Academy’s Genius Swordmaster

[Abduction 14. Father and son ]

#A14

“Hmm… this should be enough.”

After finishing her work, Adeshan muttered as she took off her glasses. With this, the contract period with the Caravel Company was extended for another 5 years. Sunlight filtering through the wide windows warmed her office.

On the huge desk like a dinosaur, various agendas to be dealt with this month were neatly arranged. Originally, I liked this kind of thing, and when I was the student council president at Phileon, I did a lot of similar things, so there was no difficulty.

Suddenly, Adeshan’s gaze landed on a picture frame in the corner of the desk. Inside the little square were Irill and Schlieffen kissing and people scattering flowers around them.

It was ‘photography’ developed by Didican and now commercialized. Seeing herself and Ronan smiling brightly, she smiled.

“…I miss you.”

Ten years have already passed since that day. The time when rivers and mountains change and people change. She, who seemed to remain a young lady forever, was now a married woman with a child.

Adeshan was in the middle of reminiscing about the past as she twirled her fountain pen. smart. A familiar voice came along with a knock.

“mom.”

“huh? Lance?”

Adeshan smirked. The door opened slowly and a boy with a pouting expression entered. It was Ronan and her first son, Lance.

Lance, who turned 11 this year, was suffering from premature puberty. His black hair and thick eyelashes looked just like him. When the answer did not come back even after waiting, Adeshan asked back.

“What’s wrong, my son?”

“…Mom, why did you marry such a worthless person?”

“Ugh huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Follow me.”

Adeshan was taken aback by the unexpected question. Lance approached her and took her hand and went out into the living room. In the spacious living room, a man with shaggy hair was lying asleep on the sofa.

“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

“Kouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu000..”

The sound of snoring was coming from under the magazine that covered his face. It wasn’t until this morning that Ronan returned home. Their second daughter, Erin, who turned nine this year, was fast asleep in his arms.

“Me too. Come in and grow up.”

Seeing the scene, Adeshan smiled. Nothing has changed between when we were dating and now. Seeing the eyes dripping with honey, Lance asked in fright.

“…mom. You didn’t get married because you were threatened, did you? Weak points were found.”

“Hey, what is he talking about? Why would your mother do that?”

“But common sense makes no sense. Mom is so busy, but Dad always sleeps.”

Lance pouted. He couldn’t understand why the two got married because he didn’t know Ronan’s past in detail.

Even from an objective point of view, Adeshan was truly a perfect mother. Although he suffered from various duties, including manor management, he did not neglect household chores and cooked one meal a day unconditionally.

Of course, they also feared their children, so Lance and Erin were able to grow up receiving lots of love. Self-management was also thorough, so she never looked like a married woman with two children. If I had to find a prettier person, it would be Aunt Irill who married Uncle Schlieffen.

Compared to him, Ronan was just a man who didn’t shave his beard properly. People praised him as a hero who saved the world, but he could never defend him as he knew the truth. Lance muttered.

“The more I look, the more I don’t understand. Mom is so busy, but Dad always sleeps.”

“I can’t do that to my dad. After all, how hard are you working for our family? The reason why you come in late every day is because you are busy working.”

Adeshan, squatting down, tapped his son on the nose with his index finger. Well, most of the time Ronan comes after work around the time Lance is asleep, so I thought that might be the case.

“And Dad is a really capable man. It’s all thanks to Dad that we can laugh like this. Do you believe my son’s mother?”

“joy. Even so, it’s clear that you hate me.”

“He can’t do that.”

“…But you didn’t even come to my entrance ceremony. I was the head of the martial arts department.”

Lance muttered. In fact, Ronan could not attend his son’s entrance ceremony. Considering the tradition of the whole family coming to celebrate regardless of circumstances, it was certainly unusual.

“That’s…”

Principal Nabi Roze asked if Ronan wasn’t here, and the shock grew even more. Adeshan, who was dumbfounded for a moment, was in the middle of thinking about what to say. Whoa! The wind from the balcony knocked the magazine over Ronan’s face.

“Ugh… Uhm. Damn it…”

“Oh it happened.”

Ronan flinched and opened his eyes. My head was still dizzy, probably from lack of sleep. Slowly raising his head, he saw his daughter, who was soundly asleep on the boat, and his son, who was glaring at him from afar with ax eyes. He yawned and waved his hand.

“Haaaaa…good morning. son.”

“What about breakfast? Is it because the sun is in mid-heaven?”

“Why is the day standing like this again today? Are you tired of peeing in your sleep?”

“What nonsense! When the hell are you going to bring it up!”

