The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 198

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Chapter 198

I asked Seria, Trigon, and the chairman, who were bowing their heads with their hands clasped together, in a flat voice.

“You said Mina or Adrian would come out.”

“….”

“….”

“Well, the books clearly said….”

Seria stammered out an excuse, so I pointed at the sofa with dark eyes.

“Then is that Adrian or Mina?”

“….”

“….”

“….”

The three people who looked at the sofa simultaneously became speechless and bowed their heads again.

The person who came out of the door was neither Adrian nor Mina. It wasn’t even a person.

“So you see, that day I was running a game event. I think I hadn’t slept for about a week. No, it was an event where even low-level mobs would drop mythic-grade items. It was a 5% chance though. Think about it. When you roll gacha, SSR comes out at 1%, right? At most 3%. But this event was a whopping 5%! How could I sleep during an event like this? I think I forgot to eat for several days too.”

“So you briefly lost consciousness and ended up in the Celestial Realm?”

“Hell. Hell. Ugh, damn, creatures with sheep, horse, and lion heads on them came charging in droves, and I thought, what is this, a zoo? I mean, how could someone as good as me end up in hell? It doesn’t make sense. So I argued about it. Then some guy appeared blowing a horn flute and said I had sins. Just for writing a few hate comments!”

Horn flute….

That demon was probably Paimon.

“I said it was unfair, then this guy with dog teeth giggled and said ‘People live without knowing their own sins,’ you know?”

That seemed to be Glashalabolas.

“Then this guy who looked like a girl said ‘I don’t want this familiar, so divide it among yourselves… Ah, Little One…’ and left. He seemed a bit dim but looked like the nicest one.”

Bune….

I felt a brief headache coming on and grabbed my forehead.

What came out through the door was a soul that claimed to come from another world.

Judging by his knowledge of units like lotto and won, he seemed to be from the same world as Mina.

The skinny man looked at me with a goofy smile and slyly pointed at the snacks on the table.

“But can I eat this?”

“….”

When I remained silent, he looked at Seria cautiously. Seria pushed the gift box containing snacks toward him with a reluctant expression.

The man’s face brightened as he began munching on the snacks.

“Oh, chocolate pie~! They even have this!”

Still saying incomprehensible things.

The chairman, who had been quietly watching the man’s behavior, asked.

“What should we do?”

I shook my head while holding my forehead.

“Send him back.”

“How do you mean?”

“…I must be crazy.”

Demon Summoning Ritual is a grave crime.

The moment I’m caught, I’ll be handed over to apostolic trial. Then the shrine would be delighted to capture me. If Mina comes in the midst of this, I won’t be able to escape execution.

But if that summoned bastard, that strange guy who’s even visible to people other than me, gets caught by the Security Force while wandering around the Imperial Capital in broad daylight…

‘Where did this bastard come from!’

‘A little one with brown hair and blue eyes summoned me. Over there at the trading company!’

As this highly probable scenario came to mind, I wanted to bury my nose in a washbasin.

I let out a deep sigh.

It seemed that the reason this soul was visible to people was because he had appeared by opening a demon’s gate.

“But how did a soul open a demon’s gate?”

When I asked, The Man answered while crunching on cookies.

“None of the demons wanted to take me, so I eventually got pushed off to some pathetic guy. Oh, but that guy seemed nice, though his subordinates were really scary. They came charging at me with horned whips and stuff. I was running away when I saw a red light in the distance, so I just jumped right in.”

“What?! Then I could have summoned Bune?!”

When I shouted, Trigon and the chairman’s eyes went wide.

The Man grinned foolishly.

“Oh, is that how it works? That’s good for you too. It’s better that good-natured me came instead of some demon…”

“You stupid bastard! Just die! Just die!”

Trigon, who wanted to meet Real Trigon, was furious and kicked The Man.

“Ack! Aack! Call the police, police!”

The chairman who wanted to meet his son, and Seria who hoped I would meet Mother, also glared at The Man with cold eyes.

…It was a complete mess.

* * *

I looked at the sky that was beginning to dawn. The red moon was setting. Even though it was still up, since Pur, the special soul who was to be the sacrifice, had lost his power and returned to being a gem, I couldn’t open the gate again.

When I sighed, Etoile glowed faintly and Pur’s voice was heard.

[Why don’t you do human sacrifice?]

‘I won’t do human sacrifice. I don’t know if I can make it in time, and if another demon comes out, the shrine will notice.’

When you think about it that way, it might actually be fortunate that powerless The Man came.

[Liar. You’re actually scared, aren’t you? You’re afraid that Child of God Neriad will come instead of the Prince?]

‘That’s right.’

When I answered honestly, Pur fell silent.

[I hope that child comes quickly. That way I’ll be able to meet That Person.]

