The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 53

“Oh, right, Dante. By the way, is your illness getting better these days?”

I lowered my voice and whispered into Dante’s ear. Dante flinched and stepped back, scratching his ear vigorously.

I felt a little embarrassed, wondering if my breath tickled him too much.

“It’s fine. Thanks for the flowers.”

“Ah! It helped! I’m glad.”

I had given the flowers to Dante’s aide, but I was worried because I didn’t know how things were going.

‘I shouldn’t whisper in Dante’s ear anymore. It must tickle a lot.’

I hid my embarrassment and smiled brightly. Then, I hugged the book tightly and turned around.

“Then, I’ll go read my book now!”

And just as Florin fluttered back to her seat and opened her book.

‘She’s so tiny. Always smelling like strawberries.’

Dante, his face bright red, was leaning his head against the bookshelf.

Dante, who had no interest in books, leaned against the window frame, pretending to take a nap, but there was no way he could actually sleep.

Dante ruffled his hair wildly, swallowing his annoyance. He was just annoyed for no reason.

He didn’t like the way she disappeared from his sight, bouncing around, and he hated that she didn’t tell him where she was going.

He had been searching for a while, only to find her in the library.

Still, Dante’s mood softened a little because the reason she came to the library was related to him.

‘She’s going to marry me anyway.’

He really hated Ian, or whatever, trying to act like a brother.

He resented that he was his mother’s other son, and it was even worse that he had met Florin before him. Moreover, Florin took care of Ian in every little thing.

‘He was so weak. What’s so good about him?’

Of course, as his half-brother, he was a little better than the other kids. Just a little. This much. But the fact that he was weak didn’t change.

Dante remembered the scene he had seen at the picnic a while ago.

Ian rushing at Uncle Kiraxus. That was the fighting style of the weak. Retreating, thinking, looking for openings, turning around and ambushing. He kept changing his fighting style because he didn’t have the strength to face his uncle’s attacks.

“Tch.”

Dante scoffed and rested his arms on his knees. Then, he stared blankly at the small, round back of her head.

In fact, to him, Florin was like a new life form.

Until now, the only ‘weak’ person he had ever seen was his dad.

The cadets at the academy were all strong, regardless of gender, not to mention his mom, grandpa, and grandma.

Uncle? Where else would you find a monster like his uncle?

But Florin was like a flower, just like her name.

Silver hair that turned reddish towards the ends, as if dipped in syrup. A fluttering ribbon dress, just like his. And shoes.

When he looked at Florin, the thorns in his heart strangely disappeared.

The etiquette teacher at the academy had said that knights should always be kind to ladies, but he didn’t know why back then. He couldn’t understand why he had to do that either.

But as soon as he saw Florin, the lessons on chivalry he had received suddenly beat all over his body like a drum.

I have to be kind. I have to be polite. I have to take care of the dangerous things for her. I have to carry the heavy things for her…….

Because it’s not dangerous for me at all, and it’s not heavy at all.

‘I have to protect her.’

Dante, his ears flushed red, cleared his throat for no reason and turned his gaze out the window.

But he still doesn’t know how to treat Florin yet.

Whenever Dante sees Florin, his temples throb, and his tongue feels dry. He feels nauseous, and he can’t even make eye contact…….

‘Why am I really like this.’

Everyone was scared when he went berserk and transformed into an animal, but Florin was different.

She approached him without hesitation, gave him flowers, and talked to him. No one had ever done that for him before, Florin was the first.

‘My heart feels strange.’

I hope she only worries about me in the future. I hope she only plays with me, not other kids. I’ll make it the most fun for her. I’m the most…….

“If only that Ian wasn’t around.”

Swish.

Dante’s eyes, which had lifted, turned cold.

* * *

To get straight to the point, the book about divine power wasn’t very helpful to me.

But it was fun.

[……And on the seventh day, the Celestial God saw that the world was good. But, satisfied, the Celestial God fell asleep, and the very next day, laughter was heard from deep within the earth.

That laughter was ominous, subversive, and vicious, hurting the ears of those who heard it and disturbing their hearts.

So those whose pure hearts given by the Celestial God were tainted eventually succumbed and went down to the earth, and the one who stood before them said, calling himself the Evil God.

