Chapter 17

Chapter 17

TL-Mechatronic

He had a pretty bad way of talking, but he’s still cute, so I’ll have to persuade him well from now on. Above all else, Leoni’s nutritional health will deteriorate if he continues to eat like that.

Although it was unintentional, Luciel knew more than anyone else that it was important to eat evenly.

Luciel was as small as a little girl and skinny as bones in adulthood. Due to poor nutrition, she was like a dried branch. Luciel’s later failure to make proper jewelry may have been because she couldn’t eat properly.

Leoni is of Bellstein’s bloodline, so he must have a lot of natural magic. He had to eat enough nutrients evenly to develop the basic stamina to handle magic, In addition, using magic at a young age was a physically demanding task.

While Luciel was immersed in thoughts about Leoni’s work, the dessert to decorate the end of the dinner came out.

Fresh peach sorbet and crunchy walnut pie were placed one by one. It was a mouth-watering menu, With gratitude, Luciel ate the walnut pie and then ate the peach sorbet.

It was lovely to see her eat food with all her heart without missing a single crumb. On the other hand, this time Leoni scraped the walnuts with a fork.

Gillard, who saw it, said as if it were a pity.

“Oh, dear. Leoni. You don’t want walnuts either?

“…Yes, it looks weird.”

Then Luciel took something of hers out of her pocket and showed it to Leoni. Round, red candy in transparent packaging.

“If you eat walnuts, I’ll give you this.”

It was the strawberry flavored candy that Luciel gave, him last time. In fact, he ordered Sasha to bring him the same thing, but it didn’t taste as good as what Luciel gave him. Even that was confiscated, saying that eating too much would cause tooth decay.

As Leoni, who knew the taste of the devil, he had no other choice. Luciel, knowing this, changed her words,

“You don’t want it? I’ll give it to grandfather then.”

In a hurry, Leoni carefully picked up a piece of walnut he had chosen and ate it.

“You have to eat it all.”

Luciel pointed to the remaining walnuts on the plate. As Leoni inflated his cheeks, he put the remaining walnuts on a spoon and began to eat them all. The chewy texture was not bad, and as he ate it, it tasted savory.

“How about it, does it taste good?”

“…Not bad.”

Gillard’s eyes widened as he watched it, and his laughter burst out.

“Heh heh, Leoni doesn’t listen to the teachers, but he listens to Luciel.”

“… The manners teacher should be cut off.”

Even though the Duke said so in vain, he thought Luciel’s trick was amazing.

Having emptied his plate, Luciel rummaged through her bag again and pulled out a white piece of paper. She scribbled something, and then started to fold the paper as she wiggled her hands like a maple leaf.

What was finally completed was a tulip-shaped flower.

I learned over my shoulders when I saw my sister folding it to me. The Duke noticed it and asked.

“What are you doing?”

Luciel, who was embarrassed for a moment, said while blushing cheeks.

“All of the food is delicious, so I’m going to give it to the person who made it. As a token of gratitude.”

Then the Duke, who was holding his chin, turned his glass, drank the remaining red wine, and said.

“…Then what about mine?”

From the next day, Luciel became Leoni’s dining mate in earnest. There was no way that Leoni would come to eat first, so Luciel knocked on his door first.

“Let’s eat.”

However, he could not be obedient. Leoni turned his head as if ignoring Luciel and focused on the wagon

toy.

“I’m not going to eat. I will play.”

“Let’s eat and then play together.”

“I don’t want to.” Luciel took out a strawberry candy from the carrot bag and shook it. Leoni’s eyes twinkled.

“From now on, if you eat well with sister, I’ll give you one a day.”

“Ugh, I can’t help it.”

At first, he was often rebellious, but after a few days, Leoni also began to eat the food he had refused. The candy operation worked, but it was praise that worked more than that.

“…You can eat beans well now? So cool.”

At Luciel’s compliment, Leoni pretended not to do so, but his dimples exploded.

“Look. I also eat paprika well.”

“Yes, that’s amazing.”

There was also the cooperation of the chef. Thanks to the decoration of the food in animal shapes such as elephant and lion shapes, it was able to naturally attract Leoni’s interest. Luciel felt proud as Leoni was gradually becoming aware of the joy of eating the food. Now, he was the first to visit Luciel’s room.

“Sister Luci, let’s eat.”

When Leoni with two twinkling eyes like pomegranate eggs calmly brought a lunch box and said so, I felt a little touched for some reason. Luciel smiled and corrected the child’s bird’s pronunciation

“Not Luci, but Luciel.”

“Lussie.”

Leoni couldn’t pronounce Luciel’s name properly because he had lost two of his front teeth. But something like,

‘Cut it off.

“I hate you.’

