Before he could even grasp the situation, the child nodded vigorously and answered.
In fact, there wasn't really anything he had to pack for the child. It was enough to just put on an extra layer of clothing to prepare for the cold.
The girl smiled and smirked at the child who was forcing himself to put on the clothes that were lying around.
“You don’t have to force yourself to wear these clothes. These rag-like clothes will all be thrown into the trash the moment you leave here. You won’t have to shiver from cold and hunger anymore.”
As she said this, the girl held out her hand to the child.
“Yes, let’s go.”
"Huh!"
And the child took the hand the girl held out.
The second floor of the annex is located beyond the basement.
Two children were wandering around an empty hallway.
“I definitely saw it coming up here...”
She saw the Marquis go up to the second floor, but she couldn't confirm exactly which room he went into.
If she had known there would be this many rooms, she would have watched till the end.
It was when the girl was hesitating with a little regret.
“Where is the Marquis?”
“He is in the reception room on the second floor.”
From down the stairs, the voice of the Count of Gott was heard, along with the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs.
The girl thought that if the Count found them out before meeting the Marquis, all her plans might go down the drain, so she took the child by the hand and led him into the nearest room.
Before the Count reaches the second floor.
The girl, who had managed to hide in an empty room, let out a sigh of relief.
“Thank goodness. It seems to have passed.”
The girl, who had been listening to the door to see if the Count had passed by, relaxed and slumped her shoulders when she heard no sign of human presence.
But that was only for a moment.
The girl frowned at the strange smell that tickled her nose.
“More than that, what is that smell...”
The girl looked around, frowned, and covered her nose.
The unpleasant chemical smell permeates everywhere.
Two people walked across the room as if trying to find the source of the smell.
They wish they could rely on moonlight.
All the windows had blackout curtains drawn, so the room was pitch-black.
Furthermore.
“Is it a closet...”
There were unidentifiable furniture-like objects lined up on both sides of the door.
But there was something strange about calling it furniture.
The girl tilted her head and felt around with her hand, and the smooth surface of the glass could be felt through the velvet fabric.
“Is it a mirror?”
But unlike flat mirrors, these were round and cylindrical.
It's almost like a coffin made of glass.
“What the heck is this?”
At that moment, out of curiosity, she was about to lift the cloth.
“This way.”
The voice of Count Gott was heard right at the door.
The girl was startled by this and quickly hid behind the glass case with the child.
At the same time, the door opened, and the Count appeared.
In an instant, the dark room became bright.
“I have been waiting for the day to show this to the Marquis. It is so fortunate that you have come here at such a time.”
The person the Count had led to the room with the utmost courtesy was someone the girl knew well.
Great Marquis.
The man with the blue-tinged hair neatly combed back was the Great Marquis, a close friend of her father.
A smile of relief appeared on the girl's lips as she looked at the Marquis's face.
The Great Marquis was one of the few people who knew the girl's face.
That would be the case, as children born with powers usually do not reveal their identities until their powers manifest.
Occasionally, some groups tried to steal away young successors who had not yet awakened to use their power.
And that was also the reason why the girl was able to survive the destruction of her family and settle down in this poorhouse.
The girl couldn't hide her joy at the thought of meeting her savior.
Although she was concerned about being with Count Gott, she had no doubt that the Marquis would take care of it.
Just then, the girl who thought like that was about to move forward.
The girl's body froze at hia subsequent words.
“I heard that you played a great role in destroying the House of Jupiter.”
“I can’t even call it a great role. It’s embarrassing.”
Credit for the destruction of the House of Jupiter.
The girl's eyes blinked slowly as if she had heard something incomprehensible.
“By the way, I heard that the child’s body is here. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered us to confirm whether it is that child.”
“Yes. Come this way.”
The place the Count led was a glass building that was slightly lower than the others.
“During the training process, I discovered the mark of the successor.”
At the same time, the Count took away the cloth that was covering the glass coffin.
Then what they see is.
“The damage to the body is so severe, but there is no doubt. This corpse is the successor to the House of Jupiter.”
