I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 59

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【Chapter 59】

 

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Contrary to Rie’s worries, the Theodore House’s reverse auction ended safely.

 

‘Hmm? Originally, dark mages should have appeared to threaten Father, right? Where are the dark mages?’

 

Although it ended anticlimactically considering how tense Rie had been, since she had told Father about the dark mages, it seemed he had handled it well on his own.

 

Moreover, when Uncle Nelson made a lot of money from trading with the Theodore Ducal House, he immediately bought up orchard land in the surrounding area.

 

‘Rie, thank you. Thanks to you, the reverse auction was successful, and I was able to expand the scale of the orchard. You can stop using your time ability now. Thanks to Rie, I think I can do well even without the ability.’

 

‘Really…?!’

 

She had been nodding off from using her ability too much anyway.

 

Rie quickly stopped using her ability.

 

Now Uncle would manage the huge orchard together with the newly hired employees.

 

“Have a good day-!”

 

“Alright. Let’s eat something delicious for dinner later.”

 

After seeing off Uncle as he went to work, Rie walked with quick steps and locked her bedroom door.

 

She had gotten revenge on Aunt Serena and also informed Father about the dark mages.

 

Her shoulders rose with pride!

 

“Rie, you worked really hard.”

 

The child patted her own shoulder with her hand.

 

Also, when hard work is done, there’s always a reward!

 

“…If I did this much, the notebook should be full of diary entries, right?”

 

Gulp.

 

The child swallowed with anticipation.

 

Actually, whenever Rie helped someone with her time ability, she looked forward to Father’s notebook like a reader waiting for the next story.

 

Just as she was about to reach under the mattress to take out the notebook.

 

Bang bang bang-!

 

Tremendous knocking sounds echoed throughout the entire manor.

 

“Eek!”

 

Startled by the sudden loud noise, Rie rolled backward and fell on her bottom.

 

From outside, a terrified Mary shouted.

 

“Ma, Madam! This is terrible! Someone claiming to be Duchess Serena’s real brother… Anyway, some crazy noble keeps demanding we open the door!”

 

“What? If it’s Serena’s real brother, that’s Cedric! Why is someone who has nothing to do with us here causing a ruckus?!”

 

Even Morgana seemed flustered as the outside became chaotic.

 

‘This, this is an emergency…!’

 

For Rie, Grandmother was more important than looking at the notebook.

 

Standing on her tiptoes to open the door, she could see Mary and Morgana pacing in front of the front door in the distance.

 

“I know there’s a little one inside! Open the door quickly, or I’ll break it down!”

 

A terrifying threatening voice could be heard from outside the Front Door.

 

‘So, so scary…!’

 

Rie’s eyes became like a rabbit’s.

 

“G-Grandmother! Who is it?”

 

“Our baby, you heard it. It’s nothing serious. Instead, if you go into Grandmother’s Bedroom, there’s a Small Room, you know?”

 

“A Small Room…?”

 

“Yes. There will be a Wardrobe inside. Think of it as playing hide-and-seek with this Grandmother, and go hide inside the Wardrobe.”

 

“…”

 

She should listen to Grandmother’s words, but for some reason, Rie couldn’t bring herself to answer.

 

‘…If Rie hides in the Wardrobe… what about Grandmother and Mary who are left behind?’

 

Uncle Nelson and Mother had gone to work, and Grandfather was also out for an appointment.

 

‘Grandmother… is scary, but weak in strength. Mary is the same.’

 

“I understand…!”

 

Rie nodded her head.

 

Then Grandmother’s stiff expression relaxed. Of course, she glared at the Front Door with a determined face again.

 

But Rie was a Time Ability User who protected her family.

 

She wasn’t a Child who would retreat obediently.

 

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“I told you to open the door quickly! If I order the Knights, this kind of thing is nothing…”

 

When Rie, who had only pretended to go toward the Bedroom, quickly took out her Clock and stopped time, the fiercely barking voice was cut off.

 

Peek.

 

Only then did Rie stick her face out from around the corner.

 

As the surroundings became quiet, the courage that had been hiding gradually rose up.

