The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 271

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Side Story Chapter 5: What Happened on the Ultra-Luxury Romantic Cruise
A question!
What’s so great about having a Wizard boyfriend?
The answer is…
It’s not hot even in summer!
A crystalline sky where seagulls cried out. My eyes stung from the brilliant sunlight beating down as if it would scorch my skin. Tall palm fronds swayed gently, and in the afternoon, people gathered in small groups, holding cool coffee or juice.
I adjusted my wide-brimmed hat and gazed out at the vast sea.
It was different from the Fasayen Sea, but equally beautiful.
Or perhaps everyone else was sweating, but thanks to the magic Rasifer had cast on me, I wasn’t hot at all—which made me look prettier.
“That’s so pretty! It’s a whistle made from seashells, apparently.”
“I’ll buy it for you, Sugar.”
“No, wait. I was just saying it’s pretty. Calm down.”
Rasifer and I had been traveling abroad for a hundred days now.
Once my household and the nation had stabilized, I suddenly wanted to see the whole world!
Wherever we go, we can just teleport with magic in an instant.
The adults only gave us permission for one year.
We’ve been choosing only countries in summer, and I was still disappointed that a third of our time had already vanished.
“Ah, it’s time to board. Shall we go?”
“Yes!”
To celebrate our hundredth day, we decided to board the most famous luxury cruise in this country.
We would spend nearly three weeks aboard, watching various performances, resting, and briefly exploring the ports of call.
“They said this is a country where Mado engineering is advanced, and the ship really does look unusual.”
“Right? Each room has a small mechanical automaton to run errands. Our room has a mechanical butler.”
“I want one!”
“If Sugar wants one, I’ll research how to make it.”
The country we were in was called the Mado Empire Quaion.
Over the past few years, thanks to some genius, Mado engineering had advanced spectacularly, and the entire nation was being replaced with mechanical systems.
The streets looked different from most other countries, but the most striking difference was the existence of airships.
The cruise we were boarding today would take to the sky if fog rolled in and obscured visibility, or if whirlpools formed, or if we encountered pirates.
Even apart from that, there was supposedly a flying event on the night before we disembarked.
Needless to say, I was very much looking forward to it.
[Welcome, guests. Please wait a moment while we send a mechanical butler to guide you.]
Suite and first-class passengers didn’t have to stand in line.
Under a pristine white awning, there were flower-decorated sofa seats where we could wait.
Having arrived earlier than anyone else and taken a seat in the waiting area, it wasn’t long before a wheeled butler approached and bowed.
[Greetings. I am Nuam, the mechanical butler here to assist our VVIP guests with boarding.]
“Hi! Nice to meet you. I’m Superti.”
[Welcome, Superti. Should you need anything, please feel free to ask me at any time.]
‘How fascinating! The face and body look so human! Except for having wheels instead of feet.’
Ah, even the eyes are a bit different.
From a distance, they look like ordinary blue pupils, but up this close, I can see hundreds of tiny gears moving within them.
“Pel, here’s the boarding pass. It must have cost a fortune, right?”
I whispered softly as I followed the Butler, who glided along without a sound, and Rasifer chuckled.
“Well. That’s a secret.”
There’s no point asking further—he won’t tell me anyway, so I should just stay quiet.
The cabin we were shown to was along the central line of the massive ship, complete with a sprawling terrace, a modest outdoor jacuzzi where one could soak, and a plush sun bed.
The bedroom was spacious enough to fit two enormous beds, and a separate Dressing Room was provided.
[This is a booklet detailing additional amenities. If you hold the Nonoche and press the button, you’ll be connected with me. Please feel free to request anything you need.]
“Nonoche?”
My eyes sparkled at the Butler’s explanation. What on earth is that?
“In Quaion, they use this magical device to communicate with various places. Faces don’t appear, but voices are transmitted, and even commoners have one.”
At Rasifer’s kind explanation, I tilted my head while examining the Nonoche.
It was rectangular in shape, made of a gelatinous, elastic material. There was a numeric keypad in the center, and a twisted cord attached to it that ended in a trumpet-like tube.
