The Troublemaker Daughter of the Grand Duke Wants To Live Alone

“Mary, are you really crazy?”

“No?”

At last, I was nine years old. Still, Leo was my only best friend in the orphanage.

The Grand Duke would come to find me soon, so I was preparing to part with Leo. At first, he was wondering why I was doing this again, but Leo also knew I was serious, but we are going to see each other later.

I am going to live quietly and go with the Grand Duke. Since I’m Mary, who was considered a nuisance and an inconvenience because of the time and money they spent to find me who was kidnapped at the Grand duchy.

After Mary went around and made a mess, she was openly called a troublemaker lady. I thought I should live a decent life because they might cut the money I should receive in half if I did something weird.

Until Pepi, who was the youngest in the orphanage, died of hunger.  As I buried Pepi behind the orphanage, I made up my mind.

“Let’s rob the director’s safe.”

When I told Leo my plan, he asked me if I was that crazy.

“You have to live, Leo.”

“I’ve always felt that you, Mary, tend to be too obsessed with life.”

“Isn’t it obvious? All the premises of my plan are for me to be alive.”

I died struggling to live in my previous life, so I cannot die in vain again. And… honestly, I felt so sorry for the children in the orphanage.

They are at the age of growing up, but they always eat food that doesn’t seem nutritious, and being neglected like this. It was a clear abuse. In the first place, the money in the director’s back pocket was children’s money.

In the name of Hong Gil-dong’s descendant…… I won’t forgive the director.

(T/N: Hong Gil Dong is a streetwise, smart-mouthed thief with a talent for martial arts that he utilizes for justice and political reform.) 

The plan was simple. The director, who usually does not leave the orphanage, goes out to town every Friday evening to relieve stress and returns only Saturday afternoon. We’ll use that time to steal money and distribute it to the children.

“You’re really crazy…….”

Leo, who is three years older than me, would mutter like that but always follow my will.

Originally, we could go to Brian’s group and live more comfortably, but why are we living this lonely life together?

Light brown eyes filled with anxiety toward me. Sighing and stroking my head, I thought Leo might be better than Mary’s older brothers.

I can’t believe I have to go back to my family who hates me.

“It’s okay.”

“What’s okay?”

“I’ll take responsibility for everything.”

“Why do you always say you’re going to take responsibility for everything?”

But I’ve always lived like that…….

My guardian has always been myself ever since my maternal grandmother died and lived in my aunt’s house. It was the same at Brandon Orphanage, when I reincarnated as Mary. And I know that this kind of mindset has to be continued at the Grand duchy.

The people there won’t be interested in me. I can live moderately quietly and enjoy my life by getting my share of the inheritance.

Leo… I’ll find you then and make you the vice president.

“Don’t look at me like that because I’m in a bad mood, cat eyes.”

“Okay.”

I should give him a manager-level position instead of a vice president.

The night of the mountain gets dark faster than I thought. As expected, the director gave us far-off oat porridge for dinner and went down to the village. The orphanage without a director was completely lawless for children. There was a constant roar that could be heard along with the sound of running around.

“How’s it going, Mary? Do you want to play a game?”

“Brian, I’d love to, but is your nose I hit last time, okay? You even had a nosebleed.”

Brian picks a fight like that on a big day like today. As the Grand Duke’s daughter, I was far superior to most children in physical strength and intelligence.

The Grand Duke of Conler was a family that had long been blessed by the demons. They were also the first contributor to the Britina Empire, which was founded by organizing order around the time when humans and demons were mixed.

And in the process, because the son of the first family of Conler married the princess of the demons, there was a blessing of demons in their family…… That was the ridiculous founding legend.

A blessing from the demon family. What irony is this.

Since it was a blessing that came from the demon, the blessing did not come down as a blessing from generation to generation. There was some kind of penalty.

What was the penalty?

Since the book was mainly about the love story of the Second Prince and Astina, the story of the Grand Duke of Conler did not go deep. They just covered it for a while to set up the family of the second male lead and villains.

I don’t know exactly what the penalty is, but anyway, Conler, who received the blood of demons, was superior to ordinary humans in magic power and physical strength.

Their energy was so great that even their employees could not breathe in front of Conler’s direct line.

But these kids breathe so well in front of me…….

As expected, the legend was just a legend.

It’s like a monogamous myth…. It’s also because people of different races got married and had children.

“Let’s go before it’s too late, Mary.”

