The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 248

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Chapter 248

I hurriedly ran to Isaac and Henri.

“Little One, how did you…”

“Father and Elder Brother rescued me from the Kuhelm Tribe Village. More importantly, what happened to Henri?”

“He exhausted all his mana from maintaining the barrier all day.”

Dark red veins stood out prominently up to Henri’s neck.

I hurriedly took out the mana stones I had plundered from the Kuhelm Tribe Village.

Kuhelm’s mana stones were of much better quality than ordinary mana stones.

While I would have needed at least a thousand other mana stones to recover my divine power, about a hundred of these were sufficient.

After restoring Henri using Kuhelm’s mana stones, I looked around.

“There are quite a lot of students. Isaac, leave Henri to me and command the students. In monster subjugation formation. Each team must include a mage or someone with divine power.”

“They can’t defeat the monsters.”

“No. They can.”

“Those monsters are stronger than you think.”

“The monsters aren’t strong.”

“What?”

“The students have become weak. Don’t you see? We’ve encountered this situation once before.”

When Isaac made a confused expression, Henri looked at me with a hardened face.

“Nymph Mountain…”

“Right, just like when Suwon weakened the soldiers of Iri and Dubbled, it’s not that the monsters are strong, but the students have become weak.”

A tribe that worships demons as gods.

Powerful monsters never seen before.

An area where magic tools cannot be used.

These were all things we had experienced at Nymph Mountain.

When Isaac shouted “Then—!” people’s gazes turned to us. Henri covered his mouth and whispered to me in a very small voice.

“Back then, we needed ‘permission’ from the nymphs, the mountain’s owners, to use magic tools or mana. Leblaine, how were you able to use teleportation magic?”

“Obviously because I received ‘permission’. From the mountain’s owner.”

When I grinned, Henri made a strange expression.

That’s when it happened.

Kieek—!!

The monsters’ sharp cries echoed through the air.

I turned my back to the students and looked at the horde of monsters.

“Let’s deal with these first.”

And I gripped Etoile tightly in my pocket.

‘Bune.’

When I called his name, the morale of the phantoms surrounding the students was boosted.

When the one with an iron mask engraved with an X-shaped pattern shouted, the phantoms began stomping their feet with thud! thud!

As I stepped back, smoke gathered at the feet of the knights in front and soon became warhorses.

The Phantom with the X-shaped mark was the first to mount his horse. Smoke gathered once more into his hands and this time became a greatsword.

The Phantom quickly charged toward the horde of monsters screaming savagely. His greatsword sliced through the air.

Thud─!

In an instant, the monster collapsed to the ground.

At that moment, a pillar of light rose beside me. And what appeared was….

“Bune.”

His silvery-white hair scattered in the wind.

Kneeling at my feet, he spoke.

“Your command.”

Countless Phantoms simultaneously knelt toward me. Even the iron-masked one who had felled the monster in a single blow.

Was it because I resonated with Bune? My emotions were heightened. As if possessed by a demon, I cried out for annihilation.

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[Annihilate them.]

The expressions of those watching the magic mirror hardened strangely. Shock and admiration, with a hint of fear. Emotions that couldn’t be defined by a single word swept through the Conference Room.

The monsters that even Eliciano couldn’t match were scattered like fallen leaves at the hands of those Phantoms.

“Who was it that said the first Child of Fate was inferior to the second?”

At someone’s question, the Hall fell silent.

Several people glanced at the Cardinals with pale faces.

The Cardinals whispered urgently.

“Th-that, that is surely ‘Darkness,’ isn’t it?”

“Yes, it’s ‘Darkness.'”

The Darkness, a secret that the Neriad faith had hidden from the World. In other words, demons had been revealed.

And right in front of the People in Power from various nations.

Cardinal Ridalante clutched his forehead.

‘How did that thing end up in that Girl’s hands!’

Darkness was God’s gift to the Human Realm, beings that could only be properly controlled with Etoile.

Occasionally there were cases like Former Duke Valois who summoned Darkness through wicked means, but human power alone couldn’t control the power of Darkness.

That’s why Etoile, kept in the Shrine, was necessary.

‘Etoile is definitely being kept by the Pope. But then, why…!’

Could there be a second Etoile?

And the first one had gotten her hands on it?

But how?

The Cardinals’ faces darkened with bewilderment.

“In any case, we must bring the Young Lady here.”

“Which Young Lady are you referring to?”

A sharp voice was heard. It was Cardinal Blasio.

The Man who had nearly lost his authority as punishment for losing the ‘Passage’ he had obtained with difficulty before, but barely managed to keep his position thanks to Leblaine interpreting the Divine Oracle for him. He was the only pro-Leblaine faction among the Cardinals.

