After grabbing his collar and shaking him hard for a while, I took the wizard, who had collapsed saying that the world was spinning, and came to the parlor.
When the wizard awoke, I asked him to explain to me what had happened thus far in the Wizardry Tower, as Axion slept.
Tears like chicken poop dripped down.
Sniffle.
“Waa….”
“Oh, stop crying. Does a fully grown adult need to cry like this? Even the child is calm.”
“He’s calm because he is sleeping without knowing what’s going on in the world!”
“Zip. Don’t scream when the baby is sleeping. Are you going to take responsibility if he wakes? Huh?”
Then the wizard winced and shook his head. The blue handkerchief he held was full of his tears.
He then grumbled in a quiet voice.
“I cried because it’s unfair, it’s unfair.”
“Yeah right, unfair. Still, how can you think of putting a Dragon Heart in a child’s body without their guardian’s consent?”
“Well, that…. Uh, under the judgment of the Lord of the Wizardry Tower…..”
“Tell that Wizardry Tower Lord to come over here. I’ll knock out all his teeth cleanly.”
Gasp. Then the wizard’s face turned pale, and he blocked my mouth with his two hands.
Are the Wizardry Tower wizards always that fearful? It might be a bit much to generalize based on one person, but somehow I suspect that that’s so.
I absentmindedly stared at the top of his trembling head, sighed, and crossed my arms.
“So, you had no choice but to do that to save the child. Is that what you’re saying?”
“Yes! And when the baby was about to stop breathing, the Dragon Heart started whining and crying! That’s why I, no uh, the Lord of the Wizardry Tower was really surprised…..”
“Huh.”
“R-really! I can’t tell a lie!”
When I narrowed my eyes at his words, the wizard muttered with a startled voice.
“Well, that…. Since the Dragon Heart, which stayed still no matter what we did for 100 years, reacted that way to the child…. I- I was, no! We were curious….”
“So you brought the Dragon Heart to the child’s heart as an experiment?”
“That’s right…. So the Dragon Heart was absorbed in an instant….. And the child’s heart that had stopped started beating. “
He watched my expression with cowered shoulders. I struggled to deflect the glances at me with an indiscernible expression.
Then, if I remove that Dragon Heart, Axion could die?
“What happens if I remove the Dragon Heart?”
“Probably…. Ahem, there is a good chance that the child’s heart will stop, right?”
As expected. I figured.
In the original novel, Axion gets his hands on the magical power and strength close to that of a dragon thanks to the Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart, but in exchange, he faces the danger of being destroyed by the dragon’s magic.
Just like the male lead in a novel, he subconsciously felt the danger and sealed his strength, even without realizing it himself.
However, that seal was incomplete, and as the opening grew, he gradually assimilated into the Demon Dragon’s soul.
‘Then he met the female lead.’
After becoming an adult, he, who became the best prosecutor in the empire, met the female lead by chance….
That female lead is Vanilla Shiaster, the only daughter of the monstrous Duke Shiaster, a person who folds her wings because she is scared of the birds in the sky who fly above her.
“She also must be a child like Axion right now, right?”
I think it said they were in a similar age group.
“Huh?”
The cowed wizard was startled by my muttering and asked. I lightly shook my head.
“It’s nothing. Then you can’t take this off?”
“That’s right. Anyhow…. Ahem.”
“Is there any other way?”
“Well, that’s….”
While the wizard rolled his eyes and sweated profusely, I was in serious anguish.
‘D*mn it. How old was Axion when he killed the female lead and destroyed the continent?”
Was it around 20?
Looking at the child who is sleeping quietly in the basket near me, he is a newborn who does not seem to have passed his first year.
‘Then from now on, according to the deadline, he can live for 20 years?’
No, it’s not.
I got goosebumps at the memory that just flashed through my head.
‘Come to think of it, Axion’s first awakening to evil was when he destroyed his mother’s family home that he was kicked out of.’
And that family….
Yes, that’s right. It’s probably my family.
‘Then in the original novel, did this body kick Axion out?
Then why did you adopt him? is the thought that suddenly popped up, but it’s not like I can meet this body’s original owner and ask.
‘Around when was that?…..’
The novel is told from the male lead’s perspective, but his past does not come out in detail.
They only brought up a little bit of the past story when he was spending a short, sweet time with Vanilla, the female lead.
‘Mother? I don’t have a mother. She never existed, even for a moment.’
No, not this line…..
When was it?
‘There were two people who almost became my mother. One tried to die with me before I even became cognizant of the world, one…. tried to kill me. She said I was cursed.’
Ah.
While trying to remember Axion’s line, I realized that this body’s older sister tried to die together with Axion.
So the wagon accident wasn’t a coincidence.
No, wait. Why do I only remember these types of things?
When will the maternal family be exterminated?!
When I clutched my head and grumbled, I suddenly remembered the next line.
‘So I killed her first. I got rid of all the people who shared that woman’s bloodline. As of when…. Yeah, around the time I entered elementary school.’
