The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 222

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Chapter 222

Storas, or rather Ras Sto, looked me over with a triumphant expression.

[Are you the scoundrel who dares to falsely claim to be a god?]

[Is this one really an idiot?]

Oh no. I was so dumbfounded that my mouth moved of its own accord.

Ras Sto flew into a rage and glared at me.

[What! You should fall into Hell’s Calamitous Fire to shut that wicked mouth of yours—!]

[Be quiet and close the door. Don’t let cold air in where there are sick people.]

[How dare you interrupt my words.]

[The door!]

‘I’ shouted angrily. This wasn’t my will but the will of this body.

The patients and guardians in the hospital room cast disapproving glances at Ras Sto.

Ras Sto ranted [Don’t be fooled. That person dares to falsely claim to be a god…!], but when ‘I’ gestured to the patients, people ignored Ras Sto and approached me.

[Let’s see. How is your stomach today?]

[Yes! Then Goddess, can I go gather firewood today?]

I pressed my ear closely to the child’s stomach and narrowed my eyes.

[The sound seems strange somehow. You’ve been taking the medicine I gave you properly, right?]

[Of, of course.]

[Oh my.]

[…It was precious.]

The child mumbled while fidgeting with their fingertips.

In winter, medicinal herbs were already hard to find, and this village had been swept through by the Royal Army who worshipped Neriad, taking away the stockpiled medicinal herbs and food.

[If you don’t take your medicine on time because it’s precious, you’ll never be able to take medicine again.]

[Huh?]

[Because you’ll die.]

[…!]

The pale child jumped up. ‘I’ smiled warmly while watching the child desperately cling to me, saying [I’ll take it. I’ll take it!]

[Good. You’ll take your medicine properly today, right? Before that, go behind the building and get some oat porridge. And if you starve yourself again by sharing it all with your siblings, I won’t give you medical examinations anymore.]

[I understand….]

When ‘I’ sternly scolded him, the child became dejected. ‘I’ soon chuckled and slipped a palm-sized envelope into the child’s pouch.

The child who opened the envelope widened his eyes and looked at me.

[Snacks! Are these snacks? Right? I haven’t seen these snacks since I was little.]

[Share them with your siblings. One is yours. Got it?]

[Yes!]

The child smiled brightly and ran out. And then another patient, and another patient.

Ras Sto’s grumbling expression gradually changed. Because all of ‘my’ patients left with smiling faces, expressing their gratitude.

Watching the scene from within ‘me’, I recalled the appearance of the treatment center I had established on the day I arranged for Cecilia and the Emperor to meet.

‘That treatment center was similar to this place.’

[Let me see. Oh my, the wound has festered. You went out to work again without listening to me, didn’t you?]

[Ah, if the ferryman doesn’t work, who will cross the river?]

[At this rate, your leg might rot away.]

‘I’ let out a deep sigh and fumbled through the pouch beside the chair. While examining the medicinal herbs, ‘I’ took out one with bright yellow leaves and put it in a mortar.

[Ediora.]

Ras Sto said bluntly.

[What?]

[Use Ediora. That man has suffered from a plague before, so the medicinal herbs you picked won’t be effective.]

[You know this mister?]

Light like a string of fireflies swirled around Ras Sto’s hands.

Mid-air glowed brightly and a book appeared in his hands.

[My special ability is ‘Supreme Library’. I can access all records in the world.]

It seemed he had figured out the mister’s condition through records.

‘I’ suddenly held out my hand to him.

[Give me that.]

[Sharing special abilities is strictly forbidden by God…!]

[I mean the Ediora. You have it, right? Hand it over.]

[What kind of robber-like behavior….]

[Guiding humans is what an Oracle does. Let’s guide him to recovery.]

Seeing the shameless expression of ‘me’, Ras Sto let out a scoff. But when I smiled broadly, he clicked his tongue.

‘The me in this place is someone who makes it impossible to refuse.’

Ras Sto must have felt the same way as he said [Wait.] and left the hospital room.

