The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 127

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Chapter 127

 

The warning lights in my fourth-life mind flashed and blinked.

 

Leblaine quietly stepped backward and muttered.

 

“Ah, ah, I’m sleepy.”

 

Then the Three Young Masters surrounded Leblaine and asked affectionately.

 

“Want to? Should we go to sleep?”

 

“Yeah, little one.”

 

“Go ahead.”

 

Leblaine said “Yes!” and quickly escaped to her room, and the Young Masters who were following the child up the stairs slyly glanced at their father.

 

“You of the Blue Rose… Pfft.”

 

“Snicker.”

 

“Heh.”

 

After the siblings disappeared harmoniously, Theodore spoke in an ominous voice.

 

“North.”

 

North, who had witnessed the starting point of a major incident that would happen in the future from the central courtyard, swallowed dryly with a stiff face.

 

“Yes.”

 

“Since they seem to like nicknames, give those bastards one each too.”

 

“Pardon? …Yes.”

 

Theodore’s eyes rippled darkly.

 

* * *

 

The next day, when I woke up, I saw the blue rose in the flower vase and groaned.

 

“Father will be happy if you give it to him.”

 

The problem was that Henri smiled so brightly that I couldn’t refuse and ended up accepting it.

 

It was fortunate that I gave up on the flower gift, because if I had really given it to him, the mansion might have collapsed.

 

I remembered the demon-like Father I saw yesterday and shuddered.

 

He was so scary that even in my dreams I saw Father holding a blue rose and breathing fire from his mouth.

 

Just then, after a few knocks, I heard a familiar voice.

 

“Young Lady, are you awake?”

 

It was Laura.

 

“Yes!”

 

When I shouted, the door opened and Laura and the three maids came in carrying wash water.

 

I washed and changed clothes with the help of the maids.

 

“What is your schedule for today?”

 

“Will you have lunch at the mansion?”

 

“Should I prepare an overcoat?”

 

When the maids asked, I groaned “Hmm…” and then nodded my head.

 

“I want to go out today. I’ll take a look around the shopping district.”

 

“I’ll inform Duke Nuanok.”

 

The power struggle among the nobles surrounding Valois Territory had intensified. Since Dubbled had a high possibility of claiming Valois Territory, Father was concerned about the pack of greedy hyenas and made it mandatory for an adjutant to accompany me whenever I went out.

 

‘Not that I mind.’

 

Since I’m going to Hope Trading Company’s office today, I need to go with an adjutant anyway!

 

I thought about what I needed to do going forward.

 

First, I need to handle the trading company business in place of Seria, who went to find the children from House of Hope… Oh, and it’s been quite a while since I’ve done any social activities, so I need to meet with noble ladies and young ladies.

 

‘The most important thing is finding a way to respond when Duke Marche attacks.’

 

I brazenly told the adjutant it would be fine, but that was actually just to reassure my people.

 

Dying and regressing again is the last resort.

 

‘Well, the adjutant probably noticed and is just pretending not to know.’

 

I love our family very much, but objectively speaking, Dubbled currently falls short of Duke Marshu Family.

 

‘It’ll be different in a few years, but that’s a story for after the continental war.’

 

There are still several years left until then.

 

If Marshu attacks before then, there’s no proper way to respond.

 

‘Dubbled needs to become a power that surpasses Marshu as quickly as possible. It won’t be easy, but I can’t just sit idle, so let’s find a way.’

 

After organizing my tasks in my head, I left for the shopping district with the adjutant who had been contacted and came to the mansion.

 

When I entered the office, Curtis, who served as Seria’s adjutant, greeted us.

 

“You’ve arrived, Guild Master.”

 

“Yeah. Has there been any contact from Seria?”

 

“The area where Duke Valois hid the ‘humans intended for sacrifice’ is a place that’s difficult to enter without permission, so it seems to be taking time. The Deputy Leader really wants to confirm the children with her own eyes.”

 

“That’s understandable. They’re precious brothers to Seria.”

 

When I told Seria about the location where Duke Valois had hidden the ‘humans intended for sacrifice,’ she had been greatly excited.

 

‘I hope not all the children are dead.’

 

Thinking that, I checked the documents Curtis brought.

 

Since Hope Trading Company was collecting information from branches spread throughout the Empire, I could come across interesting rumors.

 

“Marquis Nodelli is buying up ruined mines?”

 

When I made a puzzled expression after checking the documents, Curtis nodded as he set down a teacup in front of me.

 

“It seems he’s buying up every single mine, as if he’s looking for something.”

 

‘Why?’

 

This didn’t happen before my regression.

 

Most importantly, all the decent mines already had owners, so mines weren’t good investments at this time.

 

‘The Nodelli family also received a diamond mine from the Former Emperor when the marquis married Princess Ingrid.’

 

That diamond mine produced plenty of high-quality black diamonds.

 

I was tapping the desk when I suddenly sat up straight at a thought that came to mind.

 

“That’s it, that’s what it is!”

 

The chairman who was about to sit on the sofa turned to look at me, saying “Huh?”

 

“Curtis, step outside.”

 

“Yes.”

 

After sending Curtis out, I checked for any presence outside the window and door, then lowered my voice.

 

“Nodelli is looking for a ‘water source.'”

 

“A water source… you mean a spirit stone that generates water? But isn’t that a legendary artifact?”

 

“No, the water source really exists.”

 

In the not-so-distant future, the water source would appear on the market.

