The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 193

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Chapter 193

I rolled my eyes and looked back and forth at the three people who weren’t saying anything.

Why is the atmosphere so strange?

“It’s true though. Human reproductive act—”

“Stop, stop!”

“….”

Isaac and Henri covered my mouth this time.

As I struggled, making “mmph, mmph, mmph” sounds, a faint chuckle came from beside me.

“It’s not wrong though.”

It was Taylor.

I glared at Taylor and looked at Henri and Isaac, who were frowning, with an expression that said ‘See!’

Henri sighed and straightened his posture. Then he spoke to Taylor, who was standing crookedly, in a flat voice.

“Let’s have a talk for a moment.”

“What is there to talk about with rude brats who barged into my sanctuary without permission.”

Isaac let out a hollow laugh.

“Sanctuary my ass. Is there such a thing as a sanctuary where you act like that in a kitchen?”

“Fine, I’ll correct it to castle then.”

Taylor smiled slyly.

‘The Dubbled genes are amazing.’

I inwardly went “Ooh…” in admiration.

His smile was very similar to when Henri smiled wickedly. Come to think of it, he seemed to resemble Henri more than Father.

While Father and Johan had neat and ascetic impressions, Taylor boasted a flashy appearance like Henri.

I thought if you stretched Henri out and modified him wickedly, he would look exactly like that.

‘Then he must really resemble the Previous Duke.’

Since Henri resembled the Previous Duke the most among the three brothers.

Come to think of it, I could understand Henri and Isaac’s hostility too.

It wasn’t just because the crazy doctor didn’t want to face me, or because he had a history of trying to poison Father three times, but because he reminded them of the Previous Duke, who was the most terrible memory of their childhood.

Just as I was thinking that, the inn door opened and an old man holding a hat entered.

“Master, there’s some carriage outside…”

Taylor put his arm around the shoulder of the old man, who seemed to be his subordinate, and approached Henri.

When Henri didn’t even blink, Taylor’s smile deepened.

“Did you escape from your nightmares? How disappointing.”

Mine and Isaac’s expressions hardened.

‘He knew about Henri’s fear of old men.’

Henri had been abused by Teramore, who was merely a retainer, because he considered himself defective due to his fear of old men.

‘Well, since Taylor was kept by the Previous Duke’s side and used by him when the Previous Duke was alive, it makes sense that he would know about Henri’s trauma.’

Taylor’s lips slowly curved upward.

“You were quite cute when you trembled just at seeing wrinkles.”

“I’m glad you’ve overcome your trauma. Now there’s no chance of looking cute to Garbage.”

“Such manners toward your Uncle. Is that how Theodore taught you?”

“Your Slave mother probably couldn’t teach the proper etiquette required toward the Main Family’s direct line.”

Oh my.

I flinched and looked at the two men who exchanged unfilial words without losing their smiles.

Isaac, who usually threw punches before words, frowned at the poisonous war of nerves and covered my ears.

“Stop it! Little One’s ears will rot!”

I thought ‘If you’re going to shout, why cover my ears?’ but since I came here asking for help, I didn’t want the friction with Taylor to drag on, so I pretended not to notice and tugged on Henri’s Sleeve.

Henri, who had been meeting Taylor’s gaze with cold eyes, turned his head. Taylor just shrugged his shoulders.

“So, what do you want to discuss with me?”

I removed Isaac’s hands and opened my mouth.

“I know where what Taylor is looking for is located. Do you remember what I said when we first met?”

“Haven’t you found any clues about the Meria Grass you’re looking for to make Antibiotic?”

“…!”

“But I know where it is.”

In my first life, I had heard that Taylor Dubbled was searching for Meria Grass.

‘And I really do know that location.’

As I spoke with a bright smile, Taylor’s lips slowly curved.

“Of course I remember.”

“Yes! So let’s make a deal─”

“You told me to make sure to close the door, didn’t you.”

Huh?

Taylor suddenly brought his face close to mine.

“So I closed the door for you. Very, tightly, that is.”

I smiled awkwardly and innocently asked “Did you…?” Then Taylor tried to lightly grab my chin…

Shing─! With a sharp sound, Isaac drew his Sword and pointed the tip at Taylor. At the same time, Mana flowing from Henri’s fingertips became thin threads that wrapped around his neck.

Taylor lightly raised both hands and gave me a look. It was an annoying expression asking ‘Are you going to watch your trading partner die?’

“Isaac, Henri. Let him go.”

“But─!”

“….”

“Let him go.”

My frowning Brothers soon withdrew their hands.

Taylor chuckled softly.

“I knew this would get interesting.”

─he said.

* * *

That afternoon.

Taylor, seated at the table wearing glasses, turned a page and spoke.

“Coffee.”

“Coffee!”

I hastily replied and wobbled toward the table, carrying a coaster with a teacup on it.

