I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 21

Guarding My Tyrant Father! Episode 21. I’ll Kill Anyone Who Does Bad Things! (21/140)

Episode 21. I’ll Kill Anyone Who Does Bad Things!

2023.02.10.

Those guys seemed like really scary people who would fleece my dad of his organs.

Having decided to find out the identities of Dad’s close aides directly at the hunting competition, I couldn’t relax. After all, they say you should be wary of the people closest to you.

Dad, as usual, seemed to have no worries, humming and saying it was ‘like a picnic.’

‘That kind of innocence is my dad’s charm, I guess.’

While I was bristling with thorns, and Dad was singing leisurely, the carriage sped along and arrived at a small villa at the hunting grounds.

They said we would give a brief congratulatory speech for the hunting competition at the villa owned by my dad, and enjoy a feast made from the hunt.

Dad, who took me to a room inside the villa, looked down at me kindly and said.

“Daughter, rest well and come out.”

“Okay!”

“I’ll show you the hunting later.”

I waved my hand at Dad a few times.

“Shall I help you with your shower? There’s still some time left before the hunting competition!”

I shook my head.

There was no time to take a shower.

I had to sit on the sofa in the most luxurious room in the villa and rack my brains.

‘Today, I need to reveal the identities of Dad’s close aides, and tomorrow, I need to seduce the Holy Knight too… Ugh, my head hurts.’

There was exactly one month left until Axel came to the Duke’s family.

As I jingled the survival weapons that Grandma gave me in my pocket, I also had the desperate thought that it was too hard to survive with so much to do as a baby.

The maids looked down at me cautiously when they saw me sighing.

They were pouring out their loyalty to me to the point of being restless at every sigh I took.

“Cien, are you feeling complicated?”

“Is it because there are no cakes here…!”

I shook my head and opened my mouth.

“It’s okay!”

The maids, who looked at me admirably, chanted in unison.

“You’ll have a simple snack later, and you’ll be able to eat a lot of meat after the hunting competition!”

“I’m really looking forward to the hunting competition. I heard they’ve prepared something amazing…”

“Amazing… thing?”

“Yes! I heard them whispering among themselves earlier.”

I definitely felt like there was something suspicious about them.

Thanks to the words the maids whispered to me, my suspicion was further strengthened.

‘I can’t do this. I need to properly protect myself, just in case.’

I bit my lip tightly and rummaged through my pocket.

After putting the large fortune pouch-shaped bomb artifact in the bottom of my dress, I hung the safety device and attack-type artifacts that Grandma gave me all over my body.

The blue hairpin in my hair was a survival-type artifact that could create a large safety barrier around me, the watch on my wrist was a recording device, and the anklet on my ankle was…

It was hard to explain everything one by one, but my body was almost at the level of a weapon right now.

‘It’s called item power [referring to the power gained from magical items].’

The maids looked at me strangely, but that didn’t matter.

I smiled like a little devil, having gained confidence rapidly.

‘It feels pretty good!’

But, it was at that moment.

A strange sound leaked in through the open window of the villa.

“Don’t you hear something?”

When I asked, the maids nodded cautiously.

I stared at the window and shuddered. Clearly, there seemed to be something near the window.

***

While the hunting competition was in full swing, the Grand Duchess Delphia frowned as she belatedly received word that Matthias had become the Young Duke of Mirmord.

She wasn’t fighting battles like Axel, but she was training her soldiers on the outskirts of the duchy. Moreover, she had been assigned a mission as a Grand Duchess and had to inspect the outskirts tediously. It meant she wasn’t in a position to move her body right away.

“Ah, while I’m stuck in this remote corner.”

“Hiek.”

“…The family’s successor has been decided, is that it?”

Snow-white hair and blood-red eyes.

She had an impression that resembled a witch in a fairy tale.

It goes without saying that her personality was eccentric and picky.

“Unbelievable.”

The Grand Duchess Delphia swept back her snow-white hair and muttered curses through her teeth.

Well, she didn’t really think that the position of Mirmord’s successor would naturally be hers.

However, she couldn’t help but feel twisted at the fact that Grand Duke Matthias, who had been exiled and returned not long ago, had ascended to the position of successor.

She said concisely to the aide who brought the message.

“Now it’s become a three-way battle between Axel, Matthias, and me. Right?”

“Ha! Even if Grand Duke Matthias has taken the position of successor, it’s just an empty title. It’s ridiculous how happy he is to have taken the lead as an exile. The Duke’s position is for Delphia-nim… !”

“Quiet.”

Delphia watched the shoulders of the enraged aide droop.

It seems like there’s nothing I like here.

I was eager to return to the main residence right away. Because there are more interesting things there.

Delphia crossed one leg and asked sharply.

“What does Matthias cherish the most?”

“…That…”

When Delphia frowned, the aide carefully opened his mouth.

“Isn’t it his young daughter? I heard that Matthias brought his daughter this time.”

“Ah, right.”

Delphia crossed her legs and leaned back against the backrest.

The aide who was watching her swallowed dryly. Because when Delphia acted like that, nothing good ever happened.

As expected, she stared at the air with her red eyes and asked.

“What is Matthias doing now?”

“I heard he left for the hunting competition. It seems to be for the purpose of strengthening the bond between his closest aides. Wouldn’t he have taken his daughter with him?”

“Hmm…”

Leaving for the hunting competition is a very natural thing to do to show off his power.

The Grand Duchess Delphia smiled and nodded.

