CHAPTER 55 SHARK DRIVE

Veronica-san?

As Ive thought

Veronicas face that was as if she had bitten a bitter bug deepens.

Seeing her, I thought maybe, but as Ive thought, its the face when you used magic that time

She said while looking at Sylvia.

Come to think of it, she saw Sylvias face on the video call magic.

Lucio-sama? Did I, do something wrong?

No, Sylvias not wrong at all. Anyways, can you take out some tea

Yes

Sylvia hesitantly left the drawing room.

I sat in front of Veronica.

Both of us were awkward; a subtle air flows.

Uhmmfor the meantime, Im Lucio Martien

I am named Veronica Amall Guernica

She bowed gracefully.

I could feel elegance with that gesture, elegance that couldnt be compared to the Veronica I met in the town.

Uhm, I heard that youre the queen before

Yes, I am the aunt of the current king, Clemente I. He is older though

A younger aunt huh. A pattern that usually appears with huge families or royalties huh.

For the meantime, to give a pause, I asked a lot of things.

The reason you were troubled after seeing Sylvia

Its because I saw her on the cafe earlier

The reason you wanted to get some air because something bad happen

Its because I was melancholic to go say greetings to Senjukou, Duke Martien

I see

I asked that too, a lot of things had connected now.

ahh really, what is this, you, you set me a trap right

Veronica suddenly got pissed off.

You set me a trap to caught me off right. What a despicable man!

No, no, youre the one who tried to pick me up right? I didnt do anything

Shut up! Its your fault alright. Thats right, magic. Youre Senjukou right. With your thousand magic, you seduced me

I didnt use that magic!

it exists though.

No, its magic for sure. Then, why did a brat like you, look like a man that cool. Its absolutely magic. There is no other way

Oi oi

Thats too ridiculous

Ha

She said that all at once, then Veronica suddenly drooped.

Its all overthe kingdom will fall. Its because I got caught by a trap whos younger than me

Its not a trap Im telling you, also.

I wont let it fall

Thats a lie

Its true

Veronica raised her head. She had the face of someone clinging to hope.

Really, for real?

Yes, for real

Do you swear on your most important thing?

I swear on my two wives, Sylvia and Nadia

I answered immediately.

Veronica got astonished, and started laughing.

Whats that. Dont you have anything else

Theyre the most important thing for me after all

Well, theyre my wife. Something like a god dont need to come out there.

Veronica looked at me intentlyand her expression softens.

I got it. Ill believe you. That was my with my own will. With my own will, I saw a good man, and called out to him

I think that thats weird too, but I decided to not think about it too much.

Once again. I am Veronica Amall Guernica. I greet Senjukou, Duke Martien

She stood up, folded her arms in a unique way, and slightly bent her knees.

Its a unique bow, it felt like some kind of etiquette.

Im Lucio Martien. Nice to meet you

I dont know about those kind of things, so I replied normally.

Rather than too formal, Id be thankful if you would speak frankly. Im not too good with those after all

Is it alright with that?

Id only loved magic, and didnt study about those at all

I shrugged my shoulders, and said that as if to joke.

I said it like a joke, but its true.

Veronica looked at me, and laughed out.

Is that so, then can you excuse me then

Yeah, that would be nice. Ill talk like this okay

I had stopped speaking in child mode quite a while ago, but I declared for once.

Sylvia entered, and left the tea down.

Thank you

Veronica smiled pleasantly at Sylvia.

Sylvia blushed. She hid her face with the tray and left.

Un, how cute, how cute.

Theyre really important to you huh. Your wife

Un, yes, thats right

Veronica got relieved.

And youre having a hard time with your relatives

About Isaac huh. well, yeah.

Somehow, I remembered about King Guernica.

Dont you have a hard time with yours too?

I do

Veronica casually answered.

Shes quite frank the way she spoke.

It just became like that with the ministerial terms, but that isnt fit for a king

Its a pig after all.

Were both having a hard time huh

I guess so

We nodded at each other.

Luccioo-kuun

Nadia suddenly entered the room, and jumped at me.

Ne, ne, Lucio-kun, I thought about it you know, from awhile, we flew to the sky with Nadia, the three of us right? And then, were always playing on land right? This time, I thought that we should go play under the sea. Right, lets go play under the sea to the summer place when you used the summer and winter magic you used before. Do you have that kind of magic?

Nadia said with a machine-gun talk.

Its her as usual, but.

Wait, wait, Nadia, wait a minute

Eh, why?

A visitor

I pointed to Veronica

Ah!

And there, she noticed Veronica for the first time.

Ah, arara

She made an awkward face.

Ohohohohoho

She let out an obvious wife-like laugh, and left the room.

Really.

After the door closed, I faced Veronica, and bowed my head.

Im sorry. Nadias usually like that. Just like she looks, she didnt have ill intentions

Ahh, I know that. Shes good, straightforward girl

Its nice if you can say that

The girl earlier, is she called Sylvia, that girl is also a good and honest girl. I can really feel that the two of them are living happily with you

Theyre my wives after all

Fufu, I also wanted to have that kind of childhood

You only need to be a child then!

Nadia entered the room.

This time, it seems like she was completely eavesdropping.

