Chapter 144 - Barbarians Know Love (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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Isadora felt Sebastian and Lara gazing at her. Barely coming to her senses, she spoke as if giving an excuse.”

“Because it’s warm…”

Looking at her mother raising her hand naturally and petting the giant of fire, Lara just smiled.

“It’s nice that it’s not humid.”

“Right? It’s warm and fluffy just being with it. If it keeps raining like this, my body will shrink even if the weather isn’t cold. But thanks to the giant, I can take a long nap.’

“I have a lot of work due to Madam Isadora slacking off.”

“I will raise your salary.”

Isadora blocked Sebastian’s whining with a wage increase and rose from the chair with the giant of fire in her arms. Sebastian hummed pleasantly when Isadora said that she would raise his salary and went outside.

The giant of fire leaned against Isadora’s arm like laundry and did not think of getting up. Every time it breathed, a small flame fluttered and then subsided.

“This guy has been sleeping a lot lately.”

“It’s still growing. Kids grow a lot when they sleep.”

“Did I do that, too?”

“You have no such thing as growing pains. You were so good at holding back your pain that I wouldn’t even know if you were sick.”

“That’s quite foolish.”

“That part of you resembles me.”

“Is there a part of me that doesn’t resemble you?”

As Lara asked with a smile, Isadora looked at her with a bewildered face. Lara, who had difficulty getting along with her mother even after returning to the past, had now acted as if she were treating a friend with a big age difference.

Isadora sat on the sofa opposite Lara with the giant of fire still in her arms.

“I’m a simple person. I get angry when I’m angry and I laugh when I’m happy. Do you know what Eunice and Ximena say whenever they meet me? They’ve been going crazy because they don’t know what you’re thinking these days…”

“But I think I’m on the simple side. And you shouldn’t say that. Since I was young, I have always wondered what you were thinking at the moment.”

“I bet I wasn’t even thinking about anything.”

“Same goes for me right now.”

The mother and daughter sat face to face and talked for a while. From petty chatter to the Empire’s trend, to the Eastern Union, to Barbarians on the border, then to Eunice’s free-spirited love history, constant stories flowed out of their mouths.

“I guess there’s a strange rumor going around after Crown Prince Acerus broke up with Eunice, he’s living alone like a monk practicing asceticism.

“You mean the story of how Eunice Dvonn is a shackle-like woman who can hush down Acerus Elin Tarragon’s flirtiness?”

“Yes. But… after hearing the rumor, I guess Crown Prince Acerus’ ex-lovers tried to harass Eunice. They must have felt jealous.”

“Harass Eunice?”

“They ordered thieves to steal her things… Whenever they meet her at the banquets, they make fun of her and bully her. A few days ago, they said that all the escorts Eunice carried were prostitutes brought from Hautean.”

“How cute.”

“They also said that Crown Prince Acerus hasn’t been in his right mind after being bewitched by a bumpkin temptress.”

“They must have nothing to do. I hope someone can grab their hair and drag them to clean this hotel.”

Isadora snorted. Lara also smiled still and said while looking at the giant of fire who just woke up and stretched its short arms and legs.

“I heard that Ximena grabbed someone’s hair.”

“Huh?”

“Someone stepped on Eunice’s foot and made her trip and fall. Ximena is not someone who would just stand back and watch. I heard she grabbed her hair and shook it up and down until her wig fell off… Why are you looking at me like that?”

Lara realized that Isadora was staring at her.

“Who would she have learned that from?”

“Not me.”

“Me neither.”

The giant of fire rubbed its face with its short arms to defeat its sleepiness and looked at the mother and daughter alternately. When it opened its eyes, the warm energy became stronger.

Lara took off her coat and shoes and sat down with her legs raised on the sofa like Isadora. Then, the giant of fire moved to Lara from Isadora’s knees and sank down.

“It’ll be ill-mannered.”

“Who raised it to be like this?”

It was raining heavily outside. A warm and cute existence sat on Lara’s knee to dry the moisture. As time passed, Konny appeared with a large tray. Isadora and Lara’s favorite snacks were served on the table.

“How was I when I was young?”

“You were a really naughty kid. For a kid, you had a really picky taste. You hated every nanny you had, so much that you cried.”

“Me?”

“You were so good at talking, and you weren’t even talkative.”

Though the topic warranted disapproval, a faint smile grew on Isadora’s face.

“If I knew that God would be greedy, I would have raised you in my arms more. No matter how busy with my work I was, I should not have left you to the Marquess and nanny.”

“Why is it your fault?”

“It’s my fault.”

When Lara mumbled that she grew well even if she were alone, Isadora asked.

“So what kind of trouble are you going to make this time?”