Wilhazelle practiced a lot with the bag she received from Casey.
She said it would make the items she had in mind, but Wilhazelle was curious to see how far it could go, so she stayed up all night to find out.
First of all, it was possible to make small foods such as candy, jelly, chocolate, etc. that could be eaten as dessert.
Items that could be helpful in urgent situations, such as ointment for injuries and emergency medicine, were also available.
Besides that, anything small and worthless was possible, such as buttons, ribbons, stones, and flowers.
And what she was most curious about, were the items Casey said it couldn’t make. Items she could benefit from financially, which were impossible.
Jewelry, money, land deeds, house deeds, etc. were truly impossible.
Out of greed, she put her hands into the bag, thinking about money, but the bag remained empty, just like before.
She was humbled.
Lizelle took her hand out of the bag and realized once again that she really was a snob to the core.
The bag was useful.
However, it could not be used infinitely.
It had a cooldown period, so after making 3 items, it could not be used for a while.
After two hours, she was able to recreate three items again.
Lizelle tested it again and again in case she really needed it later, but the cooldown time and the number of items that could be made at once remained the same.
No matter how she used it, after making 3 items, a 2-hour cooldown was required.
“Raphel. You have to play with them carefully, so they don’t break.”
Wilhazelle was sitting on the sofa in front of the window as she spoke to Raphel.
Raphel was playing with a bunch of toys from the bag experiment.
He sat on the soft carpet and rolled around some glass beads, and even decorated the stones with ribbons.
Although it wasn’t intentional, the bag was very useful in making new toys for Raphel.
“Pishuuung!”
Raphel was running around the room holding the gummy bear that Casey had given him. It was like he was playing with a jet plane.
‘That’s interesting.’
There were no airplanes or jets here, so how does a child imitate the sound of an engine as he played with toys?
It really is true that children’s imaginations are endless.
“Haaam…”
Wilhazelle happily watched Raphel playing well on his own. She yawned from the drowsiness that was coming over her.
She’d stayed up all night because of the bag and kept feeling tired.
As the warm sunlight coming through the window hit her, her heavy eyelids kept drooping, blocking her vision.
Lizelle eventually began to doze while sitting on the sofa.
“Hmmm…”
Raphel looked around. He seems to be looking for something new.
He was already tired of the toys he was playing with just now.
Children get bored quickly, and it was the same with Raphelion.
“Lizelle.”
In the end, Raphel, unable to find anything new, put down all the toys he was playing with and turned to Lizelle.
However, Lizelle, who was tired, was sleeping and unable to hear Raphel’s voice.
“Lizelle?”
Raphel widened his eyes and waved both hands in front of her.
He jumped up and down in place, trying to get her attention, but it was no use.
Normally she would smile and hug him or make eye contact and ask, ‘What’s going on, Raphel?’
“Hmph…”
Raphel was becoming sullen. He walked over to the door with his short legs.
There were no new toys to play with and Lizelle didn’t respond to him, so Raphel wanted to go out to find someone to play with him or to find a new toy.
“Click!”
Raphel lifted himself up onto his toes and grabbed the doorknob with both hands, turning it. Then he saw the hallway where he could feel a slight cold breeze.
“Hehehe.”
Raphel ran out into the hallway without hesitation.
He was so excited to look around, there was a bright smile on his face.
He didn’t notice it when he was being held by Lizelle, but everything he saw from his lower perspective was amazing.
From tall pillars to scary looking but majestic statues.
Raphel felt everything was different as he walked alone through this hallway that he used to walk with Lizelle every day.
However, after a few minutes, Raphel, who was running as fast as he could through the corridors without passing a single person, quickly became bored again.
Because there was no one to play with.
So, he started snooping around, opening each door one by one.
Most of the rooms looked like the room he was currently living in with Lizelle, so he wasn’t very interested.
However…
“Wow…”
The room he just opened left Raphel in awe.
Raphel’s face was full of life as he looked around the room with sparkling eyes.
“Star! It’s a star!”
It was a room filled with stars in all directions.
