I Picked Up The Evil Duke’s Child

d smile.

The male lead, Friedrich, cared for me dearly.

He would tell me not to work too hard whenever he had a chance, but… it wasn’t possible

At my words, Friedrich sighed deeply and replied with almost the same expression as I had just been told by Shun.

“Again…? My older brother keeps causing trouble for people.
I don’t care if he disappears alone, but I can’t believe he’s making you suffer like this.
Also, don’t you have a lot of work to do? Once you return to the Imperial Palace, I will tell you firmly.”

“Thank you.”

I bowed my head and hurried again to head to the carriage, but I stopped and asked.

“By the way, what’s going on today?”

It was because I wondered why Friedrich’s clothes were unusual as it’s only worn at events.

“Oh, come to think of it, didn’t I tell you? The Grand Duke of Priscilla, who was in the northern provinces, is returning today… “

Priscilla… I stopped at the familiar name.

“If it’s the Grand Duke… you mean the one who said he had to leave the Imperial Palace because he had something to do with his family?” 

“Yeah, come to think of it, I don’t think you’ve ever met the Grand Duke.
It’s only been a year since you officially became a Knight Commander.
The Grand Duke is also someone I cherish, so I hope you get along well.
I’ll introduce you properly when you get back from work.”

“Alright, thank you”

Without saying anything else, I had no choice but to leave the place.

It was because I knew very well what the Grand Duke of Priscilla was like and what he was going to do in the future.

Knowing what was going to happen in the future, I felt compelled for no reason.

“I decided not to get involved in the development of the novel…”

As I was walking with that thought in mind, I suddenly felt something light hit my leg.

“Oogh.”

“What…?”

It felt like someone was hitting my leg, to be exact.

At the same time, I heard a child’s voice, my eyes widened, and looked down.

A small child, who looked like a doll, was rubbing his forehead with his hand, grimacing as to whether the place he bumped into was painful.

It was a child with straight, black hair.

‘What a pretty child…’

I looked at him, my smile filled with admiration for his outstanding appearance, though he was still young.

“He… hello?”

But why is there such a child in the Imperial Palace?

The child who rubbed his forehead a few times with his small hand opened his eyes.

There was no reason for such a child to roam in the palace because none in the Imperial Family was this young.

I was looking into the round blue eyes of the child who looked pretty and somehow familiar.
I was in awe, thinking about the situation right now.

There was silence between me and the child for a while.

It was the child who broke the silence first.

“Mom!”

I blinked my bright eyes and looked back at the child who shouted with great excitement.

Is your mother here?

However, when I looked behind me, there was no one.

“Mom! Why are you pretending not to know me!”

Did you just say that to me?

I frowned in embarrassment and pursed my lips.

Meanwhile, the child suddenly jumped into me with a hug.

“Mom! I missed you! Why did you only come here now?”

I’m sorry but I’m not your mother…?

I couldn’t beat the child, so I just accepted it as it was, but I felt strange gazes around me.

[Beat, as in, she couldn’t beat the child because he won?? OR SMTH LIKE THAT I HOPE U GUYS GET ME..
it’s not beat, as in, beat you up!!!]

The Commander of the Imperial Knights, Lithia Alfrez, has a hidden child, it was obvious that they were having strange thoughts.

“I… I… Wait a minute! Sh-shall we go somewhere else?”

I didn’t want the child to stick to me and fall off, and I couldn’t just leave the child here, so I headed to a less-frequented place with the child in my arms.

Arriving in a corner of the corner where there was no one around, I put the child down and asked.

“Uhm… who are you? What about your mom and dad?”

“You’re my mom!”

I asked if someone who works here might have brought this child, but it was useless.

The clothes he wore were expensive too… I thought he might be the child of a high-ranking official, so I was trying to remember a face that resembled the child somehow, but suddenly the child started crying.

“Mom… do you not like Dad and Seri anymore? Is that why you’re pretending not to know us?”

“Huh…? It’s not that… I’ll go find your mom…”

“You’re my mom!”

Eventually, the child burst into tears.

What should I do at times like these?

Embarrassed, I lifted the child and started patting him on the back.

“You’re a good boy, aren’t you…? Please stop crying!”

Fortunately, the child stopped crying.

oh my god i’m sorry abt the the spaces,, i’ll fix this once ik how everything works ueueue