“Hoho. You can’t do this.”
From beyond the door came a mournful voice, with a broad smile.
“Yeha.”
Luciana shook her head hard from behind. I wanted to avoid it, but I couldn’t.
Phew, there’s nothing we can do.
I opened the door slightly and saw Raphael through the crack in the door.
“What brings you here?”
Raphael smiled softly as if he were looking at her granddaughter, who had reached puberty.
“I came by because I had something to tell you.”
“Is the Holy Pope asked you personally?”
“Yes, it’s to discuss such an important issue.”
I was forced to open the door.
Raphael laughed again.
The gentlemen behind me had a hard time holding back his laughter.
Everyone seemed to enjoy my defeat. Fucking adults!
“Are you not going to pay for the ceremony?”
Raphael, who took Luciana’s seat, asked me bluntly. I shook my head as I sat in front of him.
“What are you talking about? You have to pay!”
“Then have you decided your name?”
“That….”
Of course not.
As I bowed silently, Rafael clicked his tongue.
“You must have a name, Yeha.”
I know that too!
I wanted to shout, but I couldn’t. Raphael spoke in a solemn voice to me, who turned away from his gaze.
“Ypu have to be aware. If you miss an auspicious day, you’ll have to start over again. Yesterday was the ideal day, but even if it’s too much today, you have to have a ritual tomorrow.”
“Will it be a problem if I don’t pay on time?”
When asked again with an anxious look, Raphael nodded with a smile.
“If you don’t hold a ceremony, you will have to go to the Northern Empire after finishing the ceremony in three months, is the next choice.”
“Hyuk. Just me?”
No! I can’t!
I can’t live a day without my dad. How can I hold out for three months?
Besides, I’m the saintess alone!
“I can’t do that!”
“Hoho. Then let me know your name by today, Yeha.”
“I will!”
I jumped out of my seat, opened the door and rushed out.
“Yeha!”
I could hear Luciana’s embarrassed voice from behind, but this isn’t the time I care about it now.
Dad!
* * * * *
The building where Melkiade was staying is far from the building where I lived.
The place where precious guests from foreign countries stay is in the large Glerio Palace located in the south.
I ran to the Glerio annex right away and went to Melkiade’s room.
“Daddy! Daddy!”
But there’s no Melkiade in the room.
“Where’s Dad?!”
Flustered, I asked a soldier in the Northern Empire guarding the room, but he couldn’t have known.
“Daddy!”
I went into the room to ask even if I might abuse my authority under the name of a saintess, but there was really no one.
What, did you really run away because you didn’t want to name me?!
I knew in my head that it would never happen, but I couldn’t relax in this situation.
“Yeha! This is rude.”
“I know!”
It’s a desperate situation to risk your rudeness! Luciana, who came late, dragged me devastated out of the deserted room.
“Lucy! Daddy! There’s no daddy!”
“What? What is it…?”
Luciana also seemed flustered.
Not only the soldier who stood at the door, but also the maids and people who passed by expressed their disapproval as if they did not know where they were.
“I’ll find out.”
Lucy left and I am stamping my feet at the door.
After a long time, I saw Kalian, fortunately or unfortunately.
“Huh? Yeha.”
“Kalian!”
It’s the first time I am talking to Kalian, but this is not the time to argue with myself.
“Where’s Dad?!”
“What? Your Majesty is in the library….”
Even before Kalian finished he’s sentence, I ran out after hearing the word “library.”
“Yeha? Yeha! You can’t run like that! Yeha!”
From behind I could hear Kalian calling me, but there’s nothing that could stop me.
There is only one place in this vast Vatican called the Library.
Melangr Grand Library.
Running to the library without a hitch, I arrived at the library and took a deep breath.
“No, Yeha?! It’s Yeha.”
The librarian who is guarding the entrance of the library looked at me and pretended to know me.
“Greetings to the first light that illuminates the world…..”
“Where’s Dad?!”
“What? Your father?”
“I mean, is Emperor Melkiade here?”
“Yes? Yes, he is.”
“Where is he?!”
“Oh, I’m afraid he’s probably on the third floor shelf.”
This time again, I went up to the bookshelves on the third floor without even listening properly. The library is a huge and magnificent building with a total of five floors.
Numerous books displayed between arranged and unarranged books, and in the corner, I found Melchide.
