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Chapter 298
Though Not the Father
Ferda set Nekonata down from her seat and, just like that, knelt on his knees.
He answered, matching the small Nekonata's eye level.
"Nekonata-nim. I am a mere human who has Valdrova-nim as my companion. You are the King of the Spirit Realm, and the Unknown Phase."
Ferda spoke calmly about his position.
Nekonata quietly stared into Ferda's eyes like that.
W е̃ b̈ ñ о́ v̊ ě l Еnû m̃ а
"Above all, if you ask someone you're meeting for the first time to become your father, I can only give you the answer that it's impossible."
"Why-y?"
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"Because that's common sense for ordinary people."
"Is that so-o?"
Using her finger like a pacifier, puffing out her cheeks, Nekonata.
She thought about it in her own way, then nodded her head.
Ẃ_é_b̆ n о v̀еl̂ Enum а
"I see."
With her looking like she understood, her request seemed to be settled for now.
But the wheedling didn't end.
"Then, you know."
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"Yes."
"Then if we get close, could it become possible?"
Wеb̌ no v е l Е́n u mӓ
That might be the case.
Erica hoped Ferda would say just that.
"That won't do."
Words that felt like a hard smack to the back of the head.
"Not even a little bit?"
"Yes."
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Ferda cruelly killed off even the slightest opening.
Nekonata didn't give up.
"But-but, other nobles live just fine even without blood ties? Nekonata went to some king, and the queen had five sons. But they were all the knights' sons!"
Was there really such a messed-up kingdom?
Erdes couldn't hold it in and muttered aloud.
"That kingdom later met a terribly unfortunate end, did it not?"
Ėn̄ ũ m̆а
"The king became a bad king, got killed by the knights, and the peasants were liberated and lived happily ever after?"
How is that a good ending?
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He wanted to say it so badly it felt like his throat would burst, but he held back because he knew his life was precious.
"There are cases where they take in adopted sons and adopted daughters because they're not blood-related, but—."
"Then adopted daughter? That thing, I'll do that! Then it works, right?"
In the end, Nekonata even compromised.
Е̊ṅu_mа̊
Wouldn't this much be acceptable?
"Still no."
Ferda's defense was like an iron wall.
"Uuu......."
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Nekonata looking increasingly annoyed.
"You're really annoying......."
W̃ē bǹ о v̄еl̂ Ėn̆u m̀ а
Words practically no different from a death sentence.
It was a situation where it would've been understandable if Ferda just *poof* disappeared right now.
But Ferda didn't turn into a toy or disappear.
For someone Iorga described as capricious, he showed remarkably deep patience.
'Does that mean...... she can't do anything about Ferda-nim?'
For a personality that hates things not going her way, just putting up with this much was amazing.
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"This isn't something I can decide unilaterally on my own, Nekonata-nim. Please understand this part."
When Ferda refused again, Nekonata pouted her lips and hung her head low.
Only her innocent collar suffered terrible harassment.
"Then, then......."
She became like a docile lamb and asked.
"Is it okay...... if Nekonata tries to become an adopted daughter?"
Ŵе̂ b́ n о̌ v̈ е l̈ Е̃ñ üm̂а̀
"That's......."
Ferda thought for a moment.
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It felt incredibly stifling that he even showed the leisure to think about such a question.
Eventually, he answered.
"Yes. You may do that."
"Really?"
W̆ ě b̂n̊ õ v e_l Е n̄_ǔ m̌ а
The dejected Nekonata's eyes sparkled.
At the same time, the gloomy room brightened up brilliantly.
The toys scattered on the floor moved, and the mobile spun round and round, expressing her mood.
"I can't give you a definite promise, but there's no way to stop Nekonata-nim from trying."
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"Then I'll try hard! Nekonata wanted to become Valdrova unni's daughter!"
Nekonata smiling brightly.
Е̌n̂ǔm̀ а̃
She didn't get agreement, just the possibility opening up, but she laughed like she had the whole world.
"High-level taming......?"
"Erdes......."
Erdes made a fed-up expression, and even Erica, who had been scolding, actually agreed with that question in her heart.
At that same moment, Nekonata's space collapsed.
The twisted space they had walked through became a straight corridor.
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"Shall we go to the council now?"
"Yep! Let's go!"
The excited Nekonata started running down the corridor.
What could have become an incident was truly settled for now.
Erica wiped her chest in relief and quietly approached Ferda.
"You did well. But...... that was too dangerous a gamble. You know that too, right, Ferda-nim?"
W е bño v̊ e ĺ Ē n̄ ū m̂а
At those words, Ferda tilted his head to the side.
"What do you mean?"
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"What do you mean 'what'? You took such a dangerous gamble and now you're playing dumb?"
"......What do you really mean?"
Ferda asked her with a truly clueless look.
"A pressure like a storm was about to rush in filled the surroundings, and you didn't feel it?"
Ŵ.е b n̄о̌ v е l̈ Ė n u m̀ а
"Was that so?"
Erica couldn't understand.
Of course, she'd seen plenty of humans who didn't know their lives were in danger, blabbering away until they died.
