I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 51
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Episode 51
“Love? Is that what you wrote?”
“….”
Seeing Amicus laugh, Caligo’s earlobes turned red.
“…It’s not like that! She’s, it’s not like that.”
[Then….]
“…I can’t see exactly what I wrote, but it’s not that either! We’re just, just friends.”
But he did have the desire to become stronger so he could protect that child.
“What are you doing, Caligo?”
At the voice heard from afar, Caligo and Amicus quickly turned around.
“Elder Brother!”
Caligo asked the Grand Duke who was opening the main gate of the annex and entering.
“Where did you go?”
“Had something to check. I’ve been quite busy lately.”
True to his words, he seemed to be frantically busy checking the Duke’s Estate these days.
‘Is it because of that murder case?’
He didn’t know the exact reason, but he was always carrying tracking magic tools and making contact with Duke Ardos.
“I went to see the new annex being built for Coco, who was officially adopted.”
“….”
“The people from the ducal house, they’re completely doting on her, aren’t they?”
“Ah….”
“Duke Ardos, Ruth Ardos, and even Duke Berlan who isn’t even blood-related joined in showering her with gifts.”
There were quite a few rivals he’d have to beat to become someone special to Coco.
Grand Duke Rivera, seeing Caligo looking dejected, asked back.
“Your annex is also sparkling, isn’t it? Why, are you jealous? When we return to the Northern Region, shall I build you something even more magnificent?”
Grand Duke Rivera’s reaction was that it wasn’t a big deal.
But somehow Caligo felt bitter.
Grand Duke Rivera, watching his expression, said in a casual tone.
“Hmm, you’ve been practicing Shadow Magic diligently lately. If you want to become stronger, shall I introduce you to some buff-type priests?”
“…Huh?”
“Lucretia Ardos. The priests that the family’s mistress brought are buff-type, I hear.”
Buff-type ability users.
They were beings who could make others’ abilities develop further.
Grand Duke Rivera’s eyes narrowed.
“Lucretia Ardos has been winning the favor of the family members by bringing buff-type priests around.”
“Ah….”
“That’s probably why there’s more praise for Duke Ardos’s wife than for the Blessed Child.”
“….”
“Even the Priests are high-level Buff Type. Everyone’s going crazy wanting to enhance their Special Abilities.”
Caligo said with a frown.
“…Elder Brother.”
“Yeah?”
“I’m Coco’s friend. No matter how much I want to get stronger, I won’t accept help from those disloyal Priests!”
At those words, Grand Duke Rivera laughed refreshingly.
With the kind of look one gives a kid who’s started their first love without realizing it.
“So I’m going to train. Elder Brother, isn’t there a space here where I can train?”
“How much are you planning to do?”
“Every day! 24 hours!”
Seeing Caligo’s burning eyes, Grand Duke Rivera burst into another big laugh.
To think she could instantly change a boy who had lost his will to live.
Indeed, Coco was a special child worth paying attention to.
* * *
Duke Ardos was busy carrying this and that, saying ‘I prepared rewards to commemorate you becoming my daughter.’
But the scale was enormous.
“Huh, huff. What is all this…”
Marble was laid on every floor of the Annex, and young Fragrant Wood was planted in the Garden.
Over a hundred Dresses, custom-made to my measurements, were hung in the Annex Wardrobe.
The number of Maids, which wasn’t small to begin with, was increased by dozens more.
Right after completing my Annex with Construction Magic Tools like that!
Duke Ardos, Ruth, and Chloe came to visit.
“Ahem. It’s nothing special, but how is it?”
Duke Ardos checked every corner of my Annex and soon wore a proud expression.
“You must have more things you want by now.”
“Father, why are you doing this… It’s excessive.”
Ruth looked around with an expression like she was seeing a ghost. Sister Chloe whispered quietly.
“I think he’s doing this just to hear one form of address.”
“Ahem! Be quiet! Coco, do you have anything else you want? Feel free to say anything.”
He lifted his chin as if showing off his wealth.
‘With this much, ordinary Children wouldn’t want anything more.’
But I’m a scheming dog. I had something I wanted.
“Coco, it’s me, Emperor of Mice. About that person Duchess Lucretia. It seems she brought a lot of Priests.”
