Grand Duke’s Beloved Granddaughter

[If you stop the evil dragon Crypso from breaking the seal, the Duana Temple will treat you as a saint. If you’ve seen the example of Pleon, you know what a great reward it is. And again…]

In response to her question, Vivre began to explain as if he was preparing.

“No. I don’t mean that.”

[…So what do you want? Do you need gold and silver?]

Vivre asked back as if he didn’t understand what she was saying.

“You said just a moment ago as if you were sure that Daniel was trying to break the seal of the evil dragon, Crypso. Isn’t that because you already know that Daniel has some connection with the evil dragon?”

[It is.]

“Then you could give me more information about it, won’t you? If you have that information, it will be easy to hit Daniel, and even if you don’t, there must be many ways to use it.”

If what Vivre wanted was for the evil dragon’s seal not to be broken, Daniel was her goal. She was confident that she would do anything to prevent Daniel from taking over the Grand Duchess of Crichton in the future. If Daniel could get rid of him before he broke the dragon’s seal, Vivre would be fine, and she would be able to get good results too. But in her current situation, there was no way to deal with Daniel. Above all, she was too young now to do such a thing. What could a nine-year-old body do? Even if she rushed to kill him right away, if Daniel hit her with strength and knocked her out, she would fall to the ground right away. Even if it wasn’t physical force, there would be a way, but unfortunately, his position in the family was stronger than expected to drive Daniel out of the Crichton family. The Grand Duke of Crichton seemed to have no doubt that Daniel, his younger brother, was trying to take his life, and neither her mother nor Brian seemed to have any animosity towards Daniel. At the end the people who have the most antipathy toward Daniel in the mansion were her and Elliott? But the fact that Elliot and she hated him wasn’t a ploy. It was fair to say that there was no way to drive Daniel out until at least two generations had passed. But before that happens, Daniel would take over the Grand Duchy of Crichton.

14 years later in her memory.

At least, even if she wanted to do something after 11 years when she became an adult, the time of 3 years was too tight. However, if Daniel could prove that he was trying to awaken the evil dragon Crypso, he didn’t know if he could drive him out even now. If what’s inside this pendant was really the guardian dragon Vibrus, and if it testified to Daniel’s evil deeds in the Duana Temple, there’s nothing she couldn’t do.

[I know what you want.]

However, Vivre’s voice had lost its power.

[But I don’t know anything except that Daniel Crichton is trying to break the dragon’s seal.]

“What?”

She burst into laughter at the unexpected answer.

[All I know is that Daniel Crichton is trying to break the seal of Crypso, and that those who serve the evil dragon are gathering around him. And Crypso is not in a specific place. look at me Aren’t I also trapped in this little pendant necklace?]

Certainly, the pendant necklace containing Vivre was small. At most the size of an ordinary rocket shell? Since Vivre, the guardian dragon, was also confined to such a small place, it was unlikely that the evil dragon would be in a more grand place. Perhaps the evil dragon was also sealed in a small rocket-like place like this.

[…I would have expected it, but it doesn’t seem to help. I’m sorry.]

Vivre apologized in a weak voice. But what he wanted to hear was not an apology like that. He talked to her as if he knew all the information, but he didn’t know anything about the important information? So he wanted her to stop Daniel?

[Instead, I will give you the strength to fight those who are ruled by the evil dragon.]

Vivre cautiously suggested it to her, who was perplexed. She quietly looked at the pendant reflected in the mirror and sighed quietly.

“Then how did you know that Daniel would unseal the evil dragon? There is almost no information like this, but what basis did you specify as Daniel?”

[That’s right. It is a clear fact that a man named Daniel Crichton is trying to unseal Crypso. And the basis is my experience.]

“Experience? So, did you see Daniel trying to unseal the evil dragon?”

[Yes. Since you’ve been through the future once, you should know very well that Pleon is a saint, don’t you?]

That was right. Even before she returned to the past, he was a man with a high reputation as a saint. Nodding his head obediently, Vivre continued.

