The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 117

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Chapter 117

 

I quickly pushed away Isaac, who had been examining me.

 

BOOM─!!

 

“What was that?!”

 

People startled by the sudden thunderous sound looked around.

 

“Was that thunder?”

 

“That’s ridiculous. It’s not even raining, so how could it be thunder.”

 

My family searched for the source of the thunderous sound, but they seemed unable to see anything.

 

I glared at the man floating in mid-air.

 

‘What is that strange thing.’

 

The man’s eyebrows twitched. As if he could understand what I was saying.

 

Suddenly, the summoning circle I had seen in the Valois Secret Warehouse came to mind.

 

‘Could it be a demon.’

 

[How dare a foolish creature like you rummage through someone’s mind!]

 

A thunderous roar echoed through my head.

 

‘I knew it!’

 

I bit my lips tightly.

 

The fact that a demon was here meant that House Valois had definitely re-summoned a demon to target me or my family.

 

My family couldn’t perceive the demon. Even if they could, they wouldn’t be able to fight against it.

 

In other words, it meant I had to protect them.

 

‘But I can’t use magic.’

 

Using magic within the Imperial Palace without the Emperor’s permission was forbidden.

 

If this was the case, I had no choice.

 

I grabbed the Noak in my pocket and sent a very small amount of Divine Power into it.

 

But.

 

‘What? Why isn’t there any reaction?’

 

Flustered, I shook the Noak.

 

I infused Divine Power into it again, but there was still no reaction.

 

‘Is this not a ?’

 

But I definitely felt the same sensation as the passages to Bune and Paimon when I touched the Noak before the meal.

 

Besides, if this was just an ordinary gem, there would be no reason for the Temple to mobilize even the Holy Knights they had secretly raised to desperately try to get their hands on the Noak.

 

Sparks flew once again from the hands of the demon floating in mid-air.

 

The demon’s gaze was directed at Father.

 

“No!”

 

I screamed and blocked Father’s path.

 

As soon as the activation seal appeared in my hand, something like a demonic fireball came flying.

 

KWAAAAAK─!!

 

The barrier I deployed collided with the demon’s power.

 

“Leblaine!”

 

Aunt came running in shock.

 

“What are you doing? Quickly withdraw the barrier! Magic in the Imperial Palace is…!”

 

“Don’t come forward!”

 

“What?”

 

“Stay back, please!”

 

The barrier seemed like it would break at any moment. My whole body felt like it was being crushed.

 

The moment that demon’s power collided with my barrier, I knew.

 

That I could never defeat that demon.

 

BANG─!!!

 

“Ah!”

 

Unable to overcome the difference in power, I was sent flying backward as my family shouted “Leblaine!!” and came running.

 

Having crashed into the wall, I groaned and curled up. I tried to get up quickly, but my leg wouldn’t move properly from the bad impact. I gripped the communication stone in my pouch.

 

“What the hell… kid…”

 

Isaac looked me over in confusion.

 

I glared at the demon and said.

 

“I’ll kill you. If you lay a hand on these people, I’ll kill you.”

 

[How dare a mere human girl think she can do anything to me.]

 

The demon arrogantly twisted its lips and landed gracefully on the ground, approaching. I flinched and forced myself to stand.

 

“Even if I have to die and come back to life a hundred times, I’ll kill you. Even if I go insane and howl like a beast, you alone, you alone…!”

 

The demon chuckled and raised an eyebrow.

 

[How interesting, little one. Your curses are sweeter to me than any music. Now, which one should I kill to make you moan with more rage?]

 

The demon slowly looked around at my family and gazed at Father, who was kneeling and holding my shoulder.

 

[Such desperate eyes. Would you suffer if I killed this one?]

 

When I flinched, the demon smiled wickedly.

 

[So this one is the most precious after all. Hmm?]

 

I blocked the demon’s path and pleaded.

 

“I was wrong. I was wrong! I’ll do anything. I’ll do everything you tell me to. Don’t kill him. Please.”

 

My family was looking at me with confused expressions, and Father just stared at me as I cried and begged.

 

“What is there?”

 

[A human with excellent intuition. No, is it faith?]

 

It was when the demon pointed its sharp fingernails at Father’s throat.

 

Something flashed in my hand.

 

‘Got it!’

 

The seal of the Long-Distance Teleportation Circle appeared, and the amethyst that the ceremonial officer had been keeping was delivered into my hand.

 

I quickly held up the amethyst for it to see.

 

[That is…!]

 

This time, it wasn’t me who flinched, but the demon.

 

‘Did you think I’d just sit there waiting to be beaten?’

 

As soon as I fell, I sent a signal to the ceremonial officer and waited for him to send the amethyst!

 

Of course, having exhausted my Divine Power blocking the demon, my strength was woefully insufficient now, so if I summoned the demon from the amethyst, my life would be in danger.

 

But I knew from my experience with Bune.

 

That demons recognize ‘Demon Passages.’

 

The 【Goddess’s Tears】 that Bune wanted was probably a demon passage. When he returned, he was moved to tears saying “Finally, Master…”

 

The amethyst was a passage powerful enough to speak to me. Whatever was contained within it was surely a powerful demon.

 

Which meant it could at least serve as Intimidation.

 

[Foolish thing. I can read your thoughts…!]

 

‘Then you should know. That if you don’t back down, I’m prepared to risk my life to summon the demon from the amethyst.’

 

The demon clicked its tongue.

