Episode 13. frill

“Dad! There is today~”

“Yes, my daughter.”

“Today~ Did you go to school after a long time? I even dressed like this to go to school! how is it? Like a commoner? Later on, I want to make friends with commoners. Are you fine?”

It wasn’t that plain, but Frill’s father nodded with an infinitely generous smile.

“Yes, at that school you can get along well with commoners.”

“Isn’t Daddy busy these days?”

“me? ah… . Not busy! You can always find time to see my daughter, yes.”

“yes? I’ll find it though Everyone is surprised when Dad comes here. Even just me, it’s kind of like that.”

“hahahaha… . my daughter is an angel When did you grow up so pretty?”

The emperor sincerely thought so.

His other children grew up too quickly. The children, who were strongly influenced by the vassals and court mages who replaced them, had already endured the weight of the imperial family and stood up, making others fall to their knees naturally.

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Just like the image of the predecessor who devoted everything to the task of ruling the world, the first princess, the second prince, and the third princess who attended Kiruna Magic School with Frill were all strong.

Now, without having to worry, those children will face all the winds and waves of the world on their own as if they are cool.

I don’t think such images are bad, but I felt a little uncomfortable when I saw the ambition reflected on the other side of the children’s eyes and the clear future they wanted to draw.

On the other hand, frills… .

I was worried a lot even when I first complained about not wanting to learn magic, but now that I think about it, I was living the happy life that Zel wanted.

Freel was enjoying the days of his youth, where he was free to live as he wanted, without any heavy responsibilities.

So just hearing the really trivial stories she went through made Zer-sama happy.

It was good to say that it was surrogate satisfaction. I just envied the freedom of frills and wanted to protect them.

Because he didn’t have the boyhood he most wanted.

* * *

‘Humans are beings who sacrifice themselves to gain something.’

said the emperor.

If you want to gain knowledge, you must spend less time sleeping while studying and contemplating.

If you want to have a strong body, you should lift the iron during refreshment time with your mother.

If you want to grow into a well-rounded adult, you will have to sacrifice your childhood happiness to read and master many things.

A person sacrifices something like that and becomes something else. You sacrifice something of yourself, and you get something else in return.

‘There is also humanity in what you have to sacrifice. Mr. Zer.’

‘Forget about kissing Stella.

The girl you cherished is not the kissing garden. Stella, the seed of a monster whose name cannot be contained except for us now.

So, shed those tears.

Only when she is sacrificed can you become an emperor with a stronger foundation… . my son.’

‘… .’

“… Dad? it’s okay? I don’t like the expression… .”

“no! No, no. daddy is emperor Invincible.”

Emperor Zer, fearing that the daughter on the other side of the magic videophone would have a tearful face, made her expression as bright as possible.

3 am. In fact, he should have been asleep a long time ago. Frill always wakes up at 12:00 when the sun rises in mid-sky, so he doesn’t know, but the emperor only sleeps for 2 hours a day to see her face.

If I had known that, Frill would not have called at this hour, but other than this time, Jer and Frill had no time to talk.

He tried to bluff in front of his daughter, but if he didn’t do it right, hundreds of thousands of lives would come and go… There were so many.

Of course, there were no complaints about it. As his father said, he only sacrificed sleep time.

I sleep less and talk to my most precious daughter on the phone, can there be any complaints? On the contrary, I am grateful for the time I have now.

When Frill and the other kids were younger, they were too busy. Even with this reduced sleep, I was so busy that I couldn’t find time to take care of my children.

Is that why other children had no choice but to grow up strong?

‘What an ugly father.’

“Oh right! Dad! I want to learn magic.”

“Yes? Are you frill magic?”

Until now, he just shook his head saying it wasn’t funny, but suddenly?

Zer-nim, who was sitting in a comfortable position, corrected his posture and sat down. Then, Frill smiled expectantly and started chirping like a cute bird.

“yes. You know, there was a professor named Ian in the class I took today~”

The Emperor of the Empire, Holy King Zer, listened to the story of the frill flowing through the subtle magic video call in the dark imperial bedroom.

* * *

“princess… . Shouldn’t I be taking a nap now? I am afraid that the jade body will be damaged.”

“Jina, jade doesn’t spoil that easily. It is a jewel.”

“uh… .”

