I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 55

Episode 55. Went to Register the Merchant Guild

2023.06.09.

As my direct blood relative, Grandma couldn’t be my official guardian, but she was still someone who could give me a lot of help.

I quickly ran and clung to Grandma’s arm like a child.

“Grandma!”

“My Honey Bread…….”

“Oh, geez.”

At that moment, Delphia appeared, fanning herself with a fan. She looked very annoyed.

“I’ve hugged her before, you know.”

“Sounds like a dog barking somewhere.”

I just rolled my eyes, watching the war of nerves between Grandma and Delphia.

For today’s operation, they couldn’t fight. But since they had started attacking each other, a special measure was needed.

“T-That’s, um!”

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong, Honey Bread?”

Delphia’s expression softened, and Grandma became very kind.

I cleared my throat and rolled my eyes before opening my mouth.

“I-I’ll kiss both of you, so don’t fight…….”

The two, who had been glaring at each other like fierce dogs, became docile.

They really just stared at me without saying a word.

Why did they suddenly become so quiet? Did they not want a kiss? I was momentarily flustered.

“Oh my gosh, a kiss!”

Delphia suddenly danced as if she had the whole world.

“Our baby is giving me a kiss! Master gave Delphia a kiss!”

It was a little embarrassing to see a grown adult dancing the butt dance that babies do, and to be so happy about it, so I turned my gaze to Grandma.

I thought Grandma would be more mature since she was older!

But…….

“Now, bring the magic tools. Magic tools. We need to take pictures and draw portraits.”

……Grandma was urging the maids to create photos and paintings to commemorate this situation.

I sighed deeply in the middle.

It’s really hard to live as a kid when the adults aren’t acting like adults.

But I can’t be swayed by the immaturity of adults like this.

I put strength into the tips of my toes and approached Grandma and Delphia.

“Okay, cheeks!”

“Huh?”

*Kiss, kiss!*

I quickly kissed them both on the cheek and then put on my rabbit-shaped bag.

“I gave you kisses, so I’m going now.”

Today, I’m going to the Imperial Palace.

The administrator notified me to come with my guardian by this afternoon. Otherwise, they would shut down our magic tool merchant guild.

“Be careful.”

“I’m worried.”

“We’ve prepared everything as you said, Honey Bread, so don’t worry.”

I nodded.

“Yes! I’ll be back!”

Today, I’m not going to the Imperial Palace with my guardian.

I was planning to go alone.

***

A few hours later, I trotted into the Imperial Palace.

I rode the Mirmord family’s carriage to the front of the Imperial Palace, and when I went inside the Imperial Palace, I moved on a horse that the knight was riding.

“Cute lady, where are you going?”

“The business administration office!”

“Come on, get on. I’ll take you there.”

The knight put me on his lap and slowly drove the horse.

Because it was inside the Imperial Palace, the horse couldn’t run fast, and while looking down at the horse’s mane, I thought.

No matter how I think about it, the Imperial Palace isn’t endearing.

But I’ll have to get used to it since I’ll be coming here often in the future.

I was thinking about whether my plan would succeed today, and other things.

And finally, the knights let me off the horse.

“We have arrived, Lady.”

After getting off the horse with difficulty with my small body, I looked at the building in front of me.

After waiting a week, I finally arrived in front of this [Imperial Business Administration Office].

I looked up at the sign with a determined expression and took small steps.

*Squeak, squeak.*

The sound of the squeaky shoes that Dad bought me echoed on the floor.

As soon as I crossed the door and entered the hallway, people’s curious gazes reached me. They were staring so intently that my face tingled.

“What is it.”

“What’s with the kid……?”

“Who is that cute pink-haired girl!”

Anyway, I walked with energy.

Some administrators were looking at me with puzzled expressions, but I didn’t care.

My vision was only fixed on the [Establishment/Closure Permit Department].

And the [Establishment/Closure Permit Department] belonging to the [Imperial Business Administration Office] was the last room on the second floor.

*Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak.*

I ran quickly towards it and knocked on the door of the department.

“Hello.”

“Come in.”

The door opened with a *swoosh*.

More than 10 people were working in the large department. I moved towards the sign that said [Business Establishment Application Team].

*Squeak, squeak, squeak.*

As I slowly walked towards the administrator in charge, he looked down at me while scanning the documents with a bored expression.

“What is it?”

“I came to apply.”

I smiled brightly and tried to give a good impression.

He glanced around. And seeing that there was no one by my side, he changed his bored expression to a threatening one.

“Kid.”

“Yes?”

“Name.”

I answered my name with energy.

So that everyone in this place could hear my voice.

“I’m Cien Mirmord!”

The situation was going as planned.

People who heard the loud and clear voice were paying attention to this place, pretending not to.

All of this was thanks to the person who tried to trap me, who had faithfully played the media.

It was negative attention, but people were curious about whether my merchant guild would really be shut down.

“Oh…….”

For a moment, gazes of excitement were fixed on this side.

And the administrator’s expression suddenly twisted.

I realized this when I saw his uncomfortable expression and the envelope on the desk with the sender ‘Temple’ written on it, which he didn’t even bother to hide.

“Didn’t bring a guardian?”

‘Oh, this guy……. Did the Temple bribe him to shut down my business?’

My hunch seemed to be definitely correct.

As soon as George, the administrator in front of me, heard my name, he became even colder.

