The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 54

Chesha pondered his words.

‘Something feels off.’

Being mistaken for Richecia’s daughter was a funny incident, but his current demeanor…

It felt like he was about to seize Chesha’s nonexistent father.

Lock him away in the Great Temple’s infamous Inquisition Room, deep within the underground prison.

Subject him to light torture and torment for a month.

And then execute him in a cruel, miserable, and terrible fashion.

Chesha rolled her eyes.

To preempt any misunderstanding of an innocent person, she decided to offer the standard response.

“I don’t know Abudi…”

Hylone offered a faint smile.

A smile that suggested he knew even what Chesha didn’t.

“……”

Chesha’s fine hairs stood on end.

She felt a fleeting glimpse of what prisoners in the Inquisition Room must endure.

‘I’ve been shown considerable leniency.’

The witch Richecia had been apprehended and interrogated by Hylone numerous times.

Yet, he had never been harsh with her.

Frankly, Chesha’s interrogations were child’s play compared to the chilling sensation evoked by Hylone’s smile.

‘Of course, I’ve shown Hylone leniency as well.’

Hylone had generously overlooked actions that would have resulted in others being executed.

Regardless, she had no answer when questioned about her real father.

As she struggled to formulate a response, Hylone, fortunately, didn’t press the issue.

Instead, he led Chesha to the dining hall.

The spacious communal dining hall was used by the Holy Knights of the temple.

Food was piled high in the kitchen area, and people freely filled their plates.

Despite it being past lunchtime, the dining hall was bustling.

It felt as though people were constantly arriving.

‘Did they come to see Hylone?’

Despite the intense gazes, Hylone mingled with the other knights, stood in line, and collected his food.

Someone of his rank, a First Order Holy Knight, could easily have had food delivered to his quarters.

She had clashed with Hylone fiercely, but this was the first time she had witnessed his everyday life.

Chesha observed Hylone with the same curiosity as the others.

While Chesha enjoyed watching Hylone, Hata wore a very dissatisfied expression.

Even if entering the temple was unavoidable to evade Kiernan.

He hadn’t anticipated sharing a meal.

When Hata made a disgruntled noise, Chesha patted him.

But the puppy remained unhappy and buried his face in Chesha’s arms.

He seemed to dislike the sight of Hylone.

He refused to leave Chesha, so she had no choice but to place Hata on the chair beside her.

She expected a reprimand for violating dining etiquette, but no one scolded her.

More accurately, they seemed unable to scold her.

Everyone in the dining hall was fixated on Hylone, leaving them no time to notice the puppy eating meat next to Chesha.

Hylone was being kind.

That was the problem.

He should have acted as usual, but his sudden change in behavior caused a stir.

He placed Chesha on his lap and personally attended to her meal.

He put a napkin around her neck and attempted to feed her directly with a teaspoon he had acquired instead of a baby utensil.

He scooped mashed potatoes onto the teaspoon and brought it to Chesha’s mouth.

“Eat.”

Hylone seemed oblivious to the situation.

Even as everyone stared in astonishment at his cheesy behavior, their jaws practically dropping, he merely raised an eyebrow.

As if those staring were the strange ones.

Chesha felt awkward and mumbled.

“I can eat myself.”

“You?”

His gaze fell to Chesha’s hands.

He frowned slightly at hands that were about the size of two of Hylone’s fingers.

He doubted how she could hold a spoon with such small hands.

‘But I can hold a teaspoon!’

Chesha had been diligently training to adapt to her baby body.

She could handle a teaspoon with considerable skill.

Like Karha wielding twin swords, she could even use twin teaspoons with both hands!

She was concealing her strength because it was against dining etiquette.

But Hylone didn’t believe her.

He firmly held the teaspoon in front of her lips.

Reluctantly, she opened her mouth wide and ate.

From then on, she ate whatever Hylone offered like a baby bird receiving food.

‘Embarrassing…’

Chesha glanced around as she ate the small pieces of beef.

She wondered if they would disapprove of a grown baby being spoon-fed.

It was the opposite.

Those who had grown accustomed to Hylone’s actions were now whispering about Chesha.

“But doesn’t the teaspoon seem too big? It fills her mouth.”

“We should cut the meat smaller…”

Then, when Hylone wiped her lips with a napkin, they gasped.

“Is he wiping her that hard?”

“I guess Sir Hylone can’t control his strength.”

“Isn’t he tearing her skin…?”

Chesha frowned.

As she listened, they were saying strange things.

It was a place filled with knights who rigorously trained their bodies.

Since everyone was burly and muscular, both women and men, they seemed to perceive Chesha as even weaker.

They seemed to think that tapping Chesha’s forehead with a teaspoon would shatter her.

‘It would clear up the misunderstanding if they just hit me once.’

She considered it for a moment.

But Chesha immediately dismissed the thought after seeing a female knight split an apple in half with one hand at the opposite table.

It seemed Chesha was indeed a fragile being here.

‘Let’s just eat.’

Chesha, having given up, simply surrendered to the situation.

She ate whatever Hylone gave her, wam nyam wam nyam [onomatopoeia for eating sounds].

After the lengthy meal, Hylone offered Chesha small pieces of fruit for dessert.

As she ate the sweet flat peach, people slowly approached.

A person willing to risk their life for curiosity asked Hylone.

“Sir Hylone, who is this baby? Is she a new addition to the temple’s nursery?”

It seemed the knights had chosen her as their representative.

The knight with firm muscles and tanned skin looked back and forth between her hand and Chesha.

“She’s really small… White. Sparkling. Pretty.”

It seemed like there were a few too many modifiers.

When she made eye contact with Chesha eating a peach, she smiled involuntarily.

“Oh, how cute.”

It was an exclamation that escaped her without conscious thought.

Chesha was always generous to those who admired her appearance.

So she smiled brightly at her.

“Thank you!”

She was overjoyed when Chesha even greeted her.

But her happiness was short-lived.

“She is a child temporarily placed under probation. Do not harass her.”

Hylone cut her off coldly.

He had been acting all soft and mushy towards Chesha today, but he was originally as cold as the glaciers of the far North Continent.

“I’m sorry! I will be careful.”

The knight immediately saluted politely and awkwardly returned to her seat.

Hylone picked up Chesha.

He also picked up the puppy next to her with one hand and placed it in Chesha’s arms.

Then he left the dining hall and headed somewhere.

‘He’s not going to feed me well and then drag me to the interrogation room, is he?’

Others wouldn’t have such suspicions.

But since the other party was an Inquisitor [an official in the Catholic Church responsible for combating heresy], all sorts of thoughts came to mind.

Especially since she had committed many sins.

Chesha asked Hylone with an uneasy heart.

“Where are we going?”