Baby Tyrant - Chapter 56

56. A Blonde Holy Man

Tak! I closed a book roughly.

“I saw thith already too…”

A mountain of books piled up. Surprisingly, it was all books that I already read. Among them were books I read twice.

I didn’t really care about the types. There was sweet romance novels and adventure novels with all kinds of heroes. There were also books on the changes in tax laws and how to farm.

Of course, there were books on magic and mana stones.

‘I’m not in a position to cover this or that.’

Aiden was the only one who knew that I can read and write. I couldn’t get much because I secretly received books from Aiden.

If there were a lot of books in the room of a child, who didn’t know how to read, it would be suspicious. It was natural for me to desperately keep this a secret.

What if I get caught reading, writing, and communicating with natural beings? They’re still paying attention to my divine powers, saying I was God’s seed.

‘…it’s a catastrophe!’

I barely calmed down the situation of Abelardo saying they would take me again and Daddy preparing for war and refusing adamantly. Oscar was also taking part.

“Sigh…”

I sighed and put the books back in the secret space. It was a space beyond the wall I found while poking around the bedroom.

As I left the bedroom, Lissandro followed me.

“Are you going for a walk? Little Emperor.”

“I want to go to the libwawy.”

“Huh?”

Lissandro looked curious, but when I moved first, he followed me silently.

There were a total of five libraries in the Imperial Palace, and among them was a library where only the royal family had access to, which was the one I was heading to.

The library away from nature was a long way and took an ambiguous street with a carriage.

So, I was walking hard, pretending to be working out, but somehow, my face stung.

Turn! Turn! I looked around, turning side to side, but there were only busy people.

‘There was definitely someone looking at me…’

As I puffed up my cheeks, the following Lissandro giggled.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Your Majesty, you don’t look in the mirror?”

“I look everyday…”

“My goodness. Maybe you’re used to it because you see it everyday.”

I couldn’t understand what Lissandro meant.

Trudge, trudge. I walked toward the library again, but I could feel someone’s eyes on me from somewhere again.

I was vary wary of the attackers Duke Javier had, but fortunately, nothing happened on my way to the library.

“We greet Her Majesty the Emperor!”

The soldiers guarding the library saluted me.

“Can I gwo in?”

“Of course. Only the direct line from the royal family is allowed in, so Sir Donovan is not allowed in.”

It should be okay, right? I didn’t want to go around without an escort, but I couldn’t break the library rules.

I entered the library after reassuring the restless Lissandro.

“Wow…”

I opened my mouth wide. I’d never seen such a big library in my life.

The books on the white bookshelf were filled to the brim, so I could predict that the volumes would be enormous.

“It looks like a magic libwawy.”

It was fun to see the library that was different from my imagination of a library with brown bookcases.

I found an interesting book while looking around the bookshelves classified by category.

<The Bible and Philosophy>

I’d never read the Bible because it’s hard to get, since it’s the temple’s property.

Although the book won’t be the same, it should be similar, right?

‘Why am I God’s seed and why was I born with my past life’s memories? I need to know these.’

Educational priests who were dispatched didn’t teach theology properly. I could guess that daddy blocked it somewhere in the middle.

I reached for the book. And… I was faced with a very big problem.

“Keuuung…!”

I can’t reach it!

It wasn’t that high up, so I felt resentful that I couldn’t reach it.

I tried to jump with my arms stretched, but as expected, I failed heroically.

“Let’s see who wins…”

I stretched out my hands and muttered grimly. And I felt a stagnant breeze. The breeze was always blowing.

I adjusted with the wind and pushed the book gently. The book began to slip little by little.

Click.

‘I did it!’

I reached for the falling book.

Tak!

“……?”

Someone’s big hand held the book above me first. As I tilted my head back with a puzzled expression, I could see the face of an unfamiliar man.

“Who… are you?”

I’m sure only direct imperialists can come in.

I looked at the man with great nervousness. He was an extremely pretty-looking man with short platinum hair and red eyes.

