The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 245

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Chapter 245

Mina looked at me with a hardened expression.

“Can’t you trust me a little?”

“Move aside. I don’t have time to argue with you.”

“I—!”

Mina, who had shouted, looked at me with a rigidly hardened face.

“I believed in you. Even when you earned riches for those who might harm our comrades and friends, even when people said you might be a traitor who had us kidnapped, I believed in you.”

“Can’t you hear me telling you to move?”

“If you leave like this, we’ll be in danger again trying to save you.”

“And whose fault is it that you’re in danger!”

“What?”

“I had a different plan from the beginning. I instructed the trading company that deals with Kuhelm to inform the Academy and Dubbled of our location! If you had just waited one more day, you wouldn’t have been in this much danger!”

The students who heard my words looked at each other with bewildered expressions.

Mina also looked at me with a surprised face.

“If you had discussed the plan with us, no, if you had even given us a hint, we would have waited. But you handled everything unilaterally.”

“You want me to trust you and reveal my plan when you keep provoking the chief with unnecessary words?”

“…”

I let out a hollow laugh.

“At least be honest about it. You trust me? No, you’ve been suspicious of me from the beginning.”

“No, Leblaine. I—”

“Right, you probably comforted the children with a few measly words. Leblaine isn’t that kind of person. Let’s trust her. But in the end, you were the one who trusted me the least. That’s why you put the children in danger with your reckless actions.”

“…”

“Got it? You’re just a stupid hypocrite.”

“…”

“If each person’s life was truly precious to you, how could you leave Emeline there!”

“I wasn’t planning to leave her. I was…”

“Resolve it through dialogue with the chief and return with Emeline? You don’t even know what war is.”

“…”

“Odis has staked their honor on this battle, but they’ve staked their parents, brothers, friends, and their own lives. You want to negotiate with such people by putting justice, righteousness, and great causes on the table?”

I continued speaking while glaring at the students.

“Allen, can you prioritize morality and good over your mother? Sandra, can you think of righteousness before your younger brother?”

Allen and Sandra couldn’t respond.

Mina swallowed dryly, and I glared at her.

“Don’t shift the responsibility to me. Those children are in danger entirely because of your stupid judgment.”

As I was about to walk away, I paused and turned back to Allen. Then I strode over to him and slapped! his cheek.

Allen’s cheek turned red as he stammered and gaped his mouth.

“You, you, what are you doing right now…!”

“You’re the one who decided to imprison Emeline, right? Mina, who agreed with your plan, got hit, but it’s ridiculous that only you didn’t get hit. Don’t you think?”

“You crazy─!”

I kicked his shin hard!

“Allen Guster. I’ve memorized your name.”

“Wh-what do you mean?”

“Didn’t Adrian tell you? My nickname in the Empire is Mad Dog. Once I bite, I don’t let go.”

“…!”

“Where is Emeline?”

“N-near the prison.”

“Tell me exactly.”

“Behind the prison, there was a place that looked like a warehouse. Since it was full of jars, we put her there….”

I gritted my teeth and shoved Allen away.

Behind Allen, who had turned pale as a sheet, students with bewildered expressions could be seen.

“This is your last warning. If you want to live, don’t even open your mouths and stay stuck here.”

“This is your final warning. If you want to live, don’t even open your mouth and stay holed up here.”

Sandra, who had been pressing her chest area, asked.

Sandra, who had been pressing firmly on her chest, asked.

“Where is this place?”

“Where is this place?”

“Where else would it be? It’s the Kuhelm Tribe Village.”

“Where else would it be? It’s the Kuhelm tribe’s village.”

“What did you say…?”

“What did you say…?”

“There are double and triple barriers at every village entrance, so how could you escape with long-distance teleportation? I might be able to endure it since I have divine power. But you wouldn’t be able to pass through and would have been roasted alive.”

“There are double and triple barriers at every village entrance, so how could you escape with a long-distance teleportation circle? I could probably endure it since I have divine power. But you wouldn’t be able to get through and would’ve been roasted alive.”

“….”

“I’ll say it once more. This warning is the last one. If you stupidly get swayed and move again, I absolutely won’t save you.”

“I’ll say it one more time. This is your final warning. If you stupidly get manipulated and act on it again, I absolutely will not save you.”

“….”

The students shrank their shoulders, and I hurriedly ran out.

The students hunched their shoulders, and I hurriedly ran out.

