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 5

It means that the soundproofing performance is too high.

No matter how much I cry, the other servants and my parents can’t hear me.

Under normal circumstances, this soundproofing performance should not be a weakness but rather its greatest advantage. Outside noise cannot reach the inside, allowing children to spend their time peacefully. Originally, that was the purpose.

However, the fact that Millicent was leaving me to cry because of this soundproofing feature was never known outside.

However, it’s a different story outside the room.

I knocked over the vase just outside the door while crying loudly.

If they heard this noise, I thought at least one or two of the servants would come to check it out.

It was truly fortunate that my parents came to visit.

“What on earth are you doing?”

At my mother’s trembling voice, Millicent, who had been yelling at me, flinched.
Next, I cautiously look back.

There stood the parents, their faces pale with fear.

Despite my desperate determination to somehow make her independent, I witnessed the nanny hurling abusive words at my daughter, telling her to “shut up, shut up.”

(I might have felt a bit sorry for them)

There’s no denying that it feels excessive, but to really teach this nanny a lesson, we have to go this far.

As I was thinking about such things, I felt a creeping, eerie presence at my fingertips.

A dim, shadowy presence spreads across the floor, enveloping the room, climbing the walls, and covering the ceiling.

“What do you think I’m doing?”

“……Answer me.”

It’s mother’s magic.

“Ma’am…!”

At the door, two maids collapsed, their legs giving way. Beyond them, the footmen were standing with pale faces, their legs trembling and their backs recoiling.

“Yikes, eek!”

Millicent almost fainted in the same way.

However, my mother’s magic did not allow it.

A dim, dark magic coiled around Millicent’s body, swirling and wrapping around her.

When I closely observed that magical power, its true nature became clear immediately.

(……It’s a shadow!)

It seems that my mother is manipulating shadows with magic.

The shadow gradually tightens around Millicent’s body.

“Ah, ahh”

Millicent’s legs go numb, and her entire body trembles with fear.

“Answer me.”

While asking, the mother approached Millicent. The closer the distance, the more the shadow tightened around her body.

At last, the shadow seized Millicent’s throat.

“Answer me!”

The air trembles with a buzzing sound.

Millicent’s body was frozen in fear, and despair was clearly visible on her face.

However,

“Ba, bu!”

As soon as he saw my face when I involuntarily let out a voice, he once again wore that expression.

Smirk.

It’s that expression that seems to look down on others.

“Is it really okay?”

“What?”

“The one who dispatched me here was His Majesty the King. Isn’t this an act of sullying His Majesty’s name?”

(I see, so that’s how it was.)

According to what I overheard, Millicent is a widow from an earl’s family. Even though she is an exceptional nanny, it was a bit strange that she could treat a duke’s daughter with such attitude. This world seems to have a strict class system.

However, if the one backing her is the king, then it makes sense.

(Even so, it’s completely over the top.)

She borrowed the tiger’s power and picked a fight with the lion.

(Neither Mother nor Father would be intimidated by something like this.)

Absolutely, that was exactly right.

“So what?”

Millicent’s throat twitched at her mother’s cold voice.

“If we report this to His Majesty the King…”

“Ah, I see. My brother might be exasperated and scold me… So what?”

Again, my mother’s magical power swelled greatly.

Another maid faints.

“What are you misunderstanding?”

“Huh?”

“Even if you were the king himself, I would do the same thing.”

You hurt my daughter!

Barely, barely.

Millicent’s throat is tightening.

“Ugh, ugh, gah”

At this rate, I’ll suffocate to death.

That’s just going too far; we have to stop it.

The moment I thought that, my father had already moved.

“That’s enough.”

When the father placed his hand lightly on the mother’s shoulder, she pouted slightly in dissatisfaction before relaxing her shoulders. At the same time, her shadow magic dissipated, and Millicent, now freed from her body, crouched down on the spot.

“Huff, huff”

Breathing with her shoulders, Millicent began to hug her body pitifully and started to cry.

“Oh, terrifying! Despite being from a royal family that uses light magic, to think they would use the ominous shadow magic and even attempt to kill their own nurse!”

