I brightened my eyes like stars and tightly grasped the hands of Bench and Deadly.

“Yes, I need to go to sleep now!”

The plan was already fully laid out.

I will rescue the younger brother of the holy knight Ted in a spectacular way, fall into his arms, and earn his trust. It was the only way to capture his heart before the original female lead appeared and took Ted away.

‘Ted has outstanding holy power. He’s almost the only one who can stop Axel’s evil power, so I must have him.’

In the novel, there was a scene where Axel and Ted faced off. Everyone else easily had their necks snapped by Axel, but Ted was different. Their battle ended inconclusively due to someone’s sudden intervention.

But all readers were certain.

If the battle between Axel and Ted had gone to the end, Ted would have won against Axel.

So I absolutely had to have Ted.

To do that, I needed to save Ted’s younger brother and hand him over.

‘Ted’s brother was said to be a kidnapped child… What did he look like again?’

The original female protagonist with holy power encounters Ted’s brother on Fellord Street and notices the child’s special qualities.

But I didn’t think I would be able to recognize Ted’s brother right away.

I sighed deeply as I tried to recall the child’s appearance.

Shabby clothes, drooping and pitiful eyes, scars all over the body. The only thing that shone about that child was said to be blue eyes like jewels.

‘Since they said it was a child, wouldn’t they be in an orphanage in the poor district?’

A child I remember because I think they’re similar to me in my early childhood.

Yes, the child described in the novel looked like they were suffering to anyone who saw them.

So I, who was planning to call Ted and go to that street together, hesitated for a moment.

‘Maybe Ted might go berserk if he sees his family living in pain.’

The rampage of holy power is not good.

I blinked my eyes and fell into thought.

If I lost my dad and was told he was living in a bad environment. And if I saw that scene myself.

I didn’t even want to imagine that scene.

I hugged the bizarre rabbit doll the uncles had given me tightly and sighed.

***

The next morning, before meeting the holy knight of the Senoa Temple, I went to grandmother and boldly asked for a vacation.

‘The maid sisters caught the deer for me!’

When I briefly mentioned the story of the hunting competition day, grandmother smiled with satisfaction and said.

‘No. You must have caught it. Honey bread, you’re really like a little villain!’

I knew that was the highest praise from grandmother!

So I was smiling brightly and was about to bow my head to grandmother when.

Grandmother stroked my head and murmured as if she found it admirable.

“I can guess who sent the deer too… It will be taken care of on its own.”

Grandmother spoke in a puzzling, ambiguous way.

And Leonhart, who was standing next to her, also nodded silently.

‘Catching a deer, as expected, like a genius.’

Receiving their expectant gazes, I smiled shyly, bowed my head to grandmother, and came out of the room to meet the maid sisters.

‘I’m going to Fellord Street first to rescue Sir Ted’s younger brother!’

Recalling the plan I had made yesterday, I changed into casual clothes with the two maids.

To disguise myself as a typical commoner child, I wore a bright blue beret on my head and suspender pants. I smeared light soot on my face to cover my snow-white skin.

The maid sisters needed a bit longer disguise process.

I had been wondering whether to bring them along or not, as their burly bodies and faces would stand out wherever we went.

But completely transforming their faces and bodies was a very dangerous magic.

So the method we chose was this.

Cover the face with a large veiled hat and wrap the entire body in a large, coarse-textured cloak worn by commoners, leaving no skin exposed.

When we did that, neither their faces nor bodies were visible.

After adjusting their height and build to look a bit larger with magic tools, a satisfactory disguise was complete.

‘We look just like ordinary commoners now.’

After finishing the disguise and preparing everything to depart for Fellord Street.

We rode in a plain two-horse carriage that looked like a public carriage without the family crest stamped on it, passing through winding roads, and finally got off a block away from Fellord Street.

The sisters and I held hands and walked quietly, then looked down at the dead bird in front of Fellord Street and said.

“We’ve finally arrived!”

“Yes, where do you plan to go from here?”

An eerie voice flowed out from inside the large veiled hat. I tried to recall the contents of the original work. However, I didn’t know exactly where that child would be at this point in time on Fellord Street.

Would they be in an orphanage in Fellord Street, or would they already be working?

‘I’ll have to look for them from now on.’

“Shall we look around a bit?”

Thinking I should go to the orphanage first since I roughly know where it is, I shouted.

“Yes! This is exciting.”

“It feels like we’re exploring.”

Perhaps because I hadn’t properly told the maid sisters the purpose of visiting Fellord Street today. They seemed to be entering this place with somewhat pounding hearts.

We looked around as we entered Fellord Street.

‘It’s dirtier than I thought.’

The front of Fellord Street was not cleaned. It was a place where cats with all four paws blackened wandered around to lick garbage.

Still, we ignored the smell of garbage and the dirty environment around us and entered the street while chatting happily.

However, it didn’t take long for my expression and those of the two maids to harden.

‘These are scary people.’

I opened my eyes wide as I looked ahead.

Gangsters with dangerous-looking faces and homeless people were roaming the streets. They all reeked of body odor as if they hadn’t washed their hair in a long time.

The atmosphere seemed definitely different from the clean street just a block away. I glanced at the old signboard on the street.

‘We’ll have to pass through this road to get to the orphanage. We can’t avoid it either.’

…We’ll just have to go.

