THE BABY RAISING A DEVIL

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Chapter 51
“The nursery school where the little miss stayed is inferior to other nursery.
It is said that 6 or 7 children slept together in that room.”

Isaac was very shocked.

Six or seven kids slept in less than a half of his dressing room?

‘Is that hell?’

Leblaine was selected as the fated child in the middle of this year and was
finally moved to the imperial court in fall.

Until this year, she lived in such a place.

Looking at it, Leblaine had an unpleasant story from the beginning.

There was a little greed for toys and things children likes.

She grew up in a place like that, so she didn’t know how to wish.

Isaac’s face was somber as he left the administrator’s office, and Henry’s
eyes were moist.

“At first, I asked the kid how could she eat carrots…”

“……”

“She grew up in a place where she had to starve if she didn’t eat carrots.”

By Isaac’s melancholy murmur, Henry was also regretting.

“Are you mistaken that you can be a family to us? Don’t laugh. Where’s the
person who really considers an orphan without a drop of blood as a
family?”

Why would he say that?

His heart ached when he remembered LeBlaine, who blinked blankly when
she heard that.

“I’m going to let the kid know that it’s okay to have toys and stay in a nice
room.”

“Yes.”

The two clenched their fists.

***

After having a hearty meal, I slept for another 20 hours and came to my
senses.

And as soon as I came to my senses, I grab my head.

‘I’m crazy!’

“That’s a gwuest room. The guest room is nwice! But Bwaine’s room is
narrow and dark. So it’s not my room. It’s big and it’s not my room!”

I was so embarrassed to think of that day when I was talking in tears.

“Come on, little miss, have some more. I brought it.”

I rolled her eyes at Yuni, who spoke with a determined expression while
sticking out a donut.

“I dwon’t want to eat now.”

“This is for you! You can ask for a big, pretty room, and a delicious snack
anytime.”

Then Yuni burst to tears.

‘No, it’s not like that, I ate too much… ’

No matter how much I eat, I can’t eat five pancakes and more donuts.

Because of yesterday, the people who saw me looked very sad.

The maids piled up snacks and said, “If you need anything else, please tell
us.”

The family also sent toys and food.

After yesterday, how I’ve been living before seemed to spread publicly.

Wherever I go, I feel uncomfortable with the blatant sad gaze.

‘Let’s run away.’

I’ll kill time in the greenhouse until they are gone from my sight. I slipped
out with the elephant bag and walked out of the room.

I put my bag down in the greenhouse where there’s no one else and sighs.

‘I have to think about other things.’

Seria and the Duke made a deal.

Even if we have enough spinels, the Duke will buy all the spinels that are
being mined.

It seemed like he was going to have a power struggle with the church
regarding spinel…
‘Then I’m the only one who gets this benefit from this fight.’

If the Duke buys me a bunch of spinels, my storage will be full.

The church will have no choice but to sell the spinel mine.

I’ll monopoly the spinel if I buy the mine!

I giggled.

I have run out of money right now to buy the spinel, but I’ll soon be rich.

“Hmm, hmm, hmm.”

I hummed and wrote on the letter paper that I had prepared beforehand.

[Dear Seria

I’m glad you’re doing well. The name of the top was set to <Hope>.Please
use this name when you’re dealing with people in the future.

There will be temporary guards at the top of hope. The chairman’s soldiers
are owned by Dubbleds, so they have to record their entry and exit
whenever they come and go here. I agree with that idea.

And I heard you first met with the chairman a few days ago. Why the hell
did you two fight? We’ll be working together from now on, so I hope we
get along well.

P.S. You called the chairman an unlucky old goat, but I thought he looked
more like a leopard than a goat—]

—I wrote, and quickly put the letter into my bag.

“Oh, there you are.”

It was Isaac. The kid who saw me waved his hand wildly and shouted out,
“Brother is here!”

Then he ran to me.

“Hewwo, Isyac.”

“Hello.”

“What’s twhat, by the way?”

I snorted at the sight of the artifact he was holding.

“You said you couldn’t have this in the nursery?”

How did he know that?

There is a toy with jewelry in the nursery, and it was very popular because
it was sophisticated.

I never played with it because the owner monopolized and only let the toys
be played by the kids he like.

“Yes.”

“Now play with a bunch of them.”

Then he gave me a bunch of them.

‘Is that a real toy?’

On the outside, it looks just like the toy back then. I looked at the necklace
on the toy closely.

‘Isn’t this a scarab in the center?’

Amber is a gemstone that is made by hardening with the resin, but there
were cases where insects were inside.

It is considered to be more precious when something like a bug is put in it.

Did someone ever put a real beetle in toys?

I flinched as I looked closely.

“I, I, Ish, Isyac.”

“Why?”

“Th, this is real… real jewelry!”

“It’s real, why?”

He can’t ask a kid to play with real jewelry.

I quickly returned the jewels to Isaac and held on to my pounding chest.

‘Calm down. I’m going to be rich. If Seria finishes the deal safely, I can
buy ten of those.’

I tried to think that way, but I was a beggar in my last life, so I couldn’t
calm down easily. I couldn’t even see such jewelry in my first and second
life.

“You don’t want it? Then play with diamonds.”

He gave her a diamond that was big enough to hold with both hands.

It was so large that it could be found in the emperor’s jewelry box.

‘I can’t get this even if I have money.’

“Isyac, you’ll get in twouble if you bring something lwike this.”

“It’s not the duke’s. It’s mine.”

“What?”

“I got it from my second jewelry storehouse.”

“…How many jewelry wawehwouses do you have?”

Isaac blinked as if he was saying something normal.

Henry, who came into the greenhouse, saw the diamonds, and said to Isaac,
“What did you do to scare Leblaine?”

“She doesn’t seem to like my jewels.”

“That’s why I told you to get it from my third warehouse.”

“Then let’s throw this one, and get something better from your brother’s
warehouse.”

“Yes.”

…I felt sorry for myself who thought I had become rich.

***

“What do you want to do, kid? Do you want me to buy you some clothes?”

“Should I bring the craftsman from the Imperial Palace?”

“I’ll build you an amusement park.”

I glanced at the two.

“No need.”

If I enjoy too many things in the empire and defect later, I will be too sad.

I have enough spinel.

‘So I have to get the guards quickly and make a deal.’

Isaac expression fell.

“Should I kill the director of the nursery?”

“Mistew Director?!”

When I asked in amazement, Isaac frowned.

“He made you sleep in such a small and dirty room.”

“That’s because the nuwsery school is not operated by the countwy.”

There are three types of nursery schools in this country.

1.A state-run nursery school supported by the imperial family.

An nursery built by the state. So the facilities and support are good. When
they get older, they also give money for the kids to settle down.

2.A public nursery supported by a church or nobility.

A nursery that has been rated suitable for the church and the aristocratic
family. It depends on where you apply, but it’s still generally a good place.

3.A private nursery run by the commoner.

It is of course the worst place because commoners cannot operate it like the
other nursery.
Unlike other places, this kind of nursery is not managed at all, so only a few
children are going for adoption.

Most of the kids are from parents who cannot raise their children, or parents
who do not want to pay the child’s share of taxes. These parents were the
cause of private nursery to be built.

And where I was is the third kind of nursery.

They raised me because they needed a real orphan like me to hide their true
motives, but I didn’t get much attention.

The director took care of the children whose parents paid a lot of money,
and those whose parents were sure to pick them up.

‘That’s why I wanted to be loved by the Duke of Amity and the Duke of
Vallua.’

Still, it is thanks to the nursery that she lived every time until she went to
the empress.

‘Wait a minute, nursery?’

When I was in the nursery school, there was something that flashed through
my mind.

In the future, there are four knights who rise to the top of all knights. The
rumored knight that defeated the dragon, Duke Amity.

Isaac, the genius swordman of the century.

Sasuri, a paladin called a battlefield’s nightmare.

And Zachary, master of military operations.

Zachary is from a private nursery school.

They said he was a nice and considerate person.

‘Zachary could be the top of hope guard.’

And it happened that the nursery where he is, was located nearby.
Chapter 52
The top of hope needs a guard who will frequently engage in small battles
with bandits. I’m sure Zachary could help.

I looked at Henry and Isaac.

“I want swomething.”

“What is it, LeBlaine?”

“What is it! Tell me. I’ll buy you everything!”

“Puppy.”

The two mumbled, “Puppy…”

***

Me, Henry, Isaac, and the maids came out of the castle.

Just because I wanted to get a puppy, we’ll buy it together.

Isaac said he would buy me the prettiest dog, but I insisted that I would
choose for myself.

“What if the puppy that I bwought back, didn’t like Bwaine very much?”

The brother replied with a really puzzled look on their face.

“There’s no creature in the world that would hate you, right?”

But eventually the two people lost to me, so I was able to go and see the
puppy like this.
Our destination is Plum Street, beyond the Dubbled’s area. Because there is
a pet shop for the nobles.

‘It’s also near the nursery where Zachary is.’

The carriage stopped when I was thinking so.

I grabbed my brother’s hand and got out of the carriage. I looked around the
streets, which is luxurious like the Dubbled’s shopping district.

“Wow…”

I exclaimed. Then, the maids smile and said, “It’s brilliant, isn’t it? The
street owns the largest casino in the Empire. There’s a lot of things to see
around because there’s a lot of restaurants and shopping districts.”

It was definitely a fun place to look around.

I grabbed the maids’ hands and chased after Henry and Isaac.

‘The casino is really big.’

Suddenly, Lea glanced back and whispered to the brothers.

“There’s someone following us.”

“Yes, I felt it too.”

Isaac’s eyes turned cold.

“Four… no, there’s five of them.”

“These people have been trained. They are good at hiding themselves.”

As I opened my eyes wide, Henry and Isaac looked at me with a casual

look.
“Leblaine, stay with the maids for a while.”

“I’ll be right back.”

With a slightly nervous face, I grabbed the collar of the two.

“Are you worried? Stupid, we’re very strong. You don’t need to worry.”

Isaac grabbed me and put his face on my cheek. It must have made you feel
very good.

Then Henry grabbed him and threw him sideways.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be right back.”

‘Who I’m worried about is the people who follow us… ’

I thought Isaac was gonna snap their throats.

I repeatedly said, “come back fwast.”

Isaac and Henry left me with the maids and disappeared.

“Little miss, shall we go to the bakery? Plum Street’s plum sherbet is very
delicious. It’s a gold building just past this alley.”

“Okay.”

Lea, the maids and me headed for the bakery.

The maids kept talking about this and that, fearing that I might be anxious.

“What kind of dog are you going to buy? a big, fluffy dog would be nice,
right?”

“It’s cute even if it’s small and short…”

“A little poodle that looks cute just like the little miss would be nice.”

“Do you want me to bring a catalog of pets while you’re at the bakery?
Would you like to look at it?”

Just as I was entering the alley, I saw someone in the alley of a shabby
building.

“You eat all of my money, you jerks.”

The boy muttered grimly and threw embers at the building.

The maids gazed at the building that was starting to catch fire.

“Oh my god, this is a gambling house. If he gets caught, he’ll be in

trouble.”

Yuni, a former loan shark said.

“Should I help him?”

It was the words of Dahlia, a serial killer who is the more warm-hearted one
among the three maids.

“It’s none of our business though?”

asked the impostor Linda.

Honestly, Leblaine, a pessimistic adult, agreed with the thoughts of the

maids. But as a child, I feel sympathy.

‘He looks thirteen, and I can’t just watch a gangster beat him to death.’

It’s enough to turn off the embers, it’s not that difficult.

I sighed deeply and grasped Lea’s skirt.

“My eyes hwot.” (My eyes are hot.)

Only then the maids ran to stop the fire.

“A bad ember that makes our little miss’s eyes hot.”

“Bad embers!”

The boy frowned at the unexpected intruders.

“What’s this nonsense?”

He looked at us ridiculously.

“Madames, why are you interrupting other people’s work!”

“It’s a cwime.” (It’s a crime.)

As I muttered so, he looked at me.

“Are you the owner of these maids?”

“Yes.”

“Do you want to die? Don’t interrupt and get out of here. You ugly thing.”

Then, the maids who stepped on the ember stopped their feet. The eyes of
Lea, who was holding my hand, was also fierce.

“You, what have you just said?”

“Who’s ugly?”

“Yuni, let twhat go.”

Lea smiled at me and said,

“Little miss, close your eyes for a moment and count to 30 here.”

I glanced at the gruff boy and stood still, covering my eyes with my hands.

“One, two, twee…”

The boy’s screams echoed in the narrow alley.

***

“Sob…”

The boy held his arms up close to the wall and cried, with his nose runny.

The maids looked at the boy and shouted.

“Why aren’t you saying it? Hurry!”

The little boy cried as the maids shouted.

“The little miss is the cutest in the world!”

“One more time!”

“The little miss…”

As soon as he shouted, I heard a rumbling sound from the boy’s stomach.

“Hungwy?”

“Why do you care?…”

As he said so, he quickly treated me with respect when he saw her maids
fierce gaze.

I shook my hands at the maids who had been intimidating the boy.
The maids backed away sullenly as I reached out to him. Then the startled
boy backed away. I guess he thought I was trying to hit him.

I rubbed the soot on the boy’s cheek with my fingertips and wiped it off.

“There.”

“……”

“We’re going to the bakery. Let’s go togethwer.”

“I don’t have any money…”

I rummaged through my bag and pulled out a handful of gold coins.

It was an allowance that the vassals secretly give to me when they heard I
was going to Plum Street with Henry and Isaac.

“I do!”

“Is that all yours?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, that would make thirty rounds of roulette.”

The boy nodded, glistening his eyes as he looked at the maids.

Soon, we entered the bakery.

The maids piled up breads on the tray like a mountain.

This bakery’s bread was quite expensive, so the clerk and customers looked
at us with their mouths wide open.

I held out the bread that the maids brought me to the boy.
“Here.”

“……”

He looked a little wary at me and picked up the bread. His eyes got bigger
after tasting a bite. Then, he puts everything in his mouth with fear.

“Kek!”

I was worried that the food will got caught in his throat while eating in a
hurry, so I gave him milk.

“Don’t the awdults feed you?” (Don’t the adults feed you?) “Who’ll feed an
orphan?”

An orphan?

The only nursery near here is a private nursery where Zachary was located.

‘Is he Zachary?’

I looked at him thinking so and shook my head inside.

Zachary is one of the four knights who showed off his great skills.

It doesn’t make sense that a strong man comparable to Isaac was this weak.

Usually, the strong were alert to the presence of people.

Isaac, who was five years younger than the boy, also noticed the presence of
a followers before Lea.

But the boy set fire without knowing the noise right next to him. Far from
being aware of the signs, it meant that his senses were dull.
Above all, the boy is not seen as a serious and thoughtful character as in the
rumor.

‘I wanted to meet Zachary, but if this kid is in the same nursery, I

might have a chance to meet him.’

I answered as I grabbed the milk cup.

“I’m an owphan too.”

“………Lie, you have maids.”

“I’m adopted.”

“You must be from the state or public nursery, right?”

“No, pwivate nursery.”

The boy’s eyes widened.

“Wow, you’ve hit the jackpot.”

There are only a few cases of adoption from private nurseries. Even if there
is, most of them are taken to farms where workers are not enough.

“Why didn’t those maids kill me before?”

The boy whispered with bread in his hands “Because they won’t beat a
kid.”

My maids were criminals, but good kind of criminals.

‘It’s a strange thing to say.’

The boy put the leftover bread into his mouth.

Then, while sneaking around, without the maids noticing, he hid some
bread under his shirt.

“You interfered with my work, but you gave me something to eat, so I’ll
forget it.”

“The gwambling house. Why did you try to set a fire?”

“I try gambling in hopes of gaining more money for my family, but it turned
out, they were manipulating the roulette.”

“But you’we gambling.”

“Are you an idiot? How can you not do something so fun?”

He’s a fool…

I gave a deep sigh.

“If you start a fiwe this time, you’ll lose your owrgans, not your money.”

“Oh, you look young, but you know about losing organs… you’re also an
orphan. I’m feeling very troubled.”

The grinning man lightly pressed my cheek with one hand.

Just then.

“What are you doing bastard?”

A cold voice was heard at the door.

He strode and grabbed the boy’s wrist.

“Don’t touch my little sister.”

Isaac’s eyes were very fierce.
Chapter 53
“No, I…”

“Fwiend!”

I quickly grabbed Isaac’s hand and said that.

“Friend?”

asked Isaac while frowning.

“Yes. He’s in the same nuwsery as me. It’s been a long time, right? Uh,…”

So what’s his name?

When I looked at him with such eyes, the boy answered quickly.

“Andy.”

“Yes, Andy. He said Andy.”

“……”

Isaac throw away Andy’s wrist and wipes my cheeks with his sleeve.

“Did you eat all of the bread?”

“No, just the milk.”

“Then, is there a ghost that eats all the bread?”

He laughed playfully.
“Where’s Henly?”

“Torturing, no, walk! He went for a walk.”

“Hmm.”

I nod at him.

‘Good. It’ll be easier to move without Henry.’

Henry is so smart that it’s hard to move around, but Isaac was simple
compared to him.

“Shall we see the puppy?”

“I’ll carry you!”

“No, follow us from afar.”

Isaac said to Andy, as if he hated seeing him.

***

When the Dubbled’s family carriage entered Andy’s nursery, a middle-aged

woman came into view.

“Why did your excellency come to such a shabby place? My name is Mattel
Kimbel. I’m the head of this nursery school.”

She was agitated at the sight of Isaac.

But Isaac looked at the nursery building with a totally dejected face,
without even paying her any attention.

“It’s even more worse than the picture…”

Isaac, who muttered like that, looked back at me.

“Was your place like this?”

“No.”

Isaac’s face brightened up in my words.

“Right? Not this bad, huh?”

“It’s great here. It’s vewy big.”

The child’s face somehow became more sullen when I said so with a big
smile.

But this place really is better.

The building is old and shabby, but it had up to the third floor and a well.

Mattel bent over a little with both hands together and told Isaac.

“Would you like to go inside?”

Isaac nodded with a stiff face.

“Yes, the inside must be different. The inside wouldn’t look like this.”

Isaac and the rest followed the director. I don’t know what’s going on, but
I’m glad Isaac is interested in the nursery.

‘I could meet Zachary.’

The director proudly introduced the interior.

“The beds here are new, and there are three washrooms. There’s an oven in
the dining room, so they make their own snacks.”
The faces of Isaac and the maids grew dim.

For the people of Dubbled, this place would be like hell.

This was the exact opposite of the Dubbled’s castle.

Their furniture are worn out, and the mold on the wallpaper is roughly
covered.

The building is large, but there were only a few rooms that could be used
due to careless management.

“Now I’ll show you the children’s bedrooms and study rooms.”

Then, I patted my knees.

“My legs hurts.”

The director was pleased.

“You can rest in my office.”

I’m a slow walker, I think Isaac and the maids are all following my pace, so
the director thought she couldn’t show them the nursery properly.

The director asked Andy to bring me some juice to drink and tried to get me
to the office.

Lea was guarding outside the room and I flopped into the chair.

There was a list of children at the nursery on the desk.

“Zachary, Zachary…”

I narrowed down the middle of my forehead when I was scrutinizing the

list.
What, why isn’t there someone named Zachary?

“It’s a shame for the people of Dubbled. They didn’t know about talents like
Zachary. That’s why human network is important.”

The story I heard at the social party came to mind clearly.

‘What happened? Was there a private nursery I didn’t know nearby?’

Just in time, Andy came in with the juice.

While putting the juice down on the table, he said, “I’m giving this juice for
you to drink, but I didn’t recommend you to drink it. It’s past the expiration
date.”

“How many kids are here, Andy?”

“Sixteen.”

“Then, how many of you are left?”

“Four. No, three. One guy was adopted last week.”

I opened my eyes wide with surprise.

With Zachary’s age, he might be adopted. Very young kids go to most

homes.

There was only one case of adoption where I grew up. Taking a grown boy
to work in a farmhouse.

‘Then, Is he Zachary?’

No matter how much I think about it, it’s only a possiblility.

‘I guess I came too late.’

I pressed down my temples.

But I didn’t hear Zachary had adoptive parents. Then he could be sent out,
or he could have run away.

‘Let’s keep an eye on the nursery for the time being.’

I’ll be back if I get a call.

“Huaaa-!”

Suddenly, I could hear the children crying.

I looked back in astonishment, Andy’s face hardened and quickly opened

the window.

Outside the window, six huge men were kicking the door of the nursery.

Some have a few children on their sides.

“You bastards again…!”

Andy jumped over the window frame.

“Brother-!”

“Huaa, brother!!”

The children cried louder as they see Andy, while men who stormed into the
nursery threatened them.

Andy frowned and shouted.

“Put them down, bastard!”

The shortest man in the team told Andy.

“If you want them back, bring the ledger. If you even made a loan at
someone else’s gambling place, you’ll have to keep your pay-back date on
time.”

“I paid interest!”

That’s what happened.

‘There are gambling enthusiasts here and there.’

I crawled up the window frame and jumped off.

I was afraid that the children might have been hurt, and when I arrived in
front of Andy, there was a strange sight.

“AAAHH—!”

“You bastards…!”

What kind of situation is this?

The kids are wearing pots as a hat and is moving around with frying pans
and wooden boards.

“Attack!”

When Andy shouted, small hands popped out of the window and threw eggs
at the men.

While the men were at loss, Andy ran quickly to rescue the children who
had been caught.

“Anna, Morris, Rudy.”

“Now!”
Running out in front of the building, the children threw balloons at the men.

Whenever it hit the men’s bodies or fell on the floor, the balloon burst and
white powder scattered in the air.

Andy laughed as the flour and white powder covered the men’s body.

Then he lit a match and threw it to them.

It caught fire in the air like a bomb exploded in an instant.

“AAGHH!”

“AKHH!!”

When molecules fly around in the air, and the fire goes crazy, the molecules
quickly explode.

It was one of the ways Zachary defeated the mage in the imperial civil war.

‘This… ’

But he didn’t completely overpower the men.

The wind was blowing heavily because it was winter. It was because the
molecules flew in the air, the fire was not strong.

The men were burned, but they rose again.

Andy clucked his tongue and shouted, “Ck.”

“Run away, you bastards!”

The frightened children quickly began to run away, but a child was caught.
Andy clenched his teeth and bit the man’s arm.
“You bastard!”

the short man took the dagger out of his arms.

When I saw the dagger, I wanted to make a barrier, but I couldn’t exert my
power.

‘The target is too far.’

And I couldn’t control my power. If I do something wrong, both the child

and Andy could get caught up and die.

‘Once he let Andy go, I will guide him to me.’

“Ugly uncwel!”

“What?”

The man looked back at me.

“You look uwgly! Dwarf! My eyes are getting dirty!”

The short man came to me in a fit of agitation. It was then.

Something like a red thread stretched out from somewhere and moved the
short man.

“Keukk—!”

“Wha,what, what…!”

When the men screamed, a familiar voice was heard.

“Shh, don’t make my daughter surprised.”

When I saw the man who ran out of the building, I shouted.
“Dyuke…?”

The duke, dressed in his usual comfortable clothes, looked at the men with
cold eyes.

“Who is it, the ugly face that defiled my daughter’s vision?”

“Ah, all of them are ugly.”

Henry, who walked from behind the Duke, looked at the men, Isaac ran to
me, grabbed my face with both hands, and said with a serious expression.

“Let’s wash our eyes.”

Chapter 54
After Henry handed over the people who spy on them to the castle, he came
here with the Duke.

It wouldn’t be too hard to find my location because I had a tracking device

on me.

Together we rode the carriage back to the castle.

I was lost in thought all the time.

‘What happened?’

Why is Andy aware of Zachary’s tactics?

The boy’s name is definitely Andy. The list also clearly said Andy.

‘Most of all, he’s really weak.’

I’m afraid he’ll get beaten up by the maids.

Such a powerful knight, sincere and thoughtful, wouldn’t be Andy.

When I was worrying about it, a hand touched my cheek. It was Isaac.

“I’m sorry, I should have went here quickly.”

“It’s owkay.”

“…kid, why are you always fine?”

“Huh?”
Isaac looked really upset.

I’ve experienced many things in life, and I always had a hard time. It was a
normal thing for me, so most of the things didn’t matter.

My fourth life here is really satisfying. But I am ready to defect, so I don’t

want anything.

Isaac, who was staring at me, dropped his shoulders. Henry’s eyes were
dejected, and the Duke said nothing.

When I got off the carriage, the sun was going down.

Isaac and Henry went back to the room with a dim expression, and I am
worried about the kids.

Then, the Duke bent his knees and made eye contact with me.

“Blaine.”

“Yes.”

“Never do something so dangerous again.”

Did he get angry because I was in trouble?

I didn’t mean it, but it must have been annoying for him because I almost
got into trouble several times.

He smiled faintly.

“I’m glad you didn’t get hurt.”

“……”

“Rest.”
The Duke, who said so, stroke my hair and headed for the castle.

I touched the duke’s hand for a moment.

It felt strange.

“……”

‘I don’t have time for this. I need to find Zachary quickly.’

Suddenly, I ran into someone.

“Uuhh…”

When I was rubbing my forehead after a pretty hard hit, I heard a familiar
voice, “Little miss?”

It’s the chairman.

“What’s the matter?”

“I have to prepare for defecting. So,…”

“Does your anxiousness have anything to do with returning home with the
Duke and the brothers today?”

“It, it’s not that!”

“I must be right.”

“It’s nwot…”

As I answered while avoiding his gaze, the chairman groaned and looked
into my eyes.

“Why did you set a dangerous goal like defecting?”

“That’s because it will be dwangerous in the future. If Mina comes, I’ll be a
swacificed.”

“With Duke of Dubbled’s protection, things are likely to be different.”

“I don’t want to experience it agwain.”

“It’ll be different.”

“Dyuke and the bwothers just think of me as a pet.”

Their affection is the same as loving a cat when it comes home. Otherwise,
it is strange that they love me so much suddenly.

How can they keep loving someone else’s child? I’m not a lovely child like
Mina either.

“Little miss. Do you know how difficult it is to protect you who has become
more special than your last life.”

“………”

“You have many loyal and talented people. Even Eugene Nos who is a
coveted talent even in the imperial family has put those people aside and
always comes forward in your own business.”

“………”

“I know Theodore Dubbled, he doesn’t want to do such a nuisance for his

pet.”

I didn’t say anything. The chairman looked at me and said, “Did you stop
yourself from believing in anyone because you’re going to defect?”

“Go away! I won’t lwisten!”

“You are afraid you’d be abandoned by your family again. More than the
risk of failing to defect.”

“Don’t cwontinue!”

“That is what you are very afraid of.”

I glared at the chairman with moist eyes. To avoid crying, I bit my lips
tightly and clenched my skirt.

He looked at me for a while and bent over.

I quickly ran into my room, I closed the door and hid myself under the
blanket.

My fear, which had been chained up and hidden inside me, seemed to have
been revealed.

***

I woke up in the darkness and quickly realized.

This is a dream. The evil dream that always follows me.

When I realized so, my surroundings began to change.

This was the altar of the Imperial Palace. It was the place where my whole
body was torn apart as a sacrifice in the first life.

There was an elephant bag on the altar. It was my bag I packed for
defecting.

My head is half twisted and my whole body is covered with wounds.

[Dumb Leblaine, do you want to believe in people again after you’ve been
dealt with?]
The adult version of Leblaine, looked at me standing tall.

‘But… But, the people in Dubbled seems different.’

[It was the same with the Duke of Amity. You said your father is different. It
was like that with Vallua. You said you will live differently this time.]

‘Maybe it’s really different this time. I’ve never had anyone like the
Dubbled people in my life before.’

[You think you’re special now?]

“……”

[If Mina comes, it’ll be different. If it gets known again that you’re a child
of fake destiny, you’ll be thrown away!]

I covered my ears with both hands.

It was like the pain of being sacrificed and the pain of being whipped by the
Duke of Vallua.

The grown-up Leblaine who approached me was suddenly divided into

three and became Mina, Duke of Amity, and Duke of Vallua.

[Will you beg for affection like a beggar again?]

[Like always!!]

Their screaming faces turned oddly.

Black liquid drips from all over the body, and their mouth is full of creepy
sharp teeth.

‘Don’t come here. Don’t come!’

I got up and ran out.

But they are chasing my shadow persistently.

[Sorry, LeBlaine. But this is your fate. For us, for the country.]

[Mina is a special child.]

It was completely black and it hit me. I’m suffocating.

I struggled to get out of the thing that had swallowed me up to my throat.

‘Help me. I don’t like it. I don’t like it! Help me!’

The dream always ended only after I was completely engulfed in darkness.
I’m sure that’s the case this time, too. My hands slowly loosened.

But this time, I saw a light in front of me.

“……Le.”

“…Blaine.”

Gasp!

I hurriedly opened my eyes. My whole body was covered with cold sweat.

In front of my eyes, I saw Isaac, who was helpless, Henry, full of worries,
and the duke, who was holding my hand.

“Are you okay?”

“Are you surprised by what happened today?”

“Get a hold of yourself.”

This is the light.

I hold my tears as I looked at the three men whose outline was blurred by
the light of the lamp.

Even if I didn’t see them clearly, I felt that their faces would have had a
worried expression.

I squeezed the duke’s hand. I tried to hold my tears in, but the tears
persistently kept coming out.

“Sniff…”

Isaac frowned when he saw me biting my lips tightly as to not make a

sound.

“You idiot! Why did you hold it in, just cry!”

By saying so, I put a lot of strength on my forehead so that I wouldn’t drop

tears from my eyes.

Henry said so and stroked my head.

“Did you have a nightmare?”

“……”

“You must have been so scared. I’m sorry.”

Henry kept saying sorry to me even though it wasn’t something to be sorry

about.

He said he was sorry for coming late even after protecting me, and he said
he was sorry for not knowing what I liked.

The Duke embraced me.

“I don’t know what else to do if you cry.”

“……”

I laughed at his words.

The Duke, who did not know how to give affection or how to love me,
made it funny and meaningful to love me in a clumsy way.

‘I’m stupid. Even though I’ve lived four times, I’m still a fool.’

I want to believe it again.

She knew she was more likely to get hurt, and she knew it would be easier
for her to run away, but she didn’t want to miss the warmth that touched her
skin.

‘One last time, one more time.’

When I laughed, the faces of the Dubbled’s people lit up.

“……Father.”

The Duke’s gaze trembled for a moment when I called him that.

It was the first title I called him that since I received the Etwal.

“Brother.”

“Br, Bro, Brother……!”

“Leblaine just called me……”

“No, she spoke to me!”

“She spoke to me, you idiot.”

Seeing the two bickering quickly, I buried my face on the shoulder of the
duke.

I was in the light. Now the evil dream was not so scary.

That night, I threw away my elephant bag.

Chapter 55
That night, the chairman came to see me.

“I heard you had a nightmare. And you’re crying.”

“Yes.”

“Is it because of me?”

The chairman’s eyes were a little moist.

I blew on my cocoa and answered the chairman.

“I’m a bad guy. I’m to blame, and…”

“……”

“I should have said it softly.”

“Thewe’s one thing you can do for me.”

At my words, the chairman coughed in vain and muttered, “What?… Why

does it connect to that?”

As if my words are absurd, I smiled cutely for him.

The chairman paused and sighed.

“……just say it.”

“Get a doll and make it a fake identity”

“If it’s a doll… Do you mean a ball jointed doll?”

The ball jointed doll is a magic tool.

It can be used as a substitute of a person by injecting magic or divine power

to a doll that looks just like a real human being.

“Commoner, age in their late 20s, the doll will be the one to lead the top of
hope.”

“It’s going to cost a fortune. There’s only one type of such magician in the
Empire, and it’s hard to find even with Dubbled’s power.”

“I have some mwoney left for defecting.”

“How are you going to defect if you use it?”

“I won’t.”

I stood up and ran over the chairman.

“I’m going to live here now.”

“You’re not going to defect?”

I grinned and said,

“I’m gwoing to make the Dubbled independent from the empire. Where we
won’t get the interference of the church and the imperial fwamily.”

“……!”

The chairman’s face hardened.

“It’s not possible. It’s something that everyone, from the first duke to the
present duke, aimed for, but no one achieved it. It’s just a meaningless
dream.”
“Why is your mouth quivering when you say it’s a dweam?”

He let out a burst of laughter.

“It’s funny to be excited at the word independence even at this age.”

“Isn’t that too hwonest of you?”

The chairman’s eyes glistened as I held the cocoa glass with both hands.

“People who have served in Dubbled are honest but they have a desire of
their own. It’s just hypocrites of the empire that call us villains.”

“The doll is going to be a stand in for me until I’m big enwough. Go get it.”

“It seems like my birthday gift from Louis is not a spinel, but you, the little
miss.”

The chairman and I looked at each other and laughed like a villain…

***

There was a lot of work to do for my new goal. Fortunately, there were
some things that I had completed while preparing for defect.

Funding the top of hope.

a powerful helper…

‘The only thing left is the guard.’

Although Dubbled’s military prowess is excellent, it still lacks the power to

counter the imperial family or church in case of emergency.

So I called in Andy.
Upon entering the room, the boy opened his mouth in an overwhelmed
expression.

“What kind of room is this…”

I handed out a basket of cookies to him, who muttered in excitement.

“Eat this.”

Andy, who picked up the cookies, glanced at me.

“But what did you call me for…”

“Andy, do you want to lwive here?”

When I asked so, Andy dropped a cookie.

Andy, with his palm outstretched, swallowed several times.

“Wa,wa,wait.”

“Huh?”

“Since when?”

“Since when did you like me? Is it from the moment you gave me bread?”

“What?”

“I, I’m in trouble. She’s cute, but she’s four and I’m thirteen. There’s too
much age difference. I’m the scumbag who sees a child as a woman.”

“……”

“You’re really cute, and honestly, I’ve never seen a cute kid like you, but
I’m not a pervert–”
…What is he talking about.

“You should be my knwight.”

When I looked at him, Andy, whose face was red as a tomato, asked back,
“Huh?”

I won’t cancel the plan to find Zachary. However, it was the second best
plan.

‘Even if I find Zachary, he might not be loyal to me.’

But Andy clearly had good feelings for me…

Though weaker than Zachary, his ability was strong enough…

He lead a group of four or five years old, and has driven much stronger
adult men.

The strategy he used at that time.

The boldness.

The courage to be in the lead.

I gave him a very high score on all of that.

“I don’t have the money to buy horses and weapons. Who will accepts me
as a disciple?”

To be a knight, you need to be more than just being strong.

Horses are very expensive, and it was a very heavy burden for commoners
to buy. In addition, they have to buy a usable weapon, and practice it for
years as a disciple under a knight.
It must have been a difficult dream for Andy.

“I have a lot of money!”

I showed him the gems such as amber and diamonds that Isaac gave me last
time in both hands.

“Are you really going to use me as a knight?”

“Yes, the Dubbled is gwoing to raise you if you become my knwight.”

“Master.”

He shifted his attitude instantly.

‘Well, it’s a good thing. His petty attitude suits the Dubbleds.’

I nodded with satisfaction, and Andy said with a determined look…

“This is when you swear loyalty, right? I know it all.”

It would be the third time someone pledge allegiance to me, which was
burdensome at first.

“Andy greets to the lord—“

He suddenly stop and frown. Then he murmured, “Isn’t that too common a
name for a knight?”

“Okay, I’ll change my name like a knight from today on.”

He put his knees on the floor and stared at me…

“The knight Zachary greets the lord.”

“…What?”
I looked at him…

“What was that just now?”

“Zachary, isn’t that name just like a knight?”

I looked at Andy, or now Zachary, with a puzzled look on my face…

‘Really?”

Is he really Zachary?

But Andy is so weak! If Andy’s a real Zachary, why couldn’t he fight back
at all?

“Why didn’t you stawnd up to my maids last time?”

“Because I can’t hit a woman.”

“You cwied.”

“The situation fits.”

Was it all a ploy?

It’s really amazing…

I was so sad when I couldn’t find Zachary, but Andy is Zachary!

However, it was not Zachary’s fault, so I pressed down on my forehead to

calm down my resentment.

I called in Lea.

“Lea, tweach Zachary the sword.”

“Is that child’s name Zachary?”

“Yes, he chwanged it.”

“I see.”

Lea, who nodded, hit Zachary and looked at him.

“Follow me. I’ll teach you the sword.”

Zachary seemed to wonder that why a maid taught the sword, but he
followed her.

And that day, Zachary really cried.

***

“It’s better to teach Zachary spears than swords. He have the talent.”

“Okay…”

“Haha, he’s a funny kid. He has a big fantasy about how a knight should act
in front of others.”

Lea, who has taught Zachary for the past week, laughed, saying, “Every day
has been a series of surprises.”

I looked at Zachary swinging the spear with the commander.

For some reason, I was angry, but I tried to think positively.

‘I have two of the four best knights in my house.’

Isaac and Zachary.

As a joke, they said that if the four people gathered, half of the empire’s
power would be helpless.

‘I’ll work hard to grow and use Zachary.’

I made up my mind.

To be the best knight, it seemed like it would take years to raise him
properly.

So I asked Seria to make a deal with the mercenaries. Danju was a godly
mercenary who was running errands in my past life as a beggar.

‘First of all, I have to raise him.’

The more money, the better, and there was a need for funds that could be
used inconspicuously.

‘And until I grow up to some extent, there will be a lot of time left
before I can take over, so I should get along well with my family.’

After deciding not to build a wall for the people of Dubbled, it turned out
that the people of Dubbled were ordinary father and brothers.

Just an ordinary family who wants to spend time with their daughter and
tries to take good care of her.

‘I finally have a family that doesn’t hate me.’

My heart was pounding with joy when I thought so.

I was covering my cheek when I heard a knock.

“The master is looking for you.”

‘Dad?’
I nodded yes and followed the maid.

As I reached the room, I saw Isaac, who is on the sofa, and Henry who is
reading a book.

Henry smiled at me and said,

“Good morning.”

Isaac also waved.

“Did you sleep well?”

I also said, “Hi,” and sat between Henry and Isaac.

“Did the dyuke call you too?”

Isaac nodded.

“Yes.”

At that time, Dad came into the living room with Nos.

There were three small boxes in Nos’s hand.

When Dad sat down, Nos put three boxes on the table.

“Open it.”

The three of us opened the box with a curious look.

Chapter 56
Inside the box a seal of successors.

There was a small gem in the center, which is ruby for Henry, emerald for
Isaac, and a diamond for me.

‘Didn’t they say that what the eldest son Johann has is a sapphire?’

The seal is magical. It looked like an adult’s size, but when I wore it, the
circumference grew smaller.

Henry, wearing a ruby seal on his finger said, “I didn’t know you’d give it
to me already.”

Isaac smiled and grabbed the ring.

“Big brother also got it around this time.”

At the end, the Duke said as he looked at us.

“Now that you’ve received my seal, I’m paying you every year, you also
can have a full-time aide. Do you want anyone?”

Henry replied to his father’s words.

“Give me viscount Orlando, Irie’s Ruffner, and the mage Michael.”

Isaac then opened his mouth.

“I want Baron Marceau.”

Finally, it was my turn.

“Um, Lea, Dania, Linda, and… Vwiscount Noanoke!”

The Duke, Henry, Isaac, and Nos were all in aghast at my words.

“Didn’t you say the wrong person? Noanoke is the chairman of senate.”

Isaac denied the reality.

“What about Viscount Resul? He’s a very wise person, so he’ll be very
helpful to you.”

Henry was trying to persuade me.

“Li, Li, Little miss!”

Nos stammered in embarrassment.

‘Is it because I haven’t been keeping up with the senate? There’s a lot
of opposition.’

But Dad was silent.

He often saw me with the chairman ever since words circulated that he
saved me.

So it may have been expected…

“Not me?”

What?

“Why not me, but Noanoke himself?”

“…Because dad is the dyuke.”

And Isaac said,

“What about me? Don’t you need me as an assistant?”

Henry seems to want to say something similar because he’s smiling.

I correct what I thought was an ordinary family.

My family is a bit unique.

When I said nothing, the Duke murmured.

“Noanoke, that bastard…”

His voice was a bit dreary.

***

The chairman of the Senate, Jean Marc Noanoke, is an outstanding man.

He is never lacking in his status and brain, and has lived for more than half
a century.

From a young age, many noble followed him. There are many number of
people who wanted to establish a friendly relationship with him.

The same was true even now. His mailbox is always full of letters.

There was a wide variety of types, from the old ladies love letter to the
young officials’ letters of respect.

So I could say for sure.

The chairman, who was walking in the hallway of Dubbled Castle, glanced
at the people who were staring at his back ‘What the hell is going on
here?’

On the other side, Viscount Dubos’s group is staring at him.

They were always on the same page because they were the heads of the
Senate, But they have never looked at the chairman like this, with a scary
expression “What’s this.”

Dubos frowned at the words of his own boss.

“Cut to the chase and talk. What have you done?”

“I haven’t done anything special lately.”

It is the duke who did strange things.

Like he’s trying to kill the chairman by overworking.

In fact, the chairman had a nosebleed early this morning.

“What! The little miss chose you as her assistant! Not me!”

“……What?”

“I was the one that the little miss like. Do you know that?”

“……”

“The little miss gave me candy, saying ‘grandpa, eat it.’ I still kept the
candy in a box!”

“……”

“So you, don’t be too arrogant!”

Hmph!

When Viscount Dubos said so, the vassals next to him add their voices.

“I will not give up.”

“Don’t assume she chose you out of affection.”

“We were the first ones to recognize her loveliness.”

The chairman looked at the vassals and said, “……Get out.”

He waved his hand to them.

Behind the chairman’s back, the vassals said, “Wait and see! I’m going to
get her attention back!”

In front of the greenhouse, Viscount Myshank a member of the Senate,

approached the chairman with envious eyes, “Chairman! You’re definitely
the chairman.”

“Then what else am I?”

“You have been chosen by the little miss!”

“……”

“Many of the vassals were aiming for the place.”

“………Move.”

He pushed out Myshank and went into the greenhouse.

the chairman said when he saw Leblaine sitting in the chair.

“What the hell is going on?”

When asked, Leblaine sees him with a tired expression.

Then, the child’s gaze reached the maids fighting, maids from west building
and the maids who originally served the child, including Lea.
“Nonsense! Why did the little miss choose them?!”

“That’s because the little miss likes us.”

This is wrong. It’s really wrong.

“I don’t know how it bwecame like twhis.”

“…I’m sure you did.”

The two faced each other and sighed.

In a week, the chairman completely became Leblaine’s aide.

The duke completely forgot this incident by the “Dad is the best in the
world!” attack that risked Leblaine’s shame.

***

The room, which had been postponed due to one thing or another, has been
finished.

I thought the guest room is a really nice room, but this room is different.

It’s big, pretty, and safe, like a fairy tale princess’s room.

Most of all, I like the bed and the soft blanket that didn’t fall off even if I
rolled 10 times to the right and left.

‘Soft and fluffy…… ’

With this bed and blanket, I could fall asleep again in 5 minutes, even if I
got up.

As soon as I was smiling, Lea came to pick me up.

“It’s refreshment time.”

“Yes.”

I got out of bed, put on my coat and left the room.

Recently, my snack time has been changed to a simple tea party with my
family.

I enjoyed having a small chat with my family in a garden or a greenhouse

full of drinks and food.

But there’s a small problem.

“Today I’m going to feed you the blueberry cake I prepared.”

“It’s a peanut butter cookie. You said this is the best.”

“It’s a chocolate scone.”

My dad and brothers often argue.

It’s better than never having a conversation with each other like in the past,
but it’s a bit of a bother because they often engage in psychological warfare
with each other.

I thought my family would get close to each other, but they have a long way
to go.

‘Well, what do we do?’

As I sat down, Henry asked.

“What do you want to eat, Leblaine?”

“Hmm…”
As I finished thinking about it, I smiled broadly, saying, “All of it!” and put
cakes, cookies, and scones on the table.

Just as I reached out to the peanut butter cookies Isaac had prepared, the
butler came in.

Henry asked when he saw the dark blue envelope, stamped with the
imperial seal, delivered to his father.

“Is it from the Empress Dowager?”

“Yes, the empress said she will not interfere with Leblaine’s education.”

Empress dowager?

I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

She’s a very faithful believer, she hoped I would carry out the prediction of
sealing evil spirits as the child of fate, educated in the church.

So from the first life to the second life, I had too much interference by her
in my daily life.

‘But why is she so quiet in this life?’

By the time I thought so, Isaac said

“The last time we went to see the kid’s puppy, you said that it was the
Empress’s people who spy on us?”

Henry nodded at the remark.

“Yes. The men she sent were caught and interrogated by us. They are afraid
of us telling on to the emperor.”

“Due to the fact that the empress inspected the duke?”

“The church has already took many of the imperial property. If people are
told that the empress had even been spying on us, their reputation will
plummet to the ground.”

I nodded. The Empress was really undefeated.

Her devotion to the church has always been the emperor’s trouble.

The emperor wanted to reduce the power of the church equivalent to the
imperial family, but the empress came forward to devote herself to the
church and caused accidents repeatedly.

That’s why the face of the imperial family has been damaged every time, let
alone reducing the power of the church.

It was the Empress who decided to give me to a duke at will.

‘This time, the Emperor won’t let her go any further.’

So she might even send a letter to the Duke asking him not to tell the
emperor and in return she will not interfere with my education.

It would have been good for me if I could get out of the the Empress
Dowager’s eyes.

At that time, the butler looked at Isaac and said, “A strange letter has
come.”

“For me?”

“I’m not sure if it came for you… But your name is written on it.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It says <for Isaac>.”

Isaac narrowed the middle of his forehead.

“Is there any other person with the same name as me?”

“I looked for it, but there wasn’t. What’s worse,…”

The butler put down the bouquet of Elsa leaves and a box of pink shoes for
girls.

“It is said that the bouquet has preservation magic.”

‘Gasp!’

I shut my mouth.

I knew as soon as I heard it. The person who sent it ‘Adrian!’

Chapter 57
If Dubbled and Adrian meet, they will naturally be an enemy. I made a
mistake and use Isaac’s name, a thunderbolt will fall on Dubbled.

Isaac, uh, read the letter.

“Waiting for the chance to meet again, huh?”

I jumped up and said,

“I, I, I’m wrong! More than that, eat the cookie. It’s twasty.”

And then I snuck a cookie Isaac and tried to take the letter away.

Henry suddenly said with his eyes narrowing, “In this castle, Leblaine is the
only girl who can wear those shoes.”

Then Isaac expression drastically change. Dad said, “Which bastard?”

“Please cast a tracing magic, Father.”

“Father, I’ll take the lead.”

…Since when did they get along so well?

I pretended to be sick desperately.

“Ouch…”

When I put my hand on my stomach and groaned, the people came running
quickly to me.

“Are you okay?”

“What’s going on!”

“Blaine.”

Pretending to be sick is embarrassing, but it is the best way.

I pretend to be ill. “My stomach hurts,…”

I muttered as my dad carry me.

“Doctor!”

And he took me to the medical center himself.

The forgotten letter was placed in the garden, and I signaled Lea with a
gesture of my hand.

‘That one! Mine!’

The faithful Lea looked around and slipped a letter into her apron.

***

The letter situation was soon forgotten.

Only Lea, who brought me a letter, looked at me and interrogated me.

“When I was in the church, I got a fwiend! I want to write to him.”

When I made the excuse, the nice Lea gave me a paper without further
inquiring.

I sighed and touched the paper after Lea went out.

