episode_0009

There are four major ducal families in the Chiron Empire. A family that contributed to the founding of the empire and a place where all wealth is said to have gathered.

As such, the influence of the collateral was greater than that of most nobles.

Among them, the collateral meeting of the Duke of Arjan.

“What do you think about the second lady?”

“Well, is there a big difference? They are both daughters.”

“The head of the family is also true. You have two children and don’t need a stepmother? Since you are the heir, you need a mother to teach you properly… What could you have learned from a commoner mother?”

“That’s right. The head of the family stays at home and doesn’t know what’s going on. To that extent, we…”

Nobles fighting with each other and chatting excitedly. The man who had been watching them for a while opened his mouth.

“Lady Maria is perfect. You have enough knowledge to enter the academy right away…”

“Hehe. Come to think of it, Karchan was taking care of Lady Maria’s education? In fact, one’s students always seem to be the smartest.”

“……”

“Let’s go have lunch.”

“Damn… These people are full of nonsense just because they are collateral branches of the duke’s family…”

The man who came out of the conference room and smiled excitedly said his name was Karchan. Although he graduated from the Academy and came from a collateral background, he was in charge of Maria’s education and deacon.

‘After the second child was born, Lady Maria’s situation worsened.’

Not only that, but you skipped class last time… things that the previous girl wouldn’t even have thought about…

As soon as the meeting was over, he took the gate and returned to the Duke’s residence. Even in an empire where magic was commonplace, long-distance travel magic was expensive, but it was natural for him, who was in charge of Maria’s education.

“After.”

He adjusted his tie and stood in front of Maria’s door.

smart.

“Come in.”

“Lady Maria. It’s class time.”

Maria closes the book. The sandwich on the plate looked like it had just been eaten.

“Already? I’ll come and see Marian for a moment.”

“No. Classes are from now until night.”

“……”

Maria kept her mouth shut. Although he was a deacon, he was the person with whom he spent the most time. It was hard and tiring, but it didn’t mean it wasn’t helpful, and it wasn’t completely wrong.

“You should work harder for your younger brother, right?”

“……Okay.”

“Then today we will start with the history of the empire.”

It is unacceptable for the owner to ignore the doctor’s wishes and coerce the child just because he or she is young, but the duke’s neglect of childcare was something most employees knew about, so it was not unusual.

* * *

It was night.

I was in a sweet dream for a while in a room where the faint sound of breathing echoed, and then, really out of the blue, I suddenly opened my eyes. I turned my head to the sound of wheezing in the dark silence.

“Hehe. Miss Marian… so soft…”

Elaine, who is not even a baby, is seen sleeping on the sofa, drooling.

‘I’m bored…’

I don’t really want to wake you up.

Still, something is too quiet.

There is no baby, and even dog poop cannot be used for medicine… No, don’t get your hopes up.

“Aww…”

I didn’t like the silence, so I made a sound. Even though it may be a small sound, it feels big.

It would be great if I could talk… or at least read a book… When do teeth grow?

Although I had a few biological younger siblings, they were all illegitimate children who were suddenly abandoned after they were 10 years old, so I never saw them as children…

You say you walk when you roughly turn? Before I get my teeth… I want to eat meat and walk as soon as possible. At best, I would like to call it a device.

stuffy.

Lying down all day and staring at the ceiling is truly tiresome. There were flowers and other paintings that looked like they had been drawn by an artist, who had no idea how they had painted such a high ceiling. But no matter how pretty the picture is, I just get tired of looking at it over and over again.

‘Let’s get some sleep!’

That’s how you grow up, right?

‘You’re sleeping.’

They say that even tigers will come if you tell them to, and their eyes widened when they suddenly heard that voice.

Yeah, Abby is still better than dog shit.

“Are you awake?”

A large hand touches my head. Contrary to its cool appearance, it is warm.

“Aww.”

“As expected. You don’t cry often.”

Well, I’m not really a toddler and I’m not particularly uncomfortable, so there’s no reason to cry, right?

“Marian.”

“Ta?”

‘why?’

“……”

“Ta?”

If you call me, say something. Why are you looking at me so intently?

“This building. It is the east annex.”

“Woo?”

‘so?’

“It’s the annex that gets the most sunlight. You take it.”

“Dau!?”

The fact that he comes to a toddler in the middle of the night and says something like this is proof that our father is screwed, but this is really true.

“Ta-da-how-da.”

‘thank you.’

