After looking around the villages, we returned to the farm as the sun went down.
Someone I didn’t expect greeted us as soon as we returned to the farm.
It was Murain who visited the farm along with Surin.
She welcomed us with great excitement.
“You’re finally back. I thought my neck was going to fall off because of waiting. Lord Sihyeon, hurry up and come on in.”
She suddenly grabbed my hand and started dragging me somewhere.
“Huh? Huh? Miss. Murain?”
“Hurry up and come with me. It’s absolutely awesome!”
Andras and Surin also looked puzzled because they couldn’t figure out what happened. Still, the two also followed behind as Murain led.
The place where we arrived was the living room where we all gathered together in the morning.
There were already other farm members who were sitting calmly and waiting.
“Papa!”
“Speranza!”
Speranza smiled and waved to me.
I also tried to wave my hand, but I couldn’t even raise my hand because of the impatient Murain who grabbed my hands and dragged me.
She almost crumpled me into an empty seat.
Andras and Surin, who arrived one step late, were also quickly seated by Murain.
With a flustered mind, I spoke to Lia, who was sitting next to me.
“Lia! What’s going on….”
“Shh!”
She put her outstretched index finger on her lips and signaled me to be quiet.
I got even more puzzled.
“Be quiet, Sihyeon. If you wait a little longer, you’ll understand why.”
“‥‥?”
I looked around as everyone except me, Andras, and Surin, who had just returned to the farm remained silent with a serious look.
Even Kaneff, who used to speak some nonsense, was rarely quiet and silent.
Murain, who succeeded in getting everyone to sit down, quickly approached Speranza.
Then she took out something small that looked like wood.
That’s… Right! I looked like Ocarina!
What she was holding in her hand was similar to an instrument called “Ocarina” on Earth.
“Now! Finally, let’s start the last song of the day. The last song is my self-composed song, [Fairy Sleeping in the Forest].
Murain took the instrument that she held in her hand into her mouth and breathed in.
Soon, a clear and pure tone flowed out from the instrument.
The tone was not too light and had a moderate sense of weight which made me feel at ease just by listening to it.
After a while, another beautiful tune naturally appeared and began to harmonize with the clear tone of the instrument.
The owner of this tune was Speranza, the little fox girl who closed her eyes tightly and seemed to concentrate on Murain’s instrumental performance.
“Ah…”
My mouth gradually opened and exclamations flowed out of my mouth without me realizing it
It was a really amazing singing skill that would make anyone open their mouth wide open.
I was completely surprised.
Is the fox girl singing in front of me really my daughter Speranza?
I even checked again.
Surin and Andras had a reaction that was not much different from mine.
Both looked at Speranza with wide-open eyes.
Other farm members were quietly listening to Speranza’s singing skills without much surprise, perhaps because they had already experienced her outstanding singing skills.
The song gradually reached its peak, and Speranza’s singing skills began to explode accordingly.
When I first fell in love with a song by a singer, I had goosebumps all over my body, and I felt like my heart was beating like a drum.
That intense feeling was felt in Speranza’s song.
Two things were so amazing.
First was Speranza’s voice color which felt so beautiful and clean, and the other was it was amazing enough to fill the large room and stay.
It was hard to believe that this sound was coming from that tiny body.
Even though there was no flamboyant technique to excite the audience, the pure and clean tones alone made my heart flutter.
Just listening to the song, the stress I received today disappeared as if getting washed away in clear water.
The song reached its climax and slowly moved towards the end.
The song that left a lingering impression ended, and the emptiness that the song ended flooded in.
But soon, a proud feeling filled my heart.
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
I jumped up from my seat and clapped my hands vigorously.
Others followed me with a bewitched look on their faces.
Speranza, who had been singing seriously until a while ago, ran to me with a smile.
I held her in my arms.
“Papa, how was the song?”
“Oh Dear, you sang so well. I was really surprised. You really… You sang it so well.”
I wanted to convey my feelings in some beautiful way, but just some simple and obvious words kept coming out of my mouth like a broken machine.
However, Speranza smiled and rubbed her red face in my arms, saying that she was so happy with just that.
How can such a lovely child be my daughter?
I don’t mind being criticized for being a crazy parent.
I felt like I wanted to run outside and shout to the world right now that this lovely child in my arms is my daughter!
I hugged Speranza tightly for a while, as I got caught in a whirlpool of emotions that filled my heart.
“Speranza, don’t sing too much! You might have a hard time singing later.”
“Un, okay.”
“I know everyone wants to hear Speranza sing. Don’t ask her to sing. It might strain her throat.”
The farm members turned their heads at the stern warning from Murain.
I think everyone was thinking of asking Speranza to sing.
Murain, who kept saying various things, frowned as if she was really upset.
“Aaaa… If it’s not for the tight schedule, I want to teach Speranza how to sing by staying here. I can’t believe I have to leave this incredible talent behind!”
She hugged Speranza tightly as if to soothe her upset heart a little.
“Speranza, don’t forget me. Don’t forget what I taught you today, Okay?”
“Un, I’ll definitely remember.”
