The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Spreading Rumors (8)

The Empress looked into my eyes with a curious expression. When I did not take my eyes off, he slowly opened his mouth.

“It looks like we look very easy for Dubbledes.”

His words were soft, but his eyes were sharp. I got up and waved my hand.

"How is it possible!"

“Enough, back. I don't have a story to share with a nine-year-old.”

Did ya?

This is a good opportunity, are you going to miss me like this?

When the empress, who gave the order, looked at the maid, the maid approached me.

"Lady."

'It's not easy.'

When someone is pushed onto a cliff, they tend to lose their mind easily. I thought he would ask for any help because of the rumors. But it looks like it's harder than I thought.

Being a little girl also has its advantages. Everyone was not alert when they saw me.

The waiter said, "Let's go."

Just as he was about to grab me, I quickly shouted.

“My godmother......!”

The empress, who placed her hand on her forehead, looked at me.

"What?"

“My aunt said that godmother Camilla could help with the rumors. The godmother adored me. As her adopted daughter, she will not reject my request.”

Everyone knew that the emperor controlled the nobles through him.

My godmother took care of me and owed me money for finding her granddaughter and daughter-in-law.

'There's no way the empress is ignoring me now.'

As expected, Empress Yvonne's expression changed.

"If it's the godmother ......"

The empress muttered as I smiled inwardly.

'Yes. But my godmother will never move unless it's my request.'

Empress Yvonne raised the hand of the maid who pulled me away.

"But your godmother doesn't move even when there are troublesome rumors about you."

“At that time, I didn't ask him to move. It was even less than four days after the rumors spread, and if things got bigger, maybe my godmother would come forward. ”

"Countess Ariege sent you to me?"

"Huh?"

I said brightly, "Yes!" And after I said that, the empress' lips lifted up.

"So what does he want from me?"

"Nothing."

"No way."

“Because I like empresses. I said I wanted to help the Empress, and my aunt gave me the answer. ”

As I said so, the empress looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"Why?"

“The queen is so beautiful! The Empress was the imperial capital. That's pretty cool, isn't it? I like cool people, but I think the empress is the most amazing person!”

As I raised my hand and spoke, the empress laughed out loud.

He patted my cheek lightly and said.

“As you like cool people, I like honest people. Especially a child who does not hesitate to show his wishes.”

"I'm the most greedy kid in the world!"

It's truth.

As I hid my cold eyes and smiled innocently, the empress smiled.

“Then we can be close friends.”

"Can the empress and I be friends?"

"Yes. And I'm a very nice person to my friends.”

That's a good thing.

My wife and I looked at each other and smiled.

***

I asked my godmother to help with the rumors. He scolded the woodpecker for bringing the empress rumor at the social party like I asked.

Of course, that alone was not enough to completely dampen the rumors.

So I called Blake.

"Leave the empire for a while."

"No. Things just got sorted out, so why should I.!”.

"Hide a minute."

“..... Hah?”

“Do you think the empress will leave you alone when this is resolved? Either your father or you, one of them will appear as a corpse in the river. ”

Blake's face paled, and he left the island that afternoon.

People ask Count Arabel about the whereabouts of Blake, who disappeared suddenly, but in an instant, he shut up.

The reason Count Arabel acted so was because he heard Blake explain the situation. As if to prove his daughter's words, the money given by the hopeful mercenary union under the pretext of empress was cut off, and Count Arabel only understood the situation back then.

No one dealt with her because she was out of the empress' eyes, and she was known as a bastard who pushed her daughter into sin.

Realizing that he was completely isolated, he could do nothing but remain silent.

Rumors abated.

Blake's disappearance makes it even more confusing, but people already have conclusions at this point.

They thought his departure was because of the empress.

Nothing works better than the fear of closing people's mouths.

The rumors slowly died down, and when the news of a woman's affair broke, people's eyes focused on that bad news, as if they had forgotten the recent rumors.

A few days later, the Queen's Palace.

The empress, whose face was shining brightly, gave me a cup of tea and said,

"How did you get the idea to send Blake Arabel away?"

