The smiling little child was truly lovely. It was heartbreaking to know that a child with a face like this was being used like a circus monkey that has dead eyes.
“I want to become an adult soon.”
“How come?”
Carlon Delphine asked in a low voice at the child’s words.
At his question, the child shed a bitter smile that was not like a child at all.
“Then I would be set free.”
“… You want to be free?”
“Yes, I want to live and return to a house that has a warm family. I feel like I’m in prison right now.”
Carlon Delphine stared blankly at the child. It was too bleak of a wish for a child to have.
Carlon Delphine took out what he had in his pocket and placed it on the child’s palm.
It was a chocolate he urgently brought from the banquet hall earlier.
“Baby, this is all I have right now but… hide it and eat it when you’re hungry. I need a little more… Once I have established myself, I will definitely help you.”
“… Haha, you’re weird, Uncle. I’ll enjoy eating it.”
The eyes of the child who burst into laughter were now filled with vitality.
He couldn’t forget the moment when her dead eyes gleamed with life.
Seeing her childish side, Carlon Delphine’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Go then, baby.”
“Yes.”
The child clasped the chocolate in the palm of her hand and waved her small hand.
Then, as if afraid that Count Delight would come back, she quickly walked farther away.
Carlon Delphine followed her traces for a long time, even after the child disappeared.
After that, once in a while, the child would appear in the Imperial Palace.
As time went on, the child’s body grew, she became more proficient in alchemy, and she seemed to be more and more devoid of emotions.
The child was asked to do things that the adults should be doing, just because she was a little more amazing and special.
She didn’t attend the banquet, she was just there to lighten up the mood.
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Failed To Abandon The Villain
FantasyThis not my story credit goes to translators and the author 자은향. It's just for offline purposes only! One day, her father gave her a boy s*ave. He said he saved him from the battlefield because of his good looks."He has a seal engraved on...
