I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 17

Holy Knight Oppa, I’m Here to Find You!

I came today to cast [find] a strong and upright holy knight who is loyal to Melodia.

I’m going to bring him to our villainous family as a knight to protect me and Dad, just like how Melodia won his heart.

Since I have knowledge of the original story, it won’t be difficult to coax him.

‘That person will definitely stand on the opposite side of me someday and will be helpful in stopping Axel.’

His powerful and destructive divine power was the antithesis of Axel, who used black magic. Therefore, it was clear that he would be of great help in stopping Axel.

‘He hasn’t met Melodia yet, so he hasn’t found a lord to be loyal to, so he’s hiding his abilities, but…’

I decided to carefully approach the place where he would be.

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Going into the temple was going to take a very long time with my little legs.

But the maids, with their long strides, picked me up and put me down in the center of the temple in less than a minute.

“Thank you, Cien is happy!”

“It’s the honor of a lifetime!”

“Your skin is so soft, sob. You need to build some muscle.”

The maids are too much! I’m pretty cool for a 4-5 year old.

“They say we have to leave now.”

“Huh?”

“The sacred temple… is incompatible with the Mirmord family, so many people can’t stay for long.”

“But we’ll find a way, so stay inside for now!”

The maids’ eyes sparkled.

As expected of a villainous family, an antagonistic force to the temple.

I sighed inwardly and nodded. The maid dabbed her eyes with her sleeve and whispered.

“…I’m worried, just for a moment! I wonder if our baby will survive here.”

Objectively, it wasn’t that big of a deal. I just needed to find one holy knight, but I thought they were being overprotective.

I waved my hand to chase the maids out. And I started to carefully look around the inside of the temple, moving my short, chubby legs diligently, but soon I faced a big problem.

‘I came in recklessly, but how do I find Holy Knight Ted now? I don’t know his face.’

Since the Senoa Temple isn’t big, I might be able to find him soon. I wandered around the temple diligently.

The corridors of the temple were large, but there was no one coming to pray, so it was quiet.

I was also wondering why there were no adult priests to ask for directions.

‘Ah, there’s someone!’

I expected there would always be baby priests and priestesses in the temple.

My expectations were right.

As soon as I passed the hallway and went near the landing, I could see a group of young priests.

“What is this?”

“Hello! Um, maybe…”

I was about to say the name of the holy knight I came to find or say that I wanted to see the succession ceremony of the holy knights that was held every night.

I was full of hope until they started to pout at me.

“Did you come to donate money? Give it to us first.”

I tilted my head.

I didn’t come to donate money. By the way, what are these kids doing to a baby? That’s what I thought.

I was embarrassed to see the four young priests… no, thugs, surrounding me tightly.

‘Am I being scammed right now?’

I came to the temple to meet a holy knight?

It was embarrassing. I looked around, but I couldn’t see properly because they were blocking me.

“Look at her clothes. Is she a noble? But she’s alone, so she must have been abandoned.”

“Oh, I think that’s true. There’s no maid either.”

“What, she’s a beggar.”

“It doesn’t look like there’s anything to extort, right?”

I stiffened my body.

Being abandoned was a big trauma for me. So after hearing those words, I would be dazed for a few seconds.

‘I wasn’t abandoned. Dad said Cien is the most precious thing in the world.’

I wanted to retort harshly.

But because of the trauma, it was difficult to respond directly to the pouring malice. As I stood still in that state, they poured out malicious words.

“Is she stupid? She doesn’t answer even though she heard us.”

“Look at how fat she is!”

“Gabrielle is going to scold her!”

I barely grabbed my mind and thought as I got out of the trauma.

‘It’s not fat, it’s chubby. You idiots!’

Fat was a word used for baby pigs. I frowned and clenched my chubby fists.

‘I can’t stand those bad words!’

I was going to ignore them, but I couldn’t.

They’re attacking my character; they’re very bad kids, so I need to educate them a little.

I looked at them and opened my mouth ominously like a detective in a scary mystery novel.

“Hey, you guys.”

“What?”

The children glared at me with fierce eyes.

Children are not always pure and clear. That was the logic of the world I realized.

I leaned on one leg, squinted my eyes, and spat on the floor.

And I was about to say the curse words I said to Dad, but I paused for a moment.

‘I don’t have to curse.’

I folded my innocent eyes like a half-broken sun and smiled.

“Shut up.”

“Wh, what?”

“I’m not a beggar. I’m looking for someone. So get out of my way!”

The kids, who seemed speechless for a moment, exchanged glances with each other and glared at me again. Maybe they’re strengthening their bond.

Even though they were wearing pure white priest’s robes, they were quite vicious and knew what bullying was.

“Who are you looking for?”

“Okay, get out of our temple!”

Eventually, one of the children grabbed my hair and messed it up.

“Ouch! It hurts! Go away!”

