I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 67

67. Introducing Smart Friends!

July 21, 2023

The best idea was to bring them to our mansion right away.

Of course, there were some disagreements while bringing all the Sheraf Trading Company people to our mansion.

‘Are we really allowed to live here?’

‘Yeah. But there are many gears in our mansion.’

‘Pardon? What do you mean by gears?’

‘I mean cogwheels! The cogwheels on the mansion walls spin around, and suddenly dark magic might manifest and kill you, so be careful.’

After that warning, they all went into their rooms and huddled up.

‘What’s so scary about dark magic? They’re so weak!’

After preparing rooms for them, I went to Dad’s office.

I definitely needed Dad’s help with this.

Even though my dad has a heart as fragile as a baby, he still has one terrifying connection!

Back when we lived in the countryside.

I remembered one of the guys Dad introduced as a ‘farming tool maker’ was a wizard who modified illegal magical tools.

He was the one who was messing around in our shed, pretending to make farming tools, until I caught him and kicked him out.

‘That person was actually a wizard from the Duchy!’

I’m worried Dad might get scammed again, but now that our position has changed, maybe we can put a leash on that guy.

‘To find that person, I definitely need a wizard from the Duchy.’

We’re not just country bumpkins anymore; we’re members of the Mirmord family.

I narrowed my eyes and stared confidently at Dad.

“Do you remember when you got scammed a long time ago?”

“Huh? Dad gets scammed so often…”

Looking at Dad with his gentle eyes makes my heart ache.

‘I’m going to catch that magical tool maker who scammed my dad and make him my slave.’

I clenched my fist and said,

“Give me the contact information for that illegal magical tool maker!”

“Uh, uh…? Who?”

“Remember back when we lived in the countryside!”

“Uh-huh…”

“The guy who started a fire doing scary experiments in the shed!”

“That… yeah, there was someone like that. You remember that, Ciel…”

Dad’s gaze wavered like a sailboat in a storm.

I pursed my lips and looked at Dad, saying,

“Give me his contact information! Our lives depend on it!”

At the word ‘lives,’ Dad even started trembling.

‘How worried must he be about our future with that weak heart?’

Feeling bad, I grabbed Dad’s shoulder and said,

“And I brought some scary friends who will help us too?!”

Right, the Sheraf Trading Company people from the Duchy!

But at the words ‘scary friends,’ Dad’s face turned white again.

‘Oops, Dad doesn’t like hanging out with scary friends!’

I quickly opened my mouth to turn the situation around.

“No, smart! Friends!”

Friends who will change our power struggle with the temple, make Dad a properly recognized successor of the family, and solidify my position too! Smart friends!

I grinned, showing off my protruding bunny teeth.

Then, Dad, who had been quietly staring at me, gritted his teeth and said,

“Ciel, my baby.”

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

I glared at him.

“No, Dad! I’m not a baby. I’m an adult!”

Dad muttered in a low voice,

“Yes, our adult daughter.”

“Why?”

In that moment, a strangely eerie smile appeared on his lips.

“Where are those ‘smart’ friends now?”

“…Huh?”

Why does Dad feel so terrifying?

My worries were short-lived as Dad put on a gentle expression again and smiled.

“I just want to meet those friends, that’s all.”

“Well, they came to our house, so of course, Dad wants to see them, right?”

“Of course, of course.”

But why do I feel so creeped out?

***

“So, you are Ciel’s friends.”

In front of the tea table.

I smiled slightly as I looked at the Sheraf Trading Company people gathered around Dad. They looked very happy, but for some reason, they actually seemed half-crazed.

‘Are they really that happy?’

I was actually questioning it. Because even though my dad has a good impression and presence, there’s no need to smile so wide that their mouths are tearing.

‘Ah, they must be happy about the thought of getting an investment from Dad!’

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this until now.

I clapped my knees and made a loud noise. Then, everyone around me looked at me at the same time.

“What’s wrong, Ciel?”

“We’re going to talk about what we’re going to do from now on.”

“What are we going to do, daughter?”

Dad was the first to look at me and show an attentive attitude.

“We’re going to sweep away Count Yoter, the Crown Prince, and the Princess all at once through the paternity test incident!”

I put my hand to my mouth and gave a sly smile. Dad tilted his head, looking at me.

“Develop a paternity test kit and target the Crown Prince too?”

“Uh-huh!”

A vague look appeared on Dad’s face.

“How does our little one plan to do that?”

“First, the Sheraf Trading Company people will help!”

At my words, the company members nodded their heads so hard they almost fell off.

“Yes, that’s right! Of course, we have to help you!”

I grinned and clapped my hands.

“The Sheraf Trading Company is a place that knows the paternity test method very well! So, after getting a paternity test from the Sheraf Trading Company…”

“But Ciel.”

“Uh?”

“Our daughter, think carefully. Count Yoter might know that the Sheraf Trading Company has been bribed. Shouldn’t we leave this to Dad…?”

