The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 197

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Chapter 197

[Miss? Is something wrong?]

“The red moon has risen…”

According to my speculation, the moon that brings Mina.

I bit my lips tightly and looked up at the sky.

What on earth is happening?

The red moon is supposed to rise 8 years from now.

‘I’m certain. I definitely saw it in my first life!’

It felt like the threads in my mind were tangling up randomly.

Things are going strangely. Not only did Mina’s arrival get moved up by 2 years, but now the red moon is rising.

‘Is this also God Neriad’s scheme?’

* * *

I sent Taylor back to the mansion first, then hurried to Hope Trading Company’s office.

In the office, the chairman, Seria, and Trigon, whom I had summoned in advance, were waiting for me.

“Little One.”

Seria approached with a stern expression. Then she examined my pale complexion and exchanged glances with the chairman and Trigon.

While she led me to sit on the sofa, the chairman spoke up.

“I received the story through Seria. You’re saying that God Neriad’s child will descend with the red moon?”

I had told Seria about the red moon through communication magic from the Imperial Palace.

The others’ expressions were just as grim as mine.

Trigon frowned.

“What kind of disaster is this? If the real one appears, then Little One’s position is…”

The reason the shrine and Marshu haven’t been able to harm me so far is because I might be the Child of Fate sent by God Neriad.

The shrine thinks I might be fake, but they’ve also been considering the possibility that I’m real.

‘That’s why they haven’t attacked me decisively.’

If the shrine had tried to attack me, there’s no way I could have grown up safely.

If something had happened to me, I might have even received protection.

That was the power the Child of Fate possessed.

I gripped my skirt hem tightly.

“We were in a very advantageous position. Since I, whom they absolutely cannot attack, am at the center of Dubbled, they haven’t been able to attack properly until now. But if Mina appears, this relationship will completely collapse.”

“…”

“The shrine will freely attack Dubbled, and we won’t have any time to prepare for independence to stop the shrine.”

The chairman looked at me with darkly sunken eyes.

“That’s not the biggest problem. If it’s revealed that Little One is the Child of the Evil God, we can’t even guarantee your life.”

“…Yes.”

“The entire world will wish for Little One’s death. In contrast, the real Child of God who will defeat the Evil God and bring peace to the world will receive protection from everyone in this world and achieve great success.”

“….”

“Little One and Mina are no match from the start. The fight between you two is Little One’s certain defeat.”

The chairman’s words were right.

Me, a child the entire world wishes would die.

Mina, whom the entire world loves.

I grabbed my head with both hands and groaned.

‘Why did the Evil God have to choose me! Why couldn’t some god in the corner like the God of Cat’s Cradle or the God of Shoe Soles choose me instead!’

If they had chosen me, at least people around the world wouldn’t wish for me to disappear.

The Evil God is a deity who brings the end times. To people, even I, a follower of the Evil God, would be someone to kill.

Trigon furrowed his brow and asked.

“But until now, Little One has reduced the shrine’s influence and even received the position of Guardian. In the past, you lost to the real Child of God because you lacked power, but now shouldn’t we fight to find out?”

“The shrine’s status will recover when Mina comes! That child can command demons like me. Moreover, the shrine is recovering the ‘passages’ before me. They knew before me that Elder Horn who summoned Glashalabolas was a demon passage, and they even had the time demon’s passage that sent Adrian and me to the past. Don’t you understand what this means?”

“They know exactly what minerals the demon passages are?”

“Yes. As proof, the shrine had already secured all the passages that were in Mother’s Etoile, right? So when Mina who can use Etoile comes, they’ll offer all kinds of rare demons! Mina will use her divine power openly, and believers will flock to the shrine like crazy. Commoners and nobles alike!”

I said while grinding my teeth.

“That’s why I should have finished preparing for independence before Mina came….”

To found a country beyond the shrine’s reach where I could live quietly in comfort.

I slumped my shoulders with a haggard face.

“Since it’s come to this, should I just exile myself to Land’s End with all my family members…. No, then my family would have to live digging kudzu roots together…. If we disappear, the territory residents will be persecuted… I’m going crazy!”

When I screamed “Waaaaah,” Trigon and the chairman sighed.

Then, Seria quietly raised her hand.

“Um, Little One….”

When we all looked at her, she said.

“Are you certain that the red moon is the month that brings the Child of God Neriad?”

“According to the information Father stole from the shrine, yes. It’s highly likely to be about Mina’s descent, since the words red, moon, and descent were included in the oracle.”

“But according to the information I discovered….”

Seria placed documents on the table organizing what she had found in Valois Secret Library.

“The red moon is said to be a harbinger of the Celestial Realm’s influence flooding the Human Realm.”

“Celestial Realm…. Like Demon Realm or Divine Realm, Heaven Realm, something like that?”

“It seems similar. The red moon rises when the Celestial Realm’s power is strong, and there was such an incident once before.”

“There was such an incident?”

When I tilted my head, Seria nodded.

“Recently there was a report from the observatory that a brief red moon rose twice.”

Then Trigon, who had been stroking his chin, shouted “Ah!”

“That’s right. I received contact about that too. It was two weeks ago.”

“Two weeks ago….”

Hearing my murmur, Seria placed her hand on the documents.

“The day Little One returned from the past.”

“…The day when demonic power was so strong it flooded the Human Realm.”

“Yes, I believe the red moon rose twice—when you were sent to the past, and when you were brought back to the present.”

“That means….”

I stared blankly down at the documents before turning my gaze to Seria.

“It might not be Mina who’s descending.”