The ‘safety device’ that Grandma gave me was helpless against the slight malice sent by the child. The safety device only works when there is something dangerous happening to me, but the child does not affect my life. It was natural.

“No!”

“I’m going to grab you too, you idiot!”

After grabbing and being grabbed by the hair for a while.

Fortunately, a relief pitcher appeared for me.

“What’s going on here.”

The sound of hurried footsteps.

“Baby priests, you shouldn’t bully your friends!”

The children scattered noisily at the sound of a blunt but heavy voice.

I grabbed my slightly torn hair and quickly turned my head.

“Thank you-.”

Oh, that uncle who helped me. Something about his appearance…!

It’s familiar!

‘Could that person be… Ted?’

A holy knight with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing white clothes.

A tall man who always has a sword on his left and a faint scar on his left cheek.

Even maintaining the white uniform every day thanks to perfectionism.

I stared at him and compared him to the information in my head.

‘I found him right away, my person.’

But before I could be happy, the baby priests intervened viciously.

“We didn’t bully her?”

The young priests started to get angry. There’s no reason to do this… It was strange.

But the subtle sense of incongruity was soon broken as soon as the young priests opened their mouths again.

“You should trust us, right, if you’re a holy knight?”

“She was the one who was acting violently and making a fuss to us first.”

“She was lying on the floor and messing up her hair? Look at her messed up hair!”

They tore it themselves!

I was gradually being pushed into a corner.

But fortunately, the holy knight didn’t seem to believe their words.

“…You shouldn’t lie. Until now, even to the maids-”

“It’s not a lie? Do you have any evidence?”

“If you keep doing that, Gabrielle might scold you!”

“Gabrielle?”

“Yes! She has the highest divine power in our temple! She might become a saintess later!”

‘Why is this name so familiar?’

It was a name that gave me a sense of déjà vu.

But there was no time to worry about the name Gabrielle.

The children looked at each other with frightened faces and soon pushed me away.

“Get rid of her quickly!”

“Get out, outsiders who don’t have donations!”

I captured their horrified expressions one by one.

The holy knight looked down at me with a troubled look.

Even if they are babies, priests and priestesses are beings he must protect. So it would be difficult to scold them unconditionally.

So I decided that I should help.

“Didn’t you really bully me?”

I smiled and looked at them confidently.

I’ve completely regained my confidence.

Whether they admit that they bullied me or deny it, they will be scolded in a few seconds, not me.

“Do you know what this is, you guys?”

I smiled and shook the watch on my wrist.

‘This is Grandma’s gift to our Dad!’

It was a video artifact that perfectly reproduced the voice and face and could detect the person even if the video was blurry.

It is mainly used to protect children or track crimes, and it was worth a house.

The children, who saw such an expensive artifact for the first time, looked at me with puzzled faces.

“Tada.”

When I tapped the screen of the video artifact disguised as a watch, a large video appeared in the air.

And the events that happened earlier started to play.

‘Is she stupid?’

‘Look at how fat she is!’

‘Send her to Gabrielle and get rid of her!’

The watch artifact that Grandma gave me to protect me.

The feature of this artifact is that if there is a big problem with me, the video containing the situation is immediately sent to Grandma.

‘Our Grandma likes me so much!’

…Actually, I don’t know, but I decided to think so. It was because it made me feel comfortable.

I shamelessly stuck out my round belly and thought.

And in fact, this artifact had another function.

It was to record my vision as it is. This was a function that Grandma added because she was worried that I would be treated unfairly by the high-ranking priests of the temple.

‘I didn’t know the video artifact would be so useful.’

I smiled brightly and tapped the watch to turn off the video. And I said to them, as if I had prepared an amazing event.

“Ta-da.”

Fortunately, I didn’t have a lisp! I added another word with a pout.

“It was a video artifact!”

This time, my tone was a little awkward, but it’s okay.

I shamelessly raised my chin. Of course, I had the upper hand!

In contrast to my smile, the children seemed very embarrassed. They asked, hitting their front teeth.

“So, what are you going to do?”

I knew it.

This was all within my expectations. Originally, people either feel wronged or act shamelessly when they are caught off guard.

‘You guys are going to be shameless now, right?’

I smiled brightly at them, revealing my white corn-like front teeth.

“I’m going to tell our Grandma everything.”

“Who is the beggar Grandma!”

“Our Grandma is Duchess Lucella Mirmord!”

I chuckled and observed their reactions.

Mirmord family.

To children, it was like ‘Bogeyman’, ‘Tiger’.

Especially to the priests, it would feel like the axis of evil.

As expected.

“Mi, Mirmord?”

“It must be a lie!”

Towards the fools who were denying reality, I continued to pronounce each word carefully.

“You fools, Mirmord is coming to catch you?”

The children burst into tears as soon as they heard the name ‘Mirmord’.

I shook my head and watched the children, who had been making vicious expressions until just now, sob.

As expected, kids are kids.

Why are you teasing people when you’re going to fall out at once?