The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102

 

“Immediately send the shadow organization… no, attach Cadillon (the head of the shadow organization) directly.”

 

“Yes.”

 

As soon as the subordinate bowed and disappeared, Duke Dubbled’s gaze reached Duke Valois.

 

He had already finished investigating that it was Duke Valois who brought Mireille, a provincial courtesan, to the Imperial Capital.

 

The two men’s gazes clashed sharply in the air.

 

* * *

 

That night.

 

I carefully stored the gifts and letters I received from the tea party guests and sat on the sofa.

 

The three maids looked at me swinging my legs with cheerful faces and giggled.

 

“You seem to have enjoyed today’s tea party.”

 

“Yes. It was fun.”

 

Everyone was refined and kind. I promised to go flower viewing with the young ladies my age who attended the party when the weather gets warmer.

 

‘It’s my first time going out to play with friends my age!’

 

As soon as I returned, I marked the outing day on the calendar and was eagerly counting down the days until we could go out and play.

 

‘And Duchess Valois’s party was ruined too.’

 

If she’s the person I know, she wouldn’t just be rolling around clutching her stomach in pain, but would sweep everything off the table with a crash! and pour out resentment to her husband, saying ‘I’ve been humiliated like this, so what is that man doing!’

 

While I was laughing wickedly to myself, it became noisy outside the room.

 

The maids opened the door slightly, checked the situation, and then said.

 

“Master seems to have returned home.”

 

“Then I’ll go greet him.”

 

“Yes, Young Lady.”

 

I quickly opened the door and headed to the first floor.

 

But Father, who would normally be receiving greetings in the central courtyard and hearing about mansion affairs from the butler, was nowhere to be seen.

 

I caught one of the employees who were scattering and asked.

 

“Where’s Father?”

 

“He didn’t even receive greetings and went straight to the study.”

 

“Is something wrong?”

 

“Well. His expression didn’t look good…”

 

I tilted my head and headed to Father’s study.

 

‘Did something happen in the conference room?’

 

I heard the Emperor was persistently clinging to him about the long-distance teleportation circle, so he might have done something to provoke Father’s anger.

 

As I was about to grab the door handle to Father’s study, voices flowed out.

 

“You’re saying there’s a high possibility that Mireille was acting on Duke Valois’s orders? I also received a report that she, a provincial prostitute, caught Duke Valois’s fancy and came up to the Imperial Capital. But I heard that right after coming to the Imperial Capital, the Duke lost interest in her.”

 

It was Aunt’s voice. What followed was Johan’s words.

 

“Yes, she caused a commotion asking to meet Duke Valois again, but was caught by the Duchess, suffered a terrible fate, and was driven out of the capital.”

 

Suffered a terrible fate and was driven out?

 

‘Could it be that woman!’

 

The arrogant prostitute who had come to the mansion in my second life.

 

‘No, that’s impossible. I saw that woman directly. She looked completely different from Mireille!’

 

Her appearance, her voice, nothing about her resembled Mireille in any way.

 

She was a beauty with a voluptuous figure, but she was a woman with reddish-brown hair and deep green eyes.

 

‘If that woman is certain, then it’s not just making her younger through alchemy.’

 

It’s like tearing out a soul and attaching it to another person’s body, creating a completely different body.

 

‘But does that make sense?’

 

Changing one’s appearance is possible.

 

Seria is also hiding her identity through such magic.

 

But magic that transforms appearance has limited daily usage time and costs astronomical amounts.

 

Valois, who poured money into developing the medium-range teleportation circle, couldn’t have such resources, and more importantly─

 

‘There’s no way Dubbled’s Magic Director and Veronica couldn’t detect transformation magic.’

 

Those two are mages who boast the highest skills even in the Empire where magic has flourished.

 

Voices continued to leak from the door. This time it was Father.

 

“There’s evidence that the man with the red spots discovered through torture had contact with Duke Valois.”

 

Just then, my communication stone flickered.

 

I looked around and took out the communication stone. It was Seria’s code.

 

[We’ve caught the tail of the ‘client’ who ordered Young Lady’s kidnapping. He’s said to be a man with red spots on his hands. Based on his accent and conversation content, he appears to be a native of the capital and from a noble house.]

 

I let out a small chuckle.

 

It seems my bad relationship with Duke Valois won’t end with just the teleportation circle.

 

The gentle and foolish Leblaine who couldn’t even ask why when beaten or wronged no longer exists.

 

I’ll pay back what I receive, and I’ll tear open mouths if necessary to hear what I’m curious about.

 

With an expressionless face, I looked down at the communication stone and sent a reply to Seria.

 

[Withdraw all the money I have stored, and prepare the soldiers raised on the frontier and the spies spread throughout the capital. We’re taking House Valois.]

 

Then I grabbed Etoile.

 

The time had come to use the first familiar I obtained through Paimon.

