I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 4

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Episode 4

The child was giggling and stroking Thunder’s mane.

Ruth was briefly shocked by this sight.

It was an intimate contact that even Ruth had never experienced due to Thunder’s particularly prickly nature.

“What’s with this suspicious little kid.”

Just as Ruth was narrowing her eyes.

“That’s right! It is suspicious.”

The little one puffed out their shoulders proudly like a puppy who had succeeded in a hunting game.

Then, they pulled out a thorn from their pocket that was so very tiny it was barely visible.

“I have something to tell you! Actually, I treated Thunder!”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Coco! Here, I have the thorn as evidence!”

“…Coco? Why does that name sound so familiar. Anyway, let me see it.”

Coco extended her hand while hiding her pounding heart.

“That’s a thorn that got stuck when he was eating something hastily in the distant Plains. The shape is unique, so Ruth will recognize it if you show it to her.”

Just as he said, Ruth’s pupils dilated when she received the thorn.

“Oh, this thorn is…”

Indeed, it was just as Thunder had said.

“It doesn’t exist in this region at all, and it’s a thorn that grows on a unique flower found only in the Plains of the Study Abroad Region where Ruth went.”

While she was recalling Thunder’s words.

Dot examined Thunder’s mouth with a magnifying glass and let out a brief exclamation of admiration.

“The young master is correct. There’s an extremely minute wound on the tongue that appears to have been pricked by a thorn. Moreover…”

Thunder was sticking close right next to Coco.

Anyone could see they had formed a bond.

“Anyone can see that it looks like the young master treated Thunder.”

Patricia showed a flustered expression as the situation suddenly turned unfavorable.

“No excuses needed.”

Patricia, who had been reading Ruth’s fierce mood, quickly prostrated herself.

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

“Exactly for what?”

“I was greedy for praise, so I…”

“Oh…”

Ruth tilted her head sideways with a mischievous expression.

“You lied to me, so you’d better prepare to pay the price dearly.”

“I’m, I’m sorry…”

He stared at Patricia with a cold gaze, then looked at Coco.

“Noisy. More importantly, you. Your name is Coco?”

“Yes! I’m Coco!”

Coco turned her gaze away from the trembling Patricia.

‘I can’t help it, if I want to meet Sister, I have to become a bad dog!’

Thunder had said so.

People wouldn’t believe something like ‘Coco healed Thunder.’

So she put her head together with Thunder.

Like a bad dog, she devised a wicked plan.

“Hmm, quite ambitious. So, who are you? A servant girl? A veterinarian?”

The atmosphere turned cold at Ruth’s words.

Ruth tilted his head and patted Dot’s shoulder.

“Ah, why that expression? Dot, is she your daughter or something?”

Then, Dot broke the silence and muttered quietly.

“Th-that, Lord Ruth. I’m terribly sorry to say this, but…”

“Huh?”

“That… The young lady here is not a servant girl or veterinarian. She’s certainly not my daughter either. I’m not even married.”

“Then what is she.”

“…The young lady is the youngest daughter of this Family House.”

Ruth’s face turned bright red.

“…No way, he’s gone crazy. That old man… He’s lost it. Crazy eccentric old man. At that age, having a ch-child…”

Dot hurriedly waved his hands.

“What? N-no, that’s not it! Since Lord Ruth has only been back for about a week from your 10-year study abroad, the information seems not to have been conveyed!”

“What? Tell me exactly.”

“Well…”

Dot explained the detailed circumstances.

When Dot finished speaking, Ruth’s mouth gaped open wide enough to see his bright red uvula.

“Come to think of it, I think I heard something, but I forgot because it wasn’t important. …So, this grubby kid is our family’s prospective youngest?”

Coco shook her head.

“No!”

“Then what’s the situation?”

“Me, I’m going to be kicked out soon because my Sacred Mark hasn’t manifested!”

“…What?”

“But you know what. That doesn’t matter. I accomplished something great today!”

Ruth clicked his tongue with an understanding expression.

“Ah, I see you saved Thunder because you didn’t want to be kicked out of the family. Right?”

“…”

“You seem to have used your head a bit, but I can’t adopt you just for pulling out one thorn. I’m not even married, and I’m just a good-for-nothing with no authority. Family adoptions are decided through consultation between Father and the Council of Elders.”

But Coco, who should have been disappointed, was only sparkling with excitement.

She even put her hands on her hips and looked up at Ruth confidently!

“Um, not adoption!”

“Huh, then what?”

“My wish is to meet Lady Chloe!”

Ruth’s mouth fell wide open.

“…Huh? Did I hear wrong? Who?”

Who was Chloe Ardos?

The third daughter of the Ardos Ducal House.

But in society, she was often called a sinister villainess.

This was largely due to her prickly personality and her manifestation as a ‘Dark Magic’ user who wielded darkness, which the Empire shunned.

Moreover, a year ago.

After her beloved dog died, she had completely lost her mind.

She had dyed the Annex where she stayed with darkness.

But…

“You said I could meet a direct family member if I made a great contribution.”

“No, I mean…”

“So please, let me meet Lady Chloe!”

…This tiny little one wanted to meet that dangerous Chloe?

Coco proudly puffed out her round, swollen belly.

Like a round ball of yarn doll drawn well with colored pencils.

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A few hours later.

Ruth rubbed his tired eyes and entered Dot’s examination room.

“Dot, did that scruffy little one get safely to Chloe?”

“Yes, a maid just took her away.”

“Wow, what an amazing little scruff. I don’t know why, but rolling into a death trap like that.”

Chloe was a notoriously eccentric troublemaker, acknowledged by all.

She had even been experiencing Ability Rampage symptoms recently.

“Hey, you’re going to die at this rate. More than half of your Mana Core is already destroyed.”

When Special Ability users overuse their abilities and their Mana Core is destroyed, they go into rampage and die.

Chloe wasn’t unaware of this.

Yet she took no measures and just lay there quietly like a corpse.

“So… what’s it to you.”

“Hey. Even though we’re not that close, well, I’m still your brother. I’m worried…”

“Get out while I’m asking nicely.”

He shook his head inwardly.

“If Chloe kicks him out, I’ll have to take that little rascal in.”

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