Let’s think this through. The person behind this conspiracy is likely someone from the temple.

To be precise, it’s Gabrielle, who views me as a thorn in her side, and her accomplice, Saint Melodia.

There were rumors that she would be crowned as the Saint tomorrow.

I wondered how Melodia, now in a position of power, would proceed in the future.

“Will she start meddling with the Mirmod family around the time of her ascension as the Saint?”

I pondered this with my chin in my hand.
As I remained silent, the worried voices of the maidens began to reach my ears.

“As for a guardian, who could it be… It’s getting late, so it might be difficult.”

“It might not be a bad idea for our family to step forward, right?”

“Well, your family isn’t a bad choice. We have quite a connection with the Information Guild.”

In response to these words, the maidens nodded their heads.

According to their words, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for the Furt family to step forward, but I was considering refusing.
“Anni, don’t worry.”

Upon my firm words, the maidens all stopped in their tracks.

They had reached the point where they would believe me even if I said beans were peas. Their sparkling eyes stared at me.

“Do you… have a solution?”

Instead of answering that question, I simply flashed a small grin, baring my front teeth like a rabbit.

“A solution, I do.”

My words left the maidens with mouths agape.

What’s this? It’s as if they believed in me!

“As expected!”
“I believed!”

I twitched.

I blinked my eyelids and thought for a moment.

“Could it be that our thoughts are being shared?”

During this pointless thought, their sparkling gazes collided with me.

As if it wasn’t burdensome enough, I shuddered a bit, and Ted cautiously asked me.

“S-so, what’s the plan?”

I quietly opened my mouth.

“Just trust me. As a guardian.”
“Do you have anyone in mind? Perhaps someone well-known in high society circles?”

“Heh, just… we need a strong ally, right?”

I had a good idea.

A surprising and good idea that would astonish even the villains trying to trap me.

“I wonder if this could even be a promotion for our Top, if done right?”

I always think about it, but when you’re in a pinch, it’s the best opportunity. The upward current after overcoming adversity is something that can’t be easily stopped with manpower alone.
I patted the dejected servant sisters’ still sturdy shoulders.

Oh, their shoulders were so stiff it hurt my hand.

A week later, I was still holed up in the Mirmod family mansion.
I played catch with the servant sisters, attended alchemy classes with Leonhardt and Grandma, and still, my body was devoid of mana, a despairing fact. I learned about sacred energy with Acid and Ted.

In the midst of all this, I fell victim to Delphia’s pestering…

Meanwhile, the palace kept sending relentless reminders. The gist of their letters was that I should register a guardian immediately or register as a business owner for the top floor.
After several letters, aggressive messages began to flood the newspapers two days ago.

Was it because the Mirmod family and I remained silent in the face of threats disguised as pressure to close down?

People seemed to think that I had now been abandoned by the Mirmod family.

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[Front Page] Sien Mirmod Upper Tier, Will It Sink Like This?
Sien Mirmod (Age 5), the young scion of the Mirmod family, ambitiously launched the Magogu Upper Tier, but it faced a crisis before it even began.

The inability to find a reliable adult guardian for the Upper Tier.

Sien Mirmod, having spent her early years in the countryside, is known to have limited connections not only in the social circle but also within the family’s immediate relatives.

Furthermore, the conditions for a guardian are quite demanding.
The young child who will become the head of the Upper Tier, of the same gender, not a direct relative, and with authority over two or more influential women.

Even Sien’s father, Matias Mirmod, who is not a socialite, is expected to face considerable difficulties in finding a guardian.

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Even I had remarkably detailed information that made my eyes pop out.
Even at this level of attention, with no word from the Mirmod family, even gossipers who watched the Mirmod family’s every move quietly joined in on the ‘Sien Upper Tier hitting’ trend.

Thanks to that, not a single magician applied for a job in my magical tool Upper Tier.

However, despite that, the atmosphere in the Mirmod mansion where I stayed was very calm and quiet.

Just one thing, my father’s fidgety letters kept arriving.
[Sienn, Dad will send a few guardians. Dad knows some people. By the way, why did Dad establish the Upper Tier? Who might have suggested establishing the Upper Tier? Contact Dad quickly. Or should Dad go right away?]

I squinted my eyes at the terribly scribbled letter.

“Sounds like he’s coming for a visit.”

After deciphering, or rather, reading Dad’s rambling letter, a sigh escaped me.

“Will you be sending a reply, Sienn?”

“You should probably find guardians quickly too…”
“Don’t worry. Miss Sienn has everything planned.”

The maid sisters next to me gathered around. I nodded in response.

“Yeah, sure. And I’ll send the letter.”

I wrote a heartfelt letter to Dad.

[Don’t come to see me, please. Don’t come! Go away!] After writing like this and getting inspected by the maid sisters, their expressions brightened like the dawn. I raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“If you write like this…”

“They’ll be worried.”

“The Mercy Region might be the only place with dust left! Be careful!”

“Uh-huh, got it…”

I dressed up nicely and swayed my body. Every time I moved, my hair cascaded in waves.
I dressed up nicely and swayed my body gracefully. Every time I moved, my hair cascaded in waves.

And there was a distant, affectionate gaze fixed upon me.

“Honey bun.”

…It was none other than Grandma, who was part of my plan.