The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 66

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【066】
Tonight.
I wanted to call him that without waiting for another moment, but the opportunity slipped away.
It felt as though something precious—something that belonged only to me—had been stolen.
Even though the title “Father” wasn’t mine alone to use.
‘I couldn’t even mention Cecilia either.’
Would he even listen if I tried to tell him?
It doesn’t feel like the right time somehow.
He must be overwhelmed, so I should stay quiet and composed.
Composed.
Compos…ed.
“Sniff….”
“Hey, hey. Why are you crying again? Don’t cry. Okay?”
“Hic, hic, waaah!”
Waaaaaah!!
No matter how hard I tried to hold back, the disappointment burst forth.
Like cream squeezed from a macaron, tears scattered in every direction, and even I couldn’t stop them.
“Sniff, waaah, sob, hic!”
“Oh dear, she’s starting to cry in earnest now. Go ahead, cry then. Let it all out.”
“Waaaaaaah!”
Mikard, who had been fidgeting anxiously, gently patted my back.
It was strange, really.
When someone comforted me like this, my tears should have stopped, yet they only seemed to flow more freely.
“What is it, brother? Did you make the youngest cry?”
“I didn’t!”
Through my blurred vision, pink hair came into focus.
It was Elzen.
“Superti.”
Elzen called my name and sat down beside me with a soft thud. Then he pulled out a handkerchief and gently wiped my eyes.
“I don’t think that person is Luarel.”
“…!”
“There’s no way she’d return with such perfect timing. Father wouldn’t believe she’s Luarel either.”
Not Sister Luarel?
“But she looks so… similar.”
“She doesn’t look like Father at all.”
“No, not that. The portrait….”
Once I wiped my eyes and blew my nose, my body went limp.
Unable to sit upright any longer, I lay down, and Mikard quickly offered his lap as a pillow.
“A portrait? Besides, no one can even recognize the face drawn there. We don’t know if Luarel resembled Mother or Father.”
Elzen spoke firmly while rubbing my cheek.
I tilted my head in confusion, remaining still.
“I know what she looks like.”
“What?”
“Luarel’s cheeks are round and full. Her eyes are round too, and her whole face is just… round.”
That’s what the portrait showed me.
I can’t see Aurora’s face either, but I know exactly what Luarel looks like.
“You can see her face?”
“Yes. Only Luarel’s.”
“We… we can’t see anything at all. We only know Luarel’s hair is pink.”
Wait, then why can I see her?
That’s when it happened.
“Aren’t you just describing your own reflection in a mirror?”
Rustle, rustle.
The reeds parted on both sides of themselves, creating an easy path to walk through.
Naturally, it was Naiad who appeared from behind them.
Iliad was there too, holding cotton candy with an awkward expression on his face.
“What you just described is literally your own face.”
“Huh?”
“Round. Where else in the world would you find someone as round as you?”
Naiad drew a circle with his index finger.
As I stared blankly at it, Iliad suddenly thrust a pink cotton candy toward me.
“Here, the thing you like. I thought you’d be like this, so I went to the Kitchen and asked them to make it for you.”
“…!”
I was still sniffling, but the moment I saw the cotton candy, I stopped completely.
My eyes widened, my mouth fell open, and I couldn’t help but laugh!
“Cotton candy!”
“You like it, right?”
“Yes!”
But this is sweet too.
Will I get scolded if I eat it again?
I glanced nervously at the Spirit Kings, but felt reassured by the glittering text that cascaded down.
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ supports you, saying: My child, eat that and cheer up.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ says: Let’s chew five hundred cotton candies and charge up our toxins.]
Cotton candy and… toxins?
Those don’t go together at all, do they?
“Do the older brothers want some too?”
“No thanks. You eat a lot.”
Since no one coveted the cotton candy, I could eat one entirely all by myself—
“Squeak!”
“Oh, I forgot about Podong. Podong, want to try some?”
“Squeak!”
