I stared at him wideeyed.

A female gypsy with a shaman son had no business being on the battlefield. Gypsies weren’t known for their military prowess.

“I will work diligently to assist His Highness… that’s what I said. So I will return. Of course, it could be a lie.”

The eyes of the captain speaking thus were filled with caution.

I was slowly planning to ask his name, take his hand, and bring him home.

But just then,

The knights Ted and Acid, who were guarding me while I spoke with the captain, simultaneously fixed their gazes elsewhere.

“There are some shady people over there!”

“Capture them!”

At that moment, my sister Deadri let out a curse she never usually uttered due to my education.

“Capture those bastards—!”

Both the captain and I widened our eyes.

Ted moved forward first, and Acid and the captain formed a protective barrier in front of me.

“What, what’s happening?!”

(This is a time divider.)

The muscle maidens and Ted had vaguely sensed the strength of Pat and Mat.

But they had hidden so well in the shadows that they couldn’t be fully identified.

However, when Pat and Mat saw Sien’s actions, they momentarily let their guard down.

After all, the child had embraced the captain who had attacked him, and even publicly announced he would sponsor an orphanage. How could such a small kid… have such unique thoughts?

Momentarily moved, they forgot to retreat into the shadows.

“It’s purifying…”

“We’re fortunate to be in charge of this…”

And just when they let their guard down, the knight Ted, who had sworn loyalty to Sien, looked in their direction.

At that moment, Pat and Mat thought they should escape, but were instantly overwhelmed by Ted’s sudden burst of divine power.

If they exerted their full power, they could easily have escaped or overpowered Ted.

However…

“What’s this?”

Sien was watching them.

A duel always accompanies an escape. They couldn’t possibly spill blood in front of pure, lovable, and virtuous Sien. Hence, they were helplessly captured and dragged out.

Being led out powerlessly.

With their eyes downcast, Pat and Mat were dragged before Sien.

“Sien, this man has been watching us continuously,” Ted reported calmly, and the muscle maidens agreed.

“That’s right. They’ve been watching us menacingly from the start!”

To appear as innocent as possible, Pat and Mat put on smiling faces. Their expressions said, ‘We are good people.’

Sien’s gaze turned ferocious upon seeing this.

“What’s your name!”

Sien clenched his small fists and glared at Pat and Mat.

“Let’s take them, sisters!”

Pat and Mat widened their eyes. Overwhelmed by Sien’s cuteness and charisma, Mat hesitated.

“Where, where are you taking us…”

“Where do you think! It’s our home! Captain, you follow too!”

…And thus, Pat, Mat, and the captain left the orphanage and entered the Mirmod mansion, where Matthias Mirmod awaited them.

…They were caught so foolishly while they were supposed to quietly observe.

Pat and Mat sensed that today would be their judgement day.

(This is a time divider.)

“Grandpa, this is the captain!”

Sien, who had brought all three with him, stood confidently before Matthias.

Matthias looked coldly at Pat and Mat, then warmly down at Sien. It was a true JekyllandHyde situation, but Sien hadn’t noticed.

Matthias asked Sien warmly,

“The captain?”

“Yep! I brought a friend from the orphanage service! Hehe!”

“You went to serve at an orphanage…”

Matthias looked coldly at the captain. ‘Could he be a vile bastard intending to take advantage of innocent Sien?’ was the message in his eyes.

However, as far as he could see, that didn’t seem to be the case.
Matthias gently stroked Sien’s head with an expression that indicated he was touched.

“Our daughter did something good?”

“Mhm!”

“I’m so moved… I’m getting a bit teary.”

A slight tremble entered Matthias’s voice. Of course, it was halfacting.

Sien energetically grabbed her father’s hand.

“Dad’s too sensitive.”

“Mm… yeah.”

The leader, who didn’t know Matthias’s rumors well, didn’t look too impressed.

But Pat and Matt gaped at the sight.

Is this really the Matthias we knew?

We’re not hallucinating as we’re about to die, are we?

“Ah, by the way, Sien.”

Then, shocking news came to them.

“Our daughter caught these bad people?”

Pat and Matt looked unfairly at Matthias. But Matthias had already cut them off.

Sien cheerfully pointed at Pat and Matt.

“But these guys are idiots!”

“Eh? Why?”

“They were going to run away but got caught! They should be beaten!”

“Can you leave it to dad…? I’ll interrogate them. Sien is still young.”

Sien narrowed her eyes at Matthias.

‘I hope this kind dad won’t mess up the interrogation,’ her expression said.

“Mhm! After dad interrogates, Sien will interrogate again!”

Matthias couldn’t hide his ominous expression as he looked at Pat and Matt.

“Right. They could be foolish spies who were caught by a single knight… ”

Pat and Matt felt a chill down their spine.

Death seemed imminent.