The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 196

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Part 2, Chapter 3 (196)
Still, I wish you would come home for your birthday.
At the very least, shouldn’t you spend your coming-of-age birthday with family?
Don’t become an adult in some distant land without your father.
Of course, your Mother will be watching over you, but Father wants to witness your growth as well.
Somehow he had known—my birthday was coming very soon.
I choked on my sobs and could read no further through the tears.
‘Father….’
All that longing I had pressed down came flooding back.
I am leading the Navy as Fasayen. I hold a position of command.
I must endure. I must persevere.
I need to find Diolrose. I must grow stronger.
With only those thoughts, I neglected my own heart.
My beloved daughter, whom I always wish to see.
I know I repeat myself… but that is how sincere my feelings are.
Come home now.
When I close my eyes, I see you at five years old, but when I open them, you—now grown—are not here… Father finds this rather unbearable.
Forgive me for being weak.
‘No, Father.’
In the end, I wept uncontrollably.
Rachel Major seemed flustered and held me close, patting my back gently.
Like a small child, my face streaked with tears and snot, I read Father’s letter from the beginning again… and broke down once more.
‘Ah, I can’t afford to weaken.’
I must always stand firm.
There are people who follow my will.
For their sake, I cannot give up. I am not permitted to crumble.
I chose this path—to wander beyond Fasayen like this.
[Water Spirit King Aurora comforts you.]
[Luck Spirit King ■■■■■■ feels melancholy.]
[Emotion Spirit King ■■■ weeps softly.]
[Chaos Spirit King ■■■■ says that you are merely human, and it is acceptable to fall apart sometimes.]
The Spirit Kings offered their comfort in their own ways.
One who soothes. One who empathizes.
And one who tells me it is alright to stumble.
I am grateful to all of them.
[Chaos Spirit King ■■■■ speaks with rare solemnity.]
[It matters not what you are. Human life is fleeting anyway. Do as you wish, exhaust yourself trying, and yes, you may stumble when things do not go your way. But that does not make you any less yourself.]
Thank you, Chaos Spirit King.
For always saying such things.
That is precisely why I could endure.
Whenever things grew difficult, whenever the burden felt heavy.
I had never once thought of giving up.
‘Still, even the things I glimpsed through that apple seemed to be coming to an end now….’
I wanted to spend my coming-of-age birthday at home, after all.
Surely that much was permissible?
“Yes, let’s go. I think it would be best to depart once dawn breaks tomorrow.”
As I spoke those words while tears streamed down my face, Rachel Major’s expression brightened.
“Yes, understood. A wise decision, Miss.”
“Is it…really?”
“Of course. You have sacrificed so much for the Empire all this time. Now I hope you will care more for yourself. You deserve to be happier, Miss.”
“Thank you for saying that, Major.”
“I am always on your side, Miss. Please do not forget that.”
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ says this is deeply moving and sobs.]
The glittering text rang out with quite the clamor.
Thanks to that, I stopped my tears and carefully unfolded the letter that had become damp with moisture to let it dry.
Father’s letter was precious, after all.
‘My heart has grown warm. It feels as though summer seawater drenched in sunlight is rippling within my chest.’
After sending Rachel Major away, I stepped out onto the terrace to catch the breeze.
Though I was staying at what was supposedly the most expensive hotel in this region, home was still better, naturally.
As I gazed blankly at the darkness buried in the garden, I suddenly found myself longing for the sea.
The night of the sea, which devours everything, even consumed my worries and anxieties.
‘I wonder if my older brothers will be home when I return?’
Home is home because my beloved family is there.
Without family, even the most magnificent mansion is merely an empty building.
I learned that at a young age.
When the entire family left on their duties and I was left alone, attempting to forge contracts with spirits… I came to understand it.
[The Water Spirit King ‘Aurora’ says you were never completely alone.]
“That’s right. Mother was with me. The other Spirit Kings too. Pel even visited sometimes.”
I laughed softly and embraced myself.
Imagining it as Mother’s embrace.
Because Mother is truly by my side.
[The Water Spirit King ‘Aurora’ says it is time to sleep now.]
“Yes, I will! Sleep well too, Mother.”
Though Spirit Kings do not sleep, I simply said it that way. Because I liked saying it.
[The Water Spirit King ‘Aurora’ blows you a kiss.]
[Sleep well, my beloved daughter.]
“I love you too, Mother.”
Lying in bed, I whispered softly before burying my face in the pillow.
Sleep came quickly.
* * *
‘Ah, that dream again.’
The moment I felt the warmth of the embrace surrounding me, tension melted from my body.
As always, I was nestled in someone’s arms.
He was so much taller than me, with shoulders so broad that his chest was the perfect place to rest against.
‘I don’t even know who he is, yet I’m becoming addicted.’
His touch was delicate and tender, as if handling the most precious thing in the world.
The way he stroked down my spine and patted me gently nearly lulled me to sleep even within the dream.
Especially since we were sitting in a rocking chair.
‘Ah… no, wait. A swing? It feels like a swing.’
A swing large enough for two hung from a massive tree.
A gentle breeze drifted from somewhere, carrying a pleasant fragrance.
Though sight and sound were shut out from this world, my sense of smell and touch were all the more acute.
‘The scent of pear and tea leaves. A hint of sandalwood and vanilla too.’
Who are you?
I feel like I could recognize you instantly if I caught this fragrance passing by somewhere.
I still hadn’t told the Spirit Kings about this dream.
That the same man appears every time, that I’m so curious about who he is.
I could have said it, but I didn’t—because of a selfish desire.
The desire to keep this secret to myself alone.
It’s a very Awakener-like thought.
It’s strange to feel such obsession over someone I don’t even know, but I suppose that’s just who I am.
‘I’m certain this person is my Companion.’
Though the connection to Bijou was severed, both Mother and Father told me.
That I could love even without Bijou.
That the heart’s belief in love cannot be stopped by anything.
‘I’ve never loved anyone rationally before, yet I understand. I love this man.’
And he loves me too.
In every moment he holds me and soothes me, I feel a love that cannot be contained.
I pressed my cheek against his chest and acted spoiled.
Normally he might find it bothersome, but he showed no such sign—he accepted all of me.
As if telling me to rest easy here.
‘And the ending is always.’
The man who had been laughing with his whole throat lowered his head.
With eyes naturally closing, I met his lips with mine.
Long, and longer still….
That kiss was so prolonged my ears burned hot and my entire body trembled.
* * *
‘I really do want to tell someone about this dream. Not an adult, but someone my own age.’
The next day, as soon as the sun rose, I boarded a carriage heading home.
Ten days passed like that.
Since no unfortunate dungeon incidents occurred along the way, I arrived safely in Fasayen.
“Miss, the Household is in sight!”
“How exciting!!”
Lost in my own thoughts inside the carriage, I hastily threw open the window at Rachel Major’s cry.
‘The scent of the Sea!’
The crisp, unblemished fragrance of the ocean flooded deep into my lungs.
Taking a deep breath, I felt vitality surge through my entire body.
‘So that’s what they meant when they said Fasayen becomes most powerful when in Fasayen.’
The carriage raced powerfully down the road lined with blue tiles.
Toward the Household entrance, toward where Father stood—faster, ever faster.
“My daughter!”
“Father!!!!!”

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