This Three-Year-Old Is A Villainess - Chapter 34
After saying that, he immediately added,
“—is nwice. But I wike Gwanfavver mowe!”
I inwardly chuckled at the question.
Really, who do you think I am?
I was known for my social skills in my previous world.
Normally, in situations like this, you’re supposed to talk about the person in front of you.
“I wike Gwanfavver the veeewy most~!”
Viscount Debussy laughed and looked at Grandfather.
“That’s right.”
“Stop making unnecessary noise.”
“Okay, okay. Here’s the report on the temple. Lately, in the Imperial Capital—”
“But.”
Grandfather interrupted while holding up some documents.
“Aren’t there ancient monuments with ancient writing on the Hadix Mountain? Taking Erylotte with us might help with the search.”
Then, he cleared his throat.
***
That night, I was ecstatic after obtaining Grandfather’s permission.
‘Seems like saying I like him the most wasn’t such a bad idea.’
Well, unless you’re in some unusual case where you hate yourself? And I did help Grandfather quite a bit.
While walking with a lighthearted mood, I ran into Conrad.
“Miss.”
“Hewwo.”
“Yes, it seems you’re in a good mood.”
“I’m gowing to the mountin with Fathew.”
“I heard, yes. That’s great news.”
Conrad said he hoped it would be a pleasant hike, and I nodded.
“Bwut whewe awe you gowing, Conwad?”
He wasn’t dressed in his usual aide uniform.
“The Margrave is urgently requesting to send a healer, so I’ll be accompanying a healer there.”
If they urgently requested a healer, it must be a serious situation. I widened my eyes, and Conrad explained further.
“It’s because of Margrave Dravdi’s youngest son.”
“Is he swick?”
“No need to worry too much.”
“Why?”
“We’re just taking a healer for precautionary measures. It seems like his fever is from an imminent manifestation of the Blessing.”
Aha.
I nodded.
Conrad gave me a cheerful smile then walked away.
‘The blessing, huh.’
I wish I had it too.
Not a fake one like ‘Reading Ancient Language’, but the real blessing.
‘Dahlia has three of them, and I don’t have a single one. Unfair.’
I grumbled to the empty space and let out a sigh.
Well, you have to work even harder when you don’t have something.
So, tomorrow’s trip to Hadix Mountain is important.
‘I must find the Purification Stone.’
I need to prove to Father that I’m a useful person!
I grinned.
***
The next day, I followed Father on his mountain expedition.
Father, after hearing Grandfather’s request to bring me along,
“Damned old man.”
─He muttered under his breath, but without much resistance, he brought me.
At the entrance to Hadix Mountain, a search command center was set up.
Father and the soldiers discussed search tactics in the command center, and I sat quietly beside them.
The man, who was about 3 meters tall and whom I had seen before, raised his hand.
“Is it enough to pick up any old stone in the mountains?”
‘What?!’
How are you supposed to pick up stones from all those mountains?
That’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Won’t you just be plain lucky if you find one?
Even if you strain your eyes, you won’t be able to find the Purification Stone.
‘The Purification Stone is inside a tree.’
A crystalline formation produced by trees that have aged for over a thousand years. That was the essence of the Purification Stone.
So, collecting pebbles a hundred times won’t help you find it.
“At this rate, we’ll just suffer in vain, and the search will be suspended.”
Since we couldn’t afford to leave it like that, I looked at Enzo.
“Whas a Puwificashun Sone?” (What’s a Purification Stone?)
Pretending not to know, Enzo, who was looking at a map, answered.
“Simply put, it’s a stone that can remove curses.”
“How cwan a sone wemove a cuwse?” (How can a stone remove a curse?)
“Because it has a special power given by nature.”
“Nashur is bad. Make evewithing a Puwificashun Sone. Discwiminashun, bad.” (Nature is bad. Make everything a Purification Stone. Discrimination, bad.)
As I deliberately spoke like a child, the soldiers burst into laughter.
“Do you even know what discrimination means?”
“But you know, I heard that the Young Miss can even write now.”
“Cute, you’re so cute.”
While these words were exchanged, Father’s gaze remained fixed on the map.
“White Tree…”
“Yes?”
When Enzo asked, Father said,
“The reason the Purification Stone occurs only on this mountain is due to different conditions from elsewhere.”
“Conditions? You mean?”
“If this mountain has a special condition, it must be the White Tree.”
‘Right, that makes sense.’
Father commanded,
“Search around the White Tree.”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Great!