Lance, whose face was flushed red, shouted loudly. I also couldn’t like this person. Ronan giggled as he set Erin down on his personal couch.

“Otherwise, why are you screaming? I will wake up my brother.”

“My father is talking nonsense! I am no longer a child!”

“Even if a guy with no hair on his body said something like that, it wouldn’t be convincing. And if you’re thirsty, whether it’s poop or pee, you might get tired once in a while… Huh! How can this be!”

“Why why?!”

Surprised, Lance shrugged. Ronan’s eyes, which were always half-closed, were wide open. Did something appear? He was in the middle of looking around for something useful as a weapon. Ronan, who had suddenly approached Adeshan with a front tumble, held her hand and said.

“I thought an angel appeared, but it turned out to be our honey. Excuse me for this.”

“Oh really. You too…”

Adeshan blushed. Ronan kissed the back of the hand he was still holding and held her as if he were holding a princess. He stared at Adeshan’s face and clicked his tongue.

“Your hair is damaged. Your face is tired too… You’re having a lot of trouble with this little monster?”

“Who are you calling a monster! Put Mom down!”

Ronan stretched out his leg and kicked Lance in the butt. A hot-headed Lance tried to rush at it, but was blocked by his feet and couldn’t get close. Adeshan shook his head.

“I am just a little tired. And the hard work is all because I love it.”

“What a kind heart this is… I can assure you. One of the two best things in my life was telling you to marry me.”

“What about the other one?”

“You accepted my marriage proposal. Let’s go!”

“Kyaaaagh! Not now!”

Donning a lap, Ronan pretended to walk into the living room. Adeshan let out a happy scream and tapped him on the shoulder. Lance vomited in vain at the sight that he could not open his eyes to see.

“Wow.”

“son. I’m sorry, but would you like to take Erin out for a while? Come play for an hour… no, two hours.”

Suddenly, Ronan, who was rummaging through his inner pocket, handed out a silver coin to Lance. It was an occasional event when the two of them reached their peak.

Lance accepted it with an expression as if he were looking at the corpse of his daughter-in-law. He let out a small sigh and picked up his sister who was sleeping on the sofa.

“Um… brother?”

“Let’s go, Erin. This corner of the house is hopeless.”

“Uh-uh…?”

Erin was carried on him without knowing why. White hair flowed down the nape of Lance’s neck. Lance stopped before leaving the door and growled as he turned to Ronan.

“I hate you.”

“Is that so? I like you.”

“Benefit…!”

The white face lit up again. There was something more to say, but Lance ended up shutting the door without a word.

bang! The sound of hissing across the front door was receding. Ronan, who had been standing still, smiled.

“With that guy’s temper. Who do you resemble?”

“Whoops, you’re just like when you were little. Of course, the face resembles me more.”

“It’s fortunate. If your face looked like me, you would definitely get into fights everywhere.”

“Still, I like this face. Should I get some sleep now?”

Adeshan stroked Ronan’s cheek gently. The rough beard and dark shadows of his eyes revealed the hard work he was going through. Ronan kissed her lightly and set her down on the floor.

“thank you. Just one more hour.”

“Don’t do that, get some sleep. You’ve been overworking yourself lately. I’m afraid I’ll fall over.”

“it’s okay. It’s work. Is that…Lance guy very sad?”

Ronan asked cautiously. He didn’t show it, but he was also very worried about his son. Adeshan sighed.

“huh. I don’t know anything else, but it must have hurt me not to go to the entrance ceremony. At this rate, I think I will resent you for a while… can I really not tell you the truth?”

“of course. never say never It’s a story that makes boys of that age more adventurous than alarmed.”

Ronan said firmly. He knew that in many ways it would be better if he stopped hating him for a while. Adeshan groaned.

“That’s right. Did you catch the culprit?”

“yet. The investigation is being narrowed down, but there is no decisive clue. Seeing that Asher is also having a headache, I don’t think he’s an ordinary guy.”

Ronan clicked his tongue. He was chasing a serial disappearance case that was happening in the island recently. Nearly a hundred men and women disappeared in the past month, but no traces were left, and the entire citizenry was trembling in fear.

The reason he participated in the search party without being asked was simple. Because about half of the missing people were children. Ronan roughly brushed his bangs.

“I’ve been through all sorts of beggars, but this is the first time. There are no traces left, and the lives and deaths of the missing are unclear. What kind of bastard is the culprit?”

“Well, even the shadow’s mana can’t track it…”

“It’s okay. Don’t you worry.”

Adeshan groaned. Maybe my senses have been blunted by being saturated with peace for ten years. Ronan, who reassured her with a hug, growled lowly.

“I will protect my children. By all means.”