I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 108

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【Chapter 108】

Behind Casselik, who had moved without any preparation, ten elite knights quietly followed in full armor.

Among them was Shadow, the only one who could use dark magic.

This was prepared by his assistant who had predicted the possibility of an armed situation due to Mary, the dark mage.

After running without rest for even a single second and arriving at the Birdwell Barony.

Casselik knocked on the front door.

“Emilia, are you inside? You’re not in danger, are you?”

Bang bang bang.

The urgent knocking shattered the quiet atmosphere of the manor.

The manor looked eerily peaceful from the outside.

That made him even more anxious.

He knew that visiting the manor without notice was the worst behavior that Rie and Emilia disliked.

But the safety of the child and her came first.

After a moment, the door creaked open and Emilia appeared.

“Duke?”

“I came after receiving word that Mary had arrived. Are you hurt anywhere?”

Taking a breath, Casselik unconsciously grabbed her shoulders.

Of course, he was startled and quickly withdrew his hands.

“Did you perhaps come using your time ability? It’s only been 3 hours since I sent the messenger bird… How did you get here from the ducal territory?”

But Emilia seemed just as surprised.

“That’s not what’s important. What happened with Mary? What’s the situation?”

“Ah, well…”

She seemed calmer than expected.

Emilia quietly opened the door and guided Casselik to the front of Rie’s bedroom.

“Unexpectedly, there wasn’t any dangerous part. Rie resolved it.”

“Rie did?”

“Yes. But after that, I wasn’t sure what to do with Mary… The situation is a bit complicated. Even if you see Mary, please don’t get angry.”

‘Mary is a criminal and a fugitive, yet she’s protecting that child…?’

At the unexpected advice, one of Casselik’s eyebrows rose.

And when the bedroom door opened, he pressed his lips together in silence instead of calling out to Rie.

“…Father?”

Rie, who had been sitting on the bed, looked up.

Two children were nestled in Rie’s arms.

Olivia was sleeping using the child’s small knees as a pillow.

And Mary was sleeping while clutching Olivia’s hand.

From the outside, it looked almost like a pajama party scene that children often have.

Except for the fact that Olivia and Mary’s eyes were swollen as if they had been crying.

“Rie, why is Mary sleeping next to you?”

It seemed like an explanation of the situation was needed first.

“Well, you see. Rie, um, seems to have taken a hostage from the dark mages.”

“So how exactly…”

“Mmmmm.”

At Casselik’s question, Rie’s eyes rolled around.

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It was 2 hours ago.

Madam Clere’s wardrobe was in chaos due to a fire.

“Everyone run! Get away!”

People around the building had already fled after hearing the assistant’s advice, but the clothing store employees hadn’t.

Among the employees hurriedly escaping were dark mages hiding their identities.

“Move quickly! We must take the woman possessed by the Marquis’s Wife’s soul! Mary, hurry up!”

Count Greenlenton, wearing a robe, called for his daughter while leading an unidentified adult woman by the hand.

That woman was none other than Olivia’s personal maid.

That’s right.

Mary’s soul had possessed the personal maid’s body.

“Count, how long do I have to live in this body? It’s weak for an adult, and being a commoner, I can’t do anything!”

When the child who had been hiding in the VIP room complained, the Count sighed.

“Who knew Count Gillen would bring the wrong hair? If he had really brought ‘Olivia’s’ hair, you would have become the marquis’s daughter.”

“I don’t like that Count Gillen or whatever because he’s stupid. Can’t you tell Serena to replace him with another man?”

“Mary, stupid people are easier to control. The same goes for Serena.”

Since there was a fire in the building, security guards would soon come rushing in.

Unable to take everything from the VIP room, they hastily selected only the important items and fled the city by carriage.

And in the room where wooden furniture was burning and black dust was scattered in the air.

“Where is Mary’s body?”

“I don’t know. We searched the entire room but can’t see it.”

