Translator: Wan ED/PR: Fan
— Latta is not a fox, Latta is Latta.
Latta hit the floor with her front paw, expressing dissatisfaction.
“I adopted it.”
Lucion replied.
“Adopted…?”
Carson asked back.
“Yes. I adopted.”
Lucion replied the same.
Carson’s eyes shook slightly, but he didn’t ask any further.
Lucion, who refused anything they brought for him, had something he wanted for the first time.
So, no matter how black that fox was, he could get over it.
“Can’t I raise it?”
At Lucion’s question, Novio opened his mouth.
“Why not? Raise it.”
The owner of this land and the family head, Novio, gave him permission.
Now no one would be able to spit out any nonsense.
“Thank You.”
Lucion spoke with sincerity.
“But Lucion. Did nothing really occur in your room?”
“Yes. No matter how many times You ask, nothing happened. Please look around. Is my body injured? Or is the room a mess?”
At Novio’s ceaseless questions, Lucion pointed at himself and the room.
“Okay. Nothing happened.”
Novio stood up from his seat.
From the beginning, the power that he and Carson felt appeared and disappeared in a very short moment.
The problem was that its range happened to include Lucion’s room.
And Lucion was the only ordinary person in the Cronia family.
‘Was it a warning sent by the enemy country? I was quiet these days, so it seems that the fear of the Cronia name has started to wane?’
Novio struggled to suppress his murderous aura as he headed outside.
“Rest.”
Carson also stood up to follow Novio out.
After the two people left, Lucion took a deep breath.
“The moment the Darkness became a fox was very short, so was it even possible to notice it?”
[It’s possible for those two. No, other people probably also noticed.]
“Is my family that powerful?”
At Lucion’s question, Russell was flustered instead.
[… You didn’t know that?]
“I didn’t know.”
[Well, you could not know that. You can’t know everything, even if you live under the same roof.]
Russell quickly brushed it off.
He distanced himself from people because of ghosts, so how could he be with his family?
It was a situation where he couldn’t dampen the spirit of Lucion, who was trying to change.
“So, did Master-nim get what my and Latta’s relation is from this example?”
Lucion pointed at Latta.
It was a good question to change the topic at the perfect time.
Russell told him about the things he saw.
[When you use your Darkness, as the Divine Beast said, she can assist your Darkness.]
— Latta isn’t a Divine Beast. Latta is Latta.
Latta straightened up her tail.
[What it means. The Divine Beast, no, Latta’s growth influences you, and your growth influences Latta.]
“So, You mean I can grow stronger faster, correct?”
[That’s right!]
Russell grinned and snapped his fingers.
It was almost like he was sleeping, and then a jewel, which only a handful existed in the world, rolled into his hand.
But because he couldn’t be exactly certain what a Divine Beast means for a warlock, Russell didn’t think it was a perfect fortune.
[Then, let’s continue training.]
Russell struggled to shake off his thoughts.
Making a good companion and a training were separate.
“Master-nim. Before the training, I have something to ask.”
[Ask.]
“How do I make this kid grow?”
Lucion grabbed Latta by the nape and put her on his palm.
[Well. Make her eat well and sleep well?]
The information about the Divine Beast is close to a complete secret.
It was information that even Russell didn’t know.
“There are things that even Master-nim doesn’t know.”
Russell flinched at Lucion’s off-hand words.
How could words without any malicious intentions hurt so badly?
***
“… Ouu.”
The moment Lucion opened his eyes, he let out a groan.
His whole body hurt so much from muscle pain that he felt like screaming.
Latta, who was closely observing Lucion, did her best to stretch the moment Lucion woke up.
— Ouhap!
Lucion trembled as he forced his body to stand up.
Perhaps because he used all his mental power yesterday, his head was throbbing so much as if to kill him.
[We will start in earnest from today. Will you be able to do that if you’re already like this?]
Lucion glared at Russell floating in the air as if showing off.
Truly detestable.
Yesterday, he repeatedly used Darkness together with Latta to float and drop a chair.
He mustered the last of his willpower and somehow crawled into bed, but he didn’t remember anything after that.
