Lady Baby Is a Revenge Maker Chapter 68

And Sepiel stared straight at Daihan.

 

“Hm.”

 

Daihan placed a hand on his chin. Then, seeing Sepiel’s sparkling eyes, he slightly frowned.

 

“I don’t want to get involved in things like this, but even I have to wonder. Why was this record stone hidden all this time?”

 

“…….”

 

Yulin and the elders only swallowed dryly. None of them could say a word.

 

“And also—during the Naming Ceremony of our family’s child, you dared to place such a curse. It’s been a while…….”

 

“…….”

 

“I feel like treating humans emotionally again. Don’t you think so, Elton?”

 

“That is absolutely correct.”

 

“Well. In that sense, I’ll at least put your name down as my disciple.”

 

Daihan said bluntly.

 

Sepiel raised both hands like a carefree child and cheered.

 

“Waaah! Auntie, you got a new teacher.”

 

“A-a teacher…….”

 

Miela said, shocked.

 

Daihan gestured toward her and Miles with his chin.

 

“I am their teacher.”

 

‘Yes, this person who uses real dragon magic is saying that.’

 

Even though he didn’t particularly like magic and didn’t seem to use it much for various reasons…….

 

‘There’s no being in this world who understands magic better than dragons.’

 

If someone like that is backing you, then what? Sepiel grinned.

 

“You know, Auntie—”

 

Sepiel stuck close to Miela, grabbing the hem of her dress, and looked at Yulin.

 

“I heard everything you said earlier about my aunt. That she has no backing and nothing behind her—but now she has something behind her.”

 

“…….”

 

“Oh, right. Not just backing……. something really big. Like, really biiig.”

 

What was it again? Sepiel tilted her head.

 

“Not backing. It’s more like… a cruise ship?”

 

Yeah. A massive cruise ship that could carry ten thousand people.

 

No—more like a legendary flying magic island. It was that big.

 

Sepiel grinned, her soft, chubby cheeks lifting.

 

“Right?”

 

Hearing that, Yulin looked like she was about to have steam coming out of her head.

 

“Y-you……. you wretched girl. A cursed thing. A disaster to your family!”

 

For a moment, Yulin even forgot her fear and pointed at Sepiel.

 

“Um, Grand Duke…… that’s a bit……”

 

“Yes, why is the Grand Duke interfering in the Magic Tower’s affairs…….”

 

“Isn’t this too much?”

 

Even the elders, clearly afraid of Daihan, began to speak up one by one.

 

“Hm.”

 

Daihan let out a sound.

 

“Is there a problem?”

 

“Of course there is.”

 

Thinking he might change his mind, the elders answered quickly.

 

“Alright then.”

 

Daihan said calmly.

 

“Then let’s start by filing a lawsuit over your monopoly of the Magic Tower and the knowledge of my ancestor, Lapine.”

 

That’s right. Even a dragon could choose to handle things by the law if needed.

 

“Elton.”

 

Daihan gestured. Elton quickly stepped forward.

 

“Yes, hello. I am Elton, the Grand Duke family’s lawyer.”

 

“……Huh?”

 

This time, even Sepiel flinched.

 

“Elton, you’re a lawyer too?”

 

“Yes. I got the qualification as a hobby a long time ago.”

 

Then Elton pulled out a piece of paper from his clothes.

 

‘Wow, it’s real?’

 

Sepiel was shocked seeing the lawyer certificate.

 

‘And the issue date is over 20 years ago? How old is Elton actually?’

 

But regardless of Sepiel’s thoughts, Elton began speaking fluently.

 

“Hiding Lady Lapine’s will, restricting Magic Tower admission to only kingdom citizens, establishing a teacher-student system that goes against her ideals, creating procedures to monopolize knowledge—there are grounds for legal action in all of these…….”

 

Elton spoke at great length, but simply put, it meant this:

 

<If you don’t follow us, your Magic Tower is going to have a very troublesome time from now on.>

 

Yes. The Magic Tower was getting completely shaken down.

 

Sepiel felt like running outside and shouting it as breaking news.

 

For now, though, all she could do was hold onto her aunt’s skirt and enjoy it inwardly.

 

Then Daihan lowered his voice slightly and asked again.

 

“Is there a problem?”

 

“A problem…….”

 

Yulin gritted her teeth.

 

“There is none…….”

 

“Hmm. Good.”

 

Daihan nodded.

 

“I’m glad this was resolved peacefully.”

 

As Daihan spoke, Yulin’s face had turned so pale that Sepiel wondered if she might collapse.

 

‘Now that I’ve decided to go full evil, I’m not holding back anymore.’

 

Sepiel decided to poke Yulin one last time.

 

“Granma, are you sick?”

 

“……What are you saying?”

 

“You know, at your age, they say any time you go, it’s a good death. But what does that mean?”

 

Yes. This was actually a line Prince Philox said at Yulin’s birthday banquet fifteen years later in Sepiel’s past life.

 

Back then, Yulin laughed brightly like a young girl and said, “You’re quite funny.”

 

‘But she doesn’t like it this time?’

 

Yulin ground her teeth.

 

“Get out right now! Disappear from my sight!”

 

Yulin shouted dramatically, grabbing the back of her neck.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Daihan came over and picked Sepiel up.

 

Sepiel, feeling much lighter, happily replied, “Mm!”

