episode_0014

“Maria’s new study teacher is… Emilia. Pick it yourself.”

“Of course.”

Maria was dumbfounded.

“Lady Maria. I’m sorry, I’ve always been like that… I didn’t even know I was a bad person…”

“Oh, no…”

When Emilia was three years old, she went away for a while to get her mother medicine and did not tell her.

‘I feel strange…’

I could see drool dripping from my younger brother’s mouth as he patted my father’s head and smiled, as if asking when he had cried. And the spit is in the hair…

‘Ears, cute…’

I… my younger brother. I was planning on protecting Marian, but the timing was right when Marian came out. I couldn’t understand what he said and his angry expression.

‘You… protected me…’

Even when the butler cursed at my mother… I just listened…

‘Sister… I’ll become stronger. Next time, I will definitely protect you, my little brother.’

Maria looked at the smiling baby and made another promise.

* * *

“Bah!”

I can feel that Bakery Dad has improved. Even though it wasn’t as warm as Emilia’s embrace, I felt more comfortable than before when I was hugged earlier. As if she had practiced, she has made remarkable progress, and as proof of that, Maria, who is being held in her father’s arms, looks happy.

My father’s gaze pierces like a needle at the words I said without realizing it. Is it easy to pronounce ‘dad’? Well, the first thing babies do is mom and dad, right? I felt burdened for some reason, but the little voice I soon heard made me turn my head.

“…Dad. Can I say that?”

“Then, you are my daughter.”

“Well, that’s… The butler said you shouldn’t do that…”

Crack.

“Ah, Dad…?”

Maria’s eyes widened at the sound of Arden’s teeth grinding.

“……”

“Dow.” (Tsk tsk.)

‘If you do that, your teeth will fall out. ‘I can’t eat meat, meat!’

Ah… I want to eat meat.

Although my room was spacious, it felt crowded with Emilia, the maids, my father, and Maria.

“Lady Marian, are you that sad?”

“Awww!” (I’m more angry than sad!)

“You knew that our good girl would get angry, thank goodness.”

“Wow…? Ta ta ta ta ta ta!” (I don’t want to live a nice life!)

“From now on, if bad people bother you, you will cry hard, right?”

“Child!” (Mind it!)

“Look, Lady Marian.”

Emilia looked at Maria, who was hugged gently in Aden’s arms, and Aden, who was struggling but supporting his daughter’s body with both arms.

“It looks really nice.”

“Aww.” (That’s right.)

“As expected, our lady is amazing because she made that mojiri like that.”

“Tadau?” (Mojiri?)

‘Are you sure you were talking about my dad?’

I’m sure there are five or six screws missing, but I’m satisfied with today’s work.

‘I didn’t know they would clean it up right away.’

Even in my past life, I had never seen a person like that butler once or twice. The employees attached to my biological brothers harassed and ignored me as if they were trying to please them.

Is it a combination of the reincarnation buff and the clues I accumulated in my past life? The moment I saw it, I knew that the carrot pod hated me.

“Hehe. sorry. I spoke too harshly.”

“Wow!” (It’s okay!)

“How can our young lady be so kind?”

“……Ah?”

‘I’m not nice.’

“Hehe. Shall we sleep now?”

“Aung!” (Yes!)

I’m definitely feeling a little sleepy.

‘Is it because it’s my first time flying and using magical powers…?’

* * *

Aden fell into deep thought as he felt Maria’s warmth.

Marian’s hand. Even though the hand was so small, the hand stroking her head reminded her of Laria again.

There…

Dad.

Marian clearly said it was her father. I immediately felt like going to the people I knew, that is, my vassals, and bragging about it.

‘First, brag to Emilia…’

They say Emilia is a genius, but she is much more than that. This cannot be expressed in simple terms such as genius. How cute…

I thought I could just sort things out until the kids became adults.

From the moment I found out that Laria didn’t have much time left to live, everything seemed out of control.

At least as long as Laria lives, we’ll continue to be together. However, even after Laria died, he had no motivation and could not move.

‘It was really… trash…’

Aden looked at himself, sighed, and looked at his daughter in his arms.

“Ha…”

“Dad…?”

It was probably uncomfortable, but he seemed happy as he smiled brightly without showing any signs of discomfort.

“If there is something… uncomfortable… or something you want… please tell me anytime.”

“Hehe… Yes!”

What is good about a father who has been neglected for several years…

My heart, which felt like there was a hole in my heart after losing Laria, felt like it was filled with my two daughters.

Even among those who support Maria, there were quite a few who wanted to take advantage of her.

