The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 246

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Chapter 246

As Father aimed his bowstring, the mages simultaneously activated seals at each village entrance.

Before Kuhelm’s shamans could even begin casting, the bombardment of the village entrance barriers commenced.

Boom─! Boom─! Boom─!!

The explosive sounds continued without pause.

Soon, a dome-shaped barrier surrounding the village revealed itself in mid-air.

The cracks in the east gate’s barrier were the most prominent. As Father’s arrow struck the cracking surface with a crack, crack sound, it was completely destroyed with a dull fracturing noise and scattered into the air.

When Father lightly raised his hand, the soldiers stepped forward.

Navy blue cloaks fluttering in the wind, with vivid wolf emblems embroidered on them.

It was the appearance of the Wolves, House Dubbled’s pride and elite force.

The Wolves all leaped down from the cliff at once. Where they appeared after vanishing in mid-air was…

“We’ve come to escort you, Little One.”

The torn long-distance teleportation circle fell beneath their feet, and in the blink of an eye, the chief who had been holding a blade to my throat was rolling on the ground.

‘I’m alive. I’m alive now─ Ah…’

Through the Wolves surrounding me, I heard familiar footsteps approaching.

“…”

“…”

As soon as our eyes met, my face crumpled into a mess.

I cried pathetically, sniffling like the four-year-old child I was when I first went to Dubbled.

“Lea…”

I thought I was going to die.

That thing held a blade to my throat.

I had so much to say, but all that came from my throat were childish wails and her name.

“Lea, waaaaah, Lea…!”

“Yes, Little One. Lea is here. Don’t worry anymore.”

Seeing me crying like a lost child who found their mother, Lea knelt on one knee and examined me.

Then, seeing the blood stains on my neck, Lea’s eyes turned frighteningly cold.

She snapped her head around to look at the Kuhelm tribesmen.

Meanwhile, the chief was crawling backward on his palms.

I quickly swallowed my tears and grabbed Lea’s clothes.

“That bastard!”

He’s the one who did it!

Just as Lea kicked off the ground and rushed forward in an instant to point her sword at the chief.

The young man who quickly ran over blocked her sword with his own.

Lea lowered her body. She firmly planted her weight on one foot and swept the young man’s leg with the other, causing him to stumble and fall.

Not missing that opportunity, Lea leaped up using the young man’s body as support and struck down at his face with her elbow in one swift motion.

“How did Master, who has weaker stamina than men, become the leader of Iri? Because no one can beat her in a verbal fight. She’s Iri’s strongest verbal fighter, your head maid.”

─I remembered Zachary saying that.

I forgot I was crying and inwardly went ‘Oh….’ in admiration. If I had even a little strength left, I would have clapped my hands.

The Young Man went flying with a bloody nose, and Lea’s beast-like eyes turned toward the Chief.

“D-don’t come, don’t…!”

A sword fell right in front of the Chief who was trying to flee frantically, pushing against the ground with his hands.

Seeing the blade stuck in the ground and glowing blue, the Chief screamed “Hik─!”

“Sh-shamans, shamans─!”

At his pitiful cry, the Shamans came rushing in.

Lea was pushed back by the Activation Seal they all combined.

That’s when it happened.

“All ready.”

With a familiar low voice, a tall man appeared before my eyes.

Iri’s fluttering cloak, dark navy hair. Aura rippling at the tip of his spear.

Zachary, who had now become a real aura user, threw a two-handed long spear toward the Activation Seal in mid-air.

Clang─!! With a sharp sound, the spell was broken.

“Zachary!”

When I called out, he picked up the spear that had fallen to the ground and asked leisurely.

“So.”

“Huh?”

“Is this the one who wounded Miss’s neck?”

“Uh… Yes! That’s right! That’s him!”

Zachary’s spear instantly pierced through the Chief’s hand.

“Kyaaaah─!!”

With a desperate scream, Iri’s Mage Knights charged at Kuhelm’s warriors.

There was no way Kuhelm, who had been fighting against Odis’s students─that is, those who were still just novices─could stand against the strongest Mage Knights who had grown up in a cradle reeking of blood.

They were quickly overwhelmed, and in that gap, the barriers of the West, South, North Gates were completely destroyed.

Which meant, now─

“So you’re the one. The one who kidnapped my daughter.”

─It was Father’s turn to appear.

Dubbled’s forces came rushing through all the gates, and Father, Johan, and the adjutant who had leisurely entered the Village through the Long-Distance Teleportation Circle stood blocking my front while looking at the Chief.

Lea and Zachary helped me up.

“Father….”

I approached Father while sniffling, and Father, who was looking at the Chief, asked.

“What did that bastard do to you?”

When I glared at the Chief, the Chief swallowed dry saliva with a pale face. It was a pitiful and pathetic face.

My heart softened and I….

“He called me a sharp tongue, and a fearless girl, and told me to go to hell. At first he kept calling me bride too. And he did this to my neck!”

I tattled on everything.

The faces of the Dubbled people turned grim.

It was the moment the thrashing would begin.

* * *

The Kuhelm tribe and I had completely switched positions.

The Kuhelm tribe were all forced to kneel and begged me to spare their lives, while I stood with my arms crossed and an arrogant expression.

The adjutant and Lea were busy examining my body for injuries.

“Ouch.”

When I groaned from the stinging ointment applied to my wounds, Lea jumped, and Zachary punched the chief in the head.