“Henry, no, my brother told me. It didn't matter if people thought it was the empress' fault that Blake left the empire. Even if someone complains that something is wrong, it is not right, right?”

“I heard that second young master Dubbede is amazing. Yes, it would be more useful to me like that. ”

“Yes. Then people who know it will think that the previous rumors are false rumors.”

It would be best if the emperor was swayed by the rumors and tried to drive the empress back.

'Blake Arabel has just studied abroad, and he never threatened her.'

Then the curse arrow will be directed at the emperor.

'Of course, the emperor will not advance.'

The empress wanted the emperor to step in, but the emperor was detained by my father. He wouldn't do it.

"I'm glad the empress is happy!"

"Lady's been working hard."

The empress gave me a cake with a very friendly face.

Yvonne's waitress smiled as they watched me eat the cake.

"The boy is really magical."

“Thank you, laughter back to the Imperial Palace.”

Then, we looked at the nobles gathered in the garden outside the window with frightened faces.

Today was the day when the empress and nobles met as a winter festival, and many people who talked about the empress were afraid that they might be like Blake as well.

"It's fair to rule them with fear because they chatted without thinking before."

[It was something the tyrants did. Even in the world where I live. Be sure to cover the mouth of such locusts in times of crisis.!].

As Chul-soo begins to speak, I grab etwal tightly in my pocket.

'Yes. There are tyrants in our world too. Wait, no, shut up.'

[They are not tyrants. Could someone from the imperial family rule the people with such fear? Uhhuh?!]

Chul-soo is excited and cheering.

'Of course not.' I thought as I threw the rest of the cake into my mouth.

[You're going to help them?]

'The underground people I control will be able to enjoy the warm winter of the year by helping me.'

The nobles gave them money every year for the winter festival. Because it has become a habit.

The amount of money to be paid remains, but the situation this year is difficult due to the impact of drought.

I have the most money because Dubblede has gotten a lot of suwon.

'The people of the land of Dubblede will pass this winter safely.'

Besides, if they do well, I can give a few acres of fields to each person.

"I can do more."

Dad said that authority comes with a price.

My family enjoys living like this with the people under our land tax.

So, we have to make sure they eat as much and live comfortably. Even through immoral means. That's Dubbede's belief.

'Of course, there is also a personal desire to survive.'

We are human after all, is that natural, right?

I thought boldly and put that etwal deep into my pocket.

The empress gently wiped the corner of my mouth covered with cookie crumbs.

"Do you want to go to meetings too?"

"Is that okay?"

"Of course."

'It's good that only the queen's servants are invited! Rather than my aunt, who left because of the contest, I should listen carefully to what happened today.'

I went to the park with the queen.

The nobles who were waiting for the empress lowered their heads as soon as she appeared and shouted at once.

"Glory to the Empire!"

"Luck!"

Some of them bring their children for the purpose of educating them.

Those who criticized me for the previous rumors turned their heads uncomfortably.

'They came to my mansion to apologize, but they are like this now?'

I snorted in my heart.

Then, the queen took my hand. He gestured to the waiter, and said,

"Make a place for this boy next to me."

The seat next to the empress had always belonged to the imperial secretary, Marquis Orston.

The marquis looked at the empress with a puzzled expression.

"E-embry."

The queen moved to her seat without listening. After she sat down, she pointed to the chair next to her and smiled at me.

"Here, son."

I looked around the place.

Everyone looks confused.

Changing seats meant he would replace his servant who failed to support him well.

And the seat next to the empress is mine. It was the moment when my rank among the nobles rose quickly.

'Wait a minute, then this ...'

I secretly looked at the empress, who had a very good expression on me, and thought.

'What does that mean from now on, he's really on my side?'

There's a queen behind me, what am I afraid of?

The nobles gulped and sat down as the empress opened her mouth.

“How about leaving this year's winter festival to Dubbede?”

The nobles once again looked at the empress with puzzled expressions.

The winter festival is an event to purify the cursed land. It is customary that the cursed land is given by the organizers of the event after it has been purified.

'Oh God. I guess I can really own that land.'

I closed my mouth with a happy expression.