Ras Sto, who headed to a place with few people around, soon transformed into a giant owl.

Just as he was about to take flight into the sky.

[Ack!]

‘I’ had climbed onto him.

[Let me see the medicinal herbs you have, okay? If there’s anything good, share some with people. Sounds good?]

[This crazy! Crazy woman! How dare you climb on someone’s back?!]

[Let’s go!]

[I can’t go down!]

Ras Sto screamed loudly, but ‘I’ was too cheerful to be deterred by such things.

Eventually we went to his hideout together, and ‘I’ lit up as soon as the door opened.

‘My goodness, why are there so many medicinal herbs! Dried ones, ones planted in pots, wow! That one’s in whole sacks!’

When ‘I’ sneakily placed my hand on the sack, Storas warned with a growling voice.

[Take your hands off while I’m being nice.]

[There are newborn twins suffering from lung disease. But this medicinal herb is so expensive we can’t even think of treatment. With this, we could save people. Two of them no less!]

When I held up two fingers while speaking, he ground his teeth with a grinding sound.

‘Storas at this time must have had a kind heart despite his rough words.’

He looked disapprovingly at ‘me’ who was frantically scooping up medicinal herbs, then sighed and approached the bookshelf across the pile of herbs.

Taking a book from the bookshelf, he opened the cover and began writing something additional in the book filled with dense text.

[That’s the recipe for the medicine I gave to Kwara?]

When ‘I’ suddenly poked my head out and spoke, he screamed [Wah!!] then clicked his tongue and hid the book behind his back.

[You said the Supreme Library is your special ability, so don’t you not need to record things?]

[I can only take out things that have been ‘recorded’. And how can I use my ability every time? Even as an Oracle, I can’t use my ability constantly without regard for time and place.]

[You liked my recipe.]

[This isn’t, ugh, stolen…!]

[It’s three cornelian cherries. Not two.]

[…What?]

[Three, I said. Earlier I had to use only two because there weren’t enough. Fix it.]

[Is it okay to tell me such things carelessly?]

[It was all made for people anyway. If it gets recorded and used again by future generations, that would be wonderful, right?]

[…]

[Exactly!]

‘I’ smiled with my usual shameless expression.

[Let’s use yours together too.]

[What?!]

[This, this would be perfect for Aunt Galtine’s athlete’s foot. Share it with her. Hm? Hm?]

[This is really…]

Ras Sto of this era was truly kindhearted. In the end, he completely surrendered to ‘me’.

‘I’ saved many people with the formula I received from him.

And from some point on, Ras Sto also walked the same path as me.

[The goddess’s assistant! Come eat before you go. This guy caught four trout as thick as forearms!]

[I’m not an assistant! I am the great one who received wisdom from God─!]

[There’s wine too!]

[…I’m just sitting for a moment. Just a moment.]

He was called ‘my’ assistant as he blended in among the people.

Time flowed endlessly. No matter how many people we healed, the wars never ceased.

[Maria, Maria!]

One day, Ras Sto came running to me with a pale face.

[Run away. Neriad has finally raised his sword against God. The Seers are following him in droves. War has broken out in God’s Garden!]

‘I’ kicked open the door and ran.

[Maria!]

God’s Garden, which I reached after running for three days and nights, was already engulfed in flames.

The corpses of the Seers and humans who followed Neriad and those who opposed them were scattered everywhere.

Among them…

[Bune!]

‘I’ embraced the fallen Bune, and Bune stroked my cheek while smiling gently as always.

[Don’t cry, Little One. I’m just going to the Land of Rest one step ahead.]

[Ah, ah…]

[I’ll be waiting there. Preparing the strawberries… that Little One loves.]

Bune could not open his eyes again. Holding his limp corpse, ‘I’ wailed like a madman.

[What are you talking about, Maria. How could you be an Oracle…]

Ras Sto looked at me with an expression of incomprehension, but ‘I’, who had been staring blankly into mid-air as if my soul had left my body, staggered to my feet.

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