The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

 

Elizabeth Nodelli.

 

This nine-year-old Little Lady was the precious jewel of the Empire.

 

The titles used to describe Elizabeth were endless.

 

Princess Ingrid’s daughter.

 

The Empress Dowager’s granddaughter.

 

The Emperor’s niece.

 

On top of that, she was related to Duke Marche and Empress Yvonne, and all these titles meant she carried the most precious bloodline.

 

She was so beloved by the Imperial Family that she came and went from the Imperial Palace like it was her own home, a place only the Emperor’s direct descendants could privately enter, and sometimes even used the Empress Dowager’s lap as a chair at official events.

 

Gossips jokingly said, ‘Even if Princess Ingrid causes trouble, the Emperor can’t do anything about it because Elizabeth is too adorable,’ showing just how remarkable this little one was.

 

A small tyrant that even Noble Ladies seasoned in social circles couldn’t handle, and whom even the formidable Empress Yvonne would defer to.

 

Elizabeth, who had been staring at me intently, blinked her eyes.

 

“Why doesn’t Lady Dubbled greet me?”

 

I said with an indifferent expression.

 

“Hello.”

 

“Haven’t you learned etiquette?”

 

The child who had been asking with an innocent face clapped her hands with a sharp sound.

 

“Then I’ll teach you. Here, like this.”

 

Elizabeth pressed down hard on my head, making me bow, then smiled brightly.

 

“You bow your head like this when greeting.”

 

Her grip was incredibly strong for a young child.

 

The spot where she grabbed throbbed painfully, and my hair that the maids had carefully styled became completely disheveled.

 

I remained still with my head bowed. Above my crown, cheerful laughter and clapping sounds fell like blades.

 

“You bow your head like this when greeting royalty! Now you understand well, don’t you?”

 

“…”

 

The garden erupted in commotion. I could see the children around us stamping their feet, not knowing what to do.

 

Touching someone’s body without permission was clearly rude. Among the Empire’s nobles, even asking ‘may I touch’ anything above the neck was considered nonsensical.

 

Lady Hadeloro, who had been fidgeting anxiously, shouted “Th-that…!”

 

“Y-you can’t touch someone’s head…! So, so Lady Nodelli is being r-rude…!”

 

Elizabeth looked at Lady Hadeloro, who was stammering in confusion, and said in a sullen voice.

 

“Why are you angry?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“You just got angry at Liz. You yelled at me!”

 

The sullen voice soon sounded like sniffling, and eventually turned into crying.

 

“Huuung…”

 

As Elizabeth began to sniffle, the startled Noble Ladies came rushing into the garden.

 

“Oh my goodness, Liz!”

 

I know this voice.

 

‘Princess Ingrid.’

 

She approached Elizabeth with a look of great surprise and wiped the corners of her daughter’s eyes.

 

“M-Mother, sob, Mother!”

 

“There, there.”

 

As she patted her daughter’s back to comfort her and asked “What happened?”, Elizabeth pointed at Lady Hadeloro.

 

“Lady Hadeloro got angry at Liz. Liz was so scared that…”

 

Lady Hadeloro quickly waved her hands in panic.

 

“That’s not it, I didn’t mean…”

 

But being extremely flustered by all the stares, Lady Hadeloro, who was naturally shy, could only stammer helplessly.

 

Just then, I raised my head.

 

And.

 

“Waaahhh─!!”

 

I immediately burst into tears.

 

‘You think you’re the only one who can cry?’

 

The kind Leblaine who would endure everything just because it was done by a child doesn’t exist in this life. The me here is a wicked child who returns ten blows for every one received.

 

As I wailed loudly, Grand Lady Camilla came rushing over.

 

“Little One.”

 

“Godmother… waaahhh!”

 

“What’s wrong? What on earth happened to make such a well-behaved child burst into tears?”

 

“My head hurts… I was so startled that tears came out. I’m sorry! Waaahhh!”

 

“Your head suddenly hurts? Is it a headache?”

 

I stretched out my index finger just as Elizabeth had done to Lady Hadeloro and pointed at Elizabeth.

 

“Lady Nodelli hit me!”

 

“What did you say?”

 

The Grand Duchess and the noble ladies looked at Elizabeth in shock.

 

Even Princess Ingrid, the child’s mother, gasped loudly.

 

“Is that true?”

 

“I didn’t hit her, I pressed down. Lady Dubbled didn’t know etiquette, so I was teaching her. Mother said I should greet people properly, didn’t you? Did I do something wrong?”

 

I suppressed a laugh inwardly.

 

As soon as that child entered the garden, she looked at me with hostile eyes. She definitely pressed my head down to humiliate me.

 

‘She even knows how to fake cry.’

 

She knew very well how to win over the adults’ hearts.

 

She seemed accustomed to using her age as a weapon to upset others.

 

She’s no easy opponent.

 

‘But using age as a weapon is my specialty too!’

 

I drooped my eyebrows and shook my head.

 

“No! I know etiquette. Godmother taught me everything!”

 

“But Lady Dubbled didn’t bow her head to Liz, who is of imperial blood, did she?”

 

“But Lady Nodeli isn’t part of the Imperial Family…”

 

“No! Liz is the granddaughter of the Former Emperor!”

 

Elizabeth shouted loudly, making me tilt my head in confusion.

 

“But according to imperial law, only His Imperial Majesty, his direct descendants, and the empresses and imperial consorts are considered Imperial Family, right? Even the Grand Duchess here is currently classified as quasi-imperial family for that reason.”

