Chapter 28
Viaton grinned and said.
“The Princess said this.”
Viaton imitated Isabel’s voice like a skilled actor.
“‘Don’t let Teacher Woody Karin go anywhere!’ She said that.”
Actually, Isabel’s pronunciation had become quite accurate now.
However, Viaton’s ears seemed to have the strange ability to hear what they wanted to hear.
“The Princess did?”
“Yes. So, excuse me for a moment.”
Viaton took a rope out of his pocket.
It was a flimsy rope, embarrassing to even call it a rope.
It seemed like it would snap if you put any force on it.
Anyway, Viaton tied Karin’s body with that rope.
Viaton spoke in a very relaxed voice.
“Now, Princess, please help me too. Karin-nim is too strong for me to handle alone.”
“M-me too?”
Isabel took the bundle of rope in a daze.
“Yes. Princess, please take care of her wrists.”
“Okay.”
Unlike Isabel’s reason, her body’s heart started pounding again.
Isabel’s body, which was serious about playing house, seemed to be greatly interested in playing kidnapping as well.
Isabel untied the rope with her small hands and tied Karin’s wrists.
She tied it with a ribbon because she didn’t know how to tie a proper knot.
“I tied it with a ribbon.”
“With this, we have completely subdued her.”
Viaton held out his hand.
Because it was a little high, Isabel jumped and high-fived him.
Karin, who had been silent, asked.
“Why are you doing this?”
“I heard everything. You said you were going to that bad Ajusshi Wilhelm.”
Karin glared at Viaton.
Her eyes spoke.
What on earth did you tell the child?
Viaton hid behind Isabel’s small body.
“I didn’t say anything special. I just said that Karin-nim was going to a very bad guy named Wilhelm.”
“……”
“Then the Princess said no.”
Karin shifted her gaze to Isabel. Her eyes were still cold.
“Why not?”
“W-well……”
The Karin that Isabel knew was the final villain. And that final villain was born under Wilhelm.
Although it wasn’t described in detail what kind of relationship they had or what kind of teachings she received.
‘Even though it’s scary, it’s safest to keep her by my side.’
Besides, this is the Imperial Palace, with ironclad security.
It’s a place where she can monitor the final villain right next to her 20 years later.
It would be better not to send her to Wilhelm in order to prevent the birth of the final villain.
“Besides, I heard that bad Ajusshi is missing. He smells dangerous.”
Karin’s gaze turned to Viaton.
Because the reason Wilhelm disappeared was because of Viaton.
Viaton subtly avoided her gaze and hummed.
“He smells dangerous~ Danger~ Danger~ He smells dangerous~”
Using magic, he made 『♩♪』 musical notes float in the air.
Isabel said.
“So, Teacher Karin can’t go anywhere.”
“……I have to go.”
So that I can help the Princess as soon as possible.
So that I can solve the theory you devised in an engineering way.
So that I can fulfill the Princess’s wish.
You said you wanted to leave something behind in the world, didn’t you?
She swallowed those words.
“But there’s nothing I can do.”
Isabel pointed at Karin’s wrist with her finger.
“Look. I tied it with a pretty ribbon.”
“……”
The ribbon shape was needlessly elaborate and pretty.
It was a bit crooked, but it was definitely a ribbon knot.
“Can I not go if it’s tied with a ribbon?”
Actually, she could tear it off with a little force. But Karin couldn’t bring herself to do that.
“Yes. I’ve called dibs on you.”
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Karin, who came out into the hallway, carefully untied the rope.
Using magic, she pulled her wrists out while maintaining the ribbon shape that Isabel had made.
Viaton chuckled.
“I have a meeting with His Majesty the Emperor, so I’ll be going first. Think carefully. About what’s truly in the Princess’s best interest.”
“……”
“The Princess seems to really hate it when Karin-nim leaves.”
Karin returned to her room.
She took out a notebook from her desk drawer.
The notebook was a diary that Karin had recently started writing.
『Spring’s Record』
Karin cast a preservation spell on the ribbon Isabel had tied, imbuing it with mana.
And she attached it to the right side of the 『Spring’s Record』 letters.
Karin, who stared at the ribbon for a long time, wrote down today’s diary entry.
『It was the first time.』
The Princess needed her.
She wanted her to stay by her side, not as a useful tool, but as a person.
『Everything has been a first since I met the Princess.』
I’ve never even heard the word ‘dibs’ before.
Even though it was my first time hearing it, I understood what it meant right away.
Isabel’s face, smiling as she said ‘dibs’, came to mind.
Karin smiled without realizing it.
She glanced around.
There was no one around.
She quickly wrote something down.
『Princess, dibs.』
And she quickly used magic to hide the letters.
With a solemn expression, she closed the diary and put it in her desk.
After that, she began today’s ritual.
‘Silence.’
She thoroughly soundproofed the room.
‘Protecting.’
