The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 173

The Basilien brothers chose Duke Ivroyel’s residence to evade Kieren’s watchful eyes. It was a case of hiding in plain sight. Duke Ivroyel’s residence was the last place Kieren would expect, making his surveillance there lax.

Especially since Ishuel frequented the Duke’s residence for his magical studies. Using teleportation magic to enter and exit wouldn’t seem strange at all.

“So… you really came…”

Duke Ivroyel, Serea, looked at the Basilien brothers with a face that seemed a decade older. Serea chuckled, imagining Kieren discovering their scheme and laughing as he beheaded her—a dark jest born of anxiety.

After a moment of morbid amusement, she turned to Cheshire.

“Hello.”

Cheshire politely greeted her with hands clasped together.

Serea smiled, her cheeks dimpling slightly at Cheshire’s greeting, unable to hide her amazement.

“My goddaughter has really changed beyond recognition.”

She was surprised by Cheshire’s childlike appearance, but there was no hint of regarding her as a monster. Rather, she examined Cheshire with the curious eyes of a magician.

“It’s my first time seeing a fairy in this stage of growth. Usually, I only encounter fully grown fairies.”

She picked up Cheshire with an “Oop-cha,” and cradled her small body.

Cheshire smiled brightly, pretending innocence.

“Anyway, what are you planning to do?” Serea asked, holding Cheshire in one arm.

Belzeon, standing with his arms crossed, replied, “We plan to attend the banquet in adult form.”

No one would readily suspect that the grown men were the Basilien brothers.

“And I’ll introduce you to our youngest at the banquet. He’ll notice as soon as we enter the banquet hall anyway.”

They didn’t intend to prolong the charade. They planned to torment the annoying Kieren, but not to push him too far. They knew better than anyone that he was having a hard time.

He was so out of his mind that he was committing serial murders in East End. Belzeon was managing the situation to prevent rumors about Kieren from spreading.

But if his madness worsened from here, he might start a sword fight in the middle of the Imperial Palace.

“We’ll keep it moderate,” Belzeon assured.

At Belzeon’s words, Serea groaned and eventually nodded. She shrugged and said, “The Palen social scene will be noisy for a while.”

Regardless, Serea was a gossip, keenly interested in the various incidents and scandals that unfolded in Palen’s high society. She was eager to participate in the unfolding drama.

Since it was already certain that a major incident would occur, she seemed determined to enjoy it while she could.

The three brothers, having gained the full support of Duke Ivroyel, took Cheshire elsewhere. They offered her a potion to induce adulthood.

“Baby, no, no,” Karrha began, then corrected himself, habitually calling her ‘baby’. “It would be nice if Cheshire were an adult too.”

The idea was to enter together in adult form. It would also be easier to avoid Kieren’s eyes if Cheshire transformed.

Ishuel was already happily pondering which dress to put on Cheshire.

Cheshire obediently drank the potion they handed her. Gulp, gulp.

Of course, nothing happened.

The three brothers, who had been waiting with expectant faces, were embarrassed and exchanged glances.

“Uh… is it because she’s a fairy?”

“I guess so.”

“What should we do?”

It was a bit difficult for a child to attend the Emperor’s birthday banquet. Unless they were royalty, children under a certain age generally did not attend official banquets.

Cheshire raised her hand and offered her opinion. “Should I hide? I don’t have much power now, but I can manage that much.”

The fairy’s power had not yet fully returned.

But for some reason, the three brothers listened to Cheshire’s words, fell silent for a moment, and then suddenly smiled at the same time.

Ishuel asked, drawing out the end of his words, “Our sister… so, you don’t have much power……?”

With a sly smile full of ulterior motives, Ishuel kissed the back of Cheshire’s hand.

“Your brothers will protect you?”

The words, spoken with sparkling eyes, should have been touching, but they didn’t evoke any emotion at all.

Cheshire narrowed her eyes and made a sulky expression for a moment.

‘They seem excited for some reason.’

It was too obvious that they were happy because they thought Cheshire couldn’t escape.

There couldn’t be less trust between family members.

At Cheshire’s lukewarm reaction, Ishuel made a pitiful expression and voice. Shadows fell on his eyes, framed by long eyelashes.

“Your brothers have always only received. I hope that this time, our sister will rely on us.”

Karrha also stuck close to Ishuel and made a pitiful, cat-like face.

Belzeon, not as overtly as the twins, also subtly drooped his eyes.

After becoming adults, they all looked exactly like Kieren, even down to their disgusting acting.

There were three more people like Kieren…….

The future of the Basiliens was very bleak.

‘Still, it’s better than being imprisoned.’

Looking back on her own actions, Cheshire thought that the three brothers’ actions were quite moderate.

Without realizing it, Cheshire smiled brightly, thinking from the Basilien standard.

“Yes!”

***

The Imperial Palace, celebrating the Emperor’s birthday, was 부담스러울만큼 [overwhelmingly] luxurious.

I thought it was splendid when I visited before, but the Imperial Palace, which had been properly decorated for the birthday banquet, was so overwhelming that I didn’t know where to look.

However, there were beings that inspired even more admiration than the Imperial Palace.

It was the men of the Basilien family.

Having inherited the blood of a fairy mother and a father with a non-human appearance, the three brothers had boasted outstanding beauty even in their youth.

Having grown into adults with that appearance, they were really dangerously 눈에 띄었다 [eye-catching]. Just like Kieren.

Cheshire, surrounded by three men with appearances that would attract attention no matter where they stood, felt proud.

‘My kids are amazing!’

As if she were the leader of the three brothers, she 괜히 [unnecessarily] raised her chin.

The three brothers, who noticed what Cheshire was thinking, smiled slightly.

When laughter was heard from these people with flower-like beauty, gazes poured in. Everyone was full of curiosity.

Since they were faces never seen in Palen’s high society, they seemed to be whispering, considering them nobles from abroad.

The three brothers took Cheshire to a place where there were few people.

“This is a private space in the Imperial Palace prepared for Duke Ivroyel. Cheshire, wait there with Karrha for a while…….”

Belzeon, who was explaining as he walked down the quiet hallway, stopped.

Cheshire, who was being held by Ishuel and leaning against his chest, was about to turn around.

Charrrk, the sound of chains was heard.

Immediately afterward, a sharp noise erupted.

Karrha, who had not brought a weapon because he was entering the palace, grabbed the chain with his leather-gloved hands.

“Why did you enter the Imperial Palace looking like that?”

The pure white chain was pulled taut.

Karrha, who swallowed a low groan, frowned and glared in the direction the chain was coming from.

Footsteps approached with a 서느런 [chilling] voice.

“The deal was not forgotten…….”

There stood Haelon, his hair dyed black. He was wearing a banquet dress, not a holy knight uniform.

He stopped speaking and froze. The blue eyes shook finely.

Cheshire was also flustered and opened her lips. It was because she had not expected to meet the man who had become a traitor in the Imperial Palace.

After blinking slowly a couple of times, Haelon opened his lips as if in disbelief.

“…Cheshire?”