The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

 

Hybrids with other races grow slowly. Not just physically, but mentally as well.

 

Like how Seto appeared to be around five or six years old and had a personality too innocent for someone who was fifteen.

 

‘Though Seto looks too much like a human. Usually you can see at least one racial characteristic.’

 

According to the records, Werewolf Half-bloods have ears, and the Hybrid Man who attacked me at the Slave Auction House when I was four also showed reptilian skin on the backs of his hands, arms, and legs.

 

Seto, who had been nodding with an understanding expression, added with an “Ah!”

 

“To be precise, I’m a quarter-blood. My grandmother was from another race. I think grandmother was a Nymph!”

 

Then it made sense that Seto appeared completely human on the outside.

 

“What are you talking about. Fifteen? Fif-teen?! A grown guy doing such stupid things like this… Wait a minute, you! You’re fifteen years old and you were sticking around with Little One?!”

 

While Isaac was focusing only on the age and throwing a fit, the quick-witted Henri seemed to have grasped the whole situation from the few words Seto and I had exchanged.

 

“Stop it.”

 

“What, Elder Brother isn’t even angry?”

 

“That’s not what’s important right now. Since there’s a possibility that the person who received the Divine Blessing is Leblaine, we—”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Ma, Master… Adventurer… Re, return her!”

 

What?

 

I shouted urgently.

 

“Zachary!”

 

As the Old Nymph let out a “Kyaaaak!!” and bared countless teeth, the Giant Nymphs standing before him all rushed forward at once.

 

Zachary, who had leaped out in an instant, swung his Long Spear to shake off the Giant Nymphs.

 

In that gap, Henri created a Barrier. The Nymphs who had been closing the distance one by one were blocked by Henri’s Barrier and screamed.

 

Isaac and Henri surrounded me from both sides.

 

“What’s this. If Little One received the Divine Blessing, there’s no reason for them to attack us.”

 

“Leblaine, you can understand what that Old Nymph is saying, right? Why is he targeting us?”

 

Isaac and Henri spoke in turn. I swallowed dryly and shook my head.

 

“I don’t know. He’s calling me Master and asking to return her… Ah!”

 

“This has gotten troublesome.”

 

When Henri and I noticed something and exchanged glances, Isaac asked urgently.

 

“What is it exactly!”

 

“They’re viewing us as enemies who captured Leblaine.”

 

Isaac finally broke through Henri’s Barrier and shook off a Nymph that had approached closely. Just as he leaped up and aimed his sword tip at the fallen Nymph, I shouted.

 

“Wait, wait!”

 

Isaac, who had hesitated, forcibly twisted the trajectory of his blade.

 

I grabbed the collar of Isaac’s Shirt as he lost his balance and pulled him toward me, saying.

 

“They have deep affection for their own kind. If we kill even one Nymph here, we won’t be able to communicate with them at all!”

 

But Nymphs were inherently powerful beings. The Wolves, who could handle other monsters in one-on-one combat, were being overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do.

 

Nymphs were forgotten beings. They were so special that it was impossible to know how Seto’s grandfather had seen a child from a nymph. In other words, they were ancient monsters.

 

‘So it was true that ancient monsters are hundreds of times stronger than modern monsters!’

 

We couldn’t defeat those nymphs with our strength alone anyway. Then there was only one way to return home safely.

 

I stepped forward a few paces and said.

 

“Let’s talk. Talk.”

 

Henri and Isaac shouted “Leblaine!” and “Kid, it’s dangerous!” but I swallowed my dry saliva with a determined expression.

 

“You can understand what I’m saying, right?”

 

The Old Nymph, who had been excited while baring her sharp teeth, very slowly closed her mouth.

 

“We, we have been wa, waiting. The being our go, god arranged, the ad, adventurer.”

 

It works, conversation!

 

I smiled brightly.

 

* * *

 

Our party followed the nymphs as we walked through the mine interior.

 

“Just how far are we going?”

 

Isaac grumbled with a frown.

 

It wasn’t irritation about walking for a long time, but rather concern.

 

We had gone all the way to the mine end before the nymphs swarmed in. But the place the nymphs were heading was toward the entrance.

 

To protect their precious Nymph Children, the inner area would be safer, but the entrance?

 

It was such a concerning path that I wondered if the intelligent nymphs were trying to trap us.

 

‘In this situation, all we have to trust is one word from the Old Nymph.’

 

“We, we ki, kinfolk, do, do not ki, kill adventurer.”

 

I tried to escape in preparation for any possible situation, but the Communication Stone and Transportation Array still wouldn’t activate.

 

‘We can’t escape from this many nymphs with physical force, so we have no choice but to go whether we live or die.’

 

The nymph stopped near the entrance. And then.

 

“Huh?”

 

When the Old Nymph swept the wall, it opened with a dull rumbling sound – Kugugugu!

 

“Ad, adventurer, in, invitation.”

 

The nymph who said that stepped aside to clear the path. Inside the split wall, proper stairs were installed.

 

Henri, who confirmed the interior, furrowed his brow.

 

“This isn’t something nymphs could make. This is human technology.”

 

“Just who on earth…”

 

“It was most likely the Previous Hero.”

 

“Good heavens.”

 

We gasped in amazement as we descended the stairs.

 

Fireflies and glowing flower buds illuminated the dark interior. Those flowers were something I had never seen before in my life.