But Ferda isn't that kind of human.
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Even walking a dangerous path, he was someone who thoroughly grasped what the risk was, how to handle it, and crossed the stone bridge carefully.
'That kind of person didn't feel this much killing intent?'
Еň u m а ._і̊ ḋ
It couldn't be expressed simply as being dull.
'That means.......'
Nekonata.
It meant that woman's caprice didn't apply to Ferda.
"Nekonata, don't know where the way is!"
The Nekonata who had run ahead came back.
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"Let's go together."
"Yeah, let's hold hands and go."
Nekonata familiarly approached and grabbed Ferda's hand.
Ferda also naturally held her hand firmly.
No one knew what principle made it happen.
It just happened, that was all.
W е̄b ǹ о̃ vě l Еn̆ u̇ ṁa
* * *
When Ferda entered Nekonata's space, he knew this place was an extension of Limbo.
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The Spirit Realm is a place existing in Limbo between space and space, one of infinite spaces.
Nekonata is a calamity of the space system who can freely widen and break that space.
But to Ferda, this space felt strangely, extraordinarily harmless.
'Don't know why...... I think I know.'
Е̌ ṅ ú m а.
Not experience or wisdom, just a single intuition.
That one sensation guided Ferda.
Nekonata is waiting for me to find her.
Just as Odograsado said.
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Ferda moved without losing his sense in the room that changed moment by moment.
Like that, he arrived at Nekonata's room.
Ẅ е b̃n ó vė l Е̊n ũm̈ à
'Déjà vu.'
Déjà vu is ultimately a sensation based on memory.
But tracing his memory, Ferda had zero contact points with Nekonata.
Even more so when he burned with vengeance and darkly desired only slaughter.
That means,
'Godwin.......'
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The black thing in his heart is resonating.
Was Nekonata close with the existence called Godwin?
-Shall I make you mute?
Nekonata whining in a grumbling voice.
Before she got more bored, Ferda approached the girl under the pile of blankets.
"Nekonata-nim."
Е n uma
He called her politely.
And gently told her she had to attend.
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-Hug me.
As she said, Ferda put both hands under the blanket pile and pulled her out.
'This girl is Nekonata.'
Fairy Dragon, Nekonata.
Ŵ е̊ b n̄ оv̂ ẽ l̃ Е ṅu m ă
An existence with a childlike appearance, but absolutely not a child.
But also a small, cute, feverish child.
Such a girl looked at Ferda and said this.
"You be Nekonata's dad. This is an order."
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Nekonata throwing a tantrum.
What reflected in his eyes was a young girl starving for love and attention.
Е̇ǹ u̇ m а
Ferda's intuition says.
That intuition that had let him reach here safely.
Don't grant her demand.
'Why?'
Because Nekonata is that kind of child.
He did as intuition commanded.
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Following that intuition, Nekonata quickly became docile and turned into a child.
Why did he think Nekonata was harmless, and why was she actually harmless?
Intuition answered that question.
Because that was the way to grant Nekonata's wish.
The moment he held Nekonata's hand, Ferda felt a strange feeling.
If he spoke it out loud, it would be truly nonsense, so he didn't dare say it.
Е ň u mǎ . і̀d
He was the one who refused saying it couldn't be done,
Knowing he wasn't qualified,
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He somehow felt like Nekonata might really become his child.
* * *
The Grand Council Hall created for the continent's peace.
The reason it was made was also because of demons, and all disputes had been mediated there.
Wе b̈ ǹ о̇ v̈ ӗ l Е́ n̊ u m̌ а
Now dragons occupied seats there, and now even demons were attending.
The essence had blurred; there was nothing to say but that.
Ferda checked who was seated.
Goz Silverwind, head of Silverwind.
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Storeus, Frontesis, and Odograsado.
In the stiff atmosphere where not a word was exchanged, they glanced at Ferda.
Е̃n u m̆а..i̊d̈
"A rare thing has happened."
Storeus opened the conversation, and Frontesis nodded.
"I have no choice but to agree with you on this matter."
What captured their gaze was Nekonata's appearance.
She was walking over, quietly holding someone's hand.
They reacted like it was extremely unfamiliar.
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"Thumper and Fatty, hello-hello!"
"Noisy girl, you haven't changed a bit."
"Nekonata isn't noisy. You're the noisiest! Always just fighting!"
"Want a beating? Keep yapping, you little girl."
"Hmph!"
Odograsado, who had been burying her head, also lifted it belatedly.
Е n̄ûm а̀ . і̇ ḋ
"Oh my? A very precious pair has arrived."
Odograsado stood up from her seat entirely to welcome them.
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"As expected, Nekonata has taken a liking. Hah-hah!"
"Talking about family and all that, but you threw the regent to that dangerous girl, Grandma?"
"Pah-hah-hah! What danger could there be? Nekonata's dream has always been just one."
Odograsado raised both hands and greeted Nekonata.
W̌ е̂ b́nо̌ v̀è l̄ Еn̊u m̀а̀
"Grandma, been well?"
"Don't call me Grandma, you bastard. Shouldn't you call me Older Sister?"
