I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration

After a ten-day carriage journey, Killian and Edith arrived at Duke Ludwig’s residence. However, contrary to the expectation that they would exchange pleasantries for the first time in a long time, the mansion was a mess.

 

“Killian! Edith!”

 

The Duchess was the only one to greet them, and she was not happy to see her long-awaited grandson. It was natural. In this situation, the Imperial Knights had taken over the mansion and were searching every room.

 

“Mother! Is there a problem?”

 

“Huh… I don’t know how this happened, Killian.”

 

She finally poured out the tears she had been holding back.

 

“Lis… She was arrested for the crime of insulting the imperial family.”

 

“Wat? What do you mean by that?”

 

“Did you know that the Marquis de Theroux lost his youngest son five years ago?”

 

“If you are talking about the youngest son of Marquis Theroux, didn’t they say that he was being raised on the estate from an early age because he was weak?”

 

The Duchess shook her head.

 

“Everyone was told that, but they said he was actually kidnapped. I heard it was kept a secret for various reasons, but Lise… She found the child and brought him back.”

 

“Then they should give a reward, why is it a crime of taunting the imperial family?”

 

“Huh… That kid… Because it was fake.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

Not only Killian, but also Edith felt like she had been hit hard in the back of the head.

 

“No, how on earth could that be…?”

 

“Either the child that Lise brought in was the child of the writer Lord Theroux, or he knew things that he wasn’t supposed to know, and that was all taught to him by Lise.”

 

“What?”

 

“How on earth did Lise know that… So now your father and brother have been taken to the imperial palace, and the imperial family is investigating the mansion.”

 

This was such a huge event that the dukedom was left reeling. At that time, something quickly crossed Edith’s mind.

 

‘Now that I think about it, the last episode of the original was about finding the lost child of the imperial family, right? Could it be that she forced it into place?’ The last episode of <I Refuse to Be Obsessed>, which she had forgotten about for a while, came to mind. However, since most of the original’s power had disappeared, there was no way the story could proceed as it was. 

 

She became convinced of that after hearing from Renan about Lise’s encounter with the crown prince. In the original, Lise’s status changed significantly thanks to the Crown Prince meeting her and introducing her to his own people. But this time, they said, the crown prince did not even introduce his own people to her, and for that she was scolded by Duke Ludwig.

 

‘That’s enough! Even though you knew that the original work has already been destroyed, you still couldn’t let go of your obsession with the original work?’

 

Edith unconsciously grabbed the back of her neck.

 

‘You idiot! You should have thought about what kind of suspicion you would raise if the job failed!’

 

She knew everything that was kept secret in the imperial family, and she boldly pushed out fake information. The imperial family would naturally think that Lise was behind the kidnapping incident.

 

“It’s my fault. All of this is my fault.”

 

“Mother! Why do you say that!”

 

“I didn’t raise Lise like that. I just felt sorry for her and gave her everything, but I think that ruined the child.”

 

The Duchess shuddered in pain. But Edith knew they couldn’t do anything different. Because they were people who existed to give everything to Lise. Of course, there were regrets. Lise’s control over them must have weakened while she was satisfying the exception conditions, so why didn’t she notice something strange about Lise at that time…?

 

‘Well, even I didn’t know she was the author until the end, so who am I blaming?’

 

A sigh came out of her mouth. It’s easy to evaluate things after everything has happened. However, it may not be easy to doubt someone you live with and love as much as your family.

 

At that time, another carriage came and stopped outside. Because it was a carriage with the imperial emblem engraved on it, the imperial knights guarding the exterior of the mansion moved in unison and opened the carriage door. And the people who got off the carriage were the Marchioness Theroux with a cold face and Princess Catherine with an embarrassed expression.

 

“Marchioness de Theroux!”

 

The Duchess hurriedly wiped her tears and greeted her, but her face was extremely cold.

 

“I will be supervising the Duke’s investigation. Of course, you’ll understand, right?”

 

“Of course. But would you mind? I heard you weren’t feeling well.”

 

“I feel like I’m going to get sick if I just lie down.”

 

Her two thin fists were filled with strength.

 

“Does it make sense that Duke Ludwig or the Duke’s heirs did not know that Miss Lise knew? No, I don’t know if the Duchess knew.”

 

“I swear to God, we didn’t know. But… It is our fault that we knew nothing to allow Lise to do such a thing. I’m sorry, ma’am.”

 

Upon receiving the apology from Duchess Ludwig, whose complexion was as pale as her own, Sierra could only grit her teeth and tremble, unable to utter her harsher words. Then, a servant who was unloading her carriage approached Edith and asked what she should do. 

Edith came out of the mansion and approached the carriage to check the situation. Fortunately, she didn’t unload much.

