A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

53 – The Little Tyrant of the Orphanage (2)

The birth of Ruby Gibraltar, the fourth child of the Earl of Gibraltar.

As always, the birth of a life is something to celebrate.

Especially if you have Gibraltar blood.

Especially if it is a new child born in 7 years.

Moreover, because she was a ‘daughter’, it made many people’s hearts tremble.

I heard that Lettar, who turned 7 this year, is so beautiful.

As they look forward to the future, it is said that many Young master are already salivating to see Letard’s face

But another daughter was born?

Probably by now, various noble families have started making babies or are busy looking for babies of similar age.

No matter what those outside the county think.

A festival took place inside the county.

A small festival held inside the territory.

Without inviting anyone externally or anything like that, we just enjoyed a night of partying, enjoying alcohol and meat.

‘It’s a quiet night.’

The time when everyone is asleep.

It’s been a long time since I fell into a deep sleep.

‘I wonder if I can start training in my room again from today.’

If my mother touches her father again and starts her fifth creation, I can continue my training during that time.

‘I think I need to be at least an intermediate knight.’

My strength is still that of a low-level knight.

Not even Sir Robert.

Even if you don’t win 100% against Sir Robert, you should be strong enough to draw.

‘If relations with the empire improve, from then on all kinds of shadows will see into Gibraltar.’

There are really more than one risk factor.

Moreover, since there are two bombs in the county that could explode at any time, a strong force is needed to block those who know the existence of the bombs and come to explode them.

‘Should I ask them for help?’

One.

It’s a bit of a fraudulent action, but he knows how to recruit quite powerful allies based on future information.

‘It’s dangerous, but they don’t want the world to fall into chaos.’

Those who call themselves the guardians of the world.

If you succeed in recruiting them, at least one bomb can be kept safe.

And the remaining one is-

“Wooow…”

“…”

Flap.

The blanket slides to the side.

I didn’t really do anything, but the girl who was sleeping soundly next to me took the blanket away.

‘It’s still the same.’

Is it a bit awkward to spend one night at a mansion instead of an orphanage?

I’ve gotten used to the bed at the orphanage, but I wonder if it’s a little strange to sleep one night on the bed in my room in the mansion.

‘You really sleep comfortably.’

Another bomb.

Imperial granddaughter, Astasia.

The girl is now sleeping soundly in a bed in my room, not at the orphanage, but at the mansion.

‘For now, I’m guarding you by your side even at night, but you never know when something might happen again.’

If anything happens to this girl, the empire will immediately use this as an excuse to start a war.

Why was the Hwang granddaughter in Gibraltar?

That’s not important.

The important thing is that if the imperial granddaughter is eliminated, the empire will somehow use that as an excuse to invade.

So we must protect it.

That’s why I’m staying next to you every night like this-

‘You don’t just share the same room at the daycare center.’

Since I first took over the bed in my room, I haven’t let you stay in my room for no reason.

Externally-

‘Gray Gibraltar was so infatuated that she let the white-haired girl into her bedroom early on.’

It will be known that way.

Although it is a very common thing in the empire, if such behavior is repeated continuously, there will be no doubt about it.

‘You slept really well. So much so that you wouldn’t even know if someone kidnapped you.’

There is no impure intention.

‘That’s why I need to protect you more.’

This is only to protect Astasia and to prevent war between the kingdom and the empire.

‘To leave it to others, you have to be able to trust them.’

Because I can’t feel at ease leaving Astasia’s escort to others.

‘That’s the case with Astasia, but what about the rest?’

At the same time, the other side-

‘I’m not sleeping like that.’

Sarak, Sarak.

Even late at night when I should be sleeping, I turn the pages of a book with a small candle lit on the table.

“…”

She turns the pages of the book so quickly that you don’t know if she’s reading or skimming, but for that girl, that’s her way of reading and remembering books.

It’s not just Astasia that needs attention.

