The day of Dad’s departure.
I was out of my mind since early morning.
“Dad, what are you doing…”
This is because my Dad, who had finished putting on his full armor, was busy packing my bag without any intention of leaving immediately.
Dolls, drawing paper, colored pencils, toothbrushes…
‘Toothbrush?’
I frowned.
When I looked again, I saw that there was even a large luggage packed over there. Probably my clothes.
“Am I going to Aunt’s house?”
Dad was seriously worried about leaving me alone.
So whenever he leaves the house for more than two days, he always leaves me somewhere else…
When Uncle was in the Capital, I went to Aunt’s house the most, and I also went to Axion’s house often.
“Didn’t Aunt go somewhere else the other day?”
I was always left in the care of people who were strong enough to get Dad’s trust, but because I had nowhere else to go during this time, I decided to just stay at home.
“Mhm, not to your Aunt.”
“Then where? I’ll just stay with Grandpa. There are a lot of men with private soldiers at home… stop worrying.
“I was going to do that.”
Dad’s expression was dark.
“…Yesterday’s dream was so violent.”
“What did you dream about?”
“It was just, it wasn’t good.”
Dad put the packed bag on my side and then lifted the rug from the floor of the room.
“….?”
When did you draw this? A movement magic circle was drawn on the floor.
“Daddy, did you learn this from the Master?”
“Mhm, a long time ago. Princess, I told Grandpa, so don’t worry. Dad will take at least a week longer this time….”
“A week? Then, where do you want me to go for a week?”
I quickly looked at the part about entering coordinates into the magic circle.
I don’t know even if I look at it. Where is it?
“Dad is sorry that I did this all of a sudden”
“No, I mean, so where am I going!”
Dad didn’t even tell me the destination because he was afraid I would say I didn’t want to go.
“Daaaad! I don’t want tooooo!”
Dad caught me trying to run away, climbed into the magic circle, and poured mana into it.
The blue light stung, and for a moment I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again.
‘Where is it!’
The floor was full of books and papers with no space to step on.
A dark room with curtains drawn tightly to prevent even a single ray of light from entering.
“….?”
I looked towards where only a scarlet table light was shining.
“…W, what is it?”
Oscar, who was sitting in front of his desk with dark circles down to his chin, opened his mouth wide.
Wow, is this for real?
Dad hugged me as I struggled and asked in a timid voice.
“Lord of the Wizard Tower, I’m sorry all of a sudden… I know this is a really shameless request, but could you please look after the child?”
“What?”
“D, Dad! This is not right!”
The pen in Oscar’s hand fell and rolled on the floor.
“Y, you crazy human…”
* * *
The top floor of the Wizard Tower.
As soon as I came in, I couldn’t help but to open my mouth.
“This is ridiculous. Am I the babysitter? Huh? Am I the babysitter!”
Far away in the kitchen, I heard Oscar grumbling.
Wearing a high-necked shirt and shorts.
Just by looking at it, it didn’t match at all with this luxurious duplex penthouse…
I swallowed hard and looked around the house again.
‘What on earth is happening here?’
The tallest building in the Capital, Wizard Tower.
Oscar’s house, which was the highest floor in the Wizard Tower, had full-length glass, so it had a panoramic view of the Capital.
Is that it?
A duplex structure with dazzling marble floors!
‘Wow, is it about 200 pyeong? Why is it so wide?’
A stylishly designed spiral staircase…
The highest quality sofa in the center of the living room…
A tall bookshelf fills one wall…
All the furniture was decorated in stylish black and white.
A modern penthouse that was truly ahead of its time!
It felt like a 21st century planet, and I felt like I was coming home.
“The more I think about it, the more absurd it is, isn’t it?”
Oscar continued to grumble while pacing in front of the island table near the kitchen.
“Isn’t he crazy to ask me to babysit his child? No, he should tell me at least a day in advance!”