 

—

 

<Don’t expect any help from me. I’m only lending you my name.>

 

Daihan looked at Miela coldly.

 

<I don’t want to stay in a place like this even a moment longer. Let’s go.>

 

And he was about to leave the Magic Tower immediately with Sepiel—

 

If Sepiel hadn’t spoken.

 

<But I wanna go play in Auntie’s room…….>

 

If a Magic Tower member was single, they usually lived in their research room inside the tower.

 

<Now?>

 

<Yeah. Since we came all the way hewe. Can’t we? I don’t know when I’ll see Auntie again…….>

 

Sepiel pouted, her small lips moving sadly.

 

<I don’t wanna be a bad kid. If not, then we can just go.>

 

A bad kid.

 

At those words, something poked at Daihan’s heart. Once, he had scolded Sepiel for playing with fire and called her a bad child.

 

<If you want to go, then we go.>

 

And so, Daihan took Sepiel, with only Elton accompanying them, and headed to Miela’s room.

 

A research room that also served as Miela’s living space.

 

Like most rooms in the Magic Tower, it was damp and old. Among them, this one was especially poor—it was half underground.

 

The only thing that felt like Miela was how neatly everything was organized, from the piled-up research materials to the items.

 

Attached to it was a small bedroom.

 

That was Miela’s room.

 

“Is this… a storage room?”

 

Daihan said as he looked around the room.

 

Of course, Daihan had wandered through rough places and spent many nights on battlefields, so he wasn’t ignorant about how the world worked.

 

But weren’t they scholars of the Magic Tower? They were national-level talents, so naturally, they should be guaranteed a certain level of luxury.

 

That was common sense.

 

But Sepiel, as if she knew nothing, went “wow” and looked around here and there.

 

“Wow! Can I come play hewe often? I’m gonna study with Auntie and Auntie’s teacher sometimes.”

 

“……That is, of course, possible.”

 

“Then I’ll stay ovew tonight! Mm? Is that okay?”

 

Flinch.

 

Daihan’s eyes sharpened.

 

“……You’re staying here.”

 

“Hmm, this room is a bit cold. And it’s not a good environment for a young lady to stay in.”

 

Elton clicked his tongue.

 

“Not a good…… environment……?”

 

Sepiel blinked as if the words sounded strange. Then she suddenly seemed to realize something.

 

“Environment…… is…… bad.”

 

Sepiel said, sounding shocked.

 

“Oh, no way…… are those people going to bully my aunt again and tell her to leave hewe?”

 

Sepiel’s face turned teary.

 

“What do we do…… Auntie needs to study. What if they don’t let her use the library or the research facilities. That wouldn’t be okay…….”

 

Her round cheeks drooped, and her shoulders slumped, as if just imagining it made her sad.

 

A deep crease formed between Daihan’s brows.

 

“……Hmm.”

 

Sepiel carefully watched his reaction.

 

“Grand Duke. You said you’d be a fake teacher, but can you just do one thing so no one bullies my aunt?”

 

“……Alright.”

 

Daihan nodded. Sepiel was so happy her mouth almost formed a heart shape.

 

‘This is it, this is it.’

 

Sepiel knew very well how petty Yulin and the elders of the Magic Tower were.

 

‘They allowed Aunt Miela to stay today, but behind the scenes, they’ll definitely try to isolate her and push her out.’

 

Miela already had plans to achieve great things in the Magic Tower in the future.

 

Still, they needed at least some protection so she wouldn’t be bullied too much.

 

‘For example, sending guards to protect her in the tower. Or at least making them promise not to bully her and signing a contract.’

 

That was all Sepiel had in mind.

 

Even in the worst case, if Miela really couldn’t stay in the Magic Tower, there were backup plans.

 

This time, as long as Daihan gave just a little help…….

 

“Hmm. Then.”

 

Daihan looked out the window and said,

 

“Build a building.”

 

“……Huh?”

 

Sepiel wondered if she had heard correctly.

 

“That area in front is a garden.”

 

“The landscaping is terrible, so clear it out. Hmm, if we frame it as a donation, that should work.”

 

“…….”

 

Sepiel’s mouth opened slightly. Miela also looked like she couldn’t believe her ears.

 

“And since our little raccoon might stay overnight.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“And make the guest room in that building very large. A guest room just for the little raccoon.”

 

Daihan said.

 

“Make the wallpaper colorful. The bed should be soft, and put carpets all over the room so she can run around barefoot.”

 

“Yes! We’ll create a wonderful princess room.”

 

“Since we’re at it, shall we also make a private garden?”

 

Wait a second.

 

‘Just because I said I might stay over sometimes, he’s building a whole new building?’

 

What is this?! Sepiel thought she should stop Daihan.

 

“That’s not needed. There are more important things…….”

 

“What are they?”

 

“Auntie needs to be able to study in the library and use the research facilities comfortably. And she needs someone to pwotect her so no one can bully her.”

 

“True.”

 

Daihan nodded.

 

If the child ever came to visit her aunt, it would be better to create a more stable environment so she wouldn’t see anything unpleasant.

 

‘Though I’d rather not let her come at all if possible.’

 

But there was always a “what if.”

 

Daihan gestured with his chin.

 

“Build a new tower. Include research facilities. She may end up leading people under her, so it should be large. Yes.”

 

“…….”

 

“Build it larger than the existing Magic Tower.”

 

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