Raised by Villains

As always, when I arrived at the study, the door was open.

It was a strange thing. There were few servants here.

I think it was closed a few days ago.

As I entered the study during the day, I saw a strange person leisurely looking around the bookshelf.

‘Who is it?’

It meant that being here with black hair is either one of their colleagues or the immediate lineage.

‘It's my first time seeing him.’

This annex could be used by any colleague or direct line.

However, there is no reason for the immediate family to use the one in a separate annex. The study of the mansion was much better and you can't compare the rooms and facilities.

The man slowly turned his head as if he felt my gaze.

As if he knew me, his head tilted slightly.

"Do you know where the book about sacred magic is?"

It was a sweet and soft voice. The smile around his smiling mouth felt quite affectionate.

Even I was mesmerized for a moment.

When I was stiff and unable to answer, he turned back indifferently as if he had quickly lost interest.

Oops!

I have to answer.

"The second column of the first bookcase."

I belatedly came to my senses and answered.

His gaze reached me again, but I tried to go my way because I had to go back quickly before Myla came.

I suddenly thought of a phrase from the novel.

〈Erno Etham had clear and beautiful features. His golden eyes sparkled like honey, and his beautiful black hair that seemed to have absorbed all the darkness in the world fluttered so much that she wanted to touch it.

He was such a beautiful person that it would not be an exaggeration to say that the heavenly god carefully crafted all the ingredients, but no one approached him recklessly.

“By the way, did you receive the cut? You seem to like it very much, so I put it all over your body, and I hope you like it.”

A gentle smile and a soft smirk, not knowing if it was a curse or not

The way he spoke was the symbol of Erno Etham, the last candidate for the successor of the Etham family.〉

When I got up there, my eyes widened and my steps stopped.

Erno Etham!

He was said to be a rare genius of the Etham family, and despite being the youngest, he was a villain, considered the most likely candidate for successor.

In fact, he was famous for another reason.

〈He was a ferocious hedonist. He never moved if he wasn't interested. He did whatever he wanted to do, had anything he wanted, and always punished those for showing hostility to him.

The bad thing about Erno Etham was that when he gets tired of playing with what he has, he destroys it so no one else has it.

The world used to judge him for his capriciousness and cruelty, as he was born with the deepest blood of dragons.〉

At first glance, he seems the most gentle, but in fact, he was the most capricious and cruel psychopath.

And he was also the person who suffered the most from the chronic disease peculiar to Etham called 'explosion'.

To the extent that he was wearing several accessories that suppressed his magical power.

'Well, it has nothing to do with me.'

I don't know why I'm here, but I'll be kicked out tomorrow anyway. I fumbled through the list of orphanages, pointing my finger at them.

'Oh, I found it!'

The moment my eyes twinkled, a long shadow stretched over the book.

“What are you looking at?”

It was Erno Etham.

He had two books by his side as if he had found what he was looking for. I gulped down my saliva, tensed.

“…Book, ah.”

I stuttered in reply and smiled wildly to avoid the misunderstanding that I was terrified.

Because he hated people who trembled in front of him the most. Erno Etham's eyes slowly narrowed as if searching for prey.

“A list of orphanages?”

I quickly tilted my head at his reasonable questioning and suspicious gaze.

"Go…? Write!"

I was fumbling through the letters with my fingers, pretending to write.

"Hm. Well, thanks, I found the book well. But the library is quite large, and you seem to know it well.”

“I come here often.”

"Really?"

Fortunately, he didn’t ask any further.

'You're probably not interested in me.'

If he's not interested, he won't save people from dying right in front of him.

“Yes, I come often.”

He smiled like a doll, as if he had lost interest in my boring reply, and then turned around.

With the sound of the door closing, I buried my face in the book.

I seemed too nervous. It felt like my heart was pounding.

Taking a deep breath, I tore the page with the orphanage address and put it in my pocket, then folded the book again.

The name of the orphanage is,

〈Sprout Time Orphanage.〉

It was a name that seemed cringy. Looking at the name of the orphanage, information about this place came up.

‘Come to think of it, was there a future kid in the orphanage…?'

And it was a child lost by a noble family.

‘Who was it?’

Hmm, I don't know.

Is it time to pay attention to other people's circumstances in a situation where my throat may be dry tomorrow?

I was about to leave the study after organizing the books well.

Ting-!

Something rolled over.

When I bowed my head, it was a monotonous silver ring. It was at least not cheap to have small red gemstones and luxurious imprints on it.

"This is..."

Suddenly, the face of Erno Etham, who had been here until just now, came to mind.

'This can't be...'

Is it a ring that suppresses the mana explosion?

I knew that he was wearing several accessories, including earrings that suppress mana.

Sweat formed on my back.

'This is a little… Isn't it dangerous?'

I rushed out of the study holding a ring. Fortunately, he was returning at a slow pace not far away.

"Hey, this..."

I ran and handed over the ring in a hurry, fearing that he would run wild.

"Oh, I was looking for it."

"It was under some books!"

"Really?"

Erno Etham smiled and reached out to me.

I quickly dropped the ring on his hand.

He had a fickle temper and considerable mynosis, which made him very unpleasant for someone to reach out unless he allowed it.

Holding the ring lightly, I stopped while turning around. He suddenly stared at the ring I gave him with a frown.

‘Is it dirty...?’

I wiped it with the hem of my clothes so that there were no fingerprints left…

"You seem busy…Goodbye...”

I bowed my head and crept back while he stared at the ring without an answer.

"Haha.”

The moment I thought I was far away from him, I heard a low laugh that didn't look fun at all behind me.

I literally had to clench my teeth in order not to run away from the hallway.

‘If an animal runs away, the beast will follow...'

‘If an animal runs away, the beast will follow...'

‘If an animal runs away, the beast will follow...'

When I arrived at the room, my body tingled.

And the next day, the long-awaited New Year's meeting came.

***

Since morning, I rubbed my eyes with the back of my hand.

It was blurry in front of me because I had stayed up all night because I was busy all night wandering around the outbuildings, avoiding the eyes of the maids on duty, looking for something worthwhile.

Although it was a separate building, it was not difficult to find something worthwhile because of the family.

‘Still, the preparation is perfect.’

I finished, even if things went as planned.

As I said above, I am a lizard beast and I am still young.

They normally often lost their humanization when their emotions intensified.

Even in the novel, it is not described in detail because I was an extra, but it must be said that humanization will be unraveled here. Anyway, I had a plan for every situation.

First, the best thing is that humanization is not resolved, so that I can live my life.

Second, don't panic even if the sign is released, look at the exit in advance, run away, pack your luggage, and run away from this mansion. Third, asking for a one-day grace period because I will go out directly.

#1 is the best, but #2 and #3 aren't bad either.

"Lady, would you like to go?"

"...!"

I headed to the large conference room attached to the mansion I saw with Myla. When I arrived at the front of the conference room, she squatted down and met my eye level.

“Lady, I can’t go in from here. You go to a seat with your name on it, sit down, do what you are told and leave. Did I tell you how to greet?”

"Yes."

“Okay, I will wait in front of you, my lady, please be careful.”

“Yes!”

Encouraged by Myla's cheers, I clenched my fists and went inside.

As I entered, I had no choice but to stop.