I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 6

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Episode 6

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At the same time.

Inside the reception room on the second floor of Chloe’s Chrysanthemum Mansion.

Through the slightly open door, the chatter of servant girls could be heard.

“Lady Theresia is truly like an angel. She came to help Lady Chloe again this time.”

“How can they be so different? Lady Chloe dislikes Lady Theresia.”

“Lady Theresia handles Divine Power, while Lady Chloe handles darkness. I guess Special Abilities follow one’s nature.”

Listening to the giggling voices of the servant girls, Theresia smiled.

Meanwhile, Chloe was looking at her younger sister Theresia with a dry expression.

“Do you find it amusing to listen to such useless noise?”

“Huh? Sister, I don’t know what you mean.”

“I know you deliberately spread rumors about me and make sure they reach my ears. Stop being unnecessarily bothersome.”

She didn’t have the energy to respond to everything one by one.

Theresia, who had been gleefully watching Chloe’s powerless state, opened her mouth.

“You’re still living such a difficult life, Sister. Truly befitting behavior of a ‘Dark Magic user on the verge of Rampage.'”

Theresia Ardos.

Deep pink hair with hints of blazing red mixed in, and brilliant golden eyes.

She smiled as radiantly as a saint.

“Don’t misunderstand. I want to help you, Sister. As you know, there’s a world of difference between my Purification Power and your Dark Magic.”

A pale gray light mixed with faint impurities flickered at her fingertips.

All humans on the continent were divided into two categories: ability users who possessed Special Abilities and ordinary people.

Ability users were those blessed by the gods, using Mana within their bodies to employ specialized Special Abilities.

Ability users who possessed even minor Special Abilities made up only about 1% of the entire Empire’s population.

Being born so rarely, each one was a precious asset to the Empire.

Among the five types of Special Abilities, the most precious was Healing Power based on ‘Light Ability.’

Unfortunately, while Theresia’s Purification Power could treat sick subjects, it fell far short of true Healing Power.

Moreover, there wasn’t a single person in the current generation who possessed Healing Power.

Thanks to this, Theresia, who possessed Purification Power called ‘pseudo-Healing Power,’ received tremendous treatment.

“Thanks to my Special Ability, I became a saint candidate for this generation, so Mother went to the Temple.”

“Really? But why would such an amazing person come to my mansion? Cut the small talk and tell me what you want.”

Theresia smiled slyly.

“This place seems quite dirty, you see. So I wanted to heal you.”

As soon as she heard Theresia’s words, Chloe almost burst out laughing.

Theresia’s Purification Power doesn’t work on her Rampage. And even if she could cure Chloe, she knew Theresia would never do it.

‘The healing must be a superficial reason to announce to the public.’

There was only one reason Theresia had come to this place.

Chloe looked at her with a bored expression again and said.

“Do you want to pretend to treat me and gain Father’s recognition? If you want to be acknowledged as his successor, do your own work instead of tormenting me.”

“…What?”

Theresia’s lips pressed tightly together.

Her only weakness was her bloodline.

Theresia was the daughter that Duchess Lucretia, her stepmother, had brought into the Family House when she remarried.

But she was also making full use of her own bloodline.

“I want to get along well with Sister Chloe, but maybe it’s because I was adopted so late. You seem to dislike me.”

“Father, are you discriminating against me because I’m not your biological daughter?”

Theresia’s face turned bright red as her sore spot was hit.

“Even if I’m an adoptee of this Family House, I’m better than a cripple like you. Remember that.”

Theresia, who had reluctantly been calling Chloe “Sister” all this time, finally showed her true colors. But Chloe calmly countered.

“I never said anything about you being an adoptee.”

“You know what, Sister. I don’t do stupid things like secluding myself for a year just because one dog died.”

Chloe’s gaze turned cold.

Even if everything else was bothersome, she couldn’t tolerate insults about Coco.

For the past year, everyone had asked her directly or indirectly.

Why was she acting this way over just one dead dog?

But Coco wasn’t just any ordinary dog.

‘The being I wanted to protect most in the world.’

