Chapter 11

‘You bad guy. So you torment people in this kind of way?’

 

As a result, Sephiel took a bath at the time of dawn and was forcibly made to play ball while being fed with a mountain of snacks.

 

“Haiing….”

 

Tung. Tung.

 

Sephiel bounced the ball without sincerity and ate the snacks she was fed from Berry’s arms.

 

‘So sleepy.’

 

Marie and Berry patted Sephiel’s head, who was nodding to sleep.

 

“Please drink some cocoa and then go to sleep. Since the Little Young Lord has ordered it.”

 

“Yeshh….” [Yess….]

 

Sephiel chewed the chocolate chips and snuggled into Berry’s lap.

 

Unfortunately, at this moment, the chocolate chip cookies burst in her mouth.

 

“Today you defended Marie, right Baby? Thank you.”

 

“No…. It was my mishtake.” [No…. It was my mistake.]

 

“You worked hard today, so you don’t have to brush your teeth. But that’s just for today.”

 

That was very happy news. Sephiel rubbed her eyes and said.

 

“Is he that scary? That Erga… He…”

 

Marie and Berry looked at each other.

 

“He’s scary and there’s nothing that we can do.”

 

“Why?”

 

“In this place, he is the God. It’s like that for all of his family. Since they’re part of the upper class….”

 

Sephiel nodded. So it was like that.

 

‘If they’re that kind of existence, then I should never run into them.’

 

Since there probably won’t be anything they need to meet for again. She thought that it would be done now.

 

‘In the first place, it’s weird that we met twice….’

 

Hoaam.

 

Sephiel yawned.

 

‘I’m glad I got through it well today.’

 

After all, it didn’t reach the point where they’d tell her to leave right away. It was more of a ‘you must not take even a single step out of the separate house, just as if you were dead’.

 

‘My paradise.’

 

Sephiel made up her mind seriously.

 

“But, is his pershonality originally wike that?” [But, is his personality originally like that?]

 

“Ah, the Little Young Lord?”

 

“…Yesh.” […Yes.]

 

“Please understand. Look, even though he’s the same age as Baby, he’s twice taller than you and talks like an adult.”

 

“…Right.”

 

“Those who have the blood of dragons are all like that. However, the abnormal rate of growth that makes them grow so rapidly puts a strain on their body and fidelity.”

 

“So does he lose his taste?”

 

Ah. It looked like that.

 

She shouldn’t laugh, but Berry’s lips twitched at the outrageous expression.

 

“There are days when they are sick, and they also do not develop their natural senses like the others. Yeah, like that.”

 

Sephiel wavered.

 

‘She said they didn’t develop the senses that were developed by others…. And since she said that they’re sick, aren’t they a little pitiful?’

 

However, no matter how much she thought about it, it was simply like a mouse thinking about a cat.

 

‘Who cares. We don’t need to be close. If we get married formally, he’ll eventually leave the world.’

 

But then, what will happen to Berry and Marie?

 

Sephiel blinked her eyes at the two.

 

“Thath ish, do you know…” [That is, do you know…]

 

“Yes?”

 

“If the Grand Duchy disappears, then where do Berry, Marie, and the people living here go?”

 

“That’s….”

 

Berry said.

 

“…Surely we have to leave this place, too.”

 

“….”

 

“In case…. Since there’s the possibility that could happen, our Baby also needs to learn more and build up her strength. Baby is so young that maybe you’ll still be a baby even after 10 or 20 years.”

 

Sephiel felt a little numb. It felt like her sleepiness was running away.

 

‘That’s not in case. That’s something that’s going to happen.’

 

Sephiel hid her thoughts and said.

 

“I will no longer be a baby at that time.”

 

“You are a baby. At least in our eyes.”

 

Berry chuckled.

 

“Hurry up and rest.”

 

Berry patted Sephiel’s chest rhythmically and Sephiel’s eyes slowly closed.

 

 

***

 

 

The next day.

 

“Uung?”

 

As Sephiel slowly opened her eyes, the sight that met her was Marie and Berry busy moving around.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Ah. Baby.”

 

Berry and Marie seemed to be happy for some reason.

 

“It turned out well.”

 

“Whath did…?” [What did…?]

 

“The Little Young Lord Erga felt sorry for Baby… So he said that you can stay in the Main Building until the other members of the Grand Duke Family returns!”

 

“….”

 

“You’re happy, right?”

 

Marie also nodded, obviously delighted.

 

“The Main Building is larger and the facilities there are good.”

 

Sephiel jumped out of the bed.

 

“No, it can’t be!”

 

“Yes?”

 

However, Sephiel’s few luggage was already being packed and moved.

 

“But it ish not supposed to be wike this….” [But it is not supposed to be like this….]

 

She just wanted to quietly borrow their name and live a carefree life.

 

Sephiel was shocked by her dream of living in paradise slipping away from her hands.

 

“Heeuk…. Huaaaang….”

 

But she couldn’t say anything, so Sephiel only hit the bed with her small fist.

 

“Phew, but there’s nothing for her to be this happy!”

 

“I think it must’ve been such a great thing that she cried.”

 

“Baby. There will surely be a lot more people who will love our Baby there!”

 

Sephiel rubbed her eyes with her small fist.

 

‘The evil me has been tricked. I surely got hit in the back of my head.’

 

As expected, it’s not easy to live a carefree life using others’ money.

 

“My… my paradise….”

 

Sephiel murmured faintly.

 

Moreover….

 

‘Ah, what should I do about this misunderstanding?’

