The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 83

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【083】
Cough, cough.
At the faint but unmistakable sound, Diagon turned to look at Luarel.
“Father… I…”
“What is it?”
“My head hurts. And my throat…”
The weak cough sounded deliberately awkward, yet Diagon rose from his seat without complaint.
“Wait here a moment, Shu.”
“Yes.”
Shortly after, Diagon placed his hand on Luarel’s forehead and spoke slowly.
“You don’t have a fever. Still, I think it’s best you skip your lessons today and rest well.”
“Yes, Father.”
Father.
Each time I hear that call, my chest aches in one corner.
Not with joy, but with discomfort.
Because it’s not a title this child should be using.
Yet I could sense my Father’s gaze upon me.
‘Let her have whatever she wants. Especially, you must support her in this. That’s what he said.’
And now it was finally ripening.
Just before drawing in the widely cast net.
The tide when fish gather most abundantly had arrived.
“Father, could I… could I sleep with you tonight? I keep having nightmares. Sleeping alone frightens me…”
Luarel’s crimson eyes trembled with desperation.
If that were acting, it would be extraordinary. To make even her eyes seem so earnest.
“Very well, let us do so.”
“…!”
“I shall go to your bedroom and read to you. So you won’t have nightmares.”
Diagon tried to speak tenderly.
Though his stiff tone couldn’t be hidden, apparently it was sufficient, for Father offered no objection.
But at that moment, Superti, who had been watching, cried out in a clear voice.
“Me too!”
“Hmm?”
“Me too! I want to sleep together as well!”
This girl who had so boldly refused at first—was she now jealous?
Her adorable behavior made a smile bloom across Diagon’s face.
“Of course. Then let’s all sleep together.”
Though this was probably not what Luarel had hoped for.
* * *
“Pajamas with cherries printed on them!”
Done!
“Rabbit slippers!”
Done!
“Seal plushie!”
Done!
“I’m all set.”
I stood at the door, clutching the pink seal plushie tightly against my chest.
After exhaling sharply through my nose, I squared my shoulders and pushed the door open with determination, walking briskly down the corridor.
“Where’s Luarel’s Room?”
“It’s that way. But are you really sure about this? I’ll stay in the corridor, so if anything happens, just call out. Understood?”
“Mm-hmm!”
Lina walked me there with worry etched across her face, swallowing her sighs repeatedly.
But I absolutely had to go to Luarel’s Room.
Because—
‘It’s the perfect place to find clues.’
When Luarel said earlier that she wanted to sleep with the Admiral, Elzen caught my eye with a meaningful glance.
I picked up on it right away.
‘I’ll figure out what’s suspicious all by myself.’
“Squeak!”
‘Oh, Podong and I together!’
[The Air Spirit King ‘Shapasi’ encourages you.]
[If danger arises, that creature will protect you. Besides, Diagon will be with you, so there shouldn’t be any major problems.]
Right. I’m also trusting the Admiral to come along.
I’ll pretend to sleep, and once Luarel really falls asleep, I’ll start searching under the bed.
“Admiral!”
“Yes.”
Shortly after, I met the Admiral in front of Luarel’s Room.
But—
“Why aren’t you wearing pajamas?”
“I need to review some documents shortly.”
“Ugh.”
Wait, so the Admiral is going to leave in a bit?
That won’t do!
[The Flame Spirit King ‘■■■■■’ advises you to be brave.]
[The Luck Spirit King ‘■■■■■■’ whispers that they’ll help as much as they can.]
Right, I have the Spirit Kings with me.
There’s nothing to fear, not one bit.
“Oh, welcome. Father.”
I still dislike hearing Luarel call him Father, but I can tolerate it.
‘But if Luarel turns out to be anyone other than herself… I won’t let it slide.’
Hugging the seal plushie, I settled into position on the outer edge of the bed.
“Shu, Superti, can’t I just lie inside? I… I want to be closer to Father…”
“No way.”
If I lie on the outside, I can sneak a peek under the bed later!
I refused flatly and even shut my eyes tight.