 

But when I gripped the amethyst tightly, the demon flinched again and stepped back.

 

Then it spread wings similar to an eagle’s and soared back into mid-air, soon disappearing.

 

As soon as it vanished, I staggered and collapsed.

 

‘I thought I was going to die…’

 

As the tension released, pain came flooding in.

 

I had been so on guard that I hadn’t noticed, but it seemed my head had been cut when I hit the wall. My temple was soaked with blood.

 

“Father…”

 

It was the moment I muttered.

 

The Court Mages and Central Knights, sensing an anomaly in the Imperial Palace barrier, came running.

 

Clang!

 

With a sharp scraping sound, the Central Knights’ swords were pointed at me.

 

Activation Seals had also appeared on the backs of the Court Mages’ hands.

 

“What are you doing? Put them away immediately!”

 

Isaac shouted, but the Central Knights’ swords were still pointed at me.

 

And rightfully so, since I was currently a criminal who had used magic in the Imperial Palace.

 

* * *

 

Valois Ducal Residence.

 

A smile spread across Duke Valois’s face as he received news from his adjutant.

 

He laughed loudly and cheerfully set down his wine glass on the table.

 

“So, that wench has been captured.”

 

“Dubbled is desperately trying to save her, but it will be futile.”

 

It was regrettable that the wench didn’t die before Theodore’s eyes, but it was rather fortunate that she was imprisoned.

 

Using magic in the Imperial Palace was a grave crime tantamount to treason.

 

There would be torture to extract her purpose. A young child couldn’t endure the Central Knight Order’s torture, so she would either die or make a false confession.

 

“If things go well, we might be able to entangle all those bothersome Dubbled bastards and destroy their entire family.”

 

Duke Valois laughed pleasantly and looked at Hayton Valois standing in the corner.

 

“Aren’t you happy, my son?”

 

“….”

 

“I’m asking you.”

 

“Yes?! Yes… yes… I am.”

 

Hayton held his trembling hands with his pale face.

 

‘Crazy… this madman!’

 

He had sensed something was happening underground since childhood, but this was the first time he had actually witnessed it.

 

And it was something he had seen by secretly following his father.

 

‘Father is insane.’

 

Summoning creatures not of the Human Realm was a greater sin than what Dubbled’s adopted daughter had committed.

 

Moreover, Hayton, who was cleverer than his peers, knew.

 

Judging from his father’s words during the ‘Descent Ritual,’ this ritual was an unexpected event.

 

But where had he prepared all those human sacrifices?

 

‘If it’s kidnapping or human trafficking, then our family… I…’

 

Hayton bit his pale lips.

 

Nils, standing beside him, pulled at his elder brother with fearful eyes.

 

“Elder Brother…”

 

“Keep your mouth shut.”

 

“But…”

 

Nils looked around with frightened eyes and whispered to Hayton.

 

“But where is Mother?”

 

“….”

 

“They say she never went out, but no matter how much I look…”

 

“Darling…! Aaaah, William Valois! I’ll curse you! You, you…!!”

 

Hayton’s face gradually turned ashen.

 

* * *

 

I stuck my hand out through the iron bars and said.

 

“Please give me food.”

 

“….”

 

“Please give me food!”

 

The guard watching the prison looked at me with an incredulous expression.

 

“Young Lady is probably the only prisoner who eats three meals a day plus snacks without fail.”

 

“But Father told me not to go hungry.”

 

“….”

 

“Father. My father. Duke Dubbled.”

 

“I’ll bring it to you….”

 

Two days since being locked in prison.

 

I was eating well and sleeping well.

 

The Imperial Palace meals were delicious, and they gave me quite a thick blanket. The pillow was fluffy too, so I slept well.

 

‘This is the sweet taste of power.’

 

The Imperial Palace seemed to want to torture me as a formality, but as soon as I was tied to the chair, I burst into tears and wailed.

 

“Waaaah! Father! Aunt! Brothers! Godmother! Empress Dowager! Waaaah! That person is torturing me! Sir Rigel Coldern of the Central Knights Fourth Division! Count Coldern’s younger brother! His elderly mother is still alive, and he has two children! The children’s names are…!!”

 

─When I said that, the torture officer turned pale and ran away.

 

Because of that, the torture officer had already changed for the fourth time.

 

If I get released, Dubbled wouldn’t just leave alone whoever tortured me, right?

 

I quietly looked outside the iron bars.

 

‘Good, no one’s there.’

 

Now’s the time.

 

I quickly grabbed the Elder Horn that I had brought in by bribing a soldier.

 

‘Yesterday I was too surprised to examine it properly, so now again….’

 

Then I channeled divine power into the Elder Horn.

 

Bang!

 

The prison shook.

 

In the windowless prison, wind blew in, and then a pillar of fire like with Bune rose up.

 

‘What, it works!’

 

But why didn’t it work yesterday?

 

[Finally you called me. Nice to meet you. I am the twenty-fifth pillar, Glashallabol… you…!!]

 

The demon and I, who made eye contact, simultaneously opened our mouths wide.

 

[You, you, you…!]

 

“Ha. So that’s why the passage wouldn’t open.”

 

I glared at the demon before my eyes.

 

That damn demon who attacked me and my family yesterday.

 

Flustered, he opened and closed his mouth.

 

[Uh, yesterday’s incident, I also, huh? That, you see. That, because of that matter, I had no choice but to… you know? Work?]

 

“I know. Then would you mind kneeling down for a moment?”

 

You’re dead.

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