The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 225

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Chapter 225

“Right. You must have been sincere.”

When I spoke nonchalantly, Storas jerked his head up and glared at me.

“Maria also loved me…!”

“Loved you. What.”

“J-just a little… right?”

For convenience’s sake, if I were to call the ancient ‘me’ Maria, Maria had not even the slightest interest in Ras Sto, not even as much as bird feed.

Since Maria was someone who knew nothing of romantic love between men and women, she didn’t give Ras Sto even the tiniest chance.

“No.”

When I spoke firmly, Storas burst out shouting.

“How would you know?”

‘Well, because I am Maria, and God Serga showed me the past!’

…Unable to answer that, I just narrowed my eyes.

‘I can’t reveal that I was Maria right now.’

The demons I had summoned so far couldn’t communicate with each other, but among the ancient oracles I had seen, there were those with special abilities to move between worlds.

If it were revealed among the demons that I was Maria, demons under Neriad would come after me.

There’s no way I, a human, could defeat a demon. If it were someone with offensive abilities, even Purro wouldn’t be able to stop them.

‘Cunning demons would target the humans around me like Storas did. My family would be in danger.’

“Do you really think so?”

When I asked, Storas started shouting “Of course…!” but then turned his head away dejectedly.

It seems he actually knew that Maria had no interest in him. At least he couldn’t distort that memory.

“Think carefully. If the story of Ras Sto’s pure love gets out, all the demons summoned to the Human Realm afterward will know about your first love, won’t they?”

“Y-you despicable…!”

“Right. I’m a despicable child.”

As I waved my hands dismissively, Storas gritted his teeth and hid his body again.

‘Good, finding out about the demons’ passage from Storas seems like it’ll be finished soon, so now…’

Thinking that and turning my head, I saw my aunt and Cecilia with their eyes wide open, and my three maids Dahlia, Linda, and Yuni.

I scratched my head and said.

“So, uh, well… that’s how it happened.”

“Pardon?”

“What?”

“What did you say?”

When the maids, Cecilia, and my aunt asked with stiff faces, I laughed awkwardly and said.

“I am a Child of the Evil God who can summon demons.”

Clatter!

My aunt shot up from her seat, Cecilia held her forehead, and the three maids groaned “Ahh…” and slumped down.

* * *

I explained my abilities to my aunt, Cecilia, and the three maids.

I told them that I had regressed three times, that the Evil God’s power awakened after I touched Newit in this life, and that I could summon demons after obtaining Etoile.

What was surprising was that my aunt, Cecilia, and the three maids were only momentarily shocked, but didn’t look at me strangely.

Rather,

“I knew it from the first sight! As expected, our Young Lady was special! This radiance, this brilliance! I couldn’t believe you were an ordinary child!”

The maids giggled, saying they knew it all along.

Cecilia understood the situation more easily than the others since she only didn’t know that I was a Child of the Evil God who summoned demons.

And my aunt…

“It must have been hard.”

“…”

“You’ve grown up so well despite going through such terrible things. You’re admirable.”

She said that while hugging me, and tears welled up in my eyes.

Everything I had accomplished so far wasn’t worthless. Through experiencing so many things, I had made so many precious people.

‘This time, I absolutely won’t die as a sacrifice.’

Here, I’ll live happily with my people for the rest of my life.

I was able to strengthen my resolve.

After talking with my aunt, I was sniffling in the corridor when the aide approached.

“Are you crying again today?”

“You make me sound like a crybaby…”

“Aren’t you?”

“No! I’m only crying because it’s today!”

When I pouted my lips, the aide smiled broadly and said,

“I’m truly relieved that you’ve awakened. Seria, Trigon, and Zachary were very worried.”

“It seems like you were too?”

“I only lost sleep about twice a week.”

“So the others worried even more than that?”

“Yes.”

The aide chuckled and made way for me.

We walked to the greenhouse together. The aide told me about what happened while I was asleep. Stories about Hope Trading Company, and that Cecilia had her Imperial Consort appointment ceremony three days ago.

“There must have been a lot to handle while I was gone. You worked hard.”

“I worked very hard indeed. Will you visit the Imperial Palace? Word came from both Yvonne Palace and the Empress Dowager’s Palace after hearing that you had awakened.”

