I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 18

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Episode 18

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What was that light?

It was as small as a grain of millet. It definitely came from my body.

…But there was no time to ponder over it.

“Tiger! I brought it, the Blue Rose Thorns!”

[This is Blue Rose Thorns?]

“Yes! Ah, open up.”

As the tiger’s mouth opened wide, I gently dropped the stamens inside.

The tiger swallowed the flower stamens I gave him in one gulp.

I recalled the words the tiger had written earlier.

He had written in crooked letters that eating ‘Blue Rose Thorns’, meaning Blue Hydrangea Stamens, would put him in a state virtually equivalent to death.

But after 24 hours, he would open his eyes as if reborn.

‘Please get better.’

I stroked the tiger as he gradually fell into slumber.

He slept without any sleep talking or snoring, as if he were truly dead.

‘Good. Now I just need to wait exactly one day.’

After this death-like sleep, this tiger would be reborn.

‘He’ll be able to protect Sister and stay with us for a long, long time.’

I gently patted the lucky Black Tiger’s rear end.

Then, I left the barn.

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The world is not kind to those without connections or power.

At this very moment, veterinarian Dot was painfully realizing this reality.

The person across from him was Lady Lea, Theresia’s close associate and a member of the Family House’s branch family.

“There’s a reason why I personally came to this shabby, smelly, dirty barn. I want to see the Black Tiger spirit beast once.”

“Ahaha…”

See it once, my foot.

She’s probably trying to get a piece of the credit for discovering the Black Tiger spirit beast!

“The thing is, with all due respect, Young Lady. The Black Tiger spirit beast is currently in poor condition. Entry by outsiders is prohibited.”

“Don’t commoners like you know? I have a Special Ability. I can sense not only animals’ emotions but even spirit beasts’ joys, anger, sorrows, and pleasures.”

“Th-that’s really am-amazing, but…”

“Coco, that child goes in and out, so why can’t I?”

Lea’s Special Ability was ‘Empathy’.

Though it was a low-grade Special Ability, she possessed the power to vaguely sense other beings’ emotions.

With that ability, she became a rumor maker in the Social Circle and even secured the position of Theresia’s closest confidant.

“Unless someone can actually communicate with animals, who could possibly beat me at understanding the psychology of spirit beasts? I even got permission from Lady Theresia, so open the door right now.”

“Yes, I obey your command….”

Having succeeded in persuasion, or rather half-coercion, Lea was about to enter the Barn when she hesitated.

‘That commoner, Coco is coming out of the Barn?’

The way she wiggled her hips in a dance, looking so excited, seemed frivolous.

‘…As expected, my ability is better than that commoner’s.’

She would be the one to save Black Tiger.

It was when she completely ignored Coco and entered the Barn.

There was some kind of rotten smell.

“What is this smell?”

What is this? A smell like a rotting corpse.

Having entered the Barn like that, she was flustered.

Whether animals or spirit beasts, she could establish Empathy with them, even if faintly.

But this time was different.

Empathy with the Black Tiger spirit beast was completely impossible.

She hurriedly approached the Black Tiger spirit beast.

“Why, why.”

Even when she reached out and touched it, it didn’t move.

No breath flowed from under its nose.

There was no warm body temperature characteristic of living, moving creatures.

This was like….

“It’s, it’s dead….”

According to the report, the Tiger spirit beast was sick.

But it wasn’t supposed to die this quickly.

“What, what should I, how should I handle this….”

Did she read Lea’s flustered mind?

Theresia, who had promised to meet in front of the Barn, came inside.

“Th, Theresia! The Black Tiger is de, dead…. It’s dead.”

She had planned to steal the credit for saving Black Tiger using her Empathy ability, but this was clearly a disaster.

Theresia’s complexion turned pale and then….

“Wait, this actually worked out well.”

She smiled sweetly as she looked down at Lea.

“According to the report I received before coming here, the child who’s about to be disowned just met Chloe. Before that, she was alone with Black Tiger in this Barn.”

“That’s right. I saw it too.”