I can imagine that my dad and brothers would directly kill him even if they
knew he is a prince.
‘but anyway, I’m glad the Dubbled and Adrian didn’t meet.’

The two were future enemies.

People said,

If one of them dies, the other one will too.

In fact, Dubbled faced a major crisis when Adrian almost died by Dubbled’s
ruse.

I opened the letter.

The content was only one line that Isaac had read. It didn’t even say who it
was from.

That alone I could see how much Adrian had thought and wrote the letter.

Adrian knows me as a wizard. And if he’s smart, he knows how dangerous

it is to contact me.

It was obvious how much the Imperial family would hate to have contact
with the Wizard.

‘Shoes… he have seen my shoes.’

Shoes for noble children are very good in quality. I didn’t go out as much so
my shoes is much more simpler than other shoes for noble, and there is no
decoration, but it is made for a noble child anyway, so it won’t be worn out
even if I use it a few times.

On that day, I took a walk to the mountain, so my shoes condition was not
very good.

I smiled and hid the letter in a blind spot.

I wrote back.

‘It’s a shame we can’t meet right now.’

Due to Adrian’s situation, I couldn’t readily find him.

If he gets involved with me, the young miss of Dubbled and the child of
fate, the empress will keep tabs on him more severely.

If he gets involved in the battle for the throne, I cannot guarantee the future
of Dubbled.

But I am worried about him.

The sight of him sitting in a big room all alone, holding the things which
had lost its power, lingered in my memory.

I wrote a reply by ripping in the paper.

[Thanks for the gift. The shoes are pretty and the flowers too. I’ll think of
you while looking at the things you sent me. Let’s exchange letters often!]

After I finished writing, I sealed the letter and asked the chairman to deliver
it to the church where Adrian is.

In the evening, my father came to see me.

“How’s your stomach?”

“It’s okay.”

Dad gently rubbed my stomach with his hand, pulled a chair by the bed and
sat down.

“Blaine, I have officially conveyed my desire to educate you in the church.

What do you think?”
He must have been in a hurry to get rid of the Empress Dowager.

“Dubbled has a lot of enemies. You’ll be in danger as long as you’re here. If

you’re in the church, you won’t have to be criticized for being in the
villain’s lair.”

“……”

“In return Dubbled can also get support from the empress. We can develop
your divine power in earnest. That’s good for your future, too.”

“…Do you want me to go to the chwuch?”

Dad smiled faintly.

“You’ll be surprised to know what me and your brothers did to keep you out
of the church’s grasp.”

“Then why go to chwuch?”

“Because you deserved to be in the light.”

Dubbled does not judge their applicant status and origin in the exam for
administrators or employees. Of course, a criminal can be mixed in.

And to make the family prosper, the Duke of Dubbled did everything.

The people of the country called the Dubbled a villain’s lair.

But dad protected me from the church.

The original Theodore Dubbled would not do such a thing, so I was a little
shocked. I leaned my head against my dad’s big hand.

“I like being hewe.”

“……”

“I lwike dad, bwothers, dubbled people. I don’t want to go.”

Dad stroked my hair and smiled faintly.

“You remind me of when I thought I would be a good father.”

Looking at my dad’s friendly eyes, I was very surprised.

‘I’m gonna live here with my family.’

To achieve my goal and be safe.

So I have to get ready to go out into the world.

***

Time flew so fast.

Five years had already passed, now I’m nine years old.

One sunny morning.

Sitting in a chair, I look at the mirror with my hair in Lea’s hand.

My fingers that used to be short gets longer, and my hair that used to only
reach the shoulders now touches the back.

“Do you want to tie your hair?”

“Well, I want a ribbon.”

Even my bad pronounciation is gone!

With the power of a desperate pronunciation practice, I can now speak
without bad pronounciation.

I covered my mouth with both hands as I held back my laughter and

straightened my back.

The maids laughed and brought ribbons.

“You’re very pretty today.”

“Blaine, you’re nine years old now, you’re all grown up.”

The maids smile as they spoke so.

I’m nine years old now. A grown lady.

How hard have I experienced in the last 5 years? Living as a beggar, I

almost forgot the nobility ethics, so I had to endure a hellish training.

‘The most difficult thing was to practice my divine power… ’

It was the first time I actually practiced magic.

Because I couldn’t get the help of the priest, the wizards of Dubbled help
me practice every day, read books on the divine power and teach me.

However, the mages couldn’t understand the divine power completely and
sometimes my divine magic failed and my knees were scraped.

Every time that happens, my dad and my brothers were full of anger.

Every day I had to comfort my dad and brother, who were trying to hit the
neck of the mage, by saying, “Blaine will be sad everyday if the mages are
gone.”
Recalling the past, I dropped my shoulders with an impoverished
expression.

It was then.

“Arrived!”

The bright voice came from the butler.

I quickly got off the chair and left.

The maids followed after me.

As I headed to the gate, I saw the Dubbled’s Knights who had returned from
the victory procession.

At the forefront, I saw a man riding a black horse.

The armor that supports his solid body and a luxurious fur robe descending
from his shoulder.

His beautiful appearance stands out more than the beautiful outfit.

“Dad!”

Starting with the battle against the Kruger Kingdom, he is my father who
conquered eleven kingdoms.

Last year, the empire requested support from my father, who subjugated the
Kruger Kingdom in just eight months.

And after one year. The enemy surrendered with a white flag and bowed
down under Dubbled’s feet.

“Kid!”
“Leblaine!”

The brothers who fought with my father jumped out of the horse and ran to
me. I ran fast towards them too.

Not to my brothers with their arms open, but to the loot box.

I ran without hesitation, putting my hand in and search through the boxes.

After hearing their victory, I waited for this day to come.

Did they bring it?

I finally found it after desperately searching for it.

A cotton pouch with what I want.

‘Hooray!’

It was when I hugged my pockets. Somehow the surrounding temperature

seemed to have gone down.

“It’s been a year since we saw you,…”

I could see my brothers looking at me with a grim expression.

Chapter 58
It may be because they have been through the battlefield, so I am more
scared than usual. The hardened knights gulped.

Nos, who was behind my father, rubbed his hand at me with a desperate
expression that say, ‘Please save us.’

I rolled my eyes and muttered, “Uh, that,……”

“I slept with the doll that my brothers gave me every day, and it seemed like
I was with you guys at the castle.”

“Everyday?”

“Always?”

The two said and I nodded.

“Because I miss you all the time!”

Only then did the older brothers’ expressions relaxed a little.

Dad came down from the horse and hugged me.

“Didn’t you sleep with the doll I gave you?”

Dad looks a little thin.

In my last life, he did not participate in the war after Kruger, but in the
battle of the Allies, he participated at the end of the war and led the victory.

So, I was relieved, but when I saw his face, my heart broke.
I hugged my dad’s neck tightly.

“I hugged it and slept well.”

Dad’s hand patting my hair was very comforting.

That night, the castle was noisy with the party until late at night. Dubbled
gave a wide range of drinks and meat for the soldiers.

When I got out in the middle of the party, I saw my cotton pocket, and then
asked the chairman who followed me out.

“The soldiers who came back from winning today almost died of a heart
attack.”

“Huh?”

“I heard that you welcomed the loot box more than the brothers.”

“Yes, but look at this.”

I took it out of my pocket and showed it to the chairman.

“What’s this?”

This is the item that I welcomed more than my family.

I laughed and said,

“It’s better than gold.”

“You mean this? I think it’s just a normal seed…”

“No, this will separate the empress from the church, and make us a
fortune.”
“Would there be such a seed…?”

“It’s called Luminous. A special seed only found in orgos, the southernmost
part of the continent.”

“Luminous?”

“If you mix it with medicine, it’s effective for arthritis and neuralgia. It’s
also effective for the embarrassing skin disease of the Empress.”

“Skin disease? Does the empress have skin problems?”

I nodded.

Only a few people of the church knows it, but the reason why the Empress
was deeply devoted to them is the skin disease.

The empress had a sincere heart and thought that if she devoted herself to
God it would cure her skin.

Of course, that’s not the only reason for her to be close to the church, but
skin disease is a big part.

When I explained to the chairman, he shook his head.

“But it will be difficult to get it into the hands of the Empress Dowager.
Drugs that go to the palace go through years of review.”

“That’s why we let the Empress find it herself.”

“How can I do that?”

“If most of the elderly are affected by the medicine, she had no choice but
to pay attention.”

I gathered my hands together and looked up at the chairman.

“And there’s an old man right in front of me.”

“…Pardon?”

He looked at me with an anxious expression.

***

a blooming party was held ahead of spring.

It was all old gentlemen and ladies who filled the party.

Jean Marc, who got off the wagon, looked at the party and held his
forehead.

‘How did this happen?’

“Before the relationship between the church and the empress gets better, we
should send the medicine fast. You have to make that much of an effort so
that rumors of Luminous can go around fast.”

The billboard is himself.

This Jean Marc is the most famous of the five viscount in the continent,
leading the original circle of Dubbled, which has a good influence on the
West.

‘I can’t believe I’ve become a puppet for a 9-year-old kid.’

Jean Marc sighed and went into the party.

As I open the door, I heard exclamations from all over the place.

“Oh my god, Viscount Noanoke…”

“He looks extraordinarily nice today.”

It was worth it.

Before coming to this party, he had to manage his body shape with
Leblaine’s medicine.

It was impossible for a man to manage this much in his old days.

Old ladies crept up, covering their mouths with peacock feather fan.

“How have you been?”

“Long time no see, Lord Noanoke.”

“You look different today.”

He really is different than usual. At other times, he would have ignored the
ladies with an annoyed glance, but Leblaine’s words lingered in the
chairman’s ear.

He forced the corners of his mouth up.

“Yes, how have you been?”

The ladies blushed.

Even when they were young, the face that thrilled many young girls did not
disappear as they got older.

‘Oh my, why is she laughing like that?’

‘It reminds me of the old days.’

The ladies and a few gentlemen came up to him.

“Oh, you look younger.”

“Your body looks very fit too.”

“The word fit is a signal. You have to talk about medicine, right there!”

Leblaine’s words came to mind.

“I’m taking a medicine these days.”

The lady’s eyes were wide open when he said so, “Medicine?”

“It’s a medicine to become younger.”

“Do you have such medicine?!”

The chairman awkwardly took the medicine chest out of his jacket.

Then, with his right hand supporting the bottom of the medicine bottle and
his left hand covering the back, he said the exact words Leblaine told him to
say.

“The medicine of youth. You can get one at the top of Hope right now.”

***

With an ecstatic expression, I hugged the ledger sent by Seria.

‘Oh, the joy of having money.’

I don’t know how many zeros there are already.

With the effect of the billboard, Luminous sold out instantly.

To what extent, not only senior citizens but also middle-aged people line up
in front of the place.

According to Seria, there is a long line in front of the store every day.
‘He did a great job on the ad.’

There was nothing like the word youth that made old people excited.

If I had sold it to everyone, I can probably buy a few islands, but I had a
doctor on-site and sold luminous only to those who really needed it.

It would be more effective if it was used by a really sick person, so I could

get more attention from Empress.

‘Now all I have to do is wait for a call.’

I hesitated and hid the ledger well.

“Little miss, don’t you want a meal?”

“Yes!”

Today’s breakfast menu is French toast. It is my favorite menu, so I went

down to the dining room while humming.

“Good morning.”

I answered to Henry, put my napkin in my lap, and grabbed a spoon and

fork.

The smell of fresh French toast flowed into my nose.

The smell of savory eggs and sweet raspberry jam mingled and seemed to
stimulate the stomach.

I cut the toast, folded it tightly and put it in my mouth.

‘Delicious,… ’
As soon as one toast was finished, a new toast was given to me. It was
Dad’s.

“Dad, aren’t you eating?”

“No.”

I never refused when it came to food.

In the past, I thought that I needed more food because I was a child, but
turns out I really like eating.

I enjoyed living as myself in my fourth life.

I saw my family members who ate the toast and checked the newspaper.

“They’re having a party in the palace.”

When Henry said so while putting sugar cubes in my tea, Dad nodded.

“Both the flower festival and the victory banquet.”

Isaac frowned while putting the salad on my plate.

“Oh, I can’t miss it if it’s a victory banquet.”

Henry replied, stirring the sugar in my tea.

“If we don’t go, others will steal the credit.”

Isaac sprinkled the dressing on the salad he had put on my plate.

“We fought to die, but why is there a flower festival?”

Henry picked up the teacup, fed it to me, and said, “I’ve been telling you to
watch your language in front of Leblaine.”
Isaac also picked up the salad with a fork and pushed it towards me.

“It’s just annoying.”

I couldn’t stand the tea and salad on both sides and groaned.

‘Are they harassing me because I welcomed the loot more last time?

As I was contemplating, my dad took the tea and salad from the two.

“Don’t tease your sister.”

“But she’s very cute.”

When I saw Isaac smiling, I became sullen.

“I’ve been bullied.”

I stared at them both. They are very naughty brothers to bully their younger
sister.

I couldn’t just pass by something like this, so I said it very sternly.

“Can’t you not do that next time?”

Henry and Isaac, with their heads down, shook their shoulders. The
employees turned their heads and trying their best to hold their laughter.
Chapter 59
Dad also laughed a bit.

“Blaine.”

“Yes?”

“Next week we’ll go to the banquet with Dubos and Chairman.”

“Can I go too?”

When I asked, Isaac, who was clapping and laughing, shouted, “No!” at
once.

“Kid, do you know how annoying the noble parties are?”

I know.

I nodded inwardly, but blinked as if I didn’t know.

“The church and the empress will be waiting for you, and as soon as you
enter, they’ll chase you and take you to the central church.”

“Yes, Leblaine. Don’t come.”

Even Henry said so.

‘But I’m going to separate the church from the empress.’

Most of all, I couldn’t stay like this forever.

Dubbled is a powerful family, and if they get involved in my future

misfortune, they’ll be wiped out in the worst-case scenario.
I had to build up my strength.

I should be a powerful woman, and to not affected by the imperial palace

and the church anymore.

‘I’ve been working on that for 5 years.’

I’m ready to go outside.

I got up from the chair.

“Then I might be separated from my dad and brothers now.”

“What?”

“I know everything. I heard the vassals and servants talking.”

“…”

“Because of you, I’m living in the closed estate. If I keep being like this, I
will be pushed out of the society. That’s bad for Dubbled.”

This was true.

It was also the part that worried me the most.

“I want to enter the society too.”

“You’re worried about useless things.”

“……”

“Okay. You’re attending the banquet.”

“I’m excited!”
I quickly hugged my dad.

***

In the imperial palace’s garden.

The elderly ladies who attended the Empress Dowager Masha Louerg’s tea
party exchanged greetings.

“You look better.”

“I guess it’s because I was called in by the Empress after a long time.”

“Your Majesty, please call us often. I was very sad that the winter party was
canceled.”

The empress smiled, holding a teacup.

“I couldn’t help it because I couldn’t stand the cold in winter.”

“Your Majesty is weak against the cold. Even in your youth, you had a hard
time in winter.”

“At this age, winter gets colder and colder every year.”

In a friendly atmosphere, the empress rolled up her handkerchief.

She couldn’t bear the itch all over because of the skin disease rash.

It was much better before spring.

In the middle of winter, a rash came up to her face from her knees, so she
had to cancel the party.

The priest told her in anguish.

“Be more patient. Our God will surely give you mercy.”

‘How much more must be given to them.’

The empress hold back a sigh, pressing a handkerchief against the the
corners of her mouth.

“But you look really good.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m better off without the nasty arthritis.”

“I heard you have a new doctor. Is it that good? Please introduce it to me,
too.”

“Not because of a doctor, but because of a medicine.”

She laughed as she spoke, the ladies at the table looked at her.

“Do you mean the medicine that makes us younger?”

“It is.”

“Yes, it’s a hot topic. I was also going to buy it by ordering a servant, but I
can’t because I didn’t come myself. Merchants are really arrogant these
days.”

“Don’t be like that and go yourself. It really worked. My husband had a

lifelong toothache and it’s effective.”

Then the other ladies nodded their heads.

“It’s effective on the skin, too…”

Her words widened the eyes of the Empress.

“Is it effective even for a skin disease?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. My brother has been having scaly skin on his lower
abdomen since some time ago, and it’s itchy, but after taking this medicine,
his skin has come back as it used to.”

It was similar to her own skin disease.

‘It could work for me too… ’

“Where are they selling those?”

asked the empress.

***

Before the banquet, my family left the castle.

“Don’t worry about the castle and go.”

While Dubos greeted her father, the chairman approached me slightly.

“Please keep the communication device with you at all times.”

“Yes and you should take care of yourself well.”

I frowned and said so, the chairman coughed in vain.

“Well! Take care. Okay?”

“…Yes.”

Since his wife and son died, the chairman has repeatedly skipped meals
since he had no one to take care of him.

“So… you won’t tell them about your past?”

At the chairman’s words, I glanced at Dad and my brothers.

“Put more blankets. If my daughter catches a cold, it won’t be over for
you.”

“Are you kidding? Put more cushions, cushions!”

“Is this all you’ve got for LeBlaine?”

The chairman, who was looking at the family with dim eyes, nodded.

“Well, It would be too much for them to know the truth.”

When I imagined my dad and brothers setting fire to the church, my whole
body shuddered.

“If we go to war with the church, all Dubbled’s people may die…”

“You’ll have to keep quiet.”

I nodded.

We got on the carriage.

***

It took us two days to get to the capital city.

It was incredibly fast, considering that it took me ten days when I first came
to Dubbled with the Imperial carriage.

Getting off the carriage, I opened my mouth wide.

An endless garden

A well maintained garden.

The mansion is the largest and grandest building I had ever seen.
Three buildings were connected to each other, which was almost as high as
the sky.

Countless employees stood in two rows on the road to the mansion, bending
their backs.

“I greet the master.”

“I greet the master.”

Surprised by the loud voices of the employees, I embraced my father’s arm.

At that time, a man dressed in a neat tailcoat came up among the

employees.

“I greet the little miss.”

He grinned as I hid behind my dad’s arm.

“My name is Hederson. It’s an honor to see you.”

“My name is Leblaine…”

“You are more lovelier than I thought. Everyone in the mansion was
looking forward to your arrival.”

Dad hugged me and said,

“Where’s Javelin?”

Javelin is my father’s half-sister, and she’s my aunt.

One of the two who survived the sword fight between the Dubbled’s
brothers in the past.

She was now in charge of the Dubbled’s branch house.

“She went to the party.”

“If my aunt had gone to the party, she’d be there for about four days.”

When Isaac spoke sarcastically, the housekeeper Hederson smiled.

We entered the mansion together. The inside was more splendid than its
appearance.

My dad and my brothers went straight to the library and a room to work, I
followed Hederson to see my room.

“Now, little miss, your room is here.”

‘Awesome!’

Although not as big as my room in the castle, there was a kitchen, a

dressing room, a bedroom, a study room, and a bathroom all very luxurious.

It was more like a room for a girl than a room for a guest.

I ran quickly to the sofa and hugged the cushion.

Lea, who came with me, smiled and asked, “Do you like it?”

“Ve—ry.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“But Lea, your clothes are different today.”

She usually wear a maid uniform, but today she’s wearing an armor and a
black cape symbolizing the Dubbleds.

“While you’re here, I’m your escort.”

“Wow!”

“Are you that happy?”

“Lea is so cool…”

“I’m glad.”

While Lea and I were talking, the butler brought someone.

She is an attractive girl with vivid red hair, green eyes, and freckles on her
nose. She looks about fifteen years old.

“My name is Laura, I’ve been assigned to be your maid.”

She is a cheerful and bright child. Lea whispered to me, “It’s Linda’s
cousin.”

‘Aha.’

Other employees came to me and greeted me.

Having received the greetings of fifty people, from maids to chef, I asked
the most important question.

“So what’s your previous crime?”

***

Everyone stood in front of Theodore Dubbled, who returned to the mansion

after five years.

Whether it was because he had been on the battlefield for nearly a year, or
whether it was naturally accumulated in his mid-30s, Theodore looks older.
The brothers, who stood on both sides of him, grew unrecognizable. As they
grow older, the eyes of the two, who resemble their father, are as attractive.

The Duke glanced at the countless knights bent on one knee, as well as the
secretary and manager-level employees who stood beside them.

The Duke call all of the people as soon as he arrived. From Irie to protect
the mansion and Ambu (Information Department).

Seeing that all of these personnel were gathered together, it seemed that the
work had been firmly established.

Is it a battle of honor with another family?

Or did the senate made another problem?

Finally the Duke opened his mouth.

“It’s all your fault if Leblaine is uncomfortable here.”

The eyes of those who did not understand his words widened.

Password?

An idiomatic expression?

‘What does he mean?’

At a moment of agony, the brothers said by the Duke’s side.

“Kid… Even if Leblaine can’t sleep well, it’s still your fault.”

“If even a single hair of the child is damaged, you shouldn’t think of dying
in peace.”

…what?
The officer, staring at the Duke and brothers on the platform with his eyes,
blinked.

The Duke’s voice fell on the ears of those with puzzled faces.

“I’ll put the entire army to escort Leblaine. When a boy approaches her,
identify him.”
Chapter 60
“Sam, the butler, was a drug distributor. Jane in the laundry room is a
famous thief. She even robbed a countess.”

I put Laura’s words in my head.

“Then what about Laura?”

“I have no criminal record yet!”

“What are you thinking of?”

“I don’t have it yet… Sometimes I feel like I want to stab people’s throats,
so I think it’s going to be very nice.”

That’s how Laura smiled shyly.

“Laura, watch your words in front of the little miss.”

When Lea spoke harshly, Laura said, “Oh,right!” and covered her mouth.

“I’m sorry! I don’t have a history, but I’m born in prison and speak a little
roughly.”

“You were born in prison?”

“Yes. My mother was a cult leader. She only found out that she was
pregnant in prison. So she gave birth to me in prison, I lived with my
mother until I was three, and when I was four, she gave me up.”

That made it difficult for Laura to find a job.

It is said that even though they were looking for a job, they were soon
caught, so they often moved from one job to another ” I know all of the
employees. But, I’m probably the fastest one to know rumors about the
aristocracy!”

When I saw Laura speaking with pride, my eyes glistened.

“Then let me know. Is there any rumor these days?”

“The funniest thing is the story of Sir Constance. He had an affair with his
fiancee’s mother!”

Oh my god!

Everyone seemed astonished.

What’s that mess?

This wasn’t what I was really curious about, but it was an exciting story that
made me forgot my original purpose.

“Not that. Any other funny rumors?”

“Lord Lane’s story is interesting, too. Lady Roabang is really into him
because he’s such a great man. To see him, she canceled her own tea
party…”

“What else? Despite the opposition of the vassals and their parents, the
Count of Mollywood married an opera singer (a marriage of noble family
and commoner), and it turned out that the opera singer is a man. What’s
more surprising is that the count found out after the first night.”

Then the maids, unknowingly, shouted, “How is that possible!” Laura said
seriously, “The place where they spent their first night was the dark opera
house with no light in it.”
The employees shut their mouths and screamed silently.

I listened to Laura’s story.

At that time, something was vibrating in my pocket.

‘It’s the communication device.’

This was a very expensive magic device I recently bought.

It was so expensive that I thought I was going to cry when I paid for it.

Not only did I buy one, but also bought Seria’s and the chairman’s.

The three of us don’t use it unless it’s really important like this.

When I secretly glanced inside my pocket, it was Seria’s code.

[She took the bait.]

The Empress seems to have finally bought the Luminous medicine.

I patted my pocket and fell back into Laura’s story.

***

Adolf, one of the 21 priest in charge of the central church, disobeyed the
Empress Dowager.

“Your Majesty the Empress.”

“Sit down.”

The Empress greeted him with a kind smile as always.

Adolf, who was standing, sat in the chair.

‘This fucking old woman.’

Though outwardly like a gentle lamb, he knew how greedy that old woman
was.

Five years ago, Adolf, who had gone to prison to pray for a wanted criminal
who was about to be executed, returned with a pale face.

“I found the original copy of the Bible.”

“What are you talking about? I’ve been looking for it, but I haven’t even got
a clue.”

“I knew where the original Bible was. It is the secret library of the
Empress.”

“No way,… If the Empress had found it, she would have given it to us.”

When I went to the place where the wanted criminal told me, the people of
the Empress were guarding the place. It is certain that there is a library we
do not know.

The wanted criminal’s words were credible.

As a test, when he instructed the Empress to mention the secret library, she
immediately relocated the library.

Later, it was confirmed that the workers dug up the old plateau under the
order of the empress seven years ago.

‘You pretend you trust the church, but you’re playing tricks behind our
back to steal the Bible?’

The Empress knew best that the church was searching for the original
scriptures of the Bible.
I have to get it in my hands somehow.

With the original copy of the Bible in hand, he could have entered the
Vatican, not the central church.

So Adolf kept it a secret from the church and tried for five years to coax the
Empress.

The empress lifted the teacup with a casual look.

“The child of fate will be participating in this year’s banquet. I was curious
how she grew up in Dubbled.”

Adolf replied, “Yes…” with a sullen look.

On February 29, the day the prediction came out, an orphan girl who was
born with divine power and became a child of fate but he did not attract his
attention.

Her divine power, which was re-verified, was too normal to say that she
would save the world.

Even if she had increased her divinity, many people in the church said she’s
a fake.

“How’s your illness today?”

“It’s much better. Winter has always been tough, but it doesn’t hurt as much
with spring coming.”

“I’ve been dispensing holy water. It will make you feel much more
comfortable.”

“Oh, thank you.”

Seeing the smiling empress, Adolf said in a quiet voice.

“By the way, Your Majesty. The library you wanted to show me the other
day…”

“Now that I think about it, I’m ashamed to show you. I don’t have any
special ancient books.”

Adolf’s eyes hardened.

‘You old woman!’

When her skin condition gets worse, She act like she’ll do anything if she
can get her treatment and shut my mouth.

Adolf said, smiling awkwardly.

“If I read your books, I might find something more helpful for your illness
next time.”

“Oh, right. You don’t have to come and help me with the treatment next
time.”

“…pardon?”

“I found a good medicine.”

“Medicine?”

“They say it’s a medicine to make us younger.”

The empress put the medicine bottle down on the table and said, “It’s a
trick, but it works. It’s a lot less itchy than any other medicine.”

The priest’s face was distorted.

That medicine has already reduced the number of aristocrats asking for
treatment.
The number of donations has been decreasing due to it, so it is hard to
report to the superiors.

‘Is it the top of Hope?’

Five years ago, when he tried to pressure Dubbled, the top of hope appeared
out of nowhere ruined it.

Not only that, it also lowered Spinel’s market price exorbitantly, plunging
the value of the church-owned Spinel mine.

In the end, they were forced to sell the useless spinel mine, and now the top
of Hope was almost monopolizing the spinel on the market.

Adolf clenched his fist.

***

Before of the banquet, I came out to a shopping district with my brothers to

buy a dress.

As it was the busiest street of the Empire, it was crowded despite today
being a weekday.

“Do I have to walk while holding hands?”

Isaac held my hand tightly and said,

“Yes, you’ll be swept away by the crowd.”

Henry also hold my other hand.

‘Because this is near the church, I should never let go of my brothers.’

I made up my mind and walked bravely. Luckily, the shop was close, so
even if there were a lot of people, we could get there without a hitch.
Entering the store, a long-haired man who seemed to be a clerk and the
owner ran out.

“My name is Melvin. Welcome to Melvin’s wardrobe.”

The man, whose face was shiny with oil, rubbed his hands and said so.

‘Melvin?’

Melvin is a good designer for noble wives.

His dress was so expensive that it was hard to buy unless they are a high-
ranking aristocrat.

So the wives of most noble families used Melvin’s dresses for years.

“The duke’s children are very dazzling today.”

At Melvin’s words, Henry and Isaac sat on the sofa.

“I have finally come up with a design that suits the a noble. It is

embroidered with silver thread on a pure white fabric, and a two-button
suit…

“Never mind my clothes, take care of my sister.”

Only then did Melvin turn to me.

“She’s the one who…”

“Lady Dubbled.”

As Isaac frowned and corrected him, the startled Melvin nodded, saying,
“Oh, yes.
“My shop also has a lot of lovely clothes that go well with little miss.
Aliyana!”

As he opened his mouth, the clerks in green dress approached.

“Lady Dubbled, we’ll show you our clothes.”

When she came up smiling, she led me to the hanger.

Meanwhile, Melvin clung to Henry and Isaac and was babbling.

“I heard you bravely destroyed the enemy in your first battle. This Melvin
was so moved to hear this news,…!”

Perhaps he was not interested in me at all, not the Duke’s daughter.

In the first place, Dubbled is a very closed place, so rumors don’t go around
well, he didn’t know that I’m really loved like his own daughter.

“How do you like this dress? The lace on the chest was designed by Melvin
with all his heart and soul.”

They showed me various dresses, but I didn’t really like them.

As my response was lukewarm, the clerk left saying that she would bring a
design that was not yet in place.

My eyes grew round when I saw the dress she brought out.

‘Oh, that’s what I wanted to wear in my second life.’

The lace collar was full of sleeves.

‘That was the most popular design of this period.’

The dress, hanging from the window of the Melvin wardrobe, was like a
dress for a fairy tale princess.

Would I look like a princess if I wore it? I remember thinking about it.

I really liked that design. It was the moment I put the dress on.

“That!”

A bright voice shouted.

She is a girl my age with smooth black hair and amber eyes.

“I, I like that one.”

I blinked at the girl’s words.

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Then she said to the clerk who was with me.

“I’ll order that dress in red.”

“I saw it first…”

All of the dresses in this place were produced low in quantity.

The customers could not buy it right away because they need to select the
design, color, fabric material and decoration.

However, it is usually polite to choose something else if someone is holding

the clothes first.

The girl said while frowning.

“I told you I ordered first. So you pick another one.”

Then came a middle-aged lady.

“Eugene?”

“Mother!”

“What’s going on?”

“I ordered first, but she complains that she saw it first.”

The middle-aged lady looked closely at my face and dress.

“Please give up. Eugene and I were invited to this year’s flower festival.
Wouldn’t it be better for the dress to be shown off in a more glamorous
place?”

The dress I wore was so plain that they thought I was not someone who
could attend the flower festival.

“I’m going to the flower festival too.”

“Yes, I understand your desire to say so. But you shouldn’t lie.”

“No, I really—”

“Hey, how can you talk back when an adult talks? You have no education at
all. How did your parents teach you?”

When Eugene’s mother made a stern expression, Eugene laughed.

“Leblaine.”

“Kid.”

Just in time, Henry and Isaac approached them. There was Melvin behind
them.

Melvin looked at both of them.

“Mrs. Lyon, are you here to purchase your dress?”

“Yes, because my Eugene is playing the pipe organ in the festival this
time.”

Her face was full of pride. Wrapping her daughter’s shoulder, she laughed
and said to Melvin.

“Please take good care of me again. I’ll pay the bill by summer—“

“What, what’s wrong with your expression?”

Isaac, who had cut off the woman’s words, looked into my face.

I had a stiff face just now because the woman called out my education and
parents.

Henry saw my face.

“You must be in a bad mood. What happened?”

The two narrowed their brows and looked at both Mrs. Lyon and Eugene.

Melvin asked to the clerk who was with me the whole time, “What’s going
on?”

“Well, that’s… the dresses they chose overlapped.”

The clerk who pointed at Eugene and me with both hands, continued, “The
lady in the yellow dress over here was holding the prototype first, and Lady
Lyon placed the order first. Mrs. Lyon told her to give up to Lady Lyon…”

Melvin was startled and ran over to the brothers. Then he began to press the
clerk with exaggeration.

“You should have taken care of the situation first!”

“That’s not it, I couldn’t think quickly because I was surprised by Mrs.
Lyon, she suddenly scolded the young lady about family education and
even parents…”

As soon as he heard the story, Isaac’s face quickly became scary. I was
quick to hang on his waist because I thought he was going to go on a
rampage.

“No, no, no! It’s a Lady!”

I was upset about what happened earlier, but I couldn’t let Isaac become a
scumbag that threatens women.

I desperately hanged onto him as Henry said, “Isaac.”

Hearing Henry’s low voice and me clinging to him, Isaac gritted his teeth
and calmed down.

“Isaac? I heard the name somewhere… Oh my!”

The mumbling lady stood in a panic and covered her mouth with both
hands.

“The Dubbled brothers! And she’s uh… aah, she…”

Their reaction was the same as Melvin.

Even after several regressions, when I introduced myself, the reaction of the
people was the same.

‘The fake.’

Even though my divine power had increased, the prejudice that I was
already a fake was embedded in their minds.

The lady smiled awkwardly and said,

“I committed a disrespectful act. I made a mistake because I didn’t know, so

please forgive me generously. My child will choose a different outfit.”

“Mother!”

Eugene shouted, but Mrs. Lyon said, “Shut it!” with her mouth, as she
pulled her daughter’s arm.

“Of course.”
Henry nodded his head gently.

‘Good thing Henry’s a rational person.’

Honestly, I was a little worried that he might go on a rampage like Isaac.

But he was just standing still and looking at the mother and daughter, arm
in arm, choosing a new dress.

“Isn’t this okay, too? My daughter’s skin is white, so she’ll look great in
dark brown cloth.”

“……Yes.”

It was when the mother and daughter were about to choose a design and call
a clerk.

“We’ll buy that.”

Henry said.

The lady looked at Henry again and pulled her daughter’s hand.

“Then we’ll go with something else… Oh, the dress with this ribbon on
both sides is also adorable.”

“We’ll buy that too.”

“……!”

I glanced at him in bewilderment, but Henry just smiled.

“Let’s pick the dress next to it.”

“I’ll buy that too.”

“Then, the dress behind you…”

“That one too.”

The lady looked back at Henry.

“Well, sir…”

“Choose, though you’ll never be able to buy anything again.”

“Wha-, what do you mean?”

“Of course, it’s not just about those dresses. A house to live in, food to eat,
clothes to wear, medicine to daily necessities.”

As the lady hardened, Henry closed his eyes and said, “How long do people
have to starve to death?”

‘That’s right. Henry was much scarier than Isaac when he got angry.’

Then Mrs. Lyon hung on to Henry.

“I-, I’m sorry. We really didn’t even know that this kid is the young miss of
Dubbled…!”

We were only children without a guardian, so I tried to forget about it with

an apology, but I was afraid when Henry became like this.

My hands were shaking.

Henry looked at Mrs. Lyon with a bored look.

“You’re wrong to apologize.”

It was pointless, even though they had apologized properly to me.

We sat on the sofa in Melvin’s wardrobe with an apology from more than a
dozen people in Lyon’s family, including Lyon’s mother and daughter,
Eugene’s grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal
grandmother, aunt, uncle, and so on.

Melvin and the clerks watched with a shudder.

***

Melvin’s dress arrived a few days later.

Much more colorful than the one I chose, several garments shouted luxury.

Because of what happened last time Melvin was scared, so he must have
been working desperately.

The clothes Melvin made with such enthusiasm were wonderful.

The brothers smiled at me as I walked around in my dress.

“One more turn, Leblaine.”

Henry spoke fondly as I turned again to the left and around him. The
employees took a video of me.

“Don’t miss even a single shot.”

When Isaac warned his employees fiercely, everyone swallowed as they

fixed the video.

‘Oh my… ’

I was starting to worry about the banquet now.

I was afraid I would make a mistake at the banquet. No, I was worried
someone was going to die at the banquet hall.
As I remembered so, I reached out to my brothers’ sleeves.

And I looked at them with a serious face.

“Why?”

Henry and Isaac stopped, as I said in a stern voice.

“You shouldn’t hit people at parties.”

“……”

“……”

The two men were silent.

I said again firmly, “No.”

“But in case of an emergency…”

“It is impossible to predict what will happen in a place where the nobles
gather, so it’s a definite answer.”

Again, these sentences didn’t work. However, I knew what to say when this
happens.

“I’m going to sleep in my blanket.”

“That…”

“Coward!”

Isaac and Henry stood up, shouting in order.

A few years ago, I caught the flu while sleeping in a blanket. I was young,
and I went back and forth between life and death. When my family
returned, I was nearly dead.

I gave up my dignity to save the doctors because of it, “Brothers, I love

you!”

When I thought about how much I’ve done, tears were covering my eyes.

Anyway, after that, it became a very useful threat.

“Okay! I’m not going to hit anyone.”

“……Alright.”

In the end, the two answered and I nodded in satisfaction.

***

Leblaine kept emphasizing to Henry and Isaac not to hit anyone.

After that, she went up to her room to prepare for the banquet.

Isaac said with a sullen face.

“How can I protect her if someone hits her?”

Although they succumbed to Leblaine’s blackmail, Isaac and Henry were

good brothers who kept their promises with their younger sister.

Henry with a melancholy voice said,

“She told us not to hit them, that means we can kill them.”

“Aha!”

Only then did Isaac’s expression lighten up.

“If we kill them in one blow, we don’t have to hit them.”

“Yes,” Henry said with a wicked laugh as he looked at Isaac.

The employees who were watching the scene gulped.

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At the same time, on top of the Hope.

With the help of a magician, Seria, who became an old lady, was checking
the ledger at the top of Hope.

“Curtis.”

The man approached her.

“Luminous medicine is running out of stock.”

It was Curtis, her acquaintance who brought Seria’s bounty to Dubbled’s in

the past.

“I told the mages to hurry up and bring them. I’ll refine immediately upon
arrival.”

“Yes. Oh, and there was a message saying to keep the doctors under
control.”

He also delivered a letter from LeBlaine to Seria.

The letter said [The doctors should be careful not to put priority on making
money, and from now on, sell a little less medicine than usual].

Curtis, who checked the letter together, said,

“Why is she suddenly asking us to cut back on sales? It’s getting popular,
we’ll be able to make a lot of money if we increase the circulation.”

“Well, all I know is that the owner will never give a stupid order.”
Curtis sank for a moment and nodded.

He knew nothing about the top of the hope, but only knew that she’s
amazing.

As if she knew in advance what would happen to disasters such as famine

and floods, her words were able to avoid danger and gain enormous wealth.

‘Amazing sense.’

Given that the top of hope had Spinel’s landfill even before it was launched,
she is a huge owner of capital.

Then she must be noble, but she knew how to understand the workers at the
top of hope. She never treated the workers poorly.

It wasn’t that difficult to take workers, who were always considered a

nuisance by other tops, thanks to the generous rewards.

The loyalty of the workers increased day by day due to higher wages and
welfare compared to the other place, and those who wanted to get a job
there were overflowing.

Someone even made the owner a fanclub and there are even many
members.

“Oh, did you find the person the owner wanted to find out about?”

“There are a few people who might be it, but it’s hard to confirm.”

“Find them at all costs. You can never let the owner down.”

Seria, the representative of the owner’s follower club, threatened the man.

***
After finishing up, I came down the stairs.

And as soon as I saw my dad and brothers waiting under the stairs, I
shouted, “Wow!”

The three men who were dressed, are very stunning

High and straight nose, beautiful and sharp eyes.

Not only their appearance but also their tall, slim bodies are great, so they
fit in with whatever clothes they use.

However, they are equipped with custom-made luxurious and special robes,
which makes them more stunning.

“How wonderful!”

As I spoke, they gently patted my cheeks and laughed.

“You’re very pretty, too.”

Perhaps this isn’t just a flattery.

In the last three lives, no one thought I was pretty.

My body is so skinny that bones are sticking out. My hairstyle was taken
care of carelessly to cut off some cost.

I wouldn’t have looked pretty even if I tried to look nice.

In this life, however, it has definitely changed because I received intensive

care from Dubbled employees.

My body had no ugly protruding parts, my face is smooth without

blemishes, and my curly hair, which was my complex, is without any
damage.
In addition, Melvin made the dress with great care, a cute lace ribbon, and
even shoes.

In the mirror, I look like a pretty little girl who grew up in a rich house.

‘This is the miracle of money.’

I laughed thinking that way.

“Shall we go?”

Henry asked and I nodded.

We moved to the banquet hall in a carriage. It was the Imperial Palace’s hall
where the three major festivals of the Empire were held.

At the door of the hall, the voice of the servant rang out to announce their
entrance.

The eyes of the people turned to us at once.

In my last life, I had attended the festival with the duke, but this was always
nerve-wracking.

‘There… ’

I clasped my hands with a cold sweat.

Duke Amity and Duke Vallua did not attend the banquet this year.

The Duke of Amity is the only one who doesn’t go to such parties as the
Duke of Dubbled, and the Duke of Vallua left in a hurry because of a flood
in the land.

I know that, but I was afraid I’d suddenly meet them. The trauma was
stimulated and it was an unprecedented state of tension.
‘Calm down. Today’s purpose is the empress.’

I’m going back after meeting the Empress.

Dad and brothers were already surrounded by people.

Dad looked as bored as ever, Henry was talking to people with a smile, and
Isaac looked so irritated.

I’m supposed to be like them too.

At times like this, people usually hang out with young children their age
through the introduction of their mother, but I wasn’t aware of it because I
didn’t have a mother.

At that time, the loud voice of the servant came in.

“Your Majesty the Empress!”

People stepped back at once.

Henry pulled my arm slightly so I wouldn’t be swept away.

“I greet the mother of the Empire.”

“Thank you for coming to my party.”

Those who saw the smiling empress looked at each other with troubled
faces.

‘Oh, today,… ’

Technically, it was the Empress who hosted the festival, but it was the
imperial event.

Not ‘The Empress’ Party’.

She was so kind and gentle at first, but the Empress had a bad temperament.
In addition, she was very greedy, so she boasted of her authority with subtle
words.

‘The Emperor would have hit his forehead again if he heard it.’

“Oh, it’s the child of fate.”

As the eyes of the empress turned to me, the audience also paid attention to
me.

“Come here.”

Henry nodded a little toward me. I cautiously walked among people who
were divided like the red sea and went to her.

“I greet the mother of the empire.”

Spreading her skirt, she spoke and looked at the Empress.

***

The empress held my hand with a kind face.

“You’ve grown a lot. Oh my God, you’ve grown so much.”

I have often seen the empress in my past life, but in this life, she has not
seen her on my own because of Dubbled’s strong refusal and close escort.

“The girl who would be the saviour of the empire could not be seen until
she grew up, How can I raise my head to God when I die?”

The people looked at each other with a troubled face again.

It wasn’t right for the imperial family to talk about God in public.
The empire is not a state ruled by the Pope. In other words, even though
Nelliard is the state religion, there is no need to believe it. However, if the
royal family came out and gave power to the church, it was no different
from forcing the people to believe in it.

In addition, the empress’s word could have been seen as a sign to the duke
of dubbled.

I hid my laugh.

“I wanted to see the empress since I didn’t remember you very well. I was
looking forward to seeing you, and you look better than I imagined!”

I said it in a childish way on purpose. I didn’t say it to flatter her.

The empress smiled even more brightly.

“You’re very lovely. I was worried because you’re growing up in Dubbled,

but it was a useless thought.”

“Yo-Your highness.”

The maid called her in embarrassment. But the empress didn’t even listen.

“Come sit next to me. Let me know how you’ve been.”

A short legged chair had been placed next to the empress’s chair.

I sat next to her and told many stories.

“So, I heard Duke Constance is having an affair.”

“Truly, kids these days are amazing.”

The empress who slightly raised her chin, shook her head.
But my words would be very exciting even that way. As evidence, her
cheeks were red and she was short of breath.

No one would have told her about the rumours going around the palace. So
how interesting would my stories be to her who lived in such a boring
place?

‘I purposely asked Laura about the rumours.’

Mina said something in my first life.

There’s something called a ‘morning drama’ in her world that consists of

unthinkable stories. No adult dislikes those morning dramas.

“At the time of worship, a woman said that she wanted to go to the
bathroom, but she couldn’t leave her seat. So she farted while saying a
chant! Someone said ‘the trumpet player played very loudly today.’”

“Ohohoho!”

The empress laughed.

I don’t really know why it’s so funny to her but it might be that funny for
her who have never heard about such stories.

“It’s always difficult because the worship is long. Older people like me
sometimes suffer.”

Well, it was a sympathetic laugh.

“I love talking to you, it’s been a long time since I had such a pleasant
time.”

The empress looks so happy that the people were surprised.

The empress is a stubborn person and rarely shows such niceness to anyone.
“Next time, please come to the palace.”

‘She got the bait.’

I deliberately said this to her.

“But when I come to your place, there will be a priest, so my dad will be
troubled.”

Everyone in the country knows that the relationship between Dubbled and
the church is bad. The empress knows this well too.

Understanding what I meant, she nodded.

“When you come, I won’t call the priest.”

“Really? Wow! I want to go to your palace.”

In a secret space where I can see the empress’s skin condition to be exact.
Only when I know how much her skin disease has been cured, I can control
the empress to abandon the church.

I hid my true motive and smiled brightly. Then the empress said, “Oh my.”

“Wait a minute. It’s time for me to take my medicine.”

When she reached out to the maid, the maid took out a small bottle of
medicine.

Even in the first life, and in the second life, the empress is always healthy.
There was nothing wrong but a skin disease.

But she’s taking meds?

“Your Majesty, are you sick? I didn’t know that you’ve been taking
medicine.”
When I forced my eyebrows down and asked, the empress laughed.

“Don’t worry. It’s a medicine for youth. It’s a rather embarrassing name.”

What are you talking about?

I never sell that much medicine at once.

“I know. I heard what the grandfathers who went there said. I heard they
sell it at the top of hope.”

As I said so, the empress took the bait.

“It’s not the top of the Hope. It’s a new medicine developed by the church.”

“Can I see what it is?”

The empress gave me a bottle of medicine.

I smelled the scent and checked the color.

‘It’s not a new medicine from the church. This is my medicine.’

In other words, they had a recipe for my medicine at the church.

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‘I need to find out if it’s sold to anyone besides the empress.’

I followed the empress who left the hall to take medicine.

As she approached the empress who had just left, she asked her, “Why did
you follow me?”

“I want to be with you. There are so many people in the hall, I’m scared.”

Not many people dislike having a child chasing after them.

The empress laughed when she saw me desperately following after her, like
a chick chasing their mother.

Then,

“Your Majesty.”

A familiar voice flowed into my ear. I looked back in surprise.

‘It’s Adolf, the priest.’

Five years ago, he was the man who pressured the Dubbled with spinel and
persistently tormented me in my first life.

“Why don’t you hang your neck when you’re revealed to be a fake? Can’t
you see how damaged the church reputation is because of you?”

The empress looked pleased, but soon glanced at me and said, “What’s
going on here? The Dubbleds will be mad if they see you here.”

“I’ve brought more medicine.”

“That’s great. It was a shame that it nearly ran out of stock.”

While the empress was laughing, Adolf gave the box to her maid.

The empress pushed me slightly on the back.

“It’s the child of fate. She has grown a lot, right?”

The person who said that she would not call the priest to the castle when I
came earlier received the medicine, then she introduced me to the priest.

The empress was this kind of person. She would change sides immediately
if someone gives her something even bigger.

Adolf looked totally uninterested in me, but greet me to please the Empress.

“Nice to meet you, little miss. I’m Adolf from the central church. You’ve
indeed grown a lot.”

“Hello.”

Adolf, who glanced at me as if seeing a parasite, smiled and looked back at

the empress.

“You look much better.”

“It’s all thanks to you. The efficacy of the medicine are amazing.”

“I was desperate to manufacture it for you because the original medicine

sells limited stock.”

He is also shameless to steal the manufacturing methods of mine.

The Adolf from then and now, would always steal from others.
It was several times that he stole the sacred formula that I desperately
completed and reported it to the Vatican.