“I’m sorry, Master…”
“Why are you sorry! Your father should be sorry!”
Oscar continued to babble.
“Ugh, tsk. There’s nothing to eat at home, nothing for the kids to play with, nothing! Ugh!”
When I saw it from a different perspective from the living room, the house was twice as grand.
“I didn’t know the Master had a house…”
“What? Where do I live if I don’t have a home?”
“No, I saw it earlier. There’s a bed and a desk… I thought that was the Master’s room.”
Even when I had a lucid dream, I stayed there with Oscar.
“I mostly stay there. Because I can wash, eat, and sleep. It’s annoying to go back and forth here.”
“I see. Master, I have a question…”
“What?”
Oscar kept answering as something rustled in the kitchen.
“Master, how much is your salary…?”
“All of a sudden?”
Oscar, who was tilting his head, soon realized why I was asking this question and burst into laughter.
“Do you want to hear it? If you found out, your Dad would look really poor~?”
“Yees. I just won’t listen.”
Oscar, who was still giggling, brought a small tray and placed it on the table in front of me.
Chocolate-infused cookies and warm milk.
“Oh, I came here after eating breakfast…”
“Isn’t it a snack after eating?”
“…That’s right. Thank you.”
He’s at the highest level of parenting.
I was wondering if I should skip snacks today.
Oscar sat down next to me as I quickly grabbed a cookie and ate it.
He leaned back on the sofa, tilted his head back tiredly, and muttered again, ‘Crazy human…’
Dad’s ears must be itchy.
“But Master, aren’t you going to work?”
“What are you talking about? He asked me to look after you, so how do I get to work?”
“I play well by myself. Master, you can go.”
“What do you mean? That’s enough.”
“…Aren’t you going? Then wouldn’t that be an illegal absence? Are you not going to go out for a week while watching me?”
“I give them Wizard Tower, so who’s going to say whether I go to work or not!”
That’s right. Still, my conscience pricked me a little.
He even missed work to look after me…
“Ha, tsk. What should I do? Are you reading a book?”
Oscar, who had suddenly become a nanny for a week, looked very worried.
“No way, is that the book on the Master’s bookshelf over there?”
I shook my head as I looked at his bookcase, which was full of books that seemed hard at first.
“It doesn’t look fun. I just have to draw and play.”
I took out drawing paper and colored pencils from my bag. As I was rummaging around, I also found the seashell magic tool that Oscar had given me.
‘That’s right! I should keep watching this. I almost forgot.’
When I put the seashell on the table, Oscar was impressed when he saw it.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“You gave that to that punk, right?”
This time too, that punk is Cheshire…
“Yees.”
“Ah, I knew it would be like this!”
“N, no! Listen! I didn’t give it to Cheshire in case he was in danger! I told you it’s because of Theo? Because this time, the two of them went out together to subjugate it!”
“What if it breaks? Are you going to the middle of the battlefield?”
“Ey, it won’t break. I told him to only use it in very, very, very dangerous situations, and Cheshire said it would never, ever, never break when I told him I was going.”
If, very if.
When the time comes that he really needs it, Cheshire will break the magic tool.
The reason I gave it to Cheshire instead of Theo was because he knew my identity as Primera.
‘I’ll appear out of thin air and wake him up in an environment where it’s okay to use my abilities, right?’
Because Cheshire is smart.
‘It would be best if it didn’t break.’
If this breaks, it will be the worst.
An emergency situation that can only be solved by Primera.
“Ha, I really don’t like it.”
Oscar grumbled, but he didn’t say more about whether he thought Cheshire would break this.
Then I brought a book and started reading, and I drew a picture.
Oscar occasionally asked questions.
When did I wash up?
What time do I sleep?
Did I bring my toothbrush?
Etc…
As we chatted about various things, time passed quickly.
“Ha, what are you eating for lunch again? There’s nothing at home. Do you want to go out and eat?”
“Whoa, I want to! Meat!”
