The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 241

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Chapter 241

I was startled and stared intently at the shaggy-haired man.

‘If it’s Heaven…’

In my first year after being adopted into Dubbled, the place Henri and Isaac took me to give me a Children’s Day gift was the slave auction house called ‘Heaven’.

While keeping slaves was illegal in the Empire, many foreign countries still had slavery systems, so slave auction houses like ‘Heaven’ could be found quite commonly in large territories.

And there, I had been attacked by someone who was up for auction.

‘What did the auctioneer say back then?’

“This is truly a special item. It’s called a half-beast, born from the mating of beast and human. Moreover, it’s younger than it looks. You’ll be able to play with it for a long time.”

Right, a half-beast. And they said it was younger than it looked.

‘He’s a beastman. Like East and West from Elysiano.’

Beastmen are far stronger than ordinary humans and live twice as long, but their intellectual growth is slow.

That’s why they were easily deceived and kidnapped by human traffickers, and sold around to be raised as slave warriors.

This man must have been one of those cases.

‘But Surir…’

In my previous life, when naming the Empire’s greatest knights, four names were always mentioned.

Duke Amitie.

Isaac.

Zachary.

…And Surir, called the nightmare of the battlefield.

‘I knew Surir was a beastman, but to think he was a former slave.’

In my previous life, Surir was a paladin.

He saved the Pope who was being targeted by a ruthless group by chance, became the Pope’s guard through that incident, and made his name known in the Holy War.

‘But how did this happen? In my previous life, Surir saving the Pope happened when I was fifteen… Ah, I see.’

Originally, the slave auction house Heaven wouldn’t have collapsed. But the future changed because of my visit to the slave auction house with Isaac and Henri.

Heaven collapsed, and the slaves were freed.

That incident, which was merely a butterfly’s wing flap, became a storm that changed Surir’s life.

That’s why Surir, who should have become the Pope’s guard, is with the Kuhelm tribe.

“Ch-chick… chick…”

“But why does he keep saying chick?”

“Ch-chick…”

“Do you need a chick?”

“Chick, give. Chick, to Surir.”

Surir laughed innocently, “Hehe.”

“…Alright. I’ll get you a chick.”

Then Emeline looked at me with a start.

“Where do you have time for that? If we keep sitting around like this, forget finding the sacred relic, we’ll have to create a long-distance teleportation circle. You don’t know how long the Kuhelm chief will wait for you.”

“That’s why we need this man.”

“What?”

Among the Four Knights, it was difficult to rank them in terms of strategy, leadership, and overall abilities, but when it came to individual attack power alone, everyone considered Surir the strongest.

During the Holy War, when the Neriad Religion was pushed into a defensive position, it was a famous anecdote that Surir single-handedly killed over 200 enemy soldiers and instantly turned the tide of victory.

“If we make Surir our ally, escaping from Kuhelm would be child’s play.”

I grinned with a sinister smile.

* * *

“Give me a chick.”

“Pardon?”

The young man who was the guard assigned to me by the Kuhelm Chief looked at me with a strange expression.

“What do you need a chick for?”

“Oh, naturally to create a Long-Distance Teleportation Circle.”

It’s a lie!

But the Kuhelm tribe, who knew nothing about how to create Long-Distance Teleportation Circles, was greatly pleased.

“A chick! Look for a chick in the chicken coop!”

At the Young Man’s words, the Kuhelm Tribesman ran around frantically.

“There are no chicks, but we do have young chickens without combs. Would a young chicken work?”

I glanced at Surir.

“Chick, yellow, chick…”

He was blankly muttering only about chicks.

The Kuhelm tribe thought that because I mentioned chicks, Surir was unconsciously repeating the word.

‘I guess young chickens won’t do. He seems to want yellow chicks.’

I firmly shook my head at the Young Man.

“Young chickens won’t do. It must be chicks. Bright yellow ones.”

“…I’ll look for them.”

“As quickly as possible!”

“…Yes.”

The Kuhelm tribe searched the village thoroughly like hunting for lice to find bright yellow chicks.

And the Chief, who heard from the Young Man that I was looking for chicks to create a Long-Distance Teleportation Circle, came to see me.

“You’ve made the right decision. So, what else do you need besides chicks?”

“Food. Creating a Long-Distance Teleportation Circle requires a lot of Divine Power. And please return my horse and my belongings.”

This is also a lie!

I need stamina, provisions, and a horse to leave the village.

And when I was captured and brought here, everything I had was completely taken away, including Etoile that was hidden inside my armor.

‘I don’t know about other things, but I can’t leave without Etoile.’

“I cannot return your weapons.”

“Of course.”

Weapons are useless anyway. With just Etoile, I can summon Pur and turn this place into ruins.

