Chapter 74

Annie’s voice still seemed to tickle his ears.

Ejed didn’t get off the bench for a while. He wanted to reminisce about that intimate brunch with Annie.

A smile came naturally to his lips.

‘…It was delicious.’

This time, he was able to fill his stomach with easy to digest food that was not so stimulating.

Moreover, that easily digestible soft stew was the best. It was fortunate the Dsev House had such a great cook. Annie’s every meal would be good..

Ejed smiled brightly when he remembered Annie, who was good at eating those sandwiches despite her small stature.

It was then.

“Waaaahhh… Momm!”

Ejed jumped up at the sound of a child’s cry. As he followed the sound, he saw a boy crying for his parents.

‘There’s no one around…’

It was a relatively remote place so there was no one else there but Ejed. He hesitated, unable to approach the boy willingly.

It was not only adults but children who feared his existence.

‘…What should I do?’

He decided to approach him, gathering his thoughts about worrying if he would intimidate the boy.

‘It’ll be fine. I’m wearing a mask right now…’

Ejed approached the little kid and lowered his upper body as far down as he could.

“Little boy. Do you happen to be…”

“Waaagghhh!”

When the boy cut off his words and cried bitterly, Ejed felt embarrassed.

‘If you cry too much, you may become dehydrated…’

“Mom! Momm! Waaaghhh! Mom!”

Ejed, who was struggling, pulled the corner of his mouth up. He pointed upwards with his finger. What he pointed to was a magical appliance.

“Do you want to ride that?”

“…”

Surprisingly, at that moment, the boy stopped crying. Because the boy was short, he couldn’t ride the rides.

As the boy’s reddened eyes looked up at him, Ejed said in a whisper, so the child doesn’t become anxious and also calms down.

“Brother will give you a ride.”

“…Really?”

“Yes. So, once you get on, let’s go find your parents together with Brother.”

Ejed stroked the boy’s hair as he was nodding.

*

Annie, with papers in her arms, lifted her head. Ejed was nowhere to be seen because she came too early.

‘Just… wait, what?”

She was trying to rest on a bench, but she saw something moving in the distance.

“Brother! Brother, faster! Hurry, hurry!”

Was he seven years old? A mischievous child was acting cocky towards Ejed.

He sat on Ejed’s shoulder and rode him like a horse.

‘…What did I just see?’

Annie used her hand to rub her eyes. However, that scene did not disappear. Ejed, who carried the child, worked hard.

He played with the child to the point of almost running around.

“Well, like this?”

“Yep!”

After a while, Ejed put the child down. Then the child pulled the hem of his clothes.

“Put me back up!”

“Your parents will be worried. Now I have to go find them.”

“One more time, huh? Huwaang.”

When he failed to appease the child, Ejed had a perplexed look. He lifted the child up again and started spinning around. Even a viewer will be dizzy.

Annie watched them quietly.

‘…Originally, you can laugh like that.’

Even though it was a lively child of his age, Ejed was a surprise. Even though he played with the child on such a hot day, there was no irritation on his face.

When she saw that figure that got the stigma of being a tyrant, it felt like someone sprayed slander to harm him.

‘…Isn’t that really the case?’

Ejed said in a gentle voice she had never heard before.

“Come on, let’s go now. It’s really time to go.”

“Hing…”

Ejed stroked the crying child in his arms as if to appease him. Surprised, Annie reflexively hid her body behind a tree.

“Brother, Brother. Can you find my mom and dad?”

“Sure.”

“What if you can’t find them?”

“I will definitely find them.”

“Really?”

“I promise.”

As if it wasn’t bothering as the child asked him several times, Ejed responded kindly.

Annie’s expression was complicated as she leaned against the tree.

*

Fizz, who was deafeningly nagged, was depressed. Returning from the amusement park, Doher had spoken in a cold voice.

[Senior, if you stay like that, you’ll just be in the middle.]

‘What did I do wrong!’

Wasn’t Lady Dsev a suspicious and strange woman? Fizz couldn’t hide his concern. He didn’t know if he was the only one who could properly take care of Ejed in this imperial palace.

His colleague, who has a reputation for being clever, has also been tricked by her.

“Hey, Fizz.”

‘Who dares call my name so recklessly.’

Fizz, angered, turned his body. However, as soon as he saw the figure, his blue eyes were filled with delight.

“Uh… Sir Robbie?”

“Been a long time?”

Robbie, who greeted him playfully, came over and tapped him on the shoulder.

“How has it been lately?”

“Ah yes. Sure! Thanks to Sir Robbie, I’m always…”

“Not you, Our Majesty.”

When even Robbie looked at him pitifully, Fizz became a little depressed. But he had other ideas.

‘Maybe… Sir Robbie will help!’

The relationship between the two men, both inside and outside the imperial family, was famous. The person who knew and cherished Ejed the most in the Imperial Palace was Robbie.

He doesn’t hesitate to say anything to the fearsome tyrant, and he’s still alive and well.

“What, why aren’t you talking? Is he sick again, His Majesty?”

“Well, Sir Robbie.”

“Huh?”

“I have something to tell you.”

‘Everything is for His Majesty!’

Fizz had a determined expression on his face.