“This is quite large, isn’t it? Do people carry this around?”
“Oh, this is the household model. The personal version is only palm-sized. That genius developed it too.”
“Wow.”
The Mado Empire, Quaion’s genius scholar.
I’d heard rumors that the person who elevated Quaion’s level by several stages was a girl around my age.
‘I’d like to meet her someday.’
While the mechanical Butler unpacked our luggage, I threw myself onto the bed.
An exotic fragrance wafted through the air, and it felt wonderful.
“This clock is fascinating too.”
“Hm? Which one?”
“Look at this. It displays the sunrise and sunset times every day. And you can even check the temperature.”
Rasifer, who had been observing the clock on the wall, rubbed his chin with an intrigued expression.
“I suppose they added it because passengers want to see the sun rise and set. How considerate.”
“Right. Meticulous. The outside is currently 38 degrees. Inside the cabin is 25 degrees. If you wish, you can adjust the cabin temperature using this clock…”
“Are you thinking of making one?”
“Yeah. It looks useful.”
Since arriving in Quaion, Rasifer seemed to have taken a hobby to buying interesting items, disassembling them, and reassembling them.
But he soon lost interest and turned back to me.
“By the way, Shu. Want to check out the outdoor jacuzzi?”
“Yes! I looked it up a bit before boarding, and apparently six different bath essences come from the faucet!”
The faucet attached to the jacuzzi was quite long. Each section had a valve, and since the embedded gems were different colors, it seemed you adjusted it with these.
“The red one is rose!”
The yellow is pumpkin and chamomile, and the purple is lavender and hydrangea.
As I excitedly turned each one to play, Rasifer laughed beside me.
“You’re like a child at times like this. Are you really that happy?”
“Yes! Of course. Pel, come soak your feet too. There’s enough water now for a foot bath.”
“Then let’s do that.”
Though several fragrances mingled together, they were subtle enough that my head didn’t ache.
Rasifer molded bubbles with magic to create ducks, and the sight of a small flock of them drifting lazily through the air was truly adorable.
[Allow me to inform you. Shortly, a tragic opera will be performed at the Imperial Opera House in the center, a theatrical play at the outdoor Astra Terrace, and a mermaid show at the Hall of the Deep Sea located underground. Which of these three venues would you prefer to visit? As a VVIP guest, you may enter any of them.]
I was listening attentively to the guidance when I flinched and glanced at the Butler.
“A mermaid show? There are mermaids here?”
[Yes. Our Royal Nereus also employs mermaids. While they do not receive payment in human currency, they are undoubtedly compensated and working as staff members.]
I felt somewhat skeptical, but considering the mermaids’ curiosity, it seemed plausible enough…
‘I can just ask them directly.’
If they’d been kidnapped, I would free them immediately.
“I want to go to the Hall of the Deep Sea.”
[Understood. The show begins in thirty minutes, so I shall guide you there at once.]
In the center of the corridor stood an elevator exclusively for VVIP guests. I’d seen this every time I stayed at a hotel in Quaion!
“Don’t worry, Shu. You trust me, right?”
“Of course!”
Just in case—if they were being mistreated, I would immediately report it to Rasifer. He seemed well aware that I was thinking exactly that.
[This is the Hall of the Deep Sea.]
“Wow… they really did recreate the usual scenery on a smaller scale.”
The other guests gasped in amazement, but for me, it felt… like coming home?
Glass domes enclosed the space from overhead to both sides. After passing through a corridor where fish swam back and forth, a spacious area opened up where one could sit anywhere.
“Indeed. The spectators are positioned in the center, and the tanks surround them on all sides. Magnificent. One can observe the mermaids’ movements perfectly.”
While Rasifer marveled at the design, my attention was drawn elsewhere.
“Wow, it’s full of clouds!”
Pure white dry ice filled the floor beneath us. With that, the boundary between the floor and the tanks vanished, and I felt as though I had stepped directly into the sea.
‘Dry ice is something you can only enjoy in the Mado Empire, they said.’
The lights inside dimmed as the show was about to begin.
Only the tanks ahead remained illuminated.
That was when it happened.

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