The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 260

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Chapter 260

So now the remaining problem was me. I couldn’t stay as a child forever.

‘It’s even more dangerous since there are people who know I became a child.’

Jin and Hong Hae, Juliet, and even the twin nation of Waynes.

I don’t know about the three people from Elysiano, but Waynes is dangerous. Looking at Waynes’ actions so far, they won’t easily open their mouths, but depending on the nation’s political situation, who knows how they’ll act.

The possibility of spies hiding in the mansion couldn’t be ruled out either.

Right now, to hide my condition, I had only kept trustworthy employees and given the others vacation.

But if the vacation gets too long, they’ll find it strange.

‘I need to return to my original age as soon as possible.’

With that determination, I called for the butler and Trigon.

* * *

“You really have become a child.”

Trigon looked at me with a surprised face.

“I’ve heard that about a hundred times already.”

With a sullen expression, I rested my chin on my hand and let out a deep sigh.

“Did you look into the demon materials?”

“Yes. According to the passage materials Storas gave us, there are no demons that use amethyst as a passage.”

“I’ve known for a long time that there are no demons that use amethyst as a passage.”

That was the reason I hadn’t used amethyst until now. Because I didn’t know which demon would be summoned.

“How about trying to summon the demon of amethyst?”

It’s a demon with power on a different level from other demons. If I recklessly summon it, it would be difficult to even maintain.”

“If it’s a demon from God Serga’s side, couldn’t you make it a familiar regardless of the demon’s will?”

“In terms of power alone, Storas is much stronger. But why did I make Bune my familiar instead of Storas?”

“Huh?”

When Trigon made a puzzled expression, the butler answered on my behalf.

“It means what’s important is the demon’s special ability rather than power. No matter how mighty power a demon possesses, the only power the Young Lady can use is their special ability.”

“I see…”

Trigon groaned, and I crossed my arms and leaned back deeply in my chair.

“So I’m worried it might be the same case as Bune.”

Originally, Bune’s passage was Dubbled’s family treasure, the ‘Sleeping Mineral.’ But in Kuhelm, it was summoned through a completely different gem.

Once a passage is used, it loses its function. So wouldn’t a different mineral become the new passage?

‘That’s probably why it’s not in Storas’s records. Because it changed from the records.’

After hearing my story, Trigon shook his head.

“But only the Children of Fate can summon demons through passages. Besides, The Second hasn’t summoned any demons yet, have they?”

“No, they already have.”

“Who?”

“Mother.”

“…!”

“This amethyst, it might have been a familiar that Mother summoned.”

“Shall we find out?”

“Mother was a saint, so the fact that she summoned demons is a shrine secret. How would Trigon find that out? Leave that to me and find out about the demon in this pearl.”

“Are you referring to the pearl that The Second had? I have a hunch about that.”

Trigon opened the large book that Storas had given him.

“It’s Andromalius. This is the only demon that uses white pearls as a passage.”

“What’s its special ability?”

“…True nature. It’s a demon with the ability to discern people’s true identities and return them to their original form.”

I, who had been listening to Trigon’s story in a daze, suddenly shot up. Then I quickly took out a mirror and examined my face.

“Why didn’t I realize this…. This appearance, it wasn’t ‘me’.”

“Pardon?”

“Miss?”

His Excellency and Trigon asked as if wondering what I meant. With a slip, I dropped the mirror and grabbed my cheeks, crying out.

“I’m not Leblaine of Dubbled right now, I’m ancient Leblaine!”

I hadn’t just become a child. In fact, I had become the ancient Leblaine who was Neriad’s younger sister!

* * *

Trigon went out saying he would find ‘a demon with the special ability to remove special abilities’, and only His Excellency and I remained in the room. I stared intently at ‘me’ in the mirror with a serious face.

‘The ancient me looks so similar to the current me that I didn’t notice.’

Bang, I slammed my head on the table and groaned.

“I’m such an idiot….”

His Excellency held me back as I tried to slam my head again and shook his head.

“Even if it’s your ancient appearance, isn’t there no problem? Everyone thinks it’s your childhood self.”

“…Well, that’s true.”

“Finding out why Miss’s appearance changed like this is a great gain. Isn’t it just a matter of finding a demon that can remove Andromalius’s special ability?”

“Yeah….”

His Excellency picked up the cloudy pearl and examined it as he spoke.

“However, the amethyst’s demon is truly remarkable. To make Andromalius’s passage lose its function even though it’s not a Child of God.”

After learning about Andromalius’s special ability, we realized. The cloudy pearl. That meant this pearl had lost its function as a passage.

And the amethyst made this pearl lose its passage function, but couldn’t completely eliminate the special ability, so I became my true nature… that is, ancient Leblaine.

I lay sprawled on the table and poked the amethyst repeatedly.