 

* * *

 

That dawn.

 

I moved to Hope Trading Company located in the capital’s shopping district. The captain who received my message came along as well.

 

“Have you arrived, Guild Master.”

 

Seria welcomed us.

 

I groaned and collapsed on the sofa with a pale face.

 

“The long-distance teleportation circle is all well and good, but I get terrible motion sickness after using it…”

 

Seria drooped her eyebrows as she handed me cold water. The chairman also patted my back.

 

“Veronica is working on improvements so that even a child’s body can travel easily, so please wait.”

 

I groaned as I gulped down the cold water.

 

Then I let out a sigh and looked at the two of them.

 

“You confirmed the story I sent through the communication stone, right?”

 

It was about how the ‘client’ was likely connected to Duke Valois.

 

I could hear the grinding sound coming from between Seria’s teeth.

 

“Yes.”

 

“Good. Then let’s share what we’ve investigated.”

 

The chairman was the first to pull out documents.

 

“Duke Valois met Mireille three years ago. He brought her to the Imperial Capital early last year. Her real name is Amber Fleder.”

 

With that, he pulled out a portrait showing Mireille’s original appearance and a portrait showing the appearance of the child who had come to the Imperial Palace.

 

Seria’s face hardened like stone.

 

“Nicole!”

 

Seria’s hands trembled as she grabbed the portrait showing Mireille in child form.

 

“Nicole?”

 

“She’s my younger sister. A younger sister from Hope Orphanage!”

 

“…So the ‘client’ really did create Mireille.”

 

They must have bought children from Hope Orphanage to find a child similar to Little One.

 

“Then the other children…”

 

As I muttered, the chairman spoke in a dry voice.

 

“To perfectly transfer a soul would require countless experiments.”

 

“I’ll tear them apart…!!”

 

Seria let out a scream-like shout. I could see her rage in her bright red eyes with bulging blood vessels.

 

I looked at Seria, who was holding Nicole’s portrait with reddened eyes and a sorrowful expression.

 

The chairman grasped her sobbing shoulders.

 

“Calm down. To tear apart those beasts’ limbs, we must swallow even tears of blood for now.”

 

Seria, biting her lips tightly, spoke breathlessly.

 

“…I checked the financial state of House Valois. The warehouses are empty, and they seem to have borrowed large sums from the Marche Ducal House, banks, and even loan sharks. At this rate, they won’t last even three months.”

 

“But if they transfer all manufacturing and distribution rights of the medium-range teleportation circle to the shrine and request debt forgiveness, they could recover.”

 

“…If Duke Valois is indeed the backer of the ‘client’ who bought my siblings, we absolutely cannot let them recover.”

 

Seeing Seria’s expression, I nodded.

 

“We can’t miss this opportunity. If we want to swallow Valois whole.”

 

“Do you have a method in mind?”

 

At the chairman’s question, I shrugged my shoulders.

 

“No?”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

“House Valois is a founding noble family with deep history. Their connections with other nobles are that solid. They may be short on money now, but they have vast territory, so that’ll be resolved soon. And we can’t start a territorial war. The Imperial Palace won’t permit a territorial war against a founding noble family, right?”

 

“…”

 

“In the end, the only way is to reveal how they created Mireille, but given Duke Valois’s thorough personality, he would have already finished cleaning up right after the Mireille incident failed to avoid getting caught.”

 

“You know him well.”

 

At their expression asking ‘so what now?’, I grinned and grabbed Etoile.

 

I infused a little divine power into Etoile.

Then Etoile was enveloped in silver light and a handsome man appeared in the room.

 

 

The two of them gaped in astonishment at the black-haired handsome man who appeared with the light.

The black-haired handsome man gracefully waved his fan and smiled brightly.

 

“Wa-ryong greets his master.”

 

He was the Military Genius of the Century who had made even the Emperor take many futile steps.

 

 

“Well then, lend us your wisdom. How can we completely crush the enemy so they can’t move a muscle?”

 

“If it’s something that can’t be done by human hands, then naturally it would require the power of something that isn’t human.”

I stiffened and pressed my forehead.

 

“That’s right. That’s it. I used their power too, so why didn’t I think of that?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

Seria blinked as if asking what I meant.

 

 

“Huh?”

It wasn’t just for experiments. They borrowed demonic power using the children’s souls as a medium.

 

Now it became clear why so many children from the orphanage were needed.

“Then the way to tear Valois apart is…!”

It’s not just for experimentation. They borrowed demonic power through the children’s souls as a medium.

“There’s something called an apostolic trial here, isn’t there?”

I flinched and looked up at the century’s soldier.

I cupped my flushed cheeks and thought.

 

‘I chose my familiar well!’

 

“I heard there’s something called an apostle trial here.”

I cupped my flushed cheeks and thought.

‘You chose your crew well!’

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