I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 111

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【Chapter 111】

The knights’ eyes, which had been indifferent to Rie’s warning, wavered.

“Is… is that so?”

“Yes… Grandmother is scary when she’s angry.”

Having left an ominous warning, Rie pulled the blanket over herself and fell asleep again.

Gulp.

Eventually, the frightened knights discussed among themselves before asking Morgana.

“Then… would it be alright if we open the bedroom door and eat in the corridor? His Excellency told us not to take our eyes off Lady Rie for even a moment…”

“Figure it out yourselves!”

At Morgana’s outburst, the knights scurried away.

And-

‘The knight sisters left.’

Blue eyes sparkled from under the blanket.

Peek.

Rie, who had been pretending to sleep, carefully poked her head out from under the blanket.

However.

“Are you pretending to sleep?”

“Eek!”

Surprisingly, the knight sisters were still watching Rie while eating soup in the corridor beyond the open door.

Act like you’re not surprised, act like you’re not surprised!

She forced her mouth shut after it had opened in surprise and said innocently.

“Mother says you should only eat when eating. That way your tummy won’t hurt and you’ll poop well too!”

“That’s for children. We’re adults, so we’re fine. And Lady Emilia is…”

The knights thought for a moment and nodded.

“She seems less scary than Baroness Morgana.”

“Huh?”

It was true, so she had nothing to say.

‘Our mother is really, really an angel though…’

Eventually, Rie gave up on arguing with the knights and wriggled back under the blanket.

“Rie. Then we can’t find my mother?”

Olivia, who was beside her, asked with an anxious expression.

Rie actually had an intention behind encouraging the knights to eat.

She had planned to use her time ability while the knights looked away to find the soul of Evelyn, the real Countess Rioletta.

To use her ability, she needed a clock-

‘…The clock is on the nightstand because the knight sisters put it there on Father’s orders.’

That dung cart was really unhelpful in many ways.

Olivia’s eyes were still puffy.

Ever since Sara revealed where the Countess’s soul was, she had been crying all day at the thought of losing her mother.

“No. Rie can secretly get the clock when the knight sisters fall asleep.”

“But the knights work in shifts.”

“Shifts?”

“Yes. When the knights get tired and fall asleep, other knights take their place.”

“…Huh.”

She hadn’t thought that far!

Cold sweat trickled down her round, flour-like cheeks.

‘Without a clock, Rie can’t do anything…’

After Casselik left with Sara.

Along with Theodore’s knights who suddenly barged in, Rie received a “no going out” order.

If it had been a normal order, Rie would have somehow prevented it by throwing a tantrum, but for some reason, Emilia and the Viscount couple also agreed this time.

‘Mother and Father are on the same side. This is the first time this has happened.’

Rie eventually tried to write a letter to Jair asking for help, but he was also seven years old.

[Damn Marquis Philip is watching me 24 hours a day. Something seems to be happening because of the dark mages, but I can’t leave the Tower of Time because of the Marquis.]

That’s right.

Even the angel was under house arrest!

Especially since Jair also had arson charges for setting a building on fire, this was officially justified treatment.

But that didn’t mean she could just stay here quietly.

Rie was a time ability user.

Though she was only four years old, the child who had experienced various hardships knew that if she just had a clock, she would be more helpful than other adults.

And Mother.

Come to think of it, Mother would also be in danger because of the dark mages, but she went to work at the embroidery shop with only four escort knights.

Leaving Rie alone!

Then she had a good idea.

“Olivia. Push Rie with your bottom.”

“Huh? With my bottom?”

“Push me with your bottom while pretending to play. Then Rie will roll toward the nightstand and grab the clock.”

When Rie, who had somehow gotten cross-eyed, spoke seriously, Olivia nodded with a slightly tense expression.

“Then…”

Thump!

Determined Olivia pushed Rie with her bottom.

“Rie is like a rolling stone!”

Roll roll roll.

Like a stone rolling down a slope, Rie rolled fiercely and her back bumped against the nightstand with a thud.

“Are you alright? No wait, you went toward the nightstand!”

She could hear the surprised knights hurriedly approaching, but Rie had already reached the nightstand.

“…Hehe. If I just get up and grab the clock…!”

She smiled mischievously and reached for the clock-

“Lady Rie-!”

The knights who were calling her name and reaching out their hands suddenly stopped.

Olivia, who had been sticking out her bottom, was the same.

Time had stopped.

“Huh?”

But Rie had only grabbed the clock; she hadn’t stopped time.

“Knight sisters?”

Todotot.

She ran in front of the knights and tilted her head, but since time had stopped, there was no way she’d get an answer.

However.

“Rie, you must be quite flustered?”

An answer that shouldn’t have been possible echoed from behind the child like a humming tune.

When surprised Rie turned around, a familiar woman was smiling broadly.

“Hello? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.”

* * *

Meanwhile, in Hailford Village.

The Emperor, hiding his identity with a hood pulled up, was visiting village residents along with knights disguised as commoners.

“The only good thing about living here is that it’s peaceful since it’s such a rural village, but why are there so many incidents lately?”

“A murder case? Well, judging by your appearance, you don’t seem like a noble, so are you a private detective or something?”

“If we knew who killed them, we would have reported it immediately! Nobody knows. Besides, you look like an outsider, and the atmosphere is already bad enough, so you should leave this place quickly.”

It was a village thrown into chaos by a murder case.

Whether it was the Emperor hiding his identity or anyone else, it was natural for them to be unwelcoming toward outsiders.

However, the Emperor persevered through the residents’ hostility and continued walking through the village, searching for any future that might serve as a clue.

During this time, he made eye contact with a certain lean man.

“What? A murder case? Ah… that’s really a terrifying incident. Well then, I’ll be going…”

Within those hazy eyes, he caught a glimpse of a future that was somehow not ordinary.

In the man’s future, people presumed to be village residents were gathered closely together.

The notable point was that they reacted sensitively to ‘outsiders.’

“Another outsider came besides us? What do they look like? How many are there?”

The Emperor’s eyes narrowed as he caught this strange conversation in the man’s future.

They had said ‘another outsider besides us.’

The fact that those who appeared to be village residents called themselves outsiders meant that other souls had actually entered the residents’ bodies.

The Emperor gestured to the Knights while watching the man walking away.

“Track that man.”

“Understood.”

Then he moved to the outskirts of the village and urgently sent a messenger bird.

[Gather at Hailford Village. There’s a possibility the opponents may flee, so bring five or fewer elite personnel including Shadow. Disguise mandatory.]

The messenger bird was quickly delivered to Casselik, and through the covert operation between the Imperial Family and the Ducal House, the encirclement around the Dark Mages gradually tightened.

And the Emperor wasn’t the only one busy sending messenger birds.

Just as the Emperor had seen in the future, the man disguised as a village resident had told Count Greenlenton about the ‘outsider.’

“There’s a possibility it’s from the Imperial side. We should sharpen our blades on our end as well.”

He immediately began writing a message.

Beside him, Mary dwelling in Sara’s body asked with a curious expression.

“Who are you sending it to?”

“I told you, Mary. Stupid people are easy to manipulate, so they should be kept as subordinates.”

“Yes.”

“That means, in other words, you must be prepared to discard them at any time when they’re no longer needed. Of course, if she performs well… she might become necessary again.”

After teaching this lesson to his only daughter, he immediately sent a messenger bird to Serena.

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