A good idea was to bring them straight to our mansion.

Of course, there was a slight disagreement while bringing all the Sheriff Guild people to our mansion.

“Can we really live here?”

“Yeah. But there are a lot of gears in our mansion.”

“What? What do you mean there are a lot of gears?”

“I mean cogwheels! The cogwheels on the mansion walls might suddenly start turning, activating black magic that could kill you, so be careful.”

After that warning, they all went into their rooms and curled up.

“What’s so scary about a little black magic? Such weak people!”

After arranging rooms for them, I went to find Father in his office.

I definitely needed Father’s help with this matter.

Although my father had a heart as tender as a baby’s, he did have one terrifying connection!

Back when we lived in the countryside.

I remembered that among the people Father introduced as “agricultural tool makers”, there was one magician who had modified illegal magic tools.

He was the one who was caught by me and kicked out while messing around in our barn, claiming to be making agricultural tools.

“That person was actually a magician of the Principality!”

Though I’m worried Father might be deceived by con artists again, our position has changed now, so it might be possible to put a leash on that guy.

“We need a magician of the Principality to find that person.”

We’re no longer country villagers, but members of the Mirmode family now.

I narrowed my eyes and stared boldly at Father.

“Remember when you were scammed in the past?”

“Huh? I’ve been scammed so many times…”

Seeing Father look at me with gentle eyes makes my heart feel like it’s being torn apart.

“That magic tool maker who scammed my father, I’ll catch him again and make him my slave.”

I clenched my fist and said:

“Give me the contact information for that illegal magic tool maker!”

“Uh, um…? Who?”

“Remember? When we lived in the countryside!”

“Uh…”

“There was a guy who caused a fire while doing scary experiments in the barn!”

“That… Yes, there was. I remember now, Sien…”

Father’s gaze wavered like a sailboat caught in a storm.

I pressed my lips together tightly as I looked at Father and said:

“Give me that guy’s contact info! Our lives depend on it!”

At the word “lives,” Father even started trembling.

“How worried must he be about our future with that timid heart?”

Feeling bad, I grabbed Father’s shoulder and said:

“And I also brought some scary friends to help us?!”

The Sheriff Guild people from the Principality!

But at the words “scary friends,” Father’s face turned pale again.

“Oh no, Father doesn’t like hanging out with scary friends!”

I quickly opened my mouth to turn the situation around.

“No, smart! Friends!”

Friends who will change our conflict with the temple, make Father a properly recognized heir to the family, and solidify my position too!

I grinned, showing my protruding rabbit front teeth.

At that moment, Father, who had been quietly staring at me, gritted his teeth and said:

“Sien, our baby.”

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

I glared with wide eyes.

“No, Father! I’m not a baby. I’m an adult!”

Father muttered in a low voice.

“Yes, our adult daughter.”

“What?”

Suddenly, a strangely chilling smile appeared on his lips.

“Where are those ‘smart’ friends now?”

“…Huh?”

Why does Father suddenly seem so terrifying?

But my worry was short-lived as Father smiled again with a gentle expression.

“I just want to meet those friends.”

“Of course, you’d want to meet the friends who came to our house, right Father?”

“Of course, of course.”

But why do I feel so creeped out?

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“So these are our Sien’s friends.”

In front of the dining table.

I smiled slightly as I looked at the Sheriff Guild people gathered together with Father and me. They looked very happy, but for some reason, it felt like they were half out of their minds.

“Are they really that happy?”

I was actually a bit puzzled. Because although my father has a good impression and stature, there’s no need to smile so widely that their mouths are splitting.

“Ah, maybe they’re happy thinking about getting investment from Father!”

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this until now.

I slapped my knee, making a loud noise. Everyone around turned to look at me at the same time.

“What’s the matter, Sien?”

“We’re going to talk about what we’re going to do from now on.”

“What are we going to do, daughter?”

Father was the first to look at me with an attentive attitude.

“We’re going to sweep away Count Yoter, the Crown Prince, and the Princess all at once through the paternity test case!”

I put my hand to my mouth and gave a sinister smile. Looking at me like that, Father tilted his head.

“Develop a paternity test kit and even the Crown Prince?”

“Uh-huh!”

An ambiguous look appeared on Father’s face.

“How does our child plan to do that?”

“First, the Sheriff Guild people will help!”

At my words, the guild members around nodded their heads so hard they might fall off.

“Yes, that’s right! Of course, we must, must help!”

I grinned and clapped my hands.

“The Sheriff Guild knows very well how to do paternity tests! So after getting a paternity test from the Sheriff Guild people…”

“But Sien.”

“Huh?”

“Our daughter, think carefully. Count Yoter might know that the Sheriff Guild has been bribed. Wouldn’t it be better to leave this to Father…?”

