The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 60

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The Bbeukkeum Bbeukkeum Orphanage, now brimming with new toys, dolls, books, and snacks, descended into a frenzy of excitement.
Leaving my delighted friends behind, I accompanied the Carrot Class Teacher to the Teacher’s Office.
“That was amazing! Weren’t you scared?”
“Nope! Not scary at all!”
Nestled in the Teacher’s embrace, I recounted all the major events that had transpired, and only then did I notice the world outside had grown completely dark.
‘It’s gotten dark.’
Would the Admiral be worried?
Since I’m coming home so late.
‘I didn’t say I’d be late.’
After so long away, the orphanage felt wonderful, yet strangely I found myself yearning to return home.
Lina would surely be waiting, and before bed, Elzen would come read me a fairy tale.
He read with such vivid expression, and whenever he mimicked the sounds of monsters, my palms would grow damp with tension.
I didn’t want to miss that time for even a single night.
‘What if Elzen comes while I’m still here?’
What time could it be now?
My stomach wasn’t hungry, but perhaps it was already very late at night.
I should hurry home!
“Chuuu.”
Just then, the Teacher pulled me into a tight embrace.
“You want to go home, don’t you?”
“Huh! How did you know?”
“Your Teacher knows everything.”
As expected, how amazing!
When I looked up with sparkling eyes, the Teacher smiled and gently stroked my head.
“Then, one last thing… is there anything troubling you? If there is, your Teacher will listen.”
“Well, actually there is.”
“What is it?”
“It’s kind of a secret though….”
I glanced around cautiously before bringing both hands to my mouth and whispering.
“I still can’t call him Dad.”
“…!”
“The Admiral is someone I want to call Dad, but I just can’t seem to do it.”
“Oh my, is that so.”
I love it when the Teacher says “is that so.”
It makes it feel like everything’s already been resolved somehow.
“Sammi, you see, what if I can never call him Dad even as I grow older?”
This was truly my greatest worry.
What if I’m five, then six, and still can’t say Dad?
I need to call him Dad soon.
“I keep calling him Admiral, and what if he’s disappointed…”
I have a Quest, but honestly, I’m not confident.
The sticky feeling seems to be blocking my mouth.
I fidgeted with my fingers, shoulders drooping slightly.
“Hmm, what if you thought of it this way?”
“How?”
“Not for Chuuu’s sake, but for the Admiral’s sake—Chuuu could just find the courage once.”
For the Admiral’s sake?
“You don’t have to say father. He won’t be disappointed. I promise you that.”
“Okay, yes.”
“But if you call him father, the Admiral will be incredibly happy. When someone you love is happy, you become happy too—isn’t that what I taught you?”
I nodded at the Teacher’s calm words.
That’s right. I want the Admiral to be happy.
I want him to always be happy.
I’ll make that happen.
“The reason Chuuu can’t easily say the word ‘father’ is because change frightens you.”
“…”
“Calling him father will certainly be difficult, but our Chuuu is very brave, so you can do it.”
I quietly pondered the Teacher’s words.
“But Chuuu doesn’t get scared…”
“Well, the moment you call him father, Chuuu will give as much as you receive. When you call him Admiral, you only receive and don’t give, but when he becomes father, it’s different.”
“Ah.”
“In other words, Chuuu is afraid because you can’t gauge how much you’ll come to love your family. Once you open your heart, you’ll love so deeply.”
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ is pleased, saying you’re a decent teacher.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ praises love! saying that love alone saves the world.]
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ advises that a new world unfolds only when you overcome fear.]
I took the Teacher’s and the Spirit Kings’ words seriously.
‘I don’t want to just receive.’
I want to give too.
When I share what’s mine, everyone becomes several times happier. All of us together.
“Still, Chuuu, don’t worry too much about it. When the time comes, the words will flow naturally. There will definitely be a moment when you want to return the love you’ve received.”
“Yes.”
“And… for now, it’s okay to just receive. You’re still young.”
I nodded and hopped down from the Teacher’s lap.
Right on cue, the Teacher’s Office door opened, and Mikard appeared looking exhausted.
“Let’s go home, Tosil! I can’t play anymore. I’m so tired…”
He must have worn himself out playing tag with the kindergarten children!
Giggling at the sight of leaves stuck in his hair, I approached Mikard without hesitation.
“Sammi is here, you know.”
I grasped his larger, gentler hand firmly, then looked back at the Teacher with a bright smile.
There was something I absolutely had to say.
“I am Superti now.”
Superti Fasayen.
The youngest of Fasayen.
That’s me!
* * *
The sky had darkened so completely that I thought the evening had grown late, but we arrived just in time for dinner, cutting it remarkably close.
The moment I sat at the dining table, hunger suddenly overwhelmed me, and I ended up devouring three meat pies.
“Phew! I’m so full I think I could roll around like a ball.”
“Squeak!”
“You too?”
Podong could reveal itself whenever it wished and hide whenever it pleased.
Being a spirit, it didn’t need to eat, but perhaps because it resembled me, it always appeared during mealtimes.
Podong, having gathered up countless meat pie crumbs, had become perfectly round.
“Shall we take a stroll through the garden?”
“Squeak!”
Outside the mansion, I had to go with someone, but inside, it didn’t matter.
Still, a solitary walk felt lonely, so I should go with Lina!
“Miss, the lavender in the garden is in full bloom. Would you like to see it?”
“Yes! But what is lavender?”
“It’s a purple flower. It has an elongated shape and a lovely fragrance.”
I loved purple. It reminded me of Rasifer’s eyes.
With excitement in my heart, I stepped into the garden and spotted someone among the lavender field.
“Oh, Aunt Cecilia…?”
“…!”
At my call, Aunt Cecilia spun around abruptly.
In that instant, the clouds parted and moonlight poured down, illuminating Aunt Cecilia’s face.
I flinched and froze, sensing something—something felt terribly wrong.
Aunt had never looked at me kindly before, but she’d never glared at me like that either.
“…”
Without a word, Aunt brushed past me, her demeanor as cold as a biting wind.
It was a familiar occurrence, but something had caught my attention…
‘Her shadow is lumpy!’
Had I seen it wrong?
I blinked rapidly and focused again.
But the shadow remained unchanged, as if nothing was amiss.
“Lina, did you see that just now?”
“See what?”
“The shadow. It seemed strange.”
I tugged at Lina’s collar as I asked, but her only response was that she had no idea whatsoever.
‘Something’s off!’
It was a night when my worries deepened inexplicably.
* * *
“Things are getting interesting now.”
Honey wine, brewed in place of water, cascaded down like a waterfall.
Peaches, their flesh dripping with juice at the slightest bite, bobbed gently along the river’s surface, while the Water Spirit King and the Earth Spirit King clasped hands and danced together.
Glimmering light enveloped the land of abundance.
Flames rose without burning anything, and winds blew without breaking anything.
Thousands of plants stretched their vines and bore their fruit in this place—
Eden itself.
The homeland of the spirits.
“At first, I wondered what was so entertaining about watching a single human being born and grow.”
Shapasi, draped lazily against the warm rock, extended a hand.
Immediately, a grapevine climbed up their forearm of its own accord, then produced a perfectly ripened bunch of grapes.
“These days, there’s nothing more delightful than this in my monotonous existence.”
“I agree.”
Someone approached Shapasi, who was plucking grapes to eat.
One who could summon abundance with a gesture, or bring drought with a wave.
The Earth Spirit King.
“Still, Shapasi. I never expected you, who showed the least interest in that child, to be the first to form a contract.”

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