Gasp!

The sound of sharp intake of breath could be heard.

It came from where the Odis students were gathered.

“Lea, take care of Emeline too.”

“Yes.”

When I gestured, Emeline hesitated. She had an expression asking if it was really okay to go, so I shrugged my shoulders and said, “Of course.”

Even though she had often visited our home during seminary school and even had dinner with Father at graduation, she still seemed uncomfortable with the Duke’s House.

As she approached hesitantly, Lea smiled kindly.

“It’s been a while.”

“You can speak casually to me. I’m not even a noble Young Lady…”

“If you’re the Young Lady’s friend, then you’re an irreplaceable honored guest to our family.”

Saying this, Lea looked at Father as if for confirmation.

Father nodded.

“It’s fine to share Dubbled’s resources with My Daughter’s friend.”

Lea smiled brightly and took out an ointment jar from the small bag at her waist.

“Taylor’s ointment is very effective.”

“Ta, Taylor’s ointment?!”

Taylor’s special ointment. When this medicine that couldn’t be bought no matter how much money you brought appeared, the students gasped in amazement.

The adjutant also showed generosity to the Odis students.

“Everyone else, please come over. Medical soldiers, take good care of the Young Lady’s schoolmates.”

The Odis students were greatly moved to receive care from Dubbled, which reigned at the very top of the pyramid even within the Wigzentra Empire that held continental hegemony.

The students who had been glancing at Johan, the adjutant, and North gradually approached them to strike up conversations.

“I’m Roxon from the Wige Count’s House in Sismoa. Um, my Mother was included in the envoy that went to the Empire last time, do you perhaps know her?”

“My name is Hartre, Young Master! I, I get along well with Young Lady Leblaine. Young Lady Leblaine even asked me about an assignment a month ago…!”

This kind of situation had been familiar since seminary school. Whenever Father appeared, people would suddenly transform into the closest friends in the world, as if they had never gossiped behind my back.

I was listening with resignation, but one person was unexpected.

“Al, Allen Guster, Your Excellency!”

While the others were hovering around Johan, the adjutant, and North, Allen actually approached Father directly.

“I’m the Youngest of Viscount Guster’s house. Father always says I’m more dependable than my Elder Brothers, but haha.”

“…”

“Long ago, our family also invested in Dubbled’s new weapon business. I! I told my father that we absolutely must invest in this project. I’ve been admiring His Excellency’s reputation ever since I heard of it as a child.”

“….”

“To meet like this, doesn’t it seem like fate─”

“Are you close friends.”

Father, who cut off Allen’s words, looked at me and asked.

Allen laughed awkwardly, “Haha.”

“We even have minor quarrels. I probably had the most conversations with your daughter among all the Odis students.”

“Just get to the point. I asked if you’re close with my daughter.”

“Well─”

Father, who had been rubbing his smooth chin with his knuckles, said “I see” and looked back at Allen.

“Yes, I remember now, your father.”

“Ah, yes! My father is involved in various businesses with Dubbled. He’s a capable man, so it’s worth remembering him.”

“He begged and pleaded to delay the repayment deadline.”

“…Pardon?”

Allen’s face flushed red with shame. The students must have heard everything Father said, so his pride couldn’t possibly endure it.

Before he could say anything, Father opened his mouth.

“The money your father borrowed from me is quite substantial. Enough that offering up a son would barely cover the interest. I ask again. Are you close with my daughter.”

“Th, that… That is, I….”

When Father turned his gaze to me, Allen mouthed ‘Pl, please.’

Father stroked my head. I looked at Allen’s pale blue face visible behind him and twisted my lips.

“We’re not close at all. I don’t like Allen Guster, Father.”

“Really? …I see.”

Father’s gaze darkened.

It seemed like Viscount Guster would soon have to rush to our mansion like a shot in the near future.

Father stroked my head. It was a very reassuring touch. I was smiling happily when I suddenly remembered and asked Father.

“But how did you arrive earlier than the school?”

“Because someone named Hannibal informed me of the news first.”

“Did you contact the school?”

“North would have handled it.”

“Thank goodness─”

Just then, I heard a voice from behind.

“Thank you.”

It was Mina’s voice.

After she bowed deeply to Johan, she laughed awkwardly, “Hehe,” and said.

“Thank you for saving me. I’m really grateful to Leblaine too. I survived thanks to that child. But, um… do you perhaps know me?”

“….”

“I know this sounds strange to say. But, I… know you.”

Mina continued speaking while gazing intently at Johan.

“I knew you even before coming to this world. Because I always saw you in my dreams. You called me ‘Mina.’ You smiled and said, ‘I wonder if this is how it feels to have a younger sister.'”

“I know you.”

What?

I was startled and opened my eyes wide, while Mina’s expression brightened.

Johan withdrew his gaze from Mina and approached me.

“The second Child of Fate who attends the same school as our youngest.”

“That’s not it, we…!”

“Youngest.”

Johan, who had turned his gaze away from Mina without any lingering attachment, spoke to me.

“Are you close with this one?”

The exact same question as Father.

People’s gazes turned toward me, and I groaned “Uh…” while rolling my eyes before saying.

“No, we’re not close at all, Elder Brother.”

“Then there’s no need for further conversation.”

That was the end of the conversation.

This father and son were definitely cut from the same cloth.

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