The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 228

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Chapter 228

I knew that Mina’s divine power reserves were tremendous.

‘But surpassing the Founding Emperor? I’ve never even heard of such a thing.’

In my first life, it was Adrian who was said to possess the strongest divine power. If Mina’s power had surpassed Adrian’s, the shrine would have definitely been talking about it.

‘Things have changed…’

I clenched my fist tightly.

‘It’s because of me. Neriad granted Mina stronger power than before in order to absorb me.’

A person from another world with tremendous divine power.

Who also appeared with ancient artifacts and was born on February 29th.

‘The shrine would be drooling over such a person.’

Until now, the shrine hadn’t been able to flourish because of me. They repeatedly lost public support due to incidents related to me.

But since they had announced me as the Child of Fate, they couldn’t eliminate me either.

However, now a person from another world born on February 29th with divine power surpassing mine had appeared.

To the shrine, whether Mina was real or fake didn’t matter.

What mattered was having someone who could strip away the authority I wielded as the Child of Fate and make me docile.

‘It would be even better if she were real.’

So they would definitely announce the appearance of a second Child of Fate first, taking advantage of the gap before news reached me.

“But why did Mina enroll at Odis? Wouldn’t the shrine want to protect her?”

“She has no nationality, so various countries are coveting her. That’s why they decided to have her protected at Odis Academy, which is practically neutral territory.”

Isaac twisted his lips at Henri’s words.

“Only the shrine would be excited. With someone possessing that much divine power, they’d be going on about how the shrine should take her in, and how they’d need the Empire’s help to do so, wouldn’t they?”

Henri nodded.

“If the shrine brings her to the Empire, it would be a tremendous achievement, so the shrine’s influence within the Empire would grow again.”

“This is getting troublesome.”

Just then, a man with bronze skin poked his head out from the Student Council Room.

“How long are you going to chatter out there? Aren’t we having a meeting? And you there, your younger sister should head back. Only Elysiano Class members are allowed in here.”

Isaac frowned deeply and put his arm around my shoulder.

“My younger sister is a treasure! She’ll be joining the Elysiano Class soon.”

“Well, we’ll have to see how her first semester grades turn out.”

The Elysiano Class could only be joined by the top 1% even at Odis Academy, which was said to have only geniuses.

Exceptionally, children of the highest bloodlines such as royalty, imperial family, and tribal chief successors could also join. However, in their case, admission would be canceled if their first-year, first-semester grades didn’t exceed the cutoff line.

“My younger sister is a genius.”

As Isaac glared, a man with purple hair wearing black-rimmed glasses poked his head out above the bronze-skinned man.

“Only geniuses can enroll here.”

“She was always top of her class at theology school!”

“Is there anyone here who hasn’t been top of their class?”

Isaac, holding his waist and hanging his head, let out a long sigh before slowly raising his head.

“You sure take your time saying you want to die, huh?”

Then he shouted “If you get caught, you’re dead, you bastards!” and rushed through the door.

I blinked with a dumbfounded expression. Then Henri gently patted my head.

“Go on. I’ll come by in the evening.”

“Mm…”

After Henri went inside too, I left the building. Just as I finished going down all the stairs, Emeline came running over shouting “Leblaine!”

“What happened? That woman from earlier was ‘that girl’ you mentioned, right?”

“Huh…?”

“What do you mean ‘huh’? During vacation two years ago, that day you drank raspberry wine thinking it was juice. You were completely drunk and talked about your previous life, remember?”

“Did I really…?”

“Right? That’s what it is, isn’t it?”

“Well, I don’t know…”

When I mumbled and trailed off, Emeline smacked my shoulder.

“Are you going to deceive me too? The students are in an uproar. The Empire will be even worse. They’re already saying they’ll push you out.”

That’s when it happened.

“Leblaine! Emeline!”

Sandra waved her hand from among a group of students and approached us.

Seeing that all the students’ ties were sky blue, they seemed to be freshmen like us.

‘Right. We were supposed to eat together.’

Emeline seemed to want to talk more with me alone, but I pulled Emeline’s arm and said to Sandra.

“Let’s go eat.”

Sandra said “Come on, come on” as she guided us.

“The school grounds are really huge, aren’t they? You could easily get lost if you’re not careful.”

“You’re right. It’s bigger than most territorial castles…”

While chattering away with the students on our way to the dining room, I spotted Mina sitting on a bench.

She pointed at me and shouted “Ah!” Then she hurried over.

“Hello.”

“Hello, Leblaine!”

For a moment, I felt like I had returned to my first life.

