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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Yuziro
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Fortunately, Michelle grasped the situation remarkably quickly.
She didn’t waste time with frustrating pleas like, “I want to stay and fight too!”
Indeed, letting him handle it alone was the best way to help.
He preferred working solo anyway.
After a few coughs, he faced the group of skeletons.
“Krururu…”
The skeletons rattled, making incomprehensible noises.
Unfortunately, they didn’t seem intelligent enough to target only Michelle.
As soon as he released a bit of killing intent, they immediately recognized him as the enemy.
“Papa, are you angry? Are you angry? Are you angry?”
“I am.”
Adrian rolled his shoulders a few times.
He straightened his collar and then coughed.
He was still slightly shaken from the emotional aftermath, but he was alright now.
“I’ll help you.”
“I’m angry because of you.”
Adrian coldly retorted to Lepista’s offer of assistance.
Come to think of it, that was true.
If Lepista was obsessed, Adrian held the dominant position.
“…Huh?”
Despite Lepista being in her name tag form, Adrian could clearly visualize her expression in his mind.
It was a high-level technique called “Image Transmission,” and Lepista was unconsciously using it.
She was that proficient.
Anyway, Adrian began shattering the skeletons, calmly continuing, “I’m angry because you interfered. You’ll never understand how angry I am right now.”
Lepista’s eyebrows twitched violently.
Unsure what expression to make, she eventually covered her head with both hands.
“Why… why?”
Whatever she intended to do, the skeletons’ white bones turned jet black, becoming further reinforced.
They charged with ferocious momentum, but Adrian remained unfazed.
He didn’t prepare to attack or defend.
It was as if he had been waiting for the skeletons to come, inviting them closer.
“Kyaaaaaak!”
Finally, when one of the skeletons leaped, swinging its sword down at Adrian…
Pasasak—!
An invisible explosion erupted, repelling the skeletons.
The scattered bones didn’t reach the ground.
Like crumbling leaves, they disintegrated mid-air.
Lepista stared at Adrian with shocked eyes.
But his demeanor remained resolute.
“Papa… I’m helping you…?”
Seemingly genuinely intending to help, Lepista shifted back to her human form.
She attempted to draw a magic circle, but—
Clang!
Adrian easily shattered it.
“……!”
Lepista stumbled back in disbelief.
“Wh-what… are you… doing? Papa… Papa…? I’m helping you…”
“Lepista.”
Her eyes were pure, as if she truly meant to help.
Adrian’s gaze, however, was cold as he looked at Lepista.
Lepista, using the vocabulary available to her age group, tried to argue her case.
“Papa… you… hate Charlotte, right? You’re angry because of Charlotte…? That human interfered… interfered…? So I… helped…”
“Just how angry do you think I was?”
Adrian quietly asked.
Come to think of it, why hadn’t he realized this sooner?
If he could deceive Lepista, he absolutely should.
And luckily, Lepista had laid the groundwork for that deception.
Let her misunderstand.
Let her believe he hated and loathed Charlotte more than anyone, so she would transfer her power, and simultaneously be unable to harm any other humans.
“I don’t want to ask twice, Lepista.”
Lepista stared at Adrian with wavering eyes.
“Just how angry was I? Tell me what you felt.”
There was a significant height difference between Adrian and Lepista.
If someone were to see them from behind, Lepista would be completely hidden from view.
“Answer.”
The thing a young daughter fears most is naturally “her father scolding her.”
Adrian’s cold gaze, a first for Lepista, was incredibly shocking.
“Uh… uh? Huuh… huuh…”
Lepista shook her head, wiping away the tears streaming down her face.
She was still at an age where emotions ruled.
But Adrian grabbed her chin, lowering himself to meet her gaze.
Their eyes met.
Golden, and red eyes.
Night had fallen.
Shining eyes.
Golden pupils.
But Lepista could clearly see the red pupils hidden within.
Red jewels, encased in a golden frame, gleaming like a demon’s eyes in the darkness.
…Her father’s eyes, more terrifying than anything.
“If you don’t answer truthfully, I’ll leave you here.”
“Huu! Huuuh!”
Terrified, Lepista began to cry.
Only when she started sobbing uncontrollably did Adrian release her chin.
“This is the most important thing to me, and that’s why I can be this furious. Would anyone want someone else interfering in such a matter?”
Lepista vehemently shook her head.
In truth, she didn’t fully understand why Adrian was so angry.
She simply sensed that this was what he needed to hear to calm down.
Adrian didn’t expect her to understand everything.
It was enough for her to learn the principle of “don’t interfere.”
“You don’t need to empathize with or understand the extent of my hatred. But this is my business, so I absolutely don’t want you to interfere. Can you do that much for me? You’re a good girl.”
In short, it was a manipulative statement implying that obeying him would make her a “good girl.”
Lepista vigorously nodded.
“Yes… yes…”
The girl’s thoughts were surprisingly simple.
If Papa is this angry at me, he must really hate that human, Charlotte.
He must hate her so much that he’s even angry at his own daughter…
Those were the thoughts running through her mind.
Furthermore, Papa’s imposing figure.
He seemed capable of handling things on his own, even without Lepista’s help.
This further solidified her resolve not to interfere.
Don’t interfere in Papa’s business.
Don’t interfere in Papa’s business…
Adrian quietly lifted Lepista into his arms and began walking.
…After scolding, one must always console.
Especially a daughter.
He had never raised a daughter, but somehow, he knew.
Even if someone saw them, it wouldn’t be a particularly strange sight.
He was in his human form, so they would likely just misunderstand, thinking, Adrian has a child.
Silently, the two left the cemetery.
Michelle was waiting in his office.
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“Uh… um…”
Had she ever been this flustered in her life?
Vivian was struggling immensely.
She addressed Regita, awkwardly dressed in human clothes.
“Tsk, tsk. Now, let’s try this one more time. Who are you?”
“I’m a maid living with Adrian.”
“And your role?”
“Regita.”
“Aaaaagh!”
Vivian ruffled her hair in frustration.
“Okay, last time! Who are you?”
“Regita.”
“And your role?”
“I’m a maid living with Adrian.”
“Oh!”
Vivian jumped up, clapping her hands in delight.
“That’s it! That’s right!”
Nodding repeatedly, Vivian fell into thought.
In truth, Vivian only knew that Adrian was teaching in the human world.
She didn’t know the specifics of his position or treatment.
Well, it probably wasn’t that different from the Demon Realm.
He probably had a mansion, maids, and so on, right?
So, Vivian’s decision to disguise Regita as a maid was undoubtedly correct!
At least, that’s what Vivian believed.
Puffing with pride, Vivian looked down at Regita and said, “Regita, Adrian is currently afflicted by a rather troublesome curse. You need to stay by his side and assist him in dealing with it, okay?”
“I’m a maid living with Adrian.”
“R-right…”
She wondered if it was alright to send her off like this, but there was no other way.
Since Regita was… well, like this, she wouldn’t kill any humans, so perhaps this was a safer way to send her?
Regardless, she had to send her.
There was no other option.
“Alright. Let’s go to Adrian then. I’ll take you there.”
Vivian snapped her fingers, and with a poof, her lower body transformed.
Her reptilian snake tail vanished, replaced by human legs.
“Let’s go~ Tsk, tsk, tsk~”
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[Honestly feel kinda bad for lepista ngl]
