Otaku Translation: I! Anomaly Cleansing Agent! C169

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: Who Is She?

You’re still thinking about candy, but I’ve already lost my husband-to-be.

After affectionately pinching the little girl’s cheek, was about to call out to to ask why he had suddenly left her behind when a hoarse, raspy voice suddenly sounded from a nearby window.

"Hello."

Startled by the sound resembling nails scraping glass, Veronica turned toward the source and saw an elderly woman with wrinkled skin and thinning white hair extending her arms in her direction.

"Can you return to me?"

"Oh, of course."

Noticing the suspicion in the woman’s eyes, and wanting to avoid being mistaken for a child abductor, Veronica quickly set the little girl down. However, between the earlier moment of confusion over the two silver coins and now this unexpected interruption, Leon had already flown far away on his broom.

Oh well, I know where he lives. I’ll ask him later.

Veronica sighed as she watched Leon’s retreating figure disappear into the distance.

Today has been… eventful. Not only did I survive an assassination attempt by rebels, but I also got married without any preparation—and to a prince who seems rather peculiar at that.

Especially just now—he asked me to help care for the child one moment, then acted as if he’d completely forgotten who I was the next. His demeanor turned polite and distant, and he even gave me those two silver coins for no apparent reason…

What a strange man. But then again, since Leon is from , maybe it’s normal for him to be odd?

Shaking her head at the baffling situation, Veronica smoothed her dress, crouched down, and pulled open the little girl’s dirty hand. She placed a shiny silver coin inside and patted her bottom with a smile.

"There’s your money. Go to your real grandma and have her buy you some candy~"

"Grandma?"

The little girl tilted her head in confusion, staring at the silvery coin in her hand.

"Phoebe’s grandma died years ago."

The child’s grandmother is dead? Then who was that woman speaking to me?

Frowning slightly, Veronica looked up at the elderly woman standing by the window and asked politely yet cautiously:

"Excuse me, what relation are you to this child?"

The old woman raised her heavily wrinkled face, casting a meaningful glance at Veronica before responding calmly:

"My name is . I’m Phoebe’s younger sister."

???

You’re Phoebe’s younger sister?

Veronica froze momentarily, her brows knitting tighter as disbelief washed over her.

Impossible. You look well over sixty, while little Phoebe appears to be only five or six. How could she possibly be your older sister?

"Lucy."

Just as Veronica began to suspect the old woman might have some mental issues, the little girl suddenly broke into a joyful run toward the elderly woman.

"Lucy, be good, okay~"

Standing on her tiptoes, the girl patted the old woman’s silver hair with her grubby hands. Then, mimicking Veronica’s earlier words, she held up the silver coin and said sweetly:

"If you call me ‘big sister,’ I’ll buy you candy~"

...

Looking at the innocent child before her, a faint sadness flickered in the old woman’s eyes. Lowering her head obediently so Phoebe wouldn’t need to stretch, she replied softly in her eerie, raspy voice:

"Big sister, no matter what form you take, you will always be my big sister."

...

So… it’s not that the grandmother is mentally unstable—it’s that this child has intellectual challenges?

Noticing the sorrow in the old woman’s eyes and watching her quietly endure Phoebe’s affectionate touches, Veronica fell silent. Deciding not to disturb the peculiar "sisters," she turned and walked back toward the .

Some things simply cannot be changed—whether it’s the innate simplicity of this child or the deep-rooted greed within human hearts.

All I can do is rely on the authority granted by my position as princess to try and place restraints on excess greed, making life slightly more bearable for those burdened by suffering.

And my marriage to Leon will undoubtedly accelerate that process. If everything serves a purpose, then perhaps it’s all worth it.

---

"What happened?"

"I passed out?"

"What happened just now… My lord? Wake up!"

When Veronica returned to the hall where the investiture ceremony had taken place, some of the people who had collapsed due to the [] were beginning to stir.

However, most of those awake were young servants or guards—the older nobles, whose bodies were less resilient, remained unconscious. With no one stepping forward to take charge, the hall was descending into chaos.

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Surveying the leaderless scene, Veronica shook her head, adjusted her shawl to cover the sooty handprints on her chest, and clapped loudly to draw everyone’s attention. Addressing those who had regained consciousness, she instructed:

"Our priority now is to revive everyone. Members of the , go fetch doctors. Others, carry your unconscious kin upstairs. For families where no one has woken yet, the Lions will handle them. Check their conditions while waiting for the doctors; prioritize those in critical states once medical help arrives."

Hmm… That does seem like the right course of action.

After hearing Veronica’s commands, the chaotic hall fell silent for a moment before people began instinctively following her instructions. As they moved, others followed suit, and the disorder gradually transformed into order.

Yet, despite acting on her orders, a strange question lingered in the minds of many:

Who is this woman giving commands?

---

"What? You encountered another rebel with ? And nearly fell into their trap?"

After listening to Leon recount his day’s misadventures, the red-haired chief blinked her fox-like eyes in surprise.

"That’s odd. While encounters with anomalies tend to increase after joining the Cleansing Bureau due to deeper immersion, don’t you think you’re running into trouble far too often?"

"I agree something feels off—I’m starting to wonder if I’m cursed…"

Leon nodded, looking somewhat exasperated.

"But the Black Goat assured me, as a Greater Demon, that there’s absolutely nothing abnormal about me—at least, nothing it can detect. It suggested I come straight to you to find out what exactly caused it."

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