Who is Adrian?

He was the eldest son of the Duke of Aston, the richest man on the continent. It was a great thing for him to find the youngest daughter of such a family.

The butler also narrowed his eyes and looked at her child and said.

"Yeah, she obviously died right after she was born and had her funeral. I also attended the funeral. Probably not."

"Is that so? Oh man, didn't the temple start accepting paternity test requests for a while?"

"Yes, miss. Yes. I heard that Viscount Beryl also expelled her illegitimate child through the commission. It seems that the mother of the child was after her money."

"Beryl Viscount?"

"Yes, miss."

After thinking for a while, Violet asked the butler.

"Weren't Viscount Beryl's eyes a particularly bright sky blue?"

"Yes. Yes."

"...Isn't something strange?"

"What are you talking about?"

"...Hmm."

Violet paused for a moment and looked at the boy with the "bright blue eyes."

The child was eating happily, with a lot of sauce on her face.

'She eats with her face, not her mouth.'

She was like a kitten eating milk with her head all in her bowl.

Seeing that, Violet cleared the situation once more.

"Did Adrian's brother die right after he was born?"

"Yes, miss."

"What if Viscount Beryl had an illegitimate child six years ago, around the same time?"

The butler's expression darkened upon hearing the story.

The lady he serves is still young, but she is smart enough to be incomparable to her age.

So, whatever Violet said, she couldn't pass it up as it was a child's word.

"No way...."

"Someone might have swapped the child, right? The dead child may have had pink hair and blue eyes."

"......!"

"Ask the woman who gave Viscount Beryl her illegitimate child. Viscount Beryl's hair color is black, so her hair must be pink. Or a similar color."

"Then...."

"Right. That way, I could have deceived him into being the son of the Viscount and his own."

"All right."

"Ah, let's find out how much money you got."

"Yes. All right, miss. Ah! And it is said that the Count and the Countess will return to their mansion next week after completing all the responsibilities of the estate."

"Um, okay? Okay."

Violet took a sip of the water.

'This should be handled with care.'

After hearing about how hard Adrian's family suffered after the child was born and died, he knows well.

'But they really do look alike.'

That child particularly resembles Adrian's mother.

While her child was eating hard, Violet secretly went behind her child and pulled her pink hair out one 'bow!'

He was so absorbed in eating that the child didn't even care.

'You should ask the temple.'

Not long ago, the temple began to check whether or not it was the parent or not.

He had originally adhered to the attitude that he couldn't do that by God's will, but he was no longer in a position to refuse.

As the number of illegitimate children of the nobles increased, and the number of fraudulent activities increased, he requested the shrine directly from the imperial castle.

The temple was forced to start the work but instead decided to receive a large donation.

'After all, the temple is a place where you can't go back without a donation.'

The temple, which was suffering from financial difficulties, was enjoying a period of revival again thanks to it.

Now, not only the aristocrats, but the commoners could confirm his paternity by simply making a donation.

'Tomorrow I have to go get Adrian's hair.'

As a result of paternity testing at the shrine, the way he had to take the growing parts of his body, such as his hair and nails.

Violet instructed the servant to take good care of the child's hair.

"Umm yum yum."

Meanwhile, the child worked hard to eat. To the extent that his belly sticks out like a tadpole.

After eating, he was hungry and in agony, then he took a digestive and fell asleep as if fainting.

While he was asleep, the priest went to visit, but the child fell asleep so deeply that he did not notice at all.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, I saw a ceiling with colorful patterns.

The boy jumped up and looked around.

'Where are you?'

She was lying on a large, fluffy bed.

And....

"Are you awake?"

"Ahh!"

Someone right next to him got up and started talking to the child.

Startled, he bowed his head to the blanket and looked up again....

"Good morning."

Yesterday the pretty older sister was smiling.

With her brown hair, with the name Violet.

'Ah, I just ate here yesterday.'

He ate so much that he couldn't even walk, so he had to take digestive aids.

After that, her memory was cut off... He was probably asleep.

"Slave...."

"Huh? What?"

"Am I a slave now?"

The child asked cautiously. With a very serious and serious face.

To be honest, I don't think I'm a slave trader... Still, I was very anxious.

Is there no reason why a lady of a noble family would be so kind to a beggar child?

"Fu... Puahahaha!"

How funny the child's words were, Violet grabbed her stomach and rumbled.

"Slave, that is illegal. Baby."

"......."

"Now that I wake up, shall I wash my face and eat?"

"...Yes!"

After answering involuntarily, the child bit his lip.

For some reason, this situation was a bit humiliating, but she was starving so much that she couldn't refuse when she heard the call to eat.

'It doesn't seem like a slave trader, so let's rest assured.'

"Come here."

Violet reached out. Like a hug.

As her child cautiously approached her, her violet hugged her, held her for a moment, and then lowered her.

'Heh, really hugging you.'

Her spirit seemed to melt at the warmth she felt for the first time.

Besides, Violet had a sweet and pleasant scent. A happy smell that only comes from happy people.

"Did she say six years old? But why is it so small and light? I would believe it even if it was four years old."

She grew up not eating properly, so she had no choice but to do it.

