527 – Shining Diploma – 1

As if Pedi was conscious of her birth name, she came to us with her first snow, and after the christening ceremony with the minister as her godfather her, it was roughly December. Finally, the three-year march of the Academy of Arduousness has come to an end.

As December entered, my heart pounded as each day passed. Now, if I really, really hold on just a little longer, the extremely long-term dispatch work of 3 years will end. Even the three time bombs that might explode at any time can return to their own country, and we can play at home with our pedi that won’t hurt even if we put it in our eyes.

‘These days, all I can see is him sleeping.’

I felt like crying out of sadness and guilt. They say that other babies sleep during the day and wake up at night and early in the morning to annoy their parents, but our good Peddie sleeps normally and wakes up normally.

However, the problem is that babies’ sleep time is overwhelmingly longer than that of adults, so their normal sleep period is from early evening to late morning. If you’re unlucky, you’ll have to go to work looking at Pedi sleeping, and you’ll have to see Pedi sleeping when you get home from work. It doesn’t happen every day, but it’s sad.

Fortunately, I received confirmation from the emperor that I could rest a little after graduating from the academy, so I just waited for that day.

– These days, Pedi is babbling quite clearly. You won’t hear it though.

‘Let’s just hold on…’

Recalling the provocation the minister made a few days ago, I strengthened my resolve even more.

Unlike me, who works at an academy, the minister who works at the institution visits the mansion every lunch hour and plays with Pedi. Because he has the title of godfather, the people in the mansion, rather than blocking him, actually welcome him. Thanks to this, the minister frequently poured out all kinds of teasing and provocations on me, his biological father his, in the name of reporting on Pedi’s movements his

This is a damn old man whose only name is Godfather. There are no enemies in what I do.

‘Is it that good?’

I gritted my teeth for a moment, but quickly calmed down with a sigh. Aside from his habitual provocations toward me, the sincerity the Minister gives to Peddie is by no means light.

If you are a minister of a department, lunch time is an extension of your work. I go there every lunch time because it sounds good, but if I do other work or have a meeting during that time, how much shorter will my time off from work be? The minister gave up on that and chose to play with Peddie. As her biological father, I am grateful.

If you look at it this way, he is a really good godfather, but I really wish he would just keep in touch with his biological father.

– What were you thinking when you suddenly sighed?

“I hope that your Excellency will suffer for about three days because he hastily ate and pretended.”

Please.

Even now, it’s too cruel to contact me through the communication port while I’m eating. Why do I have to have a remote sickle with this guy?

‘If you’re going to contact me anyway, do it when you’re with Pedi.’

In fact, she even had such a wish in her heart. Then you can see Peddie awake at least once more.

Today again, Peddie welcomed her father her with her her sleeping figure her her her.

“…If I wake you up, you’ll be angry, right?”

“I’ll get angry before Pedi.”

“I’m sorry.”

As I looked down at Pedi, who was sleeping soundly, and made a crazy mark, Marr poked my waist and shook her head.

Of course, I didn’t mean it, so I quickly apologized. No, to be precise, I am half sincere, but I have absolutely no intention of putting it into action. There is nothing more psychopathic than waking up a sleeping child.

I’m just sad because my situation is miserable. A father who can’t even communicate properly with his first child.

‘Should I just hug him?’

I quickly shook my head as the desire began to stir.

If you accidentally touch your pedi and wake up, you’ll be in trouble. You can’t see this cute little angel crying. If you do that, you will feel the guilt of the world collapsing and the hatred of Marr at the same time.

“But don’t worry too much. Lately, it’s been getting later and later to fall asleep. You’ll be able to see Pedi awake soon.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

In the meantime, my expression seemed so sad that Mar quietly held my hand and gave me strange comfort.

But the effect was clear. The thought of my pedi welcoming my dad when he got home from work made me smile. The son returns home, tired both physically and mentally, and welcomes his father. Isn’t this a dream that every parent has dreamed of at least once?

‘Let’s hold on just a little longer.’

One more reason to live like that for a long time.

In fact, unlike a certain minister who lives somewhere, Marr shows Pedi awake through a communication device, but there is a difference between seeing and touching it in person and seeing it remotely.

“Wow…”

Anyway, while I was grinning at Mar’s words, I heard Pedi’s cooing and was started, but I was able to calm down quickly.

That babbling is not a warning that you are about to wake up. How many times have you been able to sleep like nothing happened? Pedi is a miracle baby who can sleep peacefully no matter what is said nearby as long as he is not touched directly.

‘I don’t think he’ll grow up like normal.’

Suddenly a thought occurred to me. Although she is a baby who can’t speak properly or move her her body her her right now, when the time comes for her to move around on her own two feet, I think she will turn her her her her mansion her and family her upside down.

