“Just go like this to the leader’s office.”
Although he was in an awkward position, it felt more natural than when Damian first held Bonita. Bonita, who had been rolling her eyes at the sudden heightened visibility, calmed down and nodded to him.
The leader asked Bonita.
“So, why did you come to see Peronte?”
“Peronte? You mean Sir Dean?”
“Yes.”
“Well, Mom said, Sir Dean brought a gift for me. So I came to get it.”
The child’s honest answer was quite refreshing and cute. After arriving at the director’s office, he made Bonita sit on the sofa for entertaining guests. Then she looked around to see if there was anything edible, but she couldn’t find anything a child would like, only dry expedition snacks and beef jerky.
“Hmm.”
If he had known this would happen, he would have stocked up on more snacks. At least there are no dried fruits. He didn’t think he would like it if he gave the child these dry, tasteless snacks or jerky.
Bonnie waved her short legs around. The leader thought about it for a while and eventually only brought out a glass of water. He could only sigh at the shabby treatment. Bonita didn’t seem to mind and rolled her eyes as she gulped down some warm water.
“Just wait a little while and Dean Peronte will come.”
“Yes.”
And there was silence for a while again. In the end, it was the knight commander who spoke first.
“…What do you think Dean Peronte got?”
“Hmm.”
Bonita continued to move her short legs, then stopped and thought for a moment. When the knight commander saw the child lost in thought, he felt like asking a pointless question.
“…okay. Then what would you rather have?”
This time, she couldn’t answer readily, but unlike her blank expression before, she looked quite happy. He saw both cheeks turning lovely like flowers in spring. The moment Bonita was about to open her mouth, someone knocked on the director’s office door.
“Who is it?”
“This is Dean Peronte. Captain.”
“They say even dragons will come if you tell them what to do.”
That guy couldn’t be a noble either. The leader added and told Dean to come in. Dean came into the manager’s office with a sad expression on his face, as always. Judging by the fact that he was holding a large gift wrapped in colorful wrapping paper in his arms, it was clear that the target was not the knight commander but Bonnie.
“You didn’t even dry your hair properly.”
“Haha, it’s not a knight’s virtue to make a lady wait.”
Dean laughed, shaking out his hair with one hand, which still had some moisture left in it, although it wasn’t dripping. Bonita seemed concerned about the gift in Dean’s arms.
“Sir Dean, what is that?”
Was the gift he was giving her that big? The child’s eyes also got huge.
He said, leaning down.
“It’s a birthday present for our kind Bonnie. Although it’s a little late.”
Then he handed the gift to the child. He heard a rustling sound and felt the wrapped gift in Bonnie’s hand, and felt the soft texture of his hand.
“As soon as I saw it, I thought of Bonnie.”
…As soon as the child held the gift in her hand, she was able to predict what he had bought. As soon as she untied the ribbon and opened the package, a cute rabbit doll with fluffy pink fur appeared.
“…It’s cute.”
The knight commander expressed his thoughts briefly.
“Right? As soon as I saw it, I thought of Bonnie.” Dean said.
Bonita looked down at the rabbit doll for a while, then hugged it tightly and looked at Dean. And he laughed.
“Thank you! From now on, I will keep it next to my bed and sleep with it every day. And, I will also give him a name.”
“Name? What are you going to name him?”
Of the two adults who were happily looking at the adorable child, Dean asked.
“Umm, that… that.”
Bonita, who had never expected to be asked such a question, could not answer for a long time and only made a groaning sound.
“Was there a gift giving ceremony right now?”
At that time, there was someone who showed up in the manager’s office without even knocking on the door.
“Then I guess I got the timing right.”
It was Damian.
“Greetings you, my lord.”
As soon as Damian appeared, the knight commander who was seated and Dean, who was standing comfortably, prepared their posture and greeted him. Bonita, who had been wandering around holding a stuffed rabbit, also stood up and vaguely imitated the two’s actions.
“Relax. I just came to give Bonita a gift.”
In Damian’s arms was a neatly wrapped gift package. It looked very long.
“I came to keep my promise.”
At Damian’s words, Bonita’s little heart started pounding. Bonita seemed to know what that gift was. She put the rabbit doll on the sofa and stretched out both hands to take the gift he gave her. The gift was very heavy, so it was difficult to lift it properly. The child placed the gift package on the table and carefully unwrapped it.
“…”
A sword that looked as stylish as anyone could see appeared before the child’s eyes.
“It’s still too big for you to use, but you will be able to lift it in a few years. Until then, I hope you have the skills to match this sword.”
“Ah…”
Bonita let out an exclamation that was like a small sigh. It was different from the lovely smile he showed earlier. All three adults standing there could not say anything and just looked at the child quietly. Bonita’s nose began to tingle.
“Okay, thank you…”
She had to say thank you, but the words couldn’t come out easily. In the end, more tears than words fell from the child’s eyes. The sound of a child whimpering filled the room. At that time, a small conversation was heard outside the leader’s office.
“If it were Bonita, she would be with the leader right now.”
“Isn’t my child bothering you?”
“Oh, no. Thanks to her, we were able to take a break…”
“Oh my, the door is open…”
“…”
Inside the manager’s office. A tiny girl between three huge men. So, Reina, who witnessed her daughter crying, made an indescribable expression on her face.
Estelle next to her also had the same expression while holding her cookie. The leader thought that everyone had amazing timing today. Dean was wondering how this situation had come to be. Soon, servants carrying various snacks formed a line behind them, and drivers who had finished their showers also crowded around. Everyone saw the child crying bitterly and froze, unable to say anything or move.
“Wh, What? What’s going on?”
Reina then asked Bonita in a shaky voice.
“Oh, Duke.”
“Master?”
“Duke…”
After the child repeated the word duke, she burst into sad tears. She didn’t even cry, she whimpered and tears poured down her face like a waterfall. Everyone’s eyes turned towards Damian.
“…”
Damian broke into a cold sweat for the first time in his life.
“It’s a misunderstanding.”
He felt like he needed to first explain that it was a misunderstanding.
“Sniff…”
As the tears fell, drop by drop, everyone cast their eyes towards Damien.
“Can you explain step by step what’s going on?”
Reina couldn’t bear the subtle current and asked Bonita vaguely. Bonita rubbed her tears with her small hands. Reina rolled her yellow eyes and looked around. She followed Deraina’s gaze and noticed what he was paying attention to and she said,
“Let’s all go out except Reina Borton and Estelle.”
Actually, since it was the captain’s office, it might have been better for the four of them to move, but there was a crying child. Since the situation was not urgent, the priority was to appease Bonita first.
It wasn’t until the door closed that Reina approached Bonita, leaned down, and made eye contact with her.
“Why are you crying again, does it hurt?”
Bonita shook her head in response to the question.
“So who harassed our Bonnie?”
Reina asked, even though she knew she wasn’t harassed. As expected, she saw her and shook her head.
“Then?”
Bonita lowered her hand from wiping away her tears and gathered her curls. She pressed her chest tightly and mumbled.
“Here…”
“Yes, breasts?”
“I was so filled that I burst into tears before I could even speak…”
“…”
“I wanted to say thank you, but I just burst out in tears…”
It was then that Reina saw the two presents: a doll and a sword.
‘The duke…?’
Then it must be a sword. Bonita cried, so Reina reasoned simply. This was because Damian said the other day that he was choosing a sword master for Bonita. There was one more thing that was simple to know.
“Are you happy that our master gave Bonnie a sword as a gift?”
Bonnie nodded her head in response to Reina’s friendly question. The child, with her tearful eyes, red nose, and pursed mouth, nodded at her and she couldn’t have been more adorable.
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