Chapter 17: Chapter 18

“Damian?”

“Jezz, I was suddenly startled, are you okay?”

As if I was surprised by the hiccups, Damian closed his mouth.

But Damian’s hiccups didn’t stop.

Every time the sound of a shout burst out, his shoulders trembled.

I was surprised by the sudden hiccups, but the first thing was to calm Damian.

I carefully reached for Damian’s nose.  The clear wall floated in a circle.

“Like this, hiccups stop when you cover your nose…”

“……… .”

“Uh… it stopped.”

The hiccups suddenly stopped, and I retracted my hand.

‘If you’re surprised, the hiccups stop.’

It seemed that he was suddenly surprised to reach out.

He shouldn’t touch it carelessly, I thought, but when I saw Damian, my hand continued to come out.

‘But that cheek is too soft.’

I looked at Damian with my eyes filled with regret.

“Well, that’s what it means to be a couple anyway. Did you understand?”

“Yeah……..”

Damian nodded slowly, gritting his mouth.

At first glance, the face was full of embarrassment.

‘W suddenly become a married couple in the morning, but from Damian’s point of view, it would be embarrassing enough.’

After saying that I could find his family, I myself became his family.

‘It seems like I came in too much.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t want this place.

‘But I need to know fractions.’

Already being treated undeservedly.

I couldn’t be more greedy.  It’s just a stone that’s rolled in now, but someday people will know.

That I am the thief’s daughter.

When this fact becomes known, there will be a big blow to writing the ball.

It was Duke Shuetsu’s will to bring me, but…… .Still, I don’t know what will happen.

‘As quiet as possible, I shouldn’t make a fuss.’

As I made up my mind, I clenched my fists, and Damian’s red face came into my eyes.

“Damian. Do you think you’ll get hiccups again?”

“Huh? Why, why?”

“Your face is red as if bursting. Look.”

I pricked Damian in the cheek.  His hot, soft cheeks were just like steamed buns.

Damian mumbled with one cheek pressed.

“This, it’s just more, it’s hot.”

“Is it hot? So will we be a little apart?”

The bed was also wide.  It wasn’t a narrow orphanage bed like before, so he’ll be able to sleep comfortably.

Then Damian shook his head vigorously.

“I hate that.”

“What? But you said it was hot.”

“Well, though. …… uh….”

Damian’s lingering look was worse than when he heard the couple’s story.

As I looked around, I opened my mouth carefully at a sudden thought.

“No way……..Are you afraid of having a nightmare like last time?”

“…….. .”

Damian nodded, shining his eyes at my question.

“Yes. And…… it’s too low here, so I’m scared……”

In the novel, it was written that he had quickly adapted to the first Duke Sung.  It seemed too abbreviated.

“Okay. Then you can stand it even if it’s hot? It’s better than dreaming scary dreams.”

“Huh.”

Damian nodded, turning her cheeks red.

“Okay, close your eyes.”

He closed his eyes tightly.  It was so lovely that I laughed.

“Good night, Damian.”

Tonight, tomorrow night.

May the Milky Way, not a nightmare, pour into his dreams.

It seems that I thought that before I fell asleep.

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In Midnight in the bluish moonlight.

“Damn it!”

Viscount Corvino burst into a fierce wrath.

“It’s not enough to be a child, even a little girl goes!”

You can’t retreat like this.  never.

“What kind of bitch is it? How did you lure Duke Shuetz?

He muttered like a man in madness.

He thought that Elie was not an orphan, but the daughter of an unknown noble.

‘No matter what, I should stop this marrige.’

The son can get rid of it later, but the marriage was different.

If another door is woven, it will be even more troublesome.

smart.

Knock , Knock

Then, the door opened with a small knock.

“Who can listening for long without permission?”

“Sorry, sorry. It’s no different…..”

The beginning of the day flinched at his sharp point.

“The person you spoke to has come.”

Then, his own eyes opened.

“Come on.”

When his consent was given, the door opened, and a man wearing a black robe entered inside.

“Hello, my Lord.”

He was very small, and at first glance he looked like a boy, but his voice was still incomplete.

