The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 154
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Chapter 154
I shared with my family what I had realized.
The contents were as follows.
1. God Neriad and the Evil God each sent down a Child of Fate.
A thousand years ago it was Founding Emperor Freed and Ivan, this time it’s Mina and me.
God Neriad─Freed─Mina.
Evil God─Ivan─me.
We were connected in the order shown above.
In my first life, Mina manifested God Neriad’s emblem before the Evil God sealing ritual. So it’s certain that she is the Child of Fate sent down by God Neriad.
2. Because I am the Child of Fate sent down by the Evil God, they had to use me as a sacrifice.
The reason the shrine didn’t dispose of me despite having Mina, who was a certain Child of Fate, was probably because they wanted to keep me, the sacrifice, in their grasp.
They couldn’t reveal that there was a Child of Fate sent down by the Evil God.
In the first place, the Neriad religion was adopted as the state religion to protect the Empire from the Evil God’s grasp.
The fact that the Evil God had sent me, his familiar, to the Empire, and that they had been calling the Evil God’s child the ‘Child of Fate’ and protecting them was an indescribably huge mistake.
So instead of revealing it, they must have used me as a sacrifice to kill me.
In my first life, after it was revealed that Mina was the true Child of Fate, this was why the priests of the Neriad religion despised me so much.
3. Duke Marche wants to help the Child of Fate sent down by God Neriad for some reason.
The reason isn’t certain. He might have colluded with the shrine, or it might be because of his own personal desires.
However, what’s clear is that he had been preparing for the Child of Fate sent down by God Neriad from even before the divine oracle came down, that is, even before Mina and I were born.
Just look at how he desperately searched for Suwon to revive his trading company, then handed that entire trading company over to Mina.
4. Duke Marche and the shrine still don’t know exactly who the Child of Fate sent down by God Neriad is.
If he’s helping Mina, he would want to keep me, who would become the sacrifice, under his control.
Then the easiest way to get me would be adoption.
But he didn’t show any intention of adoption, and the Empress Dowager respected her cousin Duke Marche’s wishes and didn’t include the Marche Ducal House as an adoption candidate.
Perhaps that’s because he doesn’t know who the Child of Fate sent down by God Neriad is.
The shrine must have selected me as the Child of Fate for the same reason. Since they couldn’t definitively identify the Child of Fate, they kept me close and watched me.
Henri, who had been quietly listening to my story, spoke.
“It’s highly likely that the shrine and Marshu have colluded. But it’s strange. Why isn’t the shrine moving?”
“Huh?”
“The reason Duke Marche was swayed by Marquis Nodelli is probably because Nodelli has the records of Hero Tesla.”
“Right.”
“If Marshu is colluding with the shrine, they could get the shrine’s help to steal the records from Nodelli.”
“Taking it away?”
“Hero Tesla is someone related to the Evil God. The Neriad Church has the right to possess all records related to the Evil God. But why didn’t you seek help from the shrine?”
Johan, who had been lost in thought, opened his mouth.
“They’re colluding, but they’re not sharing all information with each other. It’s probably because their goals are different.”
“Goals?”
“The Duke Marche Family’s primary objective is one thing. To enthrone Prince Andre as Emperor.”
“…Ah!”
As I widened my eyes in realization, Johan continued.
“But the shrine would rather want to enthrone Adrian as Emperor. They’d want to create a divine Emperor born with powerful Divine Power to elevate the shrine’s status even higher.”
“Then the reason Marche colluded with the shrine is clear.”
“Yes, to enthrone Andre as Emperor, they want to make the Child of Fate sent by God into an Empress.”
Andre is a prince without legitimacy.
But if he marries the Child of Fate sent by Neriad and has children, he would inherit God’s bloodline.
That would give him superior legitimacy compared to what Adrian possesses.
However, since the shrine would try to support Adrian, they wanted to completely make the Child of Fate their ally to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.
Henri’s lips curved upward in a smirk.
“This has become interesting.”
I nodded my head.
“If I act as the Child of Fate sent by God Neriad, it means the Duke Marche Family can’t do anything to me.”
Father, who had been tapping the table and gauging the situation, opened his mouth.
“First, let’s find and burn that great Hero Tesla’s records.”
Father’s expression became wickedly villainous.
* * *
The next day.
The Marquis Nodelli mansion was quiet. Before the divorce from the Princess, people had flocked there creating a bustling scene, but as the family began to waver, they disappeared like opportunists.
Marquis Nodelli, who had been drinking since before sunset, hiccupped and threw down documents.
“They want to raise the interest rate! How dare they, to me!”
Watching the furious Marquis, the butler of the Nodelli mansion swallowed dryly.
