The Little Demon King is Too Bothered by Her Brave Dads

And yet….

 

‘It, it’s hard to breathe.’

 

The countess gasped for breath.

 

It was as if someone put a knife to your neck, and you felt chills down your spine.

 

Her cold hands and feet were stiff.

 

“Oh, and.”

 

Siegfried added as if he had just remembered.

 

“I plan to claim all the money that the countess has been embezzling so far from Count Ghiberti.”

 

“What? But!”

 

“Since Countess was a member of Ghiberti, she was accepted as the general manager, so Count Ghiberti must take responsibility for it.”

 

Siegfried tapped the budget bills with the tip of his index finger.

 

“By the way, I’ve figured out where the money the countess embezzled went, and the circumstances.”

 

Facing the Countess, whose eyes were wide open, Siegfried asked in retrospect.

 

“All of it has been applied to the Ghiberti family, am I right?”

 

“I-I, I mean.…!”

 

The countess hastily tried to make an excuse, but Siegfried spoke faster.

 

“Come to think of it, it’s been strange ever since Tatiana asked to go to the library.”

 

Siegfried calmly continued.

 

“It’s obvious that you were complaining about my words.”

 

Siegfried recalled the dinner where Tatiana and the Countess had been together.

 

Even though Siegfried himself gave her permission, Countess Ghiberti inevitably said, “These are precious books, so Tatiana must not touch them”.

 

At the time, he thought that the countess was dissuading the books because she was worried that the books might be damaged, out of pure goodwill.

 

To put it bluntly, in a situation where the head of the household, Siegfried, had already given permission, the servant – the countess – rebelling in itself was an act of crossing the line.

 

He even turned a blind eye to such rudeness……

 

Now he had his doubts.

 

“Were you really worried about the books?”

 

“That, that.”

 

“Since you have embezzled Orleans property so far, you must have subconsciously thought that even those books belong to the countess.” Siegfried tilted his head.
“Didn’t you hold her back because those books were too precious?”

 

“Oh no! How can I….
!”

 

The countess raised her voice as if she were vomiting blood.

 

Siegfried, however, only shrugged his shoulders proudly.

 

“Well, even if that’s not the case, it’s none of my business.
I’ve already made the decision that I can’t trust the Countess anymore.”

 

“I, please…!”

 

The countess, who had been rolling her eyes because no idea about what to do came to mind, dropped to her knees.

 

“I’m sorry!”

 

She lowered her head so that her forehead touched the ground.

 

“Please, please don’t touch my son and grandchildren!”

 

“Aha, so the Countess values her son and grandchildren?” Siegfried spoke sarcastically for her to hear.

 

“It would have been nice if you realized that my people are precious to me as well.”

 

With that said, Siegfried waved his hand as if he was annoyed.

 

“Just leave.”

 

“Lord, no, Your Excellency the Duke!”

 

The countess pitifully called out to Siegfried, but Siegfried only looked down at her with a cold gaze.

 

And.

 

“……”

 

“……”

 

There was a strange silence that didn’t match the current situation at all.

 

It was because Countess Ghiberti, who had been crying and begging for mercy until just now, had suddenly shut her mouth.

 

To be precise, she didn’t shut her mouth on purpose.

 

Rather.

 

‘I-I’m suffocating….
!’

 

The countess felt pressure, as if someone was squeezing her throat.

 

Just standing in front of Siegfried’s gaze made her whole body tremble.
She wondered if a mouse would feel like this in front of a beast.

 

Pressure so thick and overbearing that it felt like a vivid touch of flesh on one’s skin.

 

“Save, save, save……” the countess stammered desperately.

 

Siegfried gestured to the door.

 

“Go away.”

 

At that moment.

 

“Ugh!”

 

The pressure that had been constricting her whole body disappeared in an instant.

 

The countess, who was breathing heavily, stared at Siegfried with terrified eyes.

 

‘Monster……!’

 

The countess staggered to her feet and ran out the door as if running away.

 

At the same time, Siegfried chewed the swear words into his mouth and swallowed them.

 

‘Damn it.’

 

It was a deep sense of shame.

 

‘You are so incompetent.’

 

While pointing a sword at the five demon kings to save humanity, he had no idea that his own subordinates were suffering like this.

 

‘If it wasn’t for Tatiana, I probably wouldn’t have even noticed this.’

 

Even though the child just said that without knowing anything.

 

Still, if it hadn’t been for that child, he wouldn’t have even known that the employees were being treated unfairly.

 

‘I guess….
I’ll have to say thank you.’

 

Siegfried jumped to his feet.

 

To be a little honest.

 

….He just wanted to see Tatiana.