“Here, the bag you requested has been perfectly repaired.”

Marit, who had been waiting, received the luggage bag and carefully loaded it into the carriage.

Then, she quietly whispered to Ralph the coachman.

“Please drive the carriage gently. Oh, and stop by the pudding shop in town first.”

Having successfully accomplished her goal, Liria was moved to her room while still inside the luggage bag. She pressed the emergency button inside the bag.

It was a special device added by the workshop.

With a click, the lock was released and the bag opened.

“…Whew, it was so hot in there. But I feel refreshed after going out.”

Beads of sweat had formed on Liria’s face as she rested on a small baby sofa.

Now that the deal with the information guild was made, all that remained was to wait for the results.

She had already selected the information she would give to Jiana in exchange.

It was the location of an archaeological site where lost ancient artifacts were buried.

In the original story, a foreign merchant guild master obtained this treasure, but that person was already extremely wealthy even without such artifacts, so it should be fine.

Of course, there was still one big matter left.

While eating a spoonful of strawberry pudding on the table, Liria rolled her round eyes.

“The family gathering is the day after tomorrow.”

Thanks to her deal with her grandfather, she had the opportunity to attend.

It was a gathering of all the Robergs, including Osdel, Benjamin, and Belita.

And a place where all their subordinates and those who kept Liria and Classid in check would attend.

She needed to prepare herself thoroughly.

‘The purpose of going to the family gathering is to gain something more!’

Whether it be information, money, honor and reputation, or grandfather’s attention.

For the benefit of herself, Classid, and ultimately the Roberg family!

And one more thing.

In the original story, Adrian first appears within the Roberg estate.

Perhaps Adrian was already imprisoned somewhere in this vast ducal castle.

‘When the atmosphere of the family gathering reaches its peak, I’ll slip away and look for Adrian!’

As she was making this deep resolution in her heart, unexpectedly, someone knocked on Liria’s door late at night.

Marit entered and softly conveyed.

“Miss, Assistant Emmett says he has something to tell you.”

“Please come in, Assistant.”

Emmett bowed politely.

“I apologize for the late hour, Miss. Thanks to your previous request to secretly monitor Viscount Jade’s domain, instead of conducting an open inspection, we planted a spy inside and detected various circumstances regarding illegal activities in the territory. In the process, we discovered something new that seems strange.”

Liria rolled her eyes, recollection dawning on her face, and said.

“Ah… you really investigated secretly as I asked? Thank you for granting my request. But what new issue has come up?”

“Missing children, suspicious altars, and what appear to be animal carcasses were found in an abandoned factory in Viscount Jade’s territory.”

There was something that caught her attention.

Osdel had conducted research on magical abilities using black magic, even on ordinary children.

“Children and altars? Did those children happen to have black marks on their bodies?”

“That hasn’t been confirmed. I was told the children were returned to their parents through the security forces.”

“I see. If they do have black marks, it seems someone was using black magic to try to manifest fake magic.”

“Since this happened within Viscount Jade’s territory, he would be the most likely suspect.”

If he had planted a spy, Emmett might have noticed that Osdel was involved with Viscount Jade. But he didn’t mention Osdel’s name until the end.

Of course, Liria didn’t think this incident alone would be enough to shake Osdel.

Just cutting off Viscount Jade would be a significant achievement.

Emmett handed over a document summarizing the crimes committed by Viscount Jade.

Reading it, Liria’s expression naturally frowned.

‘Viscount Jade is quite a piece of trash…’

It seemed Viscount Jade had been oppressing the people of his territory to collect excessive taxes, and if they couldn’t pay, he would sell them as slaves.

He even collected fees for passing through roads, marketplaces, farms, and huts, calling them passage fees, stall fees, and ownership fees.

What was even more ridiculous was that he had created something called the “Roberg Honor Fund” and was collecting donations.

He was literally selling the Roberg name to fill his own pockets.

And half of those funds were probably flowing to Osdel as well.

‘Such a person really shouldn’t be left alone.’

“Since Viscount Jade will attend the family gathering, it would be best to reveal the truth to His Grace and have him formally investigated and appropriately punished.”

“I also agree with informing Grandfather. Such a wicked person deserves divine punishment!”

As Liria clenched her tiny fist and exclaimed, Emmett pushed up his glasses and said.

“You deserve much credit for this matter, Miss.”

“Oh, no. I just passed on what I overheard. The people who actually took action were you and the inspectors.”

‘Of course, it’s a lie that I heard it from Dimitri and Natasha, but it’s true that Viscount Jade is committing wrongdoings. I did well to inform Emmett in advance.’

As she made a self-satisfied expression, Emmett carefully asked.

“Miss, you look like you need some praise.”

“Ah, how did you know?”

“May I take the liberty, then?”

“Pardon?”

“I would like to praise you.”

Emmett took a step closer and gently patted Liria’s fluffy hair.

“You did very well. You are the smartest child I know.”

Being praised by a genius didn’t feel bad.

“Hehehe, is that so? Thank you for the tremendous compliment.”

“Then, sleep well.”

“You too, Assistant!”

Emmett smiled, which was rare for him, and left.

“I really did everything I could! Fortunately, I found out everything before the family gathering.”

As Liria skimmed through the document, she felt angry, but her eyelids kept growing heavy.

Perhaps it was because she had been pushing her six-year-old body through a demanding schedule. She felt tired and drowsy.

“Kyung.”

Kiki, also tired, crawled into his cave bed and collapsed.

Despite her drowsiness, Liria washed her face by herself and climbed into bed while yawning.

It was as soft as clouds, and she quickly fell into a gentle sleep.

Soon after, Marit entered the room where Liria was sleeping, turned off the magic lantern, gently stroked the child’s hair, and left.

The next day.

It was already a bright morning when Liria slowly left her room in her pajamas.

In the annex drawing room, Marit and Yuphi were folding laundry and chatting.

“…Miss Liria, you’re finally awake.”

“Mmm.”

Yuphi gestured to the still-sleepy Liria and said.

“Look at this. Lots of gifts have arrived!”

“…Huh? Gifts?”

It was true.

Two huge pink gift boxes tied with red ribbons were placed side by side.

One of them was almost the size of a door, unusually large.

Gifts suddenly when it wasn’t even her birthday?

Liria’s eyes widened as she couldn’t think of anyone who would send her gifts.

Moreover, she had never received such large gifts before.

“…Who sent them?”

“They arrived anonymously, so we don’t know, Miss.”

At Yuphi’s answer, Liria became cautious.

“What? We shouldn’t accept such things carelessly…”

“You don’t need to worry about that. We’ve already had the magic inspection team check them.”

“Really? That’s somewhat reassuring.”

“Open them quickly. I’m curious.”

“Ah, now I understand. Marit and Yuphi prepared these, right?”

Liria asked while hugging them, but both shook their heads.

“It wasn’t us!”

“Open them quickly, Miss.”

Marit picked Liria up and carried her to the gift boxes.

What could be inside? It seemed like three or four Lirias could fit in that box.

‘This isn’t the time for this. Should I be enjoying such things?’