The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 101

Chesha swallowed hard.

Things didn’t seem as easy as he thought.

The crown was already singing a fairy song just because he had entered the Empire.

‘Won’t it be chaos if I wear the crown?’ he wondered.

Butterflies flying around flower petals would just be the basics.

And singing and dancing too…….

Chesha, imagining the crown dancing, inwardly cringed.

Even if he got the crown, he should avoid wearing it on his head.

The crown’s song didn’t stop for a long time.

It continued for a while even after the Holy King disappeared.

When the song suddenly stopped, people looked visibly disappointed.

Chesha thought of Hylone.

‘Did he stop the song?’

The Holy King’s subtle boasting about Hylone kept coming to mind.

That disgusting boast that even the great Inquisitor was under his control.

Then, when a problem arose, he was the first to look for Hylone.

‘Even though he’s the Holy King, he doesn’t even have as much divine power as a regular priest.’ Chesha mused.

‘If he didn’t have the ability, he should have stepped down quickly, but he doesn’t know why he was so greedy and holding on.’

He had roughly guessed that the Holy Empire wasn’t a proper place.

But when he actually came and experienced it, it seemed much worse than he had imagined.

Chesha suddenly had a doubt.

‘Could it be that they’re sending me out of the Empire because they can’t handle the crown?’

Just then, Kiernan, who had been talking to Daren, strode over.

Chesha belatedly examined the men of the Basilian family.

Everyone was immersed in the afterglow of the song, but only the Basilians looked sullen.

Kiernan even seemed annoyed.

He was smiling brightly on the outside, but Chesha could clearly feel that he was angry.

Kiernan took Belzeon and Chesha into the carriage.

Hata, who had been waiting quietly inside, tried to bark, but shrank back at Kiernan’s fierce expression.

*Thump*, Kiernan closed the carriage door and roughly swept back his hair.

He smiled crookedly.

“Haa…….”

The short, hollow laugh clearly conveyed his anger.

Belzeon asked, holding Chesha.

“Are they paying attention to us because of the Inquisitor?”

“It could also be because we’re Basilians,” Kiernan said with a smirk.

“Isn’t it the Holy Empire that gave us the mission of the Black Forest?”

“…!”

Chesha tried not to show his surprise.

He had been wondering why the Basilian family was stuck in the east, but he didn’t know the Holy Empire was involved.

He thought it was the work of the Palen Empire.

It would have been nice if he had told him more details, but unfortunately, that was the end of it.

“Belzeon, take Chesha for a spin and come back. Holy King, you son of a…….”

Kiernan stopped talking.

‘It looks like he was about to swear.’

He looked at Chesha and corrected himself.

“His Majesty the Holy King might have done something to the place we’re staying, so we need to check.”

He glanced out the window and added, “Take Theo with you. He’s annoying.”

It was such a heartless tone that Theo would have teared up if he heard it.

Hata, who had been waiting for a chance in the corner, pawed his front paws.

It meant he didn’t want to be left behind.

Last time, Kiernan had left Hata with the twins for a while to talk to the fairy.

But whatever they did, Hata has been terrified of the twins ever since.

“Those guys are devils!” Hata’s grimy cry echoed in his ears.

Chesha quietly reached out his hand, and Hata ran over and snuggled into Chesha’s arms as if he had been waiting for it.

Kiernan smirked at the sight.

“Chesha.”

The red eyes, which had completely erased the annoyance, shone with a gentle light.

“That song from earlier, is it a fairy song?”

Since a situation might arise where the crown dances and sings, Chesha told him the truth as a warning.

“The crown sang it.”

“Uh-huh, the crown…….” He lowered his eyes as if lost in thought for a moment, then muttered quietly.

“This is a big problem…. Our Chesha is so popular.”

Kiernan vowed in a flirtatious voice, “Dad has to work hard too.”

Chesha chuckled inwardly at his enthusiasm.

‘I think you’re already working hard enough.’