 

However, the one-way carriage had already left.

 

 

***

 

 

And like that, her luggage was carried away one by one, and… only Sephiel, who held Berry’s hand tightly as her last move, remained.

 

“Uhm. Ash expwected, I think it’s better if I don’t go. Well, they are such eshteemed pweople, like the Gwand Duke. And those people, they will alsho come back one day, wight? That’s why, if they shee me living in the Main Building, those Mistersh will be angry.”

 

[Uhm. As expected, I think it’s better if I don’t go. Well, they are such esteemed people, like the Grand Duke. And those people, they will also come back one day, right? That’s why, if they see me living in the Main Building, those Misters will be angry.]

 

“Please don’t worry about that. Once they leave, they won’t come back for a few years! When either the First Grand Duke or the Grand Duke comes back, at that time we can just return to the separate house.”

 

Ah, why are you so clueless today, Berry? Sephiel wanted to sigh.

 

‘Berry. Why is life like this?’

 

“Now, here is Baby’s new room.”

 

Sephiel was shocked to see her room in the Main Building.

 

‘I’ve never seen such a nice room before.’

 

Really, wow.

 

She could only express herself like this.

 

All the furniture was low and the corners were round, making it safe.

 

The wall was covered with pastel-toned clouds and rabbit wallpaper that matched the room for a child.

 

‘Furthermore, there’s even a silk blanket….’

 

And the colorful toys that piled up all over the room.

 

“Ish thish really my room?” [Is this really my room?]

 

They wouldn’t have assigned her the wrong room and ask for her to leave, right? Sephiel was nervous.

 

Berry smiled and said.

 

“Of course? In the enormous Grand Duke house, the only baby girl is our Baby. Now, please try lying down on the bed and rolling around on the sofa too. Since if there is any furniture that you don’t like, we’ll have to get a new one.”

 

There’s no way she didn’t like it.

 

Sephiel lay on the bed and rubbed her cheeks.

 

‘When I laid down on a blanket made of linen cloth before, I thought it was the most amazing experience in the world.’

 

But to think that this time it was a silk blanket?! It was to the point that she was afraid about whether or not she could really enjoy this luxury or not.

 

Obviously, the sudden change in treatment was somewhat… There must have been an influence of power.

 

And there was only one class of people who had that much power in this house. It was a member of the Grand Duke Family.

 

‘Erga… turns out he’s not just such a bad kid.’

 

Sephiel thought.

 

“Little Young Lord.”

 

“Have you arrived?”

 

Berry and Marie hurriedly greeted him.

 

‘It looks like Berry and Marie are truly afraid of him… Erga.’

 

As Sephiel thought so, she got up from her seat in surprise.

 

‘Did he come to torment me?’

 

Sephiel looked at Erga with her heart pounding.

 

Under the bright sunlight, Erga’s slim nose and doll-like face were shining.

 

And that thing that’s in such Erga’s arms is….

 

‘A fluffy pink cotton doll?’

 

No way. To give to me?

 

Sephiel’s eyes sparkled without realizing it herself.

 

‘No matter how I think about it, I guess he’s just notoriously fickle.’

 

‘No, it might not be mine. Let’s not expect too much.’

 

However, Sephiel couldn’t take her eyes off it.

 

“Baby. Please greet him.”

 

“Hm, hi.”

 

Sephiel greeted him carefully. Erga looked at Sepiel silently and nodded.

 

‘Wow, he’s crazy in a positive way today.’

 

To think that he even accepted her greetings?!!

 

Berry then looked at the doll in Erga’s arm and said.

 

“Oh my, you must have brought a present for Baby.”

 

“It’s a pretty raccoon doll.”

 

The doll was soft even at a glance. It had a chubby raccoon tail full of brushy fur, and the border around its eyes were pink.

 

“It’s a doll that looks like you.”

 

Erga said bluntly. Sephiel began to have doubts.

 

“Why…?”

 

“Here. Look. How is it?”

 

“….”

 

Indeed. The raccoon doll was very cute.

 

Even at first glance, it had soft-looking fur and a face that seemed to be asserting itself while saying kyuung.

 

Maybe it’s because she had never had one in her past life. And maybe it was because upon returning to a young child’s body, her mind followed as well. Sephiel was misled without even realizing it.

 

“Ung…. Well…. It’s okay I guessh.” [Ung…. Well…. It’s okay I guess.]

 

Sephiel said with caution.

 

“Look carefully.”

 

The raccoon doll had a pretty ribbon on its neck. But—

 

Tuk.

 

At Erga’s swift gesture, the neck was separated.

 

“….”

 

“If you’re good, you can be cut into a cozy and cute raccoon without thinking like this.”

 

“….”

 

“And this can happen if you go against the injustice of my Father or Grandfather. You got it, right?”

 

“….”

 

What is this?

 

“You said you like it, right? Then you have to receive it.”

 

“….”

 

Sephiel received the doll with a teary face.

 

“Hiiing….”

 

Sephiel hugged the doll and burst into tears.

 

“Heeuk, huaaa!”

 

“Oh my, Little Young Lord!”

 

“You can’t make Baby cry!”

 

…You jerk.

 

I’ll get my revenge.

 

Sephiel hugged the doll tightly and thought as she breathed hard.

 

To think that the first doll I’ve received in my life is ruined!!?

 

 

***\nThere was a smile on Erga’s mouth as he turned around and went out of the room.

 

‘….She’s funny and.’

 

A little bit. Cute.

 

He thought like that.