The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 64

He had a very good grasp of Hylone.

‘What is this?’

This was only the second time Kiernan and Hylone had directly clashed.

Yet, somehow, they had a very deep understanding of each other.

Certainly, if Kiernan hadn’t done something like this.

Hylone would have immediately dragged Kiernan to the Inquisitorial Chamber of the Holy Empire.

His blue eyes calmly scanned the surroundings.

After confirming the knights and priests bound by mind control, Hylone turned his gaze back to Kiernan.

He said in an indifferent tone.

“I’ll listen. To what you have to say.”

There was no fear, no surprise, no emotion whatsoever.

It was felt only in his dry voice.

If necessary, Hylone would sacrifice all the hostages here to punish Kiernan.

Of course, he would try to avoid that if possible…….

At Hylone’s words, Kiernan quietly smiled.

His crimson eyes stared intently at Hylone for a moment.

Then, he tilted his head slightly and whispered as if disappointed.

“Ah, I see. It doesn’t work on Sir Hylone.”

“…….”

To try to mind-control an Inquisitor [an official of the Holy Empire charged with suppressing heresy].

Kiernan was truly insane.

The Duke of Evroyel spoke for Chesha’s feelings.

“Crazy bastard.”

She had completely given up on saving face.

She was casually sitting on the rubble of a collapsed building, watching the situation.

The Duke of Evroyel, sitting askew, waved his hand dismissively.

“Inquisitor, please take that bastard away quickly.”

If Kiernan were taken away as a heretic, the Duke of Evroyel, who had helped him, would naturally be interrogated as well.

Seeing him telling them to take him away even though he knew all this, it seemed the Duke was quite angry.

Amidst the swirling black shadows and tangled chains, Kiernan spoke leisurely.

“I would like to propose a deal.”

He knew that whatever he offered would be useless to Hylone.

But Kiernan threw bait that would accurately hook Hylone.

“I will give you information about the witch Richessia.”

“…….”

A slight tremor flickered in Hylone’s eyes.

But Kiernan’s words were not over yet.

“Ah, of course, that would be a bit insufficient for my life’s worth. So, I’ll add one more thing.”

Kiernan smirked.

“I heard the Holy Empire committed a terrible experiment with fairies.”

He handed Hylone a poisoned chalice [an offer that seems beneficial but is actually harmful].

“Are you perhaps interested?”

***

Chesha’s guess was correct.

Hylone knew nothing about the Holy Empire’s fairy experiments.

He accepted the deal Kiernan offered and promised a brief truce.

Depending on the value of the information, it would be decided whether Kiernan would be dragged to the Inquisitorial Chamber.

Or whether they would make a new deal.

But Hylone knew.

That Count Vasillian would certainly bring enough to pay for his life.

Exactly enough to neither overflow nor fall short on the scale.

Kiernan, freed from the chains of condemnation, completely reversed the memories of the holy knights and priests who had witnessed the black magician and the Inquisitor.

He made them remember only that the Duke of Evroyel and Hylone had clashed, and the temple was destroyed because of it.

They were beings who possessed divine power.

It would take much more power than manipulating the mind of an ordinary person.

Yet, Kiernan skillfully manipulated the minds and memories of dozens of people.

Indeed, he wasn’t trying to revive the dead for nothing.

Kiernan took a light breath after finishing the manipulation.

His red eyes, which had been gleaming with an eerie light throughout his use of power, also calmed down.

Hylone, who had watched Kiernan’s black magic, slowly touched the bracelet on his wrist.

Kiernan saw that and chuckled.

He approached Hylone, grinning as if he were close.

“Let’s have an in-depth conversation soon. I’ll come to the temple.”

His attitude was no different from that of a very close friend.

Kiernan, who had been acting so kindly, let out a short exclamation, ‘Ah,’ and muttered as if regretful.

“Oh dear…. The temple is all destroyed.”

Leaving behind the completely collapsed ruins, Kiernan smiled brightly.

“I’ll have to meet you outside the temple, then.”

He was the culprit who had contributed greatly to the destruction of the temple, yet he had a very brazen attitude.

And it didn’t end there.

“And it seems my daughter can no longer stay here, so I’ll take her with me for now…….”

He was trying to smoothly take Chesha away as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Chesha glared at Kiernan with very suspicious eyes.

‘Wait a minute…. Could it be that he deliberately destroyed the temple?’

It was a very possible story.

Of course, it was Hylone and the Duke of Evroyel who destroyed the temple.

But Kiernan was more than capable of inducing the situation to destroy the temple on purpose.

Hylone seemed to have had a similar thought to Chesha.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Kiernan was as if he were looking at the worst kind of trash.

For Hylone, who hardly ever showed any emotion, to show this much reaction.

In many ways, Kiernan was an amazing man.

“The child will remain under my protection.”

Hylone cut off Kiernan’s words coldly.

“Are you taking her hostage?”

“I said protection, Count.”

The situation, which seemed to be flowing a little better, began to turn ominous again.

It felt like they were going to go back to the beginning and start fighting.

Chesha, the culprit of this whole situation, quietly opened her mouth.

“I wanna stay…….”

Kiernan and Hylone looked at Chesha at the same time.

She spoke to the two men, who were truly the opposite from head to toe.

“Stay here.”

Kiernan tried to gloss over it with a sly smile.

“Where, in Daddy’s arms?”

Chesha silently looked at him.

The meeting of their gazes lengthened.

She placed her small hand on his cheek.

Kiernan was frozen by the tiny hand.

Chesha slowly whispered to him.

“I don’t know about Chesha Vasillian yet.”

“…….”

Kiernan didn’t say anything this time.

The hand holding Chesha tightened.

Cracks slowly formed on his smooth, red eyes.

‘Ugh, I have my reasons too!’

Now that she knew that the Countess Vasillian was a fairy, she would investigate the Vasillian family again.

But Chesha also needed time to think.

Because the situation was so complicated, it was a moment when she had to be even more careful.

Perhaps this moment was the last chance to leave the Vasillian family peacefully.

“Don’t push her.”

Hylone took Chesha and held her.

Kiernan released Chesha without resistance.

“I will take the child on the day of the deal.”

So, he would give her a chance to talk to the child again then.

For Hylone, it was a very generous thing to say.

Kiernan was silent for a long time.

He looked down at his empty hand for a while, then slowly parted his lips.

“…I’ll wait.”

***

It seemed the situation was roughly resolved.

Seeing Kiernan with nothing in his hands, Serea muttered with a nonchalant face.

“That viper…….”

To cunningly manipulate people as he pleased, only to be thwarted by his own daughter and be unable to do anything.

As she had declared that she would be Chesha Vasillian’s godmother, Serea was very curious about how this runaway commotion would end.

It was when she was dusting off her dirty clothes.

She raised her eyebrows at the sight of the small boy approaching her.

“Your Excellency.”

“…Ishuel?”

He was the third child of the Vasillian family.

The hidden gem of the Vasillian family that Serea had been eyeing to teach magic to.

The young master, as pretty as a porcelain doll, had his eyes red as if he was very upset.

“Why, what’s wrong? Did someone bully you? Was it Kiernan?”

As she coaxed him, Ishuel clenched his fists tightly.

The clenched hands trembled.

“I am the one who torments myself.”

“…….”

It was a word that didn’t suit the boy’s mouth.

Ishuel, with his eyes burning red, said to the surprised Serea.

“Please teach me magic.”