Chapter 111.1

It was a word that came out without anyone stopping it.

“That’s…!”

“Oh! Is that a mistake?”

It was certain that the Count,  who was like a serpent, was doing this when hearing a rumor that my mom had lost her memory. He stared intently at my mother’s reaction.

My mother, who knew nothing about her past, looked at the Count alternately with her eyes wide open.

“Stop it. If you’re going to be rude, I’ll force you out.”

But Count Betram did not stop talking there.

“Well, I’m not here to say that anyway. I’m just curious. Who on Earth is the woman Lady Bebe calls her mother?”

“She’s my mom!”

“I mean, her identity. I’ve heard that the Emperor is quite a seeker.”

“Mom, don’t listen! He’s saying something weird.”

I glared at him, covering my mother’s ear in a hurry. Whether my reaction was funny or wanted, he smiled and moved his shoulders.

“But I guess the rumor is true. She lost her memory. I thought I would know if I talked like this, but it looks like she doesn’t know anything.”

“Stop.”

“Haha, did I overdo it? I didn’t know. I’m just trying to talk. A person who suddenly became the Grand Duchess without any information. In the meantime, I heard the Emperor…”

“Stop!”

For a moment, I couldn’t hold back my anger and my strength was about to erupt again. However, as I sat on the bench, Sylvie put his front paw on my hand.

I felt like my whole body was losing strength and my powers being sealed.

Meanwhile, Cecilia grabbed his arm.

“Get out of the way!”

“Haha, I must’ve upset you. I’m getting old so I tend to talk about this and that…”

The Count didn’t stop talking, as if he had intended to provoke my anger.

It was when Theo, who looked at our situation from a distance, approached us.

“Grr…”

By the time I calmed down to some extent, Sylvie got up from his seat and showed his teeth.

“You’re threatening me, are you? Come to think of it, I heard it. Lady Bebe raised a mutt in the majestic Grand Duke’s house.”

“He’s not a mutt! Fine, let’s go. I’m leaving.”

When I jumped up from my seat, I held my mother’s hand with one hand, and tried to hug Sylvie with my other hand, strange energy flowed out of Sylvie’s body.

It was the time when I looked at Sylvie without moving because I was surprised by the strange energy.

The Count, who was standing in front of us, cried out.

“Argh!”

The count, who had suddenly screamed, hurriedly backed away.

“A-A demon… a demon…!”

Seeing where there was nothing and making a fuss, he hastily drew his sword. He, too, was busy waving the sword in the air.

Cecilia ran and hugged me, and stood in front of my mother. Theobaldo, who was standing at a distance to escort us to leave, drew his sword.

The Count’s body, which was moving like a madman, suddenly stopped, as if his mind had returned.

Sylvie, who was sitting on the bench, jumped up and fell into my arms.

Looking at Sylvie watch me with a more relaxed expression than before, I could definitely feel that something was being done this time.

Theo, who had barely spoken, shouted in an unusually stiff voice.

“You’re crazy, Count Betram. Do you know what you’ve done?”

“Ha, what… what are you doing? A demon suddenly appeared! No, it’s not my fault! The knights of the Grand Duchess made the demons come all the way! It’s your fault! I almost got hurt! You damn bastards.”

Rather, it was the Count who got angry. Theo, who watched the scene, nodded his head from side to side toward him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you calling me a liar? Where are the demons?”

At that, the Count, who had been pointing his finger at Theo until just now, looked around quickly. Wasn’t it right in front of him? Of course, nothing could exist.

“So, it was definitely in front of me…! I saw it. It was the devil who opened his filthy jaws to me!”

“I don’t know where it is. There’s never been a demon in the Grand Duke’s house.”

“Do you think I’m lying now?”

“Well, I don’t think you’re lying. I think you saw nothing because you’re old.”

Theo said everything he wanted to say and came to us.

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