“Thanks for everything. The top of hope produces low in quantity, and if I
don’t go myself, I can’t get it.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll prepare a lot of medicine before it runs out.”

“Selling a good medicine would be a good thing, but wouldn’t you be too
busy to take care of an old woman after you start selling it?”

“No way. I only make medicine for the Empress.”

Thanks to the two, I was able to find out the situation.

‘What is happening.’

Mina looked at the efficacy of the Luminous drug and say: “Ah, I see
steroids come from medicinal herbs here.”

That was a drug with serious side effects if abused.

If they use it moderately, this is a special medicine, but if they use it

incorrectly, they will die in the worst case.

It wasn’t for a reason that I put the doctors stationed and sold the luminous
medicine only if they really need it.

It was to protect them.

‘If he only gave it to the Empress, the others will be safe.’

The people are given a very small doses of medication, depending on the
orders of the doctors I have stationed, so they are less likely to have side
effects.
However, if Adolf made so much medicine, the empress will suffer from the
side effects.

My medicine doesn’t have any side effects because of the small dose, but
it’s another story if they put big doses.

This means that he should take full responsibility for the empress suffering
from aftereffects.

The empress laughed and told me.

“Isn’t the priest really nice?”

“Yes, he’s really nice!”

I spoke brightly as the priest smiled.

***

Returning from the party, I looked around and went to the corner of the
dressing room and grabbed the communication device.

I connect my device to Seria’s and explained what happened today.

“There’s going to be a case involving Luminous medicine soon. Build trust

so that the customers can’t cut off the medicine right away.”

‘Because it’s dangerous if they suddenly stop taking them.’

[Yes, little miss. But what about the empress?]

“Well, that’s none of my business?”

[Pardon?]
I’m not a good person. The good Leblaine who was worried about the life
of the Empress who destroyed my life many times, was not here.

‘All I have to do is wait.’

Thanks to Adolf’s greed, all I have to do is watch him digging his own
grave.

***

A week later.

I got out of the room and walked in the hallway.

‘I have to look around the mansion!’

Since many events are ongoing, there was no time to look around the
mansion properly.

Even though my brothers came to play every day, I pretended to be tired,

dug myself in the blanket, and read books.

The scenery of the mansion and the castle was very different.

The castle was always crowded with many employees passing through the
corridor.

I don’t know why, but that’s the rule of the servants.

The owners said that they were like tools, so they had to go around without
getting in the way of the owner’s eyes.

So was in the Vallua’s mansion.

‘This place seems like a lonely landscape.’

Wouldn’t the person living here be lonely?

The servants said,

“You can go anywhere except for your aunt’s room.”

The mansion was so spacious that I could run freely.

Walking around on the second floor, I found a room decorated with a

slightly different pattern.

‘Where am I?’

I opened the door slightly and found a small room with no windows.

I thought it was a warehouse, but it couldn’t be it. There are tables, pretty
chairs, cupboards, and a small bed.

‘Is this the servants room?’

But is there a servant who can have a room in the mansion?

It’s definitely not Javelin’s room.

I sit in the chair. There was a small drawer under the table, so when I
opened it, there was a bundle of letters.

Should I read it? I thought about it for a while.

But soon, I got my thoughts organized.

They said it’s okay to go anywhere, so if there’s anything I shouldn’t read, I

should’ve put it away, right? But…

[Apologize to me. You were rude!]

[I don’t know why it’s rude to drop the weeping lady down because you
were scared. If it’s because of seeing your tears, don’t worry. You are not
special enough to keep in my memory.]

[I didn’t cry! I was just practicing horseback riding! It was rude enough to
grab me by the nape of my neck while practicing horseback riding.]

[You stuck your whole body to the horse like a flying squirrel while
weeping. It’s not horseback riding.]

It’s a neat adult handwriting.

The note was endless.

[I’m sorry I screamed yesterday. I was just going to put some medicine in
the bathroom at the request of the butler to recover from fatigue. I never
dreamed you’d come to the bathroom naked during the day.]

[I will leave it again because my apology didn’t seem to be delivered well

in the last letter. I’m sorry. And I’ve never made a rumor about your cobra.]

[One more talk about cobra, I’ll burn your room.]

[I’m sorry if I did, but I’m really not. It’s scary, so I hope you don’t stare at
me like before. It’s true that my words about cobra in the bathroom before
refers to your cobra, but I really didn’t make a rumor.]

[I really will start a fire in your room.]

I giggled and read another note.

[Are you okay with yesterday’s injury? If you don’t get treatment, the
wound will worsen.]

[It’s none of your business. Don’t leave anything useless in front of my

room.]
[It’s not useless, it’s medicine. Speaking of which, I want a cold pudding
today. Please tell the butler about it. I owe you, but I’m sorry to ask you
such a favor.]

[You owe me.]

[Thanks for the pudding.]

[Do you know how happy I would be to have my feet in ice water in the
shade of a tree in summer?]

[Thank you for the ice water.]

They were suddenly being respectful to each other, but I felt love in both
their handwriting and sentences.

[Why didn’t you come out yesterday?]

[If your body is sick, say it hurts. Also, don’t just endure it.]

Right now, the other side seems to have started writing the note first.

My heart was pounding. Is this a love letter?

[I’m not getting married.]

I was right!

[Why are you telling me that?]

[Then, when we meet, please relax your eyes.]

[It’s because of an eye infection!… But are you really not going to get
married?]

[Yes.]
The letter became sweeter.

[I want you to relax a little bit.]

[That’s not an apology, is it? If you knew I almost jumped into the lake
because you kissed me in front of the house, you would have never
apologized like that.]

He must’ve kissed her!

My heart was pounding and I wrapped my flushed cheeks.

[Were you feeling well yesterday?]

[I’m not that weak.]

[Three months.]

What three months?

‘Is he sick?’

There was no note that followed. I touched the tip of the note with a
worried face.

I just peeped at their letters a little, but my heart aches and I wonder how
they’re now.

I tried to put the note back in the drawer.

But I can feel something in the corner of the drawer.

When I took it out, it was a pair of rings. There was nothing on the side, but
on the middle there was a ruby.
I looked around the ring with a wide circumference and found the
inscriptions on the inside.

“Ri… sette. Risette?!”

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I was so surprised that my eyes are widened.

‘It’s the name of the late Duchess!’

I also looked at the ring on the narrow side. As expected, the letters are
engraved.

‘Theodo… ’

It was then.

“Theodore.”

A voice came to my ears before I had finished reading the ring.

A woman was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed as she
stared at me.

“Who are you, why are you in my room?”

She has clear blue eyes, a symbol of Dubbled.

I know that person, who has a beautiful appearance and a sweet voice.

It is my aunt, Javelin Ariage.

“Why are you reading a note from Risette in my room?”

This is Javelin’s room?

I was so surprised, I didn’t came here on purpose.

This place was too small and shabby for her, who was in charge of the
mansion. I never imagined that this would be Javelin’s room.

“Excuse me, I…”

I was about to spout out an answer.

“Take it!”

With Isaac’s voice, the sword came to me. Javelin turned lightly and put the
sword between her index finger and her middle finger.

“You should’ve been more stealthy if you wanted to hit me from behind.”

With a grin, Isaac, who was approaching Javelin, sees me inside.

“Kid!!”

He rushed over and stared at me in a hurry.

“I didn’t know you were here. You’re not hurt?”

“I stopped your sword, so she wouldn’t be hurt.”

When Javelin spoke in a quiet voice, Isaac shouted.

Isaac frowned and said,

“What did you do? Did you bully the little kid?”

“No! No!”

I quickly tore Isaac off her.

Even if it’s a misunderstanding, it’s my fault that I entered other people’s

rooms freely. I should have checked the room in advance. I didn’t know she
was using a narrow room with no windows.

I got up and approached Javelin.

“I’m LeBlaine Risett—”

“The child of fate.”

She said that.

She doesn’t go around much, and she’s cold-hearted about others. She
didn’t even accept my greeting, so some people were reluctant to greet her.

“Little miss.”

Lea came to see me then.

“There you are.”

“What is it, Lea?”

“It’s your meal time.”

Lea who stood up smiling, bowed to Javelin.

When she saw Lea, she loosened her arms. Her hair flowed gently down the
collarbone.

“When will you be mine?”

When she said so, she lightly raised Lea’s chin with her index finger.

The maids who came with Lea blushed and looked dazed.

She has such a cold personality, but she’s very popular to women rather
than men.
The first escort of the empress and the captain of the white horse battalion,
a unit of female knights.

— it was Javelin Ariage.

Lea smiled.

“You’re going too far with your jokes.”

“Ah, it’s not funny because you’re not flustered.”

With her arms crossed again, she goes into her room and closed the door.

“Shall we go, little miss? His Excellency is waiting.”

“Yes.”

I nod my head and hold Lea’s hand.

As I went down to the dining room, dad and Henry were sitting while
facing each other. Isaac, who followed me, sat down and tell me to sit next
to him.

The meal didn’t start until I sat down.

Isaac carried a milk cup to me and said,

“Aunt is here.”

Henry, who cut and put the meat on my plate replied, “Aunt?”

“Yes, she was with the kid.”

“Is everything alright?”

I nodded at Henry’s words.

“She just asks who I am, I went into her room because I didn’t know it is
her room.”

“Yeah, that room deserved to be misunderstood.”

“Kid, my aunt is a really scary person. If you’re not careful…”

And Isaac drew a straight horizontal line through his neck with his hand, I
flinched and held the fork tight.

Javelin’s aura is too intense. Even though they were half-siblings, I didn’t
know that she would be so similar to my father.

“Don’t be scared. Our aunt never touches a woman.”

“You never know. Because she hate the church more than anyone else in
Dubbled.”

It is a famous story.

This is a story I heard in my second life, one day, Javelin accidently said it
when she was drunk.

“I lost my three precious people to the church.”

I don’t know all three of them, but I know one person.

Empress Elsa.

Adrian’s mother, it’s her who died.

I noticed she was very close to the late empress.

It took her less than a month to die because she was ill.
They didn’t inspect her body any further because the priest said that the
empress have a disease caused by her divine power.

Javelin seem to think that Empress Elsa’s death was because of the church
who cooperated with Empress Yvonne. I do think so too…

‘Hmm, then just how disgusted she is with me from the church?’

I could see why her eyes were so cold.

“My aunt is also the worst in Dubbled once she’s angry.”

When I looked at Lea for confirmation, she smiled awkwardly and nodded.

‘Aaahh!’

‘I don’t want to annoy her… but it already happened!’

I went into the room without permission and read the letters.

It must be very special to her because she kept the letters.

I can’t say anything because I read such a precious thing freely.

How can I make up for it?

Should I give her a present?”

After the meal, I went back to my room and asked Lea.

“What will Javelin like?”

“Well, I’ve never seen Javelin show her likes or dislikes… But why?”

“I want to get along with Javelin.”

“That’s great, she’s a lonely woman.”

Is Javelin lonely?

I snorted.

She is the queen of socialites, and she has a lot of followers. Hearing the
news of her attending the party would make the party to be sought, so
invitations came from all kinds of places to her.

“Because all of her friends have died and she haven’t been close to
anyone.”

“Friends?”

“I mean, the Duchess and Her Majesty. In particular, she cared about the
duchess a lot. She was waiting for her fourth child to be born.”

“Fourth… the fourth child?”

It was the fourth child of my father, who died without being born.

When the mage told him that their fourth daughter will be born, the people
of the Dubbled were delighted.

Perhaps the same was the case with Dad, there were small shoes for girls in
his drawer.

At first, I didn’t know it was for the fourth child. I asked Nos because I was
curious about the shoe.

He gave a troubled look for a moment and answered.

“It belongs to the fourth child. His Excellency waited so long that he made
a baby girl shoes in advance.”
“That’s right.”

“Your middle name is supposed to be Risette, right?”

Now I know why she stopped me from talking when she introduced me to
Javelin.

‘Because I received her friend’s name as a middle name, a kid from the
church.’

I felt a little heavy in my heart.

‘Everyone would’ve be happy if the fourth child was born.’

Then there is no need for Dad and Javelin to be lonely. The brothers would
have been happy with their younger sister.

I was thinking so, but Lea’s expression darkened.

I guess she was worried about me getting along with Javeline.

In front of the door, Lea made eye contact with me.

“You’ll be able to make friends with Javelin just fine. Because you are
similar to her.”

“Me…?”

I have seen a portrait of the Duchess.

Unlike me, who has brown colored hair, she has a sparkling blonde hair,
and she was beautiful enough to attract everyone’s attention.

I had changed a lot in this life, but I am not at as beautiful as Risette.

“I don’t resemble any of them.”

She laughed.

“Not your face, but your attitude.”

“Attitude?”

“Ocassionaly, you say something similar to Duchess Risette.”

“You’re very similar to Miss Risette. You’re like her long lost daughter who
—“

“Lea.”

Someone called her name.

Me and Lea turned our heads in surprise. It was Javelin’s voice.

Her voice was much colder and more violent than before.

“Who are you saying is the daughter of Risette?”

Lea grew pale.

Javelin seems to care for Lea, but if she made a mistake, she won’t give any
mercy.

‘I’ve heart it before in my past lives, Javelin is able to kill her own
people.’

I went to Javelin.

“Excuse me, Lea didn’t say that, she didn’t say I am her daughter, she was
just trying to comfort me. I said I wanted to get along well with you. So!”

When I spoke urgently, Javelin’s eyes narrowed.

“Why me?”

“Because you’re a family…”

Chapter 65
‘Oh, no.’

Dubbled was not a family that loved each other just because they were a
family.

The ancestor saw their children as a tool of power, and even the duke’s
father slaughtered up to ten brothers and left only two.

What I said probably doesn’t make any sense to Javelin.

‘Oh no. I was just trying to get along, but I made her even angrier.’

I made a desperate excuse.

“Well, I won’t upset you anymore. I’m really going to stay quiet. Be quiet,
not to be seen by you. I’ll walk carefully so that I won’t bother you. So can
you forgive me…?”

When I looked up with a desperate face, Javelin’s eyes were distorted.

“You’re…”

“…?”

“…go inside.”

Javelin walk past me.

After she’s completely gone, I breathed a sigh.

Leah muttered with a guilty look,

“Little miss, because of me…”

‘No, it’s not because of Lea.’

I opened my arms with a disheartened look. As always, Lea Hugged me.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The administrators hurried through the hall.

“Your Excellency, the Empress has fallen!”

When I heard a loud cry, I held Lea’s shoulder tightly in my arms.

‘It has started.’

***

Adolf rushed into the palace to check the situation. The royal physician was
looking at her, and the empress showed no sign of waking up.

“What is it?”

When asked why, the physician were at a loss.

“We have no idea. She was healthier than usual a week ago. The pain she
used to complain about is gone. She have been walking a lot, and she had a
great complexion, so why did this happen all of a sudden…”

“It could be poison.”

“There was no such thing in the tests.”

The royal physician asked the Empress Dowager’s maid.

“Did she eat the wrong food?”

“That can’t be true! Her majesty owns a poison tester, if there’s a problem,
the tester would have collapsed too.”

The empress also didn’t have a particular allergy.

“Have you noticed anything unusual lately?”

“Other than taking the medicine of youth…”

“The medicine of youth. Do you mean the medicine they sell on the
market?!”

The physician groaned and saw the empress who had fallen. Why is she so
immature when she gets older?

Medicine that did not receive confirmation from the physician could not be
brought into the palace.

It was strictly forbidden because it could be used as a poison.

“But it didn’t happen to anyone else.”

The maid glanced at Adolf.

“Not the medicine on the market, but the priest has prepared them with
similar efficacy.”

At her words, people looked at Adolf.

He was very confused too.

‘What the hell is going on?’

He must have stolen the manufacturing method from the top of hope and
made it the same. But why only the empress?
In this case, it is all his fault that the empress collapsed but he couldn’t say
that the priest himself had stolen the recipe.

If they find out that the priest who manages the central church committed
theft, he will be kicked out immediately.

‘I need to blame the people on the top of hope.’

Adolf immediately contacted a worker on the top of the hope.

***

Martin, a worker who has been working at the top of hope for three years,
clucked his tongue.

He was so greedy for money that he accepted the priest’s offer. But he
didn’t know it would bother him so much.

“Is there really no one who’s sick after taking the medicine?”

“Yes, people has never visited us because of that reason.”

“Then make a problem.”

The priest handed over the medicine bottle. He said to mix this powder to
the stocks there.

It wasn’t that hard to mix the powder in the medicine.

Martin, a member of the guard, knew the patrol route and the shift times of
the guards better than anyone else, and even knew when the workers were
leaving.

He took advantage of the absence of people and came into the warehouse.
Fumbling against the wall in the dark, he found the stock of medicine for
youth.

In the past five years, the top of hope has grown so much.

There was too much luggage in the warehouse, and it’s dark inside.

As soon as he was wiping out the sweat with the back of his hand, he tore
through the sack.

“What are you looking for?”

“What else… the medicine of… ugh!”

A light came into the dimly lit warehouse.

A girl was smiling as she sat on a sack.

“Luminous medicine?”

“Wha, wha, what! who are you?!

He was frightened, struggling and waving his hand.

When he turned his head, it was the vice-president and her aide Curtis.

“What are you doing here?”

Martin’s face turned pale at their question. “Th, that…” he exclaimed.

“I, I was told to search for something by the owner.”

“How do you know the owner?”

Once the vice-leader tries to grasp the situation, he must flee.

The girl walked softly and held out her upper body with her hands on her
back.

“What kind of excuse is that?”

“…what?”

“When did I give such an order?”

Martin laughed at the child’s words.

“How can a little girl be the owner… gasp!”

Seria caught him by the neck. Seria, who looked down at him was about to
twist his neck like a bug.

“Shh- the owner didn’t allow you to speak.”

“……!”

No way!

The top of hope has grown in just five years.

She monopolized Spinel and controlled the business.

Does it make sense that the owner is a girl under 10?

However, even the upper ups of the top were very polite to the child.

“Let it go.”

The child came to him slowly.

“I think I treated the workers pretty well.”

Martin’s throat was parched by the girl’s words.

The child’s little hand touched Martin’s shoulder.

“Huh? What do you think.”

“That, I…”

The child shrugged at Martin, who was scared and couldn’t answer
properly.

“Well, that’s enough.”

“…pardon?”

“I didn’t want to forgive you.”

For a moment, he felt the back of the child’s hand shining, and he felt
burning sensation all over his body.

The child’s hand shone red and his body seemed to be burning as if he had
swallowed a fireball.

“Agghhh—!”

Martin, who was shaking as if he had been electrocuted, said, “Sa,save

me!” He was screaming and fell down.

The child with an expressionless face, left.

Curtis gulped as he looked at Seria staring at the child’s back with her
forehead narrowed.

The child must have been very powerful to make a man like this.
Who would have thought that the powerful owner, would be a child who
looked less than 10 years old.

“She grew up wonderfully!”

Seria said.

LeBlaine, whom she met after a few years, had become a true young miss
of Dubbled.

***

<Seria’s office>

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, she wore three hats, two
mufflers, gloves and various accessories.

“Ah, I think this would look good on you too.”

Seria, who put so many things on me, brought me another bunch of things
in her arms.

“That’s enough. I don’t need it.”

“You look good in everything.”

I put the things Seria give me and folded them as I put them in a box.

These goods are all precious stock for making money.

“Did you already take care of Martin?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, then I’ll go back.”

“Stay a little longer. It’s your first time in the top. I have a lot to show you,”
Seria said, glistening her eyes.

“Are you okay with showing yourself to Curtis?”

I nodded at her words.

“He’s the one Seria trusts. Then I trust him too.”

“You say something pleasant. Now, this is what you asked for.”

I got the paper envelope Seria gave me. I checked inside and nodded.
Chapter 66
“I’ll be back again.”

“Please.”

After receiving Seria’s greetings, I tore up the teleportation sheet. When I

opened my eyes again, I was in my room.

‘That’s too bad.’

I can’t teleport to a place more than 5 kilometers. Only those weighing less
than 30 kilograms can be teleported, but they cost as much as 300,000
francs per sheet.

Back then, Mina was also shocked after hearing the price “It’s 300,000
francs, so it’s 300 million won?!”

I don’t know how much money 300 million won is, but I know that 300,000
francs are a year worth of money for most noble ladies.

‘I bought two pieces.’

My heart aches thinking how much I spent today.

‘But the relationship between the empress and the church will be
irrevocably strained, and this much money is a worthy investment.’

Thinking that way, I changed into pajamas and hugged the doll that was
lying on my bed.

***
Adolf was imprisoned for failing to prove that his medicine had no
problem.

It was only natural that the country was overturned because the empress and
the priest were intertwined.

The Empress woke up, but she was difficult to appease.

The Emperor was very angry at the fact that Adolf had done harm to the
royal family, regardless of intention and error. Even the Pope tried to
appease him but the emperor was not willing.

Adolf will be publicly executed.

The church didn’t know anything about this before, so they were very
shocked.

The church’s reputation will plummet if Adolf, one of the 21 priests – is

sentenced to public execution.

It was not just a matter of reputation, but a declaration by the emperor that
he would reduce the power of the church.

Of course, the church blamed the top of the hope and tried to get Adolf out.

Since they couldn’t find any signs of side effects due to the top of hope
thorough supervision, they tried to threaten us. But because of our
preparation, they didn’t find anything to threaten us.

Watching the situation, I laughed inwardly.

I tried to separate only the empress and the church, but even the emperor
was caught.

It was thanks to Adolf, who was digging his own grave.

 ***

I went down the stairs and approached my father who was about to leave.

“Are you going out again today?”

“Yes.”

“Be careful.”

As I said so, my dad gritted his teeth.

Yesterday he said that he was going to tear up and kill Adolf with his own
hands. The Adolf incident has made dad extremely busy. There were
meetings of the great noble families every day, and the emperor brought the
Duke of Dubbled as if to irritate the church.

I saw my father off by giving him a hug.

After my father left, I was hanging around in front of the door, and Javelin
approached me.

Javelin also has a schedule at the Imperial Palace today. It was because the
noble ladies gathered to visit the Empress.

When I saw her, I said, “Wow…”

Javelin, wearing a furry coat over a dark brown trousers and a peacock
feathered hat shaped like a boat, looks really cool.

“Goodbye!”

When I said so, Javelin looked at me for a moment.

“Get inside.”
“Yes.”

‘Okay, I’ve had 10 seconds of eye contact today!’

I recently saw Javelin off whenever she went away.

She had a schedule outside almost everyday, so I woke up at dawn and saw
her off.

She didn’t even notice me at first, but she made eye contact with me today!

Lea, who was waiting in the back said,

“You must be alone again today. Should I get you a book to read?”

Javelin suddenly paused,

“Is she all alone today?”

Lea answered,

“Yes, everyone went to the meeting today.”

Isaac refused, but was dragged away by Henry. This is an opportunity for
them create a strong network of people, as it is a gathering of children of
the nobles. My family members have a lot of schedules these days, so I had
been mostly alone lately.

Javelin narrowed her brows, glanced at me, and said, “Get ready to go out
and come with me.”

“The little miss?”

“Yes, I’ll take her.”

Me and Lea opened our eyes wide.

I was surprised because I didn’t know Javelin would say such a thing.

Originally, she’s supposed to bring me to places and introduce me to the

ladies, but she didn’t want to be close to me.

Dad and my brothers didn’t force Javelin to introduce me either because

they didn’t want me to do social activities.

Lea hurriedly took me away, saying, “Hold on a second.”

“Clothes…! Coats and shoes for going out!”

After hearing from Lea, Laura and the maids rushed around and clothed me.

As I hurried down, I saw Javelin waiting for me.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

I followed her and climbed onto the carriage.

It was silent in the carriage. I looked at her and said, “Thank you.”

“Why?”

It was her duty to introduce me, but she looks confused as to why I was
grateful to her.

“You’re taking me with you because I’m all alone!”

As I spoke brightly, she narrowed her forehead.

“You’re such a weirdo.”

“Pardon?”
“How do you hang around me every time even though you know I’m
avoiding you?”

“But it’s only natural that Javelin hates me.”

“Why?”

“I was sent from the church. Adopting an orphan from the commoner,
Dubbled’s name was damaged, and I also went into your room without
consent…”

“Who told you that?”

“Everyone does. People in Dubbled say it’s only natural if you hate me. I
think so too.”

Even at the banquet hall of the festival, there were many noble ladies who
were so reluctant to talk to me. If she introduces me to the nobles, it will be
hard.

Javelin sighed with her arms folded.

“The reason I avoided you is not because of you alone.”

“What?”

“It’s because I was narrow minded.”

“……”

“Whether you’re from the church or an orphan and a commoner, that’s not a
reason you’ll be hated. That’s because many people are narrow minded.”

I stared at Javelin.

I’ve never heard someone said that directly, so my heart was pounding.
“Thank you…”

“Wear your hat properly. Your ears are freezing.”

Javelin, who said so, turned her gaze towards the window.

I answered energetically, “Yes!” and covered my ears with my hat.

***

Arriving at the palace, Javelin introduced me briefly to the ladies.

After greeting, I went into the palace of the Empress Dowager.

There were many people in the room, so I couldn’t see the Empress’s face.

“You came.”

The empress said with a tired voice, the noble ladies tried to console her by
blaming the priest.

“How can the priest make such a terrible mistake, Your Majesty?”

“The truth is still being investigated. Whoever makes this happen will be
severely punished.”

It was Javelin’s turn to speak.

“I hope you recover soon.”

That was the end.

Even though everyone knows of Javelin’s personality. She’s so popular, the

places and the people she visited will get the attention just by coming, so
they will be satisfied with that.
“I brought the child of fate.”

“Yes.”

“Oh, child, come here. Hold my hand.”

The empress reached out to her little hand.

A red rash was seen with her stretched hand.

‘It’s a rebound.’

It’s clear that Luminous medicine has caused her to collapse, so she must
have stopped taking them.

If they cut off the luminous medicine at once, the wounds will become even
worse. It’s because she wanted to hide her skin disease.

But at this rate, there’s already a rumor about her skin diseases.

As expected, the ladies pretended not to know about the red marks on
Empress’s hand.

I said without hesitation.

“Your Majesty, you have a red thing on your hand.”

The empress tried to take her hand back, but I pretended to be innocent and
held it with both hands.

“Itchy, isn’t it? I know this.”

“…what?”

“It’s called atopy!”

“Atopy?”

It’s not a deadly disease but it’ll be a headache in the future.

Aristocratic children suffered especially a lot, and it wasn’t until I was 18

that the reason was revealed.

‘Divine healing.’

Children who received healing in their mother’s stomach are oddly less
healthy than other children.

That’s because divine healing completely purifies the body and destroys
most of the germs.

Many germs weren’t just bad. Some germs healed and strengthened the
immune system, and there were germs that were beneficial.

However, as they cleanse them all, their immunity worsens. And for some
reason, it even caused skin diseases like that, or they were born with them
from the beginning.

Right now, only those who grew up in the church often received it, but in
the future, all of the nobles who were friendly with the church would
receive it.

‘That’s why in the future I will see many people with atopy.’

That’s why the Luminous medicine was developed.

“Isn’t it itchy when you eat greasy food?”

“Ye,yes.”

“It get worse in winter.”

“That’s right!”

“I saw it when I was in the nursery.”

Everyone’s eyes were on me now.

“Oh my god, when you were in the nursery, you were less than five years
old, you remember that?”

“Rather than that, I am more surprised by your observing ability.”

While the noble ladies were whispering, I looked at the empress’ wounds.

“I know how to make this less painful.”

The empress looks excited.

“What should I do…?”

I will serve you at an expensive price, customer.

I smiled inwardly and looked at the empress.

Chapter 67
The ladies looked at the child. The Empress began to talk to the child and
became very energetic.

When asked to take a bath without salt and change into soft clothes,
Empress followed her words.

it was amazing that the empress, who was so stubborn even to the emperor,
followed the child’s words like a doll.

The child also put cream on the skin of the empress, who had changed her
clothes.

“What do you usually put on?”

“There’s an oil the priest gave me.”

“What do you eat these days?”

“I’m eating meat because stamina is important to get rid of the disease.”

“It’s strange…”

The child turned her head to the side and closed her eyes.

“What do you mean by strange?”

“The priest is very strange…”

“Why?”

“There’s a lot of patients in the church. Patients with unusual diseases are
even more likely to try to get treatment. Why didn’t the priest know of your
disease?”

“That…”

“I heard that oil or meat is bad for atopy. It’s going to get your skin worse.”

The Empress’ eyes were badly distorted.

‘The child is right.’

She was doing what she was told to do at the church, but she felt her skin
condition is getting worse.

If even the child knows it, the priest should’ve known too.

But the reason why he hasn’t given proper treatment so far was to keep
using herself.

‘These bastards!’

How much has she done for the church?

“You’re the only one who cares about me.”

Leblaine grinned as the Empress spoke so.

“No!”

Then she dashed toward the ladies and said, “They all care about Your
Majesty. Everyone looked sad earlier because they were worried.”

“Is that so?”

As Leblaine did not forget them, the faces of the ladies lit up.

“Yes, your majesty. We were very worried about you.”

“I won’t forget your feelings.”

Until now, the Empress has never had a chance to get acquainted with the
ladies because she’s too busy with the church.

The ladies saw Leblaine in a better light.

“I did what you said and it is less itchy than usual. What prize should I give
to you?”

When the empress asked with a smile, Leblaine said, “I’m fine. I’m glad it
doesn’t bother you anymore.”

“I’m proud of you. At times like this, it makes me happier to say so. Tell
me. What would you like to have? Toys? Jewels?”

“That’s okay… but I want a book!”

“Book?”

“I heard Your Majesty has many valuable ancient books.”

When I began to live my fourth life, the empress happily put LeBlaine on
her lap.

“Yes, I have a great library. Pick one, I’ll give you whatever you want.”

“Wow—!”

Seeing the delighted child, the empress smiled brightly.

“Well, what’s your name?”

For the first time, she asked for her name, who usually never remembered
her name in three regressions even after giving her the name.
 ***

After leaving the palace with Javelin, I was holding the book given by the
Empress Dowager in my hand.

When I was excited, I asked Javelin.

“Isn’t there some ancient books in the mansion?”

“Yes, but not as many as the empress.”

This is the original version of the Bible!

‘I didn’t know this would be mine.’

I didn’t mean to get this.

It is true that the empress tried to give me her cherished gift as proof that
she trust me.

But the reason why I mentioned the book was because the ladies will think
this is the most admirable gift for the child.

She chose to give me the original scriptures and turned her back on the
church. I sang a joyous song in my heart.

She completely separated herself from the church, and acquired the
treasures of the church that money could not buy.

It was the perfect ending.

‘As long as I’m holding this, the church won’t touch me easily.’

And my protector is the duke of dubbled.

“If it had been for another child, I would have given a toy. Child, did you
say you can read ancient languages?”

“Yes.”

“You shouldn’t go anywhere and show that you can read ancient languages.
It’s going to be a hassle.”

I nodded my head

When I went back to the mansion, my brothers were here.

“Is it true that you took kid to the palace?!”

When Isaac sharply questioned him, Javelin pressed his forehead.

“Don’t ask if you know.”

“Now in the palace, the church member are going in and out, how could
you take the kid!”

“As soon as I left the mansion, I felt the presence of Dubbled’s Knights
countless times. I thought there was a war going on.”

“She can’t go inside the Imperial Palace.”

“They won’t go after a child at a time when things are going crazy at the
church. I’m not a fool.”

She took a necklace out of her clothes.

It was a necklace with a symbol of the imperial family.

‘Oh, that’s like what the Duke of Amity have.’

I secretly called that necklace a wish ticket. Because the owner can ask the
Emperor for a favour once. One is bestowed on extremely rare occasions.

In my previous life, it was definitely owned by Duke of Amity.

‘I see.’

In this life, Dubbled has victory over the Kingdom of Kruger. It marked the
end of the continental war.

Originally, Duke of Amity did what the Dubbled does in this life, and he got
that necklace because of the war.

It was more necessary for Javelin, who governs the residence in the capital
city than her father in a far away place, so she had it.

The Emperor who is fighting with the church must have passed it on.

Henry said,

“But aunt, it is true that you should pay attention to Leblaine when going
out together.”

“What a pitiful child.”

When Isaac shouted, “Why is the kid pitiful!”

Javelin took off her coat and said,

“Overprotection is a restraint. How long are you going to take away what a
child needs to know, see, and learn? Forever for the rest of her life?”

Henry and Isaac’s faces hardened.

“The kid I saw today didn’t need to be kept in a cage and be protected.”
When Javelin, who said so left, the two became speechless.

***

At dinner, my father came to my room thinking about how to use the Bible.

I was wondering what was going on, and my dad brought me snacks.

“Do you want more snacks?”

“It might make my teeth rotten. But okay.”

I got up as my eyes saw something and pointed at the plate.

At the little round table by my bed, I ate the cake that my dad brought.

Dad, who was staring at me, said.

“Your brothers had an argument with Javelin?”

“I went out with Javelin.”

“But as a result, I got them into fight.”

With a cake in my mouth, I thought of Henry and Isaac I saw at dinner.

“My aunt’s words are too much. She also protected our mother by confining
her. It was my aunt who gave her a room without a window!”

“You must have realized after your mother’s death that it wasn’t the right
protection.”

The two of them quarreled and it turned into a big fight.

“Do you want to meet people?”

“No!”

“Blaine.”

“…a bit.”

I have many loyal people on my side, but there are things I cannot do
without going out.

And I wanted to experience other things.

This life was different from the previous one. I experience more happy
things than in my past lives.

I used to hate taking a bath. The Duke of Amity was thrifty, so there was not
enough warm water in the winter, even the Duke himself bathed in cold
water.

They gave me warm water, but only a small amount so bathing was always
a pain.

But now I like it very much.

Taking a bath with warm water and talking with the maids were one of my
favorite routines.

In my second life, I hated going outside.

The Duke of Vallua scolded me for days because I hurt myself when I fell
on the street making my wounds appeared to be more visible.

But in this life, I have been looking forward to going out to the shopping
district. A big hand came up to my head.

“We’ll have a tea party when we go back.”

“A tea party? Can I meet kids my age?””

My dad smiled at me.

“You can do whatever you want to do. It’s up you.”

‘My dad is the coolest guy in the world.’

They are overprotective, but they always let me make my own decision.

I was so thrilled that I jumped into my dad’s arms. And when I kissed his
cheek, his eyes grew bigger.

He was very surprised by my kiss and was frozen.

“Daddy’s the best!”

“……”

“Yes. The best.”

And then I rubbed my face against his chest.

***

The next day, the duke attended another meeting with the nobles.

They are discussing a few agendas in the frigid atmosphere.

There was a small chatter among the nobles.

Marquis Montbell, who was sitting silently, was agitated. He usually

doesn’t even attend meetings, but today, he came an hour before the
meeting even started. Most of the people knew why he arrived sooner.

Her daughter, Annes Montbell, is coming to meet Empress Yvonne.

Empress Yvonne only invited some of the young girls she adores.

“Did Empress Yvonne invited her?”

The Marquis of Montbell raised the corners of his mouth.

He had been waiting for the words to come out.

“She must have noticed my cute daughter at the party the other day.”

The Marquis Montbell was one of the few with the most fertile land in the
Empire.

As a prestigious family with a long history, he succeeded my father and

received the voting rights in the national assembly.

The nobles laughed and continue to compliment his daughter “Thank you
for your kind words.”

“It’s something to be proud of. Isn’t she the cutest child in the world?”

“Is that what you see?”

Just then,

The Duke of Dubbled got up from the chair and looked at them.

The whole room went silent.

Does he not like the agenda that was voted on?

Should the tax be raised to 10%, not 7%?

The cruel image of the Duke of Dubbled were etched on all the nobles
mind.
At the time of the war, he was walking with red blood dripping across the
floor, and he cut the neck of an assassin who invaded the palace with a
single stroke.

Whatever the reason, he seemed to be against something.

Then the emperor said,

“What’s the matter?”

Theodore Dubbled, who had his fists clenched, looked at the nobles.

“My daughter is the cutest in the world.”

…what?

The whole room froze, and Marquis Montbell gulped down.

Chapter 68
I hummed while going out of the mansion.

“Are you in such a good mood?”

Lea smiled and asked, so I answered,

“I’m excited!” as I raised my arm.

I always had to go out with my dad and brothers, but I came out alone
today. In other words, I can go anywhere I want.

‘After I go to the shopping centre, I’ll stop by the top of the hope.’

I finally can walk on my feet without having to use expensive scrolls.

I was very happy to think that I didn’t need to use the scroll again.

I was driven to the shopping centre in a carriage.

We arrived after some time. Before getting out of the carriage, I knocked on
the side of my little bag.

This is what my dad gave me. He told me to buy whatever I wanted, so

today I was going on a shopping spree.

I went around the place with Lea and Laura.

As I was looking at the brooch at the stall in front of the general store, I
pointed to a rose, a sword, and a lion-shaped brooch.

“I want this.”
Then I took out some money from my bag and paid for it.

I took the lion-shaped brooch. The rose and sword-shaped brooch were
handed to Laura and Lea respectively.

“Can we take something so precious?”

“Little miss…”

It’s a cheap 10 franc brooch…

I thought I should spend luxuriously to my heart’s content, but in my

previous life, I was a beggar, and it was not as easy as I thought to spend
the money.

‘It’s not easy to spend unless it’s a money spend for my own gain.’

“Little miss, there’s a teahouse nearby. Apparently, the food is very

delicious. It’s a popular place for nobles and young people.”

I know.

The Duchess of Vallua and Mina loved the teahouse very much.

‘It was a good place to search for information.’

Since it is a place where nobles go, they sell some of the information
secretly.

‘I’ll be buying information someday, so let’s check it out.’

I also want to taste the food there. They sold very special tea and foods.

Their green tea is said to taste sweet, unlike the bitter tea of the Empire.
There were many interesting kinds of food. There’s also a chewy rice cake
filled with honey and sesame seeds.

They also said that they make red beans square and eat them.

I was distracted and my body stumbled.

‘Agh!’

I fell in the middle of the centre.

“Little miss.”

“Oh my!”

Lea and Laura hurriedly ran to me.

‘What the heck!’

Surprised, I picked my body up.

“Little miss, are you alright?”

“Are you hurt?”

“You’ve got dirt under your nails!”

“Are you alright?!”

“Are you bleeding?”

“You’ve got a scratch on your knee!”

“How are your hands?”

“Doctor! Doctor!”
“Take the little miss!”

Countless people from all directions looked at me with a pale face.

In an instant, the people were swept away by the waves of knights, and I
hardened.

I can’t even see the faces of Lea and Laura.

‘The fact that these people are here… ’

That means there were at least 5,000 knights in the shopping centre!

I was dumbfounded, and the knights looked at me while making a fuss.

“Knee! Knee!”

“The hands!”

“Did she got any dirt under her nails!”

I remember Javelin’s words as I watched them checking me as if the sky

had fallen.

“As soon as I left the mansion, I felt the presence of Dubbled’s Knights
countless times. I thought there was a war going on.”

I gritted my teeth quietly, realizing that whenever I went somewhere, 5,000

people were watching.

‘Dad… brothers…!’

***

People in the mall looked at the knights of Dubbled with a look of surprise.
All those knights came out of nowhere. They lined up and it was so long
that it seemed to wrap around the shopping centre.

“So, we’ve been following you secretly since day one.”

“Yes…”

“How? How could I not know when there are 5,000 people around?”

Some were dressed up as farmers, merchants, clowns, guards, and so on.

And all of them surrounded the entire place.

Seeing the men muttering the answers, Leblaine closed her eyes tightly.

“By the way, little miss, did you got any dirt under your fingernails? We’ll
check it out…”

“Why do you keep saying that?”

“Our master will kill us!”

“……”

“Save me, little miss! I haven’t even seen my son enter the academy!”

Then the other knights shouted mournfully, “Save me!”

Leblaine, who was looking at them sighed.

“Let’s go.”

“Where…?”

“To scold my dad and brothers.”

“…!!”

The knights wiped away their tears as they watched Leblaine walking
proudly.

Doesn’t she look like a warrior who’s going to defeat the devil?

***

I sat and scolded my dad and brothers who avoided my eyes.

“If all the soldiers escort me, who will guard the place?”

“Kid, we are enough…”

“Who! Who said so?”

“……”

“Leblaine, we’re just worried about you…”

“Then who’ll care about the mansion?”

Then Javelin, who was reading a book with her legs crossed on the other
sofa, replied bitterly.

“It’s only me.”

Henry frowned at Javelin, but when I glared my eyes at him, it was all
quiet.

Why did he have to do this… even if the Pope is out of mind, he won’t try
to kidnap me with the knights around me.

‘I can’t do this.’
If this happens, I won’t be able to go out because it’s more uncomfortable
than before, let alone go around freely.

I can’t go on like this.

I was wondering what level of intimidation I should give them.

I’m going to sleep with a blanket on.

I’m not going to eat.

I hate it.

-It works well in order, but they might think I hate them.

‘It would be better to exclude the last resort, to run away.’

‘Okay, give me a second.’

I breathed in, and out.

“I’m not going t—“

“I’m wrong, Kid!”

“Sorry!”

“I’ll stop!”

Even before I threatened them, the employees were shocked to see the
family acting like that.

“Please don’t scold the knights either.”

“……”
“……”

“……”

“I’m not going t—“

“I won’t scold them!”

“Never!”

“Yes!”

Good.

As they nodded, the trembling knights shed tears of relief.

After the family went out, I sat on the sofa.

‘I did a great job today, me.’

When I was lost in thoughts, suddenly someone’s laugh was heard.

It was Javelin.

‘She laughed!’

I covered my cheeks with my hands in amazement at her smile that I’ve

never seen before.

“When Risette was still alive, they were like that too. I had a good time
watching you guys.”

Then Javelin, who closed the book said, “Later you’re going with me
again.”

“Yes!”
A lot of letters from the Empress Dowager arrived. She tried to call me to
the palace every day.

The Empress completely turned her back to the church, many people from
the church asked her to save Adolf’s life, but the empress was furious and
threw them out.

It was natural. It was obvious that the Luminous medicine they handed her
did that.

‘And if Dad confirms Adolf’s deed there, the church will not move for
the time being.’

So Dad would never miss this opportunity.

Now that the Empress turned her back on the church. I was one step closer
towards making Dubbled an independent family.

Having achieved one goal, I laughed inwardly.

“Alright.”

“Child.”

“Yes?”

“Can you show me your feet?”

That’s right, Lea said I had something on my foot that was similar to
Risette’s.

I nodded and took off my socks.

Javelin’s face was serious when she observed my foot carefully.

“If the daughter had been born safely, would she be like you?”
She said monotonously.

‘I wish I am that daughter.’

Chapter 69
But there is no possibility. It was in January that Risette died because of
giving birth. I am born on February 29th.

When I see Javelin’s facial expressions, or when I see my dad looking at the
daughter’s shoes, even though I know it’s ridiculous, it makes me feel a bit
bad.

“If I am their daughter, I would be very sad when I see Javelin.”

“……”

“It’s really heartbreaking to see her beloved aunt sad because of her.”

Javelin laughed at my words.

“Be careful going back.”

I smiled at her and went back to my room.

That day, my dad and brothers left the mansion after being sent off by
everyone.

***

“Hello, little miss.”

“Did you have a good dream?”

I headed to the dressing room with the servants, after being greeted by the
servants I woke up too early. Dahlia, Linda and Yuni are filming me while I
rub my eyes, they say, “cute-!”
Their hobby, which is now beyond adoring me, was to share my videos with
a magic tool.

This was awkward and embarrassing because I only got here a few weeks
ago, but I got used to it soon.

But…

‘Huh?’

I was surprised to see this many servants.

“There are more videos than usual today.”

When I grabbed Lea’s sleeve, three maids answered with a big smile.

“Because today’s a special day.”

“Yes, it’s a special day.”

“Little miss’ first tea party!”

Today is my first time meeting children my age.

Dad gave me a tea party as promised.

So far, I have only met Dubbled’s people and high- ranking vassals in the
castle.

Lea who sat me in her chair, asked while combing my hair.

“Aren’t you excited?”

“…I’m a little excited.”

To be honest, I was a little excited because it was my first time holding a tea
party.

As soon as I blushed, the maids around me exclaimed, “Cute!”

“She’s so lovely today!”

I shook my head.

I wore a dress from Melvin with the ribbons and shoes that Seria gave me.

“You’re very pretty today.”

“I know!”

Wearing a red dress with my family pattern, I looked pretty even to myself.

The servants grinned.

When I finished preparing and checked the place.

It was time for the tea party to begin.

As I stepped into the garden, it is unusually crowded.

There were many cute little ladies wearing big bonnets and lovely little
gentlemen in large robes.

“I heard about the sad news at your house yesterday. I’m so sorry.”

“Yes, I was sleeping and crushed a beetle. It was a very brave beetle.”

“Oh my god…”

The children pretended to be adults, imitating their social interaction.

‘Cute!’

It was my first time seeing a friend of my age, so my heart was pounding.

Entering with excitement, the servants who guarded the garden bent down
at once.

Then the children got up one by one and greeted me.

“I greet Dubbled’s young miss.”

“I greet Dubbled’s young miss.”

I also greeted them by bowing my head about ten degrees.

Nos, who taught me manners, raised his thumb in the corner of the place.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Leblaine Risette Dubbled.”

After introducing myself, I made a gesture telling them to sit down.

‘How’s this?’

When I looked at Nos, he smiled and gave me another thumbs up.

I laughed inwardly.

The chair I sat at is in the middle.

It was a place to receive guests from high-ranking families.

I glanced at them, as the children quickly started a conversation.

“Thank you for the invitation. Viscount Myshank is my father.”

“Viscount Lesul is my grandfather.”

“I’m the youngest child of Baron Kruola.”

The children introduced themselves to me.

“What’s your name?”

“Ywes?” (Yes?)

‘Ywes… cute.’

I was happy to see these small and cute children after seeing the scary-
looking people in the castle every time.

The son of Myshank, the oldest child at the table said, “Kilyon Myshank. I
am 12 years old.”

‘Oh, the same age as Isaac.’

Kilyon, who was introducing himself, turned red when I smiled brightly at
him.

“A, ah… the eldest son of Myshank.

I guess I was a bit shy too because many eyes are on me.

I found him very cute, the opposite of Isaac, who beat a wolf from the
mountain yesterday.

The children who were smiling quickly said, “I’m Sophia Lesul!”

“My name is Max Kruola!”

The children on other tables quickly interrupted and introduced themselves.

It wasn’t a polite act.

The parents, who were seeing them, were embarrassed and said, “Oh no!”

But I didn’t care about this, they are children after all.

“Ah, you’re the granddaughter of Viscount Lesul. I heard you play the
piano very well?”

I took care of each child.

The faces of the children at the party are happy.

But then,

“Huh? What!”

From the entrance, there was a sudden shout.

He is a very tall and slim boy, but I can only see a his head a little.

“Ah……… That’s him again…”

The children said as if they already knew him.

“Who?”

When asked, Kilyon answered,

“He always came to parties uninvited… he’s a child of a prestigious

family.”

“Before, when you hadn’t arrived, he said that the children of Dubbled are
just rude fools. That’s too much…”

I looked around as I raised myself up among the children.

I headed to the place. The children rushed after me.

The girl who was with him, was about to burst into tears.

The girl is as cute as a doll with black hair and beautiful green eyes.

“I, I’m not, I was surprised when you suddenly touched my face…”

Touch her face?