“That damn meat.”
Oscar smiled and stood up.
“I’m going to change my clothes and come out…”
At that time,
Crack, the seashell magic tool on the table was broken into two.
“Ah.”
Oscar turned around in surprise,
For a moment, my mind went blank.
“…Hey.”
“M, Master.”
Oscar jumped as he thought about something and grabbed my arm tightly.
“W, wait a minute. Don’t do anything. Right now, that punk is in the middle of a battlefield.”
I couldn’t hear what Oscar was saying.
Tens of thousands of terrible thoughts came to mind along with the ringing in my ears.
That Cheshire broke the magic tool.
Then it was the worst situation.
As much as he has to take a lot of risks…
It means urgent.
“Master…”
“No, just wait. Come to your senses. Look at me.”
While I was distracted by the shattered magic tool, Oscar grabbed my cheek and forced eye contact.
“Think rationally! If you went there now…”
“I, I have to go.”
It’s definitely a situation where someone’s life or death could be different in just one minute, no, just one second.
“Hey!!!”
Oscar was shaking and screaming with bloodshot eyes, but I had no time to worry.
‘To Cheshire.’
2hours
The bracelet on my right hand glowed.
* * *
A child who disappeared before my eyes in an instant.
The arm that had lost sight of her small body fumbled in the air.
“….”
It seems like time has stopped.
Oscar froze.
“Ah…”
It was so dangerous that Cheshire had to call the child, even though he knew Lilith would have to take a lot of risks.
This is a situation that cannot be resolved without Primera.
“A, ah…”
As he had been holding a pen his entire life, a vision of chaos on a battlefield that he had never seen before unfolded clearly in his mind.
Hideous beasts…
Human corpses brutally torn apart…
And,
Meanwhile, Lilith.
As always, imagination showed scenes much crueler than reality.
“Haa, ha, ugh…”
He suddenly felt the pain of not being able to breathe.
He roughly twisted his collar.
The day of Dad’s departure.
I was out of my mind since early morning.
“Dad, what are you doing…”
This is because my Dad, who had finished putting on his full armor, was busy packing my bag without any intention of leaving immediately.
Dolls, drawing paper, colored pencils, toothbrushes…
‘Toothbrush?’
I frowned.
When I looked again, I saw that there was even a large luggage packed over there. Probably my clothes.
“Am I going to Aunt’s house?”
Dad was seriously worried about leaving me alone.
So whenever he leaves the house for more than two days, he always leaves me somewhere else…
When Uncle was in the Capital, I went to Aunt’s house the most, and I also went to Axion’s house often.
“Didn’t Aunt go somewhere else the other day?”
I was always left in the care of people who were strong enough to get Dad’s trust, but because I had nowhere else to go during this time, I decided to just stay at home.
“Mhm, not to your Aunt.”
“Then where? I’ll just stay with Grandpa. There are a lot of men with private soldiers at home… stop worrying.
“I was going to do that.”
Dad’s expression was dark.
“…Yesterday’s dream was so violent.”
“What did you dream about?”
“It was just, it wasn’t good.”
Dad put the packed bag on my side and then lifted the rug from the floor of the room.
“….?”
When did you draw this? A movement magic circle was drawn on the floor.
“Daddy, did you learn this from the Master?”
“Mhm, a long time ago. Princess, I told Grandpa, so don’t worry. Dad will take at least a week longer this time….”
“A week? Then, where do you want me to go for a week?”
I quickly looked at the part about entering coordinates into the magic circle.
I don’t know even if I look at it. Where is it?
“Dad is sorry that I did this all of a sudden”
“No, I mean, so where am I going!”
Dad didn’t even tell me the destination because he was afraid I would say I didn’t want to go.
“Daaaad! I don’t want tooooo!”
Dad caught me trying to run away, climbed into the magic circle, and poured mana into it.
The blue light stung, and for a moment I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again.
