The bewildered priest opened his eyes wide.

The priest’s mouth gaped open.

The bluish light flowing from Acid’s hand was even excessively large in scale. Normally, people said to have strong divine power emit light that fills their own body.

However, the light Acid was producing was so vivid and massive that it seemed like it would fill the entire room.

‘I’ve never seen blue light, or light of this scale before…’

Although he had never examined the Pope’s divine power, he wondered if even the Pope’s divine power could be this great.

The priest blinked his eyes while clenching his fist.

So… He had heard that such a vivid blue light was the light of a Healer.

Of course, he had never seen a single Healer before.

Healers were rare individuals with the power to heal all human suffering and save people on the brink of death, something the priest had only seen in textbooks.

“Is there a problem?”

The priest opened his eyes wide as he looked at Acid, who blinked nonchalantly despite possessing such powerful strength.

“The, the problem is…”

Even as he spoke, the light grew stronger, to the point where it was escaping through the door. As if this cramped examination room couldn’t contain all of Acid’s power.

For a moment, the priest’s complexion turned pale as he couldn’t continue speaking.

This boy from the Mirmod family…

He was a Healer, a precious existence of which there might not even be ten in the entire empire.

“Do you… really have this ability?”

To think that such a gentle and kind-speaking boy was a valuable talent of the empire.

“Y-yes…”

Just as the priest with a dazed expression moved his lips, there was a commotion outside the door.

It seemed to be an argument between the priest and people from the Mirmod family.

“Strange light is pouring out from inside! What if it’s d-dangerous?”

“Look, you’re misunderstanding—”

“Don’t worry—”

“Nothing will happen.”

“No. My daughter wants to go in, so let her in.”

Thud—!

The examination room door burst open.

Matthias Mirmod, famous as the greatest villain in the Mirmod family, casually opened the door to the examination room.

Of course, entering the examination room during an examination was illegal, but Matthias didn’t seem to care about such things.

The priest could see Sien Mirmod, a chubby five-year-old who seemed to have clenched her fist to protect the boy.

Sien quickly ran towards Acid.

“What’s this blue light? Are you okay?”

Acid’s expression, which had been drooping with shoulders slumped as if dejected all along, brightened radiantly.

“Yes, yes…! They, they say I have an ability!”

It was as if he had seen the light of his life, so radiant and sweet.

And the boy put down the rosary he had been holding on the table as if it was now worthless.

His expression suggested that only Sien mattered, rather than how great his divine power was.

***

Acid strode into the room and silently grasped Delphia’s wrist. Feeling the divine power flowing from Acid, Delphia slightly furrowed her brow.

“Ugh, divine power. It feels unpleasant.”

Well, Delphia was incompatible with divine power.

Fortunately, Healers were owners of such cheating abilities that they could easily heal even humans whose bodies were incompatible with divine power. Like Delphia now, they would only feel a slightly unpleasant sensation.

I shook my head at Delphia, who was frowning like a child who hates getting shots.

“No. You have to endure it.”

Delphia’s eyes fixed on me. Seeing my blinking eyes, she winked one eye.

“If our master wants it, I’ll endure it.”

For some reason, I felt like I was going to be terribly entangled with Delphia, and I really disliked that “master” title.

But when I saw those curious eyes directed at me, it somehow felt like looking at a curious silver fox.

Meanwhile, Acid was silently using his divine power. Bluish light flowed from Acid’s hand, and Delphia’s purple lips gradually regained their color.

A few minutes later, Acid quietly declared.

“It’s purified now. It seems like it was poison.”

Acid looked down at his own hand as if amazed. He seemed surprised that his healing ability worked just by thinking about it.

I was really amazed too.

I was shocked yesterday too, almost puffing up my cheeks like a pufferfish…

I didn’t know Acid was one of those rare Healers.

Moreover, it was unexpected that he was such a great talent that he could control divine power to some extent without much learning.

And one more amazing thing.

‘It must have been really dangerous poison, as expected of the Mirmod, villainous family!’

To use poison on their own blood relatives, it was indeed fitting for a place where all kinds of dark schemes run rampant.

However, after healing Delphia, I faced a new obstacle.

Just as grandmother had intervened for me, Delphia might go and try to take revenge on grandmother.

I stared at Delphia while biting my corn-like teeth.

“I spoke wong earlier. The, the poison wasn’t actually put in by gwandma.”

I had to protect grandmother, who was working hard for my sake.

“Hm? Then who put it in?”

Delphia smiled knowingly.

“I, I put it in. So gwandma did nothing wrong!”

…My voice trembled slightly at the beginning.

Hearing my words, Delphia’s expression changed strangely. With a face that seemed to be subtly trying not to laugh, or not trying not to laugh, she covered her mouth.

“You really…”

“…?”

“I see, so you gave the disease and the cure. Aren’t you just too cute?”

“…What?”

“To use such cowardly tricks at this level, you might really be able to surpass me.”

