I’m the Future Crazy Male Lead’s Mother – Chapter 49

Author: isuzuuy

“Let’s talk to that guy.”

By “that guy,” he meant……

Dazar and I looked at each other.

The person who immediately came to both our minds was none other than—

“You know, that guy you have working for you.”

“You should phrase that correctly. I don’t boss him around nearly as much as you do.”

“Fine. Let me correct myself. The guy we have working for us.”

The Master of the Magic Tower, Elston.

Right. This was a world where magic was everywhere. There might actually be a spell capable of doing it.

And Axion’s checkup is coming up soon anyway. This works out perfectly.

I nodded in agreement.

“Sure. Sounds good. Then let’s call Elston and talk to him.”

For once, Dazar and I were in complete agreement, so we promptly summoned Elston.

Since he was in charge of Vanilla’s education anyway, it wasn’t long before we were able to meet him.

“……Pardon? What did you just say?”

Elston, who had been standing beside Vanilla as she sat at the desk doodling, opened his mouth wide in bewilderment.

“Whoa!”

Axion, who had tagged along, looked at Vanilla and greeted her as though they were old friends.

I looked straight into Elston’s vacant-looking eyes and opened my mouth.

“I asked if you’d like to become someone who can control time.”

Was that too difficult to understand?

I asked again.

“Then how about becoming a god?”

After a brief silence, Elston stammered,

“I never thought my lady would completely lose her mind like this…… Aaargh!”

An iron leg landed squarely on Elston’s shin.

Ignoring Elston as he hopped around like a rabbit while clutching his injured shin, I sat down on the sofa with Axion in my arms.

“M-My lady. That really hurts!”

“Waa!”

Axion waved his hands, seemingly wanting to go to Vanilla.

Seeing me kick Elston in the shin, Vanilla’s eyes sparkled, and she hurried over to sit beside me.

“Wow! How did you do dat just now? I wanna learn too. Elston, teach me.”

“Ugh. Lady Vanilla, you really shouldn’t learn something so violent……”

Elston whimpered with tears welling up at the corners of his eyes.

Perhaps because he was conscious of Vanilla and Elston, Dazar switched into his impeccably mannered mode and smiled neatly.

“Vanilla. Wouldn’t it be better to learn something like that from Lady Evanroar? In my opinion, she seems like the better teacher.”

“Hmm……. Since Dazar said it like dat, I don’t like it anymore.”

“My, my. What a little contrarian.”

Haha.

Dazar laughed heartily, but I saw it.

His eyes were glinting coldly.

Vanilla turned her face sharply away from him and clung to me instead.

“Cilia. Will you teach me?”

Oh my, she was too cute.

That adorable little face!

Of course, our Axion was adorable too, but when a pretty little girl with neatly tied twin tails tilted her head like that, my heart nearly stopped.

Because of that, I instinctively gave her the gentle smile I normally only showed when I was alone with Axion.

Smile.

“Of course, Lady Vanilla. I’ll teach you how to kick Elston in the shin whenever you want.”

Considering how violent the subject matter was, I expected either Dazar or Elston to object.

But strangely, neither of them reacted.

“……?”

What was going on?

The fact that neither of them was saying anything made me feel strangely uneasy.

I glanced around.

“……What is it?”

For some reason, I noticed both men clearing their throats and subtly avoiding my gaze.

What?

Did my smile look that bad?

……Or so I thought, but unfortunately, I wasn’t completely oblivious.

What? What?

They both looked startled by my smile.

Well, I suppose I do look pretty when I smile. But have I really not smiled that much normally?

Thinking about it, I felt like I had spent most of my time glaring or getting angry.

Objectively speaking, Cilia was very beautiful.

I had admired myself in the mirror when I first possessed this body, after all.

Her slightly wavy, silky platinum-blonde hair fell neatly to her waist.

Her skin was so pale and smooth that it could hardly be called merely fair, and she had large, round blue eyes.

Because her skin was so pale and her hair so light, she gave off an intensely cold impression whenever her face was expressionless……

Even I was surprised when I smiled a little.

When she smiled with her eyes crinkling, she transformed into a woman with an incredibly charming eye-smile.

