Chapter 60
[Little Miss. So how can I help you?]
As my older brothers taught me, I closed my eyes and focused on my breathing.
In fact, I couldn’t solve the problem of resolving the feelings between them.
It was up to Dad and my brothers.
[I’m going to pretend I can’t use Magi. Aga just needs to catch the wind in a serious mood.]
[Is that enough?]
[How can feelings that have lasted for 5 years be resolved at once? That should be enough for today.]
But if we make the occasion.
If we create a situation where they can even make eye contact and have a conversation.
That would be a good start, right?
“Hiyaah!”
I pretended to be concentrating and put in my spirits without thinking.
It was natural that nothing would come out of my outstretched hands.
“Hiyaaah!”
Let’s open our hands again.
The onlookers around me gave me puzzled glances.
It was the same with Kai and Bian, who were sitting with their knees folded near me.
“…Dust, what are you doing…”
“Little Miss! Little Miss!”
It was then.
Agasa ran hurriedly through the bewildered crowd.
“Isn’t her Magi not coming out?”
“Magi?”
“What do you mean her Magi won’t come out?”
“Isn’t it just that the Princess didn’t release Magi?”
It was only then that people began to respond to Agasa’s wind.
It must not be in their heads that Vallois’ direct descendant cannot use ‘Magi’.
But what if I, a direct descendant, can’t use magic?
“…How is this…”
“Isn’t Princess Billishia a direct descendant? Are you saying that a direct descendant can’t use Magi?”
“Did the blood test go right?”
The vassal families who looked at the situation also began to gossip.
“Knight commander. Disperse the onlookers and strictly lock down their mouths.”
It was then.
After grasping the situation, Cassis’ face hardened in a grim manner.
He controlled his surroundings with a single command and approached me.
“Billie. Hand.”
A lower pitch.
As the situation escalated, I was terrified.
‘I didn’t expect people from the vassal side to come, but anyway, I’m really going to release Magi.’
…I need to end the hidden camera (prank) soon.
As I snuggled out my hand, Dad’s long thumb touched the veins in my wrist.
Is he feeling the pulse?
After concentrating for a while, he frowned as if he didn’t understand.
“I can feel Magi.”
“Of course. We know because we tried it.”
“Sister, are you okay? Are you in a bad mood today?”
Soon, the older brothers gathered around me in bewilderment.
“Dust. Try again.”
“Hnnggg.”
“You gave strength as we told you, right?”
“It’s not coming out.”
“…Nonsense.”
Bian held my wrist in disbelief.
In the process, Bian’s shoulder and Cassis’ arm got close enough to touch each other.
The two didn’t even seem to notice.
Phew.
‘How good is Vallois’ harmony?’
Of course, I’m sorry for creating a serious situation.
“…I can feel Magi. There is no way that there is no Magi.”
“Hey, well. Do something.”
It was then.
Kai, who was carelessly fiddling with my wrist, murmured, glancing at Dad.
“That’s right. You know it very well.”
Bian, like a twin, naturally helped, and Cassis, who received the gaze of his two sons, nodded his head.
“…Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.”
His voice trembled lightly.
He was moved by the fact that the brothers talked to him even in a serious situation.
[This seems to be enough for today.]
[Yeah. Where is this?]
Agasa and I exchanged glances without revealing.
There was no way to reconcile with this conversation.
However, if you think of the older brothers who were in a hurry to avoid Dad, it’s a great improvement!
“Billie. Close your eyes. Take an even breath and focus on the sound of your heart.”
‘Shall we end the hidden camera soon?’
I nodded at Dad’s serious tone and closed my eyes.
The final plan was as follows.
If I, tada, I succeeded in releasing Magi! I wonder if our family members will embrace each other.
Hmmm. Is it still a little too much to hug each other?
Feeling good after drinking a bowl of soup for no reason, I put my nostrils to rest.
“If you concentrate, you will hear noise. It’s similar to the sound of a powerful waterfall pouring down. That’s part of Magi’s blood vessels.”
Let’s focus on what Dad said.
Besides the sound of my heart growing louder, I heard something flowing.
But instead of a waterfall, it’s like a babbling stream.
Maybe it’s because I’m still young?
“Try to force yourself with the idea of pulling the waterfall out of your body.”
He must have been anxious, but his voice was friendly as he explained in a calm tone.
I got up with my eyes closed to offset Dad’s anxiety.
I slowly stretched out my hand.
I could feel the eyes of the Vallois looking at me.
“Dust, you can do it.”
“I’m sure it’s because you’re nervous.”
“Yes, Billie. If you give it more strength…”
Having received support from my family, I opened my closed eyes and shouted.
No more hidden cameras!
“I’m a direct descendant of Vallois!”
“?”
Wait.
This is harder than I think.
“Yayayayayak!”
Even I gathered the power of stealing and eating bread in the Eillian Mansion and injected it into my whole body.
Zonkㅡ
“?”
“?”
“Ouch.”
With an absurd sound, I lost my strength and collapsed.
