The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 286

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Chapter 286

Three days later, the temple.

Mina opened her eyes in bed and looked around. As she blankly gazed at the unfamiliar ceiling and walls, a familiar voice reached her ears.

“Are you awake?”

Mina bolted upright when she saw the Pope placing incense by her bedside.

“Seongha!”

“How are you feeling?”

“It’s okay. But why am I here….”

“After you lost consciousness, you hovered between life and death for three whole days. Since the priests’ healing showed no improvement, I personally tended to you myself, young master.”

Mina held her forehead and tried to recall her last memory.

His lungs felt like they were burning with such agony that he couldn’t breathe for a long time before collapsing unconscious.

‘I think I heard a strange voice as I was collapsing….’

[Give it… to me.]

Mina flinched and clutched the blanket.

Yeah, that’s the sound.

Strange, distorted, spine-chilling sounds can be heard one after another.

A man appeared before my eyes, looking as if he was on fire. His skin was completely melted from the burns, and his eyeballs were on the verge of tumbling to the ground—a hideous sight.

[Let… me go. …Let me go.]

‘What?’

[Send it. Send it.]

Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it. Send it.

Suddenly, the man lunged toward Mina.

“Kyaaaah─!!”

She screamed and clutched her head. Even as time passed, she felt no pain. When she cautiously lifted her eyelids, she saw a wooden log-like red arm blocking her path.

“Seongha….”

The Pope muttered “Oh my, oh my” as he clutched something that had transformed into the shape of a fish.

His arms looked nothing like those of a human being. Veins bulged out, and they were grotesquely distorted in places, appearing more demonic than human.

The fish that had been flapping in his grasp soon turned to ash and disappeared.

Mina swallowed hard and asked.

“Was that just now a demon? So what I summoned was….”

“An angel.”

Mina looked at the Pope, who wore his robe pulled low over his head.

‘A lie.’

Reading the distrust in her eyes, the Pope curved his lips gently.

“Are you afraid?”

“…Because we’re deceiving people. I know that the being who just disappeared was a demon. Not Aslan recorded in this world’s history, not Gremory either─”

Mina bit her lips tightly once and whispered.

“I also know it was Ami.”

“So what?”

“We’re deceiving people! This is never righteous… not justice…”

As Mina’s expression darkened, the Pope gently grasped her shoulder and spoke soothingly.

“Please tell me about the pain in your heart.”

“…”

“Mina.”

“…I’m anxious.”

Mina muttered while gripping the Pope’s robe tightly.

“Your Holiness, what if I’m actually wrong? What if everything was actually greed, I’m…”

The Pope knelt before Mina and slowly removed his robe.

“…!”

Mina’s expression hardened stiffly upon seeing his face.

“H-how─!”

His appearance revealed to the world and his current looks were vastly different.

‘Come to think of it, his voice is also subtly different.’

As far as she knew, the Pope was past middle age and entering old age.

A face filled with the vitality of his twenties and youthful vigor. He looked at most in his late twenties.

Sharp jawline and soft curved lips.

Pure white hair reaching his neck fluttered lightly in the wind coming through the window. Golden and purple eyes visible between the disheveled hair seemed enchanting enough to bewitch people.

His appearance was incomparable to celebrities or actors. It was beautiful enough to be counted among the most beautiful in Mina’s life.

The Pope smiled gently and took her hand.

“Mina, this humble body has waited for you for a very long time. Ever since the moment I learned that God would send your soul down to this earth until now.”

“…”

“I have known for a very long time that I would welcome the soul guided by God. Ever since I was an immature boy.”

“…”

“You wouldn’t know how long I have been envisioning you. It was only you who helped a pitiful boy with nothing endure this human world that seemed like a living hell.”

“…”

“How could this feeling be inferior to romantic love, parental love, or friendship?”

Pressing his forehead against the back of Mina’s hand, he whispered in a beautiful voice.

“There is nothing I cannot do for the true daughter of God.”

“…”

“If Mina says this path is not righteous, this humble body will eliminate all paths in the world to make it the only path leading to our destination.”

“Your Holiness…”

He embraced Mina. His scent comforted her trembling body.

“You are the being our God has arranged for this land. Every path you take is the righteous path.”

Mina, who was gripping his collar, let out a ragged breath. Only now did she feel relieved.

After comforting her for a while, the Pope, lying on the bed, asked in a gentle voice.

“Are you truly alright?”

“Yes….”

“If anything happens to your divine power, you must tell me without delay.”

“I will.”

“You are such a kind person who worries about others before yourself, so I cannot shake my anxiety.”

The Pope briefly touched his forehead to Mina’s, then left the room. Reginald, who had been waiting at the doorway, bowed his head toward the Pope.

