I’m the Future Crazy Male Lead’s Mother – Chapter 56

Author: isuzuuy

“Big Sis. I think my qi has been weak lately.”

“……What?”

I stared blankly at Leon, who had suddenly started talking about qi in front of me.

He clutched at his white hair as though he were suffering and hunched over.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Do you not trust me!”

“What’s wrong with my eyes?”

“They look like those of a rotten pollock.”

I’m just going to……

“Now you look like a roaring black bear, too.”

“……”

Everything was such a bother.

I had come to the storage room to check on the seedlings I had raised the other day.

Leon suddenly appearing and complaining about his suffering was completely out of left field.

Watching Leon twist and squirm as though desperately asking me to question him about the reason, I asked listlessly.

“Fine. Why? Why do you think your qi is weak? Has something happened lately? Did an ancestor suddenly appear in your dream and tell you it was time to go together?”

“……Th-there are people who have such frightening dreams? I still have a long way to go.”

As I stared blankly at Leon saying that, I noticed something different from before.

‘Hmm. His dark circles have gotten pretty bad.’

His entire body was so pale that his dark circles stood out even more.

“Then I guess you didn’t dream about your ancestors. So what is it?”

Leon then complained with a pitiful expression.

“It’s because these seedlings are so cute, you see. Every night, I secretly came here while you were asleep and sang to them before leaving, you know?”

“You sang to them……?”

“Yes! If they’re going to grow big and strong, they need to sleep well first. So I sang them lullabies.”

Someone, please stop this lunatic.

The fact that he had been my favorite when I read the original novel in the past was causing me considerable distress. After experiencing a moment of existential despair, I staggered and grabbed my head, and Leon grabbed me with a startled expression.

“Ah! Big Sis! So you’re the one who dreamed about your ancestors!”

……Should I just kill him?

I feel like that would shut that mouth of his that keeps spouting whatever nonsense comes to mind.

While I was seriously contemplating it, Leon pointed somewhere and continued rambling.

His long index finger was pointing at the seedlings I had raised.

“Look over there. Those little babies started sparkling when I sang to them!”

“……?”

What is he even talking about? He really needs to stop talking nonsense.

I stared at Leon with a sullen expression before opening my mouth.

“Does that even make sense? You must have been seeing things.”

“That’s exactly what I mean. As much of a lunatic as I am, I know perfectly well that it’s strange for a plant to suddenly start sparkling on its own!”

Aha. How surprising.

I was impressed by Leon’s remarkable level of common sense. He actually knew that he was a lunatic. How amazing. I decided to raise my opinion of Leon just a little.

Perhaps noticing my admiring gaze, Leon straightened his shoulders slightly and continued.

“That’s why I wondered if my qi has been weak lately, Big Sis.”

Phew. He let out a deep breath and patted his shoulders.

“I feel like I haven’t been sleeping well, either. And I keep seeing strange things.”

Pheeeew.

After letting out another deep breath, he cleared his throat slightly and put on a serious expression.

“So, Big Sis.”

He had the sort of expression that brought to mind a general standing before the battle of his lifetime.

I became serious along with him and focused on what he was saying.

“Yes. What is it?”

“I’ve been thinking about it, and the reason my qi has become so weak is……”

He glanced around before whispering in a very low voice as though sharing a secret.

“I think it’s because I haven’t been able to eat garaetteok lately. Isn’t that right? So, before the others come, hurry up and give me some garaetteok……!”

As though he couldn’t even see my face, which had instantly turned into that of a freshly pulled radish, he excitedly shouted about garaetteok.

But at some point, he was sent flying into the distance.

“Kyeek!”

He let out a shrill scream.

“Hey, you bastard captain. Did you think we wouldn’t know that you came here first behind our backs and tried to suck up to Big Sis? We’ve been watching the whole time. Huh?”

“Exactly. That cowardly captain bastard. Were you trying to ditch us and secretly keep all the garaetteok for yourself?”

“Die!”

Thud, thud. Thud, thud, thud.

The Black Hawks suddenly appeared in a swarm and began stomping on Leon.

I watched them with eyes that had briefly transcended worldly concerns, then quietly slipped away without pretending to notice.

As I left the storage room, shaking my head back and forth, there wasn’t a single person trying to stop them.

Good grief. I should just stop dealing with them altogether.

“I should go see Vanilla, since she’ll be leaving soon.”

Thinking that the sparkling light Leon claimed to have seen was obviously just another excuse to get garaetteok, I stopped by my room, picked up Axion, and hurried along.

“Axion, shall we say goodbye to your big sister?”

“Uung?”

I wanted to wish Vanilla a safe trip, as it was the first time she would be attending the Hall of Rest with Dazar.

‘Because we decided not to go.’

By “we,” I meant the people of Evanroar—me, Axion, and Carl.

Through my previous meeting with Lessi, I had learned that the Followers of Ruben would appear at the Hall of Rest.

While I was already thinking that Axion might be Ruben, the Hall of Rest was the last place I wanted to go.

‘And apparently, they’re trying to draw people who look similar to me over to their side.’

In many ways, I judged it to be dangerous.

So I had already told Dazar that I wouldn’t be attending. Dazar had readily agreed as well.

But then.

“Nooooo! You can’t not gooo!”

“Vanilla……”

“Waaaaah!”

I never expected to encounter a barrier named Vanilla.

I stared dumbfoundedly at Vanilla, who was lying on the floor, flailing her arms and legs while bawling.

“Big Sis and Sion have to gooo!”

Dazar, who was standing beside her, had a deeply troubled expression on his face. Mine was probably similar.

“I’ve never seen her throw a tantrum like this before.”

“Really……?”

If Dazar said so, then I supposed it must be true.

“Uuuh…… Uuuuh……”

“Ah, Axion.”

As Vanilla sobbed, Axion also began looking like he was about to cry. Nooo. No! Don’t cry!

“Waa…… Waaah……”

“Wueeeeh!”

“Kids, wait, okay? Come on, let’s stop crying. Shh, shh!”

I desperately tried to stop the children from crying, but once they had started, there was no sign of them stopping.

As I watched the two of them crying loud enough to bring the mansion down around us, I saw Dazar slowly raise both hands.

It was the surrender signal of a defeated man.

His face seemed to say:

Do something!

Ugh. I hurriedly rubbed my face in the middle of this complete madhouse before scooping Vanilla into my arms.

“Waaah…… hic!”

Startled by suddenly being lifted, Vanilla stopped crying for a moment. I didn’t miss the opportunity and hugged her tightly against me, speaking in the gentlest voice I could manage.

“Why is our pretty Vanilla crying? If you cry this sadly, Sion will be heartbroken.”

“Uuuh, Sion……?”

“Mm-hm. Sion is crying too because Vanilla is crying.”

“Uu…… hic.”

Only then did she seem to realize that Axion was crying too. Vanilla pressed her lips tightly together and began trying to hold back her tears.

Tears were sadly gathered on her flushed cheeks. Gently wiping the tears from Vanilla’s face, I asked,

“Can you tell Sion why our Vanilla is so sad?”

“It’s…….”

Vanilla lowered her head and fidgeted before hesitantly opening her mouth.

“I read it in a book. It said you hafta go there.”

“You have to go? Why?”

“If you don’t go there, you’re not a family.”