Chapter 38
Chapter 38
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 38
Chapter Title: I'm Going to Become a Terrifying Demon
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“That’s a good one! A present!”
Despite my protests, the handmaiden sisters’ stance remained rock-solid.
“Present? That’s no present! That thing is definitely a threat to Lady Sien!”
“We need to exterminate that ferocious beast right—”
I cut off the handmaiden sisters mid-sentence and shouted at the top of my lungs.
“No way! I love Goblin!”
It was the cute goblin I’d wanted so badly!
Leaving the handmaiden sisters behind, I clenched my fists tight and charged excitedly toward Blini.
The carriage had already arrived in the fields of our estate.
Delphia sister’s attendant and the goblin inside the carriage gazed at me with innocent eyes.
Delphia’s attendant, trembling all over, delivered his message to me.
“W-Well…… we heard that Lady Sien likes goblins…… S-Sorry.”
“Why are you sorry?!”
“S-Sending something so hideous as a gift…… Lady Delphia just loves to p-pull pranks……”
I tilted my head at the attendant’s words.
Then I looked at the goblin, my heart brimming with joy.
The goblin said nothing, just stared back at me with a villainous expression.
It was so cute.
“I love Blini!”
“B-Blini……?”
I’d even come up with a nickname already.
“A nickname!”
Last name Go!
First name Blini!
***
Word spread far and wide.
Rumors that Delphia Mirmod had lost her mind. She was collecting every monster venom and wicked magic tool in sight.
The story that Delphia was going wild to gain the upper hand in the succession battle became accepted fact, but well.
……The truth was a bit different.
All the monster venoms and wicked magic tools Delphia had collected……
“Hehe, Daddy. How do I look?”
Were right in my hands, Sien’s.
I grinned slyly and brought a hand to my mouth.
“Let’s eat dinner quick, Sien…… It’s dinnertime.”
“Mm!”
Daddy watched me chow down on my bread with a complicated expression.
“I put the goblin in the underground prison…… no, underground.”
“Gasp. Underground? My Blini! My companion monster……!”
Seeing me look a little down, Daddy said cautiously.
“Blini…… seems to like the dark a lot……”
Daddy rubbed his dry face, muttering with a troubled look.
“How did my daughter end up liking something like a goblin……”
I gave him a dose of reality.
“Daddy. Time to get used to it.”
“……”
“Sien’s gonna be a super terrifying demon from now on……”
I said it slyly, and Daddy asked with a complicated expression.
“How did you…… end up liking something so terrifying, Sien?”
“Just cuz. Sien’s always been like this.”
Daddy’s lips twitched, but he said nothing.
“……”
I blinked several times to change the mood and shifted topics.
“Daddy, but you know, Delphia sister’s kinda a nice sister too.”
Thankfully, Daddy went along with my topic change.
Though he didn’t look thrilled.
“……Bewitched by the gift?”
I shook the letter I’d tucked in my pocket and said.
“But she gave me Blini and a letter too…… Hmm, she’s nice.”
The letter’s contents were a bit confusing……
[You’re gathering healers and such to get stronger, right? If Matthias Mirmod bullies you or tries to kill you, come to me.]
She really misunderstands Daddy.
I said carefully, so as not to upset Daddy.
“But that sister sees Daddy in such a bad light!”
“R-Really?”
“Mm. If Daddy bullies her, she says come to her. Where else is there a Daddy as cool as mine.”
Delphia’s one problem was exactly that.
Seeing our kind, good Daddy as a villain.
But well……
It was better for the family rumors to spread that way.
I decided not to correct that part and moved to the next step.
“Gasp, I wanna write a reply now!”
I called a handmaiden sister and quickly got a quill and paper.
Daddy’s dark, abyssal eyes stared at me the whole time, but letter-writing was priority, so I ignored him.
At the dinner table, I took up the quill and wrote a very polite letter.
[Majayo. Our Daddy’s not dumb at all. Not a pushover either, he’s super super strong.
Actually…… he’s got a demon’s personality.
Surprised? Scary?]
I paused a bit after writing that much in my crooked handwriting.
What Delphia likes most these days……
[Then I’ll come play next time. Annyang.]
Seemed pretty polite for a kid’s letter.
Looking down at my rare handwritten letter, I felt pretty proud.
I folded it neatly like an envelope and handed it to the handmaiden sister.
Daddy watched me write with a stunned expression.
***
When the excited Sien left the table with a cute butt wiggle, Matthias felt the need to investigate why she’d become like this.
His investigation revealed that Delphia Mirmod was indeed broken and devoted everything to Sien……
What on earth had Sien said to bewitch her like that?
Sien was cute, but the situation was so bizarre even a doting dad like him had doubts.
He couldn’t overlook anything fishy where Sien was concerned, so he decided to dispatch an investigation team right away.
Minutes later, his retainers gathered at his word.
“Sien’s getting corrupted by this family.”