‘Where is it!’
The floor was full of books and papers with no space to step on.
A dark room with curtains drawn tightly to prevent even a single ray of light from entering.
“….?”
I looked towards where only a scarlet table light was shining.
“…W, what is it?”
Oscar, who was sitting in front of his desk with dark circles down to his chin, opened his mouth wide.
Wow, is this for real?
Dad hugged me as I struggled and asked in a timid voice.
“Lord of the Wizard Tower, I’m sorry all of a sudden… I know this is a really shameless request, but could you please look after the child?”
“What?”
“D, Dad! This is not right!”
The pen in Oscar’s hand fell and rolled on the floor.
“Y, you crazy human…”
* * *
The top floor of the Wizard Tower.
As soon as I came in, I couldn’t help but to open my mouth.
“This is ridiculous. Am I the babysitter? Huh? Am I the babysitter!”
Far away in the kitchen, I heard Oscar grumbling.
Wearing a high-necked shirt and shorts.
Just by looking at it, it didn’t match at all with this luxurious duplex penthouse…
I swallowed hard and looked around the house again.
‘What on earth is happening here?’
The tallest building in the Capital, Wizard Tower.
Oscar’s house, which was the highest floor in the Wizard Tower, had full-length glass, so it had a panoramic view of the Capital.
Is that it?
A duplex structure with dazzling marble floors!
‘Wow, is it about 200 pyeong? Why is it so wide?’
A stylishly designed spiral staircase…
The highest quality sofa in the center of the living room…
A tall bookshelf fills one wall…
All the furniture was decorated in stylish black and white.
A modern penthouse that was truly ahead of its time!
It felt like a 21st century planet, and I felt like I was coming home.
“The more I think about it, the more absurd it is, isn’t it?”
Oscar continued to grumble while pacing in front of the island table near the kitchen.
“Isn’t he crazy to ask me to babysit his child? No, he should tell me at least a day in advance!”
“I’m sorry, Master…”
“Why are you sorry! Your father should be sorry!”
Oscar continued to babble.
“Ugh, tsk. There’s nothing to eat at home, nothing for the kids to play with, nothing! Ugh!”
When I saw it from a different perspective from the living room, the house was twice as grand.
“I didn’t know the Master had a house…”
“What? Where do I live if I don’t have a home?”
“No, I saw it earlier. There’s a bed and a desk… I thought that was the Master’s room.”
Even when I had a lucid dream, I stayed there with Oscar.
“I mostly stay there. Because I can wash, eat, and sleep. It’s annoying to go back and forth here.”
“I see. Master, I have a question…”
“What?”
Oscar kept answering as something rustled in the kitchen.
“Master, how much is your salary…?”
“All of a sudden?”
Oscar, who was tilting his head, soon realized why I was asking this question and burst into laughter.
“Do you want to hear it? If you found out, your Dad would look really poor~?”
“Yees. I just won’t listen.”
Oscar, who was still giggling, brought a small tray and placed it on the table in front of me.
Chocolate-infused cookies and warm milk.
“Oh, I came here after eating breakfast…”
“Isn’t it a snack after eating?”
“…That’s right. Thank you.”
He’s at the highest level of parenting.
I was wondering if I should skip snacks today.
Oscar sat down next to me as I quickly grabbed a cookie and ate it.
He leaned back on the sofa, tilted his head back tiredly, and muttered again, ‘Crazy human…’
Dad’s ears must be itchy.
“But Master, aren’t you going to work?”
“What are you talking about? He asked me to look after you, so how do I get to work?”
“I play well by myself. Master, you can go.”
“What do you mean? That’s enough.”
“…Aren’t you going? Then wouldn’t that be an illegal absence? Are you not going to go out for a week while watching me?”
“I give them Wizard Tower, so who’s going to say whether I go to work or not!”
That’s right. Still, my conscience pricked me a little.
