“Yes. Of course. Not only is he learning to write quickly, but he also has a great interest in history, society, and economics. Even while our twins are drooling and sleeping next to him, his eyes are always glowing.”

Imagining Lucy and Lloyd drooling in their sleep, they were so lovely and cute. And picturing Kian, who would be studying with a clever look in his eyes, was too amazing for a sevenyearold.

Oh, protagonist, how much more amazing are you going to be?

Laidox, as if proud of his own child, took a proud sip of his tea.

“Truly, the prince seems to be a born monarch.”

That person will become your soninlaw in the future.

Anyway, the relationship between Laidox and Kian seemed to be going well, like in the original work. If Laidox raises and educates Kian well, and when Kian ascends the throne, and becomes the national treasure of this country, then everything will be perfect.

By then, will Sicar also be a king’s fatherinlaw?

Such a goodlooking soninlaw and fatherinlaw.

Laidox, who had been smiling brightly, suddenly looked gloomy as if something came to mind.

“But, there is one thing that bothers me.”

“What bothers you?”

“Sometimes… the prince’s expression is very dark.”

It’s because of Bali. I remembered Kian’s dream a while ago, he was struggling with guilt. Thinking about how much his young heart would have been hurt, my heart ached too.

“It seems that the shadow will not disappear from Kian’s face until we find Bali’s body. But since the duke is looking for Bali’s body, don’t lose heart and please take care of Kian so he can grow up splendidly.”

“Of course. Though it pains me to see him, I will not waver and will educate and take good care of him.”

“I can’t tell you how reassured I am to have the Duke helping.”

“Actually, I didn’t want to get involved with the Duke no matter what happened.”

That’s right. They were like enemies.

“But, that day when Jermi came to the Duke’s house. He said something. That I would become the prince’s tutor.”

What are you talking about? Could Jermi see the future? Did he get a crystal ball that could see the future?

“Is that really true?”

“Yes. Jermi said that day, it would be good for the future of this kingdom if I became the prince’s tutor. It was surprising because he had never said anything like that before.”

I had a feeling that Jermi knew a bit about the contents of the original work. Maybe Jermi was already predicting the future in the original work, but I just don’t remember it.

Two hours had quickly passed as we continued to talk about Laidox and Kian.

And, Lucy, who I thought would just come in with a bright smile, came in with a lost look on her face, Lloyd had a dark shadow on his face as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have. Only Kian came in, letting out a little sigh.

As soon as Lucy saw Laidox, she burst into tears and hugged him.

“Daddy!! Waaaah!!”

“What’s wrong, my princess?”

As Laidox comforted Lucy with a hug, she began to cry as if the world was ending.

“Waaah. Huuhuhu. Woooo!!”

Lucy’s crying was so loud it hurt my ears.

‘Why is she crying so pitifully all of a sudden?’

Laydocks seemed too busy pacifying Lucy to ask what was going on. So, I quietly asked Kian, who was standing relatively calmly.

“Kian. Do you know why Lucy is crying so sorrowfully?”

“Well, about that…”

It began with the children playing with marbles. But when Luid instigated a fight with Lucy, each time, a Death Knight with a hammer in hand appeared.

So, it was said that Lucy and Luid are crying like that now because they were shocked to see the Death Knight.

No wonder Sicar obediently built a playground. It was because he had set it up so that a Death Knight would appear if the kids fought.

Then I seemed to understand why Lucy cried so sorrowfully, and I seemed to understand the meaning of that satisfied expression of Sicar’s.

As if to say, ‘If anyone touches my child, they all die.’ This is a really extreme father, isn’t it? A Death Knight, of all things, to these little ones!

“Kian. So what did you do? Weren’t you surprised?”

“Um… I wasn’t that surprised.”

Well, he has been living in a snowy mountain where he sees wolves all the time, so he might not have been that surprised. And he’s the protagonist, so he’d be set not to be shocked at anything.

“It’s good that even you weren’t surprised. You’re really remarkable.”

“Yes. I wasn’t surprised, but Lucy seemed so scared that I covered her eyes.”

Kian scratched his nose a little bashfully, but in my eyes, that young protagonist couldn’t have been any cooler.

‘How can you be so cool! Kian! You are indeed the protagonist!’

No wonder the female protagonist fell for him.

I saw an aura from the protagonist, who was just seven years old.