When Axion saw the eyes staring at a seven-year-old girl like he was going to kill her, he wrinkled his brow.
“Ah!”
Before long, the Marquis pushed Lilith aside.
“Lilith!”
Cheshire was surprised.
‘Is he crazy?’
Axion quickly grabbed Lilith as she stumbled and almost fell.
He bewildered. With what kind of spirit did he treat the gold branch and jade leaf of the Duke family like this? (t/n 금지옥엽 Gold branch and jade leaf, which means a precious and priceless child.)
‘Ah.’
However, Axion soon realized the reason and snorted.
He must have heard the rumors of Lilith, a Grade 4 Octava.
No matter how scared Enoch is—.
‘You’re already thinking of taking advantage of your child.’
Cheshire is Dos of the younger generation.
A person of unprecedented ability who is expected to grow as much as Enoch Rubinstein.
If Cheshire becomes the head of the family, the status of the Marquis of Onyx will be enormous.
.
It takes only a moment for the game of power to change.
“Son.”
The Marquis put a hand on Chesier’s head.
However,
Tak—!
Cheshire’s touch was fierce.
“I’m not going.”
The Marquis’ eyes, which had stopped, became strange.
“Don’t come back again.”
“….
Despite the cold rejection, the Marquis didn’t seem embarrassed.
He just stared at Cheshire and smiled again.
“You must be very hurt because your father came too late.”
The Marquis sighed as he spoke.
It wasn’t even a funny show.
“I’ll be back soon.”
The Marquis put his hat on while holding his cane straight and turned around.
“See you then with a smile.”
Everyone was speechless when they saw the back of the Marquis leaving.
“Uwaaaaa.”
“….”
“….”
The place where the Marquis left.
Axion hugged Lilith as she cried and then looked at Cheshire.
Eleven years old.
Still a young age.
Confusion and anger.
The child trembled for a long time with a face mixed with indescribable emotions.
* * *
“Uwaaaaa.”
I was stretched out like melted ice cream on a chair in the study room.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Waa, Master!”
Oscar’s face suddenly came into view.
I jumped up.
“I thought you abandoned me!”
Oscar blankly blinked her eyes, then laughed.
“…Me?”
“Yes! Master didn’t come!”
“No need to worry. I’ve been busy.”
“I will study hard!”
“Oh! really? So, are you doing a function today?”
Oscar giggled and sat down next to me.
Excitedly, I picked up the pen.
“Yes! I can start with the trigonometric function!”
“Wow. You have no intention of hiding it anymore.”
“Hmm. Then just start with the first function….”
Oscar, who opened the book with a smile, chinned the scissors on the desk.
“What is that?”
“Ah. I want to cut my hair.”
I picked up the scissors and shyly handed them to Oscar.
“Can you do it for me?”
“….”
Oscar, who had been looking at me for a long time with his eyes getting deeper for some reason, took the scissors.
“Look at me and sit down.”
“Ahaha.”
As we sat across from each other, Oscar placed his hand under my bangs and began to cut it.
“Close your eyes. Because it can go in.”
“Yes~”
I quietly closed my eyes.
There was a sound of hair being cut.
“Octava?”
“Ah, yes~. That’s what happened.”
“That’s bold.”
“No, but.”
I opened my eyes.
“I was really surprised. That magic tool that measures the amount of mana—”
“Why are you surprised?”
“Looking at how it came up if you have no mana, then you are powerless people, right? I almost got caught.”
Mana formal, a magic tool that measures the amount of mana of a person with power made in the Magic Tower.
Oscar would have known I would be caught as the Primera if I went there.
Then I will have an unavoidable death.
“Master, you said you would take me to the Wizard Tower confidently, didn’t you? If you get caught there anyway, it’s over, right?”
“Hey, I thought if you had a head, you would manipulate mana formal on your own.”
Oscar said, putting my cut-off hair on the table.
“I was going to take you to the Wizard Tower if Dos popped up.”
“Aha?”
“But what’s with Octava? How hard it is to live in that class in this crappy country.”
Oscar frowned.
“Again, how suspicious is it? Enoch Rubinstein’s daughter is Octava?”
“That’s true, but I couldn’t help it.”
“I know that. But really, you will have a hard time living in the future.”
“I’m okay. Now, the Emperor doesn’t have to think about Dad anymore.”
“….”
Oscar stared at me and said.
“If I asked you to die instead of your father, would you die?”
“Yes, well.”
Oscar opened his mouth when I said it without hesitation.
He grabbed my nose.
“Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!”
“What hurts! Look forward again and sit down. Cut your hair on the side.”
“It hurts…”
I rubbed my nose and sat down.
I looked at my face with the hand mirror I brought with scissors, and my bangs were cut quite neatly.
“Oh, you’re good even if you don’t use magic. How did you cut it?”
It’s almost like a hairdresser.
“I’ve cut a lot.”
“Yes?”
I looked back out of curiosity, but Oscar didn’t answer and just smiled.
“Don’t move your head. Look forward again.”
“Yes~.”
“But what are you doing? Why was it stretched out like a dried squid?”
“Yes~.”
“Now, the back of the head.”
I wiggled my hips and showed my back to Oscar.
“You know Cheshire.”
“Yeah.”
“Cheshire’s Dad came to pick him up. He’s taking Cheshire back.”
“Ah, that kid is Dos.”
“Yes.”
“So? Does the thought of parting ways with him hurt your heart?”
“No, we don’t have to part ways. Dad said he will adopt Cheshire as his son.”
“Then what’s wrong?”
“Haaa.”
“It’s done. Look.”
This time, Oscar smiled proudly as he grabbed my legs and turned me around.
“It’s pretty.”
“Haa.”
“Why are you sighing?”
“I have a big problem.”
“What’s the matter?”
“When Cheshire becomes Dad’s son, Cheshire and I become siblings, right?”
“So?”
I sighed again and grabbed the pen on the desk.
“Master asked me before….”
“I? What did I ask?”
“This.”
On the white paper, I drew a heart shape.
Blinking. Oscar, who was watching it, said, “Huh?” and then looked at me dumbfounded.
“Hmm.”
Actually, Oscar was the only person I could openly share my worries with.
I got sullen and confessed.
“Actually, I am. I, s, stop… M, my heart was beating to him…”