I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 20
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Episode 20
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I gaped with my mouth wide open.
‘She said she had something to say. But this isn’t talking.’
All sorts of items began coming in behind Sister’s back!
“I brought a bed and blanket. Curtains and an insect-catching magic tool too.”
But insects are my friends, you can’t catch them…
I could also hear the soldiers urgently trying to dissuade her.
“Lady Chloe. Bringing a bed into this annex is really problematic…”
“Why? It’s cold.”
Sister said while looking down at Ruth who was sitting on the cold floor.
“Hey, Ruth. Move aside.”
“No way, on this moss-covered stone floor… What’s with that pink silk blanket? Does this even match?”
“It matches well.”
“I’m seeing all kinds of crazy people…”
About ten minutes had passed.
Unable to break Sister Chloe’s stubbornness, the prison became filled with a bright atmosphere.
“How is it?”
I looked at Sister who was asking me after finishing everything.
“I’m fi-fine…”
I checked Sister’s expression again with a slightly anxious heart.
‘Is Sister okay?’
Isn’t she very scared of the unfamiliar darkness anymore?
As I was tilting my head worriedly, I saw Sister’s lips twist.
“Fine, my foot. You said you cried. But there are no tear marks.”
“Hm? I didn’t cry at all! I had fun playing with Mantis Friend and Spider Friend. And I thought I’d be able to get out of prison anyway, so I was even more okay!”
“…You can’t get out by yourself. What would you have done if I had just ignored you?”
“But you didn’t ignore me!”
You came to me in the end.
At my words, Sister remained silent for a while before opening her mouth.
“…Aren’t you cold?”
I was coldest when Sister couldn’t recognize me.
But now Sister has bravely conquered the darkness she was afraid of and came to find me.
So I’m happy. I’m not cold at all.
“It’s super warm!”
“Cover yourself properly with the blanket. Don’t drop it on the floor.”
I lay on the bed and wrapped myself tightly in the blanket.
Then I heard Ruth’s scolding voice.
“Theresia would go completely crazy if she found out, wouldn’t she?”
Regardless, Sister whispered coldly toward me.
“Now that you seem to have come back to your senses, I’ll tell you why I’m here.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“You, is it true that you didn’t kill the tiger like you said earlier?”
Meeting her eyes that shone clearly even in the darkness, I nodded vigorously.
“I didn’t kill it! The tiger will come back to life soon!”
“Alright, I understand.”
Sister turned around and left the prison.
Ruth shouted at her back.
“Hey, the tiger is dead! I saw it! But what about you? What are you planning to do now?”
“Why should I share my plans with a blockhead like you?”
“Hey, where are you going! Answer me before you leave!”
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In front of the main gate of the Ardos Ducal House.
In the quiet atmosphere without a speck of dust, Chloe stood upright.
“Everyone, did you hear that story?”
“They say Lady Chloe cooperated in killing the tiger spirit beast.”
It was a sound coming from beyond the door of the annex mansion.
The soldiers on guard duty chattered away, not even thinking that Chloe could hear them.
‘I can hear everything.’
Those with special abilities tended to have good senses.
Especially Chloe, who had lost her sense of taste, had developed better hearing as compensation.
‘Theresia must have deliberately involved me in that matter.’
But it was unusual for rumors to spread this quickly.
‘Well, if Theresia had a hand in it, it spreading this fast would be quite plausible.’
Since she was the one who gave that child the hydrangea, it wasn’t entirely wrong either.
But there was something more important than that.
Namely, Father’s return.
“Why is Lady Chloe standing so close to the main gate?”
“I don’t know. Maybe she’s waiting for Duke.”
“…Huh? But Duke just departed from the Grand Duchy, didn’t he? Could it be she’s planning to stand there for two days and nights?”
“Who knows. How could we understand the mind of a darkness magic user?”
There was something those soldiers were overlooking.
Chloe gazed toward the horizon again.
If her calculations were correct, Father’s carriage would arrive within 30 minutes.
Exactly 30 minutes later. A black carriage that arrived faster than light stopped in front of the main gate.
It was the unexpected return of the Family Head.
Chloe knew.
Her father, Duke Ardos, was not in his right mind.
To increase travel efficiency, he had hundreds of small magic stones densely embedded in the carriage wheels.
‘It was faster than a teleport scroll.’
“We greet Duke!”
The soldiers standing at the main gate hurriedly bowed their heads.
“Enough with the greetings. Is this the time for leisurely greetings when you couldn’t even protect a single spirit beast!”
“We apologize.”
“Apologize?”
“Yes, we are truly so, sorry…”
“Your answer is wrong from the start. You shouldn’t have done something to apologize for in the first place.”
In an atmosphere filled only with silence, where everyone uniformly shut their mouths.
Chloe quietly approached her father and offered her greeting.
“I greet Duke Ardos.”
The Duke did not answer her. He only stared with disapproving eyes.
And he gestured with his chin to the coachman.
Behind Duke Ardos was a pitch-black carriage with hundreds of magic stones attached to its wheels.
The carriage looked no different from usual.
However, it was peculiar that the windows were covered as if they had secretly transported something.
Duke Ardos glanced at Chloe and spoke to the coachman.
“Transport the distinguished guest’s carriage to the annex at the northernmost part of the mansion.”
Since he used the term distinguished guest, it seemed someone quite remarkable had entered the family estate.
Someone who would serve Father’s interests, no doubt.
Chloe looked at Duke Ardos again without much concern.
“I say again. I greet the Family Head.”
“Ahem! You’ve become a shut-in confined to the annex, so what brings you out today?”
“I have something to tell you.”
“Come inside first.”
Chloe straightened her shoulders.
The great being who made the Ardos Ducal Family twice as prosperous as the previous generation.
She looked straight at the man who had never once embraced her as a daughter.
“If you want to become the successor, I will treat you not as a daughter but as one who wishes to become a successor.”
“…Yes.”
“People’s lives will hang in the balance with your every gesture.”
“From now on, I will address you as Duke or Family Head.”
In front of him, Chloe always became small.
But today was different, with a child to save.
It wasn’t because I liked that child.
It was because I didn’t want that child with the same name as Coco to be forcibly broken by someone’s hand.
“It’s about the Blessed Child.”
Duke Ardos’s gaze instantly became fierce.
“You mean that child who captured a tiger and then couldn’t resist killing it?”
As expected, he seemed to have already heard all the news.
It appeared that Duke Ardos had eyes everywhere in the household.
“I plan to interrogate the criminal as quickly as possible, so don’t concern yourself with it.”
“No, Father. That child didn’t kill the tiger.”
“Evidence?”
“That child said they didn’t kill it.”
His gaze sharpened.
“That’s it? I heard you became a cripple, so your head must not be working properly?”
“At least it’s working now.”
“Then it seems to have gone completely haywire. This isn’t something for you to meddle in, so don’t interfere.”
“Once the matter is properly concluded, I’ll step back.”
A tense standoff continued between the two.
Duke Ardos glared at Chloe, who was just as stubborn as himself.
“You never back down from a single word, do you… Fine, follow me. I’ll interrogate that child myself.”
“…”
“I mean you should observe from that position.”
“I’ll do that. However, before that.”
“…Before that?”
The corner of Chloe’s mouth twisted wickedly.
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