The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100

“Ei, eight thousand… Young Lady, are you certain it’s eight thousand?”

At the Emperor’s question, I answered innocently, “Yes!”

“I made it together with Veronica. Oh, as for who Veronica is…”

“Veronica Dubois.”

Seeing the Emperor mutter her name as if reciting it, I chuckled inwardly.

‘Of course, he would know.’

It was the current Emperor Alexandre, who was the Crown Prince at the time, who personally pardoned Veronica after she nearly blew up an entire region.

When Veronica Dubois, known by the nickname “Witch of the West” and called “the pinnacle of Wigzentra Magic,” was mentioned, the hall stirred greatly.

Duke Valois, who had been frozen with a darkened face, shouted.

“Even if the creator is Veronica Dubois, this is unbelievable. Eight thousand!”

He hurriedly approached the Emperor’s side and said.

“Think about it, Your Majesty. It took over a hundred years for me to extend the existing 5-kilometer transportation array by just 3 kilometers.”

“…”

“The human body cannot withstand ultra-high speeds, so space must be compressed. But if space spanning 8,000 kilometers was compressed, isn’t it strange that no one has known about it until now?”

“…”

“While I experimented within Valois Territory, 8,000 kilometers would mean other territories—no, the entire Empire was compressed. Does it make sense that even the Imperial Capital, protected by the barriers of shrines and magic towers, was compressed entirely?”

People nodded their heads, and the Emperor also held his forehead as if organizing his thoughts.

Duke Valois smiled coldly and looked at me.

“I understand a child’s desire to win, but this lie born from wanting attention is excessive.”

“…”

“This is clearly deceiving His Majesty. A crime worthy of family extermination! Kneel down immediately and beg His Majesty for forgiveness!”

Seeing him shout angrily, I drooped my eyebrows and said.

“But it’s true… It really is 8,000 kilometers.”

“Are you still insisting on something that cannot be proven!”

“I can… prove it!”

I brightened my expression and looked at the Emperor.

“We can ask Veronica in the territory to come here directly and explain!”

“Veronica Dubois directly…”

The Emperor, who had been muttering, asked a man who appeared to be his adjutant.

“What is the current location of the Western Witch?”

“Dubbled Territory. We confirmed this before the banquet.”

Veronica had been fitted with a tracker since the incident where she nearly blew up an entire region.

While they couldn’t execute her because her academic depth and skills were too valuable, she was still managed at the imperial level as a dangerous element.

And it was Father, who had the Dubois family as his vassals, who was in charge of managing Veronica Dubois.

The Emperor looked at Father.

Father furrowed his brow and pulled out a communication stone from his chest.

During the brief communication exchange, I sent a signal to the chairman through my communication stone.

[Are you ready?]

The communication stone blinked twice.

‘Good.’

At the same time, Father received Veronica’s response through the communication stone. Soon after, the Emperor ordered his adjutant to deactivate the Imperial Capital’s barrier.

Rummmble─!

The ground vibrated rapidly and the center of the banquet hall distorted strangely. Soon, something surrounded by light appeared.

It was time to showcase Dubbled’s long-distance teleportation circle at the optimal location with maximum effect.

After a moment, the distorted space returned to normal, and as the light faded, Veronica Dubois and the chairman appeared.

“…!”

“Impossible!”

Screams erupted from all around.

The Emperor also witnessed the long-distance teleportation firsthand and froze stiff, gaping for a while.

“Th-they really… really teleported…!”

From the Imperial Capital to Dubbled Territory was about 3,200 kilometers. It would have taken at least 400 of Valois’s teleportation circles to cover that distance.

After confirming Veronica’s location with the tracking magic device, she immediately teleported here in one go, leaving no room to doubt the invention of the long-distance teleportation circle.

Veronica Dubois smiled brightly as she looked at the Emperor.

“I have returned, Your Majesty.”

“Is it true that the Young Lady helped you create the teleportation circle?”

“My lord didn’t help me, rather I helped my lord.”

“…My lord.”

Veronica was as famous for her stubbornness as she was for her skills and dangerous nature.

She would never follow anyone unless they were someone she truly wanted to serve.

The Emperor had offered her the position of Chief Court Mage, but she kicked it away without a trace of regret, and she absolutely refused to serve under the Previous Duke Dubbled or Father.

When such a person called me her lord, people’s mouths gaped even wider.

Regardless of what people thought, Veronica covered her flushed cheeks with both hands and twisted her body bashfully.

“I was so impressed by my lord’s intelligence and charm that I begged to swear an oath of loyalty. My kind lord accepted me.”

She looked at me as she said this, so I smiled enthusiastically. Then I whispered to the chairman who had quietly approached me, mouthing ‘I told you to keep Veronica in check!’

The chairman muttered with a troubled expression.

“That was me keeping her in check.”

He seemed to have had quite a hard time, as there were dark circles under his eyes.

“So the 8,000 kilometers is likely true?”

When the Emperor muttered in disbelief, Veronica smiled brightly.

“It’s true. If you check the tracking records, you’ll be able to confirm that I teleported instantly from Dubbled to Ruberick Territory at the southernmost tip of the Empire.”

The Emperor looked at his adjutant as if asking if it was really true, and the adjutant swallowed dryly and nodded.

Anger flashed across the Emperor’s expression.

“But you didn’t investigate it!”

“The authorities seem to have considered it a tracker error.”

The banquet hall became explosively noisy.