The same goes for the second bomb, Princess Naria.

‘Externally, the king’s visit was treated as if it had never happened.’

There is still no response from the capital.

‘Rather, it appears that Gibraltar wants him to continue to take charge of it.’

Saint Geo Nostrum has been quietly placed in the royal palace, and Morgania hopes that the princess will continue to stay here.

‘Do you think that if you send in personnel, they’ll get caught? Or do you think that having Lord Mente by your side is enough?’

Neither the royal family nor Morgania sent additional escorts.

Rather than saying he abandoned Princess Naria, it would be more correct to say that he hid Princess Naria’s whereabouts by not even sending anyone.

‘I may not know where Princess Lia is, but I can figure out the movement of the royal family sending her guard knights.’

Even though St. Geo is an incompetent king, if a king wants to find out where his daughter has gone, he can.

‘It’s a bit awkward for us to try to protect everything.’

First of all, it is said that Sir Mente and Sir Robert take turns guarding me except during my training time –

‘We need more people.’

Even though these two people are people you don’t have to worry about, you still can’t leave them in danger.

‘Let’s look for it.’

A person who must be found.

A person who makes a profit even if it means taking risks.

Or else.

‘Even if they are young, if they are loyal, even boys and girls can become victims.’

Another way is to raise children in daycare centers as thorough guards.

It’s not exactly an escort, but it feels like a ‘subordinate’.

“Princess Naria.”

“…Yes.”

I tidied up Astasia’s blanket and asked the princess.

“Are you interested in learning weapons?”

“Weapon?”

“Yes. There is a weapon that the princess might be interested in…”

It’s not in this room, but I know of one weapon she used very well in the future.

“We will soon add a course on physical training to the education at the orphanage. Please practice then.”

“Are you not going to tell me what it is?”

“Yes. Let’s save it as a pleasure for then.”

“I understand.”

Naria nodded her head lightly and then began to focus on her book again.

Come to think of it.

“What does the book I borrowed from my father’s library contain?”

“…”

“It’s just a small question. It’s normal for the princess not to sleep even this late at night, but she usually studies, right?”

Princess Naria is Jabes at the orphanage, and she studies until late at night every day in the room next to me.

“That book looks like a cover I’ve never seen before.”

Not only studying the imperial language, but also studying other subjects, I tend to thoroughly review until midnight.

“I thought I knew roughly all the books in my father’s library, but there were books like that.”

“I’m just watching. If I don’t watch this, my head will hurt a little.”

As if trying to erase the nightmarish memories that come to mind through studying.

“So what is it about?”

“The history of Nostrum and Gibraltar. A story about the founder. And a story about the secrets of the canyon.”

“Canyon?”

For a moment, my ears perked up.

“Is there anything like that in the book?”

“No, there isn’t any.”

“…Let’s see. Ah. I looked at it and it turned out to be a book containing the stories of our ancestors.”

“I don’t have one, but just in case.”

Princess Naria was looking for something.

Perhaps.

‘No. This Naria is not the princess of the ruined country I know.’

If Naria came back with me, she would not be the person to look at me like this.

Even if you’re acting like you don’t know everything.

‘If he had done that in the first place, he would have brought St. Geo to his knees and done what the emperor did.’

I don’t know who it might be rude to say this, but the two have some similarities.

If the future princess returned.

She would have bound Saint Geo and turned him into a scarecrow.

There wouldn’t even have been a deep cut in the throat from the drunk king’s sword.

If so-

“Well, have you ever heard an interesting story? About the Gibraltar Gorge.”

The story is that I knew about the secret weapon of the canyon a long time ago, even before I was 13 years old.

“I’m curious. “Can you tell me?”

“…”

Princess Naria looked at Astasia for a moment.

Saegeun, Saegeun.

I’m asleep.

You don’t have to keep your ears open and pretend to sleep while waking up because of the sound of the story.

“You can’t go anywhere and talk about it.”

