The Harvest Mouse Exits the Fairytale Together with Cinderella - Chapter 10

“That’s not it. This child is having an absurd misunderstanding. A mouse came out, a mouse…”

“A mouse?”

Edmund moved towards the butler.

The butler, startled, took a step back as the boy approached.

He quickly scanned the surroundings, blocking with his heel the mouse hole Elodie had entered.

As the situation was getting increasingly complicated, sealing off the only exit seemed to be the plan.

There were signs that the knights had attempted to tear down the wall, but at least there wasn’t a hole big enough for the mouse to escape yet.

He could still smooth things over.

The one who’s here was not the Duke but the still-young heir.

“We were using all the servants to find the werebeast mouse while it came out, attempting to catch it. At that moment, this child passed by, saw us, and misunderstood.”

Upon hearing this, Sera’s face distorted in an instant.

“No! They—”

“Quiet! What have you achieved by making noise! Can’t you leave?”

Sera bit her lip.

This kind of thing wasn’t new.

The Bluewood family, regardless of master or servant, treated her as a real maid, suppressing all opinions and claims.

Sera was familiar with this situation.

She was so used to it that it’s just naturally expected.

No matter how much she was the daughter of Count Bluewood, she couldn’t be considered a child unless he acknowledged her as such.

Unlike her sisters, she couldn’t secure their father’s affection, so being raised like a maid might be expected.

She learned resignation.

She learned obedience.

“Evewythin’s bad hewe.” (Everything’s bad here.)

However, that child told her that this was a bad thing.

“Tweating someone wowse than a dowtew, a sishtew, or even a sowbunt, towmenting them to thwe poin of death, tha’s mowe than stwange. Ish wong. Sewa, you know, wight?” (Treating someone worse than a daughter, a sister, or even a servant, tormenting them to the point of death, that’s more than strange. It’s wrong. Sera, you know, right?)

She said it was strange, it was wrong. She suggested escaping together. So…

“My name is Seraphina Bluewood. I’m the youngest daughter of House Bluewood.”

This time, no matter how crazy she was considered, she couldn’t back down.

“They clearly tried to kill the werebeast mouse, and that child is behind the wall now.”

“Hah, this is crazy, really crazy! How dare you impersonate the young lady and spread lies!”

The butler shouted, blocking her words. He was inwardly extremely flustered.

Whenever important guests visited from the outside, Sera was always confined.

Even if she accidentally met a guest, she unfailingly introduced herself as a maid, and each time, Sera silently bowed her head without a hint of rebellion.

But why now, of all times!

“Seraphina Bluewood. It’s a name I’ve never heard before.”

The expressions of the two people changed with Edmund’s muttering.

Sera in despair, the butler in relief and joy.

“Yes, indeed. Of course, you wouldn’t have heard of it! This brat isn’t in her right mind, so don’t pay attention and please quickly come to the reception room…”

However, Edmund’s words didn’t end there.

“But at least the following words are not lies.”

“Yes? What does that mean…?”

The boy, holding the glass bead in his hand, stared at the wall on the opposite side, presenting the transparent bead before their eyes.

Beyond the clear bead, a faint light blinked, indicating a specific location.

“This magical bead indicates the location of a person. Specifically, it indicates the location of Lady Ratzen, the one and only daughter of the Ratzen family.”

” Lady Ratzen?”

“But the young lady was cursed to become an animal due to an unfortunate accident. Because of the curse, she couldn’t be pinpointed by magic as she became a different entity. However, for some reason today, the curse suddenly lifted, and the lady’s location was precisely identified here, at the Bluewood Manor.”

Thanks to that, we immediately pinpointed the coordinates and immediately teleported through magic.

He continued the explanation with an even tone.

“Of course, due to the peace treaty, the Ratzen family couldn’t step on human lands. So, two years ago, they directly commissioned my family. They asked to find the lost Lady Ratzen.”

It was at that moment.

In the boy’s eyes, which were calmly continuing the explanation, a glimmer of vitality flickered briefly.

“Now, the lady’s location overlaps with this girl’s words. What could be the reason for this?”