Without Coco, what meaning did life, wealth, or power have?

But Theresia wouldn’t be able to empathize with her feelings.

She had probably never experienced losing what she loved most.

Chloe, who had been staring at her intently, lightly raised her hand.

Then a sphere appeared above her hand, like black dust rolled into a round ball.

“You, what is, this!”

“It’s difficult to be more patient, so leave now.”

“How, how dare you treat me like this….”

“Why? Say more. Are you scared this sphere might explode?”

If Chloe went into Rampage here, Theresia’s power wouldn’t be enough to stop her.

Knowing this fact well, Theresia bit her lips and fled as if running away.

After the door closed, Chloe began coughing violently as if coughing up blood.

“Damn it.”

To cough up blood from using magic just once.

If it were her past self, this would be absurdly ridiculous.

Chloe wiped her mouth and left the Reception Room, heading to her Bedroom.

For the past year, her room had been quiet without any noise.

But when Coco was alive, it was different.

When she sat quietly at her desk reading a book, she could hear the sound of lapping water from behind her.

‘Silly Coco.’

She would tilt her head slightly and pretend not to notice.

Then she’d hear the light footsteps running toward her with a tap-tap-tap sound.

A white ball of fur that would tilt its head and bounce up onto the sofa.

A small dog with sparkling black eyes that always looked only at her.

‘He was so greedy for food too. Always wanting everything I ate.’

He used to get angry when she told him he couldn’t eat grapes or chocolate.

She still remembered how he would stick out his tongue and pant in protest.

He was such a greedy little dog.

But still…

“…he was adorable.”

Whenever she struggled to become the family heir, whenever people called her a ‘villainess.’

Just having that soft ball of fur by her side made her happy.

His small panting breaths, the way he would smack his lips as if eating something in his sleep, and how he would nuzzle with his moist nose tip – everything.

‘He was my only friend, family, and… salvation in life.’

So when Coco died, she felt like she had lost everything.

Everyone said she had gone crazy.

That it was stupid to pour so much affection into a mere dog.

Chloe had always wanted to become the heir and receive Father’s recognition.

So she had always obeyed Father’s words.

But the day Father tried to destroy Coco’s grave was different.

That day, she defied Father for the first time in her life.

The rumors about her being a villainess grew worse, but she didn’t care.

“I just want to die anyway.”

She was about to lie down quietly on her tomb-like bed.

How strange.

Right in front of her door, there were purple flowers she hadn’t noticed before.

“…Coco?”

Coco always woke up before her.

Every morning, he would leave purple flowers at the entrance to her bedroom door.

Chloe picked up the flowers with trembling hands and gritted her teeth.

‘Is this another one of damn Theresia’s pranks?’

Afraid that traces of dead Coco might disappear.

She had always cleaned around the bedroom herself.

She had threatened every servant girl not to touch anything.

But who dared to ignore her words and leave these flowers here?

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“Little Master? Why are you here….”

The Servant Girl was shocked to see me standing in the corridor near Sister’s room.

I rolled my eyes around.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“Little Master, you can’t just wander around like this. Besides, you should return to your Annex for today. There was an intruder in the Annex. Some strange flowers were discovered near Lady Chloe’s room….”

Oh no, Sister must have seen the flowers I brought!

‘I slipped the flowers through the gap under the Bedroom door!’

I really did well to use my brain!

I beamed with a bright smile and waved my hand.

“I’m the one who put those flowers there!”

The Servant Girl’s complexion instantly turned deathly pale.

“Why, why did you do that?”

“Because the flowers were pretty!”

“This is no time to be smiling, Little Master!”

“Huh? Why?”

The Servant Girl beat her chest as if frustrated.

“You could die from being crushed by Dark Magic! Because you put those flowers there!”

What is she talking about?

Our Sister really loves Purple Flowers.

She might give me delicious Sweet Potatoes as a reward!

“Lady Chloe ordered to bring the culprit as soon as they’re found.”

Her violet eyes sparkled like jewels.

Great.

I need to prepare to meet our Sister in a wonderful way!

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