The Rogue, Genius, Chaebol's Daughter is a Baby Master Detective! - Chapter 12

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A hooligan, a genius, and a wealthy heiress is a baby detective!
Episode 12
Kim Ho-jun stared hard at the teacher while scooping sand with a toy shovel.
“Ho-jun, is there something you wanted to tell the teacher?”
Kim Ho-jun, startled, shook his head while concentrating on his sand play.
“No, ma’am.”
Ha-ru tapped Kim Ho-jun’s shoulder quietly.
“Kim Ho-jun, Detective Dodo episode 11! The basic rule of surveillance is not getting caught!”
“But I didn’t get caught.”
Ha-ru pressed her forehead with her palm. Kim Ho-jun continued softly.
“But the teacher doesn’t do bad things. She’s kind, and when Yun-a spilled the paint, she didn’t scold her—she cleaned it up. And to me, too…”
“To you, too?”
“The teacher said Ho-jun draws really well.”
Kim Ho-jun tilted his head.
“Is the teacher really a villain? The teacher seems nice.”
“Hmm.”
Ha-ru stroked her chin. At that moment—
Bang!
A loud crash came from the direction of the slide.
“Waah!”
Yun-a had fallen, and she grabbed her scraped knee, crying. The children rushed over.
“Yun-a, are you okay?”
Ho-jun and Ha-ru jumped to their feet. Only Si-u remained sitting where he was, holding sand in his hand.
Ha-ru watched Si-u. Si-u was looking at the injured Yun-a—her bleeding knee, her tearful face. But Si-u’s expression showed no change whatsoever.
Then, the moment their eyes met, Si-u turned his head away sharply and focused back on his sand play.
‘Hmm. Si-u doesn’t worry about Yun-a?’
The teacher pushed past the children and applied disinfectant to Yun-a’s knee, then stuck on a bandage. As she did, she tilted her head slightly—and her gaze turned toward Si-u.
It was only a moment, but Detective Ha-ru saw it! The teacher really was keeping surveillance on Si-u!
Kim Ho-jun approached the excited Ha-ru with this new discovery.
“I don’t want to do this anymore.”
“Do what?”
“The teacher isn’t a villain. The teacher is kind.”
“But the teacher is a fake teacher.”
Ha-ru tilted her head to one side. Well… but Ha-ru’s dad candidates are also fake, and they’re not villains.
There are three dad candidates. They all claim to be her real dad, but that can’t be right—there’s only supposed to be one mom and one dad. Ha-ru already knows this much.
After thinking it over, Ha-ru reached a conclusion.
Being fake doesn’t mean you’re bad!
‘Then what about the teacher?’
Ha-ru fingered the strawberry-flavored candy in her pocket. Should she not use it? Could Ho-jun be right—that the teacher isn’t a villain after all?
Before she could decide, nap time arrived.
Ha-ru couldn’t sleep and tossed in her mat. The candy in her pocket kept nagging at her mind.
In the end, unable to fall asleep, Ha-ru quietly got up. Her friends were all scattered about, sleeping soundly.
She slipped quietly toward the restroom when she heard the teacher’s voice from the hallway.
“Yes, there was no emotional reaction today either.”
Ha-ru held her breath and pressed her ear close to the door.
“Condition is stable. Food intake has decreased, but activity levels are normal. I’ll send you the data.”
Ha-ru’s heart pounded.
Data?
She didn’t know what “data” meant, but the tone felt strange. The teacher hadn’t been watching Si-u out of concern!
What if the teacher was talking to an even bigger villain?
What if something happened to Si-u?
Ha-ru gripped the candy in her pocket tightly. The footsteps grew closer as the call ended.
Ha-ru hurried back and lay down, squeezing her eyes shut as if she’d never woken up.
‘I’ve made up my mind.’
Mom said to give her the strawberry-flavored candy if a villain tried to hurt Ha-ru. But a villain who tries to hurt Ha-ru’s friends is still a villain! Detective Dodo said so too. A real detective protects her friends.
Once the teacher eats the candy, she’ll become a good teacher!
Then Si-u will be safe, and the teacher will stop being a bad villain.
Good for everyone!
Thirty minutes before dismissal, while her friends were putting on their bags, Ha-ru slipped quietly out of the classroom. The teacher was alone in the adjacent room, apparently preparing materials.
“Teacher.”
“Ha-ru? You shouldn’t be in here. Go back to the classroom and get ready to head home. I’ll be right there.”
Ha-ru suddenly thrust out her hand. On her palm gleamed a Strawberry Flavored Candy in translucent red wrapping.
“Ha-ru said she’d give you candy, right?”
“Wow, you’re giving it to the teacher?”
Ha-ru nodded and thrust her small palm holding the candy toward the teacher once more.
