No matter how much I thought about it, the behavior of the maid sisters I saw earlier was suspiciously excessive.

Above all, I was worried that our dad was still missing.

I strolled around the mansion, trying to find suspicious places, scrutinizing the dim mansion until it became gloomy.

‘The way the sisters behaved earlier was a bit strange.’

Near the corridor, there was a stairwell leading down.

I could see a dimly lit underground staircase. It was said to be used as a warehouse, and I hadn’t entered it for a few years because it was called a dust pit.

And strangely, at this moment, I felt that something important unknown to me might be happening in the warehouse below this underground staircase.

I rushed towards the light, and in that place, I could see Dad’s friends guarding in front of the warehouse, frozen like ice.

“Uncles!”

As soon as they heard me, one of the subordinates jumped up. Even though he was a soft-hearted subordinate, he looked more threatening with shadows on his face.

“What are you guys doing there?”

“Uh, um?”

I looked at them with a cocked head.

It was clear that there was something behind that door.

I blinked, then opened my eyes wide as I saw a silhouette coming out from beyond the door.

“Uh? Dad!”

I couldn’t pretend not to see our dad’s silhouette. Then, the door tried to close hastily.

“Si-Sienna!”

“Open the door!”

They couldn’t catch me slipping away like a mirage.

‘Maybe it’s because Dad’s heart is soft?’

Anyway, it was a good thing for me.

Apparently, our dad seemed to be so worried that he was afraid I might be stuck to the door.

Without fully closing the door, Dad quickly came out and slammed the warehouse door shut.

“Dad! What’s in there? What did you do? I got a perfect score on the test today .”

I tried to brag about my perfect test paper, but…

Dad had a dagger in his hand. I stared at Dad’s dagger with wide eyes.

“Wh-What’s that dagger?”

“Hmm?”

“Isn’t that a dagger?”

“Uh, uh?”

I took quick steps towards him. Dad stood there, unable to hide the dagger, with shaking pupils, staring at me.
I rushed towards such a dad and stood right in front of the sword.

Only then did my dad, who barely regained his composure, hurriedly tried to put the sword into its scabbard, but I was quicker.

“I smell blood! The sword is stained with blood!”

Pale-faced, my dad hastily spoke, tilting his head sideways.

“Huh? No way. It’s ketchup, ketchup!”

“It’s not ketchup!”

I raised my crowbar and eyed the end of the sword my dad was holding.

Even the timing was perfect as a breeze blew through the slightly open window. For a moment, a foul odor pricked my nostrils. I stared at my dad with narrowed eyes.

“Dad, what did you do?”

Dad’s expression froze coldly. I anxiously gazed at him with a pounding heart. His pupils were shaking seriously.

“What did you do to have blood on you?”

“That’s…”

For a moment, my dad had a vacant look in his eyes. It was a face hiding something. I pressed my dad like a skilled marksman targeting their prey.

“Huh? Dad. Honestly, tell me. What is it?”

Even as I said this, I felt inexplicably uneasy.

‘Could it be that I asked Dad to become a villain, and he became too much of a villain? So, perhaps, there might be corpses of bad guys piled up inside that warehouse?’

Such absurd thoughts even crossed my mind. While striving to eliminate the oddly vivid and mysterious imagination in my head, I stared at my dad.

“To be honest…”

Dad took a breath and exhaled. His chest rose and fell steeply. Choosing the next words seemed to be quite difficult for him.

Just then, in the distance, the clinking sound of footsteps could be heard.

“…This gentleman knows what’s inside.”

It was someone I hadn’t seen before.

With blond hair and scars on his face, he covered one eye with a bandage. His appearance was reminiscent of Captain Hook.

Although it was too dark to see his face clearly, it was definitely a sinister impression.

‘Oh? This person’s impression is…’

“Sebastian Grand Duke. Your father’s friend. Nice to meet you, Sienna.”

Yes, in , he was not a significant character, but he was considered a threat to the position of the Crown Prince. Another son of the Emperor, Sebastian Grand Duke!

“Hello!”

Anyway, since he is now our dad’s friend, I thought he wouldn’t be a grandiose villain.

‘In the original work, Sebastian Grand Duke had almost no storyline assigned to him…’

With a relieved mind, I bowed my head politely and greeted him. A smile appeared on his lips. Now it was time to ask the question I was curious about.

“By the way, Duke!”

“Hmm?”

“You said you know what’s inside. What is it?”

“Do you really want to know?”

Dad made a face as if his blood had run dry. I looked at my dad for a moment, then vigorously nodded.

“Yes!”

“Then I’ll tell you. Do you want to open the warehouse door?”

“Sebastian!”

Dad shouted loudly and blocked the warehouse door. But, perhaps too flustered, he seemed to forget how small I was.

He didn’t catch me properly, and I unexpectedly opened the warehouse door.

“Huh…?”

Inside the warehouse was something I hadn’t imagined.

Behind me, I could hear my dad swallowing saliva and Sebastian Grand Duke softly laughing.