My fingers were sticky, but I ate the cotton candy steadily anyway. Of course, I shared it fairly with Podong.
While I was doing that, Iliad draped his arm across my head and pressed down.
“Hey, we already knew you weren’t Luarel.”
“That’s right. You’re Superti. Our cousin.”
Yes, I am Superti.
Superti Fasayen.
My name that I love.
“Even if Luarel appeared, you’re still my sister. You understand? Even if that were really Luarel, you’d both be equally my sister.”
This time Mikard said it with a hint of pride in his voice.
Then it was Elzen’s turn next.
“I don’t think Luarel could possibly be alive. And even if the real Luarel came back someday, you’re still our family. Father is your father too.”
“…!”
Perhaps this was what I needed to hear all along.
Words spoken in a soft yet resolute voice.
‘The Admiral is Mikard’s father, and Elzen’s father. He’s also Luarel’s father.’
But he’s my father too.
“I’m not his biological daughter, but I’m Fasayen too.”
“That’s right. You’re Fasayen. And you’re our family.”
“Yes!”
Now that my brothers kept repeating it, I finally felt reassured.
‘Was I anxious?’
About what?
‘That my place would be taken from me?’
But my brothers were right.
I’m the Admiral’s daughter too.
If anything, having a sister just means the family grows, so that’s a good thing!
That’s how I should think about it, right…?
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ is drooling profusely again.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ is weeping.]
[How can she be so kind….]
Was it thanks to the cotton candy, or thanks to the encouragement?
I quickly recovered and regained my spirits.
“Too bad. If you’d gotten tired of home, I was going to ask you to hold my hand and come with me.”
But right at that moment.
Bubbles rose from the shadowed area, and an elegant voice flowed out. At the same time, Diolrose surfaced smoothly!
“Oh my, what a fright! You Belarion folk have no manners? Why do you keep popping out so suddenly?”
“My, how fierce. If you shout so crudely, you’ll startle our little rabbit.”
“Whose rabbit is that! She’s our youngest!”
Mikard was making such a fuss….
Of course, Mikard seemed to know Diolrose as well.
The way they bickered made them seem incredibly close.
“Are you two close?”
I tilted my head and asked—
“We are not!”
“Absolutely not.”
Both of them denied it simultaneously, their expressions showing clear distaste.
“I came here to give you an answer to what you asked earlier.”
…!
“The time I can spare is… about one minute. I have to return within that.”
Now that I thought about it, the Belarion Family had left earlier.
“Ungni, you haven’t gone far, have you?”
“Not far enough that the shadow’s reach is severed yet. But if we travel much further, I won’t be able to return.”
“You’re traveling then. Did you come here from inside the carriage?”
“Quite perceptive.”
A faint smile flickered in her crimson eyes.
“I pretended to change clothes.”
“I see.”
“Anyway… you asked earlier why the shadow was rippling, didn’t you?”
Everyone’s expression grew puzzled at Sister’s words. I explained the situation to them.
“I don’t know everything about where the Household Master initiated his schemes or what his plans are. Belarion never reveals everything—that’s our way. I don’t even know why Cecilia Fasayen is being ‘controlled.'”
“Controlled?”
“You asked if the shadow could ripple. If the shadow seems suspicious, it’s because someone fed her a shadow worm.”
What was that?
I wanted to ask desperately, but I couldn’t because Elzen’s expression had become terrifyingly severe.
“Is that really true?”
“Who knows. I haven’t seen it myself, so I can’t be certain. Cecilia Fasayen didn’t appear at the banquet today, after all.”
“That happens every time anyway… so she could avoid being discovered as controlled.”
Hmm… should I report this to the Admiral right away?
Of course, since my brothers all know now, they’ll probably handle it themselves.
Then, Mikard, who had been silent, opened his mouth in a low voice.
“Forget that. What about Luarel?”
“Luarel?”
“Don’t play dumb. That’s a homunculus, isn’t it?”

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