I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Isabel didn’t hear Duke Rovena’s voice. She couldn’t hear anything right now.

She just cried without making a sound.

Her body still wouldn’t move properly, but she managed to move her hand and touch Honey Badger’s backside.

She could feel Honey Badger’s warmth through her fingertips.

That was the best Isabel could do right now.

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you.’

Isabel continued to cry at the terrifying thought that Honey Badger’s 10 years had disappeared.

Rovena continued to watch Isabel with Dragon Eye.

The sadness and pain Isabel was feeling were transmitted to Rovena as well.

The depth of it was too deep for a human to bear.

‘What kind of little kid feels such deep despair?’

It was enough to make even the heart of Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom with a strong mind, ache.

‘It wouldn’t be easy to feel this level of darkness with the mind of a 7-year-old.’

Only someone who has endured countless hardships and endured a long time would be able to feel such deep emotions.

‘Not her own life, but a honey badger’s 10 years creates this kind of sadness?’

Ravina, the Dragon of Wisdom, tried to understand this situation rationally.

Dragons are not originally concerned with lifespan. There were even dragons who committed suicide because they were bored and listless.

‘What does 10 years mean to this child?’

Rovena sighed, “Ehew-“.

‘Why is she crying without making a sound?’

The little child who was crying more sadly than anyone else was crying more quietly than anyone else.

Even though the Dragon of Wisdom didn’t experience much emotional fluctuation, her heart strangely tingled, and she bit her lip slightly.

She couldn’t just stand by and watch.

‘This kind of impulsive behavior suits Kadelina. No. It’s okay. I’m not the dragon Ravina right now, but Duke Rovena of the North. I’m human. Humans are originally fickle.’

She rationalized it like that.

Rovena started to do something she hadn’t planned on, unconsciously.

She trudged over and hugged Isabel tightly.

“I’ll give you the medicine after giving you the disease.”

No, but Isabel, he’s a dragon.

Even if he takes 10 years, it’s less than a second by human standards.

No, and you’re smart.

He doesn’t even have the Mark of Narvidal, so how can we extract his life?

Does that make sense?

‘She must have been so shaken that she couldn’t even make that kind of judgment, right?’

It was an emotion that Ravina, as a dragon, couldn’t fully understand. But the reality of that emotion clearly existed.

“I’ll be your friend too. Stop crying. Call me ‘eonni’ from now on.”

Ravina, who had retired from her role as Duke of the North, decided to return to it again.

To watch Isabel and Arun closely.

But Isabel’s tears didn’t stop.

“No, I told you to call me ‘eonni’? This is a very honorable and precious thing……”

Isabel burst into tears.

“Hwaaaah!”

“……Oh my. Really, I’m lying. I didn’t take his life!”

“Hwaaaaaah!”

“Think about it. Does he have the Mark of Narvidal?”

Isabel was now able to move.

This was because Rovena had released the mana that was binding Isabel.

“Hwaaaaaah!”

“How can I take 10 years when he doesn’t have the Mark of Narvidal?!”

“Hey, hey, stop crying. You look so ugly.”

Once the storm of emotions became uncontrollable, Isabel found it difficult to control her body with reason.

“I hate you!”

“……What?”

“I hate you, eonni!”

Only after shouting like that did she finally regain her senses.

‘I’m doomed.’

Very, extremely, considerably doomed.

To have said she hated the fearsome Duke Rovena.

Hic, hic.

No, how long are you going to keep hiccuping…… my body!

She had barely regained her senses, but her breathing was rapid and she felt slightly dizzy.

She looked at Duke Rovena to gauge her expression, but it was difficult to read.

“What did you say?”

“That……”

“I think you just said you hated me.”

“M-me?”

She wasn’t sure. Let’s try to deny it for now.

They say you can’t spit on a smiling face. Let’s smile as brightly as possible!

“Smiling like that with your face covered in tears and snot isn’t pretty at all.”

Duke Rovena snapped her fingers, and something amazing happened.

A splash of water appeared in the air and soon became a translucent figure of a boy.

‘A spirit? Wow, what is that? Why is he handsome?’

Even the spirits in this world were handsome.

My eyes blinked involuntarily.

‘Maybe it’s because he looks like he’s around my age, but that handsomeness feels dramatic.’

While admiring his handsomeness, I felt a sense of reality check.

‘So this is why crying kids smile when you give them candy.’

I felt a bit of a reality check because I felt like a little kid who completely forgets everything else when she’s focused on one thing.

But I couldn’t feel that reality check for long either.

This was because the spirit smiled brightly and rubbed Isabel’s face with his hand.

“It tickles!”

I burst out laughing without realizing it.

I was really like a child.

I touched my face with my hands, and my skin was very soft and smooth.

Duke Rovena’s voice was heard.

“Now you’re finally clean.”

Now that she had come to her senses and washed her face, her reason had fully returned.

‘I have to fix the situation.’

Rovena only scared her, right? She didn’t take her lifespan, right? This situation must be a good one, right?

But she screamed that she hated her, right?

“Isabel was ungrateful. I’m sorry. Isabel was bad.”

Duke Rovena looked at me for a long time and then burst out laughing.

