The Tyrant’s Tranquilizer Chapter 5

Chapter 5 : The Tyrant’s Tranquilizer

Translated by Tam

Edited by Kio

Ethan ca back faster than she thought. He was holding a big basket. Filled with dried grains, fruit-like food to feed the birds, thick chocolate cakes, cow sizzles, and chicken soup, and no matter how hard you looked at it, it was not a bird’s food.

“Did I ask you to pack a picnic bag?”

Ethan smiled vaguely.

“I asked the maid to give what the birds usually ate, and suddenly the butler ca up and took care of it like this.”

When she heard that, she peeked into the basket again, and it was all the food that Alie liked. It wasn’t food for birds.

“Looks like all the people seem to care about you.”

This was food for more than one person. At Serwin’s brazenness, Alie lost her words.

‘Renee, father…I’m touched, it’s impressive, but… I don’t think chicken soup is for birds…’

Alie was disturbed.

Serwin took out a dagger. Look at that hideous thing! The blade of the dagger was so sleek that it was easy to cut a bird’s neck.

“Pyak!”

Alie rolled down from Serwin’s palm. And quickly went into the cage.

“Is it comfortable there?”

Serwin took a red apple out of the basket. And cut the apple thinly with a small dagger. The sweet scent as the juice flowed down his thick fingers. The sll of apples, which beca more sensitive for the birds, was an unbearable temptation.

‘I’m hungry..’

Co to think of it, she hasn’t eaten anything since breakfast. She lost all of her energy as she was shaken by the Emperor. It suddenly made her very sad to think how long its been since she last eaten.

She wants to eat everything, but she can’t even eat. She’s hungry. But she’s sad. She’s really sad.

“Pya….”

Alie bowed her head with a pathetic cry. As soon as she beca aware, she started to feel the hunger like crazy.

“Co here.”

Serwin said. He put a small piece of apple on the tip of his finger and slipped it through the bars. The pulp was crushed small and gave off a stronger scent.

‘No, that’s the Emperor’s hand. If I peck his fingers while I’m taking it, he’ll kill . But the Emperor’s gonna kill anyway, right? Wouldn’t it be pointless to hold out?’

On the other hand Alie had an appetite. As she transford into an animal, her instincts beca stronger, so her appetite was already unbearable.

‘Yes, the ghost who died after eating said it looked good, too!’

Alie ran and pecked the apple off Serwin’s finger with her beak.

Along with the small crushed pulp, the sweetness of the apple filled her mouth.

‘It’s delicious!’

Maybe they choose only the good ones for the Emperor so the taste was incomparable to the apples that she bought at the convenience store.

Alie’s last reason collapsed. He doesn’t know she’s a human anyway. With self-rationalization, she fell into a trance and ate what Serwin gave her. Because of the stress, the sweet fruit went straight into her.

Serwin smiled and tickled Alie’s little cheek with his fingertips. By the ti he ca to his senses, she had already eaten the grapes on his palm. Alie walked backwards, burying her neck.

‘Scary…’

She ate her food, but she still felt afraid of him. Big hands, fishy sll, and human head. This is the worst first eting a future murderer and a victim can ever face.

“You’re well fed, but why are you still scared?”

Serwin’s voice expressed frustration.

“It’s only been a little over an hour since we t. Small animals usually have to spend ti and get closer slowly.”

Replied Ethan, standing next to him and quietly wiping fruit.

“I see. Take your ti—”

“Your Majesty must like the bird very much.”

“Yeah. I can’t take my eyes off the little thing.”

Alie was startled by the words.

‘Why do you like it? Scary—’

Knock knock.

Then, she heard a sound of knock. Alie took the gap and went back into the cage. She raised her tail feathers and buried her neck in her fur, as if guarding all directions.

“Your Majesty, Chad is back.”

“Co in.”

The door opened, and a man nad Chad ca in. He was wearing old clothes that the herdsn would wear. However, as he walked his posture was alike to Ethan standing next to him, it attracted and commanded attention.

‘What’s again this ti?’

Alie looked around with her head. Chad, a man in a shepherd’s robe, bowed deeply in front of the Emperor.

“While I was carrying out what you ordered, I heard the news that your Majesty had co and returned imdiately.”, said Chad.

He’s a knight who was sent a few days ago to investigate the territory of Dellaheim. He returned after hearing that the Emperor had arrived.

“Did you find it?”

Serwin looked at Chad. Although he was looking up, his dignity did not die. But there was impatience in his voice. Ethan also looked at Chad with a nervous expression.

Alie raised her ears up. What the hell are you looking for? Jewels? Ancient relics? Legendary herbs?

Serwin asked again.

“Did you find the witch?”

Boom- Allie felt her heart sink for a mont.