“Master’s trading company is already non-functional, and even the employees’ wages are overdue. In this situation, if anyone demands debt repayment, we might have to sell even the mansion. Rather than that, paying interest to delay the repayment date would be…”
Bang─!!
Marquis Nodelli threw his wine glass and glared at the butler with bloodshot eyes.
“Who am I! I’m Philip Nodeli!”
Everything changed after Princess Ingrid took away the diamond mine.
No, it changed after confronting that damned Dubbled.
The incident of threatening Duke Dubbled was twisted into an attack on a great noble.
His affair with a woman, which happened when he was confused by that incident, was exposed.
And he was divorced by his wife!
Marquis Nodelli slumped into his chair with an irritated groan and held his forehead.
“Father.”
As Elizabeth approached the groaning man, the butler quickly held the child back.
“Miss, Master is in a foul mood, so if you have something to say, perhaps tomorrow─”
“Oh, Elizabeth. My adorable little lark!”
Marquis Nodelli embraced his daughter and rubbed his chin against the child’s cheek.
“Ugh, it’s prickly. When did you last shave?”
“Heh, she takes after her mother with that sharp tongue. Yes, yes. My princess, what brings you to see your father? Only my daughter comes to visit me.”
“Dresses! We promised to go to the shop!”
“Ah, that’s right. We did promise to go to the shop.”
“I’m going to buy something prettier than what that awful Leblaine bought. And I want to see Johan. Father, I want to marry Johan. Please? Please─?”
As Elizabeth whined, Marquis Nodelli twisted his lips.
“What’s so good about that damned bloodline. Don’t worry. I’ll arrange an engagement for our princess with someone more wonderful, someone who resembles me. Perhaps even Duke Marche’s son─”
“I don’t want anyone but Johan! Think about it, Father. If I become the future mistress of Dubbled, all that wealth will be ours. Then what need would we have for diamond mines? We’d live in luxury for life.”
She had a point.
Theodore Dubbled was an obstacle for now, but fathers and sons of noble blood were naturally competitors.
Once Johan came of age, they could simply remove Theodore.
After kissing Elizabeth’s cheek several times, Marquis Nodelli staggered to his feet.
“Yes, let’s go. Can’t I invest the price of a dress for our father-daughter future!”
“Master!”
The butler stopped him with a pale face.
“The employees’ wages are overdue. To buy a dress that would please Miss would cost more than a provincial mansion. How could we…!”
“There’s Duke Marche! I can get financing from him!”
“He hasn’t even replied to the letter you sent last time.”
“That scheming old fool. After using me all this time, he dares refuse my request?”
That ungrateful wretch discovered the location of the water source from the records I provided up to chapter 3, yet shows no gratitude.
‘From chapter 4 onward, there are records of the Evil God…’
“Go immediately and tell him. Chapter 4 contains Tesla’s true name that the old fool so desperately wants to know─”
Just as he shouted angrily.
“How fortunate that you haven’t handed it over yet.”
An unfamiliar yet sweet voice wrapped around his ears.
Marquis Nodelli turned his head in surprise to see Henri smiling brightly.
Elizabeth’s face lit up when she saw the tall boys standing behind him.
“Johan!”
All three Young Masters of Dubbled had come to Nodeli Manor.
The child jumped down from her father’s arms and approached Johan.
Henri smiled brightly at the furious Marquis Nodelli.
“We’ll buy it. That item.”
“What rudeness is this! Barging into a mansion without notice or the owner’s permission!”
Meanwhile, Elizabeth chattered, “Oh, it’s really been so long. I’ve missed you so much…,” but Johan walked into the study without responding and firmly grasped the shoulder of Marquis Nodelli, who was a span shorter than him.
Dark energy seemed to ripple from Johan’s hand, and with a cracking sound, Marquis Nodelli’s scream erupted.
“Aaaahhh─!”
“I dislike lengthy conversations.”
“Ugh…”
As Marquis Nodelli collapsed, the butler frantically ran to find the bell cord. Just as he was about to pull the cord, Isaac grumbled.
“Don’t waste your effort. How do you think we got into the mansion?”
Come to think of it, an activation seal was floating in the Dubbled Youngest Son’s hand. Blood stains were vivid on his trouser hem.
The faces of the butler and Marquis Nodelli hardened stiffly.
“Mu, murdering a noble is a, a grave crime─”
Johan lowered his body as he looked at the marquis who was stammering in pale terror.
The boy with a face remarkably similar to Duke Dubbled in his youth spoke.
“As I said again, I don’t particularly like lengthy conversations.”
“…”
“Let me put it simply. Hand over Tesla’s Records.”
“Th, that’s impossible─”
Slash─!
In an instant, a deep wound appeared below his collarbone.
“Please show mercy so that I don’t commit a grave crime.”
“Th, that… that…”
“This is as far as words go, Marquis.”
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