The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 79

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【079】
At a word I’d never heard before, my eyes widened in surprise.
“Such victim consciousness stems from emotional wounds. While it’s the adults’ role to heal those wounds… Luarel must make an effort as well.”
“Ah….”
“And secondly. I heard that it’s still unknown whether Luarel truly possesses Fasayen bloodline.”
Tillia Teacher wiped away Luarel’s tears and had her sit down.
Kind yet simultaneously stern.
Regardless of how the other person reacted, she never ceased speaking the right words in a gentle tone.
‘So that means Teacher doesn’t care whether Angela or Luarel cry or not. She’s not the type to just agree with everything when someone sheds tears!’
Tillia Teacher slowly advanced toward the teacher’s desk and continued speaking.
“I wish there existed some magic that could discern bloodline, but since no such thing exists, it will take time to determine the truth of Luarel’s identity. Everyone needs time.”
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ nods approvingly.]
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ mutters, “Well, what do you expect from someone of Neutral Country origin.”]
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ expresses satisfaction, saying she is fair and rational.]
In conclusion, Tillia Teacher didn’t take anyone’s side.
She leaned toward neither direction.
So that’s what neutrality is.
“Well then, shall we begin class? I hope everyone will concentrate. Hurt feelings are hurt feelings, but class is class.”
She really was different from Cedric in so many ways.
But why did Cedric come earlier anyway?
That curiosity was resolved after class ended.
“Everyone, pay attention. Before class earlier, Cedric came to deliver an announcement.”
“Yes.”
“After the ancient language class, Cedric said he would conduct the next lesson.”
Wait, really?
What’s gotten into Cedric?
He’s the one who runs away because he hates teaching.
The other children also seemed bewildered and let out groans of confusion.
“Now, you’ll all move with me to the nearby sea. It’s a survival swimming lesson… once you swim energetically, everyone will feel better, won’t you?”
As I stood up, I suddenly caught a fleeting expression that crossed Luarel’s face.
It vanished in an instant… but it was frightening.
Could she possibly hate swimming intensely?
* * *
“Phew!”
Moments later.
I lifted my head and exhaled as I surfaced from viewing the underwater depths while holding my breath.
‘My swimming has improved!’
Swimming every day while living as a dolphin must have seeped into my body.
Originally, the moment I entered the sea, I would sink with a gurgle and couldn’t swim at all, but now I moved with considerable freedom.
“Hold my hand tightly, Older Brother.”
“Yes!”
In other words, I could splash about while holding Elzen’s hand.
My body was actually lifting off the ground…!
I felt incredibly proud of myself for achieving even this much.
“Yay! Look at me!”
“Where!”
The boys who had stripped off their shirts were surfing in the distance, and Angela, who had been so prim about not entering the water until she had her swimsuit on, was now displaying impressive diving skills.
“That strawberry-patterned swimsuit… it’s adorable.”
“Do you want one like it, Shu?”
“Mm-hmm.”
But my donut-patterned swimsuit is cute too.
It has all sorts of delicious-looking designs on it, so I absolutely love it.
“But Older Brother, why isn’t Luarel swimming?”
Survival swimming, they called it, but Cedric wasn’t actually conducting any lessons.
He simply released us onto the beach and declared it “independent study time.”
Everyone else immediately bolted into the sea like untethered colts, but Luarel just stood there motionless.
Like a starfish drying in the sun, she hadn’t budged an inch from the moment we arrived until now.
Lina had brought my swimsuit and thoughtfully grabbed Luarel’s as well.
Luarel, dressed in a pristine white swimsuit with frills, now crouched beneath a parasol’s shade, simply watching us.
Just like Cedric, who had declared he disliked both moving and swimming, and was now sprawled out on a mat.
“Older Brother, let’s go look after her.”
“Why? If she wanted to swim, she’d come in on her own.”
“Still. I’m the vice-class representative.”
It’s not like I’m trying to act virtuous.
And it’s not that I particularly like the crybaby sister.
But the vice-class representative had a duty to look after isolated children.
It was always that way at Bbeukkeum Bbeukkeum Orphanage. Whenever a new child arrived and stood apart alone, I as class representative would go hold their hand and walk around with them.
“Sigh, if that’s how you feel… Besides, Shu has been playing for a while now and should rest in the shade for a bit. Your legs aren’t cramping, are they?”
“Nope! I’m fine!”
Elzen scooped me up and examined me from every angle.
His beautiful face held such a tender light that I found myself gaping at him with my mouth wide open.
His slightly damp pale pink hair and long eyelashes were beaded with water droplets, and the sunlight pouring down from that distant sky made the moisture shimmer like diamonds.
How could such a beautiful person be my older brother?
He sparkles like a flower fairy.
“You’ll get seawater in your mouth.”
“Because Older Brother is so beautiful.”
“Is that so? It feels good to be complimented. But you’re far more lovely, you know?”
I didn’t know that before.
But hearing praise feels wonderful!
Delighted, I wiggled my bottom.
[The Air Spirit King, Shapasi, is delighted to find such a rare pair of siblings getting along so well.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ is showing great favor toward Elzen Fasayen.]
Crunch, crunch.
I hear the sound of Elzen’s footsteps pressing into the sand.
But not a single grain of sand stuck to my feet!
That’s because Elzen washed me thoroughly in the sea earlier and carried me out in his arms.
“Here, will you stay here for a moment? Next to Teacher Cedric.”
“Yes.”
“Good. And Luarel, are you afraid of swimming?”
Elzen’s tone of voice differed when speaking to me versus when speaking to Luarel.
Both were equally kind, yet there seemed to be no sincerity behind it—a certain detachment, one might say.
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ whispers.]
[He simply draws a line at treating her with courtesy, nothing more than that.]
Ah, I see!
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ speaks.]
[Learn that aspect of Elzen well. You’ll need it when you enter society as you grow.]
Yes!
“Oh my, our precious little blessing has arrived.”
Upon seeing me, Teacher Cedric sprang to his feet and began drying my hair with a towel.
I sat quietly and listened to my sister and brother’s conversation.
“Once you get in, it’s nothing. Let’s swim together. I’ll hold your hand.”
“I, I… d-don’t like it. The sea, I’m s-scared.”
“I don’t understand. Even four-year-old Superti does it.”
Elzen wrinkled the bridge of his nose.
Luarel averted her gaze this way and that, mumbling.
“B-but that’s Superti. She hasn’t had anything s-scary happen to her in the sea.”
“Didn’t you say at first that the only thing you remembered was your own name?”
“…”
“And now you’re saying the sea frightens you. It’s as if you have other memories.”
Luarel lowered her head and eventually buried her face between her knees.
Elzen stood with his arm resting against the parasol, his gaze sweeping over Luarel from head to toe.
“Why, are you about to cry again? You cried so much earlier—you must be exhausted. Enough of that.”
“No, I, I…”
Luarel whimpered as if aggrieved.
Elzen’s expression turned cold as he looked down at Luarel, and I, who had been watching blankly, suddenly raised my hand with a sparkle.
“It’s not scary at all! Actually, it’s fun. I even became a dolphin and swam!”
“…!”
I’m being serious. Why do they look so skeptical?
Tilting my head, I took the peach that Teacher Cedric offered me with both hands and bit into it with a big crunch.
The sweetness filled me, and suddenly my mind became bright, clear, and vivid!
‘Huh?’
Now that I think about it—
“Sister can breathe underwater, can’t you?”
You’re from Fasayen!

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