The Soul Substitute Trash of the Duke Family
Chapter 49

Lucas looked at Jim, who was a young baron in the clothes he was wearing. Fortunately Lucas was not seniority at Jim when the young man was working at the Castallio residence so he did not feel ashamed of himself.

They noticed Leona who was busy checking on the little girl. Lucas and Jim's eyes widened in shock as Leona's hand flashed a green glow. They did not feel the flow of mana in the girl's body.

"He's just the flu." Leona said as soon as she finished checking on the little girl's condition.

"Is he okay?" Lucas asked worriedly and looked at the little girl who was now fast asleep.

"Don't worry, Uncle. He'll be cured soon." Leona calmed Castallio's butler.

He immediately took out a small scroll from the pocket of his robe and opened the contents of the scroll.

'Poft's'

There were some herbal leaves and bottles of herbs coming out from inside the scroll. Leona gives it to Lucas and explains it.

"These "herbs are boiled and inhale the steam. Then drink this liquid. Do it three times a day for the next three days."

"Thank you, Miss. Thanks." Lucas knelt under Leona with a taste of haru. Herbs given by Leona are very rare and expensive on the market.

"Already Uncle. Don't be like this." Leona immediately restrained Lucas who was still kneeling under her feet.

"How do I repay your kindness, Miss?" Lucas asked, shedding his tears.

Leona who saw the sincerity of Lucas did not dwell. During his life the middle-aged man always took care of the owner of this body from birth to before being expelled by Duke Castallio. Although the man was rarely around because he was busy with the task of being a butler.

"I didn't ask for anything because you used to serve even though it was your duty. Instead, keep my abilities a secret from anyone and give me information about this village."

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"Do you really agree to cooperation with our village, sir?" Asked a middle-aged man with a distended stomach.

"I want to check your performance as the leader of this village before deciding to join our village. We don't want someone to enjoy our hard-earned results easily considering we remodeled the village from scratch without any help from anyone." A brunette man. Those brown eyes with pointed retinas glanced at the middle-aged man sharply.

The middle-aged man looked nervous at the words of the young man before him. Not wanting to get the rejection of cooperation which was of course beneficial for him, he hurriedly said resolutely despite sounding nervous.

"t-of course. This village is well developed. The people here also have their lives guaranteed."

Jim grumbled inwardly and immediately got up from his seat followed by the middle-aged man who was now sweating coldly.

"Then I would like to see the report on the management of this village in your study." Jim said coldly.

"b-good. Over here." The middle-aged man led the way.

Jim walked behind him. Based on the information obtained, he was the village leader who was a relative of Baron Houlise and was the biological father of Iris. He was the notorious and greedy Baron Cohen.

Cohen family head Edden Cohen has a legitimate daughter and two extramarital children, one of whom is Iris Cohen or Iris Ethan Castallio.

Exasperated by the old man's behavior, Jim asked Leona for advice and the girl agreed. Especially when he found out that Baron Cohen was the real father of Iris who made his nephew excited.

As soon as Baron Cohen opened the door to his study, her body trembled in anger when she saw a beautiful fairy-tale girl sitting at her desk reading a file accompanied by several people standing behind the girl with flat faces.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my room?!" Snapped the middle-aged man while stepping his feet closer to his desk.

"Hmm?? Budget embezzlement for emergency funds, an arranged marriage with young Baron Calisius to obtain his wealth, what else. Oh, want to get rid of me who is in fact the niece of Baron Calisius and the legitimate daughter and biological daughter of Duke Castallio? It's great!" Leona read the file out loud. Instantly Baron Cohen sculpted.

'Shelf'

Leona slammed the document hard and looked at Baron Cohen who was standing before her sharply.

"I didn't expect you to be so petty, Old Bangka. You sold your son to get rid of me from my own family. Totally disgusting." Leona said coldly. He let out a slight killing intensity that made the middle-aged man depressed.

"You want to take control of Bloom Mist village, don't you? By matching your stupid daughter who only knows how to have fun and party. Too bad that shit ain't my type." Jim chimed in spicy.

