I’m the Future Crazy Male Lead’s Mother – Chapter 85

Author: isuzuuy

“Big Siiiis……”

Leon lowered his head as he looked at me. His white hair was unusually well-groomed, which made him look unfamiliar.

On top of that, instead of his usual vacant voice, there was a tremor in his voice.

Has something happened to Leon?

“What’s wrong? Did you suddenly come down with some terminal illness?”

I straightened my back after bending over to plant the rice seedlings. Since I had been bent over for a long time, my back cracked loudly. Ouch, my back.

Thanks to Vanilla’s lucky break, I had decided to go to the secret island managed by the Siaster family, so I planned to finish planting all the seedlings before leaving. There wasn’t much time, and the seedlings needed to be planted quickly. I was in a hurry.

Outside the magic circle, it was a freezing winter, but inside, it was a warm spring. Leon fidgeted while clutching a straw hat. I had no idea where he had gotten with both hands.

“I heard…… some…… very…… frightening news this time.”

“……Frightening news? What is it?”

“Th, that……”

I had sensed that something was strange from the moment we started working today. He had kept circling around me while planting seedlings, constantly watching my expression.

Watching him stammer was rather frustrating, but I was a kind, gentle, beautiful master…… no, a young lady of the viscounty, so I spoke warmly.

“If you don’t tell me before I count to three, there’ll be no more garaetteok for you. Three…… twooo……”

“Eek!”

Leon shuddered like a baby bird and spat the words out in a machine-gun rush.

“I heard you’re going to die soon, Big Sis!”

“……What?”

What? Who was going to die?

Has it been too long since I last cleaned my ears? I was hearing nonsense.

Without even thinking about manners, I almost dug into my ear with my pinky, but I managed to come to my senses at the last moment.

“You’re saying I’m going to die?”

“Yes!”

Leon shouted innocently, like a kindergarten student answering a teacher’s question.

I suddenly felt like punching that innocent, pale face.

“Are you cursing me to die right now?”

Out of nowhere, he was saying I was going to die.

This had to be a curse.

I looked down at the hand holding the rice seedlings I was about to plant. This iron arm might look slender on the outside, but it was packed with dense, solid muscle.

The Black Hawks could slice through monsters with ease, but wouldn’t this iron arm work on them too? It had worked on Dazar, their master, after all.

“Huh? A curse? What do you mean? I only…… heard that you were going to a terrifying place……”

Leon blinked with a shy expression.

A terrifying place?

Ah. Could he mean that island?

“You mean that island? The one with the villa?”

“Yes. That very place. It’s somewhere even we can’t follow you.”

Leon’s face was filled with concern as he said that. So he had been worried about me this much. I had almost misunderstood him and swung my iron arm at him.

I relaxed the arm I had been tensing slightly and gave him a benevolent smile.

So that island must have a reputation among the Black Hawks as a very frightening place? I didn’t know why, though.

“What is it, Leon? Were you worried about me?”

You little punk. Had we gotten a little attached to each other over time?

This was kind of touching.

My heart warmed slightly, and I sniffled for no particular reason. Leon tilted his head.

“Huh? Why would I worry about you?”

“……?”

“I’m not worried about you at all. What I’m worried about is not being able to eat garaetteok anymore…… Kweeek!”

My fist flew reflexively, and Leon collapsed onto the rice field with a sound like a pig being slaughtered. Seeing him sprawled there pitifully, the Black Hawks’ eyes lit up as they rushed over.

Their eyes were fierce as they swarmed toward him. They charged straight at him and……

“You bastard! How dare you collapse on top of the precious seedlings that are about to become garaetteok for our lady?”

“Die! You good-for-nothing piece of trash!”

“If you’re going to die anyway, become fertilizer for our lady!”

They began stomping on Leon for daring to fall on top of the seedlings.

Thump. Thump-thump-thump.

I indifferently looked down at Leon as one black footprint after another was stamped onto him, then bent down again and resumed planting the seedlings.

Hmm. So even the Black Hawks have never been to that island.

Then it really must be a place with heavily restricted access.

