The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 224

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Chapter 224

“He coveted power that humans should not desire, and as the price, he lost his reason and goodwill. Having existed only as consciousness for a long time, he became a monster more hideous than before. Now all he remembers is his goal. Becoming a complete god and killing you to resurrect you as his doll. He is chaos that remembers only these two things.”

“Oracles are those who received 【Wisdom】 from God, so why did followers of Neriad emerge?”

“They too are human. Greed exists in anyone who is human.”

“Why does Storas hate Maria, I mean me, calling me a traitor? Is it because I didn’t reveal that I’m Neriad’s younger sister?”

“Love sometimes clouds reason. When the one you love throws themselves into another’s arms and dies before your eyes, how great must that heartbreak have been. His affection, which had been moaning while bound to a pillar for a long time, became resentment.”

“Neriad’s purpose is to become a complete god, right?”

“Yes. By devouring me.”

“No, if you’re going to devour a god, then just devour them! Why! Of all things! Why must you use me as a sacrifice to devour God? It’s not like I have divine power— Wait, do I? Do I have divine power?”

“I have been sleeping for a long time. I could only see the world through the eyes of the child I chose. How could such a me continue to watch over you?”

“You were sleeping inside me?”

He smiled gently. After patting my head, he began walking again and said.

“I don’t have much time left. Continue with your questions.”

“How could Adrian, who is merely human, seal divine power?”

“He is a clever child. He didn’t seal divine power, but blocked the passage through which divine power could be released. Moreover, he has very special bloodline.”

“Special bloodline… Is it related to the First Emperor being from the Shaman tribe?”

“The Shaman is the tribe of beginnings. They are descendants of the first humans I created. That is why they are special.”

“Why did you choose me? I’m Neriad’s younger sister. Didn’t you think I might agree with Neriad’s will? Besides, I’m not exactly an Oracle…”

“Oracles are beings meant to guide humans. You traveled through Ancient Times and saved countless lives, guiding them on the right path, so you cannot be anything but an Oracle.”

“But I didn’t manifest a Special Ability.”

“You think so?”

He stopped walking abruptly and looked at me.

“Yes. In the past you showed me, I couldn’t manifest a Special Ability.”

“You manifested your Special Ability at the very last moment.”

“What is my Special Ability? Summoning demons?”

“That’s divine power.”

“If not that, I don’t really have any abilities. At most, Regression… Huh?”

He smiled, and I finally realized.

‘The Regression wasn’t something God made me do? My Special Ability was Regression?’

“How is this fair! I’d rather summon dead souls like Bune, or access records like Storas! This is discrimination! Neriad manifested a Special Ability similar to divine power, but why am I…!”

As I shouted “Wah, wah!” in frustration, God patted my head.

“A Special Ability is the most precious value an Oracle thinks of. That was the value you treasured most.”

“Regression is the greatest value I think of?”

“Didn’t you say it yourself? That all humans should have opportunities.”

“Opportunity… Regression is an opportunity?”

“Yes.”

I let out a deep sigh.

It seemed that in ancient times, I had twisted my own fate with my own hands.

“Then one last question. Why doesn’t Storas know that I’m Maria? Bune, Paimon, and Pur all don’t know that I’m Neriad’s younger sister.”

“It is the price for taking humans.”

“…You mean they can’t remember because they became demons and took human blood?”

“Oracles are beings who must protect humans. The more they take those they should protect, the more their memories as humans are erased. The lost memories become distorted as they wish. Just as Storas distorted you into a betrayer because he desired an object of resentment.”

“You’re saying oblivion is the punishment…?”

“Thus sometimes they fail to recognize the souls of lovers, children, friends, or neighbors they once cherished like breath, and tear their flesh and gnaw their bones. In doing so, they lose their humanity. So they can never be saved again.”

Good heavens.

What kind of punishment is that.

“How cruel…”

God’s face became blurred.

That’s when it happened. The space distorted and God’s voice became unclear.

I startled and looked around. I felt Neriad’s power that I had sensed in the past God had shown me.

“Lord Serga!”

“Little One. You saved my children… salvation… special being… you are…”

His voice distorted as Serga transformed into a very small ball of light. The light that gradually grew smaller eventually disappeared completely.