The place where I had moved with the students was where the Kuhelm tribe’s temple was located.

The place I moved to with the students was where the Kuhelm tribe’s altar was located.

The very place where I had heard Bune’s voice.

The very place where he had heard Bune’s voice.

‘Kuhelm wouldn’t dream that we’re right under their noses.’

‘Kuhelm won’t have the slightest idea that we’re right under his nose.’

By now, they would be searching the village. If so, there was still time.

By now they would be searching the village. That means there’s still time.

Even if they had captured Emeline, they couldn’t kill her immediately to make us reveal our location.

Even if they caught Emulin, they probably couldn’t kill her right away since they’d need her to reveal our location.

I climbed the stairs connected to the stable.

I went up the stairs that connected to the stable.

Inside the stable was quiet, but outside was noisy.

The stable was quiet inside, but outside it was noisy.

Kuhelm warriors carrying torches were running around frantically.

Warriors of Kuhelm carrying torches were running around frantically.

I hid behind a stable pillar and grabbed Etoile.

I hid behind a stable post and caught Étoile.

‘Pur.’

‘Blue.’

Crack-like light gathered before my eyes, and deer-shaped Pur revealed himself.

A thread-like light gathered before his eyes, revealing the form of a deer-shaped Purga.

“Draw their attention. In the meantime, I’ll bring Emeline back.”

“Draw their attention. I’ll bring Emulin while you do that.”

“Even if you safely bring her back, we don’t know if we can escape.”

“Even if we manage to bring them back safely, we don’t know if we’ll be able to escape.”

“If we hold out, reinforcements will come from Odis. I told them to relay our location in the ledger I gave to Hannibal.”

“If we hold out, reinforcements will come from Audis. I told them to relay our position to Hannibal through the ledger I gave him.”

“You’re already struggling just to maintain me. How do you plan to hold out while protecting those idiots!”

“You’re already struggling just to maintain me. How do you expect to hold out while protecting those idiots!”

“I’ll handle that myself, so just draw their attention quickly.”

“I’ll handle that myself, so you just go ahead and draw their attention.”

“That damn brat, why at times like this…. If you die, I won’t let it slide. I’ll chase you to the ends of hell and kill you again, so─”

“That damn bastard, why at a time like this… If you die, I won’t let it go. I’ll chase you to the ends of hell and kill you again, so─”

I gently stroked Pur’s head and smiled faintly.

“Yes, I absolutely won’t die.”

Pur, who had been keeping his head deeply bowed, soon disappeared. And not long after, shouts could be heard from the distance.

“It’s a monster!”

It seemed Pur was drawing attention.

I hurriedly left the stable and headed toward the prison.

‘Quickly… I need to hurry.’

My physical condition was getting worse and worse. Dark blue veins were bulging from the inside of my wrist, and as time passed, they were climbing up my forearm.

Three years ago, when I summoned two new demons simultaneously from the gem the Grand Lady gave me, I had been in this same state.

This was a sign that I didn’t have much Divine Power left.

If the veins swelled thickly all the way to my neck, I would probably die or go completely insane.

‘Please hold on. Please…’

I gasped for breath as I turned toward the back of the prison.

There, just as Allen had said, was a building that looked like a warehouse. When I went inside, it was filled with dark bronze-colored jars, and I opened the lids one by one to check inside.

“Emeline… Emel…”

Clang.

It was a small but definite sign of someone’s presence.

I quickly headed toward the source of the sound and opened the lid to see Emeline with her wrists and ankles bound and a gag in her mouth.

The jar was very deep, so my hand couldn’t reach Emeline’s ankles.

I immediately pushed the jar over and then reached out to Emeline to remove her gag.

“Allen, that bastard. I’ll kill… What’s wrong, why are you in this state?”

“Let’s go.”

When I untied the cloth binding her wrists and ankles, Emeline crawled out of the jar.

“There’s no time. Let’s go around the prison to the stable first. The children are at the altar in the underground stable.”

Emeline roughly grabbed my wrist. Seeing the dark blue veins that had risen sharply, Emeline bit her lips tightly.

“You summoned a demon. Right?”

“I said let’s go.”

“You fool… How could you come to save me when you’re in this condition—”

“I’ll scold you after we safely return to school. So please, let’s go.”

“…Idiot.”

I grabbed Emeline and left the warehouse. We were about to head toward the prison when we heard footsteps.

“There’s nothing over here!”

