The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 59

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Chapter 59

Father also let out a small chuckle.

“Leblaine.”

“Yes?”

“Next week we need to attend a banquet, so let’s call Viscount Dubois and the protocol officer.”

“Can’t I go too?”

When I asked, Isaac, who had been giggling, immediately shouted “No!”

“Little one, do you know how annoying the Imperial Capital is?”

I do know.

I nodded inwardly but blinked my eyes pretending not to know.

“The temple and the Empress Dowager are already waiting with their eyes wide open for you to come, and if you go, they’ll swarm like a pack of dogs trying to drag you to the Central Temple.”

“That’s right, Leblaine. You’d be better off staying in the territory.”

Henri added his words too.

‘I’m going there to drive a wedge between that temple and the Empress Dowager.’

More than anything, I couldn’t stay in the territory forever.

Dubbled was a sufficiently powerful family, but if they got caught up in my future misfortunes, in the worst case they would face complete annihilation.

I needed to build my strength.

I had to become a person of power and make Dubbled independent so it would no longer be swayed by the Imperial Palace and the temple.

‘That’s what I’ve been preparing for these 5 years.’

I had already finished preparing to go outside.

I got up from my chair and ran over to Father.

“Then I might have to be separated from Father and my brothers now.”

“What did you say?”

“I know everything too. I heard the retainers and servants talking. The first year I came was a sabbatical year so I stayed in the territory, but Father is supposed to live in the Imperial Capital normally.”

“…”

“You’re forcing yourself to stay in the territory because of me. They said if you keep staying like this, you’ll be pushed out from the center. They said that’s bad for Dubbled.”

This was true.

It was also the part I was most worried about.

“I want to live in the Imperial Capital too. I want to live with Father and my brothers.”

“Really, you…”

Father said while stroking my dejected head.

“You worry too much about unnecessary things.”

“…”

“Alright. Let’s have you attend the banquet. But living in the Imperial Capital needs more consideration of the situation.”

“I’m so excited!”

I quickly wrapped my arms around Father’s neck.

* * *

Imperial Palace Garden.

The elderly Noble Ladies attending Empress Dowager Masha Luerg’s tea party exchanged pleasantries.

“Your complexion looks much better.”

“It must be because I received Her Majesty the Empress Dowager’s invitation after such a long time.”

“Your Majesty, please invite us more often. We’re at an age where we can’t promise to see next year. We were quite disappointed when the winter party was canceled.”

The Empress Dowager smiled brightly while lifting her Teacup.

“How could I not understand your feelings? I couldn’t help it as I caught a cold and couldn’t withstand the winter chill.”

“Your Majesty has always been sensitive to the cold. Didn’t you suffer every winter even in your younger days?”

“At this age, winter becomes more dreadful with each passing year.”

In the harmonious atmosphere, the Empress Dowager tightly gripped her rolled-up Handkerchief.

Her whole body was unbearably itchy due to a skin disease rash.

This was actually much better compared to before spring arrived.

In the depths of winter, the rash had climbed up her knees to her face, leaving her unable to leave her Room.

To her suffering, the Priest had said:

“Devote yourself even more to faith. Our God will surely bestow His mercy upon Your Majesty.”

‘How much more devoted must I become?’

The Empress Dowager swallowed a sigh while pressing the slight tremor at the corner of her mouth with her Handkerchief.

“But madam, your complexion really has improved.”

“Perhaps it’s because my persistent arthritis has gotten better.”

“I heard you brought in a new personal physician – is he that effective? Please introduce him to me as well.”

“It’s not thanks to the physician, but because of medicine.”

When she said this and laughed heartily, the gazes of the Noble Ladies sitting at the Table focused on her.

“Are you perhaps referring to the Youth Potion?”

“You know about it too, madam.”

“Of course. It’s the talk of the town. I also tried to have my Servant buy some, but they said you can’t purchase it unless you come in person. Merchants these days are truly presumptuous.”

“Don’t say that and go see for yourself. It really was effective. My husband saw results for the toothache he’d suffered his entire life.”

Then the other Noble Ladies also nodded in agreement.

“My Younger Sister also saw results, I heard. It’s effective for skin conditions too…”

At her words, the Empress Dowager’s eyes lit up.

“For skin diseases as well?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. My younger brother had scales and flaking on his lower abdomen at some point, and it was itchy, but after taking the Youth Potion, his skin returned to how it was before.”

The symptoms were similar to her own skin disease.

‘It might be effective for me too…’

“Where did you say they sell it?”

The Empress Dowager asked.

* * *

Before the banquet, our family left the castle to head to the Imperial Capital.

“Please don’t worry about the castle and have a safe trip.”

While Viscount Dubois was greeting Father, the Chief of Staff quietly approached me.

“Please always carry the communication stone with you.”

“Okay. Oh, Chief of Staff, you need to eat your meals properly.”

When I spoke with a frown, the Chief of Staff cleared his throat awkwardly.

“Properly! You have to eat properly. Got it?”

“…Yes.”

Ever since his wife and son died, the Chief of Staff had no one to take care of him and often skipped meals.

“But… aren’t you going to tell His Excellency about Young Lady’s past?”

At the Chief of Staff’s words, I glanced at Father and my brothers.

“Load more blankets. If my daughter catches a cold, one or two heads won’t be enough to settle this.”