[I love you.]

Leaving behind only those words.

Only then did I realize.

That he had used all his remaining power just to meet me.

And that I, who thought I was merely being used by God, was actually deeply loved.

I collapsed in the light. Tears kept welling up.

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“…blaine.”

“Leblaine!”

Gasp!

Opening my eyes, I breathed roughly and looked around.

I saw my family members’ pale faces.

‘My room…’

It seemed I had returned from God Serga’s space.

“How… long was I… asleep…”

Wait, why is my voice like this!

My voice was hoarse so I couldn’t speak properly, and my body wouldn’t move right as if all my muscles had stiffened.

Isaac, who looked much thinner than when I last saw him, glared at me.

‘Uh oh. He’s going to scold me.’

Just as I was making a tearful face.

Isaac suddenly pulled me into his arms.

“I was so afraid… so afraid that you might never open your eyes again…”

It was the first time I had ever seen Isaac, who was always cheerful, trembling so fragilely like this.

I looked around at my family members while being held in Isaac’s embrace.

Henri, Johan, and my aunt’s expressions were also painfully distorted.

Henri, who had bitten his roughened lips tightly to hold back tears, finally opened his mouth.

“Two months. You’ve been asleep for two whole months.”

What?

When I opened my eyes wide, Johan pressed his forehead and let out a sigh.

“The doctors said there was nothing wrong, but you wouldn’t open your eyes.”

I quietly turned my head.

Father was looking at me with a stern expression.

“Well, I…”

I cleared my throat with fake coughs.

“I didn’t do it on purpose. This is all God’s fault. Really!”

“…”

“But I’m sorry for making you worry…”

As I hung my head and mumbled, Father covered the top of my head with his large hand.

“It’s fine now that you’re awake.”

Tears welled up in my eyes.

The family that I had wished for in ancient times. In this life, I have that family.

‘My special ability isn’t bad after all. In the end, fate returned my family to me.’

I was embraced in Father’s arms, and Isaac, who had been robbed of me, shouted “I was hugging her first!”

And shortly after.

With a startled voice, the door burst open and Cecilia rushed in with a tiara on her head.

“Miss, no, I heard the Young Lady moved, so I was so worried…!”

I fixed my gaze on Cecilia, who was visible behind Father’s back.

A gorgeous dress. A tiara.

“Did you have the wedding? Did you become the Imperial Consort?”

“Miss…”

It seems a lot happened while I was asleep.

‘Wait, then what about Storas?’

When I turned my head, I saw Storas floating in mid-air.

“This despicable bastard.”

Ras Sto, the Oracle trainee I first met in ancient times, was a much more handsome man.

A petty fellow who distorted the woman he loved as a traitor because he had no one else to blame.

I was also the one who helped him go from trainee to Oracle.

He had manifested his special ability, but the humans in the territory ruled by his previous Oracle didn’t follow him at all, so he almost remained a trainee.

If I hadn’t spread rumors while healing people that he was saving people with his herb crafting, people wouldn’t have trusted the arrogant him.

‘But you distorted your memory to say I was a traitor who stole healing methods?’

When I narrowed my eyes, Storas shouted angrily.

[What?]

“When did Maria ever betray you? You’re the only one who was betrayed.”

[What nonsense are you…!]

“Hand over the Seers’ records right now. The one that records what the passage for summoning demons is.”

[That comes after sending out the knight. It was postponed because you collapsed─]

“Ma, Maria. I really have to tell you today. When I see you, my ribs feel stiff.”

[How do you know that…!]

Storas’s face burst into flames.

“Ma, Maria. When I say my ribs feel stiff, it doesn’t mean they hurt, so, so I… when I see you… so…”

“Stop, stop!”

Storas, who had revealed himself to the humans, rushed over and covered my mouth.

I pushed him away and grinned mischievously.

“When Maria’s knight comes out, Ras Sto’s pure love will also be published as a knight.”

“You despicable bastard! How could you use a man’s pure feelings…!”

“…”

“I was being sincere…”

He choked up as he said that. Not even knowing that Maria was right in front of him.

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