Elementary school. It’s not there now, but it refers to a school for the commoners that will be created in the future.
‘So, around 7 years old?’
Eek. I can’t believe my life’s time limit is only 7 years!
How long has it been since I transmigrated, that I already have a time limit?!
The impact of the shock of the unbelievable truth seemed like it was pulling my hair.
“Uh, are you alright over there?”
“……..”
No. It was all an illusion.
It was my own two hands that were grabbing my hair.
I pretended not to notice the couple strands of hair left tangled in my hands and fixed my hair as if nothing had happened.
But the wizard’s gaze as if looking at a crazy b*tch did not subside.
“Firstly, thank you for saving the child.”
I bowed my head with a calm face.
Looking at me who behaved like a crazy person, tearing my hair and then suddenly acting calm, the wizard slowly shifted his butt back.
“Ye-yes. Oh, oh, oh, yes. Ahem. It’s nothing. I-, no, we should have gotten consent before…. We apologize.”
“No. You did that to save the child. Also, I’m sorry for grabbing your collar before as well.”
The wizard gently smoothed out his shriveled shoulders. I spoke before he could clear his throat and say something.
“However, that does not mean that I won’t ask you to take responsibility.”
“Mhm…. what?”
“I would like you to confirm what this child’s condition is periodically at the Wizardry Tower. You can do that much, right? Of course, the term is a lifetime.”
At the moment when the wizard was looking at me like a crazy b*tch, it felt like a bell went off in my head.
Yes. That’s right.
‘Axion isn’t completely crazy yet, right?
Of course, he will be going crazy soon.
‘In the original novel, the family was destroyed because of this body.’
Then, wouldn’t it be ok if I just prevent that matter from happening?
Also, if I make sure to prevent assimilation with the Demon Dragon’s Dragon Heart. It would be even better if I removed the Dragon Heart altogether.
‘To do that, I have to use every option I can.’
‘Even if it’s this frail wizard who can be subdued with one of my soft hands.’
“For a lifetime? How can I manage a whole lifetime?”
The wizard was taken aback.
“I heard that the wizards of the Wizardry Tower have longer lifespans than others. They said that
Wizardry Tower Lord’s life is especially long.”
“…….”
“Hearing what Mr. Wizard said before, isn’t the greatest responsibility on the Lord of the Wizardry Tower? Then you can hold him responsible.”
Beads of sweat fell down his pale, bloodless face, which seemed far removed from the usual sunshine. He contemplated for a moment while sweating profusely, before finally saying.
“…… Alright. Let’s do that.”
“Okay. Then sign here.”
“No, when did this document…..”
“Our butler here at the Evanror viscounty is very quick. Carl, thank you.”
Carl, who came up silently and handed the document to me while the wizard was struggling, chuckled.
He was a butler who worked for a long time, and he is like a grandfather to this body, Celia.
“It’s nothing. Miss, for some reason, is ignoring her farm work and is greeting guests in the parlor, so I can’t stay still.”
“Uh, Um…..”
For some reason, the way his eyes were sparkling, I thought tears were in the corner, but I must have been mistaken.
While I was talking to Carl, the wizard finished signing the document and held it out.
“Mr. Wizard’s name is Elston, is that right?”
“Yes, well. That’s correct.”
“Right. Then Mr. Elston. My name is Celia Evanoror, I am the daughter of Viscount Evanror. I look forward to your cooperation.”
He hesitated and then took the hand I held out. With a bitter face, he said.
“Yes. Lady Evanror. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
“Do you know me?”
“Is there anyone who doesn’t know Lady?”
For some reason, I felt nervous about those eyes that were slightly avoiding mine.
Celia Evanoror, Axion’s aunt and stepmother who did not appear in the original novel.
I know what kind of person she is because of the information that I acquired as soon as I entered this body, but I can’t possibly know what other people are thinking.
“Why, is there no one who doesn’t know me?”
“The eccentric Lady who is crazy about farming…..”
“What?”
“Well, that’s what I’ve heard said. The weird miss who is so crazy about farm work that she passed the marriageable age and is cooped up in the residence pulling weeds every day. Whenever you meet, she only tells odd stories like how the rain is and if there is good news about planting rice, so people tend to avoid…..”
“……”
“Last year, you said that you’d make the best fertilizer, so you brought all types of animals….”
I didn’t want to listen to Elston’s words anymore. While lightly covering my ears with my hands. I made a serious expression.
‘I wondered why a noble lady was just farming all day long….’
It turns out that this body is a farming nerd?
That is, also a true nerd who doesn’t bother to cosplay as an ordinary person.
“Ahh!”
Axion, who was sleeping calmly up to now, must have been shocked and started to cry loudly.
It was clear that he was shocked to find out the identity of his mother-to-be.
And it was the same for me.
‘Then it means my reputation is completely terrible.’
It looks like I can’t expect that there will be any friends to help me.
Soon, the difficult future road ahead will be revealed.
Ye, i can see why such a single tone person would have a meltdown over a kid who can’t control his distructive abilities