“Huh?”
“The Priests seem to be subtly spreading bad stories about you. Because Duchess Lucretia lost face because of you. They’re saying it’s become difficult to give buffs at the Temple…”
Duchess Lucretia, who brought many Priests with Buff Type Special Abilities.
Duchess Lucretia, who wins people’s favor.
And the evil Lucretia who torments me and will torment our sister even more in the distant future!
‘I need to become stronger and teach her a lesson.’
For that, I need a buff-type Special Ability user too!
I said, showing my tiny rice grain-like front teeth.
“Yes! I have something I want!”
“What is it?”
“I want to study!”
“What kind of study? Oh, do you want to study Social Circle etiquette? That’s admirable, Little One? Study as a reward? Won’t your head hurt?”
“If I study, my head will hurt a lot…”
“Don’t put bad ideas in her head, Ruth. Anyway, Coco, you’re also my daughter now, ahem. You should study a bit.”
“Hmm… But Father, are there any good tutors these days?”
“…”
Sister, who had been quiet, suddenly spoke up.
“Countess Bordo is the best godmother in the Social Circle.”
“No. Marchioness Camilla is more…”
But among the names that passed by my ears, there was no one particularly memorable.
I rolled my eyes around and said.
“Um, but rather than Social Circle studies.”
“Huh?”
“I want to develop my Special Ability more. I want to become stronger than I am now!”
Somehow the atmosphere became quiet.
“…Why?”
“Why! Did someone mistreat you?”
“Well, since only half of it manifested…”
“Those who bullied our Little One, should I kill them all…”
“Enough. Why bother with words. I’ll bring the Truth Serum.”
…That was Duke Ardos, Ruth, and Sister Chloe in that order.
I broke out in a cold sweat trying to calm them down.
“No, ah, that’s not what happened!”
I waved my hands saying no one did anything, but all I got back was Duke Ardos’s anger.
* * *
After breaking out in a cold sweat for a while calming down my family, I was able to say my next words.
“Um, I heard while taking a walk! That buff-type Special Ability users can help manifest abilities…”
Buff-type Special Ability users can draw complex Magic Circles for others based on their own Mana. Those Magic Circles also help in manifesting Special Abilities.
‘I need someone who can help me raise the level of my Light Ability.’
Only then can I save our sister, unlike in the future.
But at the mention of buff type, their gazes became heavy.
“You mean, the Priests?”
“Is it because Duchess Lucretia dislikes me that the priest uncles won’t cast buffs on me?”
“Hmm….”
Did I speak too directly?
It was when his gaze wandering through the air grew heavy.
I spoke cheerfully.
“It’s okay! Um, last night I memorized the names of the Family House’s direct blood relatives with the maid sister. Among our Family House members, there was a buff-type Special Ability user! And they’re supposed to be really, really amazing.”
It was a lie.
Actually, I saw it in the future.
That the strongest among buff-type Special Ability users was none other than Belief Ardos, Ruth and Chloe’s uncle.
‘But right now, he’s said to have completely left the Family House.’
He was said to live building cabins and not meeting with anyone.
If I could bring him back to the Family House, Duchess Lucretia’s voice would diminish too.
‘Eating sweet potatoes and potatoes!’
I was praising myself for being so clever,
“…Belief, you mean that guy?”
“Yes!”
“That guy’s Special Ability is buff-type 【Education】, but….”
His Special Ability was buff-type 【Education】.
He possessed countless amounts of knowledge in his head.
Therefore, he could not only draw out potential, but also grant some of that knowledge to disciples he desired.
It wasn’t a simple educational ability.
Even without directly conversing and teaching, it was a special ability that could transfer knowledge directly from head to head.
With rumors spreading that he could upgrade Special Abilities tenfold, Special Ability users throughout the Empire wanted to serve him as their Master.
If it was someone like him, he might be able to teach me how to develop my Light Ability too…!
“Then yes, I want to learn from Master Belief!”
At my words, Duke Ardos stroked his chin as if troubled.
“But to become Belief’s disciple, there’s a big hurdle to overcome.”
“Uncle has misanthropy. So he doesn’t talk to others at all.”
“Hup.”
Wouldn’t it be okay since I’m a puppy?
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