The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 237

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Chapter 237

I returned to the dormitory. Just as I was about to enter my room, Emeline called out to me.

“You’re just getting back now?”

“Yeah. Why did you come back so early?”

“Lady Juliet told me not to be a bother and sent me flying back to school. I almost died halfway there.”

“Do you really have to become Lady Juliet’s sworn sister?”

You’re going to die at this rate.

Emeline looked at me with burning passionate eyes.

“I absolutely can’t give up.”

I shook my head and entered through the door, with Emeline following and asking.

“How did things go for you? You said you were going to send West to East.”

That’s right. That was the reason I had searched everywhere for Mina.

To send West, who was stuck close to Mina’s side, to the imprisoned East.

I had hoped this situation would be resolved smoothly through dialogue.

East, who had tried to attack West, was sufficiently reflecting on his actions, and if West saw his elder brother chained and imprisoned, he wouldn’t be angry or afraid, so they would be able to have a proper conversation.

I stepped out onto the terrace and said.

“Failed.”

Emeline, who was sitting on the bed, asked.

“Why?”

“I fought with Mina.”

“Hmm, since West is following Mina around, he probably doesn’t look favorably on you. I understand that, but why did you fight with Mina?”

I told her about what happened in the village. After listening to the story for a while, Emeline let out a scoff.

“Mina must have been a sheltered young lady in the other world, I suppose? Seeing how she doesn’t know how cruel the underworld can be.”

“Well, I’ve never heard about what kind of person Mina was before coming to this place.”

“Something like that happened when I was in Max’s Beggar Gang. A noble took pity on Tree and gave her silver coins. Silver coins that we couldn’t even dream of seeing. Naturally, Max lost his mind, and Tree got beaten up badly and had them taken away.”

I know. It happened in my previous life too.

Because of that incident, Tree was sick for three days and nights, and fell out of Max’s favor, so she didn’t receive food rations for a while.

If Emeline and I hadn’t secretly taken care of her, who knows what would have happened to Tree.

I looked at the scenery below the railing and said.

“But not everything Mina said was wrong.”

Those who have something can’t refrain from giving anything just because they fear the worst-case scenario.

Just like children like me, Emeline, and Tree wouldn’t survive if there were no people trying to give charity to beggars.

Human kindness doesn’t always lead to the worst outcome.

“So I’m actually starting to think that maybe I was wrong.”

“How many things in this world can be clearly divided into right and wrong? Not everything can be split into good and evil.”

“…What?”

“It’s not ‘wrong.’ It’s ‘different.'”

“….”

“You and Mina are just different people.”

“….”

“You’re someone who knows how to assume the worst-case scenario. That’s why you think what’s needed to save people isn’t individual goodwill but institutions. On the other hand, Mina values different things more. To put it nicely, she feels sorry for the lives that would perish in the time it takes to establish institutions, and to put it badly, she lacks a sense of responsibility.”

Emeline got up from the bed, came over to me, and roughly ruffled my hair.

“You weren’t wrong.”

I smoothed my hair with an embarrassed expression, and Emeline said.

“Besides, even if you were wrong, what matters isn’t whose ideals are correct, right?”

Looking at Emeline’s unwavering eyes, I let out a small chuckle.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

In my first life, Mina strived to create an ideal world.

In that process, countless unreasonable things were done under the pretext of justice.

No one took responsibility, and countless lives perished behind the shadows.

In a world where Amitie was justice and Dubbled was evil, Dubbled slowly but surely weakened.

‘I won’t repeat my first life.’

I’m neither a politician nor a philosopher. Not only was I not wrong, but as Emeline said, even if I were wrong, it wouldn’t matter.

‘Since when have I been righteous enough to worry about great causes? What matters is my goal.’

If I can survive, if I can help our territory’s people worry less about tomorrow’s meals, I’ll gladly become a villain.

I sat down in the chair on the terrace and said.

“First, we need to resolve the matter with the East and West brothers. There’s the deal with East, but more importantly, it would be troublesome if Mina establishes herself in Elysiano through West.”

“Do you have a method?”

“I already anticipated the possibility of failing to persuade West from the beginning. The second method is already in progress.”

‘Though I didn’t want to resort to the second method.’

I smiled wickedly.

* * *

The next day, at Elysiano’s dining room.

