Lady Baby Is a Revenge Maker Chapter 57

Sephiel entered the room, held in Daihan’s arms.

 

There stood Miella, barefoot and with her hands tied.

 

There were small bruises here and there, but it was fine without any major injuries.

 

“The Allegro royal dog almost hurt our family’s child. What a fool.”

 

Daihan looked at Miella while holding Sephiel in his arms.

 

Miella, with sunken eyes, looked at Sepiel.

 

And when she confirmed that Sephiel was safe, she lowered her eyes in relief.

 

Sephiel tapped Daihan’s arm with her small hand.

 

Daihan put Sephiel down on the floor.

 

Then he met Sepihel’s gaze and said.

 

“Hmm. So, baby raccoon. What should we do? Torture her until she confesses, then tear the body apart and send the remains to Allegro?”

 

“Ah, no! We can’t do that!”

 

Sephiel quickly shook her head.

 

“I… I have something I want to ask her.”

 

First, she had to find out whether the dream she had was real.

 

“Miss Miella.”

 

Sephiel spoke cautiously.

 

‘What if the dream I had was just some ridiculous delusion?’

 

The thought made her heart tremble with fear. But she couldn’t stop now.

 

“Miss Miella…. You know my mother?”

 

“.. ..”

 

Miella’s eyes shook.

 

“You know… I don’t know anything about my mother. But… I do know her name. It was Lilia Shu.”

 

‘How did I know that name? You told me that, Miss Miella.’

 

Sephiel thought.

 

When she was very young, when she couldn’t even remember her own name—when even the name of her mother, heard only once in passing, had slipped away.

 

<Even a lowly creature knows its parents. You should at least know your mother’s name. The rumors drifting around the palace said your mother’s name was Lilia.>

 

Miella said that with a cold face.

 

She was the one who helped Sephiel remember even her own name.

 

“And I know your last name is Shu.”

 

‘And the information that my mother’s last name might be ‘Shu’ was something I just saw in a dream.’

 

Sepiel decided to check on Miella through that information.

 

“How did you…?”

 

Miella’s eyes shook.

 

Sephiel looked at the necklace around Miella’s neck.

 

“Whose picture is in it?”

 

Sephiel recalled the scene from her dream.

 

‘If there really are portraits of my mother and Miella inside that locket necklace… then the dream is true.’

 

“That….”

 

Daihan jerked his chin.

 

Elton stepped forward, unfastened the necklace, opened it, and checked the inside before handing it to Sephiel.

 

“There is no magic on it.”

 

Sephiel opened the locket necklace with trembling eyes.

 

And inside it was the exact same portrait she had seen in her dream.

 

<Lilia Shu. Miella Shu.>

 

And on the other side of the portrait, there’s even a name engraved inside the locket.

 

‘This person is really my mother.…?’

 

Sephiel stared at the portrait.

 

‘She really looks just like me.’

 

She felt like she was about to burst into tears.

But holding them back, she looked up at Miella and asked:

 

“Miss Miella.”

 

“…..”

 

And the moment she called her name, tears poured down.

 

“Is this woman my mother? And the one next to her… that’s you, right, Miss Miella?”

 

Miella staggered as if she were about to fall.

 

“How do you know that…? Did someone… tell you about your mother?”

 

“I’m sorry. I was peeping into your room.” Sephiel said.

 

“I knew there was someone inside this locket who looked just like me.”

 

“Looking at the portrait… and you guessed it just by hearing my last name?”

 

Miella asked blankly, as if in disbelief.

 

Sephiel swallowed her tears and nodded.

 

Miella, still in shock, moved her lips.

 

“Oh my god. Seriously, you’re a genius.…”

 

‘No, actually, that’s a lie.’

 

Sephiel had seen her fiddling with the necklace in her dream, and that’s how she knew the surname Shu.

 

‘But thankfully, Miss Miella didn’t stubbornly keep her mouth shut.’

 

‘Now that it’s revealed that she’s my aunt, Miella’s life can be saved.…’

 

Sephiel thought so. But she had underestimated the people of the Grand Duke.

 

Daihan bent down to Sephiel’s eye level.

 

“Baby raccoon. Tell me clearly.”

 

“Yes….”

 

“This woman is your aunt?”

 

Sephiel nodded.

 

Sepiel’s small, round nose turned red and tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

 

“I think… she is.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Daihan said:

 

“Then she’ll need an even harsher punishment.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“To think she brainwashed our baby raccoon. Or maybe… she used hypnosis.”

 

“Ehh…?”

 

‘Ah. Isn’t it unreasonable to think that way? ‘

 

But it wasn’t just Daihan who was getting even angrier.

