‘I didn’t know Matthias well, but he was quite unique.’

She, now in her midtwenties, had only seen a few of the atrocities committed by Matthias.

Since the children of the family couldn’t become close to each other, she and he weren’t familiar with each other.

‘But in my vague memories, I remember Matthias was quite an interesting character…….’

Still not having heard from the servant, she thought calmly.

“Oh, no news. They must all be dead.”

She rolled her blue eyes around like glass beads.

It seemed that Matthias’s return would bring quite an interesting event to her ordinary daily life. Of course, it was just her speculation so far.

“I want to go myself if it keeps going like this.”

The document also mentioned that warmaniac Axel was quickly wrapping up the war.

It also stated that he was expected to return to the family within a month, at the latest.

“I need to arrive before Axel.”

Delpia tied the shawl around her neck like strangling herself as she closed the document.

“This is going to be fun.”

‘What does the kid look like? Is she half my size?’

Delpia never had a ‘real’ childhood. One day she woke up from hell and found herself having an adult ceremony.

“Ah, maybe I’ll go tomorrow or next week.”

Delpia grinned as she brushed her white hair back.

The day of the ‘saint’s’ arrival on earth was not far off.

Of course, she had all the information. The saint of this generation, Melodia, was predominantly praised for her kindness, such as sponsoring orphans. But…….

‘She is too clean to a fault.’

Considering the occasional rumors that she’s the political partner of the Crown Prince…

‘It’s impossible to completely rule out the possibility of the Temple getting involved in the succession dispute.’

It was clear that the Temple, or the saint, would do their utmost to prevent Matthias Mirmode, who was rumored to be related to demons, from succeeding the head of the family. Then it seemed that she could gain from it.

‘This is going to be quite fun.’

Looking at this, Matthias didn’t hesitate to kill the servants. He was keen to spread his power everywhere.

Matthias or Matthias’s daughter.

Axel.

Even the Saint.

It seemed like quite an interesting chaos was about to unfold.

“I want to see.”
By oath, Delfia had no intention of partaking in that chaos.

A playful observer, isn’t it perfect?

A sincere smile etched itself onto Delfia’s lips.

The hunting event, aimed to lift the spirits of my father, the successor of the Duke of Mirmode and now the Earl of Rochelle, and his followers, came to a safe conclusion.

‘Father disappeared halfway, which was boring.’

As my father firmly held my shoulder, he said, “I will get rid of anyone who bullies my daughter.” Although it was not reassuring at all, I nodded my head.

After murmuring something under his breath, my father disappeared somewhere, and I turned my back on him.

Shortly afterwards, upon arriving in the mansion room, I gazed at the darkened sky, remembering the entourage of my father that I had met today.

“Lady Cien, what are you thinking about while looking at the night sky?”

As I was about to say, “Thinking about my father’s friends”, I turned from the window and slumped weakly onto the couch.

No matter how much I thought about it, my father’s entourage was hopeless.

They were just like our father not villainous at all, but rather delicate, weak, and fond of cute things…

As if to solidify my thoughts, my sisters suddenly pulled out a tiny stuffed toy.

“Ah, the aides of Lord Matthias have brought a rabbit doll!”

“Would you like to check it?”

My sisters smiled proudly as they handed me the rabbit doll that looked like it could fit snugly in my arms.

‘What is this? Is it a cursed doll?’

It was a rabbit doll, but it wasn’t.

I didn’t know what I meant, but the doll’s round black eyes were asymmetrically attached, and above the rabbit’s ears, thread residues were clumped together haphazardly.

“They made it themselves!”

Ah….

I nodded my head.

‘So, those gentlemen stitched this rabbit doll with their own large hands.’

The more I imagined them sewing with their clumsy hands, the more my worries and concerns grew.

‘Can I afford to support all those foolish gentlemen?’

I slouched my shoulders and let out a sigh.

Even while sitting on the fluffy bedding, why did I feel as prickly as if I was wearing sackcloth?

“Lady Cien, why do you sigh?”

It was fortunate that I had dependable maid sisters.

“No……”

“Ah! Is it because of those spies we discovered?”

It wasn’t exactly because of the spies that I sighed, but I nodded.

“……The spy, there must be something.”

“That’s right. We dug up the back, and it seems like he’s dead.”

No matter how much I thought about it, their motive was still a mystery.

‘Why did they try to kidnap me at the hunting event? Who on earth ordered it?’

When my doubts were reaching their peak, one of the maids spoke.

“We’ve discreetly requested the Press family.”

“The Press family?”

“Yes. They’re the family where our Benchi briefly served. They’re quite renowned for digging up information.”

“According to them, there are a few suspicions.”

It will come out if we dig more.

“That’s a relief. But……”

I blinked as I looked at my maid sisters standing in a line before me.

In my rush to survive, I realized I had never asked for their names or their families.

“So the sister on the left, your name is Benchi?”

The maid sister on the left, with slightly fuller muscles and a blue bridge in her hair, Benchi, answered firmly.

“Yes. I come from the Press Viscount family.”

As I nodded my head, the sister next to her with sharp bangs picked up the conversation.

“Ah, I am Dedri of the Frit family. It’s an honor to tell you my name.”

Listening to them, I paused.

Wait a minute, I think I took that too naturally.

‘Didn’t they reveal their names too easily?’
A maid of a noble family, upon becoming a maid, forsakes her name and merely holds a title such as ‘close maid’ or ‘adornment maid’.

So, for a maid to reveal her own name to her lord was the equivalent of a pledge to serve that lord for life.

To speak of such a thing so easily…

I was slightly touched and blinked back tears.

“Bench, Deadlie. I’ll be counting on you from now on!”

“Yes! Just like snapping a chicken’s neck, I will break the enemy with a thump!”

“Loyalty!”

Sometimes, the aggressive remarks of my sisters were scary, but I had to get used to it as I was to be the antagonist.

In fact, I felt more relieved by the rough misdeeds of my maid sisters than the rabbit doll given by my dad’s friends.

“Good, let’s first find out where the enemy came from!”

My sisters nodded.

“By the way, Miss Cien, didn’t you say you had an appointment tomorrow?”

At their words, I slapped my knee. Indeed, I was still in the middle of an important mission. The mission to find the enemy and make one more ally before that.

That is, the quest .