Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 117

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Epilogue 3. My Daughter Can’t Be a Villainess (3)

Edelaine was gripped by a sense of crisis that she couldn’t just stand by and watch this situation.

‘How can she be so lacking in wariness.’

She was well aware that Lisa was a child who had grown up receiving lots of love.

Having received nothing but love, Lisa generally liked anyone and everyone, and would approach and talk to even complete strangers without hesitation.

From the time she started to speak, she would ask and chatter away with her half-lisped pronunciation, and honestly, Edelaine couldn’t understand even half of what Lisa was saying.

Whether she wanted to show off that she could talk, or whether satisfying her curiosity came first, Lisa would say whatever she wanted to say regardless of whether the other person understood or not.

It was the same now.

There was no way she could remember someone she had seen when she was just born, so he might as well be a complete stranger, yet Lisa was being held by Jeff, whom she was meeting after 2 years, swinging her feet back and forth.

Not only was she not shy around strangers, she had no fear either.

There weren’t even any snacks to lure her with.

It seemed like kidnapping would be successful just by sitting across from her and saying ‘Want to play together, Lisa?’

Jeff was the same. He only said one thing while making eye contact with Lisa – “Hello, Lisa? Do you remember uncle?” – and Lisa smiled as prettily as a blooming flower.

Jeff was melting.

He melted like ice cream left out in the sun.

Compared to Jeff, Lloyd, whose expression had only softened slightly, was a gentleman.

Lloyd seemed to feel betrayed by Lisa, who had abandoned him and was clinging tightly to Jeff. Having become sulky, Lloyd didn’t even look as Lisa asked.

“What’s your name?”

“Jeff, call me Uncle Jeff, Lisa.”

“Jeppu!”

Lisa grinned and tugged at Jeff’s shirt. Jeff was helplessly pulled down as Lisa tugged, speaking with his mouth hanging open foolishly.

“How smart, my niece. Lisa, look at this. Uncle brought you a present.”

“Jeppu, you’ll give me a present?”

“Uh… Of course, I’ll give you a present! I’ll give you 2 years’ worth of presents!”

When Jeff gestured, a boy who couldn’t quite hide his fed-up expression carefully set down the gift box he was carrying on the floor.

Lisa stared intently at the boy, then approached him and said.

“Thank you for bringing the present.”

“…You’re welcome, miss.”

Jeff spoke to the boy who stepped back awkwardly.

“Achard, sit down and rest. Edelaine, could you give Achard some snacks?”

As soon as Jeff finished speaking, Lloyd went outside. It was to bring snacks that the boy could eat.

Edelaine glanced at Lloyd’s retreating figure, who was upset due to jealousy, then said.

“Take it easy, brother. You’re going to spoil the child completely…”

“Do you know how much I’ve suffered because of my brother and parents bragging about her in every letter?!”

“I don’t want to know…”

“It’s not like I didn’t come for 2 years because I didn’t want to.”

“What’s the big deal about just 2 years.”

“Just? If I had known that babies grow this much and make such amazing progress in 2 years, I would have given up all my business and settled down in Delmez.”

The fact that half of those words were sincere was simply terrifying.

‘With that kind of devotion, he should be dating Rachel instead…’

Jeff hadn’t even contacted Rachel.

He had only informed Edelaine of his long-awaited homecoming in a single line.

Jeff was almost ready to kneel. His expression had softened and the corners of his eyes drooped as he smiled, his dignity and pride having disappeared long ago. Achard seemed quite shocked by his employer’s pathetic behavior.

“You must have a hard time, Achard.”

“Not at all. I’m living comfortably thanks to Mr. Bertrand.”

“Does brother Jeff bully you or anything…”

“The young lord said the same thing to me. Don’t worry. He treats me kindly, even if he doesn’t look it.”

Even though he said this, it couldn’t be easy to cater to Jeff’s selfish and capricious whims.

Jeff’s decision to bring Achard along was also quite impulsive. It started when he got angry while looking at accounting books, saying he couldn’t live like this forever, and rushed to the nearest orphanage.

The reason Jeff was in the Kingdom of Brubewinn at the time and had work piling up was all because of the incident Edelaine was involved in, so Edelaine felt unnecessarily concerned about Achard.

Edelaine patted Achard’s hand. Seeing this, Jeff said.

“Be careful, Achard. In front of Blancarde Viscount, you shouldn’t let Edelaine even touch you.”

“Brother, could you not treat my husband like some kind of delusional maniac? No matter how jealous he gets, with a child,”

“Well, I think I’m right. That bird, no, that guy, no, that bastard, that… your husband sometimes glares at me just for being close to you. There, there, Lisa. Uncle didn’t say anything.”

“…”

“Achard is sixteen but looks older. A younger man is more realistically dangerous than a brother, don’t you think?”

Achard was just sitting quietly and got insulted.

Unable to refute, Edelaine changed the subject.

“Why are you giving a fountain pen to such a young child?”

“She’ll need to practice writing soon, won’t she?”

“Do you think the child can even hold something like that? And why are you giving a child safe keys and account certificates…”

“I didn’t put much in. It’s pocket money from an uncle meeting her after a long time.”

Edelaine, who had briefly checked the numbers written on the certificate, clicked her tongue and gathered the documents to set them aside. She intended to return them later.

“Just give her cash instead.”

“Gold coins and bills are too dirty for a child to touch. Gold coins would be too heavy for these small hands.”

“You could give her copper coins, why gold coins…”

“Uncle has his pride, how can I give copper coins?”

“Please moderate your money obsession.”

Jeff had jokingly called her a little demon, but to Edelaine, even that was a cute expression.

Starting with Saint Genevieve, who had volunteered to be her godmother before she was even born, there was Lloyd who stuck close and provided 24-hour care, Edwin who showered her with gifts at every opportunity, Patrick and Mia who sent loving letters and gifts from afar, and even Lucian who would suddenly appear to play with the child and sometimes take naps…

Naturally, the gifts Lisa received were jaw-dropping.

There was already quite a lot of property under Lisa’s name. They said not to feel burdened since it was pocket money from their personal funds, but it was just ridiculous to say that while giving land or buildings.

Who gives buildings as pocket money? Are they crazy?

“This makes me increasingly anxious. The conditions are being met…”

“What conditions?”

The conditions for a forced celibacy advocate were being met.

My future son-in-law, what should I do?

Candidates will appear, right? They will exist, right?

“There’s something like that… I’m scared to death thinking about what will happen if Lisa gets a boyfriend.”

“A boyfriend?”

Jeff snorted.

“There’s no such thing in Lisa’s life. Lisa, remember this. All men are wolves.”

“Don’t instill strange ideologies in the child.”

While he himself was living a free life.

Jeff was the most free-thinking and egalitarian person Edelaine knew. He was so free of prejudice and flexible in his thinking that it felt strange he was a person of this world.

He had capricious and impulsive sides, but he had excellent initiative and bold decision-making ability.

That’s why he was able to make the Kingdom of Brubewinn, which seemed to have no business opportunities, into a base for new ventures.

“It won’t just be me who’s the problem, Edelaine. Even your husband doesn’t seem like he’d let Lisa have a boyfriend.”

“…That’s true…”

Edelaine lowered her gaze gloomily with a slightly pale complexion.

*

A few days later.

A marriage proposal came for Lisa Kylie Blancarde.

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