How to Live as the Mad Duke’s Fake Daughter

otion stains.

“…Is it really enough for me to just read a book?”

Hugo blinked his eyes.
He wondered if it could be a gift.

“Yes, I told you last night.
You can read it in the correct pronunciation.”

“Go up right now.
I will also make you tea.”

Hugo got up and went down the stairs.
As I was following him, I suddenly turned to the animal cage.

I didn’t want to mention it, but at the same time, strangely, I was drawn to the monster.

“Brother.
That monster, isn’t it dangerous to leave it like that?”

“It’s fine.
If it’s within the barrier of the World Tree, the monster’s ability to regenerate will be weakened.
It’s still taking damage and just holding its breath.”

It was still an awkward story.
As I struggled to look away, a large book on the bookshelf caught my attention.

This book was exactly what I needed right now.

*** 

“…The three gods made a bet on who was the best god.
As time passed, it finally came to a conclusion…”

“Hugo, brother, let’s have some tea.”

Academy lounge.

While Hugo was reading the book, I had one thought.

‘It would be perfect if he worked in a nursery school.’

It had both a good and bad meaning.

Hugo’s accent was perfect.

The problem was that it was so accurate that a machine seemed to be talking.

In other words, It made me sleepy. 

I slurped my fruit tea, which I didn’t know what kind it was, and turned through the thick book I had brought from the lab.

It was a wonderful trick to find the main character of the original novel at once.

Because Benny was the count’s son by setting. 

‘Since he’s an illegitimate child, there won’t be any portraits, but what about the father of the main character?’

Obviously, the features of the characters in the fantasy novel were taken from the mix of the parents’ traits.

In other words, finding a guy with Benny’s characteristics would solve the problem.

I thought, ‘It’s genius!’.
Until I realized that there was no answer.
I found that silver-haired nobles were common, and purple eyes were rare, but they did exist.

The problem was that there was no ‘Count’ of silver hair and merciful-looking eyes.
No, all the counts didn’t have silver hair. 

There was at least one person who was like a silver fox in the marquises, viscounts, and even in the lowly aristocratic families, but all of the counts’ families had dark hair.

“He must have been five years old.”

While I was flipping through the yearbook with Hugo, I found a portrait of himself as a child.

The kid with the glasses looked cute and smart.

“In this year, the power of the spirit blossomed, and Her Majesty the Emperor conferred the title of Archmage to me.
It was expected.
I was already superior to any garbage in the academy.”

“Huh? But I’ve heard that your power is sealed right after you’re born…”

“It’s not a perfect seal.”

He explained briefly, as if he expected my question.

“If you fall into a crisis without an adult to protect you, and you die without the power of God, wouldn’t it be a waste of your precious blood?”

I guess so.

“When you get a big shock, a little bit of your power leaks out.
either physically or mentally.
If the body accepts that it as ‘dangerous.’”

Ah, there was an emergency escape.

“Of course it’s not easy… but that’s what happened to me.”

‘If you were 5, was it 10 years ago? What the hell happened then… Ah…’

Lily’s disappearance.
Everything was explained in five letters.

“Even if all the spirits at the academy came running, they couldn’t calm me down.”

Hugo rubbed his chin with a gloved hand and let out a laugh.

It wasn’t just scorn, there was a clear hatred.

“You don’t like academy people?”

“Yes.
Very.” 

It was absolutely determined.

“Do you remember the guy you saw on the way? A man with dark eyes.”

“Yes.”

“5 years old.
I came into the academy to learn that I was a spirit, and he told me I was a hybrid born into a beast family.”

I lost my words for a moment.
A hybrid… Hugo shrugged casually.

“I was scared.
Because he had no doubts, only because he believed that he would receive the title of Archmage.
Even if he looks like that, he’s a trash of the royal family.” 

“That’s… “

“Well, I expected that far.
It is said that the spirit of House Bauner has been ostracized for a long time.
Since I was born, I have never seen anything other than myself, but… I kept ignoring him and he crossed the line.”

“The line?”

Hugo sighed and lowered his voice.

“He insulted me.
That all my research on black magic… was in vain.”

On second thought, Hugo was quiet for a moment and raised his thin mouth sharply.

“So I took it from him.
Isn’t it great to see the long-awaited title of the Archmage that he so desired and spent all his time just to get this position, be given to a person he always saw as a nuisance?” 

It was the smile of a villain.
When I noticed, Hugo coughed heavily and returned to a soft ‘brother’s face’.

“Can I tell you something good?”

“Yes…”

“Lily, you must be a spirit.”

“Yes?”

I thought it was just a joke, but looking at Hugo’s face, it wasn’t.

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