The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 94

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【094】
Will I be able to remember all of this and tell Father about it?
I really should.
It’s the story about Mother that Father has been so desperate to know.
[The previous Water Spirit King had vanished at just the right moment, and the spirits who loved Mother so dearly made her their new Spirit King. There was no human with greater spirit affinity than Mother.]
“So that’s how we were able to meet again….”
What a relief.
I wiggled my fingers, then soon found my toes curling and uncurling as well.
Memories from that other world seep into me like water mist.
The precious moments I’d built alone with Mother in that place bubbled up so abundantly that the memories of ‘Shu’ and ‘Luarel’ had somehow merged into one.
So I could call her ‘Mother’—
‘How embarrassing!’
Yet when we meet like this, I desperately want to call her that.
A longing I’d forgotten comes knocking at my heart, and I bit my lip nervously, watching for her reaction.
[Shu eats so much not only because she takes after Mother, but also because Shu’s true age should be nine years old.]
“Ah, I see…!”
[Since Mother is caring for Shu, it makes sense that she needs a lot of energy.]
I understand now.
My appetite for food—I inherited that from Mother!
Feeling oddly proud, I shrugged my shoulders and let out a small laugh.
[The reason Shu kept thinking she would leave, that she had to leave, was probably because… these memories of crossing dimensions themselves were subtly influencing her subconscious. That constant feeling of needing to return somewhere.]
Mother’s hands in my memories were warm, but now they were cold.
Yet I didn’t dislike it at all.
I rubbed my cheek against Mother’s hand and smiled.
Just as I had smiled brightly once before, in front of Mother when she was hospitalized.
“It’s okay, Mother. I know this place is my home.”
[Really? You truly are my daughter. So clever, too.]
“Yes! The Admiral is Father, and the Water Spirit King is Mother. I understand everything now.”
So Fasayen is where I truly belong.
I won’t leave anymore.
[Then, my little one, it’s time to open your eyes now. When your consciousness returns, will you call out Mother’s name loudly for me?]
Those words seemed to drift from a distant, fading place.
I linked my pinky finger with Mother as she dissolved into bubbles and disappeared, making a promise.
When I return to Father, I’ll call out for Mother.
‘So that Father can meet Mother.’
A moment later.
I opened my eyes in a familiar place.
Filling my entire vision, the glittering letters of Upiros appeared.
[Congratulations, Child Participant! You have completed the Quest!]
At the same time, a scoreboard materialized, and two brilliant gold stars stamped themselves across it with resounding thuds.
[You have achieved the 【Project: Get Closer to Dad ver.3】 stamp. Now, this isn’t the end, is it? (°◡°♡).:｡]
Huh? It’s not the end?
[Spirit Kings’ Alliance Quest! 【Cannot Call Luarel by Luarel】 has been achieved!]
Thud! Thud!
Two more stamps were pressed onto the grape board.
Six stamps had lost their light.
Four new stamps gleamed brightly.
‘Gasp! Ten stamps! I’ve filled the entire grape board!’
But why?
Upiros explained to my bewildered self.
[This Quest had a dual meaning! You receive a stamp for revealing the fake Luarel’s identity, but you also receive a stamp for revealing the real Luarel’s identity! (~˘▾˘)~♫•*¨*•.¸¸♪]
Good heavens, so that’s how it was!
I was so delighted that I wiggled my bottom slightly. Then I jumped to my feet and called out to Lina in a loud voice.
“Lina!”
“Superti?”
But the voice that returned was not Lina’s.
“Dad…?”
“…You’re finally calling me Dad.”
A voice heavy with emotion lingered in my ears.
This was my room, yet Father, Mikard, and Elzen were all here.
‘Everyone except Lina.’
Where was Lina?
“Your Maid is safe for now. For petrification at that level to be undone, Cecilia herself must intervene.”
“…”
“Only one of Cecilia’s hair snakes can produce the antidote to reverse petrification. I will obtain it by any means necessary.”
Ah, that’s right.
‘Lina had turned to stone.’
As soon as the memory returned, tears threatened to spill, but I barely held them back.
Because I still had unused stamps.
‘And I don’t even know Mother’s name yet.’
If I guess the Spirit King’s name correctly, I’ll receive one more stamp.
‘That means I have five unused stamps.’