The girl looks at least 14 years old, and the boy looks about 15.

He’s old enough to know that it’s polite to not touch a lady’s face.

I cut in between the two and hid the girl behind my back.

“What are you—!”

The boy is Billy Penak.

He was the pervert in my second life.

He was a close friend of duke Vallua’s eldest son.

The Penak is a prestigious family, and Vallua’s eldest son, a high-ranking

official, often mingled with him.

Whenever he came to the Vallua’s mansion, the guy would look at the girls
there with a lecherous gaze.

At the age of 17, he rape girl, but was released under the pretext of being
drunk and the connection of his own father.

“……Are you the little miss?”

When he saw the seal on my finger, he coughed in vain.

“I’m Billy Penak. I’m sorry I made a scene.”

“Yes, you made a scene at my first party.”

“That… yeah… I’m sorry.”

“I think you’re apologizing to the wrong person.”

“Pardon?”

I held the crying girl’s hand and looked at the children as I said, “You
should apologize to my guests who has become unhappy.”

“I just need to apologize to you, why should I…!”

“They are the children of Dubbled’s vassals.”

What are you doing to the children?

The children looked at me with sparkling eyes.

Billy frowned and said,

“I won’t! Why should I do that! You’re not the real Dubbled’s daughter
anyway.”

“What?”

“That’s right. You’re adopted.”

I hardened at his words.

The parents and the girl who were holding my hand also flinched.

“This guy…”

When I said that in a low voice, Billy was elated because he thought he had
won.
I gently took off the gloves I was wearing and threw them in front of him.

It meant that I will duel him.

“You must have read a lot of novels. It’s only in fiction that a girl can beat a
man.”

“Really?”

“Don’t disgrace yourself just because of your arrogance.”

Billy grinned as if he was going to win.

“I’ll take care of my dignity, so let’s go.”

“Oh my. I’m speechless.”

“Hurry before I make an official protest against Penak.”

“……!”

Then Billy’s face turned pale.

He didn’t even receive an official invitation to come here, but if he gets an

official protest after making a fuss, it’s hard to deal with it.

“……you won’t do it if I win, right?”

“Yes.”

I said with a shrug.

I stood beside the door and said, “Let’s go,” Billy clucked his tongue and
stepped out first.
It’s ridiculous for a gentleman to compete with lady, but since he heard
about my plan to give an official protest, he agreed.

I moved away from the tea party area and faced Billy.

He lifted up his servant’s sword and lift up the corners of his mouth “Let’s
start.”

“Go ahead.”

Billy laughed and ran quickly as our distance was getting shorter.

But he couldn’t reach me.

When our distance was less than 3 meters left, he was blocked by a barrier.

And in an instant a fireball surrounded him.

“Wa,wa,wait… wait!”

When he screamed, the fireball turned into a lion and swallowed him.

“Aghh—!”

Billy sat down and closed his eyes with both arms.

His trousers have become damp.

I smiled and said,

“Are you surprised?”

Chapter 70
Billy shuddered and looked at his body. He had some burns, but they were
fine.

“How… how… the barrier.”

Even the mages and priests needed some time to chant in order to create the
barrier.

The reason why Billy rushed to me was probably because he thought I

wouldn’t have enough time to create the barrier He planned to crush me
when I was not ready.

In fact, most of the time, mage or the priest died because there was not
enough time.

As Billy was trembling, I continued my attack.

“Aagghh—!”

Billy hurried out of the garden.

I raised my eyebrows and folded my arms.

‘Yes, go tell everyone that I have this strong power.’

That way, many powerful people will be interested in me.

I will be closer to those in power, step by step.

“Wow.”

The children who were sticking their faces out from the bush exclaimed.
“Amazing…”

“She’s very strong…”

I looked at them.

‘I felt sorry for the kids.’

Rather than following the useless custom of the socialite that the superiors
appear last, if I had come earlier and checked the party in person, I would
have kicked Billy out faster.

If I did, they wouldn’t have had an unpleasant experience because of Billy.

Above all, I felt so sorry for the girl who was crying because of Billy.

I approached her.

“Are you okay?”

“……”

She stared at me blankly.

Only after I extended my hand, she came to her senses and blushed.

“I-, I’m okay…”

I am a bit surprised by her shaky voice.

I looked at the girl with a worried face.

“Would you like to rest inside?”

“In, inside? L-little miss’ room?”

“Yes.”

The girl’s face lit up,

I asked Nos to clean up the room and took the girl inside.

She put her hands on her chest and looked around my room.

“Wow…”

I gave her the warm chamomile tea that Lea made.

“It’ll calm you down a little. Oh come to think of it, I didn’t even know
your name.”

“It’s Veronica! Veronica!”

I was surprised when she suddenly grabbed the table, got up and shouted.

When I blinked, Veronica sat on the sofa.

“Viscount Dubos’…”

Since he has only two sons, and both of them are not married, maybe she is
their relative.

“I’m his relative.”

It was what I had expected.

“Ah, so Lady Veronica is Viscount Dubos’ niece…”

“No. It’s not like that.”

She waved her hand quickly.

“Viscount Dubos is my nephew.”

“……pardon?”

“I am the head of the Dubos family.”

Well, it’s possible if she’s his niece but the head of family?

This woman is the head of Dubos family. However, her nickname was the
witch from the west, and with her ancestors, she defeated many monsters
together.

“I heard that the owner of the Dubos family is an 80-year-old woman.”

“Yes! I’m 87 this year.”

Veronica blushed and muttered.

“I was wondering if I should’ve torn the child’s limb before and let his
intestines out. But you stopped me.”

“……”

“I’m glad I didn’t have to kill a child at this age.”

I gulped when I saw her thanking me with a shy face.

‘I’ve never really seen her at the meetings… ’

It’s the head of Dubos, she should’ve been at the meeting.

She said, “Oh, right!” and took out some magic device.

“I brought the magic device and recorded you with it!”

She recorded me on a magic stone?

No, more than that, why did she record it?

That was a scene when I beat up Billy.

“Everyone was afraid of me, so I thought you’d be too, but you’re really
friendly to me.”

When I saw Veronica holding my hand in joy, I looked around nervously.

***

After I had dinner and took a bath, Henry asked me.

“Is Veronica at your party?”

I nodded while drinking water.

“Yes. She looked very young. I wonder how she did it… by the way she
said that people are not friendly to her, but wouldn’t other elders envy her
instead?”

“It’s not like that.”

Isaac said, while leaning on the sofa.

“People are afraid of things different from themselves. In Dubbled, there

are people who treat me nicely, but if I show up elsewhere, they treat me as
a monster and run away.”

That’s why she was so happy that I was being friendly.

“I heard Penak’s second son was in a frenzy at the party.”

“What?!”

Isaac sprang to his feet.

“Why are you telling me that just now!”

Isaac was angry, but Henry only grabbed the nail clippers with a calm
expression.

He was going to trim my nails.

“It’s my turn this time.”

Dad, who was sitting in the living room with us, looked at Henry.

They fought so hard to trim my nails, so we decided the order a few years
ago. Lea, Isaac, Henry, and my father.

“You took my turn the other day.”

It was when Henry and Isaac were away for a while, dad was very excited
to cut my nails.

As soon as my fingernails were a little long, my dad cut them off and there
was nothing to cut when they came back to the castle.

“I don’t look back to the past,”

Dad said solemnly, holding me in his arms and sitting next to me. Then he
took my hand and gently lifted the nail clipper.

Lea is very good at trimming my nails, but I don’t know what to say
whenever I see my father shivering while trimming my nails in fear of
getting me hurt.

“You took my turn last time.”

When Isaac stepped in, another nail trimming drama broke out.

‘This again…!’
I looked around them in panic. The servants were eagerly hoping for their
master to be the winner.

It was because the servants of those who were defeated in the nail trimming
war suffered for days due to their master’s bad mood.

“If you guys keep fighting, I won’t let anyone trim it.”

When I spoke, the three of them shut their mouths with shocked faces.

“We didn’t fight!”

“That’s right, LeBlaine.”

“Let’s be fair today. Let Leblaine decide”

I narrow my eyes and say,

“Really?”

The three quickly nodded.

“Okay. So today, Dad cuts the right index finger nail, middle finger nail,
and ring finger nail, and Henry cuts my left index finger nail, middle finger
nail, and ring finger nail. All that remains is for Isaac.”

And soon, they were trimming my nails quietly.

***

At that time, in Penak’s mansion, Billy grumbled to his father.

“That crazy girl really tried to kill me!”

“You’ve said the same thing a few times already.”

“Are you going to stay still? I almost died! The orphan…!”

Count Penak sighed.

He was also angry for his son

But what can he do for a child who is rumored to be very special to Duke
Dubbled?

Ever since the last meeting, because of the ‘my daughter is the cutest in the
world’ incident, people have decided not to touch Leblaine carelessly.

He was lost in thought, while holding a walnut in his hand.

At that time, the Countess, who brought tea and food in, smiled.

“What are you so worried about?”

“Because he competed with a girl and even lost, how many people will look
down on him…”

“I think she’s very cute.”

“What?”

“Do you really think a child of fate has gone out to protect the children that
she saw for the first time?”

When the count asks, the countess smiled and replied, “Is there another
reason?”

“Children express their interest in different ways. Isn’t my son handsome?”

Billy opened his eyes wide at the remark.

It seems like that, as he thought about it.

It was strange that she would do that much, for a girl she met for the first
time.

‘Is she jealous because he showed interest in another girl?’

Count Penak looked at his son.

“Well…… her eyes were sparkling as she looked at me.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, she interrupted me while I was talking to another girl.”

“Huh. She must be interested in you…”

Count Penak said while rubbing his chin.

He thought that it would be very advantageous for the Penak Family.

Even though she’s adopted, she’s still a duke’s daughter.

She’s not bad for a daughter-in-law.

If he took control of the Dubbled family by using her, the Penak family
would be a very powerful family.

“Billy, go and see the girl again.”

“What?! No! Why would I see that bitch again!”

“Don’t be silly. When it comes to marriage, Dubbled’s power is the best.”

“I don’t want to marry such a violent girl!”

“You can get another wife after you marry her.”

Chapter 71
Count Penak visited the castle to discuss the new trading route.

Count Penak’s port was needed for the new trade route father had made.

But when he arrived, he also brought the countess and Billy.

I met them when I was in my dad’s arms.

“I wanted to apologize for the disturbance at the tea party, so I brought him
here to apologize.”

The Count and his wife laid down their gifts at the door.

The Countess bent down to me.

“I need to teach my son better, he was wrong.”

Then she hits Billy’s waist.

Billy bowed his head but it didn’t look like he wanted to apologize.

“I’m sorry.”

I glanced at the vassals gathered in the courtyard.

Opening a new trade route is an essential business for Dubbled.

In the future, Dubbled united the traders on the basis of this trade route,
which became the messenger of the Duke and asked for information.

Of course, it became one more money source earned by the trade route’s
fee.
I don’t really want to accept Billy’s apology, but I nodded anyway.

“You can visit our mansion—“

When the count tried to say something, father said, “I don’t remember
allowing you to open your mouth.”

The count was shocked.

Just by standing there he felt pressure from the duke’s gaze.

‘Oh no, Count Penak is a person with strong pride, the deal might fail.’

I patted my dad on the shoulder.

“I want to go down.”

Then the Duke put me down very carefully.

The Count and his wife took a deep breath.

Those who came with the count were also surprised.

“Oh my God.”

“She’s really cute…”

I shook my dad’s collar.

“I want to go to the greenhouse. Dad, work hard.”

“Yes.”

He smiled gently and stroked my hair.

I bent my knees while holding my skirt.

“I’ll go in first.”

The guests looked disappointed, but they couldn’t hold me back. I was
young and had no obligation to receive guests.

Dubos will be the one who receives the guest today.

If I grow up a little more, I will have to take over the role, but for mow, I
still got the time to have fun.

‘But I won’t really have fun.’

I have to approve the documents from Seria.

Over the past five years, I have learned how to control the top from the
Chairman and the maid Yuni, a former loan shark.

The chairman taught very well, but Yuni was even greater.

“Only one should be tenacious when playing with money. Only then, people
wouldn’t touch you.”

“If you can’t manage your tax, it’s over. There’s no reason for you to earn
money and waste half of your money on taxes. Actually, it wouldn’t be good
to collide with the tax collector, but in my case…”

She doesn’t even know that I run the top of hope, but she explained it to me
every time I asked her.

‘Tomorrow is the collection day. The day the money comes into my
hand.’

I hummed while going up the stairs.

Just when I was about to grab the doorknob.

“Hey.”

I heard Billy’s voice.

“Hey?”

When I asked back, Billy came up to me and said, “How have you been?”

“I thought they said you were here to apologize for your disrespect last
time.”

“You’re still upset because of that?”

What is he saying?

When I blinked in bewilderment, Billy grinned and wiped my cheek with

the back of his hand.

I was offended and pushed his hand away.

“You’re so cute when you’re like this.”

Is he really crazy?

“You should have told me if you liked me. Why do you use violence? I’ll
have to show you how to seduce a man from now on.”

“……”

“Hear my advice, women should be gentle during the day, be sexy at night.
That’s what you have to do.”

“……”

“Violence won’t get my attention. Okay?”

Does he think I hit him to get his attention?

I laughed at him for his strange confidence.

“Why would I seduce you?”

“Because I’m handsome…”

“You’re ugly.”

“Th, that’s ridiculous!”

I shook my head.

“It’s true. You’re so ugly. You’re the ugliest person I’ve ever met!”

Billy’s face turned red when I said it.

“Yo, you rude orphan!”

I guess this is all he is able to reply.

I lost my interest in him. Suddenly, I could hear someone’s voice behind

me.

“You, what did you say just now?”

Isaac put down the wild boar he was carrying and looked at Billy.

Bam!

Billy got blown away and groaned pitifully on the floor.

Isaac approached him. As the sound of footsteps neared, Billy’s face grew
pale.
“I asked you what you just said.”

“I, I, umm, I…”

Isaac grabbed Billy’s shivering shoulder. It seemed to be a light grab on the

surface, but in an instant I could hear Billy’s shoulder cracked.

“Aaghh!”

A terrible scream echoed.

“Brother!”

I called Isaac quickly.

If Isaac killed him, he cannot avoid punishment because he is the count’s

son.

It doesn’t matter if that future rapist dies, but Isaac matters to me.

But Isaac, wouldn’t let go of him even if I called him.

I signalled the maids and knights who came running in amazement at the
noise.

Stop him, stop him!

Those who received my signal rushed to Isaac with a grim face, as if they
were ready to die.

Normally, he would have kicked everyone who hinders him but he can’t
now because I was near him.

As Isaac let go of Billy, the Count and Countess were very surprised to
heard his son’s scream and went here.
We were also joined by Viscount Dubos.

“Oh my god, Billy…!”

She ran to her crying son immediately.

Count Penak also went to his son in a hurry.

Billy’s shoulders were completely twisted. To the point where I wondered if

they could bring that to the original state.

“Ahh… argh!…”

The couple was shocked at the sight of their son, who was crying and
complaining about the pain.

“Doctor! Call a doctor now! What are you doing!”

“What happened, how did you…!”

Billy pointed at Isaac while trembling. The faces of the Penak couple
hardened.

“Why on earth did you do this!”

When the count screamed, Isaac stared at them with a cold gaze.

“Shut up, I tried to kill him, but I held it in.”

“Wh, what?”

Isaac didn’t explain anything again.

‘Stupid!’

I know why he keeps his mouth shut.

Isaac doesn’t want to mention the word ‘orphan’ again.

Viscount Dubos said to Count Penak with an embarrassed face.

“That, I think the children quarrel a little bit too much this time.”

“Only a children quarrel?!”

The countess replied in anger.

“My kid’s in this state, and it’s only a child’s quarrel! Oh my god. Some
kids are very horrible.”

Count Penak also spoke.

“I’ll file a formal complaint to the imperial family.”

Viscount Dubos sighed.

If they did so, Isaac would be taken away.

Of course, the duke’s son will not live in prison like any other criminal. But
the Duke of Dubbled won’t stay still.

Another problem is that the one who’ll receive complaints in the imperial
office is John Stefan, the brother-in-law of Marquis Nodelly, who has been
wanting to catch the Dubbleds.

Now if Isaac was captured, he wouldn’t leave him alone.

With this incident, he will try to find something to put pressure on Dubbled.

Viscount Dubos went forward and lifted his hand.

“It will have a negative impact on your child as well as on my master. Calm
down and let’s discuss the compensation process.”
“My child got beat up, I can’t just shut my mouth because of some
compensation! My son is not just any child. He’s the future and honor of the
Penak family!”

Count Penak continued,

“If it’s not as good as the founding emperor’s tapestry, how can I be
compensated for this?”

Viscount Dubos’s face hardened.

The tapestry of the founding emperor was given to the Duke of Dubbled.

He repeatedly tried to have tapestries bearing the true name of the founding
emperor from the imperial palace, but he could not get them.

It was proof of power that even the imperial palace couldn’t intervene.

The Count gave him a challenging stare, as if he wanted to say that Isaac
Dubbled’s fate was now on his hands Just then,

“Then what will the Penak family do to make amends for squandering our
honor?”

I asked while holding Isaac’s hands.

Count Penak was taken aback by my voice, However, he soon bursted out
laughing.

“What? How is he squandering your honor!”

“Your son called me an orphan.”

“What, what…?!”
“I am the daughter of Dubbled, who was recognized by my father, Duke of
Dubbled, and approved by the Emperor. Who’s the one who needs to be
reported?”

“No way! My son wouldn’t have done that…!”

Count Penak defended his son before I finished my words.

“Th, that… that girl… no, that girl called me ugly…!”

The people around us are confused about the situation.

Was it such an insult by saying that he was ugly?

The Countess, who was hugging his son, was also at a loss.

Isaac was about to defend me, but I put my hands on his and narrowed my
eyes.

“Isaac, stop! I’m not an orphan. I’m not scared of the word! I didn’t have
any parents originally, but now I have my dad and brothers. So I’m not an
orphan.”

“But…”

“Why should I be scared when I have my older brothers and dad?”

Isaac didn’t say anything as I turned towards the Penak family.

“How will you compensate for the insult he has inflicted on me, as you
said?”

Count Penak froze.

No, it wasn’t time for this.

‘Before the Duke came, I somehow need to settle this…!’

“W,wait, let’s talk for a moment. So this is, uh…”

“Let’s talk about it after your son’s life is gone.”

The people were stunned by his cold voice.

The Duke and Henry came to us and were staring at them with an even
colder eyes.
Chapter 72
“Le, let me explain, this is obviously a misunderstanding… this…”

When Count Penak tried to explain, the Duke of Dubbled said, “That’s
funny.”

“Wh, pardon?”

“You haven’t even heard a single explanation from my child, and you didn’t
see the incident as well.”

“Th, that…”

“Then why are you jumping into conclusion without hearing the whole
story?”

As the Duke said so, Billy Penak said, “I’ll explain! I was just, I was just
trying to listen to her wishes!”

“What is my daughter’s wish?”

“She likes me so she’s going to marry me!”

Bang!

The door of the room on the second floor was broken.

Everyone froze. Then Henry stared at him and said, “Excuse me. I was a bit
careless that I failed to aim my hands correctly.”

“……”

“I aimed for the head of a madman.”

Billy Penak’s face turned pale.

“So, LeBlaine, do you know what that crazy man is saying?”

When Henry asked with a friendly smile to me, I frowned.

“I don’t know. He has been saying weird things since earlier. He said he’ll
teach me how to seduce a man.”

When I spoke innocently, Billy Penak shouted.

“Oh, no! My parents said that you like me!”

Count Penak’s face is pale.

‘He really is a crazy bastard!’

It was like pouring oil into a fire that would swallow the entire family.

“Yo, your excellency…”

Count Penak was about to explain.

Bang!

There was another sound. It was Count Penak who flew far away. The
Duke’s hand had a black aura.

“You must have talked a lot.”

The Duke of Dubbled said with a gloomy expression.

***

Count Penak and his wife were on their knees on my dad’s feet.
Billy, who was always arrogant, even did that too.

Then, they were told to immediately stamp a document saying they would
hand over the port free of charge, and also handed over two of the three
houses under the name of the Penak family.

I headed to Isaac’s room.

But there was another person who came before me. It was Henry.

“Stupid.”

“…”

“Dimwitted.”

“…”

“Moron.”

“Hey!”

Isaac, who was listening to Henry’s swearing, was also furious. Henry
applied ointment to his brother’s wound.

It was a wound when he couldn’t avoid the debris from the broken wall
before.

“It’s fortunate that Leblaine defend you. Do you know that if you had kept
your mouth shut, you would’ve been in prison now?”

“I know, but I didn’t want to let the kid hear the word ‘orphan’ again.”

“Then you’ll have to make another story.”

“What story?”
“Like how he was out of his mind and hit you first.”

“But he’s not.”

“That simple lie will be enough to get you out of the situation. Incidents can
be manipulated as much as possible.”

Henry, what are you teaching him…?

Isaac said,

“……you’re a scumbag. But you’re cool.”

Isaac raise his thumbs up, as Henry applied the medicine again.

“Anyway that guy… good job for beating that guy.”

Isaac eyes grew bigger. Soon he scratched his red earlobe. It was the first
time Henry had praised him, so he was both embarrassed yet happy.

The two are getting along well for some reason. I grinned and entered the
room.

“Ah, you’re getting along well today~”

When I spoke playfully, Isaac and Henry frowned at once.

“No!”

“No.”

“Why? It’s good to get along.”

“……”

“……”
The two glanced at each other.

In my previous lifes, the brothers were not on a good term, they made a rule
not to interfere with each other unless it was family affairs.

But in this life, the two were quite close. Although they quarrel, they are
often together, and they also take care of each other.

‘Thank God.’

‘First, it would be nice if the friendship between the three brothers

deepens.’

But I’ve never seen Johann Dubbled before.

Even during the academy vacation, he did not come back home.

The only time I heard the news was when he sent a letter to my father
several times as if he were reporting his job.

‘But he’ll graduate next year.’

He often met up with Mina, so I heard about a lot of rumours. But I didn’t
really know what kind of person he is.

What kind of person is he?

I was pondering and looked at Henry and Isaac.

“What kind of person is Johann?”

“Big brother? Big brother is…”

Isaac who was thinking for a moment then shook his head as if he was
disgusted.
“A man without emotion.”

“More than dad?”

“They are both scary, anyway, big brother is cold hearted, scary like a
monster, a devil… hmm.”

As Isaac was lost in thought, Henry said, “Don’t frighten Leblaine.”

“But I’m right. Hey, kid. Even he is afraid of our older brother!”

Isaac, who was hit by Henry, groaned.

Henry was a man who had nothing to be afraid except for his father. Even
the chairman of the senate and Viscount Dubos treated him carefully.

When I looked at Henry, he looked a little troubled as he closed the

ointment bottle.

“My brother is the scariest and harshest as an opponent.”

Henry had a special talent for intimidation, changing the public opinion,
and a master of scheming, was the type to dig into weakness and destroy
enemies with it.

‘It means that Johann is a very strong man with no weakness.’

Henry said while brushing my hair,

“So LeBlaine, if you see him, avoid him if you can.”

“Why?”

“Never be an enemy to such a person. He can’t be stopped by anything.”

“…?”
“Don’t touch anything he thought of as important, or he would really turn
violent and kill you.”

“More violent than Isaac?”

“This guy’s no match to him.”

Henry pushed Isaac, as Isaac got angry.

A few days later, I heard that the head of the Penak family had changed.

I don’t know how they did it, but a very, very distant relative, who had
nothing to do with the previous Count of Penak, took over the Penak family.

The new count Penak bowed his head under my father’s feet and swore
allegiance.

***

On the border, Dubbled’s vassals, Viscount Myshank and Baron Sue,

moistened their dry lips.

There was a mountain of dead bodies piled up in front of them.

Without a moment of hesitation, the terrible dead body was caught in a

boy’s hand.

The boy then asked, as he threw away the corpse in his hand.

“What’s their identity?”

“Pardon? Oh, right!”

Myshank rushed to look at their faces.

He didn’ found any particular eye-catching feature but a pattern was found
on one of the ankle.

“Bl, bluebeard! Yes, we’re facing each other. They are Bluebeard’s Soldier
for sure!”

After hearing about the body’s identity, the Baron’s face became even paler
than before.

The Bluebeard Soldier was at least a Tier 2 or a Tier 1 hired soldier, taking
advantage of their geographical advantage in the border area.

Such a strong group was destroyed easily by one boy who had just passed
puberty.

The boy moved slowly. The last man, who could not move while his fellow
soldiers were dying, stepped back in fright.

“Do, don’t come… don’t come! This monster, Argh!!”

The last soldier was strangled by a black aura flowing out of the boy’s body.

He fell with a thud.

“Argh!”

The boy stepped on the neck of the last soldier as if he were a bug.

Myshank said,

“What’s the reason you hit the carriage with the emblem of Dubbled?”

“Th… argh…”

The moment the last soldier tried to reply. The boy’s hand came roughly
into his mouth.
The boy grabbed his tongue and cut it.

“Argh… argh!!”

“Shh-“

The boy said in a sweet voice.

“Don’t make it any less interesting.”

The soldier, who was trembling like a bug on the verge of death, soon died.

Viscount Myshank gulped and handed him a handkerchief.

The boy who lightly wiped the red blood off his hands asked, “How long
has it been since I went home?”

The two hurriedly bowed their heads and didn’ say anything.

“Let’s go home.”

The two of Dubbled’s vassal exchanged glances but didn’t dare to raise any
objection.

“Yes, Sir Johann.”

Both of them bowed down again.

It was after a long time, he finally wanted to come home.

Chapter 73
I came out of the dressing room with gloves that Lea gave me on my 5th
birthday.

I was getting ready to go to the capital.

My dad said he would take me after he took care of his job. Of course I will
go with him.

‘It will take awhile for my dad to take care of his job, but I still have to
pack my luggage one by one in advance.’

I have so much stuff that I can’t just pack for a day or two, or else, I would
go to the capital and suffer.

“This too!”

“Can the bag even be closed?”

Lea glanced at my luggage and said,

The luggage I’m packing this time was already full again. I couldn’t take as
much as I wanted because there was a limit to the luggage I could take in
the carriage.

“I’ll bring the gloves next time.”

“Then do you want me to tell you to take your gloves next time so that you
don’t forget?”

“Yes.”

These gloves were precious.

As Lea was a knight, she wasn’t good with her hands and had a hard time
knitting, she fixes it again several times by reducing her sleeping time.

The finished product was very sloppy, but they are very precious to me.

“Is there anything else you need?”

I nodded,

“Ah!”

‘I have to take that too.’

I left the room to go to the portrait room on the west wing.

I stared at the always magnificent portrait.

It was an old man with silver hair and blue eyes, a symbol of the Dubbled
family.

‘I know who this grandpa is now.’

I didn’t know who he was when I first saw him, but the employees later
informed me. The man in this portrait is one of the first of Dubbled
families.

I stared at the portrait and put my hands together while saying.

‘Excuse me, grandfather.’

I pulled a chair and climbed onto it. Then, I reached for the amethyst in the
center of the frame.

When I was four years old, as soon as I saw a portrait here, I heard a
“voice” and passed out.
‘At first I thought that was the voice of Boone.’

But on second thought, it wasn’t.

I remember clearly the first words Boone said.

[I finally met the little miss.]

‘It means he hasn’t seen me before.’

So the ‘voice’ might belong to another devil that Boone does not know.

Until now, I was always inside the Dubbled’s fence, and there wasn’t a
place where I could call out the devil freely.

Above all, if the wish of the devil was not granted, the devil could not be
returned, so in the worst case, there was a risk that the wish could not be
granted and my divine power would be gone while maintaining the devil.

So I didn’t touch it, but I thought I’d take it with me because I didn’t know
what kind of incident I could be in if I lived in the capital in the future.

I got permission from my dad too.

“A little bit more…”

I raised my body with all my might.

‘Gotcha!’

“What are you doing?”

I could hear someone’s voice.

I was surprised and lost my balance.

“Aahhhh!”

I stumbled and fell.

Bang!

The chair fell with the sound and I fell down.

‘Wh-who?’

I raised my head.

“You’re doing a strange thing.”

As soon as I saw the boy who said so, I recognized who he was.

Because…

‘My father… ’

Because he looks like my dad but the younger version!

Among the three brothers of Dubbled, he resembles our father the most.

‘Johann Dubbled.’

I stiffened.

He stared at me.

“Young Master!”

Dubos, who rushed in, called him.

“Ah, it’s the little miss. Haha, you have met him already? It must be your
first time seeing each other. This is your big brother, Johann. And, Johann,
this is…”

“I know.”

“Pardon?”

“A thief.”

He glanced at the amethyst in my hand and said that.

It’s been five years since I finally met an obstacle.

‘Cause I was seen as a thief!’

***

The whole family of Dubbled gathered at the dining room.

On the middle of the table sat Dad, Henry and Isaac on the left, and Johann
on the right.

I sat across from my father and looked at Johann.

Henry, who had his mouth closed with a napkin, put down his fork and
smiled at his brother.

“But why are you here? I heard you were attacked on your way back, you
must have been very scared.”

That was a sarcasm, Henry meant to say ‘did you come home to hide?’

Henry’s expression changed in a flash.

“Why are you here?”

“I’d rather be scared than to pitifully own a small power.”

“Are you saying that to me? Let’s try it.”

A blue spark rose from Isaacs hands. Then, Clang!

There was a shrill sound of the tableware. It was my dad.

“In front of me, I told you to not have a nasty fight, right?”

His father’s words faded the spark from Isaac’s hands.

I stiffened.

‘I’m so nervous… ’

Although my dad and my brothers are not uncomfortable with each other
for a long time, I thought their relationship is not this bad.

It must have been true that the Dubbled’s relationship in my previous life
was even more fierce.

‘Well, Henry and Isaac also didn’t get along very well at first.’

Even now they’re not best friends, but they can tolerate each other.

When the sons shut their mouths, my father asked again, “So Johann, why
are you here?”

“This is the third time I’ve been attacked near the border.”

Isaac asked while frowning.

“So what? All these years, me and Henry were attacked as well when we
went back and forth from the capital.”

“That’s the problem.”

Johann said while poking the meat.

“It’s only natural that Dubbled is attacked.”

“We’re always in danger of kidnapping. A couple of bandits usually use

children to blackmail their parents, and raid those expensive carriages.”

“Who dared attack the carriage of the Dubbled?”

Henry and Isaac’s facial expressions changed as he said so.

“Some stupid guy.”

Henry narrowed the space between his brows and answered instead of
Isaac.

“Because those who inflicted the harm before had their family and relatives
died. There were no ones who received requests to assassinate Dubbled in
fear.”

Johann looked at his father and said, “To be honest, it’s bothersome.”

“So?”

“They’re like tigers without teeth.”

“You mean yourself?”

Dad and Johann’s eyes met constantly.

I lowered my head quickly and concentrated on the meal.

‘Let’s eat quickly and run away.’

However, it was not easy to get out of the situation, so I quickly chewed the
meat.
Hurry, hurry.

When I chewed it, I felt my gums hurting and there was something inside
my mouth.

I bit my tongue in surprise.

“Ahh!”

“Kid!”

“Leblaine.”

Henry and Isaac approached and asking me, “Are you all right?”

“Did you bite your tongue? Let me see.”

I cried and opened my mouth. Then, something fell on the plate and rolled
away.

“……”

“……”

“What is iwt?” (What is it?)

Gasp! What’s wrong with my pronunciation?

When I looked at the plate in amazement, I can see two of my teeth.

‘Right, it was time for me to lose my teeth.’

Because of my slow growth, my teeth fell out when I was nine years old.

I cried and looked at my brothers. With a puzzled look on his face, Isaac
alternately watch between me and my missing tooth.
And he burst into laughter. Henry, too, was turning his head and visibly
laughing.

“Dwon’t laugh!” (Don’t laugh!)

My two teeth fall out and I sound weird.

“I talked about the teeth of a tiger, and now we really have a teeth…”

Isaac slapped the table and laughed. Henry’s shoulders also shook more
violently.

I stared at my dad.

‘Look at them dad!’

I looked for help, but my father’s mouth was also smiling.

***

After the meal, the maids surrounded me.

“Don’t be too sad, little miss.”

“Yes, people lose their teeth. It will grow back soon.”

“Bwut, isn’t this funny?” (But isn’t this funny?) I have to go to the capital
now. Wouldn’t it be funny if I had two teeth missing?

‘My goal was to be a dignified young miss of Dubbled.’

As I became sullen, the maids quickly said, “It’s not!”

That is comforting…

“Really?”
As soon as I opened my mouth, I heard laughter from all sides.

Liars. They’re all liars!

Chapter 74
I was sprawled on the gazebo alone, staring at the mirror with a stunned
face.

No matter how much I looked at it, two of my upper teeth were gone.

‘I’m screwed.’

Children my age start going to activities outside around this time of year.
Not going to a full-fledged tea party, but like showing up at a family event.

‘But if I go out now… ’

In addition, another two teeth on both sides of my teeth were on the verge
of falling off.

‘Stay with me, guys. If you guys fell off, I’ll be really ugly. At least leave
after spring.’

While I was praying eagerly with a mirror in my hand, I heard the chairman
come in.

“I have a letter.”

Looking at the envelope, it’s a letter from Seria. I took the letter from his
hands.

“……”

“……?”

The chairman, however, was staring at my face for a while, not willing to
hand over the letter.
“I came to see you.”

“You came to see me? If not, did Seria asked you to take my picture and
send it to her—“

Then he pulls out the magic device

“—I brought some of these.”

“Oh my god, that’s embarrassing.”

“Why?”

“It’s just strange. I can’t even pronounce some words properly. What if
people tease me later?”

“Then ask the head of the Dubos family to grow your teeth.”

I opened my eyes wide.

“Is it possible to control human growth? I’ve never heard of it… ah.”

Veronica Dubos, the head of Dubos’ family, is a witch who has her physical
body not getting older for over 80 years. In other words, she stopped the
growth of the human body.

The chairman nodded.

“She would be number one in that field.”

“I want to meet her.”

‘If Veronica helps me grow my teeth… ’

I immediately called the escorts because my dad said I could go anywhere

freely as long as I brought three escorts.
 ***

But why did this happen?

In the carriage, I glanced at Johann sitting opposite me.

‘How inconvenient… ’

I was only going to the Dubos mansion, but I was accompanied by Johann.

A large number of knights were absent because they started training ahead
of spring. So the only people who could take me to the mansion were
Johann’s guard.

“Oh no, little miss… wait a minute, Johann also has business to attend in
the Dubos mansion. Why don’t you come together with him?”

I expected Johann would refuse, but he didn’t for some reason.

“Excuse me, thank you…”

Johann looked at me.

“What for?”

“For bringing me with you.”

“I have to go to the Dubos’ mansion, and when I took you with me, the
people didn’t pay attention to me, making it easier for me to move. It’s a
win-win situation.”

Johann spoke monotonously.

“That,… ah, yes. It’s not something to thank for.”

When I nodded cheerfully, he glanced at me again.

“Like what my aunt said, you’re a weirdo.”

“Me?”

“You’re unique.”

“Why?”

“When that happens, usually people say thank you again anyway.”

“But you say it’s not something to thank for…”

“Oh well, I don’t care.”

“Then I won’t apologize!”

I laughed as Johann turned away.

‘I should never bother Johann.’

He won’t attack unless something bothers him.

When Henry and Isaac didn’t attack first at the dinner yesterday, he
wouldn’t do anything.

We arrived and the carriage stopped.

Me and Johann entered the mansion, welcomed by the Dubos family.

“Nice to meet you, little miss. My name is Melanie Dubos, Viscount Dubos’
wife.”

A middle-aged woman greeted me.

‘I feel like she’s a good person.’

She looks really friendly and nice.

“Nice to meet you, beautiful madam.”

“Oh my god, how can you be so lovely? I’ve heard a lot from my husband.
My husband always entertains me with your stories.”

“Oh really?”

When I looked at Dubos, he flinched, and his wife laughed.

Suddenly, I could hear someone calls me “Little miss!”

It was Veronica calling me while going down the stairs.

She clasped my hands as soon as she came down.

“I’m glad you arrived here safely! I was so excited to receive your letter.
I’ve got a lot of snacks for you! Oh, right. Melanie, where’s the chocolate
biscuit I asked for?”

“I’ll tell the servants to buy it. Why don’t both of you go upstairs first and
talk?”

Melanie said kindly, so Veronica led me upstairs.

“I’ll show you the office. There’s a lot of fun things there.”

The people of the Dubos seemed to be a bit embarrassed, but I went up the
stairs with her.

Upon entering the office, Veronica explained this and that.

“This is the root of Elsa tree, this is the fossil of the ironclad dragon, and…”

“Excuse me…”
Veronica widened her eyes as I spoke.

“Yeah?”

She glanced at me. Only then did Veronica blush and murmur, “Oh, I forgot
the greeting…”

“Nice to meet you, little miss. Welcome to the Dubos mansion.

“Yes, thanks for showing me this great place.”

She murmured,

“Everyone says it’s a weird place though… ah! Sit here and wait here.”

As soon as I sat down, she carried the doughnut and cake to my plate and
asked, “But what brings you here today?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“Say it.”

“My teeth fell out. But I can’t wait to let my teeth grow!”

“Oh really? That’s so cute. You– you’re so lovely…”

I dropped my head and covered my mouth with both hands.

“To think that the dignified me lost my teeth…”

“Well, I think being cute is better than being dignified, but it’s not hard to
solve your problems anyway. But everything that’s artificially grown is
fragile. Your teeth can be lost forever then.”

If I get an artificially grown tooth, it might break and my teeth will be lost
forever.
“Then what should I do?”

“I can make fake teeth until you grow up. It’s an illusion, so your
pronunciation will be the same, but others won’t know it’s missing.”

“I want it please!”

Veronica smiled brightly.

“I’ll do your request. But how will you repay me?”

Of course, I held out my purse.

“I brought you a lot of money!”

“That… not money…”

She glanced at me and wrapped her red cheeks.

“I want to take a peek at your head…!”

…Veronica is as expected, not normal.

‘But that’s the only way.’

I nodded my head.

“Good.”

“Wow-! Then let’s get started!”

“Is it that easy to make fake teeth? Doesn’t it take a lot of time?”

“No. I just need to use a medium. It’s not that difficult as I just need to
make the medium as an accessory and hang it on you. Well, I don’t think
any other mages can do it, though.”
Veronica said while searching for the medium on her desk.

“I don’t know why people think it’s so hard. Young people are all idiots
these days.”

I could feel an 80 year old grandma in her.

Then I recalled the chairman’s words.

“You feel bad about Veronica Dubos? You seem to have misunderstood
something…”

“Did people think Veronica’s appearance is terrifying because she’s not

old?”

“Not at all. Everyone didn’t care. While Veronica is a fanatic for cute
things.”

“But isn’t she lonely?”

“Maybe. But Veronica is a very good mage. There won’t be any mage who
can exceed her knowledge and skills. People are reluctant to get closer to
her”

I held hands with Veronica thinking that we should get along well. Veronica
was still searching on her desk.

“No. Then there’s nothing here. But little miss, we use that.”

I became weak at the sight of the stone she pointed at.

Isn’t that the ironclad dragon fossil she showed off earlier?

“But that’s very precious…”

“It’s less important than you.”

When she spoke with determination, she put the ironclad dragon fossil on
her desk and said, “I need a few drops of blood, but since you have divine
power, should I replace it with that? Because I don’t want to hurt your cute
hands.”

I nodded and gave some divine power to the fossil.

Then, the place vibrated as if it was an earthquake.

Veronica was very confused and went to the window.

“I don’t think it’s an earthquake.”

Meanwhile I was staring blankly into the air. When Veronica saw me she
tilted her head.

“Little miss?”

“…I,I need to go to the bathroom!”

“It’s in the second room on the right side of the corridor.”

I hurried out of the hall and into the room Veronica told me about.

Then I looked into the air again. To be precise, a beautiful person with long
hair was floating in the air.

“I am the ninth pillar, Pymon. Are you the one who called me out?”

I was just trying to get my teeth grow a little faster, but I called out another
devil instead.
Chapter 75
Pymon looked at me with a frown. Then he looked around.

“There’s no music here. You must be out of your mind to call me into this
miserable place. What are you doing? Why don’t you bow down to me right
now!”

Boone, the first demon I called, was very gentle, but Pymon wasn’t at all.

‘But she’s very pretty.’

She was as graceful as Javelin. As soon as I thought so, Pymon widened her
eyes.

“I’m your older brother!”

Then he gets startled and corrects himself, “No, man!”

‘He’s a little clumsy.’

“What? How dare you, human!”

Swoosh!

A sharp wind swirled around me. I closed my eyes tightly and covered my
head with my arms because it was a blade-like wind which was usually
used in magic battle, but I couldn’t feel it even after some time.

‘Huh?’

“Da, damn it…”

‘Pymon, you can’t attack me?’

“No!”

I laughed.

‘I see. If I summon a devil, they can’t hurt me.’

Boone was so docile and he was polite to me. I didn’t know that there was
any danger of being attacked, but turns out the summoned devil seemed to
have this heavy restriction.

‘Let me ask you a few questions.’

“Why should I answer human questions?”

‘Cause if you don’t, I won’t grant your wish.’

“What?! You think it’s possible to keep me for a long time? You won’t last
long either.”

‘If you don’t like being called, you can go back, right? Then why don’t
you go back?’

“Th,that…”

‘No way… he couldn’t go back?’

Pymon’s eyes shook.

It was not difficult to guess why he could not go back.

1. My wish is so desperate that he cannot return.

2. He can return only until I fulfill his wishes and the devil exerts his power
to me.
Pymon wasn’t as kind as Boone, so I couldn’t ask which one is right, but
only one thing is clear.

‘I have the upper hand in this deal.’

“You’re de, devilish!”

I shrugged and laughed.

‘What’s your wish, then?’

Pymon replied with his eyes glistening.

“Pure mana.”

‘You already have a lot of mana. You said you’re a high-ranking devil.’

“The mana human had is better than a devil’s mana. They’re purer than
devil’s mana.”

Pymon hugged his arms in ecstasy. I looked at Pymon and shook my head.

‘Then here’s a question. What can you do if I grant your wish?’

He lifted his eyebrows with a grin.

“I can let all humans look up to you. The most brilliant honor in the world
will be yours.”

‘Honor… ’

Vallua was the most honorable of the five dukes, but he always struggled to
protect that honor.

He tried not to be greedy for money to keep his family honor, but eventually
he had no money left.
In the end, he was turned into a greedy man by money, trying to win the
right to trade tea leaves.

Honor was meaningless to me like that.

“Then I’ll make you the best musician in the world.”

‘That… ’

“I’ll make you a writer who can make many masterpieces.”

I’d rather have the power of Boone. I could show Louis to the chairman one
more time.

Pymon’s face was distorted by my casual thought.

“How dare you compare me to that devil! I’m good at all kinds of art, and
I’m also the best devil when it comes to science and magic–!”

‘Magic? So you can do special magic? For example, long-distance

travel?’

When I looked at him happily, Pymon laughed.

“Of course.”

I jumped up and hugged Pymon. He got flustered and shouted, “What, what
are you doing!”

“Bu, But even if I tell you how, it’s useless without granting my wish.”

‘There is a way.’

“What?”
I know a genius who wiped out the monsters, but wasn’t executed because
of the skills she had.

I stared at the door with a grin. Exactly. Veronica’s room is outside that
door.

‘When Veronica is on my side, I can get my hands on Pymon’s

knowledge… ’

***

Then I went back to Veronica’s room, and she smiled brightly at me.

“Little miss! I’ve finished all the preparations.”

After Pymon was summoned, the stone seemed to have returned to normal.

She put the stone on a string and wrapped it carefully around my wrist.

When I looked in the mirror, it was as if I never lost my teeth.

‘Wow, this is awesome.’

I laughed as cutely as I could and grabbed Veronica’s hands. She looked at

me shyly.

“I want to get along with Veronica.”

Very, very, very.

Her face lit up at my words.

“M, me too! My wish is to have a friend who is as cute as you! Other kids
are afraid of me because they thought I am a monster!”

“From now on, be my best friend.”

Veronica wrapped both of her cheeks in her hand.

“Thank you so much for this. I’ll invite you to my mansion later. Let’s play
together!”

“Well, shall we? Then I’ll also take a bunch of fun toys!”

“Yes!”

I took Veronica’s hand, and left the room. I listened to her never-ending
stories.

“Each stone has a different solidness and purity, so the formula is different,
which is very tricky…”

Veronica was thrilled to see me showing no signs of boredom.

I came down the stairs after greeting Veronica. At the same time, Johann
was going down as he had finished his business here.

“Are you done?”

I nodded my head when he asked.

“Yes, let’s go ba—“

At the moment, I felt a vibration in my body. Pymon who was connected to

my soul was very excited.

[That’s him!]

‘What?’

[Look at this purity and depth. Among the guys I’ve met in the last hundred
years, he’s the best.]
I was shocked.

‘Calm down. Other people have a lot of mana, so why is it Johann’s?

Veronica also has amazing mana.’

[Her power’s contaminated.]

‘Contaminated… why?’

[She’s too old. Mana are usually pure the younger the owner is.]

Then it will be difficult to get the powerful, pure mana that Pymon wants.

All human beings were born with mana, but few had channels to vent.

A vent is, for example, a faucet. Only hot water comes from hot water
faucets, and cold water comes from cold water faucets.

When we are young, we don’t know how to vent, so of course, the older we
get, the more we practice, the easier it is to vent our power.

We call those who can freely let out their mana at a young age, such as the
three brothers of Dubbled and Adrian, a genius.

‘There’s no other genius like Johann.’

Wait… there is another one, Adrian.

I asked Pymon.

‘Then how can I get the mana?’

[You can do it easily.]

‘That’s a relief! What’s the solution?’

When I heard the answer, I wanted to grab Pymon’s collar.

‘That’s not easy!’

***

A few days later, at the Duke’s office.

The three brothers in the office stood in front of the Duke with a look of
indifference.

“Johann, what’s your plan?”

“For the time being, I will stay in the estate and pursue those who attacked
me. At the end of the vacation, I will return to the academy. Please assign
Dubos as my assistant.”

“What about you, Henry?”

“I’m going to the academy soon. I will live in a dormitory during the
semester and receive education here during vacation.”

Isaac said, “We’re the same,” and the Duke called Nos.

“Yes, Your Excellency?”

“As soon as Johann graduates…”

In the middle of the conversation, the duke’s gaze turned to the window.

Henry and Isaac were also smiling while following the duke’s gaze.

A light brown hair was sticking out.

With his arms crossed, the Duke watched the little spy by the window.
She was moving cautiously, and every time she walked, her hair fluttered.

The girl, who was stuck in the corner, raised her hand on the window frame
this time. Then she gently raised her head.

“…!”

When her eyes met with all the people in the room, she hid quickly.

Johann narrowed his forehead.

But the really weird thing was, it wasn’t her.

“It-, it’s nice weather today! What is the kid doing?”

“Maybe she’s taking a nap.”

“Nos, make sure LeBlaine sleeps with a blanket on.”

“Ye-, yes!”

They were desperate to ignore their eye contact with the child.

They were very strange.

‘Are they crazy?’

Chapter 76
After finishing the conversation with the Duke, Johann left. That evening
was very quiet.

Soon, the silence was gone due to a certain girl’s footstep.

When Johann turned around, Leblaine grab his shirt.

“What?”