“I hate people who call themselves by their own names.”

“D-did I do that?”

She didn’t remember.

It wasn’t intentional, and she just wanted to say ‘me’, but it seemed like her mouth moved that way on its own.

“It’s not a lie that I said I’d be your eonni.”

Then the High Priest grandfather shouted, “Eonni!”

That looked a little strange, so I looked at grandfather.

For some reason, I don’t know why, but grandfather seemed a little angry……?

No.

He seemed a little jealous……? What…… is it?

Is it my imagination that he seems a little displeased that I’m calling Duke Rovena ‘eonni’?

“……you say? Wouldn’t ‘aunt’ be more appropriate?”

Oh, it must be my imagination.

“There’s quite a big age difference.”

“……Huh?”

Oh, right, there’s a big age difference.

But it didn’t really matter.

“It’s not weird at all.”

The title ‘eonni’ suited her so well.

Mana must be good, she really doesn’t age.

She didn’t know exactly how old Duke Rovena was, but she looked to be in her early to mid-20s.

‘That’s old enough to be an eonni!’

A silly grin spread across her face.

Honey was okay, and she was okay.

Nothing happened, and Duke of the North told her to call her ‘eonni’, so the situation couldn’t be better.

“I’ll give you dalgona later. Thank you. I’m happy to have an eonni.”

She bowed deeply.

“I’ll give you two.”

Marco Yurmiel.

The continent’s best appraiser was startled.

“Uh, uh?”

This was because the Proposal Stone was emitting a colorful light.

It was a light that was not only brilliant but also auspicious.

But that auspiciousness soon brought misfortune.

Crack━━━

The Proposal Stone began to crack.

“Oh, oh, oh, no!!!”

If that broke, he would have to compensate for an astronomical amount of money.

His family would be ruined.

“Wh-what is this……!”

In the end, the Proposal Stone broke.

“Sigh……”

How could he tell Chief Attendant Dailtha about this?

He tasted deep despair.

Poof!

He thought he heard someone farting, so he got angry.

“Who farted?!”

But there was no one in the room.

Poof!

“Huh?”

A small magic circle had been created where the Proposal Stone had broken.

Poof!

Something popped up from there.

“Sparkle……?”

It was something like a sparkling jewel.

But its thickness was considerable.

“Could that be……?”

Poof! Poof! Poof!

Jewels continued to sprout.

Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!

A diamond fountain exploded.

“Di-di-diamonds!!!”

Poof! Poof! Poof!

Diamonds kept piling up.

“Re-really diamonds?”

Marco fainted for a moment.

“I’ll escort you to the Alphea Royal Palace.”

I almost called the gatekeeper ajusshi “Dad”.

The energy I felt was definitely Father’s, but somehow it felt like I shouldn’t call him Father.

Seeing him pretend he wasn’t Dad when he clearly was, it seemed like it was a ‘worldview where everyone knows he’s Dad, but pretends they don’t’.

I don’t know, but there must be some important reason for the adults!

I’m a good child, so I decided to understand and empathize with their situation.

“Really? The gatekeeper-nim will take me?”

“Yes. I have a carriage waiting.”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard.

“A gatekeeper should do a gatekeeper’s job. A gatekeeper’s job is to guard the gate, gatekeeper.”

“Sir Viaton!”

“I apologize for being late. I should have escorted you.”

Sir Viaton turned his gaze back to the gatekeeper ajusshi.

“Why is the gatekeeper trying to escort her? I’ll be the one to escort Her Highness, so don’t worry about it, gatekeeper.”

Sir Viaton bent his knees and sat down, opening his arms to me.

It was like the N pole of a magnet.

I was the S pole.

It was the law of nature, so I couldn’t help it.

I was drawn in and hugged him without realizing it.

‘I feel safe.’

I think I was very nervous without realizing it.

As I hugged Sir Viaton, all the tension in my body was released, and I felt a deep sense of relief.

The gatekeeper ajusshi’s voice was heard.

“How can you hug Her Highness so carelessly?”

Dad seemed to be very faithful to his gatekeeper concept, and Sir Viaton also seemed to be playing along with that concept.

There must be some reason I don’t know.

If I want to make Dad feel good, I should join in, right?

“I like it. Sir Viaton is a teacher who cares for me very much.”

“Isn’t it rude to touch a member of the Imperial family?”

“But Sir Viaton is the Chief Aide of the Empire, and he’s like a second father to me.”

Someone who is always warm, kind, and supportive. Sir Viaton was always someone I was grateful for.

Dad, who was playing the role of a gatekeeper, spoke again.

“Does Her Highness like being hugged so much?”

“I do!”

“Why? Do you like Sir Viaton that much?”

Dad cherishes Sir Viaton, so if I say I like Sir Viaton too, Dad will feel more reassured and happy, right?

Is he doing this role-playing on purpose to see how I feel?

Hmm, I think so.

I answered with a bright smile.

“Yes! I like him! A lot.”

If I say this, Dad will be relieved and happy, right?

But Dad was frowning right now.

‘He must be frowning on purpose because he doesn’t want to show his true feelings!’

He couldn’t really be upset.

I felt very relieved.