“Billie, Billie!”
“Dust!”
“Call the doctor, no, take him straight to the treatment room!”
The Magi really wasn’t released.
***
“You mean that a direct descendant can’t release Magi?”
“The decisive difference between the vassal and direct descendant of Vallois is Magi.”
“…Shouldn’t the blood test be done again? If, by any chance, she wasn’t a direct descendant, but, as it turned out, she was a child of a vassal family…”
“Listen, Viscount. Miss Billishia came from Duke Cassis and Duchess Vivian.”
“So I mean they might have mistaken the child…”
Clackㅡ
Agasa closed the window to block out the loud conversation.
A heavy silence descended into the treatment room.
I didn’t understand.
‘Did I release Magi around this time in my previous life?’
“Princess. Could you give me your hand?”
When the doctor kindly asked, I nodded and held out my hand.
The doctor, who had been holding my pulse for a while, opened his mouth.
“I’m sure I can feel the flow of Magi…”
“I felt that too.”
“Me too.”
“That is a fact we already know.”
Before he could finish his words, three Vallois men interjected.
The air became cold as frost.
As if he should try once again somewhere.
The eyes of the older brothers and Dad, who leaned back loosely with their arms folded, were equally bloody.
A cold sweat broke out on the doctor’s neck.
“What about the direct descendants who have failed to release Magi?”
“None.”
The doctor sighed.
Cassis also frowned, wondering why he had asked even though he already knew.
He raised his upper body leaning against the wall.
“First of all, the knight commander moves the vassals outside himself.”
“Yes.”
“And the head maid thoroughly cracked down on the use of servants. If this talk flows out of the duchy, they will die.”
“Yes.”
The sound of the door closing was heard and the people around us disappeared.
“Now tell me in detail.”
Excluding the doctor and Agasa, only the direct line remains.
Cassis turned over and sat down on a simple chair.
“I can definitely feel the sound of Magi flowing, yet it seems to be cut off.”
“What?”
The twins approached as if they were threatening.
All of a sudden, the doctor who was surrounded by Vallois broke into a cold sweat.
“Magi itself is born as a congenital bloodline. It’s also called the second heart. Usually, people who are born with healthy Magi have regular and powerful noises, but in the case of Princess…”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“I’m also in doubt. Vallois’ direct lineage is known as the most powerful Magi not only in the Rolls Empire, but also in the world…”
“I had the weakest Magi among the Vallois.”
It was then.
Due to his personality, his pride would have been hurt, yet Kai suddenly revealed his shame.
“It took me too long. It was my first Magi release, and I only managed to knock down one baby tree. Dust, you will have something similar.”
“That’s right. And it’s because we taught you wrong.”
At those words, Bian, who was slightly perched on a corner of my bed, glanced at Cassis.
“What do we know? We’re only 10 years old. If a professional teacher or Dad helps, it will be fine.”
“Brothers are also educated by professional teachers, though?”
I was grateful, but I knew that comfort was nonsense.
The twin brothers even referred to Cassis as ‘Dad’.
It meant something very serious.
“That…”
The older brothers, taken aback by my question, glanced at each other.
Seeing that they couldn’t answer easily, they must have released Magi on their own.
That’s right.
As the doctor said, Magi is an innate ‘talent’.
I was also bored in my previous life, so I was accidentally released while taking a walk, which was my first Magi release.
‘If this is also related to regression, I need the help of the bird.’
Although the original story could be altered by regression, I had never heard of a change in the body’s abilities.
‘If I received a regression buff, let it be, but my abilities decreased?’
My heart was troubled.
It was difficult to find another regressor with a young body.
‘…In the midst of this, if I can’t even use Magi.’
It’s dark.
I was lost in thought with a darkened face.
Agasa, who had been taking a peek through the window, opened his heavy mouth.
“…Your Grace. If the Princess’ physical condition is okay, I think we should give some notice to the vassal families. What are you going to do?”
“What shall I do? I should tell them to shut up.”
At the aide’s words, Cassis put a hand on his forehead.
Seeing that scene made my heart throb, thinking it was all my fault.
***
“Postpone the release of Magi. I’ll talk again then.”
The Great Auditorium Hall of Valois.
Cassis appeared in front of the waiting vassal families.
His face was still expressionless, yet his purple eyes were particularly dark, as if he were uncomfortable.
“dismissal. So, are you saying that the Princess is a direct descendant?”
“If we delay this, when will she release the Magi?”
Even in the middle of a barrage of questions as if they didn’t understand, Cassis silently held my hand and left the hall.
“If she can’t release the Magi, isn’t it the first time in the history of Vallois that the mastery of Magi has been cut off?”
“Then what is the difference between direct and vassal? Does that mean that the bloodlines are mixed?”
I heard a stinging cry behind my back.
When I flinched, it was time for Cassis to sigh and hug me.
“If it’s a direct descendant, that Princess must be a failure.”
Cassis, who had been holding me, stopped walking abruptly at the accusations that pierced me like thin ice.
