The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 181

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Chapter 181

I ran frantically and barely managed to catch up with Lea and Adrian.

Seeing their backs hidden in the Grass Field, I reached out toward them but stopped and clenched my Fist instead.

There was no Divine Power left to the point where it was miraculous I hadn’t gone insane or died.

I couldn’t use Magic.

My physical condition wasn’t at its best either.

Moreover, there were no people here to help and protect me.

What could I do in a situation where I had nothing?

Was there even anything I could do?

Wouldn’t I just be a burden?

Then I flinched and bit my lips tightly.

‘Fool, since when did I ever have anything.’

Before my Divine Power awakened due to Newt, I was constantly called a beggar. I had no status, no Money, and no Family.

I had lived carrying the risks of Regression. When I was hungry, sleepy, or sick, I persevered with a body that couldn’t engage in Adult Thinking.

‘Since when did I have Power and Family that I should feel fear at not having shields to protect me.’

I had achieved everything I had on my own.

Even though I had nothing, I never gave up on protecting something. Whether it was myself or others.

‘Think. There must be a way.’

Though my head was dizzy from my heartbeat, I calmly looked around and recalled the geography of this Mountain.

I grabbed Lea’s shoulder.

“You…!”

Startled, Lea’s face hardened, then she checked for signs around us and lowered her voice.

“I told you to go back. Why did you dangerously come all the way here.”

“I have a way to shake off the enemies.”

“What would a child know. This Boy is enough help. It’s dangerous, so you should quickly—”

“We’ll use a decoy.”

“The enemies wouldn’t be unaware of a Decoy Strategy.”

“If someone who couldn’t possibly use a decoy strategy steps forward, they’ll have no choice but to believe it.”

“What?”

I pointed to myself with a confident expression.

“No matter how smart someone is, they won’t be wary of such a small, young Girl. So Lea and Adrian will…”

As I continued whispering, both their eyes widened.

* * *

I hugged an adult’s blood-soaked Cloak and ran toward the Enemy Forces. And as soon as I encountered the Enemy Forces, I pretended to be startled and hunched my shoulders.

The Knight who ran toward me frowned.

“It’s a child.”

“A child? At this hour?”

The Heavy Armored Man who had been busily giving orders among the cavalry approached me. His gaze turned to the robe I was clutching.

“What is that?”

“C-clothes.”

When I pretended to be terrified and stepped back, the Heavy Armored Man roughly grabbed my wrist.

“Ow!”

“I have eyes, so I can see it’s clothes. I asked whose clothes they are. They’re not yours, are they?”

“…”

I trembled my lips and then burst into tears with a wail! As I cried with hiccups and sobs, someone wearing a deeply pulled hood approached.

‘The Activation Seal on his hand. He’s a Mage.’

The Mage asked in a rather gentle voice.

“We’re not trying to intimidate you. If you tell us honestly, you’ll be able to go home without any trouble. Whose clothes are they?”

“Sh-she told me not to tell…”

The man took out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to me.

“Whose are they?”

‘Good. Perfect. Now if I confess, they’ll think a child was tempted by money.’

I said while fondling the silver coin.

“I don’t know her name. I was gathering small branches to use as firewood when some Sister asked me to help.”

“Help you?”

“She said a baby was being born…”

As soon as I finished speaking, the Heavy Armored Man and the Mage exchanged glances.

The Heavy Armored Man snorted and narrowed his eyes.

“So that’s why these rats stopped running and hid in the mountains – a baby was about to be born.”

“Let’s hurry. We don’t know how long a newborn born in these harsh mountains can survive.”

‘What are they talking about?’

The Mage was speaking as if they needed to save Baby Bird. The Heavy Armored Man also nodded anxiously.

‘Their target wasn’t Lisette but Baby Bird?’

Why?

If they wanted to take a hostage, the Duchess would have been sufficient. But these people actually killed Lisette and manipulated her memory.

‘Could it be that they manipulated her memory to get their hands on Baby Bird…!’

Suddenly realizing this, I gripped the robe tightly.

The Mage asked me.

“We are people who came to help the mother.”

“R-really?”

“Of course. Can you guide us to where she is?”

“Yes!”

When I nodded, the soldiers began following in a rush.

The Heavy Armored Man left four or five cavalry as messengers, but with that number, Lea and Adrian should be able to handle them.

I led the men and walked for quite a while. Even so, I didn’t forget to eavesdrop on what the Heavy Armored Man and the Mage were saying.

“Did you make sure to deploy the Communication Disruption Barrier?”

“Yes. For a while, communication magic tools and teleportation arrays will be absolutely unusable within Dubbled. However, since the beacon has been lit, Theodore Dubbled will soon learn that trouble has erupted in his territory.”

“Those trash are just too stubborn. If they’d been hit by blades, they should have died quietly, but they had to go and light the beacon.”

“The tenacity of Dubbled employees is famous, isn’t it?”

“What a hassle this is. Of all things, Theodore Dubbled had to take that woman as his wife…”

‘Take that woman as his wife? Are they talking about Lady Lisette?’

