526 – So From Now on

It was only a few days ago that I asked the minister to be Pedi’s godfather, but the rumor spread surprisingly quickly.

It’s strange. They didn’t really control the information, but they didn’t spread it intentionally? It was surprising how something that happened in a place where there were just four of us, myself, Mar, the minister, and his wife, spread so quickly.

– The Minister of Finance secretly leaked it to other ministers.

The reason was found out during a conversation with Jeon Seung-gong. It is said that from the day after the minister received the loan offer from me until now, he boasted in great detail to ministers he met in passing.

– It’s probably still like that now. I’m not a soft-spoken person, but I guess I have high expectations.

I smiled awkwardly as I looked at Jeon Seung-gong, who let out a small laugh.

That’s really surprising. When he’s with me, he’s a minister who pours out everything he can and can’t say, but he’s also a bigwig in politics, a count and head of the Ministry of Finance. Excluding my personal evaluation, this means that he is a man with a heavy mouth.

But does a guy like that talk around like he’s a high-performance loudspeaker?

‘Are we making a decision too soon?’

I have no intention of picking it up anyway, but I’m doing all sorts of things.

To be honest, I am still shocked when I think about the Minister’s personality, but the only person I would trust as a loan is the Minister. I made a promise years ago, and we are close friends, but there is no one I can trust and entrust with others.

And for some reason, I can’t imagine my child having someone else than a minister as their godfather her her her. To the point where I wonder if I was brainwashed by the minister without my knowledge.

– Anyway, it’s a little disappointing. If Karl had not been the Crown Princess’s godfather, I would have made Karl’s son my godson.

“It’s too much to say.”

– Is it okay to say something like this is excessive? I say this because I like it.

Thanks to Jeon Seung-gong’s words, he smiled sincerely instead of the awkward smile he had just had.

The person who is already like a second father to me is also very greedy.

The location of Pedi’s baptism was decided to be St. Paronas Cathedral.

Originally, I invited was going to proceed as usual by a priest from the Dawn Church to the mansion, but upon hearing my request, the Archdiocese of Ausien first mentioned using St. Paronas Cathedral.

“There is nothing more meaningful than having your first child baptized at the same place where the wedding of two blessed people took place.”

Just hearing it made my heart dizzy because it was such a grand proposal.

Yes, it may be meaningful. But the problem is that it is too deep. It’s crazy that a nobleman held a wedding at the place where the emperor was enthroned, but they even held a baptism ceremony for their child? It is an act that places too much honor and authority on the Crasius family and the title of Count Tyglehen.

“That would be good.” The Lord gave his blessing at the minister’s wedding, and wasn’t it right after the wedding that the minister’s child was born? It’s an event to commemorate the birth of a child given by God into the world, so it should be used there.”

Even the emperor, who was supposed to actively dissuade him, supported it in a calm voice, as if choosing the menu for tonight’s dinner.

At that time he was convinced that the world was crazy. No, he knew it long ago, but he felt it even more keenly. He is an emperor who, rather than checking his subjects who already have undeserved honor and power, encourages them. Then you got into a revolution, you b*stard.

Of course, I have no intention of becoming a revolutionary leader. Some man volunteered to become emperor, and he wasn’t even crazy.

‘Life is real.’

That’s how I came back to St. Paronas Cathedral, which I hadn’t seen since the wedding. I can’t be the bad father who no-shows at her son’s christening.

“It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen someone hold a family event here. Are you a traitor?”

“Please be quiet.”

I gave a sighing answer to the minister who was approaching with a smile. I also didn’t know that the Crasius family’s event would be held in the cathedral.

Rather, if I am a traitor, then you are a traitor comrade. They say that if the 9th group is destroyed, they might get caught together.

‘I won’t die alone.’

But when I thought about it like that, I suddenly felt at ease. At least I won’t be the first to die leaving that guy behind.

“Aww—”

Just as the Minister was about to say something after seeing my rapidly calm expression, Peddie, who was sleeping in my arms, babbled briefly at the Minister.

“Oh my, you’re awake.”

The minister’s expression quickly softened as he heard Pedi’s surprise her, her babbling.

I know that feeling well. This is the feeling I get when I see the Crown Princess and when I see a pedi. When I look at the pure voices and gestures of babies, all the emotions I feel in this world feel in vain.

“Hmm.”

The minister, who even smiled, slightly bent her knees in front of me and looked at Pedi.

“I’m glad I don’t look like Abby Ji.”

With words suspected of presbyopia.

Everyone says I look just like me, but I really don’t know what to do if my godfather’s eyes look like that.

Since you’ve come to the cathedral, should I suggest that you at least get healing from the priest?

***

After receiving the loan recommendation, I visited Karl’s mansion whenever I had time. Ferdinand Crasius, who is going to be my godson—To see Pedi.

No matter how innocent a baby is, he hides his her face her her her. No, on the contrary, babies who do not know anything tend to be more shy, so it is right to learn their faces little by little to prevent the godson from crying while looking at his godfather during the christening ceremony.

