Dietrich shrugged at my question. His face didnât look apologetic at all even though I would die right now.
âThis ungrateful child!â
Spit out all my milk youâve eaten! Youâre mean!
The rules laid down in the successor game of LaGrange are-
âItâs only forbidden to kill workers.â
There was only one. This meant that no need to discuss ways and methods when removing other candidates.
Sneaking into other palaces and poisoning food has become so common that it happens about four times a week.
âHikssâŚ.â
If cherry is poisoned -not sure if itâs poisonous or not- I couldâve died before I was rewarded for my hardship to take the place of Dietrichâs younger sister.
I wasnât even a candidate or a successor so I wasnât trained to resist poison.
Dietrich chuckles when he saw that my pupil was shaking like an earthquake.
âYou laughing?! Though I will die but are you laughing?â
âIt will be fine. The killing game is over, and there is no candidate who doesnât know that I will not die of poison.â
As Dietrich said, no other candidate can get rid of him with poison. He has been immune to all poisons since he was two years old.
This is because his mother Camille poisoned him every day.
âSheâs a crazy woman.â
Instead of being frustrated with her status as a slave of war and being sold to Lagrange, Camille tried to turn Dietrich into a weapon.
âEven so, intentionally poisoned a baby who was only two years old. She is really.â
It doesnât matter how Dietrichâs shadow abilities and body are strong. Thatâs still weird so I feel nauseous even if I only read the text.
âThe day when I can understand this family will never come.â
I tried to swallow the rare Cherry that I rarely get, but it stuck in my throat.
âOh, Princess, are you here again?â
âMelilin!â
Marilyn entered the room, she was the new maid in place of Janine who had suddenly disappeared. 3
Janine was a woman who closed her door and saying I couldnât be cured when my palm was torn, she was angry too when she said I had eaten her chocolate.
âAnd I canât see her again. Did she move to another palace?â
âLancel doesnât know what heâs must doing without the princess.â
Marilyn smiles and reaches out to me. I naturally embraced her.
âOh, how can our princess be so pretty?â
I didnât know what to do when she stroked my chubby cheeks. Originally, she was Dietrichâs maid, but these days she was taking care of me more than Lancel.
âThatâs because I surprisingly too cute!â
It was a cuteness that didnât work for Dietrich or Janine, but it worked for Marilyn.
âMalilin, malilin!â
âYes, Princess. You have to go back to your room now.â
I rubbed my head in Marilynâs arms with a baby-like runny nose. Itâs a kind of aegyo similar to rub my cheek on Dietrichâs leg.
âUm. But why is the air suddenly cold?â
I immediately turned my head to the cool aura that felt behind my back, but Dietrichâs aura was as calm as usual. 1
âDetteli, Bubay.â (Dietrich, bye-bye)
I waved to Dietrich in Marilynâs arms. If I had a sister like this, I would want to bite her because she was cute, but this child doesnât even pretend to see me.
I grumbled back to my room, and Marilyn wasnât visible the next day. 3
***
I searched for the missing Marilyn, and I started shouting everywhere in front of Dietrich. After all, she was the first adult to become attached to me.
âDetteli.â
âDetteli.â
âOppa.â (Brother.)
âOppa?â
âNo, oppaa.â
Dietrich doesnât seem to have any complaints about my poor pronunciation.
I was running alone in the garden because Marilyn, who had been playing with me was fired.
After realizing that I was alone, I started rolling on the grass and learned to improve my pronunciation.
âOppa.â
âIs it because my tongue hasnât grown yet?â
âHung.â
I inflated cheek after hear my pronunciation that seemed to be pathetic.
âBaby pronunciation so unclear!â
Dietrich would have done that at my age.
No, I think Dietrich had spoken with perfect pronunciation since he was born.
âThis sounds like an unfair setting!â
I poured water that I got from the fountain this summer.
âI will plant a fruit tree instead of a watering device like this.â
I turned my attention to where I planted the remaining seeds from the cherries I ate from Dietrich last time.
âCan it sprout? I planted it together with MarilynâŚ..â
She was the one who most often asked me to do it, unlike Lancel or Dietrich.
