The anger that had been building up for a long time almost exploded.
"Is it okay that my eyes are born like this? Also, isn't it a basic courtesy to look at the other person when talking?"
Is this uncle deliberately looking for trouble?
"That's not okay, I am the only one who can keep an eye on my baby girl."
"I can't stand it... It's the first time I've seen a severe daughter-in-law."
I mumbled dissatisfiedly.
"Stop talking! What do you know? This is great fatherly love, fatherly love!"
"Okay! Stop yelling!"
The girl quickly grabbed the store manager, and then looked at me apologetically:
"Sorry for making you laugh..."
"It's okay, little sister."
Compared with the grumpy store manager, the girl has become an extremely kind existence in my heart.
"Hey! You kid! Try calling my baby girl 'little sister' again?! You are no big or small!"
I suddenly became furious.
"Hmm? I just called you. Is there a problem? Little sister, little sister, little sister~~"
"Um...please don't do that. After all, you look about the same age as me. To be honest...it's a bit disgusting..."
"...Yes."
The girl's words were like a basin of cold water. Realizing that what I said was extremely childish, I immediately lowered my head and admitted my mistake.
"Huh hahaha! Did you see that, brat? My baby girl is standing over me——"
"Dad, please shut up."
"Yes..."
However, this silence only lasted less than ten minutes, because the girl suddenly remembered that she had left her luggage at the hotel, so she hurried away.
Before leaving, she left a message:
"I'll get back to you soon, don't quarrel!"
Well, young people always like to say things that cannot be realized.
So, the store manager and I started quarreling again while glaring at each other.
The quarrel didn't end until thirty minutes later because both parties were tired.
"Damn it... the smelly boy is still young, but his mouth is very flexible... Phew... Phew..."
"Huh...you are...were you the one who used to help people quarrel?"
We leaned on the carriage and our brains were a little starved of oxygen.
"Stop talking nonsense! I used to be the chef of the Marquis...don't compare me with people who have nothing to do!"
"..."
No wonder your cooking skills are amazing, I can’t refute it.
Having no strength to argue anymore, I regained my sanity.
This uncle doesn't look like someone who can lie, but he has actually served a nobleman like the Marquis. It's unbelievable... I have lived for more than a hundred years, and the highest-ranking nobleman I have ever seen is...
Just a viscount.
Hmm...that means he gave up such a precious position just to find a stable place for his daughter?
"..."
"..."
"Hey, uncle...can't you stay in our town anymore?"
I couldn't help but feel a little admiration.
"...Huh?"
"Ah what, aren't you leaving?"
"...I did it for my baby daughter."
The store manager's voice didn't sound very confident.
"Just because I had a nightmare?"
"Well...! Did she tell you?"
The weight on the other side of the carriage was reduced - because the store manager stood up suddenly.
"I told you, and tell me what this is...a curse or something like that."
"Tsk...that child..."
The store manager complained a little, then hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly said:
"Now that my precious daughter has told you, I can't let you know half of it...Who knows if you will talk nonsense everywhere!"
"..."
I'm not a talkative person, okay?
"Let me tell you first, it's not a curse! A curse or anything like that... It's just a humble statement from my precious daughter!"
"...That's it."
Well, I originally thought he could say something objective, but I didn't expect this uncle to be more neurotic than his daughter.
"What? Don't believe it?"
"More or less, you can't completely believe it no matter what, right?"
"Hmph, I've come to this point and still doubt it, I'm really an ignorant brat!"
"I really don't know how far you've gone. I just know that you got impatient as soon as you started explaining."
"Tsk, trouble."
"..."
I'm too lazy to argue.
This guy probably doesn't have any patience for anyone other than his daughter - I know that from previous arguments.
But I had no desire to quarrel with him anymore, I just waited coldly for his next words.
"..."
"Go on, uncle."
"Continue with what?"
"Curse, curse, didn't you say you can't let me know a little bit about it? Have you forgotten what you said a few minutes ago?"
"Hmph...you are quite persistent."
You are obviously too impatient.
"..."
"I tell you that you don't understand either..."
I heard the store manager sigh heavily, as if he was making some kind of compromise.
"..."
"So, are you really running around because of nightmares?"
"So what?"
"You volunteered?"
"I took the initiative to propose it to my precious daughter. Do you have any opinion?"
"..."
This time it was my turn to sigh.
"Well, this is your freedom, as long as you have no objection..."
The person involved has the supreme right to make a choice. As an irrelevant person, I can at best stand aside and be dumbfounded.
Forget it, they are free to do what they want, I am just satisfying my curiosity.
"Bye, uncle."
I lost all interest, said hello and prepared to leave.
If I stay any longer, the warmth mark on my clothes will become ineffective due to lack of magic power, and I, who cannot use magic, will have to die of cold.
"Hey... wait, kid, don't leave!"
However, the store manager stopped me.
"What for?"
I felt confused, so I turned around and saw the store manager frowning and glaring at me.
"You were stopped by my baby girl. If I let you go on my own initiative, my baby girl would definitely blame me, huh... Your kid definitely thinks the same, right? I won't let you.
The boy succeeded!"
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"I'm not a criminal who has been caught..."
Helpless, I stopped and returned to the carriage.
"..."
"..."
That little sister is so slow~~
"Hey, brat."
"..."
"You promise not to talk nonsense about my precious daughter?"