It was scary what more he was going to do here.

***

“Sir Theo.”

Theo had a vacant look on his face.

He stood blankly, and only came to his senses after Belzeon called his name three times.

“Sir Theo!”

“…Ah, yes!” Theo startled and answered, shouting a little louder at the end.

The loud answer made passersby glance back.

Belzeon briefly asked him if he would like to come along as they were going to look around the Holy Empire with Chesha.

Theo nodded seriously.

“It’s dangerous for children to wander around alone.”

Belzeon was already doing more than his share as an adult as the heir to the Basilian County.

He would probably be able to handle any problems more skillfully than Theo.

However, in order to carry out Kiernan’s orders, Belzeon pretended to agree with the word “child.”

Thus, two people, one fairy, and one beastkin headed to the Grand Temple Square, a place that those who entered the Holy Empire were required to visit.

The spacious Grand Temple Square was paved with a mosaic of small marbles.

The Holy Empire’s emblem was drawn on a massive scale using small pieces of white and blue marble and gold-plated stone.

When people faced the magnificent Grand Temple built at the end of the square, they would naturally exclaim and feel the majesty of God.

Walking towards the square, Theo chattered loudly.

“Wasn’t that mysterious hymn amazing? I guess they made it so that everyone who visits the Empire can hear the hymn without feeling left out?”

Theo was delighted, saying that his heart was still pounding from the pleasant hymn.

“And to think that His Majesty the Holy King would come in person. To think that I would ever see His Majesty the Holy King so closely in my life…. It was an honor to my family.”

Even Marquis Nemea would have difficulty meeting the Holy King in person.

For Theo, the heir of the Marquis family, it would have been a rare moment to experience in his entire life.

“I didn’t know that a First Order Holy Knight would be such a great existence. I will have to respect Sir Hylone even more in the future.”

Theo’s eyes sparkled.

It was a sparkle that didn’t suit the bear’s huge size.

“Thanks to Sir Hylone, the Holy King showed great interest in the Basilian County. It’s possible that Lady Chesha will really receive the crown of the Fairy Queen.”

Unfortunately for Theo, who was excitedly chattering, Belzeon wasn’t really interested in anything he said.

He listened roughly, but eventually snapped at him, making Theo shut his mouth.

“Are you going to report all of this to the Marquis?”

“…….”

Theo, who had been excited and talking about this and that, froze with his mouth open.

He slowly lowered his gaze.

He could hear the children gathered for the Minor Saint Prayer Meeting walking around and laughing here and there.

But Theo and Belzeon didn’t laugh.

Theo shrank his large frame as much as possible.

He apologized quietly in a small voice.

“…I’m sorry.”

That was all Theo could say.

Belzeon glanced at the quiet Theo and coldly walked ahead.

He fully understood Belzeon’s position, but still…….

‘It’s a little concerning.’

Chesha put his face on Belzeon’s shoulder and looked back at Theo, who was lagging behind.

He looked depressed, unlike how he was excited earlier.

As he glanced back, Hata in his arms tapped him with his paw as if telling him not to worry.

Theo dragged his feet and followed from a distance.

It was when they were walking with such a gap that it was hard to see them as a group.

A Holy Knight who was passing by saw Theo and recognized him.

“Theo?”

Theo, who had been looking only at the ground, was surprised and raised his head.

“Ah…….”

They didn’t seem to be close.

Because Theo’s face darkened even more.

Regardless, the Holy Knight put his hand on Theo’s shoulder as if he were close.

“Hey, it’s really good to see you! It feels like just yesterday when we were preparing to be Holy Knights together. Time flies? Why did you come to the Holy Empire?”

“I’m here as a guard knight…….”

“Puhaha!”

He burst out laughing as soon as he heard the answer.

“You’re something else. To be just a guard knight even with that backing. You’re still foolish and stupid. But it’s a relief.”

The Holy Knight snickered and sneered.

“It’s good that there’s a place that hires someone like you.”