The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 170

The three brothers planned to attend Kieren’s birthday banquet with Cheshire, keeping it a secret from him.

They wouldn’t be attending as the Vasilios brothers, but under assumed identities.

The plan was to use beastman potions to appear as adults, attend the banquet, distract Kieren, and then reveal Cheshire, who had been hidden away, surprising everyone.

It was, strictly speaking, only a few days later than the reunion the three brothers had initially anticipated.

The brothers were confident that this alone would be a significant form of ‘punishment’ for Kieren.

“And for now, it’s best not to announce your return,” Belzeon said, firmly pulling the hood over Cheshire’s head.

There was, in fact, another significant reason besides their desire to torment Kieren.

“The Holy King has confirmed his attendance at the birthday banquet.”

The Holy King was the one pursuing Cheshire.

They were unsure what he might do if he learned of Cheshire’s return, especially given the current circumstances.

Even a cornered mouse will bite a cat.

The three brothers wanted to protect Cheshire as much as possible.

Of course, excluding Kieren from the role of protector was definitely a display of their spite.

Ishuel used teleportation magic to go to the capital first.

His mission was to enlist Duke Ibroiel’s help with their plan.

Cheshire was inwardly impressed as she watched Ishuel skillfully perform long-distance teleportation magic.

She could see how much his skills had improved in the interim.

The remaining brothers and Cheshire decided to enter the country discreetly, mixed in with the Skaya royal family.

Belzeon and Karha concealed their faces and headed to the less-than-luxurious inn where the Skaya royal family was staying.

It was far from a fancy inn; a place where the precious Princess Aran would never normally set foot.

The group was pale and waiting anxiously at the inn.

Unlike their confident departure, the atmosphere was gloomy, like a funeral home.

When Cheshire appeared with strangers who looked like underworld master’s underlings, everyone quickly averted their eyes.

Perhaps Cheshire had suffered quite a bit while staying in the underworld, though they couldn’t be sure.

However, even as everyone else avoided her gaze, Aran ran to Cheshire and hugged her tightly as soon as she saw her.

“Cheshire…!”

Aran, whose face had become haggard, burst into tears upon seeing that Cheshire was safe.

She seemed very surprised by Cheshire’s sudden disappearance in the middle of the night.

She seemed to have a lot to say, but she couldn’t bring herself to ask many questions, just hiccuping as she glanced at Belzeon and Karha.

Cheshire patted Aran and blinked.

She was puzzled because Itar was nowhere to be seen.

She was sure he wouldn’t leave her side like a leech.

Unable to bring herself to ask the crying Aran, she looked at Belzeon and Karha, but they both pretended not to notice.

“Let’s get going.”

When Belzeon coldly gave the order, Aran hiccuped and stepped away.

Cheshire took Aran’s hand and stared up at Belzeon.

“…….”

Belzeon slowly turned his gaze aside, pretending not to notice.

She wanted to say something about why he was making the child cry, but she held back.

‘For now, we’re supposed to be strangers.’

The setup was that Kieren had asked the underworld master to have his subordinates take Cheshire to the capital.

So Belzeon and Karha waited on Cheshire as if they were servants.

“Cheshire-nim.”

Karha politely helped Cheshire, who was about to get into the carriage.

Cheshire felt somewhat awkward as she got into the carriage, still not fully used to his adult appearance.

The carriage door closed, and Cheshire sprawled out on the seat.

“Haaa…”

She was small, so there was plenty of space even when she lay down.

Only a rabbit doll was next to Cheshire.

Hata had been left in the underworld.

Hata had wanted to go with her very much, but she couldn’t take him because of Kieren.

Because she had made a promise to the ‘Master,’ there would now be watchful eyes on the hat shop and Hata, to prevent her from breaking her promise and running away.

“I want to meet the sorceress, so bring her here on the first day of the week after Emperor Palen’s birthday banquet.”

“You can do that much, can’t you, puppy?”

Cheshire recalled Kieren’s voice, filled with cold sarcasm, and sighed again with a sense of hopelessness.

She couldn’t return to Richessia, nor could she create a transfer gate.

There was no way to fulfill Kieren’s request to meet the sorceress.

But if she had said no there, Hata’s head would have been cut off.

So she had no choice but to say yes and leave the mansion, but it was quite difficult.

However, Cheshire’s mind was filled with thoughts other than worries about the future.

“…….”

Was the dead Countess really her mother?

She wanted to tell the Vasilios family everything and find the truth together, but there was no evidence.

‘I was the only one who saw it.’

She had gone back in time and confirmed that the previous Fairy Queen was her mother, but only Cheshire saw her face.

No one, including the Vasilios family, not even the fairies, knew Cheshire’s mother.

Even if Cheshire said that the face of the Vasilios Countess was the same as her mother’s, it would only be her word against theirs.

Even if she forced the story somehow…

‘Kieren wouldn’t believe it.’

He was more suspicious than anyone else.

His distrust of others was so deeply rooted that it had taken him a long time to accept Cheshire.

If a child who had disappeared for a year suddenly appeared and said this, the relationship of trust they had built up so far could collapse.

‘It would be nice if Hata were here with me.’

This was when she needed to touch Hata’s soft fur and enjoy the warmth.

Instead of the puppy Hata, she fiddled with the rabbit doll, feeling disappointed.

The rabbit doll was still silent.

“…….”

Looking at the silent rabbit doll, she suddenly felt very resentful.

It was the Fairy Queen’s crown, so it could definitely give her useful advice in the current situation.

It was only talkative when it wasn’t needed.

Cheshire punched the rabbit doll with her fist for no reason.

She hit it firmly with her small fist, but there was no reaction.

It was when she was bored and pulling on its ears that the rabbit doll let out a dying voice.

“A truly merciless queen…”

She never thought she would be happy to hear the rabbit doll’s voice in her life.

“What… you can talk?”

While scolding it for keeping its mouth shut all this time, Cheshire couldn’t hide her inner joy.

But the rabbit doll had no energy.

It was just limply drooping its arms and legs, which it always waved vigorously.

Its button eyes stared at Cheshire and suddenly made a strange noise.

“Is it possible to revive a dead fairy?”

“Can you defy the laws of nature, avoid the eyes of God, and revive a life that has been extinguished?”

Cheshire frowned.

The only thing it said after a long time was nonsense again.

She stared straight into the rabbit doll’s button eyes and answered.

“I’ll make it possible, even if it’s impossible.”

If the Vasilios Countess was really the previous Fairy Queen and Cheshire’s mother, Cheshire wanted to meet her again.

She wanted to help Kieren and commit a reversal that God did not allow.

She was a mismatched being from the beginning.

She knew it was crazy, but still…

“I miss Mom…”

She whispered her innermost thoughts, which she had never told anyone before.

The rabbit doll quietly faced Cheshire.

“There is a price to be paid for resurrection.”

“He who seeks to gain life must offer a sacrifice of equal value.”

At that moment, Cheshire felt a chill down her spine.

She realized what the rabbit doll was about to say.

The rabbit doll didn’t stop and uttered its last words.

“The only sacrifice to revive the dead queen is the new queen.”