“Huh?”

As expected, our Father is smart. Except for his naive and gullible side, he had some sharp aspects. But I raised my nose and said:

“Father, that’s a very good point. But you see.”

I grinned, nodding towards the muscular maid sisters.

“On the way here in the carriage, our maid sisters took care of everything! So Count Yoter won’t know that we bribed the Sheriff Guild!”

Count Yoter had already put spies behind me.

But what kind of people are our maid sisters?

The sisters put knives to the necks of the suspicious spies who were on the path while bringing the Sheriff Guild people, that’s what I mean.

Father’s face contorted once more at those words.

“Putting knives to necks… Our baby saw all of that?”

“Yup! It was so cool! Even more fun than goblin hunting games!”

Father’s face suddenly clouded over. I held Father’s hand tightly and said:

“So Father, we don’t have anything to worry about now!”

“…I, I see.”

Father looked at the people from the Sheriff Guild with a face full of worry and concern. They looked at me and Father with bewildered expressions.

“Then, what should we do from now on? We’re still making the paternity test kits, and still looking for kit production specialists, but is there anything else we should do…?”

I looked at them with my chin resting on my hand.

“I’m thinking of using the relationship between the Principality and the Empire! And also the relationship between the Emperor and the Crown Prince.”

There was something that came up in “Melodia’s Life” just in time.

Although the current Crown Prince was appointed as the successor, he didn’t receive proper recognition from the Emperor, so he went out to conquest wars and paid attention to surrounding diplomacy to manage his reputation.

I was planning to shatter the Crown Prince’s reputation with this ‘paternity test’ incident.

And to do that…

“Now, sisters and brothers!”

I clapped my hands playfully and looked around at all of them.

Father was watching my behavior with a suspicious look.

But Father should gradually get used to my devilish side.

“Will I ever be able to reveal to Father that I’m a reincarnator?”

Father loves me tremendously, but I’m not sure if he would treat me the same way if I revealed that I’ve been reincarnated.

I bit my lip tightly and raised my chin proudly.

Right now, the focus should be on how to deal with the Crown Prince, not on revealing that I’m a reincarnator.

“The answer is a protest!”

“What?”

“Two of the sisters and brothers here will do it!”

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Biem and Terrace from the Sheriff Guild had been conducting a one-person, no, two-person protest near the Imperial Palace since earlier.

It was difficult to protest under the blazing sun, but remembering Sien’s words made them feel like they were refreshing their mouths with water.

“She said that soon our paternity test kits will rule the continent.”

She didn’t share the method directly. But Biem and Terrace came out to protest as if enchanted by her strangely trustworthy way of speaking.

“But how long do we have to keep protesting?”

“Well, since the young miss told us to do it, I guess we should just keep going for now?”

“But she was really cute, wasn’t she?”

Their expressions suddenly brightened.

The baby named ‘Sien’ was lovable and cute like a small steamed bun, and her appearance had been a source of comfort for them who had lost everything.

“That’s right, she really is a ray of comfort and light.”

Holding up their one-person protest signs in defiance, they tilted their heads as they watched the cargo wagons passing by this place endlessly.

Would a carriage carrying the ambassador and the Crown Prince pass through this secluded road with no guards?

Though they couldn’t be certain of anything, they straightened their bodies while holding signs that read [Large guilds that steal the achievements of small guilds, wake up!] [Those who stole ideas, wake up!]

A somewhat suspicious cargo wagon was passing by near them.

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“Hmm… What’s that?”

Heinrich, a high-ranking nobleman of the Principality and ambassador to the Empire, slightly lifted the curtain of the carriage with a puzzled look.

Being curious, he wanted to see the ordinary life of the Empire, so he was traveling in a cargo wagon instead of a lavish imperial carriage, with extremely limited guards.

The Crown Prince, who was looking outside while riding in the carriage with him, followed Heinrich’s fingertip with his gaze.

In their view, they saw what looked like commoners audaciously conducting a one-person protest outside the Imperial Palace.

“Ah, that. There’s no need for the ambassador to worry about it.”

“Hmm, I see.”

At Heinrich’s words, the Crown Prince’s face slightly contorted as he looked outside.

The ambassador from the Principality, who was watching him, leaned back more deeply against the carriage backrest with a puzzled expression and said:

“Rather, I’d like to hurry into the Imperial Palace and explain about the Mikel mine to the nobles of the Empire.”

The Crown Prince’s face brightened at the mention of the Mikel mine.

In fact, it’s not common for the Crown Prince of the Empire to meet with a mere ambassador from the Principality to discuss diplomatic relations and personally entertain him.

However, the reason this uncommon event is happening now is because of the ‘Mikel mine’.