But now I, who hadn’t even known them for a year, was going there?

“Ugh…… everyone who enters that place gets sliced and diced by our lord…… Please, for the sake of the garaetteok…… reconsider……”

Leon desperately conveyed his final words as if he were leaving a will. Even though the Black Hawks were still beating him, there wasn’t a trace of pain on his face. His ability to take a beating was truly remarkable.

“Everyone who goes there gets sliced and diced?”

“Yes…… That place is the most secret of secret places…… G-garaetteok……! I can see garaetteok! Big Sis! Could this be a divine revelation from garaetteok?”

I take it back.

His expression showed no pain whatsoever, but his mind seemed to have already gone somewhere far away. I straightened my head, which I had lowered slightly to hear him.

It really must be a place where ordinary people are strictly forbidden from entering.

No wonder Dazar had almost gotten rid of that worker. I narrowed my eyes while diligently planting the rice seedlings.

Then I might not even be able to move around freely once I got to the island. And on top of that, Dazar might stop me from bringing Axion.

Hmm. That could be a problem.

***

“What? Of course that’s not allowed.”

“Not allowed? Why not?”

Dazar casually spoke with his legs crossed. His face was thoroughly displeased. He clearly did not like the idea of me going to that secret island during the Period of Rest.

“How can I go by myself? What am I supposed to do about Axion?”

Dazar had just said something ridiculous—that I was the only one who could enter the island. It was exactly what I had been worried about while planting the seedlings.

Dazar spoke bluntly, still looking sullen.

“You have that butler, don’t you? That spry old butler who’s always carrying around those strange drinks.”

“Oh my. I told you this last time too, but Dazar, you really have no respect for your elders, do you?”

“…….”

Dazar’s face darkened.

Technically, it was true that expecting strict respect for elders in this class-based society was difficult, but I decided to insist on my point anyway.

“Axion is a very good and gentle baby, but do you know how difficult it is to raise a baby? It’s hard to do it alone! How could you make an old man do something so arduous……”

“You’re the one making him do that arduous work. Whenever I see you, you’re always leaving him with that old butler and scurrying around outside.”

Oops.

He knew? What a scary dog. I thought he didn’t, but he knew far too much about me.

I shrugged.

“That can’t be true. It’s only because Dazar hasn’t seen it. Anyway! That’s not what’s important right now. A baby needs his mother. The Period of Rest isn’t that short, so how can I leave my baby behind and go?”

“You have the chancellor. Last time I saw you two, you seemed pretty close. Why don’t you leave him with the chancellor?”

Why was Cedric suddenly being brought up?

I puffed out my cheeks in annoyance and put both hands on my waist. I was standing in front of him while he sat on the sofa, so I had a clear view of the top of his head. A sudden urge to smack him on the head with my fist welled up.

Whoo. Relax.

At this rate, I might accidentally resort to violence like I had with Leon rolling around in the rice field yesterday.

I was a pacifist.

Was it because I had inhabited Cilia’s body? Why did punching someone suddenly seem like the fastest way to reach my goal?

“I’m not particularly close to Cedric. I didn’t even know he was the chancellor until I came here.”

“……Really?”

I didn’t know why, but it seemed like one corner of Dazar’s lips had just lifted slightly.

He quickly touched the corner of his mouth with his hand, making it difficult to see. Hmmmm.

This dog bastard. So, as it turned out……

Does he want to be close to the chancellor, but is jealous because it seems like I’m the only one who’s close to him?

And now that he found out we weren’t actually close, was he happy about it? I’d probably feel juuust a little upset too if Lessi had a close female friend other than me.

Feeling a little sympathetic, I looked at him as if I understood him.

Dazar raised an eyebrow.

“What’s with that look?”

“What’s wrong with my eyes?”

“They look rotten. Gloomy. I don’t like it.”

“…….”

This guy. Seriously.

“Anyway, if I say you can’t go, then you can’t. It’s enough that you’re going.”

“But aren’t we all family?”

“……Ugh.”

Dazar’s lips twitched.

As I had noticed last time, he seemed to be a little vulnerable to the word family.