I Adopted A Villainous Dad Chapter 23

Ludwig had returned safely, but he was in a terrible state. When I saw the wounds on his arms and body, I shrank back.

"I'm sorry, Saintess. I'm still lacking…" Luciana led Ludwig into a room, and he imdiately got on his knees with his injured body.

"You idiot!" This had all happened because Elder Marxen had taken Ludwig with him! I was pissed off when I heard what he did, but when I rembered that he had died, I cald down. "Are you just injured? Or is there anything else?"

Luciana replied to my question, "We already used detoxification magic to counter the poison inside him. We're lucky that it was a poison that could be neutralized by magic."

"What in the world happened?"

Ludwig shook his head to show he didn't know. "Elder Marxen told to patrol the area alone, so I left. But I was attacked by an unidentified assailant."

I tilted my head. "What? I thought he was killed by a beast." Ludwig's expression grew rigid. It seed he didn't know what happened. I had a feeling sothing was off. If it had been an unidentified assailant, then soone was trying to get at Ludwig.

"Saintess, this is…" Ludwig gave sothing with his battered body. It was a small badge, and I imdiately recognized what it was.

"…" There was no way I could mistake the pattern depicting a rising star. It was the symbol of the Vios senate. I gripped onto the badge tightly and said, "So Elder Marxen was trying to kill you." I felt like soone had thrown cold water on . Elder Marxen didn't want to lose his divine power, so he had tried to kill Ludwig to keep his promise. My blood grew cold.

"My goodness." I knew that the people of the Holy Empire didn't view outsiders as humans, but I never imagined I would see sothing like this with my own eyes. 'I almost lost Ludwig here.' I got dizzy.

"I'm sorry, Saintess. I'm still weak…"

"If you're that sorry, recover quickly." As I said that, a bright light exploded out of my fingertips. The healing light enveloped Ludwig and imdiately healed him.

Ludwig's eyes trembled as he looked at . "To think the saintess herself would heal ."

"And take this." I returned the holy sword I had taken from him.

"Saintess…

"I can't take this until I've beco a person worthy of holding the holy sword."

"Don't talk nonsense," I said. Ludwing was lucky he had survived this incident. No one knew what would happen next ti. He needed to have good equipnt to raise his chances of survival. "Ludwig."

"Yes, Saintess."

"Let's get stronger." Ludwig's expression shook, and he looked at with his blue eyes. I continued, "But if you et a strong opponent who you can't beat, it's okay to run away." It was possible that he would be too embarrassed to flee, but I thought differently. "The most important thing is to stay alive."

The Ludwig in front of and the Ludwig I had seen in my dreams overlapped. I recalled his bloody body that had protected Priscilla until the end. His huge, sturdy back had endured everything. Since I had brought him with , I could never lose him. "You can never die. Understand?"

His teary, blue eyes looked at mine. His Adam's apple moved, and he managed to let out a small voice. "I will! I will get stronger so that sothing like this never happens again."

"Good!" My expression changed, and I smiled at him. Ludwig's hand gripped onto the holy sword so tightly that I could see the bones in his hand. I didn't exactly know what he was thinking, but I got the gist of it. I told Ludwig to rest well, then left with Luciana.

"Elder Marxen…" I wasn't sad to hear that he had passed away. I actually thought it was a good thing that soone like him was dead. "It's weird."

Usually, villains like him didn't die that easily. 'Was he really attacked by a beast?' "Did… Daddy do sothing?" I rolled my eyes after thinking for a bit. I made my decision. No, my dad would never do sothing like that. It was karma.

* * *

I was having a hard ti seducing the male lead. There was one reason. 'Kais!' I went to look for him whenever I had free ti, but he never fell for it. He was amazing! He was like an iron wall.

"Hi, Kais. You again look handso today. I'm looking forward to seeing you in ten years."

"…"

"What're you doing?"

"…"

"Did you know? My daddy's amazing. First of all, he's good-looking."

"…"

"He's also extrely strong. He could probably conquer the world."

"…"

Kais never responded to , but I kept chattering on like a broken radio. It was a kind of brainwashing.

"Good morning, Kais!"

It had been days since I was coming over to him, but I had yet to receive a greeting. Well, I did understand why it was like this. Harel was still unconscious, and I could tell Kais was getting worried.

I was going to brainwash him again today, but I decided to visit Luciana instead. "Luci, did the doctors and the priests co?"

"Yes. They told us to watch over him."

"Until when will we have to watch over him?" If this went on, Kais would probably die before Harel. Kais sat next to Harel every day. He didn't even eat either. "Has he been like that today too?"

Luciana nodded.

"Hm." I didn't like it. He was still a growing boy, so he needed to eat well! It worried about his physical and ntal condition. His ntal wall was like a cracker right now. It could crumble under the slightest pressure.

'Those are delicious.'

I couldn't let this continue! "Go eat!" I grabbed his arm and pulled it, but he was too strong. Although he was young, the scary atmosphere around him was just as strong as Miltiades's. However, in my eyes, Kais was still a child!

"I'll watch over Harel," I said.

"…"

"You can't trust ?" He made an expression as if he couldn't. "That's upsetting. Who saved Harel again?"

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His dangerous atmosphere subsided a bit. 'There we go.' I proudly looked at him, and Kais looked back at in disgust. I patted his head. "It's okay. It's not your fault that he got hurt." When I said this, Kais's expression changed. I had said those words because I thought he was blaming himself. It seed like I was correct. "I'll protect Harel. Go and eat sothing. You need to be healthy to greet him when he wakes up."

It looked like Kais wanted to say sothing. I waited for him, but he just glared. Whenever we made eye contact, I unknowingly praised him. "Your eyes are so pretty."

Kais's eyes shook.

"Do you wanna marry in the future?" I jokingly said it to him, but Kais flung off my arm. When he moved, I saw a geotric shape above his collarbone. '… A subjugation seal!' Subjugation seals were proof of one being a slave.

While I was staring at the subjugation seal, Kais left the room. He had only eaten one al the previous day, and I was worried he would do the sa today.

"Arrogant kid. The saintess has been looking over him like this…"

It seed like other people were upset at Kais's actions. I was fine, though. In fact, it was fun to seduce soone who didn't respond well.

"Saintess."

"Yeah?"

"I was curious about sothing. Why are you taking care of them so much?"

'Why?' "Because they're in the sa situation as ?"

Luciana's expression grew frozen.

'They were fated to beco sacrifices in this scary world. Like .' That was the only reason, but it seed Luciana took it a different way.

"I see. The saintess… Was also like them…"

I didn't know what Luciana was thinking, but she grew solemn. So I explained, "Luciana, it's not what you're thinking."

"Yes, I know."

"No, I an it."

"It's fine, Saintess. You don't need to hide anything from ."

'It really wasn't!' If I kept denying it, I knew her misunderstanding would only grow. 'Well, whatever.' I left Luciana and went to Harel.

"Harel." He was still sleeping. Unlike Kais, Harel was soft and pretty. The only difference between the two of them was Harel's silver hair. 'They said his silver hair was the result of my miracle.' I poked his soft cheek and started thinking. 'Why isn't he waking up?'

"Wake up soon." When I said that, a white light ca out of my finger and exploded into gold. "…?" 'Can this also be considered a prayer?'

Luciana and I were both shocked that I had done sothing. As we remained confused, a holy golden light blew around. Harel opened his eyes. He blinked a few tis, then opened his mouth. "… Miss Angel?"

'Well, all's well that ends well, right?'