I Grabbed the Tyrant’s Heart

“Does this woman owe you?”

“Yes.
Why? Does Miss want to pay her back?”

“How much?”

The man spread out five fingers.

“In dog.”

The daughter holding her mother, and the mother holding her daughter tightly.
Just like me and my mom

Biting my lip, I threw a gold coin at the man.

“What, are you a Miss from a rich house?”

The man who looked me up and down smiled.
He was outright asking for money.

“If you have that much money, why don’t you give more alms? I’m one who grovels, living day by day.”

The cape I’m wearing is plain, but it must be a luxurious material that is hard to see around.
However, since there were no escorts around, it seemed that he had judged that I was not a noble.

It seems like I may be the daughter of an extremely wealthy guild master, and I’m just good enough to extort money from.

“You bastard, stay away from the Miss!”

The coachman came forward, but a group of men who came out from behind the man only snorted.

“Ryder, take the mother and daughter aside.”

“Mi, Miss.”

Ryder, the son of Kart, an old coachman, didn’t seem to know what kind of person I was.

“Go.”

“Mi, Miss! But-”

“Why are you going away, let’s all go together?”

The man ran to hit Ryder.

“Let’s go together and send a telegram to the Miss’ house! Give me some money!”

The faithful coachman stood in front to protect me.

I can’t help it.

I pushed the coachman to the side-he fell down because I had poor control of my strength-and punched the laughing man in the face.

SLAM-

With the sound of something breaking, the man flew several meters away.

“Oh?”

I kicked Man 1, 2, and 3 one by one, who seemed unable to understand what had happened.
Man 2 and 3 stood up again and rushed at me, showing their stamina was not bad, but it was only a matter of time before they kissed the floor.

“Ryder, go and call the guards.”

Perhaps judging that I would not be threatened, the coachman hurriedly left in search of the guard post.
I crossed my arms and watched the rogues.

“Mom, that sister’s eyes are twinkling.”

Not only the child’s mother but also the people around me stared at me following what the child said.
I touched my head, and the hood fell backwards.

I quickly hid my face, but it seemed that the people who knew me had recognized me already.

“It’s Hardland!”

“Elf’s daughter!”

Black hair, the symbol of Hardland, and sparkling eyes unique to elves.

It shouldn’t be difficult for people to derive who I am by looking at my appearance.

It’s been quite some time since our family left the capital, but it seems that the appearance still remains in people’s memories.

I tried to go around quietly, but failed spectacularly, and today’s incident might spread rumors in the social world.

“You!”

I glared at the rogues that caused this problem.

“If something happens to me, it’s all your fault.
Understand?”

“Wh, what?”

“You stupid bastards!”

 

I beat the guys up until the guards arrived.

The guards who came running looked at me and the rogues alternately.
It seemed that they could not distinguish the perpetrators and victims.

However, after I introduced myself, only the rogues were quietly dragged away.

“You two.”

“Ye, yes?”

“Are you going to stay like this forever?”

The mother shook her head at my question.
With the dried tears that had been dripping down her cheeks, she revealed that she had already lived apart from her husband for a long time.

“Follow me.”

The place I took the poor mother and daughter to was the Lux Temple.

One of the temple’s many roles was to help with divorce.
Marriage and divorce are handled by the imperial family, but coordination in this process is also handled by the temple.

What these poor mother and daughter need is a divorce.
If they become estranged, there will be restrictions on her husband acting this way.

There was a priest who recognized my face, perhaps thanks to the fact that I accompanied Mother to visit the temple from time to time.

“Lady Hardland?”

“Hello, priest.”

But he was someone I don’t remember.
Was there anyone like this in this temple?

A priest who looked holy just with pure white hair and skin and silver-gray eyes.
He looked about the same age as me, but his eyes showed age.

“What brings the Lady to the temple?”

After hearing the situation, the priest nodded and called for the apprentice priest.

“Take them with you.”

Looking at the mother and daughter, who will now be protected by the temple, I said to the priest.

“If you need me in the middle, please contact me.”

“You have a strong sense of responsibility.”

 

“It’s just my personal insistence that since I started it, I have to finish it till the end.”

The priest laughed softly.

“My name is Calisis.
If you have any questions about the mother and daughter, you can look for me.”

“Thank you.”

This priest, somehow, has a similar feeling to Ber.

* * *

On the day I was supposed to meet with Count Guard, I took my sword and went to the palace.

A sword that Ber gave as a birthday present.
Now it’s no different than a part of my body.

 

“By the way, Tess, he’s whining.”

I hadn’t been to the imperial palace, but in the meantime, several letters came from Tess.

‘I miss you’, ‘When are you coming’, ‘Can I go see you’, so on.
He did show a lot of patience compared to his childhood when he came to visit me arbitrarily, but it’s just as annoying.

“He’s not even cute anymore.”

He’s not young, he’s not crying…… Instead, he’s looking at me with a face that’s just my type.

“I think that is more difficult…….”

Rather than a cute face, the face right now is definitely more deadly.

 

“The other person is Tess.
That Tess!”

That child who always cried, ranted, and fell all the time.

I tried to mutter, but I couldn’t help as my conscience was pricked.
At least I’m fully aware that he’s a man, not a child.

He also smells like a man.

“Welcome.”

It was the chief attendant who greeted me.
He is lower in position than Father, who is the Minister of the Internal Affairs, but he is in charge of the practical affairs of the palace, so he is a formidable person.

“Lady, you can come this way.”

I have nothing to say to be guided by such a person as I was the favored Hardland.

Fortunately, there were few people, and there would likely be no rumors about today.