Chapter 116 - 116: Beyond Maps and Borders

While Oskar held his youngest children and pulled ridiculous faces at them—crossing his eyes, puffing his cheeks, making low, rumbling noises that sent the infants into fits of laughter—the women around the table laughed with him.

It was an absurd sight.

A man built like a siege engine, legs thick as pillars, trying to balance three small bodies across his lap while Sereniel gurgled happily and Aureliel kicked with determined enthusiasm, clearly convinced that gravity was a challenge meant for others. Even little Arnold, jealous of the attention, wriggled his way closer until Oskar sighed and adjusted his grip again, surrendering to the inevitable.

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