Father, I Won’t Do Anything - Chapter 21

“Why is your father suddenly calling me?” (Michael)

“I don’t have a father.” (Jayna)

“Oh, yes, yes. Whatever. Hmm I don’t know why the Tower Master is calling me.” (Michael)

Michael sighed with a grimace.

“What’s the point of being a great disciple of the Tower Master? There’s no such thing as privacy. He always call me whenever he wants just to make me do annoying things…” (Michael)

Michael opened his mouth.

“Because the lord of the tower has called, I have to go for a moment. In the meantime, can you practice alone?” (Michael)

“Of course.” (Jayna)

“When you use magic, think about how to control the mana you draw. Even if you are the daughter of the Tower Master and were born with a strong magical affinity, it will still be better if you improve your skills.” (Michael)

At the end of the sentence, Michael disappeared.

Swiiik!

Shoo-hoo!

Jayna, in the way Michael taught her, managed to create countless winds.

Since mana control was difficult, she was thinking of practicing with the wind magic that she had used last time.

Shoo-wook!

swiik!

During the training, Jayna thought about what Michael pointed out.

‘Is it really because I’m the daughter of the Tower Master that I was born with a high magical affinity? And not because I’m a Dragon?’

Jayna had already erased the word ‘father’ from her mind a long time ago, but when she heard the word ‘born,’ she had no choice but to think of Diamide again.

-Taylor, in using magic. First, it starts with feeling the mana*.

*(T/N: Mana and Magical power are the same btw.)

-Magic?

-Magic is the Dragon’s friend. First, you have to let them follow you.

One day, when I saw my aunt teach Taylor magic, I asked her.

-Do I learn magic too, Aunt?

-It’s useless to teach you a hundred times with your poor blood. How dare you, you human hybrid!

And a few days later.

Jayna succeeded in drawing mana earlier than Taylor.

Her aunt said that the magic would only reject Jayna, which is evidence of being a hybrid, but the reality was completely different.

And later, she succeeded in using dark magic more than Taylor, who is a pure-blooded dragon.

‘Since then, the bullying got worse.’

Perhaps her relatives thought she is a threat to the pride of their great dragon family.

‘Because it is the Tower Lord’s blood…’

If it’s ordinary human blood, it would have been difficult to learn magic, as her relatives said.

But the blood of the Archmage Diamide, who will remain in the century, must have been a little different.

‘No, it was just the quality of the bread I ate.’

Jayna lowered her eyes.

‘I don’t have a father.’

And it was that time when Jayna’s concentration got distracted.

Shuaaaaa!

The wind that Jayna called out escaped her magic field.

“Huh?”

A huge wind poured down on her like a storm. Jayna tried to hold out somehow with her small legs, but there was a limit on how much she can withstand.

Jayna’s feet floated in the air.

‘No!’

Jayna immediately adjusted her weight and tried to stick to the floor. However, it was difficult to control her weight because she was inexperienced in transforming herself.

Furthermore, it was a public place so there was a risk of being caught if she transforms now into her dragon form.

“Ahhhh!”

Jayna tried to enclose her body with mana.

Maybe she can just transform into a dragon and make it small so that it won’t be that noticeable.

But…

“Ugh!”

As the thin branch that Jayna was holding on to broke, she was forced to cling to an enormous trunk.

Fortunately, after losing her balance and getting blown away by the wind, her body soon found stability in the trunk she’s stuck onto.

“Um…”

The place where Jayna was blown was on a large tree. It was a large tree that even if she opened her arms wide she still wouldn’t wrap the trunk with it.

‘What a gigantic tree, I guess it’s not in the tower for no reason.’

Jayna glanced around.

A garden full of colorful flowers (in fact, a field of poisonous plants raised by wizards).

A purple lake that glows under the sun (which is said to have been cursed by mana in the past).

A zoo where cute baby animals cry (it was actually monsters caught and has been miniaturized).

This is a place where you can see the tower and the vast land beyond it, at a glance. It was a very good view.

‘Is there a place for me here?’

The wind was not artificially created, so the wind blowing from the other side is refreshing and cool.

Jayna sat on a thick branch and looked somewhere in the human world, not minding the tall Tower in front of her.

“Um.”

And without realizing it, she leaned against the trunk and fell asleep.

It was a time of languid spring sunshine.

*****

Tracking magic was one of the magic that could not be used inside the tower.

