If she didn’t know it, the blow may be a little less, but it was even more frightening to be hated by people of the castle or by Kael.
So Hyazelki often looked around in panic.
Because people hated her often, easily.
“I don’t hate you.”
“Really?”
“Yes, I don’t hate you.”
If he really hated her, he wouldn’t have let her stay in the castle even if it was God’s will.
So Kael felt sorry for Hyazelki’s fear of being hated.
The dragon’s red eyes glistened.
After staring into space for a while in that state, he sighed lightly and closed his eyes.
As if he couldn’t stand it anymore.
Then he gently patted the child’s back in his arms.
“No one will hate you even if you do something wrong.”
“………Even if I do something wrong?”
“Yes, always.”
“No matter what happens? Even……if I can’t do anything?”
“Lisa will take care of everything.”
“Even if I get in trouble?”
As Hyazelki asked repeatedly, Kael gently stroked her coral hair.
“Hia. I may scold you if you do something wrong, but I won’t hate you.”
Tears welled up in her big eyes. But Hyazelki clung more to Kael’s neck to hide it.
“Thank you… Papa.”
“Yes, let’s go back to the room.”
As Kael moved, he took out a book with his other hand, which was not hugging the child and left the study.
“Oh, please drop me off now.”
“Don’t worry. We can just go to the room like this.”
“……… Papa, what book is it?”
“It’s nothing. You don’t have to know.”
Hyazelki leaned her face on his shoulder without further questioning.
What matters to her now was his words that she wouldn’t be hated.
So she never knew what book Kael took out.
Of course, Hyazelki didn’t know what book it was but Albert, who was standing on the hallway saw the words “How to soothe a scared child” on the book that Kael brought from his study, and trembled slightly.
* * *
“Whoa.”
The breath that came out from the mouth was white.
As if it was fun, Hyazelki began to play in the garden, blowing her breath.
“Lady, how long are you going to stay outside?”
It was winter in the north now.
With the end of the year, Hyazelki’s birthday was approaching.
This time, Lisa, Albert, and Yuri rolled up their sleeves, saying they would prepare for the birthday party extensively.
“A little more!”
“If you stay too long, you’ll catch a cold!”
Hyazelki looked back at Yuri, stepping on the ground that was piled up with snow.
Facing the face with her drooping eyebrows, it was difficult to be stubborn anymore.
With a sigh, Hyazelki approached the tree in the garden that was filled with snowflakes and was called the Snowflake Tree because of the leaves of it that were shaped as snowflakes.
The tree that the gardener said was the most beautiful tree in winter.
Ever since Hyazelki often took walks in the garden, the gardener has been more enthusiastic about gardening.
‘It’s literally pretty.’
The leaves were shaped like snow. It was a thin branch all summer, but then in winter, it really appeared very beautiful.
In addition, the leaves were blue and seemed to have really formed snowflakes.
Looking up at the snowflake tree, Hyazelki crouched down in front of it.
Then, she gathered the snow in front of it to form a rabbit shape before turning around.
“I’ll be there right away!”
Yuri breathed a sigh of relief at Hyazelki’s answer.
The gardener cleared the snow on the promenade in advance because of the accumulated snow, but the snow was piled up near the snowflake tree.
A somber voice was heard in Hyazelki’s ear at that moment.
[I curse you.]
“What?”
A short breath left her body. Then the body leaned down on the ground quickly.
Flop.
“Miss!”
It felt like someone grabbed her by the ankle.
Hyazelki could see Yuri running with a freaked face, but she couldn’t move.
‘It’s weird… It’s definitely a snowfield…….’
She had fallen in the snow, so she shouldn’t have been seriously injured.
But she felt pain in her forehead and knee.
‘Why does it hurt?’
“Ah! Miss!”
Yuri’s face, which came close, was seen turning white.
There were even tears in her eyes.
“Oh, Albert! Lisa! Help me!”
Hyazelki wondered what happened to her when she saw Yuri shaking her hands and making a fuss.
‘Why does my body feel heavy?….’
Hyazelki’s forehead was hot. As she wriggled to get up, Yuri, who was pouring tears, closed her eyes tightly and shouted.
“Master!”
Watching her scream with all his might, Hyazelki closed her eyes.
‘I think I will get better after a short nap.….’
Thump.
When Kael looked out through the window at Yuri’s scream, he immediately opened the window and jumped.
Because of Kael, who fell from the sky with a thud, Yuri screamed again. This time in surprise.
“……this……”
Red eyes fluttered endlessly.
The white snow field was stained with red blood like blooming flowers.
“Miss just suddenly fell down, and started bleeding…… She stopped responding all of a sudden…….”
Kael, who was listening to the trembling and babbling answer of Yuri, hugged Hyazelki who had her eyes closed.
Albert and Lisa, who ran out after hearing the disturbance, covered their mouths and swallowed a scream.
Albert immediately gave instructions to help Kael move the child to her room.
As soon as he put Hyazelki down on the bed, she stopped bleeding.
“……I’ll be back for a while.”
“What?”
Albert asked back, but without an answer, Kael opened the window and flew straight into the sky.