Mariella giggled happily like a child as she kicked her blanket without care and ran barefooted to the tied up Duke Fez.
The sunlight had already illuminated the bedroom, and with the help of the light, the hidden Duke Fez was finally revealed.
Mariella looked up at the man in his early thirties.
The first thing she noticed was his navy blue hair, resembling the colour of the deep ocean.
The hair was cut not too short but not too long eithed, just right above the neck.
However, the duke's bang was quite long, and it currently covered half of his eyes.
But even so, Mariella could still see the man's emerald green eyes that were currently staring at her without a hint of emotion.
Duke Fez was a mix-blood and had the posture of a westerner but the face of an Asian.
He's already in his thirties but still looked like he's only in his twenties!
That cold, wooden face was really so handsome that Mariella almost had a nosebleed.
This man was precisely 'the cold duke outside but warm inside' type of man.
Someone like this was usually so affectionate and would dote on someone heavily if they liked someone with all of their hearts.
No wonder Lizeth was pampered to heaven after gaining Duke Fez' recognition.
Such a hot daddy...even Mariella was tempted to have one!
Mariella didn't realise that she had let her emotion slip past her eyes, and she really did look fascinated by the young uncle.
The trace of respect and affection for beauty couldn't escape her crimson eyes, and Duke Fez coincidentally captured this moment.
The young duke suddenly froze. The emotions inside that pair of eyes really resembled what Isabella used to have when she was three years old.
The first thing she said to him when she met him was–
"Uncle, you're so handsome! You're my type! Be my dad!"
Duke Fez almost choked on his saliva back then. Usually, children would say they wanted to get married to him when they grew up.
But this little squirrel brazenly sold her own father and wanted to have him as her father instead!
Duke Fez's face was rigid as he tried not to think about the three-year-old Isabella whom he once thought of as his own daughter.
The duke controlled his emotion, and all that came out was just an expressionless face full of frost.
"Is there a problem, your majesty?" Duke Fez slowly opened his mouth, and his cold, deep voice rang throughout the room.
Mariella was a voice-con, and that voice almost made her legs tremble.
Uncle, don't be like that, ah! You will be my dad! Dad! If you keep looking so attractive, this auntie won't be able to keep acting as a child!
Mariella felt that becoming a child was really a curse. If not for this body, she would have pounced on this handsome uncle, okay?!
Mariella hid her thoughts and quickly got into her acting as Isabella.
"Hmph. Can't this queen see you if there's no business?" Isabella kicked Duke Fez's legs lightly before circling the duke, as if admiring a piece of artwork.
That kind of gaze really made people uncomfortable. Even Duke Fez had to hold back the urge to slap the child and educate her.
Did no one teach you not to look at people as if they're just lifeless items?!
But Duke Fez endured and let out a small sigh instead.
"Alright, your majesty. Can you tell this duke what business your majesty has with me?"
Since Duke Fez had already repeated his question, Mariella immediately took the documents Byron prepared for her and slapped all the papers to Duke Fez's chest.
"Take a look. That's what I want to do."
Duke Fez's hands were tied at the front, so he could still move his hand a little to pick the scattered papers on his lap.
The first sentence he saw was enough to make him grind his teeth in anger.
'Father adoption documents'.
The little tyrant wants to adopt him as her father?! On what base??
Duke Fez couldn't understand Isabella's plan at all. He looked down at the child only as tall as his knees and spoke in a helpless tone.
"Your majesty, can I not be your dad?"
Mariella snorted at Duke Fez and sneered. "Pfft. You wanna be my mom, then?"
Duke Fez choked on Mariella's words and almost fell to the ground.
Little tyrant!! Why is your mouth so poisonous?! Just because I don't wanna be your dad, I must be your mother instead??
Duke Fez was a gentleman and had never cursed anyone or talked dirty. But right now, he very much wished he could curse Isabella.
Yet his rationality told him to endure. If he really retorted back and even argued with this child, he would only degrade his own IQ and be as childish as this tyrant.
Duke Fez took a deep breath and asked Mariella in a serious tone. "Your majesty, is this an order? Can I refuse?"
Mariella raised an eyebrow and shook her head. "Sadly, you can't refuse. This is an imperial order! If you refuse, you will be labelled as a traitor! A rebel! You hear me?"
Mariella fully acted out Isabella's habit and conduct. The kid did often threaten people with the word 'imperial order' and 'traitor' or 'rebel'.
Little did she know that in a week, people would really rebel against her and execute her publicly.
Mariella bit her lips and glared at Duke Fez to curb her negative emotions.
"This queen will release you but you have to immediately sign the document. From now on, you are my adoptive father!"
Oh. The title of the original novel seemed to have changed…
It's now: "Kidnapping The Grand Duke, The Little Tyrant Stops A Rebellion!"
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