 

“For now, stop until the Imperial Knights’ investigation is over.”

 

While the servants who heard her orders reloaded some of the luggage onto the wagon, Edith approached Daniel, who was standing blankly next to the wagon.

 

“I’m sorry you had to go through this as soon as you arrived in the capital, Daniel. Are you okay?”

 

Edith thought Daniel was surprised by the power of the Imperial Knights, but Daniel quietly shook his head.

 

“No, rather… I got my wish. Thank you, ma’am.”

 

“Your wish?”

 

“There is someone I really wanted to see just once before leaving for Ryzen. That’s enough now. I can leave for Ryzen with peace of mind.”

 

At those words, Edith looked around. There were countless people walking around the Imperial Knights and the mansion, so she couldn’t tell who the person Daniel was talking about was.

 

“If you tell me who it is, I will arrange a place for you to meet.”

 

“No. She won’t want to see me. So that’s it.”

 

The boy’s once courageous and desirably bright eyes were filled with deep sadness. 

 

“I see. I won’t ask any more. There’s nothing to do right now anyway, so let’s go in and eat something. Follow me.”

 

Edith entered the mansion with Daniel, who looked like he was about to burst into tears. 

As they entered, Killian, who was standing next to the Marquis and Duchess, approached.

 

“Why Daniel?”

 

“Anyway, unloading has stopped and Daniel looks very tired. I’d like to give him some warm milk and cookies.”

 

“Well, I guess he was surprised.”

 

Seeing Daniel’s stiff head lowered, Killian also felt pity. Since he was a boy who lived on the streets, he might be scared of the knights. Killian nodded his head and Edith was about to take Daniel away again.

 

“Wait a moment. Who is that child again?”

 

Sierra reacted sharply. The fact that he was a blond boy around the same age as the boy Lise had brought in seemed to have fueled Sierra’s suspicions.

 

“This child is our errand boy. He seems surprised by the knights, so I’d like to give him some warm milk.”

 

However, despite Edith’s explanation, Sierra seemed to have no doubt and approached Edith and the boy. As she approached, Daniel lowered his head further and hid behind Edith.

 

“Did you tell this child about Marquis Theroux’s various stories?”

 

“Yes? Is that possible? It was only yesterday that we met Daniel.”

 

“Yesterday?”

 

“Yes. He almost got hit by our carriage, but he said he had nowhere to go and needed to find a job, so we decided to take him to Ryzen… Just a moment, ma’am!”

 

Edith hurriedly tried to stop her, but Sierra pulled the shirt collar behind Daniel’s neck as he lowered his head. On the nape of Daniel’s neck was a small red dot that looked like a butterfly at first glance.

 

“The child is scared! This kid has nothing to do with this!”

 

Edith clutched the hem of her skirt and held Daniel, who tried to hide further, in her arms, protecting him from the Marchioness. But Sierra’s expression was strange.

 

“S-No way… John? No, that can’t be…”

 

“I am… This is Daniel.”

 

The boy answered softly without even raising his head.

 

“Your name is Daniel?”

 

“He didn’t tell us his name, so we gave it to him.”

 

Edith said, still hiding Daniel in her arms. As if he thought he was safe in Edith’s arms, Daniel then secretly turned his head and glanced at the Marchioness.

 

“No, no! That point on the nape of the neck… !”

 

“ma’am!”

 

Sierra suddenly lunged at the boy and cupped his cheek.

 

“John! John, is that you, right?”

 

Edith tried to stop Sierra, but she didn’t know how such strength could come out of her delicate body, but she faced Daniel without backing down at all.

 

“Well, I… It’s not John. “It’s Daniel.”

 

Daniel protested, breaking free from Sierra’s grasp. However, Sierra’s eyes, staring at Daniel’s face, were wide as if she was surprised for some reason.

 

“John…”

 

Tears welled up in her eyes. However, before she could say anything more, Sierra collapsed.

 

“Ma’am! Come to your senses, madam!”

 

And only after Edith let go of him and supported Sierra’s body did Daniel turn his gaze back to Sierra. He then looked at Sierra who had lost her mind and shouted in surprise.

 

“Mom!”

 

Because Sierra had fallen, Killian, the Duchess, and Catherine rushed over to her and their eyes widened at the sound. But Daniel clung to Sierra as if he couldn’t see anything around him.

 

“Mom! I’m sorry, Mom! Ugh, Mom…”

 

If that wasn’t enough, Daniel grabbed Edith’s sleeve and prayed.

 

“Please save my mother! I will do anything, please save my mother!”

 

Edith seemed to be losing her mind.

 

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Translator Note:

Last week of this novel. Edith is comming soon!!