It was as if he had heard a signal to turn me away as soon as I appeared.

“I’m a busy person. Leave if you’re going to say useless things.”

“……Yes? But.”

Seeing the letters of demand that George sent in his name, it seemed that this administrator had also taken some money. Or he was moved by Melodia’s rhetoric, I thought…….

But when I actually faced him, it was even worse.

Whatever it was, it was so obvious that he was hostile to me, which made my expectation that he wouldn’t have a favorable impression of me pale in comparison.

I stared at him and tilted my head.

“Useless things, not!”

I’m Cien Mirmord.

I’m not a nice person who will use honorifics to someone who takes bribes and wears colored glasses.

George frowned, not even noticing that I was speaking informally.

“Are you trying to apply for a useless guardian or something?”

“I’m going to apply for a useful guardian!”

I confidently handed him the paper with the list of guardians written on it.

“Do you know that it’s invalid if you don’t come with a guardian?”

“I came with them……?”

At my question, he glanced at the door.

But there was still not a single ant to be seen at the door.

He looked a little uneasy, but he forced himself to look relieved and pushed me away.

“I can’t use a lying kid. You’re a bad seed.”

“I’m not lying…….”

“Then what is it? Ugh, I have to deal with a kid’s merchant guild. Annoying.”

“I have a guardian’s letter, too!”

I even handed him the letter written by the guardian himself, but he didn’t even think about accepting it. He glanced at my chubby arms and waved his hand as if he was annoyed.

“Yeah…… well, it looks like you found a guardian? You’re still a Mirmord after all. But it’s already over.”

“……Why?”

“A law just passed in the Imperial Palace.”

He showed me a stiff piece of parchment.

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[Children’s Merchant Guild ‘Establishment, Suspension, Closure’ Amendment Passed]

– Merchant guilds owned by children cannot be registered

– This is due to the issue of labor exploitation, so children who register their business should be informed again

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“What is this?”

I received the parchment and read it, puffing out my cheeks.

He seemed to have finally noticed my informal speech, narrowed his brows, and shouted irritably.

“How dare you speak informally?”

But that’s not important.

I shook the parchment and said as if to pressure him.

“What is this?”

He whispered in a low voice, with a flushed face as if he was angry.

“You’re rude, even though you’ve been abandoned by your family.”

It was a voice that only I could hear.

But it didn’t have much of an impact. I shrugged my shoulders and gestured to him with my chin.

“Explain.”

“……Ugh, never mind. Children’s merchant guilds have been changed to be impossible to establish in the first place according to the amendment.”

“……Okay.”

I understood well enough.

So, the purpose was to restrict the establishment of merchant guilds by children because there was a possibility that they would be abused for labor exploitation and tax evasion in the future.

It was a very good law.

It seemed that they had even revised this law because they were worried that I would find a guardian.

“So, leave. There’s no help for you.”

He seemed to be starting to act recklessly.

It was understandable.

The Mirmord family is scary, but a 5-year-old kid who seems to have been abandoned by Mirmord wouldn’t be scary.

Besides, looking at the Temple’s envelope on his desk, it seemed like he had made a lot of money.

Would he even see me?

“……Hoo.”

I carefully puffed out my cheeks, pretending to be sullen.

Then he raised his hand to push me away.

“Now leave.”

“……I’m not leaving. I have more to say.”

“What-.”

At that moment, the door of the business department was flung open.

And I turned around and smiled brightly.

At that moment, a woman’s loud voice echoed clearly in this place.

“What do you mean, leave?”

The sound of high heels clicking began to approach this way quickly.

Melang Rolo, the manufacturer of ‘Devil’s Weed,’ a drug used by everyone [likely a recreational drug, not necessarily harmful], the most famous pharmacist in the Empire, and the godmother of the Rolo County.

She, who volunteered to be my guardian, arrived with good timing.

“I decided to be the guardian. What’s closed?”

She stood firmly behind me and began to pressure the pitifully shrunken administrator.

“……Who, who are you.”

“Do I have to report one by one to someone like you who I am?”

The administrator wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand at the sight of her exuding the aura of an elegant noblewoman.

He seemed to be the type who is weak to the strong and strong to the weak.

“W-Well, guardian registration is impossible.”

“I don’t want to talk to a low-ranking administrator. Call your superior.”

Thinking that it wasn’t his job, he casually called the section chief who was dozing off behind the partition.

“……Section Chief, please tell us. T-That’s right, Section Chief?”

He looked at the section chief sitting in the section chief’s seat.

Then the section chief got up and said nonchalantly.

“Excuse me, but guardian registration is already closed. The great pharmacist and godmother of the Count’s family, Melang. That’s right. It’s an order from the top of the Imperial Palace. It means that it is a problem that cannot be corrected by Melang’s instructions.”

It was fortunate that they didn’t shrink right away.

The administrator straightened his shrunken shoulders and looked at me.

“Okay, kid. It’s a pity, but it’s a closure.”

“I don’t think so?”

I smiled brightly and looked at the door again.

At that moment, the door opened wide and the sound of countless footsteps was heard. Every one of them was the sound of clicking shoes.

As planned, they arrived just as people were paying attention to this place.

Hiding a triumphant smile, I raised my chin.

And, finally.

Noblewomen who were as imposing as Melang, or even more so than her, flocked to my vicinity.

“Who’s bothering our baby?”

“What’s closed?”