There are no Bad Transcendents in the World

“The Grand Duchess! Long live her Majesty, the next Emperor!”

 

Every time the carriage passed slowly, people burst into cheers.

 

However, some people were secretly afraid of the transcendental children riding in the royal carriage. 

 

“I know the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Prause will do a good job of stopping them, but still…” 

 

“It must have been quite scary during the runaway. The sky was covered with black clouds that I’ve never seen before.” 

 

“Even though they say she’s innocent, she’s not an ordinary kid in the first place.” 

 

“I’m still a little scared.”

 

In the Great Book, it is said that the first humans served the gods because they were of two minds.

 

One was the wonder of seeing the power to create and order nature.

 

The other was fear, as they saw the power to destroy everything they had created and reduce the world to a handful of ashes.

 

One thing is the wonder of seeing the power that creates nature and establishes order. 

 

Another thing is the fear of seeing the power that can destroy everything created and reduce the world to nothing.

 

But they only felt fear for Lydia.

 

At that time, Lydia appeared toward the window.

 

The window was closed for safety, but people who recognized Lydia began to cheer. 

 

“It’s the transcendent!”

 

“Lydia!”

 

The negative reaction was not noticeable as many people considered her to be the child of God’s choice.

 

Lydia gained courage when she saw them.

 

Pong!

 

As the child moved her finger toward the window, unpoppable soap bubbles appeared outside the window. 

 

“Oh, mother! Look at that!”

 

A child who appeared to be Lydia’s age smiled brightly as she looked at the pretty soap bubbles. 

 

“The transcendent of magical power.”

 

The adults chuckled and explained.

 

The carriage parade was boring, and the transcendent played a little trick. 

 

But after a while.

 

“Ha, in the sky…!”

 

“Wow…What is that?”

 

People who looked up at the sky without thinking noticed something and let out exclamations.

 

There, thousands of soap bubbles created by Lydia were slowly pouring down. The way it swayed every time the wind blew was so fantastic that it seemed like something out of a fairy tale. 

 

“That is…”

 

Frey, who looked up, also smiled softly. 

 

‘Daniel would not have done something like this, so only one person could have done something like this.’

 

“Lydia. Do you want to come out here and do it?”

 

“…!”

 

Lydia hesitated for a moment.

If she moved to the front seat where Frey was, she’d be face-to-face with people. 

 

As she wondered and feared, Frey smiled and held out her hand.

 

“I’ll hold you so you don’t fall, Lydia.”

 

Lydia looked at the hand held out to her.

 

‘Even when I was in the middle of a runaway, Frey held out his hand to me like this…’

 

Lydia knew from experience that if she held that hand, she would be fine.

 

Tuk—

 

Frey held Lydia’s small hand to prevent her from falling. 

 

Lydia, mustering up her courage, stood on the front seat and looked at the people. .

 

“Lydia! Please look here too!”

 

“Soap bubbles are pretty!”

 

When she heard praise for her magic, her heart tickled as if she had swallowed a feather. 

 

“Lydia. Can you see that people like your magic?”

 

The emperor strokes her hair with a warm hand.

 

“You can’t see well because you’re short. Come here.”

 

Frey smiled and held me up.

 

To Lydia, everything felt like undeserved happiness. She almost never knew that such a warm world existed.

 

“Lydia?”

 

Frey patted Lydia.

 

Then the child’s big eyes began to sparkle. The arms that hugged her as if pampering her became even stronger.

 

“Frey.”

 

sparkle-!

 

Lydia unleashed her magic once more, and this time light was scattered everywhere. 

 

The soap bubbles scattered the light even more, making it seem as if small moons and stars had come down to the ground. 

 

The sight made people realize once again why the Transcendent was called a child sent from God.

 

“Wow, it’s pretty.…”

 

“The magic of the Transcendent is very different.”

 

Lydia smiled brightly as she listened to people’s exclamations.

 

“Fray, people like my magic!”

 

Tears flowed down her cheeks, which were red with joy.

 

* * * 

 

At the end of the parade, a large cake was placed.

 

Daniel had ordered it for the children from the capital’s most famous cafe. 

 

The cake made for the event was delicious and it was ten times larger than most cakes.

