Itâs already in November. Just two more months and I would be three years old. However, my dad who claimed to return in three months still hadnât shown up. We had a birthday party in September without him, and it made me depressed. He had been gone for a quite long time, but I still havenât heard from him. Judging from Ferdelâs calmness, he seemed to be playing well in Praetzia too.
âYour snowman looks weird!â
âYour snowman looks weirder!â
In my reply, Graecito swelled his cheek. We were both making snowmen with all the snow piled up in the garden.
When I first asked to make this, Graecito asked me what it was. I looked back at Serira because I was annoyed to explain it, but judging by her ignorance, there seemed to be no snowmen in this world. Of course, I couldnât give up. Itâs like every kidâs fantasy! Now that I was one again, I would love to be the founder of the first snowman in this world.
âRoll!â
He rolls a little snowflake at my command. On one side, Serira and Elene were making warm tea and waiting for us to come back.
âThis is fun!â
âSee? I told you this would be fun. If you listen to me, youâll become rich even in your sleep.â
âYes! Ria is a genius!â
No, I was not a genius. Still, Graecito, who touched his reddened cheeks with his gloves on, was cute. Heâs really like a bunny. He didnât like it when I called him a rabbit, but I was not the type of person who would quit easily.
After that awkward incident, Graecito and I got friendly really quickly. Well, yeah, in fact, the real problem was in Graecitoâs attitude, so there was no reason for me to let my guard down and abandon the child who wanted to be a friend. More than anything, Graecito was a real kid. Since he was a boy, he was rather simple-minded. Iâ had already forgotten what caused our fight. I felt that kids should play with other kids.
âSo were you jealous? You were jealous of me hanging out with your mom, right?â
When I played with Serira, the time went so slowly, but when I played with Graecito, time flew in a heartbeat. Plus, I was happy because I thought I had lost some weight because I had been running around a lot lately.
âSheâs my mother!â
âNo, sheâs not!â
The only problem was that we occasionally fought over who Serira favored; fighting over my nanny and claiming that sheâs my mom. Strangely, everything else was easy to yield, but I couldnât give this up so easily. My momâs mine!
âFine, sheâs your mom; sheâs not my mom!â
âWhat are you saying? Sheâs not my real mom!â
âShe gets mad at me often, but sheâs always sweet to you. Sheâs your mom.â
âYou say that again.â
I racked Graecitoâs head. He let go of the snow he was playing with and grabbed his head. Stop acting like it really hurt. My fist was not that strong.
âFine, she can be your mother. Because I have Caitel, and heâs the best in the universe.â
Though heâs not here right now. If this world was a pyramid, heâs probably at the top, preying on everyone below him.