Chapter 36.1

“Yes.”

“And that I’m a useful person?”

“Of course.”

“So you have to listen to me.”

Grand Duke’s head nodded up and down. As if to show his strong will, his nod was firm.

“So my wish is…”

“Yes.”

“Please write down in the form of a document that you are going to make me your official daughter.”

After contemplating for a long time, I looked at him.

I could wake up my mom with just one file. It’s also proving my usefulness.

‘I think I can live here more proudly.’

I wanted to prove my usefulness. This time, I strongly appealed my necessity to him, who was not satisfied even with me by showing strong mana.

But after a long time, he didn’t say anything.

“Can’t you do this for me? If it is too much… should I prove my usefulness?”

Was it not enough?

I mumbled timidly at the thought of catching more people who were doing bad thungs in the Grand Duchy.

“Was it just that?”

“Huh? What do you mean ‘just that’? You know how big it is for me!”

“Oh, is that so? I didn’t know, but I can’t do that.”

At that moment, my eyes went blank.

“Why? Why can’t you do that for me?”

Bad guy. I did my very best.

The moment my lips quivered when he said that, the grand duke stroked my head with his big hands.

“Because I already entered your name.”

“Huh?”

“You’re already my daughter. I have entered your name, Bebe Avrant, and have prepared all the documents. That’s why I can’t do it.”

For a moment, I had lost my ability to swear at him and was just flabbergasted.

You should’ve told me that earlier. If I had told you earlier, I wouldn’t have cursed at you.

Then, something poked my chest.

“Is that so?”

“That’s right. There are only documents and we haven’t officially announced it, but Bebe Avrant is a child of this family, the fourth child.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

I smiled excitedly at the word “official” because I was just happy, but I hurriedly hardened my face at his strangely contradictory words.

“Fourth?”

“Yes.”

“Why am I the fourth? Should it be fifth?”

“Oh, Harris isn’t officially my child yet.”

What was he talking about? I was just smiling and in a good mood, but I had no choice but to harden my face.

“Why?”

“Nothing has been confirmed yet.”

“But the evidence is that Harris is your daughter…”

“I still don’t know… yet.”

Somehow the eyes of the Grand Duke looked sad.

Was there something that I didn’t know about, such as an adult situation?

Even so, it was questionable.

“But I…”

“Because you got the position on your own. On top of that, Harris has entered the position of the youngest, whom I haven’t even seen her face from the very beginning, so she needs solid evidence.”

Rather, it’s weird.

But I had nothing to say that she chose that way. It’s enough for me to be recognized officially.

“Then… I’m really…”

“But will you keep using the name Bebe?”

“Huh?”

“I think the current Emperor knows you, your face and your name. Although I will house you here at all cost, if you continue to use the name Bebe, he will surely know right away. The entry documents should be stamped by the Emperor anyway.”

“My mom gave me this name…”

My precious name.

A name that proved who I was.

Therefore, I could not easily spit out an answer towards his advice.

“If you don’t like the idea, then I can’t help it.”

When I hesitated, the Grand Duke shook his head from side to side as if to forget what had just happened.

“I’m not forcing you.”

“No. First of all… when my mom wakes up, and if she asked me, I would say that Bebe is a precious name that my mom gave me.”

“That’s better.”

In a short while, the Grand Duke put me in the chair he was sitting in.

Perhaps because he was there all along, the chair was warm.

“So let me grant you another wish.”

“I don’t have any wish!”

“…Is that your only wish?”

“Yes!”

“Why don’t you be greedy?”

“What about a precious sword like Astor, or a large and valuable mine like the twins?”

He seemed to be agonizing over telling me things that might be tempting, but nothing interested me.

“Or what about jewelry and dresses just like Harris?”

“…”

“Anyway, I should give you something.”

Looking at him agonizingly, I also felt the agony in a short while.

The Grand Duke sincerely wanted to give me something, and I sincerely didn’t want to receive anything.

“Hmm…”

“I got help from you, and I decided to grant your wish.”

And after a long time, I nodded my head profusely.

“Then, there’s something I want you to get!”

“What’s that?”

“Later, a small house to live with my mom!”

“A small house?”

“Yes! I want to live like normal people with my mom.”

I wasn’t greedy anyway. If I could enjoy a peaceful life with my mom, that would have been enough.