Chapter 59
Asil, with a triumphant expression, snorted, hmph.
“Pee. Piya piya?” (How about it. Isn’t Asil super smart?)
“Yeah…… But how did you get this?”
“Piyaa. Piya pi.” (Asil is a dragon that has everything. She has everything.)
In the beastman’s forest, they were scattered like stones, so Asil didn’t know that Dinar fruits didn’t exist in the human world.
“……I see. You have everything.”
Ednber quietly muttered.
Even though the matter was resolved, his gaze was more sunken than when he first saw the bill of exchange sent by the Skya Ducal House.
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Not long after that. An invitation to tea time from the Third Princess Eocaste arrived at the Erzébet Count’s residence.
The reason was that she wanted to introduce her other conversation partner to Asil, whom she had newly taken as a conversation partner.
‘Finally, I can imitate the princess human’s ferocity!’
She was so excited that her heart pounded and she couldn’t even sleep properly the night before.
After transforming into human form, Asil, with Arcian’s help, prettily adorned herself with flowers and headed to the imperial palace.
While riding in the carriage, she didn’t forget to ask Arcian for the thing she had been thinking about in the meantime.
“Asil wants to learn a magic.”
“What kind?”
When it came to magic, it was the black dragon beastman, and when it came to the black dragon beastman, it was Arcian.
Arcian, thinking he could finally hear the word daddy by showing a cool side to his daughter this time, brightened up.
However, he had no choice but to change to an expression of difficulty at the following words.
“Clone magic.”
“Clone?”
“That time when the lizard form and human form were together. Asil wants to do her original form and human form together too.”
“Hmm……. That’s the highest level magic, so it’s still too difficult for Asil.”
“But Asil can do human transformation.”
“It’s a magic much more difficult than human transformation.”
……Uh oh, that won’t do?
As she stiffened in surprise, Arcian said proudly.
“It’s something even Briana can’t do, moving two bodies at once. Among the black dragon beastmen, only prodigies! Geniuses! The top ones can do it; it’s an extremely difficult and complex magic.”
“……When can Asil do it?”
“Hmm, Daddy succeeded at the end of adolescence, so maybe Asil around then too.”
At the despairing content, Asil lost her words.
How could this be.
Adolescence was still several years away?
‘What about the promise with husband? We promised to have a meal with four people.’
While she froze upon hitting an unexpected obstacle, the carriage passed through the imperial city gates.
Since only Asil was permitted entry, Arcian escorted her only up to the front of the palace and withdrew.
‘What to do.’
A big worry had Arcian. Asil already promised she’d do it!
She was so distraught that even the anticipation of meeting the ferocious Third Princess had long since disappeared.
Asil, who looked listless to anyone who saw her, trudged to the audience chamber and paid respects to Iocaste.
“I see you, Princess.”
“Yes, wait a moment.”
For some reason so busy, Eocaste didn’t even look at her and was only checking documents.
Asil sat quietly and waited. While doing so, she thought other thoughts in her head.
‘What to do.’
Should she say she can’t go because she caught a cold?
No, then she’d say let’s do it next time.
Should she ask Daddy for help like last time? No, if she did that, he might smash husband against the wall again.
Unaware that Eocaste was watching her ever-changing expressions with amusement, Asil was deeply immersed in her own serious worries.
Then, she ended up dozing off without realizing.
“Is it for tea time or for sleeping that you came? I don’t know.”
“……!!!”
Startled by Eicaste’s voice, Asil fluttered her eyes open.
Looking at the clock, how could this be, she had slept for a whole hour!
Moreover, she had found a cushion somewhere and used it as a pillow, sleeping a sound sleep.
Asil quickly wiped her mouth.
“Asil isn’t sleeping. She closed her eyes and is thinking.”
“I saw everything from the moment you fell asleep, yet where does this audacious lie come from.”
“Asil is sleeping.”
“Since you admitted it, I’ll let it pass once.”