She put up a strong barrier so that no intruders could come in.
The doll in the bed suffered a rough time again today.
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After the meeting with the Emperor, Viaton returned to Isabel’s room.
Ruruka was surprised.
‘Why did Sir Viaton come again?’
Viaton was famous for valuing his personal time very much.
He was one of the people who always talked about work-life balance.
The current time was 5:30 PM.
‘Work should be over at 5……’
Why did he come to the Princess’s room again?
Knowing that he hated overtime work to the extreme, she felt a sense of fear.
But Viaton was smiling brightly.
“Nanny. I bought this, try it.”
“What…… is this?”
“It’s bread made in the shape of a carp. Bungeoppang. It has sweet red bean paste and custard cream inside, so it’s very sweet and delicious.”
The nanny was startled.
“H-how could you give me something so precious……”
“I got a bonus for my business trip. Anyway, thank you for taking care of the Princess every day.”
Viaton’s words were incredibly warm.
It was true that Viaton became more generous in Isabel’s room.
However, Viaton was originally the Emperor’s aide.
He was in a high position that others wouldn’t dare to speak to, and he was known to be endlessly cold to others.
Even within the Imperial Palace, not many people had direct conversations with Viaton.
But here he was, smiling so brightly.
In such a warm voice.
“Princess, the nanny takes good care of you, right?”
“Yes!”
“Do you like the nanny?”
“Of course. I really like Nanny Ruruka. What about Sir Viaton?”
“I like the nanny too!”
Viaton smiled brightly.
It was fortunate. That he didn’t have to k*ll her.
If any bad words had come out of Isabel’s mouth, the nanny’s end would have been disastrous.
“Teacher Viaton. But, I have a worry.”
“A worry?”
“I don’t want Teacher Karin to leave, but I understand her intentions.”
“Yes.”
“So I was wondering if it would be a good idea to introduce her to someone better than Wilhelm.”
“Do you know someone like that?”
“Well, I read it in a book before, but it said there was an eccentric magic engineer who was kicked out of the Mirotel Magic Federation.”
“Hmm, yes.”
His name is ‘Teyselon’.
He was a very talented magic engineer, and he would later become a comrade of the male lead, Arun.
“I heard that person was exiled to the Elbe Mountains.”
As a comrade of the male lead, his background was quite detailed.
The Mirotel Magic Federation placed a seal on the eccentric and self-willed Teyselon and exiled him to the Elbe Mountains.
But in fact, Teyselon wasn’t affected by the seal and went to the Elbe Mountains on purpose.
In order to comfortably research magic engineering there.
Later, he would meet the male lead, Arun, and their goals would align, and he would become a magic engineer who would greatly help Arun.
“I think that person could help me and Teacher Karin.”
“I see.”
The unbiased Viaton didn’t ask any further questions.
He just took it as it was.
‘Hmm. The Elbe Mountains……’
The Elbe Mountains were a vast mountain range.
Therefore, finding someone there was no easy task.
But that wasn’t important to Viaton.
“So we just need to bring that person, right?”
“I read in the book that he’s very stubborn.”
“I haven’t seen a stubbornness that doesn’t break in the face of deep interaction.”
“No bad methods.”
He’s a comrade of the male lead.
He was eccentric, but he was righteous and never gave his heart to those who deviated from his sense of justice.
“No hitting.”
“Ah, I won’t hit him. Deep interaction……”
“No threats either.”
“I’m not that kind of bad person.”
“No deep and friendly interactions either.”
“……Excuse me?”
Viaton laughed, “Hahaha!”
‘I tried to speak euphemistically, but the Princess knew everything.’
He felt like he had become a bad a*ult, and cold sweat dripped down his back.
However, he was prepared to become a bad a*ult to any extent, for Isabel’s sake.
His mind was filled with the thought of somehow capturing Teyselon and presenting him to the Princess.
“Teacher Viaton is a cool a*ult, right?”
“……”
“Right?”
“R-right. Umhahaha!”
“So promise me.”
“Yes. Promise!”
Viaton linked his pinky finger with Isabel’s.
He couldn’t help it.
He decided not to be a bad a*ult.
‘I’ll have to rule out violent methods.’
Isabel handed him a Siberun Mana Stone.
“This, and……”
She walked to her desk and handed him a sheet of stationery.
“Please give this to Sir Teyselon.”
“Trust me.”
Viaton received the Siberun Mana Stone engraved with Isabel’s magic formula and the letter.
And instead of heading to the Elbe Mountains, he sought out Emperor Ron.
Ron, who was swinging his sword in the training hall, glanced at Viaton.
“What brings you to work overtime?”
“There’s a report I must submit.”
Viaton’s expression was very serious.
Ron sheathed his sword.
Having been together for many years, he quickly realized that Viaton was serious.
“Tell me.”
Viaton was silent for a moment before opening his mouth.
“I think I’ll have to disobey Your Majesty’s orders.”
