The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

girl with him when he arrived yesterday, and yet he now brought this little girl with him in his visit today.  

 

Terrance had paid attention to Beatrice for that reason, but he also didn’t dare to do so too obviously.  Thus, he only started truly focusing on her now.  

 

With this focus of attention, Terrance discovered that this little girl really did have something unusual about her.  

 

Even though she’s so young, she had no fear of strangers at all.  She even stared right back at him.  This behavior really was different from that of normal children.  

 

The other thing unusual was her appearance.  

 

Although this little girl did look very cute, to the point where it’s obvious that she’ll be a beauty in the future, what actually caught Terrance’s attention was her eyes.  

 

“Blond hair…  Violet eyes…”  

 

Terrance started muttering that before his expressions suddenly changed.  

 

“What is it?”  Shien had noticed the change that came over Terrance so he immediately asked, “Does Captain Terrance know of this child’s origins?”  

 

Terrance however turned mute in the face of that question though.  

 

Terrance’s expressions continuously shifted, and his gaze at Beatrice was slowly turning fearful.  It was only after some time that he finally let out a bitter chuckle.  

 

“I’m sorry Lord Bayztrot, but I may have to disappoint you here.”  Terrance spoke with a dry and scratchy voice, “I don’t actually know of her origins.  All I can do is advise you to release that child as soon as possible, so as to avoid disaster.”  

 

“Disaster?”  Shien frowned as he looked right at Terrance, “What do you mean by that?”  

 

“That…”  Terrance hesitated for a moment before speaking out in a low tone, “This matter relates to a certain urban legend within the Stalim dukedom.  Anyways, you really should just follow my advise without bothering about anything else.”  

 

As he said that, Terrance was still continuously peeking over in Beatrice’s direction.  He looked as if he feared her existence.  

 

When he saw that, Shien narrowed his eyes as he he started thinking.  

 

At this moment, Lasha suddenly spoke up.  

 

“Mister Shien, We seem to still be missing some preparations and supplies.  Since we will certainly be leaving Jiltry after this, shall I prepare them now if you don’t mind?”  

 

Lasha’s sudden words made everyone there pause for a moment.  

 

Only Shien started reminiscing over the maid’s omnipotence in his mind while he nodded.  

 

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“Go ahead then.  Take Beatrice along with you.”  

 

Shien agreed to Lasha’s proposal.  

 

“Well then, pardon me.”  

 

Lasha gave everyone there an impeccable curtsy before she took Beatrice with her in leaving the scene.  

 

“I’ll go along with her.”  

 

Airi also calmly stated, and without waiting for anyone’s permission, she followed along after Lasha and Beatrice and left on her own accord.  

 

That girl had been acting like she’s been very bored from the start, so she likely had no interest in the conversation between Shien and Terrance at all, right?  

 

(The women at my side really do all have quite the character.)  

 

Shien could only resign himself to that as he then turned back toward Terrance.  

 

“Now can you properly explain?  Captain Terrance?”  

 

Shien’s tone turned slightly pressuring.  

 

Terrance understood the implication that Shien was planing to question this matter to the very end.  

 

However, Terrance personally still didn’t really want to talk about the subject.  

 

It wasn’t that he refused to show Shien any face, nor was it because he was scared, but rather that this really is something of a taboo within the Stalim dukedom.  

 

The Stalim family even ended up making a decree forbidding people from casually talking about this matter.  

 

The Georgi family is a vassal of the Stalim, and Terrance himself is the captain of the Second Knight Order, so he naturally wouldn’t want to violate that decree.  

 

However, it’s not like Terrance can afford to offend Shien either.  

 

It was quite a headache for him.  

 

Thus, Terrance let out a sigh.  

 

“How about this then, lord Bayztrot.”  Terrance so spoke, “I have an old book at home.  If you’re interested, how about taking a look at it yourself?”  

 

Terrance decided to use a roundabout way like that.  

 

He had faith that Shien would understand what he wanted to say after reading that book.  

 

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And since he technically didn’t say anything, that also gives him enough deniability on his lord’s side.  

 

Shien immediately understood what Terrance was getting at, so while he grumbled over how troublesome it is in his mind, he still nodded on the surface.  

 

“Well then, I’ll be troubling you then, Captain Terrance.”  

 

Shien gave his thanks.  

 

“Not at all.  This is merely an insignificant reminder.”  

 

Terrance shook his head and acted like he really won’t be discussing this matter anymore.  

 

In this situation, the two started chatting about nothing as they waited for the return of the messenger that Terrance sent to retrieve the book.  

 

Yet, at that moment, the door of the parlor was forcefully flung open.  

 

“Father!”  

 

A young man came in with an angry look.  

 

“Tyler?”  

 

Terrance was first surprised before his face sank.  

 

“What is it?”  

 

Shien didn’t anticipate that someone would suddenly intrude on them, so he was quite confused.  

 

However, the next second, Shien noticed that the person called Tyler was looking at him with a stubborn and unbending look in his eyes.  

 

“Are you Shien Bayztrot?”  

 

The young man called Tyler spoke in an unkindly tone and loudly declared while also pointing impolitely at Shien.  

 

“I challenge you to a dual!”  

 

Those words made Shien raise an eyebrow.  

 

He only had one thought in his mind in response to those words.  

 

“Really, I finally bumped into yet another one of those tired cliches.”  

 

A dual, huh?  

 

He really didn’t think that he’d actually run into one.