I am the Nanny of the Villain

11

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    Sitting on the sofa in the drawing room, lifting the teacup that had been prepared in advance, Sarah asked. 

    "So, what was the message the Duke told you to convey?"

    After hesitating for a moment at Sarah's question, Veron carefully pulled something piled up on a soft cloth from his arms. And he knelt down on one knee in front of her and handed it over.

    In a very reverent gesture, Sarah corrected her posture and accepted it.

    "Can I open it?"

    "Of course."

    When she carefully removed the cloth surrounding it, a small branch appeared. It was so dry that she couldn't feel anything vitality from it. It was a branch that looked like it would rot and crumble at any moment.

    "Ah, indeed."

    Sarah immediately recognized what this was. And what the Duke wanted.

    "This is the power of Ambrosia."

    "That's right. As expected, you recognize it right away."

    "I can't help but recognize it."

    This was the living curse of the Duke of Ambrosia. The black magic that had been passed down from generation to generation. It took away the vitality and deprived life.

    This power craved and devoured life force. If this power ran wild, it would not only absorb the life force of everything around it but in the end, even its owner’s life force would be devoured by this power and the owner would die.

    Sarah did not show up for six years after Claude was born because she was stuck in a magic tower to study this. Failing to control this power could have put not only the Duke of Ambrosia but also Claude in danger because it was the power that drove the world to the brink of destruction in the future she saw.

It was not perfect, but Sarah was able to figure out a lot about this.

    "Did it run out of power?"

    "It was temporary and very weak, but yes."

    "When is that?"

    "A month ago."

    Sarah's eyes frowned slightly at her butler's answer. Although she had expected it, it was sooner than her expectation. It seemed that the artifact she had given to the Duke before she retired seemed to be not enough.

    A month ago, when Duke Ambrosia's power ran rampant, the same power began to manifest in Claude. As Claude grew up, the power that was sleeping inside the child would have grown in volume.

Ambrosia's power grew on despair. The power of the Duke of Ambrosia and Claude were the same, but they were growing by sharing different despair.

    Sarah didn't know what the Duke's darkness was, but she knew what Claude's darkness was. The absence of a mother, guilt about being born killing his mother, and anger at the fact that no one gave him full affection.

    It was understandable if Ethan Ambrosia avoided Claude for this reason. Just as negative emotions and negative emotions became despair, Ambrosia's cursed powers were able to increase volume rapidly when they met each other.

    "Is this branch all that was sacrificed then?"

    "......"

    Veron and Ronda did not answer Sarah's question. But even if they didn't answer, Sarah could know. She took a closer look at the two. Veron and Ronda have been expressionless since they first met until now.