I Became The Stepmother Of An Irrevocable Dark Family

Translator and Editor: Maru and Aki

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Chapter 22

Rere, who gobbled up a mouthful of chocolate with a proud look, smiled and fed it to the nanny.

“How is it? Delicious, right?”

“Oh my god. I think this is the best chocolate I’ve ever had!”

“Don’t exaggerate! It’s not that amazing! But because you’re my nanny, I’ll give you special permission!”

“Thank you.”

Rere gradually emptied up the chocolate by keeping two for herself and each for me and the nanny.

Then, she turned to me as though she thought of something.

“Bag.”

“Why do you need that?”

“Daddy….. No, I just want to keep it. Since it’s my first time making it.”

“If you keep it for a long time, you may not be able to eat it. How about eating it right away, miss?”

“Be quiet! Just because I gave you a few chocolates, you dare to lecture me now?!”

It didn’t sound like a lecture, though.

But something about Rere changed.

In the past, she wouldn’t even glance at the nanny after yelling at her, but now, she pushed the chocolate into the nanny’s mouth again.

“Eat this and be quiet!”

“Yes. I will shut my mouth.”

Meanwhile, I took out the foil wrapper and handed it to Rere.

“Here’s the bag.”

“Mom is a little bit better than my nanny.”

“What are you going to do with the rest of the chocolate? If you don’t put it in a refrigerator, you can’t eat it….”

“Quiet. Mom, you talk a lot.”

Rere, who put the chocolate in the foil wrapper, brushed her nose as if she was satisfied.

Thanks to this, Rere’s face, which was already clean, was stained with chocolate again.

She went down the stairs and walked out of the kitchen, unaware of her dirty face.

“Let’s go now!”

“To where?”

“To my room! I have to put it in my treasure house.” Rere spoke as she excitedly shook the chocolate bag back and forth.

Only then did I follow the child out of the kitchen. The nanny was surprised to see Rere go out with her dirty hands, so she followed us behind after dipping her handkerchief in warm water.

The nanny quietly bent over and wiped the dirt off Rere’s hands as if she knew that the child would protest if she told her to clean her hands.

“Ah! No. I don’t want it! It’s not dirty!”

“But, at this rate, the doll will get dirty, and we’d need to wash it. If we wash it, you’ll get upset again…”

“Shut up. Nanny, you’re always threatening me using my ugly. I hate it, but I’ll let it slide just this once.”

As if she knew her vulnerable spot was the ugly bunny, Rere reluctantly stretched out her hands.

She quickly wiped the child’s hands, and she tried to wipe her face as well, but she had to give up since Rere was angry.

Eventually, the child, who had a doll in one hand and a bag of chocolate in another hand, stomped away, seemingly annoyed.

The nanny and I were forced to follow her.

“I thought this activity was trivial. But it was fun. I’ll give you special permission to do it again. When should we do it? Later in the evening? Or tomorrow?”

How could you say that after shoving that much chocolate into your mouth?

I couldn’t hold my smile and wiped off the chocolates from Rere’s nose.

Then, I kneeled in front of Rere, pretending to be a servant.

“Since the Princess has given me special permission, I shall make it next time.”

“Right, you should do that!” The child’s giggling face was brighter than ever.

How fortunate. She seemed to forget what the Duke had done to her earlier.

But Rere’s good mood completely sunk at the sight of a familiar figure in front of us. That person, who burst out screaming from quite a distance from the hallway, was none other than Astra.

“What a sight!”

It was either she was always angry, or she was looking for someone to vent her anger at, but Astra approached us with a very angry face.

I had this urge to escape from her, but unfortunately, this long hallway did not allow us to escape. In the meantime, Astra strode towards us and quickly twisted her mouth.

“Ha. You’re not even a beggar. What is that thing?”

“What do you mean?”

“Take that off, Rebecca. You’re a princess….. Why on earth are you wearing an apron just like a lowly servant?”

“Why are you asking? It’s clear that I made chocolate. Can’t you see that because you’re a bunch of crap?”

“What? Are you telling me a princess made her own chocolate?!” Astra, who turned pale, gritted her teeth and glared at Rere.

“You must be crazy. I ought to educate you. Everyone, bring the child to me…”

She gave an order out of habit, but there was no one behind her. After realizing it belatedly, Astra pointed at the nanny.

“…You there! You’re her nanny, right? Unless you’re crazy, you must bring the child to me!”