Should I say he looked holy?

‘Is he the librarian?’

My heart started pounding that my abilities were caught. However, the expression of the man looking down at me seemed too peaceful for that.

“Thank, you…?”

I reached for the book, but he didn’t give it to me.

“Please give me the book.”

“Hm.”

The man made a sound for the first time. Unlike what he looked like, it was quite a low-pitched voice.

He looked at the cover of the book and tilted his head.

“You can read?”

For a moment, I clenched my fists because he ignored me.

“I cwan’t!”

and I shouted out lies proudly. No matter how angry I was, I was not a big enough fool to reveal my abilities!

“If you can’t, why this?”

“Just becauthe.”

“This book is difficult for a baby to read.”

“Thath’s correct.”

I spoke in a way that made it seem like it seemed interesting and fun. I just decided that it would be better to read it to acquire knowledge, even if it was boring.

“This kind of fairytale book would fit a baby better…”

The man pulled out a book out of my sight and handed it to me.

It was a large but quite thin book with a gold leaf embossed and a rather luxurious cover.

<The Birth of The World – Mythical Episodes>

It must be a children’s story book. It wasn’t what I wanted, but I thought it would be very helpful.

“Thank you for choothing…ung?”

I tried to thank him, but the man was nowhere to be found.

It was too subtle of an action to be a librarian, but I’d never heard of any other royal family member.

I thought of asking the animals later and explored the library diligently.

When I came out with an armful of books in my arms, Lissandro freaked out and took them from me.

“This, this kind of rough work is not for you!”

“I juth came out with some books…”

“It’s too dangerous!”

‘Just what is…’

It was ridiculous, but I swallowed back my words.

“Lissandro. Did you see anyone else after I went in?”

“Yes? Of course not. There are only three people who can enter the 1st library: His Majesty the stand in Emperor, His Highness, Oscar, and Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“…huk?”

Then who was that blonde holy man I saw?

‘…a ghost?’

***

When I said I saw a stranger in the library, a massive search took place throughout the city. But there was no particular achievement.

Returning to the bedroom, I put the genealogy of the royal family hidden between the fairy tales in the secret space to escape the eyes of the nanny.

When all the work was done, Oscar rushed in.

“Mabel! I heard you were attacked by a mysterious man!”

“I was…?

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

How did the witnessing an unfamiliar man suddenly become an attack by a mysterious man?

Oscar calmed down only after I explained that I wasn’t attacked. Interestingly, he rummaged though the books piled up on the chair.

“Is this it? The books you took from the library?”

“Ung.”

“They’re not picture books?”

“T-there’th pictuwe books too.”

I was caught off guard, so I stuttered unknowingly. Fortunately, Oscar didn’t get suspicious.

“Should I read them for you?”

It was more natural to ask him to read them, so I gladly nodded.

“Ung!”

Oscar sat on the bed and placed me on his lap. And then he rummaged through the books.

“Which one would be good…”

“That one, The Birth of the World. Read that one.”

“…huh?”

“…eung?”

There was a long silence. I was at a loss because of the gaze I could feel at the top of my head Oscar was giving me.

“How do you know that the title of the book is Birth of The World?”

“T-That…”

“Did Uncle read it to you?”

“U-ung!”

When I nodded roughly, Oscar was convinced and moved on. I calmed my heart down with secret relief.

“Then I’ll read it to you.”

“Ung.”

There was an illustration from the first page, perhaps because it was intended for children. There was a patch of white light in the black background.

“It says this is God.”

“I see.”

The story was about the myth of Genesis.

God, who appeared alone in a space where nothing was left, was the first to plant the foundation of the world, a part of himself, and the Genesis tree all over the continent.

The trees gave life to earth and ruled nature. God created gardeners to manage the ancestral tree.

That was human beings.

For thousands of years, the world had been peaceful. until a man ate the ancestral tree.

Man’s time was finite, and the time of Genesis was infinite, so he coveted their eternity. Staring with that human being, most of the continent’s ancestral trees were eaten away.

