The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 277

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Chapter 277

Zachary pulled me into his arms and dodged the meteor.

Boom─!!

“Miss!”

Seria was swept away by the crowd and couldn’t be seen, only her voice echoing. Even that disappeared, mixed in with the chaotic screams.

The shopping district was truly a scene of utter chaos.

‘Crazy…!’

There are only a few who can cast ultra high-level magic like Meteor that targets a specific opponent. Among those around me, only Trigon, Veronica, or perhaps Juliet from Odis Academy could barely use it.

‘It’s the Shrine.’

The Shrine must have cast magic to eliminate me after learning my identity from Mina.

‘These crazy…!’

Have they lost their minds? Area magic in a shopping district with so many people, right in front of the Imperial Palace?

The reason I could come out to the shopping district even after realizing the Shrine knew my identity was because I didn’t think they would target me in a crowded place.

There isn’t a single person on the continent who doesn’t know that Dubbled and the Shrine are engaged in a nerve-wracking battle for survival.

The center of this war is me and Mina.

In this situation, if I were to fall victim to such ultra high-level magic, the Shrine would naturally be pointed to as the culprit.

Zachary, who had been running quickly, pulled out a teleportation magic circle from his pocket.

“What are you doing!”

“But if we don’t return to the mansion, you’ll die! How do you plan to handle something like that without hiding within the mansion’s barrier!”

“It’s not at a level that the mansion’s barrier can block. And that Meteor is falling toward me, isn’t it? If I return to the mansion, everyone inside will be in danger!”

Another meteor came flying.

Boom─!!

Zachary quickly twisted his body to dodge, but his balance collapsed in the process. Just as I fell from Zachary’s arms and rolled across the ground.

“Zachary!”

Meteor fragments flew toward Zachary.

Bang, bang, bang─!!

Zachary was buried under the relentlessly falling fragments, and fresh blood flowed from his forehead.

“Za, Zachary.”

I crawled toward Zachary on my hands and knees. He shouted.

“Run away!”

“But you…!”

“Hurry!”

He was in no condition to move at all.

‘I have to go.’

The meteors are falling toward me. My absence from this place would be what’s best for Zachary.

Zachary threw something toward me. It was a teleportation magic circle.

I hastily picked up the teleportation magic circle and ran.

I can’t go to the mansion. I need to go somewhere far away. Somewhere that meteor can’t follow.

‘The territory. I need to go to the territory.’

The caster must be somewhere around here. Without a long-distance teleportation circle, they won’t be able to follow me.

I hurriedly tore the teleportation scroll. Brilliant light enveloped the surroundings. And when I opened my eyes, I was at the territorial castle.

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Having arrived in my room at the territorial castle, I gasped for breath. The surroundings were quiet. It seemed I had safely escaped from the meteor.

I let out a held breath. As I relaxed, the wounds from falling finally began to ache.

‘I must have sprained my leg badly.’

Just moments ago, I could force myself to move out of fear, but now that I realized it hurt, I couldn’t move at all.

‘Who’s in the territory?’

Among those who know I’ve turned into a child, who would be in the territory?

The family members are naturally in the Imperial Capital, the three maids are also in the Imperial Capital to attend to me, and I called Veronica to the Imperial Capital as well to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.

I had the steward relocate to the Imperial Capital early on, and he’s now overseeing Hope Trading Company in my place.

Lea must have left for the Imperial Capital by now, leading the territorial army. With long-distance teleportation circles, it won’t take long.

As I counted the people, I remembered Viscount Dubois.

‘Right, he’s in the territory.’

I quickly rummaged through my pocket and pulled out the communication stone.

‘The communication isn’t working.’

Did it break when I fell?

I let out a sigh.

‘Anyway, even the shrine knows I’ve become young, so there’s no need to hide it anymore.’

I pulled the bell cord near the bed.

But it was strange. Even after a long while, no one came.

‘Are they not coming because they think it’s an empty room?’

That can’t be right.

If a signal came from an empty room, they would come to check out of curiosity if nothing else. Besides, they know we have long-distance teleportation circles, so they’d think I had returned briefly.

I tilted my head and headed toward the door. I jumped up to turn the door handle.

The corridor was quiet.

“Is anyone there?”

No answer came back.

I left the room and walked around the area, dragging my leg. Then I bumped into something. It was the head butler of the castle.

“But—”

“Have you arrived, Little One?”

“….”

“No, Little One, your appearance… Has something happened?”

“….”

“Little One?”

When I unconsciously took a step back, the butler stroked his chin.

“That little one is quite perceptive.”

“….”

I still hadn’t told him that I was Leblaine. After becoming a child, my body had gradually transformed into that of ancient Leblaine, changing so much that even my family could no longer easily recognize me.

No matter how similar the ancient body was to my current self, they wouldn’t immediately think that I had simply become younger.

‘A traitor.’

I had vaguely sensed that there was a traitor within the territory.

But I never imagined it would be someone as important as the territorial castle’s head butler.

I hurriedly tore the teleportation magic circle. But instead of teleporting, it exploded with a loud bang—!

“Now, now, don’t underestimate Dubbled’s barrier. This is a supreme barrier among supreme barriers, created using formulas that Veronica Dubois and the elite mage corps spent 30 years developing.”

“You activated a first-class barrier without Father’s orders?”

“Of course, the loyal mage corps believes it was His Excellency’s command.”

So it was the head butler’s doing. He had issued an emergency order while impersonating Father’s command.

‘The meteor was a ploy from the beginning to transport me to the territory.’

Currently, the territory was practically empty.

His plan was to deal with me in a place beyond my family’s reach.

The communication failure was certainly because he had spread interference waves throughout the castle beforehand.