Holding the documents she was looking at in her hand, she sat down in front of Asil.
And she elegantly crossed her legs and continued looking at the documents.
That posture, Mommy did it a lot too. In baby form, her legs were short so she couldn’t even attempt it.
‘Asil should try doing that too.’
To not lose balance, she placed both arms on the sofa, lifted one leg and somehow crossed it over to the other side-
“Hwaang!”
Because she was unskilled at using the human body, she fell backwards just like that.
It was a bonus that Eicaste looked at her with eyes saying what are you doing.
She had intentionally watched to test what kind of appearance she would show if left alone and off guard.
Not only dozing off, but even falling backwards.
Her actions were unbearably cute.
“I can’t figure you out at all.”
Clicking her tongue, she put down the documents and stood up.
“Follow me.”
She waved off the maids following behind and stepped outside.
As Asil hurriedly chased after her, Eocaste said as if tossing it out.
“I don’t like being harsh to a child. I just hope you’re not at least a spy for the Erzébet Count.”
“Asil isn’t a potato. She’s human.”
“Spy.”
“Asil isn’t strong. She’s not a powerhouse either.”
Eocaste gave up on explaining.
It was around the time they passed the corridor and the area near the garden commonly used by the imperial family.
Asil discovered a girl who looked about the same age as Edenber digging in the ground in the garden.
Around her, gorgeously dressed young ladies were mocking the girl.
“How did an illegitimate child crawl all the way here?”
“Isn’t it obvious? It must be the grace of His Highness the Crown Prince. I’ve seen him occasionally invite illegitimate children to the palace to boost their spirits.”
“Oh my, he’s truly too kind……. Oh, she’s digging in the ground. Is she hungry and trying to pick up and eat? Last time she dug up to her ankles, I wonder how far she’ll dig this time.”
The young ladies kicked the dirt playfully. The bounced dirt scattered onto the girl’s body.
But the girl kept digging in the ground even as she got hit by the dirt.
Her focus was slightly blurred, as if she didn’t even realize what she was doing.
Then, the young lady who had been kicking the dirt most actively discovered Eocaste and greeted her.
“Oh, Third Princess Your Highness.”
“Have you gone mad? Are you causing a disturbance here right now?”
“As if. We, as conversation partners of His Highness the Crown Prince, were teaching manners to the Skya Duchess who is ruining the garden.”
“Shut up and get lost.”
Even at Eocaste’s sharp word choice, the young ladies weren’t frightened at all.
They giggled as if they had some backing and headed to the opposite side.
It was towards the Crown Prince’s garden.
In the atmosphere that had coldly sunk, Asil glared sharply at the young ladies’ backs.
‘They’re really bad humans.’
Sprinkling dirt on a friend’s body. How can they do such a wicked thing.
Just then, the Skya Duchess who had been digging stopped her actions.
She shook off her hands and stood up, her focus clear as if she had come to her senses.
The duchess was on the smaller side compared to her peers.
Asil approached her and held out the handkerchief she had.
“Use this to wipe.”
“……Thank you. You’re kind.”
The hesitating Skya Duchess roughly wiped the dirt off her hands with the handkerchief and returned it.
Then, she struck up a friendly conversation.
“I, I know the young lady. You’re the Erzébet Count’s young lady, right? I saw you at the princess’s banquet.”
“Yeah. Asil is Asilian Erzébet. Why are you digging in the ground?”
“……Um, that’s.”
“Lilibet!”
It was then that a loud shout came from behind. It was the voice of a young boy she had never heard before in her life.
Unconsciously turning that way, the approaching boy suddenly pushed Asil to the side.
“Hwaang!”
She was already awkward at walking on two legs, but her feet got tangled and she fell flat.
“Is it this kid today? The one who bullied you?”
The boy, grabbing Lilibet’s dirt-covered hand, asked sharply in a voice mixed with irritation.
He was staring at empty space as if he were a person who couldn’t see well ahead.
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By Anna 💓