The Evil God, the Celestial God’s twin brother, was the opposite of his brother in everything. He preferred chaos to order and liked to see dirty things rather than beautiful things.

On the eighth day, the Evil God covered part of the world with his power, and on the ninth day, a group that worshiped the Evil God was born.

Waking up and seeing all this, the Celestial God sighed and shed tears.

Those tears formed the sea, and new life was born there, which was the horned whale tribe, the ruler of the ocean.

The Evil God, who was watching, was seized with mischief and created a new life that resembled his brother’s creation but reversed its gentle nature.

That is the sawshark tribe.

The two gods made a bet on their last creations. The one that becomes stronger will remain in this world, and the other will leave this place.

However, these mere creatures, who had just been born, needed help to gain intelligence and grow.

So the two gods went to Gaiaanos, the ancient mother of nature, who was their mother god.

Mother, how can we give our creations the power to think?

The Celestial God asked with courtesy, and Gaiaanos said that she already had thinking creations. Look at them…….]

This was really interesting, but the middle part was torn out and missing.

[And the bet between the two gods that started then has continued to this day.

When the time is right, the two gods choose what they have created as an incarnation, giving them all kinds of love and power to compete.

If the incarnation is a woman, she becomes a saintess, and if it is a man, he becomes a saint, and they must compete with the Evil God’s incarnation…… (omitted)…… It is said that only the god of the finally victorious incarnation can remain in the world.

The gods’ bet has been going on since a time that humans cannot even imagine.]

In particular, this myth that opens the preface of the book was interesting.

‘The only thing I’m wondering about is why the middle part is torn out and missing.’

So I’m curious about what Gaiaanos’s already existing thinking creations are!

Why does it have to be the middle part that’s torn?

“Hing. That’s too bad.”

I lay in bed, rolling around, and opened the book again.

‘I didn’t know what the myths of this world were like because they don’t teach about gods.’

There is no world without myths, though.

“So there are three gods in total.”

Gaiaanos, the primordial god and the god of nature.

The Celestial God, the older of the twins. The Evil God, the younger of the twins.

‘That’s the origin of how the Celestial God founded the Holy Empire and the Evil God founded the Magic Empire.’

Then which country did the nature god Gaiaanos found?

‘Ah, maybe Lapiren knows?’

I should ask her in class tomorrow!

* * *

“I don’t know.”

“There’s something Lapiren doesn’t know?!”

“Yes.”

But the next day, I received a very disappointing answer.

To think there would be something even Lapiren doesn’t know!

“Then, can you get me the scriptures? This book says that there are scriptures in the Holy Empire!”

“I can get them for you, but…….”

“But……?”

“Unfortunately, you cannot read their scriptures until you come of age. His Majesty the Emperor has designated it by law.”

Ugh! No, why would they go that far?

“If you want forbidden books, this Lapiren is willing to go to jail to get them for you…….”

“Ah, no. It’s okay! It’s not like I want to see them that badly.”

I shook my head. I’m curious, but I didn’t have the will to solve my curiosity by making someone a criminal.

I’ll remember to read the scriptures when I become an adult and read them then.

“My lady, is class over?”

My adoptive mother came as I was finishing today’s studies. But her attire is a little different from usual.

“Mother! Where have you been?”

“I went to the Imperial Palace.”

“Heok!”

I knew it, she usually dresses simply when she trains, but today she’s dressed so perfectly.

“Sir Idaho has arrived, so we will end the class 5 minutes early.”

“Thank you, Lapiren!”

I greeted Lapiren loudly and ran out. I was so curious about the story of my adoptive mother’s visit to the Imperial Palace.

“There are two invitations for my lady to read. One is a purple invitation, and the other is a vermilion invitation. Which one would you like to read first?”

As I stepped out into the hallway, my adoptive mother held out two invitations that she had been hiding behind her back.

The purple invitation looked bigger and more splendid, so I chose it without hesitation.

“The purple one!”

“Here, read it.”

The purple invitation, made of unusually high-quality paper, immediately felt heavy.

‘Besides, this is…… the imperial crest? The shark pattern with its mouth wide open is definitely the imperial family.’