I’m certain I can save Lina with those somehow.
Even if Aunt Cecilia refuses to give me the antidote, I’ll find another way. I absolutely will.
I wiped my eyes briskly and nodded as cheerfully as I could.
[Since you have filled the grape board completely, I will grant you a reward. Which Spirit King would you like to contract with?]
Then Upiros spoke to me once more.
[Currently available Spirit Kings ▶ Water/Flame/Earth/Emotion/Fortune/Chaos]
[You may only choose from the Spirit Kings currently watching the Childcare Variety Show.]
‘Before I choose, I have something to say. I know the Water Spirit King’s name.’
Mother told me to shout loudly.
To do so, I drew in a sharp breath and opened my mouth.
Crash!!
The entire mansion shook violently, as though an earthquake had struck.
Startled like a rabbit, I bounced and grabbed the bed railing, and at that moment, Mikard furrowed his brow and lifted his head.
“Father, isn’t that coming from Grandfather’s Study?”
“It’s nothing to worry about, but I suppose I should check. Once I go up, it seems the situation will resolve itself.”
I quietly rose and quickly grasped Father’s jacket sleeve.
“I want to go too.”
“Stay in a safe place, Shu. You’ve already been through such a terrible ordeal. Besides, last time you remained unconscious for a long while after the Spirit King’s manifestation, but this time you’ve awakened early… there’s no telling what complications might arise.”
“No, I want to go too.”
Because—
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ says you should follow along.]
[The Emotion Spirit King ‘■■■’ says they sense painful feelings.]
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ whispers that someone seems to need comfort.]
All the Spirit Kings are telling me this.
“So you’ll follow if I leave you behind.”
Father, who had been watching me intently, soon extended his arm.
Nestled snugly against him, I rested my cheek against his solid shoulder and read and reread the glimmering text the Water Spirit King was sending me.
I need to reunite Mother with us soon.
With that resolve.
* * *
Long before Superti awakened.
Around the time the monster Luarel and Superti were facing off.
Galiazard, who had pretended to collapse from poison but actually fallen asleep, lifted his head sharply at the sensation of fingers poking his shoulder.
“Wake up now, sir.”
“Hmm, how was my acting, Cedric?”
“Pathetically terrible, sir.”
“Tch.”
The poison the fake Luarel had given him.
That was actually something Galiazard had prepared himself.
He had prepared something bearing Belarion’s seal and placed a bead-like poison and a note inside it.
He had even invited her to create an environment conducive to administering it.
He wasn’t sure why she had arrived earlier than expected, but in any case, the result was satisfactory.
“Please stop consuming poison as a hobby, sir. It’s bad for your health.”
“Don’t you wish for my swift demise? That way I’d finally retire.”
“That said… you’re not going to die anyway, are you?”
Galiazard wiped the corners of his mouth with the handkerchief Cedric offered, then rang a bell to summon a servant.
The servant, having been briefed on everything beforehand, showed no sign of surprise whatsoever.
“Cedric is right, sir. Please stop consuming poison. No matter how quickly such toxins are broken down in your body.”
“Sigh, all of them—this one and that one—they’ve all become nothing but nags.”
Paul, the servant who had walked beside Galiazard through the long years, was in a position to offer such counsel.
It meant he had earned the right to speak his mind.
Soon after, Galiazard cleansed his palate with the fragrant tea Paul had prepared and exhaled deeply.
“Everyone in this mansion knows I’ve collapsed.”
“Yes. Paul made quite a commotion. So many people gathered that I had to manage the situation myself.”
“Well done. But Diagon—that boy hasn’t even come to see me. Tsk. I must have raised my son poorly.”
Cedric shrugged at Galiazard’s grumbling.
“He already knows it’s all a show. Why would he come?”
“No filial piety, none at all.”
Yet Galiazard wasn’t truly upset.
How many events had he witnessed in his long life?
An incident of this scale was merely entertainment in his twilight years.
It could inflict no wound upon his spirit or body.
“Well then, let us eagerly await what unfolds next.”
“Quite the character indeed….”
Cedric, muttering to himself, pushed open the secret door installed in the study and departed first. Paul followed after him.
The room fell silent, left to itself.
Not long after, a sound like a serpent’s scales brushing against marble echoed from beyond the door.

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