The remaining dark mages were looking for Mary’s ‘body.’

A few months ago, the bodies of Serena and the dark mages were transported by the royal palace knights.

But Mary, who was small in stature, wasn’t caught hiding behind the tree, and as a result, she was able to join the dark mages without sacrificing her own body.

However, because of the stupid Count Gillen, such efforts came to nothing.

As a result of protecting her own body until the end, she had only managed to enter a maid’s body.

It was while they were thoroughly searching the VIP room for Mary’s original body.

Someone with a child’s face peeked out from under the collapsed pillar.

It was Sara, Olivia’s personal maid, who had been forced to possess Mary’s body due to dark magic.

‘Now’s my chance to escape. I need to get away from the dark mages first.’

The maid swallowed her saliva and ran out of the building, avoiding their eyes.

The joy of finally escaping was brief, as she became anxious about having nowhere to go in a child’s body.

Moreover, Mary was a child but also a criminal.

If she encountered anyone who recognized the child’s face, she would go straight to prison.

‘If I return to the Rioletta Marquis house, I’ll be caught by Count Gillen. Then where can I seek help?’

The maid clutched her head with a pale face.

Was Miss Olivia alright?

What would happen to the Rioletta Marquis family?

Just before countless worries and fears overwhelmed her, suddenly her young mistress’s cheerful voice came to mind.

‘Rie just sent me a letter saying she went to her uncle’s orchard today and picked lots of figs.’

‘Rie’s family seems really harmonious. Of course, I have a good relationship with Mother too, but… lately it seems we’ve grown a bit distant because of Count Gillen. Do you know what I mean?’

Rie’s harmonious family.

The Birdwell Barony.

The maid didn’t know much about the Birdwell Barony.

Just that it was the family of origin of the lady who divorced the famous Theodore Ducal House, and that there was a child with time abilities?

But the people there that she heard about through Miss Olivia seemed kind and good-hearted.

Moreover, they were time ability users.

If she could just meet them, she might be able to reveal her identity and ask for help.

Maybe they would recognize her first.

‘Let’s go to the Birdwell Barony first.’

Having made up her mind, she pulled her hood down low and started walking.

Meanwhile, Rie, who had no way of knowing these facts, returned home after parting with Jair.

After escaping from the Rioletta Marquis Castle, they shared what had happened to each other.

They decided to return to their respective homes for now.

‘Rie. You drugged the Marquis’s Wife who is presumed to be Serena, and I set fire to the building. We helped save the world, but I think we should go home for now. If we dig deeper here, the adults might worry.’

Rie agreed with this as well.

Just discovering where Serena, the dark mage, was located was already a great achievement.

Rie hummed as she opened the front door.

“Grandmother, Grandfather. I’m back! Where is Olivia?”

However, what awaited Rie was Morgana with triangular eyes.

“Child! Where did you go using your time ability! Do you know how surprised Mother and everyone else were when you suddenly disappeared?”

“Huh…?”

That’s right. Grandmother is angry!

Rie’s hair stood on end as she entered the house without thinking.

She had forgotten because so many things had happened, but thinking about it, Rie had gone out using her time ability without the adults’ permission.

A perfect situation to get scolded!

‘Oh no, Grandmother is scary when she’s angry…’

Rie rolled her eyes around.

She had to quickly change the topic of conversation.

“…But, the Crown Prince said so. He said Rie helped save the world.”

“Save the world? The Crown Prince?”

Morgana paused at the word Crown Prince.

“Ahem.”

Rie puffed out her proud baby belly and put her hands on her hips.

“Yes. Rie figured out who the bad dark mage Serena is.”

“What? You met a dark mage?”

“The Crown Prince set fire to buildings all this time!”

“Set fire…? You were hanging around with the Crown Prince who became an arsonist?!”

This is strange.

She was bragging to get praised, but why did Grandmother’s face become even scarier?

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