“So…… that……”

Johann asked when he saw Leblaine following him.

“I can hear you following me.”

“That’s not true!”

“Then?”

“……actually, you’re right.”

Leblaine was sullen.

“I never meant to bother you. I was just wondering if I could get some of
what you have, if you’re okay with it.”

She said with a quiet voice.

‘What is her purpose?’

If that child wants anything, father will give her everything. In addition,
there was Henry and Isaac. She doesn’t have to come herself to get things.
While he was contemplating, Leblaine was glancing at him.

At this point, he was purely curious.

What the hell does she want?

“Nail or hair.”

“……what?”

***

He looks so confused.

Nail or hair……

If anyone hears it, they’ll think I was about to put a curse on him.

But I really need them. Because that was the medium to get some of
Johann’s mana.

Pymon, of all things, still uses the old-fashioned way of using magic!

I showed Dad, Henry, and Isaac’s hair to Pymon. But it couldn’t be them
because Johann’s power is the purest.

“Why my hair or nails? Are you going to curse me?”

“That’s not it. You’re going to the academy soon, aren’t you? Since you’ve
been attacked so many times, how about I make a protection spell so that it
doesn’t happen this time?”

I blabber the excuse I had prepared in advance. I couldn’t really say it

earlier because I was very nervous.

“I can make it if I have your nails or hair!”

It’s a myth, but it doesn’t matter.

‘I’m only a child, so I can do something like this.’

Johann didn’t say anything.

“What?!”

Suddenly, I could hear Isaac’s voice from behind me.

He came running quickly, grabbed my hand and frowned. Henry also did
what Isaac did.

“Why is the kid with you? Did you bully her again?”

“You don’t need to keep your eyes on her.”

When Henry and Isaac spoke, Johann’s eyebrows went up.

I was flustered and pulled both of their sleeves together.

“No. He never bothered me. I came to him myself!”

“Kid, why did you do it?”

“You don’t have to worry about him, Leblaine.”

I mean, that’s not it.

“No—“

I was about to say something when Johann turned around. Without saying
anything, he moved away from us.

I stamped my foot.
“That’s not it! I came after Johann myself!”

“……really?”

Isaac asked and Henry didn’t say anything.

Henry gently grabbed me by the shoulder and he lowered himself to reach

my eyes.

“I told you. He’s a dangerous person, so never be alone with him.”

I sulked and looked at them.

“Leblaine?”

“Johann doesn’t look like a bad person.”

“Kid, my brother is very heartless—!”

“When I went to the play with my maids last year, everyone cried because
they were sad, but I didn’t cry. So am I a bad guy?”

Isaac panicked and shouted,

“That……!”

“You didn’t have to look at the documents today, did you? That’s why you
have time to read books.”

“……that’s right.”

“You didn’t have to train the knights, did you? So you wanted to eat snacks
with me.”

“Yes.”
“Johann did your job for you guys.”

“……”

“……”

I shook off Henry and Isaac’s hands.

***

When I came back to my room, I saw a long-haired gir…… no, a guy who
ate cookies on my bed.

“My snacks……”

“I couldn’t taste anything.”

“But why did you eat all of it?”

“Well, it’s free. And I’m bored.”

There are some restrictions that the devils have. One, he can’t get more than
a kilometer away from me, people can also see the devil if I’m not in good
condition.

‘I have to hurry and send him back before I go to the capital.’

I thought so and picked up the envelope I kept under my bed. It was a letter
to Seria.

[After Adolf, one of the 21 priests, was executed, the church didn’t do any
extreme moves. They’ve been searching for a way to bring back their honor
that has fallen. Etwal, an important symbol of the church is displayed for
days…]

‘I’ve never seen the Etwal on display in my past lives.’

It was urgent enough to bring out the sacred objects in myths to win over
the disappointed believers.

I checked the Etwal picture of the church sent by Seria.

‘Huh?’

I frowned in surprise.

“What……”

“What’s going on?”

“It’s strange.”

Pymon came near me and checked the picture.

“Etwal?”

“Do you know it?”

“Of course.”

Having mastered all kinds of studies, did he also learn theology? I nodded
and said.

“That’s right. It’s Etwal, but it’s a little different from what I know.”

“Why?”

“Etwal, which was originally stored in the church had jewels embedded in
every corner of the but it’s not here.”

I saw it clearly.
When Mina had the church’s etwal, I could see the jewels in every etwal’s
corner.

I took out my Etwal necklace and showed it to Pymon.

‘There’s no jewels in it like mine.’

Pymon sat across me and put his hand on his chin.

“It’s no wonder, there’s no power so no jewels.”

“What does that mean?”

“Etwal is originally a sacred object for keeping power. It’s like a

warehouse, for example.”

I opened my eyes widely.

“Is it something to store magic or divine power?”

“I mean a real soul. Even a devil’s power and you have the authority over
them.”

Pymon pointed to a small groove in every corner of the hexagonal etwal.

“You keep the power in here. So you can take it out whenever you need it.”

I opened my eyes widely at the remark.

There are six grooves in total. Does that mean I can have six powers?

“Wait, so that means I can store devils power too?!”

“Of course, but beings like us cannot be stored without our consent.”

“Is that so?”

“But, the owner wouldn’t be able to keep us. Aren’t you running out of
divine power to borrow our powers?”

“Then what does it usually contain?”

“Human souls. However, this is not something that a human being can do.
There is no choice but to obtain souls by a higher existence like the devil.”

I frowned and looked at Pymon.

“Is it possible that I can continue to call out the devils to complete the
etwal?”

Pymon’s lip corners went up.

[I can answer questions only after you are qualified.]

That’s why Boone said I’m not qualified without Etwal.

I rolled up my sleeves.

‘Mina also completed the etwal.’

And Mina, who completed the etwal, became a powerful person that even
the pope could not easily offend.

If I complete the etwal before Mina…

‘I can be the strongest person in the continent and make Dubbled an

independent family.’

My heart trembles.

Pymon looked at me and coughed loudly.

If I complete the etwal before Mina…

“Yes!”

“……”

For some reason, Pymon became a little gloomy.

‘I’m envious of Pymon’s abilities, but it’s hard to maintain him.’

I only have six chances. I must create a power source that will benefit me.

I immediately contacted Seria.

[Yes, little miss.]

“Gather information on who’s selling special gems and minerals here. Also
buy it as much as you can.”

[Some people may offer a price that you can’t imagine for special gems and
minerals.]

“It doesn’t matter.”

I still have the top of hope to generate me a lot of money.

“I made a lot of money these days anyway.”

***

That night, I sneaked into Johann’s room.

It seems like Johann hadn’t come back from training, the room was very
quiet.

‘I’m going to pick up his hair before he comes back.’

It would not be as much as Pymon wanted, but there was no other way.
[I think I’ll end up going back after a year.]

Pymon was being sarcastic again.

I carefully opened the bedroom door, and slowly crept into his bed.

“Gasp!”

There was someone on a sofa near the bed.

I was so surprised that I didn’t move at all.

But it’s weird.

The body looks like a human, but why was there no response?

‘Pymon, if anything happens to me, attack it right away.’

I carefully headed to the sofa.

“Johann!”

It was Johann lying down on the sofa with a pale face. It is serious if
Johann, who is usually quick to notice any presence, didn’t do anything
even after I came in.

“Get a hold of yourself! Oh my god, doctor!”

Johann grabbed my wrist just when I was about to rush out.

“Lou…… loud. This poison…… can be purified in a week.”

“But……!”

“I am the eldest son…… of Dubbled. If my body gets damaged…… the

enemies will move.”
That must be it.

The reason why the vassals didn’t have different opinions was because
Johann’s very capable and handle everything himself.

‘No way…… ’

I took a closer look at Johann’s condition.

Since I have been trained in the church for two lives, I could recognize
diseases.

‘Bloom Dog.’

It is a poison used frequently by mercenaries.

“When they attacked at the border, you were struck by poison right? So you
came to rest at the Dubbled on the pretext of running away.”

“……”

“Have you been holding it?”

“Don’t bother me……”

“Stupid!”

I shouted at him.

Oh my god, what a fool!

Everyone else was saying that he was inhuman and valued nothing, even his
brothers didn’t know what he was like, he carried a lot of baggage by
himself.

I was so upset with Johann that my eyes kept getting blurry.

When I saw him, Johann was looking at me very gently.
Chapter 77
“You need to see a doctor. Please wait, I’ll ask them to come here.”

“That’s enough!”

Johann shook off my hands.

He looked at me with a rather blank look.

“You have many cuts. It will cause a scar even if your poison is purified! If
you hide it again, I will tell everyone.”

When I looked at him threateningly, Johann’s hand slowly loosen.

I managed to get a doctor and I even called dad.

Seeing Johann lying in bed, Dad became gloomy. He looked angry yet sad.

“Does it hurt?”

“……”

“I’m here to see your condition by Dubos’ orders.”

He said the reason why he’s here. I sigh.

‘The dubbled’s are so stubborn’

His stubbornness seems to be from genetics. Not only Johann, but dad,
Henry, and Isaac were all stubborn.

“You hide it from me without fear.”

“Yes.”

Look at that. He never says he’s wrong. Dad’s eyes grew colder.

“Dad, dad.”

“……”

“The doctor said he had to take medicine and eat his meal first.”

Dad who was frowning at Johann, sighed.

He heard some more of Johann’s condition from the doctor, and only then
did he leave the room.

The room was quiet again after the doctors and the employees left.

“Is this what you want?”

Johann asked coldly and I narrowed my forehead.

“I should have let dad scold you more.”

Then I sat down on a chair beside his bed. I scooped the soup that was
placed on the bedside table and served it to him.

“No thanks.”

“It’s a medicine prescribed by a doctor, he said you need to eat first before
taking the medicine.”

“……”

“Hurry up. Or I’m going to go out and tell people that Johann is sick!”
I give him the soup one more time. He soon opened his mouth a little after
staring at the spoon I had put out for a while.

As soon as he swallowed the soup, I held out the spoon again.

“That’s right. One more time.”

“……”

“Just one more time.”

“……”

“Last time.”

“……”

“Hey, a little bit more. Can you finish this?”

“……”

“Wow, it’s really the last time.”

He emptied the soup from the small bowl and I put out the medicine.

“Eat this much, and today’s annoyance is over!”

Johann sighed and swallowed the pill. He gazed at me threateningly but I

wasn’t afraid of him anymore.

***

Days after that.

Johann stared at Leblaine, who came into his room.

Today she picked up a bunch of flowers and put them in a vase as she stared
at it with ecstatic eyes.

In recent days, that child has been in and out of my room in an obvious
way.

When she came, she talked about many things, and then went back.

“Did you eat?”

“What about your medicine?”

“The chef made shrimp soup today, and it was delicious. Tomorrow, he said
he’s going to make chicken soup.”

Even if I kick her out, she comes again in the afternoon and asks if he ate,
took medicine, and his condition.

Leblaine sat on a chair beside the bed as usual.

Then she put her elbows on the bed and began to chatter.

“So, Viscount Dubos was very upset. Dad didn’t say anything, but I think
he was pretty scared.”

“……”

“And today, Yuni mismanaged her laundry water, so everyone had to wear
blue tinted clothes. The butler scolded her. They’re going to bring in new
clothes tomorrow.”

“……”

I ignored her chatter and tried to read a book, but I couldn’t even focus.
“So, we had french toast in the morning and it was really delicious. Oh,
right. The tea was really nice today too. The doctor said you can drink too.
Lea, get me the tea.”

That kid was really weird.

At first, she was scared like everyone else, but at some point, she became
the most annoying person in the world.

It wasn’t just that kid alone. Even those that were affected by that kid were
annoying.

Isaac visited me last night. He looked at me with a sulky look on his face, at
first, I wondered if he came in to quarrel, but he suddenly put a wild boar to
my bedroom.

“I was just passing by, so I brought it. I didn’t mean to catch it.”

Henry had also come in the morning. He hugged an armful of the

documents and said, “You don’t have to do this. It’s a lot of pressure.”

The next person to come was my father. My father often come with
LeBlaine and looked at him silently for about half an hour before going
back.

As soon as I had my eyes fixed on the book, I suddenly noticed LeBlaine,

who had been talking for a long time, stopped talking.

I glanced at her, she sat in the chair and buried her face in my bed as she fell
asleep.

Johann looked at the child gently.

Her plump cheeks were like soft dough, her small and round nose was cute,
and her mouth was like a baby chick.
She’s just a normal child, yet such a child was changing the castle.

This place was always buried in silence and darkness, but now it was very
lively and bright. The floor, which used to be hard, was now covered in a
soft carpet to make sure that the child wouldn’t get hurt.

‘Well, she indeed fell very often.’

She often runs the garden, the greenhouse, and the hallways. Then, even if
she fell down, she quickly got up and ran again without crying once.

She doesn’t act like a noble lady, she was just a normal child.

The petite, half-asleep child held Johann’s hand in both hands. Johann
casually reached out for her curly hair.

Soon, the maid came in after a knock. On top of the tray was black tea
which Leblaine had asked for Johann.

“Oh my.”

The maid left the tea on the table.

“I’ll take her.”

“No, leave her be.”

“Pardon……?”

Johann, who already woke up, laid the child on the bed.

The maid was visibly shocked for a moment, but she soon smiled.

Even in Johann’s room, which had always been dark, a gentle sun was
seeping in.
 ***

The sun was setting steadily when I woke up. I slowly blinked.

As my blurred vision became clearer, I could see an unfamiliar ceiling.

‘Here…… gasp!’

I came to nurse Johann and fell asleep.

‘Oh no, I slept in the patient’s bed… ’

While I was panicking, I felt a gaze from the sofa. It was Johann’s.

I looked at Johann and said,

“I’m sorry……”

I kicked him out as a patient and took over the bed after all.

I thought he would be mad, but what I heard from him was unexpected.

“Do you want anything?”

“Pardon?”

“I’ll give you a gift for nursing me.”

“I didn’t do it for that.”

I’m sincere. Johann murmured as I frowned.

“……I know.”

“What?”
“It means I want to give something to you regardless of your purpose.”

I stiffened.

‘So that must mean a thank you to me.’

I laughed inwardly.

Well, I don’t really want anything…… While I was thinking that, I

suddenly thought of something.

“Mana!”

“Mana?”

His hair was also okay, but it is easier and faster to simply receive his mana
at once.

Johann said while narrowing his forehead.

“It would be useless to you though.”

“But……!”

He stared at me for a moment and said.

“Well, alright.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“I’m so excited!”

As I jumped and rejoiced, I could hear a little laugh.

I widened my eyes and looked at Johann. His lips were curled up.

“You really look like a baby chick.”

‘Wow…… ’

I thought his smile would look similar to dad’s, but his smile is completely
different.

‘Maybe his smile is similar to Risette?’

I laughed along with Johann as I thought about it.

When I came back from dinner, there was a white stone on my bed. It was
Johann’s Mana Stone.

***

That evening, I looked at Johann’s Mana Stone with a happy face in the
corner of the garden when there was no one.

‘It truly is an amazing power.’

[Now give it to me.]

‘It’s a waste to just pass it on, shall I split it up?’

[What?!]

Pymon who shouted frowned.

“Where did you learn about such a thing!”

“You asked for a pure mana, but you didn’t ask for this mana stone.”

“That!…… that’s true.”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t it something you didn’t need anyway?”

“If it’s such a precious mana stone, it must’ve a lot of uses. I’m sure they’ll
pay a lot of money if I sell it to the tower right now.”

“The richest man here is your father, why are you doing this!”

“Well, the more money the better.”

Pymon was very panicked and looked impatient.

“Give it and I’ll make you many money.”

“No need.”

“I’ll make you many jewels!”

“No, instead give me the knowledge I didn’t know. Information report is

your talent. Can that knowledge be transferred?”

I’ll get information about long-distance travel.

When I widened my eyes with a look of ‘Don’t even think about cheating’.
Pymon stopped talking.

But he couldn’t take his eyes off Johann’s Mana Stone.

It would be hard to find such a pure mana everywhere. The usually black
Mana Stone was as white as a pearl.

Seeing Pymon so eager to have it, I thought I was right.

“Well, then.”
It was when I was walking towards Gazebo, A light emerged in front of my
eyes.

And what appeared…… was a long-haired young man dressed in unusual

clothes, waving a luxurious fan, a middle-aged man with a stubble and
beard, and a woman with a nursing suit.

The middle aged man said,

“Who called upon us?”

I looked at Pymon.

“These people……”

He turned to the three people on his back and opened his arms.

“These are all the powers I boast of.”

“……”

“Pick one. Who do you want to put in your Etwal?”

Chapter 78
I gazed at Pymon and he gave me an arrogant look.

“They were all famous in the other world. They are special souls that are
difficult to obtain even for most devils.”

“What could they do if I took them?”

When I asked, he grinned.

“If you own a great strategist of the century, you will be able to put the
world in the palm of your hand.”

A long-haired young man with a fan covering his mouth slightly bowed his
head.

“If you dream of becoming the emperor, he’ll be a good guide.”

A short middle-aged man looked at me with an arrogant expression.

“The angel with the lantern is an outstanding reformer, as well as an

administrator and medical personnel. With her, you can own a medical
center that is better than anyone else, and complete a system that extends
beyond the century.”

The woman in the nursing suit smiled.

I stared blankly at them and looked at Pymon with a stiff face.

“……why? You don’t like any of them?”

Pymon spoke with a grim face.

“They’re really outstanding spirits–”

I gave him the mana stone.

‘You’re the best! You’re awesome!’

I looked at the three talents with ecstatic eyes.

‘Who should I pick? Who shall I pick!’

But I couldn’t decide right away that day.

Pymon gave me time to contemplate and put each of the three souls in
stone.

If I decide on a soul, the remaining two will naturally disappear.

***

One day, I headed for Dubos.

I thought the atmosphere would be bad because Johann had been

reprimanded for hiding his condition, but Mrs. Dubos greeted me as kindly
as before.

“I’m glad to see you often, little miss.”

She smiled and said.

“I heard about the situation.”

“That’s right. That is really unfortunate. Dubos should’ve gotten mad at him
more.”

“……yes.”
“He never told his parents that he was hurt! It’s such a stupid thing. If my
sons had shut their mouths in spite of their injuries, I would have slapped
their asses.”

Then she looked at the two big men standing by the door.

The men were taken aback, saying, “Mo, mother…” but Mrs. Dubos only
laughed.

“Let’s go upstairs.”

“Yes.”

Mrs. Dubos, who took me to the second floor, knocked on Veronica’s door.

“Little miss—!”

“Hello, Veronica.”

“Come on in!”

I went into the room alone with Veronica.

The room was very messy.

“Would you like to see the magic tools I made today?”

“I want to see more interesting magic tools.”

“More interesting thing… oh, there is a magic tool that automatically

removes makeup. Should I show you?”

“No, what I want to see is something else.”

Veronica gazed at me as if she was confused, and I said while staring into
her eyes.
“Long-distance magic tool.”

“Oh, little miss, that’s not possible. The only reason why the tool can travel
short distance is because that’s the only distance that humans can endure. If
you go over it, your whole body will twist, your limbs will rip, or you’ll
—!”

“I may not grow like Veronica.”

“……”

Pymon told me.

Familiar with all kinds of knowledge, he knew that the risks of failing to
travel long distances were similar to Veronica.

“How do you know that? No one know what my failed experiment was.”

“I wonder why didn’t we have a magic tool for long distance travel? But I
think Veronica would have had that question before me.”

“……you’re right.”

“What if I could protect my body so that I could travel long distances?”

“Long distance magic tools are not a dream either. But there’s no such thing
as that…”

I grinned at her words.

“There is.”

“……!”

She sprang to her feet.

‘I knew she’d be interested.’

Veronica failed in the experiment and stopped growing. She said she liked it
because she had a cute body, but she must also be frustrated at her body at
some point She was lonely enough to adore me so much just for being a
little kind.

I know how painful loneliness was.

Even after feeling the pain, Veronica was still experimenting with magic
and making tons of tools.

She had pure enthusiasm for learning.

She’ll open her eyes to the idea that she can make the failed experiment
successful again.

“Little miss, let me know what it is.”

“Hmm.”

“Of course I’ll pay. I’ll give you all the tools I made. No, I can even tell you
how to make it!”

“I don’t need that.”

“Well, then because I am the head of Dubos family…!”

“That’s enough. There’s only one thing I want.”

“Anything is fine. Say it!”

I took a sip of iced tea, and looked at Veronica.

“What I want is Veronica Dubos. It’s you.”

Veronica looked at me with her eyes wide open. Her eyes were shaking.

“Just now…”

“Yes.”

Veronica embraced me.

“Veronica, calm down……”

She clasped my hand and sniffed.

“May I take an oath of loyalty right now? I always dreamed of it.”

“……”

“Please……”

She gave me a very earnest look and I replied “Yes, well……”

Going back to the castle, I hummed.

Even after the oath of loyalty, Veronica was very excited by saying, “The
day of my oath of loyalty is coming!”

The Dubos must have had a hard time stopping her, but it doesn’t matter if I
think about today’s harvest.

I told Veronica that it was the “Elsa tree” that could protect her body on the
move.

“If it’s Elsa tree… oh why didn’t I think of that! I failed my experiment
because of this!”

Then she immediately began to write down difficult equations.

‘Okay, it’s only a matter of time before I get my hands on her,’

The continent’s best mage will be on my hand!

When I thought so, just in time the carriage stopped. Lea opened the door
for me, and I took her hand as I got off.

“You’re going to eat now, right?”

“Yes, I’m supposed to eat with my dad and my brothers.”

“Yes.”

I went into the castle holding Lea’s hand to change clothes.

But it’s weird.

Usually at this time, employees would bustle around, but today there was
no one in the hallway.

Also, there was no smell of food from the first floor.

‘What?’

I grab Lea’s sleeve.

“Lea, what’s wrong with the castle today—“

As soon as I said that,

“Dame* Shavanol!”

*Dame is the equivalent of Sir for women.

Someone upstairs called Lea.

When she was called this, I looked up upstairs with a puzzled look on my
face.

‘Nos?’

Seeing his gaze, Nos ran down the stairs. This is the first time I’ve seen Nos
looking this urgent.

Lea felt an unusual atmosphere and narrowed her forehead.

“What’s the matter?”

“The child, presumed to be the fourth lady, appeared. Your Excellency is

looking for you.”

What?

‘Didn’t they say the fourth child died after birth?’

I looked at Lea, and she was rigid.

Lea’s hand, who took my hand, slowly came loose. My hands naturally fell
down as Lea’s warmth faded.

Lea ran immediately. Me and Nos followed her too.

When we arrived at the reception room on the first floor, I saw a middle-
aged man with a hat and a girl of my age with silver hair and blue eyes.

The girl had all the symbols of Dubbled.

Dad and brothers’ expression were very shocked.

“You are the last one who saw Risette’s baby, take a look yourself.”

After Lea bowed, she was told to examine the silver-haired girl.
“Please show me your neck.”

The girl glanced at the man who came with her, and the man nodded.

The child’s long silver hair turned to one side, revealing a long wound
behind her neck.

“It is indeed the wound the baby had.”

Her hands were shaking and she couldn’t even see the child’s face.

Dad muttered,

“The mage, complete this confirmation.”

A man wearing a gold robe in the middle of the room put the child’s hand
on his palm.

Shortly after the mage checked, the mage bowed down.

“She had the energy of Dubbled. Congratulations, sir.”

“Congratulations, Your Excellency!”

The nobles shouted at once.

Father was staring at the child without even blinking. He didn’t show any
expression, but I knew.

The power is in the hands of my dad.

Chapter 79
The chairman let me know what was going on.

Nine years ago, the brothers, who were pushed out by my father, couldn’t
give up until the end and attacked them.

It was when dad was away for work, so Risette had to flee while being
pregnant.

There was Lea, who was on Irie then and Lea’s older sister Reina, who was
a maid of Risette, on the castle.

The three girls left the castle safely, but suddenly Risette’s belly hurt, so
they helped her.

The Duchess gave birth safely. It was Reina who helped her giving birth.

In the meantime, Lea faced tons of knights which was too much to defeat
by herself.

Eventually, the Duchess died, and Reina entrusted Lea with the baby
wrapped in a blanket.

Reina became bait and tried to chase the pursuer, but she died on the blade
of the pursuer.

Lea also desperately protected the child. But she couldn’t hold on.

“After that, His Excellency cleared up the rebellion and searched the place,
but we couldn’t find the child.”

I nodded when I heard the chairman.

“We had no choice but to hide about what happened to Risette, because of
our enemies.”

If it was revealed that he had lost his wife and children due to a mere
rebellion, the honor of Dubbled would have fallen to the ground.

Most of all, my father who lost his child and wife at the same time was not
in a good condition back then.

If another enemy took this chance to attack them, the situation would be out
of control.

Thus, the vassals, led by Dubos, joined forces to cover up the case.

Then, a vassal saw a child who looked like the Duchess.

The vassal was on a vacation when he saw the child. After that he told
Viscount Dubos.

Viscount Dubos, who knew the truth of the matter, investigated it. He said
that a couple, who had no child, had found a baby in the mountains and
raised her.

“But why did we find the child in this life? It never happened in my
previous lives.”

There is only one case in which the future changes. When I intervene.

“But what’s the change?”

As I murmured, the chairman said while putting a piece of sugar in my

teacup, “Thanks to you, the vassals were able to take a vacation.”

“……”

“Or she could be a fake.”

“The second one is almost impossible. It’s only a small number of people in
Dubbled who knew about the missing child.”

The girl has all the symbols of Dubbled.

The mages even went to check her energy, it was confirmed that she had the
energy of Dubbled.

There’s no way a mage of Dubbled could make a mistake. He was an

excellent mage and he’s absolutely loyal to Dubbled.

He was a loyal mage who protected father and died later.

While I was thinking about it, the door to the greenhouse opened and a girl
of my age came in.

When my eyes met with the child, I widened my eyes in surprise.

‘The child.’

“Lady!”

Many maids followed her and tried to brought her out after bowing at the
chairman.

“We’re sorry, little miss.”

Then she whispered to the child.

“You can’t just come in when they’re in the middle of a conversation.”

“But, Mireille missed my sister!”

I blinked when I heard her calling me her sister.

‘She’s like Mina.’

She was very cheerful and was able to get along well with people.

The child approached me and smiled innocently.

“Hello, I’m Mireille…”

The child, who paused for a moment, stretched out her skirt and bent her
knees slightly.

“The fourth child of Duke Dubbled, Mireille, nice to meet you.”

Then she looked at Lea and the maids,

“What do you think?”

The maids only laughed.

“Now that I have already introduced myself, sister should also introduce
yourself!”

She suddenly said that and I felt a little awkward.

“Hello, my name is Leblaine……”

“Wow—!”

Mireille shouted and hugged my arms.

The maids murmured,

“Both of them are super cute……”

“Let’s go sister, let’s eat together.”

“Ah, but I……”

I still have something to talk about to the chairman.

Mireille saw the chairman and said,

“Grandfather, Mireille wants to play with my sister, can I take her?”

“You should ask for her permission instead.”

The chairman answered politely, Mireille was silent for a moment but
suddenly pulled my arms.

“Let’s go, sister.”

I left the greenhouse while being dragged by her, I said to the chairman
quietly, “I’m so sorry.”

The chairman nodded.

Mireille was a really cheerful kid. She chattered with excitement the whole
time we walked.

“Mireille and sister are actually the same age. Mireille’s mother gave birth
to me in January and sister’s mother gave birth to you in February. But
Mireille likes being the youngest, the youngest are always loved more,
right? So sister needs to be older than me.”

“That’s not something I can decide at will…”

“Everyone thinks Mireille is precious. Everyone lets me do everything I

wanted to, when I said I wanted you as a sister, dad didn’t say no. My dad
thinks Mireille is precious too.”

Anyway, if Mireille is registered in the family registry, the title will

naturally be corrected.
“You know, I’ve never seen such a nice castle before. Will the people be
nice to Mireille?”

“They’re all good people.”

“But I think that grandfather is bad.”

“What?”

I looked at Mireille in surprise.

“I asked you nicely but he got angry.”

“He’s not angry. He’s just not great at handling kids.”

“Why? That grandfather must have had children too. Why couldn’t he
handle children? Did he have no children?”

“He once had a child. But his son died in an accident a long time ago.”

“I guess his son died because of the grandfather’s bad temper. Right?”

I was so surprised that I stopped walking and looked at Mireille.

“You can’t say that!”

“……huh?”

“That’s very mean and the words will make him sad.”

Mireille became sullen.

“……alright.”

I sighed and grabbed Mireille’s shoulder slightly.

“The chairman really loved his son. It would hurt him so much if you said
that. Don’t ever say that again okay?”

“Yes…… Mireille is wrong. Don’t get angry sister.”

I nodded then Mireille became cheerful again as if she was never sullen.
When we entered the dining room, she still didn’t stop talking.

There was dad, Nos and some vassals in the room.

As I walked, I said hello to Nos. Mireille sat close to my father and waved
at Nos.

“Hello there!”

The vassals who heard Mireille stared at the child.

“Her voice sounded similar to Risette…”

“Yes, it will be hard to tell them apart when she grows up.”

Meanwhile, Mireille was immersed in her conversation with Nos.

“Did you come yesterday?”

“Yes, lady.”

Mireille covered her mouth with her hands and said, “I’m a lady. Mireille is
not used to being called a lady.”

“You’ll get used to it soon.”

“Yes, I should get used to it quickly. I can’t make any mistakes!”

“Mistake?”
“Mireille made my sister upset today because I said mean things. I guess
it’s because Mireille is not used to a proper way of speaking.”

Everyone’s eyes in the dining room turned to me. Then she changed the
topic with an awkward expression.

“So, where am I going to stay later?”

“The west wing.”

“Is there any room left for the lady?”

After the death of his predecessor, Dad repaired the library in the castle.

The rooms of the ancestors and the rooms of the brothers were completely
renovated.

As a result, there were only a few rooms for children, so I could have my
own room only after it was renovated.

Dad asked Nos,

“Did the construction start?”

“Yes, it wouldn’t take much time to install the security system and fixed the
room.”

“How long?”

“I expect it to be two weeks. I’ve unpacked her luggage in a room next to

the little miss, is it okay?”

Then Mireille raised her arms and shouted,

“I wanted to share a room with dad!”

“Lady, that’s……”

“It’s so big here, I think I’ll be scared at night. It’s okay right? Dad?”

“……”

“Is it alright?”

The vassals looked rather troubled but they think she was just being
childish.

“She must be the first lady who acted childish to you.”

“Yes, the little miss was not childish when she was young.”

“Mireille is mature and eats vegetables well too.”

When she ate the vegetables that came with the dish, the vassals laughed
and said, “Lady is very mature.”

As usual, it was easy to eat because my family didn’t talk a lot.

That evening, a vassal approached me, while I was going back to my room.

I was close with this vassal because he treated me well.

“That, little miss……”

“Huh?”

“For the time being, I think it’s better not to argue with Mireille…”

They must have thought that I had a fight with Mireille when she said that I
was upset.

“No, we didn’t argue.”

“I’m glad to hear that. You need to get along well.”

Only then did the vassal smiled after I nodded.

The vassals came one by one separately and gave me some advice as well.

‘I need to treat Mireille well.’

I went to my dad’s room to take some snacks.

I took a bear shaped cookie that I really like. When I dipped it in milk, it
melts in my mouth, it was very tasty.

I put the snacks and milk on the tray as I headed to Mireille’s room.

Before I knocked, I could hear a cheerful voice from outside.

“Back then, people always read Mireille fairy tales. It has become a habit,
so I couldn’t sleep without hearing fairy tales. Can you read it for me too,
dad? My dad has such a nice voice that I feel like I’m going to be able to
sleep.”

After the whiny voice said so, Isaac grumbled.

“Just go to sleep. You’re bothering us.”

“Why don’t you make a habit of sleeping without fairytales in the future?”

Next was Henry’s voice.

“This is the first day Mireille came, I want to sleep with everyone. Okay?
Don’t go big brother. Huh? Hey don’t go!”

“Let go of me.”

“Mireille, lie down here.”

I guess she’s spending time with her family.

It was the first time she met her family, she must have wanted to be
pampered by them.

I turned my back as I held my tray.

Chapter 80
I gazed at three tiny stones. It contained the souls that Pymon gave me.

‘Which one is the best?’

In case of a possible war, should I choose the strategist?

But then the other two are also as capable to help me.

I groaned on the desk.

There were only six souls who can be used as power. I couldn’t spend my
chances recklessly.

I heard a knock while I was thinking about it.

“Little miss.”

My maids peeped into the door and waved something in both hands.

“It’s bread.”

“Here’s a fruit.”

“It’s a pudding.”

“I’m not hungry though?”

They came in and said,

“You haven’t been eating snacks lately.”

“I brought your favorite snacks.”

“Look, mine’s especially delicious.”

Originally, my snack time was a small tea party with my family.

Usually, my family always called me to have a snack together. But recently,

everyone was busy, so we didn’t have time to drink tea together, so we
missed the snack time.

The maids bear good intentions so I nodded.

“Yes, I’ll eat it.”

“Would you like to eat it in the garden?”

“Spring has come and the place is completely warm.”

“The gardeners planted a lot of your favorite violets.”

“Okay.”

I followed the maids to the garden, leaving the stones with soul in the
drawer.

Sitting here in the garden and eating my favorite snacks made me feel good.

The maids gave me a lot of things I like.

“So the patissier……”

“Isaac, look at this!”

I could hear Mireille’s voice from afar.

As I turned my head, I could see Isaac walking with a frown and Mireille
chasing him. There was a wooden sword in Mireille’s hand.
“Mireille, you’re already good at swinging. Didn’t Nos compliment you
too? I told you not to come after me.”

Then my eyes met with Isaac’s who was hitting Mireille’s forehead as she
clung into his waist.

“Kid!”

He came towards me with a big smile.

“What are you doing here?”

“Eating snacks. These are from the maids. Bread, fruit and pudding.”

Then the maids smiled happily as I boasted their snacks.

Isaac put a piece of orange in his mouth and as he put his chin on his arms.

“So it’s already been a few days since we’ve had snacks together,
becausevof that thing.”

He grumbled as he stared at Mireille.

The reason Isaac was busy recently was because of Mireille.

Among the brothers, Mireille was the most comfortable with him. So she
chased him everyday.

As Mireille put her hand on her waist and was angry, Isaac sighed out loud
and rubbed his forehead.

“I’m dying, really.”

Meanwhile, Mireille swung the wooden sword as she bumped into a pillar
and fell down.
“Please go. Okay? Henry’s in the library, so go ask him to play.”

“Henry asks me to play with you.”

‘Now that I see it, Isaac has grown a lot.’

Now he had the average height of an adult male.

He will grow more in the future, but I realize he’s much bigger than when I
first saw him.

Somehow it was so touching that I smiled.

“Why are you smiling like that?”

“Isaac, you’ve grown a lot.”

“What?”

While I was smiling, he pinched my cheeks.

“It huwts!” (It hurts!)

“What does a kid who can’t even hold a sword yet knows?”

“I know how to.”

I learned everything from the knights.

“Try it then.”

After that, Mireille got sulky.

“I won’t lend my sword.”

“If you lend me your wooden sword, I’ll take care of you next time, child.”
“Ck…”

Tears quickly filled Mireille’s big eyes. She cried and pouted her lips.

“Oh my god, again?!”

“I hate Isaac. You only care about your sister and don’t play with Mireille.”

“Because you’re always bothering me.”

Mireille burst into tears. The maids were so shocked but they quickly
soothed her.

Mireille didn’t stop crying. When I was about to soothe her, I could hear
someone calling her.

“Lady!”

Turns out, Mireille fainted.

***

Mireille was rushed into her room for treatment. After the doctor checked
her, my father asked.

“What’s her condition?.”

“Nothing is wrong. She must have been under stress. Make sure to take
good care of her.”

Just in time, Mireille opened her eyes. After looking around, the child was
ready to burst into tears again.

“Don’t cry, lady.”

Lea stroked the child’s cheek as Mireille embraced Lea and cried.
“I miss my mom……”

“Should I call her?”

“My real mom……”

At that moment, the atmosphere became cold.

The servants were scared and looked at dad’s reaction. Dad and brothers
who were looking at Mireille also didn’t know what to say.

“If I had a mother, she would have scolded Isaac. And play with Mireille.”

“Lady……”

“My dad is busy and my brothers only like my sister. Mireille is all alone. I
miss my mom……”

After that, people started treating Mireille preciously.

They felt pity because she never received her real mother’s touch.

Isaac, Henry and dad couldn’t avoid Mireille and went into Mireille’s room.

A few days later, After writing a letter to Veronica, I called the maids.

My room is connected to the room where my exclusive maids Dahlia, Linda

and Yuni were located, but no one came.

‘It’s strange.’

The three were usually so meticulous that one should be left in the room in
case I called them. It was the first time that they did not come right away.

I waited for a long time, but they didn’t come so I headed out of the room. I
grabbed a servant who was passing by and asked.
“Have you seen Dahlia, Linda, Yuni?”

“They’re in lady’s room.”

“All three of them?”

For what?

I headed to Mireille’s room. I was going to knock, but the door was already
half opened, so I could see everything inside.

“So can’t the three of you be Mireille’s servants?”

“But……”

“We’re taking care of the little miss…”

“That’s right……”

Lea and the maids had a troubled look in front of Mireille.

Mireille had a face full of tears and clung to Lea’s arm.

“Lea……”

“Lady, all three have been with her for a long time. If you say you wanted
them, it’ll be a problem for everyone, and it’s rude to the little miss.”

“But Mireille wanted them! Last time when Mireille cried in the garden,
they comforted me kindly. I don’t want any maids unless it’s them!”

As she began to whine in earnest, Lea sighed. Then she looked at three
people.

“You can answer later. Please decide soon.”

Even among Dubbled’s servants who had criminal careers, the three were
exceptionally guilty.

All of them became senior employees who served the VIPs because of
Lea’s support. They benefited greatly because of Lea.

To them, Lea was a benefactor and couldn’t refuse her.

Yuni, who bit her lips tightly between Linda and Dahlia, said, “But……!”

Then, tears fell from Mireille’s eyes.

Lea hurriedly hugged Mireille.

“……”

“……”

“……”

And I opened the door.

“I heard you because the door was open.”

When I said that, Lea and the maids didn’t know what to do.

“Don’t take them away. Dahlia, Linda, and Yuni are the only ones I had.”

“Little miss, please…”

“Don’t.”

My words surprised everyone in the room.

I looked at Mireille. She gave more strength to Lea’s hug.

“If you want to take my maids, go ask them. Don’t make Lea do anything
difficult.”

“……”

“So—“

“Sister, you don’t like Mireille, don’t you?”

“……”

“Since my sister is close to all of the servants, you can have other maids.
But because you hated Mireille, you don’t want to give a maid to this lonely
Mireille.”

The child stared at me. Lea panicked and said “Lady!” but Mireille
continued.

“Sister hates Mireille. That’s why you keep stealing my brothers. Why do
you hate me when I want to be close to you?”

“Do you really want to be a family with me?”

“Of course!”

“But why do you think I’m taking your brothers away?”

“……huh?”

I spoke without avoiding her gaze.

“Why is it that when I’m with my brothers, as a family, you said I’m taking
them away?”

“That…… that!”
“Is it because you hate me that you think I’m taking your brothers away?”

“No!”

It was then.

“Child!”

A woman came in and said with a familiar voice.

It was Javelin, she came here when she heard about the child.

Javelin hugged Mireille, who had fallen down.

“What’s going on? What’s wrong with her condition?”

Lea murmured with a bewildered tone.

“She’s vulnerable to stress……”

“Who gave this kid enough stress to faint like this?”

Javelin ask everyone present.

Chapter 81
“I asked you all what happened.”

As Javelin’s voice became colder, Lea hesitated and said, “It’s an accident
that happened during the conversation. She’s too young so her emotions are
still fragile.”

“It’s the child of fate that you’re covering for.”

“……It’s my fault.”

Javelin glanced at me, but she only sigh and said nothing.

Meanwhile, Mireille stared at the beautiful woman who hugged her.

“Who are you……?”

“Javelin Ariage. I’m Risette’s best friend, and your aunt.”

***

“Are you really Mireille’s aunt?”

When she almost fell down, Mireille smiled in Javelin’s arms.

“Yes. I’m your aunt.”

“Mireille didn’t know I had such a wonderful aunt. That’s amazing!”

Javelin smiled and rubbed Mireille’s cheeks.

“Let’s go, little miss.” the servants said in a small voice to me standing by
the door.
I nodded and left.

When I went out to the hall, the chairman was standing nearby.

“Chairman!”

I intentionally called him as he stiffened. He must have been watching what

happened inside through the half opened door like me.

Me and the chairman headed for the greenhouse.

In the greenhouse, I held the juice that the maids brought me.

“It’s already spring. Time flies, doesn’t it?”

“……”

“Don’t force a smile on your face.”

I drank the orange juice in my hand.

“It’s not a big deal. Just, just a little fight with my little sister.”

“Not a big deal… why are you in such a miserable state these days?”

“No, I’m just thinking of the old days.”

The longer I am alone, the more sad I am. Because it reminded me of the
old days.

In my first life, I was Mina’s shadow. In the second life, whenever the
Vallua’s family were eating together, I could only see them from a distance.

‘Let’s not get depressed.’

I tried to think positively.

Let’s think positively!

Dubbled’s family adored me very much. But after Mireille arrived, the
attention will be on her.

But even now, Henry and Isaac often come to see my condition.

“In the end, I heard that Javelin assigned the maids to Mireille’s side. Why
didn’t you say anything?”

“Because she’s dad’s daughter.”

Because I know how much my father, who is most precious to me, missed
the child.

My brothers didn’t express it either, but sometimes they stare blankly at the
child, which is said to resemble the Duchess.

As I looked at the chairman, he sighed.

“A letter came from Seria. She seems to have caught the tail of the person
who ordered your kidnapping five years ago.”

“How?”

“She found someone who was involved in a slave auction while working at
the top of hope. She said she would deliver the news to you as soon as
possible.”

I nodded.

We discussed a few more stuffs about the chairman and the top of hope, I
also asked him to look at the progress of the long-distance travel tool that
Veronica was making.
The sun was already setting when I came outside after finishing the
conversation.

While walking down the red-colored corridor, I ran into Johann.

“Johann.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I have just finished talking to the chairman. Are you back from the family
dinner?”

Today, Javelin is here, so we’re going to eat with the whole family.

While I was in the greenhouse, a maid came to pick me up, but I refused
because I thought it would be uncomfortable for them.

“No.”

“Why?”

“I hate noisy places.”

“I see.”

“Did you eat?”

“Not yet.”

“Let’s do it together.”

“……what?”

“Let’s eat together.”

I widened my eyes.
‘It’s the first time Johann asked me to eat with him.’

I said, “Wa, wait a minute!” as I grabbed a servant who had passed by and
asked him to make dinner.

“Where should I put it?”

“Well, that’s……”

While I was thinking about it, Johann said,

“To the third floor herb garden.”

“Yes.”

Was there a herb garden in the castle?

Johann passed by me and said,

“It’s a place where my mother used to go often and managed it. It is not
managed now.”

“Ah.”

I walked alongside Johann, answering like that.

I wondered where the herb garden was, it was at the end of the corridor. I
didn’t even know that was a door because it was hidden by the tapestries
‘I’ve never been here before.’

The field was completely untouched. The soil was parched, and the
surrounding area was all grass that had been dried.

On the right edge of the field, there was a table on the gazebo.

Only that table was wiped clean.

I was surprised when Johann took off his shoes and walked there.

“Can I?”

“This is the place where my mother said she used to lie down if she got
tired of managing the field.”

After I read the letters exchanged between the Duchess and father, I could
tell that the Duchess was a very interesting person.

I giggled. Then John asked,

“Why do you laugh?”

“Because she seems to be an interesting person.”

“She’s similar to you.”

“Me? Didn’t Mireille look like the Duchess?”

Mireille seemed to look very similar to the Duchess.

“Well. I think you look more like my mother.”

It was not so bad to hear I resembled a beautiful and charming woman like
the Duchess.

The food arrived in the middle of my brief little chat with Johann.

When I put a caprese salad on my mouth, I was fascinated.

‘The chefs are really good.’

The quality of the ingredients was so good that they always gave us the best
taste.
After removing all from my plate, I lifted a fork to attack the pasta.

Then Johann rubbed my mouth with a napkin.

“That is how my mother used to ate it too.”

Johann is the oldest of the three brothers, so his memory of the Duchess
was still clear.

I thought he wouldn’t be able to meet her often because he was educated

under his predecessor, but it’s fortunate that he seems to have a lot of
memories about his mother.

“Duke’s wife is an adult, did she also eat it like this?”

“She also liked watermelon. It’s a fruit only grown in a faraway place, but
my mother liked it so much that my father often bought it.”

“I know the watermelon. I eat it often in the summer. I also really like it.”

After I said that, there was a scream.

“Aah—!”

When I looked at the door in surprise, I saw Mireille.

“Who are you! Who are you to say you look like my mother!”

“……”

“You didn’t have mom’s blood! Mom’s daughter is Mireille, why are you
saying that!”

Mireille, who said so, ran and pushed me. In an instant, I felt a throbbing
pain in my back.
“What are you do— ahh!”

Pasta noodles, basil, and lettuce from the salad flew.

Mireille, who was angry, threw the food towards me.

“Go! Go away! Take your big brother away and don’t talk nonsense! You
fake!”

“Stop it!”

“Did you think I wouldn’t find you if you were hiding? What a rat!”

I got up from the ground.

“A rat?”

“You’re right! People say that. You were adopted because they didn’t have
Mireille. If you’re adopted because of Mireille, you should at least show
signs of being thankful to— ahh!”

Mireille’s body floated up.

It was caused by Johann’s mana.

He frowned and stared at Mireille, who had food in both hands.

“Get off me, big brother! Ahhh—!”

When Mireille began to cry loudly, people who heard the commotion ran in.

“Lady, what…… oh my god!”

The servants, who found the child floating in the air, tried to drag her down.

However, Johann didn’t stop.

Suddenly, I heard a rupture somewhere. It was the sound of Javelin
breaking Johann’s mana.

Mireille fell to the ground. She frowned and cried even louder.

“Lady……”

Lea quickly hugged the child.

Before I knew it, other family members were in the garden. Dad narrowed
his forehead, Henry and Isaac looked at the chaotic place with a puzzled
look on their faces.

I shook off the food on my dress.

In the meantime, Mireille cried out.

“It hurts! It hurt—“

Seeing the screaming child, Dad frowned and gave a sign to Henry.

Henry sighed, and reached out to Mireille.

With a small vibration, Henry’s mana came out on the back of his hand and
Mireille’s red leg returned to its original color.

‘Oh, that’s right.’

Henry was a rare healer among mages.

Since it is not a divine power, only small wounds can be healed.

“What’s happening?”

Mireille spoke at father’s words.

“Because my oldest brother is here, I came in…… but…”

“Speak.”

“My sister said she looked like Mireille’s mother.”

Johann spoke in an angry tone.

“— so you pushed Leblaine and threw food to her.”

The faces of the family have hardened. Mireille murmured with a shiver.

“But it’s Mireille’s mother. My sister is close to everyone because she stays
here for a long time, but Mireille isn’t. My mother would be the only one
who cares about me if she was still alive…”

Isaac said,

“What nonsense are you talking about!”

“That’s no reason to push Leblaine and throw food.”

When Henry was added coldly, Mireille cried even more.

Javelin opened her mouth.

