Chapter 13: Chapter 14

“When the child wakes up, call me.”

“…… Yes?”

Ellie whispered at unexpected words.

“If anything, I’m talking to this uncle.”

The Duke left the room, leaving Ellie behind.

“Oh, uncle….”

Ante, who was assigned by the Duke, sighed at his unfamiliar title even when he heard it again.

“It’s exactly what I said. I’ll be at the door, so if you need anything, please tell me.”

Still, he smiled softly to Ellie.

This is because he thought that making a child sound like a lord was unsound.

Even after the door closed, Ellie blinked as she was blank.

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The teachers left the burinake job to bring the documents related to the adoption.

It would be right to say that they ran away, but outside the orphanage was already filled with black lions, the elite knights of Gong writing.  There will be no corner to run away.

“Let’s go in carefully……. .”

Ante grumbled, glancing at Erhard, leaning against the door.  He was crossing his arms in a crooked position.

“What,”

he replied in an indifferent reply, as if Ante was stuffy.

“Did I tell you?  It is said that the children fear the peacock more than the ghost.”

“……… .”

“Because you showed such a terrifying appearance, Confucius won’t follow you. I’d be glad if they don’t think of being dragged into a ghost’s house.”

When the lord found the child, he thought he would take it as a son.

This is because the child was too young to stand alone in front of those who covet the family.

By the way, because of the amazing timing, it only gave a rough impression.

Even if it wasn’t, it was a disgusting and evil impression, but it was even scary, so there was a possibility that the child would not follow.

“…..The child next to me.”

Then Erhard opened his mouth in a thoughtful voice.

“If the child next to you, you mean that girl?”

“She seemed to know in advance that I was going to be here.”

“What?Lord Duke?”

Ante opened his eyes wide, as if he was ridiculous.

“But the Duke we are the first time in Dinji.”

“Right.”

That’s right. So it was a further door.

‘How did she know?’

The fact that I was looking for a child, how such a small child know this.

Of course I can overheard the coincidence.

The coincidence that one kid, whom the director just hid, is the son of a climber, and that the person whom the girl encountered was the one who was looking for the child…  .

‘It can’t be a coincidence.’

Erhard recounted the possibilities one by one.

When I reversed my thoughts, it was simple.

‘The child already knew.’

I was coming here, and that Kleider’s son was that child.

However, the question still remained unanswered.

Even he has been searching for more than 10 years.

How did that little girl notice the Climber’s child.

Erhard’s eyes narrowed, but whatever it might be, it was true that the first button was the wrong one on Kleider’s son.

The boy stood in front of the girl even while he was excited by the heat.

‘Attitude that seems to be protecting.’

Those with such a gaze could not easily win.

He knew it better than anyone.  Duke also had that kind of look.

With my arms folded, I tapped his arm with my index finger.

“What about this,”

I muttered to myself.

“You’re……. not really trying to kill a child like that?”

“……… .”

“Ah, isn’t it?”

Ante, anxious, asked carefully, but there was no answer to return. Ante’s expression began to turn white.

‘No matter how much the lord is a tragic breaker, he’s not so stupid.’

Then, Erhard slowly raised his body, leaning against the wall.

“I’ll have to talk. That way, I’ll be able to make a judgment.”

“It’s ok…….?”

Erhard replied with an expressionless face to Ante’s question.

“Isn’t I wrong or not.”

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Whether he recovered his energy with the mana stone’s mana, Damian’s complexion improved noticeably.

This is the power of mana, and I was surprised for a while.

Another mountain was in front of Ellie’s eyes.

A man who resembles a huge mountain.  It was the Duke of Erhard Schuetz, who would become Damian’s adoptive father.

‘Why are you staring at me like that?’

Ellie swallowed her dry saliva.

“Is the child asleep?”

Erhard asked, breaking the stillness that seemed to be thin ice.

“Yes, he just fell asleep.”

“Right. ”

And she’s still again.

At this point, Ellie was a little embarrassed. She had a bitter look at herself.

It was when Ellie was sweating out of a cold sweat.

” As if you knew I was looking for a child. Is it true?  ”

“……… .”

Ellie’s face hardened when the question went straight to the main point.

‘What is the reason for asking this?’

In a moment, the procedure of the original novel came to mind. The life of ‘Ellie’, who had to live while traversing the streets in return for harassing Damian.

