The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 259

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Chapter 259

Loud footsteps could be heard from outside the door. The man who rushed in pushed the janitor aside and approached Mina’s bed. The janitor looked at the man examining Mina, not knowing what to do.

“M-Manager, sir. What should we do? Shouldn’t we call a doctor?”

“Damn it, how long has she been in this condition!”

“I-I don’t know. When I entered the room, her condition was already strange.”

The trembling in Mina’s body showed no signs of stopping. Just as the man spat out curses through gritted teeth and searched inside his coat for a medicine bottle.

Mina’s eyelids trembled faintly as her body jerked up as if having a seizure.

Bang─!!

Heaven and earth shook. The sun was covered by clouds, and the world was enveloped in silence. The moment the startled man looked toward the window.

A metallic groan flowed out as Mina looked at the man.

“Are you conscious? We need to call a doctor right away─”

As he half-raised his body, Mina grabbed his collar.

“…You’re Benedict, aren’t you?”

He flinched and stared at Mina.

Suddenly, the surrounding sounds became distorted. The world seemed to have time stolen from it as everything became eerily slow. The janitor’s voice and gestures, even the second hand of the clock.

In this distorted world, only Mina and the man remained normal.

‘How does The Second know my identity─!’

As Mina’s fingertips touched the back of his hand, tattoos appeared like spreading ink. They soon became red spots.

His appearance, which had seemed to be only in his early thirties, returned to its original form, revealing a face hideously distorted by the aftereffects of alchemy.

The frozen man stared at Mina in bewilderment.

“How do you know me, Lady Mina?”

His identity was unknown even to Odis insiders, let alone the Cardinals.

No one recognized him in his transformed state. Not even Juliet, called the witch of the continent, the Professor with abilities surpassing court wizards, or Prince Adrian who could discern the quality of mana.

That was natural, as the barrier surrounding him was a blessing bestowed by the Pope using Neriad’s divine artifact as a medium.

Even when his tail was caught after making contact with Doctor Taylor, even Dubbled’s Dark Birds couldn’t track him down due to this ‘blessing.’

Mina murmured weakly.

“How could I not know you? Even in times when I couldn’t remember anything, I thought I saw you in my dreams.”

“…”

“My knight and protector. The precious person who always protected me, whenever and wherever.”

Mina smiled gently as she stroked his hideously distorted cheek.

“I thought you would be by my side in this life too.”

Benedict’s expression darkened.

“…I apologize. This foolish one cannot understand Lady Mina’s words at all. Is there something I don’t know?”

“Everything will be revealed soon. Don’t worry. It won’t be too late.”

“…”

“I need to see them.”

“Them, you mean…?”

“The people I loved, those who were like siblings to me, and… my family.”

Leaning against the headboard, she gazed intently out the window.

‘Everything will fall into place. Now I remember you too. …Sister.’

It was the moment when the first act of God’s farce came to an end.

* * *

The closing ceremony was over.

I looked in the mirror as I headed toward the carriage bound for the Empire.

‘There’s no sign of it returning to normal. Do I really have to keep growing like this?’

The ominous thought gave me goosebumps. I shook my head to dispel the anxiety and glanced back. Hong Hae was following behind me with a completely dejected expression.

“What?”

“…Since I helped you, there’s nothing between us anymore, right?”

“Why wouldn’t there be anything?”

“I gave the fake to that organization. At your request!”

“It wasn’t a request, it was following orders.”

“…What do you mean?”

I handed the mirror to the coachman and placed both hands on my hips.

“You’re my slave.”

“That’s ridiculous!”

Hong Hae jumped up, so I gave him an arrogant smile.

“From the moment you handed over the fake Etoile to them, you already grabbed onto my line, didn’t you?”

“What?”

“From the moment you handed over the fake, you’ve already cut ties with that organization~! You can only hold onto me anyway.”

“That’s because you made me─”

“Exactly.”

Those people, who are definitely from the temple, will now consider Hong Hae to be on my side. Even if Hong Hae lets go of my hand and goes to them, would that sinister group trust Hong Hae?

To put it in Cheolsu’s words, Hong Hae had become a duck egg in the Nakdong River. A duck egg in the Nakdong River whose fate was uncertain without my protection.

As I pointed out each of these facts, Hong Hae’s face turned pale.

“Then what am I supposed to do?”

“That’s why you’re a slave.”

“…Won’t you forgive me?”

“My dictionary has revenge but no forgiveness.”

“Your speech seems to have gotten shorter…?”

“I’m such a good person for only speaking informally to someone who sold out my information, aren’t I?”

Hong Hae sighed with a dejected expression.

Just then, Emeline arrived in front of the carriage, dragging her luggage. Since Emeline had no employees, carriage, or even a teleportation array, it would take her quite a while to return to the Empire alone, so she decided to go back with us siblings.