Putting aside what you’ve done, what a way to speak.

“Shameless!”

At the same time, two magical powers swelled up within these words.

“Lilietta!?”

It was my father who was surprised.

My father, who had inadvertently expanded his magical power in anger, instantly reined it in and turned to face me.

Even within my belly, my magical power was swelling along with an uncontrollable anger.

(I won’t forgive you!)

My mother, who is so kind and hugs me, calling me cute. That woman had the audacity to call her a disgrace!

(I will never forgive you!!)

It was that moment.

My swollen magical power overflowed from my body, and then

…It ignited!

The bright red flames steadily increase in temperature, changing their shape and color.

“Ahhh!”

In the blink of an eye, the flames transformed into a blue dragon and attacked Millicent.

The flame dragon entwines itself around Millicent’s body like her mother’s shadow, burning her clothes and singeing her hair.

“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!”

Even though Millicent let out an ugly scream, the momentum did not stop.

However, that too lasted only a few seconds.

“Calm down, Lilietta.”

My father lifted my body.

At the same time, Millicent’s body is enveloped in a sphere of water.

The blue dragon was extinguished by my father’s magic, and the magic power that had been swelling within me gradually diminished.

“Lilietta!”

My mother immediately ran over to me and hugged me tightly.

Wrapped in the warmth of my father and mother.
I succumbed to the sudden wave of drowsiness and lost consciousness.

Of course, Millicent was fired on the spot.

However, it seems that the duke has fully compensated for her frizzy hair and dress.

“From now on, she will probably never take up a job as a wet nurse.”

A few days later, the father returned from the palace and asserted to the mother. Hearing this, the mother let out a sigh of relief.

I am comfortably dozing in her arms like that.

After dismissing Millicent, no new nanny came.

I spend every morning, noon, and night with my mother.

(It might not be good from a noble perspective, but…)

This shape is definitely the best.

Separating mothers and children was wrong from the very beginning.

“……Lilietta surprised me.”

“Yes. I never would have imagined that such a baby could use magic. Moreover, it wasn’t just a simple flame; it was shaping and transforming through the manipulation of magical power.”

“Ah. You must have imitated the shadow magic you showed just before… what incredible talent.”

At that time, I was so angry that I had half-forgotten myself and wasn’t very aware of what was happening.
Now that you mention it, I might have indeed been influenced by my mother’s magic.

(It’s more like the content is in their thirties)

Unlike ordinary babies, they can observe and think.

Thanks to that, I was able to manifest magic.

“However, magic is still too early for you.”

Gently, my father touched my forehead.

At the same time, my stomach is enveloped in a sensation as if it were covered by a membrane.

“With this, the magical power won’t escape outside.”

Apparently, it seems I’ve been restricted to prevent me from accidentally using magic.

Thinking back to when I manifested that flame dragon, it was indeed dangerous. At that time, I couldn’t control my magic.

(The magic training will have to wait.)

It’s unfortunate, but it’s an unavoidable measure.

“I will definitely become a wizard who surpasses me!”

My father picked me up, placed his hands under my arms, and lifted me high.

The sensation of gently floating makes me involuntarily feel joyful.

“Kyah, kyah!”

When I burst into laughter, my parents’ smiles deepened.

“Lilietta”

“Cute, cute, Lilietta”

Pop.

Again, my chest felt warm.

In my heart, the jewel’s magic has increased.

(The fact that these two are disliked is not something that can be resolved overnight.)

The attitude of the duke and duchess, the relationship with the royal family, the shadow magic of the mother…

The issues are intricately intertwined.

(But I can’t stand the thought of these two being hated forever!)

There’s no way I should be subjected to such insults as being called shameless.

(……Let’s do what I can do)

With this small body, there is so little I can do.

Even so, it’s not like we can’t do anything.

Increase the maximum value of magic power.

That much, I can do even now.

(Perfecting cuteness to aim for becoming the strongest magician!)

And make my parents happy!

Three months old.

My goal in this life has been decided──.