A black lump of ash, it was the burnt corpse of a child.
“Hmm...”
The Marquis searched through his memories and carefully examined the black mass that could hardly be called a corpse.
“They seem to be about the same height... Well, since she’s just a child whose powers haven’t yet manifested, even if she was lucky enough to avoid trouble, she would have died soon after. How would a child who grew up like a greenhouse flower survive if she went out? Isn’t that right?”
“Yes. Yes. That’s right.”
After hearing the Marquis's words, the girl realized who the person in the glass case was.
Lily.
She was the girl's friend and the nanny's daughter.
Before the soldiers could storm the mansion, the girl's mother snatched the heir's certificate from her and gave it to the nanny's daughter.
The girl didn't know what that action meant at the time.
The Marquis looked at the Count, who was repeatedly agreeing with his words.
“But I heard that you found something really interesting?”
Then, the Count answered with a fierce smile.
“Yes. That’s why I’m having fun these days. I had a strange feeling when I heard that His Majesty’s chamberlain, Jeremy, was looking for a maid who ran away from the palace, so I went to inquire first.”
"So?"
“Then I found a red-eyed child in the Hugo region. As expected, the maid had run away with the Clepius seed.”
“Hoo...”
The Marquis looked at the Count with interest for a moment at those words.
“But does His Majesty the Emperor know about this?”
“No way. If only His Majesty would turn a blind eye, everything would pass as if nothing had happened.”
“But how can I pretend not to know what I have already heard with both ears and seen with both eyes...”
Desire began to flash in the Marquis' eyes.
The Count Gott smiled bitterly as if she had already anticipated the Marquis's reaction.
“I knew you would, so I prepared a small gift for you, Your Grace.”
The Count approached the large glass case that the girl and child had been fiddling with just a moment ago.
And he took away the cloth that was covering it.
Then what they see inside is.
“This is...”
“Would you like to find out?”
The girl's body froze as she looked at it.
Areana Jupiter.
The person in the glass case was the girl's mother.
Strictly speaking, it was a horribly shaped corpse with half of its body blackened.
The girl's mother's body was half-burned to the point where her bones were visible, but the other side was still in its original, beautiful state with only a little soot.
“Do you know how much trouble I had to take this away? And you have no idea what I paid His Majesty the Emperor for collecting it. I will give it to you, Marquis. Corpses of this type are rare... You know this well, don’t you? And as the head of the House of Jupiter, its value is beyond imagination.”
The Marquis burst into hearty laughter as if agreeing with the Count's words.
“I know very well. I will accept it gratefully.”
The girl's body, which had been silently listening to the conversation between the two men, began to tremble slightly.
But even then, the girl's gaze did not leave the glass case.
“But why, Your Excellency, did you suddenly drive the House of Jupiter into rebellion? The House of Jupiter had also been loyal to the House of Clepius for a very long time. Could it be that they really rebelled...?”
“No way.”
The Emperor's guard dog.
The people called it the House of Jupiter.
As the Count said, the Jupiter family had been part of the imperial family for generations.
As one of the five Dukes, they were also very loyal to the royal family.
Nevertheless, the reason the Emperor had to eliminate the House of Jupiter was...
“There was a prophecy from the Oroz family.”
“If it is a prophecy, what prophecy are you talking about?”
The power of the Oroz family was prophecy.
The powers of the five powerful Dukes were usually kept secret, but the power of the Oroz family was known to many.
And everyone who knew of this power wanted to borrow it.
“I’ll tell you something special.”
The Marquis whispered in a low voice as if telling a secret.
“There was a prophecy that a girl born to the House of Jupiter would kill His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes...? Really?”
“I don’t know the exact contents of the will. However, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor was very anxious after hearing the prophecy.”
The prophecies of the Oroz family are never wrong.
Sometimes from very small and trivial things, to sometimes from great prophecies that determine the fate of a nation.
Even though the exact timing is unknown, the prophecy that came out of Oroz's mouth definitely came true.
This was almost an unwritten rule.
Emperor Graham was one of those who had a pathological belief in Oroz's prophecy.