“Yeah. I think the two of them accidentally killed the spirit beast.”

Even without solid evidence for Theresia’s words, she had to nod here.

Otherwise, she might get caught in the crossfire unnecessarily.

“How about we do this? Father said he’s returning after inspecting the Northern Region, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct. Ah, should I send a Message to inform him in advance?”

“Yes. To dare kill a spirit beast… We must give her a stern warning. When did you say Duke would arrive?”

“He should arrive sometime today.”

“Before Duke arrives, we need to interrogate the criminal separately, don’t we?”

“How, how do you plan to do that…?”

“I heard the criminal maintains a friendship with my sister, Chloe Ardos.”

In other words, she meant to connect Chloe with the spirit beast Tiger’s death.

Lady Lea smiled.

Just a mere 5-year-old child.

Having weathered all the ups and downs of high society, she was confident she could easily handle him.

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Just moments ago, I was definitely taking a nap in a warm bed!

I tumbled onto the stone floor with a loud crash.

I fell to the stone floor with a loud crash.

Then, the soldier who brought me whispered dryly.

“Welcome to the basement of the Bastille annex, young master.”

‘I saw this in the future. This is where Theresia locks up and interrogates lower-ranking nobles she doesn’t like!’

The moss-covered stone floor was extremely cold.

‘I saw it in the future. A place where Therezia locks up and interrogates lower-ranking nobles she doesn’t like!’

The door was locked with sharp iron spikes attached, and the windows were covered with iron bars.

The lanterns hanging on the wall flickered gloomily, as if their oil had run out.

I’m clearly different from weak humans.

I perked up my ears.

“What would have happened if Lady Lea hadn’t discovered the dead spirit beast beforehand?”

As soon as I heard that, I felt relieved.

“They said he’s just an ordinary commoner, so he’ll probably be kicked out soon.”

While I was waiting for news about Tiger like that.

The person who appeared in the cold underground was a woman with gorgeous red hair.

It was while they were waiting for news of the tiger like that.

That person is a bad person!

“Who is it?”

“I’ve come under the orders of Lady Teresia, acting on behalf of my mistress. I am Lea of House Amond.”

Seeing the corners of her mouth turn up, I bolted upright.

That person is a bad person!

I saw it in the future. Because of that person, Sister had over ten false accusations pinned on her.

“The criminal’s name was Coco, wasn’t it? A lowly commoner who dares to add the crime of killing a spirit beast on top of everything else. Should I say you have good nerve?”

“I didn’t kill it!”

“How ridiculous. But it’s true that you were the last one to touch the tiger, isn’t it?”

“That’s true, but…”

“The criminal has confessed to her crime, that’s how I should see it.”

She wore a mocking smile as if she found it pitiful.

“It’s pitiful how you’re like a stupid little brat who can’t tell right from wrong. If you hadn’t interfered, you would have quietly gone home.”

“…”

“But there’s an easy way to escape this prison. Would you like to hear it?”

She pulled out a recording device from her chest and smiled coldly.

“I know that killing the spirit beast wasn’t something you did alone. No one would think that a mere five-year-old commoner without even a Sacred Mark could do such a thing.”

“…”

“Didn’t Chloe Ardos, who you’ve been close with, instruct you to kill the spirit beast?”

“Hm…?”

“Tell me. I’ve come to help you.”

I instinctively sniffed with my moist nose.

‘I smell lies in the word help!’

But I didn’t refuse outright. Instead, I fell into deep thought with my spinning mind.

That person.

She’s a bad person who’s really good at spreading rumors…

‘Wait, wouldn’t this actually be a good thing?’

Tiger is going to come back to life soon anyway.

In the meantime, what if rumors spread from that bad person’s mouth that Sister helped me save the tiger?

‘Then people would think well of Sister too, wouldn’t they?’

So if I use that person in reverse…!

Before I knew it, a happy and warm sweet potato-colored future appeared in my mind.

Lea’s face, which had only seemed annoying, suddenly looked like a delicious pumpkin sweet potato.

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