It was a great improvement compared to the past, as the number of harsh words that were carelessly said to Luciel decreased. It was such a big change that the Duke and Gillard, as well as the teachers and maids who were in charge of Leoni, were all surprised and stunned.

“Hmm. Does a child know a child’s heart better? It would be quicker to train Luciel properly so that she can teach Leoni.”

Of course, the Duke’s evaluation of Luciel went up even more.

It was on the way back to her room after spending time with Leoni like any other day. Luciel, who found Gillard standing in the hallway in front of her door with his back turned to the corridor, exclaimed with pleasure.

“Oh, Grandfather!”

Byon, byon, byon.

As soon as he saw Luciel running towards him, Gillard held the child in a flash with a smile that he had been hiding.

“Oh, it’s Luciel.”

Gillard belatedly realized that it was a little awkward reaction because it was Luciel’s own room.

“Are you waiting for me?”

He was speechless for a moment, but then nodded his head.

“Actually, I have something to show you, Luciel.”

Gillard hugged Luciel up and opened the door to the room next to the child’s bedroom. Luciel’s eyes went round at what was inside.

Then he laid Luciel down on the soft carpet. Luciel’s crimson eyes were sparkling.

The whole room was full of socks.

Socks were also hung on a tree made of woven socks, and colorful dolls made of socks were placed on the floor. There was also a cute horse that Luciel could ride and play with. It wasn’t just that. There were cushions and sofas made of socks, and gift boxes full of socks.

“This…… It’s socks.”

“Yes, I heard you like socks, so I decorated your playroom. Come on in.”

For a moment, Luciel wondered if it was a dream. Although she had the soul of an adult, it seemed that the innocence of her childhood remained within Luciel.

When I saw the cozy and soft socks, I burst into laughter.

It was truly an unexpected gift. Gillard’s warm heart was filled with it. Luciel looked back at the old, gentleman with a touched heart. “Grandfather!”

Without a word, she hugged Gillard’s arms.

“Do you like it?”

Luciel, who nodded deeply, replied.

“I will wear these socks for the rest of my life.”

“Haha, is that so? By the way, Luciel, call me Grandpa, not Grandfather.” (TL: So…until this chapter, she was using a more formal word, but I just found it out. Anyway, just think that they have become closer.)

“Ah……”

Luciel blinked her eyes for a moment at Gillard words, gently stroking her tiny head.

“…… Gran-Grandpa.”

He mumbled with a moved face when Luciel called him in a friendly name.

“Aww, you are so cute.”

He lightly pinched Luciel’s soft, squish cheeks.

It was then.

A shadow that was giving off a dark aura from behind disappeared. No one was there when both, who felt somewhat cold, turned around.

The Duke recalled Luciel’s expression a moment ago. She looked moved as if she had never received such a precious and good thing in the world. Her big eyes were full of joy, as if she was about to shed tears at any moment. The reaction was different from when he gave the clothing store, and he felt a sense of emptiness.

He was astonished at heart. “Is it possible that I feel disappointed?”

It was a very strange and heterogeneous feeling for the Duke because he had never expected anything from others or met other expectations.

“…I don’t know.”

When he acknowledged his disappointment, other emotions also raised their tails.

To me, she still calls me the Duke, a title with a sense of distance, but to my father, Gillard, she calls him by a friendly and cute title of grandpa.

After all, he is not the only one who wants a daughterin-law who is like a real daughter.

Louis Bead rubbed his chin.

I can’t stand still like this. I’ll have to find something comparable to socks.

“…I’ll have to think about whether she likes gloves. No Maybe flowers will do the right job?”

Unlike boys, a girl was very delicate and special. No, it’s not just because she’s a girl, it’s because Luciel is special.

As he entered the office, the Duke’s mouth was slightly dry.

Inside the office, Deputy Ellington was waiting for him with documents. Normally, he would have left it behind, but Ellington looked like he had something to say.

“Here’s the payment form.”

“You are quick to state your purpose.”

The Duke returned to his seat, sat down and opened the documents. It was a new business plan that had been passed on from the vassals.

Ellington took a deep breath and said,

“I would like to visit Ivnak.”

At the unexpected request, the Duke took his eyes off the document and looked at his Deputy.

“What happened all of a sudden?”

“Ivnak’s economy is drying up, so I have to see what’s going on.”

Ellington’s fine green eyes trembled finely, and a tense expression was evident on his dry lips.

‘This guy always lacked control of his facial expressions.

The Duke leaned further on his chair and watched his deputy.

“Would you like to see how much more dog-like the Guild of Baluk has made the village? Say it, Ellington, The real reason.”

“Sir, there is no such thing…”

“Tell me when I’m giving you the chance.”