‘Matriarch, my son is very smart. How would you like him as a partner for Lady Maria? ‘I’m 15 years old and always ranked top at the Academy Awards.’

Snapping.

‘dare…’

I guess I’ll have to clean it all up this time.

*

The duke’s office.

Aden sighed after looking at the ledger that his butler had been in charge of for the past few years.

‘That’s shit’

smart.

A knock on the door breaks my thoughts.

“Come in.”

The driver gave a brief salute and immediately began reporting.

“The criminal confessed.”

Karchan Evans in the dungeon. The details of his embezzlement, the training he gave Maria that bordered on brainwashing, and even the insulting remarks he made toward his wife.

“I… . Do it yourself.”

“I… . I’m sorry, matriarch.”

After finishing the report, the knight lowered his head as if guilty.

“What is it?”

“My mental strength is weaker than I thought… . It was quite intense torture, but… I went crazy.”

“Tsk. I can’t help it…”

Aden, who wanted to show me hell personally, sat down as if he was disappointed.

* * *

Several days have passed.

From that day on, Maria came to see me whenever she wanted.

“Hehe, sister is here.”

“Wow! Ernie!” (Welcome, sister!)

I greeted Maria with a happy smile.

“Ears, cute!”

‘My sister is cuter.’

Maria was so cute that I couldn’t put it into words as she carefully placed her hand against mine and wriggled around.

‘I can’t speak, though.’

“Aaah!”

We had fun playing with our cute little Maria for a while.

It was a truly peaceful time.

Really… I wish I could say some words, even if it’s just with a short tongue!

After playing for a while, I started to feel sleepy…

“Miss Maria, it’s almost time for nap, Miss Marian.”

“Yes! Because now you can come anytime.”

Maria slowly let go of Emilia’s words as if she felt regretful.

“Hehe. How about sleeping together?”

“Well, is that okay?”

Emilia, seeing Maria like that, pointed to Marian’s bed. Even though it was a baby bed, it was large enough to roll around freely.

“Wouldn’t Lady Marian like it too?”

“Tada! Anya!” (As expected! Emilia!)

“Well, is that okay?”

“Aww!” (Good!)

Once Maria was ready, Emilia hugged Maria and laid her down next to Marian.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. But… Miss.”

“Huh?”

“Perhaps. Among the attendants in the annex, is there anyone you care about… that you get along well with?”

“People you get along well with?”

“Yes, I quit quite a lot this time. Is there anyone among them that the young lady likes? For example…”

After a while, when the children fell asleep, Elaine spoke in a whisper.

“Emilia. What are the servants talking about? Come to think of it, all the servants in the West Wing are locked up now, right? The maids are also on probation…?”

“Rumors spread quickly.”

“Ahem. I’m a bitch.”

* * *

Two sisters were sleeping holding each other tightly.

“Two angels…!”

“You are so cute…”

“Shh. Ladies, sleep quietly.”

The maids smiled as mothers looked at the sleeping children. Maria was very dignified for her age, but recently she was able to smile like a child.

‘Our Lady Marian.’

Even though he left his mother’s arms as soon as he was born and was raised by their own hands, my heart melted when he always smiled.

‘A person I can’t help but love.’

The question was how on earth such a lovely creature could have come from such a blunt matriarch… I could understand that the matriarch was a very lovely person, and I inadvertently thought that it was fortunate that it resembled the mama.

Even when I was a little depressed, there were days when I would shed a reproachful smile when I saw the baby’s smile, but not long ago, when that precious baby disappeared without a trace… I could not have imagined that Lady Maria’s butler would kidnap the baby and even attempt to assassinate her. Hey…

‘bad guy…!’

“Now that I think about it, what happened to that butler?”

“I think I heard you were taken to a dungeon?”

Out of curiosity, they looked at Emilia, the only person who seemed to know.

“You’re doing a good job.”

“Good day?”

The maids tilted their heads at Emilia’s words.

“Yes, it became fertilizer and nutrients for the forest.”

““…?””

“Gasp!”

“Well, I see.”

“…Emilia-sama, why are you so scary!”

The maids, who belatedly understood the voice that was so calm, were frightened as if they had heard a scary ghost story.

“It means a warning.”

“Warning?”

“Originally, they were going to feed it as dog food, but they thought it might get into the ears of the ladies, so they did it in a gentle way.”

“Gulp, manure… mild…”

“There’s nothing to be too afraid of. The butler was so rich that he spent a lot of money in the name of Lady Maria. Well, it’s better not to know any more than that.”

‘No, I worry more when I stop talking?!’

Despite the reactions of the maids, Emilia just smiled.