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This is a day in the life.
Luca’s birthday was two weeks away, and his eldest daughter, Norn Salvatore, was racking her brains.
“Hmmm. I’m having a hard time deciding on a good present.”
“Oh, by the way, it’s almost Master Luca’s birthday, isn’t it? Are you going to give him a present this year?”
The maid lady, who was watching Norn, asked with a sly smile.
Norn nodded.
“Yes. Luca is a very promising boy in Salvatore. I also have high expectations for Luca. After seeing his talent, all mankind will want to wish him a happy birthday.”
“I-I see……”
The maid lady blurted out inwardly, wondering what someone who wasn’t even interested in Luca before his talent was revealed was saying this…
But she is also one of those who were fascinated by Luca’s talent.
Maybe she will be able to see a world that no one has seen yet. She thinks that Luca has the talent to do so.
“By the way, what kind of gift are you planning to give Lady Norn?”
“I haven’t decided on anything specific yet.”
“I guess you have some ideas?”
“The heart of a dragon.”
“—-Yes?”
“The heart of a dragon. If you eat it, you will have a huge amount of energy. And blood is also good. And the cursed flowers of the eastern continent are not bad either.”
“…………”
The maid was shocked.
A dragon’s heart is a super luxury item that ordinary people can’t touch.
Even a small dragon heart is so rare that it can be presented to the imperial family.
She is taking it for granted and giving it to the youngest son, Luca.
It’s not the kind of thing you give to a child, and in many ways, she was taken aback by the fact that Norn would kill a dragon with impunity.
“I-I wonder how…would Master Luca be pleased to receive a dragon’s heart?”
“Mmmm. Indeed, if you ask me, the dragon’s heart may still be fast in Luca’s body. But if I strengthen it with my aura…””
“Let’s not do that, it’s too dangerous. Even though Master Luka is precocious and a genius, his physical body is still a child.”
“It’s a pity. I want Luca to become strong as soon as possible.”
“? Why is that?”
“If he becomes strong soon, we will go hunting for dragons together. I’ll teach him one-on-one until he grows up, and he’ll be the strongest in no time.”
“…………”
The maid drew back again, wondering if that was a good thing.
As usual, the people of the Duke of Salvatore’s family are far from the norm.
There is no such thing as a sane person. They are all great and abnormal in their mentality.
The maid was a little worried about how Luca would grow up.
“Or if it takes two of us to kill our father…..”
“Calm down, Lady Norn. If the lord hears about this, he will.”
“It’s fine. I have told Father for some time now that one day I will kill him.”
“……I see.”
No. I’ve been with her for many years, but I can’t understand her heart in the slightest.
The maid lady gave up the thought.
They even condone the killing of family members. That is the Duke of Salvatore.
The strong oppress others like the strong. The weak are exploited by the Salvatore like the weak.
It is a kind of rule.
“Let’s think of a present to give to Master Luca.”
“I forgot.”
She succeeded in diverting the conversation, but watching Norn twisting her head, she could not help but feel uneasy.
After that, Norn came up with a number of Norn-like gifts, but they were all rejected by the maid lady.
She doesn’t think Luka would be pleased.
When asked such a thing, Norn the Brocon has no choice but to agree.
She is also thinly aware that it is subtle.
At the end of it all, she gives the most horrifying answer.
“–Ha ! Yes, that’s right ! It hit me. For Luca now, no ! I have a present that Luca will definitely need in the future !”
“A present that he will need in the future? What kind of gift?”
“Fufu. Don’t be surprised to hear that, okay?”
She whispers to the maid with a smug look on her face.
She added that she should never tell anyone about it.
However, the maid’s face turned pale when she heard that.
It was just plain boring. As expected, it was disappointing.
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It was Luca’s birthday.
He was supposed to be celebrating his birthday, but he was reading a book in his room without a care in the world.
Basically, the Duke of Salvatore does not celebrate birthdays. It is because it is meaningless.
The head of the family teaches that if you want to celebrate the day you were born, you should celebrate the day you killed something for the first time.
The siblings, who follow this rule and do not want to give gifts to anyone, go about their daily lives as usual.
Then there is a knock at the door of Luca’s room. It was a subdued knock.
“? Who is it?”
“It is Arianne, the personal maid of Lady Norn.”
“Oh, it’s you. What’s the matter? Is my sister not here?”
Norn usually arrives with the maid, but Luca felt a strong sense of discomfort when Norn herself was not there.
But in fact, there was no one there except the maid.
In addition, the maid had something that bothered him even more than Norn.
“Lady Norn is not at home. She asked me to give this to Master Luca.”
“What a big box. What is this?”
The maid placed in the room a box so large that even Luca could easily fit in it.
It was carefully wrapped.
Somehow he knew what it was. The maid gave the answer.
“It is a present from Lady Norn to Master Luca.”
“I knew it…….my sister, she went to the trouble of preparing such a large present.”
Where should I put it…? Luca’s troubled voice leaks out.
However, Luca’s expression softened just a little. It was the first time he received a present from his family, so he seemed a little happy.
Slowly, he reached out his hand to check the contents.
He peeled off the wrapping and opened the box.
“Ta-da ! The present was-“
Snap.
He closed the box. There was Norn inside.
“…..What is this?”
Luca glanced at the maid.
The maid looked away, sweating profusely.
Her silence seems strangely like she’s telling him the answer.
Luca understood that Norn had gone off the rails again anyway.
“Haa. It’s hard to breathe when you’re in a place like that, Sister Norn.”
He opens the box again and lets her out.
Norn hugged Luca,
“I’ll grant you any wish you want, okay? Anyway, how about I get Camlen’s head as well?”
She said something disturbing.
He sat Norn down on the bed and held her down while patting her head.
In a way, it was a birthday Luca will never forget (he politely declined her favor.)
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