The Principle of a Philosopher by Eternal Fool “Asley”

andard, young Poer.”

 

Why is this man carrying a little baby in his arms while talking to me?

 

“Hehehehe… he’s so sound asleep.”

 

To recap, when I had walked into Polco’s room, he had put down the package… and pulled a baby out of it.

Holding the baby in his arms, he then expressed that I hadn’t done anything wrong and proceeded to praise my achievement.

He smiled softly at the child, wrapped in pure white baby clothes, so young that I couldn’t tell whether he was a boy or a girl at first.

 

“Hehe… are you not curious, boy?”

 

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“…I’m not sure if I should ask, is all.”

 

Asking about the kid, that is.

 

“Even my abilities have its limits, young Poer.”

 

“Your abilities, sir?”

 

“Ever since my wife passed, I had come to realize the difficulty of educating a child… very painfully so, at that, you see?”

 

Oh… so young Ferris’ mother had died when she was still very little.

I wouldn’t point at it as the complete cause, but that upbringing would explain her personality now.

But what was Polco trying to tell me, though? What did this have anything to do with his abilities?

 

“I don’t claim to know everything about education, but… child care is a completely different beast in itself, wouldn’t you agree?”

 

Oh, so that’s where he’s coming from.

For one reason or another, this child had been put under his care – that must be it.

Sensing something bad coming my way, I let out a subtle sigh.

 

“…So, who was it that had entrusted you with the child, sir?”

 

I wanted to know whether he had been kidnapped, but there was no way I could ask that outright.

 

“Hahahaha, I’m sorry, but I cannot tell you that.”

 

This seems to be heading into a bad direction… Really, what was Polco trying to tell me?

 

“Young Poer.”

 

“Yes, sir?”

 

“Have you ever cared for a child before?”

 

…Huh?

 

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“Master, Master!”

 

“What is it, Shiro?”

 

“Look! The egg! The egg is moving!”

 

Pochi held the egg in question in her front paws.

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It was moving – pulsating.

I was just kidding yesterday about it hatching… seriously? If I had broken and cooked the egg last night… Uh…

Unpleasant imaginations surfacing in my mind, I shook my head to get rid of them.

I heard some knocking sounds from inside the egg; whatever was inside seemed to be doing its very best to open its eyes to the outside world.

Pochi climbed up my knee, to my torso, to my shoulders, clinging to my head with her paws… Is she THAT scared of seeing an egg hatch?

She is so… heavy…

My arms were already tired from carrying the kid, too…!

 

“Hey, it’s starting to crack!”

 

“Whatever you are, bring it on!”

 

Pochi braced herself… But that’s not an enemy, doggo.

One small crack at a time, the creature inside revealed itself to us.

…By the way, was it just my imagination, or had the egg changed from last night’s white to black?

The beak that broke through the shell looked… kind of black, too.

For some reason, its body was a deep purple – like, so deep that it was almost black.

Strange… I’d seen this from somewhere before…

 

“Ah, ah… it’s standing up!”

 

And you’re standing on my head.
Get down, damn it.

 

“Chirp.”

 

“Woof!”

 

Now she’s just being paranoid!

What was she thinking, threatening a peac.o.c.k that just hatched?!

…I mean, that’s a peac.o.c.k, right?

 

“Chirp!”

 

“No! It’s woof!”

 

Ngh… I could already feel a bit of arcane energy from this little bird.

It gave off a similar feel to that of this chicken currently barking on my head.

Extremely similar.
Might not even be an exaggeration to say that it was almost the same.

It’s supposed to be a peac.o.c.k… right?

I invoked my Appraisal Glasses and looked at the chick.

 

NAME: ???

 

TITLES: Violet Phoenix, Avian (Tentative)

 

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LV: 1

HP: 2

MP: 2

EXP: 0

 

SPECIAL SKILLS:

 

…Huh?

 

“M-M-M-M-M-M-Master?!”

 

“What now?”

 

“W-why are you holding a baby in your arms?! Where did you get him from?!”

 

Bah, I knew she would say that…

Gah, damn it… she just woke him up with all that shouting.

 

“……Ah-“

 

“…Ah-ooh?”

 

Man, the two babies sure are in sync with each other.

Pretty impressive that the little boy didn’t cry upon seeing me and Pochi for the first time, though.
Now let’s look at him-

 

NAME: LEON

 

TITLES: Holy Emperor (Tentative)

 

LV: 1

HP: 2

MP: 1

EXP: 0

 

SPECIAL SKILLS:

 

…Huh?

 

“Chirp-!”

 

“Ah-!”

 

…Huh?

 

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