“Syrup?”

“Syrup!”

I quickly grabbed the sugar cubes from the table and plopped them into the coffee.

“There are no refreshments.”

“Refreshments!”

I pulled out a bag of cookies I had stuffed in my pouch and placed them on the desk with quick motions.

“It’s hot.”

I diligently blew on the steaming coffee, and only then did he lightly lift the teacup and take a sip.

“Kiss.”

“Ki… Hey!”

Unable to bear it any longer, I shouted and glared fiercely at Taylor’s annoying face, and Taylor propped his chin and grinned.

“Even a half-uncle should be able to receive a kiss from his cute niece, shouldn’t he?”

“What kind of uncle makes his cute niece work like a slave!”

Taylor didn’t just resemble Henri’s face, but had inherited his perceptiveness as well.

He immediately noticed that I had a favor to ask,

“I came out of the Imperial Palace like I was being chased, so I don’t have an assistant. If you help me, I might feel inclined to help you too.”

—and began making us work with those words.

I was relatively better off, serving him like a servant. Henri and Isaac had become woodcutters and were busily chopping firewood. Of course, while glaring at this place where Taylor was as if they wanted to kill him.

I said with a sulky face.

“Time is of the essence! What if the Grand Lady passes away at this rate!”

“If she collapsed yesterday, there should still be time left.”

“But…!”

“That clever little lady wouldn’t have abandoned the Grand Lady just because she trusts only me. I bet you left a safety pin in place before coming here.”

I pouted my lips.

‘His intuition really is ghostly.’

Just in case, I had given Cecilia the Haro Flower allergy medicine I had with me before coming. To prevent her condition from getting worse.

I narrowed my eyes and glared at Taylor, then let out a deep sigh.

“At least let my brothers come inside. It’s almost winter and they’ll catch a cold…”

Taylor, who had been fiddling with his cigarette case, stared at me intently.

“…Why?”

“I’m curious.”

“About what?”

“You’re worried about your competitor’s well-being?”

“They’re not competitors, they’re siblings.”

At my words, Taylor leaned back deeply in his chair and glanced sideways at my brothers who were chopping wood outside the window.

“Let me give you some advice. If you don’t guard against people, poison could end up in your cookies at any time. You’ll only realize after swallowing the poisoned cookie. Being naive is a sin.”

“That’s not true.”

“What?”

I sat in the chair across from Taylor and rustled open the wrapper of the cookies I had brought.

“Why would the naive person be the criminal? The one who put in the poison is the criminal. The moment I swallow a poisoned cookie, I won’t blame myself. Under no circumstances is the victim responsible.”

“Is it because you weren’t born in Dubbled?”

“Excuse me?”

“It’s amusing that Theodore’s adopted child speaks such plausible words.”

When I looked at him with a strange expression, Taylor asked.

“What’s that look?”

“Sometimes when you pretend to be a languid, decadent handsome man, you’re really annoying… handsome.”

I quickly corrected myself and gave two thumbs up, making Taylor smile brightly.

“Coffee.”

“…Huh?”

“Coffee.”

Only then understanding he meant for me to bring fresh coffee, I answered “Coffee…” and stood up with a gloomy expression.

We siblings were released from Taylor’s grasp only after dark night had fallen.

We gathered closely together on the first floor of the inn to wait for the carriage Taylor had sent back.

“Damn bastard. He even sent back the carriage so it wouldn’t reach Father’s ears.”

“It’s not that, he’s probably trying to make Father anxious. Making him think about what he might do to us in a place beyond the employees’ sight.”

“What a despicable lunatic.”

Isaac ground his teeth. Even though winter hadn’t come yet, he must have been made to chop so much wood that even Isaac with his monstrous stamina looked slightly exhausted.

“That bastard, once this matter is resolved, I’m going to kill him.”

“Right.”

Henri, who would normally tell him not to do anything rash, immediately agreed. Though he had been silent, he seemed very upset.

Isaac ground his teeth while glaring at the second floor room where Taylor had entered.

“Little One, are you okay… what are you doing?”

Isaac narrowed his brow as he watched me sneaking around on tiptoe. Henri also looked puzzled.

I went “Shh!” and pressed my index finger to my lips while grinning.

‘Taylor’s notebook.’

─And.

“What?”

I looked around and whispered to my brothers.

“Taylor’s notebook. There should be a treatment method in it.”

“So?”

At Isaac’s words, I raised the corner of my mouth in a grin.

“Let’s grab it and run.”

There’s no way I would have obediently listened to Taylor’s words just because I truly had no other options.

I had to pretend to be a helpless child with no alternatives so he would let his guard down and leave like this.

“Once we find the medicine, he’s dead.”

As I looked at Taylor’s room with a vicious expression, Henri and Isaac’s faces became just as wicked as mine.

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