The Adored Daughter of the Disliked Duke's House: My Magic Power Increases Every Time I'm Praised, So I've Been Perfecting Cuteness Since Infancy! - Episode 13

After returning from the palace, my father explained the situation to my mother.

At that moment, my mother’s face turned bright red.

“That’s impossible!”

And shouted.

No one had ever seen the Duchess raise her voice, and both the butler and the maids were equally astonished.

“Fighting the Demon King! Lilietta is still just a child, you know!”

While tightly hugging my body, my mother screams.

Since it’s a perfectly reasonable assertion for a mother, my father is groaning, unsure of how to respond.

“I don’t intend to willingly make Lilietta fight either.”

“But you agreed to undergo special training at the palace, didn’t you!?”

“That’s to protect Lilietta.”

“Protecting oneself?”

“The Demon King’s minions will continue to target Lilietta and Alverio. We must have means to counter them when that time comes.”

It seems that the two fathers were persuaded by the king with this reasoning.

However, of course, my mother does not agree.

“That’s something adults should take care of!”

You are absolutely right.

Both Al and I are still just kids.

It’s only natural for adults to protect them.

Even so, teaching the person how to protect themselves seems like a completely absurd theory from one perspective.

“However, there’s no guarantee that a cunning monster like the one from the other day won’t attack us again.”

This time, my mother fell silent.

In the recent monster attack incident, the mother must have felt deeply remorseful for being completely put to sleep by the monster and unable to rush to her child’s aid.

Since the recent monster attack incident, a review of the mansion’s security, led by my mother, is currently underway.

However, what my father says is also correct.

It is hard to believe that a large-scale plan like the one the other day would be executed multiple times.

However, if we were to be attacked by a monster like Noctifilis, who wields magic that steals light, it is entirely possible that we would once again find ourselves in a situation where only the children have to fight.

“Then, wouldn’t Caleb-sensei’s class be enough?”

“Besides that, it would be reassuring to be granted the royal family’s secret techniques. You understand that, don’t you?”

My mother tightened her arms around me.

“…Even so, I don’t want to entrust this child to the royal family.”

In a voice that seemed to be squeezed out from the throat, my father could say nothing more.

“What kind of conflict is there between your mother and the royal family?”

The next day was Mr. Caleb’s class.

The recent challenge is to properly refine magical power. If I can’t do this quickly and accurately, magic won’t be useful in real combat.

At the end of the class, when I asked a question, Mr. Caleb nodded slightly and then prepared tea at the stump table. It seemed like it was going to be a long story.

“The royal family uses light magic. Are you aware of that?”

“Yes”

I once heard Millicent say that, and it was also written in a book I read at the library.

“However, the Duchess Marcelina was unable to use light attribute magic.”

I know that my mother uses shadow magic. But to think that she can’t even use the royal family’s unique light magic.

“When she was five years old, she used magic for the first time and stole the shadow of her brother, the king.”

“Shadow?”

“Yes. It seems it was just a child’s prank, but as a result, His Majesty the King was bedridden for three days and nights.”

Being bedridden for three days and nights after having one’s shadow stolen is something I can’t quite grasp.

Magic is full of mysteries.

“Since then, Lady Marcelina has been forbidden from using magic.”

“Could it be… the Restriction Spell?”

“That’s right. …I heard you were forbidden from using magic until you got married.”

“Why go that far?”

“If the people see a member of the royal family using shadow magic, it would tarnish the royal family’s pride.

That’s what they must have thought.”

What a terrible story.

In this world, there are wizards who can handle various attributes like lightning and fire, just like my father, as well as wizards who can only handle one attribute.

It is an innate trait.

The royal family despised the very nature with which the mother was born and hurt her heart for the sake of their own pride and honor.

From the depths of my stomach, anger surged up.

At the same time, the bangs crackle and pop.

“Ho ho ho. It’s no wonder you’re angry.”

Mr. Caleb smiled gently and then took a sip of tea.

To calm my mind, I also brought the cup to my lips.

What the teacher prepares for me, always considering my child’s body, is tea without caffeine. Today, it’s dandelion tea with a gentle aroma.

The refreshing aroma tickles the nose, and the gentle flavor with a hint of bitterness soothes the heart.

“Well then, what shall we do?”

At this question, I couldn’t help but frown.

“…It’s annoying to cooperate with the royal family.”

It was the previous king who forbade magic for my mother. The current king, and by extension, his child Leonard, are probably not involved.

Even so, I can no longer trust the very existence of the royal family.

“But, I don’t think things are fine as they are now.”

Suddenly, the image of my mother from my past life, who disappeared leaving me and my brother behind, flashes through my mind.

That said, my memories are vague. I can clearly remember that she always wore red lipstick.

I thought I had completely forgotten about our mother who abandoned us siblings and was living my life.

But, since being reincarnated, I sometimes think about it.

If only, at that time.

As long as you don’t fall into the river and die.

Someday, there might have been a day when I would meet that person again and reconcile.

“I don’t want to hear about reconciliation between my mother and the king, or any of that idealistic nonsense…”

I just don’t want my mother to have any regrets.

Dying with regrets is sad.

Because I know it from the bottom of my heart.

In this lifetime, I want the people around me to live without missing a single thing.

Of course, myself as well.

“Hmm. So, do you have any plans?”

If I start attending the palace to learn magic, I might find a solution to the conflict between the royal family and my mother.

However, if I can’t persuade my mother in the first place, I won’t be able to go to the palace.

“Hmm. I can’t think of anything.”

“Indeed, indeed. I can’t think of any words to persuade the Duchess either.”

“Even Mother, deep down, understands that it’s truly necessary for me to go to the palace to study, yet she still opposes it.”

“Yeah. This persuasion seems like it’s going to be quite a challenge.”

“We might just have to take our time.”

After talking about that, the class for the day came to an end.

To persuade my mother, I need time.

I was prepared for that, but the situation took a sudden turn at the dinner table that day.

“Starting tomorrow, Lilietta will go to the palace twice a week to learn magic.”

My father brought this up.

Tension fills the dining hall. The butlers and maids, having witnessed the mother’s behavior the previous day, are sweating nervously, fearing she might get angry again.

But, despite those worries.

My mother said nothing.

“However, there are conditions.”

Apparently, it seems that the couple has already worked out the conditions. This is a relief.

“Marcelina will definitely accompany us to the palace.”

Oops.

This is unexpected.

My mother probably doesn’t want to go in and out of the palace if she can help it.

“I will protect Lilietta.”

I felt like the temperature in the dining room dropped at my mother’s cold voice.

Next to her, my father is sweating profusely, his face pale.

(I’m angry)

To the royal family that told my young child to fight the demon king.

And then, regarding the father who easily accepted the royal family’s proposal and came back.

Under the pressure from my mother, I couldn’t help but feel a cold sweat running down my back.

Thus, with a sense of impending turmoil, the magic lessons at the royal palace were about to begin.