“Watch over Lady Mina carefully so that not a single hair on her head is harmed.”

“Yes, yes….”

The Pope glanced at Reginald.

“Remember that the only reason your feet remain on this earth is for the Daughter of God.”

“…Yes, Your Holiness.”

After the Pope left, Reginald covered his mouth. His pale hands trembled violently.

After swallowing dry saliva several times, he opened the door.

Mina, who had been adjusting the edge of her blanket, smiled happily when she saw him.

“Lord Reginald! …Huh? You don’t look well.”

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine thanks to His Holiness looking after me. I can feel divine power filling my body. It’s His Holiness’s power, isn’t it? His Holiness really is amazing.”

“Then how long can you maintain Ami?”

“Lord Reginald, rather than talking about that, I think you should take care of yourself first. You look so pale—”

“I’m asking how long you can maintain the demon—!!”

Reginald shouted.

Mina’s hands stiffened, and Reginald grabbed his head as if tearing at his hair.

‘Damn it, damn it!’

That girl is a fake.

She cannot maintain the demon.

Unless he secretly converted mana into divine power and injected it without the Papal Court knowing, Ami would disappear immediately.

Once free from the prohibition, he would tear that fake apart.

The Pope doesn’t believe that girl is fake. Because there was no one who could replace Mina.

The Pope’s obsession with the ‘Daughter of God’ was so persistent. He worshipped the Daughter of God as if he had lost his reason.

‘I barely turned the tide by summoning Ami and disguising her as Aslan. But if Ami disappears….’

Having a proven Child of Fate in their grasp was power that even the Emperor couldn’t handle.

Look, thanks to the Child of Fate sent by God, the people’s distrustful gazes toward the Shrine had subsided. Moreover, investigations into various incidents had been halted.

Including the incident where Johan was cursed during the mock battle of the seven families.

Thanks to that, Reginald was essentially maintaining his position as Cardinal. But Reginald knew.

‘That girl is a fake.’

You cannot contain beings from another world in an Etoile.

The Divine Mark was also just copied from the mark he had seen on Leblaine Dubbled.

‘I can’t be found out.’

Absolutely not.

“Lord Reginald….”

As Mina murmured, Reginald straightened his clothes with effort and spoke.

“If your condition isn’t too poor, would it be possible for you to go out today?”

“That would be too difficult….”

“Didn’t you say that Duke Amitie is being held captive by Leblaine Dubbled?”

At those words, Mina’s expression hardened once again. Reginald handed her an outer coat and said.

“We must drive that girl out of the Empire as soon as possible to get Duke Amitie back.”

“What should I do?”

“A prayer meeting will be held at the Central Temple. Show them the angel there.”

So that girl would have no place to stand.

So that even if Mina’s true nature was revealed, the temple and I wouldn’t be endangered because of that girl.

Mina nodded her head.

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The Grand Cathedral.

The Central Temple planned an unprecedented grand worship service to rebel against the Papal Court.

They permitted ordinary people to enter the Grand Cathedral, which was normally accessible only to priests, and invited the Imperial Family, great nobles, and distinguished citizens.

The Grand Cathedral, which could accommodate about 10,000 people, was packed. This was because news had arrived a few hours earlier that Mina would participate in the grand worship.

With my robe pulled deep over my head, I secretly made my way to the Grand Cathedral.

The first floor of the cathedral was densely filled with invited Imperial Family members, great nobles, and wealthy citizens.

“Marchue Suheil… Ha, even Duke Grimoire came.”

When Seria, who was similarly wearing her robe low, spoke, the captain answered in a flat voice.

“It’s natural since even the Empress Dowager, who would normally grind her teeth at the temple, came. Didn’t Empress Yvonne even bring Prince Andre along?”

“…Everyone here is Little One’s enemy.”

Seria muttered in a gloomy voice. The captain didn’t answer, but his silence was a heavier agreement than any response.

I looked at the enormous platform with a strange expression.

Before long, someone climbed onto the platform. Curtains simultaneously covered the windows, and the lighting on the platform illuminated the person walking out accompanied by a priest.

It was Mina.

Thunderous cheers erupted.

Mina, who had walked to the center of the platform, bowed her head with a shy expression.

“I don’t know what words someone as lacking as myself could offer to all of you, but I will try to convey my sincere feelings.”

It was the beginning of the prayer meeting.

As she clasped her hands together, light began to gather behind her back.

And I slowly stood up and removed my robe. With God’s emblem appearing on my forehead.

“Leblaine Dubbled…!”

When someone shouted, everyone in the cathedral looked at me.

Even Mina.

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