Uhh, Im sorry

I apologized.

No, I dont mind. If you want, she can stay

Veronica answered maturely.

Rather than that, what do you mean by just become a child?

You should ask Lucio-kun to make you a child with his magic. Sylvia and I also turns into an adult sometimes, so the opposite version of that

Can you do it? Something like that

Well, yeah

I casted magic to Nadia.

I turned her to her adult appearance, then returned her to her child appearance.

Its a little demonstration.

Thats amazing. I see, youre not Senjukou for nothing

You should just ask him to do this. Right, Lucio-kun

I guess so

I thought, and looked at Veronica.

Are you interested?

Is it okay?

Yeah

If that is socan I ask you then

I got it

I stood up, and reached out my hands.

Reconnection

The light of the magic envelopes Veronica.

Nadia who saw that tilted her head, feeling strange.

Lucio-kun, Lucio-kun, isnt it different with the usual magic?

Ahh. Its a different one. The other ones a magic that makes the appearance an adults or a childs, but this one also changes whats inside too

Whats inside too?

Thats right. While leaving the memories, it returns the personality to when they were a child

Heee

Nadia looks at Veronica very curiously.

And within that, Veronicas body gradually shrinks.

After a while, when the light settles down, there was the appearance of a child there.

She has similar facial features.

Its a girl thats a different type from Sylvia and Nadia.

A type that would become a beauty (Shes in fact a beauty), her face was full of confidence.

I see, Veronicas like this when she was a child huh.

This isme?

Veronica looked at her hands, and got surprised to her own hands becoming soft and small.

Mirror

I created a mirror using magic.

The size that can show her whole body.

How nostalgicit is me at that time

Sylvia, Nadia, and Veronica.

With the three, Im on the bottom of the sea once again.

Kyahhoi

Nadia was running around the bottom of the sea.

Nadia-chan, its dangerous if you run like that

Its okay, its okaykyaa!

Nadia tripped.

Look now! Are you injured somewhere

Kyahhoi

Immediately standing up, Nadia ran once again.

Sylvia chases her around while scolding her.

Its the two as usual.

The one whos not as usual, is Veronica.

Here now, start walking

Right now, shes on top of me.

I mean, shes riding on my shoulders.

Dont you like to walk?

I feel like doing this

I see

I nodded

Somehow, shes being spoiled, but this isnt much.

How can I say this, she has an atmosphere that allows that.

An atmosphere that makes one listen to her spoiled words that isnt domineering.

It is very fun

Its more fun walking you know. Sylvia and Nadia are having that much fun right

Its also fun like this

Riding on my shoulders, she hugged my head.

Thats fine too, but, is this really, fun?

Lucio-kun, Lucio-kun

Nadia returned.

That

The place Nadia was pointing at was a huge shark.

Its a huge shark that was about five meters long.

I want to ride that

Nadia stared at me with an excited face.

Eyes full of expectations, if my wife looks at me like this, it cant be helped then.

Even if its domineering, I would want to listen to her selfishness.

Thats right, I decided, if its in front of my wives, I would be a superman.

A superman that can do whatever they want me to do.

While carrying Veronica on my shoulders, I turned towards the shark, and reached out my hand.

Brain Wash

I casted brainwash magic.

The light of the magic enveloped the shark, and finally, the shark went down while shaking its huge body.

With its fierce face, it rubs its cheeks to me.

It was hard for it to hold back with its huge body, so it felt like it was tackling.

It feels like a huge dog playing around.

Coming to my side, Sylvia and Nadia had faces full of expectations

Well then, lets ride

I reached out my hands to the two.

Within the sea, on the back of a shark.

Sylvia and Nadia held their hands while riding.

The two was getting along with each other, and looking at them makes me feel happy.

On the other hand, Veronicas on top of me, our positions the same as earlier.

Veronica rides on my shoulders, while Im riding the shark.

Dont you like to ride the shark?

No desuwa

Dont you want to experience it at least?

At least, no

I was completely refused.

Does she hate sharks, I thought, but Veronicas expression when she refused looked like she was having much fun.

At least, being scared or disliking it wasnt the reason why she wouldnt ride.

If that is so, I cant force her huh.

I didnt ask her anymore after that.

The four of us rode sharks, and took a drive under the sea.

It has a different way of enjoyment compared to flying in the air as usual.

The drive ended, and we returned to land.

I removed the magic on the sharks, and returned them to the sea.

The sun has completely set.

Well then, lets go home now

Un!

Ill make food when we got back then

You can take your time, I said to Sylvia.

I looked towards Veronica.

Well then, Ill remove the magic there okay

Youre going to remove it?

Nadia got surprised.

Yeah, Reconnectionis a persistent magic. If it wasnt removed, it wont return to normal

He, then, it would be bad for those people that couldnt remove it

Thats right

I reached out to Veronica.

Veronica runs to my back.

No, desuwa!

What happened

I dont want to return to being adult

Even if you say that

Anyways, I dont want to! Its this much fun, I want enjoy this, more and more

Saying that, Veronica ran away. She quickly took distance.

Astonished, we were left behind.

After a while.

I only need to return her when the time comes, so, its okay?

I whispered, I thought of that for the meantime.