Chapter 129
Soon after, the tea party started.
Servants came in, pushing trolleys laden with luxurious desserts.
Decorated with edible flowers, it truly felt like a fairy party.
Maids prepared milk tea with the tea leaves brought by the children.
The branch family kids, previously subdued by the earlier incident, now squealed in delight, seemingly forgetting all about it.
Such a luxurious tea party wasn’t something they could experience easily.
Trees were even moved into the greenhouse just for today’s event.
Deianira also seemed very happy tasting the milk tea.
“It’s delicious, isn’t it?”
“The pastry chef at the Astra ducal mansion is always the most skilled.”
Riantine said with a haughty voice.
Desserts and delicious milk tea.
Beautiful trees and flowers.
Stars seemed to pour down from the transparent glass dome encasing the greenhouse.
‘It feels like real fairies could appear.’
While I was thinking this, boxes began to enter one by one.
“The fairies have sent gifts for the kind young ladies.”
The priestess maids said with a kind expression.
‘Ah, gifts from the parents.’
Servants distributed the boxes, checking the name tags attached to them.
Riantine was the first to open her box.
It was a white bear stuffed animal tied with a pink lace ribbon.
“It’s the series I wanted. Dad remembered!”
Deianira opened her box too. It was an ordinary bear but with a patchwork appearance, feeling hand-sewn.
“Mother must have made it…”
The black flame dragon, other cousins from the intermediate class, and even the branch family kids received gifts.
“Lastly, this box is for Miss Caroline.”
The child in the yellow dress rushed towards the box with a “Wow!” and opened it to find a very large brown bear stuffed animal.
Hugging the bear and delighted, the child in the yellow dress glanced at me.
“Oh, but… it seems Miss Erylotte didn’t receive a gift.”
That was true.
There was no box for me.
It couldn’t be helped.
‘Father probably doesn’t know about such events.’
I thought perhaps the twins had prepared something, but was I mistaken?
Deianira hesitantly spoke.
“Do you want to play together with this?”
“…….”
Riantine just sat quietly, staring at me without a word. Suddenly, the greenhouse fell silent. The employees glanced at the children, trying to lift the party’s spirit.
“Is there anything else you need?”
“Shall I bring you a blanket if you’re cold?”
With the employees’ efforts, conversations slowly started to pick up again. The child in the yellow dress passed by me, clutching the bear stuffed animal. I heard a snicker from behind. The sharp gazes of the collateral lines were palpable from the back. But then,
Kyaaaa─!!
The children screamed and ran in every direction. The servants were also thrown into disarray. Because a bear was entering the door.
‘A bear?!’
The person coming in with the bear was…
“Fathew?!”
The father who was supposed to bring melon and even blueberries. He saw me and put the bear down on the ground. It was so heavy that even when placed down normally, it made a thud! sound, almost as if the ground trembled.
“Today is the day I give my daughter a bear.”
He tapped the bear with his foot and said,
“I caught the biggest one.”
The bear moved slightly, causing the children to scatter even more, turning the party into complete chaos. The servants didn’t know what to do. The greenhouse was turned upside down. I looked at my father with bleary eyes and said,
“……not.”
“Hmm?”
“Not a weal beaw, you shoulda bring a teddy beaw!” (Not a real bear, you should have brought a teddy bear!)
* * *
The bear was moved back to its original habitat. It didn’t take long to transport it back to Mt. Pendeore, where it had lived.
Father emitted a chillingly dark aura. Enzo hurriedly rushed into the greenhouse.
Father glared at Enzo as if he would tear him apart and said,
“You said it was the day to give a bear.”
“‘On the day of the fairy tea party, the daughter receives a gift from her parents. And that gift is a ‘bear’— but you rushed off before I could finish…”
The greenhouse fell silent as a grave. Neither the direct nor the indirect descendants could utter a word, frozen in place.
Everyone just walked on eggshells, trying to look out for Daymond’s mood.
Then, the twins ran in.
“I found it, I found it! Kiddo, I found it for you!”
“I found it.”
In their arms was also a bear.
‘A baby bear?’
It was an adorable baby bear with snow-white fur. Balzac handed the baby bear to me. Unexpectedly taking it, the newborn bear was incredibly soft.
Joshua smiled gently and said,
“It took some time to find it. Sorry for being late.”
“Whu’s thwis?”
“It’s a Snowbear. A monster. It’ll grow only until 3 ft. tall even when it’s an adult already. It’s too fragile to survive in the wild and is considered an endangered species.”
Balzac boasted loudly,
“It’s very tame, perfect for keeping! I snatched it from Count Langston─”
“Shut up.”
“Oops.”
Balzac covered his mouth with both hands. I looked down at the small bear in my arms. “Kuu…” It yawned sleepily and rubbed its eyes.
‘Wow─!’
So cute!
The other children seemed to think the same, their eyes sparkling.
“So cute…….”
The Black Flame Dragon dropped her fan, covering her mouth with both hands in shock. Deianira and Riantine crowded next to me, watching the bear.
“Super cute!”
“So adorable…”
The branch family children looked at me with envious eyes.
As I gently stroked the baby bear’s back, it closed its eyes and nuzzled its face against me.
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