Duke Astra quickly entered the study.
As soon as he sat down, the administrators who came after him opened their mouths.
"I don't know what kind of harmony it is. A three-year-old girl interpreting an ancient language!"
The people of Astra did not believe that children would be able to perform well in the exam.
At the bewilderment, another person opened his mouth.
"The test may have been leaked."
"A leak?"
"It means you know what sentences will appear on the test, and you could have memorized them."
The ancient language was still a difficult character to interpret.
There is no haerye, and it is difficult to guess because it is completely different from the existing language.
Even the history books from which the test questions were extracted have not yet been half-interpreted.
Another administrator shook his head.
"The test questions were decided right before the exams of the immediate family members."
"is it so. First of all, how could 'Lady Erilotte' bribe the examiner?"
Mother is a commoner.
The father is the son with whom the duke does not get along the most.
'What kind of fool would dare to leak test questions for such a young lady?'
All the magistrates groaned in agreement.
'But how?'
In the midst of everyone's silence, one magistrate said.
"Perhaps it is Lady Erilotte who has developed her abilities."
"… … !"
"… … !"
Nobles in this world are born with special abilities.
prognosis.
strength.
The power to grow plants quickly and so on.
Each of them had different abilities.
It was an ability called
'But Lady Erilotte was incompetent.'
an administrator asked.
"The divine protection is manifested before the great fontanelle (pore in the baby's head) closes."
"Yes, lady, the Great Heaven has already been closed for a long time."
Wasn't that why, as soon as the Great Heavenly Gate closed, he was sent to the twelfth tower, where only the collaborators lived?
The Duke, who was lost in thought, said.
"Bring Erilotte."
It was a terrifyingly low voice.
* * *
I came to my grandfather's study and looked back at the people.
It was packed with administrators, scholars, and even retainers.
They showed me a book.
"Please read it."
"… … ."
"From the second line on page 72. Here you go."
I glanced at my grandfather and read what the magistrate pointed out.
"Chamtabi Angongdaetta. (The spire was completed. It was the fruit of hard work.)"
The scholars all took a deep breath.
"No, that's right."
The old man was so startled that his eyes almost popped out.
The magistrates nodded and looked at the duke.
"As expected, it seems that
'It's just because it's in Korean.'
Being in a novel written by a Korean, it was not strange that the ancient language was Korean.
However, it is within the expected range that they think that way.
People in this world think most of the 'unusual circumstances' are because of God's Protection.
The faces of the vassals were subtle.
Divine protection is like a family property, but it's only 'the ability to read ancient languages'.
It was just that expression.
The vassals started talking.
"Aren't you fortunate? Since you have been blessed... … ."
"Does the lady need to wear a fuse to develop her abilities?"
"yes. What can be gained by developing 'the ability to read ancient languages'—"
While people were talking, I was reading a book.
And at some point, I read the contents in stutter.
"Miru-te, Pyeon-ya, Yo-yo-bone, Ma-jan-yeo… … .(Mirten, plains, dragon bones, buried….)"
"… … !"
"… … !"
All eyes gathered in an instant.
The vassal asked me with a stiff expression.
"What, what did you say?"
"Put on Mirutte. This is the bone. Yogi. (Myrten Plain. There are bones. Here.)"
When I pointed to the sentence, people gaped.
Dragon bones are a very valuable resource.
Because its strength exceeds that of iron, all weapons made from dragon bones boast extreme power.
However, the number is so small that no one sells them even if they pay money.
It's like discovering a diamond mine.
"map! Bring me the map!"
The magistrate hurriedly brought a map, and all the adults gathered to check the location.
"This was a place called Myrten Plain in ancient times."
The retainers hurriedly handed over the map to their grandfather.
The grandfather, who was still looking at the map, said.
"Make sure it is true."
The administrator ran out in a huff.
I was looking at my grandfather with a calm expression.
'Really.'
Because it is clearly written in this history book.
'Besides, it will be found soon.'
It is discovered a few months later during the erection of a temple.
I chuckled inwardly.
'It's going to be found anyway, but since I told you beforehand, it's my credit.'