“What did you find out?”

To the question, the person wearing a robe replied to the question without greeting.

“Yes. Fortunately, this is good news for my own.”

It was a vague way of speaking, but the voice was thin and did not stand out much.

“What is it?”

“The child he brought is a commoner. Besides, it is said that the dead mother is a very famous thief.”

“The thief?”

Viscount Corbino’s eyes narrowed.

“Yes. You must have heard of it. The story of a woman who escaped by stealing your Majesty’s treasure.”

Viscount nodded.

About 15 years ago, the empire started a great war.

starting with a small kingdom that wasn’t even marked on a map, and conquering all tribes of all kinds.

‘A force that does not exist will re-establish the empire’

was because of an oracle that had previously descended instead of Grapes.

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It was clear what the non-existent force said.

The first magic recorded in history was the weird life force emerging from the world waters.

People have investigated this mysterious power, and they have come to realize that’magic occurs in nature’.

In addition, it is also that life in an area close to the world tree is born with stronger mana.

However, the world tree that supported the continent started to wither from one day, and now it has disappeared into the back of history.

Clans who knew how to use unique magics lived in groups near such a world tree, and they divided their powers into several branches saying that they had to re-smoke the world tree.

They were the purest and most unique magicians, so I thought they could revive the world capital.

But despite their efforts, the world tree did not bloom again.

But what if they were hiding that fact?

Rumors swept the continent, and the imperial family joined forces with the temple to wage war to protect the empire.

Thanks to the military power and tactics of the Duke of Schuetz, the empire was victorious and succeeded in controlling the minority clan.

But three years later.  Allied forces revolted to regain their rights.

At this time, in a chaotic gap due to the Second War, a thief stole the emperor’s treasure and ran away.

Until this time, nothing was known about the thief.  This is because the imperial family did not disclose the characteristics of the thief to the world because they thought it was dangerous.

I thought She would have a good life because She stole the emperor’s treasure.

The thief was caught in vain after committing a crime again, and eventually the previous actions were revealed.

What she tried to steal was a little stone that the emperor gave to the Countess to celebrate her victory.

‘But she failed to steal and was caught, and I heard that the thief was hung up on the bag and

died.’

It was the first time I heard that a thief had a daughter.

This is because the empire was in turmoil due to the war, so I did not pay much attention.

‘By the way, is she her daughter?’

Hah. Viscount Corbino laughed in vain.

The daughter of a thief and a boy who doesn’t know where he belong.

‘It’s a really good combination. I would like it.’

Viscount Corbino laughed, raising the tail of his mouth.

“Well done. Good information.”

Viscount threw a pocket of gold coins

“Again, one piece of information is fast. I can’t help but admire it.”

“It’s overcompliment,”

he accepted the gold coin.  At first glance, the pupils visible through the exposed robes were thin like a snake.

Viscount Corbino, left alone, sweeps his chin and sinks in thought.

What would happen if the emperor knew about this.  She was the daughter of a woman who stole the treasure, so she may have just chopped her neck.

‘I need to inform your Majesty about this as soon as possible.’

I trying to leave the room in a hurry, Then I stopped.

‘…….No.’

It’s not someone else’s, and it’s a work of Shuetsu.  I couldn’t know that the girl was the thief’s daughter.

‘Then it means that he know everything….. but what’s wrong with it?’

Is it to keep the imperial family in check?

no.  It was too risky to do so.

No matter how vicious the Duke of Schuetz was, he couldn’t have thought of such a low level.

My own work stopped and pondered again.

He had to think of the benefits that would fall to him rather than the intentions of the duke.

‘If his Majesty knows this, the Duke will be punished with great punishment.’

All of the peasant’s property and the climber’s property could have been confiscated to the imperial family.

‘That’s not the only thing.’

I couldn’t make the emperor sit still and let everything go away.

How do you get rid of that trembling while protecting your own interests?

Viscount Corbino, who had been thinking deeply, raised his head.

There was a very easy way.

‘Because she is the thief’s daughter, she’ll be caught stealing.’

Can’t  he ignore the blood in her body?

Viscount Corbino laughed with an eerie face.