Chapter 250

Pfft.

What in the world kind of logic was that!

I couldn't hold back my laughter and burst out, right there. From the training ground next door, the knights' own muffled snickering broke out too, right along with mine.

"D— don't laugh, Aunt Viola! I'm being super serious right now! Do you have any idea how worried I was?"

Even as he said that, every time he bounced up and down, indignant, his round, plump cheeks jiggled along with him.

Pouring out such a serious worry while carrying cheeks that chubby wasn't exactly convincing.

I closed the distance and poked Jayden's cheek with my index finger.

My finger sank in, then got pushed right back out by the bounce of his baby fat. I could have poked it all day.

"See? It's still nice and squishy."

"...Really?"

"Yep. Incredibly squishy."

Soft enough to make it feel like a marshmallow floating…