A Baby Raising A Villain

“I don’t twaste good!”

“I told you I’m a vegetarian!”

Richard, standing at the entrance, slowly stepped back, alternating between Eden and me.

“Oh… I’m asking you since Im not sure but I did not disturbed your cozy time together, right?”

“No, Richard. I wanted to see ywou!”

I rushed to Richard just in case I was left alone with Eden again.

Then a snort came from behind my back.

“Hah.”

“I’m just thrilled that you’re welcoming me like this. I’m afraid his excellency might get jealous.”

What do you mean with jealousy.

I don’t know if he’s worried about losing his emergency food to others.

Hidden behind Richard’s legs, I peeked out and was wary of Eden.

“Don’t talk nonsense and lead the way.”

Sure enough, it was a very unpleased tone.

“Are you going to go there yourself?”

“I’ll check it with my eyes. What kind of man has entered my territory without fear?”

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Thump, thump, thump.

I don’t know why the count, who usually goes around lightly without making any footsteps sound, is making such noise.

“Lady, I’m sorry to say this, but did you argue with his Excellency?”

“Richard, you better stop being so clingy, get it?” 

You have good ears, too.

Eden, who had fallen far away for a long time, managed to listen and blame Richard.

“Well, I’ve got to get going before the bigger scolding comes down.”

“I want to gwo, too.”

“You, too?”

“Yes, let’s go together.” Richard gave me a hug.

All the way to the food depot, I felt Eden’s stinging gaze.

‘Are you sensitive because you’re hungry?’

I felt like there was a spark.

In order to avoid eye contact with him as much as possible, the more she hid in Richard’s arms, which cause Eden to be more upset. Eden cleared his throat.

Cough.cough.

What a nasty big cat.

Why do you keep giving me hints?

It seems that he has a strong grudge against him.

“Richard, did we lose a lot of food?”

“The warehouse, which was full until last evening, was empty in a day, so I should say that it was robbed a lot, right?”

“What shwould we do?”

“You don’t have to worry. The food warehouse mainly stored food for several people like you and me.”

That’s why I’m more worried.

I can’t believe the most important food of the Hungry Lion is empty.

I can’t sleep tonight as someone’s emergency food.

“Report the damage.”

“There were no signs of intrusion other than food storage. There was no sign of directly touching anything that could be money.”

“The culprit went over the count’s wall to steal off the food?”

“That’s  thei weird thing weird actually sir.”

It was really strange to listen to the conversation.

Doesn’t a thief who is bold enough to rob an aristocrat steal land documents and things that could be worth lots of money usually?’

We arrived at the food depot, full of wonder.

When I went inside, it was a mess.

Oh, I guess there was a real thief.

Tableware was lying on the floor carelessly as if a typhoon had swept past.

“As you can see, only the food store is in a mess. The expensive plates on the other side are fine except for a few broken.”

“Did you track the smell?”

“I’ve tried it earlier. However, I couldn’t find a strange smell, he was quite a meticulous fellow.”

Richard replied, shaking his head.

“So he’s so talented that you can’t even notice it with your dog’s nose?”

It became even more suspicious that such a person only stole food.

It’s a situation that can’t be explained unless it’s Richard’s self-written play.’

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However, he did not doubt Richard, the second-in-command of this mansion because he had no reason to do this.

No matter how much he like to play pranks, in the end it’s up to him to fix it anyway.

“Was there any footprints?”

“Nothing was found about it either.”

Eden made a serious face.

This was proof that the mansion was poorly guarded, and it was unpleasant for him.

Of course it was the same for me.

At least this should be a safe place for me.

“Strengthen security for the time being.”

“Yes, I’ll increase the number of night guards.”

I was lost in thought when I saw the two men who were lost in the investigation.

‘Let’s see. What happened in the original film around this time?’

If he’s are such a skillful master, his name might have been mentioned in the original.

‘I don’t remember anyone like that.’

It wasn’t the thief that did it.

Then who is it?

Let’s just steal food and run away without touching any other property.

‘You’re not working alone, are you?’

You must have been caught moving a large amount of food alone.

‘But I don’t think it’s a lot of people.’

There are many eyes in the mansion, so if there a number the criminals, they would have caught a tail.

…… Hold on.

What if you ate that much food by yourself?’

Suddenly I remembered an episode.

‘Come to think of it, there was that incident, right?’

The first incident occurred to me that the setting of constantly eating because I was hungry no matter how much I ate.

‘It wasn’t an episode that focused on the original, but that incident where he built a solid economic zone!’

He was one of the three main men and women of Maurice’s crown, and at the same time one of Eden’s enemies.

‘Maybe this and that have something to do with it.’

Maybe we can change the original to our advantage.

Oh, my. I must be a genius.

I had a rough idea of the plan in my head.

“Let me solve thwis, cwount!”

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“I think I can find who the culprit is.”

“By what means?”

Eden narrowed his eyes.

“I’m a precognitive dreamer.”

I swindled more confidently than ever.

* * *

It was dark before I knew it.