“Why is Hong Hae here…?”

“He’s my slave now.”

“I see.”

Emeline, who had frequently witnessed me steadily accumulating children of powerful figures or their grandchildren into my slave group at the theology school, showed not even a hint of bewilderment.

“Are you leaving now?”

“Yeah. (Yes.)”

I waved my hand vigorously at Hong Hae.

“I’ll be waiting for your contact.”

“You’ll do it, right? You absolutely must, okay? I’m so anxious! In this mood, I won’t even be able to have the tea party I’ve been looking forward to with my siblings. How disappointed would Sapphire, Diamond, and Topaz, those adorable kids, be?”

Hong Hae spoke with a gloomy expression, so I shook my head back and forth and climbed into the carriage.

After some time, the Three Dubbled Brothers arrived, having finished their conversation with the Academy Principal.

Isaac still pushed away Hong Hae, who was clinging to the carriage door saying “Contact me, okay? You will, right? Leblaine~!” from a distance.

“Please just get lost, Hong Hae.”

“What are you doing to a delicate lady!”

“I’m more delicate. Ah, please just get lost. Let’s go home, please!”

Only after finally shaking off Hong Hae did my brothers enter the carriage.

After all my brothers had boarded the carriage, we departed.

To the Empire I missed and longed for!

* * *

“Miss!”

“Kyaaaa─! Miss!”

“Ah, ah, Miss!”

“Miss.”

My Three Maids and Laura came running breathlessly to greet me.

“My goodness, it’s really true. You’ve really become younger.”

“Ahhh, these maple leaf-like hands, how adorable.”

Linda gasped in surprise and covered her mouth, while Dahlia and Yuni rubbed their cheeks against my hands from both sides, moaning “Haaang…”

I looked at them with bleary eyes and said “Will you let me go now? (Will you let me go now?)”

Around that time, Lea and my aunt approached.

“You don’t know how shocked I was when I heard the story. What on earth happened in Odis?”

“Uh, um, well, you see… Oh! I got caught in a curse while subjugating monsters.”

“Odis isn’t a safe place either, it seems.”

At Lea’s words, my aunt nodded and knelt down to look at me.

“Are there any other problems besides that?”

“No. I’m healthy.”

“That’s fortunate, but…”

“I’m really okay.”

“Alright, let’s go inside. I’ve prepared lots of food you like.”

“I’m excited!”

When I raised my arms high, Henri, Isaac, and Johan approached. Isaac narrowed his eyes and looked at my aunt.

“It seems like we’re invisible.”

Henri shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s always been like this.”

Aunt chuckled and stood up.

“Did anything happen to you guys?”

“Well, a lot happened─”

“Doesn’t look like it. Let’s go inside.”

“Isn’t that really too much?”

Isaac grumbled, and Henri and Johan let out small chuckles.

When we entered the dining room, there was truly enough food to break the table legs. Having become younger, I had a vigorous appetite to maintain my adult thinking, so I eagerly dove into the meal with sparkling eyes.

Large steaks and pasta with plenty of melted savory cheese, fresh melons and grapes, sweet and sour juice made from freshly picked fruits.

As I was eating until my stomach was full, the dining room door opened.

“Father!”

I shouted with joy, and Father approached, stroked my cheek, and sat at the head table.

“You’ll get indigestion.”

“I’m fine.”

“Fine my foot, Little One. You don’t need to hold meat with both hands to eat it.”

Isaac scolded me, so I pouted my lips, and laughter burst out in the dining room.

‘I really came back.’

Father removed the food crumbs from my giggling cheek. Then he gestured to Aunt, and she sent out all the employees and knights.

Only those who knew that I was a child of the Evil God who could use demonic power remained in the dining room.

Father spoke.

“The Second has awakened.”

My brothers’ faces hardened as they looked at Father.

Henri, who had put down his utensils, asked in a cold voice.

“We checked before departure, but there was no particular movement.”

“It’s word from the spy we planted in Odis Second Dormitory. After the message that The Second had awakened, communication was cut off.”

“Were they discovered?”

When Johan asked, Father said “Probably,” and I nodded while popping a grape into my mouth.

Isaac frowned.

“Even in this situation, can you still swallow food, Little One?”

“She won’t stay collapsed forever. She was going to wake up anyway, so there’s no need to worry. More than anything…”

“More than anything?”

“I’m happier that she’s waking up.”

I grinned, raising the corners of my mouth as I took out Mina’s Etoile.

“Mina’s Etoile is in my hands, so what happens if that girl tries to use her power?”

“She won’t be able to use it, right?”

“If she can’t use divine power?”

“She’ll think it’s fake… Wait, you.”

“Are you looking forward to Mina coming to the Empire?”

All of our family’s faces turned sinister.

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