‘If you were going to remove it anyway, you should have removed the special ability too.’

“You have the expression of someone thinking shameless thoughts.”

“Yeah. I’m thinking shameless thoughts.”

His Excellency chuckled and sat across from me. Then after hesitating for a while, he opened his mouth.

“Miss.”

“Yeah.”

“…No. I will tell you after Young Lady returns to her original age.”

“Alright. Let’s call your son then.”

When I said this with a bright smile, the chairman’s eyes widened.

“Did you know my wish?”

“You wanted to see your son so badly that you became my person.”

“It wasn’t entirely just that….”

The chairman spoke awkwardly, making me giggle.

“Thank you. I want to call him right away too, but my current state is strange.”

“Strange?”

“Yeah. How should I put it, the connection with my familiars isn’t working well….”

Since I was in Odis, I haven’t been able to hear my familiars’ voices well. Only one or two short sentences came through occasionally like beans in a drought.

‘I thought it was because the barrier in Odis was blocking Etoile’s divine power, but now that I’m back at the mansion, I can tell for sure.’

Ever since I took on my ancient form, I haven’t been able to ‘connect’ well with my familiars.

‘Well, it was the current Leblaine who made the familiar contracts, so now that I’ve become the ancient Leblaine, my state is bound to be strange.’

“I wanted to give the chairman the gift of meeting his son, so I tried to call Bune, but it didn’t work well.”

“Your words alone are truly grateful.”

The chairman bowed deeply. I took his hand and said,

“There’s a demon called Marchosias.”

“You mean the demon that turns objects to stone?”

“Not turning to stone, I think it makes things ‘null’.”

“What do you mean….”

“Marchosias can turn my young body back to normal because of its inherent ability. Then I’ll definitely fulfill the chairman’s wish.”

“Thank you, thank you so much, Young Lady.”

The chairman and I looked at each other and smiled.

‘Now, I just need Trigon to find Marchosias’s passage.’

How fortunate that the demon of nullification is Marchosias. Marchosias’s passage is a unique mineral called 【Engelot】. And that was in the Imperial Palace.

The chairman and I eagerly waited for Trigon’s contact. But things never go smoothly, and enemies always appear. This time the enemy was….

[The Second has entered the Empire. What she demanded in exchange for becoming an imperial citizen was Engelot!]

…Mina.

Hearing Trigon’s urgent voice flowing from the communication stone, I gripped my skirt tightly.

* * *

Mina looked around the Imperial Palace corridor with a slightly nervous expression. Cardinal Reginald spoke to Mina with a benevolent smile.

“There’s no need to be nervous. All the people of the Empire welcome you, Young Lady.”

“Maybe because it’s been so long, I’m a bit nervous.”

“It’s been so long…?”

“It’s nothing.”

Mina awkwardly raised the corners of her mouth.

Memories were embedded throughout the Imperial Palace. In her previous life, when she was hurt by people and crying alone in corners, Henri and Isaac would get greatly angry at the sight.

Myself frantically trying to stop the two men who were about to charge at the person who had hurt her, chasing after them.

‘Ah, there’s still a groove left in the floor.’

When my foot got caught in that groove and I fell, the two of them turned pale and came running. It was amusing how they were ready to go break someone’s neck, yet didn’t know what to do about a scratch on my knee, so I giggled for a long time.

I could clearly see Isaac with reddened earlobes grumbling and Henri sighing.

That’s when it happened.

“Huh…?”

Henri and Isaac were actually walking toward me from the opposite side. The two of them looked at Reginald with cold expressions.

“You demanded the Engelot?”

At Henri’s words, Reginald smiled broadly.

“Seeing how the Young Master gets straight to the point without even a greeting, it seems Dubbled was also targeting that.”

“I’ll cut to the chase. Give up.”

The Engelot was an item left by the Founding Emperor. If such a thing fell into Mina’s hands, there would be those who would gossip that the Imperial Family cared more about Mina than Leblaine.

Of course, this was public opinion, and the reason Henri and Isaac had rushed to the Imperial Palace like lightning was because they had received a request from Leblaine.

“I need to get the Engelot. Eldest Brother, Second Brother, please…”

Leblaine had clasped her hands together and made her request with the ultimate ‘earnest child’ pose.

‘I will absolutely not disappoint the Little One.’

Isaac looked at Reginald with blazing eyes. Mina quickly grabbed his arm.

“Isaac, I know what you’re thinking. But this isn’t needed because of a power struggle between me and Leblaine. Rather, for Leblaine’s sake, I—”

While Mina was chattering away, Isaac remained frozen. He, who would normally have shaken off her hand immediately.

When Henri frowned and asked “What are you doing?”, Isaac startled and shouted.

“W-won’t you let go of this hand?”

“If you promise not to yell at Lord Reginald.”

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