I'll Protect the Tyrant Daddy! - Chapter 18

“I deeply apologize.”

A teacup was extended before me as I sat on a small table, swinging my legs.

The knight seemed accustomed to this situation. He let out a long sigh, quickly resolved the situation, and brought me to his private residence.

“It’s alright.”

The children who teased me couldn’t avoid a long period of self-reflection. Since their holy power wasn’t that high anyway, if I made an issue of it, they might not be able to become acolytes, he said. The watch-shaped orb that grandmother had fastened to my wrist would serve as evidence.

Although the influence of House Mirmod doesn’t extend much to the temple, our family was still nobility. They wouldn’t be foolish enough to antagonize the Duke’s family just to protect a few young acolytes.

“I won’t make a big deal out of it.”

But I answered in a calm voice.

Of course, while pretending to be kind, I actually knew what would happen to those children.

‘Even if I don’t make an issue of it, they’re already finished.’

Even the tiniest flaw is a problem for young acolytes. It will be very, very difficult for them to become acolytes in the future.

I laughed inwardly like a little rascal, then looked at the knight before me.

It was quite a magnanimous thing to say, but there was a calculated move behind it.

‘If I speak so kindly, this knight brother will see me as good!’

He seemed to perceive me as a good child, sighing deeply as he expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you very much. But, what brings the young lady of House Mirmod here…?”

It seemed that thought had only just occurred to him.

He looked at me carefully.

‘I can’t say I came to see you.’

I opened my mouth with sophistication.

Just as Melodia had won his favor in the novel.

I closed my eyes for a moment, recalling the lines from the original work.

“I saw a flyer?”

“Pardon?”

“It said someone at this temple was looking for their family. Ted, was it? So I came to help find them.”

“You… came because you saw the flyer?”

“Yes!”

He hurriedly continued.

“I… I was the one who put up that flyer.”

Ted’s eyes trembled.

Of course, I had never actually seen the flyer he said he made.

I was just speaking from memory.

I quietly opened my mouth.

“I’ve seen a baby boy who looks just like the sketch on it. Blonde hair, almond-shaped blue eyes.”

“What? Where…?”

“He’s on Pelord Street.”

The righteous knight seemed nervous, gripping the teacup in his hand even tighter.

It looked like the cup might break.

Melodia’s knight, Ted.

Even after dedicating all his abilities to God, he had been steadily searching for his lost younger brother.

And in the original work, Melodia had helped him find his precious lost brother.

Ted had given Melodia a cherished hairpin as thanks for revealing his brother’s whereabouts, and after finding his brother, he had sworn to become her knight.

This time, I had decided to take her place.

“If that’s true, I must… I must reward you, even if it’s meager…”

“Really?”

“Yes, whatever you wish for.”

“Then… um…”

After pondering for a moment, I decided to get straight to the point.

“Would you become my knight?”

“Pardon?”

He hesitated, then quietly shook his head.

“Such a reward is difficult. Besides… House Mirmod must have many better knights. I’m not that outstanding among holy knights. And I have someone I must protect.”

‘Oh no, damn it!’

I wanted to swear in a way unbefitting a small child.

‘You already have someone to protect?’

I took deep breaths repeatedly to calm myself.

Those words could certainly be a smokescreen. In the original work, he didn’t have anyone to protect yet.

Since I was from House Mirmod, from a knight’s perspective, he would be even more reluctant to follow me.

To dispel his suspicions, I smiled harmlessly and made up a good excuse.

My chubby cheeks were gently tanned by the sunlight streaming through the window.

“But Sien was moved by the gallant knight who saved me earlier.”

“What? What do you mean…”

“I’m always alone with Papa in the countryside.”

“…”

“So I’m scared of Mirmod. It would be nice… to have a knight to protect me.”

Ted seemed to know the rumors about me and my father. For a moment, his eyes clouded over.

Perhaps he was overlapping his relationship with his younger brother with my relationship with my father. With that thought, I spoke emphatically.

“So, Sien needs lots and lots of family to protect her!”

Eyes twinkling.

As I looked at him with my soft hands on both cheeks, he smiled as if deflated.

“Ah…”

He might be thinking I’m a naive noble young lady.

But he already looked like he felt deeply indebted.

It might not be enough to break the vow of a righteous knight who lives for God.

So I decided to add more to his debt.

“I’ll help you find your brother.”

“…Pardon?”

“I’ll help you.”

I smiled brightly and waved at him.

The offer to help was sincere.

“…Even so, I can’t be your escort right away…”

“Not escort, just help. You just helped me too! I know about sin… Ah, not sin! Sincerity.”

“Haha…”

It was just a casual remark, but Ted’s expression became flustered. I heard him murmur softly. ‘Sincerity…’ he said.

‘Come to think of it, wasn’t Ted the type to value beliefs?’

It was an offhand comment, but it seemed to have caught him off guard.

This time, I managed to find a crack in his heart and make him feel indebted. From now on, this righteous holy knight will remember me and reach out to me at crucial moments.

‘Anyway, I didn’t think I could take this person away today.’

He looked down at my small hand and muttered something quietly between his teeth.

“Young Lady Mirmod.”

He carefully searched his belongings and handed me a small hairpin.

“…Thank you for your kindness. This isn’t a precious holy relic, but please accept it.”

