Right now, after the session with the king and queen, we had all moved to the meeting room , which somehow without my permission become my room...aaah my sacred ground have been defiled... Currently everyone had pulled up chairs while I sat on the bed with Jian on my lap. Something had been bothering me since what transpired at the audience hall so I bring it up.

“Um Jian ah?”

“Eung papa?”

“So why have you changed your way of calling me to papa?”

“Because Jian has nwo papa.... “

“But Jian ah, I’m still very young you know? Why don’t you just keep calling me oppa?”

“Dwoes papa nwot want two be Jian’s papa?...Dwoes papa hate Jian?”

....Critical Damage

It really is too unfair when a cute little girl is looking up at you with moist eyes and a bunny ears that are pointed downwards in fear..... Haa, how am I suppose to fight against her now?

“Haa...how could I ever hate Jian? Fine... you can call me papa”

“PAPA!!”

Saying that Jian jumps up from my lap and hugs me around the neck. The feeling really wasn’t that bad at all truthfully. Hugging her so she doesn’t fall with my left arm, I stroke her hair with my right while Jian closes her eyes due to the nice feeling. it was becoming late due to the nice feeling and being tired, Jian closes her eyes and falls asleep. Seeing that, I turn around and softly tuck her in the bed. While sleeping, Jian was making cute breathing sounds which made me smile while I stroked her head once more before turning around.

“Haa.... oppa never even did that for me..”

“...He’s always been a big softie...”

“Some...somehow my image of a demon lord is crumbling...”

“,....*cough* anyways, what do you all want to do now?”

“Can you explain to me how magic works?”

“...ah thats right you’re the only loser who doesn’t know how to use magic here huh?”

“...even though what you said is correct....the way you said it really makes me want to smack you....”

“Haha my bad my bad. Anyways here’s the explanation. In every human, there is a flow of energy. That flow of energy in the body is what is called mana”

“Just like in games huh? Anyways if everyone has it why hasn’t been found out?”

“Because without training, you can’t feel it. You didn’t know about it right?”

“That is true...”

“So, when mages uses magic, they concentrate and gather their mana into a dense area while imaging what they want, say a fireball or sensing the surrounding area. For the fireball you would imagine a ball of fire basically while for sensing the surrounding area will need your imagination of where your senses are spread through the whole area you want to sense. The more complex an image within your head is, the more mana and longer it takes to complete. Absolute concentration is also needed as if you get distracted for only a moment, the magic will cancel itself out. Also if you don’t have enough understanding of the physics and laws that go into the magic, like how hot the fire should be, the material for a metal you want to create, it won’t work”

“Hm...it seems difficult. I find it ironic that even though they seem like polar opposites, magic and science really mash well here.”

“Of course it is...if it was easy, the human population would have already knew about it. Anyways, now that you mention it, I think it would be best to teach you magic. Ji hyun also needs to practice so why don’t we do that tomorrow?”

“haha thanks man”

*Ji Hyun shi, have the both of them always had a bromance*

*Haa....unni,unfortunately, it has...*

*Must have been tough for you...*

Hearing their whispers, my veins start to pop out on my forehead....

“Oi..... you two... we can hear you perfectly even when your whispering...”

“Ha...haha oppa...”

“We...well then I think it’s time for Ji Hyun shi and I to go to my room to sleep. We’ll take Jian with us to our room... We’ll see you after breakfast for practice okay? Ha..haha...”

The both of the use the excuse of going to sleep to escape! Haa... breathing a large sigh, everyone leaves and we all go to sleep.

The next day, after eating our breakfast we all go to the training grounds. The grounds are empty as Dal Rin had already gone to her father and had it reserved for us. The training grounds is a large open space enclosed by buildings. The size would be about a soccer field. The grounds had been seperated in three are: An area that was filled with dummies for sword practice, another area that was filled with targets for archers, and finally an open area for sparring and training. Right now, we were currently in the sparring area.

At the moment, we had seperated into two groups. Ji Hyun was with Hyun Jin and teaching him how to focus and feel the mana within him. On the other side, Dal Rin and I were sparring with swords. Jian was watching us with large glittering eyes, interested in the spar. From the corner of my eyes, I see Jian looking around her surrounding and find something. She wobbles over to it and picks it up. What she had picked up was a tree branch. Coming back with the tree branch, she starts swinging it, letting out a very cute “Haah!” every time. Seeing this, I smile at myself which in turn lead me to receive a blow from Dal Rin.

“....You really shouldn’t be letting your focus when sparring, Lee Hyun..”

“...Hahaha sorry about that~ I just noticed Jian. Look at her”

Curious, Dal Rin turns and looks at Jian before letting out a “KYAAAAH! SO CUTE!!”

Smiling myself, I go over to her.

“Jian ah, what are you doing?”

“Jian is fwollwowing papa!!”

“Hahaha aren’t you really good? Unfortunately Jian ah, you are too young to practice. Can you give me the stick?”

“NWO! JIAN WILL FWOLLWOW PAPA!!”

Clutching the tree branch into her chest, she looks at me with wary. Haa.... I can’t really use force to take the stick either. But Jian even though I do plan on teaching Jian magic and swordsmanship later on when she grows up, currently she is too young and her body not matured. Trying to think of what to do, I suddenly come up with an idea and smile before saying the incantation.

"Oh lord of the horses, an enemy approaches! I beseech thee to come beside my side and lead me to victory! Pegasus!"

Slwoly, Pegasus started to appear. At first suprised by the sudden apppearance, Jian lets out a cute scream.

“Eek?!”

And wobbles to me and hides. Seeing her, I just smile at her cute actions. By this time, Pegasus had fully formed.

“My master, what does thee wish?”

“Pegasus, meet my little daughter, Jian”

“Lady Jian, it is an honor”

Bowing to her while saying his greetings, Jian looks at me in confusion. I smile at her and point my head from her to Pegasus. Seeing that Pegasus’ head was still bowed, Jian comes out from behind me and curtsies to him.

“Hello, hworsie, I am Jian. Its nice two mweet you!”

Seeing the scene, Dal Rin comes beside me and smiles.

“Pegasus, Watch over and play with Jian. I’m currently busy training so can’t”

“...Master... thy has summoned me to watch over a little girl?”

“.... do you have a problem with that, Pegasus? Aaah.... it’s been a while since you and I have trained hasn’t it?”

“!! Master, how could I have a problem with thy’s command?! I shall protect master’s daughter with my life and ensure she has fun!”

Hearing about training with me, Pegasus quickly changes his statement and readily agrees. Jian, not understanding the situation, just tilts her heads to the left in confusion. I pick up Jian and speak to her.

“Jian ah, if you give me that stick, you can play with horsie okay?”

“Jian can play with hwosie?”

“Eung, you can so give papa the stick okay?”

“Eung!”

“Haa... the majestic I has been lowered to the status of watching over children....I’ve met the wrong master”

Excited that she could play with Pegasus, Jian enthusiastically gives me her stick. Smiling at this, I walk toward Pegasus while carrying Jian and put her on his back. Before I leave, I sternly look at Pegasus and give him one stern warning.

“If you scare Jian or let her get hurt... you do know the consequences right? Ahhh~~ it’s been so long since I ate horse meat..”

“!! I shall protect her with my life master!”

And thus, the almighty and majestic Pegasus, lord of all Horses, became a nanny.