"But Grandma smells like Grandma."
"Heh-heh, this rude bitch has no words she can't say."
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Nekonata pinching her nose and grimacing.
With a benevolent smile, but veins popping up on her face.
W е́ bṅ о vе l̃ Êň u m̊а́
"What comes from Older Sister's body is a mature fragrance. A child like you wouldn't know, but a very mature man like Ferda would know well. Isn't that right?"
"......."
"Answer."
"......Yes."
He ended up answering that nonsense reluctantly.
Nekonata didn't care and turned her head away.
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"Grandma's weird, right?"
Ferda was just uncomfortable with this situation demanding a difficult answer.
Fortunately, that atmosphere didn't last long.
"Blancaros-nim is entering."
The owner of the White House, and the convener of this meeting.
Just like when seeing his spawns, he was an extremely white man.
Еń.u mа.і d
He looked at Ferda with a weighted expression and eyes.
"Let's all sit down now."
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"Right, hong-hong. Regent, come sit next to me."
Odograsado tapping the seat next to her as if she'd reserved it.
Ferda sat down without refusing her words.
"Then Nekonata's seat will be here!"
W̊ еb̆ ǹ.о̌v̇ ё l Еñ ūm а
The place Nekonata laid her seat and sat was on Ferda's lap.
Blancaros looked at Nekonata and warned.
"Nekonata. Sit in your seat. Don't make things difficult for the regent."
Pressure befitting a mediator.
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Warned, Nekonata shook her head and resisted.
"No way! This is comfy. Nekonata isn't heavy, and good smell comes out, so Ferda likes it too! Right, right?"
Е ǹ ù m̈ ă .і d
Nekonata turning the arrow with innocent eyes.
Of course, he didn't answer.
Odograsado watched that and laughed hah-hah, defending her instead.
"Don't be like that, Blancaros, wouldn't it be okay to show a little flexibility?"
"......."
"The important thing is that we gathered here, what does seating matter? Above all......."
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Pointing at Nekonata with her finger, she asked.
"Do you think you can control that child?"
"......Can't."
Blancaros acknowledging it.
Nekonata said with puffed cheeks.
"Nekonata can be good! But you only say boring things!"
Е̌ n u̇ m а . і̆ d̆
Nekonata unfolding the logic that the bad ones are you guys, not me.
Blancaros accepted it in the end, as if he'd seen a separated future.
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"Ferda Regent."
"Yes."
"I'm counting on you."
He ended up attending the meeting as a babysitter.
Еn̊ u m̆a . і d_
Nekonata took out toys in the meantime and lined them up *shuk-shuk* in front of her.
How nice would it be if this harmonious atmosphere continued?
But everything didn't go as hoped.
Soon, a heavy current that hadn't been felt until now flowed from the door side.
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What gave a tension on a different dimension from now was in a woman's form.
Green long hair touching the floor.
Е̃ n̆ ŭ m̀а. і̆ d̊
Tear tracks that seemed to have flowed and dried repeatedly.
And now eyes dried up with no tears left to flow.
From her mouth flows something unknown—breath, incantation, or curse.
Ferda could know.
In her heart, an endless funeral was being held.
She is mourning something, missing it, raging, and it has no end.
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'Mesabosk.......'
Green Dragon, Mesabosk.
The woman called the Owner of Forest and Vitality ironically has the form of death.
Ferda glanced at the surroundings' reactions.
Except for Storeus who seemed uninterested and Nekonata playing with toys, no one could relax their tension.
"Sit, Mesabosk."
W̄ е b̄ nо v̄е ľ Е̊ ň ü m а
"......."
At Blancaros's words, Mesabosk dragged her feet and sat in her seat.
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The place she settled was almost the opposite side.
Mesabosk sat down and stayed with her head hung low.
After a while, the last guest stepped in.
"Apologies for being late."
W̄ е̊b ñ о̌ v̌ è l̂ _Е̇n ŭ m̈ а̌
A man whose tone carried courtesy.
But those who know that voice know that courtesy is a mask.
The man who entered last was none other than Godwin's spawn.
In other words, a demon.
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'Gokma.'
A man with white skin, unlike other demons with black skin.
Еn ũ m а. і̄ d
Killing intent extends everywhere, making the term neutral zone meaningless.
There weren't just one or two who wanted to cut his throat right now.
He was undoubtedly the continent's public enemy.
Yet he entered boldly, unbefitting the White House's name.
Could he take a seat here?
Just as that thought arose, a moment came that made everyone doubt their eyes.
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The place he took his seat was right next to Mesabosk.
-Why is Mesabosk-nim just leaving that man alone?
The one who sent the telepathic message was Erica.
As a living witness who knows the Dragon-Demon War's history, she couldn't help but question that action.
-Could Mesabosk-nim possibly—.
The telepathy was cut off abnormally.
Еn ǔ m̆а. і̄ḋ
It wasn't Erica who cut it.
"Starting now."
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Soon heard was Blancaros's voice.
Concentrating everyone's attention to the point the word 'bustling' was forgotten.
"Let's begin the meeting."