The phrase “cowardly tricks” meant villainous, so it was clearly a compliment.

I nodded proudly.

Then Delphia, who had been observing my expression, said playfully.

“I’ve now given you my power, and my heart too.”

“Huh? I didn’t receive your heart though?”

At my words, Delphia laughed with tears in her eyes.

“Then… Master, will you be friends with me too? Can’t adults and babies be friends?”

“Huh? That’s not it, but…”

As I rolled my eyes, Delphia opened her mouth.

“Then if I give you more presents, will you be friends with me?”

“…Um, presents?”

“Mhm.”

“Hmm… wait.”

Delphia raised her body. Her hand was trembling slightly.

Seeing her hand approaching my cheek slightly, I tilted my head.

“But really, can’t I pinch your cheek just once?”

I shook my head and answered primly.

“If you give me a good present.”

Hearing my answer, Delphia clenched her fist.

“Alright, then I’ll start giving you presents from tomorrow.”

“Huh? From tomorrow?”

“You can look forward to what kind of presents I’ll give you.”

I don’t know what it is, but I feel like I need to revise my internal assessment of Delphia.

From a threatening person to a really strange person…!

But still…!

“Okay! I’ll look forward to it!”

…Because presents are good things!

“Nothing strange, okay…!”

“Of course, baby master.”

Delphia answered with kind eyes.

I started to feel a little excited…!

***

After lightly handing her leash to Sien, Delphia headed straight for Duchess Lucella’s mansion.

She was taken aback by the boldness of leaving the reception room door open as if expecting her visit, when she thought they would try to block her.

Delphia approached the Duchess, who was calmly and elegantly drinking tea, and plopped down across from her.

“You put poison in my teacup.”

Delphia spoke bluntly, not caring about etiquette at all.

The Duchess also put down her teacup, seemingly unconcerned with minor etiquette.

“Yes. I heard you two were having a tea party.”

“Hmm…”

“It seemed unbearable to let you try to kill the baby.”

“…So you thought it better for me to die instead of Sien, is that it?”

“Yes.”

It was a straightforward admission.

As expected of a magician who had often bloodied her own hands. But Delphia just smirked.

“For the first time, I have a day to thank the Duchess?”

The Duchess had always thought that Delphia’s crazy way of thinking surpassed that of ordinary people. But this time it was really peculiar.

Thanking her for putting poison in her teacup?

The Duchess, thinking it best to ask Delphia Mirmod directly for answers, narrowed her eyes and asked.

“What do you mean?”

“I really like that kid.”

Delphia grinned and rested her chin on the table. Her gaze fixed sharply on Duchess Lucella.

“Now he’s my master, and I’m on a leash.”

Her expression was too raw to say she was on a leash.

But the reason Delphia’s words couldn’t be ignored despite this was…

Her expression was too serious, considering she had always lived playfully and out of curiosity.

“Master?”

“Yes, baby master. I made my mana bead and gave it to Sien.”

Though she packaged it playfully, giving a mana bead was not something to be taken lightly.

Duchess Lucella slightly furrowed her brow.

“It seems you’re more… serious than I thought.”

“Of course.”

She seemed sincere.

As the Duchess’s eyes narrowed, evaluating the other person.

Delphia looked at her and said playfully.

“And I was thinking, don’t you think ‘master’ is a more charming nickname than ‘honey bun’?”

On her second recent visit to Duchess Lucella’s mansion, Delphia finally realized who the nickname “honey bun” was for.

She couldn’t help but know.

Even when she entered the mansion today, the maids were whispering.

‘I want to see Honey Bun soon.’

‘Can’t we take a vacation day and go to the western mansion?’

‘What vacation… I’ve prepared candy to give Honey Bun when he comes, so I hope he comes soon…’

Given the current situation, it was clear who the term “honey bun” referred to.

A slight displeasure showed on Duchess Lucella’s face, which had seemed calm all along.

“Our honey bun will prefer the term honey bun with this old lady.”

“Well, isn’t ‘master’ a cuter nickname?”

Their gazes met in the center.

Delphia smiling brightly, and Duchess Lucella coldly and calmly observing the situation.

Surprisingly, it was at the level of sparks flying as if in a successor competition.

Without Sien knowing, a heated competition for Sien had begun.

***

And so the next day came.

After Sister Delphia left, Dad said, “It’s fortunate the device installed in the tea party room didn’t explode.” … I’m not sure exactly what he meant.

He probably thought I would be in danger, so he called those sucker uncles and had them set up some cute toy bomb or something.

After brushing my teeth with chika chika and washing my face with splish splash, I went for a walk with the maid sisters.

But then…

A carriage with Delphia’s seal engraved on the outside was coming.

“It’s a bomb sent by Lady Delphia Mirmod.”

“I’ll remove it right away.”

There was a cracking sound as if bending all the joints in their bodies.

“Shall we start warming up?”

I shook my head with my eyes wide open. Because the figure I could see in the distance…!

I clenched my fist with a big smile.