I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 26
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Episode 26
Looking at the quietly standing girl, his heart began to stir a little.
At that moment, violet eyes gazed at him tenderly.
“I didn’t get hurt at all, so don’t worry!”
Caligo frowned and showed an even angrier expression.
“Who said I was worried about you? Get out quickly!”
“Yes! I’ll come rescue you later!”
How many people had promised to rescue him until now, and did she think he’d be fooled again?
Like that, the boy Caligo glared at Coco and turned his back.
“Forget it. Just get lost on your own.”
He trudged into the annex.
At that moment, the girl called out loudly to his back.
“Listen, don’t get treated by Theresia! If it hurts, you have to run away.”
“…What business is it of yours.”
“I’ll come rescue you, so just endure and wait until then!”
He didn’t have time to respond to such nonsense one by one.
He entered the annex while ignoring Coco.
But right at that moment.
Coco shouted loudly at the back of his head.
“What does the nanny say to you?”
“…What?”
Just as he barely turned his head.
Coco looked at him with clear eyes and said.
“The nanny said Young Master was a nuisance! While making you drink that unpleasant beverage! But that’s all lies!”
In an instant, his body flinched.
“…You, stop talking nonsense and get out, I don’t need anything like you!”
Caligo glanced around for the nanny who could be anywhere and hurriedly entered the room.
Behind him he heard “Don’t drink that beverage either, and you have to avoid Theresia too!”
Soon after, he heard the sound of the nanny appearing and sending Coco away, saying this area was off-limits.
He pressed down hard on his pounding heart.
* * *
Grand Duke Caligo Rivera is terminally ill.
There’s no one in the Rivera Grand Territory who doesn’t know this fact.
“What on earth could be the cause of the Grand Duke’s illness?”
“Nobody knows. It could be an ability rampage, or it could be a real disease.”
“The important thing is that it can’t be cured.”
The symptoms were consistent.
Every minute, every second, mana raged wildly inside his body.
Whenever bone-cutting pain consumed his entire body, he simply wanted to die.
He pulled the blanket up higher and let out a sigh.
‘Is that why Elder Brother abandoned me?’
Not long ago, his Elder Brother had put him in a carriage while he rubbed his sleepy eyes.
While carefully dressing him in fluffy clothes.
“Elder Brother, where are we going…?”
“His Majesty’s orders have come down. Elder Brother must subjugate the magical beasts in the Northern Region.”
“Then what about me? Am I going to subjugate magical beasts together too?”
The great Grand Duke Rivera.
Elder Brother who subjugates demons and receives everyone’s reverence.
He had been happy thinking he could help such an amazing Elder Brother.
But Elder Brother whispered softly to him.
“Caligo, listen carefully. I’ve made a contract to receive help from someone with purification ability.”
“Huh? Why…?”
“…What does that mean?”
“That person will heal you. Go to the mansion with Duke Ardos and stay there for a little while. Okay?”
“…”
“Elder Brother will come after counting a hundred nights. So wait while receiving treatment properly.”
Even though he won’t come.
Even though Elder Brother will die and disappear just like Mother and Father who ended up dying.
…That’s what he thought.
Yet despite thinking that, hope kept growing in his heart.
‘Still, still Elder Brother promised he’d come after counting a hundred nights.’
Because Elder Brother is a knight. Because he’s someone who knows the weight of promises.
Maybe Elder Brother didn’t abandon him after all.
Caligo roughly wiped his tear stains and looked around.
Then the door opened.
“Little Master has been sent out, don’t listen to useless voices, Young Master.”
The nanny who had followed him from Duke Ardos Estate.
She was the only person who came near him.
Still…
‘I wonder if I could talk more with that child.’
They probably haven’t completely left yet.
“Yeah. Um, you know. Can’t I take a walk outside or something?”
“You can’t.”
“Why? Elder Brother said I could take walks…”
“Well, Young Master’s health isn’t good. Besides, Grand Duke Rivera wouldn’t want you taking walks either.”
“But Elder Brother…”
“If you had any sense, you’d stay put quietly.”
“…”
The nanny stroked his hair with what seemed like pity.
“Young Master Caligo is the only blemish on the Rivera Grand Ducal Family, so the Grand Duke sent you to this Ardos Ducal House. So even if it’s frustrating, please stay quiet for now. How pitiful, our Young Master.”
The more he listened, the more the nanny’s words rang true.
The Rivera Grand Ducal Family was the most powerful among the Empire’s noble houses.
They possessed numerous special ability users, and all of their main family line had outstanding special abilities.
Especially his elder brother, who was a great magic swordsman.
Great swords and magic tools were born from his fingertips. And with those swords, he personally defeated monsters.
But Caligo was different.
“I’ve never left the Grand Ducal Castle until now, and I’ve never participated in war…”
“Of course. People outside call you ‘the most useless noble.'”
Caligo’s expression crumbled.
This too was exactly what the nanny said.
What good was having the ability to manipulate shadows?
He couldn’t use it because of his illness, so it was useless.
Moreover, his mother died giving birth to him, and a year later, his father also passed away.
They said his elder brother had an incredibly hard time taking over the Grand Ducal House from such a young age.
He was a burden to his family too.
“…I understand. I want to be alone.”
“Oh my, you seem troubled. Then rest well, Young Master.”
The door closed, and after some time passed.
Caligo opened the fairy tale book he had secretly hidden by his bedside.
It was a small fairy tale book featuring a little Puppy Princess and a prickly Cat Hero.
The Puppy Princess defeated the evil witch of the tower. She also healed the Cat Hero who was suffering from a curse.
The little Puppy Princess proposing by putting a ring on the prickly cat’s tail.
The boy’s cheeks reddened slightly as he turned to the last page showing the dog and cat kissing.
He absolutely didn’t believe what people said about being saved.
People only made him hurt more.
‘But someday.’
Couldn’t someone heal him from this evil illness?
But it seemed that even this small hope wasn’t allowed for Caligo.
He clutched his lungs.
Again. Once again, it felt like his internal organs were twisting.
* * *
“To be driven out twice in a single day.”
“….”
“Oh my, how pitiful. It seems your role ends here.”
“….”
Mouse cleverly continued with the next words.
“Huh? Report the nanny first. You have evidence, don’t you? Then point out the bruises on your body to stop Theresia’s treatment, and delay the rampage.”
“….”
“It’s a life with limited time, but at least the remaining life will be peaceful.”
“….”
“There’s nothing you can do now. Try to persuade the child well, and send your sister far away somewhere else. That, looking at Theresia, that vicious thing seems ready to frame your sister too.”
Mouse was clever.
Yes, that might be my best option.
If I do as Mouse says… Sister might survive.
So I could achieve all my goals.
“But.”
“Hm?”
“That child wanted to live.”
The prickly cat Caligo who kept reminding me of my stray cat friend Spring.
But I definitely read it in those eyes.
The longing for life.
“But if he dies like that, it would be too pitiful…”
“…This kind-hearted puppy. Really, the problem with puppies is they like humans too much.”
“…You know. I’ve been thinking carefully…”
“Huh?”
“There is exactly one method.”
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