The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 3

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If I just sleep one more night, I can go back to Kindergarten, right?
That’s what I thought, but no matter how many nights I slept, I remained here.
Fasayen Duchy.
The Carrot Class Teacher came in person to explain my situation in detail.
‘You see, Chuuu was chosen by the Ancestor Whale. She’s a special child, so she lives here.’
I knew all about the Ancestor Whale too.
After all, every day before meals we pray, ‘Thank you, Ancestor Whale, for protecting the Fasayen Sea today.’
‘Diagon is now going to become Chuuu’s father. You always wanted to have a father, didn’t you?’
Father.
Standing before the Dining Hall, I pressed my plump belly and took a deep breath.
Then I whispered the word “father” softly to myself.
But it still felt awkward.
If words like “carrot” or “grape” or “bread” were as sweet as rock candy, then “father” was like broccoli or spinach.
The kind that’s undercooked and still bright green.
The kind that makes you want to spit it out.
“Your meal is served, Miss Chuuu.”
“Thank you.”
The Dining Hall had an incredibly long table. The Handsome Uncle sat at the far end.
I walked confidently as I’d learned over the past few days and settled into my chair.
My seat was marked by a crab-shaped bowl.
“….”
The Handsome Uncle said nothing during the meal.
He simply watched with a stern expression as I ate.
A normal child might get indigestion, but not a glutton like me!
I was eating diligently when my belly was about half full.
“You may find it somewhat fast, but as an Awakened One, learning should pose no problem. From today, you will receive instruction together with the other children of Fasayen.”
“Yes!”
I answered enthusiastically.
The Carrot Class Teacher had already taught me all about studying in a different classroom with new friends!
“The Fasayen Educational Institution selects three: the next Household Master, a Resonant of the Ancestor Whale, and an Admiral to lead the navy.”
I swallowed the roasted chicken leg I’d been chewing and nodded my head.
I was trying to show that I was listening carefully.
But the truth was—
‘I want to become a wonderful chef, a wonderful pastry shop owner. Or maybe a wonderful baker.’
Still, the Carrot Class Teacher had given me stern instructions before leaving.
‘Chuuu is fearless. It seems to be something innate… from birth, I mean. You don’t feel pain much except when you’re hungry, do you?’
‘That’s right.’
‘So you must be careful. Fasayen… they’re frightening people. They’re good among the nobility, but you still can’t displease them. I’m so worried about Chuuu. Awakening so early….’
I didn’t understand even half of it, but one thing was certain.
If I make a mistake, the Carrot Class Teacher will worry!
So I’m going to do this very properly and well.
“The Educational Institution is mostly composed of Fasayen bloodline, but there are a few children like you who were directly chosen by the Ancestor Whale and given their destiny. They all receive the same treatment as those of Fasayen bloodline.”
“Then do they have a class representative there too?”
At my question, the Handsome Uncle hesitated and frowned.
“That… I’m not sure. My sons couldn’t even get close to the class representative position. Maybe it doesn’t exist.”
“I’m the class representative.”
Ahem.
I proudly puffed out my chest.
All eyes fell on the name badge firmly attached to the pretty one-piece dress the Maid Aunts had dressed me in.
“Your Excellency, the class representative system does exist. There’s also a vice representative.”
Just then, Kamin, who had been standing like a shadow in the background, whispered.
Kamin was the second person I liked most in this Household.
The first was Grandfather, who gave me lots of delicious things.
“They’ve never held it even once?”
“Unfortunately not. Cecilia’s child has always been the class representative. The vice representative position rotates every three months, so it changes frequently. By the way, the vice representative election is in about two weeks.”
“Hmm.”
My ears perked up at the unfamiliar name.
Who is Cecilia? What a pretty name!
“Probably because Your Excellency is often out at Sea and doesn’t attend family gatherings… you didn’t know. I heard that Cecilia brags about it at every gathering.”
Now the Handsome Uncle looked very displeased.
Tap. Tap tap.
The Handsome Uncle, who had been tapping the table with his fingertips, suddenly looked at me.