When I couldn’t answer because I was startled, Emeline tapped the back of my hand.

Only then did I come to my senses and reply “Ah… yes…”

‘Get it together. This is school. Not the shrine. My family name is Dubbled, not Amitie.’

Mina smiled brightly and said.

“Sorry, you were surprised that a stranger talked to you, right? I know you though. Those, priests? Clerics? Anyway, people in white robes told me about you. They said a child with pretty brown curly hair and gem-like blue eyes was a Child of Fate like me.”

Then she cheerfully whispered “Actually, I saw your portrait too.”

“I was a bit anxious since everyone here is a stranger, but seeing you who’s similar to me makes me really happy.”

“I see…”

“I heard this is the dining room – are you going to eat? If it’s okay, could I come along too?”

Emeline widened her eyes and mouthed ‘Tell her no,’ moving her lips silently.

Mina, who couldn’t see Emeline, looked at the students with a slightly nervous expression.

A large male student answered.

“Of course. Let’s go together.”

“Allen, how can you answer on your own like that? Miss Leblaine─”

“Everyone comes to this school to build connections anyway. It’s good for us to know two Children of Fate, and it’s good for those two if the Children of Fate become friends. What’s the problem?”

“Even so…!”

“Right, Leblaine? She can come too, right?”

Everyone’s gaze focused on me.

After a moment of silence, I slowly nodded, and Mina’s expression brightened. On the other hand, Emeline sighed as if displeased.

Mina mixed in with the group of students, laughing cheerfully as she entered the dining room.

Emeline and I stayed a few steps away from the students, and Emeline glared at me.

“She’s already being called the new Child of Fate, so what if she eagerly suggests eating together?”

“If I said no in this situation, they’d think I was being wary of Mina. Then they’d get even more excited and start gossiping. Saying it’s a fight between Children of Fate. It would be troublesome if this rumor reached the Empire.”

“That girl really rubs me the wrong way. Why is she approaching you of all people? It’s like she’s trying to make things more chaotic.”

“She fell into another world. She must be anxious, so as she said, I probably feel familiar to her since we have things in common. And Mina… she’s not a bad person.”

“What does it matter if we don’t share a drop of blood? Leblaine is my sister. If you mock this child as fake one more time, I won’t stand for it!”

“Leblaine, I know you’re working hard. That’s why I respect you. So you don’t need to feel discouraged. You understand, right?”

Recalling memories from my first life, I lowered my head.

If she had been a bad person, I could have hated her freely, but that child was a good person.

Such a good person who was simply the real Child of Fate.

Emeline frowned as she spoke.

“She’s not a bad person, sure. But such a person would use you as a sacrifice?”

“If our positions were reversed, that child would have become the sacrifice without hesitation. That’s the kind of person she is. Righteous, kind… That’s why she truly seemed like Duke Amitie’s child.”

Mina, who had entered the dining room first, gestured toward me saying “Hurry up!”

After getting our meals from the dining room, we occupied one large table entirely and began eating.

“I’m Sandra. My aptitude is magic.”

“I’m Emeline. I’ll tell you in advance that I’m a commoner who got special admission. I have no intention of hiding that I’m a commoner, so please keep that in mind. My aptitude is administration.”

“Ah… a commoner…”

Awkward laughter erupted among the students. Emeline ate her salad with an unbothered expression, as if she had expected this reaction.

I felt proud of Emeline.

‘Emeline has grown.’

When she was a beggar, her goal was to find her father and become a noble.

Even at theology school, she was ashamed of her status and would fly into a rage at the mere mention of the word ‘commoner.’

But here, she speaks confidently about being a commoner without shame.

I was about to introduce myself to divert attention from Emeline, but Mina spoke up before me.

“I’m Mina. They say even students in the same grade are all different ages here? I’m seventeen years old, type AB blood, and a Pisces.”

This child was also speaking deliberately cheerfully to deflect the attention focused on Emeline.

One student asked.

“Pisces?”

“Don’t you have constellations here?”

“Instead of constellations, we have guardian stars. Based on the day, time, and region of birth, almost no two people are the same.”

“Ah, I think I’ve heard of that.”

Mina took out her identity plaque from her chest.

It was an identity certificate plaque with the state, birth certificate, guardian star, name, and other information written on it—the item that Cheolsu had called [It’s like a passport!].

Since Mina was from another world, the nationality section was blank, but other parts were recorded.

“This one?”

“The Supreme God’s star…!”

The students who saw Mina’s identity certificate plaque cried out in great surprise.

“The Supreme God’s star, this is my first time seeing it.”

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