Smiling, I looked at him, holding my forearm. Lately, I had felt that my health had deteriorated. I seemed to eat well, but the problem seemed to be that I couldn’t sleep well at night.
“I’m really fine.”
“It would be better for you to return. The environment here doesn’t seem good…”
“Alright, let’s go back.”
Turning my body, I looked at Ken, who was worrying to an unusual extent. Anyway, the negotiation had fallen apart.
It was Tesslo’s family, and I wanted to take an easier path through him, but even without him, I could definitely find information about Rediac from somewhere.
Going a slightly easier way back wouldn’t change anything.
“Wait a moment!”
“Prepare some snacks for the children on the way back. They seem to be busy whispering to each other about what’s going on.”
“Yes. I will inform the palace when I arrive.”
“Isabella-nim…!”
Just as I was about to turn and leave with Ken, Tesslo’s voice echoed loudly in the underground prison.
“Oh, do you have something else to say?”
“I-I will. So please, please let me face the judgment of the demons!”
“Don’t want to?”
“…Yes?”
Completely unexpected, Tesslo’s mouth hung open.
“Why should I do that?”
“J-Just a moment ago…”
“I can’t forgive you just for what you did to my younger sister, Shasha. I hope you receive the most severe punishment. Even so, I came to find an easier way, but as we talked, it seems unnecessary.”
“No, it can’t be…!”
“It can be. Then, receive your punishment well.”
Once again, I shook his hand.
“Just a moment. You won’t find that information anywhere else… It’s hidden deep in the mansion, so you won’t find it.”
“Oh, really? If it’s hidden, then it will be even easier to find. Thanks to you, who said it’s a mansion, not a room in the demon world.”
“Please…”
“Why? Did your mind change now?”
I looked at him with a firm expression.
“My ancestor left something. You won’t find it anywhere else. All the disciples from that time have long left the world. But my ancestor, who loved recording things, wrote everything down. I’ll give it to you, so please leave my fate to the demons.”
Even if he were to be killed by the Emperor, it would be challenging to find what I wanted from the confiscated property.
Every time I mentioned Sathelus, Leandro got angry, as if I had touched on a sore point.
“Alright.”
Therefore, I decided to join hands with Tesslo as I initially wished.
“Th-Thank you. Then, if you could call someone from the family, I will ask them to bring him directly through that person.”
“I’ll do that. Ken, it might be tough, but I’ll ask you for a favor.”
“Yes.”
Fortunately, Tesslo didn’t mention the existence of Rediac, and Ken didn’t seem curious about what conversation had transpired between us.
“Then, let’s call it a day. It’s better not to engage in futile actions.”
Leaving a warning until the end, I turned around with a bright smile. He still seemed unbelievable, but to obtain the information I wanted, I had no choice but to join forces with the Pig X.
“All right. For now, it’s settled. If I can learn about Sathelus, known as one of the strongest wizards, and if I can obtain a wish ticket… Even though it’s not ideal due to the inability to properly punish Pig X, it will be different from the novel.”
I couldn’t just end it by driving Tesslo out of the demon world. He was a person who abused children, including Shasha.
The crime of abusing children would never be lightly overlooked.
After once again seeing the prison where he was confined, I turned away and left the place.
Ken took me to the palace and disappeared to carry out the tasks I assigned, while I searched various places in the palace to find the children.
Although I hadn’t been away for a long time, the children were sleeping, curled up in front of the fireplace, seemingly exhausted from something.
“Sleeping in a place like this instead of on the bed…”
After covering the children with a blanket, I lay down next to them. The warm air from the fireplace enveloped my body. It wasn’t very cold, but the warmth felt unusually pleasant.
“It’s nice to lie down like this.”
There seemed to be something under the children that I couldn’t identify. I wanted to take it out and see what it was, but because of Shasha’s insistence that it was a secret, I gave up and closed my eyes.
That evening.
The palace was quite lively.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