‘You’re trying to test me.’

As my thoughts reached there, I felt my confused mind subsided.

‘I have to answer well.’

But I couldn’t even tell the visible lies

‘Well, what can I say…….,’

said Ellie, who had thoughts, finally opened her mouth.

“……..Yes, I knew.”

“How did you know?”

“Because the director said that. There is a child here with black hair and a wall, so I want to talk to the Duke of Shuets.”

Ohh.  Ante nodded her head without his knowledge.

She was a smart and responsive child.  However, Erhard continued to question without wavering.

“Then, it would be deliberately informed that there are five children.”

“that’s…. ”

“Ellie paused for a moment.

If I knew he had approached it on purpose, he might doubt me.

However, I could see it by looking in the eyes of the Duke.

A flimsy lie leads to another lie.  There was no way the Duke could not see.

“Yes, that’s right,”

he leaned loosely in a mild affirmation.

“Why didn’t you take me straight to the child’s place even though you knew it all?”

“Because I wanted the Duke to know everything. How this orphanage goes.”

For an instant, the Duke frowned.  However, Ellie did not give in and spoke shyly.

“You may have noticed, but the teachers don’t take care of us. We do everything we do, and at night they leave kids and go to casinos and enjoy gambling and entertainment.”

“……. .”

“I wanted the Duke to see the situation here.”

The child said so and bite her mouth.  As if everything to say is over.

Ante admired a little.

She was truly a smart kid.

She was quite good at her ability to turn things to her advantage.

It’s great to speak upright with the Duke in front of him…… .

‘In other words, it means that she used the Duke as a long-term language.’

Ante closed his eyes tightly with an impatient expression, and then he opened it again.

What is the way to stop the Duke?  It was when he forcibly rolled his head.

“Name.”

The duke, who kept the silence, soon opened his mouth.

“What’s your name?”

At an unexpected question, Ellie said with a blink of an eye.

“…….It’s Ellie.”

“This kid.”

“Damian. It’s Damian.”

Right.  Erhard nodded lightly and looked at Ante.

“Where is the ledger?”

“Yes?  Ah…  I know he is in the director’s office with other teachers.”

“Call them.”

Ante went outside, leaning for a moment at the command of the Duke.

‘If he told him everything, I wouldn’t let you go!’

It was when he grinds his teeth and stares at Ellie.

“I adopt a child,”

said the Duke in a subdued voice.

“And,”

Erhard’s finger pointed to Eli, sitting next to Damian.

“That kid next to me. That kid is also adopted.”

The director’s form was not a word.  His matted hair and pale face were telling us what he was going through.

“Go, Duke, what happened to her……”

He stuttered and looked ahead.

I saw Damian lying in front of the Duke and Ellie sitting next to him.  At a moment, the director’s face was not white, so I was tired of blue.

‘I’m sure he didn’t do everything, right?’

I had already told the teachers that Damian was the son of the Duke of Cider.

“What is that…”

Ante asked quickly as the director stuttered at an incomprehensible word.

“Are you going to be a foster child?”

“No.  She was going to be my daughter-in-law.”

“What?!”

At that moment, everyone in the room opened their mouths.

It was the same with Ellie.

‘Daughter-in-law?  Your daughter-in-law?’

There was a person who had to connect with Damian.  He couldn’t take it away.

However, when I saw the Duke’s expression, it already seemed to me.

Ellie looked down at his gaze and looked at Damian, sleeping deeply.

Four years from now, the fifteen-year-old Damian goes to war with the Duke of Schuetz.

And there he meets the heroine Asha Bell.

A perfect bitter woman-made, who can give you more rest than my decent consolation.

Ellie didn’t want to disturb the two.  All she wanted was for her Damian to be safely adopted by the Duke.

‘But…… ‘

Ellie moved his trembling gaze.

Damian was holding her hand tight.

Ellie couldn’t take her eyes off his tightly held hands.

To the gentle and kind child who opened his heart to me with courage and needed me.

It’s a short time, but it seemed like l had already been affectionate.

“Ellie, don’t you like me?”

“Don’t go, Ellie……”

A crying voice kept hovering in my head.  Ellie’s eyes shook briefly.

“No, Duke!”

At that time, a keen voice intervened through the stunned atmosphere.

The director shouted, staring at Ellie with bloodshot eyes.

“You shouldn’t take that vulgar girl with you!”