But it brought misfortune to the House of Jupiter.
In fact, there wasn't really anything he had to pack for the child. It was enough to just put on an extra layer of clothing to prepare for the cold.
The girl smiled and smirked at the child who was forcing himself to put on the clothes that were lying around.
“You don’t have to force yourself to wear these clothes. These rag-like clothes will all be thrown into the trash the moment you leave here. You won’t have to shiver from cold and hunger anymore.”
As she said this, the girl held out her hand to the child.
“Yes, let’s go.”
"Huh!"
And the child took the hand the girl held out.
***
The second floor of the annex is located beyond the basement.
Two children were wandering around an empty hallway.
“I definitely saw it coming up here...”
She saw the Marquis go up to the second floor, but she couldn't confirm exactly which room he went into.
If she had known there would be this many rooms, she would have watched till the end.
It was when the girl was hesitating with a little regret.
“Where is the Marquis?”
“He is in the reception room on the second floor.”
From down the stairs, the voice of the Count of Gott was heard, along with the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs.
The girl thought that if the Count found them out before meeting the Marquis, all her plans might go down the drain, so she took the child by the hand and led him into the nearest room.
Before the Count reaches the second floor.
The girl, who had managed to hide in an empty room, let out a sigh of relief.
“Thank goodness. It seems to have passed.”
The girl, who had been listening to the door to see if the Count had passed by, relaxed and slumped her shoulders when she heard no sign of human presence.
But that was only for a moment.
The girl frowned at the strange smell that tickled her nose.
“More than that, what is that smell...”
The girl looked around, frowned, and covered her nose.
The unpleasant chemical smell permeates everywhere.
Two people walked across the room as if trying to find the source of the smell.
They wish they could rely on moonlight.
All the windows had blackout curtains drawn, so the room was pitch-black.
Furthermore.
“Is it a closet...”
There were unidentifiable furniture-like objects lined up on both sides of the door.
But there was something strange about calling it furniture.
The girl tilted her head and felt around with her hand, and the smooth surface of the glass could be felt through the velvet fabric.
“Is it a mirror?”
But unlike flat mirrors, these were round and cylindrical.
It's almost like a coffin made of glass.
“What the heck is this?”
At that moment, out of curiosity, she was about to lift the cloth.
“This way.”
The voice of Count Gott was heard right at the door.
The girl was startled by this and quickly hid behind the glass case with the child.
At the same time, the door opened, and the Count appeared.
In an instant, the dark room became bright.
“I have been waiting for the day to show this to the Marquis. It is so fortunate that you have come here at such a time.”
The person the Count had led to the room with the utmost courtesy was someone the girl knew well.
Great Marquis.
The man with the blue-tinged hair neatly combed back was the Great Marquis, a close friend of her father.
A smile of relief appeared on the girl's lips as she looked at the Marquis's face.
The Great Marquis was one of the few people who knew the girl's face.
That would be the case, as children born with powers usually do not reveal their identities until their powers manifest.
Occasionally, some groups tried to steal away young successors who had not yet awakened to use their power.
And that was also the reason why the girl was able to survive the destruction of her family and settle down in this poorhouse.
The girl couldn't hide her joy at the thought of meeting her savior.
Although she was concerned about being with Count Gott, she had no doubt that the Marquis would take care of it.
Just then, the girl who thought like that was about to move forward.
The girl's body froze at hia subsequent words.
“I heard that you played a great role in destroying the House of Jupiter.”
“I can’t even call it a great role. It’s embarrassing.”
Credit for the destruction of the House of Jupiter.
The girl's eyes blinked slowly as if she had heard something incomprehensible.
“By the way, I heard that the child’s body is here. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered us to confirm whether it is that child.”
“Yes. Come this way.”
The place the Count led was a glass building that was slightly lower than the others.
“During the training process, I discovered the mark of the successor.”
At the same time, the Count took away the cloth that was covering the glass coffin.
Then what they see is.
“The damage to the body is so severe, but there is no doubt. This corpse is the successor to the House of Jupiter.”
A black lump of ash, it was the burnt corpse of a child.