West looked at Mina with a worried expression as she picked at her salad.

“Mina.”

“….”

“Mina!”

“Huh? Oh, I was just thinking about something else for a moment… Yeah, what is it?”

“Is it because of what happened yesterday?”

“No….”

When Mina shook her head and focused on her food, Jin from Elysiano propped his chin and asked.

“It doesn’t seem like it’s nothing. What happened yesterday?”

West, pouting with his lips pushed out, chattered in response.

“The Dubbled brothers’ younger sister picked a fight with Mina.”

“Picked a fight?”

When Princess of Gahong, Ryu Honghae asked, West nodded his head.

“Mina was giving charity to a hungry child, so she took away the money and got angry.”

“West.”

When Mina called his name and gave him a look, West mumbled with a sullen expression.

“It’s true though….”

“It wasn’t a quarrel. Leblaine’s words weren’t completely incomprehensible.”

“Then why are you feeling down? Are you worried about the children?”

“Yeah….”

“Then shall I look for positions where the children can work at the school?”

“Really? You can do that?”

“Of course! Since Mina helped me, I’ll help Mina too!”

When West grinned, Mina’s expression also brightened.

“Then since we’re talking about it, let’s handle this right away. Actually, I’ve been so worried I couldn’t sleep properly. I know where the children are staying, so I’ll bring them.”

“Yeah!”

Mina picked up her plate and stood up, bowed politely to the people from Elysiano, then left the dining room. West hurriedly followed that girl.

Jin looked at the spot where the two had left and groaned “Hmm….” while fiddling with the silver tableware.

“What. Jin, why do you have that expression again?”

“…East, when attention is focused on you and West, it would be better to keep a low profile.”

“What?”

“Never mind. Just finish your meal.”

When Ryu Honghae blinked, Jin shrugged his shoulders and wore his usual deep smile.

That afternoon, Mina brought the poor siblings to the school, and West assigned the siblings to clean the school grounds and run errands for the faculty.

The younger sibling who looked around the school grounds spoke to Mina with an excited expression.

“Are my older brother and I really going to work here? Then you’ll pay us 2,000 francs as salary and let us live in the employee dormitory?”

“Of course! You have to work hard, okay?”

“I’ll work hard, Saint!”

“Saint?”

“But…. Older brother, you said a saint is someone who saves poor children like us, right? Then Lady Mina is a saint. Because she’s saving us. Right?”

The older brother silently hung his head, and Mina chuckled softly as she bent her knees to meet the younger sibling’s gaze.

“West is the one who helped you, and I’m not a saint. Just call me Mina.”

“Lady Mina.”

“That’s right.”

Mina patted the child’s head and smiled brightly.

After that, you could see the siblings sweeping fallen leaves on the school grounds, cleaning statues, or running around on errands.

The younger sibling would rush over whenever they encountered Mina and give her tree nuts, cookies, and such.

“M, Lady Mina. This. Lady Sonya gave it to me. Um, I saved it to give to Lady Mina.”

Seeing the child carefully offering a half-broken cookie wrapped in a handkerchief, Mina smiled warmly.

One week since the siblings started working at the school.

Mina walked through the school grounds with Sandra and several Class A students.

“They say we have to submit a thesis to get a communication stone. That’s ridiculous!”

“To write a thesis while taking classes of this level. They might as well just say there are too many students so they need to reduce the number, so a few of you should commit suicide!”

It was when Mina was giggling while watching her classmates grumble.

People passing by Mina’s vicinity gathered one by one and whispered among themselves.

“The children that the second Child of Fate brought?”

“Yeah. She arranged employment for them through West. No matter how you look at it, this is…”

“Right. There’s something fishy about it.”

The atmosphere was strange.

Mina stopped walking and looked around. The people who made eye contact with her turned their heads away with displeased expressions.

It was just as Mina’s group was making bewildered expressions. Allen came running hurriedly from far away.

“Mina!”

“Allen? What’s wrong?”

“The siblings you got jobs for stole something from the professor’s research laboratory.”

“What?”

“Test papers!”

“…What?”

Mina’s expression hardened.

* * *

After hearing the story about the siblings from Emeline, I let out a small laugh, and Emeline asked.

“Was this your ‘backup plan’? Did you make the siblings steal the test papers?”

“That’s not it.”