‘Who is That Person?’

[Someone in the disappeared memories.]

‘A person…?’

[A very warm, funny fool. It feels like such a person was by my side. When that child comes, I might be able to meet That Person. Even without your heart, still…]

Pur muttered in a dejected voice.

I gripped Etoile tightly.

‘Please take care of my friend.’

Mother.

Though I couldn’t be certain, I had a feeling that That Person Pur was waiting for was Mother.

Come to think of it, there was something strange. Pur knew everything that had happened in the past from inside Mother’s Etoile. But the Pur I saw in Nymph’s Cave didn’t know me.

Moreover, Pur could read my thoughts. It had been two weeks since I came from the past. During that time, I had shared the events of the past with my family and my people.

But Pur knew nothing and was still hostile toward me.

If Pur’s memories had been erased, and this child was being restricted from hearing about the past events…

‘You and I were both dancing in the palm of God’s hand.’

[What?]

Pur asked in a puzzled voice.

I smiled faintly.

[You sometimes smile faintly, very similar to That Person. …That’s why I hate it.]

‘Really?’

[Of course it’s real!]

‘I’m happy to be similar.’

[…Fool.]

[The little friend sometimes calls me a fool sadly. It means affection.]

‘Do you like me that much?’

[No, fool!]

‘I like you too.’

[Wh-what, what are you saying! Idiot! You’re an idiot! Idiot!]

I giggled, and Pur’s voice soon disappeared.

In the quiet room with no one around, I stared blankly at the sky.

‘Where are you and what are you doing, Adrian.’

I miss you.

So very much.

I didn’t know then.

That there might not be just one door of the red moon.

* * *

Seria, who had cleaned up the summoning altar, brought me a certain gem. The very murky-colored thing was very similar to the mineral of ‘Century’s Warrior’ that occupied one axis of Etoile.

“It was left at the altar. It seems to be that person’s ‘passage’.”

“Yeah, it probably is.”

“What would you like to do?”

“Until I find a way to send him back, I’ll have to put it in Etoile and make him a familiar.”

I let out a deep sigh and inserted his mineral into Etoile.

[Wow, living this long, I get to experience all kinds of things. This is amazing!]

As expected, he became a familiar just like Century’s Warrior and Pur.

‘I don’t even know if I can release familiars, and I’m putting a useless familiar in one of only six slots!’

I groaned in frustration, and The Man, who could read my inner thoughts like the other familiars, said [Ehehe~] in a sly manner.

[I’m Kim Cheol-su. Let’s work well together from now on, master!]

And he kept chattering on and on.

After dawn broke, Father and my brothers came to find me.

When I continued to look gloomy even after arriving at the Imperial Palace, Henri, who got out of the carriage, asked.

“Are you okay, Leblaine? I heard about it from the captain.”

I quietly held Etoile, and my family members stared at me intently.

“Leblaine.”

“Little one…”

“Youngest.”

“…”

My family members all had worried expressions, concerned about me not responding.

But I wasn’t unable to answer because I was feeling bad, but because I was distracted and couldn’t respond.

[So as I was saying. Admiral Yi Sun-sin used the Crane Wing Formation to beat up those Japanese bastards.]

Please just shut up!

Even in the middle of a serious conversation, Kim Cheol-su was chattering away mindlessly, and I was almost at my wit’s end.

Ever since becoming a familiar, Kim Cheol-su had been rambling on and on about the history of his world in great detail. Without resting his mouth for even a moment.

Only after Pur shouted [Shut your mouth, you crazy bastard!] did Kim Cheol-su finally close his mouth with a sullen expression.

‘Ugh, my head.’

I was walking while holding my forehead.

From the garden came a rustling sound as tree branches parted.

And….

“You are….”

‘You are….’

I couldn’t move as if nailed in place, and the person before my eyes smiled playfully.

“Hello, Isaac.”

“….”

Isaac looked at me with a bewildered expression, then stared at him who had called him Isaac.

“Huh? Wha─!”

I bit my lips tightly.

“…It’s Leblaine.”

“Nice to meet you, Leblaine.”

“….”

Why didn’t I realize it?

When I went to the past last time, no one opened the door for me, but I had returned.

The red moon could rise not only when the Celestial Realm’s power was at its strongest, but also when demons wielded power strong enough to twist the causality of the Human Realm.

“Adrian…!”

I ran to him and wrapped my arms tightly around his neck.

He embraced me and said with a faint smile.

“I missed you. So very much.”

“Me too, I missed you too.”

Sniff. The family members, who had been looking back and forth between me bursting into tears and Adrian smiling brightly, simultaneously burst into angry shouts.

“Get away!”

“Get away from her!”

“I said get away!”

“Get away from her!”

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