I couldn’t summon a demon in front of Mina and the students, so I obediently let myself be captured, but in the worst-case scenario, I’d have no choice but to summon Pur.

When the Chief gestured, the female tribesman who had taken my belongings brought my clothes and Etoile.

I glanced at the students and quickly hung Etoile around my neck, hiding it inside my clothes. Then I held out the mana restraint that was cuffed around my wrist like handcuffs.

“Please remove this.”

“I cannot remove the restraint from the Child of Fate.”

“Even if I am the Child of Fate, could I really take on the entire Kuhelm tribe by myself?”

“You could burn down buildings to call your allies.”

“I don’t even know where this is. If this place is far from my allies’ base or the school, I’ll be killed by you, Chief, before they can arrive.”

“Hmm….”

“I’m someone who values my life very dearly. Don’t I look like it?”

“You look it so much that it’s disgusting.”

“Exactly!”

“…I’ll create a restraint space instead of the restraint device. To prevent power from leaking outside. I’ll only remove the restraint device within the permitted space.”

‘That’s fine too. Anyway, if it’s Pur, your restraint barrier would be nothing.’

While I might not know about the barriers of the Imperial Palace or Royal Palace that had been strengthened over centuries and were near perfect, the Kuhelm tribe’s barrier would be nothing once I summoned Pur.

“Alright.”

He chuckled.

“It’s fortunate that you’re a reasonable person.”

‘Good. I’ve opened the floodgates of favor.’

Then it was time to properly get that Chief under my control.

‘How should I do it?’

Just as I was pondering, a tribesman approached the Chief.

“Someone from the trading company requests a meeting with you, Chief.”

“Another scheme to cut the price of mana stones, I bet. Damn it.”

“We have no choice. Other trading companies won’t approach us because they’re watching Odis’s reaction.”

Just as the two finished speaking, the surroundings became noisy and a man wearing a large-brimmed hat appeared, pushing through the other tribesmen.

“Ah, Chief, it’s been a long time.”

“I never permitted a meeting, Hannibal. What is this rudeness?”

“Forgive me. The payment for the food supplies I delivered previously has been delayed so much that I was getting anxious.”

“Payment? Didn’t we agree that you’d provide necessary goods in exchange for us giving you mana stones?”

“That was when you provided normal quality mana stones. The quality of the mana stones is terrible, and the quantity delivered has decreased. I need to receive money for the shortage in mana stone quantity.”

“Nonsense! It’s true we couldn’t meet the quantity due to battles, but the quality is the same as before.”

“Oh my, Chief. You shouldn’t be so ignorant of the market… High-quality mana stones have been released in large quantities from the Acalia Peninsula. The market value of Kuhelm mana stones has dropped, so I can’t pay the same price for the previous quality.”

“What, what did you…!”

When the Chief showed a flustered expression, the man called Hannibal smirked.

“It’s not like we don’t know Kuhelm’s situation, and we have a long trading relationship, so I’ll try to match the price as much as possible. Let’s trade at 3,000 francs per piece. How about it?”

“3,000 francs?! Don’t talk nonsense. How can mana stones that were 5,000 francs be─”

“Didn’t I tell you? Superior quality mana stones have been released in large quantities from the Acalia Peninsula, far better than existing ones.”

“….”

“If you really don’t like it, there’s nothing I can do. We’ll have no choice but to cut off the trade. We have nothing to lose. We can just trade with the Acalia Peninsula. But for you, Chief… wouldn’t that be troublesome?”

As Hannibal smiled sinisterly, the Chief’s expression darkened.

“…3,000 francs won’t do. Make it at least 4,000 francs.”

“3,500 francs.”

“Hannibal!”

“I can’t offer more than that. The losses are quite substantial.”

The Chief sighed as if he had no choice.

“Isn’t this fraud?”

At my words, everyone’s attention turned to me.

The Chief asked “What?” and I crossed my arms as I approached Hannibal.

“You traded mana stones for 5,000 francs each?”

“Wh-what are you!”

“You bought mana stones that should easily be worth 20,000 francs at a quarter of the price?”

“Huh?”

“And what, the Acalia Peninsula? It’s true that mana stones were released in large quantities from the Acalia Peninsula, but they’re all fake, aren’t they?”

Hannibal’s face turned pale, and the Chief’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean by that, Hannibal!”

“I-I don’t know anything about this. Girl! What do you know to spout such nonsense!!”

“Why wouldn’t I know! I’m the Hope Trading Company’s…!”

Guild Master!

─But since I couldn’t say that, I tilted my head up and said.

“─regular customer.”

Chief, I’ll make you some money, so treat me well.

So that Surir and I can steal your sacred relic and escape.

I smiled wickedly to myself.

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