The Youngest Daughter Of The Great Wizard Of The Famous Swordsmanship [EN]: Chapter 19

19. The Predicted Accident (1)

2023.11.19.

Joseph Oser flinched and turned around.

“Rosette, Miss…?”

Rosette, who had approached him closely, widened her eyes.

“What are you trying to do to the carriage?”

In the darkness, Joseph’s pupils shook violently.

“I’m just….”

“I asked what you’re doing here at this hour, Joseph Oser.”

Rosette asked clearly, without her usual timid demeanor. Joseph, momentarily surprised by the change, stammered.

“I was just, taking a night stroll….”

“Liar. You were trying to do something to the carriage, weren’t you?”

“……”

“Are you being threatened?”

“……!”

Rosette looked straight at Joseph with clear eyes.

“Tell me honestly. Then I’ll help you.”

Joseph swept back his hair, his face etched with embarrassment.

“How did you….”

He looked like he needed more explanation, but as time was of the essence, Rosette glossed over it.

“That’s not important right now. I’ll help you. Just explain why you’re trying to do such a thing.”

A moment of silence passed.

“No! I’m not….”

Soon, Joseph knelt before Rosette, shedding tears. His sorrowful tears soaked the ground.

That overlapped with Joshua’s appearance before his death, causing Rosette to step back slightly.

Joseph watched her and pondered. Did Rosette really know what she was saying? Or was she just testing him?

If she knew, how did she know, and how much did she know?

Could he tell her everything?

‘There’s no need to worry about that now. I was going to confirm it anyway and die following my brother.’

He opened his mouth in resignation.

“I said I couldn’t do it.”

Rosette belatedly understood his words and asked back.

“What?”

“I couldn’t hurt someone to save my brother. I returned the potion I received as well.”

“But then your brother….”

“I was going to die with him if he died.”

He shed sorrowful tears like a child. Rosette calmly soothed him.

“Then why did you come here today?”

“There’s another spy in the mansion. I thought someone else would do it even if I didn’t, so I came to check if the carriage was okay.”

Rosette organized the situation in her head.

Perhaps the person who damaged Daniel’s carriage in the past was not Joseph, but someone else.

Rosette was relieved that Joseph was not a bad person. And she was grateful that she wasn’t too late.

“Don’t cry. Your brother will be safe.”

Rosette lifted Joseph up and comforted him.

“How do you know that, Miss….”

“I have a way of knowing everything.”

In the past, Joseph had left the Adrian family and was working for Marquis Dallas. It was probably because his brother was still being held hostage.

If so, his brother would be alive.

“It’s all right now. Daniel is still asleep, so let’s just check if the carriage is okay and go.”

“Young Master?”

Joseph muttered as if he were hearing the name ‘Daniel’ for the first time.

He belatedly understood Rosette’s words and murmured.

“They were aiming for the Duke, though….”

That’s strange. Daniel is supposed to be the one who gets into the accident….

Rosette and Joseph stared blankly at each other before entering the carriage storage at the same time.

Rosette, who was rummaging around in the dark, muttered.

“It’s not here.”

The carriage that Duke Adrian rides in was nowhere to be seen.

* * *

“Are you talking about the master [referring to Duke Adrian]?”

Butler, Sebastian, looked at Rosette, who was awake at this hour, with a puzzled expression, but answered faithfully.

“He went out a little while ago.”

“Why at this hour?”

“I’m not sure, but it’s because of something related to the Miss….”

“Where did he go?”

“To a village in the northern part of the capital…. But why are you suddenly asking that? Do you have something to tell the master?”

Joseph spoke instead of Rosette.

“The carriage might be broken.”

“What do you mean?”

Joseph briefly explained what had happened. Sebastian moved busily after hearing that.

“I’ll call people right away.”

After Sebastian left, Joseph calmed Rosette down.

“Miss, go inside now….”

“No, then it’ll be too late.”

Rosette anxiously bit her nails and asked Joseph.

“Joseph, you know how to ride a horse, right?”

“Yes, I do, but….”

Rosette took a deep breath and said resolutely.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes?”

“Take me to my father.”

“I’ll go alone if that’s the case.”

Rosette shook her head.

“No, I have to go myself.”

That way, I could prepare for anything that might happen.

“Quickly.”

Joseph couldn’t dissuade the resolute Rosette and headed to the stables with her.

Even as he put Rosette on the horse, he had a look that questioned whether this was right, but he eventually urged the horse on.

Rosette held tightly to Joseph’s waist and thought.

‘Things have changed because of me.’

Perhaps in the past, Daniel had taken the Duke’s carriage and had an accident. I don’t know what happened, but this time, the Duke seemed to have taken that carriage because of Rosette.

