The Snow Leopard Baby of the Black Leopard Family

Episode 70

“…Did you eat something wrong?”

The first to speak was Olivia. Perdi turned to Olivia and scolded her in a low voice.

“Olivia!”

“No, but seriously! Excuse me, sir, have you been having frequent memory lapses lately, or maybe having trouble speaking…?”

However, Olivia continued speaking without a care.

Well, Olivia was a girl who didn’t bother with manners even in front of the head of the ducal family, Nestrian.

Naturally, Olivia wouldn’t yield to Iker, who was on equal footing with Wolfgang.

In the end, Perdi and Lucian had to bear the embarrassment for not being able to stop their cousin.

However, neither Perdi nor Lucian thought Olivia’s words were wrong.

It was just that her method was inappropriate.

Clearing his throat, Lucian asked in a dignified, polite, and courteous manner.

“Marquis, I’m sorry, no, I apologize for asking this, but…”

“…”

“Do you remember what you had for breakfast this morning…?”

“Hey.”

Perdi quickly pinched the back of Lucian’s hand. The pinched area soon turned red and swollen.

Lucian had to step back, tears welling up, not getting anything in return.

“Please forgive the rudeness, Marquis.”

Perdi smiled brightly.

The head of the Iker family raised his eyebrows as he listened to Perdi’s words.

‘Forgive?’

Usually, in such a case, wouldn’t one say ‘Please forgive my rudeness’?

Apparently, lack of manners wasn’t limited to his own son. However, the head of the Iker family didn’t show it, acting like a grown-up.

“It’s alright, my son was at fault first.”

“Yes, you should be careful about that.”

Perdi continued speaking softly.

“My sister is a child who manifested the ability of light and is the only princess of the Asterian ducal family. She is not someone to be looked down upon by riffraff.”

Indeed, that’s correct.

After finishing his words, Perdi brightly smiled and held Thiel’s hand.

Seeing this, the head of the Iker family felt his insides churn.

‘How insolent!’

The boy just referred to the rightful heir of the Iker family as ‘riffraff’ in front of him.

This was an unforgivable rudeness!

Perdi Asterian, this boy, was the heir to the Asterian family.

So, some level of arrogance was forgiven. Asterian had the right to that by name alone.

But that was different in front of him. No matter the difference in title between a duke and a marquis.

‘What does the title matter?’

It might be different in other empires, but not in this Krasion Empire.

In this empire, titles could be exchanged or disappear depending on the presence of power.

If he defeated the head of the Asterian family in tomorrow’s competition, the Iker family could receive the duke’s title.

Of course, the difference in power meant that wouldn’t happen, but still, the heir shouldn’t act so arrogantly towards the head of the family.

The head of the Iker family glared at his son for no reason.

‘Because of that boy, everything is ruined.’

The reason the head of the Iker family came here was singular. To see Thiel Asterian and make a good impression.

Recently, there was a rumor about another legend concerning the ability of light.

The rumor was that this child with the ability of light could make their abilities stronger.

Of course, this rumor was distorted and altered from what originated from Nestrian, but families like Iker believed it.

That’s why he came to see Thiel.

‘That child is a girl.’

So, eventually, Thiel would have to leave Asterian. She would have to marry into another family and start her own household.

And if that family was Iker, nothing could be better. It was fortunate that her age and that of Iker’s heir were similar!

But the situation had deteriorated to a point where it was beyond salvage. The head of the Iker family opened his mouth as if he had something to say to Perdi, but then closed it again.

No matter how young Perdi was, he was the heir to Asterian.

No head of another family could recklessly teach the heir of Asterian. The head of the Iker family swallowed his anger and took a step back.

“Alright, I will make sure he is careful.”

He turned his head to look at the small girl who was practically nestled in the arms of her brothers.

“Your name is Thiel, right?”

“Yes? Yes.”

“Let’s meet again next time.”

“Why, sir?”

Olivia butted in suddenly, but the head of the Iker family suppressed his anger and ignored her words.

“Let’s go.”

As soon as he finished speaking, numerous knights turned to follow him.

“Let’s go together!”

Sterling, who had been watching the situation anxiously, hurriedly ran after his father.

Once the knights of Iker, who had filled the street, were gone, people began to come out cautiously.

“They’re gone!”

“What’s with all those knights on a day like this?”

“Shh! Quiet, you!”

The people were chattering loudly.

During Luminari, it was customary to bring the minimum number of knights when coming out.

This was to blend in naturally with the citizens enjoying the festival.

However, the head of the Iker family seemed indifferent to such concerns. People thought, ‘Isn’t that man the truly arrogant one?’

“Thiel, are you alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine. Since he turned his head and didn’t see, there’s nothing we can do.”

Thiel said innocently.

It couldn’t be helped. You couldn’t ask someone who had turned their head why they did so.

So instead of criticizing him, Thiel said,

“I should show him my ability the next time we meet… since he said he didn’t see it!”

Thiel smiled brightly. Seeing this, Olivia, Perdi, and Lucian smiled proudly as they patted their little sister’s head.

“Oh, our Thiel. When did you grow up so well?”

“Yeah! Show him right in front of his eyes next time! Actually, you should have shown it to him when the marquis was here!”

“If you had shown your ability, he would have foamed at the mouth and passed out!”

Listening quietly to the children’s chatter, the knights of Wolfgang and Asterian exchanged ambiguous looks.

Even this cute young lady is indeed an Asterian…

A cub of a predator is still a predator. That’s nature’s law.

They felt a little sympathy for the head of the Iker family who had stormed off like an angry bull.

Of course, just a little. After all, they were knights of Wolfgang and Asterian.

“Come on, let’s go, Thiel. Is there anything you want to eat? Your brother will buy it for you.”

Perdi gently led Thiel. Holding Perdi’s hand, Thiel walked down the street with small steps.

“Something I want to eat? I don’t know what there is, this is my first time here.”

“Then first!”

Olivia ran to the nearest store and picked up two lollipops.

The small candy pieces were embedded like jewels, and white sugar powder was sprinkled on them like snow.

“Here, Thiel!”

Olivia handed the lollipop to Thiel with a bright smile.

The knight at the front of the group, digging into his pocket, took out coins and paid for the lollipops Olivia had taken.

“Candy?”

“Candy! Try it quickly! You can’t eat this when we go back to the mansion!”

Thiel flinched at Olivia’s words and accepted the candy.

‘Indeed… If it were Lia.’

Lia wouldn’t have given her such candy, saying it was bad for her health.

But the candy looked too pretty and sweet to refuse… Thiel carefully licked the candy.

“…!”

“How is it? It’s good, right?”

Olivia asked excitedly. Thiel nodded with her eyes wide open.

“It’s delicious!”

“Right? When else can you eat something like this!”

“You eat well outside.”

“Don’t kill the mood, Lucian.”

Olivia said firmly.

Perdi watched Thiel enjoy her candy with a cute expression before looking back at Olivia.

“But why two?”

“Huh?”

“You think only you get to eat? What about me and Lucian?”

“Even though you have plenty of money?”

Olivia squinted her eyes. Yet, she quickly ran back to the store and came out with two more lollipops.

“Eat up, you pig.”

“You’re the pig.”

It was a rare sight to see a wolf and a black panther calling each other pigs and bickering.

The knight who had paid for the candy earlier took out coins again.

The knight’s face seemed strangely serene, but perhaps it was just a feeling.