Just like usual, Solis had run away from his wet nurse Holly. He’d taken advantage of the opening created when she’d gone to get him a fresh diaper and crawled out through a gap in the door. An inexperienced maid was on lookout duty today, so he’d escaped easily. He crawled through the manor, wondering where to go. Fortunately, no one had noticed his escape yet. The key was how far away he could get before Holly returned.
“Goo! Gah!”
Feeling the cold marble underneath him, Solis psyched himself up and moved his arms and legs. His destination was the garden. Toddling down the stairs was a tough challenge for a baby. It seemed that Holly had returned to his room with the diaper, because he could hear her calling for him. His absence had been discovered, but he’d already made it to the bottom of the stairs. Even if they started searching for him, he should be able to make a run for it without anyone finding him for some time. Holly and Kelly were the two people he had to look out for—they were pros at capturing Solis. If Kelly in particular found him, it would all be over.
Solis moved away from the stairs for now and looked for an exit to the garden.
“Uuuh...”
Solis had successfully escaped in the past, but he’d since forgotten the path he’d taken and was now blindly moving forward. At some point, the floor changed from marble to stone.
“Bwah?”
Solis slapped the stone floor; it was rough and felt unpleasant to the touch. Moreover, there were vegetable scraps scattered around. He found it odd, when he heard his mother Agnes’s voice nearby.
“Hmm, it looks like we’re almost finished with the dishes made from that large quantity of tuber vines.”
“Yes, we should finally be able to use up all of the vines. It’s been nothing but vines dishes day after day, so I’ve gotten tired of them. My repertoire was getting pretty limited...”
“That’s true. I’ve also had my fill of the vine dishes. Oh, I’ll help you peel the tuber skin.”
Solis listened to the adults as he moved forward, until he found a small open door. He quickly toddled down the steps and made it outside. His wish had come true.
“Dah!”
There was soil outside. Solis loved soil—it moved exactly as he wanted it to. He moved through the garden by using his magic the same way as before. The soil surged like a wave, carrying Solis to the field he wanted to reach.
“Wah! Gah!”
This was a fun place with many plants, and the soil was soft and pleasant.
“Wah! Wah!”
Solis was exhilarated. While he was at it, he used his magic to dig up the soil and change its properties. He was still having his fun when he heard someone calling him from the manor.
“Lord Solis! There you are!”
“Ah! He damaged the field again!”
It was his wet nurse Holly and his mother Agnes. Solis used his magic to try and get away, but he was suddenly lifted off the ground.
“Capture complete,” said Kelly, the head handmaiden, calmly.
“Abuh! Gah!”
Solis had been captured again. Thus, he was handed over to Holly and ended up having his diaper changed. Having his diaper changed and being given baths were his number one and two most hated things in the world.
Meanwhile, Agnes was using her magic to make the tubers grow in order to check for damage to the field. The spot that Solis had affected with his magic was now covered in overgrown vines. The field had been afflicted with excessive vine growth once more. Unbeknownst to Solis, his mother Agnes and head chef Mather started racking their brains trying to come up with new tuber vine dishes.