"Lady Adailia, I caught the man as you ordered." The knight said, bringing the evil stupid child kidnapper with him, with both his hands twisted behind his back while a sword was kept at his neck.

I let go of the little girl (let's call her Eunah's twin cause little girl sounds weird) who by now stopped crying. I glared at the man with my arms folded.

This was a serious case. This guy was basically kidnapping her and I'm pretty sure he isn't her father cause they look nothing alike. But in this world, you can't be sure about those things, so I decided to confirm it.

"Is he your father or any relative?" I asked Eunah's twin.

She shook her head no and my glare deepened as I looked at the kidnapper.

"Tell me right now what you were trying to do with this girl or I'm going to order the knights to torture you." I deadpanned.

I wasn't going to torture him but there's no harm in trying empty threats.

The man gulped and looked at anything that could save him or if he could just run but the second knight also withdrew his sword and pointed it at him.

"Spit it out!" I raised my voice.

But he still didn't speak anything.

I was on the verge of snapping and ordered, "Just bring him with us to the Mansion. I'll let the Archduke deal with him." I said emphasising on the word Archduke and that worked.

"Come o-" before I could finish my sentence a horrible scene was in front of me.

Red.

I shrieked (so did Seanna) and covered my ears, turning away from the scene and crouching down on the floor, trembling.

The man killed himself. Slicing his neck on the blade of the sword which the knight used to threaten him.

I felt like puking after remembering the blood spattering from his neck.

I took deep breaths, trying to calm myself down.

Never in my 29 years of life had I saw something like this.

"Sorry, Lady Adailia, you had to experience such a thing. We will clean the mess. Do not worry." One of the knights said.

After a few minutes, I was breathing normally and I looked at Eunah's twin, Seanna was trying to calm her and looked like it work.

"Are you okay?" I asked Eunah's twin.

She nodded.

The sun was gonna set soon, I need to get home before that.

"Where do you live, kid?" I asked Eunah's twin.

She thought for a minute but didn't reply and started moving in some direction. I followed her silently while Seanna and the knights followed me silently. There was no way I was going to leave a child roaming in these dangerous streets after what just happened.

We were soon in front of a big building.

"Isn't this Mac Eachern orphanage?" One of the knights said.

Oh, so this the famous orphanage from where all the nobles adopt a kid for their child. Wait....So that means....

I looked at Eunah's twin who expressionlessly walked towards the building.

Mac Eachern orphanage was named after it's founder and was home for all the kids who lost their parents in war or any other causes. They are later taken up by noble families. All the children here get the surname Mac Eachern, that is why Caiden and Mari have the same surname.

As we entered the building a lady came rushing and hugged Eunah's twin (ugh, now even Eunah's twin sounds weird).

"Where were you?" The lady asked, tears flooding her eyes. But something was wrong.

She... She.... Spoke in Korean!!!!!!!

Oh my God! But how?

"What's her name?" I also asked in Korean.

She looked surprised and then answered, "Chocolate."

What?

Chocolate?

Like that sweet thing you eat?

What kind of a name is that?

Wait... Is that because she is just a background character?

Sigh. Poor background characters, they don't even have a proper name, unlike my fancy name. Chocolate... Ah. Let's make that Choco...is a background character... And now I kinda feel offended that my sister looks like a background character.

"How do you know the commoners language?" She asked me.

Oh! So it is like that. All the nobles speak in English while the commoners speak in Korean. Now that I think about it, I unconsciously spoke in Korean with that dead kidnapper back in the alley, I didn't notice it that time since we were in a dangerous situation. Ohh! And that is why that shopkeeper was able to tell that I'm a noble since I spoke in English. Makes sense.

"Cause I am a commoner too." I lied.

And she saw right through it.

She looked at my face, then clothes, then she looked back and I realised that Seanna and my knights we're still standing there (I forgot they existed for a second). I was happy that people didn't guess that Adailia was the daughter of the Archduke by her hair colour (I think pink isn't extraordinary colour like I thought), otherwise, it would be been awkward since there are nasty rumours going about Adailia since she burned a lady's house. Serina (the librarian) didn't know I was Adailia till she asked me my name, she was shocked and said I wasn't like the rumours described me.

"I just got these clothes for my birthday and these are my brother's friends. I really am a commoner." I lied. It was easy to lie than explain why I, a noble, can speak a commoner language.

"Anyway, Choco got lost and got in trouble earlier. Please keep an eye on her and other kids. There are a lot of bad people outside." I told the lady and then we bid each other goodbye.

It actually felt really nice talking to someone in Korean, besides, Choco reminded me a lot of Eunah. I think I'll visit the orphanage once again.

" How does Lady Adailia know the commoner's language?" Seanna asked and I can see that the knights we're curious as well, but luckily none of them really understood what I said earlier. Seanna doesn't know commoner's language (unlike other companions) cause she was originally a Baron's daughter whose household got ruined.

"I learnt it in the library, now let's leave quickly, it's getting dark." I said and made my way where the carriage was parked.

"Also, whatever happened today shall not be repeated to anyone. Not even the Archduke. Those who shall go against my order, better be ready to pay the price." I stated with confidence. All of them nodded.

We all left for the mansion after that.

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After dinner, I decided to pay Aiden a visit regarding what happened with Choco. I have a hunch that, that guy was one of the members involved in the slavery system. I'm pretty sure Aiden could help me. I could go to the Archduke, but he will ask a lot of question then raise security because he is a very overprotective father.

I knocked on Aiden's room (where I last saw him disappearing).

A strict and husky, "Come in" came and I started to doubt whether it's Aiden or not.

Since when was this guy so serious??

I slowly creaked the door open and peeped inside the room and relaxed to see Aiden plopped on his desk doing some paperwork. He had a serious expression on his face. Looks like he took his work seriously, after all, he was next in line for the title of the Archduke.

And I decided to have some fun with him.

"Father, what are you doing in Brother's room?" I asked, faking curiosity.

Aiden looked up from his paperwork and before he could smile, his brain processed what I said and sulked instantly.

"It's me, Lia, your brother." He said, sulking, "I don't look that old.", he mumbled the last part but I heard it anyway.

I mentally laughed and awwed at how cute he was being and replied, "Oh, Sorry Oppa, couldn't guess you from this far." He sulked even more.

"So what brings my lovely sister to my study?" He asked and I decided to directly get to the point.

"Oppa, Can you tell me about the Slavery system?"

He instantly stopped whatever he was doing and looked up at me with questioning eyes, "Why do you want to know that?"

"Just curious."

"No." Was his reply.

"Please~" I tried.

Still no reply.

"Pretty Please~" I made a cute pout and I swear I saw a drop of sweat trickle down his forehead.

"Oppa please~~" I made puppy dog eyes to which he squinted his eyes.

Hehe. Try and escape the Villainess charms, I dare you.

"....Well, there's no harm in telling, I guess."

I beamed at him and he sighed before he started explaining me.

The summary of our one-hour conversation was, that most of the men's involvement in the slavery system was either from Peruka or hired for Peruka, the neighbouring empire in the east. Even though Peruka is small compared to Obelia it has a huge noble population. And nobles need slaves which are not enough in their country so they abduct it from Obelia. They usually cross the borders through the hilly terrains in the East of Obelia joining Peruka the security isn't very tight over there. It is very difficult to track down any one of them since they are scattered and if caught they prefer dying rather than giving answers. The Emperor is trying his best to control it but hasn't been very successful in it.

And that's about it.

In the future, Traashid will catch everyone except the head and that is why it was a huge success for the Empire and Traashid was able to prove his worth as the Emperor as well.

Oh well.

Cool.