“I’ll come back as soon as I’m done with all the fixed schedules.”
Murain let Speranza go from her arms with regrets.
Speranza looked at the Murain and suddenly said,
“ I love Teacher Murain as much as I love Yoon Jiwoon.”
Now, we had a measuring instrument for Speranza’s love, and as a result of the measurement, the love for Murain was tied with Yoon Jiwoon.
Murain, who did not know what Yoon Jiwoon meant, smiled happily, but the farm members smiled with a little superiority.
“Murain, we really have to go now. You have to prepare for tomorrow’s performance. You know I’ll get in trouble if I take you late, right?”
“Ugh…okay.”
Murain prepared to leave as if she had no choice.
Surin whispered to me before leaving with Murain.
“I’ll be back in a few weeks. I hope it pays off by then.”
It seems like she was saying that she’ll come to check the homework in a few weeks.
I smiled vaguely at the remark.
She finally turned and walked with Murain, leaving a cheering message.
“Good luck.”
The two, who had been Speranza’s and my teachers, left the farm with a promise to meet again.
– Pow wo woiiii…
– Po wo woiiii…
“Uh…uh?”
Slowly I woke up to the sound of a cry in my ear and the warm energy from my thighs.
The first ones to come into my view were Aara and Dora, who were on my thigh.
The heaviness on the thighs definitely showed the brilliant growth of the two baby Yakums.
– Po woiii?
Elder sister Aara looked up at me anxiously.
Looking at the little one worrying about me, I smiled bitterly.
“It’s alright, Aara. I just fell asleep because I was a little tired. Thank you for worrying about me.”
– Po wo woiii…
I Pat Aara with praise and gratitude.
Aara erased her worried expression in her eyes and made a pleasant cry.
Pow wo woiiiiiiii
“Haha! I see. I’ll pat you, too.”
I stroke Aara and Dora pleasantly while moving my shoulders and necks to relieve the stiffness in my upper body.
Fortunately, I didn’t sleep that long.
Sometimes I take a nap in the middle of farm work, but this time it felt a little different from my usual nap.
It’s not a nap that I enjoy for a while, it feels more like I fainted.
It has been a few days since I decided to look around the villages of my Estate with Surin and decided to pay a little more attention to the work of the lord.
However, it was not easy to do farm work while doing the work of the Lord.
Regardless of the difficulty of the work, there were too many things to do.
And more importantly, there was no manpower to share the work.
For example, to take a very simple census, I need to know where one is living, their age, name, and what they do.
The problem was, that there were not many people who could read and write in the Demon world.
There was only Lagos and a few people who could write in the Elden village.
Lagos has already so many jobs that he can’t afford to do the trivial things, and so does the rest.
Finding a person who has the ability to write and calculate was even more difficult.
There were only two people in Elden village who could write and do calculations. It was Lagos and Raccoon grandpa.
I was forced to get a little help from the farm members, but that couldn’t be a perfect solution.
Lia was busy with housework, while Andras already had two jobs, one at the fam and the other at Germour wizardry.
Alfred was helping me a lot with the farm work. Recently, he was very upset that I would not do sword training with him.
Kaneff was…
Still, knowing that I’m busy these days, he writes his share of reports on time.
I was grateful for that alone.
Ha… I think I’ve just learned why monarchs in history were so greedy for talented people.
It was clear that they wanted talented people because they knew that they would die from overwork without them.
Is this kind of busyness what the Japanese proverb meant by ‘ even need to borrow a cat’s hand (neko no te mo karitai)’
If possible I want to borrow Yakum’s hand.
“Guys, can you help me?”
– Po wo woiii?!
– Pow wo wooiiii!
Aara and Dora answered my question with a powerful cry.
It felt a little comforting, at least in my heart.
Well, Baby Yakum is cuter than cats.
While I was intoxicated with the cuteness of Aara and Dora, a big shadow fell on my feet.
“Hmm? Andras?”
“Here you are. I’ve been looking for you for a long time.”
“……?”
“Elaine was grumbling that you made him do the work and disappeared somewhere.”
“Ah…”
I belatedly remembered that I gave some work to Alfred before I took a nap.
“Uh… I’m sure he’ll be upset if he finds out that you were taking a nap.”
Andras smiled faintly and held out his big hand to me.
I grabbed his big hand and rose up.
I shook off the dust on my back while watching Aara and Dora running toward the barn.
“You must be very tired.”
“Yes, I’m going crazy because I have a lot of work to do and there is no one to help me. Andras, do you know anyone who would help with this kind of work.”
“I don’t have that many connections… I don’t remember anyone. I’m sorry Sihyeon.”
“No… It’s fine”
After seeing my sad face, Andras got lost in his thoughts.
“Andras?”
“Well… I don’t know talented people, but I do know someone who has connections with a lot of talented people. They would do anything if it’s his orders.”
“Oh! Is there anyone like that? Who is it?”
When asked, Andras looked at the farm building with a mysterious smile.
I had a blank look for a moment and belatedly realized who he was referring to.
“Don’t tell me?”
Andras smiled deftly and said,
“Mr. Kaneff may have someone who he can recommend.”