 

“She even deceived you while giving lessons? Isn’t that right?”

 

“Haa, I guess I’ll have to burn her alive.”

 

“No, no! She didn’t deceive me!”

 

Sephiel shook her head vigorously.

 

“Then what about the crime of giving poison to Miss Baby?” Berry asked.

 

“Wait. That…”

 

Sephiel glanced around at the people nearby.

 

They were all familiar faces—servants from the Duke’s castle she usually saw.

 

Even Loria and Miella were there.

 

—Gulp.

 

Sephiel swallowed dry saliva.

 

“Let’s not talk about poison for now,” Sephiel said.

 

“What do you mean by that?”

 

Daihan asked, his face cold. His gaze was full of blind rage, as if he were ready to tear Miela in half.

 

“I think Miss Miella should have a chance to explain herself too.”

 

“…..”

 

“Please. Okay?”

 

Sepiel looked at Daihan earnestly.

 

Daihan flinched at the sight of her gaze and nodded.

 

“Woman.”

 

Miella, who had been staring blankly, slowly lifted her head.

 

“I’ll give you one chance to defend yourself, Lev.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Lev, who was among the other servants, stepped forward.

 

“Listen to her. But if she starts spouting nonsense, cut off one of her limbs immediately.”

 

“……”

 

Sepiel was speechless. But she tried to remain calm, thinking at least they weren’t killing her on the spot.

 

“Miss Miella. Tell me. Did you really have orders from Allegro to kidnap me?”

 

“Of course not.”

 

Miella’s face turned cold.

 

“In fact, I left the Tower without permission to come here.”

 

Sephiel looked at Miella.

 

‘If you’re really my aunt, and you meant no harm, then please just tell the truth. If not, I won’t be able to help you.’

 

It was that kind of look in Sephiel’s eyes.

 

“Why?”

 

“……”

 

“Tell me everything. If you do… I think I can believe what I saw in the necklace.”

 

Miella bit her lip with trembling eyes.

 

Then, as if she’d made up her mind, she slowly began to speak.

 

“Fine. I’ll tell you everything. From the start, I came here prepared to… to take Sephiel away.”

 

“……”

 

The expressions of the Duke’s people darkened. But for now, they seemed willing to listen.

 

“Sephiel. She is my only niece. My older sister gave birth to an illegitimate princess in the Allegro royal family. She passed away less than a week later.”

 

Miella continued, her voice cracking.

 

“Before she died, she only left one piece of information with our master: that she had given birth to the king’s daughter. Ever since I heard that, I’ve been trying to find my niece.”

 

“…..”

 

The Grand Duke’s people were now listening intently.

 

“Eventually, I found out. That Sephiel, raised as a hidden princess of the royal family… had gone to the Duke’s estate for a political marriage. So I came here, concealing my identity, to see how the child was doing. I was worried—had she been forced to come? Was she safe?”

 

Sephiel could understand everything Miella said.

 

As Sephiel was chosen as a political marriage partner for the Grand Duke’s family, the existence of the <Hidden Princess> Sephiel was revealed to the world.

 

Perhaps Miella also heard the news and came to see Sephiel.

 

‘If people hear that a five-year-old who was locked up and mistreated suddenly got sent off in a political marriage to a hostile foreign country, anyone would think I was forced to come.’

 

And the marriage partner was the mysterious half-dragon son of the Dragon Duke’s family.

 

No wonder Miella has panicked.

 

‘Where should I start to resolve this misunderstanding?’

 

Sephiel couldn’t exactly tell her it was a fake engagement arranged for the Duke’s “Migration” plan.

 

Sephiel felt so frustrated that she wanted to beat her chest with her small fist.

 

Daihan listened to those words quietly.

 

Lev looked back and forth between his sword and Daihan.

 

His expression seemed to ask, “Should I cut her?”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Daihan shook his head.

 

“Human woman. Just keep talking.”

 

—Gulp

 

Miella swallowed nervously.

 

“Hm…”

 

Berry opened her mouth, her expression subtly softening.

 

“There’s something strange. Miss Baby was growing up well here. You must have seen it clearly, so why are you trying to ‘kidnap’ her all of a sudden?”

 

“That’s right. That’s a bit strange.” Elton said.

 

“Yes…. It seems Sephiel is doing well here.” Miella said.

 

“To the point I wondered—why would anyone treat a child with no strong backing so well?”

 

“So you’re saying… because you couldn’t understand it, you assumed all our kindness was fake?”

 

“……”

 

“Ha, how selfish. Why didn’t you just reveal your identity and ask that question?” Elton asked with a sigh.