Gina, who had nothing to say, looked anxiously at Frill, who had not yet fallen asleep at 9:00 in the morning.

Frill usually video-calls with the emperor until 4:00 a.m. and wakes up at 12:00.

So when Gina goes to work at 9 o’clock, I would carefully tidy up the room and prepare brunch for her so as not to break the frills.

I couldn’t help but be surprised to see Frill, who hadn’t gone to bed by the time Gina went to work. Jina’s concern wasn’t just that Frill stayed up late.

At that age, Gina also had a period when she had trouble falling asleep due to whims, worries, or nightmares, so when she first saw Frill sitting in front of her desk, she didn’t have much to worry about.

However, seeing the rather thick books stacked in front of the princess, I couldn’t help but be surprised.

‘Princess Frill… study?!’

In front of a deformedly huge mirror, Princess Frill is silently absorbed in a magic book with all cosmetics aside.

To be honest, even though I was watching it right in front of me, Gina had a hard time believing that this was real.

If His Majesty the Emperor had seen this, he would have been worried about my daughter’s illness before being delighted with Princess Frill’s passion.

Because it was something I had never seen before.

“Mana… . Self-expression, ego, meaning-giving. Giving meaning is to establish order out of chaos. Turn off… .”

No matter how you think about it, after taking Professor Ian’s class, Princess Frill became a little strange. Gina asked her in a worried voice.

“Me, Princess.”

“Yes?”

“If Professor Ian makes any insulting remarks to the princess during class-”

“It’s not like that. Don’t worry and leave it alone. I do it because I want to.”

“ah… . Yes. sorry.”

“No, no. Thank you for your concern. But it’s really okay.”

Well, there’s no way there could be a madman in this school who would offend Princess Frill, the direct imperial family.

If so, something happened in class that could ignite the princess’ passion for learning. Professor Ian’s class might have shaken Princess Frill because of his excellent class.

I was taken aback by the appearance of Frill, which seemed to have suddenly matured, but the maid had to adapt quickly to this situation. Gina went outside as quietly as possible, and brewed coffee with a scent that Frill would like.

Even while making bubbles in pretty shapes for her, Gina couldn’t erase the bitter thoughts like beans.

‘Princess Frill… . To be honest, I’m not sure if I should cheer for the princess.’

Frill, who thought it would be a cute baby bird forever, is suddenly challenging to flap its wings.

‘Will this change be beneficial to her?’

For the emperor, who feels the freedom of a young day through frills, is it really happy that she grows up… .

The reason Princess Frill had not been involved in political incidents so far was because she showed no interest or action on the side.

What do her brothers and sisters, who did not see the immature and cute youngest child as a competitor at all, regard the dream she began to have as a meaning?

How will her passion for magic training be accepted by the monsters in the imperial family?

However, Gina has already decided not to worry too much.

It’s kind of hard to say that, but the interest that flares up so quickly fades just as quickly. Gina had a time like that, so I know it well.

Something looked so cool and fun, so at that time, I took on the challenge with the momentum to sell my soul. In the end, the experience that I gave up on the boundary between beginner and expert.

I started something that looked so interesting, but I had to study more boring and boring theory to learn it properly.

Every adult lives with at least one such memory.

When you have to endure endlessly repeated times of endurance.

The painful but enjoyable memories of breaking the illusion and giving up the dream by oneself after being unable to overcome the boredom and difficulties.

Gina thought that Frill had gone through such a thing at least once and was becoming an adult.

‘It looks like you’re starting to study while falling into fantasies about Bona Mana wizards.’

It may sound cold-hearted, but if I started with that mindset, there was a high possibility that it would end up meaningless.

The life of Frill, the fifth princess, was free, but at the same time meaningless. A free life without responsibilities and obligations soon becomes a neglected time that leaves nothing behind.

However, considering the bloody atmosphere of the imperial family, that could be a happy thing.

It might not be so bad for her if this passion ends meaninglessly now… .

Frill didn’t know that Jina had made the coffee while thinking about it, and she drank it deliciously, foaming white in her mouth. Somehow, a deep sense of guilt remained in Jina’s heart as she silently watched the scene.

* * *

Frill’s passion for learning, which no one would pay attention to, burned much longer than Gina expected.

Gina tried to stop her, regretting doubting Frill’s passion even in her heart.