When I was in an aristocratic family, there was someone who took care of even the poorest food....

After being kicked out, she was grateful for eating only one meal every two days.

So when you see food, you have no choice but to rush like an animal.

When she reached the restaurant holding her hand, Violet put the child down in a chair.

"I am eating slowly today. Got it?"

The child nodded his head eagerly.

The table was also lined with delicious things just like yesterday.

From bread with a fragrant smell, to warm soup, to meat that is cooked and steaming, and even cute-shaped desserts.

Just looking at it makes me salivate.

If you made me eat these kinds of food every day, I thought I could do anything.

'But if it's not the slave trade, why are you feeding me?'

When I started eating, I was able to think rationally again.

The child gnawed at her violet, chewing hard.

Every time her eyes met, Violet smiled mischievously. It was so pretty that the child didn't even realize that her face turned red.

'It's like an angel.'

The meat-giving angel....

There are some novels about angels giving meat.

The child sipped the juice and recalled the novels he had read in his previous life.

"Oh, I'm going to my friend's house today. It's Adrian Eston, and he's my best friend."

"Ahh. Yes."

The child paused after answering impatiently.

'Adrian Aston?'

Gulp.

After swallowing the meat, the child blinked his eyes.

"Why?"

"...No."

The child started eating again. Let's eat and think. When he's full, his head rolls!

After dinner, he ate a lot of desserts.

After Violet got dressed and left her mansion, the child sat on the sofa with her maid.

She had a maid reading her storybook, but... Not a single one came into my ears.

'Is that Adrian Aston?'

Come to think of it, it seems that the name of the female protagonist in the novel in which Adrian appeared was Violet.

Besides, she had pretty brown hair and was a young girl from a noble family.

'Then I will....'

No. You never know.

'It can't be that devastating novel... It must not be!'

But it all seemed that way.

He didn't know that he had pink hair, that he lived in a beggar's den....

"No!"

"Oh, are you surprised? Hohoho. Am I good at mimicking a wolf?"

When the child screamed without realizing it, the maid laughed loudly.

In her storybook, she said, the maid reads a scene in which the wolf is about to eat a young child.

"If you're scared, I'll read you something else. Or would you like to take a nap?"

"......."

Then I saw that she was slowly falling asleep.

'I have to think more....'

Nearly the first time she felt full and warm, her body quickly became hungry, and she quickly found sleep.

She mumbled that she wasn't a child, but as soon as her maid covered her warm blanket, she fell asleep.

In her dream, a piece of meat the size of a face you'd only see in a cartoon appeared.

It was midnight when she woke up.

The child woke up in the same bed as he woke up in the morning.

The only difference was that there was a little teddy bear beside her instead of Violet.

"......?"

The child frowned at the pink baby teddy bear.

'This bear...!'

Oh no. it won't be

The child denied reality. She wanted to deny that this world was in that novel.

But this teddy bear is very....

'The teddy bear that the female protagonist had in the novel....'

She reminded me of the doll.

By the way, aren't teddy bears with pink fur very rare?

「Nice to meet you, kid.」

Even to the end.

"......."

Oh, I guess not... no!

In the novel, the identity of the teddy bear is one of the redemptions possessed by the original female lead, and when her magical powers are unlocked a few years later, she is a child whose seal is unlocked.

「You are a child with magical powers. Because you hugged me tightly and fell asleep, the seal was released. Hohoho. I am Hwansu with special powers. In other words, it is also called a spirit!」

"...No-no."

What else could there be in a novel in the setting where the pink baby teddy bear is the beast...? Will there be there will be...

'Is it common? Talking about the pink teddy bear....'

Yeah, so it won't be that devastating novel.

「No, what is it? You woke me up. Let me introduce myself, what kind of spirit am I... I'm right...!」

"No, no!"

The child jumped up and rushed towards the door.

He whimpered open the door and went down the stairs to see Violet with a serious expression on his face.

The reason Violet's expression was like that was that the child was half crying.

"Huh? Did you have any nightmares?"

Violet looked at the child and stretched out her hand. The child immediately ran to her, dripping a single tear from her, and put her in her arms.

Digging her head into her violet brown hair, she smelled pretty. As she sniffed it, her mind became more and more peaceful.

"Don't worry, sweetheart. Everything will be fine."

Violet patted her child on the back and whispered so.

'Ah, is this hand a magic hand...?'

The touch felt so warm and secure, and the child fell asleep again.

* * *

The next morning.

Violet looked at her child, who was still asleep.

'You're cute.'

"You really look a lot like Adrian."

Violet thought so and put the pink teddy bear in her child's arms.

She and she carefully covered the duvet and she pressed her lips to her forehead.

"Sleep well."

As she changed her clothes and came down her stairs, she saw the butler rushing in.

"Miss! The paternity test results from the temple have arrived."

"In one day? Also... Good thing you donated a lot!"

Violet quickly opened the envelope given by the butler and took out the documents.

My heart was pounding and pounding.

Violet calmed her mind and checked her papers.

And after a while.

"...As expected."

Violet looked at her last sentence and she smiled.

There is a 99.9% chance that the two are related by blood.