 

“If I told you, would you have believed me?”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Daihan admitted it.

 

“Honestly, we probably would’ve treated you as a suspicious spy and cut off your head.”

 

“…..See? How could I trust you?”

 

Miella replied, her voice trembling.

 

“The Grand Duke family is a sworn enemy of the Allegro royal family. I thought you might use the child for revenge or exploit her somehow.”

 

“So what were you going to do about it?”

 

Daihan asked quietly.

 

“Even if we had to run forever… I wanted to take her away and live together.”

 

“Ha. How arrogant.”

 

Daihan said coldly.

 

“A life on the run? Do you think a child could endure something like that?”

 

“……”

 

“Even if you were really this child’s aunt, she was still our child. How dare you make someone else’s baby raccoon experience a life of being chased by both the Allegro royal family and our grand duke family. Human woman, you are truly unbelievably self-righteous.”

 

“…….”

 

“Love without respect is just self-righteousness. And you’ve never even seen this child until now.”

 

Struck by the truth, Miella fell silent.

 

“But,”

 

She bit her lip,

 

“Someone told me… that the former Duchess went mad and died after giving birth to a half-dragon child. They say that women who marry Grand Dukes meet tragic ends.”

 

When Sephiel heard that, she blinked her eyes wide in surprise.

 

‘What? The Duchess’s illness wasn’t postpartum depression?’

 

She had felt before that the Duke’s family was hiding something from him.

 

“……”

 

At that moment, the atmosphere in the room changed.

 

Talk of Daihan’s deceased wife was a taboo topic. The Duke’s servants grew tense.

 

“And during my time here, I looked into it. It’s all true. That’s why I believed Sepiel wouldn’t be safe here either.”

 

“Hah.”

 

Daihan laughed in disbelief.

 

“Who?”

 

“Yes….?”

 

“Who told you that nonsense? Spit it out.”

 

“That….”

 

Miella hesitated.

 

‘Ugh, Miss Miella’s personality really hasn’t changed one bit.’

 

Sephiel smiled bitterly.

 

Miella had a very blunt and clumsy personality, so even in this situation, she didn’t seem eager to tattle.

 

“Shall I guess?” Sephiel said.

 

“You know, Miss Miella….”

 

‘Or my aunt…’ Sephiel whispered to herself.

 

“Did one of the people here say something bad about the Grand Duke family to Miss Miella?”

 

Miella flinched.

 

‘Hmm…’

 

Sephiel thought.

 

‘I guess my prediction was right.’

 

At that moment, Miella’s gaze fell on someone.

 

It was Loria who had turned pale.

 

Elton nodded, confirming the gaze.

 

“Certainly. There is no one among the servants of the Grand Duke’s family who would speak so carelessly.”

 

‘Exactly. The loyalty contract between a servant and a dragon is supposed to be the purest and most unshakable bond.’

 

Sephiel nodded.

 

Besides, Loria had spoken ill of Miella to Sephiel on several occasions.

 

“This is ridiculous. Are you trying to pin this on me just because I reported the poison you were hiding?”

 

Loria said with a forced smile.

 

“Do you know how noble and innocent the people of different races are? Aunt? Yes. The excuse of blood ties is good, that’s it. But to my ears, it sounds like this.”

 

She continued.

 

“A woman blinded by power, sent by the Tower or Allegro, here to kill her own niece. That story feels more real than the accusations against me. Isn’t that right?”

 

“Is it?” Sephiel asked quietly.

 

“Yes! I don’t even know if she’s really your aunt, but one thing’s for sure—she nearly killed you. Funny how she leaves out the part about poisoning you. So twisted.”

 

“I never tried to poison him!”

 

“Oh really? But they did find poison in your luggage!”

 

Loria looked around and spoke loudly.

 

“Don’t you feel sorry for this small, weak child who had no one to take care of her, almost like an orphan?”

 

The Grand Duke’s family is too noble to see through this woman’s ugly intentions.

 

But Sephiel can.

 

‘I know what kind of woman she is. The kind who’d kill her own niece for power! You might fool them, but you can’t fool me!’

 

“Hah….”

 

Sephiel jumped up from her seat and walked towards Loria.

 

“Madam Loria.”

 

“Yes….?”

 

“I have one question too.”

 

Sephiel looked up at Loria with sparkling eyes.

 

“What… what is it?”

 

She tilted her head and asked:

 

“You just said she should feel sorry for me.”

 

“Yes, that’s right….”

 

“Then why’d you do it?”

 

“…What?”

 

“Why’d you give me, the ‘poor little’ kid…..”

 

“…..?”

 

“….poison?”

 

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