Considering the flashy kicks she showed when she was in Mar’s arms, her temperamental taste, and the My Way tendency she shows now,

‘All children grow up noisily.’

Of course, there is no problem if you grow up like that. It’s natural for young children to grow up having accidents and playing pranks.

On the other hand, it doesn’t matter if you go beyond expectations and grow up calmly. That would be cute just the way it is.

It’s enough for a pedi to just grow up nice and healthy. This dad earned all the money you need to live on for the rest of your life.

‘You should live your life doing what you want to do.’

This dad couldn’t do that…

***

As graduation got closer, I felt Laterr becoming more aggressive.

Thanks to that brilliant offensive, I also participated in the game with even more sincerity. The two get along well and are divided into second and third place even after losing to their advisor in a match against each other. What if he loses at chess even once? I don’t even want to imagine the results.

‘You can never lose.’

That’s why we can’t allow Laterer to win even once. It wasn’t there before, but now I can’t give up victory even if I die.

Now, this match is not simply a matter of winning percentage or record. It is a serious issue that depends on whether my spirit and self-esteem will collapse.

“What? Are you still doing it?”

But unfortunately, Erich, who was just a nobleman, did not understand the noble and important battle of royal families.

“You wouldn’t know it if you hadn’t started at all, but if you started, you had to see the end.”

“I agree.”

In times like this, I agreed and agreed with Laterer’s words, which made sense.

Yes, a knight would be able to laugh if he didn’t draw his sword. However, if you draw your sword, it is a knight that can only end if you die or the opponent dies.

That’s how I and Laterer are now. Whether the end of this match is my undefeated or Laterer’s miraculous first win is only the final conclusion. What is important is the fact that we are engaged in a fierce battle where we will not back down.

“Ryutis is going to win anyway.”

I burst out laughing at those words. The gap between me and Laterer is so clear that a third person said that.

My victory has already become a truth. Even if Laterer wins against me, the team members will think that I made a mistake and not that Laterer is better than me. It is impossible for Laterer to completely surpass me.

However, Laterer did not dwell on such trivial matters.

‘I guess I just think it’s enough to win.’

As I’ve been feeling lately, Laterer’s goal is not to show off his superiority. He seems to have risked his life by making fun of me, somehow finding a reason to mock me.

‘The anti-anti-war war ruined people.’

It is truly a sad feeling. He was definitely a good friend, although a bit unique, before the war against the two sides, but after the war against the war, something became distorted. As if we started paying attention to subjective feelings rather than objective victory.

I guess this is all teacher torture’s karma. The advisor sprinkled an enormous amount of poison on the royal family of Juven.

‘…Now that I think about it, where is Mr. Advisor?’

I only noticed it now because I was concentrating on chess. The other club members, Louise, Irina, and Majong are all in the club room, but the advisor is nowhere to be seen.

Did something happen? No, it’s hard to say that, but everyone’s expressions are calm. If something happened to the advisor, one of Louise, Irina, and Majong Gong should show signs of being agitated.

‘It won’t be a big deal.’

After quickly looking around, I turned my attention back to the chessboard. Honestly, I don’t think Mr. Torture is the kind of person who deserves her worries.

“Checkmate.”

“Tsk. Let’s take a break for about 10 minutes and then try again.”

He is a steadfast person no matter what… I think he will come back before the next checkmate at the latest.

***

She headed to the principal’s office when she heard from the principal that she had something important to say. I was a little surprised because it was a sudden call, but fortunately, judging from his voice and expression her, it didn’t seem like it was urgent.

“We have decided to award honorary teacher certificates to major figures from the three kingdoms, including Lord Villar. He has provided various cooperations for the smooth functioning of events and education at the Academy over the past three years, so this is only natural.”＜ Br﹥

And as expected, it was a minor issue that was not urgent.

Giving an honorary academy teacher certificate to a foreigner is not a light matter, but giving honorary teacher certificates to some people, including Sir Villar, is something that has already been outlined to some extent. What the principal is saying now is that something that was half-confirmed has been finalized—

“However, it is said that the minister’s name was mentioned when discussing the honorary teacher certificate.”

“Yes?”

It was an unexpected comment, so a question rose. Why am I talking about the Three Kingdoms kids?

“The minister said that although he came to the academy to work as an inspector general, he could not just ignore it because he was burdened with excessive tasks and responsibilities compared to existing inspectors.”

“…Yes?”

My heart began to pound at the principal’s words.

By any chance, am I receiving something too? Aren’t the three years at the academy ending empty-handed?

‘Is this an honorary teacher certificate?’

Or an honorary diploma?

Either way, I’m excited. In the past, I thought it wouldn’t matter if I didn’t have those things, but I have a complicated feeling that I would be sad if I didn’t have them.