Chapter 40
Right, she's only five years old.
Unlike thirteen-year-old him, she wouldn't know a difficult word like 'compliance.'
More than that......
*'......What's this, not shrinking?'*
At that moment, the pea-sized kid said solemnly.
"Anyway, you must use kind words with your little sister-nimida. I won't yield. Please lie down quickly."
Though pretending to be solemn, her slightly squeaky voice made him lie down on the bed unknowingly. Seraphin frowned in bewilderment.
"Hey, what, what did you do? Why is my body automatically obeying you?!"
The strange magic tool in Iri's hand glowed red.
Iri lifted a white paper she'd brought from somewhere and wrote diligently.
"How have you been living lately-nimida? From what I know, your days and nights are flipped."
"I sleep during the day and work at night like a great knight of the North. So what."
Days and nights flipped. Owl. Condition serious.
"What? Condition serious?"
"Hm, do you eat properly-nimida?"
"Eat well. Like a future dragon slayer. Yesterday, I even ate three pieces of super salty jerky. Quite the luxury."
Three pieces of dried jerky was a top-grade feast for a powerful martial artist.
The moment he smiled contentedly.
Iri muttered ominously.
"Tsk. Condition really so serious......"
"......?"
"Ah, sorry-nimida. I lacked manners."
The girl rolled her eyes and held up a card.
Sweet taste, sour taste, delicious taste....... Just lacking all tastes, a child
In the dim darkness, only Iri's pupils gleamed sharply.
"What do you mean I'm lacking?"
What on earth was this pea-sized kid planning?
At that instant!
A fluffy blanket flew onto Seraphin lying on the bed.
"Cough, urk......!"
......The blanket's thickness was no joke.
It felt like it was pressing down to his heart.
"What! Great knights of the North don't cover with blankets like......"
"Fluffy fluffy?"
At Iri's solemn squeaky question, Seraphin spat the truth.
"......Fluffy."
Damn it.
Seraphin didn't sleep well usually, didn't cover with blankets well, but this blanket was definitely the best he'd ever used!
For a moment, his bloodshot whites rolled. Iri quietly offered candy to the thirteen-year-old kid.
"Now, drink a cup of warm milk and go to sleep-nimida."
"Great berserkers drink coffee, not milk."
"Gasp, knew that, so I mixed in misutgaru-nimida."
What the heck was misutgaru?
Seraphin's face twisted.
Regardless, Iri kept shoving the misutgaru toward him.
Seraphin unknowingly sniffed.
*'Sniffing it, I get it. This is......!'*
"Grandpa's favorite drink......!"
"Yes, correct-nimida! You know it!"
"What are you, grandma's taste buds?"
"Yes! Correct-nimida! How did you know?"
Clearly an attack, yet Iri was purely delighted by those words.
As Seraphin's face twisted in vain from his masterstroke failing.
Iri politely offered the cup.
"Then please drink-nimida."
Seraphin's body forcibly sat up. Flustered, Seraphin thrashed.
"Wh-what is this? Feels like someone's controlling my body!"
His own hand was forcibly taking the misutgaru cup!
"Wow!"
"Y-you! What did you do?!"
"Used the magic tool Head Butler Grandpa gave, it's good-nimida."
"D-damn! Evil! Are you family or what! Ah, probably......"
After forcibly drinking the misutgaru, Seraphin widened his eyes hugely.
Clearly like bean water grandmas drink, weird.
*'Why's it delicious?'*
Momentarily after finishing, his body lay down again.
*'Weird. My body's really weird!'*
Usually nerves frayed from magi infiltrating his body.
The furrows on his brow slowly smoothed.
Clearly he slept days and woke nights.
But strangely now at night, sleepiness kept coming.
"You brat! Wh-what did you do to my, my body?!"
Clearly just round purple pupils moments ago now felt super evil.
Normally he'd leap up, point accusingly, thrash wildly.
But full belly felt good.
Blanket pressing body felt weirdly cozy.
The evil black dragon wriggling on his arm slipped away to death.
That day, for the first time in thirteen years, Seraphin fell into deep sleep.
Meanwhile, watching snoring Seraphin, Iri grinned slyly, uhuhu.
*'Good. Everything going according to my great plan!'*
* * *
Next morning.
Seraphin opened his eyes with immense rage.
"Damn it! What the hell is this?!"
Hearing the loud scream, a servant rushed into Seraphin's room.
"Seraphin-nim, what happened?"
Seraphin yelled with a sky-falling expression.
"Why am I a morning person?!"
"Well......?"
"Wh-what do you mean well!"
The servant looking at Seraphin bitterly murmured quietly.
"You slept last evening and woke this morning?"
"This is illegal!!"
Seraphin protested strongly.
*'This is trouble!'*
His tremendous dignity was crumbling!
Seraphin lowered his voice.
Made a terrifying face enough to flip the servant over.
"Servant."
"Y-yes?"
"Bring that cute kid right now."
"Cute...... kid?"
"Wavy silver hair. Soft purple pupils. Tiny chubby hands."
"......You mean Lady Iri?"
"Yes! Why didn't you notice? Servant!"
"......"
Why, indeed......
But the servant chuckled inwardly.
*'No mother, and hard to get close to Declan-nim.'*
Declan had kept distance from not just Iri but all family due to ingrained magi.
Iri and Seraphin similar in their distant relationship.
Difference was Seraphin strong enough to reside in North.
So servant hoped Seraphin and Iri grew close.
Hoped he'd find attachment, not wander like other kids.
"......Yes, understood. I'll bring her right away."
* * *
"Gasp! Morning!"
Seraphin didn't need to go find Iri.
Iri came running toward him, totototot, quick steps.
"What, round one!"
Seeing Seraphin's eyes full of hostility, Iri smiled brightly.
"Sun shining bright, time for exercises-nimida!"
"Wh-what exercises?"
"Seraphin-nim living every day with wrong habits-nimida!"
"......?"
That was true.
Clearly living wrong life, but......
"So this is definitely huge problem!"
Iri yelled loudly, and Seraphin unknowingly cowered.
"Now! Follow me-nimida! First one!"
"......Won't follow!"
Clearly Seraphin tried to leave.
Iri said just one word, so......
"Must start with Mental Training, what to do?"
If not for that rotten 'Mental Training' Professor Melern spat every time seeing his face!
"Y-you, you, you in cahoots with Professor Melern?"
"Melon? Wow, melon sounds delicious-nimida!"
No point talking with a kid mistaking Professor Melern for melon.
He lost all motivation.
Filling the void was......
*'Use this kid.'*
Evil emotion from wicked magi.
True to returned from darkness's darkness, he knew how to use small kids.
Utterly unaware of being used, he said arrogantly to Iri.
"Fine then. How do you do that Mental Training?"
Learn 'Mental Training' from her, mock Professor Melern plenty.
Suddenly, Iri's eyes gleamed.
"Finally interested in Mental Training-nimida. Kuhuhuhu."
His body twitched.
*'Why does she look more evil than me?'*
Her evil-looking face made his inner malice vanish.
"I'll bring Senior Dan's assistant, wait here-nimida."
Of course, Seraphin planned to torment her plenty.
While waiting, thrash around, make her panicked face, felt good!
But......
"Waiting quietly here is part of Mental Training too-nimida."
Ah, so what the heck was that guy's 'Mental Training'!
Thus Seraphin couldn't even thrash properly.
Trapped by the ruthless 5-year-old demon, had no choice but to wait obediently!
