Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: A Lesson on Insults
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Gambarin whipped his head around, then turned and walked away.
He’s running away.
*I’ll be seeing that face again anyway.*
Did I reveal his weakness too rashly? Not a chance. He was probably just relieved that’s all I exposed.
I know a weakness far more fatal than that.
I really did a number on him last time.
*In this life, I’ll bleed him dry.*
I turned my head toward my dad.
“He went back! Let’th go now!”
Dad and Eldest Uncle had strange expressions. Soon, Eldest Uncle looked at Dad and grinned slyly.
“…So, how does it feel to be helped by a three-year-old, little brother?”
“…”
Dad didn’t say much in response, but Eldest Uncle looked thrilled.
“Ha! I’ve never seen that guy make a sour face even after getting punched, but that was a sight to see. Little one, how did you know?”
“I’m not telling. It’th a bith-neth thecret.”
“You mean business.”
“Yeth, bith. Neth.”
When we returned to the building’s entrance, we saw Heuk Daewi, tied up tightly.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered around him. They were the same people who had been watching us the whole time we walked over.
I grinned.
“Mph, mmph, ghk! Mmph!!!”
The moment Heuk Daewi saw me, his face contorted and he struggled.
What’s he saying? I can’t hear a thing.
“Unca, what do we do with thith?”
I had originally planned to meet the administrator and hand him over, and while I was at it, mention that these guys had invaded the eastern wing first.
*Outsiders would probably believe Heuk Daewi’s side of the story, but it’s important to leave a record.*
But even without handing him over to the administrator, there was plenty of a record.
Because from the moment Dad, Eldest Uncle, and I passed through the eastern gate, people had followed and witnessed everything.
“Little Chick, let’s just leave that here~”
Eldest Uncle pointed at the administrator’s building.
“Trash belongs in the trash can.”
“Mmm, that’th a good idea!”
We agree for once.
Then, something occurred to me. I placed my hands on my hips.
“But before we go, you two thit down wight here.”
I squatted down and tapped the steps with my foot.
People were staring, but what did that matter?
The scene unfolded of two large men squatting huddled together in front of a three-year-old.
Ignoring them, I spoke with a rebellious air.
“Daddy and Unca too. You’we too numb to being inthulted, you know that? Don’t be lazy about getting angry.”
Dad and Eldest Uncle exchanged a quick glance.
*They have that ‘what’s the big deal?’ look on their faces.*
I saw Eldest Uncle in particular trying to hide his indifferent expression with a faint smile.
“Alright, alright. I have to listen to what the princess says~”
“Listen thewiously.”
I furrowed my brow.
“Unca, don’t just laugh it off like it’th nothing. That’th a bad habit.”
I let out a deep sigh.
Dad, Eldest Uncle… and probably my sleeping younger uncle too.
They’re all terrible patients.
I’ve seen so many people like this.
“A patient can’t give up.”
Patients in a severe stage of resignation.
“That’th when the illneth getth worse.”
“…”
Eldest Uncle was still smiling. But the mood of his smile had subtly changed.
“And…”
I turned my head.
There was a reason I chose to have this conversation here.
The people whispering as they watched us.
“Inthults are pathed down.”
Even after Dad died, I was saddled with the sad and painful notoriety he left behind.
It must have been the same for Heuk Gyewon.
“The thingth Daddy and Unca leave behind will keep thticking to me and my big bwother.”
The smile vanished from Eldest Uncle’s face without a trace. Just as I’d intended.
“You don’t want that, do you? Tho, we all have to change.”
Eldest Uncle definitely seemed shaken.
I shifted my gaze.
“Daddy, you don’t have your memowies, tho you pwobably wonder what it mattewth. Tho think of thith… as part of our pwomise. Or even a little bit of wesponsibility ith fine.”
“…”
Dad, who had been silent, slowly nodded.
“I understand what you’re saying.”
Dad tapped my head. It was an unreadable gesture, feeling neither affectionate nor malicious.
Where Dad’s hand had been, Eldest Uncle’s appeared and ruffled my hair wildly.
“I’ve learned a lot, Princess.”
“Aaaah, thtop it!!”
My hair a complete mess, I was lifted effortlessly by my Eldest Uncle.
Are you even listening to me?
“What the hell, I’ll try changing. We have a new head of the family, after all. Your uncle has found a little hope, you see.”
He said it casually, but his words held sincerity. I patted the hand that held me.
“Now let’s dump that trash and head back with a bang. Does my dear niece know how fast her daddy is?”
That roller coaster?
My face went pale.
“I don’t wanna wide it…”
“You seemed to like it.”
When did I ever!
“Then let’s get going, fast. This place always gives me the creeps~”
I never agreed to that! Do you know how scary that was?!
I only stopped trembling after Eldest Uncle promised to protect me well.
It was just as we were about to leave.
“Damn you, Heuk Biwon!!”
“Oh, an unwelcome guest.”
Still holding me, Eldest Uncle leaped back lightly.
A huge water bomb crashed down where Eldest Uncle had been standing.
*Water…*
It’s a water wielder.
*Where did such a powerful user appear from all of a sudden?*
When I turned my head, I saw a panting man. He looked to be in his mid-to-late thirties.
His face was familiar.
*My third uncle-in-law?*
It was my third uncle-in-law, Bae Seonghyeon.
He was burly and built like a general. He was from the Bae family, who, like our Heuk family, had crossed over from the Western Continent.
He was a wielder with the ability to control water.
*He’s an incredibly aggressive man.*
I knew him. He was rather famous, in fact. As a man who held an inferiority complex toward my Eldest Uncle, Heuk Biwon.
My uncle-in-law, Bae Seonghyeon, held a massive glaive in one hand. He was a man who treated that weapon like his own pride.
He was also the leader of the group of warriors who protected the physicians and apothecaries…
*Didn’t he also cause trouble, asking why they were treated as inferior to the physicians?*
My uncle-in-law roared.
“How dare you defy the Family Head’s orders and escape from the restricted zone?! Are you out of your mind!”
“Ah… this is a pain.”
Eldest Uncle’s voice was full of annoyance and indifference.
I could hear it clearly since I was in his arms.
My third uncle-in-law, with his lion-like mane of hair, charged straight at us.
“Princess, don’t you worry, okay?”
“Huuuh?”
Eldest Uncle grinned, and I felt a sense of foreboding. What… what was he planning this time?
“Haha! If you don’t catch her, you’re dead, little brother!”
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
Eldest Uncle just threw me through the air!
*Seriously, after a roller coaster, now it’s a bungee jump!*
Just before I hit the ground, my body was swiftly wrapped in wind.
And then I landed snugly in my dad’s arms.
I clutched his clothes, gasping for breath.
*You… crazy…*
Damn you, Eldest Uncle! All that talk about me being an angel or a princess was a lie!
*Who throws a princess!!*
As I panted, the wind wiped away my cold sweat.
“You seem to be having a hard time.”
Dad looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“…I caught you without any problem, though?”
“The pwoblem ith the thwowing, the thwowing!”
These insane people. Throwing a three-year-old! Putting her on a roller coaster!
After a while, I finally managed to calm down.
*Anyway…*
I turned toward the source of the loud noises. The fight between Eldest Uncle and my third uncle-in-law.
“How strange. Why am I so loved by water-types?”
As I expected…
It wasn’t a fight at all.