“Stop it. Didn’t she do it because the child was anxious?”

“Aunt!”

“Aunt.”

Henry and Isaac called, but Javelin looked at Dad silently.

“If you cared more about the child, she wouldn’t have been so anxious and
had a fight with the child of fate.”
“You’re saying nonsense.”

Javelin’s eyes were filled with amazement when dad answered with a low
voice.

“Would this have happened if the baby had originally grown up in

Dubbled? It’s the fault of us both for not keeping child safe.”

Dad and Javelin’s eyes were on each other.

“It’s alright.”

All eyes were on me as I shouted.

“I’m okay.”

“But kid……”

“It wasn’t a big deal. It didn’t hurt much because it was food. So don’t
fight, okay?”

The people all shut their mouths.

I approached Lea and looked at Mireille.

“Mireille.”

Lea carefully let the child go. The child stared at the floor stubbornly.

I whispered gently on the child’s ears.

“You, what’s your relationship with the Duke of Vallua?”

“……!”

Mireille hardened.
“If you’re hiding, I’m afraid I can’t find you. You’re a big rat.”

“If you’re lucky to be adopted by a prestigious family that has produced a

few great scholars, you should at least show signs of gratefulness.”

Everything she shouted was what the Duke of Vallua had said in my past
life.
Chapter 82
“What are you talking about…… Mireille didn’t understand…”

Then why did she act like that?

I smiled at her.

“I’m fine. You’re also fine, aren’t you?”

“……yes.”

I looked at my family.

“We’re both fine, so don’t worry.”

I brought an end to the fight.

***

Back in the room, I immediately communicated with the chairman. The

chairman laughed when he heard of what had happened in the herb garden.

[Is it Vallua?]

“It doesn’t matter.”

[You have to let them know.]

“There’s no evidence.”

What did they do? She had silver hair and blue eyes, which were the
symbols of Dubbled, and she looked very much like the Duchess.
In addition, the mage concluded that Dubbled’s energy was flowing in her.

In the midst of this, if I say Mireille is a fake, they wouldn’t believe it.

[Just because the mage was loyal to Dubbled in your previous life, I can’t
completely believe that this life will be the same. People can be different
depending on the situation.]

“I’ll have to call Veronica. She’s a better mage than the Dubbled’s mage, so
we’ll be able to check again.”

[Yes, I will investigate the mage and Mireille.]

“Also the vassal who found Mireille. I’ll invite Veronica tomorrow, so
she’ll come to the castle later.”

[Yes.]

As soon as I finished talking to the chairman, I wrote a letter to Veronica.

The next day in the afternoon, Veronica came to the castle as we held hands.

“Thank you for the invitation! I was really excited because it was my first
official invitation.”

“No, I’m glad you came. Would you like to go to my room?”

“Yes!”

I clasped Veronica’s hand and climbed the stairs.

We ran into Mireille, who was coming down. She saw me and turned her
head.

Veronica and I passed by her. After some distance Veronica glanced to her
back.
“Is that her? The kid I need to check on.”

A brief explanation in the letter made her aware of the situation. I nodded.

“Do it secretly please. Can you do it without a barrier?”

“Of course, if you give me time to run into her, I can make sure she doesn’t
notice. Doing things like that is my speciality…”

That’s what she said as she smiled shyly.

‘She’s a talent that suits Dubbled.’

I grinned.

Then we went into my room together. The maids who were on a standby
began to move.

“You guys can go out now.”

“But…”

“I am going to tell her a secret.”

The maids blinked as I said deliberately.

“If it’s a secret…”

“Why do you ask. If she’s talking about a secret, there’s only one thing.”

As Yuni said with a suspicious smile, Dahlia blinked and thought about
something, “Oh, my!”

Then she closed her mouth.

“Is it already that time?!”

“Yes, yes.”

Yuni drove the maids out of the room and laughed.

“Have a good time.”

The excited voices of the maids leaked in from outside the room.

“Don’t act suspicious. We have to pretend we didn’t know anything.”

“Who is it, by the way?”

“As expected, one of the young boys she met at the tea party?”

“I heard that the eldest son of Viscount Myshank is handsome.”

The maid squealed. It must be a story that they were sharing secretly, but I
can hear everything.

Then, Veronica’s eyes glistened.

“So you don’t have a man you like?”

I got goose bumps when I imagined holding hands with kids my age and
saying lots of cringey words.

I shook my head firmly.

“Never.”

“What a shame.”

I said to the sullen Veronica.

“I’m not interested in men.”

“It can happen at your age.”

“How about you, Veronica?”

“I always dream of love. But no one suits my taste…”

I sometimes flinch when I realize Veronica’s age.

At that time, I heard a knock.

‘I guess it’s the chairman.’

“Come in.”

The door opened, and the chairman came in as Veronica raised herself up.

As soon as she looked up to him, I could see her eyes glistening in a

different way than when she saw me.

“……Veronica?”

“Ah! Yes, yes!”

“I’m Chairman of the Dubbled’s senate.”

She spread her skirt wide and bent her knees slightly.

“My name is Veronica Dubos. I didn’t have a chance to meet you before.”

“My name is Jean Marc Noanoke. Nice to meet you.”

The chairman explained my circumstances in detail, except that I regressed

three times and could call out the devil.

“I doubt it was the Duke of Vallua. So we’re working on an investigation,

and if you can check Mireille…”
“Miss Dubos?”

“Ah, yes!”

I looked at the two of them with an uneasy face.

On the surface, they look like a girl and a grandpa. But in fact, Veronica
was about 20 years older than the chairman.

I pulled on the chairman’s sleeve when Veronica went to the bathroom.

“What do you think about someone 20 years older than you?”

“What are you saying…”

“Then what about a young girl?”

“I think an older man who dreams of a romance with a young girl deserves
to die.”

He’s right.

Veronica came back.

She asked as soon as she sat down.

“So what am I supposed to do?”

“It’s almost time Mireille’s snack time. She’ll come out to the terrace, I
think it’s about 10 meters away from the terrace in my room. Can you check
the distance?”

“Of course.”

When I saw Veronica smiling with confidence, I smiled brightly. I picked

the right person.
The chairman, who had greeted Veronica, left the room, and we decided to
wait for Mireille on the terrace.

Veronica sees the chairman going out and sighed.

“Excuse me, Veronica…”

“Yes, little miss?”

“Do you like the chairman?”

Veronica whispers when I ask with a nervous face.

“How did you know?”

Veronica continued,

“He’s perfect for my dolls collection!”

“…Dolls?”

“I collect dolls. It would be perfect if I left that grandfather for the new doll
this time! Ah, where can I get a doll like the chairman?”

Then, when I saw Veronica covering one cheek, I sighed with relief.

‘I’m so glad.’

Then, I heard a sound from Mireille’s terrace.

‘It’s snack time.’

I stared at Veronica and hid in the room. It was because Mireille would
definitely avoid her if she sees her.

I heard Veronica and Mireille talking for a moment.

“You’re so young, yet you say you’re Dubos family head? That’s amazing!”

“I’m older than you think.”

“I see. Oh, but where’s my sister?”

“The little miss is away for a while.”

“I can’t believe she left her guests behind. That’s bad. Excuse me, Veronica.
Why don’t you come over here and have a snack with Mireille? You know,
Mireille was upset. Yesterday, my sister told me…”

Veronica kept silent while Mireille was chattering away.

‘She must have started checking.’

And three minutes later.

“The little miss must be back. I’m going back.”

“Really? That’s too bad… Next time, let’s play in Mireille’s room.”

Back to my room, Veronica shut the door tightly and whispered.

“I checked.”

“How was it?”

Veronica said, narrowing her forehead.

“I think I would have said it was the energy of Dubbled like mage.”

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t say exactly that it’s the energy of Dubbled, but it was very similar
to their energy… like Johann’s?”
“I was called in by my predecessor when he was born to assess his mana.
It’s almost the same feeling I felt then.”

“Is there any spell to change appearance?”

“There is, but she doesn’t use it.”

If so, is Mireille really the fourth child?

While I was pondering, I suddenly remembered the story I had with

Veronica.

‘Dolls?’

Doll……

It was as if the puzzle that was in my head was completed.

I bit my lips tightly.

***

The girl, who came out of the dark, ran through the corridor quickly. She
secretly went through the courtyard and went outside to a disposal site built
near the forest to throw out waste water and trash.

Arriving at the foul-smelling disposal site, the girl picked up a huge bucket
of water she had kept after disposing of the garbage.

She saw someone through a small gap between the walls.

“What…”

The person lit up the lamp to take a closer look.

Then,
“Looking for this?”

She could hear a small voice right next to her.

The girl, who was terribly surprised, stepped back and dropped the lamp.
When the fire on the lamp spread to the grass, a little foot came out, and
trampled the embers.

When she saw the face reflected in the dim light of the lamp, she closed her
mouth.

“You……!”

“You shouldn’t play with fire at night. Lea will be in trouble…… Mireille.”

Mireilla stared at the smiling Leblaine.

“Oh, my sister, why are you here…”

“I thought you’d find this, so I came to return it.”

Leblaine threw something into the grass. Mireille took a deep breath when
she saw the rolling object.
Chapter 83
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. This isn’t mine.”

“But you’re the only one who uses it in the castle.”

Leblaine smiled and picked up the stuff.

“I mean the dye.”

“I don’t know what it is!”

“Don’t you know what the dye is? You really don’t know?”

When Mireille hardened her face, Leblaine said, “Then shall I let you
know?”

“No thanks.”

“It’s used to dye clothes.”

“I’ll go—”

As soon as she tried to escape and run away, Leblaine grabbed Mireille’s
hair.

“It’s also used for dyeing people’s hair.”

Her face dropped in an instant.

Leblaine, who looked at Mireille, opened her mouth again.

“Like when you dye your hair to deceive Dubbled.”

I stared at Mireille, who avoided my gaze.

That hair, a symbol of Dubbled, was the result of dyeing.

I saw Mina’s red hair grow black when she moved to dimension. When
people asked what happened, Mina said, “I had my hair dyed. It’s
bleaching, to be exact.”

That’s when I found out that a person’s hair can be colored.

But it was a basic knowledge to know that we can dye our hair.

‘A puppet maker’

Puppet makers who make ball jointed dolls often dye it’s hair to meet
customers’ needs.

It was easy to guess that Mireille had used it because I once designated the
color of the doll hair and pupils when I bought the ball jointed doll through
the chairman.

Mina’s world dye seemed mild, but our world’s dye did not.

It’s a very strong dye, so it’s used only for things that aren’t alive.

Mireille dyed her hair for a long time so her hair was not in a good shape
“You found someone who resembles Risette and dyed its hair, right?”

“……”

“It’s really lucky to found a doll who resembles Risette.”

“……”

“You fake.”
“No!”

Mireille shouted.

“I have the energy of Dubbled! How would you explain that!”

“It’s not the energy of Dubbled, it’s the mana of Johann.”

“……!”

“When Johann was attacked, it was for this purpose. You were trying to
take his mana!”

As I shouted, Mireille fell down.

I gritted my teeth and grabbed her shoulder roughly.

“Do you know how long Dad waited for the fourth child? Do you know
how hard Javelin worked to find the child, and how sorry Lea was to her?”

“……”

“You should have been real. You should be the real fourth child!

“……”

Mireille shook me off roughly.

“I just did what they told me to do because they said I could live here
comfortably! They only said that if I dye my hair in time, I’ll be able to
enjoy good food for the rest of my life.”

It was then, the surroundings became bright.

‘They arrived.’
Mireille looked at the countless employees and the people standing in front
of us.

Dad and brothers, Lea, Javelin, and Chairman.

***

As the chairman said, he’ll bring many people to a meeting to discuss her
identity.

We were able to time it because we shared our progress through the

communication device.

Me and the chairman summarized the story by saying, It was the chairman
who was suspicious of her, and at the request of the chairman, me, whose
room is next to Mireille, watched her.

Mireille was immediately taken to the castle. As soon as the frightened

child was caught, she gave every information she had.

We found out that Mireille was twenty-one years old, not nine years old.
She was also a prostitute.

She wasn’t the daughter of the couple who said they had raised her. Her
parents didn’t own an inn, they were farmers.

She worked together with her fake parents.

The inn owner couple were brought to work with Mireille.

Her real parents were also tortured and soon answered our question.

“Mr. Wen came to see us… and he said he’ll make my daughter a Lady…”

“Yes, if we do as we are told, he will give us a fortune to live comfortably

for the rest of our life.”
Dad looked at the frozen Mireille from the side.

“What happened to your body?”

“I don’t know that! I’m telling you the truth! I went with the man’s guide
with my eyes covered, and after a terrible pain, I became like this!”

‘They used a golden liquor.’

I wasn’t the only one thinking that way.

Nos looked at the mage.

“Why couldn’t you have noticed her if she used the golden liquor?”

“It doesn’t have any relation to the energy, because only her body was
changed with that.”

The mage looked at Mireille.

“You will have to pay the price soon.”

Mireille raised her head in surprise.

“The price?”

“If we can regain our youth, who in the world will not use it? They are
reluctant because there is a risk.”

“What is that……”

“In a short period of time, your bones and flesh will melt away.”

Mireille cried out at his words.

“No way! You’re lying!”

“Stupid.”

“Please fix it. Help me! Everyone’s counting on me. Please…!”

She crawled and begged, but there was no one who wanted to help her.

***

After Mireille’s whole family was taken to prison, I had a conversation with
the chairman in the greenhouse. I looked at the window with my back to the
chairman and asked, “What about the vassal that found Mireille?”

“They’re clean. Someone has deliberately recommended the travel

destination to the vassals.”

“It means that they already knew where to go.”

“Yes.”

Then it’s even more troublesome.

Doesn’t it mean that there are traitors in Dubbled?

“What’s their connection to the Duke of Vallua?”

“The Duke of Vallua once bought Mireille. He must have liked her quite a
bit, they said he looked for her often.”

I hesitated and looked back.

“That’s all?”

“That’s what Mireille said. She said it’s just a coincidence.”

I squinted my eyes.
‘Anyway, there’s no need to contact Vallua.’

“Okay, keep looking into Vallua.”

“Yes, but the problem is…”

“Why? Is it hard to investigate Vallua?”

“That’s not it…”

The chairman said with a troubled look.

“The timing was a bit off when Mireille was saying many names, only I
heard Vallua’s name.”

That’s alright.

At least it’s successful.

***

Lea walked down the hall with a lethargic face. Leblaine’s three maids were
restless and tried to help her, but she shook their hands helplessly.

“Go, do what you have to do.”

“But…”

“I have to do what I’ve been putting off.”

“…we will help.”

It was better to focus on working. Rather than blaming herself for having
hope.

Lea went into Leblaine’s room. She came to make the child’s bed.
“Why’s the room…”

It was clean in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of skilled employees it was
not.

The position of the clothes in the closet was a mess, and the temperature
was colder than usual.

Leblaine was prone to cold that her maids always kept the temperature in
her room warm.

“Oh my…”

Not only Lea, but also all the maids who had served Leblaine, were handed
over to Mireille, so other servants did not take care of the details.

“The little miss must have it hard…”

“I think her voice sounds a bit stuffy too this morning…”

Her closet has signs of being rummaged.

Usually, it was up to Lea and the three maids to choose her clothes.

Everyone was happy to choose her clothes, Leblaine might have wanted to
choose her own clothes, but she would have endured it and wore the clothes
they gave her.

“She must have been cold too. I think she tried to take out thick clothes.”

“Call the maids.”

While the maids quickly bowed to her, Lea found an ointment container at
Leblaine’s bedside.

“Is the little miss hurt?”

She was afraid to ask the maids, suddenly, the door opened as Henry and
Isaac entered.

“The kid got hurt?”

“What are you talking about.”

“She had an ointment.”

Henry stretched out his hand and said,

“Give it to me.”

He frowned at the smell of ointment.

“It’s a medicine for bruises.”

“No way. She could just go to the doctor.”

“No, she couldn’t have gone there. If she goes to the doctor, it’ll be chaotic
again.”

“What?”

“She must have been hurt when Mireille pushed her.”

There were traces of meals on the bedside table. When Mireille and
Dubbled people ate together, she always ate alone here.

Lea covered her mouth with her hands.

‘You’re crazy, Lea Shavanol!’

The child always had a habit of doing everything herself.

She knew best what she needed and only act when she needed to.
The little girl, when everyone was so busy being blinded by joy of finding
the fourth child, was all alone in such a large room.
Chapter 84
After the chairman was sent back, I walked away.

‘Oh my god.’

I’ve had a hard time for a few days and I couldn’t sleep well, so I’m losing
strength.

It feels like my whole body is in pain. My skin also felt painful.

I’ll eat and sleep a lot today!

I know how to get well because I usually get sick or have a cold during the
change of seasons.

‘I’m gonna have to ask for some cinnamon honey tea.’

I made up my mind and went to my room, the light was on. I thought
someone was already here.

My room was full of people. Lea and three maids, Henry and Isaac.

“Little miss…”

The maids called me very carefully. I waited calmly because I was

wondering what was going on, but I couldn’t say it easily when I saw their
expression and bit my lips several times.

‘Everyone must be confused about the Mireille issue.’

How painful it must be for them.

“Everyone just go…”

What I really meant is ‘Get yourself together and come back again.’ All the
maids and brothers looked at me pitifully.

Henry came to me and we had eye contact.

“Yes, call me when you feel better.”

‘People must be having a hard time with Mireille.’

I nodded.

After everyone left the room, I changed my clothes and sat down in bed.

I tried to get the blanket, but it was warmer than usual.

‘Of course Lea easily notices that.’

She knew all about me, what I hated and liked.

‘I’ll say thank you to Lea and the maids tomorrow.’

I asked the servant to bring me the cinnamon honey tea. After taking the
medicine in the drawer and the tea, I fell asleep.

How long has it been?

“…miss!”

“Little miss!!”

I could hear a loud noise around me, and I could feel my body burning. Not
only that, I can’t breathe well.

‘It’s painful… ’
The more I tried to force myself to breathe, the tighter my lungs seemed to
be.

When I opened my eyes, there were my family and maids around the bed.

When Lea was in a hurry, the doctor spilled a liquid to my mouth. A bitter
taste. It’s a medicine.

I could easily guess the situation.

‘I guess the honey added to my cinnamon honey tea was the honey of
haro flowers.’

It’s about this time of year that the haro flowers start to bloom for the first
time.

The problem is that I’m allergic to haro flowers.

Just smelling the scent of the haro flower makes my whole body ache and I
get a rash.

If the Elsa tree flower is good for a person with a lot of divine power, the
haro flower is good for those with mana.

Among people with divine power, there was a rare case of allergic
symptoms when eating things made of haro flowers. It usually happens to
people with high purity of divine power.

In the process of purifying impurities that enter the body, there seems to be
an allergic reaction.

Mina also experienced this once and said…

“It’s similar to getting a fever when you catch a cold. My body heats up to
fight the virus.”
‘I didn’t know it was haro flower honey because of the cinnamon’s
smell.’

I really felt like I was going to run out of breath.

“Little miss, wake up. You can’t fall asleep. You have to keep breathing
consciously!”

The maids said to me.

It was the first time in the castle that someone was so sick, so everyone
seemed to be very surprised.

“Do something!”

Isaac shouted, grasping the restless doctor’s collar.

“Bu, but I don’t know why…!”

“Why don’t you know that!”

“It’s not because of a cold. But I don’t think she’s allergic to food either…
Honey and cinnamon are her favorite.”

Haro flower!

Everyone, it’s haro flower!

Help me!

I’ve been trying to talk, but my throat is parched and my voice doesn’t
come out well.

I’m really in big trouble because my eyes are losing focus.

My father, who was looking at me with a stiff face, spoke to the knight who
was waiting beside me.

“…Bring Taylor from the underground prison.”

“That Sir Taylor…?!”

The knights shouted in amazement, but my father didn’t reply anything and
kept his eyes fixed on me.

“Tell him I’ll get his status back if he healed my daughter.”

“Bu—“

“Now!,”

The knights bowed their heads when father shouted.

I slowly closed my eyes.

“Little miss!”

“Little miss, please!”

People called me while screaming, but I couldn’t hold on to my

consciousness.

***

When I woke up, I kept my eyes closed. I couldn’t open my eyes because I
was scared. Because my pain was somehow gone.

‘What if I regressed again… ’

What if I wake up again and my arms short again?

Then suddenly, I could hear someone laughing.

“If you woke up, why don’t you open your eyes?”

A young man with a blue eye and black hair was looking at my face closely.

“Aagh!”

As I pushed him in surprise, he grabbed my chin and frowned.

“You’re too much, I tried to heal you as much as I could. I’m hurt.”

He said that while smiling.

“Who are you?”

He rested his elbows on the armrest of the chair and held his chin languidly.

“Who do you think am I?”

What a weird guy.

I looked around and confirmed that I was still in my room. I’m glad I didn’t
regress but who is this man?

I think carefully, looked at him and said, “Maybe…”

“…Sir Taylor?”

He grinned. His smile looked very much like Henry.

“I’d like you to call me uncle.”

Oh my god.

My dad got this crazy man out to treat me.

People said a lot about this man.

Dad and Javelin’s younger brother.

An illegitimate child born by the mistake of their predecessor.

I vividly remember one thing about him.

‘Crazy doctor.’

This psycho had a hand of god.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a flower allergy. You’re going to be a
pretty good experiment.”

It was about 7 years later that the allergy to haro flowers, which is rare
among people with divine powers, was revealed.

‘He already knows it?’

No, Taylor Dubbled has been stuck in a basement prison for nearly a decade
under the order of their predecessor for trying to poison their father several
times, so to be exact, he already knew about such things more than 17 years
ago.

“So, what will you do to me, your benefactor?”

“…dad said he will restore your status.”

“Not Theodore, but you. You owe me.”

“Money?”

He laughed. Now that his status has been restored, he will be able to
recover the wealth he has inherited from his predecessors.
“Then, hmm…”

Taylor took hold of my chin lightly as I agonized.

“I want a kiss from my cute niece.”

What?

Soon Taylor’s face approached me. Towards my lips.

“You crazy bastard–!”

A dagger flew by the door like a lightning bolt. When Taylor was about to
duck down it hit him! The leaping Isaac kicked him in the face.

“Aghh!”

Falling off from the chair with a scream, Taylor stared at Isaac, who was all
flushed, and Henry, who was walking.

“That’s too much. To your uncle whom you finally met again after 10
years.”

“Get out of here. We’ll give you a chance to live.”

Taylor stood up with a shrug. Then, while Isaac opened the way to get rid of
him, he kissed my cheek!

“Do you want to die…!”

When Isaac pulled out his sword, Taylor pulled some medicine envelopes
out of his jacket pocket.

“I think you should let me live.”

“What?”
“If this kid is going to be fully recovered, she’ll have to keep on getting my
medication.”

“……!”

When Isaac pulled out his sword, Henry caught his wrist.

“Not until Leblaine gets better.”

“Damn it.”

“I’ll tear your limbs when you’re done.”

Then Henry looked at Taylor.

Taylor shrugged and approached me.

“I’ll give you the medicine today. Give me a kiss when I come to give you
the medicine tomorrow.”

Then he smiled.

‘Is he gonna threaten me with my life?’

I looked at my brothers and whispered.

“Will the haro flower allergy be healed with some medication?”

A smile disappeared from Taylor’s mouth, which had been laughing all
along.

“How did you…”

“Do you still have no clue?”

“……!”
“I know.”

Taylor looked at me.

‘Your threat doesn’t work on me, rascal.’

Taylor looked at me like I was out of my mind.

He laughed,

“It became more fun.”

“……”

“I like it.”

Taylor who muttered left the room and close the door tightly.
Chapter 85
My brothers came to me as if they had waited.

“Are you alright?”

“How are you feeling?”

I nodded.

“It’s all healed. My uncle was kidding before. Even if I didn’t take any
medicine, everything will be fine.”

Isaac murmured grimly.

“Then I should’ve killed him.”

He looked at me and shut his mouth immediately.

“What’s wrong?”

Henry asked, holding my hands carefully.

“Let’s eat together when you get better. We’ll have snacks in the garden.”

When Mireille pretended to be the fourth child, they must have felt sorry
for not caring about me.

“It’s alright.”

“……”

“……”
“You don’t have to be like this. You all thought she was the fourth child. It’s
natural to treat your own sibling preciously.”

When I tried to speak cheerfully, the two people shook their heads.

‘Oh no, the atmosphere… ’

I quickly changed the subject.

“Where’s Johann?”

“Visiting the inn couple on behalf of my father.”

“What’s dad doing?”

“He’s working.”

“Working?”

“He keeps working. He was always in the office, except for the brief visit
he made this morning to you. He wasn’t as affected by this more than I
thought.”

When Isaac said so, Henry also nodded.

“He’s a very observant man, he didn’t believe it completely.”

“Yes, he was doing a background check on Mireille.”

That’s what the two brothers said.

If it was my dad, he would have gone through two or three checks no matter
how much evidence there was. He wouldn’t have trusted her until he
finished checking.

‘But… ’
How couldn’t it hurt him?

My father has never been angry at Mireille’s excessive childishness. It must

be because of his hope that Mireille was the real fourth child.

My brothers were also never really angry even though Mireille was acting
too much.

Having lived together for five years, I am well aware of their temperament.
How much they hate being bothered.

They endured it because of their slight hope that Mireille was the real child.

When it was revealed that Mireille was not the fourth child, Javelin couldn’t
even return home, and she spent the whole day staring blankly at the sky.

No one’s showing it but I knew that this incident was so painful to my

family.

***

Nos looked at Theodore, who silently looked at the documents until

nightfall.

“Um, Your Excellency…”

“How’s Leblaine?”

“She woke up today.”

“Return Taylor’s status as promised. If Leblaine’s condition became critical

in the future, call him and make him live nearby.”

“Yes.”

Nos said carefully,

“Let’s take a day off. Didn’t you stay up all night yesterday?”

Theodore didn’t answer. In the end, Nos sighed and left the office.

Theodore raised his head only after the door closed and Nos had completely
disappeared.

The sun was setting at this time.

“I hate the sunset, because it felt lonely.”

Theodore moved his pen again at the sudden memories. He was absorbed in
his work, but the memories that came had swept in like a storm.

“Theodore, I should have bought strawberries from the capital city too.”

“Send someone to buy it for you tomorrow.”

“Then it’ll take two days. Let’s go together now. She said she should eat the
strawberry now. Our daughter.”

He could never win this pair of mother and daughter.

The daughter was already holding his leash even before she was born.

After she said our daughter, they got up early in the morning and went to
the capital city in a carriage.

“Try to touch my stomach.”

“Why doesn’t the baby move when I touch it?”

When the brothers felt their mother’s stomach, the baby was moving
excitedly. But it was quiet when it was Theodore’s turn.
He only felt the baby moving after eight months. He had a strange feeling in
him. As if someone was tickling his heart.

“A daughter will give you many feelings that we couldn’t teach you.”

He gave more strength to his pen.

His locked up memories were rushing in.

When he raised his head, he could hear a small footstep outside. There was
something stuck between the windows connected to the hallway.

A small note.

[Please apologize.]

[Apologize to me.]

The writing reminded him of Risette.

With his eyes wide open, he looked out to the window. He could see a
glimpse of fluffy light-brown hair.

“……”

After touching the note for a moment, he wrote a note on the desk.

[For what?]

He wrote it down and inserted it into the window gap. When he hid behind
a wall, he could hear a footstep again.

[You didn’t give me a good night kiss yesterday.]

Several notes went in and out.

[Didn’t you say no because you were embarrassed?]

[I wasn’t ashamed yesterday.]

[I’m sorry.]

[Then, are you going to kiss me goodnight today?]

When Theodore opened the door, he could see Leblaine who had hid in the
corner was startled.

He approached her.

“……”

“……”

“……why are you crying?”

As soon as she saw him, her eyes were moist.

“Because my dad looks sad.”

A blank gaze, like a man walking through the desert without a destination,
he looked like that.

He bent his knees and looked at Leblaine. When Theodore reached her
height, Leblaine hugged his neck.

The small body shuddered and was sniffling.

“You’ve become a crybaby since you’re sick.”

“I’m not a crybaby.”

“Then?”
“I’m just, uh, just… dad’s daughter.”

Theodore, holding the child, buried his face on her small shoulder.

The thoughts that bothered him terribly had faded.

***

I cried and then looked at my dad.

I rubbed my dad’s eyes with the back of my hand. His eyes were slightly
red and no longer looked like a corpse.

I laughed because I liked it, and my stomach growled.

‘Wow.’

This is not really the right time.

My belly was a pushover!

“You have to eat.”

“I already eat, lamb pottage. It was really delicious.”

“You ate it as soon as you woke up?”

“Meat makes me healthy!”

He smiled,

“I’ll ask someone to prepare another meal so wait.”

“Yes!”
I answered brightly and jumped out of my father’s arms. And after waving,
I left the place. My next destination was the underground prison.

The guard, who saw me, asked me with a slightly perplexed voice.

“What’s the matter?”

“I’ll go in for a minute and come back.”

“But we were commanded not to…”

“I’m not just anybody.”

The guard seemed a little surprised at my reply, but he soon stepped back.

As I went down the stairs, I could smell blood.

In the iron bars the inn owner and his wife bowed down, Mireille was
trapped in the iron bars on the right.

I approached Mireille.

The child, who was shaking, raised her head.

“Hello?”

“What’s wrong with you?”

“Ay, you’re wrong. Say, what’s wrong with you, Mireille?”

“……”

She shut her mouth stubbornly.

She seems to blame me for being caught. Above all, she must have no fear
of dying because of the gold liquor anyway.
I smiled,

Clang!

I used my powers and opened the iron gate with force.

Mireille’s eyes were widened.

“You know, I think you’re wrong about something, cause being here doesn’t
mean it’s all over.”

“What?”

I grabbed Mireille’s neck at once.

“Now, think carefully and answer. Who gave you information about the
fourth child?”

“I, I don’t, I don’t know— agh!!”

When I used my powers on her, Mireille’s neck was burning red.

“I told you to think carefully and answer.”

“Who let you come here? Who broke my family’s heart?”

“I, I really don’t know, really — aaaaghh!!!”

I have a spark in my hand. Mireille shuddered then turned pale, and gasped
for breath.

When I saw my father’s eyes, I wanted to do this to Mireille.

“Again, who let you come here?”

“I, I don’t know who it is, but he’s wearing a blue jacket. And… and, ah, I
really don’t remember. He was wearing an eyepatch… please stop…!”

“You shouldn’t underestimate a person’s memory. If you’re desperate, you

can think of it somehow. Shall I make you more desperate here?”

When I smiled and brought my powers back, Mireille screamed.

“Ho, hold on, hold on… so, so… ah! Erythema! There was an erythema on
the back of his hand, like a + shape on his hands!”

After that, Mireille tried to think of him somehow, but she didn’t seem to
think of anything else.

“Okay, that’s it.”

Mireille’s voice lit up now that I let her go, But,

“Aaaahhhhh!!”

Mireille who screamed fell down.

Then, a familiar sound of footsteps can be heard behind my back. The

chairman was the one in charge of torture at the underground prison.

“Why don’t you let her die when she already told us every information?”

“It’s my dad’s specialty not mine.”

He grinned.

“Now then I have some people to catch…”

Then, the door opened as Johann, Henry, Isaac came inside.

I could see a familiar face being caught between Isaac’s hands.

“Sa, save me. Save me please!”

Isaac frowned at him and Johann kicked his stomach.

Crack!

The sound of broken bones echoed through the place.

“Leblaine?”

Henry saw me.

“Yes, hello.”

“What are you doing here?”

“I’m talking with the chairman for a moment… what about you guys?”

“My father told us to catch some traitors.”

Isaac grumbled.

“He gave us only half a day.”

I looked at the vassal.

That’s the man who left with Viscount Myshank to pick up Johann, Baron
Sue.

‘He also advised me to get along with Mireille.’

It wasn’t advice for me, it was purely for his gain.

‘They got them anyway. I don’t have to catch them myself.’

If my brothers torture them, they will be able to receive information.

As I was smiling inwardly, my brothers came down and looked at Mireille,
who was in a fit of convulsions.

“What, who makes her like that?”

I was surprised at Isaac’s words.

“That, so, uh…”

As I mumbled, I hurried over to the chairman.

“The chairman…!”

Then all three brothers’ eyes were on the chairman.

“He had powers? He sure knows how to use it well.”

“Was he ever this powerful?”

The chairman frowned as the brothers said so.

And he looked at me as if he was falsely accused.

I mouthed to the chairman behind my brothers.

‘Chairman you’re dazzling! The best! Wonderful!’

I desperately flatter him. He looked at the brothers and said, “Yes, I do it.”
Chapter 86
When I left the prison, the chairman and his brothers began to torture the
Baron, and there was a terrible scream underground.

While I was eating with my father, Nos told him about the Baron.

“He wanted to control Dubbled through the girl, but I don’t think he knew
about the gold liquor.”

“He must be stupid.”

“Because you care about the little miss very much, so they dare to do this.”

This is the second time it happened.

Before, the dead Walstons tried hard to make Cattlea be adopted by

Dubbled, they also made a fool of themselves for that reason.

Obviously, there is someone who has intentionally gotten closer to the

Baron to get information. It must be the man Mireille saw.

‘Just what is the reason they dared to do this even by using the gold
liquor?’

I put the meat in my mouth and thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’

Even if I didn’t try to catch the man, if they really want something in the
Dubbled, they will naturally appear in front of us someday.

‘And if they get caught, they’ll die.’

At that time, the butler came in to give a letter.

“A letter for the little miss.”

“From who?”

“The Dubos family.”

I got up and received a letter.

[Little miss, this is a love letter. I was very happy to hear that you woke up.
I was so sad to hear what little miss had experienced.]

I tried to decode what she wanted to say and immediately understand it.

[…I’m delivering good news. I successfully finished the long distance

travel device.]

‘Yay!’

I sang a joyous song in my heart.

***

After I finished eating, I went upstairs.

‘Let’s use one for confirmation. It’s a shame, but I need to check it
myself.’

Thinking so, I walked down the dark hallway and headed to my room.

It’s the servants’ mealtime, so the hallway was quiet.

‘Aim for the gap and move… huh?’

There were two familiar people on the terrace.

It was Javelin and Lea.

The two were talking,

“In the end, we haven’t found the fourth child again.”

Lea answered Javelin’s words without a hitch.

“Javelin, I’m going to let her go now.”

The usually gentle voice of hers was as rigid as that of a knight.

“Is it because of the child of fate?”

When Javelin looked at Lea, she replied while staring blankly into the sky.

“I have failed. I always forget the most important thing.”

“……”

“On the day the child went missing, if I had not tried to recover my dead
sister’s body, I could have protected her.”

On the day of the attack, Lea, her sister and Risette fled the castle.

“In the end, I couldn’t even see my sister.”

“……”

“This time again. If I had been more careful, I might have noticed that
Mireille was a fake.”

“……”

“I shouldn’t have left the little miss alone.”

Lea dropped her head weakly.

“The little miss does not try to call the servants other than me and the three
maids. She has a lot of affection, but she was afraid of making relationships
because of her wounds.”

“……”

“I tried to take away the rest of the maids because I felt guilty for the girl I
believed as the fourth child. The little miss must be hurt.”

Lea nearly cried as Javelin laughed pitifully.

“I’m about to retire. I’m not qualified to serve the little miss.”

What?

I opened the door.

The two people who were in a conversation didn’t even notice that I was
here. They were very surprised.

I said to Lea,

“I’m not that fragile!”

“……pardon?”

“I wasn’t hurt by your actions!”

“But for weeks in such a huge place alone…”

“All the other kids experience this too. There are so many kids who eat
alone when their parents go to work!”

I shouted to Lea.
“Without Lea, it’s so much scarier. Sleeping alone and eating alone is
nothing compared to that.”

“Little miss…”

Lea’s eyes were moist while I frowned and glared at her.

“Cancel your retirement!”

“Yes……”

Soon she started crying, so I sighed.

Even though Lea was usually a reliable adult, now I felt like coaxing a
child.

Lea soon began to shed tears and snots, so I took out a handkerchief and
wiped it away.

“Sorry…”

“Yes.”

“Now go and work.”

“Yes.”

She replied quietly as she looked at me.

“You don’t know how much honor it is for me to serve you.”

I lifted my chin up, and said, “I know.”

Lea smiled and kissed me on the cheek.

After she left, I went to Javelin’s side, to the chair next to her.
“Thank you for persuading Lea.”

“I would never let go of her anyway. Lea is mine.”

“You really remind me of Risette.”

I took a seat next to her. The liquor bottle and empty glass on the table
smelled strongly.

‘This is an expensive drink.’

This is one of the drinks that the Duke of Vallua cares about. He took out
the drink only when he met an important guest.

“I’m still too young to drink alcohol.”

Then she took a new cup out of the tray near the bottle of liquor and added
the ice she had prepared for the drink.

“It’s already spring.”

“Yes. Violets also bloomed under the mountain.”

“Do you like violets?”

“I actually prefer something else to violets.”

“What?”

“Elsa tree.”

It is a tree of money.

Others know that they could only use the leaves, but if the leaves are dried
and sold, they can be used to earn money, also the leaves could become a
material for long-distance travel device, and if they are grown near the
volcano, the land can be used as a spinel mine.

The leaves are very expensive because they can make very good ointment
and tea.

The elsa tree price was comparable to a mansion.

‘I have a lot of elsa trees around me, but some of them are not properly
maintained.”

The spinel mine could only be made if it met the requirements.

That’s why the original owner, Viscount Roman, sold the land with the Elsa
tree at a bargain price.

But, having money didn’t mean anyone could buy it. The owners are
reluctant to sell the tree because it is a tree that needs to be carefully
handled.

“I see.”

“What plant do you like best, Javelin?”

“I don’t like plants.”

“Why?”

“I get those everyday so it’s not special.”

Recalling rumors that the young children of the capital city piled flowers
for Javelin’s birthday, I nodded.

“Hmm.”

‘She must be tired even though she’s popular.’

I had a heart-to-heart talk with Javelin in the night breeze.

By the time the night fell, she said,

“Now you have to go in and sleep.”

“Yes.”

“Good night, Leblaine.”

I was so surprised.

‘Ja, Ja, Javelin called my name!’

She always called me the child of fate.

She laughed as I was surprised, covering my mouth with both hands.

“I should remember the name of my drinking buddy.”

“Yes……!”

“Good night.”

I grinned.

***

I felt really good the next day.

I got the long distance travel magic device yesterday, Javelin also called my
name and I finally decided which soul I wanted to take.

I hummed as I went down to the dining room for breakfast.

Javelin, who usually does not attend family meals, was sitting at the table.
“Hello.”

When I greeted her she also replied,

“Hello, Leblaine.”

My brothers looked at her and me.

“What, when did you two get so close?”

“Yes how come? I’m about to be jealous.”

I answered while sitting in a chair.

“Me and her are drinking buddy!”

Clang!

Then, I could hear the falling dishes.

“Th, t, the little miss has become a bad kid…”

“Ba, bad little miss…”

As the servants murmured and shuddered, Isaac shouted.

“Aunt, are you crazy?! You can’t give drinks to a baby!”

Isaac, who usually lacks common sense, somehow talked with common
sense today. I was a bit amazed at him.

“A nine year old kid is not a baby.”

Javelin said as she wiped her mouth with a napkin. Henry was frowning as
Johann said, “Drinking is not good for a child.”
“That’s not something you could say to me as the person who was caught
drinking in the dormitory.”

I glared at Henry and Isaac. The two men flinched as Johann pouted.

Javelin said,

“I bought you a present, so check it out, Leblaine.”

“Present?”

“It’s outside the window.”

“Can I see it now?”

“Yes.”

I opened the window that was connected to the dining room. And what I
saw was a pile of elsa trees.

There were dozens of giant elsa trees piled up from the garden to the gate.

The calculator in my head made a sound and many zeros came to mind.

“You said you liked it the most.”

I looked at Javelin. I ran quickly and hugged her.

“Aunt!”

I exclaimed as she smiled.

“It’s worth the money.”

Having a rich aunt is the best!

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I went out as soon as the meal was over and stroked the elsa tree gently. I
can feel the rough bark in my palm, and the bitter citrus smell went into my
nose.

Just in time, the chairman came towards me when he saw the elsa tree piled
up in the castle.

“What’s all of this?”

“It’s mine.

“Just how many are here…”

“If I start selling it, I will be richer.”

“What are you going to do when you get richer?”

“Of course I have to pay my taxes.”

When I laughed, the chairman also laughed.

Does the chairman know that Seria’s and my heart always breaks every
time the tax season comes in?

But the chairman only shrugged.

“I’ll leave some of the leaves.”

“Yes. Leave some of them. So that people don’t think it’s strange.”

“Yes. Ah, I need to depart for work.”

Originally, the work was already arranged for weeks. But it was only
delayed because Mireille appeared.

“I think we’re leaving in few days.”

“Don’t forget your communication device.”

“Don’t worry, I always bring it with me.”

“Okay.”

I nodded as I touched the corner of Etwal.

***

We went to the capital city three days later.

Previously, there was only me, Henry, Isaac, and dad in the castle. But now
there was Javelin and Johann.

Johann decided to stay with us until the end of his vacation.

When we arrived at the mansion, the employees greeted us.

When we were done organizing our luggage, we drank tea and discussed
what was going to happen.

Aunt said to dad,

“Now that Leblaine is about to have her social debut, we’ll have to pick her
godmother.”

Godmother are adults who educate the soon-to-debut ladies.

It is very important who our godmother is. This is because people are
divided by factions.
Of course, there are people who don’t like factions, but if they don’t belong
anywhere, it is difficult to survive.

My family discussed my godmother.

“I heard that Mrs. George is wise. All the ladies said she’s calm and smart.”

Henry who knew many people said,

“Mrs. George is wise, but her husband is not. He is greedy. If he knows that
his wife is in charge of Leblaine, it will be hard.”

“I heard their niece is also making her social debut this time. He cares so
much about blood, he may mistreat Leblaine and prioritize his niece.”

“What about Mrs. Dimonte?”

“It’s a good idea.”

Many names were mentioned. Aunt and Henry gave many suggestions to
dad.

“Pick anyone who won’t force Blaine to wear heels.”

There have been people who have forced kids to wear high heels.

Hearing him, my aunt said, “Of course.” as she drank the tea.

Everyone voiced out their opinions together to pick my godmother, but I

already had someone in mind.

My aunt will introduce me and take on the role of helping me adapt.

My aunt said,

“First… let’s just start with shopping.”

“Shopping?”

“The smell of money can make hyenas of the social circle shut their mouth.
I’ll ask Sharon for your clothes.”

Sharon?

As soon as I heard the name, I quickly asked my aunt.

“Can I go and see her in person?”

“Hmm…”

My aunt, who had been agonizing for a while, soon nodded.

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea to introduce yourself.”

I sang a joyous song into my heart. Because the person I want to have as a
godmother has a good relationship with Sharon.

***

When I came out with my aunt to the store, I could feel the gazes coming
our way.

“Oh my god… it’s Javelin.”

I could hear whispers ever since we arrived.

From the lady holding the book to the bachelor in the flower shop, all
attention was on my aunt.

There was no end to the attention.

She was like a knight who came back from the war victorious.
Everytime she wears something, it becomes a trend.

Above everything else, she had this elegant and cool atmosphere that made
her feel like the cool big sister.

I knew this because there were people who valued Javelin’s portraits even
in the church. Mina was one of them.

“You don’t know her Leblaine? Oh my god! Javelin is a top star!”

Many people were influenced by Javelin including Mina.

I looked at my aunt and the woman running from far away.

“Oh my, Javelin Ariage! My muse!”

Her hair is about 6 centimeters below her ears, and her name is Sharon. She
is the best designer here.

She is popular for selling expensive dresses to nobles.

“What’s going on? I’ve asked you to come, but I didn’t think you would
actually come. I thought I had seen wrongly.”

Then Sharon smiled, as my aunt covered her face with her palm.

“I came to buy this child’s clothes.”

“I don’t design children’s clothes. But who is this squirrel?”

“She’s my niece.”

“Niece?!”

Sharon shouted in amazement.

“You’re child of fate?”

“……yes.”

Sharon’s eyes widened, soon she burst into laughter.

“Haha! Hahahaha!”

“Little miss, my name is Sharon Rouge.”

“My name is Leblaine.”

“You speak up now?”

“As a courtesy to my aunt’s friend.”

Then she opened a door without a sign.

My aunt and I followed her inside.

The interior was magnificent. She led us to the end of the hall, and when
she opened the locked door, the staircase in the form of a whirlpool came to
view.

“Come on, you two go upstairs while I’m sketching.”

I held my aunt’s hand tightly.

‘This is Sharon’s workshop.’

Above these stairs the nobles called the room Sharon’s workshop.

But just because it’s called that, it doesn’t mean it’s a real workshop.

This was the so-called club where the people of status shared their personal
connections.
Melvin couldn’t reach Sharon’s reputation not because she was a better
designer. It’s because Sharon is the operator of a top-tier club.

I went up the stairs with my aunt.

There was about twenty people, gathering in groups of twos and threes to
talk.

A nobleman saw my aunt and said,

“Ms. Ariage!”

“Now it’s a real ball.”

“Hahaha, when you get older, your memory gets so bad. So this is Ms.
Ariage.”

People crowded around my aunt.

“Who is this child?”

“My niece.”

“Ah, that…”

“Hello, Marquis Dilmore.”

“Do you know me?”

“Of course. I knew who helped the founding of the empire. I admired you
after hearing that you made a lot of merit being one of the knights in your
youth.”

Marquis Dilmore was dumbfounded.

He was surprised because I was still young yet I spoke eloquently.

“Oh my god, you’re so young, yet you spoke so nicely.”

I greeted other nobles too.

“It’s nice to meet you. Countess Lecillia, Count Castor, Marchioness

Whitley.”

The nobles really looked surprised.

“How do you know me?”

“I heard a lot about you, people said that Countess Lecillia is famous for
being sensible, and she’s a beautiful lady with blond hair. So I just thought
she might be you.”

“How do you know that?”

“You purposely stood on Marchioness Whitley’s left side. She’s holding a

cane on her right hand, so you stood on the left to avoid any
inconvenience.”

Smiles rose on the faces of the nobles.

“You’re clever.”

Countess Lecillia smiled and handed me an orange juice.

I grinned with a childish and innocent look on my face.

‘Okay, I like Countess Lecillia, who had the best reputation in this
club.’

I took the orange juice and went gently to the side of the sofa.

“Countess Lecillia is one of the most talented people. She have a close
relationship with Empress Yvonne.”
Many people said that.

‘But she’s not the one I want to make a godmother.’

Didn’t that person come today?

It was when I looked around thinking so, A woman with dark brown hair
was coming up the stairs.
Chapter 88
The woman looked shabby compared to other nobles in the room.

She came up the stairs and greeted the nobles, but no one replied. Their
reactions to my aunt and me were very different.

A woman with dark brown hair stood alone while my aunt and I were
conversing with the nobles.

When I glanced at her, my aunt said,

“It’s Lady Barthou.”

My aunt noticed and told me her name.

“Lady Barthou?”

“Leticia Barthou. The eldest daughter of Count Barthou.”

“I heard about many nobles from the chairman, but I didn’t know Count
Barthou.”

“It’s because he’s full of debts, and he only has his title.”

“But how is she here? There are only people here who said the chairman
was important.”

“Count Barthou is loyal to the Duke Marche and Empress Yvonne. He’s
sending her daughter here to do all sorts of nasty things, to catch the eyes of
the powerful.”