 

“That’s not how you knock!”

 

When the triumphant Rie shouted and opened the Front Door, a Shadow was frozen with his mouth wide open.

 

“Hey, Little One! What are you doing stopping time only now?!”

 

And above him, Kami was pecking away at the villain’s crown.

 

“Kami!”

 

“This guy will have more than ten bumps on his crown when I see him later! But why do the Mercilla Marquis House bloodline always make a fuss when they see you?”

 

“I don’t know either… But we need to chase this uncle away. What should we do?”

 

With Rie’s strength, she couldn’t push away the angry uncle.

 

Even behind him, terrifying Guard Knights were waiting.

 

“Ah, that’s right!”

 

“Did you come up with a good idea?”

 

When Kami asked, Rie nodded her head.

 

“Kami. There are Security Guards around here, right?”

 

“Oh my, you even know the word Security Guards?”

 

Of course!

 

Before the regression, Rie had learned various things from a scary tutor.

 

One of those things was about the Security Guards.

 

“If I write a letter in my sketchbook and stick it on the Security Guards’ foreheads… won’t they come here?!”

 

“I don’t know if they’ll come or not, but that method seems pretty good.”

 

Rie went into the bedroom and wrote a letter with her red crayon asking them to come to the Birdwell Barony.

 

Now she just needed to find Security Guards nearby and it would be a success.

 

“Huh? Where are they…?”

 

Rie walked down the street wobbling while holding a sketchbook as big as her body. Kami also followed the child, looking around diligently.

 

The two had arrived at the plaza before they knew it.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Around the plaza, countless people were stopped in place.

 

A woman walking while holding a child’s hand.

 

Middle-aged women who had been bursting into laughter.

 

Even a boy who had been gesturing as if trying to bargain with an uncle selling fruit.

 

But.

 

“Where are the Security Guards?”

 

Only they were missing!

 

Rie tilted her head in confusion.

 

“The Security Guards are one more block from here.”

 

Thankfully, someone told her.

 

So grateful!

 

“Thank you…”

 

Rie, who had been turning around to give thanks, hesitated.

 

Come to think of it, time was currently stopped.

 

Then the only ones who could move around here were… Kami or Casselik.

 

‘Huh?’

 

Cold sweat poured out like a fountain from the crown of her head as she stared only at the ground.

 

In the child’s field of vision with her head down, luxurious leather shoes came into view.

 

A small foot size for an adult.

 

‘Then it’s not the Duke…’

 

While she was making all sorts of deductions in her small head, the other person bent down and showed their face first.

 

“Rie.”

 

When she finally looked up, she saw the face of a boy hidden by hair as if cast in shadow.

 

Pretty features revealed between the shadows. Lips curved up leisurely.

 

Even golden eyes revealed between folded eyelids.

 

“It’s you. The child who asked me to share secrets back then.”

 

The boy walking freely through the stopped time was none other than Crown Prince Jair.

 

‘Your Highness! Then shall we tell each other? Rie has secrets too!’

 

‘Huh.’

 

Rie’s mouth fell open in a daze.

 

“Y-yes…”

 

The child who couldn’t lie in front of good people obediently nodded her head.

 

Jair asked with a grin.

 

“Did you stop time like this whenever something happened to you?”

 

Rie’s two hands naturally came together.

 

“Yes…”

 

“There was quite a commotion at the orchard recently, don’t tell me that was you too?”

 

“Yes…”

 

‘Did, did Rie do something wrong?’

 

The child who had been fidgeting with her fingers glanced at Jair.

 

“Angel, but…”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Why can Angel move around?”

 

“I’m a Time Observer. So Time Ability Users’ abilities don’t work on me.”

 

“Wow-. That’s cool!”

 

“Cool my foot. When Duke Casselik rewound time by about 2 weeks last time, I was stuck among the people going back in time.”

 

“Huh?!”

 

Boom!

 

Thunder struck behind Rie’s head.

 

“When Rie uses her time ability… Angel is alone in a place like this?”

 

As Rie finally felt the seriousness and broke out in cold sweat, the corners of the boy who was observing the child went up.

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