 

[The boy walked following the self-luminous White Night Flowers. It was a mystical experience unlike any other in the Young Hero’s life. He could feel his chest and body filling with courage and spirit.]

 

The legend of Hero Tesla was true. Not a single point was exaggerated, and it even felt like it had been understated. Because Zachary’s wounds that touched the flower buds were healing.

 

The knights who admired the legend showed moved expressions. However─

 

‘If I sold all that, how much would it be worth!’

 

In my mind, corrupted by the world, only the sounds of clink, clink, cha-ching─! echoed along with a parade of countless zeros.

 

Then.

 

“Huh?”

 

The flower bud near me lost its light and withered.

 

The Old Nymph shouted in anger.

 

“Wh, who is d, defiling our s, sanctuary with i, impure thoughts!”

 

‘Oh my goodness…’

 

I gulped down my dry saliva, and the Old Nymph was still throwing a fit.

 

“A, adventurer, companion, garbage! Garbage!”

 

I quickly agreed.

 

“Right! Who would think such trashy thoughts!”

 

Me!

 

I desperately erased the bundles of money from my mind and pretended not to know while following the nymph.

 

Going down the stairs, there were countless white night flowers, a huge platform, and several blankets. And…

 

“As expected, what a despicable little one who suits Dubbled perfectly!”

 

“Isaac is also rotten just like a Dubbled Young Master should be!”

 

When Isaac and I excitedly praised each other, the Knights and Seto were flustered.

 

“Ki, kind Ad, Adventurer. On behalf of the Nymphs, th, thank you.”

 

The Old Nymph’s expression became benevolent.

 

‘Good, now the conversation has started flowing.’

 

“Am I a Hero?”

 

“Ad, Adventurer, Hero?”

 

Does he not know the word Hero?

 

“I mean someone like Tesla.”

 

“Te, Tesla!”

 

When the Old Nymph shouted, all the Nymphs stirred.

 

“Fi, First Adventurer.”

 

‘As I thought, I must be the Hero.’

 

Just as I was thinking that, the Old Nymph spat “Kaaak, ptui!” and shouted.

 

“Despicable Adventurer!”

 

“Bad!”

 

“Baaad!”

 

“Wicked Adventurer!”

 

The Nymphs who had only been screeching until now all cursed Tesla in unison.

 

“De, despicable Adventurer stole. Master, worked our Master like a slave. Bad, baaad…!”

 

At the Old Nymph’s words, the Giant Nymphs bared their teeth with screeches.

 

Isaac and Henri glanced at me.

 

“What are those things saying?”

 

“Leblaine?”

 

Since I was the only one who could understand the Nymphs’ words, it seemed no one else noticed.

 

That perhaps being a Hero, no, an Adventurer was a very disadvantageous situation.

 

‘What should I do.’

 

I gulped down my dry saliva and shouted.

 

“What a terrible person! How could he do such a thing! Huh? He really deserves to be punished… Huh?!”

 

Then the Old Nymph smiled benevolently.

 

“Second Adventurer is kind human. Ga, gave us food.”

 

“Yes! I’m kind! I don’t steal anything from Nymphs. I don’t work Masters like slaves!”

 

“We, we help gentle Adventurer to co, complete revelation.”

 

“Revelation?”

 

The Old Nymph climbed onto a platform that looked like a temple altar. When he spread both arms, countless fireflies swarmed to the stone tablet on the altar. The fireflies soon formed into letters.

 

“Ancient Language?”

 

At Henri’s words, Isaac frowned.

 

Since interpreting scriptures written in Ancient Language was part of the education for high-ranking noble children, Henri and Isaac could read a few words.

 

“When the time… uh, when the time comes, water, protect?”

 

“Divine servant, sleep within the Divine Tears until the time of revelation comes.”

 

When I muttered blankly, able to read the Ancient Language, the Old Nymph rejoiced greatly.

 

“Re, revelation time, Adventurer appears. We, we, were sleeping. Adventurer woke us. Us!”

 

“Within the Divine Tears….”

 

I looked at the nymph with a hardened expression.

 

“Come to think of it, that’s strange. You said nymphs live in water, so how are you living in a space that’s not underwater?”

 

“Th, this place, within Divine Tears. Everything in this mountain is Divine Tears.”

 

[The Young Hero obtained the Divine Tears, the Water Source, through the help of the pure one.]

 

“Water Source….”

 

“We can refine everything in this mountain into Divine Tears. Ba, bad Adventurer. Deceived us and made fake Divine Tears. Divine Tears, ours, gave to bad humans!”

 

The Old Nymph brought something from the Temple.

 

“Our Master, Adventurer, please let us meet. Our Master, Pillar!”

 

“Pillar?”

 

I stared quietly at what he had brought. When I raised my hand, my chest churned.

 

I knew the moment I saw it. This is….

 

“Demon Passage!”

 

I covered my mouth.

 

Then Henri and Isaac quickly approached and asked.

 

“What’s wrong, what happened!”

 

“Leblaine.”

 

“Henri, Isaac.”

 

When I choked up, the two looked at me with tense expressions, and I said.

 

“I think I hit the lottery for the third time….”

 

We’re going to hit the jackpot!

 

“What?”

 

“Huh?”

 

I quickly grasped the Mineral the Old Nymph had given me.

 

‘Now, what kind of demon are you.’

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