I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 42
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Episode 42
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After the banquet ended.
I slipped into bed and yawned with a big “haaam.”
“Smack.”
After taking a nap like that, I opened my eyes while making smacking sounds with my mouth.
Through the crack of the open door, I could hear the voices of many servants.
“Grand Duke Rivera stopped all his battles and came to the Duke’s Mansion?”
“That person is really scary though…”
“Right. Is Coco really going to be adopted into the Ardos Family now?”
“Well, maybe Grand Duke Rivera will take her away? It seemed like he wanted to take her to the Northern Region.”
Absolutely not!
A puff of air shot out from my nose with a “puff.”
My hind legs also popped out of the bed with a “pop.”
“Hey, did you see? Coco imprinted with that tiger spirit beast.”
I didn’t imprint with it though.
“So Coco saved Grand Prince Rivera’s life?”
That’s only half right though.
“This is a special ability that’s beyond even manifesting a Sacred Mark, isn’t it?”
“What exactly is Coco’s special ability?”
“Oh my, oh my, oh my.”
…It felt like some strange rumors were spreading.
“There’s also talk that the Grand Duke will take Coco away since the Grand Prince and Coco are so close.”
“Oh my… At this rate, won’t she become the Grand Prince’s consort?”
“There’s nothing they won’t say about a 5-year-old Little Master.”
Since it wasn’t related to Sister, I didn’t understand exactly what they meant.
But one thing was absolutely certain.
‘I’m absolutely never leaving Sister’s side!’
Just then, Agent Jack, who was staying by my window grooming his wings, said something.
“This is trouble.”
“…Why?”
“If rumors have spread this much among the maids, then right now the rumors about Coco must have spread tremendously throughout the Duke’s Mansion, right?”
…Tremendously?
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Naturally, that story also reached Chloe’s ears.
“Coco is going to Grand Duke Rivera?”
“Yes?”
p>”….”
“It, it hasn’t been decided yet. But I heard that Grand Duke Caligo wants it quite badly.”
“Since he has a spirit beast, Father won’t easily allow the disinheritance.”
“Well, the adoption issue is something that needs to be discussed together with the Council of Elders and the lady of the house…”
…Ah, there was Lucretia Ardos.
Coco had the crime of destroying Theresia.
So Lucretia would definitely try to get Coco disinherited.
“So it would be good for Master Coco too. If Master Coco is proven not to be the 【Blessed Child】 and gets disinherited, wouldn’t it be better to receive benefactor treatment at the Rivera Grand Ducal House rather than staying in the family…”
“…Is that so?”
“Yes, well… After all, he would be living as a noble.”
Listening to the maids’ words, Chloe had to acknowledge it.
She didn’t know if Grand Duke Rivera was a good person.
But he neither looked down on Coco for being a commoner, nor regarded him as special for being a blessed child.
‘…Yes, he would treat him well.’
Though he once possessed great majesty.
Better than some now-useless dark mage.
But still.
For some reason, thinking about the possibility of that little guy leaving made her feel annoyed.
‘What am I thinking, when I’ve never even been good to him.’
Yet that child kept approaching her.
Warmly, kindly, and affectionately.
‘So it makes sense that he’d fit in better with kind people.’
…Thinking that, she whispered quietly.
“I see.”
“Yes, but Princess… you don’t look well.”
At the brave maid’s words, Chloe’s face hardened even more.
Chloe quietly shook her head and turned her body around.
“It’s nothing.”
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‘Is he really going to the Grand Ducal House?’
Chloe thought as she watched the little one in front of her devouring sweet potatoes with a “wahhp” sound.
Coco had come to her annex today too, as if it were his own home.
Chloe looked down at Coco while hiding her complicated feelings.
‘I’ve never been good to him anyway, so it would be good if he left.’
If Coco disappeared, there would be no more troublesome matters.
Her space, which had been quiet without anyone around, would become quiet again.
She likes that quietness.
It wouldn’t matter.
Chloe quietly looked at Coco. Then Coco lifted her head and said.
“Why do you keep looking at me?”
“…Just because.”
Coco bit her lips tightly as if making a big decision and said.
“The sweet potato is mine. But, um. Should I give it to Miss Chloe?”
“You eat a lot.”
“Yes! Oh, right. I, today too, opened the window really, really wide?”
If Coco leaves for the Rivera Grand Ducal House…
She won’t be able to see that face hoping for praise.
She won’t be able to hear that chattering voice mixing informal and formal speech like that.
“Eat a lot.”
But these were things she never had in the first place.
So it didn’t really matter.
