The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 71
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Episode 71
At those words, the database of about 100 different grandmothers that had been sleeping in Airi’s mind activated.
“Then should I get even chubbier here?”
Because grandmothers like chubby children.
“Come to think of it, I think my cheeks have gotten a bit thinner lately. I’ll probably get scolded when I meet the Southern Grandmother later, so I should eat hard now.”
Serafin looked at Airi’s cheeks as if examining them and shook his head.
“No way? You’re pretty chubby, shorty. Really, really chubby.”
Airi had always lived hearing only ‘you’re nothing but bones, you need to eat more’ from Grandmother.
‘So Serafin is lying!’
Serafin approached the window and pointed with his finger.
“Chubby! Look over there!”
Chubby…
A second shock hit Airi, who had always only heard ‘you’re so skinny.’
“The White Knight Order and Grandmother seem to be holding a commemorative ceremony!”
Airi spotted a woman holding a large torch through the window.
A woman around her mid-fifties with long straight hair sparsely streaked with white.
But she wasn’t making any expression at all.
She finished the return ceremony by planting the torch in an empty spot on the castle wall.
‘Wow, that Elder is my dear Grandmother!’
Airi watched their formal return ceremony with an excited expression.
Now she would get to meet a new Grandmother, right?
Should she practice her ‘puppy-style world’s cutest butt dance’?
* * *
Evening came.
Today would be the first mealtime with the returned Grandmother, right?
Airi arrived at the dining room with a fluttering heart.
But…
“…Why are there only Elder and Serafin here?”
“Huh? You’re looking for Grandmother? Grandmother doesn’t usually eat with us.”
“…”
“Grandmother is always like that.”
First attempt, failed.
Airi nibbled at her food that day, then resumed her ‘Grandmother search.’
[This won’t work, you need to be more proactive!]
Following Cookie’s advice, Airi made up her mind.
Since she was a child hero, she needed to act a bit smarter.
Airi sneakily went to check out the White Knight Order.
“…Lady Airi, have you come to visit?”
“Oh! Awesome! My incredible comrade, Lady Airi!”
Belize and Dinan, who had become squires of the knight order under Declan’s orders, made a fuss welcoming Airi.
Of course she was very happy to see them, but Airi was looking for someone else.
“Wh-where is Grandmother…?”
“Ah, are you perhaps looking for Lord Yelshanad?”
“Yes!”
Karhen’s eyes grew dim.
“That Person doesn’t visit the White Knight Order.”
Second attempt, she tried using intelligence to deduce, but failed again.
Airi trudged back up to her room.
But the third attempt…
“What are you?”
…Success!
“Gasp! Hello!”
She finally met her!
Airi bowed 90 degrees in a folder-like greeting.
But even at Airi’s greeting, she didn’t move a muscle.
Grandmother opened her mouth with a face that looked like it wouldn’t bleed even if pricked with a needle.
“Why are you loitering around?”
“Th-that’s… I came because I was curious about Grandmother!”
“Curious? What do you want.”
“I, I want to become friends with Grandmother…”
“I don’t become friends with people.”
Bang.
The door closed with a loud sound right in front of her.
Airi’s eyebrows drooped downward.
But Airi wasn’t just feeling defeated.
Because she had observed something very strange!
‘Why can I see black mist around Grandmother? Human magic energy shouldn’t be visible unless we’re close.’
Airi pondered while looking at Grandmother’s doorway.
But Grandmother didn’t seem likely to come out anytime soon.
Airi ran to her room with her round eyes full of questions.
Not even noticing the servants looking at her back with pity.
* * *
Airi is a child who doesn’t know how to give up.
She headed to the 4th floor of the castle, to the White Knights’ offices where Yelshanad was said to stay occasionally.
This area had been off-limits to everyone except the White Knight Order and those with their permission for some time.
But Airi was in a state where she wanted to try anything!
She had only climbed the 4th floor stairs thinking to loiter around in front of Grandmother.
But as soon as she climbed the stairs, what she saw was a large door and the Deputy Captain of the White Knight Order guarding it.
“Oh, isn’t that Lady Airi?”
“Yes! I came to see Grandmother.”
But he would naturally say no, right?
Because she had overheard that Grandmother didn’t want anyone to enter.
But the Vice Captain nodded his head.
“Ah, then you should naturally come in. Huh? Lord Yelshanad said not to let anyone in, but…”
“Gasp?”
“Why is my body acting like this?”
Even while verbally denying himself, he was naturally stepping aside.
“I keep feeling an urge to let you through… Anyway, pl-please go in!”
Cookie in her pocket looked at him and clicked his tongue as if looking at a fool.
[His favorability is incredibly high. Is it because you saved him? Or wait, was that 【Orc-flavored Soup】 actually really tasty?]
‘If that’s the case! I’m proud! I’ll definitely feed him again next time!’
Airi, who decided to repay the favor, bowed her head.
“Thank you so much!”
And so she came to walk through the corridor with the White Knights’ offices!
‘I, I didn’t expect to run into her so perfectly like this.’
Today she had only planned to spy, but she ended up encountering Grandmother walking from the opposite corridor.
“…”
But Grandmother remained stiff upon seeing Airi. Not a glance, not a greeting.
Observing Grandmother who was ignoring her, Airi realized.
Grandmother’s gaze was beyond Airi, toward…
‘Troll wall?!’
When he stuck his head out of the 4th floor corridor window, he could see it touching the castle’s inner wall where troll necks were dangling.
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