âWhy she suddenly disappeared?â
When I think about it, Lancel hasnât been seen well these days too. 1
âOppa.â
âWhy.â
âWheleâs Malilin?â (Whereâs Marilyn?)
âWho?â
I canât pronounce Marilynâs name well so he pretends that he doesnât know Marilyn.
I was convinced that Dietrich had a reason for Marilynâs invisibility. Iâm very sure even though there is no physical evidence. Even if someone asks me to bet then I will do it.
âBecause I donât have anything, thereâs nothing to do.â
âDettliâs maid.â
âWhy is she?â
âI miss malilin.â
Marilyn was the first adult to be friendly to me since I was born.
âFirst and only.â
Lancel no longer pinched me or intentionally bothered me, but Iâm annoyed because he never did anything to play with me.
âDietrich and Marilyn are the only ones who speak to me in this spacious palace.â
Besides, she was cuter than Dietrich.
Dietrich didnât ignore me anymore, but he didnât come to me first, read fairy tales, play dolls, or tell stories of the world like Marilyn.
It bothered me so I kept looking for her.
âI need to know about the world!â
I liked Marilynâs stories. It helped me understand this world.
Whether itâs the story of another family that didnât appear in the novel or the legend of the Shadow Demon.
âThere was still a lot to learn, but why did you disappear?â
âShe was sent to another palace for a while.â
I shook my head to Dietrichâs cold answer.
My ears canât be lifted like a dogâs, but if that happens maybe my ears have fallen to the ground.
Marilyn was missing, so I was bored again and had to go back to a free life.
âWhen will she come?â
âDonât know.â
âItâs been a day or two since I played alone in the garden.â
I donât know letters at all so I canât read even though I want it when Iâm bored. I donât even see Dietrich very often, I really donât know what heâs doing.
âDonât cry.â
âIâm not.â
I havenât cried in front of Dietrich for a while, but this guy knew that I would cry.
âIf you have a baby who doesnât cry like me, tell them to come, boy!â
âWhy do you like that maid?â
âMalilin got a book and she told me a story.â
Dietrich interrupted me and took a short breath.
âSo you need a toy.â
âNo, Thatâs not itâ
He raised his hand and summoned something before I could even deny his words.
Iâve never really seen it, but I knew what he was summoning now.
âIs the name is Baal?â
Dietrichâs shadow demon was the most powerful out of the demons owned by LaGrange.
âIt was the Demonâ
The demon is strong enough to compete with the god of the sun, Helios.
Baalâs role was large enough to make Dietrich the strongest villain in the world.
âWait, but why did he summon it now?â
The demon king Baal appeared black in the green courtyard and politely looked down at Dietrich who was only seven years old.
The attitude was so polite that it looks more like a butler than the demon king. Of course, an ordinary butler might have hair on his head instead of a horn.
âDid you call me?â
Baal didnât have a face because it looked like the dark shadows were gathered together in a devil shape. Iâm not sure if I was polite to look at it.
âBut the voice is very polite.â
âPlay with her.â
ââŚâŚYes?â
âUuhh?â
Baal fades for a moment at the time Dietrich gave the order.
Although it was a faceless demon, I could see that Baalâs aura was shaking because of embarrassment now.
Of course, I was very embarrassed too. My chin seemed to fall out with my mouth wide open because I was surprised.
âWhat the hell are you asking me to play? The Demon King? Me?â
âPlay with that baby, Iâm bored.â
ââŚIs it a command to play with that baby?â
âIndeed.â
As Dietrich nodded briefly, Baal slipped toward me without hesitation. Demon-themed loyalty is very impressive.
âIf It was myself, I would have resisted my pride.â
The devilâs aura that came close to you was so dark and smelled bad.
I was frightened by the smell of Baal like a lump of rotten food waste and shook my head.
âDonât want!!â
Despite my extreme rejection, Baal standing in front of me and made something like a hand from a shadow.
âDo you want to shake it?â
Cring-
It was the babyâs instinct to respond to the rattle.
Although it was obviously a shadow, the rattle made by Baal made a refreshing sound like beads rolling.
âOh, no!â
Cringcring-
âOh?â
Cringcringcring
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âOh.â
Oh, no. No. I shouldnât be seduced by a demon-like this.
âKyaaaa~~â
I ended up being seduced by the demonâs waving rattle.