The Baby Rising A Devil

Chapter 23

A few days later, the story of Teramore going insane amidst his imprisonment spread out. I tried to snoop around in front of the underground prison to confirm the truth of the rumor.

'Since Henry's incident, Teramore has been having suspicion regarding my identity. It would be very convenient for me if he really lost his mind, although even if he did lose his mind, it'd still better to stay low for a while.'

As I kept pacing around the entrance. I lowered my head and tried to steal a glance at the slight opening of the door.

Someone's leg suddenly obstructed my vision and Viscount Dubos, the head of the advisor, came out from the underground prison. He was standing tall in front of me.

"Little miss."

"Hellow, mistew.... Awe you swill scodwing gwandpa Tewamoe?" (Hello, mister.... Are you still scolding grandpa Teramore?)

The question concealed my real intention that, 'Is it true that Teramore has lost his mind?', burying the truth within the innocent probing.

"No, His mind is...not in the right place. That man should've waited for me to butchered off his ankle slowly and throw it outside—ahem,"

Sir Dubois tried to fake a small cough when he realized his real thoughts slipped through his mouth in front of the small Leblaine.

Dubos saw her innocent eyes blinking as if his words were too foreign for her little mind to comprehend. He laughed awkwardly and scratched his head.

"The questioning is over. I've made sure he won't do anything bad anymore to you or Henry. I promise."

"Wow! Thwank you, Mistew Dubos!" (Wow! Thank you, Mister Dubos!)

Feeling the burden that has been weighing my mind lifted, I skipped away from the prison's entrance jubilantly.

'I've been wondering what to do with Teramore since he suspected my identity. It was a slip of mine when I showed him I was too mature for my age. With this one of my problems was resolved. This is a real stroke of luck.'

After I parted with Viscount Dubos, I walked around the castle, feeling the cold breeze gently caressing my warm cheek. The garden and the flowers looked even more vibrant than yesterday. Everything seemed more so beautiful than usual as the bad guy Teramore disappeared.

'Ah, it feels good to loosen up once in a while....'

The passing employees smiled and greeted me cheerfully when they saw me strolling around the castle mirthfully.

"Hello, young miss. You're in a good mood today. Where are you going?"

"I'm gwoing to look for snwacks." (I'm going to look for snacks.)

Since the incident with Teramore, Lea and the maids had been giving me a lot of snacks. Fearing Teramore's abusive means would scar me; the maids became more pampering than ever.

"Scumbag."

"Die!"

"Fuck you!"

The maids hurled out vicious scary insults towards Teramore whenever they remembered what the rotten man did to me. Lea was the only quiet one amidst the storm of curses. All of sudden, her chair clattered as she stood up and paced into the kitchen. The other maids went silent. They looked at Lea's sudden action with dismay.

'What on earth?'

Only then Leah came out.

With a kitchen knife....

"I'll kill Teramore," her menacing look shocked the maids out of their wits.

If only Lea wasn't afraid of the duke, Teramore might've left the world that same night.