“Hmm...”
The Marquis searched through his memories and carefully examined the black mass that could hardly be called a corpse.
“They seem to be about the same height... Well, since she’s just a child whose powers haven’t yet manifested, even if she was lucky enough to avoid trouble, she would have died soon after. How would a child who grew up like a greenhouse flower survive if she went out? Isn’t that right?”
“Yes. Yes. That’s right.”
After hearing the Marquis's words, the girl realized who the person in the glass case was.
Lily.
She was the girl's friend and the nanny's daughter.
Before the soldiers could storm the mansion, the girl's mother snatched the heir's certificate from her and gave it to the nanny's daughter.
The girl didn't know what that action meant at the time.
The Marquis looked at the Count, who was repeatedly agreeing with his words.
“But I heard that you found something really interesting?”
Then, the Count answered with a fierce smile.
“Yes. That’s why I’m having fun these days. I had a strange feeling when I heard that His Majesty’s chamberlain, Jeremy, was looking for a maid who ran away from the palace, so I went to inquire first.”
"So?"
“Then I found a red-eyed child in the Hugo region. As expected, the maid had run away with the Clepius seed.”
“Hoo...”
The Marquis looked at the Count with interest for a moment at those words.
“But does His Majesty the Emperor know about this?”
“No way. If only His Majesty would turn a blind eye, everything would pass as if nothing had happened.”
“But how can I pretend not to know what I have already heard with both ears and seen with both eyes...”
Desire began to flash in the Marquis' eyes.
The Count Gott smiled bitterly as if she had already anticipated the Marquis's reaction.
“I knew you would, so I prepared a small gift for you, Your Grace.”
The Count approached the large glass case that the girl and child had been fiddling with just a moment ago.
And he took away the cloth that was covering it.
Then what they see inside is.
“This is...”
“Would you like to find out?”
The girl's body froze as she looked at it.
Areana Jupiter.
The person in the glass case was the girl's mother.
Strictly speaking, it was a horribly shaped corpse with half of its body blackened.
The girl's mother's body was half-burned to the point where her bones were visible, but the other side was still in its original, beautiful state with only a little soot.
“Do you know how much trouble I had to take this away? And you have no idea what I paid His Majesty the Emperor for collecting it. I will give it to you, Marquis. Corpses of this type are rare... You know this well, don’t you? And as the head of the House of Jupiter, its value is beyond imagination.”
The Marquis burst into hearty laughter as if agreeing with the Count's words.
“I know very well. I will accept it gratefully.”
The girl's body, which had been silently listening to the conversation between the two men, began to tremble slightly.
But even then, the girl's gaze did not leave the glass case.
“But why, Your Excellency, did you suddenly drive the House of Jupiter into rebellion? The House of Jupiter had also been loyal to the House of Clepius for a very long time. Could it be that they really rebelled...?”
“No way.”
The Emperor's guard dog.
The people called it the House of Jupiter.
As the Count said, the Jupiter family had been part of the imperial family for generations.
As one of the five Dukes, they were also very loyal to the royal family.
Nevertheless, the reason the Emperor had to eliminate the House of Jupiter was...
“There was a prophecy from the Oroz family.”
“If it is a prophecy, what prophecy are you talking about?”
The power of the Oroz family was prophecy.
The powers of the five powerful Dukes were usually kept secret, but the power of the Oroz family was known to many.
And everyone who knew of this power wanted to borrow it.
“I’ll tell you something special.”
The Marquis whispered in a low voice as if telling a secret.
“There was a prophecy that a girl born to the House of Jupiter would kill His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Yes...? Really?”
“I don’t know the exact contents of the will. However, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor was very anxious after hearing the prophecy.”
The prophecies of the Oroz family are never wrong.
Sometimes from very small and trivial things, to sometimes from great prophecies that determine the fate of a nation.
Even though the exact timing is unknown, the prophecy that came out of Oroz's mouth definitely came true.
This was almost an unwritten rule.
Emperor Graham was one of those who had a pathological belief in Oroz's prophecy.
But it brought misfortune to the House of Jupiter.
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