Chapter 173
Adults have always said that we should value even a single grain of rice.
Do you know how much sweat farmers put in to bring a grain of rice to our table?
In me, Yoo Hyemin, there was a child who thoroughly understood Korean dining etiquette.
Of course, this was ingrained in my mind because my grandmother used to scold me for wasting food.
Anyway, I approached Abeno and asked,
“Would it be alright if I place my hands on you, Your Highness?”
“Hmm… sure!”
The royals are taught not to let anyone other than their own people touch them.
Moreover, Abeno had once gone missing, so he must have been taught even more strictly.
However, Abeno nodded readily, wanting to feed grapes to Ragon.
I curtsied slightly and thanked him before moving behind Abeno to hold his elbow.
Then I carefully guided Abeno’s arm.
“You have to move your arm like this─ That way, it will draw a parabola and go up high.”
“Like this─?”
“Yes. And you shouldn’t apply force from the beginning. At first, just throw it up into the sky, and just before letting go, apply a strong force to make the grape go high.”
“Like this?”
“Yes! You’re doing great.”
Encouraged by my praise, Abeno clenched his fist.
He seemed determined to succeed this time.
Seeing his enthusiastic face, after only seeing his indifferent expression, he even looked cute.
‘Is this what a grandmother’s heart feels like?’
With a pleased expression, I cheered for Abeno.
“You will succeed this time. Even if you don’t, you can just throw another one.”
“I will succeed!”
Abeno, with a determined face, picked the largest bunch of grapes from the silver tray.
Then, after moving his arm a few times as I had shown him,
“Your Highness! Go for it!”
“This time, for sure!”
With the encouragement of the other third-generation kids, he put strength into his arm and threw the bunch of grapes.
Whoosh―!
Unlike before, when the grapes didn’t even draw a parabola and fell weakly,
This time, the bunch of grapes soared higher than Ragon’s head.
Although the direction was a bit off, Ragon corrected it.
Ragon, who had been looking regretfully at the pitifully fallen grapes on the ground, quickly caught Abeno’s grapes.
Snap!
The large, beautiful bunch of grapes settled nicely in Ragon’s beak filled with teeth.
Abeno, as if he had won a gold medal in the Olympics, shouted excitedly.
“Wow, wooow─!”
His face looked as if he were an archery champion who hit a perfect score.
‘I knew he’d like it.’
There aren’t many kids who don’t like feeding animals.
‘And our Ragon is the cutest among the steel crows!’
Although Han Jihyeok always says,
“Maybe you need to get your eyes checked?”
─but what’s wrong with calling a cute creature cute?
He always criticizes my precious baby.
From when Ragon hatched from the egg and was only the size of two fingers, I raised him.
‘It was really tough…’
A steel crow takes half a year to hatch from its egg.
The hatching conditions were very demanding.
Not too hot, not too cold, not too humid, not too dry…
He had to be incubated, so I practically didn’t sleep for half a year.
‘And I still had to attend classes.’
After he was born, he was too small. Normally, steel crows were the size of an adult’s fist, but Ragon was only the size of two fingers…
“Caw! Caw─!”
Yes, yes.
Raising you this well is all thanks to this mom’s tearful effort.
At that moment, Abeno, who was enjoying his success with the cheers of the other third-generation kids, ran up to me.
“Can I give more grapes?”
“Of course.”
Abeno looked at the silver tray full of grapes.
Ragon was excitedly wagging his tail.
“Caw! Caw!”
Although the faces of the third-generation kids and servants watching from afar seemed a bit pale,
To my eyes, they were cute. Adorably cute!
“But if you give all the grapes on that tray, Ragon might not be able to fly.”
“Hmm. That’s too bad.”
“But you can throw a few more.”
“Okay. So, what else can I do?”
What else can you do?
There’s plenty!
“There’s a lot. You can even ride on Ragon’s back and fly…”
Before I could finish speaking, Balzac and Joshua shouted.
“Absolutely not!”
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