The Heavy Armored Man continued grumbling.

“We should have killed that bitch immediately when we found her. Who would have known that the woman who escaped would become the Duchess of Dubbled? Damn it, to waste a life arranged by God like that. Truly a bitch who deserves to die—”

“Your tongue is loose.”

When the Mage coldly reprimanded him, the Heavy Armored Man coughed awkwardly as if embarrassed.

“That’s not what I meant… But why have we come to such a secluded place?”

The Heavy Armored Man shouted at me angrily.

“You, are you sure you’re going the right way!”

“Y-yes…”

“The women wouldn’t have had time to come this deep…”

As the Heavy Armored Man muttered, the Mage also looked around with a suspicious expression.

“Child. You said you were gathering firewood in the mountain?”

“Yes.”

The Mage stared intently at my hands.

“But now that I look, your hands are too soft for a child from a household that needs to gather firewood to survive. Like a precious young master from a noble house who’s never suffered hardship.”

He gritted his teeth and added.

“We let our guard down because it was a young child.”

“What are you talking about?”

When the Heavy Armored Man asked, the Mage spoke in a flat voice.

“It seems we let our guard down because it was a child. It’s a decoy strategy.”

‘I’ve been found out!’

As I hesitantly stepped back, the Heavy Armored Man shouted with an extremely angry expression.

“This damn little rat dared to deceive me?!”

“I-I really came the right way…”

It was when I clenched both hands tightly.

Rumble…

The ground vibrated faintly.

Soon something massive fell from the cliff above.

The enemy’s gazes all turned at once to what had fallen from the cliff. Everyone froze as if time had stopped for several seconds.

Kieeeek—!!

Along with a spine-chilling howl, the soldiers screamed.

“Aaaaah!! It’s a monster!!”

I looked at the Heavy Armored Man and Mage who had turned pale.

“See? I told you I came the right way.”

Into a trap that Lea, Adrian, and I prepared for you.

“This damn girl…!”

“Take cover, Sir Benedict!”

As the flying monster opened its beak wide, countless sharp teeth were revealed. And in an instant, it bit into the Heavy Armored Man’s shoulder blade.

“Aaaahhh!!”

A piercing scream erupted, and the soldiers were thrown into complete panic.

‘This was our Zachary’s tactics!’

Zachary’s underhanded tactics that brought us victory in the mock battle. Those very tactics that crushed the Suheil Forces with monsters.

As I carefully retraced the terrain of this mountain, I realized there was a monster bird’s nest here.

‘Monsters make their lairs where haro flowers bloom.’

That’s why there were monsters on Mount Redgus behind the Dubbled Estate in the Imperial Capital as well.

To hunt monsters, you need a mage. The enemy forces also have a mage, but it’s impossible to hunt right now.

Just like during the mock battle, the soldiers’ formation had completely collapsed, so they couldn’t give the mage enough time to cast spells.

The Heavy Armored Man, who was the commander, panicked. In this situation, reorganizing the battle lines was impossible.

The mage shouted.

“Run away!”

‘Yes. Run away, you bastards!’

They said there was a barrier that mage had set up in this area. A barrier that prevents the use of communication magic tools and teleportation magic.

That means if the enemy forces flee like this and become a disorganized rabble, they won’t be able to contact each other and regroup.

And when the barrier is lifted, Father will come here.

‘How does it feel to be caught by your own tricks?’

I grinned as I watched the soldiers fleeing in complete panic.

‘Oh my, I should run away too!’

I quickly threw my robe in the opposite direction from the monster bird. The monster bird, reacting to the smell of blood, instantly snatched and tore at the robe.

I ran frantically.

‘I’m the fastest at running away. This is my home ground!’

Those enemy soldiers won’t know where to go, so they’ll wander around aimlessly while luring the monster bird.

But then.

“Ah!”

The Heavy Armored Man grabbed me from behind.

Even while dying from his bitten shoulder, he had run toward me to get blood on me.

‘Oh no. The blood…!’

The Heavy Armored Man collapsed with a thud, and the monster bird’s gaze turned toward me.

Sharp killing intent filled the six eyeballs on its head.

Flap─!

The monster bird took flight and rushed toward me, and I instinctively squeezed my eyes shut.

‘Father!’

But something was strange.

No matter how much time passed, it didn’t hurt. When I cautiously opened my eyes slightly, a slender back was blocking my way.

“Are you okay?”

This can’t be.

I stiffened and looked at the person who had embraced me.

“Are you alright?”

“….”

“Little One.”

“…Lady Lisette.”

Her face had turned deathly pale as she slowly smiled.

I looked around.

Lea was pinning down the monster bird’s crown with a giant spear.

Cecilia was assisting Lea.

Adrian had subdued the monster bird’s wing joints with Divine Power Chains.

And I could see Reina on the cliff, holding a blanket in her arms.

‘The blanket….’

It was born, the Baby Bird.

Lady Lisette cupped my cheek and said.

“…Little One.”

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