“All right.”

Leo tapped me on the shoulder and spoke, I also came to my senses and nodded.

Leo and I walked quickly to the director’s room as if nothing had happened between the children playing. The director was neglectful, but because he morbidly hated children invading his space not even a rat can be seen in front of the room.

Even Brian didn’t have the heart to come this way. I’ve only seen it once. How the director beats a child who went against his will.

“Whoa….”

“Will you be, okay?”

I grabbed the doorknob and hesitated for a moment, and Leo asked anxiously. I nodded without looking at Leo because I thought my heart would weaken if I looked at his light brown eyes.

And I thought of Pepi. She once said that she wanted to be adopted by good parents like Astina.

Who’s going to come all the way to this mid-mountain orphanage to adopt?

Astina is guaranteed because she’s the main character.

I turned the doorknob around with a choking heart. However, the door did not open, perhaps because the director locked it when he left.

“He locked the door.”

“What should I do?”

When asked by Leo, I took a bobby pin out of my pocket. At least, it was an accessory that girls in the orphanage could have. I straightened the bobby pin and put it in the keyhole.

“What are you doing?”

“Opening the door.”

When I lived with my grandmother, the toilet was outside, and the door was broken at the time, so I had to open it like this. I recalled my memory and rattled with a bobby pin for a long time, and the door opened.

“It’s open!”

Leo and I looked at each other and shouted at the same time.

“Mary, you’re amazing. Where did you learn such tricks?”

“Isn’t this all wisdom that comes from experience?”

“I’m three years older than you.”

“You ate in vain.”

As I shrugged my shoulders and said, Leo raised his fist as if he wanted to punch someone. Of course, I stuck my tongue out without losing.

Honestly, considering my past life I have lived for more than 18 years.

Anyway, the director’s room I saw for the first time was so cozy. We were locked up in a strange, damp room, and he was alone in a place like this.

“He’s so mean.”

“Wow, this blanket is really warm. I wish I could cover Pepi with this when she catches a cold.”

I and Leo grumbled, searching the director’s office. Before long, I found a pocket under the desk.

The pocket was as big as Leo’s face and was full of gold coins.

“It’s a gold coin that was supposed to be used for us.”

“You have to give five of these to each kid.”

Maybe later, when children had to leave the orphanage and start a new start, they had to have some capital. There’s no way the director would take care of that. 

If I wasn’t lucky enough to not get caught, I was going to keep coming and steal the gold coins little by little.

“Come on, let’s get it out of here.”

“There are rats.”

I was about to go out with the gold coins, but the director stood in front of us with an eerie smile.

My heart thumped like crazy. No matter how strong I am and how good I am at fighting, the Director is a well-built adult male.

But how… Why is the director back?

“I raised thieves…….”

“What did I say, sir! They’re both suspicious!”

Brian appeared behind the director’s back. It seems that he overheard me and Leo’s plan and went to the director and told him.

I’m going to take care of him.….

I knelt down on the floor, clenching my teeth. No matter how much I think about it…… I and Leo had no chance of winning.

“I told him to steal it! Leo did not do anything wrong.”

“Mary!”

“Leo, get out of here!” 

“The thieves have some kind of friendship.”

The director came to me with a laugh and tried to take the gold coins from my hand. I tried not to give it away, but due to the strong power of the director, I lost my grip on the pocket and flew far away and hit the wall.

“I told you to be obedient!”

Oh, it really hurts. My body that hit the wall seemed to be screaming. I instinctively curled up like a fetus. I heard Leo crying from a distance.

You said my next life will be different…….

Is this how I die in an orphanage?

But I’m the daughter of the Grand Duke.… I can’t believe I didn’t even get to that grand duchy. 

I don’t think there’s much time left until the duke finds Mary. 

It was then.

The hallway rang with the sound of someone’s footsteps. As if to grasp the authenticity of the sound, the director’s beating toward me also stopped.

People rushed in through my blurred vision and clasped the director’s arm. I could feel someone holding my body that had fallen down.

“She’s light.”

It’s warm…

“Open your eyes. That way… I can make sure that you are my daughter.”

Daughter?

The word opened my eyes. My black eyes were dark as if they contained the night sky that I would sometimes look up when I was lonely. And as soon as I saw the eyes, I noticed.

This warm warmth is my dad.

“Dad…”

“…….”

“Why are you coming now?”

And I fainted.

 

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