He immediately moved to step forward and show her brother a lesson with magic. But then white light suddenly flared in her brother's hand. When the two forces of magic collided, it was obvious that her brother had the upper hand. Her brother looked down coolly at the dishevelled Achilles, then silently lifted his foot off Achilles's chest. Only then did everyone finally realize that her brother losing his magic had been a complete lie.
After finishing his lesson, her brother trotted over to the girl to claim credit. "I did great, didn't I, sister?"
The girl only shot him a fierce glare. "Great, my foot, you idiot."
Instead of being angry at her reaction, father and son were actually reminded of how she used to grumble when she was little, which only made the girl more exasperated.
The warm interaction among father and children was fully taken in by everyone present, and people couldn't help remarking how adorable the girl was. Hearing this, her father preened inwardly at once. Now everyone should know just how cute my daughter is. Her brother, too, lifted his chin proudly.
After this whole farce, everyone finally understood that the rumours about the siblings had been lies. The culprit was almost certainly the Grand Duke's family. Now the Grand Duchess's image had completely collapsed, and the girl had toppled her with hardly any effort at all. She just wasn't used to her father and brother's sudden bouts of clinginess. It felt unbearably embarrassing.
After the family thoroughly put the Grand Duke's household in their place, they finally welcomed a long-awaited period of peace. And ever since seeing the girl in her little magical fairy get-up, her father seemed possessed, suddenly scouring everywhere to collect every kind of magic wand for her. This left the girl thoroughly depressed. Even though she was now a child in body, in truth her heart was already that of an adult woman. She simply could not accept such ridiculously childish gifts.
Yet somehow in this life her father was exactly the same as in the last. Back then, he had tirelessly played magical hunter games with her when she was little. And in this life, he was crazily obsessed with buying her magic wands. There was just no dealing with a doting father like him.
The next second, her father and brother appeared at the door, and the system started acting up again, spitting out error messages non-stop. It gave her quite a scare. Seeing her like that, her father and brother dashed over immediately. They swept the servants in the room with fierce gazes.
"Who's been bullying my daughter? If I find out, I won't let them off."
Someone called for the Knight Order at once. The girl was completely stunned by their overblown reaction. She hurriedly grabbed onto their clothes.
"Dad and brother, I really give up on you two. Can't you stop looking so scary all the time?"
Seeing their precious girl all puffed up with indignation, both their hearts melted. They instantly turned into clingy little puppies, begging her forgiveness. Then they said they had brought her gifts.
When she first saw the three huge gift boxes the attendants carried in, the girl was puzzled. Once they were opened, she immediately pulled a face of pure disgust. She hadn't expected her father and brother to give her yet another pile of magic wands. She had already told them she wasn't a child anymore. Why did they keep treating her like one? It was exhausting. Who would have thought that at such a young age she would have already reached magic wand freedom?
But seeing how happy her father and brother were, she didn't quite have the heart to refuse them.
Just then, she finally remembered the glitching system and quickly opened the interface. Fortunately, the system had returned to normal and was ready to distribute her mission rewards. This made the girl beam with delight, and she instantly forgave it for the earlier errors.
Since this reward was a combined payment for two missions, it was extremely rare: an ability upgrade ticket. The girl immediately used the ticket on her mind reading skill. After using it, mind reading was upgraded from A rank to S rank. With the level up, mind reading gained an extra effect, a ten per cent chance to randomly hear someone's thoughts.
Overjoyed, the girl immediately tested it out quietly on the maids. But it didn't trigger even once. Furious, the girl pummelled her pillow. She knew that hateful system was as useless as ever. Who knew that even at S rank the skill would still be this hard to use? She couldn't help flopping onto the bed and giving up on everything.
Suddenly, she thought of the demon king from her previous life. Now that all the family she knew had one by one reunited with her in this world, could it be that others she'd known in her previous life might also have been reborn here? Might the demon king have been as well?
Just as she was lost in thought, her brother appeared and interrupted her. "Sister, are you feeling down?"
Seeing him, the girl decided not to dwell on it anymore. At least in this life, everyone in her family except her mother was safe and sound. If the demon king really had been reincarnated too, she would definitely give him a thorough beating and make him pay.
Then she suddenly noticed the clover brooch on her brother's chest. She hadn't expected him to use magic to preserve it so carefully. He even said it was his most precious treasure. Her father had a matching brooch as well. This moved the girl deeply. She had never thought that the clover she'd picked so casually would be treated as a treasure by them.
Elsewhere, Grand Duke Bellon was fuming at having been deceived by Miss Horton, because the child she had borne seemed to be an idiot. Miss Horton clutched his trouser leg tightly, insisting that her child was definitely not an idiot. She begged the Grand Duke to take a proper look at the child.
When his gaze swept over the child, he immediately noticed something strange. A sinister black aura seemed to coil around her, and there was an indescribable ominousness about her entire being. The sight left the Grand Duke utterly stunned. Miss Horton, seeing his reaction, hurriedly begged him not to cut off their living expenses.
The black-haired, red-eyed little child, however, ignored their entanglement and instead frowned in the direction of the royal palace.
"Looks like you haven't given up yet. Then just go on living happily like this, Senna."
And at that point she did not continue. She couldn't reveal that she knew the names of people she had no business knowing.
After the girl used the upgrade ticket to boost her mind reading, that ten per cent bonus effect had almost never triggered on anyone. Until that person appeared.
That day, the girl was staring blankly out the window, doing nothing in particular. Just then, an orange-haired maid suddenly walked in and launched into an introduction.
"Hello everyone, my name is Miranda. I'm the newly arrived chief maid."
When the girl saw that a newcomer had arrived, she knew there was going to be a new quest again. Sure enough, the next second a quest pop-up appeared. Sudden quest: the spy who likes me.
The moment she heard the word spy, the girl immediately became vigilant. Then, based on Miranda's surname, she instantly thought of Lady Nice, who just had to sow discord within their family. It seemed this Miranda must have been sent by her.
Ever since she had taught her a lesson last time, she thought Lady Nice would restrain herself a bit. But unexpectedly, before long, she had started pulling these tricks again. And Lady Nice had actually made her own niece the chief maid right off the bat. This was the highest ranked position in the girl's palace.
Miranda clearly took pride in Lady Nice. "You're not thinking of disobeying my aunt's orders, are you? My aunt is the deputy head maid of the queen's palace."
As soon as the girl heard this, she immediately said that having everyone here was more than enough, and she absolutely did not need a new maid.