Grandpa turned his gaze to me. I could feel a chill running down my spine from her narrow eyes.
It was an intimidating feeling that would make a normal kid burst into tears at any moment.
I grabbed the hem of my skirt and smiled awkwardly.
'I know fractions.'
As long as you feed him and don't bully him, he'll be quiet.
—It was an appeal.
Grandpa's eyebrows twitched slightly.
* * *
I got out of the carriage feeling exhausted.
Thanks to the carriage provided by the castle, my body was comfortable, but I felt like I had ridden a roller coaster about 10 times.
'What's wrong with people's eyes?'
The criminals in the movie probably don't have that kind of eyes.
Thinking so, I trudged into the twelfth tower.
Perhaps because the sun had set, the tower was silent.
Voices came from the children's bedrooms.
"Nature is very cool. Monsters are guarding every door!"
[Did you not cry because you were scared?]
"I didn't cry at all."
[okay. Because our Delon is brave.]
Sounds to communicate with parents.
"I hate carrots. I hate nanny."
"Oh my God. The nanny is heartbroken. The lady she loves hates me."
"no! It was a lie... … ."
"Then would you like some carrots too?"
"Ugh… , Nope… … ."
The sound of fooling around at the nanny.
I stood odokani in the dark hallway, listening to the friendly sounds that flowed from room to room.
"… … ."
'A child's body is really uncomfortable.'
If I was an adult, I wouldn't have been envious of any of these things.
I have no mother, and my father was far away on the battlefield.
'It's not like there's a nanny there either.'
The children here are given a nanny by their parents. Even though she was a collateral aristocrat, it was natural for her to have a nanny by her side.
Until yesterday, there was no one to take care of me, who was the invisible person of the Astra family.
So I didn't even attach a nanny.
'I'm not uncomfortable with the tower's servants and teachers, but... … .'
I rubbed the hem of my skirt with the palm of my hand, then raised my head.
'I have to go and take a bath.'
There's a lot of hot water here.
Unlike Yoo Hye-min's room, it has a bathtub.
Soaking it in warm water will make you feel better right away.
'Amman, feel bad. Am I doing this forever!'
I bravely walked down the aisle, contemplating the future.
If a dragon bone comes out in what used to be Myrten Plain, my stock price will skyrocket.
Doing so would bring many benefits.
I need to use the benefits to think about living in the future.
'It's best to collect money and rise... … .'
Thinking so, it was just when I arrived at the front door.
"Aww!"
Someone snatched my collar.
Startled, I looked up and saw a familiar face.
"Screaming… … .(Skinny....)"
Yesterday, he was a child who wrote ten pages of self-reflection because he told me what I was bullying.
He dragged me further down the hallway.
"Do you know how much I suffered yesterday because of you?"
'That's because you bullied me.'
While thinking so, the slender frowned.
"Something like a half."
"… … ."
"Did you cheat on the exam today? That's why you stayed in your original nature and got scolded."
While I was in the main building, the people in this tower must have guessed that on their own.
A three-year-old reads an ancient language.
I couldn't explain it other than cheating.
The slimy laughed meanly.
"The duke already hates you, but since you cheated, you'll be kicked out of the tower too?"
"… … ."
"Because of such a half, I have such a disgrace… … . Do you know who my father is? A vassal with jurisdiction!"
"… … ."
"Apologize to me. Get down on your knees and beg!"
And puck me! I was pushed and hit my butt.
"ouch!"
It hurts to shed tears.
Even in the midst of moaning in so much pain, the slender one continued to scream.
"Can't you hear me?!"
The slender man raised his hand to me.
I don't really fight with my kids.
I usually solved the problem by telling the adults.
It's comfortable, but most of all, since we're children, we've handled it kindly.
'But violence is a different word.'
Not just once, but several times.
"Get on your knees right now and beg… … Aww!"
I bit off the slender leg.
And the moment he leaned down to get me away.
"evil!"
He grabbed the hair tightly.
Keep pushing-
"evil!"
Call it half-
"evil!"
Intimidate, ridicule!
"Ah!"
As I shook my head up, down, left and right, I let out a thin cry.
"Ugh! mom… … !"