Lucion looked at the sunlight seeping in through the curtains together with the chirping of birds and sighed.
It was morning, beginning with yet another training.
[I observed Latta for the entire night.]
When Russell called out her name, Latta’s eyes grew round.
“Let me speak first.”
Lucion spoke up before listening to Russell’s words, wondering if the fact he noticed would be of help or not.
[Okay. You go first.]
“Besides my whole body, especially my legs, hurting as if to drive me crazy, there is no change.”
[The fact there is no change with you means that it’s exactly like an ordinary Divine Beast up to here.]
“Then what did Master-nim discover?”
Lucion staggered to the latchou flowerpot.
Latta, who was curled up on the bed, jumped down and tried to stagger like Lucion, and he saw it.
“You don’t have to mimic me like that.”
— Latta is curious about a lot of things. Why is Lucion staggering? Why does he close his eyes at night? Everything is curious!
“Okay.”
Lucion replied apathetically as he plucked a latchou flower.
Snap.
At that sound, Latta rushed towards him and then stopped in shock.
— Hieek!
The hair on her whole body stood up in fright, and Lucion stretched out his hand, holding a latchou towards her.
Latta jumped like a spring and rushed to hide behind Russell.
[I’m a ghost, so clinging to me is useless.]
Russell giggled.
— Latta hates this flower! Hates it!
While Latta shivered, Lucion put latchou into his pocket and left the room.
“Please continue.”
Every time Lucion took a step, he struggled to swallow a groan.
[Yesterday, you used up all your Darkness when training, remember?]
“… Right.”
When he thought about training, Lucion automatically wrinkled his forehead.
He didn’t expect at all to use up all the Darkness.
[Latta absorbed the new Darkness that appeared and kept only a part of it while giving the rest back to you. I examined how that Darkness changed, and it used the road used by the previous Darkness.]
‘… Didn’t You say that if I use up all the Darkness, the new Darkness would have to make a new road to use?’
When Lucion fell into his thoughts, Russell opened his mouth as if saying ‘that’s a shame’.
[I told you that the new Darkness makes new pathways, but thanks to Latta, such a thing won’t be necessary.]
— Latta was born thanks to Lucion, so she can do that much.
At Latta’s voice, Lucion turned around in surprise.
When did you leave the room?
It seemed that because she was born from the Darkness, she was as quiet as the Darkness.
[Anyhow, I’m certain that the two of you are in a mutually beneficial relationship. You give Darkness to Latta, and Latta helps your Darkness to adjust faster. Ah!]
As if he recalled something, Russell bent his knees to look at Latta.
[Can you perhaps also control the Darkness possessed by Lucion?]
— Uh… I can scold it to obediently listen to Lucion’s words while saying ‘this bastard’.
“To say it the other way around, that would mean that you can control my Darkness.”
Lucion glared at Latta with an unhappy face.
— No! Latta can’t do such a thing!
Latta urgently shook her head.
“Lies…”
[It’s true. The Divine Beast can’t do such a thing. From the beginning, as she was born from your Darkness, it’s impossible for her to harm you.]
Russell cut off Lucion’s words.
“Understood. If that’s what Master-nim says.”
As he saw servants in the distance, Lucion shut his mouth and walked into the bathroom again.
After lightly washing up, Lucion chewed on latchou.
Unlike Russell, who was familiar with the scene of him chewing on it like gum every time, Latta was startled by that sight and urgently slapped Lucion’s leg.
— Spit it out! It’s dirty! Dirty!
“… Ah.”
Lucion belatedly thought about Latta.
Out of habit, he had already swallowed it and couldn’t spit it out.
“Will it perhaps also affect that kid?”
[How would I know until we check?]
Russell couldn’t be certain.
Lucion and Latta were connected, but weren’t they separate entities?
“Cough!”
— Heup!
At the sight of Lucion vomiting blood, Latta opened her eyes wide.
[Luckily, it doesn’t affect her.]
Russell turned his head away as he spoke.
No matter how many times he saw it, he couldn’t get used to his disciple’s suffering.