The other Cardinals sharply retorted.

“Are you making jokes in this situation? You’re referring to the first one.”

“My apologies. Since everyone only cares for the second one. Even though both of you are in Odis, you consistently contacted only the second one, didn’t you?”

“Now see here—!”

“That’s why I warned you so many times. Both the first and second are children of divine oracle. There’s no great difference in divine power, so we can’t know who’s real. Yet you discriminated so much, how hurt the first one must have been.”

“…She, she is someone God arranged to save the world. If she turns her back on the shrine for such trivial reasons, how is she different from an apostle?”

“Isn’t it that you discriminated because the second one suits your taste better than the first one who receives Dubbled’s protection?”

“That’s enough.”

“Those who criticized me so harshly for trying to care for the first one now finally see Lady Leblaine, I suppose.”

“Lord Blasio!”

As the Cardinals’ voices rose, people furrowed their brows.

Cecilia slammed the table and spoke.

“What is this commotion in an urgent situation?”

The Cardinals closed their mouths, and people focused on the magic mirror again.

The swarm of monsters that had gathered was completely wiped out before long, and Leblaine checked on the injured students.

The Phantoms moved quickly in formation. They categorized the students’ conditions as high, medium, and low priority, supporting those who couldn’t move, while Leblaine personally treated those in critical condition.

A bandaged student asked Leblaine.

[Re, reinforcements aren’t coming?]

[I sent Phantoms to the support troops, so they’ll come soon. Critical students will be transported directly to school through long-distance teleportation circles, and next will be those who can’t move.]

That’s when it happened.

Andre, who had been hiding in a corner, shrieked loudly.

[I’ll go first! Give me the teleportation circle right now!]

[You can walk though. Those who can walk will return with the support troops. By carriage.]

[Stop talking nonsense and give it to me when I tell you to! Do you know who I am…!]

Leblaine, who had gotten up, looked straight at Andre.

[Senior.]

[…What?]

[In Odis, there are only seniors and juniors. Isn’t that right? Seeing how energetic you are, you’re perfectly fine. Let’s walk back.]

[How dare you…!]

[Then shall I go back?]

[Wh, what are you saying?]

[Since I’ve made you uncomfortable, I should go back. May I go back? Leaving you here where monsters are crawling everywhere.]

As Leblaine smiled brightly, Andre’s face soured.

Without her, he couldn’t survive on this mountain. Without that power that instantly defeated those monsters that even Eliciano couldn’t handle, he would soon become prey for the monster swarm.

The students glared at Andre.

Those watching the situation through the magic mirror glanced at Yvonne.

The usual Yvonne would never have just watched someone threaten her precious son.

Yvonne, who had been clenching both hands, smiled brightly and looked at the Academy Principal.

“I’ll stay in Odis until Miss Dubbled returns.”

“…Pardon?”

“Isn’t she the gracious child who saved the Empire’s princes? I want to personally commend her, so please show consideration.”

“Ah… Yes, I understand.”

There was no one present who couldn’t guess the true intentions of Empress Yvonne, who was smiling as if she hadn’t witnessed the situation just now.

It meant that Leblaine Dubbled was such a coveted person that threatening her precious son was nothing to her.

Why wouldn’t that be the case?

A victory achieved single-handedly.

If she became an ally, there would be no one more reliable. Conversely, if she became an enemy…

‘That would be a disaster.’

The single word occupying the minds of those in power right now.

Leblaine Lisette Dubbled.

It was the moment when the flow of this world fell into Leblaine’s hands.

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Waaaah─!!

Flower petals and cheers poured down on me as I returned with the students.

The parents and siblings waiting at the school gate rushed toward the returning students.

“Oh my, Hong Hae. My child…!”

“Your Majesty! Huuuung!”

“Sister! Sandra, sister!”

“Fanny…!”

Amidst the joy of reunion, I saw familiar faces.

‘Cardinals?’

Well, with students of such powerful figures and Mina in crisis, they couldn’t help but come running.

Mina exclaimed “Ah!” with a pleased expression.

All the new students who had been kidnapped with me returned by carriage. Their condition was much better than those who had fallen into the monster den.

The students embracing their parents and siblings, and their families all looked toward Mina and the cardinals.

Mina said with a cheerful laugh.

“You came. I’m fine though… Actually, there was something I wanted to tell you. I learned a lot from this battle─”

“Lady Leblaine!”

The cardinals, who hadn’t paid me the slightest attention throughout my time in Odis, suddenly rushed toward me like tail-wagging dogs.

“We congratulate you on your return.”

“How admirable this is…! His Holiness was greatly moved.”

“Are you injured anywhere upon your return? We have all the healing priests on standby.”

I smiled brightly and said.

“Who are you?”

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