A Contract Marriage with My Child’s Father - Chapter 70

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Chapter 70

“…Angel?”

Tommy couldn’t believe the scene unfolding before his eyes.

Surely all the adults had fled far away and no one was left.

Yet somehow, a beautiful woman with pink hair was looking at him with a bright smile.

With the most gentle face in the world, she met Tommy’s eyes and continued singing softly.

“In the square box is medicine that makes you healthy~♪”

The lyrics were a little different from what Tommy knew.

The angel sitting in front of him really took out a square box from her bag and began carefully treating his injured knee.

Cool medicine was applied over the stinging, painful wound and soft gauze was placed on top.

And then…

“Finally, if I stick on a heart-shaped bandage like this~”

Ta-da!

The woman smiled brightly and asked gently.

“It doesn’t hurt at all now, does it?”

Tommy quietly looked down at his knee.

On top of the gauze was a carefully cut heart-shaped bandage.

‘Strange.’

Just moments ago it had hurt so, so much.

The monster sounds had been really, really scary.

But when the angel’s warm touch reached him, that pain and fear magically disappeared without a trace.

Tommy’s small shoulders, which had been hunched up with fear, finally relaxed and dropped.

* * *

Seeing the child’s brightened face, I finally felt the tight tension ease a little.

‘Phew, thank goodness.’

It was worth always carrying emergency medicine in my bag out of habit.

‘I also had some medical tape left that I’d cut into fun shapes.’

When dealing with children, they liked it when I stuck them on in heart or star shapes, so I would deliberately cut medical tape into those shapes, and I had a few pieces left in my bag.

I examined Tommy’s condition once more.

‘Earlier he seemed completely unable to stand up.’

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like any bones were broken or that he had a sprain.

He had simply collapsed because his legs gave out from fear.

But the situation wasn’t good enough to completely let my guard down yet.

‘We’re too close to the town square.’

Kuuuung!

At that moment, one of the screaming monsters crashed to the ground, making a tremendous noise.

It was powerful enough to shake the earth.

“Hik…!”

Tommy jumped in surprise and burrowed into my arms.

I hurriedly stroked the cowering child’s small shoulders to comfort him.

“It’s okay, Tommy. Nothing will happen.”

“B-but… Angel. The monsters are incredibly strong. If, if they come our way…”

The child’s eyes trembled.

As if he had been attacked by monsters before, there was learned fear visible in the child’s eyes.

‘Simply comforting him by saying it’s okay won’t be enough.’

I needed more solid grounds to reassure him.

I asked in a deliberately innocent voice.

“Say, Tommy. Are dragons stronger, or are monsters stronger?”

“…Dragons.”

“Then is Count Cain stronger, or are monsters stronger?”

“Of course Count Cain is…”

Tommy answered like lightning.

To the children of Winterwald, the Duke of the Dragon, Cain Ashern, would be an almost godlike existence.

I smiled brightly and lightly tapped the back of the child’s hand.

As if the child finally realized something, his expression brightened instantly.

“Could it be…!”

Soon the child’s gaze turned toward the sky.

Admiration instantly filled his eyes that had been filled with terror.

The town square had become a complete battlefield.

At its center was a man radiating overwhelming presence.

He was cutting down monsters that seemed impossible to even think of facing with a single strike.

His overwhelming appearance was more wondrous than frightening.

But this wasn’t the time to just stand there watching in a daze.

‘Cain told me to absolutely not enter the town square.’

Where we were standing now was technically outside the town square, but distance-wise it was quite precarious.

If the fighting intensified and we got hurt by flying debris, we might end up hindering Cain.

Even if we couldn’t go far, we needed a space where we could definitely hide ourselves.

“Come on, Tommy. Can you stand up now?”

“Yes!”

Though his knees were still a bit shaky, thanks to his fear subsiding, Tommy stood up bravely.

“Hold my hand.”

I firmly grasped the child’s small hand.

And keeping our bodies as low as possible to avoid attracting the monsters’ attention, we carefully hid ourselves in a deep blind spot between buildings.

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Just a few minutes earlier.

Having grasped the unusual situation, Cain immediately headed for the town square.

‘The barrier has been breached.’

Cain’s brow furrowed.

Ordinary monsters wouldn’t dare come anywhere near.

If they could tear through the barrier in one go, it meant these creatures were quite powerful specimens even among the variants.

‘Were there still variants remaining?’

Since the waves had stopped recently with the sharp decline in their numbers, he thought they had been wiped out.

It seemed there were some that had been hiding somewhere, waiting for an opportunity.

Despite having stationed sufficient guard forces around Wintervalt’s outskirts, judging by the speed at which they broke through and advanced… they seemed to be flying types.

Cain’s deduction was accurate.

“Ugh, uaaaah!”

“The sky! Look at the sky!”

One of the guards protecting the town square let out a shrill scream.

Everyone’s gaze turned upward at once.

Massive shadows flying across the blue sky.

Along with bizarre wing-beating sounds, ferocious magical energy poured down to the ground.

“M-monsters!”

“Run!”

The peaceful street instantly became a battlefield.

One rookie guard, paralyzed with fear, ran away without even noticing he had dropped the sword from his waist.

Flying-type magical beasts were the kind that were difficult to deal with unless one had considerable experience with monsters.

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing rang out loudly.

Unlike the people filled with confusion, only Cain remained calm.

He removed the black silk gloves he was wearing and put them in his inner pocket.

There was no longer any reason to use the disguise magical tool. This battle would instantly reveal his identity. There was no need to let people know his disguised appearance as well.

Cain turned off the magical tool.

And then.

“I’ll borrow this for a moment.”

He immediately picked up the sword that had fallen to the ground.

‘There hasn’t been major damage yet.’

It was fortunate amid the misfortune that he happened to be in this area.

He needed to resolve the situation quickly.

There were shelters in the marketplace where many people were hiding.

‘Viola is also over there…’

He absolutely could not let the magical beasts reach that place.

Rumble!

As he gripped the sword properly, blue aura erupted explosively and wrapped around the blade.

Pure and powerful aura that only someone above Sword Master level could use.

Though he wore a black hood, people instinctively recognized his identity.

Cain Ashern.

The great Dragon Blood.

It was definitely him who had protected the Empire from magical beasts countless times.

Cain stood alone in the now empty town square.

The magical beasts in the sky were flying rapidly toward where people had gathered, as if searching for prey.

He lightly swung his sword.

Swish!

With just a simple motion, accompanied by the tearing sound of air being split, the wing of one magical beast circling in the sky was instantly severed.

Thud!

Without even managing to let out a proper scream, the massive body plummeted to the ground.

A single strike.

At that overwhelming power, the gazes of the remaining magical beasts focused on Cain all at once.

They instinctively knew.

That the silver-haired man was the most powerful enemy threatening them.

Screech!

And as soon as they recognized this fact, they changed direction.

The fierce fangs and claws that had been targeting people rushed toward Cain.

Not knowing it was an intended lure, the beasts thrust their heads toward him of their own accord.

Cain’s lips twisted into a cold smile.

Crash! Thud!

The beasts’ screams and thunderous sounds mixed together and burst forth.

Though they were flying-type magical beasts notorious for being troublesome, before Cain’s sword they were nothing more than mere flies.

Blood scattered like rain, and the corpses of magical beasts piled up like mountains.

It was closer to one-sided slaughter than battle.

As the gap in power became clearly visible, fear gradually disappeared from the eyes of the watching people, and awe began to fill its place.

And so, how much time had passed?

Thump.

The massive head of the last magical beast fell at Cain’s feet.

The attack of flying-type magical beasts that could have devastated an entire city was easily stopped by just one person.

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