“Yes, Lord Matthias.”
“Why my daughter’s become like this.”
With puzzled eyes, he added.
“Find out properly if five-year-olds are normally…… like this.”
Over ten subordinates bowed at his words.
Ten men with fierce faces kneeling on the floor was quite the sight.
But Matthias muttered boredly, as if used to it.
“Rise. And if anyone’s a bad influence on my daughter……”
They rose to deal with the wicked things around Sien.
“Drag them to me alive. And…… Delphia Mirmod.”
The one who’d received Sien’s letters, which even Matthias rarely got.
Matthias ground his teeth.
How dare that lowly thing receive his precious daughter’s letter—complex thoughts flashed through his mind.
In the chilling, quiet atmosphere, Matthias murmured softly.
“I hear she swore loyalty to Sien.”
Not long ago, Matthias had attacked a key point in Delphia’s territory. Expecting a tough fight since Delphia was skilled. But Delphia Mirmod collapsed far too easily.
As if she’d planned to fall to Matthias’s hand.
It was a foreseen but suspicious victory.
One who knew spoke cautiously.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“After everything’s done, capture her alive too.”
……Time for a direct meeting with Delphia soon.
She seemed a definite bad influence on Sien, a person of caution.
Daring to gift a goblin to Sien, evil incarnate.
***
Meanwhile, the next morning.
Inside the temple.
Ted, who’d fallen straight asleep after returning from yesterday’s tea party, headed to the training grounds. To fulfill the official training schedule for holy knights.
But today, the training grounds felt off.
The few holy knights present kept glancing at Ted.
And their faces were flushed red.
In short, they looked excited.
‘What the hell happened?’
But training came first.
After finishing all spars, Ted sheathed his sword, and the group of holy knights approached as if waiting.
“Hey, Ted!”
“Congrats!”
“What……”
Sudden congratulations.
“Your little brother’s something else!”
“Huh? What do you……”
Sudden little brother praise.
He hadn’t mentioned having a brother. Not hiding it, but no need to flaunt it.
The holy knights tilted their heads at Ted’s confusion.
“Huh? Ted, you didn’t know?”
“Your brother was at the temple yesterday!”
“Word is, he’s got insane talent!”
Finally, the full story reached Ted.
Seeing his face pale, a priest tilted his head, and Ted asked cautiously.
“……Ashid came to the temple?”
Ted’s face filled with confusion.
The other holy knights shrugged, looking flustered too.
“Yeah! You didn’t hear?”
“No, I was at the tea party that day……”
“Tea party…… Oh, with Saintess Gabrielle?”
“Yes.”
The holy knight looked knowing.
“They say the Mirmod family begged you to stay, and we wondered why you ignored it for a tea party.”
“That tea party wasn’t mandatory…… Saintess Gabrielle specially invited you, huh?”
“Still, your brother came—shouldn’t you have stayed at the temple over a tea party?”
Gabrielle hadn’t said a word about Ashid. She’d looked anxious the whole tea party yesterday.
The puzzle was coming together.
Ted clenched his fist.
“……”
As a holy knight, he prided himself on sharp senses. He thought he could discern goodwill or malice.
But to think a mere ten-year-old like Gabrielle would scheme this slyly.
His precious little brother Ashid had finally mustered courage to visit, yet he hadn’t met him……
“Hey, Ted, Ted!”
“Where you going, that guy!”
Ted bolted without even greeting the holy knights.
He needed to find Saintess Gabrielle.
***
Gabrielle was in her room.
She lit up hearing Ted had come.
“Ah, Ted. What’s up?”
“……Greetings, Saintess.”
She pointed to the table and smiled brightly at him.
A smile that would’ve seemed lovely normally, but not to Ted.
“Saintess, I heard my brother came yesterday. Did you know beforehand?”
Gabrielle’s face clouded at Ted’s direct question.
But she soon hardened her lips as if resolved.
“Ah, yes. Ashid, was it?”
“……Yes.”
“I knew. But protecting me is more important than that brother. Of course, that brother……”
An inevitable greedy smile crept onto Gabrielle’s lips.
“I heard he’s quite the talent.”
“……”
“That child would be great serving me alongside you, Ted.”
Ted’s gaze toward Gabrielle chilled.
Yet even now, Gabrielle seemed oblivious to his anger.
She just stared at him with an innocent act, assuming he’d naturally accept.
Now it was time to point it out.
Saintess Gabrielle, your attitude is wrong.
And declare it was time to leave the temple and serve Sien.
“What do you think, Ted? About protecting me with Ashid.”
Quite vile words from the girl who’d schemed to keep Ted and Ashid apart.
Gabrielle’s words once again drew a parallel line between Ted and Ashid.
His hurt little brother had gathered courage to visit, yet Ted had stood him up.
And now, knowing Ashid had healer powers, she switches stance like this?
How could a young girl be so heartless and cunning?
Ted couldn’t hold back his rage and ground his teeth.