The large room was decorated with stars, even the wallpaper, and it seemed like all the star-shaped objects in the world were gathered together.
Raphel, who had been looking around the room with his mouth wide open, raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
“Star…”
Twinkling stars that could only be seen in the night sky were embroidered on the ceiling.
Raphel lay down on the star-shaped carpet and looked at the ceiling.
It felt like hundreds of stars were pouring down onto him.
A blush appeared on Raphel’s plump cheeks, which had gained much more weight than before. The flushed face was full of excitement.
Raphel folded his hands and placed them on his stomach, staring blankly at the stars.
* * *
Chase was walking down the hallway. He was on his way back from a check-up with his doctor a little while ago.
‘Duke. Do you ever feel the same way about other people?’
‘No.’
‘Are you saying it only happens when you think of Lady Wilhazelle?’
‘…Yes.’
‘Hmm… In my opinion, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with you.’
He didn’t like the look in his doctor’s eyes as he said that.
Didn’t he have a snarky smile and look at him sinisterly with his eyes wide-open?
For some reason, he felt very upset.
Chase walked absentmindedly and stopped in a familiar hallway.
“Why is this room…”
He let out an irritated sigh.
He didn’t know when he walked here, but he was in front of the guest room where Wilhazelle and Raphel were staying.
“Is there really nothing wrong with me?”
What the doctor said was a lie. Chase was thinking and acting like he’d never done before in his life, but the doctor said it’s normal.
“He must be getting old and senile.”
As time passed, it was clear that the doctor’s skills were becoming rusty.
Chase glanced at Lizelle’s door, thinking he would have to change his doctor soon.
The door that should have been closed was slightly open.
Why was the door open?
Chase’s brows furrowed as curiosity and a strong desire to peek through the crack arose.
‘What am I doing now? Snooping around in front of other people’s rooms…’
He quickly left.
If he happened to run into Wilhazelle, he couldn’t think of any excuse to explain the situation. She’d think his actions were ridiculous, so how could she not be upset?
“You’re crazy.”
Chase walked down the long hallway, reflecting on his foolish actions.
These days, he didn’t know why he was being like this.
Even while working, he wondered what she and the child were doing.
Would they be having teatime in the garden again? Or are they playing something different today?
In that way, he would often think of Wilhazelle.
Rather than simply feeling guilty about misunderstanding her, it was strange that she kept coming to mind.
Even without realizing it, he’d agreed with Casey’s comment about Wilhazelle being pretty…
As Chase was walking, ruffling his hair in frustration, he saw a room with a slightly open door beyond.
For an instant, Chase’s expression turned cold.
That room was a place no one was allowed to enter except himself.
It was a room where even the employees could not enter to clean. But the door was open now.
He headed toward the room with fierce momentum and no hesitation.
“Who’s here?”
He opened the door wide and entered the room.
“Uncle!”
A very clear voice rang in Chase’s ears. When he looked down, he saw Raphelion lying on the star carpet.
“It’s a star!”
Raphel was lying down watching the stars and pointed to the ceiling with both hands, smiling brightly.
Chase, who had furiously scrunched up his face, immediately relaxed his expression when he confirmed the culprit was Raphel.
“Did you say you like stars?”
“Yes! The stars are beautiful!”
This room was decorated for his brother’s child, his nephew, Raphelion. But when he saw this child laying there, it occurred to him that the room suited the child very well.
“Uncle, come! Look at the stars!”
Raphel smiled broadly and tapped the spot next to him with his small hand. It meant to quickly come to his side.
Chase walked up to Raphel without saying a word.
“Hurry up!”
Raphel tugged on Chase’s pants, as he stood there stiff as a stone.
Chase couldn’t resist Raphel’s torch and sat down on the carpet.
“It shines like a star.”
Raphel shook his head from side to side in excitement and sang the song he learned from Lizelle.
Raphel’s eyes were sparkling like stars the entire time he was singing.
Chase sat next to Raphel and quietly listened to the song.
He didn’t know why, but Wilhazelle’s voice, who was singing with Raphel last time, seemed to overlap.