 

“Do you know how much His Imperial Majesty and the Empress Dowager adore me?!”

 

“But you’re still not part of the Imperial Family.”

 

“You…!”

 

“Only those who have the Emperor as their father or mother are Imperial Family. And as a child of a ducal house, I only bow my head to Imperial Family members.”

 

“Liz is… Liz is…”

 

Elizabeth’s face turned bright red as she gritted her teeth.

 

“Just an orphan.”

 

Everyone flinched at the words she spat out like grinding them between her teeth.

 

“You’re not even a real child. You’re a commoner. You’re an impurity that entered the noble world despite being just a commoner!”

 

“Lady Nodeli! Stop this at once! How can you say such terrible things…!”

 

The Grand Duchess shouted while covering my ears.

 

But that wouldn’t stop me from hearing those spiteful words.

 

“You fake! You disgrace to nobility!”

 

I stayed quietly in the Grand Duchess’s embrace, looking at Elizabeth.

 

But this was strange.

 

In the past, when I heard words like orphan, impurity, or fake, my heart would ache even if I pretended otherwise, but now I felt no disturbance at all.

 

‘Ah, I see.’

 

It doesn’t bother me because I’m receiving enough love.

 

I gently held the Grand Duchess’s wrinkled hand while steadily watching Elizabeth, who was still raging.

 

“Shouting at me won’t make you part of the Imperial Family.”

 

“Shut up!”

 

“I may be adopted, but I’m Lady Dubbled. Father, my brothers, and my aunt truly love me. But Lady Nodeli.”

 

“…”

 

“Lady Nodeli can never become part of the Imperial Family.”

 

“Y-you…!!”

 

“A child born to Empress Yvonne would become an imperial princess.”

 

Now Elizabeth would become very anxious.

 

Worrying about what would happen if an imperial princess was really born and took away all the attention and love that should come to her.

 

‘If you grow up to be a good person, this would be a worry that’s quickly forgotten, but if you continue living as a demon like today, you’ll worry about it for the rest of your life, you brat.’

 

Elizabeth Nodelli’s face was already turning pale. She was trembling with fear, not knowing what to do.

 

Having properly paid her back, I felt refreshed and looked at the Grand Duchess.

 

“I’m sorry for causing a disturbance.”

 

“To remain so composed even in the face of such insults, you truly are my child.”

 

The Grand Duchess smiled warmly, and the noble ladies didn’t know what to do, feeling sorry for me.

 

Actually, some of them had initially been wary of me, worried that I might steal their children’s spots at the Academy. But now there was no hostility in any of their gazes toward me.

 

I had been wondering how to become friendly with them, but fortunately, thanks to Elizabeth, I accomplished it without lifting a finger.

 

‘Thank you, you bastard!’

 

I watched Elizabeth burst into genuine tears and smiled wickedly to myself.

 

* * *

 

Elizabeth bit her lips tightly.

 

Leblaine Dubbled was more cunning and wicked than she had heard.

 

She was jealous of the kind and cute Elizabeth, so she spouted mean words and made herself look like a bad child.

 

Even though she cried until her nose turned bright red in the garden, the adults only felt sorry for that wicked child and didn’t spare her a single glance.

 

‘How can this be? What’s so special about some orphan!’

 

Everyone in the world loves her.

 

That had been natural since birth.

 

The Emperor of the Empire was her uncle, and the Empress Dowager was her maternal grandmother. Both adored her greatly, and her parents would do anything for her. Everyone in the world bowed their heads before her.

 

That was all because she was the most lovable person in the world.

 

But at some point, that orphan appeared in the Imperial Capital.

 

Called the Child of Fate, she stole away the attention that should have come to her, then won the Mock Battle and even stole her popularity.

 

Whenever two people gathered, that wicked child’s name would inevitably come up.

 

That Person’s words were right. That child is an impurity in This World.

 

Elizabeth fondled the object in her pouch.

 

“If it’s a young child, even the guards won’t be on guard. Besides, who would dare suspect the Former Emperor’s granddaughter? Watch for the right moment and put ‘this medicine’ in the Child of Fate’s food.”

 

She vaguely knew that this medicine was very dangerous.

 

But it didn’t matter. Such a wicked child should suffer.

 

‘She might as well just die.’

 

It was the moment Elizabeth turned the corner of the corridor while clutching the medicine bottle tightly in her hand.

 

“Ah!”

 

Walking hurriedly, she ended up bumping into someone.

 

Elizabeth rubbed her nose and raised her head in anger.

 

“Can’t you watch where you’re going…!”

 

“You were the one who came and bumped into me.”

 

“…Wow.”

 

A tall boy was looking down at her as she sat on the ground after falling.

 

Dazzling silver hair.

 

Blue eyes as deep as a lake.

 

A prince who seemed to have jumped out of a picture book was here.

 

Her heart was beating so hard it felt like it might burst, and she could hear her pulse in her ears.

 

Then, someone approached the boy.

 

“Young Master.”

 

“Where is that child?”

 

“I’ve found out her location. Shall I escort you? Hehe, the Young Lady will be delighted to see that Big Brother has come.”

 

“….”

 

The Boy followed The Man in the tailcoat, and Elizabeth stared blankly at the Boy’s retreating figure.

 

“H-his name… I should have asked for his name…”

 

Who could that beautiful person be.

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