The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 37

‘Hoo.’

Not bad for a start.

Kiraxus, who had been observing Ian, shifted his gaze to Florin, who was puffing out her cheeks.

“Steamed bun.”

“I’m not a steamed bun!”

“You’ve gotten bigger than a meatball. You’re about the size of a steamed bun now.”

“I said I’m not!”

Florin mumbled something as he gently grabbed and squeezed her cheeks.

Kiraxus withdrew the *Iculus* [magical energy] that had been focused on Florin.

“Ggyuk?!”

Then Florin shrank and transformed into a ferret.

Kiraxus nonchalantly performed an act that would shock most people and calmly presented a gift.

“Here, a magic transformation wand.”

“……!”

“You’re practically cursing with your eyes.”

He was enjoying teasing her.

He preferred this to watching her tiptoe around nervously like before.

“I’ll get my revenge. Someday, for sure!”

“Sure, come and pluck my beard while I’m sleeping.”

Florin, fuming, reached out her front paws and snatched the gift box.

Kiraxus watched as the round face of the angry white ferret shifted to surprise as soon as she opened the box, and then her eyes filled with joy mixed with doubt as she took out the contents.

“Wave it around.”

A wand that was just the right size to fit in the ferret’s paw.

When she waved it, a magic circle appeared in the air, activating the magic he had cast in advance.

“Eugh?!”

A moment later, the magic circle enveloped the small ferret’s body, and with a small pop, Florin grew back to her original size. The wand also grew to match the size of the humanized Florin.

“Just as I designed it. Perfect.”

Even Aksa stopped playing in the banquet hall, surprised. Only Kiraxus’s soft applause echoed.

“H-How did this happen? My clothes are still here?”

“That’s what they call magic.”

“Wow…….”

The principle of the wand was simple.

First, grind the sacred Dice [a rare magical artifact] and fuse it with a magic stone.

Second, engrave a humanization magic circle on the magic stone.

Third, process it into a reasonably pretty shape.

Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was a vast amount of magical power equivalent to that of a magic tower lord and a genius intellect capable of perfectly performing complex mathematical calculations. And fortunately, Kiraxus possessed both.

Even the *Iculus* contained within the magic stone was designed to automatically drain from him remotely when it was exhausted—a so-called automatic charging system.

“It also has a return spell that automatically returns to your side when it’s far away from the owner, so you don’t have to worry about losing it.”

“This is… this is the best gift I’ve ever received today!”

“Of course, it should be.”

Kiraxus chuckled and stroked Florin’s hair.

“Ah, come to think of it, an acquaintance of mine, a devil, told me the other day that his late-born daughter is so cute.”

“……Do you really have an acquaintance who’s a devil……?”

“Since he calls his daughter a marshmallow, I told him my daughter-in-law is a meatball.”

*What are you so proud of!*

The nobles became confused.

However, the faces of those who had stepped forward to curse turned white at the words that followed. They understood what Kiraxus intended to convey.

“Say, ‘Thank you, Father, the most wonderful and respectable in the world.'”

“……Uhm, ahem. The most wonderful and… respectable… Father. Thank you.”

“That sounds good. Yes. You can continue to call me Father from now on.”

Swish.

Kiraxus, who had been smiling, wiped the smile off his face and scanned the nobles with a chilling gaze.

The new head of Dribljane cherishes his daughter-in-law like a daughter!

That was the thought that flashed through the minds of the nobles simultaneously.

Of course, no one dared to say it out loud. Hadn’t they witnessed the magic tower lord’s abilities with their own eyes? If he could humanize them, he could also turn perfectly fine demi-humans into animals!

Unless they wanted to be suddenly thrown into a desolate field in animal form, they had to watch their mouths.

*It would be good for your well-being to know exactly who to please and get on the right side.*

That was the chilling warning Kiraxus was delivering.

That day, the guests gathered in groups of three or five on their way home to talk about what had transpired at the banquet.