Joseph rode the horse at full speed. A horse was faster than a carriage, so they should be able to catch up.

Soon, a white carriage came into view in the distance.

“Father!” Rosette shouted loudly, but her voice didn’t reach Duke Adrian. Joseph increased the speed even more.

That’s when it happened.

The carriage wobbled, and a wheel came off. At the same time, the carriage overturned, and sparks flew. The fire quickly engulfed the carriage.

“No!”

There was no way a fire could start so quickly just because a wheel broke. That meant it was a fire caused by magic. An incendiary spell must have been cast on the carriage.

“Ugh!”

Joseph stopped the horse. Rosette jumped off the horse and tried to run to the carriage. But before she could, Joseph hugged her from behind.

“You can’t, Miss!”

“Let go! I have to go! I…….”

At that moment, an explosion sounded from the carriage, and shockwaves spread in all directions. Joseph huddled over Rosette to protect her from getting hurt and fell to the ground.

Rosette didn’t even have time to thank him as she ran towards the carriage.

“Father! Father!”

Tears streamed down her face, blurring her vision. Joseph quickly ran over and carried the staggering Rosette on his shoulder.

“It’s dangerous, Miss!”

“But…….”

“The Duke is already…….”

Rosette’s tears soaked his shoulder.

‘It’s all my fault.’

I decided to fix everything that went wrong in the past. I thought that was the only way to repay my debt to the Adrian family.

‘No, actually…….’

I liked Duke Adrian, who smiled gently while looking into my eyes. I liked the way he carefully stroked my hair, and the warm feeling that came from his whole body when he hugged me.

More than anything, I loved the feeling that the word ‘Father’ gave me.

Devoting myself to the Adrian family out of guilt was a thing of the past. Rosette didn’t want to lose what she had for her own happiness.

I don’t want Duke Dallas to take away my happiness again…….

Rosette stared at the carriage engulfed in flames with tearful eyes.

At that moment, she felt the energy of mana emanating from inside the carriage. It was the same feeling she had when Duke Adrian controlled her rampaging mana.

‘He’s alive?’

Duke Adrian is alive. It’s not too late. There was still hope.

The only way to put out a fire started by magic was with the same magic.

But Rosette had no way to use nullification magic right now. Her mana core was too small to subdue such a large magic.

But if I wait for Celine to come, it will already be too late.

‘There is a way.’

Rosette reached out and called Pipi.

“Pipi!”

[Pii!] A light began to emanate from Pipi’s body as it flew onto her palm, and the surrounding mana began to swirl towards her.

This time, shockwaves spread from around Rosette.

Mana Burst. A method of using magic by amplifying the power of natural mana.

It was a method that was rarely used because of the high risk to the caster, but it was the only way now.

Rosette detonated the mana she had absorbed through Pipi all at once and chanted the nullification magic spell.

“……!”

At the same time, the fiercely burning flames began to subside little by little.

Rosette broke free from Joseph’s arms and walked towards the carriage.

She felt something welling up from deep inside her stomach, but she barely managed to hold it back as she struggled to move her feet.

She threw open the door of the carriage, which still had embers.

“Father!”

She hurriedly scanned the inside of the carriage. The inside of the carriage was already filled with black smoke.

Rosette coughed and looked for Duke Adrian.

At that moment.

“Rose?”

The voice she had been longing to hear came from inside, and familiar platinum blonde hair could be seen through the hazy smoke.

It was Duke Adrian. A faint barrier surrounded him.

‘He defended himself with mana.’

While Rosette was assessing the situation, Duke Adrian came out and examined her.

“Rose, how did you get here…….”

Rosette sighed in relief as she looked at him.

His arms and legs were scorched, but fortunately, his life didn’t seem to be in great danger.

As soon as she confirmed that, all the strength left her body. It was the aftereffect of the mana explosion.

Rosette coughed incessantly.

“Rose!”

Duke Adrian hugged her as she collapsed. Rosette looked up at him and smiled through her tears.

“Thank goodness…….”

With those last words, she lost consciousness.

* * *

“The court physician! Where is the court physician! Bring Celine too! Quickly!”

Duke Adrian, who rarely got excited, shouted urgently as soon as he entered the mansion.

“Master, you’re safe…….”

Sebastian’s face, which had been relieved, turned pale as soon as he saw Rosette limply hanging in Duke Adrian’s arms.

“Miss! What on earth happened…….”

“I’ll explain later. First, bring Celine.”

“Lady Celine has gone out to look for you, Master.”

“Contact her to come back quickly. Right now!”