“Thank you, Ha-ru.”
The teacher took the candy from Ha-ru’s palm. Ha-ru didn’t return to her seat but gazed up at the teacher with bright, eager eyes.
“Ha-ru, shouldn’t you put on your backpack and head home now?”
“Won’t you eat the candy?”
“Right now?”
Ha-ru nodded vigorously. In Detective Dodo, similar candies appear. The villains who eat the candy….
“I’ll eat it after all your friends go home.”
“But… can’t you eat it now?”
The Saesseok Class Teacher met those gleaming eyes head-on and, with a reluctant expression, unwrapped the candy. She popped it into her mouth.
Sweet strawberry flavor.
As the Saesseok Class Teacher rolled the candy on her tongue, she felt something amiss.
“Suddenly… why am I…?”
The teacher swayed, leaned against the wall, then slowly slid down.
“Eek!”
Startled, Ha-ru took a step closer and placed her hand under the teacher’s nose.
“Are… are you dead?”
She wasn’t. The teacher was sleeping soundly.
This couldn’t be! In Detective Dodo, the villains who ate the candy had their hearts softened!
It wasn’t just a candy that put bad intentions to sleep — it was a candy that actually put the villain to sleep!
Behind the flustered Ha-ru, the door creaked open. When Ha-ru turned around, she found herself staring straight into a pair of pitch-black eyes.
“Eek! …Si-u?”
Ha-ru’s gaze darted between the sleeping teacher and Si-u. Detective Dodo! What do you do when you’re caught at the scene?
She racked her brain, but nothing came to mind.
The door clicked open.
Si-u stepped inside. He walked to the wall where the teacher slept soundly and stopped.
“I saw everything.”
“Saw… what?”
“I saw you give her the candy.”
“It was for the teacher because she’s kind.”
Si-u regarded Ha-ru impassively. His eyes were full of suspicion! Ha-ru felt cold sweat prickling on her skin.
‘I-it’s okay! It’s just a sleeping candy, so she’ll wake up!’
Even if the teacher was a villain, Ha-ru didn’t want to hurt her.
“Ha-ru, why aren’t you packing your backpack? We’re about to go home—gah!”
Kim Ho-jun, stepping into the classroom, froze. His fingers trembling, he pointed at the sleeping teacher.
“Th-th-the teacher’s dead!”
“She’s not dead!”
“Did you knock her out?!”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Waaah, I only did Surveillance! I only dug sand! Ha-ru did it! Ha-ru—”
Ha-ru quickly clamped her hand over Kim Ho-jun’s mouth. Then she whispered urgently into his ear as he mumbled and tried to keep shouting.
“Shh! You don’t want to fall asleep too, do you?”
Kim Ho-jun went quiet. That was the tactic Detective Dodo used in emergencies! Blackmail for the greater good was justified.
Ha-ru glanced around. At the end of the Hallway, she could hear other children from a different class chattering. Time was running out.
Detective Dodo, Episode 31. If you can’t hide the evidence?
Make the evidence look ordinary!
“Kim Ho-jun. Bring me the Blanket from the Nap Room.”
Freed from Ha-ru’s grip, Kim Ho-jun shuddered.
“Wh-why the Blanket?”
“The teacher is cold while napping, so I’m going to cover her up.”
Ha-ru planted her hands on her hips.
“The kids in Saesseok Class have been working the teacher so hard! She’s tired, so she’s napping!”
“But… napping?”
“You wouldn’t understand, Kim Ho-jun, but grown-ups get tired every single day. Ha-ru never has a day she’s not tired. So it’s not fair that only we get nap time. Adults need naps too.”
Ha-ru, speaking such difficult words, looked remarkably clever.
Kim Ho-jun’s eyes widened, then slowly filled with admiration.
“Ha-ru, you’re a real genius.”
The two of them hauled the largest blanket from the Nap Room, grunting with effort. Draping it over the teacher who leaned against the wall proved far trickier than expected. Every time they arranged it, it would slip down, then slip down again.
“Her head keeps tilting to the side!”
“Get the pillow!”
They stacked three pillows to cradle the teacher’s head. Finally, Ha-ru gently arranged the teacher’s hand inside the blanket with great care.
Then she stepped back and brushed her chin thoughtfully.
“Hmm.”
Perfect. To anyone’s eye, the teacher was simply taking a peaceful nap!
“So, what do we say if anyone asks?”
“Th-the teacher’s just tired!”
“You’re doing great.”
Ha-ru rose onto her tiptoes and patted Kim Ho-jun’s head. Kim Ho-jun beamed with satisfaction.
In that instant, footsteps echoed from the hallway.
Ha-ru and Kim Ho-jun froze simultaneously.

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