God cursed the humans who ate a part of himself and handed down seven punishments.

Pride, stinginess, envy, anger, lust, gluttony, and indolence.

The seven sins were rooted out and disappeared from earth.

“There are still ancestral trees all over the place. Although they’re drying up.”

“I see…”

Actually, I was a little disappointed.

It’s a myth that’s not much different from what I expected. It was hard to find any clues in the myth. I think it would be better to dig into the Bible.

After Oscar left and I was reading other books, I heard the sound of the balcony door opening.

“You came?”

I welcomed Aiden with a big smile. Because he finished a very important job today.

“What happened with the gold mine?”

“The bidding competition kept the auction price going up and we let them win. Instead, they bought it for 30 times more expensive than the market price.”

“He. So sweet.”

How sad it must be for Duke Javier to spend that much money on a gold mine.

Once Aiden laid down the groundwork, it’s time to harvest a big fish.

.

.

.

The next day, I went out the the garden after a long time. And, as I squatted down, I called ‘the guys.’

‘Mole, mole!’

When I waited for a moment, the soft soil wriggled and heads stud out.

[Why, kuhong.]

“I have a requeth.”

In case Lissandro heard my voice, I whispered quietly.

[What is it.]

“Can you dig a gold mine for me?”

[Kuhong.]

“……”

I had an uneasy feeling. And this kind of foreboding was always right.

They can’t even see, but why did it feel like the mole was staring at me?

Feeling an unspoken pressure, I took out the bargaining chip.

“

[Kuhong.]

“An earthworm and dirt from the…capital…?”

[Kuhong…]

“And a centipede…?”

[Kuhong, okay.]

In the end, the moles, who acquired dirt, earthworms, and centipedes, disappeared into the ground.

I shed tears thinking about the money I would spend on bugs.

“Ith okay… Duke Javier will be eating sh*t…”

But why was I crying?

***

“Damn it!”

An expensive teacup hit the wall and shattered. The wallpaper was stained by the tea water, but Duke Javier didn’t care.

“Again and again!”

There was no way to control his boiling anger. In this way, it wasn’t just once or twice his business was disrupted because of auctions.

He got information that a cheap mine was actually a gold mine and put a lot of effort into getting his hands on it. So he participated in the auction, but a man in a black robe raised the auction price and disappeared smoothly.

As a result, he bought it at a much higher price than the market price.

“That bastard… he won the last auction.”

This kind of interference had already happened over ten times. The period was about three years. He couldn’t even count the losses he’s had so far.

“Just what the hell are you doing?”

This time, the sugar jar broke into pieces. There were so many enemies that he couldn’t predict and was forced trying to keep them in check.

His aide, who was silently watching Duke Javier huffing with anger, insinuated him.

“Your Excellency.”

“What’s wrong?”

“There is a way to identify the man.”

“I can do that too. But we don’t know who the opponent is, so we can’t act liberally.”

He wasn’t wealthy enough to participate in auctions to buy all kinds of items. Furthermore, even if he interfered with his business, there was no evidence. At times like these, you must act carefully.

“Why don’t we borrow someone else’s hand instead of using your own?”

“Someone else’s? Is there anyone you can trust?”

“Yes. Have your heard of <Evil>?”

He’d heard about it a few times. On the surface, it’s called an information guild, but in fact, it’s all about handling things.

It’s a group.

There were rumors that Aedan, the head of Evil, was actually a noble of another country.

“Why don’t we ask them? Who the man is.”

At the recommendation of his aide, Duke Javier seriously considered. Recently, there had been quite a few nobles who used Evil. He heard that sometimes they even offered extra money.

‘I haven’t heard of there being a problem till now. Can they guarantee that it’ll be kept a secret?’

The Duke nodded his head. He thought it was a pretty good idea.

“Put in a request. Just in case, take a different identity.”

It would be shameful of how great of a disturbance he brought to his business.

The Duke felt better again.

At that time, he was unaware that the gold coins in his winning gold mine were disappearing…