Ashes and Kingdoms

Oh, my God. Is this that fucking kid?

After visiting Nanais for the first time in years, Valt stared at the sight in front of him flashly.

A brunette young man is gentle with pale eyes and holds a toddler. To a toddler bewildered by strangers, he smiled full of mercy and whispered something quietly.

(Damn, you're a lord.)

Valt can't recover from the shock, I think so. Even though the appearance was about my own son's age, it was obvious that he was there on sight and in character. Something that resides in a power different from that of a person is merciful of a soft, smug little life, such a scene.

The young man, who noticed his gaze, looked back and raised his eyebrows a little as he teased him.

Your eyes and mouth look just like yours.

You should know that voice, how to talk, well. It really didn't tie in with the “Phineas” in my memory.

Of course, I haven't seen him once in the last few years.

Valt, who was away from Nanais as an eastern commander, but Phineas occasionally visited the barracks with dragon wings instead of a decree. Your dirty letters are cursed. It's quicker to see and hear them directly than to wait for the letter to arrive, etc., for a loathsome reason.

But it was always a visit as a function. Communicating Parliament's decisions, looking around, listening to people, and going home again soon. Both Valt and Phineas have been busy, and it's not the kind of time to invite them home to dine together because we've seen each other for a long time.

This time, Valt, who lost his wife's persistent favor offense, was to visit the city of Nanais with his family.

So it was the first time for Valt to see Phineas' face like this.

(I was such a fucking kid when)

I painstakingly recall the appearance of a boy in the outskirts of Winnea holding a spear with a clearly unfamiliar hand. The shock of not being told when I saw him show up in the cloister.

- But the feeling that somehow pulled me out of my memory collapsed as soon as I could.

He himself had no idea that the hatred he believed would never be forgotten had been so weathered over the decades. For the first time, I knew how long the emotions associated with memory were something that would fall out.

(Why, I...)

At the end of his gaze, staring without blinking, Phineas' pale eyes bring up signs of care. and the little hand of the toddler in his arms touched his cheek, and he spilled a smile.

(How the hell did “this” look like him?

A gentle side that softens the toddler. There, the shadows once overlaid were free of fine dust.

Unconsciously, his eyeballs got hot, and Valt turns away in a hurry.

"Valt?"

The name calling voice creeps warmly into my chest. Valt meditated his eyes all the time, stopping his thoughts of creeping up. And.

"Ugh, give it back to me, you fucking kid. She's my daughter. Don't tempt me, you pervert!

Grabbing and stuffing with scolding, I take back my son. My wife, who was by my side, peeled her eyes off.

"You! Whatever it takes, tell Dragon Marquis what it is!

"Ha, what did you know about this guy? I won't admit it!

"You!!

"I don't mind" said the dragon marquis at the time of the curse. Then he gave a sarcastic look, like he had gone back a while.

"I don't want to admit to being classy and polite, Valt."

"... hh, superior gacha!!

With Valt's arm, which he accidentally yelled at, his daughter moaned and cried. Immediately his wife snatches him away, stabbing his husband with a frozen rage and turning away to protect him from his enemies. Phineas coughed deliberately as Valt, no longer in position, scratched his head to deceive him.

"Damn you..."

He roared and stared, but his opponent is laughing with his fist hiding his mouth. There's plenty of room. Valt pounded his tongue half seriously.

"Get to the surface, I'll put an archery on you!

"Oh, just what I want"

Phineas takes it and stands, walking out first. Valt flashed his face. The old Phineas would have missed something. Because I'm weak, not because I'm scared, but because of a strange spirit of reluctance that Valt doesn't understand.

(So that's all now, you mean you can afford it in your arms and mind? Oh, I'm annoyed!

I won't admit it. You're definitely gonna admit it!

Valt pursued Phineas in rough footsteps as he repeated unconsciously against himself.

"Wait, don't just go on your own!

He didn't realize that only a few yelling voices made him sound like he was having fun.

(Final)