“Uh?”

As expected, my dad is smart. If you exclude the gentle and gullible aspects, he has sharp corners. But I raised my nose and said,

“Dad, that’s a very good point. But you see.”

I gestured towards the muscular maid unnies [older sisters/female honorific] and smiled.

“While coming in the carriage, our maid unnies took care of everything! So Count Yoter won’t know that we bribed the Sheraf Trading Company!”

Come to think of it, Count Yoter had spies following me.

But what kind of people are our maid unnies?

On the way to bring the Sheraf Trading Company people, the unnies stabbed the suspicious spies in the neck, that’s what I’m saying.

At those words, Dad’s face contorted once more.

“Our baby saw the stabbing…?”

“Yeah! It’s so cool! It’s more fun than goblin hunting!”

Dad’s face clouded over in an instant. I grabbed Dad’s hand tightly and said,

“So Dad, now we don’t have to worry about anything!”

“…O-okay.”

Dad looked at the people from the Sheraf Trading Company with a face full of worry and concern. They looked at me and Dad with bewildered expressions.

“T-then, what should we do from now on? We’re still making paternity test kits, and we’re still looking for kit specialists, but is there anything else we need to do…?”

I rested my chin on my hand and looked at them.

“I’m going to use the relationship between the Duchy and the Empire! And the relationship between the Emperor and the Crown Prince too.”

Coincidentally, there was content in .

The current Crown Prince was appointed as the successor, but he was not properly recognized by the Emperor, so he engaged in conquest wars, paid attention to surrounding diplomacy, and managed his reputation.

I was planning to destroy the Crown Prince’s reputation with this ‘paternity test’ incident.

And to do that…

“Okay, unnies and oppas [older brothers/male honorific]!”

I clapped my hands playfully and looked around at them.

Dad was watching my appearance with a suspicious look.

But Dad will have to slowly adapt to my devilish side.

‘Will I ever be able to reveal to Dad that I’m a reincarnator?’

Dad loves me so much, but I don’t know if he’ll treat me the same way even if I reveal that I’ve been reincarnated.

I bit my lip tightly and raised my chin proudly.

What I should focus on right now is how to deal with the Crown Prince, not revealing that I am a reincarnator.

“The answer is a protest!”

“Yes?”

“The unnie and oppa here will do it!”

***

Biem and Terrace from the Sheraf Trading Company had been holding a one-person, no, a two-person protest near the Imperial Palace since earlier.

It was difficult to carry out a protest under the scorching sun, but when they thought of Ciel’s words, they felt like they were refreshing their mouths with water.

‘She said that the paternity test kit we made will soon dominate the continent.’

She didn’t share the method directly. But Biem and Terrace were charmed by her strangely trustworthy way of speaking and came out to protest.

“But how long do we have to protest?”

“W-well, we’re doing what the Little Miss told us to do, so we should just keep going, right?”

“But she was really cute, wasn’t she?”

Their faces instantly turned bright.

The baby ‘Ciel’ was as lovely and cute as a small steamed bun, and her appearance was a ray of comfort to them, who had lost everything.

‘That’s right, she really is a ray of comfort and light.’

Holding up the one-person protest picket as if resisting, they tilted their heads as they watched the baggage carts constantly passing by this place.

Would the ambassador’s and Crown Prince’s carriages pass by this leisurely road without guards?

They couldn’t be sure of anything, but they straightened their bodies while holding pickets that read [Large trading companies that steal the achievements of small trading companies, wake up!] [Those who steal ideas, wake up!].

Near them, a suspicious baggage cart was passing by for some reason.

***

“Hmm… what is that?”

Heinrich, a high-ranking noble of the Duchy and an ambassador dispatched to the Empire, slightly lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked puzzled.

Being very curious, he wanted to see the ordinary life of the Empire, so he was traveling in a baggage cart instead of a fancy Imperial Palace carriage, with extremely limited guards.

The Crown Prince, who was riding in the carriage with him and looking outside, followed Heinrich’s fingertips.

In their view, they saw commoners who seemed to be audaciously holding a one-person protest outside the Imperial Palace.

“Ah, that. It’s not a problem that the ambassador needs to worry about.”

“Hmm, I see.”

At Heinrich’s words, the Crown Prince’s face, who had been looking outside, slightly distorted.

The Duchy’s ambassador, who was watching him, leaned deeper into the back of the carriage with a puzzled expression and said,

“Rather than that, I want to quickly enter the Imperial Palace and explain the Mikel Mine to the nobles of the Empire.”

The Crown Prince was delighted at the mention of the Mikel Mine.

In fact, it is rare for the Crown Prince of the Empire to meet with an ambassador of a mere Duchy, discuss diplomatic relations, and personally entertain him.

However, the reason why that rare thing is happening now is because of the ‘Mikel Mine’.