Suddenly you became the owner of a baby building? The eastern annex is where I am now! It was somehow warm and sunny.

At least you don’t have to worry about getting kicked out?

‘What? So I already have 5 buildings?’

I burst into laughter without realizing it.

* * *

So the next day.

“Oh my. My lady, have you woken up already?”

“Aww! cadet! Wow!” (Did you sleep well too?)

“Hehe. Miss, do you like it that much?”

“Cow!”(Good!)

I woke up as soon as the sun rose with the thought that I had become a building owner.

“How can you be so cute? Then shall we take a look?”

“Oooh!” (Let’s go!)

I want to grow teeth quickly so I can pronounce words clearly and clearly.

Still, I smiled hard and expressed my love by gesturing with my hands and feet to Emilia.

“Aww!” (Okay, sister!)

“I like it too, lady.”

He stretched out his arms and hugged her tightly, clinging to her. I smelled the fragrant flowers and played with her beautifully shiny, dazzling silver hair.

‘Hehehe…’

“Do you like my hair?”

“Aww!” (of course!)

My hair was also silver, but to be exact, it was red mixed with pink.

But Emilia’s hair was truly pure, sparkling silver.

Still, at first glance, they are similar, and do they look like mother and daughter?

How can someone be so pretty and kind?

ah. Now that I think about it, is an elf a fairy?

“Kya!”

“Feel free to touch. If you like my hair, would you like me to cut it?”

“Wow!? Oooh, aww!” (No, no! Absolutely not!)

I shook my butt in surprise, and Emilia’s chest, who was holding me, bounced.

“Hehe. Okay, I won’t cut it.”

“Cow cow!” (That’s it!)

I think it was a joke.

Cutting such pretty hair is a crime. My sister’s hair is long enough to go past her waist, and no matter how much you look at it, you can tell that it hasn’t been grown for a year or two.

After looking around the inside of the building, I went outside.

‘wow.’

Even from the inside, I could see that it was not normal.

My mouth opens without me realizing it.

‘Seup…’

What a piece of cake this is.

It’s not that I didn’t have expectations because Abby gave me the feeling that he was giving me something good.

It’s freaking cool. The pure white marble shines brightly in the sunlight, making it look like a huge temple or a castle…

The building where my nursery is located was even more amazing than I thought, right?!

At that time, someone came up to us.

“Hello, lady. My name is Knight Felix Valois. Please call me Felix.”

The knight smiles while saying that.

‘This is so polite to the baby.’

“Dau!”

I responded with a short babble. Felix Valois. The straight green hair somehow makes him a handsome man with a soft look that reminds me of vegetables… It’s not in the original information…?

“Welcome. Emilia, I heard the story from the Duke.”

“Yes, well.”

Emilia, unlike when she spoke to me, spoke quite briefly.

“Then I will go back to work.”

From what I heard, he was a knight protecting my neighborhood. To put it simply, it’s Mr. Security.

‘Ah… aren’t you old enough to be called an uncle?’

“Good luck.”

“Bappa!”

I waved my hand gently, feeling somewhat sorry.

It took quite a while to just walk around the building.

‘Isn’t this really a joke?’

Seeing the maids following us, I felt like a king.

“Has the matriarch finally become fascinated by the girl’s cuteness?”

“Yes. That’s right!”

It’s nice that this house is mine.

‘Isn’t it hard to see our cute Maria these days?’

Should I prepare a housewarming party?

* * *

“Well, hey… I… I want to go see Marian…”

“No.”

As the deacon spoke, he piled up three rows of books that were taller than Maria.

“It’s different from yesterday. I said I had to review it right away last night…”

“Ha… Miss. If the young lady does not do things right, even the second young lady will be criticized.”

“Marian…?”

“Yes. Do you know what is being said at the collateral meeting now? A woman who was born as a commoner and died irresponsibly after giving birth to two daughters. I really can’t say anything about the duchess.”

“……”

“That’s not all. I don’t even know the topic, but I have a lot of boys in my side. This means that everyone is just fantasizing that they have the possibility of becoming the successor.”

“But… Dad said I was the successor…”

“Lady!! Dad? Duke. No, how many times have I taught you to call me father?”

“I’m sorry…”

After skipping class and meeting Marian, the deacon’s classes became more frequent.

Of course, it was wrong to skip class… but I didn’t want to just ignore it after hearing something like that.

“But the story about mom…”

“I just translated what I heard.”

The butler had a shameless look on his face, as if he had done nothing wrong.