“Jelriko is not a squirrel. It’s a Yonza (hero/warrior).”
“….?”
Benjamin blinked and looked at the squirrel doll in Erwin’s hand.
Then Erwin’s eyes narrowed.
“Uncle…don’t you know Yonza Jelriko?” (Jericho the squirrel warrior)
“….”
Benjamin did not answer.
“Uncle Benjamin is no fun. I can’t play the game with you.”
Erwin mumbled in a slightly disappointed voice.
I looked at the scene and thought.
….Aside from that Benjamin was Ferdinand’s headmaster, he didn’t seem fit enough to be the protector of the children.
Erwin lost interest in Benjamin and took Odelia to the room to teach her how to play the squirrel warrior.
“Did you think you could be a father of the children without even knowing the squirrel warrior Jericho?”
“Who the hell is Jericho?”
Benjamin asked, frowning.
The expression on his face was somehow funny, and I smiled and led him to the parlor.
“Let’s go inside first. It’s been a long time since you came. Has it been a month?”
“It’s been a month and ten days.”
Benjamin occasionally visited Arbela to check on Odelia’s condition.
It was because Odelia’s hair color was being maintained by his magic.
He used to come more often, but lately he’s been very busy.
It was because of the monsters that suddenly flooded the world four years ago.
“Monsters, is the situation still bad?”
I asked cautiously, examining his somewhat tired face.
Then Benjamin answered, leaning his forehead on my shoulder and grumbled.
“I’m really annoyed. Because of the monsters, I can’t come here often…”
Ferdinand was one of the three great families that protected the world from monsters in the past. Benjamin, being the head of Ferdinand, had to move quickly to fulfill his duty.
‘Originally, Chernicia should have helped him, but…’
Eventually we arrived at the reception room. On the table lay a dessert tray and teapot set by Laura.
To hide the somewhat bitter feeling, he grabbed a sweet macaron and sat down on a chair.
“You too, Yves.”
Benjamin said as he sat across from me.
“The power of the monsters is getting stronger.”
“But the monsters haven’t appeared in Arbela yet?”
“But you don’t know when it will show up.”
“Yeah, well… I’ll be careful.”
I listened intently to his advice and answered.
I had hidden my true name while staying in Ferdinand for a long time.
Because of this, Benjamin did not know that I was a member of Chernicia, nor did he know that I could use magic.
So that was why he was so worried.
‘Even if the monsters appear… … … Shouldn’t my magic be enough to kill them?’
I’ve never encountered a monster directly, but I’ve heard that even ordinary knights who couldn’t use magic could defeat it if they gathered in a group of five or six.
It didn’t seem like much of a threat.
The time when the monsters overflowed and the time when Theodore went crazy 4 years ago coincided.
As a result, the old rumor that Emperor of Albrecht was the embodiment of ancient darkness surfaced again.
I tried not to care as much as possible about rumors circulating all the way to the far western continent.
Raising two children required a lot of physical and mental energy.
It was a waste of time for me to pay attention to a human like Theodore.