“It’s only fair to pay back when you touch a child, isn’t it?”

The Council head couldn’t even offer an excuse.

Instead, he continued coughing while clutching his neck. Once a core of Mirmod family power, he now died in a pathetic way.

But there was no special thrill.

Even if it wasn’t the Council head, anyone would end up like that when Matthias laid his hands on them.

“Now that the Council head is dead, Mirmod family is in my hands.”

It was a predicted event.

The power dynamics surrounding Matthias were practically meaningless. Suppressing with strength or silencing with money was enough, and money and power were always easy and convenient means. The only thing that could disturb Matthias’ life, make him feel bewildered, was related to Cyan.

Matthias nonchalantly threw the sword that beheaded the Council head into the wall and gracefully walked out towards his mansion.
Since it wasn’t yet time for Cyan to return, Matthias was content with the thought of taking a quick shower and preparing dinner.

Everything was perfect up to this point.

Until he entered the mansion, Matthias thought everything was perfect, at least until Cyan ran towards him from the other end of the corridor.

“Dad!”

“You came earlier than expected, Cyan.”

Indeed, Cyan was the only and enjoyable variable in Matthias’ life.

Perhaps that’s why.

Although he was excessively puzzled that Cyan had returned faster than he thought, especially wearing vibrant clothes when he hadn’t yet dealt with the Council head’s body… Matthias couldn’t help but smile when he saw her.

“Why does Dad’s expression look like that? Did you see something strange?”

“No, Dad’s just going to take a shower.”

And after a simple shower, when Matthias faced Cyan, he could experience a shock incomparable to the death of the Council head.

“…Cyan, they’re all boys, huh. You seem close.”

At the thought of Cyan, who was like his own child, leaving, Matthias felt a pang of sadness.

‘I should have sent her to the academy.’

Since Cyan didn’t know, it couldn’t be helped that he hadn’t been able to handle the Council head’s body yet, but it still left a bad taste.

So, the sponsorship request Cyan showed would soon be repaired.

He was undoubtedly a father who could properly support his daughter.

There had never been such a willingly favorable day when power was firmly grasped in his hands.

Everything was for Cyan’s happiness.

How could such a thing happen?

It truly didn’t make sense.

I anticipated the interference plot of the Council, trying to find all the dirty rumors and false secrets hidden by the aristocrats in the Council.

Because I managed the upper ranks, I could easily say, “Decide on the family-level sponsorship quickly!”

But…

“I got a call this morning. The sponsorship, excluding the Council head, has been decided with everyone’s agreement.”

Does this make sense?

There was a passage describing the Mirmod Council in Melodia’s Life.

They were quite meticulous and cunning, making it difficult to deal with unless you were a powerful villain. Moreover, they never intervened in matters without justification, and money and power were always easy and convenient means to suppress others.

This sponsorship issue for them must have been exceptionally problematic.

But how could it have been resolved, not just as a sponsorship, but a sponsorship at the ‘Diamond level’?

In fact, there was only one answer to this. Unless Dad was really caught as an incredible hostage…

‘…Did Dad really seize the power of this family?’

However, grabbing the leash of the Mirmod Duchy Council was impossible unless you were a very gutsy or villainous person.

Even the grandmother who once ruled the family didn’t swing the leash of the Council. Let alone a kind dad learning villainous deeds for five years, it would have been impossible to grasp the Council.

“Cyan, what are you thinking?”

“Ah!”

She seemed to be lost in thought.

I looked at the diced salad in front of me and let out a soft laugh.

“Sorry, Captain. Sorry, Ted! It’s been a while since the three of us had a meal together, and I had some strange thoughts!”

Excluding Dad for the first time in a while, the Mirmod Duke family members gathered at the mansion.

Dad went to participate in the commemoration ceremony to officially sponsor Burger and Martin. Acid and Leonhardt went to school, and I stayed at the mansion because I had a slight fever.

So, now I’m having a meal with Captain and Ted, just the three of us. Behind me, the maids were diligently serving food!

‘In short, the perfect environment with no interference plots from others!’

Ted might not be bright about rumors, but Captain, being an orphan from the distance, must have heard various rumors even within the mansion.
I chuckled sinisterly as I rinsed my mouth with lemon tea. And…

“I have something to ask!”

I lightly tapped the side of the Captain, who was hastily eating next to me.

“Captain, have you heard the rumor?”

“Huh? What rumor?”

“There’s a rumor that our dad is a fearsome tiger!”

The atmosphere chilled at those words.

Clatter.

The Captain’s fork fell to the floor with a speed that surprised me.

It’s really strange…

If everyone reacts like this, isn’t it even more suspicious?