“Then really…?”

“Didn’t Veronica Dubois prove it herself? What else could it mean but that the long-distance teleportation circle is truly in Dubbled’s hands!”

“Good heavens…”

The Emperor looked at me with trembling eyes, and I smiled brightly with a childlike expression as I took out the teleportation circle.

‘You should have accepted it when I offered it, shouldn’t you?’

When the Emperor’s mouth twitched and he reached out toward my teleportation circle, I quickly handed it to Father.

“Since Your Majesty said you don’t need it, I’ll give it to you!”

“…There has never been anyone who surprised me as much as you do.”

I giggled and hugged Father’s waist.

Then with an “Ah!” I rustled around in my clothes and pulled out some documents.

“Veronica gave me this too! The chairman says these are documents proving all the teleportation circles belong to me! And she also made a ‘vow’.”

Then Veronica pointed to the mana mark visible on her cheek.

“This is a mark showing I belong to my master! If I open my mouth without my master’s command, I’ll explode and die! I’ll suffer something worse than the Northeast explosion incident~!”

Veronica spoke so cheerfully that the chairman shook his head in dismay.

Both those who had experienced the Northeast incident and those who had heard rumors all turned pale. The Emperor swallowed dryly and approached Father.

Valois’s teleportation circle that had fallen to the floor was kicked around with deep footprints stamped on it.

“Duke Dubbled, let us have a conversation…!”

“My apologies. As you know, settling family affairs takes priority.”

Father spoke with a face that wasn’t apologetic at all, then scooped me up and bowed his head.

“Make time for me. When would be good!”

“I’ll contact you later.”

With those words, our family strode out of the banquet hall. Held in Father’s arms, I looked at the people of House Valois who were trembling as they stared at the sprawled 8-kilometer teleportation circle.

Duke Valois had a face as pale as a corpse.

His plan to promote teleportation circles at the First Prince’s birthday celebration, suppress Dubbled, and rise to the top of the pyramid had completely fallen apart, so it was understandable.

‘Ah, I’m going to sleep so well tonight.’

Thinking that, I giggled and rubbed my face against Father’s shoulder.

* * *

The retainers had traveled instantly from Dubbled Territory to the Imperial Capital.

The retainers, who had been staring at the torn teleportation circle with bewildered faces, soon looked at me with glistening eyes.

“So clever and admirable…!”

“Ah, the fairy of Dubbled!”

The First Prince’s birthday celebration and Valois’s teleportation circle had long since disappeared from people’s minds.

All that remained in everyone’s memory was the 8,000-kilometer teleportation circle.

Father caressed the teleportation circle I had given him.

“Now it would be good if you could explain how this all happened.”

“When I went to play at Veronica’s house before, teleportation circles came up in conversation. Veronica said she wasn’t growing because she failed long-distance teleportation experiments! While listening to her story, I thought that if you could protect the body during high-speed movement, there wouldn’t be a need to compress it, so I told her the method I thought of. Then Veronica said ‘Ah, the premise was wrong from the start!’ and created the teleportation circle.”

When I spoke according to what I had coordinated with Veronica and the chairman, people’s mouths fell wide open.

“And I remembered Father saying it would be nice to have a long-distance teleportation circle, so I brought it back.”

I spoke in an innocently childlike voice and poked the chairman in the ribs.

He quickly added his words like a magic tool with a button pressed.

“I skimmed through the contents, and I think it was an idea only possible because she’s a young child.”

Viscount Dubois swallowed dryly and looked at Father.

“What will you do about the teleportation circle? The Imperial Palace keeps contacting us continuously.”

It wasn’t just the Imperial Palace. Nobles were already lining up in front of Dubbled’s Imperial Capital Mansion.

I quickly handed Father the teleportation circle contract and the medium used for the oath between Veronica and me.

“I’ll give it to you, Father!”

After looking at the contract and oath medium I handed him for a while, Father stroked my head and said.

“Since you made it, this is yours. However, I’ll keep it safe for you. It’s too dangerous for you to carry around.”

I knew Father would say that, but hearing it actually made me keep giggling.

‘I think our Father is the coolest in the world.’

With an item like this, anyone’s eyes would roll back, but Father respected my wishes.

“Until you’re fully grown, you must share its usage with me.”

“Then, then I want to use it now.”

Henri asked with a bright smile.

“Do you have somewhere you want to go?”

“No, I want to give a gift!”

“A gift?”

I whispered the person I wanted to give a gift to in Father’s ear. After thinking for a moment, Father nodded.

“If it’s that person.”

I shouted “Wow!” and hugged Father’s neck. Then I secretly smirked, pulling up the corners of my mouth.

‘I don’t plan to end the teleportation circle with just promotion.’

Since I had revealed it to the world, I planned to properly screw over my enemies.

* * *

And time passed, 8 days later.

It became the day of the tea party where I would be introduced to the noble ladies.

I prepared diligently from the morning and headed to Lobte’s Salon where the party was being held.

Grand Lady Camilla, who had just arrived, welcomed me.

“It’s an honor to meet the famous person whom even His Imperial Majesty requests to meet.”

Seeing the Grand Lady speak playfully, I giggled.

“Shall we go in?”

“Yes, Godmother!”

As soon as I took her hand, a group of noble ladies approached us.

“Y-Young Lady!”

“Grand Lady!”

These were the noble ladies who had returned their invitations today, saying they would attend Duchess Valois’s party instead.

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