The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 28

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Episode 28

Outside the door, Airi muttered quietly.

“I wanted to introduce you to your room. You can use that room for now!”

Ah, I see.

Perhaps such a magnificent room wasn’t meant for him after all.

He’d probably be kicked out to the barn soon.

‘You need to know your place, Karhen.’

How dare he think of using a nice room when he was sold here as an experimental subject.

Karhen stared quietly at the pure white bed.

Such a white and fluffy bed wasn’t meant for him.

He settled into a corner and curled up without even a small blanket.

Still, it was more comfortable than the Mage Tower.

“Does it hurt a lot…? Do you want to come with me?”

Was it because that voice filled with sunshine kept echoing in his ears like a lullaby?

Karhen slept soundly for over an hour for the first time in a long while.

That was strange.

Just a little.

* * *

The next morning.

Airi was giving herself a pep talk with Cookie in her room.

“Huh, why the serious expression? Weren’t things going well?”

Airi shook her head back and forth.

She had definitely washed him clean.

Though there was no sunlight in the Northern Region, she had dried him thoroughly in the shade. She had even dressed him in nice clothes.

But Karhen wouldn’t look into Airi’s eyes.

He had said thank you, but it didn’t feel sincere.

His door remained tightly shut. Just like Karhen’s coldly closed heart.

‘Did he dislike it because I gave him an old room since there wasn’t another one?’

Airi pondered deeply.

If he disliked the current room, she could switch it with the room Airi was using.

Airi looked around at the curtains adorned with lace and the pretty rabbit dolls while thinking.

Karhen would probably like this room, right?

‘It’s so cute!’

* * *

Meanwhile, Declan had neatly finished cleaning up the monsters around the outskirts of the Haunted Castle.

He also had a brief meeting with the mages from the Mage Tower near Ghost Village.

The mages usually had serious problems like being sickly from not eating properly.

But today, not only did they look healthy, their eyes were sparkling.

Moreover, they were welcoming him with strange looks of admiration.

“Ah, we’ve become morning people lately because of the Mage Tower’s 5 Commandments.”

“Oh, really? I’m not particularly curious. Report on what you did in Ghost Village.”

“That’s unfortunate. It would have been nice if you were curious. Anyway, we cast shield magic all around the area.”

“Not bad. And?”

“Ah, and the Northern Magic Tower Master asked us to deliver a report on the Mage Tower’s research fund embezzlement.”

Among the Empire’s five Mage Towers, the Northern Magic Tower was owned by the Ortejo Family.

They provided research funding above a certain level to the Northern Magic Tower.

They would receive research fund embezzlement reports from the Northern Magic Tower.

The mage handed Declan the 【Mage Tower Report】 with both hands.

‘I thought he had rolled up his manners and eaten them with cereal, but this is strange.’

Declan raised one eyebrow with a curious expression as he looked at the report.

“What’s this?”

“Pardon?”

“Why does the Northern Magic Tower budget usage report look like a praise report for my daughter?”

He knew that Airi had been visiting the Northern Magic Tower lately.

But…

[Photo of Mage Tower Interior]

Footnote 12) This shows how very clean it became after removing all the profanity.

No budget was used, and the mages did the work.

(We simply followed the 5 Commandments of the cute and lovely Lady Airi! Purification Mage, Martin Olim.)

Declan frowned after checking the interior of the Mage Tower.

“My daughter is cute and lovely, though.”

Raspen thought to himself.

‘That doting fool. Why don’t you try saying that to Lady Airi herself.’

A smile was about to bloom on Declan’s lips as he read the report filled with Airi’s praise, but it stopped.

[Researchers who expressed discomfort toward Lady Airi: Molding and 3 others]

Declan frowned and handed the report to Raspen, saying.

“The names written here, take care of them. Starting with this Molding or whatever.”

“Ah, understood. Leave it to me! Now then, shall we return to the castle? You need to go see the cute and lovely Lady Airi!”

“I was going to go anyway.”

They were returning to Ortejo Castle while having this trivial conversation.

But it was when they entered the main road where the castle gate was clearly visible.

“Huh? Isn’t that Lady Airi over there?”

Declan spotted Airi who had come out to greet them at the castle gate.

“…I suppose so. She must have come to meet us.”

Somehow, he felt something warm slowly spreading from a corner of his heart.

But just as he was feeling moved and taking a step forward.

Raspen poured cold water on the moment.

“Wow, next to Lady Airi… Huh? What’s that?”

“That’s strange. Am I seeing things?”

There was an unfamiliar face next to Airi.

It was an unnamed child with blue hair and blue eyes.

Declan muttered while holding his forehead.

“What’s this, where did she pick this up from?”

* * *

To confirm this entire situation, a place was prepared in the dining room.

Declan thoroughly confirmed and heard about everything Airi had done.

First from Airi’s mouth, then from the servants’ mouths, and finally from the Mage Tower people’s mouths.

“Lady Airi kicked out the guy doing strange experiments at the Mage Tower!”

“It was something even we at the Mage Tower didn’t know about!”

Who would have thought that after dealing with the Ervejé Family and returning, his young daughter would have become a hero at the Mage Tower.

Declan held his forehead with a troubled expression and asked Airi.

“Couldn’t you have waited until I came?”

“There was no time.”

“…Then couldn’t you have called an adult?”

“I did call an adult, Teacher Martin!”

Why is she so good at speaking so cleverly?

Declan had to give Airi a warning.

“It could be dangerous, so moving without telling me is forbidden from now on. If you continue acting alone.”

Declan pressed his fork down with a stern expression.

“I’ll make you eat broccoli, which children absolutely hate.”

However, Airi was a formidable opponent.

Her violet eyes sparkled as she said loudly.

“Wow! Then I’ll do tons and tons of solo actions! Broccoli! Grandmother always blanched it for me! It tastes super super amazing! You must also love broccoli, Elder!”

I don’t like it, absolutely not.

Declan steeled himself and said.

“Then, I’ll also make you eat chrysanthemum greens that taste really awful and bitter?”

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