I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 57

Chapter 57

I said, startled.

“Father is, no, His Majesty is going to demonstrate it himself?”

Up until now, the Transfer Gate was a theory.

But as theory approached reality, things that were not visible before began to be seen.

‘What if it goes wrong?’

It became clearer as I watched Father walking towards the Transfer Gate himself.

I was worried about Father right now.

‘What if Father gets seriously hurt because of this system I made……’

Or what if he falls into a dimensional rift and never comes back?

The thought suddenly made me so scared that my body trembled.

‘It’s still just a theory. It’s never been tested on a person before.’

Someone had to do it, of course, but the selfish and wicked thought that I wished it wasn’t my father surfaced.

But Father’s expression was extremely indifferent.

“What are you so afraid of?”

“Th, that’s……”

“There’s nothing to be afraid of. Something like this is nothing.”

Father took a step forward with an indifferent expression and stood on top of the Transfer Gate.

Father seemed fine, but I was the one who was scared.

‘I’m scared.’

My head told me it would be safe, but that was a separate issue.

It was a terrible thought, but I wished it was someone else, not Father.

‘Stupid Isabel. Why didn’t you think about the specifics of someone having to test it?’

I was so engrossed in the fact that I had actually implemented the Transfer Gate that I couldn’t see anything else.

This was a clear mistake.

I was upset because it seemed like a limitation of someone who had only studied theory without practical experience.

‘I should just go myself.’

Even if something went wrong, I was terminally ill. So I thought it was right for me to be the one to participate in the experiment.

“Father. I……”

Just as I was about to say I would go, Father, who had stepped onto the Transfer Gate, let out a sigh, “Huu-“.

Then he came back down and stood in front of me.

He knelt on one knee to meet my eye level.

“I’m just trying to do my job as a father.”

Father’s large hand touched my head.

As if there was magic in that hand, it calmed the turmoil in my heart.

“Even if you don’t believe in yourself, I believe in you.”

Looking again, Father had the same face as Mother.

The atmosphere was quite different from the gentle Mother, but the heart he held was the same.

I could definitely feel it.

“Ah. That’s not it.”

Father seemed to have remembered something and changed his words.

“If I make someone else do it, it gets very complicated.”

We have to start by accepting volunteers.

We have to prove that there is no coercion in the experiment, determine a definite compensation for any possible damage, draw up a contract, blah blah blah.

Anyway, there’s a lot to do.

“This is the simplest and most efficient way. You’re a logical child, so you’ll understand what I’m saying.”

“But……”

“And is there anyone stronger than me in this country?”

That meant that if anything bad happened, no one could handle it as well as Father.

“It’s only natural that greater power and rights come with greater responsibilities and duties, so you don’t have to worry.”

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Ron removed the hand he had placed on Isabel’s head.

He subtly checked Serna’s expression, and Serna was smiling.

The two communicated through their eyes.

‘Did I do well?’

‘You did well.’

‘Even if you don’t believe in yourself, I believe in you.’

This was Ron’s true heart and the core of his feelings. The words that followed were just supplementary explanations disguised as logic.

He thought that ‘logic’ was needed to stabilize Isabel.

The Isabel that Ron saw was an extremely rational, mathematical, and logical child.

She was a child who pointed out numbers even when talking about the fatigue of sixteen times.

So he tried to reassure Isabel with logic rather than emotion.

Viaton, who was watching from behind, scoffed.

“Wow, that’s so cool, greater responsibilities come with greater power and rights! Please continue to bear many responsibilities in the future. Will you take responsibility for my dark circles too?”

Ron, standing on top of the Transfer Gate, looked at Viaton.

“You’re next, Aide.”

“……Pardon?”

Viaton flinched for a moment.

Since the Emperor volunteered first, it was logically correct for the Aide to be the next to experiment.

Ron grinned, and seeing that smile, Viaton felt a deep sense of defeat once again.

“This is humiliating.”

He had never felt this kind of defeat even when he was defeated by the Emperor with a sword.

To be precise, these feelings of defeat were something he had never felt before Isabel was born.

‘Why did I flinch again!’

For a very brief moment.

It was just a fleeting moment, but.

Nevertheless, he flinched.

Ron showed infinite trust in his daughter, but Viaton couldn’t.

“It’s not that I don’t trust Her Highness, but I feel like Your Majesty is pushing all the work onto me again, so I’m annoyed.”