“I’m sorry, but I’m the princess’ nanny. I can’t listen to anyone else’s orders.”

“You’re crazy!”

Her anger flared up, and she tried to slap the nanny, but Rere moved faster. The child walked up to her at once and stepped on Astra’s feet.

“Why are you bothering my nanny!”

“Ack! You must have lost your mind since you hung out with these crazy people!”

“You’re wrong, shithead. You’re the crazy one! How dare you annoy my people!”

“I tried to forgive you with my generosity, but now, I’ve had enough. Oh, that’s right. If I can’t order that bitch nanny, then I should call someone else.”

As if she thought of something, Astra pointed her finger to the space behind us. But the maids who always followed us around like a shadow ignored Astra.

“How dare lowly maids like you disobey their master?”

However, their response was worse than the nanny’s as they didn’t even answer her words. In the end, another person caught Astra’s angry eyes.

“You. You must be this family’s knight. Bring the child to me. Don’t let her stay with that crazy woman!”

Only after we heard a sigh of a man did we turned our back at the unexpected figure. As soon as I looked back, I met Luca’s eyes.

He walked from behind us just in time, and he looked at me with a slight smile.

He had changed his clothes and walked towards Astra.

“Are you referring to me?”

“That’s right. You. You’re this family’s knight, so you must listen to me!”

Luca only glanced down at Astra with a cruel cold look that he never put on before.

“What can I help you with?”

“Bring that child over there to me right now.”

“Ah. Do you mean that? I’m afraid I don’t want to do that.”

“What?”

“I shall bring you back to your room for disturbing the miss and Ms. Leona.”

Luca, who was much taller than Astra, swerved his gaze towards Astra’s arm and grabbed it.

“What the hell are you doing!”

“What am I doing? I’m isolating you.”

“Let go of me!”

“I’m sure you heard him clearly say that you should know your place. You’re such a foolish human.”

“Hey! Wh-What? How did you know what the Duke said to me? Huh!”

“Get a hold of yourself.”

He was so strict that he didn’t even look back at us.

What would it have been like if the Duke had shown us such a firm side?

Rere might have preferred the Duke. I wouldn’t have thought of the Duke so badly.

Then, suddenly, Luca’s back overlapped with the Duke’s.

I’m not sure why I had those thoughts. There was something similar about them.

‘It must be because of their hair color.’

It was highly impossible that Luca was similar to the Duke. Thus, I watched Luca’s back for a long time while shaking my head from side to side.

Meanwhile, Luca, who had been treating Astra in a completely different way from us, quickly dragged her away.

“Luca is the best!”

Rere, who quietly watched him for a while, lifted her thumb.

“Rere, do you like him?”

“Yes! I wish he was my daddy! My current daddy is so bad!”

Rere, who grumbled, stared at him for a long time until he completely disappeared.

“I see….. By the way, Rere.”

“Hmm?”

“That Luca guy, what is he?”

“What is he? He’s human!”

“I know he’s a human….. Hmm, do you know anything else about him?”

He looked exactly like the Duke. I was asking just in case they were brothers or something, but Rere just shook her head.

Then, the nanny broke into our conversation.

“I’ve never heard of him. Come to think of it, I don’t remember when he got into this house.”

“No! Nanny’s fool! Luca has been here since I was small!”

“Is that so, miss?”

“Yeah!”

At Rere’s words, the two maids nodded, but the nanny seemed to have a strange sense of discomfort.

“As far as I remember…”

The nanny looked back at the maids behind her as if she was unable to properly remember something, but they only shook their heads.

“Are you sure he was there since miss Rebecca was born?”

“No, I think it was before that.”

“No, it was after that.”

What’s going on? The fact that no one knew the exact time he arrived gave me goosebumps.

“None of it matters! Luca is cool!”

However, Rere raised her thumb as if it didn’t matter.

“Of course!”

“Then…what does he do? Is he a knight or…”

“…I’m not sure.”

Am I the only one who found it strange? Instead, the nanny and maids only tilted their heads at my question.

“Daddy’s job! He’s doing this and that on behalf of my daddy! He’s wearing a knight’s uniform, so he probably works as a knight…or not? Ah, I don’t know anymore! Mom, why are you so interested in Luca? Do you like Luca?”

I shook my head at her question right away.

“No, it’s nothing like that. Let’s go back now.”

“Hmm, suspicious.”

“What are you saying? Come on, let’s go.”

I walked past Rere, who was squinting her eyes.

“Wait for me!”

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