Alie doubted her ears. Serwin was looking for a witch? She couldn’t blink and waited for Chad’s answer. Nervousness had made her mouth go dry.

“I’m sorry. I failed —Ugh!”

Even before Chad was finished, Serwin threw a vase. The vase flew in the air and hit Chad’s head.

CRASSH!

The vase was shattered. Chad’s body shook greatly. Blood splashed to the floor.

‘He threw a vase at a person—’

But Alie was the only one who was surprised. Chad, Ethan, and the Emperor who threw the vase remained calm as if sothing like this is normal.

Chad sat on one knee. He couldn’t open his eyes because of the blood, but his posture was not disturbed at all.

“Sorry, but I have not fulfilled my duties. Please punish .”

“Pay for it.”

Serwin’s eyes turned to the sword on Ethan’s waist.

‘Are you going to kill him? No way? Just because you didn’t find ?’

“Pyaaak!”

Alie scread without even knowing. No matter how bad you did what you were told to do, you just threw a vase at a person’s head. He was too harsh on his subordinates. She recalled his nickna as a tyrant again.

Serwin’s eyes were on Alie. When he saw a bird flapping on the cage, he frowned.

Then Ethan interrupted it.

“Sir Chad, please explain the situation first. The punishnt could co down later. Didn’t you report that you found a witch in the castle?”

“On the first day I ca here as I reported, I heard about a witch in the castle.”

Chad disguised himself as a shepherd and ca to the Dellahaim territory. It was to find out where the witch lived by arriving at the territory before the Emperor. Until then, his goal was the Fidelia Forest. He stopped by the Castle to buy things he needed and listen to people’s stories.

The first day he arrived at Dellahaim. He heard about the witch in the restaurant. It wasn’t much of a story.

‘I saw a witch on the way.’

‘I want to get good dicine for arthritis. Will I be able to et you if I go now?’

The next day, Chad heard from people that they saw a witch while passing by. Unlike the Capital, Dellaheim was very favorable to witches. Then there was a possibility that the witch lived in a village near the Castle, not in the Forest of Fidelia.

Chad reported to Serwin that while Serwin’s group turned their way to the Fidelian Forest and ca to the Count’s Mansion, he was scouting the Castle to find out the Witch’s house.

‘Argh—! I didn’t know the Emperor’s knight was here! I never thought you’d try to find . Why are you looking for a witch, huh?”

Alie scread inside. She was extrely shocked.

For the past two weeks, she has frequently been in and out of the Castle, getting ready to run away. So people must recognize her from ti to ti. But she wasn’t worried. No one in Dellahaim has ever tried grandmother’s witch’s dicine. So the people here were friendly to the witch, and Alie wasn’t too worried about showing her face.

‘I didn’t think it was a big deal—’

In Chad’s words, Alie realized another fact.

‘That’s why in the original novel, Renee never t the Emperor until he went to the Palace. In the original, Alie wouldn’t have been in and out of the Castle trying to escape.’

In the end, her efforts to run away safely caused anger.

If she prepared a little less thoroughly, then her identity as a witch would have stayed off the Emperor’s radar.

Even if it’s family or not, she should just run away and never look back.

And this ans she will never beco Serwin’s new pet.

‘As soon as I knew I was possessed, I should have run away—’

But then she got Renee and Count in her mind.

‘No, but it’s a good thing I ca to see my father and Renee. I can’t regret that.’

Alie whimpered and rubbed her eyes with her wings. While she was at fault for Chad’s current condition, Chad continued.

The people of Dellahaim did not open their mouths easily. Twenty years ago, many people still rembered the “witch hunt” that swept the entire continent. They could not trust outsiders.

“I was rejected because they couldn’t tell outsiders where the witch lives.”

“After all, you haven’t figured it out?”

Serwin’s voice sounded as horrible as a death sentence. Chad shook his head.

“I’ll accept any punishnt.”

Punishnt again? She didn’t know what to say when all the blood from his head covered his face. Alie looked at Serwin uneasily.

Serwin looked at Chad with cold eyes.

“Go back to the village. If you look around like that, they’ll tell you the location of the witch.”

Oh, my God. She can’t believe he can speak so harshly.

It was a ferocious and cruel order to the extent that Alie was also angry. However, Chad seed to be grateful for such orders.

“This ti, I’ll repay your expectations. Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Chad lowered his head deeply and raised himself. It was a disciplined move like a knight, but he couldn’t overco his dizziness. Ethan secretly supported him on the back.

“Then I’ll excuse myself to help Sir Chad.”

After greeting, Ethan and Chad left the room.

Alie looked back at them. Chad was seen falling through the door’s closing gap. On his red face, all kinds of evil deeds of Serwin ca to mind.