
Alice in Wonderland Cat—a boutique specializing in children’s dresses.
The Shop Owner, who had been stifling boredom, sprang to his feet the moment he spotted the four noble boys, his face breaking into a welcoming smile.
“Might you be here to select clothing for your younger sister?”
“Yes.”
“Then please, come this way. We’ve just received new stock!”
Children’s clothing sizes were, in truth, fairly standardized.
So purchasing ready-made pieces was perfectly acceptable.
Of course, they’d come to purchase the design rights outright—ensuring Superti would never encounter another soul wearing the identical dress.
“Behold—behind this curtain lie garments that haven’t sold a single piece yet!”
The Shop Owner rubbed his palms together eagerly, revealing roughly ten mannequins.
“Pfft.”
Naiad immediately burst into laughter.
Elzen’s expression grew decidedly subtle as well.
But Mikard and Iliad’s reactions were entirely different.
“Wow, how adorable!”
“Brother, look at this one. What do you think? It even has a cat tail attached.”
“Oh, that’s wonderful! You certainly have an eye for these things.”
“Right?”
The one-piece dress that caught Mikard and Iliad’s eye at first glance was… pink.
A black tail was attached to the rear, and it even came as a set with cat ear headband.
One large bell near the chest. And one small bell on the tail.
More bells dangling along the hem of the skirt.
Once they latched onto it, they showed no interest in anything else, prompting Elzen to murmur softly.
“But won’t it be too noisy? With that many bells.”
“No, that’s actually perfect! I can hear everywhere Tosil goes.”
“Ah…”
Since they were rivals anyway, there was no need to say more.
Elzen, thinking he’d done enough, closed his mouth.
Naiad couldn’t even bring himself to look at that dreadful design and turned his head away.
Of course, he was covering his mouth with his hand.
It was too funny.
“If you’re concerned about having too many bells, of course we can remove some for you.”
“Hmm, then let’s take off just a few.”
“Yes, understood!”
What the Shop Owner had actually shown them was… inventory.
Even for a place that primarily sold uniquely designed clothes, this was excessive—a dress no one had ever purchased.
A garment that had remained forever as an ill-fated… new arrival.
“The designer… *chuckles*, ahem. Their passion really burned bright.”
Naiad whispered to Elzen while watching the cat dress being wrapped.
Elzen nodded without changing his expression at all.
“Please come again next time! I hope it makes a wonderful gift!”
The Shop Owner had sold not just the dress but the design copyright as well, so his smile stretched impossibly wide.
“Oh, I wanted to buy that dress!”
“I found it first, so there’s nothing to be done. Look for something else.”
“Yeah. I was going to get something that looks more comfortable anyway.”
Iliad and Mikard left first while conversing, and Elzen and Naiad, following after, could only stare at the distant sky.
They could imagine the expression on Superti’s face when she received it.
“I’m going to buy a flower dress, so I’ll head that way.”
“Mm.”
“See you later.”
What Naiad had chosen was a pale green dress.
He had discussed it with the designer a few days ago and placed an order in advance, so it should be completed by now.
The dress Naiad selected was made with fresh flowers, so it absolutely required advance ordering.
“Welcome, young master Naiad.”
“Is it ready?”
“Perfect. As you requested, I centered it with white lisianthuses and added baby’s breath and silver bells throughout.”
“Excellent.”
The dress was layered with several sheer, pale green fabrics, adorned with flowers arranged in an elegant pattern.
Naiad, satisfied with the refined yet adorably designed piece, paid for it.
‘Victory is mine.’
Mikard and Iliad’s aesthetic sense was utterly abysmal, so they weren’t even real competition.
Elzen was somewhat threatening, but still.
‘A dress of this quality shouldn’t lose.’
In truth, there was no actual reward simply because Superti liked the clothes I’d chosen.
I didn’t even know if I’d be able to go to Sineria in the first place.
But if—if the gift I gave to Grandfather pleased him enough to earn me a Sineria vacation pass!
That’s when I’d prepared this dress, planning to coax Superti into coming with me.
‘I’m getting ahead of myself, thinking about someone who hasn’t even given me meat yet.’
Still, doing things this way was fun.
It gave me energy.
Moreover, this was also an expression of confidence.
Everyone had carefully selected gifts to present to Grandfather.
Because of that, this time everyone seemed certain they would definitely be the one to win the Sineria vacation pass.
‘We’ll see soon enough.’
Satisfied, Naiad decided to head to a cafe that sold egg tarts and indulge in some sweet desserts.
All while savoring a victory that hadn’t yet come!
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At the same moment, in the Fasayen Mansion.
“Ah!”
Small, chubby hands snapped a crayon in half.
“It broke again…!”
“I have a new one here, use this instead.”
“Mm.”
Two hours into drawing a portrait of Grandfather.
I’d already broken several crayons, and each time Lina, standing beside me, handed me a fresh one.
Since there were ten crayons of each color, breaking them wasn’t really a problem.
“Wow, this drawing is so much better than the last one!”
“Really…?”
“Yes! You can tell at a glance that it’s the Household Master!”
Is that so?
I stared seriously at the crooked drawing before me.
The first one I drew was too kind-looking, so I threw it away; the second one looked too scary, so I discarded that too.
Now this third one seems decent enough, but…
‘My hands hurt too much to keep drawing.’
Since I’d been drawing while lying down, my neck was also starting to ache a little.
“Okay, I’ll stop here!”
“Yes, will you write something in ancient script at the bottom?”
“Yes!”
That’s why I left a space for it.
‘But what if I make a mistake while writing?’
Then I’d have to start all over again from the beginning!
Troubled by this dilemma, I pulled over a blank sheet of paper and decided to practice on it first.
“Grand…fa…ther, I love you.”
He doesn’t understand what love is, but someday he will.
So I need to tell him I love him many times first.
“Wow, your handwriting is truly beautiful, young lady!”
“Really…?”
It looks like a caterpillar crawling across the page.
I wonder if Lina’s eyes are okay.
I’d been tapping the carpet in frustration because my writing wasn’t coming out well, but her single word of praise lifted my spirits a little.
“But you know, I feel bad giving you just this. I want to give you a proper gift too!”

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