“Princess, stop now… ”

“yes. I’m almost done.”

8 o’clock in the evening.

Frill, who stayed up all night, stretched. Fatigue that felt heavy, dizziness that I felt for the first time in my life came.

‘Still, these 4 magic books, I finally read them all… !’

‘Frill, that’s what Dad heard. That student seems to be a unique magic user.’

‘Unique magic? what is that?’

After that, the father’s explanation gave a great shock to Frill.

‘By the way, he was in E class? Is that that difficult?’

A commoner girl I met by chance in class turned out to be a great genius.

‘Perhaps, as Professor Ian said, he was a child who had never seriously approached the nature of mana. I was originally a student who could do that, but until now, I hadn’t even thought of trying.’

‘… then i can’t? That pretty thing?’

‘no! I don’t mean that, daughter. You can do it too~ Anyone can do it if they try.’

‘really? Then I have to work really hard from now on! I also really want to try using unique magic!’

‘… Yes, I will cheer you on. frills. Dad is the invincible emperor, and you’re his daughter, right? I’m sure you can do it.’

Right after that, I borrowed 4 books on unique magic from the library in the middle of the night.

In the end, Frill stayed up all night reading and concluded that the road to the goal would be very difficult.

Frill, who had a swollen dream, felt the reality while looking through the data.

Perhaps more difficult than becoming the emperor for Frill was the use of unique magic.

but.

“still… . There is something so pretty… !”

Until now, for Frill, who has lived only to look beautiful, the mint-haired girl’s unique magic is… . It was something that overwhelmed Frill’s entire life.

I felt like I would give anything to get it.

The shape of her broken hair and her eyes, now red and bloodshot, were more proud than ugly.

Knowing the meaning of his broken self in the mirror, Frill decided not to stop here and study for two more hours.

Looking forward to Ian’s class tomorrow… .

“… I am the daughter of an invincible emperor. What can I not win!”

It was the hottest moment in her meaningless life.

* * *

Rien opened the door very slightly to check whether I was sleeping or not, and our eyes met. She carefully opened the door and greeted me politely.

“Good morning, Professor. You woke up.”

“Please take good care of me today.”

“Actually, today is a holiday, so I didn’t want to see you so early.”

Rien looked at me for a bit and then spoke.

“I received a message from the professor to deliver an invitation instead, so I visited a little earlier.”

“invitation?”

“This is a letter from Professor Dana.”

When I heard the three letters of the name, my eyes went white for a moment.

“Dana… ? Was she a professor of magic linguistics?”

“Yes, Professor Dana became a full professor in the Department of Magical Linguistics a year ago. He is famous both inside and outside the school because of his many research achievements, so it’s only natural that you already know him.”

Dana.

She was the second most embarrassing trouble maker in this school, and an eccentric malignant magic researcher who sometimes made you wonder if she did this on purpose.

I don’t know how the hell she got it, but her nickname is ‘Child of Light’.

I, who was the editor of the novel, couldn’t help but know her.

So, even if I tried to hide my current despair, I couldn’t hide it, but once I received the letter from Rien, I started reading it slowly.

Even before handing over the letter, Rien’s expression was not good.

Dear newcomer.

hello!! This is Dana, my senior by 1 year!! It’s the first time for a junior professor to receive it, and I’m so nervous! I want to bite you!

If it was originally like this, other magic linguistics professors would have visited me once in a while and given me a lot of nagging and pressure in the name of congratulations. I’m envious that you made it through such a busy time well! Wow, the nagging is real Hadley. That lady is really real. After hearing that, I ended up running into the men’s room.

anyway! I am also a young female professor. I wanted to meet a young male professor once, and I’m glad you came in as my junior! Why don’t you come and play with me at my lab?!

I don’t like writing, so I’ll cut it short. 32-year-old Sexy, innocent, decadent, pure, cool, beauty, intelligent, fresh, lively, high school girl, female professor Dana Ga.

P.S.) Ah, just in case, it’s a gift to my lab, so you can’t bring anything to eat. The chimera inside gets excited and rushes to eat it.

PS) I heard that you were a soldier, but can you come wearing a uniform? That’s my fantasy!

P.S. P.S.) … ♡

“ah… .”

“professor… . Shall I refuse?”

“for a moment. Wait a minute.”

Wow… .

I really hate to go.