But as he himself said, it was groundbreaking, so he couldn’t curse Lucion to ignore it.
‘He is stubborn anyhow. Very stubborn.’
If he did so much already, wasn’t it time to slowly stop?
Shaa.
Lucion turned on the water and washed his blood-covered mouth and hands.
‘It’s fortunate.’
Lucion put a candy he had prepared beforehand into his mouth that reeked of blood.
Crunch.
Lucion, who arrived in front of his room, while rolling a candy in his mouth, saw a man walking around his door.
It was Novio’s butler, Anthony.
“What are you doing here in the morning?”
“Good morning, Young Master.”
Anthony greeted him before replying.
“Ah, this is the fox that Young Master adopted?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s very cute.”
Anthony looked at Latta.
A fox that Lucion, who always refused and turned his head away from everything, took in after a dozen years, couldn’t look prettier.
What happened for him to change his mind?
Anthony opened his mouth while lost in happiness.
“A letter to Young Master arrived.”
There was one more happy news.
“A letter?”
How could it be?
Lucion looked at Anthony with a dissatisfied face.
Up till now, the letters to him were usually anonymous things pouring out curses and condemnation.
‘The person who sent a letter to me…’
[Wouldn’t it be from Tella?]
Russell’s voice rose.
He seemed to be even more excited.
“It’s not that type of letter this time. This letter has a seal with the Luteon crest.”
Anthony smiled softly and handed him the letter.
Because it was Lucion’s precious first letter, Anthony came running at once with a fluttering heart.
“Young Master.”
“Yeah.”
While Lucion grabbed the letter, Anthony spoke.
“I’m prepared to welcome anyone Young Master brings at any time.”
Lucion didn’t say anything at Anthony’s words, who was telling him to keep a servant at his side.
“Young Master. It’s completely my fault that You can’t trust the servants…”
“No matter. Is that everything?”
Lucion didn’t want to hear annoying old stories first thing in the morning.
“Breakfast is being prepared.”
“I’ll come soon.”
“Yes. I’ll go first.”
“Okay.”
Lucion gave a simple reply and entered the room.
“… Ha.”
Seeing the tightly closed room, Anthony sighed.
It was entirely his fault that Lucion didn’t trust the servants.
As a butler, he couldn’t properly manage the servants, and Lucion’s matters were leaked to the world.
How much the young Lucion was hurt by the betrayal of the servant who should have served their master from the closest?
Anthony sighed again.
***
— Hello, Young Master Lucion. This is Young Master’s close friend Tella Luteon. First of all, I’m deeply excited and sorry to pass on the first news to You through such a letter.
The moment Lucion entered the room, he started to read the letter.
First of all, he was relieved by the fact it wasn’t a slander.
— Thanks to Young Master, I was able to obtain an opportunity I had lost. I think I’ll fly into the clouds just because of how happy I am because of this fact.
‘Well done.’
— (omitted)… So not long ago, I proudly told the bastards who were slandering Young Master at the banquet ‘I’m Young Master’s close friend!’.
A few underlines were drawn under the ‘close friend’.
‘You really said that?’
Lucion’s eyes shook violently.
— This time a ‘Banquet celebrating the birth of a Divine Beast’ is held. If Young Master is perhaps okay with it, if You’re really, really okay with it, would You possibly like to participate with me in the banquet? I would like to go with You personally.
As the writing continued, the letters grew smaller and smaller.
‘A banquet invitation…?’
Lucion mumbled those unfamiliar words.
[A banquet?]
The moment Russell saw the word ‘banquet’, he was startled.
Lucion swiftly turned his face around in shock.
As if he approached at some point, there was just a step of distance between him and Russell.
Lucion took another two steps back as he frowned.
“Master-nim. Please at least respect my privacy.”
[Co-cough. When you become a ghost, your eyesight becomes good. You will know when you become a ghost. Even if you try not to look, you just see it, you know?]
Russell cleared his throat at Lucion’s contemptible gaze.
[That said, you won’t be participating in that banquet, right?]
*~*~*
Translator’s note: I forgot how cold and suspicious Lucion was towards Latta at the beginning.
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