Having decided to travel with Askan, I immediately started preparing without hesitation.

I wanted to choose a destination that Askan would like, but it was difficult for him to pick a destination since he had been trapped in the laboratory all his life.

Having no other choice, I selected the most rumored spot for relaxation among the places where the Brellof family’s villa was located.

There was a beach in front, and a forest in the back. It was a place where people were scarce, which made it perfect for a quiet rest, and everyone unanimously praised the beautiful surrounding landscape.

As I had promised before, I planned to teach Askan to swim if the opportunity arose, and if it was cold, we planned to enjoy the hot springs in the mountains.

Imagining relaxing while looking at the natural scenery in the forest for a while made me feel good, as if all the fatigue would be gone.

The day of the planned trip arrived.

I loaded the luggage I had brought from the Brellof mansion onto the carriage in advance and was about to board when I felt strange that only Matella had come out to see me off.

“Where is my mentor?”

At my question, Matella responded with a somewhat embarrassed smile.

“He has not come out for a while since he saw the new magic stone you showed him a while ago.”

“Ah.”

It seemed that Barunen was quite shocked when he saw the new magic stone.

I hadn’t had a conversation with Barunen since then, so I didn’t know exactly what he was thinking, but his expression that day felt somehow passionate.

Not knowing what to say, I hesitated for a moment, then Matella started talking with a bright smile and a lively voice.

“Don’t worry. He must have a lot of things he wants to try since something unexpected was developed. He will appear soon after focusing on his research for a while.”

“Yes, please take care of my mentor.”

“Sure. Don’t worry about the work here, and have a good trip.”

I nodded and got into the carriage.

Matella hurriedly brought a small box from behind as if she had just remembered, and handed it to me through the window of the carriage.

“Take this with you, miss.”

“What is this?”

“I prepared it just in case.”

When I opened the box, I saw a magic engineering weapon equipped with the original magic stone.

It was a ring made with a blue water attribute magic stone.

Even without hearing the explanation, I knew what power this ring possessed. It allowed the user to freely use the power of water temporarily.

I looked at Matella with a puzzled expression.

“Why this…?”

“Lord worried about your trip, so I recommended it. It might be dangerous when you play in the water, so take it.”

By ‘Lord’, she meant Orland.

It had been slightly awkward with Orland since I hid the reason I was injured at the last academic conference. Of course, it was hard to even see Orland’s face because he was so busy.

I expected him to know that I was going on a trip, but I didn’t expect him to prepare such a gift, so my nose tingled.

‘Being a family… it’s really good.’

I didn’t know in my past life because I didn’t have a family. Living as a member of the Brellof family made me realize anew how warm and reliable the presence of a family was.

“Father really, giving such an expensive magical engineering weapon.”

Although I was often exposed to it because I was researching magic engineering, I knew very well how expensive such a ring was.

If it weren’t for Orland, no one could easily give such a generous gift.

Matella, noticing that I was moved, opened her mouth with a gentle smile.

“If he thought you needed something more, he probably would have prepared it.”

“Please tell father that I am grateful. And when I come back, I will visit him.”

I took the water magic ring out of the box and put it on my finger. I couldn’t help but smile as I looked at the ring on my finger.

I planned to buy gifts for Orland and Noksia at the destination, but I decided to choose the most expensive and best.

“Then have fun. Miss.”

At Matella’s farewell, I nodded with a smile.

“When I come back, I’ll bring gifts for the mentor and teacher Matella.”

“Oh, then I won’t refuse. Miss.”

At Matella’s playful response, I laughed even harder.

Finally, when Askan got in and closed the carriage door, the carriage took off as if it had been waiting.

I waved my hand at Matella and Jerin visible through the window. There were no need to bring maids from here as there were employees managing the villa where we were going.

Instead, it was a more considerate action to leave me here so that Jelin and other maids could rest while I was gone.

When I turned my head absentmindedly, I saw Askan looking at me.

Because he hated the noise, he set off with the bare minimum number of people, so it was only Askan and I in the spacious carriage.

“Do you like it that much?”

“Of course. Traveling is always enjoyable.”

“No, I mean the ring.”

Only then did I realize what Askan was asking.