 

The owner would be Marquis Nodelli.

 

‘In legends, they said it was deep in Nymph’s Lake, but it was actually in a mine?’

 

I don’t know how Marquis Nodelli found out there was a water source in the mine, but otherwise there would be no reason to deliberately buy up ruined mines.

 

“But most regions receive their water supply from the Amentar River, so even if there were a water source, it wouldn’t be particularly needed. Unless there’s a great drought like five years ago.”

 

“What if there is one?”

 

“Well… surely not!”

 

“A great drought is coming soon. A severe drought that will dry up even the Amentar River, which is called the Empire’s lifeline.”

 

Marquis Nodelli was not a person with business acumen.

 

He was fortunate that the mine he received through marriage generated enormous profits, otherwise he would have already ruined his family.

 

People also mocked his water source business as a futile effort.

 

All he did after finding the water source was distribute it to foreign countries suffering from prolonged dry seasons.

 

The profits were not significant compared to the investment and effort.

 

Until the great drought came.

 

‘After the great drought hit, the price of water sources skyrocketed.’

 

The duration of the great drought was three years.

 

During that time, not a single drop of rain fell in the Empire, and it would take another two years for the Amentar River to function properly again.

 

During that period, the water source became a power that surpassed even the Emperor.

 

‘With that, I could surpass Marshu in a short time!’

 

“I need to find it.”

 

“The water source?”

 

“Yes, first let me try to recall what mines Marquis Nodelli had bought… hmm.”

 

“You don’t know all of them, do you?”

 

“Then we’ll have no choice but to buy them all up too.”

 

“Young Lady, you’re quite wealthy, but you still can’t match the Nodelli family. What will you do if the Marquis comes at you with everything he’s got?”

 

“If he comes at me like that…”

 

Stroking my chin and groaning “Hmm,” I grinned wickedly.

 

“There’s a way!”

 

* * *

 

I went to find Father.

 

Since Father’s schedule today was the Great Noble Council, my destination was the Tower of Rosario, the meeting place of the great nobles.

 

After walking around for about 30 minutes in front of the tower, it seemed the meeting had ended as nobles were coming out.

 

“Father!”

 

When I cheerfully raised my head, Father, who was coming out of the tower while talking with the nobles, turned his head.

 

“Leblaine?”

 

“I was playing in the shopping district when the Chief Chamberlain said it was time for Father’s work to end, so I came.”

 

“What for?”

 

“Well… that is…”

 

Since I didn’t have a proper excuse, I rolled my eyes around and then shouted “Ah!”

 

“Because I missed Father!”

 

Then the nobles burst into laughter.

 

“What a lovely daughter you have.”

 

I laughed innocently with a “hehe,” and Father picked me up.

 

Then he glanced back at the nobles.

 

“Do your children often come to pick you up too?”

 

“Pardon? Ah… pick me up? Not at all. These days, they’re so absorbed in something that they find it annoying when I go to their rooms.”

 

“Just annoying? My daughter hit puberty and now she locks her door like that!”

 

“Still, daughters are cute after all. I only have dark-haired sons, so I’m envious.”

 

Among the chuckling nobles, Father’s expression became smug.

 

“This little one always waits for me to come home, rubbing her sleepy eyes.”

 

“How enviable!”

 

“She even comes out to the front gate. Often.”

 

“Oh!”

 

“Today she came looking for me too.”

 

“Isn’t she the cutest daughter in the Empire!”

 

Seeing the nobles shouting enviously like magic tools with pressed buttons, Father raised the corner of his mouth with a grin.

 

“I’ll think positively about the long-distance teleportation circle matter.”

 

“She’s a praiseworthy daughter who will be remembered in the Empire’s thousand-year history!”

 

Father nodded satisfactorily, and I forced myself to look away from this situation where ‘Father was the one talking, but the embarrassment was all mine.’

 

“What gift should I give to you, who will be remembered as praiseworthy in the Empire’s thousand-year history?”

 

Father spoke with a pleased expression, so I opened my eyes wide.

 

‘I was waiting for those words.’

 

“Allowance!”

 

The nobles burst into laughter.

 

“You should give me a whole lot!”

 

“Allowance, how adorable. My children haven’t asked for allowance since I started giving them household funds.”

 

“Yes. Since they can buy most things with their seal rings, there’s nothing particular to ask for.”

 

Father gently rubbed my cheek with his knuckles as he spoke.

 

“How much do you need?”

 

“Um, well…”

 

I looked up at the air and calculated the amount in my head.

 

‘Since the trading company can operate with this much money, the additional amount needed is…’

 

After finishing my calculations, I spoke with a bright, innocent face.

 

“50 million francs.”

 

“…!”

 

“Wh-what?!”

 

“F-f-f-fifty million?!”

 

The nobles who had been chuckling froze solid and gaped their mouths open. They hadn’t expected an amount equivalent to a decent territory’s annual budget to be transformed into ‘allowance money.’

 

I politely extended both hands and took the ultimate pose that had conquered even the maids and the Wolf Pack Leader.

 

“Please give it to me…”

 

50 million francs.

 

I need to buy a water source with that.

 

Father remained silent for a moment, then looked at North.

 

“North.”

 

The nobles sent me sympathetic looks with expressions that said ‘She’s going to get scolded.’

 

Father spoke.

 

“Dispose of a few islands.”

 

“…What?!”

 

When the startled North gaped his mouth, Father glared at him.

 

“My daughter needs allowance money.”

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