“If you become even the vice representative, I promise additional sponsorship for that Kindergarten. What do you say?”
Additional sponsorship!
That’s what the teachers always wanted.
“Really?”
“Not only that, I’ll select talented ones and send them to the Academy too. And I’ll order several boxes of sweets to be sent.”
That’s a very good offer.
I just have to become vice representative!
I was about to nod thoughtlessly when I stopped.
Behind the Handsome Uncle, Kamin was desperately drawing an X shape.
Then he moved his mouth silently, and I could read the shape of those lips.
‘More?’
Should I ask for more?
‘But there’s nothing else I can ask for.’
Even if I ask to be sent back to Carrot Class, he won’t send me.
I’d requested it for days on end, but it didn’t work at all, so I’d already given up on that.
“Mmm…”
I set down my fork and clutched my small head in both hands.
Then suddenly, something bright flickered through my mind.
“I do have one.”
“What is it?”
“Will you take me there?”
“Where?”
I’d read it in a book.
Children with moms and dads get taken to school together, or so it said.
I’d envied that just a little.
Since I live at the Kindergarten, I don’t need it.
Yet even thinking that way, I’d find myself envying it again.
“I know you’re not really my dad. But still….”
Would he find it bothersome if I said it like this?
I’d been told not to upset his mood.
After hesitating a little, I looked up at the Handsome Uncle intently.
Then I gave him a bright smile.
The Handsome Uncle, whose eyes met mine, frowned again.
“The young lady still requires adjustment. For now, wouldn’t it be better if you personally escorted her to the Educational Institution?”
“Me?”
“Yes. She might lose her way. Besides, I’m certain the young lady is terribly frightened inside.”
“Her?”
The Handsome Uncle, who’d been about to counter, gave up and wiped his face dryly.
I didn’t miss that moment and quickly opened my mouth.
“Then will you come pick up Chuuu later?”
“…If I have time, I will.”
It was a promise delivered in a bland tone, like half a slice of bread without jam.
* * *
Still, the Handsome Uncle came to pick me up.
I wore an adorable jellyfish-patterned dress, and Lina had even pinned a dolphin fin in my hair.
Lina is the macaron auntie I’d met not long ago!
“*sniff* Young lady, you must be careful on your way, understood?”
“Yes!”
“Don’t let anyone push you around! If anyone bothers you, make sure to scold them!”
Lina had become my personal maid.
Personal means… well, that I could be together with her all the time, she’d said.
So in a room as large as the Kindergarten, Lina and I got along wonderfully together.
“I just need to take you to the entrance, right?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Sir?”
“Did you change clothes, sir?”
I asked because he looked so much more dashing than this morning!
The Handsome Uncle is actually the most handsome adult I’ve ever seen so far.
Hair the color of deep ocean blue.
Dark magenta eyes with a crimson gleam lurking in the depths of his pupils.
Even that terrifying aura of a man-eating shark!
When the Handsome Uncle put on that white uniform clinging snugly to his body, I had to admit he looked incredibly cool.
The Handsome Uncle seemed to have plenty to say, but he only answered my question.
“Yes, I changed into it.”
“Why?”
“…You ask too many questions. We’re here now, so go inside.”
Though they called it an Educational Institution, it wasn’t really a school.
It was just one of the rooms in this sprawling Mansion being used as a classroom.
I stared up at the massive door with a whale carved into it, my mouth hanging open.
Creeeeak.
The door swung open, and I found myself locking eyes with dozens of pairs of eyes staring directly at me.
At that same moment, my feet froze in place.
I’d vaguely assumed it would be similar to Kindergarten, but….
‘That doesn’t seem to be the case.’
Just then, the Handsome Uncle placed a hand lightly on my shoulder.
“If anyone hits you, bite them.”
“…?!”
“Always go all out. Otherwise, they’ll swallow you whole in one bite.”
The corner of the Handsome Uncle’s mouth twisted upward as he looked down at me.
‘Oh no, take back what I said about him being handsome! Take it back!’
…Mother, I think I’m about to become a little clownfish stuck between those shark teeth!

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