As spring arrived in the world, the wheels of high society, which had been frozen, began to turn again.

The Dribljane banquet, which was the first signal flare, would be a hot topic at the tables of many families for quite some time.

* * *

“S-Sorry. I was wrong… Keuk!”

“Aaaagh!”

“It hurts, a…aaagh!”

And that night.

Behind the building, on a path that even the employees didn’t frequent, the sound of bones breaking was heard, and blood splattered everywhere.

The first day Ian ‘didn’t endure,’ after always enduring.

Ian faithfully carried out Florin’s words.

“Why, does it hurt?”

“Keu, keuek……!”

“You can’t even handle this much pain, yet you surrounded Florin and threatened her like that.”

The corners of his lips curved up in a soft line, but his eyes were chillingly cold.

*That’s a monster!*

The noble boys, who had come with Gerd to take care of Ian, all began to regret it.

They were going to put him in his place for being so arrogant at the banquet, but they were the ones who ended up getting hurt.

Ian smiled again, using the boys who had fainted and were stacked up like chairs.

“Save me, please save me! There’s a monster here… Heueok!”

“Shh, you have to be quiet. What if Florin hears you.”

Ian grabbed the hair of the guy who was dragging his broken leg and crawling away, and tilted his head loosely.

It would be easier to kill them.

But if he couldn’t control himself and ran wild like that, he would get demerits. It would be a burden on the family.

*If I’m going to kill them, it shouldn’t be here… it should be after I send them back to the mansion.*

The problem isn’t killing, it’s getting caught and becoming a nuisance.

After pondering for a moment and gazing at the night sky, Ian knocked the guy out cleanly by hitting the back of his neck.

“Not bad.”

Where should I bury these things?

As Ian was pondering, someone appeared behind him without a sound.

Ian quietly turned to him and found his uncle, Kiraxus.

“But you need to pay more attention to your surroundings. Well, I think you’ll get used to it soon.”

“Uncle.”

“I’ll send them home. And starting tomorrow, you’ll be receiving separate lessons.”

“What do you mean by separate lessons?”

“Little Clown will come to find you, so wait.”

The Empire’s largest assassin guild, Joker.

It was a top secret that they were actually Dribljane’s informants. Only the Joker guild members and a few key figures leading Dribljane knew about it.

Ian pondered for a moment because it sounded like, ‘I’m going to assassinate you.’ He was confused as to whether they were going to kill him or give him lessons.

“There are four stages in Joker.”

*Ah, it’s the teaching side.*

His hand was aching because he had been clenching his fist tightly due to tension.

“The trainee stage is called Bunny.”

……Rabbit?

The explanation that was thrown out of nowhere was very blunt.

However, this felt like kindness to Ian, who had not received any attention from the family until now. Although he didn’t like the title.

“If you survive past that, you become a Little Clown. If you meet the standards within the guild, you become a formal Clown.”

“……Yes.”

Ian, who had suddenly become a rabbit, rubbed his face dry.

*So, if I want to get out of being a rabbit, I have to improve my skills somehow.*

“The master of Joker is called Joker. That’s the position you should aim for.”

“I understand. I understand.”

“Okay. Red baby rabbit.”

“…….”

“Well, surviving in there and becoming a formal Clown is the priority. To do that, you’ll have to use all your abilities.”

Kiraxus tapped his eyes.

*Did he notice?*

Kiraxus left Ian, who was narrowing his brows, and picked up the fallen guys one by one and magically flew them home.

Ian, watching him, bowed and returned to his bedroom.

*Whether it’s Bunny or whatever, I can learn more. My abilities have been recognized. If I take this opportunity… I can enter the main house.*

On the day of Florin’s welcome banquet.

With Florin’s one word, ‘Make it so they can never bully me again,’ Ian found his aptitude.

Ambush rather than all-out war. Shadows rather than light.

That was the path Ian would take in the future.