“Yes. Don’t make eye contact in vain. If we get entangled unnecessarily, it will be a headache for us.”

No one in the Brelorof family had ever extended a helping hand to Askan.

No one paid attention to Askan, a complete stranger. Even after leaving the lab, Askan was terribly alone.

‘…Ah, has it changed a bit since then?’

Suddenly, Tanashia came to mind.

For some reason, it was true that she had been unusually kind to Askan recently.

It was a time when Askan was unknowingly recalling the past for a moment.

“There! There!”

Ed grabbed Askan’s arm and pointed to the tree above.

Following the direction of Ed’s pointing finger, he saw a deliciouslooking fruit on the tree.

“Do you want to eat that?”

“Yeah!”

Askan lifted Ed lightly to let him pick the fruit himself.

As soon as his body floated in the air, Ed burst into laughter, whether he was excited or not.

Was it because they were the same age? The face of No. 1890 overlapped with Ed’s again.

“Brother, brother!”

If No. 1890 from that era was still alive, he would have been much bigger than Ed. I will never be able to see him like that again.

It wasn’t particularly that he missed No. 1890. It just seemed to be a pity for No. 1890 who had no choice but to die like that.

Tap, tap, when he turned his head at the sound of footsteps approaching here quickly, he saw Rella, Ed’s mother, running.

Rella seemed to have been worried about Ed even though she had left him with Askan for a while. Seeing her running instead of walking.

Askan quietly said as he put down Ed, who had been shiningly lifted up.

“Be good to your mom.”

“Huh?”

Ed may not understand yet, but not everyone naturally receives parental love.

Instead of explaining, Askan put his hand on Ed’s young head.

As Rella approached right in front of him, Ed first ran towards her.

“Mommy─!”

Rella hugged Ed and thanked Askan.

“Thank you for looking after our child, Askan.”

“No problem.”

“Tell me if you need my help later. I’ll help too.”

“Understood.”

“Well, we’ll go now. See you later.”

Rella held the hand of little Ed and walked somewhere.

Askan quietly watched their backs as they moved away. Even in his eyes, the sight of the two hats looked good.

‘Can I be like that?’

A relationship that receives affection and returns affection.

He wanted to meet such a person who doesn’t change according to the surrounding circumstances or benefits.

Askan chuckled without knowing it.

It was ridiculous that he was dreaming vaguely without ever receiving such affection.

Askan took his gaze away from the backs of Rella and Ed and moved towards Tanashia’s room, where he had originally intended to go.

Knock, knock, when he arrived at the door and knocked, Tanashia’s voice came from inside.

“Come in.”

After getting permission and opening the door, he could see the different view inside the room.

Tanashia was surrounded by numerous books. Because of the too many books piled up, I could hardly see her.

Although it was strange what all this was, Askan did not ask. Only those who were chosen could express the curiosity that came to mind.

“I heard you were looking for me.”

“Ah, yes. You came later than I thought.”

Tanashia closed the book she was reading with a thud and got up from her seat. Then her beautiful and dignified face, like a statue made of ice, was seen.

Tanashia, with her young blue eyes shining, said.

“I told you to come because I have something to say.”

“Yes, speak.”

“I’ve made up my mind about my path.”

“Your path?”

“I’m going to make a weapon. The most powerful weapon in the world.”

Askan couldn’t understand what Tanashia was suddenly talking about.

It was strange enough for a noble lady to develop weapons, but he couldn’t understand why she wanted the most powerful weapon in the world if she wasn’t going to conquer the continent.

But Askan didn’t ask this time either. He was just curious about why she had called him.

“Do you have something for me to do?”

“No, it’s about giving a progress report.”

“Pardon?”

“You may not understand yet, but this is for our happy future. I told you last time, we’re going to carry out the project of living happily for a long time. This is part of that process.”

In fact, whatever it was, Askan’s opinion was not necessary. If Tanashia commanded, he, as a slave, had to follow without regard to his own will.

But Tanashia had started explaining things in detail like this from some point. Although many of her words were incomprehensible, it felt as if she was trying to respect his opinion.

It was strange. Nobody had ever asked or cared about his thoughts.

“Although I was the one who first suggested the trip last time, due to this, the timing might have to be postponed a little. Please keep that in mind.”

“Ah, yes.”

“It’ll be mealtime soon. I still have a little more data to check, can you sit there and wait for a moment?”

“I understand.”

Askan silently went to the place Tanashia pointed to.

And so, Tanashia began to look at the book again. It wasn’t intentional, but from where he was sitting, he could see her focused figure very well.

Her concentrated blue eyes, the expression lost in deep thought, even the gesture of lifting her falling hair.

Askan was not aware, but at this moment, none of the things that had happened in the laboratory in the past came to his mind.

The room 1890, the reason for escaping the lab, what he wanted to get after coming out of there.

Everything felt distant.

When did it start? It was because all his nerves were focused on Tanashia, who was turning the pages of the book without him realizing.