I looked at the hairpin quietly and then hesitated. I was taken aback by how casually he gave me the hairpin. In the original work, Melodia received this hairpin as a gift and deepened her friendship with him.

“Yes.”

I bowed my head slightly as I accepted the pin he handed me.

‘I’m following exactly the same route as Melodia.’

She is the protagonist of this world, and I am not.

It might be beyond me to usurp Melodia’s role, but looking at his eyes gave me hope.

‘I can’t be sure if he’ll become my person or not, but…’

I stared at his complex expression. His serious demeanor when talking about his brother resembled my own attempts to protect my father.

After glimpsing his earnest sincerity, I genuinely wanted to help him find his brother.

“Then, let’s go look for your brother after three nights!”

Tomorrow is Father’s succession ceremony, and the day after is the hunting competition, so the day after that I’ll have time.

I had to make the most of my time.

“Alright. Thank you so much.”

I stared at him nodding his head.

And then…

‘So that’s the expression of someone trying to protect their family.’

Somehow, that knight’s expression seemed like looking at my own face. I sincerely wanted to help him to the best of my ability.

Because I knew we had the same feelings.

***

With a somewhat nervous heart, I returned straight to the Duke’s residence.

Clutching the butterfly-shaped hairpin the knight had given me.

The muscular maid sisters were waiting for me right in front of the temple. They had just finished threatening the servants in the prayer room.

“Hahaha! Lady Sien!”

“…Huh?”

I hesitated and stepped back. Then they looked at me with broad smiles.

“We’ve obtained entry passes for this temple!”

“…”

“From now on, whenever you come to this temple, we’ll escort you right away!”

“Like proper maids!”

I stared at the deathly pale complexion of the acolyte standing behind them. It certainly looked like they had been threatened, and for some reason I even felt sorry for them.

“Umm…”

Seriously, I was grateful that the muscular maid sisters were on my side.

After such a small commotion, the next day arrived – the day Father would receive the title of Viscount and Earl.

The succession ceremony was conducted in a simplified manner.

It meant there was no need to hold a grand ceremony at this time, with the territorial war ongoing and the imperial palace keeping our family in check.

But I knew.

As I headed to the western mansion that grandmother had prepared for us, I cursed the Mirmod family inwardly.

‘These bad family members, are they holding such a small succession ceremony because they think Father is just a successor they’ll replace anyway?’

It seemed less than 10% of people thought our father would survive.

I could tell just by listening to the voices of people whispering whenever I walked around the mansion.

‘I heard she’ll die soon too?’

‘But in the past… Well, you never know what might happen, right?’

Their hushed voices reached my ears.

I listened as carefully as I could to gather information.

‘…Even so, he lost all his power and was exiled, what can he do?’

‘True. Lord Axel and Lady Delphia are expected to return soon anyway.’

‘Really? Will Lady Delphia arrive faster?’

‘They’ll both arrive within a month. A messenger sent an urgent dispatch!’

But all I heard was the desperate news that Axel and Delphia would return soon.

Completely tense, I held tightly to the offensive artifact grandmother had given me and thought seriously.

‘I need to gain strength!’

It was the same now. All the way to the mansion, even as I bit my lip and walked quickly, gazes and words followed behind me.

“There’ll be another bloodbath in the family soon. Sigh.”

“That poor child will die soon too. How pitiful.”

But.

At some point, the whispering people suddenly stopped talking.

Crack, crack.

Was it because of the sound of joints cracking beside me?

The maid sisters murmured in low voices.

“Lady Sien.”

“Mm.”

When I stopped and looked up, the dark expressions of the maid sisters greeted me.

Judging by their expressions, even the muscle-brained maid sisters with sharp muscles but dull ears seemed to have heard their malicious whispers.

“Shall we deal with them right away?”

“Everything is prepared.”

…What’s with this way of speaking?

‘Where on earth did these sisters learn such a strange way of talking!’

I even felt troubled, wondering if they had acted like this when dealing with the education director’s spy.

‘It’s scary!’

The people, frightened by their ominous aura, turned their heads forward.

“W-what? Why care about those who’ll die soon?”

“Tsk, an exile being reinstated. When Lord Axel returns, those people will…!”

“Lord Axel? No need to go that far. It’ll be over once Lady Delphia arrives and deals with them!”

Of course, there were some who spewed curses like proper villains. Those who raised their heads brazenly, as if performing evil deeds, deliberately raised their voices.

‘I know that feeling well.’

I stared at them and grinned.

“Hmm, my Papa definitely won’t die.”

“Of course. We all know that.”

“Then, shall we deal with those loose-lipped ones in Lord Matthias’ name?”

“Huh? Papa’s name?”

For a moment, I tilted my head, thinking I had misheard.

If they dealt with people in my father’s name, it was clear that my kind-hearted and gentle father would be greatly shocked.

He might have a gloomy expression for days, trembling and saying, “To think I dealt with people…” The thought made my heart ache. But unaware of my inner feelings, the maids chanted loudly in unison.

“Lady Sien! Please make a decision!”

One of my specialties was firmly shaking my head at nonsensical suggestions. I shook my head vigorously.

“No way. Papa’s heart will ache and he’ll cry!”

“Huh, huh huh…?”

“Lady Sien…”

The muscular maid sisters seemed to be oddly avoiding my gaze.

‘Why are they making such expressions?’

*

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