“What did you do to the employees?”

“Don’t worry. They’re just sleeping. There should be mourners to shed tears at Young Lady’s funeral, shouldn’t there?”

“Don’t think such foolish thoughts. Someone like you, I can handle alone…!”

‘What, what’s this.’

The activation seal wouldn’t come to mind.

“Didn’t I tell you? It’s a supreme barrier among supreme barriers, perfected by Veronica Dubois and the elite mage corps over 30 years. Unless you break the barrier, you cannot use magic inside here.”

“With my divine power, a mere barrier…!”

“Yes, you might be able to break the barrier. But can you handle the consequences?”

“…What?”

“Monsters are swarming around the territory. The moment the barrier breaks, hordes of monsters will attack the territory.”

Just then.

Kieek—!!

A sharp cry was heard. When I quickly turned my head to look out the window, I saw hordes of monsters in the sky.

‘It’s not just one or two.’

If the barrier broke like this, those monster hordes would attack the civilian houses. Innocent people would die.

Unable to use magic, I was just a child. There was no way I could face an adult man.

I hesitantly stepped backward. But soon my back hit the display cabinet. There was nowhere left to run.

When he slowly walked over and approached me closely, I suddenly threw the candlestick from the top of the display cabinet.

“Urgh!”

The candlestick that hit his face fell and scattered on the floor.

I ran as fast as I could.

‘The seventh tower. I need to meet the mages in the seventh tower!’

I had to eliminate the interference waves blocking communication and contact Father.

I ran frantically, but my running gradually slowed due to my sprained leg. The head butler was pursuing me closely from behind.

“Damn girl!”

He reached his hand toward me. I changed direction and rushed into the room that appeared before my eyes.

It was the room where I had found the amethyst, the room with the First Family Head’s portrait hanging on the wall. I quickly hid inside a drawer.

I could hear footsteps around me.

‘It’s not just one person.’

At least two people’s footsteps.

“Where’s the girl?”

“She ran in here, Benedict sir.”

‘Benedict?’

It seemed the Head Butler had secretly brought him into the Imperial Palace.

My cold hands and feet trembled violently. I covered my mouth and squeezed my eyes shut.

Click, click.

The sound of footsteps grew closer and closer. But soon it disappeared.

‘Did they leave? Did they—’

Clatter!

The door opened and The Man with a hideously twisted face grinned wickedly at me.

“Found you.”

“…!”

Benedict grabbed my neck and dragged me out. The Head Butler smiled as he watched me struggle in Benedict’s grasp.

“Clever little rat.”

“Let me go!”

Benedict reached his hand toward my neck.

“Take your hands off her!”

It was a familiar voice.

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was,

“Lea….”

Lea kicked off the ground and leaped up, kicking the Head Butler in the head before landing. Then she tripped Benedict’s legs to knock him down, and hurriedly ran to me as I fell, embracing me.

“Are you alright?”

In her hands was my overcoat.

“The cardigan is stuffy….”

“If Young Lady gets sick, Lea’s heart will be torn apart.”

“If you get cold, come in early. Promise!”

It was clothes I loved when I was young. I remember wearing only these clothes every day because they weren’t stuffy and were warm.

Lea glared at Benedict.

“You….”

“D-damn girl. A-always getting in my way.”

Benedict was strange. His eyes turned pitch black as his body trembled violently. Soon his skin began to change into a disgusting shape like bird flesh.

“Kiiiek—”

Its mouth protruded and transformed into a bird’s beak, and its eyeballs liquefied and flowed out. Soon, new eyes that looked like solidified blood formed in the empty sockets.

I had seen that thing transformed into a bizarre monster before.

‘The monster I saw during the battle with Kuhelm!’

Among those monsters that even the Elysianos couldn’t handle, there had been flying-type monsters that looked just like this.

Suddenly, I recalled the humans’ ‘Sacred Beast Transformation’ I had seen in the mock battle.

‘Could it be that those monsters were…’

Benedict, now transformed into a massive monster, lunged toward Lea. She quickly drove her sword blade into its forehead, but the skin instantly regenerated and swallowed the sword.

“Kugh─!”

Lea, pushed back by the force, crashed into the wall.

Soon the monster’s gaze turned toward me.

Kieeeeek─!!

It shrieked and flew toward me. I squeezed my eyes shut.

‘I’m going to die!’

No.

I don’t want to die.

Save me.

‘Mother─!’

However, even as time passed, I felt no pain. Someone had wrapped me in their arms.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Lea pierced by the monster’s claws. Another chilling cry burst from the monster’s mouth.

“Ah, ahh, Lea.”

“Are you alright?”

“Lea!”

When the monster pulled out its claws, blood spurted like a fountain. It had pierced near her heart and lungs. The amount of blood flowing out was alarming.

Pale as a sheet, I embraced Lea. No matter how much I tried to block the pierced area, the blood wouldn’t stop.

Even in this situation, Lea smiled.

“Are you alright?”

She wasn’t alright at all, yet she kept asking if I was okay.

“Little One.”

“I’m, I’m fine. I’m okay. So Lea…!”

“Then that’s enough.”

“…”

“Then that’s enough.”

Lea smiled tenderly. Just like the moment she first met me when I was skinny with hair disheveled like a broom.

A tear dropped from her eyes. When her tear soaked my skirt hem, I was enveloped in dazzling light.

“The tears of the most righteous one.”

Ah, why didn’t I realize it?

The most righteous person to me was you.

You were kind even to a pitiful child who had nothing, giving your greatest heart without ever feeling it was a waste – you were a more wonderful hero to me than anyone else.

I glared at Benedict and shouted.

“Bune─!!”

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