‘Adrian.’

If this red moon was a signal he sent.

I hurriedly examined Seria’s documents. Meanwhile, she briefly explained what she had discovered.

“I can’t tell whether it’s Mina or Adrian who’s descending, but when summoning a being that doesn’t belong to this era, we must open a door.”

“A door?”

“Yes. We need to open a door so they can enter this world from their side. Haven’t you brought beings that don’t belong to this world before?”

“Demons… But without a passage… Don’t tell me.”

“Yes. We know there’s a way to summon demons even without a passage.”

A descent ritual.

Just as Duke Valois summoned Glashalabolas, even humans who aren’t chosen can summon demons.

“Then we need a sacrifice.”

Thinking this, I flinched and looked at Etoile.

“Could that be why Pur wanted my heart? To summon something that doesn’t belong to this world without a passage.”

Seria nodded.

“Sometimes a very special soul is used as sacrifice. But there are other methods too. Like Duke Valois. He made human sacrifices. With fifty lives.”

“That’s….”

“Little One, we can’t delay. Tonight, when the red moon disappears, we might never be able to bring the Prince back.”

The captain added.

“There are death row prisoners in Dubbled Territory. Those connected to the Previous Duke. The number of those who can neither die nor live is exactly fifty.”

“….”

“There’s no time. These are lives that will perish anyway. If they hadn’t conspired with the Previous Duke to harm you and the Duchess in the first place, you wouldn’t have had to wander in that pain, lose your family, or travel to the past.”

I was conflicted.

Once the red moon sets, another chance won’t come. The death row prisoners are ready. As the captain said, if not for them, I wouldn’t have suffered.

‘This is revenge.’

I, we suffered. Can’t we use the lives of those who made us suffer for the sake of our benefactor?

People’s faces flashed chaotically through my mind.

Mother, hiding me behind her back and facing Benedict with a pale face.

Lea, secretly wailing the day it was revealed that Mireille wasn’t the real Baby Bird.

Father, alone in a dark room looking at Mother’s photograph.

My brothers, who grew up in piercing loneliness.

‘Leblaine.’

Adrian.

Recalling his voice, I smiled bitterly and looked around at Seria, the captain, and Trigon.

“I can’t do that.”

“Little One!”

“I can’t.”

“Then will you bring the Second Prince with your heart, Little One? Do you think he would truly want that? No! That would be foolish. Would you throw away your life for such trivial things like justice and morality? When we summon, we’re not even certain whether it will be the Second Prince or the Child of God Neriad who appears!”

“Who said anything about considering justice and morality?”

When I pouted my lips, Trigon furrowed his brow.

“Then what?”

“I don’t consider such things. What’s there to gain from that? In my first life when I earnestly considered such things, I died as a sacrifice. I’m now a cunning child who only considers money!”

“Exactly!”

“Since I’m a cunning child, I don’t want to do things that would keep me up at night!”

“…What?”

I clicked my tongue and crossed my arms.

“The Death Row Prisoners should suffer more. Their lives shouldn’t feel like living, they should suffer day by day wondering when they’ll die. 10 years of suffering? That can’t even touch the tip of my regression. I can’t send them off in one go.”

“…”

Trigon looked at me with an incredulous expression, so I smiled like a mischievous child.

“A special soul. I have one too.”

“…Don’t tell me.”

I pulled out Etoile with a snap!

“A soul that won’t be devoured by demons, but is more special than those of the Human Realm.”

And I shouted, “Come out, Pur!”

Etoile flashed brightly, and Pur appeared as if bouncing out, grinding his teeth with an “Eeek…”

“You despicable bastard. You’re going to use me as a sacrifice to demons?! You want me to become his subordinate like that foolish Bune? I can’t, I can’t do it!”

So Bune became a subordinate this way.

‘Bune… He really was foolish. Everyone knows it…’

He started crying “Waaaaah!” so I patted his shoulder with a benevolent expression.

“You won’t become a subordinate.”

“…What are you talking about?”

“I’ll be holding onto you for life, so how could you be a subordinate? Unless I release you from Etoile, you’re my slave.”

“…”

“Just─wait. Huh? You just need to stand on the altar for a very short moment. A fraud contract. Something like that. You know?”

When I laughed “Haha,” Pur’s expression gradually contorted. And then.

“Uwaaaaaaah!!! Waaaaaaaah─!!”

He collapsed to the floor and started pounding the ground.

“Oh my, oh my! What sin did I commit to have such a thing as my master! Oh my─!”

After watching Pur cry as if the ground would cave in with a benevolent expression, I spoke to the flustered Seria.

“Hurry and prepare the Descent Ritual.”

“What? Ah, yes!”

Seria began preparing the ritual in a fluster.

Not long after, an altar was set up in the Office Basement.

I placed the teeth-grinding Pur at the center of the Summoning Circle and created the Activation Seal.

‘Adrian.’

I activated the Divine Mark to create fire around the summoning circle. The fire instantly seeped into the summoning circle.

Pur’s eyes turned pitch black, and soon a door appeared inside the summoning circle.

And then, the door opened.

‘Is it Mina, or Adrian.’

I bit my lips tightly and stared at the door.

“P-please save me. Some crazy demon…! I only left a few hate comments and now it’s hell, demons…! I was just a shut-in otaku!”

What came bursting out of the door wasn’t Mina or Adrian, but some strangely dressed man.

“Phew, I’m alive. Where is this? Seoul?”

“…?”

“Oh, what’s this, some Exorcist filming set? Totally awesome and epic. But who are you?”

Who are you supposed to be…

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