Ron’s voice came.

“That would be the difference in level between you and me.”

Viaton’s face turned black, and at the same time, the Transfer Gate activated and Ron disappeared.

And after a while, Ron returned and said.

“It’s much more comfortable than the previous Transfer Gate.”

Stability has been proven.

Next, Viaton tried the experiment, and he returned without any problems.

“You’re right. It’s much more stable, isn’t it? It feels less foreign and unstable. The mana consumption of the Transfer Gate is significantly lower too. This is a groundbreaking advancement!”

The experiment itself was a huge success.

And a few days later, Isabel was able to understand the meaning of what Ron had said a little more.

‘I’m just trying to do my job as a father.’

It wasn’t just something Ron said to reassure Isabel.

The new Transfer Gate system created by Isabel and Teyselon began to be plagued by all sorts of rumors.

『A seven-year-old princess’s unverified system.』

The Princess of the Bilotian Empire.

The princess who couldn’t learn Bilotian swordsmanship was a shame and embarrassment to the Bilotian Empire.

Of course, she had shown her capabilities by winning the Olympiad, and accordingly, many people began to praise the princess.

However, the basic thought of the people of the swordsmanship empire was, ‘But does it make sense that the royal family of the swordsmanship empire can’t do swordsmanship?’

“I heard it’s a smokescreen to cover up her lack of talent?”

“Yeah. She can’t do swordsmanship, so they’re trying to make her look great by doing other things.”

“How can you trust something made by a seven-year-old? That Teyselon? I heard he’s a pervert who was kicked out of the Magic Federation?”

Rumors beget rumors, and those rumors beget more rumors.

Agitation was very easy.

The system Isabel and Teyselon made was called the ‘TeyIsabel Transfer Gate’, named after the two, and many were suspicious of it.

“It’s nothing more than a propaganda tool to make up for the princess’s shortcomings.”

“How can a princess and a pervert make something that the Magic Tower’s magic engineers couldn’t?”

“It’s practically using the citizens of the empire as lab rats.”

Many citizens of the empire opposed the installation of the TeyIsabel Transfer Gate.

“But I heard His Majesty and Aide Viaton already verified its safety themselves?”

“That’s because they have the bodies of His Majesty and Aide Viaton. Ordinary people will never be like that.”

Ron had already anticipated this situation.

He invited Isabel and Teyselon to dinner.

“Teyselon. You’ve already been through this once, haven’t you?”

“That’s right.”

These numerous rumors would have originated from the Mirotel Magic Federation.

They don’t want change.

The small number of mages who hold vested interests don’t want to give up what they have.

Because of this, Teyselon was expelled from the Magic Federation and conducted his research alone in the Elbe Mountains.

After dinner, Isabel spoke first.

“I know Father is working hard for me. I think I now understand what you meant when you said you were doing your job as a father.”

More than the Mirotel Federation spreading rumors, Ron did his best to stop them.

And he blocked the malicious speculations about Isabel and thoroughly cracked down so that Isabel wouldn’t hear any bad things.

He was also steadily preparing for the upcoming public opinion battle.

“But I’m really okay.”

Isabel had lived in a world where public opinion warfare was much more developed than this one.

A media world where you can travel the world with a few clicks.

She had stood at the center of that world and received the attention of countless people.

There was a lot of positive attention, including comfort and support, but there were also many malicious comments for reasons she couldn’t understand.

Unintentionally, this situation was very familiar.

Isabel, rather, reassured Ron.

“Bad words are heard better than good words, and people are more likely to be swept away by the bad side than the good side. Especially if it’s something that threatens safety or life.”

“……”

“I don’t think that’s bad. I just think it’s natural, it’s supposed to be that way. I’m not hurt at all. So don’t worry.”

Isabel smiled and looked at Ron.

Now I understand.

Father’s worry that lies behind that expressionless mask.

“I’m just so happy that there’s one person who truly believes in me. I’m even happier that it’s Father.”

“……”

“I didn’t know it would be this reassuring. I’m so happy and grateful that it’s so reassuring.”

Having said that, Isabel became embarrassed for some reason and lowered her head slightly.

Although she couldn’t see it because of that, a smile bloomed and disappeared on Ron’s face.

And a few days later, news that would surprise the citizens of the empire began to be announced one after another.