“Ah!”
Fortunately, it didn’t take long to find Melkiade.
I approached the side of Melkiade very quietly and carefully.
Melkiade is sleeping.
“Wow, I’ve never seen you sleep before…….”
Maybe he fell asleep while reading a book, but he was leaning against the sofa in the library.
I fell in love with Melkiade, who is sleeping enough to forget my urgent situation.
“But what were you doing?”
There’s a pile of books in Melkiade’s seat.
“What book is it?”
“The First Light to Light the World, About the Holy Saintess” and “The History of the Vios Holy Land.”
Most were history books.
There were many stories involved about sacred event or a saintess.
“Why are you looking at this?”
Is there something else? What does this have to do with naming?
“Or a hobby?”
Of course, I knew that Melkiade had no hobby of looking into books when he became an emperor.
The papers were scattered beside the table where the books were stacked. And in those papers, names are written.
I looked at it closely. One of the names caught my eyes.
<Priscilla>
You’re thinking of naming me with this name?
As expected, my name must be Priscilla.
When I glanced at Melkiade, my eyes met his golden pupil.
I blinked my eyes.
When Melkiade, who says nothing, frowned, I grinned.
“Good morning, Dad!”
My dad didn’t react to my greeting. I’m going to be a little upset.
Only then did Melkiade hold his forehead and give a deep sigh.
“Am I dreaming?”
“Not a dream.”
I gave my dad a big hug so he could come to his senses.
“I’m here!”
“……”
Melchiade, which had blinked a couple more times, seemed to feel real now. He looked at me with a sleepy face.
I got to the point right away.
I haven’t forgotten!
“Daddy, my name! Name! Name!”
“……did you come here in hurry for that?”
Melkiade, who breathed deeply again, tried to get up and lay back on the sofa. I hugged Melkiade and complained.
“Daddy, I’m in big trouble! Holy is making you hurry! He gave you an ultimatum to go alone in three months if I don’t hold a ceremony tomorrow!”
I am in a hurry to be named, while Melkiade closed his eyes again and did not budge.
Are you going back to sleep?! Are you sleeping?
“Daddy! Daddy?! Daddy!”
Even as I kept holding on and shaking him Melkiade had no movement.
“Daddy! Daddy?”
“I’m listening.”
“Have you thought about it already?! Will you make me one?!”
“Yes.”
“Oh, really?!”
I thought he would say no, but as I saw the name ‘Priscilla’ in the paper scattered I knew it.
Melkiade, who opened one eye. Told me.
“Bring any kind of paper.”
While Melkiade woke up, I brought the cleanest paper from the desk where the paper had drooped.
The long, hard fingers with a fountain pen that shone as smooth as a brownstone were very nice.
As expected, Mel’s fingers are great!
Melkiade put a fountain pen on the white paper.
Along with the water-flowing movement, the letters on the paper revealed the humidity.
<Amelia>
It’s not Priscilla.
I was so surprised that I just stared at the name, and Melkiade looked at me after writing all the letters.
“What do you say?”
When I blinked, Melkiade, who had been wary of me, talked in a low voice.1
“No?”
A low voice brought me to my senses.
“No, no, no, no, no! I love it. Is this really my name?”
“If you like the name.”
“Of course I like it!”
I couldn’t have hated it.
Melkiade laughed as I smiled broadly.
Kalian and Luciana, who just came, approached us. Kalian slipped in a pleased voice.
“Yes, Your Majesty, has been unable to sleep well for several days, only reading books and looking for names. To find a good name for Yeha.”4
“Oh, really?!”
“Shut up, Kalian.”
Embarrassed, Melkiade glared at Kalian, but I was moved.1
‘The name my favorite gave me.’
Of course I thought it would be Priscilla, but I was surprised by a new name that I never thought of.
It’s very strange.
‘I think this is my real name.’
I know how much Melkiade hates to leave his mark on others.
It was more precious because I knew that Melkiade thought hard about it.
“Dad, thank you.”
Melkiade laughed as I cherished the paper with my name in it. Looking at Melkiade, I smiled brightly, too.
“Daddy, come to see tomorrow’s ceremony.”
“Can I see it?”
I nodded.
“Because you’re my father!”
Originally, ordinary people were not allowed to attend, but of course my father is an exemption.
Melkiade nodded slowly, with a curious expression.