But then Coco tilted her head and looked at Chloe.
“Miss Chloe, your eyes are red like a rabbit!”
“…It’s because I can’t sleep.”
“No way. Miss Chloe isn’t someone whose eyes get red from not being able to sleep!”
Coco tilted her head back and forth.
Since she had no words to answer, she tried to stay quiet, but Coco spoke up again.
“But you know what. For me, it’s tomorrow!”
“What’s tomorrow?”
“Hehe. Tomorrow, the Holy Grail arrives from the Temple! Along with the Priest!”
“Tomorrow…”
“Then tomorrow I can really become Miss Chloe’s little sister!”
No one knows whether the Sacred Mark will appear or not.
‘But considering her known special ability, the probability of the Sacred Mark appearing is low.’
The achievements Coco had shown were quite significant.
It would be reasonable for Coco to have expectations.
However, in the Ardos Family, not many people thought Coco would avoid disinheritance.
Because along with the Holy Grail, Lucretia Ardos, the mistress of the family, would return.
When she returns.
She would use every means possible to disinherit this small child who had sent her daughter to the convent.
Chapter 7. Adoption and Disinheritance
“…So, you’re saying that according to Grand Duke Rivera’s words, you sent my daughter to the convent?”
While moving to make her daughter a saint at the Temple, she received word from Theresia.
“Mother, the convent gives me food with stones in it. The bread is cold and hard too. I can’t live in a place like this!”
That was her last contact.
Lucretia Ardos frowned.
Upon closer investigation, the place the Grand Duke had sent Theresia was a closed convent.
There, they dared to force her daughter to clean rooms full of maggots.
Her daughter’s beautiful pink hair had been cut short.
“My daughter, who is full of Holy Power, has been thrown into a convent.”
Lucretia Ardos.
Duke Ardos’s remarriage partner and the current mistress of the Ardos Family.
It was a bolt from the blue that occurred while she was carefully building her connections and influence to make her daughter a saint.
She looked at the mid-level priest, Pygmalion, who had received her money.
Having pocketed the gold coins, he smiled, revealing his yellowed teeth.
“Madam, about the Blessed Child. Please don’t worry too much.”
“Priest Pygmalion, but I’m very worried. That adopted child might threaten our Theresia’s position, don’t you think?”
However, Pygmalion was confident as if he had something to rely on.
“That baby isn’t the Blessed Child anyway.”
“…Evidence?”
“I personally gave him the Holy Grail in the past. When the Sacred Mark appeared, he showed no Special Ability, and his eyes were completely empty. It was as if he wasn’t a living person.”
“Is that so.”
“Yes. Moreover, since the Sacred Mark has disappeared, there is absolutely no case of the Sacred Mark reappearing after examination. I swear to God.”
Mid-level priest Pygmalion added with a sneer.
“Don’t worry. That child will never be adopted. Even if that child were a ‘real’ Blessed Child.”
Their gazes met in the middle.
“I too will make preparations here and return at the appropriate time.”
And so, mid-level priest Pygmalion.
He arrived at Duke Ardos Estate with the Holy Grail to identify the Blessed Child.
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“God’s servant, Priest Pygmalion, greets Duke Ardos and the Main Family Line.”
A small Private Room in the Ardos Ducal House.
The priest, the Duke, and I sat around the Round Table.
An old antique cup was placed on the table.
On the surface of the cup was engraved a language that no one could interpret now.
I was examining the cup, imagining what might be written on it, when the priest spoke to me.
“This is the Silver Cup from which God poured wine.”
“Oh.”
“After the Ritual to Call Upon God begins through the priest’s mouth, if you hold this Silver Cup in your hands, the Sacred Mark will appear on the hands of those who have received Divine Blessing.”
“Wow!”
Listening to Pygmalion’s explanation, I looked at the Holy Grail with an amazed expression.
Then Pygmalion made a kind expression and spoke to me.
“Those with very powerful blessings will show Sacred Marks just by touching a Sacred Relic briefly.”
“….”
“Would you like to try touching it once before tomorrow’s ceremony?”
Words that seemed like a generous offer.
I nodded and asked.
“Then, if I touch the Holy Grail now and Sacred Marks appear?”
“Then it would be proven immediately without needing to hold the ceremony!”
Duke Ardos, who was sitting across from us, answered with hearty laughter.
“The disinheritance would be canceled right away?”
“Of course!”
My eyes sparkled brightly.
‘Then I’ll become Sister’s little brother right away!’
Like raising my front paws, I quickly lifted my hand up high.
“I want to grab it now!”
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