I was waiting for the criminal to show up alone in the stolen food shed.

“I should have asked for a candle.”

It was a little scary because it was in the dark, but there was nothing I could do.

If the lights are on, the culprit might not show up.

“I’ll be fine.”

Luna comforted herself and quietly adapted her eyes to the darkness.

The shelf was filled with newly bought ingredients as I asked Richard to do earlier.

Most of them had strong scents.

“This is gwood.”

I picked one of them.

It was a potato salad can of a Povier restaurant famous for its pungent spices up close.

Click.

As soon as I opened the can, the savory smell spread through the warehouse.

Wow, it smells so good.

“Gulp.”

I quietly left the warehouse door open, swallowing my mouth.

If I do this, they’ll smell it, right?’

All that was left now was waiting.

Flapping.

She was enthusiastic about spreading the delicious smell in the hallway by fanning hard with a thin wooden board prepared in advance.

“As I expected, the culprit should be someone we would have known.”

After a while, someone approached the warehouse.

‘He’s here!’

I stopped fanning and immediately hid myself in a large hollow wooden box.

Krikk.

The iron gate opened by a hair’s breadth.

‘Who is it?’

Luna held her breath and listened.

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Step.Step.

Every time he walk, I only hear the sound of his clothes being swept away.

There was no sound of footsteps.

‘As expected, the culprit was alone.’

The movement drew nearer and nearer and nearer.

I looked out through the corner of the box, through a small gap.

It looks like he brought a lamp.

Whenever the opponent moved, I could see a shadow around him.

‘If you walk around and even bringing a lamp although there are security guards walking around, you must have a very bold personality.’

A large, wobbly shadow circled the warehouse and he stood in front of a hidden box.

‘I thought you were going to eat it up right away.’

The opponent was surprisingly cautious.

From the movement of the lamp, it seemed to be looking around.

Gradually, I became curious about the identity of the criminal.

And then,

“You said you’d stay here, but where did you go?”

I heard the criminal talking to himself.

The low voice somehow felt familiar.

“Are you walking around weird places again?”

This voice…?

I immediately remembered a face.

“No way.”

I slipped my head out of the box and checked my opponent.

dark black hair assimilated with darkness

a tall man with broad shoulders

That familiar back seemed to be the person I came up with.

“……… C-cwount?”

I called him carefully.

Then, the startled shadow jumped from its place.

“…….”

“Were you the culprit?”

Eden turned slowly. As if he had never done so, he answered gracefully with a straight face.

“You know that can’t be true.”

“Then why are you here?”

“I’m just here to make sure.”

“Did you wonder if the culprit was caught?”

“It’s not that…….”

He paused in his speech.

He hesitated for a moment, and then closed his lips tightly.

You mean lion. It makes Koreans angry to stop talking.

I couldn’t stand the frustration, so I quickly thought of a plausible reason.

“Oh! You came under surveillance in case I ran away.”

“……You should just stop talking.”

If that’s not the reason, what is it?

There’s nothing more to guess from my common sense.

I tilted my head and asked in an innocent tone.

“Of course you didn’t come to see me, so that has to be the only reason, right?”

He flinched.

His body trembled again.

“Don’t be mistaken.”

“What do you mean?”

“…….”

Hah. Do you want to plead your innocence?

She smiled to reassure him, thinking it was a plausible guess.

“Don’t worry, I believe that CWount is not the culprit.”

“It’s not that. Its not like I’m worried the criminal…to you….will do something… I didn’t come here because of that, so don’t get me wrong.”

What did you say?

I couldn’t understand a thing because he murmured in a voice the size of ant poop.

“What?”

“Ha……. No. Forget it”

Eden sighed and wiped his face dry.

“Are you going back to your room now?”

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He put the lamp down next to me.

Thanks to this, the surroundings became bright and I was no longer scared.

“Huh? Are you going to lend me one?”

“I’m leaving it because it’s heavy.”

“What?”

I can’t believe the palm-sized lantern is heavy to him with that big size.

It was obvious that our count lacked exercise.

“Cwount, you’re more exaggerated than you look.”

“……Yea just think of it that way.”

The moment he took a step toward the door to leave the warehouse in a hurry,

……thud.

……thud.

thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.

I heard a strange sound in the hallway.

It was quite a heavy footsteps.

Something was coming towards the food warehouse.

“!”

“Someone is coming.”

I pulled him in.

He leaned over and slipped his foot into the box where I was in.

“What are you dwoing? Come on in.”

“Go in here?”

He pointed at the box and frowned.

“Aish come on, we need to cwatch the criminal.”

I squatted down and urged him.

In the meantime, the footsteps were fast approaching.

Thud thud! Stomp stomp stomp!

It was just around the corner.

“Cwount, hurry up!”

“…….”

Eden put the rest of his foot into the box with arrogance.

“Give me the lamp.”

The light that was illuminating the surrounding area blew out and turned it off.

Darkness soon came.

“Cwount. Get down, hide.”

With Luna pulling at his collar, he had to crumple himself into the box.