“Let me organize my thoughts first.”

“Is there something you need to organize?”

“Yeah. I fell asleep because the Evil God showed me dreams of ancient times. Turns out I was God Neriad’s younger sister.”

Thud─!

That was the sound of a thick book falling from the aide’s hands.

He stared at me with eyes wide as pinecones and his mouth agape.

“H-how can you say such a thing as casually as reciting a breakfast menu…! Is it true?”

“Yeah. And Maria, who Storas had a one-sided love for, is me. Maria was my alias from my previous life.”

Thud─!!

This was the sound of the chairman stumbling backward and hitting the wall.

I patted the shocked chairman’s jacket with light taps.

“Could you not startle me like that? If my concentration breaks, I won’t be able to block what Storas can hear.”

“I’m the one who’s startled!”

“For now, only you know about this. Father and my brothers were already worried enough with me sleeping for two months, so I don’t want to worry them more.”

As I walked ahead and spoke, the chairman’s voice lowered.

“Is the reason you’re not telling Lea and Lady Javelin that you’re Baby Bird also because you don’t want to worry them?”

I stopped walking abruptly and turned to look at him.

“…I’ll tell them when I’m ready.”

“What kind of preparation?”

“Preparation to completely destroy Neriad and the Temple.”

“Excuse me…?”

“Think about it. If I reveal that I’m Baby Bird, I’ll also have to tell them that the Temple directly killed Mother and Reina. What do you think Lea and Aunt will do then?”

“Given their personalities, they would surely storm into the Temple.”

“If individuals go up against the Temple?”

“They’ll die. Nine times out of ten.”

“Right. That’s why preparation is necessary.”

“Are you really planning to oppose God? The Temple is one thing, but God…! Besides, isn’t he your blood relative from your previous life?”

I stared intently at the chairman and twisted my lips into a smirk.

“Maria, who only knew her brother, is dead. What’s here now is just a cunning child who can throw even gods into the mud.”

“…”

“Whether it’s God or the Temple, if they come at me, I’ll fight.”

“Yes…”

“If you understand, then write an article. We need to start pressuring the Temple first.”

“What kind of article do you mean?”

“Hmm, the headline should be something like [Leblaine Lisette Dubbled Awakens. Was Her Two-Month Sleep Due to Stress from Temple Pressure?!]”

Saying that, I tossed a Magic Tool to the chairman.

“What is this?”

“It’s a recording of the threats the Cardinal made when he came to see me. Release it together.”

“Really, Little One…”

The chairman let out a hollow laugh and continued speaking.

“You must be the most cunning child in the world.”

“Thanks for the compliment.”

‘Right, I’ve been overthinking this whole time.’

If they come at me, I’ll destroy them.

Something this simple.

I supported the back of my head with my interlaced fingers and hummed a tune.

“Oh, Chairman.”

“Yes?”

“I have a favor to ask of Trigon. Call him.”

The aide looked puzzled but soon bowed his head.

* * *

The Empire was turned upside down by the article released from Dubbled.

The aide who had handled Dubbled’s negative press before Henri cleverly re-edited the Cardinal’s threats and released the article.

“The recent Marquis Schuheil incident was the Shrine’s scheme to get their hands on the Child of Fate, wasn’t it?”

“Marquis Schuheil’s condition became that severe because the Shrine deliberately didn’t heal him for their scheme, didn’t they say?”

“No, from what I heard, they deliberately made his leg rot away.”

“Good heavens, how terrible!”

“How could those who bear God’s name be so wicked? That poor young Child of Fate.”

“How severe must her mental anguish have been for her to faint…”

The Emperor gleefully joined the controversy surrounding the Shrine and reduced the Shrine’s authority.

Since public opinion was so cold, the Shrine couldn’t use other methods and sent Cardinal Reginald, who had threatened me, to apologize.

I said to Reginald, who was trembling with humiliation:

“Gasp─! Seeing the Cardinal makes me breathless again…!!”

“Miss!”

“Leblaine.”

“Little One!”

Then I put on a passionate performance of pretending to faint, and Reginald, unable to apologize, had to come and go seven whole times.

In the end, he knelt down and desperately begged me to forgive his foolish self.