People were flocking to see how loud they were crying.
In an instant, the surroundings became noisy.
Soon the teachers came running.
The teachers who came to us through the crowd looked at us with dumbfounded faces.
* * *
Slender and I were brought into the room.
I sat still, holding on to the hem of my skirt, crying for the skinny room to leave.
Baron Moreau, the general manager of the twelfth tower, grabbed his forehead.
"What are these things?"
"That's me, uh huh, biting and hitting me, uh huh… … !"
At the slender man's words, Baron Moreau glared at me.
I tried to calmly convey the situation.
"Hoseokgi first—"
"stop!"
Baron Moreau shrieked.
He pressed on without giving me a chance to speak.
"Attacking a colleague in school together and making excuses."
The eyes looking at me were cold.
'I knew it would come out like this, but it's too much.'
The other teachers adore me, but I wasn't a baron in any way.
It was because of that baron that I thought of making the teachers on my side in the first place.
That person is an opportunist with a bloody bloody nature.
When I'm a baby,
"To think that he would be in charge of such an idiot. It would be better if I died."
──There was a time when he burst into anger.
Of course, he said it because he thought that I was a child and couldn't understand his words.
Even when I was growing up, every time I looked at me, my eyes were like looking at garbage.
That's why I thought I should make other teachers on my side.
It's hard to live with a general manager like that.
"Besides, he cheated on the test."
'Actually, that's what made me angry.'
They think I've tarnished my reputation by cheating on my sex.
Baron Moreau tutted and clicked his tongue.
"It's a punishment. Stand with a bucket every lunchtime."
Having said that, the baron turned his gaze to the slender man.
It was eyes dripping with honey.
"Now stop crying. If your father knew, how painful it would be."
"Yes, Baron… … ."
"You said you had trouble yesterday?"
"That's because of that other half—!"
The slender man giggled and glared at me.
Baron Moreau smiled softly.
"Don't worry. There will be no records left."
"Really?"
"Yes, tell your father not to worry too."
Having said that, Baron Moreau called for a servant to bring him a bucket full of water.
Then he sent me out and handed me a bucket.
"Don't think of tricking me."
Saying sternly, he went back into the room with the slender man.
Ha-ha-ho-ho laughter came from the room.
"Would you like some sweets?"
"great."
"By the way, what kind of hobbies does your father have... … . Alas, horseback riding. I like it too."
I was holding the bucket even while the slender man was talking excitedly.
'Let's go in first.'
For the first time in nature, interest arose in me.
If I moved wrongly here, the initial image could be ruined.
While I was grunting for a while, the kids in class with me approached me.
"Why is the baby here?"
The kids at the same table called me baby when I was the youngest in this tower. It was the effect of what I call a baby.
"Bur sea. (Be punished.)"
"Why?"
"Sesai are all goya. (The whole world is like that.)"
"Ah, that's how the whole world is being punished."
The kids nodded.
"Go to the babies room. mudfish. (Babies, go to your room. Dance.)"
Unlike the slender ones, those children were of the Korean-American side.
If he sees them together, the baron, who has a bad temper, might punish them as well.
The kids are like, "Ouch." and went in
I had to be punished for such a long time.
10 minutes.
20 minutes.
30 minutes.
No matter how much time passed, the baron never came out.
'How long do I have to do it?'
As time went by, my hand hurt so much. Her shoulders are about to fall off too.
While there was a groan, a groan, Baron Moreau came out into the hallway.
"Uh huh. Don't be fooled."
Then he banged the bucket.
"I heard you right!"
'oh!'
Seeing that he was already exhausted, he staggered under the weight of the bucket and collapsed.
Chop!
Water poured onto the floor, making me look like a wet mouse.
"You really are no different from a rat."
Baron Moreau glared at me fiercely.
It was then.
"Erilot."
'… … !'
I turned my head around at the voice that couldn't be heard here. Baron Moreau and the skinny also looked back hurriedly.
A silhouette swallowed by the shadow of the tower walked out of the darkness.
Looking at us with a silver cane—
"The lower part… … . (grandfather....)"
It was the Duke of Astra.