“Plant a spy and find out who Matthias’s close aides are.”

“Yes, I understand!”

“And the most important thing. Honestly, don’t you want to pour cold water on others when you see them having a festival?”

She smiled innocently.

“Now, let’s kidnap her.”

“Who…”

“Matthias’s daughter, I mean.”

Their expressions changed ominously.

***

I peeked out from under the window with the maids.

Outside, Dad’s friends were gathered in groups of three or five.

‘What, what is it? Why are those uncles gathering here and talking?’

It was strange.

Surrounded by a large, bandit-like figure, several uncles were gathered, making fierce faces.

‘The one in the middle is the uncle with the ribbon in his hair that I saw earlier, is he being gang-lynched?’

That uncle was holding a strange flower in his hand and was protesting something diligently.

Purple petals and bright yellow stamens… that’s fine, but it was a bizarre flower that looked like Rouge’s lips from the TV cartoon PocketXster I saw in my previous life.

No matter how I thought about it, it looked like it would spew poison. Like a Venus flytrap, or something?

I blamed my eyesight for being too good and gasped in surprise.

‘Why are they doing that under my window? Are they trying to give that to me?’

Next to me, the maids whispered in horror.

“They must be trying to give that flower to Cien-nim.”

“What a pretty flower.”

I couldn’t understand what was pretty about it at all.

‘Isn’t it obvious that they’re trying to poison me?’

However, perhaps the sound of us whispering leaked out through the open window. The uncles who were gathered outside scattered in an instant.

It was faster than me, who had learned teleportation through the magic tool Grandma gave me.

As they left, they suspiciously glanced at the window where I was with ominous eyes.

‘What on earth were those uncles trying to do under my room window? They seem skilled, they’re really suspicious.’

I reaffirmed the artifacts on my body once again, promising the upcoming hunting competition.

Indiscriminate attack-type gourd artifact, equipped.

Over-defense-type earring artifact, equipped.

Human decomposition-type necklace artifact, equipped.

I glared at the maids and asked.

“How many hours until the hunting competition?”

“It’s soon, Cien-nim!”

I thought I would get through the hunting competition peacefully, but now I changed my mind.

No matter how I thought about it, it was time to verify Dad’s suspicious close aides.

‘With this artifact, that is.’

I glared at the artifact and clenched my fist.

***

Finally, with my body and mind, all preparations were perfectly completed.

I bravely took Dad’s hand and arrived at the hunting grounds.

‘This is the Rochehern Forest where the hunting competition is held.’

The Rochehern Forest where the hunting competition was held was a very large forest. If I went back and forth, it would take about two hours at my pace.

‘Finally, the hunting competition is starting. I’ll be able to check those people’s skills!’

“Cien, isn’t it too high here?”

When I silently tensed up and looked around, Dad called me in a subtle voice. His voice was full of concern, and it seemed like he was burdened by looking down on others from a high place.

I glanced down at the area right below the large platform we were sitting on.

“No. It’s perfect for me.”

I arrogantly raised my chin.

Dad, who was staring at me, smiled awkwardly.

Around the platform, armed soldiers were protecting the weak Dad and the strong me well.

‘Ah, nobles I’m seeing for the first time. Are they people from nearby territories?’

In the outdoor guest seats prepared below the platform, there were middle-aged men who seemed to be vassals of the Count’s family, and noble young ladies wearing quite fancy dresses.

And right in front of the guest seats, there were scary-looking horses neighing with fierce momentum.

My gaze naturally turned to those riding the horses.

Suspicious people who looked like a group of heinous criminals or escapees!

They were Dad’s closest aides.

‘Those people might beat up lions or bears today. But let’s not show any signs of fear. Because I’m Cien, who will soon become a great villain.’

Ajaja, fighting! I cast a spell on myself and glanced at Dad.

The competition hasn’t officially started yet.

I quietly grabbed Dad’s sleeve and said.

“Dad.”

“Yes, Cien?”

“I also want to participate in the hunting competition…”

“No way.”

I knew it.

I nodded coyly without nagging.

Because I understood Dad’s heart too.

I’m only five years old.

Since I was a young child, it was natural that I couldn’t directly participate in the hunting competition.

Participating in the hunting competition wasn’t the main purpose anyway.

Dad looked at me kindly, who was making a sullen expression, and said.

“Instead, I’ll give you time to play in the grass before the feast. Would that be fun?”

Dad is the only one who comforts me when I’m quite disappointed. I smiled brightly and nodded my head once.

‘Then I’ll observe the people during the hunting competition, and then go to that far grassy field later and detonate the bomb artifact.’

Today was the time to find out what kind of hearts Dad’s close aides had.

But even if Dad’s self-proclaimed close aides had evil intentions, wouldn’t it be possible to make it so that they couldn’t easily ignore Dad? That kind of thought also poked its head out.

In other words, it meant that it was necessary to show the terrifying dignity of the daughter who was on the same side so that those who pretended to be Dad’s close aides could not climb on Dad, so that they could not ignore Dad.

‘If they see the bomb artifact exploding, everyone will be surprised. It’s a very dangerous artifact, and Grandma told me to use it carefully.’

Having made all the plans, I chuckled.

As Dad and I finished talking, the quick-witted soldiers right below the platform set off a large celebratory cannon all at once.

Bang!

The celebratory cannon was a signal flare announcing the start of the hunting competition.

With the signal, Dad looked around at his close aides with his usual kind expression. Then the uncles made a somewhat determined expression and hurried to leave.