I blinked.
Then Leticia Barthou headed to the lounge. I quickly said to my aunt that I
wanted to go to the toilet, and followed her.

Leticia was washing her hands at the sink. My eyes went to her reflection
on the mirror.

“Hello, Lady.”

“Hello.”

Maybe she heard the other people calling me Dubbled’s young miss, but she
didn’t ask who I was.

I went and sat on the sofa, as she said to me.

“You’d better stay outside. To them, this lounge is for losers like me.”

“But I’m bored out there. They’re all adults, and they only talk about
difficult things.”

Speaking naively, Leticia smiled at me helplessly.

“Let’s play together!”

Leticia replied with a smile on her face,

“Okay. What should we do?”

“Please tell me a fun story.”

“Shall I?”

Sitting beside me, Leticia told me some tales of the Empire.

I reacted enthusiastically to her stories.

“Tell me about the whale story too!”

“Whale?”

“It’s about the father whale looking for the mother and baby whale.”

Leticia’s hands flinched when I told her a fairy tale that became famous
recently.

“That… sorry, I don’t know much about whales. Ah, It’s already been a
long time. I’ll go out first.”

It seemed that she was deliberately avoiding this topic, but I didn’t care.

Because I knew the reason why she was avoiding it.

This is the story of the whale family.

The father whale and mother whale, which lived in different places,
accidentally met and fell in love, as the baby whale was born.

The story is about the mother whale and baby whale disappearing in an
unfortunate accident, and the father whale was desperately searching for
them.

The reason why Leticia didn’t want to tell me this story was because this is
her story.

To be exact, the emperor’s brother, Duke Locard, deliberately spread this

story to the empire to find his beloved woman who suddenly disappeared
one day with their child.

Leticia once worked as a maid, hiding her identity to pay off her father’s
debts.
She was the maid of Duke Locard, who was secretly recuperating to hide
the fact that he had lost his eyesight due to illness.

At that time, the two fell in love and gave birth to a baby, and somehow
Leticia fled as his vision gradually recovered.

‘But in the end, it’s a happy ending like the story of a whale family.’

Leticia will be his wife later, and I want her to be my godmother.

**

Sharon called my aunt and me to show us the sketch she had completed.

It was surprisingly a lovely and cute design.

I wonder if I would look good wearing this.

Aunt nodded.

“This would look good on Leblaine.”

“I know right! I’ve completed the sketch and I got goosebumps seeing this.
This dress is perfect for her!”

“Can you give me the accessories too?”

“Hmm, I can’t say no to my muse. Well, alright. Because I like the little
miss too.”

Aunt stamped the Ariage’s seal on the dress receipt.

I almost fainted when I looked at it out of curiosity.

‘That expensive?!’
It doesn’t even compare to Melvin’s dress.

It’s a price that makes me feel motivated to become richer.

“Thank you as always, customer.”

Sharon smiled and lowered her head.

Then we came back home.

Dad and brothers were already waiting for us.

“What kind of dress is it?”

Henry asked me.

“A really pretty dress.”

“I know Sharon’s ability, but I’m more excited to see you wear it.”

I told them how pretty the dress was and how expensive it was.

Even though I said the price, my brothers didn’t react much and I was
embarrassed.

‘This is the very example of children being born rich.’

I also talked about Lady Leticia Barthou.

I knew the big story in the future, but I needed detailed information.

My dad and brothers knew about Count Barthou as I thought.

“The Count of Barthou… I heard that his daughter cleans and does the
laundry herself because the servants left due to an overdue salary.”
“Didn’t they borrow a lot of money? Where does that money go?”

“The money borrowed was used for the education of their eldest son and
younger son. Even after borrowing the money, the youngest, Lady Barthou
still suffers.”

The lady cleans and does laundry herself…

‘She won’t have much time to go out because she needs to manage that
big mansion.’

In addition, she had little time to go out because she had to take care of her
own child.

Isaac asked,

“Why didn’t she just run away being treated like a servant?”

Henry replied, putting sugar cubes in my teacup.

“When they were young, people said that the relationship between them
was nice. The Count lived with the lady, and the lady also said she would
marry his father. Maybe she couldn’t forget the memories of that time.”

“What a fool.”

While they were talking, I wondered how to get close to Lady Leticia.

‘Hmm, I have to get close to Leticia… ’

Suddenly, the surrounding became quiet.

I lifted my head, my dad and brothers were staring at me.

Dad asked me,

“Blaine, who do you want to marry?”

“Why do you ask the obvious? She likes me the most.”

“You’re absolutely wrong.”

Isaac and Henry replied to each other.

“Blaine.”

“Kid.”

“Leblaine.”

“Speak at ease, Leblaine.”

“Yes, you can be honest with me, kid.”

“Who is it, Blaine?”

If I said one of the three, I would have a hard time.

I rolled my eyes and said,

“I, so… um… Johann!”

The faces of three people, except for Johann, have become pitiful.

Their eyes were fixed on me like arrowheads.

“Why?”

Dad’s voice was low enough to shake the ground.

Isaac was glaring at Johann with fierce eyes.

‘That’s because he’s the most normal member of the family.’

Johann closed the book he was reading and got up.

‘Look, Johann doesn’t respond to these words like them.’

I was thinking so, but my dad said with a grim look.

“Where are you going?”

Then Johann answered in a strange way.

“I’m going to look for a tuxedo.”

Henry and Isaac glared at Johann as if they were going to tear him to death.

Dad called the butler.

“Put him back to the academy.”

***

I poked my head out the door.

‘Okay, no one.’

After confirming that there were no people, I laid the doll on the bed and
took the device out of my pocket.

After thinking about the location, I opened my eyes after being wrapped in
the light. There was Seria in front of me.

“Little miss!”

“Hello…”
When I greeted her with a tired face, Seria quickly got up and let me sit on
the sofa.

“I got a letter saying you came to the city, but what brings you here without
contacting me?”

“I want to confirm the progress of the work.”

The progress refers to tracking down the ‘customer’ who kidnapped me and
bought Seria’s younger sibling.

“Yes, I heard that there was someone who worked in the house of hope
related to the slave trade, and I checked it. But because they were pretty
careful, I tried to spy on them carefully.”

“Well done.”

“Yes. But what’s the matter?”

Chapter 89
“Give me someone I can trust. Four, no, five people.”

“What are the conditions?”

“They need to be a good housekeeper.”

Seria seemed to be confused, but soon nodded.

“Where should I send them?”

“To Count Barthou’s house.”

If I couldn’t meet Leticia because she doesn’t have time, then I could make
the time for her.

***

Leticia blinked at the visitors of Barthou mansion.

“You’re here for an interview?”

“Yes, Lady.”

A middle-aged woman with a kind impression took off her hat and lowered
her head slightly. The people who came with her also greeted her with a
smile.

It was really weird.

Advertisements were being issued every week but they quit due to the
delayed payment.
Leticia hasn’t even done an interview for the last three months, and she
couldn’t believe there were five people in a day.

Given their age and seeing their hands, they seemed to be quite skilled.

“What’s the matter?”

A voice came from the stairs. It was a Count Barthou who was coming
down with a newspaper.

Leticia, who glanced at people, approached her father and lowered her
voice.

“They’re here for an interview.”

“Good. I was very annoyed at this filthy mansion. The more the better.”

“But there are five people. It’s hard to even pay their salary, so how can we
hire five people?

“Duke of Marche would help us soon. Besides, your brothers are about to
graduate, and they’ll soon have a job at the Imperial Palace. You don’t need
to worry about money.”

Her father believed that the Duke of Marche will help the Barthou family,
but Duke Marche has never helped them.

Rather, Count Barthou was having a hard time because of Duke Marche that
he even paid for their mansion fully.

Leticia was well aware that the desire for his sons to be admitted to the
Imperial Palace was only a dream.

Although they spent a large sum of money to put them into an academy for
children of status, the brothers had been suspended from graduation for
years.
While Leticia was frowning, her father said, “Let’s get to work right away.
Start cleaning up. One of you please prepare the tea.”

“Father!”

As she shouted, she could hear a child crying upstairs.

“Don’t say useless things, and make sure I didn’t hear that shit. If you come
back with a child, at least you should control them.”

“……”

Leticia forced herself to move as her father chased her away.

As she went up to the room, she could see her five-year-old son was crying.

“I’m sorry, Lionel. You must be so surprised.”

Her son quickly hugged her.

“I hate grandfather… he always bother mother.”

“He’s bad at talking but deep inside he’s really nice.”

“You always lie… grandfather is a bad guy, but when will you play with me
mother?”

“Let’s go out today.”

“Really?”

“Yes. So my baby, stop crying and change first.”

“Yes!”

As if he never cried, he quickly got up and ran to the closet.

‘I have to do work first.’

If she crosses the abandoned Rossel Bridge and goes to the shopping
district, she will be able to go outside without being seen.

Leticia dressed the child and sneaked out through the back door.

Lionel walked alone for the first 10 minutes or so and quickly began to
whine.

Then,

“Lady Barthou!”

She could hear a girl’s voice.

It was Leblaine Dubbled, wearing a black hat covering her ears and a
yellow long coat.

“Where are you going?”

“Oh, to the shopping district…”

“I’m on my way there too! Can we go together? Tell me another fairy tale!”

Behind Leblaine’s back was a luxurious, giant carriage of blackwood,

which was hard to see even in the capital city.

“But…”

“But who is he?”

Leticia was shocked. She wondered how to explain it, but Leblaine
continued, “Aha. He’s your cousin isn’t he? I got it right!”

“……”
“The child must be cold too. Let’s go together. The carriage is very warm.”

Just in time, Lionel coughed.

‘I think she’s alone. I’m sure I can explain the situation well to
Leblaine.’

Leticia followed the child who pulled her hands.

***

That’s Lionel Locard, the only son of the Grand Duke.

The child vomited after being in the carriage for a while. It looks like he has
never been in a carriage before.

“Hello?”

The child flinched when I spoke.

“……Hello.”

I laughed and took the cookies out of my small bag on the side.

“Here.”

“……”

“This is delicious. Eat it.”

He looked at his mother as if asking for permission. Leticia smiled and said,
“Don’t forget to say thank you.”

“Thank you…”
The child, who took a bite of the cookie, widened his eyes. And then, as if
he was possessed, he took all of the cookies.

“I’ve never had such a delicious thing before…”

“Come over to my house! There’s something more delicious too.”

“Really? But what’s your name?”

Leticia panicked and called her son quietly.

“You shouldn’t be rude to her. She’s the Lady of Dubbled.”

“A Lady?”

I nodded because he was looking at me.

“My name is Leblaine Risette Dubbled.”

“I’m Lionel!”

“Nice to meet you Lionel.”

I greeted him and looked at Leticia.

“Where should I drop you off?”

“I’d appreciate it if you could drop me off near the entrance.”

Lionel replied hearing her mother,

“…I have to be alone again when my sister goes to work.”

In front of people, Lionel was used to calling his mother a sister.

“Then should I accompany you?”

As I said that, Leticia widened her eyes.

“I can’t give you that much trouble.”

“I’m fine. I came out to play alone but I felt lonely. I’m going to tell Lionel
about the stories that you told me.”

Leticia smiled as I spoke to her.

“Thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome. Can I go to the bakery with Lionel?”

“Of course.”

Soon the carriage stopped. We got off the back door and walked close to the
room.

While she was in working, me and Lionel were supposed to be at the

bakery, but before I saw Leticia off, the child clung to the grocery store
window next to the bakery.

“Wow, wow! I know this! This is really cool!”

I was wondering what it was, but it was a toy that was popular in the capital
city recently.

When people demonstrate the toy, a very, very weak fire comes out of the
round mana stone attached to it.

A mana stone was attached on it so naturally it was an exclusive property of

noble children. It was very expensive.

“Can’t we just watch this? Huh? Huh?”

When Leticia saw him whining, she looked troubled.

Because he wouldn’t go after looking at it. Once he touched it, he would
have lied down on the floor and whined to get it.

Leticia seemed to be very soft hearted when it came to disciplining her son.

“Just look at it for a minute. You can promise me that right?”

“Yes!”

The child answered loudly.

And a while later,

…she knew this would happen.

“Buy it~! Buy it!!”

“This child!”

Leticia tried to force the child to get up from the floor.

But Lionel hugged the toy and rolled around on the floor.

Leticia sighed and went to see the price tag.

10.000 Francs.

That was the amount she couldn’t earn even if she spent all night working.

“Get up. We’ll buy it next time.”

But the child kept being stubborn.

“No, buy me this. Please buy me this……”

As soon as the situation became a bit more quiet, some well dressed noble
boys approached us.

The tallest child strode straight towards us.

When he saw Lionel on the floor, he clucked his tongue and picked up a toy
which was much more expensive than the bow Lionel was hugging.

“Wow! It’s a new thing. It’s the most expensive one.”

“My father said I could buy it.”

“What about your last purchase?”

“I threw it away. I only played with it once.”

“Wow that’s so cool! You’re so lucky to be rich.”

“Not really. Oh, but it’s nice not to beg like that for a piece of shit like this
beggar.”

Then the boys hit Lionel and giggled as they looked at him.

Even the young Lionel stopped struggling as if he understood these words.

Leticia’s face hardened.

“You guys, what are you talking about?”

“Huh, you seem familiar.”

The big boy looked at Leticia.

“Oh it’s that grandpa’s daughter who came to borrow money from my
father last time. Who was it? Bar, bar, bar, bar… Barthou!”
Leticia hardened and the boy grinned.

“His whole family is a beggar.”

He tried to pick up another toy, but I caught it first.

“I’ll buy this.”

“What? Hey, you little girl! I chose this first!”

I called the owner of the grocery store. A middle-aged man, who was
cleaning up the place, came towards us.

“What’s the matter?”

“Wrap it up please.”

“Hey! I picked first! Uncle, sell it to me. Otherwise, I won’t come again!”

The boy was a regular so the owner was conflicted.

“Um, Lady, we have many other options too…”

“I didn’t say I was buying only that one.”

“Pardon?”

I said that as I pulled out the Dubbled seal.

“I’ll buy all of the toys here.”

Chapter 90
The owner’s eyes were wide open. The crowd of boys also quiet down.

“It doesn’t make any sense…”

The big boy muttered, but I really stamped the seal on the receipt. I held a
toy and handed it to Lionel.

“Here.”

“La, Lady!”

Leticia quickly came up to me and took my hand.

“You can’t give this expensive toy to him. And it’s not just one or two…”

“I’m lending it to him!”

“Pardon?”

“I’ll lend it to Lionel and get it back when I want to play with it.”

Only then did Leticia let go of my hand with a sigh.

I sent them to the bakery first, and I glanced at the boys who were watching
me. I asked the knights.

“Find out who those kids are.”

“Yes, little miss.”

The boys flinched and glanced away. As those children are nobles in the
capital city, I assumed that they know who was superior.
But some of them don’t.

The big boy, who had his toy taken by me, shouted.

“You don’t have to know my name, you madwoman!”

‘Oh my.’

I paid my silent tribute to the child who had said that.

He said that in front of my knights.

The eyes of the knights were already fierce.

“Wh, wh, why are they staring at me like that?”

I said with a sigh.

“Why? Your family is about to be ruined.”

***

While Leticia went to work, I sat by the bakery window and took care of
Lionel.

I wiped Lionel’s mouth after he ate bread in a hurry.

“Eat slowly. Do you want some milk?”

“Yes…”

I poured the milk from the glass bottle.

The child began to finish the bread. I was afraid of him getting indigestion,
so I asked the knights to bring me digestive medicine from the carriage.
Then, with my chin in my hand, I gazed at Lionel with delight.

I haven’t seen a kid younger than me in a long time.

‘The first time after the tea party.’

They were all the sons of a nobleman, picked carefully by Nos, they were
somewhat clumsy, but they knew the courtesy of nobles.

Meanwhile Lionel completely acted like a commoner’s child. He doesn’t

learn the noble etiquette.

‘It reminds me of the time when I was in the nursery.’

At that time, there were many children younger than me, so I acted as an
older sister.

“What do you do when you’re home, Lionel?”

“Hmm… I usually look at my sister working. No, I read book, play blocks
and…”

“Then do you want to play with me next time?”

“Really?!”

“Yes. Ah, do you want more bread?”

“But my sister said I shouldn’t receive too much…”

“It’s just bread though.”

“I already got the toy…”

“It’s alright.”
It’s really alright.

‘Because if his mother became my godmother, she’ll repay me 2,000

times more.’

I grinned inwardly.

Lionel will be found out as the son of Grand Duke Locard just a month
from now.

Lionel slipped out of Leticia’s mansion and will be hit by a carriage, which
was very serious.

The operation required money. But Count Barthou did not pay a penny for
his grandson’s surgery, even though he extorted money from Leticia and
spent it on his sons’ education and living expenses.

In the end, Leticia went to the Grand Duke because she had no choice. He
sent an outstanding doctor to operate on his son.

Lionel was saved, but unfortunately it was too late and he couldn’t use one
of his arms anymore.

He tried to heal his son’s arm by offering an unspeakable amount of money

to the church, but it was not enough.

Lionel lived on with his one arm.

‘I have to make sure that doesn’t happen this time.’

But if Lionel doesn’t have any accident, Leticia won’t go to the Grand
Duke.

‘That’s why I’ve come prepared to this bakery.’

This place is the favorite of Lionel grandmother’s maid!

It’s almost time for her to come.

I glanced at the door.

The door opened and an old person in a cloak came in.

Camilla’s maid came in.

The maid walked straight to the counter.

“Have you prepared what I asked for?”

A woman who seemed to be the owner, replied.

“Yes I have. Please wait for a moment.”

I asked Lionel. We were deliberately sitting near the counter.

“Lionel, where did you originally live?”

“Forest.”

“Forest?”

“Yes, I lived with my dad and my mom in the trush forest!”

The woman’s eyes turned to the child when he said the trush forest.

Of course she will. There is no reason for people to live in the forest that is
famous for their monsters.

That’s why the Grand Duke secretly lived in this place to recuperate.

“So you moved here with your dad?”

“No… mom didn’t want to live with dad.”

“Why?”

The child’s face turned sullen when I asked.

“I don’t know. I came here all of a sudden. When I saw my dad later, I
wanted to go hunting with him.”

“You must be upset.”

I asked Lionel.

He must have been very lonely and surprised to be separated from his father
all of a sudden. I felt sorry for the child, so I patted his head.

‘Don’t worry, Lionel. You’ll be able to go hunting with your dad soon.’

The maid ran out with a stiff face.

She must be trying to guess the situation and confirm it. She forgot to ask
our names because she was panicking.

I purposely buy another bread with the Dubbled’s seal.

So that she can visit me.

After a while, Leticia came to the bakery.

“I can’t thank you enough. I’ll make sure to repay you next time.”

“It’s alright. I had a new friend and had fun. Right, Lionel?”

“Yes! We’re going to see each other again.”

I went back after I saw Lionel and Leticia off.

***
The next day.

Leticia, who brought him breakfast, looked at her son who was touching his
toy.

“Lionel.”

“……”

“Son.”

“……”

‘What’s wrong with him?’

Ever since they got home, he was quiet.

Leticia put the tray on the table and sat in front of her son.

Lionel looked at Leticia.

“Are you sick?”

“Yes…”

She checked his condition, but there’s nothing wrong.

Leticia looked into the child’s face with a worried look.

“Where does it hurt? Do you have a fever? Do you feel like throwing up?”

Lionel grabbed his flushed cheek with his small hand.

“My cheeks keep getting warm and my throat itches.”

“Is it a cold…”
“Also my heart kept beating wildly. In my head, I could hear Leblaine
calling my name.”

Then he sighed.

“I’ll buy all of the toys here.”

When Leblaine proudly stamped the seal, Lionel thinks she looks like a
warrior.

“Eat slowly. Do you want some milk?”

And when she poured the milk, she looked like a princess.

Leticia couldn’t help laughing at her son, who had a dreamy expression on
his face.

When he got out of the carriage, he was quiet, but it seems that he met his
first love.

Leticia said a mischievous look on her face, “Are you thinking of the Lady?
Hmm, then you’d better eat the carrots.”

“I hate carrots!”

“The Lady didn’t like someone who hates carrots.”

Lionel said to his mother,

“No wait, I like carrots.”

“Really? Then can you eat it if I give you a carrot?”

Lionel gulped when Leticia gave him a carrot which was as big as a finger.
Then he put the carrot in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
He couldn’t stop frowning because it tastes weird.

Leticia gave him another carrot when he was done swallowing.

“Wouldn’t she like it if you ate two?”

After eating one, he doesn’t want to eat the second one.

Lionel looked at the carrot with a very troubled face.

Leticia smiled when she saw her son go through the ordeal of love fiercely.

***

I rolled around in bed and touched the Etwal.

‘It’s about time they got in touch.’

It’s already the third day after our encounter in the bakery.

‘Shouldn’t this work? No, apparently, Camilla was famous for her love
to her grandchild… ’

When I thought so, I heard a thump from outside the door.

“Little miss!”

She forgot to knock, when I saw Laura who hurriedly called me, I shouted
happily in my heart.

‘It’s Camilla!’

“The Empress is here!”

……huh?
No, why did the empress even come here?

“She came here for you.”

“O, okay.”

I replied reluctantly, changed my clothes, and then came down to the guest
room for VIPs.

“Child!”

The empress came to me with a smile.

“I greet the Empress.”

I said as I stretched out my skirt and bent my knees slightly. The empress
waved her hand.

“You don’t have to be very polite to me. How have you been?”

“Good.”

“Come, sit here.”

She pointed at the sofa, so I sat down carefully.

“I was very happy to hear that the little miss had come to the capital city.”

“I’m glad to be here too.”

The moment I said that, I heard a knock.

“Sorry for interrupting the conversation, little miss. A guest is here.”

“Guest?”
Just then,

“Let me talk.”

With the urgent voice came a grandmother.

‘Camilla!’

As soon as I saw her, the empress’ expression was not happy. Of course,
Camilla’s expression wasn’t good either.

They were always on bad terms during the emperor’s reign.

“What are you doing here?”

“Your Highness, for what you have come in person.”

“I had some business with the child.”

“So do I.”

The two people looked at me.

“Child.”

“Lady.”

…please save me.

Chapter 91
It was her aunt who came to the room after Camilla.

My aunt who was sitting next to me looked at them without any expression.

“I’m sorry we couldn’t serve you well, because you came without saying it
in advance.”

She expressed displeasure to the two person who came without my consent.

Camilla sighed.

“You’re being too humble. They served us well.”

The tea being served to the Empress and Camilla was indeed a bit too
mediocre.

Nevertheless, aunt has admitted that she had committed a disrespectful act
and expressed her apologies.

But the Empress said,

“It’s decent.”

She spoke innocently as if she was the victim here.

My aunt’s eyebrows went up.

“I’m sorry. If you want to, would you please come back later so that we can
serve Your Majesty after preparation?”

The polite, but obvious meaning makes the Empress angry.

“You’re being too much. I came here for a reason.”

“What reason?”

“I heard that you are looking for the child’s godmother.”

“That’s right.”

“I was helped by her the other day, and I always valued the child. A child
destined to save the empire must have a godmother worthy of her. So I’m
going to be the godmother of the child.”

I almost opened my mouth.

‘What is she talking about?’

My aunt tried to hide her expression.

“It is the imperial rule that the empress wasn’t allowed to be someone’s
godmother.”

“It is in the rules. But the rule was only made because the noble ladies are
scared that I would exert my influences everywhere. Yet they kept acting
nice to me. What a hypocrite.”

Camilla looked at the Empress with a stunned expression. Camilla said

while frowning, “What are you talking about?”

The most dangerous thing about the Empress going into the social world
was that she would be privately cooperating with the nobles.

‘The Emperor thinks it’s the most dangerous thing.’

If he heard what she just said, he would probably faint.

Above all, I’ll just be the victim.

Then, will my father stay still?

“Why? Aren’t you afraid that if I go into society, your role will be taken by
me?”

It seems that the Empress wanted to irritate Camilla, but her purpose was
revealed.

‘She wanted to take away her role, whom the Emperor secretly
supported.’

The emperor took special care of Camilla after all.

‘Perhaps the emperor was able to grow up rationally thanks to

Camilla’s education.’

Camilla is rational, even though she has fiery temper, she raised him
without any discrimination.

Camilla said,

“Please stop. Until when do you want to take away everything?”

“When did I ever care about you!”

“I didn’t say that.”

“That’s what you just say.”

I watched the two highest ranked women in the Empire fight.

I need to end this fight.

“Ah! Auntie, it’s time for daddy to come home.”

I called my father, who even the royal family feared.

The Empress and Camilla shut their mouths.

Especially the Empress, who was targeted by my father wanted to avoid

him because she had a history of suffering from Dubbled’s rage.

“I need to get back today. I feel sick at the sight of the unpleasant scenery.”

Then she left.

However, Camilla remained. And she asked my aunt to have a private

meeting with me.

“There’s something I must tell her. I’d appreciate it if you could arrange a
place for me to talk to the child.”

When Camilla asked us earnestly, my aunt glanced at me.

“I’m okay with it!”

“……alright.”

When my aunt heard my answer, she accepted without complaining.

Camilla barely opened her mouth, only moistening her mouth with tea.

“I went to the bakery four days ago.”

She unexpectedly went straight to the point.

I tried to look childish. I opened my eyes wide and nodded enthusiastically.

“How do you know that?”

“My maid saw you.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

“Didn’t you go there with a child?”

“Yes! He’s Lionel.”

Camilla holds the handle of the teacup tightly.

“Is it true that he lived in the trush forest?”

“That’s right. He’s been living there ever since he was born and moved only
last year.”

“…the child’s mother. You’ve met his mother, don’t you?”

“I saw his sister, not his mom. She knows a lot of fun stories and I’m so
happy to meet a sincerely nice person. She’s also very considerate.”

“Have you ever seen his mother?”

“Lionel lives with his sister. I guess he doesn’t live with his mother. Lionel
told me about his sister alot, but rarely told me about his mother… but I
could guess that he misses her alot…”

I said it with a sad face on purpose, and Camilla bit her lips.

‘I gave you all of the hints, Camilla.’

Camilla looked at me with clear eyes after she had calmed down.

“Where does that child live?”

“In Count Barthou’s mansion. The lady is his sister.”

Clang!

The sound was from Camilla who put down the teacup on the coaster
roughly.
The maids urgently came in, surprised to hear the noise that had leaked out.

“Are you alright?”

“So she’s a noble…”

The maids was startled by the murmur and shut their mouth.

I helped Camilla, who was about to fall.

“Ma’am, are you alright?”

“I’m having another headache. How long is this going to bother me?”

‘That means she’s worried.’

Whether or not she’ll let her son know.

There is no way that she doesn’t know about the Count Barthou situation.

She’s wondering if it is okay for them to meet again.

“I……”

I looked at Camilla.

“I read a book a long time ago. The thrush forest is always dark, surrounded
by trees, but the moment we see the sunset, it is bright. It’s not always a bad
thing to live in the dark. You’ll know the preciousness of the dark at
sunset.”

“……!”

This would be surprising. This book was written secretly by Camilla,

hoping that this will be a hope to Grand Duke Locard when he loses his
sight.
‘She had those days.’

The days when she hopes her son doesn’t lose hope.

Now, the Grand Duke has found his sight, regained his will to live, has a
wife and son.

‘Even if they had a problem, would anything worse happen than those
days?’

That’s what the story meant.

“So headaches aren’t necessarily bad. It makes your body more immune if
you experience it again!”

I added it like a child, but Camilla kept looking at me.

“Lady… tell me if you need anything.”

‘Just don’t forget me.’

I grinned.

A few days later, a news came from the people Seria sent to Count Barthou
mansion. A luxurious carriage came to the mansion.

The Grand Duke found Leticia.

***

Laura pondered while holding a coat and a cape.

“It’s going to be nice using a coat because it’s cold today, but little miss
using a cape is so cute. What should I do?”

“I like the coat!”

The cape is long and uncomfortable to use while walking.

Today was my first day at a social party in the capital city. I need to look
dignified.

Laura answered, “Yes,” and put my coat on.

When I finished preparing and looked in the mirror, I could see a cute and
elegant little lady.

‘Of course it’s Sharon’s design.’

From the coat to dress, ribbons and shoes, they were all very pretty.

As my aunt said, I need to imprint them with my image of a rich and

dignified young miss of Dubbled.

My aunt, who was waiting for me, held out her arm.

“Aunt, you’re so cool…”

She wore a blue coat similar to mine, black pants, which were vintage and
fluffy long boots. She also used a pomade and tied her hair.

There wasn’t anyone who was this cool.

“It’s your first social party, so I need to care about my appearance.”

Chapter 92
Today’s party was the 10th anniversary of Count Walt and his wife’s
marriage.

Both were born in prestigious families, and the Countess was the
godmother of countless ladies. Because of that, there were many young
attendees.

‘That’s why my aunt chose Count Walt and his wife’s party as my first
party.’

“I haven’t seen you in ages, Countess.”

The Countess welcomed us.

“It’s a great party.”

A few greetings were exchanged, and Countess Walt looked at me.

“This little lady…”

I spread my skirt and bent my knees.

“My name is Leblaine Risette Dubbled.”

“Ah, that… the little miss.”

The countess analyzes me from head to toe. This was the characteristic of
socialites.

Since it is the beginning of the faction expansion, everyone is keenly

looking at children they have never seen before.
The Countess’ eyebrows were lifted up. However, she smiled brightly, took
off her gloves and asked for a handshake.

I smiled inwardly, shaking hands with her.

‘This is because I bent my knees with a perfect angle.’

I really put that much effort just to greet them like that.

The countess said to my aunt.

“Please share a secret on how you educate the child. I was so impressed
with her elegant posture.”

“Well, I didn’t teach her anything. I think she learned a few times from the
administrator on the estate—”

People flocked while the two were talking.

“Nice to meet you, little miss.”

“It’s nice to meet you.”

“You’re much more elegant than I thought.”

When I smiled and showed dignity without embarrassment despite the

pouring greetings, aunt added with an arrogant voice, “— she must’ve been
born with it.”

“Oh my.”

I got a little shy.

‘I didn’t embarrass my aunt.’

Well done, me!

I grinned inwardly.

When aunt and the adults began to talk, the countess called the black-haired
girl.

“Isabella, let me introduce you to the little miss.”

“Yes, godmother.”

Isabella said,

“Shall we go?”

Isabella, who mingled among the children, introduced herself first.

“I’m Isabella Hadero.”

“Nice to meet you, Miss Hadero. My name is Leblaine Dubbled.”

I greeted other children and had a small conversation.

“What academy did Miss Dubbled attend?”

“I studied with the vassals in castle.”

Then suddenly,

“You must be a fool then?”

The boy stood with one hand holding a glass of juice and walked in
between the children.

The children split up as if they were red sea and opened the way for him.

‘Niel Vallua.’
He is the second son of Duke Vallua.

***

Now that I’m living in the capital city, I knew I’d meet him someday. But I
didn’t expect to see him so soon.

A terrible memory with that bad guy came to my mind.

“Why can’t you do my homework instead? Ah, I think it’s because you want
to be beaten today.”

“You rat!”

“Run! cry!”

When I said I couldn’t do his homework, I got slapped.

The day I was so hungry that I stole lettuce from the kitchen at night, he
kicked me.

On a day when I couldn’t walk properly because I was sick, he made me

run like a horse and giggled with his friends.

I hid my trembling hands beneath my skirt.

“An invitation comes only to the smart kids, isn’t it?”

When Niel spoke to a group of boys who had followed him, they agreed.

Isabella and other children looked troubled and said, “Th, this is Dubbled’s
young miss……”

Niel shrugged at the girl’s words.

“So?”
That kid becomes more rude because I’m Dubbled’s young miss.

Duke Vallua’s family and Dubbled’s are naturally enemies.

In my second life, Hayton and Niel, the sons of the Duke of Vallua, were
told that they should not lose to Dubbled.

But in this life, they lost the right to trade leaves, so they must be more
aggressive to Dubbled.

He targeted me because he couldn’t do this to the three sons of Dubbled.

“If she didn’t have a tutor in the estate and learned from the vassals, it’s
obvious that she’s a fool.”

“Then where do you go?”

“I went to the Imperial Academy.”

When I saw him hesitating with a scared face, I nodded, “Aha.”

“I guess you went there because you got an invitation.”

With that, all of Niel’s followers agreed.

“Niel is the second son of Vallua, his bloodline is great.”

“The Duke of Vallua gave all of his best resources to his sons.”

“His level is different from other people.”

Niel soon glared at me and shouted.

“Of course! You think I’m a fool like you? I already decipher the Bible and
memorize it.”
The children exclaimed their admiration.

No one at that age starts memorizing or deciphering the Bible. It’s mostly
learned in higher education institutions. So I only learnt it when I was 18.

The Bible was different from the imperial language as it was a book written
a long time ago. It was very difficult to interpret because of the mixture of
imperial and ancient languages.

‘How much do you know the Bible?’ This question was believed to measure
our knowledge.

The followers of Niel smiled and did not miss any chance.

“That’s great.”

“You’re like the Dubbled’s sons!”

“Even the Dubbled sons will not be able to decipher the Bible.”

When everyone looked surprised, Niel, who was arrogant, began to take the
Bible.

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth……”

When the children admired him, even the eyes of the adults were focused
on him.

They started to gather one by one and we ended up being surrounded by a

huge crowd.

“Can the Dubbled brothers interpret the bible?”

When someone asks, a lady with a fan said,

“I am very worried about his growth, he always surrounded himself with
books and newspapers, he started getting interested in the bible last year.”

“What are you worried about? I envy you, Duchess of Vallua.”

The Duchess of Vallua smiled when she saw her son.

As he kept garnering attention, Niel became even more excited.

“God created humans, the humans cherished and loved their brothers. He
gave the brothers three potatoes and a handful of oats.”

“That’s strange?”

The eyes of the people were on me at once.

I said,

“Did you really interpret the bible? That’s strange.”

Niel who was in the midst of excitement, frowned.

“What’s strange about it!”

“It’s not three potatoes and a handful of oats. The word in the seventh line
of chapter 2 is read as potato in the Imperial language, but sadness in the
ancient language.”

“What?”

“It means that God gave them 30% of sadness and 10% of joy. You can’t
interpret that for them being full.”

“What nonsense! I’m right. What do you know? This–”

“It’s the translation from the Imperial Palace.”

You didn’t decipher it yourself, you took out a copy from the Imperial
Palace and memorized it.

‘A copy from the imperial palace that the Duchess of Vallua secretly get
from Empress Yvonne to get his stupid son into the Imperial Academy.’

Niel turned pale.

I continued with a smile.

“I saw a manuscript of interpretation in the library of the Empress, I saw a

few pages and they were filled with mistranslations.”

“What mistranslations are there in the academy textbook…!”

“Last week, the priests announced that they could finally read some of the
ancient language. Didn’t you read that because you liked the newspaper so
much?”

“……!”

Niel couldn’t say anything as the adults spoke.

“That’s right. It’s strange…”

“Yes, it’s usually not read as oats.”

At that time, my aunt, who came into the crowd, and Countess Walt, the
host, ran towards us.

The countess asked us,

At that time, my aunt, who came into the crowd, and Countess Walt, the
host, ran over me.

“I interpreted it when I was bored at the estate. It’s fun!”

Niel shouted as I deliberately put a sullen expression.

“It can’t be! Even my brother can’t do that! Even in the church, they only
interpreted eight chapters and ninety-two lines!”

“You mean that God lost his ignorance and the world became disordered, as
the shepherd prayed for 193 days for the grieving humans?”

“……!”

In an instant, silence came to the room.

While those people were covering up their mouth, I grabbed my aunt’s

sleeve.

“Aunt, I want to go to the Imperial Palace library too. There must be many
interesting books like the Bible right? I’ll borrow them!”

“The Imperial Palace library is off limits. Only the royal family and
authorized personnel are allowed. You can’t borrow them out.”

“But he read the scripture from the Imperial Library…?”

The Duchess of Vallua froze as I tilted my head slightly.

I lifted my eyebrows and said,

“Then did he commit a crime?”

Niel was acting restless, as if something was about to go wrong.

‘He’s right.’

Because the only pride of his life, the Imperial Academy, won’t accept
anyone with a criminal background.
Him and his mother were about to get caught soon!

I am excited by the mere thought of it.

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All eyes were on the Duchess of Vallua.

“W- we, uh……”

The Duchess was muttering with a pale face as she couldn’t find any
excuse. She grabbed her son’s wrist and went out quickly.

Niel, who was being taken away by the Duchess, stared at me as if he

would tear me to death, but I only waved my hands to him.

***

“My name is Michaela George. I’m still lacking much but I educate the
children.”

“My name is Candida Dimonte. When I was young, I worked as a maid for
the Empress.”

Those famous godmothers surrounded me and introduced themselves.

They all looked at me with glistening eyes as if they were expecting

something.

I am also Dubbled’s child even though I am adopted. I was even given the
Duchess name as my middle name.

Also the Empress was interested in me since the Luminous medicine

incident.

Moreover, I corrected Niel back then. It naturally made my value soared.

I grinned as I tried not to express my burden.

‘I should keep it a secret that I could read ancient language.’

It’s already crowded, it’ll be even more annoying when that fact is revealed.

A loud voice came from the door when I was distressed by the ladies.

‘Camilla has arrived!’

The people gathered in twos and threes stepped back and bowed their
heads.

I went near my aunt, bowed a little and saw Camilla.

I saw her in my previous lives but I still feel great seeing her. She always
acts elegantly and never wasted any movement.

The host, Countess Walt, approached her with a smile.

“You came here. It’s an honour for us.”

“It’s a good party. I can feel you are meticulous in handling it.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

Camilla looked around and said,

“It’s a great party, so let’s all enjoy it.”

Only then did the people with their hands on their chests and their backs
bent went on their ways.

The noise returned to the party.

Camilla settled herself on a chair.

There aren’t many seats, but she sat at a good place.

‘As expected of the number one socialite.’

They all acted completely different from the Empress’ party last time.

They have factions, but they restrain the fighting.

The people enjoyed the party freely, but they didn’t forget the rules.

‘There are still a lot of people who want to ask her to be their
godmother.’

She was surrounded by young ladies and their parents.

Camilla was very benevolent, she treated everyone fairly. She didn’t even
become a godmother to anyone.

Suddenly,

“Lady Dubbled.”

I was startled to see her staring at me.

‘Huh?’

I didn’t think she’d call me in such a public space.

When I glanced at my aunt, she nodded and I headed to Camilla.

“I greet you.”

“Sit down here.”

Then she told the crowd around her.

“Can everyone leave us? I need to talk about something with the lady.”
It was needless to say that people were surprised. While stepping back,
everyone glanced at this side with a curious expression.

“It’s been a few days.”

“Yes.”

“What have you been doing?”

“I took a walk and read books.”

“Is it a book with the passage you told me last time?”

“Yes! It’s my favorite book.”

“I’m thankful.”

Then she looked at me with gentle eyes.

“I want to give a present to you. I was wondering what kids would like the
most these days, but I decided to give you what you want instead. Is there
anything you want?”

She asked me.

“A gift for me?”

“Yes, I’m grateful for the lady. Thanks to you, I could find someone
precious.”

She seems to have decided to accept Leticia and Lionel.

‘She will soon officially be the Grand Duchess and the Duke’s child.’

I didn’t say anything and smiled.

“Don’t you wonder who’s so precious? You must be curious.”

“You’re very wise, so I trust your intention. If you don’t tell me the details
then I don’t think I should hear it.”

Her eyes, which treated me like a child, changed.

“Lady is very clever.”

“I’m flattered.”

“No, you’re really clever. I mean it.”

She stared at me. I didn’t avoid her gaze.

“I appreciate your words, but I don’t think I am clever.”

“What do you want and need?”

“If it’s necessary…”

I pretended to think.

“Wait, but that’s something you can’t give me.”

“Aren’t you underestimating me?”

She asked playfully. I said firmly.

“You can’t give me people.”

“People? Do you need people? You already have so much of them. Your
capable father, outstanding brothers and aunt who is the most popular. I
heard that a lot of talented people are around you.”
“What I need is someone who can teach me. Dad said that. I’m Lady of
Dubbled, so I’ll have to act like it. But I’m still young, so I don’t know
anything.”

“……you want a godmother?”

“But my family can’t do that. I need someone to be my second mother.”

“……”

“I really need someone who I can trust and follow like a mother.”

“I see. You’re right.”

Then, a chocolate fountain came in. It was a gift from the party organizer to
the children.

As I stared at the children running excitedly, I felt dizzy.

‘I’m gonna be excited too!’

I thought so and shouted, “Wow!”

“Go and see.”

At the words of Camilla, I got up and went to the chocolate fountain.

As I walked, I felt Camilla looking at my back.

While I was looking at the reflection on the fountain, Camilla beckoned her
maid and looked at me.

‘Dubbled… find out… how far her education is.’

After barely reading the shape of the mouth reflected in the fountain, I
moved the biscuit to the bowl and smiled.
It seemed that there was not much time left for me to have a godmother.

***

‘And as expected!’

I looked out to the window in the carriage.

Camilla invited me for dinner. It was surprising and many people were
shocked.

My family was discussing the invitation when I said, “I want to go!”

Dad finally decided to send me there.

“If you don’t sit properly, you’ll get hurt.”

…with Johann.

I answered, “Yes…” and straightened out my posture.

The men dressed in neat uniforms greeted us after we got off the carriage.

“I greet the children of Dubbled.”

We followed their guide into the room.

Johann waited in the reception room as I headed to the room next to it.

“Call me as soon as they make you feel uncomfortable.”

Johann whispered after I nodded and went into the room.

“She’ll be here soon, so please wait patiently.”

After the butler left the room, I sat down carefully on the sofa.
“Yes.”

‘This is a VIP reception room where the Camilla invites only a few
people.’

“Wow…”

I looked around the room while admiring it.

It’s not super luxurious, but…

The room looks good. It was decorated with old ornaments but it looks
elegant.

There was a terrace attached to the room, where sunlight poured through a
large window and there were a lot of green trees and flowers outside.

‘Huh? Is that a Haro flower?’

I screamed inwardly at the sight of the flower.

It’s the flower that made me ill last time.

I went to the terrace to make sure that it was really a Haro flower, and if I
am right, I will close the window.

After I put my hands on the window,

I could hear a voice calling someone from afar.

“…where are you!”

“…rince.”

“Prince Adrian!”
Thud!

I heard someone fall on the floor.

I turned my head in surprise.

“You…”

“……!”

The cool breeze scattered his blonde hair.

‘Adrian!’

I was so surprised as he opened his mouth, “Isaac, why…”

As soon as he was muttering something,

I heard a squeak of hinges from the window of the room next door.

‘Johann’s in the room next door!’

I quickly pulled him and hid behind the curtain. And I caught Adrian’s wrist
quickly and made him bend his knee.

If I could, I felt like stuffing him into my pocket.

My heart was pounding.

Adrian and Johann were naturally enemies. It was the biggest opportunity
to put blades in each other’s throats.

I slipped my head out of the curtain, wondering if Johann had opened the
door.

But all I can see is the servant’s uniform.

‘The butler must have opened the door.’

I sighed, and looked straight ahead.

His eyes were staring at me from a close distance.

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I quickly moved away from him.

Then I looked around, and hurriedly closed the door of the terrace tightly.

“Why are you here?”

He should be in the palace!

“What about you?”

I was a little embarrassed by Adrian’s words.

“I was invited… wait, I asked you first!”

“I’m staying here.”

Adrian is staying at Camilla’s place?

It never happened in my past life. He should have been kicked out of the
palace when he was eight because of his maternal grandfather’s treason.

“Since when?”

“Since five years ago.”

“So that’s why you didn’t reply to my letter.”

Adrian once sent me a letter when I was four, with a bouquet of flowers and
shoes.

Back then, I replied to him by sending a letter to the church through the
chairman.
Turns out Adrian did not receive the letter because he had already left the
church.

“…you sent me a reply?”

“Yes.”

I’ve been sending this rascal a lot of letters too.

I couldn’t send it directly to the castle, so I sent a letter on the day I heard
that the Imperial Palace carriage had entered the church.

There are more than ten letters that have not been delivered.

Adrian looked down with eyes moist.

“I didn’t know…”

I didn’t know what to do after seeing his pitiful expression.

His face, which was already perfect when he was eight years old, was now
even more beautiful like a flower in full bloom. Just looking at him looking
so pitiful, makes me feel guilty. I need to calm him down.

“You didn’t know because you weren’t there. I’ll send it again! I’ll send it
here and you’ll get it this time.”

“I’ll send it to the Dubbled’s residence first.”

“I’m living in the capital city now.”

“Really?”

“Yes, I’m here with my family-“

I suddenly realized something while I was talking.

‘Adrian knew me as Isaac, the servant.’

At that time, I thought I was going to defect, so I lied naturally.

‘Do I need to tell him the truth?’

If Camilla becomes my godmother, he’ll know anyway.

“You know, the truth is—“

Slam!

In a flash, the door of the terrace flew to the opposite wall. And with the
sound of the footsteps, I could see his silver hair.

‘Johann…!’

Before I could call him, Adrian embraced me as he looked at Johann with

wary eyes.

Johann pointed his sword at Adrian.

“Let go of that hand.”

“What’s with this guy.”

I was suffocated by the situation.

“Let me say it one last time.”

Johann who said so, quickly went closer to Adrian.

In an instant Adrian tightened his hug and stepped back.

Johann once again aimed his sword to Adrian’s neck. Adrian kicked the
cabinet as a candle holder dropped down.
He held me with one hand, took the candle holder in the other hand as he
blocked Johann’s sword.

Clang!

With the sharp sound, I could feel the frightening atmosphere even more.

“Stop—!”

I screamed.

Adrian and Johann looked at me. I felt really dizzy because of the fight.

***

“What is this nonsense…!”

Camilla looked at me, Johann and Adrian, sitting on a sofa in the messy
room.

I got up and looked at Camilla with a pitiful expression.

‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’

It’s all because of those monsters!

I shouted inside, but the only thing that came out of my mouth was, “I’m
sorry.”

“I’m really sorry.”

Of course she’ll be dumbfounded.

She called me to talk, but when she came here, her favorite VIP room was a
mess.
There was nothing to say even if she made an official complaint to
Dubbled.

I closed my eyes tightly.

‘There’s nothing I can do about it.’

“Can’t you forget about today’s mistake as a gift to me you mentioned last
time?”

I wanted to cry because of the wasted chance, but there was no other way.

Johann is the heir to Dubbled’s family. If he was protested by Camilla, his

honor would fall to the ground.

There would be a lot of people who would be willing to make Johann’s

honor fall down.

His road ahead is full of thorns.

Adrian’s problem was even more severe. This is the only proper place he
could go, given that he has been living elsewhere for a long time.

It was painful to imagine Adrian wandering the streets like an abandoned

dog.

“……did Lady also contribute to this?”

“No, but still…”

“First, let’s hear why they fought.”

I don’t know that either.

I poked Johann who kept quiet.

When I whispered to him to hurry up, he finally opened his mouth.

“I felt someone in the VIP room. When I asked the butler, he said, ‘There’s
only Leblaine inside’ but I could feel someone else was there.”

This time, I poked Adrian.

‘You need to speak too!’

Adrian slowly opened his mouth.

“I came to see you, but she was here instead.”

“You come into the terrace again?”

“I was talking to the child for a while, but suddenly someone attacked me
and I fought back.”

