Chapter 49

“……What is this magical being’s name?”

“It’s Polly, Your Highness.”

It wasn’t until late that he approached Polly and was observing it with a curious look.

Even the book you have in your hand is titled 〈The Origin of the Magical Being〉?

Nicholas said as I stared at the book.

“It’s a book I just got from the kindergarten library. Rather, this was the first time for me to see a magical being. It looks weird, it talks.”

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So, all of us, including the subject teachers, were interested only in Polly throughout the class.

It was obvious.

The magical being, who we only knew from books or stories that we had heard, well, was in the same room with us, standing and breathing.

How could it not be amazing?

In addition, these children are all 6 or 7 years old, so it was a time of great curiosity.

Hmmm, but why do I keep getting interested in it too.

“Oh my God! This is the first time I’ve seen a magical being in my 35 years of life. It’s amazing. But are you sure it’s asleep now? Ah, I also want to see it awake.”

Even a teacher who teaches the basics of the imperial language seems to have forgotten the duty of class for a while.

After seeing the magical being, he had a face as if he could afford to die with no regrets and he kept looking at Polly for a while.

Of course, other teachers besides him also glanced at Polly during class.

Of course, despite everyone’s keen interest, Polly only slept.

Is that because it just woke up?

If you listen still, you will hear the snoring sound.

Wah, you don’t know how cute the breathing sounds!

When Alice heard the magical being’s lovely breath right next to her, she took a breath as if surprised.

“Heuk! It breathes.”

“Of course. A magical being is also a living creature.”

Then Cedric, who has been patient with an immovable posture with Polly on his lap for an hour, replied, flattered.

It seemed like he was saying, ‘can’t you be like this?’

The invisible bridge of his nose seemed to pierce to the ceiling.

Ugh, it’s childish, Cedric.

So, the long morning with Polly ended, and it was finally lunch time.

Then something amazing happened.

Polly, who didn’t wake up even when there was a sound of something rolling outside the window, when a teacher accidentally dropped an ink bottle, or when Nicholas snapped the book, opened its eyes.

It smelled the food!

‘Well, the smell should be good.’

As always, it was a meal made by the chefs of the Imperial Palace themselves.

Nicholas, who glanced at the bird, no, magical being, snooping on the fancy, extravagant table asked a question to Jake.

“Do magical beings also eat?”

At first, Nicholas asked Cedric, Polly’s owner, but soon he realized it.

That Cedric is an amateur who has just raised a newly-awakened magical being.

When it comes to spirits and magic, Jake knew better.

Nicholas, who lives with a book next to him every day, only reads books related to the thinking that he would become an emperor in the future, so he seemed less bright about magic.

“It can eat, but a magical being is an animal that can live without eating, Your Highness. It is better not to give it anything.”

Jake responded politely to Nicholas’ question.

Come to think of it, these two later became close friends and formed a master-servant relationship.

It’s a fact that I didn’t notice at first, but Nicholas and Jake had been acquainted before coming to this kindergarten.

It was attributable to the friendship between the Duchy of Theion and the imperial family.

According to the original story, since childhood, they should have been close friends rather than just good friends, but it seems that the variable of my appearance changed the relationship between the two.

But well, I believed that in the future, when they became adults, they would naturally turn into best friends.

If not, I’ll make it that way. Whoohoo.

Anyway, Jake’s answer seemed to make Nicholas a little disappointed.

Maybe he was going to give it the raspberry pudding that came out as a dessert. Then he can’t.

A magical being is an animal anyway, but if you feed something sweet, its taste buds will change completely!

“……It’s a pity.”