"I don't make that kind of uncertain guarantee."
"..."
Even if you say nonsense, probably no one will believe it.
I don't believe it.
"You kid, do you know about the 'divine gift'?"
"Uh...!"
Unexpected words came out of the store manager's mouth.
"Know. How?"
I looked at the store manager cautiously. His bear-like back was facing me, and his thick arms were folded in front of his chest.
"My precious daughter...that child's dream must be a gift from the gods, it must be a divine gift!"
"Eh..."
The store manager's tone was so determined that I was speechless for a moment.
Is it a divine gift...
Elinor said that there are "seven great gifts" in the world.
Divine gifts are common knowledge to people in this world. Even in the remote town of Vig, you can find many books related to it.
The Divine Eye is one of them.
There is currently minimal information on divine purpose.
Eleanor once emphasized to me that I am the first host of the Divine Purpose. And the Divine Eye is the only divine gift that is not attached to a betrothal. The rest of the divine gifts will be found through betrothal contracts.
Host, so the six mates with divine gifts are called [divine mates].
In other words, there are still six hosts of divine gifts.
Could it be that that little sister is mine... No, it's impossible, I remember...
There is a contradiction.
Is it possible...
"The child's dream has the power of prediction by the gods. I saw it with my own eyes! Such an unreasonable power was truly given to my precious daughter..."
The uncle talked more and more enthusiastically.
"The content without any warning, turned from a dream into reality, how can it be a curse... The ability of the gods, the gift of predicting the future, can only be like this, huh... You are probably a kid
Just can’t understand it!”
"..."
"Humph, believe it or not, I confirmed it after doing relevant research!"
The uncle emphasized to me, his tone sounded unquestionable:
"Isn't it mentioned in many ancient books? It's about being angry with thunder and so on... In short! The child's condition is almost exactly the same as what is described in the book, yes..."
Hey hey hey, could he be talking about...
"It's the eye of divinity!"
"Ha?!"
I almost fell off the carriage.
"Humph, I guessed that your boy would react like this!"
Although I can't see the store manager's expression, I think he must have a look of disdain:
"I've told you before, and you can't understand even if I tell you, you brat, you're wasting my time!"
"No, no, no, you said that your daughter's eye is...the divine eye?"
"Otherwise? This is the only explanation that makes sense, right?"
"..."
I suppressed the laughter in my heart.
"Oh, oh, oh~~ That's incredible."
"Hmm...do you really think so?"
"Hmm."
I tried hard to make my voice sound sincere.
"Hmph... you still have some brains! I blamed you wrongly."
"However, is it okay to hide such a precious gift like this...?"
"...What do you mean?"
The store manager's voice became deeper:
"You want my baby girl to go to war?"
"It's not up to me to decide whether to go to the battlefield, but she has the talent in this area, doesn't she?"
"...No one can even think of letting my precious daughter participate in the killing."
"Whatever you want, I just mentioned it casually."
I smiled.
There was a moment of silence.
"Hey, boy, there is another reason."
"What?"
"The child and I kept changing places...not only because of the child's dream, but also to avoid the war."
The uncle came to me at some point and faced me with a black face.
"It will be the same in the future?"
"Nonsense! I will not let go of any threat. I have a lot of money, but I only have one precious daughter!"
"That's it."
As expected of a deep daughter-in-law.
......
After a while, the girl came back.
I said goodbye to them and watched them board the carriage.
"Sorry to bother you."
"Where, where~~"
"You brat, don't talk to my baby girl casually!"
"Okay..."
The uncle and his daughter don’t know my actual age at all, especially the uncle, who always calls me “boy”. To be honest, I have wanted to point this out for a long time, but I find it too troublesome and don’t want to explain too much. p>
After all, they are two outsiders who will have nothing to do with the town.
"I like it here. The people in this small town take good care of us. We are really lucky."
Before leaving, the girl smiled and sighed. I noticed that the store manager on the side nodded slightly, as if he inadvertently expressed his approval.
......
Oops, it’s too late...
I didn't realize it until now - I wanted to have dinner with Raya.
Tsk, my memory is bad.
As I hurried back, I gathered up my coat that was blown up by the wind. The warmth seal that was about to run out of magic power had little effect. The chill got into my clothes, and my arms shook involuntarily.
So cold.
......
The moment I stepped into the hotel, I happened to bump into Raya who seemed to be going out.
"I'm getting ready to find you."
"Sorry~~I accidentally got lost."
I scratched my hair. Raya looked at me, reached out and gently patted a little snow off my shoulders, and then walked with me to a nearby restaurant.
Along the way, Raya said nothing and seemed a little depressed.
I guessed that she was angry about my late return, so I tried my best to tell some jokes to make her happy, but to no avail.
Later, I noticed something was wrong - when I arrived at the restaurant, the atmosphere in the restaurant was not as lively as before. Both the clerk and the customers seemed to be just immersed in doing their own things.
"Well, what happened?"
I asked Raya quietly.
"What?"
Raya seemed not to understand my question and blinked at me with her big eyes.
"You seem to be in a bad mood, what's wrong?"
"...You haven't heard yet?"
"Ah?"
Seeing my unclear look, Raya frowned. She motioned for me to bend down slightly, leaned into my ear, and said:
"The small town's cavalry... encountered an unexpected incident and no one survived."