“Then…”

“Right, Mina’s good intentions became the worst situation. So where is Mina now?”

“The professor got so furious that he had the siblings’ luggage removed from the employee dormitory and dumped on the school grounds. She’s there.”

“Let’s go see.”

I headed to the school grounds, and Emeline followed me.

In the middle of the school grounds, just as Emeline said, Mina and the siblings, along with West and a crowd of students, were gathered.

Mina was holding onto the professor and pleading.

“We need to confirm whether these children really stole the test papers or not. Removing their luggage can be done after that, it’s not too late.”

“I witnessed them stealing test papers from my research laboratory with my own eyes! What more evidence do you need here? He even used his younger sister to keep watch!”

“That can’t be… Praner, did you really steal the test papers? Did you?”

“…”

The older brother of the siblings hung his head low, and the younger sister was crying loudly.

The highly agitated professor shouted at Mina.

“You’re the one who should be investigated.”

“What?”

“The ones you brought stole the test papers. Aren’t you the one who told them to steal them?”

“No!”

“Then why did those siblings steal test papers instead of valuable items that could make them money!”

“That’s… I also…”

Mina looked at the siblings with a confused expression.

Then, someone spoke.

“Really suspicious indeed.”

Then other students responded.

“She came to school without proper qualifications, so she must have been afraid of the test. How could she stay in school if her abilities were exposed? That’s why she told him to steal the test paper.”

“Isn’t it strange how she protected West too? She jumped in to protect West when they had never even met before. How is that possible?”

“She protected West aiming for this kind of situation.”

“Stupid West. He didn’t even notice that and followed her around happily.”

“The Beastman Tribe is pitiful. Following such an idiot calling him the White Wolf Prince.”

“Doesn’t that mean the fall of the beastmen isn’t far off?”

Mina bit her lips tightly, and West shouted angrily.

“Stop it! Mina did nothing wrong! I’m not stupid!”

But people’s gossip didn’t stop.

“Indeed, no younger brother can match his elder brother. Look, getting excited without even knowing his own fault. An idiot who got into Elysiano thanks to his brother. He’s tarnished Elysiano’s honor.”

“East is pitiful. If I had a younger brother like that, I would have wanted to kill him too.”

Blue energy rippled from West’s body. Golden eyes, rough breathing.

And then…

“Kyaaaah─!”

“Beast Transformation!!”

Just as East had done at the party venue before, the extremely agitated West transformed into a giant wolf.

I grabbed Emeline’s wrist and quickly fled.

Behind me, I could hear Mina’s voice shouting “West!!”

I ran frantically and entered the forest where I had arranged to meet Henri and Isaac beforehand.

Henri and Isaac, who had been waiting for me, asked.

“How’s the situation?”

“He underwent Beast Transformation.”

“The Little One’s goal has been achieved.”

Then Emeline opened her mouth wide and asked.

“What, what? You created this situation aiming for Beast Transformation?”

“I did aim for it, but all I did was have Henri’s person say just one phrase: ‘Really suspicious indeed.'”

“Then what the hell was all that?”

“People’s jealousy exploding, what else.”

“What…?”

“The Child of Fate who appeared out of nowhere. Her Divine Power is said to be stronger than the Pope’s, and she entered school without qualifications. They’ve been hiding it until now, but when they got the chance, their jealousy exploded. But in this situation, West defended Mina who had become a public enemy. So what happened?”

“West would become an enemy too.”

“Right, just like how I became a public enemy by protecting you.”

West is a beastman like East. He can’t control his emotions.

He underwent Beast Transformation after receiving people’s criticism.

Emeline furrowed her brow and asked.

“But what are you going to do by making West undergo beast transformation? Don’t tell me you…”

“I need to create a place for East and West to have a conversation. If East can’t go because he’s confined, then West needs to go to where East is confined, right?”

In the worst case, even if East gets expelled, West will be there with him.

Then the beastmen who were cursing the Black Wolf Prince will shut their mouths. Why? Because the White Wolf Prince will also be expelled for the same reason.

‘Then how grateful would the King and Queen of the Beastmen, who can’t give up on both their sons, be to me.’

With this, I’ve secured one golden connection.

“You’re really a wicked child.”

Emeline shook her head back and forth, and I smiled.

“Thanks for the compliment.”

─I said.

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