I held the sisters’ hands tightly and walked down the narrow street.

It was a kind of signal to just walk quietly. As if understanding my intentions, the sisters also started walking quietly, matching my pace.

However, as I had anticipated, the homeless people sitting on the street began to add a word or two when they saw us. They rose with staggering bodies and approached us threateningly, right up to our faces.

“What’s this, three little ones wandering around here?”

The breath of the one who put his face right in front of us reeked terribly of alcohol.

“Walking around with your heads held high, huh.”

“What’s with that ridiculous hat?”

“Let me see your face.”

One of the homeless spat out yellow phlegm while mocking us.

I slightly frowned, but the maid sisters stepped forward first, blocking my view.

“We’ll handle this.”

They seemed to be thinking of using force.

“No. Ignore them.”

I didn’t want to cause a commotion. Dealing with those people is a problem for later.

I tried to lead the sisters away by firmly holding their hands.

“…Understood. Accomplishing our goal comes first, right!”

However, as the sisters adjusted their hats and moved their steel-like bodies, a homeless man with white hair approached us aggressively, waving a broken glass bottle. Murky liquid dripped from the broken bottle onto the ground.

“Looks like you want to get hit.”

“Pay the toll if you don’t want your face slashed.”

The man shouted ferociously.

“Hah.”

Seeing their threatening hand gestures, Sister Bench snorted once and took off her gloves.

Crack!

The sound of bones grinding came from her wrist.

The homeless men were giggling and mocking us, unaware of the future that awaited them.

And while everyone was distracted by their confrontation. As I looked around, I could see a small head, about the size of a chestnut burr, peeking out from behind a signboard.

With two hands severely shrunken as if burned, the child was struggling to hold a very small basket.

“We do our best no matter who the opponent is.”

As Bench spoke, Deadly coldly continued.

“Even if it’s a homeless person.”

The sisters grabbed the collar of the homeless man who dared to approach me, glaring.

“What are you−urk!”

The sisters were strong indeed.

Quickly and silently, bottles shattered and the homeless men’s noses broke. The sisters easily subdued five or six men with one hand.

“S-Sorry−.”

“You think an apology is enough after killing someone?”

The sounds of bickering continued, but I could no longer watch the sisters’ fight.

‘More than the fight, that child over there keeps bothering me.’

Thanks to the maid sisters thoroughly protecting me, I could comfortably look elsewhere despite the violent fight happening right in front of me.

‘Could it be a child living in the orphanage?’

I glanced at the child who was looking at me from about twenty steps away from us.

A small child peeking out just their eyes from under the signboard.

The basket in their hand had the name ‘Lukri Orphanage’ written on it.

I didn’t know the exact name of the orphanage where the holy knight’s younger brother was staying, but one thing was clear.

There wouldn’t be multiple orphanages in this poor street.

Therefore, that child was certainly connected in some way to the holy knight’s younger brother.

I focused my eyes to not lose sight of the little one.

Timid-looking bluish eyes looking around while swinging a small basket.

By now, the child’s gaze was also fixed on me. How old would they be? Seven or eight years old? A child with a dark complexion and unusually white hair.

“Lady Sien. We’ve taken care of everything!”

While the child and I were looking at each other for a long time, it seemed the fight had ended completely.

I quickly turned my gaze to the street. I could see people sprawled out on the street. When I sniffed, the smell of blood was serious.

‘Those men are still alive, right?’

The gangsters in the dark street would naturally be no match for the sisters.

I lost interest in the gangsters and turned my attention back to the child.

“Sisters, thank you. I want to talk to that child.”

Although their faces were quite puzzled, the maid sisters nodded as if they understood.

I carefully approached the child who was hiding behind the signboard, covering their eyes tightly with one hand as if scared of the scene before them.

***

When we first approached, the child seemed startled and huddled up. It was right after the maid sisters had beaten the homeless men, so they would be more wary.

Instead of explaining how I came to be here, I compressed the situation to just ‘I have something to find in this street.’

“I want to go to the orphanage!”

“Um, I live in the orphanage. I just came out to get some food…”

The child murmured, lowering their head as if whimpering like a small puppy. I could see their fluffy hair.

Looking at the short boy with pitch-black soot all over his body but sparkling eyes, I reached out my hand with all my might.

“Baby, can you help me?”

“Me…? Can I?”

The tone seemed to be asking if they could help someone.

I nodded and smiled brightly.

“Yes! Take me to the orphanage. I’ll definitely reward you!”

“I’m glad I can be of help. Please follow me.”

The gentle-looking child answered in a hesitant voice and started walking.

I stepped forward energetically.

Although we had physically subdued the homeless men, the security in this area was still not good. So the maid sisters guarded our front and back, emitting a fierce aura.

The child guiding me beside me looked at me with pure eyes like an abandoned puppy and asked in a small voice.

“Um, by any chance…”

“Yes?”

“…Ah, it’s nothing. The orphanage is a bit dirty… But it’s close from here.”

I nodded and went with the child.

“Have you always lived here?”

“Yes. I never had a family from the beginning.”

“I see…”

“Yes, I’m an orphan.”

There was resolution mixed in the gentle voice.

It was clearly a voice resenting family, so I nodded.

“Cheer up…”

As I comforted him, I could once again confirm that the boy’s eyes were blue.