 

“Then please blow out the candle.”

 

“Yes!”

 

The children stood around the cake, which was almost as big as their bodies. 

 

Just when it seemed like no matter how much they looked around, they couldn’t blow out the candle at the top, so there were people who lifted their bodies. 

 

“oh.”

 

“Say one, two, three.”

 

Daniel said while holding Arsene in his arms. Lydia and Damon were also hugged by the Emperor and Frey respectively.

 

“then―.”

 

“One, two, three!”

 

Huff—

 

The children blew out the candles on the cake at once, and the pastry chefs began cutting the cake into bite-size pieces.

 

Frey said while looking at the three children munching on the cake. 

 

“It’s a children’s birthday cake, but it’s also a Children’s Day cake, so go around and share it with the children around here.”

 

“Yes, Your Highness.”

 

This was the intention from the beginning when the cake was placed at the end of the parade. 

 

The imperial palace chefs began handing out pre-made cakes to the children. 

 

“oh, thank you.”

 

“Thank you!”

 

Among them, there were quite a few young children who had never eaten cake in their lives. 

 

Daniel quietly looked at the scene and said.

 

“Speaking of this Children’s Day event, I think we should do something similar in Prause.”

 

“It would be good to share bread together next year. It would also be helpful to ask those who come to receive it what kind of support they want for young children.”

 

Frey was thinking a little differently as she watched the children smile broadly.

 

Daniel thought it was because she had been taking successor classes for several months, but then he suddenly realized. 

 

“You were as sweet from the beginning as you are now.”

 

‘It was the same way she taught me what love was when she suddenly appeared in my life, and it was the same way when she approached the children first…’

 

When she was taken aback and asked what he meant, he kissed her briefly. 

 

“I meant I like your sweet side, Frey.”

 

Frey’s face turned red from his surprise kiss. 

 

Of course, the hands of painters and reporters became busy trying to capture that brief moment on canvas.

 

* * * 

 

It was late in the evening when the emperor and members of the Grand Duke Prause entered the imperial palace. 

 

“Then go in, Frey.”

 

“Good night, father.”

 

Frey exchanged a quick greeting with the Emperor before making her way to the Heir’s palace.

 

She felt her shoulder that was carried Damon, who was sleeping deeply, was getting wet little by little.

 

‘It seemed like the child was sleeping deeply, even drooling…’

 

Daniel smiled as he laid Arsene down on the bed first. 

 

“Seeing how all three of them are so exhausted, they seem to really like the playground you designed.”

 

“I don’t think it was because of that. I heard Damon, Arsene, and Lydia bragging to the other kids that you were a dragon.”

 

“Really?”

 

“They didn’t know what a dragon was, so they explained that their dad was a crocodile.” 

 

“Crocodile?”

 

“Yeah. That’s why other kids were so jealous.” 

 

‘Why on earth is that something to be proud of?’

 

Daniel still could not fully understand the world of children.

 

After putting Damon down, Frey covered Lydia with a blanket and smiled. 

 

“According to Damon and Arsene, your true appearance is so amazing.” 

 

“ah.”

 

Daniel recalled a memory from a long time ago.

 

When Damon and Arsene had discovered that Grand duke Prouse was a dragon, he had shown them the form of the great Dragon.

 

But why did hearing Frey say ‘true appearance’ remind him of something else?

 

“Do you want to go see it now, Frey?”

 

Daniel whispered as he stepped out into the hallway and slipped his arm around her waist.

 

Frey was startled by the heat reaching her back.

 

“I suddenly wanted to see your true appearance, too.”

 

Hearing his soft voice, Frey could be sure of what he was thinking. 

 

‘How did the great dragon, who was so surprised when I even mentioned our first night, become like this?’

 

Before Daniel could hear Frey’s answer, he quickly lifted her up.

 

“Daniel, other people can see us!”

 

“No, they won’t see us. Let’s go to the bedroom.”

 

Daniel held her in his arms and strode into the moving magic circle.

 

In times like that, she thinks the strength of the transcendent who remains after marching all day is very useful.

 

It was around noon the next day that Daniel and Frey, who ended up oversleeping, saw {The Best Birthday Party Ever}, a painting by the Transcendents.

 

— End

 

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