But I never forgave the Shrine.

The Shrine had to endure the humiliation of believers completely stopping their visits once again.

And I stood at a distance from the Shrine with binoculars, giggling as I secretly watched the empty chapel.

“Serves them right.”

Seria, who also held a grudge against the Shrine, laughed “Ohoho─!” and enjoyed the situation.

‘Now, what’s next…’

Looking at Etoile, I took out a long-distance teleportation circle.

I tore the teleportation circle, and when I opened my eyes, I was at the ‘Ancient Plateau.’

‘The place that was the ancient capital.’

Everywhere I looked, memories of Maria and the Seers, and Neriad came flooding back.

“…”

Silently looking around, I gripped Etoile and lightly infused it with power.

My vision brightened with light as Storas appeared in human form.

“Will you give it to me now? That book with the records of the demons’ passages.”

“You haven’t fulfilled my wish.”

“Is your wish really to erase Maria’s traces from the Human Realm?”

“Of course…!”

Storas, who had been shouting loudly, looked at my unusually sunken eyes and showed a confused expression.

“Of course, I, I remember that woman…”

“Do you remember Maria?”

“Yes!”

“What she looked like, how she smiled, do you remember everything?”

“That’s…”

He quickly turned his head away.

‘As I thought, he only remembers disliking someone named Maria and doesn’t properly remember what I looked like.’

I handed Storas the Magic Tool I had asked Trigon to make.

Looking at the small Magic Tool, he turned his gaze to me. His expression was suspicious.

“What is this?”

“If you like it, I’ll consider your wish granted.”

“Whatever this is, there’s no way I’ll like it.”

Snorting dismissively, he activated the Magic Tool.

Instantly, the Magic Tool glowed bright blue. And what appeared was…

[Ediora, you know. You have it, right? Give it to me.]

Storas’s gaze trembled faintly.

In his hands, ancient Maria was flickering as a Hologram.

[Let me see the Medicinal Herbs you have, okay?]

[Let’s go!]

[It’s three Cornelian Cherry. Not two.]

Gradually, Storas’s expression began to crumble. Opening and closing his mouth, he bit his lips tightly and lowered his head. The ‘Maria’ in his hands smiled brightly and said.

[I’m glad you’re here for me.]

[…Ras.]

“Ras.”

At my words, he raised his head.

“How did you… how…”

“Because I saw Maria in Ancient Times.”

“…Serganya.”

“Yes.”

“Why on earth did he…”

“Because God loves me, you, and everyone.”

Storas let out a bitter laugh. The Maria in his hands opened her mouth again.

[If your ribs feel stiff, go see the Doctor over there who treats bones.]

“It wasn’t that my bones hurt. You idiot.”

[Why do you keep repeating the same words over and over?]

Maria’s smiling phantom soon turned into a butterfly and scattered through the air. Storas, no, Ras Sto muttered while holding the Magic Tool in his arms.

“I love you.”

“….”

“I love you, Maria.”

Thank you.

A crack-like light appeared on Ras Sto’s body.

[I hated you.]

“Why?”

[Because you resembled Maria. But because of that….]

“I know without you saying it. Idiot.”

He looked at me as I smiled. And he laughs.

Just like that foolish man from those days.

Eventually, he disappeared.

Before the Synchronization with Storas was completely severed, a book dropped from mid-air with a thud.

As I picked up the book, his presence completely vanished.

Standing alone on the Ancient Plateau, I began to move my steps.

Toward the final chapter.

* * *

Time passed quickly.

On a spring day when flowers were in full bloom.

“Little One, Little One! This is terrible! In front of the Imperial Palace again…!”

Laura, who had rushed into the room in a hurry, looked around with a bewildered expression.

“Oh my, where is Little One….”

“I’m here.”

Laura turned her head toward the voice coming from afar.

Beautiful curly hair flowing down to her chest. A slender face. She rested her chin on the railing and looked at Laura, asking languidly.

“What happened today?”

“Young Master Isaac broke a suitor’s leg.”

She let out a deep sigh and stretched.

“Little One, please save him…! He’s the Young Master of the Marquis House!”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Leblaine, 17 years old.

The prelude to the final chapter had begun.

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