Because Michael was concerned about misusing this kind of magic, he approved the ban of tracking magic in the tower. However, at this moment he was regretting this decision of his.

‘This kid, I will not let you use wind magic again!’

Last time, the tracking spell didn’t work, so he worked hard to correct it, but what he didn’t expect is that she would also be lost inside the tower.

Last time, she fell into a strange place. And now she’s missing again after using wind magic!

‘Even I, who learned magic by myself was never been blown away twice, learning the wind magic!’

She was born resembling her dad’s magical affinity, but does it come with a problem too?

How strong is your mana affinity, for these things to happen?

-I’ve looked everywhere, but Jayna’s not here.

Michael, who heard Hilvenzia’s correspondence, clenched his teeth tightly.

‘What if there’s another guy like Moben?’

The magicians of the tower were crazy because she was a dragon.

‘I shouldn’t have been away.’

Since he said that he would teach her magic, he should have been more responsible. Why did he leave her in the middle?

Again, it was his fault for not properly taking care of the child.

No matter how sudden a call was made…

‘Shall I ask the Tower Lord to lift the restrictions on tracking magic on the tower?’

Thanks to the improvement of the tracking magic last time, it was now possible to use the tracking magic for Jayna, who is a half-dragon.

However, it occurred to him that when Jayna was taken away by Moben; Diamide himself gave him a hard blow.

After all, will Diamide approve lifting the ban on tracking magic?

He needs a reasonable reason to convince Diamide…

‘Damn it.’

If he said honestly that it was to find Jayna, it was obvious that lifting the ban will be rejected immediately. So there was no need to remind him of her existence again.

‘I can’t do this, I can’t do that!’

Michael messed his hair with a rough touch.

‘Where the hell is she?’

*****

People wouldn’t leave Diamide alone. They did all sorts of things just to be close to him. Whether it is to use him by saying flattering words or to step on him because of their dissatisfaction towards him.

In his youth, before sealing his emotions, there were times when he tried to protect them desperately, but only hatred and wounds returned to him.

So Diamide locked himself in a place called the Tower and kept himself away from humans.

The tower was like a solid fortress to him.

No one tried to offend him there, and when he made the rules, they obeyed without a word. That’s why the tower was always quiet.

But recently, a disturbance occurred inside the tower. And the only person who doesn’t move according to his will, Michael Bellaphanian, was involved in it.

-Your daughter was found lying down.

And of course, there’s a reason for Michael’s unusual actions.

-I think the other sorcerer knew she was a dragon, and it was all planned.

When Michael told him that another wizard had attacked the kid, Diamide cold-heartedly ignored it.

But the moment Michael turned around.

Later, there was a little echo in his heart.

‘This isn’t good.’

Emotions can make people lose their sense or make them vulnerable.

That’s why it was sealed on purpose. So it was strange that he kept getting bothered about it.

‘There’s no way the seal could have been undone. Am I being too sensitive just because she’s her daughter?’

Fierce anger against her (Bezriche) might still lie on one side of his heart.

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He heard a bird’s voice over the window.

It felt like there were a lot of birds because the weather was getting warmer in spring.

Diamide inadvertently moved to close the window but stopped.

In his study, there was a huge, luxuriant tree in front of the window. It was called a sacred tree because it gave all kinds of blessings.

It is a precious magical ingredient, and it is often used in his research, so he looked at it occasionally.

Ssaek Ssaek-

A tiny sound captures all his attention rather than the birds.

The girl who was messing with Diamide’s head a little while ago was asleep on the Sacred tree.

He doesn’t know how she went up, but it didn’t look dangerous because the branch was as thick as an adult’s waist.

“…….. You sleep well.”

The branches and leaves of the Sacred tree were blocking the warm spring sun.

The shadows of the leaves on the child’s face, and the thin hair swaying by the occasional wind.

The chest rises and falls softly.

It looked peaceful.

Maybe the most peaceful he’s seen recently.

‘Why did you climb this tree?’

Did she try to stand out on purpose?

Diamide soon erased the idea from his mind.

The window in the study always changes its reflection.

It was the front of the dormitory yesterday, and the day before, it is in the research room

‘So being in the sacred tree is a coincidence.’

The reflection of the window changed purely according to the mood of Diamide.

There was no way the girl knew anything neither Michael nor Hilvenzia knew.

‘So why did you come up to this high place?’

While inferring the process of climbing a tree, an old memory came to his mind.