Fortunately, Carl also had the intelligence to recognize such a need, so he did not shy away from or kick me out when I visited the newlywed’s mansion.

So she spent time watching Feddi sleep, holding her finger, comforting her when she cried, and making eye contact with her. Until today, the day of the baptism.

‘Child of the sword.’

I listened to the cardinal’s congratulatory speech, who played the role of the baptist, with one ear and looked at Pedi through the other.

As soon as the congratulatory speech began, the little child that Carl passed into my arms.

‘My godson.’

Proof that promises buried in the past have once again come out into the world.

‘…As expected, she doesn’t look like Abby Ji.’

While looking at the pedi blankly, the corners of her mouth slowly rose. Before I came, the child was sleeping peacefully in Carl’s arms his, and even after being held in my arms, he was quiet and did not struggle at all.

No matter how much you think about it, you may not know her appearance her, but her personality her seems to resemble her her mother her her her, not Abby Ji. It’s really fortunate.

‘It would be difficult if there were more b*stards like that in this world.’

Having just one is mind-boggling, but having two? It is nothing short of a disaster for the empire and the continent.

“My name is Karl Crasius! I will sacrifice myself for the imperial family and the empire!”

When everyone was dying from work with a gloomy look on their face, he was a tactless guy who gave a loud greeting, wondering what was so good about it.

“Team leader, is there anything I can help you with?”

A strange man who, despite his status as the heir to the Empire, consistently showed respect to his superiors who came from a more Korean-American family than him.

“No shit! My department!”

When the leadership of Team 4, Division 4 of the Inspection Department to which he belonged was wiped out, he was a stubborn guy who tried to lead the team somehow even though he didn’t know what to do.

“Is it possible for one team to handle this task? Not just one department?”

“This b*stard is the team leader and says he’s full. If a department is to be mobilized, it’s 10 times more than this.”

“Fuck life…”

No matter how you look at it, he came to a department where he could use his family’s power to build a decent career, but he was an incomprehensible guy who refused to leave even when things went wrong.

“What do you mean, war? Team 4 is just starting out! Even going on a normal mission is dangerous, but going to war is the same as telling you to die!”

“Chief. If I had done a little better, would I have been able to buy more?”

“…Strangely enough, I feel relieved even though I know it’s a lie.”

A sensitive man who paid attention to each and every member of the low-level inspection department who were falling down like expendable items, and treated them like colleagues rather than mere subordinates.

“Where did all these idiotic things come from?”

“The idiot captain talks a lot.”

“Honestly, if everyone is an b*stard, wouldn’t the one who is the senior be the biggest problem?”

“Damn b*stards.”

Yet, he was an unusual guy who shared friendships with other team leaders who were commoners.

He was truly an indescribably strange guy. He was also a strange guy who engaged in eccentric acts that did not fit his age, status, or career. When I saw a one-on-one match between Sarei Dobra Tala and Annihilation, I really wondered what he was doing.

Still, I didn’t hate it. It was impressive to see a guy who could escape from the inspection department at any time stand firm, a younger guy move forward based on ability rather than personal connections, and not care about the other person’s status.

Maybe that’s why I kept an eye on him. Because he wasn’t bored looking at that guy. When I saw them bickering with the same team leaders, it felt like there were seven more immature brats.

“I don’t know why I’m the only one left. I don’t know how God wanted to use me, taking everyone away and leaving only me!”

But that joy didn’t last long. Of the seven honorable children, six are gone.

“How did this happen? We knew this was a problem that had been properly solved!”

The guy, who was blinded by the fact that the head of the inspection department was involved in Hecate’s death, attacked the director head-on as the team leader.

Since then, Carl has never been able to return to the Carl he used to be. He avenged his revenge, gained honor, and took power, but he could not return to those days.

That guy found new happiness after many wanderings. Now he acknowledges the past, but he is not buried in it.

‘…You must take after your mother.’

That’s why a pedi doesn’t resemble a knife. She should not look like

This child doesn’t have to wander around in the dark like a sword and find the light. He just needs to advance brilliantly from the beginning. Even if it were a novel, it was a boring story with no danger.

I will make it happen. As an incompetent honorable father who lost six children, as a person who could not even properly care for his only remaining child. Definitely.

‘Because you are my grandson.’

This world will call the relationship between you and me as godfather and godson.

Still, I consider you my grandson. Because you are just like my own son.

Because the promise I made alone is the only result that has come out into the world.

‘It’s different from what I initially promised.’

I thought you would appear in the world as a child of Hecate. However, since she is the child of a woman other than Hecate, isn’t the promise completely messed up?

But it doesn’t matter. As Karl said, there is no one left to say that the promise was broken. It is something to be praised for finding even traces of already broken promises and rebuilding them.

So don’t consider me my promise to you.

No matter what anyone says. Even if the six people who left before me scold me.

Definitely in the future.