After hearing the story, Camilla sighed. I looked at her with dejected eyes,
and she narrowed her eyes toward me.

“I’m going to forget this, because it’s the Lady’s wish.”

“Thank you…”

Fortunately, she didn’t react angrily.

I nagged at Adrian and Johann in my heart. I hope they paid their debts
soon.

“I heard a rumour about you.”

“What is it?”

“You know how to decipher the Bible, don’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Well, try to interpret this.”

When Camilla beckoned me, the butler brought a frame that had been lying
on the floor.

I looked at the frame the butler gave me.

[Use your eyes if you have one, use your ears if you have one, use your
mouth wisely if you have one.]

Reading the words in the frame, I looked at her. She nodded as if allowing
me to speak more, but I said nothing.

They were all bewildered hearing me.

Johann and Adrian glanced at me. While Camilla laughed.

“Ahaha!”

She laughed loudly while covering her mouth.

“You’re smart too.”

‘Use your eyes if you have one’ means that you should take good care of
yourself so that you are not blind to the opportunity in front of you.

‘Use your ears if you have one’ means to listen carefully to other people’s
stories and not to be swayed by rumours.

‘Use your mouth wisely if you have one’ meaning is to distinguish what
should be said and not be said.

‘So overall, it tells us to be careful and not talk too much.’

That’s why I kept my mouth shut.

“It was given by my godmother. I’m giving this to you now.”

“…what?”

“I was going to deliver it to you nicely, but I came to this mess.”

She looked at Adrian and Johann coldly.

‘So this… ’

I shut my mouth while holding back my laughter.

‘Success!’

I got a great godmother!

“Thank you, godmother!”

As I called her accidently, she said,

“I like you because you’re quick-witted.”

“I’ll educate you weekly in my mansion. If you need something, you don’t
have to worry because I’ll get it ready.”

“Yes, godmother!”

“Okay, then I’ll tell your family. There are a few precautions before that.”

“Please tell me.”

“First, I don’t like those who are being too modest. You need to be modest
yet at the same time not lose to other children.”
That’s something I’m very good at.

I smiled and nodded.

“Second, I don’t like those who are overconfident. I loathe those who
borrow my power and do nothing.”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Then go back…”

As soon as she said so, Johann’s communication device vibrated.

Johann, who checked the device, put it back in his pocket.

Communication devices are so expensive that they are hard to find in

Dubbled.

Only my father, who is the family head, and his successor, Johann, went
around using it.

“What’s the matter?”

When I asked, Johann answered casually.

“Someone from the palace is looking for you.”

“No way…”

“Her Majesty the Empress.”

Camilla fist tightened and her veins popped out.

“I’ve forgotten the last one.”

“Pardon?”
She lifted her eyebrows at me.

“I get easily jealous. I don’t want to see you with other godmothers.”

Camilla, the most elegant lady in the Empire said that. I could only laugh
awkwardly.

After the conversation, me and Johann got up.

“Then we’ll go back, godmother.”

I spoke as Johann lowered his head. Camilla nodded.

As I was leaving the room with Johann, Camilla said, “Wait.”

“Is the Lady engaged?”

“Engaged?”

A noble usually has an engagement at an early age but I don’t have one yet.

“No.”

When I said that, godmother laughed.

“Usually, godmother often becomes your mother-in-law.”

Johann and Adrian looked at godmother coldly at once.

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“It is Dubbled’s matter.”

Johann said with a cold voice, and the corners of Camilla’s mouth slowly
went up.

“I have thought that the most important thing in the marriage agreement is
the opinion of both parties.”

Those words are true.

Camilla had replied, as Johann pulled my hand.

“I’ll be sure to convey your will. But I don’t know what my father will
think.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“No way.”

After he opened the door, he glanced at godmother.

“But my father said that if a person with a bad intention came to Dubbled,
at least they need to be prepared to die.”

Camilla was speechless.

***

I sat on the couch and glanced at my family.

“That grandmother is already senile!”

My family members who heard from Johann were very upset.

They were even more angry because they had obtained information about
Camilla’s grandchild who was near my age.

‘The Dubbled’s are scary… ’

It was only a few days since Camilla found her daughter-in-law and
grandchildren.

Not many knew about this, and even Count Barthou, Leticia’s father, was
unaware of the relationship between his daughter and the Grand Duke.

‘Just how great is the information department in Dubbled?’

Thinking about it scared me.

Henry, who was touching the handle of the teacup, said to father, “Nos.
drive them out within four days.”

Isaac looked at dad.

“I’ll help to slit their throats.”

There was no detail, but I could understand that the ‘they’ that were
mentioned were the Grand Duke and Camilla.

Dad’s hand which was on the armrest reacted, as if he had decided and I
almost screamed.

‘I’m in big trouble!’

When I imagined Camilla’s mansion collapsing because of Dubbled, I felt

goosebumps.

‘They can’t do that.’

I wrapped my cheeks with both hands and exhaled a sigh.

Their eyes turned to me at once.

“What’s the matter?”

My aunt asked me, so I said deliberately while looking sad.

“I don’t need a marriage partner!”

The people of Dubbled who had a cold expression on their faces, flinched.

I looked at them with a pitiful expression.

“I want to live with my family forever.”

Then Isaac said,

“…really?”

“Yes. Because my dad and brothers are the most awesome in the world.”

“That’s right!”

He grinned and as I continued.

“Daddy and brothers are all knights. Knight who protects the weak and
doesn’t kill the weak! Right?”

“Huh? Huh… that… yes.”

Isaac panicked as I looked at Henry.

“Bad aristocrats abused their power recklessly, but my family wouldn’t.

Right?”
“…yes.”

I looked at dad.

“Nos says it’s much, much more difficult to be a good head than a good
official. Making the right decision is the hardest thing. You’re the coolest
one because you’re a good head, aren’t you?

“…yes.”

I smiled and clapped my hands.

“As expected, my family is the coolest, so I want to live with them forever.”

Dad and brothers were shocked.

“I’ll try to think it over. It could be a hasty decision.”

“Yes.”

“That’s right, I’m a righteous knight.”

Listening to my family, I nodded.

That’s a relief.

I don’t have to get a new godmother.

Thinking so, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

After that, I had told ‘Daddy, you’re the best,’ about a hundred times before
I could trudge out of the room.

Just when I was about to climb the stairs, Johann asked, “What about me?”

“What?”
“……”

“……?”

“…nothing.”

When he said so, he walked to the other side as I tilted my head in

confusion.

***

A few days later, it became the first day of my education.

I arrived at my godmother’s place, when I got out of my carriage, she

greeted me.

“I greet my godmother.”

“…yes.”

Godmother looked at me and the people that came along.

“I didn’t own that much tea set in my mansion to serve all of you.”

The knights answered politely.

“It’s alright!”

“There are not enough chairs in my mansion where you’ll all be waiting.”

The knights shouted out loudly, even though she meant for them to go
away, “We’re fine waiting on the roof or the dog house!”

“……do as you please.”

My godmother turned her back and went inside. Then before we step the
stairs of the entrance, I grabbed her arm.

“What are you doing?”

“Isn’t this the noble etiquette?”

‘In fact, I held her arm because I knew her knees weren’t good.’

Camilla is an old woman, she couldn’t help it. She often gets sick and her
knees hurt especially often.

But she didn’t want anyone to know because she doesn’t want to accept that
she’s already old. In front of others, she pretended to be alright and no one
knew about her knees.

‘But I know.’

Because she was one of my customers who bought luminous medicine.

I wondered why she, who didn’t easily believe in rumours, bought the
luminous medicine, but I learned from looking at her carefully.

All the parties attended by godmother were places without stairs.

And every time she sat on a chair, she frowned faintly.

‘It must be her knees.’

I laughed innocently, but Camilla laughed as if she understood what I

meant.

I smiled gently and helped her.

The place where godmother took me was a huge room with a big window
on one side of the wall.
Outside the window, I could see a garden full of grass and beautiful trees.

“This is the training room where you’ll be educated. Take a look around.
You can also see the garden and the greenhouse outside.”

“Yes, godmother.”

When I answered gently, godmother stepped back so that I could look

around comfortably.

When I opened the glass door leading outside, a sweet smell of grass filled
my nose. The sun was shining, and the weather was perfect.

While looking around, I stopped walking as I reached the greenhouse.

A fish made from water was floating in the air.

‘Adrian’s power?’

It seemed to be another one he made, because we buried one of them five

years ago.

I was a little terrified.

‘Just how strong is this Adrian?’

He maintained one of them for about two years back then.

The fish came closer and tickled my cheek with its tail.

I laughed because the fish looked so cute.

When I reach out my hand, it comes into my palm and circles around.

“That’s right, that’s right. Good boy.”

Just then,

“Come here, Amand.”

As soon as I heard the familiar voice, Amand slipped out of my palm.

“Adrian.”

“……”

“How have you been?”

When I asked, his eyes glanced at me gently.

“Lady Dubbled.”

‘He must have noticed already.’

It’s weird if he was still clueless.

The boy looked down. He must’ve felt betrayed by me.

‘So at times like this… ’

“Was it fun tricking me–“

“It’s my fault!!”

At times like this, it’s best to admit my mistake.

I have to beg him.

“When I entered the barrier, I was scared and accidently gave my brother’s
name! I thought I would never see you again!”

“Then why did you help me bury—“

“I’m sorry! I should have told you then, but I forgot because It slipped out
of my mind!”

“How do you feel when you get a letter?”

“I’ll reflect on my mistake! I deceived you after all… right. I’m sorry. You
deserves to be angry! I’m wrong. I’m so sorry. There’s no excuse. It’s no
wonder you’re upset!”

Adrian panicked when I didn’t stopped begging.

***

Some time later.

Adrian looked at the girl, and soon, he opened his mouth.

“You didn’t mean to deceive me, did you?”

“Yes!”

“That’s enough, then.”

When Adrian said so, Leblaine blinked.

“That’s it? You’re forgiving me?”

“Yes.”

“That easily?”

“Yes.”

“……is he a fool?”

The girl frowned. She looked more frustrated than before.

“I lied to you. You should get angry!”

“I was going to get angry, but seeing you, it’s alright.”

“You’re a fool. If you’re angry you should get angry. You don’t have to hold
it in.

The girl hit his chest in frustration.

“……”

“How can you live by being so kind?”

Adrian smiled slightly as the child hit his chest.

“Then will you let me know your real name?”

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I hesitated a little hearing Adrian’s question and said with a small voice.

“My name is Leblaine.”

“……Leblaine.”

He called my name several times and smiled.

“Your name is pretty.”

“You’re such a fool……”

I keep sighing.

‘He’s so nice. How can he be that nice?’

I’m really worried about him. There must be harder challenges for him in
the future.

I don’t know why Adrian’s future has changed.

Nothing happened to him, who should have been driven out of the palace
for treason by his maternal grandfather, yet he lives with Camilla now.

‘Perhaps that’s what the emperor asked Camilla to do for Adrian’

Since the palace has no one to protect Adrian.

Of course, the Emperor can’t do it because of his position.

If he shows interest in Adrian, Duke Marche will be on alert.

‘He have a rough life, but he should fight instead of receiving it like a
fool!’

He’ll be wrecked if he kept being like this.

“Adrian.”

“Yes?”

“Take a seat here.”

I sat on the grass and patted on the spot next to me. Adrian sat next to me
gently.

“When someone tries to deceive you, you stand up like this and say, ‘Are
you tired of living?’

“……huh?”

“Follow me. Are you tired of living?”

“Are…… you tired of living?”

“Okay. And smile like a villain.

When I showed him an example of how my dad smiled, Adrian laughed.

“No, no. That’s just ugly.”

As I spoke to him, Adrian raised the corners of his mouth again.

‘Well, it’s not enough yet, but alright.’

“Then you say, ‘Aren’t you scared of your future?”

“Aren’t you scared of your future?”

“Okay. And you can’t smile anymore. Say ‘If you’re not lucky, it wouldn’t
end with your limbs chopped.’”

“If you’re not lucky, it wouldn’t end with your limbs chopped.”

“Great! Now try saying them together.”

“Are you tired of living? Aren’t you scared of your future? If you’re not
lucky, it wouldn’t end with your limbs chopped.”

“It’s…”

Just then,

“Lady?”

I could hear my godmother’s voice from a distance.

I got up quickly and said to Adrian.

“Next time I’ll teach you how to threaten more frighteningly. Practice it,
okay?”

“……will you come again next time?”

“Yes. I’ll come here often.”

Adrian smiled beautifully.

I ran to my godmother after waving to him.

She was waiting for me near the training room.

“You must have already looked around.”

“Yes, it was fun!”

“Okay. Shall we go in now then?”

“Yes, godmother.”

I grabbed her hand and went into the training room.

***

I put the teacup down on the coaster, and godmother smiled.

“You have great manners already.”

“It’s thanks to your teaching.”

As I smiled and said that, she nodded with satisfaction.

‘She praised me for how I handle the tea!’

She didn’t know how harshly I was trained by the Duchess of Vallua in my
second life.

I carefully positioned my teacup down, also carefully moving my arms

while drinking tea.

Back then, I was criticized even for the smallest mistake and kept practicing
tea manners all night.

‘The way we drink tea is very important.’

Smiling inwardly, I picked up the teacup again. Then godmother pressed

my hand lightly.

“The test is over, so drink the tea freely.”

“But……”
“It’s etiquette, and I do teach you that, but we need to relax sometimes too.
How can we savor the tea while paying attention to etiquette?”

Godmother who said that also gave me some scones. I took it and laughed.

In fact, the scent of tea is so good, and I wanted to drink it freely.

Godmother laughed as I drank the tea freely.

Then I heard a knock on the door.

When godmother allowed the person to enter, the butler came in.

“There is a guest.”

Godmother was frowning.

“Whoever comes without notice is not a guest. Send them back.”

The butler continued his words with a perplexed look.

“It is the Duchess of Vallua.”

“……Is it because of the earlier incident?”

The Duchess smuggled a copy of the bible from the Imperial Palace in
order to put his son, Niel, to the Imperial Academy.

She couldn’t let that go easily because I humiliated Niel and publicly
announced their sin.

The butler raised his head.

“Yes, she said she’d wait until you met her.”

Godmother sighed.
“Take her to the reception room.”

I took the teacup and lifted my eyebrows slightly.

‘She must’ve been in a hurry.’

She’s a person who is most afraid of rumours in society.

“I’ll ask the butler to get you some books to read, so wait outside the
reception room.”

I lowered my head and followed her out of the training room.

She went into the reception room as I sat on a sofa in front of the room
while trying to eavesdrop.

“You should help us.”

“What could an old woman like me do?”

Her calm voice made Duchess Vallua panicked.

“Shouldn’t the Emperor step back if it’s your orders?”

“What are you talking about. How could an old woman sway the
Emperor?”

“Th, that’s not what I meant… you are also famous in the society. It’s not
only me and my son who went through a lot of trouble but Empress Yvonne
is in a great trouble too.”

“……”

“If you chose to take care of this, how thrilled would the Empress be?”

“……”
“You’re the only one I could depend on. That’s why I’m asking you this…”

In other words, she’s saying for godmother to take this opportunity to bring
Empress Yvonne to her side.

“I need some time to think, so you should go back first.”

“I’m sure you’ll give me a positive answer.”

‘But will it work out the way she thinks it will?’

The conversation ended before the butler came. That means godmother
does not serve her.

‘In the end, the Duke of Vallua must come forward.’

If the Duke comes forward, it will certainly be settled. He’s a man who
owns a lot of power. But the Duchess’ reputation will fall to the ground.

While I was thinking about it, the butler came with a book and a
chessboard.

“It’s the chess madam used to play.”

The old chessboard with traces of time looked really beautiful. The chess
pieces were also decorated with black pearls and rubies, which looked very
luxurious.

“Wow, it’s so pretty!”

The butler smiled.

At that time, the door opened as the Duchess of Vallua left the room.

When she went out of the door, she saw me and frowned.
“The crow has been crying since the morning.”

That was an idiom meaning to meet an unlucky person.

I smiled and greeted her.

“Hello, Duchess of Vallua.”

“Do you know me?”

“I saw you at the party with your son!”

Hey, these days must’ve felt like hell to you.

The Duchess’ eyes widened as she realized what I meant. She was angry but
she could only gritted her teeth because she didn’t know that I was saying
that on purpose.

She tried to smile.

“I see. I know you too.”

The Duchess looked at me up and down with an arrogant gaze. And she
soon turned her back.

I shouted innocently.

“Don’t worry about it too much!”

“……what?”

“My dad told me that I was about to enroll in the Imperial Academy
because of your son’s lie, but don’t worry, he would not die horribly.”

“Wh, what?!”
“He won’t die. Just so you know.”

The Duchess bit her lips with a red face.

“You……!”

Just as she was about to shout, godmother came out of the room.

“What’s going on?”

I quickly snuck into godmother’s side.mThe Duchess could only clench her
fist.

“……nothing. I just met the Lady and said hello.”

Do you think I’m still the Leblaine who gets hurt easily by your words?

I waved my hands innocently at her.

“Goodbye!”

**

At Vallua’s mansion.

The Duchess looked at her husband, who was angry.

Thump!

The Duke hit the table with his hands.

“Hon, honey. Don’t worry. When she steps in…!”

“Do you think that old woman will help us?!”

“Th, then me and Niel…”

Covering her mouth with trembling hands, the Duchess quickly approached
her husband.

“Then what should I do? Is there any way? Honey!”

The Duke frowned.

‘Damn it, damn it!’

The Duke issued a statement last month to stop the execution of Priest
Adolf. In the end, however, Adolf’s execution was unstoppable and he
could do nothing in front of the Emperor.

His family had a big accident at this time, so he couldn’t handle it easily.

He calls the administrator. Soon, he came in, the Duke said, “Go and
prepare ‘that’. I’ll give it to the Emperor.”

The Duchess widened her eyes to her husband’s words.

“You mean the one you developed with the church?”

“Yes.”

“Will the Emperor forget this case when he receives it?”

“He should be.”

It is a product developed by their ancestors.

Even the emperor would open his eyes wide if he received it.

The Duke of Vallua pulled a small card out of the drawer, touched it, and
smiled.
It was a great object that could cover up the family’s faults, and could also
strengthen their relationship with the Emperor.

The teleportation magic device, which could travel more than three
kilometers was now out on the market.
Chapter 97
On one sunny day, I sat on the swing of the garden and checked the
documents Seria sent me.

It was a collection of rumors and information I had asked.

It said that soon, there would be a huge horse racing track in the capital city.

‘Did horse racing become popular?’

Horse racing became another form of gambling, it began with the

commoners and spread to the nobles. Since the establishment of a race track
in the capital city, even the capital city’s nobles have participated to bet
money, which later becomes a headache for the Imperial family.

My eyes sparkled.

‘I’ll be able to make some money through this!’

I know which horse will win after all.

When I lived as a beggar, I remember the results because I had worked with
my gang to save some spots at the racetrack.

‘If I order Seria to bet… ’

I covered my mouth with my hands and grinned.

In my head, I could hear the jinggling of gold coins.

I even imagined climbing on a pile of gold coins and counting the money
with an ecstatic expression.
‘This isn’t what’s important now.’

Godmother will introduce me to a social gathering.

There will be a small tea party with about ten noble children attending.

‘Mrs. George’s son… failed to graduate in the academy? Ah then he

would be in a great mood to attend the party.’

Let’s skip him.

‘Lady Mollywood, ah! She had an affair with Lady Jedes’ fiancee? The
two of them should never be invited together.’

Let’s skip them too.

Most of the nobles were worried about their first introduction into the
society. It was a first important step so there shouldn’t be any problem.

‘But I’m different.’

I have my godmother behind me, so I just need to fill out the list, she will
check it out and invite them instead.

Besides, who would refuse if Camilla invited them?

In the first place, it was godmother who told me to make the list.

‘Fortunately she’s my godmother!’

Thinking so, I made a list, hid the documents, and left the garden.

I was about to go up the stairs then,

“Aahhh!”
I looked carefully at the screaming officer, he had a silver cuff on his
sleeve.

‘I think he’s in the intelligence department under Dubos.’

I shrugged and went into my dad’s office.

There were already some officers and my brothers in the office.

“A teleportation magic device?”

The pale officer answered Isaac.

“That’s right.”

“You already knew that they had finished developing it. But didn’t you say
that there’s still time left until it’s out on the market?”

“They’re preparing for the distribution. After consulting with the church,
the Duke of Vallua decided to launch it now.”

Isaac clucked his tongue.

“It seems that he had some hidden motive on doing this.”

I nodded inwardly.

‘He already started calculating.’

The Vallua family owned a lot of information and they are well known
family of scholars.

He must’ve collected all of the data from his ancestor and succeed in
creating the device. It is a little bit different from the past, as the church and
the family’s powers are combined.
‘This is the same as my previous life, but it wasn’t distributed this fast.’

His device must have a very special ingredient.

I don’t know exactly what it is, but it’s very, very expensive.

‘In my previous life, he secured the spice trading, but now it wasn’t in
his hands.’

I purposely kept the spice trade out of his hands, and now he reached out to
the church.

Henry told dad,

“We need to secure that device.”

Then the officer said,

“It is said that the buyers are judged according to strict standards.”

Isaac burst into a laughter.

“What nonsense are they doing? When we sell bread, do we decide whether
they’re hungry or not?”

“They want the nobles to fight for it.”

Henry said that and the officer responded, “First of all, the device will be
revealed at the first prince’s birthday party next month.”

“He must’ve used that event to advertise it to the Emperor and everyone.”

Johann who was silent the entire time, nodded.

“And he’s going to ask for the amnesty of his wife and son.”
Dad was only silent, he must’ve tried to organize his thoughts.

I slipped next to his side.

“Daddy, do you need the device? Then I’ll make the device!”

I raised my arms up and said, soon, the heavy atmosphere in the room was
changed.

“How can the little miss be this cute?!”

Nos laughed brightly.

Henry and Isaac also stroked my hair.

“You don’t need to carry our burden.”

“Yes, we’ll do it, so just play.”

‘But it’s already in my hand.’

My device is much better than Vallua’s.

I smiled brightly while leaning on my dad’s big hand.

***

A few days later, I went out to the main street with my godmother.

We will be checking the salon for my party.

Godmother who received the list I made was satisfied.

I took my godmother’s hands and got out of the carriage.

“Do you rent the first floor of Ropte’s salon?”

“It’s on the second floor.”

“But the second floor of Ropte’s salon is for the royal family…”

It was a room restricted to royals, even powerful nobles couldn’t rent it.

Godmother raised the corners of her mouth.

‘She’s the most capable godmother ever!’

It was a tremendous improvement considering that I had only borrowed a

shabby salon in my first and second life.

Ropte salon looked much more luxurious than what I imagined.

From the hallway to the lounge, there was no spot that wasn’t luxurious.

We walked down the hall as the owner gave us a quick tour.

“Godmother, I want to fill the hallway with pretty lights!”

The owner of the salon said with a smile,

“That’s a good idea. It would make the atmosphere even more magical.
Lady has a good sense.”

Godmother smiled at the praise.

“I only taught her chess once, but my butler was no match.”

“Oh my god. Isn’t your butler really good at chess?”

“Whatever I teach her, she excels at it, so I’m not worried about how to
teach her.”
“I understand now, why you decided on taking the role of being a
godmother.”

“Other godmothers would envy me too…”

I tried to smile, and I screamed in my heart, ‘Stop!’ at the constant boast.

‘Godmother must be the type to show off… ’

I thought so and walked, then people were coming out of the party on the
first floor.

It was the Duchess of Vallua and many noble ladies.

“Then, Duchess, please make sure I receive some good news.”

“Yes. I was so happy to be here today.”

“I have a nice tea set, Duchess and I’ll send it to you soon.”

Mrs. George and many other influential figures in the society tried to suck
up to Duchess Vallua.

“It’s an honour to be here Duchess. Um, Duchess… hearing about the

device excites me so much. Please tell your husband that I’ll buy it no
matter how much it is.”

The Marchioness, famous for her arrogance, held the Duchess of Vallua’s
hand.

“I’ll pass on the message.”

“Yes please.”

The Duchess looked at the smiling ladies and then saw my godmother.
Then, the Duchess’ expression changed when she saw me.

The noble ladies also greeted my godmother.

After greeting, Duchess of Vallua glanced at me and told other noble ladies.

“I’d like to have a light tea party after the birthday banquet. I’d like to
invite many people. I think 8 days after today would be nice.”

“8 days…?”

Godmother expression hardened.

‘It is the day of my party.’

And most of the people I invited are here.

“After 8 days, my husband is also in the mansion, so it would be nice to

hold a party. If you want to buy the device, make sure to attend.”

If they could get something like that device they would have to attend the
party, despite offending the Dubbled.

The ladies did not give a definite answer, but they’re very likely to attend
the Duchess of Vallua’s party instead.

‘The situation became messy.’

I raised my eyebrows and looked up at the Duchess of Vallua.

Godmother said,

“You…!”

“Godmother, I want to go to the bathroom.”

When I hugged her arms and spoke, godmother answered me reluctantly.

“Okay.”

“While I’m in the bathroom, please look around first. Alright?”

Godmother sighed when she heard me. She understood me.

I said hello to the ladies and quickly walked down the hall. After turning the
corner, I took a seat and took out the communication device.

After a few times, the device blinked as I could hear the chairman’s voice.

[Yes, little miss.]

“Send all of the teleportation devices you’ve made.”

[That means……]

“We will also reveal the device at the birthday banquet of the first prince.”

I was going to hide it and use it alone, but now that it’s like this, I’ll use it to
my gain.

‘They’re all finished.’

Chapter 98
When I returned back after having a conversation with the chairman, the
atmosphere was in a disarray.

Godmother looked at the ladies with an angry face.

“I’m not ashamed of being her godmother. Seems like I chose the wrong
person to invite. Your child doesn’t have to come later.”

I groaned inwardly.

On the day of my party, there will be more people at the Duchess’ party
than at mine. It is more beneficial for me to be nice to them rather than to
have an empty table at my party later.

I took my godmother’s hands.

Godmother looked at me for a moment and we passed by the ladies. The

ladies hurriedly greeted her but godmother did not accept them. Godmother
was just silent the entire time. After looking around the second floor, she
grabbed my shoulders and looked at me.

“I’ll make a new invitation list, you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Yes, godmother.”

I replied gently and hugged her.

“They’re just blind…”

Godmother said so but I grinned.

“Don’t worry about them, godmother!”

“They’re fools.”

I am grateful for her sincerity. I could only smile innocently like a child but
I was making a revenge plan.

‘I saw all the faces of those who were secretly happy when godmother
said they don’t need to come.’

***

After we went on our way, I returned to the mansion.

When I got off the carriage, Laura escorted me and said, “Little miss, a
present has arrived today.”

“A present?”

Laura smiled and glanced at the mansion.

I went to the mansion with my eyes closed as she led me in. I could see
some happy faces when I opened my eyes.

“Dahlia, Linda, Yuni!”

My face brightened up and I ran towards them. They immediately hugged

me.

“What happened?”

Those three maids have severe crimes, making it difficult for them to go out
from the Dubbled castle.

“Ms.Javelin called us!”

“Aunt?”
“Yes, she asked us to take care of you!”

I took a deep breath and looked at my aunt who was among the employees.

‘It must be hard for my aunt.’

She couldn’t simply order them to come here, only the Emperor and Priest
could pardon sinners. There would have been a lot of work to do to reach
one of them.

It was hard to imagine how much money my aunt spent.

“Thank you aunt!”

“I’m glad you’re happy!”

She reached my height and smiled at me.

“Now no one would be able to take your people away. Even me.”

‘Ah…… ’

I think all of this was all because of Mireille’s incident.

“I couldn’t only compensate you only this much for what I’ve caused,
but……”

“Aunt, I’m hungry.”

I tried to change the topic so that she doesn’t have to apologize to me. My
quick-witted aunt understands what I meant and stopped talking.

It is common for people to change their maids, aunt also has no choice but
to listen to Mireille at that time.
Besides, she knew that I still have many people on my side. My dad and
brothers were stuck with Mireille, but they took care of me more. My
family took care of me while I was preparing to move into the capital city,
and they never visited Mireille.

My aunt, who believed that Mireille was the fourth child, wanted to do
everything for her because of guilt.

My aunt could only laugh bitterly and stroked my hair.

“Okay, I’ll tell the chef to prepare it. Freshen up first and come down.”

“Yes!”

I took the maid’ hands and climbed up the stairs.

As we entered the room, my maids started to criticize the room.

“The bed is too hard! Little miss like soft beds!”

“These clothes are too big! What if the little miss falls down?”

“Ahh! Who put the candle near the bed? The little miss will get headache!”

When I heard the maids, I said to myself.

‘Oh my…… ’

My room back in the Dubbled’s castle was really nice, but this room also
became comfortable as time went by.

“Little miss, do you want to change?”

Linda smiled affectionately as I nodded.

She analyzed the closet and picked my favorite dress.

I changed my clothes, washed my hands and came down.

The dining room was full of people, there was aunt, dad and brothers.

“I will be the one escorting kid to the Imperial banquet.”

“Who said so?”

“You’re noisy. The escort will be up to me, the father.”

Isaac, Henry, and dad was staring at each other fiercely.

‘It has started again.’

A few days ago, the three of them were fighting to decide who would be my
escort. I quietly sat next to Johann.

He laid a napkin on my lap and said,

“Do you want meat or fish?”

“Meat!”

Not long after, the butler brought out the meat.

‘I love meat…”

I cut the meat with glistening eyes.

When I put the meat in my mouth, I felt as if I was in heaven.

Johann put something on my plate.

He had cut the salmon he was eating into small pieces and gave it to me.

‘I don’t really like fish.’

When I was a beggar, I had to eat discarded fish every time.

So even after I was adopted by the Dubbleds, I didn’t really eat fish.

‘But it was given by Johann… ’

I closed my eyes tightly, and put it in my mouth.

‘What’s this? It’s tasty!’

I opened my eyes widely and covered my mouth with both hands.

“Are you alright?… it’s salmon, it tasted better with the sauce.”

He dipped the fish on the black sauce and gave it to me.

‘I know this sauce. This is soy sauce mixed with things.’

It’s a mix of lemon juice, soy sauce, and a green plant.

The salmon really tasted better with the sauce.

‘I didn’t know it was so delicious.’

I looked at Johann’s plate with glistening eyes.

“Have you decided who you want to choose as an escort?”

As soon as Johann asked, everyone in the room looked at me.

I quickly said, “No.” while concentrating on my food.

“How about me?”

Because I was too focused on the salmon, I nodded my head.

“Yes!”

“……!”

“……!”

“……!”

Johann fed me the remaining salmon with an arrogant look.

“Good.”

“It’s delicious!”

I didn’t realize it because of the salmon.

My dad, Henry, and Isaac had a grim expression.

***

Time had passed and it was the day of the banquet today. I grabbed
Johann’s arms and arrived at the entrance of the banquet hall.

I was about to go inside then I glanced back.

Dad, Henry and Isaac still looked grim.

‘Maybe I should’ve told them I’ll take them as an escort one by one.’

Everyone, from the employees to the officers, suffered because of it. They
had been suffering for a few days.

‘What should I do?’

“Lady.”
“Godmother!”

She and her followers welcomed me at the entrance.

I quickly let go of Johann’s hand and approached them.

“You’re very pretty today.”

“Because I’m wearing Sharon’s dress!”

Then the ladies replied,

“It’s Sharon’s dress? I heard that she chose her customer. How did you…?”

“She’s a close friend of my aunt.”

“Ah, I see.”

While having a casual conversation, my surroundings became noisy.

“The Duke and Duchess of Vallua…”

“Today… the teleportation device…”

“His Majesty the Emperor…”

Vallua’s family and their followers walked into the banquet hall in a
confident manner.

“Hahaha! Oh, Duke of Dubbled!”

The Duke of Vallua, who was looking around the banquet hall, approached
my father who was nearby.

“You little rat!”

“Don’t try to deceive the Empress. I just disciplined a terrible girl who was
giving us all kinds of misfortunes.”

At the moment, I was out of breath as I remembered the memories of my

second life.

I remember the sound of the whip cutting through the air and the footsteps
of Duke Vallua walking down the stairs while holding my hair.

I grabbed the hem of my skirt tightly.

Just then,

“Blaine?”

Dad’s warm hands took mine.

“Are you alright?”

“……yes.”

I was lying but it’s fine. I wouldn’t get hit by that hand anymore.

I used to hide in the closet and crouched at the sound of those footsteps.
This time, I did not avoid the eyes of the Duke Vallua, who strode toward
my father and me.
Chapter 99
“Long time no see!”

The Duke of Vallua greeted my father with a big smile.

Even in my second life, it was obvious that he was friendly only on the
surface, he would talk bad about him behind his back.

It was because of his arrogance, he thought that he would be able to surpass

Dubbled’s dominance as he held the powerful device in his hand.

The Vallua family is definitely a powerful family compared to other noble

families, but it was at the bottom of the five Dukes.

The ancestors considered honor as a top priority for generations and

criticized the nobles for paying attention to money.

But money is the root of honor and power.

Therefore, Vallua was at the bottom of the five Dukes, they didn’t have
many money and soldiers.

However, according to the words of the Vallua’s ancestors, Dubbleds are a

pest that throws away the honor of nobleman and only has eyes on money,
but they have succeeded and gained prestige.

‘The Dubbled are honorable, but they didn’t get along well with the
church.’

The Duke of Vallua looked up at my father with the corners of his mouth
raised.
“The other day at the party, you were so busy that we didn’t have the time
to talk. What about today?”

Now that he has the device on his hands, he dares to speak like this.

But my father didn’t care about the Duke of Vallua and looked at me, who
was feeling bad a little while ago.

My father bent on one knee and looked at me, he lifted my eyelids a little
and checked my pupils.

“I don’t think you’re sick.”

Duke of Vallua’s mouth trembled because of my father’s action.

“I guess I’m running out of time again today.”

Only then did my father’s eyes glanced at him.

“Then don’t stick around and go.”

“……It sounded like you’re ignoring the gold mine in front of you because
of your pride.”

My dad got up. When my father, who was much taller than the Duke of
Vallua, stood up right away, he looked down at the Duke of Vallua.

“Your device. It has nothing to do with Dubbled, whether it’s 3 kilometers

or more. We can afford to buy a lot of it on the market.”

“……!”

“If you’re thinking of doing business, go to those who are desperate.”

My father said that.

The Duke of Vallua’s face turned red. But he couldn’t say anything.

‘Because he’s right.’

I laughed inwardly.

Even without the Duke of Vallua’s device, he could buy many of the 3
kilometer ones on the market.

‘Even if it’s more than 3 kilometers, it’s not necessary for my rich dad.’

Of course, it was only my father who could buy 300,000 francs worth of the
device like a children’s toy.

The Duke could only turn his back.

Whether he go or not, my dad was still looking at my condition. I took my

father’s hand when he asked the servants to bring a doctor.

“I’m not sick!”

“But, just now…”

“It’s because I’m nervous.”

Then Isaac said with a serious face.

“Kid, you don’t have to be nervous. I’ll kill anyone who bothers you.”

“You can’t kill anyone!”

“Then I’ll just beat them up.”

I was about to yell that he couldn’t.

“His Majesty the Emperor has come!”

The announcement of the emperor’s entrance caused everyone to stop their
conversation.

I took Johann and Henry’s hands, as we bowed our heads.

Looking at the center, I could see the Emperor wearing a luxurious red robe
next to a boy with navy blue hair and a beautiful lady with the same blue
hair.

‘It’s Empress Yvonne and the First Prince.’

I looked at Empress Yvonne, who smiled gracefully, and Andre, the First
Prince, who was smiling with an arrogant face beside her.

Yvonne Louerg. The eldest daughter of the Duke of Marche With the help
of the Empress Dowager, she spent the night with the drunk Emperor and
gave birth to the first prince.

Even the emperor’s child could not be treated as a prince if he was not the
Empress’ son, so the emperor needed to make Yvonne as an empress for her
children.

Andre became the first prince, but only by name, Adrian who was born
from Empress Elsa five months later, was officially named the first son of
the Emperor.

Of course, Adrian has higher standing than Andre.

Empress Yvonne was eager to reform the Imperial law with the nobles to
give her son the plaque of the eldest son.

‘So this time she’ll give the Duke of Vallua a boost.’

When the Duke of Vallua puts the imperial law amendment on the agenda
with the device on his hands, the nobles will have to side with him.
“I would like to express my gratitude to all the people who attended this
event.”

Empress Yvonne smiled and looked around the hall, as the nobles bowed.

“Long live the Empress!”

“Long live!”

After greeting, the Emperor said,

“You can get up.”

The nobles straightened their posture.

Soon after, Empress Yvonne looked at the people of the Duke Vallua saying,
“Oh my, it’s the Duke of Vallua.”

“I greet the Empress.”

“I heard that there was something to celebrate in your family. You must be
busy.”

“No matter how busy I am, of course I should attend Imperial events.”

She looked at the Emperor with a smile.

“Your Majesty, did you hear about it? Vallua produced some amazing
device.”

‘Yes, as expected… ’

But I didn’t know that she would promote this openly.

The Emperor was also dumbfounded.

“Didn’t Vallua’s family has advanced the empire’s magic one step further?”

When she looked at the Duke of Vallua, he strode towards them and bent on
one knee.

“It is Her Majesty’s grace who believed in my family.”

Empress Yvonne replied,

“There are rumors, but I’ve heard that you have never given a direct answer.
Everyone’s going to be curious, so please start talking about the device.”

At this time, the Duke of Vallua raised the corners of his mouth.

“We’ve successfully built a new one that extends the range of travel by
nearly 3 kilometers than the previous one.”

At the moment, exclamations came out of the crowd.

“The rumor was true then.”

“What do you mean, 3 kilometers? We haven’t increased any meters the last
hundred years.”

There were already people approaching the Duchess of Vallua.

The emperor said, “Ah… 3 kilometers”, Duke Vallua lifted his head and
raised himself up.

Then he took the device out of his arms. On the surface, there seem to be
about ten large quantities.

The emperor laughed loudly and accepted his device.

“I will not forget Vallua’s effort.”

“It’s an honor, Your Majesty.”

His face, which was red with shame when he talked to my father, was now
heated up again with expectations of the emperor’s reward.

‘This is the time.’

I shouted, “Oh!”

At one point, the eyes of the crowd turned to me.

Not only the Duke of Vallua, but also the Emperor, Empress Yvonne, and
the first prince.

I held my father’s hand pretending to be embarrassed.

“I’m sorry……”

The Emperor looked at me and said, “Ah.”

“You’re the child of fate.”

At his words, Henry lightly pushed me back and nodded.

I bent my knees a little with my skirt spread out.

“I am Leblaine Risette Dubbled. I greet the sun of the Empire.”

“Yes.”

The Emperor nodded, and Empress Yvonne glanced at me.

“Well, there must have been something wrong with what I said.”

She seemed angry that all the eyes that should be focused on Vallua came to
me.
“Well… I have also prepared a present for you, but Duke Vallua has given
the same thing.”

“You mean the device?”

Then the Duke of Vallua burst into laughter.

“It must be the device on the market. Yes, the current ones are also great.”

The Emperor still smiled kindly to me.

“It’s a commendable thing.”

“I… I didn’t buy it from the tower, but I made it with the Mages of
Dubbled, even if you don’t need it, it’s okay…”

The Emperor’s eyes widened as I deliberately made a dejected face.

“Lady made it?”

“Yes, I was talking to the mages and they told me a few things, I thought
about it, and it’s finished. I thought it would be good to give it to Your
Majesty because what the mages build is amazing. The best thing is
reserved for the Emperor.”

As she mumbled like a child, the Duchess of Vallua, who was in the
audience, burst into laughter.

“Is the distance longer than ours?”

“That’s right!”

The Emperor smiled and said,

“Hmm, can I see your device?”

I slipped out two of them.

“So ei…”

“Eight meters?”

Duke of Vallua looked at me with an arrogant look, and the families who
did not know it focused on the device with a questionable face.

The Emperor asked,

“80 meters?”

“No.”

“Then?”

“8,000 kilometers.”

“……huh?”

I spoke clearly, looking straight at the Duke of Vallua.

“8,000 kilometers!”

Which device can only go 8 kilometers? Mine could travel for 8,000
kilometers.

Then, the device from Vallua fell from the Emperor’s hand.

“Wh,wha,what,what did you just say?”

I said with my dejected look.

“But since you don’t need it, I’ll give it to my father.”

The Emperor’s mouth opened with dismay.
Chapter 100
“Ei, eight thousand… lady, are you sure that it’s eight thousand?”

To the Emperor’s question, I answered brightly, “Yes!”

“I made it with Veronica! Do you know who she is?”

“Veronica Dubos.”

I laughed inwardly when I saw the Emperor saying her name.

‘Yes, of course you do know her.’

The current Emperor, Alexandre, who was the Crown Prince at that time,
pardoned Veronica who almost blew up a whole province.

The Duke of Vallua who had a grim expression shouted, “It’s hard to believe
that it was created by Veronica Dubos. And eight thousand kilometers is too
much!”

He said while approaching the Emperor urgently.

“Think about it, His Majesty. It took us more than a hundred years to
upgrade just three kilometers from the original.”

“……”

“The human body can’t withstand that, so we have to compress the space.
Isn’t it strange that she suddenly compressed a space of 8,000 kilometers?”

“……”

“8,000 kilometers means that the whole Empire has been compressed, and
does it make sense that everything has been compressed?”
More people nodded, and the Emperor also held his forehead as if he was
organizing his thoughts.

The Duke of Vallua looked at me.

“I understand your goodwill, but isn’t it too much to lie for attention?”

“……”

“She obviously deceived His Majesty. She’s looking down on you! Be on

your knees and ask His Majesty for forgiveness!”

When I saw him shouting, I said,

“But it’s true…… it really is eight thousand kilometers.”

“Why are you still insisting on something you can’t prove!”

“I can prove it!”

I looked at the Emperor.

“You can ask Veronica to come here and she’ll tell us!”

“Veronica Dubos herself…”

The Emperor said to his lieutenant.

“Where’s her current location?”

“The Dubbled’s mansion outside the capital city. I confirmed it before the
banquet.”

Veronica was obliged to wear a location tracker ever since the incident.
It would be a waste to kill her because of her skills, that’s why they keep
tabs on her instead.

The Emperor looked at my father.

Dad frowned and picked up a communication device in his arms.

During the short transmission, I sent a signal to the chairman through my

communication device.

[Are you ready?]

The communication device blinked twice.

‘Good.’

At the same time, dad received Veronica’s answer on his device.

Suddenly, the ground vibrated and the center of the banquet hall was shaking
badly. Soon someone appeared while being surrounded by light.

It was time to promote my teleportation device.

After a while the light faded as the Chairman and Veronica Dubos came to
view.

“……!”

“No way!”

Screams erupted everywhere.

The Emperor was stiff.

“It, it’s true… it’s true……!”

It is about 3,200 kilometers from the faraway Dubbled’s mansion.

After checking Veronica’s location, her location was suddenly shown to be

here, so there was no doubt about my teleportation device.

“Is 8,000 kilometers true?”

Veronica smiled as the Emperor asked.

“It’s true. If you look at the tracking records, you’ll see that I’ve moved from
Dubbled’s mansion to the Empire’s southernmost territory at once.”

The Emperor looked at his lieutenant for confirmation and he nodded.

The banquet hall was buzzing.

“Then, is it true…?”

Veronica Dubos smiled and looked at the Emperor.

“Yes, that’s true. Your Majesty.”

“Is it true that the lady helped you produce the device?”

“She didn’t help me, I helped her…… my lord.”

Veronica was famous for being stubborn and often took risks.

She always does what she wants.

The Emperor offered her the position of a court mage, but she rejected it.

Then, when she called me a lord, people’s mouths widened.

Veronica didn’t care and covered her red cheeks with both hands.
“I was so moved by her intelligence and charm that I wanted to pledge my
allegiance. My kind lord accepted me.”

“Veronica Dubos did not make it. Then the device must be in the Dubbled’s
hands!”

“Oh my god……”

The Emperor looked at me, as I smiled brightly.

When the Emperor reached for my device, I quickly gave it to my father.

“His Majesty doesn’t need it, so I’ll give it to you!”

“…No one would surprise me more than you.”

I smiled and hugged my father’s waist.

Then I said, “Ah!” and took out the papers.

“Veronica gave me this too! The chairman says the item is all mine! Also
there’s a vow here!”

Then Veronica replied,

“It’s a sign that I belong to the lord! When I opened my mouth without my
lord’s command, I would explode and die! You’re going to have a bigger
accident than the explosion in the northeast~!”

Veronica looked so delightful that the chairman shook his head.

Those who experienced the event in the northeast and those who heard the
rumors turned pale. The Emperor gulped and approached my father.

Vallua’s device, which had fallen to the floor, was kicked and many
footprints were deeply stamped there.
“Duke Dubbled…!”

“I’m sorry. We’ll organize this matter among my family first.”

My father spoke with an unapologetic face as he bowed his head.

“Give me the time. When would it be!”

“I’ll call you later.”

After that, our family left the banquet hall. I looked at the Vallua family, and
seeing their broken device on the floor.

The Duke of Vallua looked very grim.

In the first prince’s birthday party, his plan has failed.

‘Oh, I’m going to have a good night sleep today.’

Thinking so, I smiled and put my face on my dad’s shoulder.

***

The vassals came to our mansion in the capital city.

They were staring at the device with puzzled faces, and soon they looked at
me.

“You are brilliant, I’m so proud…!”

“You really are Dubbled’s lucky charm!”

People already forgot the device from Vallua’s family.

All that remained in everyone’s memory was the Dubbled’s device.

Dad took the device I gave him.

“Now I want you to explain what happened.”

“When I visited Veronica’s house before, I heard about the device. Veronica
didn’t continue it because she failed the experiment! I thought we wouldn’t
need to compress our body if we could protect our body while we were
teleporting, so I told her that. And Veronica said, ‘Oh, you might be right!’
and so she helped me make it.”

People opened their mouths when I told them that, “I made it because I
remembered my dad wanted it.”

I spoke in a childlike, innocent voice.

“She already had the rough idea, but I helped her clear that up.”

Viscount Dubos gulped and saw my father.

“What would you like to do with it. The imperial family has been vying for
it.”

It wasn’t just the imperial family. The nobles lined up in front of Dubbled’s
mansion.

I gave my dad the device.

“I’ll give it to you dad!”

My dad, who had been looking at the device for a while, said as he stroked
my head.

“This is yours because you made it. I’ll protect it for you. It’s a dangerous
thing for you to have.”

I expected my dad would say that.

‘My dad is the coolest guy in the world.’

If it was the others, they wouldn’t even do this.

“I’ll keep it for you.”

“Then I want to use it now!”

Henry asked with a grin.

“Is there somewhere you want to go?”

“No, I want to buy a gift!”

“A gift?”

I whispered to my dad’s ear the person I wanted to give my present. Dad,

who was thinking for a while, nodded.

“Okay.”

I shouted “Yay!” and hugged my dad. The corners of his mouth were lifted
up.

I will use the device to its full potential.

Having revealed it to the world, I was thinking of attacking my enemies

properly.

***

And after 8 days, finally my tea party was held.

I prepared myself and headed to the salon where the party was held.

My godmother, who has just arrived, welcomed me.

I grinned at my godmother.

“Shall we go in?”

“Yes!”

As soon as I took her hand, a group of noble ladies approached me.

“La,lady!”

The ladies who originally wanted to come to Duchess Vallua’s party, came
here instead.