“Are you kidding? Put down more cushions, cushions! The little one’s bottom will get sore!”

“Is this all the clothes you packed for Leblaine? It seems like while I was away, you either lost your will to live or went crazy – one of the two.”

The Chief of Staff, who had been watching the family with clouded eyes, nodded his head.

“If they knew the past, there would be chaos.”

Imagining Father and my brothers setting fire to the temple made my spine shiver.

Would the temple just sit still then?

“If they go to war with the temple, all the Dubbled people will die…”

“You must absolutely keep quiet about it.”

I nodded my head.

Receiving farewells from the Dubbled people, we boarded the carriage.

* * *

It took two days to reach the Imperial Capital.

Considering it had taken ten days when I first came to Dubbled in the Imperial Palace’s magic carriage, this was incredibly fast.

Getting out of the carriage, I gaped in amazement.

An endless garden.

Well-maintained garden trees.

The mansion was the largest and most magnificent building I had seen in the Imperial Capital.

Three buildings connected in an angular shape reaching upward, so high they seemed to touch the sky.

Countless employees stood in two rows along the path leading to the mansion, bowing at the waist.

“We greet our Master.”

“We greet our Master.”

Startled by the employees’ resounding voices, I clung to Father’s arm.

Then, from among the employees, a man in a tailcoat with neatly combed hair approached.

“I greet Young Lady.”

When I hid behind Father’s arm and fidgeted nervously, he smiled warmly.

“I am Henderson. It is an honor to meet you, Young Lady.”

“I’m Leblaine….”

“You are even more lovely than I thought. Everyone in the mansion has been eagerly awaiting your arrival, Young Lady.”

Father picked me up and said.

“Where is Javelin?”

Javelin was Father’s half-sister, making her my aunt.

One of the two people who survived the past bloodshed between the Dubbled brothers.

She now led the branch family, the Ariège house, and managed the mansion in the Imperial Capital.

“She went to a party.”

“If Aunt went to a party, she’ll be back in about four days.”

When Isaac spoke sarcastically, Butler Henderson smiled broadly.

We entered the mansion together. The interior was even more splendid than the exterior.

Father and my brothers immediately went to the study and knight order to handle business, while I followed Henderson to see my room.

“Here, this is Young Lady’s room.”

‘Amazing!’

Though not as large as my room in the Imperial Palace, it had a reception room, dressing room, bedroom, study, and bathroom, all incredibly luxurious.

It felt more like a room for a girl than my room at the Imperial Palace.

I quickly ran to the sofa, bouncing on it with my bottom and hugging a cushion.

Lea, who came with me, laughed softly and asked, “Do you like it?”

“So─ much.”

“I’m glad.”

“But Lea, your clothes are different today.”

Usually she wore a maid uniform, but today she was wearing armor and the black cloak that symbolized being a Dubbled knight.

“While you’re in the Imperial Capital, I’ll be your escort knight.”

“Wow!”

“Are you that happy?”

“Lea, you look cool.”

“I’m pleased.”

While Lea and I were chatting, the butler brought someone over.

She was a girl with bright red hair, green eyes, and charming freckles on her nose. She looked about fifteen years old.

“This is Laura. She’s been assigned as Young Lady’s maid.”

She was a cheerful and bright child. Lea whispered to me, “She’s Linda’s cousin.”

‘Ah.’

Other employees also came to greet me.

After receiving greetings from about fifty people, from maids to butlers, I asked the most important question.

“So how many times have you all been convicted?”

─And.

* * *

Everyone standing before Theodore Dubbled, who had returned to the mansion after 5 years, forcibly tensed their naturally stiffening shoulders.

Whether it was from spending nearly a year on the battlefield, or naturally accumulated as he entered his mid-thirties, Theodore had gained gravitas.

The Young Masters standing on either side of him had also grown beyond recognition. The more they grew, the more they resembled their father, and their gazes were as chilling as those of killers.

The Duke glanced around at the numerous knights kneeling on one knee and the secretaries and manager-level employees standing beside them.

Under his cold gaze, the weak secretary swallowed dry saliva.

The Duke had summoned people as soon as he arrived at the Imperial Capital. From the Wolves guarding the Imperial Capital mansion to Dubbled’s pride, the Intelligence Department.

Judging by the fact that he had assembled all these key personnel, something serious must have happened.

A territorial war with other noble houses?

Or had the Senate finally caused trouble?

Finally, the Duke opened his mouth.

“If Leblaine gets a hangnail on her fingernails, it’s your fault.”

The eyes of those who didn’t understand his words rolled around quickly.

A code?

An idiom?

‘What does that mean?’

Just as they were pondering, the Young Masters standing beside the Duke spoke.

“If the little one… if Leblaine loses sleep, it’s also your fault.”

“If even one strand of that child’s hair gets damaged, you shouldn’t expect to die peacefully.”

…Excuse me?

The secretary, who had been staring at the Duke and Young Masters on the platform with stupid eyes, blinked.

The Duke’s low voice fell over the heads of the people wearing bewildered expressions.

“Deploy all forces in the Imperial Capital for Leblaine’s protection. If any man approaches, stab first and identify later.”

This was the beginning of life in the Imperial Capital, which would later be called the Doting Father’s Rebellion.

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