The fabric still carried Dad’s unique, warm scent, vivid as if he were right here.
I let that scent envelop , as if it could fill the void his absence left behind.
“...Dad, we’ll et again. I’ll save you. I promise.”
In the end, it’s the male protagonist who will save the world from destruction.
But as for , I’ll save innocent lives dood to perish because of the Demon King. And most of all, I’ll save my dad.
Since things have turned out this way…
“I’ll beco strong… unbelievably strong. Strong enough to bring my dad back.”
I vowed to myself with all my heart.
Not as the Great Demon King Baal, but as Lloyd Delight—the dad who loved more than anyone else.
I would begin my very own Delight Project.
***
With my resolve firmly in place, I stepped out of Dad’s room.
The first thing I did was gather all the portraits of Dad and and store them in my inventory.
Before my regression, I had burned every painting of our family before fleeing the house. I didn’t want anyone recognizing as the Demon King’s daughter based on the portraits.
Thankfully, this ti I had an inventory. What a lifesaver.
I also put the vial of the mysterious potion Dad had consud into my inventory.
Sigh... Now, let’s take another look at the system window.
After tidying up the fras, I grabbed one of the loaves of bread Mrs. Marsha had baked earlier and started munching on it as I opened the system.
Having played this ga countless tis before, I was already familiar with the process.
The first thing to do was change my profession. Without a profession, gaining abilities quickly would be nearly impossible.
Besides, thanks to the additional tutorial rewards, I could gain ten levels imdiately upon switching professions.
Perfect.
Sure enough, the job advancent quest was active.
There were over 500 jobs I could choose from—everything from candy seller to florist, cotton candy expert, top-tier perfu maker, and even master teddy bear craftsman.
I scrolled through the endless list without paying much attention to the random options.
Among all these jobs, I already knew which one I needed to choose.
“Found it!”
The na of the profession I had decided on sparkled on the list.
“Yes!”
I chose the profession without a mont of hesitation.
If I wanted to find my dad and venture into the Demon Realm, this was a must-have ability.
I couldn’t beco a demon like my corrupted father. To face him and bring him back to his original self, no profession was better suited.
“Yes!”
At that mont, I felt an invisible yet profound force envelop and fill .
Divine Power—a sacred energy—was coursing through , rising steadily in intensity.
“Oh, wow.”
Starting at Level 10 upon job advancent?
It normally took at least half a year of grinding to reach Level 10. Not too long, but definitely not short.
The thought of having saved six months of effort was a huge relief.
“Hmm?”
Could it be… that item?
It was exactly what I thought. This was the sa reward given in the ga when you first advanced to Holy Knight.
I was handed the ‘Basic Double-Edged Sword of the Holy Knight,’ just like before.
I gave a polite yet cheerful thanks.
“Thank you very much!”
Now that my job advancent was complete…
Ti to move on to the next destination.
***
I decided to use one of the ‘Teleportation Tickets’ I had received as a tutorial reward.
“I probably won’t be coming back here for a while.”
Before leaving, I took one last look around the mansion. The people of Neverland would undoubtedly wonder what had happened to Dad and after our sudden disappearance.
At least, for now, they still loved both of us. At this point in ti, no one had cast stones at or accused of being the Demon King’s daughter.
However, in just two months, the news of the Great Demon King Baal’s revival would spread, and Magi would begin flooding the empire.
Soon, people would flock to our ho after soone claid to have seen a winged man flying through the sky.
Once again, Dad would fall under suspicion.
After a brief mont of hesitation, I turned toward the saints.
“I want to use the ‘Patron Wish Ticket.’”
“…This ti, it’s a practical wish. Please make everyone who knows and Dad forget about us entirely.”
“And make it so this house has been considered a ruin for ages. Spread rumors that it’s haunted by ghosts to keep anyone from entering.”
I wanted everyone to forget about us.
That way, no one would co after for being the Demon King’s daughter.
“Yes! Please do it!”
It worked.
Truly, no one rembered us anymore.
“Thank you.”
With that, I fully turned away from the house.
My heart felt both lighter and heavier at the sa ti.
The relief ca from knowing that, in this lifeti, the people of Neverland wouldn’t co to despise Dad and .
They had been kind and warm to us, and we had loved them deeply in return.
No matter how much Dad had changed into the Great Demon King, his kindness toward them had always been genuine.
It was enough for that they could forget us without hating us.
***
The Ebony Orphanage.
That was the na of the orphanage where I had lived for nearly four years during the tutorial.
Using the ‘Teleportation Ticket,’ I instantly transported myself there and opened the map of the Sientri Empire that I’d received as a reward.
The orphanage was far from Neverland—much farther than I had expected.
“How did the tutorial version of manage to run this far with such a tiny body?”
Of course, I had secretly hitched rides on wagons here and there, but still.
I hadn’t returned to Ebony Orphanage to live as an orphan again.
“There’s soone here I absolutely have to et.”
This was about the right ti, wasn’t it?
During the tutorial, I’d only heard rumors that she had visited the orphanage. I’d never seen her in person.
At the ti, I had been locked away in the orphanage’s storage room, studying herbology and conducting experints on my own.
“This ti, I have to et her.”
Just then, I spotted the orphanage director in the front yard. Eva, a kind young woman, was her na.
“Oh, hello!”
I approached her with the brightest, most pitiful smile I could muster.
Eva’s eyes widened at the sight of .
“My goodness, I’ve never seen you before! But oh my! What a stunningly beautiful child you are!”
Her eyes sparkled with astonishnt, and I offered a bashful smile.
This was the reaction everyone had when they first saw .
“You look like a doll. Where are your parents? How can soone so cute and lovely exist?”
People were captivated by at first glance.
Which ant that she—Lady Rearwin Pluto, Marchioness of the Pluto Ducal House and mother of teor Pluto—would certainly notice too.
During the tutorial, Rearwin had visited Ebony Orphanage because she desperately wanted a daughter. However, due to the Duke’s objections, she hadn’t been able to adopt anyone.
Instead, she had tried to take a young girl under her guardianship.
But none of the children had caught her eye, and she had left empty-handed.
If I managed to catch her attention this ti and beco a ward of the Pluto Ducal House?
“Then I’ll beco a small part of the Pluto family!”
It would be the perfect opportunity to get close to teor, the man destined to kill my dad.
And besides, as a Holy Knight, I needed to head north anyway.
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