I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 3

Let’s Seduce the Maids First (1)

2022.12.09.

My heart pounded as I faced Grandma.

“You. You’re Sien, right?”

“Yes!”

“I am Duchess Lucrezia, the ruler of the Highest Magic Tower. Don’t think you can call me ‘Grandma’ so casually.”

Everyone knew the title ‘Ruler of the Highest Magic Tower.’ It was earned through ruthless ambition.

She had killed another magician during her younger years of training at the Highest Magic Tower and seized control of it.

Among the magic ranks, which go up to 12th level, she had even become a magician of the 4th level, an ‘Anyaque’ [a high-ranking mage].

Currently, with no Grand Magician of the 1st level, it was a very high rank.

…For some reason, it doesn’t seem like she uses magic now.

Duchess Lucrezia drew a firm line.

‘Too bad. I thought she liked cute little kids.’

My charm didn’t work on her, it seemed.

Then it was time to step back. Just lightening the mood for a moment could be considered a success.

I nodded.

“Yesss…”

One step back, but this isn’t the end, Grandma!

Grandma stared at me for a moment, then slowly raised the corner of her lips and said slowly.

“You’re quite clumsy.”

Not only was I being cut off…

…I was even being scolded.

I tapped my lips with my hand, which were pouting forward, and turned my body.

“Sorry…”

My charm was usually foolproof.

Is it different because she’s an evil duchess? Is she like an iron wall?

However, I had no intention of giving up just because I failed once.

I raised my lowered head and looked at Grandma again.

Grandma’s eyes momentarily curved like crescent moons, then quickly regained their cold gaze.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen a child look me in the eye properly.”

“Please refrain from speaking, Mother. And Sien.”

It was Dad who broke the tension.

“Huh?”

Dad, who had already gotten up, lifted me up and spoke forcefully to Duchess Lucrezia. As if marking his territory, he was wary.

“I’ll take Sien to the maids.”

“Do so.”

I mustered my last strength and mumbled softly towards Grandma.

“Daddy. Gramma, bye.”

Duchess Lucrezia nodded.

It was strange.

It’s not that I know Duchess Lucrezia well.

However, I guessed that she was the type of person who would coldly rebuke if a sudden accident occurred during a conversation…

Surprisingly, she didn’t say anything.

In the long silence, I stood outside the door, led by Dad’s hand.

‘The plan to win over Grandma failed, but things don’t usually go well on the first try. So, so!’

I will protect our Dad! I clenched my cotton-like fists and glared at the maids walking from afar, carrying something.

Alright. Anyone can come at me. No matter how strong they are, they can never bully our Dad!

Because I’m here!

***

As Sien was led away by the maids, Duchess Lucrezia and her first son, Count Matthias, sat facing each other again across a large table.

A cold-blooded silence swirled between mother and son.

She opened her mouth, feigning composure.

“Sien, she’s grown quite a bit. I remember her as a baby.”

Round eyes that seemed full of light, plump cheeks that seemed to hide honey, and small lips like light pink petals.

She had certainly grown up cute and even resembled ‘that woman.’

Could that be why Matthias, who has no interest in others, cherishes her so much?

“Don’t pay attention to Sien.”

Duchess Lucrezia chuckled at her son, who had turned hostile.

Every child fears her. So, a child who called her ‘Grandma’ was refreshing.

But that was all.

‘Even if she’s just a child, she’ll lose her innocence once she enters this ducal family.’

In the dog-eat-dog ducal family, something so young and weak is easily destroyed.

More than that, she had something else to say.

“You’ve been quite impudent since earlier.”

“Don’t you know that I’ve always been like this?”

Duchess Lucrezia smiled bitterly as she looked at her son, Matthias.

Of course, she knew.

He was a man who had quietly hidden and built up his strength for five years to protect his child.

Matthias, who had been completely eliminated from the line of succession, barely managed to return. Everyone predicted his defeat.

A man with no proper power or wings to stand on.

However, Duchess Lucrezia had a different opinion of him.

Matthias was more dangerous because he had already lost everything, and he was a man who could be more ruthless than anyone else because he had something most precious.

“I suppose.”

It was time to talk about the main point.

“The trial for the Guado’s Demon incident ended without effect, so resume the suspended heir education.”

“Yes.”

“It’s different from five years ago. Back then, you were the only heir, but now all the blood relatives who have come of age are vying for the heir position.”

“I know.”

“Don’t forget that there are many forces within and outside the family who oppose you. Think about the demonic acts you committed.”

After finishing her words, Duchess Lucrezia quietly looked at her son.

Matthias’ face was as cold and murderous as eternal snow. She rested her chin and silently observed her son, whose appearance was completely different from when he had affectionately held his daughter, Sien, just now.

Then, Matthias muttered expressionlessly.

“I wouldn’t have come back if I thought I would be defeated by someone.”

“Even though the Council of Elders, the Blood Relatives Council, and the Magic Tower all despise you?”

“I don’t care.”

“Your daughter could get hurt.”

“I will never let that happen.”