Carl had said that every member of House Evanroar was handsome or beautiful enough to be famous in their generation.

So I suppose good genes played a major role.

I heard Silvestain was quite famous in high society too.

Ahem, ahem.

As I continued praising myself internally, I began to feel a little embarrassed.

I was clearing my throat when a small palm suddenly touched my cheek.

“Wooooow……. Cilia, you’re so pwetty.”

Oh my.

My future daughter-in-law knew very well that her mother-in-law was beautiful.

Looking at Vanilla with affection, I gently stroked her hair.

“You’re prettier, Lady Vanilla.”

“Hehe~”

Vanilla purred happily as she rubbed her cheek against mine.

Gasp. How can she be this cute?

Before I knew it, I had Axion tucked under my left arm as he played with my hand, while I held Vanilla in my right.

I felt like I had everything in the world.

As I contentedly patted the two of them, it suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten something important.

Ah.

I quickly raised my head.

The two men were pretending to be busy with something else, both looking slightly awkward.

It was such a funny sight that I quietly snickered to myself before casually asking,

“Elston. So, what’s your answer?”

“Huh? Y-Yes?”

He jumped in surprise and scratched his head.

“Uh, well. I never imagined my lady had this side to her?”

“……No. Not that.”

“Th-Then what…… Ah!”

Elston suddenly clapped his hands together.

“You mean when you told me to become a god?”

“Yes.”

“……”

At my confident answer, Elston grabbed both of his cheeks and stretched them.

“I’m definitely dreaming right now. What an absurd thing to hear. I think I’ll go wake myself up.”

I slowly raised my fist and showed it to the increasingly serious Elston.

His shoulders flinched.

“No. I can clearly see that fist, so this must be reality.”

“Yes. It’s reality. And when I said you should become a god, I was speaking metaphorically.”

“Then…… What exactly did you mean? A person who can control time, and a god?”

Elston looked somewhat wronged.

Only then did Dazar, who had been standing there blankly staring into the distance, lightly ran a hand through his hair before dropping onto the sofa opposite me.

“Elston is a key figure in the Magic Tower, so I believe I explained the matter of the new food source to you last time.”

“Uh, yes, you did. Haha. Though I wouldn’t exactly call myself a key figure.”

Elston answered awkwardly while cautiously watching my expression.

From Elston’s perspective, if I found out that he was the Master of the Magic Tower, I would probably scold him even more, which was why he had been keeping it hidden.

But since I already knew his identity, I found the whole thing amusing.

I desperately suppressed the corners of my mouth from rising and pretended to listen attentively to their conversation.

“We have launched a project here to develop a new food source in order to solve the Empire’s food shortage. I assume you’ve already figured that out.”

“Hmm…… Yes.”

Elston narrowed his eyes slightly.

For some reason, I had the feeling that his eyes were saying, There has to be more than one reason this woman is here.

Am I somehow developing mind-reading abilities? Is this one of the perks of being a transmigrator?

While I was having such pointless thoughts, Dazar continued.

This time, however, the subject had nothing to do with food.

“You know about the followers of Ruben, don’t you?”

“……!”

“You’re a key figure in the Magic Tower, after all, so I assume you obviously know about them.”

Elston’s expression hardened slightly.

His lips became stiff, and he gave a small nod.

His eyes briefly landed on me.

“Is it really all right to discuss them here?”

Dazar shrugged as though it were nothing important.

“Of course. Vanilla, who is here, is a Transcendent who must stop them. And these ladies of House Evanroar are responsible for developing the food that will determine whether the Empire survives or perishes.”

Was I really doing something that important?

As Dazar elegantly pointed toward me with a refined expression, I felt a little awkward.

Well, I could understand saying that about me.

But Axion wasn’t really doing anything.

I rolled my eyes slightly, feeling as though I was blatantly conning everyone, but Elston didn’t seem to see it that way.

He slowly nodded.

“……I see. If you mean the followers of Ruben, then yes, I know about them.”

“Yes. They have begun to make their move.”

When Elston’s eyes widened, Dazar took something out from inside his coat.

It was a piece of paper about the size of his palm.

“Take a look at this.”

There was a certain symbol drawn on the paper.