[Pleon was also a saint chosen by me to prevent the resurrection of Crypso. I gave him strength, and he used my power to find those who were under Crypso’s power one by one.]

Vivre slowly closed his eyes. Vivre spoke again after completely closing his eyes.

[There are more people worshiping Crypso than I thought. And among them, I found an evil human equivalent to Crypso’s power.]

“That must have been Daniel.”

[That’s right. However, no matter how much divine power he had, Pleon’s power was not enough to deal with Daniel, who had been working hard to develop his strength for a long time and break the seal of Crypso.]

Vivre was silent for a moment, probably because it was very difficult to recall the past. She remained silent until Vivre spoke again.

[At last… We failed, and the evil dragon Crypso awoke from the seal.]

She could sense how deeply he was enduring the pain in his mournful voice.

[Fleon, unable to stop Crypso’s resurrection and standing on the verge of death, asked me. If he was someone other than himself, he could have stopped Daniel Crichton.]

“That’s why you found me.”

[That’s right. Me and Pleon put in a lot of effort to find you. Fleon used the last remaining power to seal himself, and I found you and turned back time.]

She guessed this was why she came back from the dead. She thought it was just a sudden miracle, but she didn’t think it was something that could be simply called a miracle. Vivre slowly opened his eyes. His red eyes seemed particularly blurry.

[Pleon has been waiting for you all the time in the temple. You would have thought that you returned to the past right after you died, but it took more time than I thought to find you and send you back to the past. Then you returned to the past and finally visited Goddess Duana’s temple. Fleon opened the seal to meet you, and I delivered the sealed pendant to you. Because that was his last role…]

It seemed that Pleon had done his part and met his death in front of her. These were not very pleasant things. But she had to say thanks to him. Thanks to returning to the past, she was able to meet her mother again, whom she had missed all her life, and also saved her mother from her death.

[Without any information, what we found was Daniel Crichton. So, there is nothing I can tell you other than that he is the one who will unseal Crypso.]

After hearing all the stories, she could understand Fleon and Vivre to some extent. They also wanted to do their best to prevent the seal of the evil dragon, Crypso, from being broken, but they could not stop it in the end. She touched the pendant for a while.

[If you want to refuse my request, bring me back to the temple.]

Vivre seemed to have almost given up. She thought for a moment. What Vivre wanted was to prevent the evil dragon from resurrecting, and her goal was to deal with Daniel who borrowed the evil dragon’s power. She planned to drive him out with her own power, but unfortunately it was unknown if she could handle him alone by borrowing the power of the evil dragon. As long as she knew that the evil dragon was by Daniel’s side, she couldn’t keep him in check with her own strength. She also had to use other powers to keep him in check. It seemed like it wouldn’t be bad to work with Vivre, who had the same goal. If you do that, you could say that even Duana Temple was on her side.

“Then Vivre, what you want anyway is to take care of Daniel before the evil dragon’s seal is broken, right?”

[…okay.]

“Ok, fine. Yes please, I will listen. After all, my purpose is also Daniel.”

[Really?]

She wondered if it was her imagination, but Vivre’s eyes in the pendant seemed to have widened.

“Don’t lie. What are you going to do? If you’re going to refuse anyway, I’ll just have to send you back to the temple like this.”

[…]

Vivre was silent for a moment. She thought Vivre would like it right away, but it was an unexpected reaction. He was not rejecting her saying he was sorry for this, right? Hopefully, that couldn’t be the case. If he was going to reject her like this, why did he bring her back to the past?

[Really…]

Finally Vivre got his word out. Vivre’s voice seemed to tremble.

[Thank you very much. It must have been a difficult decision, but he said he would do my favor.]

When she listened carefully, it seemed that Vivre was crying. Not only that, but Vivre’s eyes could also be seen twitching. Feeling embarrassed for nothing, she shrugged her shoulders.

“You’re welcome.”