Luarel, who had been gauging my mood, reluctantly lay down on the inner side of the bed.
“Once upon a time, long, long ago, there lived a shark and a dolphin. One day, the shark challenged the dolphin to a race all the way to the palace where the Dragon King dwells.”
The Admiral opened a storybook and began reading slowly, and I listened intently to his gentle voice.
And then… I drifted off.
‘Oh!’
Startled awake by the sound of my own snoring, I rubbed my eyes.
‘No, I can’t fall asleep.’
Yawning, I squeezed my eyes shut and counted jellyfish.
‘One jellyfish that doesn’t sleep. Two jellyfish dancing with excitement. Three sluggish jellyfish…’
How much time had passed?
I heard Luarel breathing softly beside me. I also heard the Admiral snap his book shut.
‘This is it!’
The moment the Admiral opened the door and left, I rolled my body to the side.
“Oof!”
I landed hard on my bottom, but it was fine.
I could see under the bed.
Podong appeared with a pop and rolled under the bed, and I stretched while muttering to myself.
“I need to use the bathroom.”
Luarel’s bedroom had the exact same layout as my room, so I knew where the bathroom was.
‘There doesn’t seem to be anything suspicious in the room! Except for all those cosmetics…’
I quickly slipped into the bathroom and looked around hurriedly.
[The Luck Spirit King ‘■■■■■■’ whispers that if it were them, they’d check above your head.]
Above my head?
I was lifting my head as high as I could when Podong appeared with another pop.
Then they shook their head side to side, which probably meant they hadn’t found anything.
‘Then should we investigate our ceiling?!’
Now that I’ve said it, I feel incredibly proud.
I’m like a cool little detective.
Podong flew up with their small wings and rammed the ceiling with all their might.
I worried it might hurt, but thinking about it, Podong is wind, so they couldn’t possibly feel pain!
“Thwack!”
“Huh?”
“Thwack-thwack-thwack!”
“…!”
Bouncing this way and that way.
Bouncing all over the place.
Podong is going crazy!
Worried that I might wake Luarel, I pressed my index finger to my lips and whispered urgently, “Shh!”
But that was when it happened.
“What are you doing in there?”
A voice called from outside the bathroom door.
An inexplicable chill ran down my spine, and I hurried to respond.
“Wait a moment!”
“Can I come in?”
“No! I’m still—I’m embarrassed!”
Is there really nothing here?
Then I should just leave.
But the Luck Spirit King wouldn’t have said something without reason—
I stood on my tiptoes to turn on the sink faucet and was bouncing nervously when Podong appeared with something clamped in his mouth from in front of the door.
‘These are… glasses, aren’t they?’
When I looked up sharply, I noticed a gap had opened in the ceiling.
Podong retrieved something else from there, this time a faded green ribbon.
‘I feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before.’
These round glasses look like Daisy’s.
This green ribbon… it looks like it belongs to the cleaning Maid, Austin Aunt.
But why are these here?
“Nothing’s wrong, is it? I’m coming in.”
Knock knock.
Knock knock knock knock.
Knock knock knock knock knock!
Luarel pounded on the door rapidly, then tried to force it open!
‘Thank goodness I locked it!’
Click click. Click click.
Click. Click. Click click!
Click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click!
‘Oh no! Why is she doing this!’
Podong, quickly hide the evidence again.
And fix the ceiling too!
I had a terrible feeling that if she discovered I’d seen this, something awful would happen.
Whoooosh.
I deliberately flushed the toilet with a flourish, then opened the door with the most innocent expression I could muster.
“What! I wasn’t done yet!”
“…”
“I’m going to my room to sleep.”
“Really?”
In the darkness, magenta eyes gleamed.
A chill crept down the back of my neck for no reason, but I made sure not to forget my seal plushie either.
Meanwhile, Luarel examined the interior of the bathroom with keen attention.
“I’m going?”
I called out deliberately loud and reached for the doorknob.
“Wait.”
But Luarel rushed over and swatted my hand away from the knob.

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