The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 180

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Chapter 180

Does this make sense?

Is this even a story that makes sense?

I pinched my cheek with a bewildered expression.

‘It hurts…’

Even after pinching myself, I couldn’t believe it and stared blankly at Lea and Reina as they moved away.

I came to my senses just before they completely disappeared.

‘This isn’t the time for this.’

“Hey!”

When I shouted loudly, Lea and Reina flinched and looked at me. Then Adrian whispered to me.

“Leblaine, it’s better not to do anything here.”

I looked at him in surprise.

“Huh? Don’t tell me you also realized this is the past?”

“When you collapsed from lack of Divine Power before, I went to Dubbled Territory. And I saw that person holding the sword. He looked much older than now. Besides…”

Adrian paused for a moment before continuing.

“The name Lisette. That’s your middle name, isn’t it?”

Adrian is an amazing child.

Just when you think he’s completely gentle, he has sharper aspects than anyone else.

That child is right.

I can’t understand how this happened at all, but if we really have come to the past, it’s right not to do anything.

My small actions might change something in the future.

Especially if it’s related to Lisette, as a member of Dubbled, I don’t know what kind of butterfly effect I might see.

‘I have a track record after all.’

The butterfly’s wingbeat I created while struggling in Dubbled Territory just to survive became a storm for Adrian, who had nothing to do with it before.

If he hadn’t gotten involved with me, nothing would have changed, but his Maternal Grandfather, who had always rebelled until the third life, is now quiet.

Because of that, Adrian wasn’t expelled from the Imperial Palace.

‘So I know too. That this is really dangerous.’

My Regression always starts from when I’m four years old. If I make a mistake today, Dubbled might never be an option for the Empress Dowager again.

The reason Father didn’t wage war with the Temple until I was adopted was because there was no clear evidence that the Temple was involved in Lisette’s death.

But if Lisette is alive and Lea’s memory isn’t manipulated, it would be evidence that the Temple was involved in this incident.

No matter how powerful the Empress Dowager is, she would never let Dubbled, which waged war against the Temple, adopt me, the Child of Fate.

In the worst case, Dubbled might lose the war and be completely destroyed.

‘But… I know, but…’

I thought of Father, who couldn’t fall asleep easily every night.

The sight of him secretly caressing Baby Bird’s Shoes and staring into Mid-air like a corpse on Lisette’s death anniversary.

I twisted my Skirt Hem tightly and shouted at Lea and Reina who were looking at me.

“I know! There’s a cave near this neighborhood!”

“A cave? That can’t be.”

Lea frowned.

“We sisters are natives of Dubbled. We played on this mountain like it was our front yard. I know there’s no such thing as a cave.”

“No. We came from the cave!”

I clasped my hands together desperately, and Lea narrowed her eyes as if she couldn’t believe it.

I thought I was wrong, but Reina spoke.

“Where is it. Please guide us.”

“Sister! Do you have time to pay attention to nonsense? Even in this situation, Lady Lisette and Lady Baby Bird are…!”

“That’s exactly why. Since it’s such an urgent situation, we have to grasp at straws.”

Reina approached me and grabbed my shoulders.

‘It’s Lea’s scent…’

The past Lea had a different scent from the future Lea.

The past Lea had cold scents like the smell of blood and winter, but the future Lea had a very gentle scent like a blanket dried thoroughly in the sun.

Like the incredibly gentle scent coming from Reina now.

“Can you guide us?”

I nodded and said “Yes.”

“Over there!”

I guided Lea and Reina to the cave.

The two people who confirmed there really was a cave took deep breaths.

“My goodness. Really…”

As Lea muttered, Reina bent her knees to meet my gaze.

“Thank you, child.”

Then she took out a small ring from her bosom and placed it in my hand.

“This is a reward.”

“It’s okay.”

“Take it and stay here for a while. There are suspicious people on this mountain right now. It would be dangerous if you encounter them while going down the mountain, so you need to hide.”

“I understand…”

Reina smiled gently at me and urged Lea.

“Hurry and bring Lady Lisette.”

“Okay.”

Lea ran off in a hurry.

And after some time passed, she returned with other people.

‘Cecilia!’

That person supporting someone together with Lea was definitely Cecilia.

So the memory manipulation was correct. Cecilia was there during the birth.

‘Then that person wearing the robe pulled down low…’

I stared blankly at the person being supported by Lea and Cecilia.

‘Lady Lisette.’

The person everyone in Dubbled loved passionately and still cannot forget.

She is the Duchess of Dubbled.

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Reina spread the robe she was wearing on the ground and began preparing for the birth.

