Whoosh!

A cold metallic object was grasped in Liria’s hand.

It was a brilliant golden key with a jeweled crown on top.

Upon closer inspection, there was a tiny inscription on the body of the key.

[Authority]

“…What does this mean?”

Tiana’s key had the power of healing, and Lillian’s key had the power of instant teleportation.

Then is this the key of authority?

What kind of power does it have?

Curious, Liria infused her mana into the key of authority. Then, something amazing happened.

A blue book with a keyhole drawn on its cover was summoned, and as the pages rustled, words appeared.

[♟Key of Authority

-You have the qualification to possess all magic keys.

-Depending on conditions, you can detect, track, and summon new keys.]

“…Huh? What’s this?”

Anyway, according to this information, it seemed that the key of authority could find or summon other new keys.

It was truly incredible.

The key of authority.

Authority means power and ability.

Or the ability to claim and exercise rights.

It was the ultimate key to fulfill Liria’s wish.

Her heart was pounding.

So with this, including the healing key and the teleportation key.

Could she possess all other magic keys?

The moment she saw the crown at the top of the key, Liria felt a chill run down her spine.

It’s like something a king would possess!

Liria covered her mouth in surprise.

“Wow. I think I’ve summoned something amazing, haven’t I?”

Gazing in wonder at the key floating in mid-air, Liria murmured in awe.

Kiki also nodded its head and scurried onto Liria’s shoulder to share in the joy.

Then it thumped its chest proudly.

“Beep beep!”

As if to say it was all thanks to itself, with a smug expression.

“Thank you. That’s right, it’s thanks to you!”

The swishing tail gently brushed Liria’s cheek.

Suddenly, Liria’s eyes filled with curiosity.

“Getting the key of authority is great so far. Now, next is……”

Liria jumped off the bed and ran to her desk to pull out a hidden sketchbook.

Scanning through the plans she had meticulously laid out in the sketchbook, Liria steeled her resolve.

‘Grandmother said I was qualified to be the master of the keys. The only spirit medium in the family. Does she mean I should gather all the keys with the key of authority to save the family?’

That’s still unclear, but one thing is certain for now.

She knows nothing about magic keys.

“I need information about magic keys.”

To save her father, the healing key would be needed first.

But for now, even a small piece of information related to magic keys would be good.

So if she could just obtain a new key, that would be perfect.

Whatever it is, it would help with future plans.

First, Liria decided to try to get information from Kiki, who was visible right in front of her.

Although they couldn’t communicate verbally, it was currently the only key spirit Liria could rely on.

However.

Even after giving it delicious meat.

And letting it sleep soundly for twenty hours a day while emitting a pleasant scent.

It didn’t reveal anything about the other keys.

No matter what she asked, it just shook its head and made a mess of the room.

Liria asked with a clouded gaze, resting her chin on her hand.

“…So you really don’t know a-nything?”

“Koo.”

“About the teleportation key and.”

“Kook!”

“You don’t know how to get the healing key either?”

“Beep!”

Kiki’s whiskers shook pitifully as it nodded its round head vigorously.

“……”

The smile disappeared from Liria’s face.

No more words appeared in the booklet, and this cute, elongated creature before her eyes knew absolutely nothing.

“…What kind of key spirit are you anyway?”

Liria sent a thin glare as if it were utterly useless.

The sharp-witted Kiki quickly changed its demeanor and bared its teeth.

“Sheek! Kyang!”

“…Mommy! Sob. Don’t bite me. Okay, okay, calm down there.”

Liria backed away with a frightened face, nearly getting her ankle bitten.

“…Sniff sniff.”

The creature, twitching its whiskers and flaring its nostrils, suddenly began to explore its surroundings.

Hop.

It jumped onto Liria’s desk and messed everything up, then arbitrarily pulled open a drawer with a clatter and went right inside.

Then it started rummaging through things, rustling about. Its long body’s tail wagged excitedly.

“…Hey, what are you doing? You’re really rude and violent.”

In no time, the desk was in complete disarray.

As Liria sighed deeply, Kiki cheekily poked its head out. It had something yellow and shiny in its mouth.

Could it be a gold coin?

“That’s not for eating!”

Alarmed, Liria rushed over and took the gold coin from Kiki’s mouth.

“Ah… it wasn’t a gold coin. Well, I wouldn’t have money anyway……”

She got excited for a moment seeing the gold coin, but Liria had never even touched the budget allocated to her.

Originally, managing the internal affairs of children was the mother’s role.

But for Liria, who had no mother, her aunt Belita was managing her upbringing budget.

Her secretary would deposit the budget provided by the main family into Marit’s account every month.

Even that, she had recently overheard Marit and Yuphi worrying that the budget was decreasing.

“Shouldn’t we make a separate plea to Lady Belita now? Until now, the young lady was young, but now she’s participating in successor training, and growing up, she should be dressed in pretty clothes……”

“No. We can still manage with the money we’ve saved. Shh, the young lady might hear.”

When serving a powerless master, that share is fully transferred to the maids as well.

To protect my people, one must have power.

Hearing those words, Liria clenched her small hands tightly and made a decision.

‘I’ll definitely grow stronger and give you ten times the salary you’re getting now.’

Belita was extravagant and greedy.

She must have diverted Liria’s budget to adorn herself.

Liria looked down again at what Kiki had been holding.

As she unwrapped it, a sweet scent wafted out.

At first glance, it looked similar to the empire’s coins, but this was chocolate wrapped in the shape of a gold coin.

Marit had bought it from a candy store in town, but she had forgotten about it until now. The drawer was full of gold coin chocolates.

“Is this why you sniffed around and searched?”

“Koo-kook.”

She picked up the creature as it was trying to go back into the drawer.

“You can’t eat chocolate. It’s dangerous!”

Since chocolate is very harmful to dogs, she thought it would be the same for ferrets.

Kiki made a pitiful expression and stroked its own skinny belly.

Liria, as if she had no choice, took out some beef jerky she had prepared earlier and tossed it to Kiki.

Chomp chomp, watching Kiki devour it in an instant, Liria muttered.

“Yeah, instead of this, it would be better to get moving.”

It’s too early to be disappointed.

Liria once again examined the brilliantly shining key of authority.

If she could obtain other magic keys with this key……

She must find out how.