CH 8

Katherina was going to the Peppers’ house as a private tutor.

She has heard nothing but bad things about the Pepper family.

They are highly discriminative and believe that if you are not an aristocrat, you are not a person.

There are many Aristocrats, but they are the ideal example of who the Peppers think are elite.

She just doesn’t think it’s a good idea for someone who has no trust or ability to wield authority.

Besides, it is rumored that Black Pepper is a man who looks down on noblemen as soon as he finds out that they are of a lower rank than him.

Katherina is the daughter of a baronet and is of a lower status than the Pepper family.

If she causes even the slightest problem, she will be in trouble.

She may even be required to do something unreasonable even if she didn’t want to cause trouble.

To be honest, Katherina thought of them as people she did not want to get involved with.

Although Owen is just a child, he is said to have a very problematic personality.

Selfish and tyrannical.

If he does not like something, he throws a tantrum right away.

Do not underestimate the power of a child’s tantrum.

In addition to punching and kicking, he also used a lot of abusive language that she couldn’t believe had been said by a child.

Katherina has heard stories of servants who quit because of it.

Why would she work as a magic teacher at such a place and take on Owen as a student?

It is all about money.

Katherina’s family, though noble, is poor.

She has five younger siblings, and Katherina needed to earn as much as she could.

Her parents paid a lot of money to let her go to a magic school.

She wanted to repay that favor.

However, she could not get a good job at the Academy of Magic because she did not get good grades.

A friend of Katherina was able to get her a job in the Royal capital, but she was so stubborn that she turned it down.

She regrets that moment a little.

So she needed the money for those reasons.

That is when Katherina received an offer to become a teacher that would pay an unbelievable amount of money.

Without hesitation, she took the chance.

No, she jumped at it.

But then she found out that she was the tutor for that Pepper family, and cursed her own shallowness.

Therefore, Katherina became Owen’s tutor.

At first, she was depressed, thinking that he would be a terrible child.

However, when she engaged in a conversation with Owen, she found him to be a very honest and good kid.

‘I guess the rumors were wrong.’

He was so mature that it was hard to believe he was an eight-year-old.

Furthermore, she liked the fact that he was very polite and genuinely wanted to learn about magic.

He is a very nice boy…

Katherina took pity on him.

Had Owen been living under a false identity all his life?

As a child, you cannot go against your parents.

So, there is a part of him that has adapted to Black Pepper.

Perhaps that is what gives Owen a bad name.

His situation is too unfair.

His twisted smile after Owen had saved Katherina.

He was not laughing properly.

She was sure no one has ever loved him.

So, he cannot even smile honestly.

And even though he is a child, he has such a mature personality.

He had no one to turn to, and he had to grow up quickly.

At the age of eight, he should have an innocent boyhood.

When Katherina was that age, she played a lot more and was very childish.

She had received a lot of love from her family and servants and had been protected by them.

That experience has made her the person she is today.

‘Who is going to protect this child?’

Owen was already an adult.

Even from the little conversation they had together, she could sense his intelligence.

Maybe Owen is not weak enough to need someone to protect him.

However, a child is a being that should be loved and protected.

Especially if you are a wizard and you’re going to go forward, you need someone to love and protect you.

He who has the right heart can use magic correctly.

The talented Owen is sure to surprise us all in the future.

But if his heart is not full, one day he will be broken.

As his magic teacher, she wants to guide him in the right direction.

‘For that reason, I must protect him,’ She thought to herself.

“I will protect Owen-sama so that he can be a normal child and become someone who can handle magic properly,” Katherina declared.