Princess Naria was conscious of her surroundings and whispered softly.

“When I was 1 year old, the King once said something like that in my ear.”

“…1 year old?”

“Yes. He said, ‘Until I meet the progenitor dragon of the canyon.'”

Naria spoke slowly, as if she was reminiscing.

“Hey, do you remember what happened when you were 1 year old?”

“That’s how I was born.”

Princess Naria closed the book.

“To be exact, it is similar to the process of combining the sounds I heard at the time, recalling memories, and redefining them into the current language.”

“…Let’s skip the detailed principles for now. So, what did the king say?”

“Dragons live in the canyon.”

“…Dragon?”

“Yes.”

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Princess Naria shrugged her shoulders and stood up.

“They say a legendary dragon lives in the canyon.”

“Could it be that the dragon is the mother of the egg the king broke and ate… ?”

“No. Not that small dragon, but the legendary dragon itself.”

The princess opened a page of the book.

“Gold Dragon, Geo Nostrum.”

On the first page, an ancient gold dragon proudly spreads its wings.

A dragon whose size is incomparable to the two humans below, a legendary entity said to reach a whopping 100 meters in length.

“That’s the founding myth of the country, isn’t it?”

“Does Lord Gray think dragons don’t exist?”

“Rather than saying it doesn’t exist, I think it’s propaganda created based on the current dragon to strengthen the royal power.”

Otherwise, there is no way that the legendary dragon, which was 100 meters tall, would have been the size of a wyvern, which was only about 5 meters tall at the time.

“But if there was a dragon living in the canyon, how did the king know about it?”

“How and why. I don’t know that. It’s something unique about this bloodline.”

Naria walked up to her window and lifted her head toward the moon hanging in the night sky.

“But if there is a reason why I found out about it, Lord Gray.”

“Yes.”

“I think men are beings whose self-control weakens when they get drunk.”

“…”

No way.

“Have you ever heard anything else?”

“You are my spare part?”

“…”

Did you say something like that to a one-year-old baby when you were drunk?

Didn’t she know that her daughter had complete memory?

At that time?

“Be careful with your alcohol, Lord Gray.”

“Let me keep that in mind.”

You can’t be like an incompetent king.

“First of all, it’s late at night.”

The conversation ends here.

The time is already approaching 1 o’clock.

“They say you will become Jabes again starting tomorrow and you won’t be able to talk, but you should go to bed early now.”

“But… “

“If you don’t go to sleep early, you will have big problems growing up.”

According to the imperial theory of food nutrition and human growth.

“I heard that getting enough sleep can help you grow taller and have a stronger body.”

“Where?”

“In the Imperial Newspaper.”

“…I don’t think there was anything like that in any of the newspapers I read.”

“I didn’t show you everything.”

I stepped aside from the bed and patted the spot next to Astasia with my hand.

“I hope you sleep well.”

“…Now that I think about it.”

Naria nodded her head loudly, walked over with slow steps, and lay down next to Astasia.

“I heard from my mother that since she was little, she worked while sleeping four hours a day.”

“…”

“Lord Grey. Come here and take a nap.”

Naria moved her body to the side, creating space between herself and Astasia.

“Come on. Lord Gray needs to go to bed early too to grow taller and have a stronger body.”

“That’s-“

“Astasia said that last time.”

Naria said, pointing to Astasia, who was still in a deep sleep.

“The knight said he should be as tall as Sir Robert.”

“…”

Come to think of it.

“I’m starting to feel sleepy.”

Finally, it was time to sleep.

“Let’s think about complicated things later and go to bed early today.”

I walked over to Naria and covered her with a new blanket.

“Lord Grey?”

“I will sleep, but.”

I pointed to the sofa.

“I will sleep on the sofa.”

“Why? I think it’s enough for three of us to lie here.”

“I think sleeping between them would be unbearable in many ways.”

“…?”

“In many ways.”