“The warehouse area. It’s a suitable place to hide, so search it thoroughly.”

Following the young man’s command, the warriors were closing in with their encirclement.

‘I can’t go toward the prison.’

I quickly looked around. Opposite to the path connected to the prison, there was a small side path.

Before the warriors arrived, I quickly went out through the side path.

The side path led to the plaza, and the plaza was in chaos. I could glimpse the light surrounding Pur’s body gathering.

Pur was caught in the Kuhelm shamans’ mana chains and struggling violently.

The chief was looking at Pur coldly.

“That’s your demon. How did a demon get beaten by humans?”

“Because my divine power is barely maintaining Pur. Just manifesting in the Human Realm is overwhelming enough that he can neither attack nor defend.”

“What are you going to do? You can’t even get out toward the plaza.”

I bit my lips tightly and looked around.

In front were the chief and countless shamans. Behind us were Kuhelm warriors led by the young man.

‘What should I do.’

If I get caught like this, the chief won’t treat me with goodwill like before.

Far from goodwill, he might immediately subdue me and try to use mind control through the shamans.

If that happens, without divine power, I won’t be able to escape their mind control and will inevitably become a puppet.

“I’ll draw their attention.”

I frowned at Emeline’s words.

“I came to rescue you, and you’re telling me to use you as bait? Does that make any sense?”

“Then what are you going to do? There’s no other way.”

“….”

“I’ll buy time, so share mana from the children. You said you could replenish divine power with human mana.”

“But─”

That’s when it happened.

“There you are. You vermin.”

“…!”

A chilling voice came from behind us.

The young man who had gotten close to Emeline and me twisted his lips with bloodshot eyes.

“They’re here, Chief!”

When he shouted, all the Kuhelm tribesmen’s gazes focused on us at once.

* * *

Emeline and I were forced to kneel before the chief and watch as the students were dragged over by Kuhelm warriors.

The students were covered in blood, as if they had fought a battle with the Kuhelm tribe at the temple.

“Damn it─!”

Allen, who looked relatively intact compared to the other students, spat out a curse and shouted at me.

“Did you sell us out, Leblaine!”

Then Emeline snapped her head around and glared at Allen.

“I was the one who told them.”

She was right.

The chief had asked me about the students’ whereabouts, and I didn’t answer. When his shamans pointed their activation seals at me, Emeline had shouted.

“Speak! Are we all going to die like this?!”

“Emeline.”

“Let Leblaine go. I’ll tell you. Those kids are in the underground stable.”

“What makes you so great that you—!”

“You tried to run away leaving me behind, and you proceeded without getting Leblaine’s consent and messed everything up like this. What loyalty do we owe to people like you?”

When Allen opened his mouth wide as if to shout something, the young man kicked his knee.

Allen staggered and collapsed, glaring at Emeline with a pale face.

Even the students were forced to kneel before the chief while tied with ropes.

The chief looked at me with a cold face and said.

“Despicable girl. You mocked our tribe’s goodwill.”

“It wasn’t me.”

“Do you think I’d trust you again?”

“If you have a brain, you’d know. We were communicating well. So why would I stab you in the back? I’m the one who got stabbed in the back.”

“Ha! Now you’re even fearless…”

The chief grabbed my collar and thrust a knife right in front of me.

With sharp pain, hot blood began dripping from my neck.

“Right, we don’t need two Children of Fate. A strong but stupid girl would be more useful than a clever one, wouldn’t she?”

The chief grinned wickedly and looked at Mina behind me.

“Yeah, kill me, kill me.”

When I snorted and spoke, the chief’s brow furrowed.

“What?”

“Kill me, you bastard!”

When I regress this time, I’ll find you first and kill you.

‘It’s okay. I can meet my family again. I can do it. So—’

“Go to hell, First One.”

I squeezed my eyes shut.

Just then.

Swoosh—!

Something passed by me with a sharp sound. It was an arrow.

I slowly turned my head. And what I saw was…

That person aiming a bow from the mountain top…

A black cloak fluttering in the wind, and Dubbled’s crest engraved on armor gleaming coldly under the moon.

The man aiming his bow at the chief said.

“Leblaine.”

—And.

My eyes instantly turned red.

Because I actually desperately wanted to live.

I burst into tears like a child and called out to him.

“Father…!”

Dubbled’s soldiers filled the mountain ridge. Father, Johan, and the captain had arrived at this place.

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