Cecilia fetched water from a nearby river, and Lea made a campfire to boil water in iron military boots.

After boiling handkerchiefs and cloth, they boiled fresh water to make it clean.

Adrian and I helped them too. I gathered dry branches to use as firewood, and Adrian stood guard at the cave entrance with Lea after finishing his work.

“Branches! This should keep the water from getting cold, right?”

Lea nodded at my words.

“Thank you.”

“Is the other… I mean, is the other knight inside the cave?”

“Yes. She’s helping with the birth along with Sister.”

I stood next to Adrian and glanced inside.

‘I want to see.’

I couldn’t get a good look at Lady Lisette because I was helping prepare for the birth. And I wanted to witness the moment Baby Bird was born in Father’s place.

‘But what if an unlucky child like me being there brings bad luck to the birth…’

As I was fidgeting with my fingers, I heard a small voice beside me. It was Lea.

“Thank you.”

“Huh?”

“For telling us about the cave. …Sorry for misunderstanding.”

Lea really is kind.

She looks rough but can’t hide her gentle heart.

“It’s okay!”

“…Right.”

I was giggling when Adrian spoke.

“There are people approaching.”

Lea hurriedly looked down below. They were very far away, but they were definitely soldiers.

“Damn it!”

Lea quickly stomped out the campfire and called toward the cave.

“Pursuers.”

Cecilia came rushing out with a pale face.

“We can’t have a battle here. I can’t leave the birth either.”

“I’ll lure them away, so you stay with Lady Lisette.”

“Yes.”

“…I’m counting on you too, Sister.”

Cecilia nodded and returned to the cave.

Lea said to us.

“Run away while I lure them.”

Then she ran off, gripping her scabbard.

I stamped my feet in frustration.

‘What should I do.’

Even at a glance, the number of soldiers was enormous. Lea luring them alone would be like begging to be killed.

‘But even if I go, I can’t help.’

I had tried to use Divine Power several times to help with Lisette’s childbirth, but mana wouldn’t gather at all.

It seemed that my Divine Power had been completely depleted from traveling to the past, or something had gone wrong.

Without being able to use Divine Power, I’m just a little kid. Far from helping, I’d only be a hindrance.

Just then, Adrian began chasing after Lea.

“Where are you going? Don’t tell me you’re trying to help? Can you cast magic?”

“No. But I’ve learned swordsmanship, so I’ll be helpful.”

“You said we shouldn’t do anything. And you don’t have enough reason to help that much.”

“You want me to.”

“…Huh?”

When I widened my eyes, Adrian smiled faintly and patted my head.

“So that’s reason enough.”

Adrian told me “Stay here” and hurriedly chased after Lea.

‘That idiot…’

What if he dies doing that.

Lea survives. Her memories get manipulated and she gets severely injured to the point where she can’t recover her aura like in the past, but her life doesn’t end.

‘But Adrian… No, Adrian is a strong swordsman, so if he helps, maybe she won’t get severely injured…’

It was just as I was groaning and worrying.

Light like fireflies gathered before my eyes, then eventually clumped together to form a silhouette.

‘That thing’ looked at me intently and pointed in the direction where Lea and Adrian had disappeared.

“You’re telling me to go…?”

The thing opened and closed its mouth.

[Hurry, the arranged opportunity, don’t, miss it.]

Though intermittent, a voice transmitted into my head. I flinched and stiffened.

“Don’t tell me you’re… a demon?”

Only then did the silhouette-like appearance begin to become clearly visible.

Silver hair.

An appearance remarkably similar to Bune.

“…You’re Bune’s Master. Right?”

[That’s not what’s important.]

Once I figured out the identity, even the voice could be heard clearly.

[It’s an opportunity That Person arranged for you. Don’t miss it like this.]

“What on earth…. Even if we leave things as they are, Lea will survive.”

[Will she?]

What?

As I widened my eyes in surprise, a sharp glint appeared in the demon’s eyes.

[Will they really survive?]

“What on earth are you talking about.”

As I pondered his words carefully, I suddenly cried out in shock.

‘Don’t tell me this isn’t just the past.’

“You mean because I came to the past, the current future has unfolded?”

The demon smiled sadly.

[So, sur, vive, That Person, us….]

The demon’s voice began to distort again.

I shouted “Wait!” but the demon soon became a cluster of light and disappeared.

Though I couldn’t shake off my doubts, I understood.

So this is what it is.

‘I have to move for Lea to live.’

And that I can discover the secret of Lisette and Baby Bird in this place.

I kicked off the ground and ran out.

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