He even missed work to look after me…
“Ha, tsk. What should I do? Are you reading a book?”
Oscar, who had suddenly become a nanny for a week, looked very worried.
“No way, is that the book on the Master’s bookshelf over there?”
I shook my head as I looked at his bookcase, which was full of books that seemed hard at first.
“It doesn’t look fun. I just have to draw and play.”
I took out drawing paper and colored pencils from my bag. As I was rummaging around, I also found the seashell magic tool that Oscar had given me.
‘That’s right! I should keep watching this. I almost forgot.’
When I put the seashell on the table, Oscar was impressed when he saw it.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“You gave that to that punk, right?”
This time too, that punk is Cheshire…
“Yees.”
“Ah, I knew it would be like this!”
“N, no! Listen! I didn’t give it to Cheshire in case he was in danger! I told you it’s because of Theo? Because this time, the two of them went out together to subjugate it!”
“What if it breaks? Are you going to the middle of the battlefield?”
“Ey, it won’t break. I told him to only use it in very, very, very dangerous situations, and Cheshire said it would never, ever, never break when I told him I was going.”
If, very if.
When the time comes that he really needs it, Cheshire will break the magic tool.
The reason I gave it to Cheshire instead of Theo was because he knew my identity as Primera.
‘I’ll appear out of thin air and wake him up in an environment where it’s okay to use my abilities, right?’
Because Cheshire is smart.
‘It would be best if it didn’t break.’
If this breaks, it will be the worst.
An emergency situation that can only be solved by Primera.
“Ha, I really don’t like it.”
Oscar grumbled, but he didn’t say more about whether he thought Cheshire would break this.
Then I brought a book and started reading, and I drew a picture.
Oscar occasionally asked questions.
When did I wash up?
What time do I sleep?
Did I bring my toothbrush?
Etc…
As we chatted about various things, time passed quickly.
“Ha, what are you eating for lunch again? There’s nothing at home. Do you want to go out and eat?”
“Whoa, I want to! Meat!”
“That damn meat.”
Oscar smiled and stood up.
“I’m going to change my clothes and come out…”
At that time,
Crack, the seashell magic tool on the table was broken into two.
“Ah.”
Oscar turned around in surprise,
For a moment, my mind went blank.
“…Hey.”
“M, Master.”
Oscar jumped as he thought about something and grabbed my arm tightly.
“W, wait a minute. Don’t do anything. Right now, that punk is in the middle of a battlefield.”
I couldn’t hear what Oscar was saying.
Tens of thousands of terrible thoughts came to mind along with the ringing in my ears.
That Cheshire broke the magic tool.
Then it was the worst situation.
As much as he has to take a lot of risks…
It means urgent.
“Master…”
“No, just wait. Come to your senses. Look at me.”
While I was distracted by the shattered magic tool, Oscar grabbed my cheek and forced eye contact.
“Think rationally! If you went there now…”
“I, I have to go.”
It’s definitely a situation where someone’s life or death could be different in just one minute, no, just one second.
“Hey!!!”
Oscar was shaking and screaming with bloodshot eyes, but I had no time to worry.
‘To Cheshire.’
2hours
The bracelet on my right hand glowed.
* * *
A child who disappeared before my eyes in an instant.
The arm that had lost sight of her small body fumbled in the air.
“….”
It seems like time has stopped.
Oscar froze.
“Ah…”
It was so dangerous that Cheshire had to call the child, even though he knew Lilith would have to take a lot of risks.
This is a situation that cannot be resolved without Primera.
“A, ah…”
As he had been holding a pen his entire life, a vision of chaos on a battlefield that he had never seen before unfolded clearly in his mind.
Hideous beasts…
Human corpses brutally torn apart…
And,
Meanwhile, Lilith.
As always, imagination showed scenes much crueler than reality.
“Haa, ha, ugh…”
He suddenly felt the pain of not being able to breathe.
He roughly twisted his collar.
