I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 41

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【Chapter 41】

 

“Regression?”

 

However, to perform regression, over two hundred people would need to be sacrificed.

 

Though it was impossible, at least on the surface, the child was a Time Ability User.

 

Mary nodded confidently.

 

“Yes.”

 

“Is regression a joke to you?”

 

However, with just one question from the Duke, the air froze cold.

 

The maids standing like shadows and Mary who had been looking at the Duke felt their breath catch.

 

Killing intent.

 

Mary suddenly understood that word with her entire body.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Rie said so. Mary isn’t a third-rate villain but a mid-tier villain, so that won’t work on her.”

 

“…Hah.”

 

At the childish voice, the Duke’s cold atmosphere crumbled in an instant.

 

“I told you. Third-rate villains and such things only exist in novels.”

 

“But in 【That Cave】…”

 

“That damn… Fine. Call Shadow. Rie, you close your eyes.”

 

“Hmph!”

 

Only then did Rie swing her legs back and forth as if satisfied.

 

‘Shadow?’

 

But Mary was still confused.

 

Why would Shadow appear in this situation?

 

The girl’s curiosity was resolved by the appearance of a man who emerged through the back door.

 

A man wearing a robe with his face covered approached Mary without warning.

 

And the man suddenly took out a dagger and cut his own wrist.

 

“What, what is this…!”

 

Before she could even frown, she felt something hot near her neck.

 

“…What?”

 

Mary hurriedly wiped her neck with her palm.

 

Red blood came off on it.

 

“…Duke! Right now that person’s blood, whether they’re a slave or commoner, got on me…”

 

But as time passed, Mary’s voice became as small as an ant’s.

 

“On me… that…”

 

Because the blood that had touched above the child’s collarbone suddenly began to bubble and boil, gradually revealing a Black Crescent Moon mark on her skin.

 

“…”

 

A moment of silence passed.

 

It was only about 5 seconds, but Mary thought her heart would stop.

 

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on the crescent moon mark carved into his neck.

 

Soon after the perfect crescent moon shape was revealed, an unbelievably low voice was heard.

 

“Right. There’s no way washing with water would reveal it. What’s hidden by dark magic can only be revealed by dark magic.”

 

Mary’s eyes trembled.

 

‘That man was a dark mage?!’

 

But that man was…

 

Casselik, who had been quietly watching the shocked child, asked.

 

“Why? What’s strange about it?”

 

“It, it doesn’t make sense… Why would there be… a dark mage in the Theodore Ducal House…”

 

Because he was a shadow who usually handled various tasks as Casselik’s right hand.

 

Mary had also seen how loyal he was to Casselik, so it was an unbelievable sight.

 

“There’s someone who became a demon himself to filter out scum like you. But we don’t sacrifice others. We only shed our own blood to identify dark magic.”

 

A dark mage exists to catch dark magic?

 

What exactly does this ducal house do?

 

“I suppose your curiosity is satisfied. Lock this child in the basement. I’ll go interrogate her today.”

 

“Du, Duke!”

 

Mary, who had finally come to her senses, screamed, but Casselik was already standing up as if his business was finished.

 

No sense of betrayal or anger could be felt in his portrait-like features.

 

A traitor was caught, and that was the end of it.

 

Mary had only been that much to Casselik from the beginning.

 

But why?

 

I’m your daughter now. Even though it was a short time, we ate together.

 

You promised to teach me personally after a month.

 

I was caught using dark magic, but still. Still…

 

Mary, who had been captured by the knights before she knew it, muttered.

 

“…Regardless of the dark magic, I became a time ability user. Isn’t having the ability enough? That’s what you wanted, Duke!!”

 

“Noisy. Take her away quickly.”

 

“Duke, you also didn’t choose your means and methods for the prosperity of the Theodore family! I worked just as hard as you did, so why… Why is Rie okay but I’m not?!”

 

Mary burst into tears and struggled, but of course it was no match for the knights.

 

The knights who had captured Mary opened the door and went out.

 

The children who had been waiting in the corridor fled with pale faces.

 

“Let go, let me go!”

 

Mary’s screams echoed through Theodore Ducal Castle for a while.

 

* * *

 

At that moment.

 

“What’s all that commotion? It’s noisy around here.”

 

“Madam. Princess Mary… no, Miss Mary has been dragged away by the knights.”

 

Serena, who had been drinking black tea, stopped completely.

 

‘…Why Mary?’

 

Her heart sank, but she quickly returned to her usual expression.

 

First, she needed to understand the situation.

 

“What? What did Mary do wrong?”

 

“I don’t know the details either… but Alice happened to be waiting in the reception room corridor and told me about it. She said she heard the word dark magic from inside the reception room.”

 

“Dark magic?”

 

“Yes. What on earth could it be?”

 

“…Right. What could it be? I’m worried.”

 

Despite her worried expression, her hands were trembling with fear.

 

Serena forcibly clenched her fists to hide the trembling and entered her bedroom under the excuse of feeling unwell.

 

As soon as the watching eyes disappeared, she bit her nails and thought.

 

‘What on earth is happening? From the circumstances, it seems Mary was caught, so what happens to me? What about Count Greenlenton?’

 

Of course, it would be difficult for them to catch her too.

 

Mary was a dark mage who cast magic herself and had the crescent moon mark, but Serena was not.

 

However, she had once proclaimed at the temple that she had a prophetic dream of Mary becoming a time ability user.

 

If someone connected that incident to dark magic, it would be difficult for her to escape punishment as well.

 

‘I was just starting to become happy… Why are they all acting like this, from Ella to Mary? Why do only incompetent colleagues keep clinging to me?’

 

It was then, as she was becoming tearful with resentment.

 

Serena, who had been pacing around the bedroom, suddenly stopped walking. She had a good idea.

 

She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes quietly like a corpse.

 

And about 30 minutes later, when the sounds outside had become quiet.

 

“Kyaaaah!”

 

She screamed as if she had a nightmare.

 

“Madam, what’s wrong?”

 

The startled maids opened the door and came in.

 

Serena trembled all over and disheveled her hair.

 

“I, I had a prophetic dream. In the dream, Mary killed me with dark magic and… Ah. It’s so horrible. Mary couldn’t be a dark mage, could she? She can’t be!”

 

“Call a physician, immediately!”

 

“Madam. Please calm down. We’re here.”

 

According to Serena’s plan, the maids flocked to her.

 

* * *

 

As a result of secretly conducting another ability test, Mary was judged to be a non-ability user.

 

Everything had been fake using dark magic.

 

“…How would you like to handle Mary’s punishment?”

 

Assistant Belik knew that Casselik had waited for a time ability user more than anyone else.

 

“Where is Serena?”

 

But his master was still looking for the next target with an expressionless face.

 

Her prophetic dream that identified Mary as a time ability user was also likely fake.

 

At that moment, a knight reported.

 

“Duke. This just happened. Duchess Serena woke up screaming from her sleep, and she’s trembling anxiously, saying that Lady Mary seems to be a dark mage. It appears she had a prophetic dream…”

 

“What perfect timing.”

 

Just as Mary was revealed to be a dark mage, she immediately had a prophetic dream?

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