"T-no. It's not..." He said nervously because his plan had already been discovered. He did not expect that Leona, the scum of Duke Castallio's family, was the nephew of Baron Calisius and the founder of Bloom Mist village.

"Foolish Aaron who knows how to joke and blackmail the people for personal gain does not deserve to propose cooperation with Bloom Mist. Uncle, I don't want them to take advantage of us." Ketus Leona while whining at Jim.

"I want to give her a little present. What if his head was given to his daughter who did not know himself? Surely he'll scream happily, khekhe..." Proposed Leona while laughing demonically.

"Good idea."

"No! Nay! Forgive me!" Baron Cohen pleaded.

"Hoo~? Why are you so scared? Didn't you just yell at me?" Leona asked consecutively while tilting her head, she put on an innocent made-up expression.

"I'm sorry! Please give me a chance!"

"All right." Leona immediately eliminated her intense killing.

The baron breathed a sigh of relief then immediately ran out. As soon as it arrived at the front door, a head rolled down on the tail with a headless body collapsing to the floor.

"One pest has been removed." Leona said with a slanted smile as she stared at the headless body belonging to the head of the Baron Cohen family.

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Iris stared at the letters and gift boxes piled up on her study table with a feeling of pleasure. Being famous as the most beautiful girl in the academy as well as the owner of the rare light element made her have a lot of fans.

Her gentle and graceful and friendly manner made her the usurper of several influential noble sons, including the crown prince who made the girl even bigger.

Who wouldn't want to be the crown prince's partner? In addition to having a handsome face, he also has the power and future king who is backed by the people. Moreover, he had three magic and could control it easily. He was known as a genius in the Kingdom of Seanthuria.

Although Emillio ignored him lately, yet he got the attention of the crown prince and other influential noble sons that made him high-hearted. Moreover, they united Iris in the Academy.

Iris opened the gift box one by one. There was a wide variety of expensive and beautiful jewelry that made her squeak happily.

"Leona never even got any presents." The mind in the heart.

The girl's eyes were fixed on a large box that looked luxurious and beautiful. There is no sender's name except for a piece of paper that says, 'May you like it.' Iris tang curiously decided to take the gift box and opened it with a thump.

As soon as the gift box opened, Iris was surprised to find the contents of the gift box. A human head that he knew with wide eyes showed only the whites of his eyes.

"Yahoo!!!"

Heart-wrenching cries of fear rang out breaking the silence in the Castallio residence that made several guards and servants approach Iris' room in a hurry.

'Tok... Geck... Tok...'

"What's the matter, Miss?" Asked one of the guards from outside Iris's room.

There were no words other than sobs heard from inside Iris's room. Calvian who heard the sound of screaming in a pushy cry decided to break into the girl's room.

'BRAAKK!'

"Can you not create a night-time frenzy? You're interrupting my break." Calvian Pissed.

"Dad... Hix... Th-that's..." Iris said stammered while pointing at a human head that was still inside the gift box.

"It's just a mock head. You're overreacting, Iris." Calvian looked down at the sinister head of the man.

"Guard, throw that toy head away." Calvian's Order.

The guard complied and immediately took the gift box containing the head.

Calvian immediately turned around leaving Iris still crying. The man's heart was filled with deep regret.

Iris, even though she has light magic, has always taken refuge behind the young man chasing her. It wasn't really practicing magic that disappointed him.

Meanwhile, Leona, her daughter whom she has thrown away grows up to be a brave tough girl despite making a troublemaker with her three partners. Even from the narration of the soldiers who helped eradicate the rebels, Leona was so clever that they did not need to spend a lot of energy in vain to fight the enemy.

Unknowingly, a bird-masked girl with gold tendrils was standing on the roof of Duke Castallio's residence with several people wearing silver tendril masks. The girl grinned behind the mask and coded her partner.

Under the light of the crescent moon, they disappeared in the darkness of the night leaving the petals of the flower flying in the wind.