The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 171

To resurrect his dead wife, Kieren sought the Fairy Queen’s Crown.

But the sacrifice needed for the black magic wasn’t the Fairy Queen’s Crown.

It was the Fairy Queen herself.

Perhaps Kieren didn’t know.

If he had known, he would have already been out of his mind when the fairies called Chesha ‘Queen’.

However, he couldn’t remain ignorant forever.

If he reunited with Chesha, obtained the Fairy Queen’s Crown, and used black magic.

Kieren would also learn the truth.

The truth that he had to choose between the wife he loved enough to risk his life for and the daughter he had adopted and spent only a short time with.

Just as Chesha had to choose between the youngest daughter of the Vasilias [a noble family] and the femme fatale [an attractive and dangerous woman] of the underworld…

There was no need to consider what Kieren would choose.

‘He would choose the dead Countess.’

I wasn’t particularly upset or sad about his choice.

Because it’s just, natural.

Perhaps Belzeon and the twins would also miss their mother more than Chesha.

‘But I don’t want to die.’

As I blankly continued my thoughts, a light touch reached my cheek.

Chesha looked at the rabbit doll.

“……”

The rabbit doll was struggling to lift its blunt cotton arm and touch Chesha’s cheek.

The soft texture of the cloth conveyed a small comfort.

Even though the eyes of the silent rabbit doll were just buttons, for some reason, it seemed to be crying.

It didn’t say anything, but Chesha could feel that the rabbit doll was sad.

Suddenly, I felt that it must have been lonely.

It must have watched everything for hundreds of years.

Sealed deep within the Holy Empire, unable to approach the new Queen Chesha, holding a sad secret alone, it could only wait endlessly.

Chesha hugged the rabbit doll that was comforting her even tighter.

“You must have had a hard time too.”

The rabbit doll in Chesha’s arms twitched slightly.

It was a very silent cry, without tears or sobs.

“Your happiness is my joy, and your joy is my happiness.”

“I want to be happy and joyful.”

I didn’t quite understand what it was saying, but it seemed to be words for Chesha.

“Don’t worry. I’ll…”.

Chesha hesitated for a moment and added.

“I’ll figure something out.”

The rabbit doll stared at Chesha.

It looked at her for a long time with its clear button eyes, and then drooped down.

It had used up all its last strength.

Perhaps the rabbit doll didn’t want Chesha to return to the Vasilias.

So, it squeezed out its nonexistent strength to tell her about the impending misfortune.

The effort was commendable, but Chesha had no intention of doing so.

Looking at the rabbit that had completely returned to being a doll, I pulled back the curtain and looked out the window.

Belzeon and Karha, riding horses like escort knights, were following side by side next to the carriage.

As soon as they felt the gaze, they immediately turned to Chesha.

She sent them a sly smile, and Chesha also smiled brightly at them.

Chesha didn’t want to give up anything.

***

The banquet celebrating Emperor Palen’s birthday grandly began.

As congratulatory processions from various countries across the continent continued, the imperial flag and the sun flag symbolizing the emperor fluttered proudly throughout the capital square.

The imperial family issued coins commemorating the Emperor’s birthday and distributed free alcohol and food to the imperial citizens.

The congratulatory delegation also became a hot topic, especially the Kingdom of Skaya, which had recently severed ties with the Palen Empire.

It was thanks to the young princess, cherished by the Skaya royal family, who personally visited as an envoy.

In addition, rumors that they had brought enormous gifts, befitting Skaya’s wealthy reputation, spread throughout the empire.

In the heightened atmosphere, the birthday banquet began.

Everyone was excited to celebrate Palen’s Sun Emperor, but there was also someone who wasn’t.

“…Ah.”

Kieren groaned briefly.

He seemed to have done something strange again.

When he opened his eyes, he was in a completely unfamiliar place.

The smell of blood was strong, so he slowly looked around.

He seemed to have been wandering around the slums out of his mind and killed the guys who tried to rob him.

He remembered the newspaper article he had seen this morning.

[Serial killings occur in East End… Perpetrator unknown]

“That was me.”

Kieren wore a hollow smile.

The time he wasn’t in his right mind was getting longer and longer.

After the birthday banquet, he would have to visit Duke Evroyel’s mansion and ask Serea to control him.

With Serea’s magic, she would be able to tie him up so he couldn’t escape.

Ishuel wasn’t quite at that level yet…

Thinking about this and that, he took out his pocket watch.

It was the time when the moonlight of midnight fell on the street.

The birthday banquet must have started a long time ago.

As Count Vasilias, he should have been there, but he wasn’t.

If he hurried now, he could attend the tail end of the banquet.

While other nobles would be trembling with fear that they had offended the Emperor, Kieren calmly checked the time and moved slowly.

He simply washed off the blood at the Vasilias mansion and dressed in a banquet suit.

Then, he called a carriage and headed to the Imperial Palace.

The Imperial Palace, lit up like daytime, was decorated so luxuriously that visitors couldn’t come to their senses.

You could tell that they had put in a lot of effort for the commemorative birthday banquet.

Even though the visitors’ exclamations were heard here and there, Kieren moved indifferently.

There was nothing here that could attract his attention.

As he entered the banquet hall, it was already full of people who were drunk.

Everyone was excited about the splendid banquet, their faces flushed.

Serea came into Kieren’s eyes as he indifferently scanned the banquet hall.

As soon as she saw Kieren, she hurriedly approached him.

Kieren asked Serea, who came in a hurry.

“Did you do something wrong to me?”

“…Huh? No? What are you talking about…”

You did something wrong.

Having gained confidence, Kieren narrowed his eyes and stared at her.

Serea waved her hands wildly.

“No, no, it’s not.”

Considering that it wasn’t, her eyes had been shaking very uneasily since earlier, and her legs were also trembling.

Before questioning, Kieren asked about the urgent matter first.

“What about the Holy King?”

“Not yet. He has entered the country, but it seems he will only attend the banquet on the last day. Because he has to do the consecration [religious ceremony].”

On the last day of the week-long banquet.

It was a choice that showed his will to attend the banquet only after as few people as possible were there.

“I’m also giving regular situation reports to that side.”

Hylon, who had infiltrated the system, was waiting for an opportunity.

Many things would change and be sorted out at the birthday banquet.

And if we catch the Holy King…

He was going to see the end this time.

Hiding his bloody thoughts inside, Kieren smiled brightly.

“Master.”

“……”

“What is it? Tell me quickly. You know I’m mentally ill these days.”

He threatened, smiling brightly, that if even his master was like this, he would be so sad that he might really do something strange.

Serea, who was sweating profusely, suddenly got angry instead.

“You should have been good usually!”

“…?”

“You handsome-faced bastard!”

Serea, who shouted in anger, snatched a glass of champagne from a passing servant, probably because she was thirsty, and drank it all in one gulp.

Kieren, who took the empty glass instead, handed her a handkerchief.

It was when Serea was crumpling the handkerchief after wiping the alcohol from her lips.

“Ha.”

Kieren burst into laughter.

There were men who stood out in the vast banquet hall full of so many people.

It was the three brothers in the form of adults.

He couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of them dressed up in banquet clothes.

They wouldn’t have been able to enter with the status of Vasilias, so Serea must have helped them.

Was this what the three brothers had been fussing about lately that bothered him?

But this trivial prank couldn’t be the end.

Because they knew each other too well as the same Vasilias.

They were going to cause some great accident…

“……”

The corners of Kieren’s mouth, which had been smirking, slowly went down.

His face hardened as if he had been suddenly splashed with cold water.

A fresh floral scent brushed past the tip of his nose.

It was Chesha’s floral scent.