He spoke firmly, but his voice was laced with coldness.

“Whether your words are full of spirit or recklessness, time will tell.”

“It’s neither.”

He stared intently at the Duchess.

“It’s the certainty that I can protect Sien.”

“…”

Facing his cold eyes, Duchess Lucrezia realized.

That her son had become much stronger than he was five years ago.

“I will first undergo heir education.”

“I permit it. You and your daughter will reside in the spire of the North Castle. It was a request from the Council of Elders and the Blood Relatives Council. Is that alright?”

“The spire… I don’t really care.”

The Duke’s direct blood relatives lived in the central mansion.

The spire of the North Castle was a remote place. It was close to the central mansion where the blood relatives resided, but its status was worlds apart.

However, he nodded with a face that didn’t seem to care much.

“Then, leave.”

Duchess Lucrezia, whose heart had softened a little after recalling Sien’s pure face and voice, quietly opened her mouth.

“Make sure that pure honey pot is especially well-washed and educated.”

She nodded to her son, whom she had met after a long time, with nothing else to say privately.

***

I, who had long lost my innocence, was terrified as I looked at the maids who had come to serve me.

‘M-maids? Aren’t they knights?’

I thought that maids in typical medieval romance fantasy novels wore fluttery maid outfits and delicate dragonfly wing-like clothes.

However, this is the evil Duke’s family!

As if all of that was just my insignificant prejudice, the two maids were over 180cm tall [approximately 5’11”] and their entire bodies were burly. They looked so strong that they could easily eliminate a little baby like me right away.

Their arms were thicker than the actor ‘Ma Dong-seok’ [a famous Korean actor known for his muscular build] that I knew in my previous life, and their arms were covered with strange tattoos and henna-like things.

I didn’t even want to know more about the other physical aspects.

‘Scary!’

Those people were definitely not ordinary maids.

But I can’t be a coward here. I raised my head high and said shamelessly as I looked at them.

“Hello, you’re the maids?”

“Yes, we greet Lady Sien.”

They said bluntly.

If I give in here, our Dad will also be looked down upon! As the only knight protecting Dad, I said with dignity.

“I am Sien. Nice to meet you, my great maids.”

I never cower.

For the sake of my pure Dad, I could even do bad things that threaten the maids.

As I raised my chin as dignified and stiffly as possible to show my dignity, I heard them answer bluntly.

“I see. We will guide you to the spire.”

“Spire?”

“Yes. You will be staying in the northern spire.”

I tapped my round forehead and fell into the biggest dilemma of my five-year-old life.

‘The situation is the worst.’

Northern Spire.

It was a barren tower inside the ducal family where there were even ominous rumors that the heads of criminals were displayed in the past. It was also famous as a place where the lowest collateral blood relatives in the line of succession stayed when they visited the mansion.

But for our Dad, who is nominally the Duke’s legitimate child and first son, to go to the northern tower.

‘Northern Spire, are we really going to die, Dad and I? Did they bring us here to kill us?’

Oh, no.

I had to overcome this situation.

My pure Dad probably doesn’t know anything. So, I have to seduce the maids and find out all kinds of information!

‘How do I seduce the maids of the spire and find out the information I want?’

I sighed deeply and decided to follow them first.

Of course, I didn’t just decide to follow them. My head was busy thinking about various information values.

‘The characteristics of the northern spire maids are simplicity and ignorance. It was written that they only live a life of muscles. So, they are ostracized even within the ducal family!’

So, I have to use their tendencies well and coax them, but I was worried about how to coax the simple, ignorant muscle maids.

“Shall we go, Lady Sien?”

I said with dignity for now.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

As I busily followed the maids, I worked my head hard.

However, in the novel, …

There was no way to capture the muscular maids of the evil Duke’s family anywhere.

‘How do I capture them? What should I do?’

While I was working my head hard, we had already arrived at the northern pointed spire.

My heart was throbbing with fear as I saw the spire full of thorns. A cold wind blew, making my whole body feel bleak.

“This is the place. Isn’t it beautiful?”

…What’s beautiful about it?

The maid, who opened the door under the spire with her muscular arm, began to guide me bluntly.

“After changing your clothes and taking a bath, I will briefly inform you about the education you will have with the young masters tomorrow.”

I answered, stretching the ends of my words as plump as my cheeks.

“Okay.”

Of course, I was working my brain hard in my heart.

‘Who are the young masters? If they are the young masters of the evil Duke’s family, are they Craford? Or Killian?’

As I seriously worried about who the young master I would meet, I blankly stared at their arms that were guiding me to a large room.

I wanted to ask about the northern spire and know information about the evil young masters I would meet tomorrow. Although it was awkward because we weren’t close.

‘Ah, wait a minute.’

At that moment, I raised my gaze and suddenly found white powder on their wrists. I sniffed the scent with my nose and felt a familiar scent.

‘It’s rosin powder…!’

I smiled gleefully.

Until my cheeks swelled up like round balls.

For some reason, I felt like I could find a way to make them my allies.