Childcare Diaries - [Author: 봄볕의기억 ]

Chapter 24

Translator: Effe and Nabi

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Chapter 24

The smell of oil vibrated in the mansion.

"Wow."

Brielle sniffed his nose in front of the strange food he had ever seen. There were green onions on the yellow wheat flour dough and mussels of medium to large size.

"Marie, it smells delicious. Is this pizza?"

Seeing the flour shaped in a circle, the child thought of his favorite food.

"This is called flour pancake."

"Flour pancake?"

The child asked with his round face tilted. Smiling, Marie used two forks to tear it apart, and Brielle ate a piece with a fork, his eyes lit up.

"It's delicious!"

"That's a relief."

In particular, Marie asked the chef to give her chopsticks instead of a fork, but the Count, Brielle, and Ellie thought the fork would be comfortable, so she decided to tear it off herself.

"Uncle, try it, too."

Kentrail, who was far more reluctant than the child in front of the unfamiliar food, took the courage at his nephew's words and took one into his mouth. The most tense person at that moment was not the chef, but Marie.

"It's delicious."

Then, she sighed in relief, picked up the pancake, and put it in Ellie's mouth as well.

"Delicious."

A good response followed out from the child's mouth as well. Marie grabbed a few pieces on the plate, and they ate well after she blew it. Only after seeing everyone enjoying it did she tried the flour pancake herself. It tasted just as she remembered, the memories from the past flashed through her mind, and she felt emotional.

'What's happening...?'

She pushed the flour pancake into her mouth while enduring the overwhelming feeling that crept up to her from the nostalgia. Though Marie's lips were smeared with grease, she had no time to think about it.

Slowly, she was eating while feeling melancholy.

Suddenly, something touched her lips. Marie lowered her eyes to check, and it was the handkerchief that Kentrail normally carried around. When she, surprised by his action, lifted her head, he gently wiped her lips. However, it was almost as if he could feel her depressed feeling and was trying to wipe away her tears.

'It wouldn't be obvious. He shouldn't know how I feel.'

Little by little, as her feelings rose, Marie's ears began to blush. She quickly accepted the handkerchief. 'I was accepting the wipe as if it was normal.'

"Thank you..."

Brielle suddenly tilted his head when the nanny stuttered and spoke, while Ellie looked at them profoundly. The maids who were peering at them from afar started to exchange glances with each other.

'Is it that delicious?'

'If there is some left in the kitchen, can I get that?'

The maids, who had a certain distance and did not sense the unusual air currents between the Count and Marie, just wondered how delicious it would be.