The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 298

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Chapter 298

I contacted Dubbled Port to confirm the coordinates of the Calosium Ship.

Fortunately, it hadn’t left the Empire’s waters yet.

The Calosium Ship was heading to Servertium, a magical powerhouse, but Servertium had laid down powerful barriers in their territorial waters that couldn’t be passed through with long-distance teleportation circles.

“What about contact with the Captain?”

“We’re adjacent to Servetium Waters, so the communication stone isn’t working. After entering the barrier, we’ll need Servertium’s permission to communicate.”

“Getting Servertium’s permission will take a long time…”

“Yes, the problem is that once inside the barrier, we won’t even be able to confirm coordinates. Servertium would have to verify that for us too.”

It meant there was no time.

I nodded and picked up the long-distance teleportation circle.

Viscount Dubois and Trigon spoke urgently.

“Are you going alone?”

“Since the ship is moving, the exact coordinates will be changing constantly. If we teleport incorrectly, we might fall into the sea, so I’ll go first to stop the ship and send the exact coordinates. After that, deploy Wolves.”

“But wouldn’t Little One also risk falling into the sea?”

“I’m a Mage. Unlike Wolves who only use combat-specialized aura, I can use auxiliary magic even in the sea. Oh, and…”

After giving instructions to Viscount Dubois, I teleported to where the Calosium Ship was supposed to be.

Flash, light enveloped my entire body and when I opened my eyes again…

“Ahhhhh!”

I had teleported above the water surface and instantly fell into the sea.

I panicked and frantically splashed around.

“I forgot, glub! I can’t swim, glub!”

Then, I heard Pur’s voice.

[Focus, deploy a barrier and twist gravity!]

‘Oh right.’

I quickly concentrated and adjusted the flow of power. Soon a circular formation formed beneath my feet, and I was able to rise above the sea.

‘A barrier…’

I had expected to fall into the water, but when I actually did fall, panic set in and I was slow to use the barrier.

I wrung out my wet dress and looked around.

‘So this is what they mean by vast ocean.’

There was absolutely nothing visible. It felt like I was alone in the world.

[I don’t see the ship, my lord!]

Cheolsu said in an overly excited voice.

‘Should I abandon this useless thing around here.’

I sighed and recalled the ship’s direction of travel.

‘So the speed of the Calosium ship is… and the direction of coordinate movement would be like this…’

As I was groaning and pondering, Cheolsu’s voice came again.

[Let’s try moving 40km ahead.]

“Huh?”

[40km ahead.]

I blinked my eyes and moved again with a hopeful heart. But then…

‘A ship!’

Before my eyes was a trading vessel with Dubbled’s emblem carved on it. It was definitely a Calosium ship.

I looked at the ship with a dazed expression and asked.

‘Cheolsu, how did you know something like this?’

[So this is what those exam problems were for, teacher…]

He muttered in a wistful voice, apologizing for cursing throughout middle and high school. I didn’t know what he meant, but thanks to those exam problems, we were able to find the location.

I tore another long-distance teleportation circle and moved to the ship’s deck.

Thud! As I landed as if jumping down, the people on the ship looked at me.

Of course, they definitely didn’t look like sailors.

I casually wrote coordinates on a note and used magic to shape the note into a bird. Then I attached a location tracking magic tool and sent it flying into the sky.

When that note flies within communication range, Dubbled’s mages will catch it and come here.

“Who are you?”

The assailants asked. I didn’t answer and looked at the traces of ‘what used to be a long-distance teleportation circle’ while trembling my hands.

“Do you know how much long-distance teleportation circles cost…?”

“What?”

“If I had sold it instead of using it, I could have bought another building. Can you understand this heartbreaking feeling…?”

“What nonsense are you… Wait, this girl─”

The men who had been staring at me with wide eyes grabbed their swords and rushed at me. I immediately erected a barrier, and the men who crashed into it flew away with a loud bang!

Behind them, I could see the subdued sailors.

In the center was a robed man being held by an assailant, and judging by the hands briefly visible between his robe sleeves, he was definitely an old man.

‘Karim Grimoire.’

It was definitely the Former Duke Grimoire.

“Damn it! Attack!”

When the assailant holding him shouted, sword-wielding figures emerged from everywhere.

They casually leaped into my barrier.

‘Are they crazy?’

I looked around with a hardened expression.

[Like mosquitoes grilled on an electric fly swatter…]

To rush in without regard for the barrier’s waves—does he not value his life?

As I thought this, I flinched.

“He really doesn’t value his life…”

[Little One, what do you mean by that?]

“From the beginning, he intended to die along with the sailors and the Previous Duke Grimoire.”

At my words, a large man who seemed to be the leader of the assailants approached.

“Everything is God’s will.”

His eyes were clouded as if bewitched by something.

The Shrine must have orchestrated this incident using fanatics. To bury even the slightest evidence of their instigation at the bottom of the sea.

That’s when it happened.

Bang! An explosion sounded from below and the ship rocked violently. The sailors screamed.

‘They’re trying to sink it by exploding it!’

As I lost my balance and staggered, someone finally leaped into my barrier.

Crackle—!

With a sharp tearing sound, the person who hit the barrier collapsed with hideous burns. And…

‘It’s been breached!’

The leader of the assailants rushed at me. He thrust his sword toward me. I quickly grabbed his wrist and tilted my head back to dodge.

The sword barely missed, and Etoile’s string snapped with a pop.

Another explosion sounded from beneath the ship. The ship rocked violently again, and Etoile slid across the deck.

“No!”

My Etoile!

[Little One!]

Fortunately, the rolling Etoile caught on the edge of the deck.

If the ship shook even once more, it might fall.

I wanted to quickly retrieve it, but I couldn’t move as I was using all my strength to hold onto The Man’s wrist to avoid his sword.

“Stop it! Dying for a false god is foolish!”

“Our god is not false. He said if I offer my soul to God, That Person will save my family. He said my son’s illness would be cured!”

‘Why isn’t the support unit coming?’

Dubbled’s elite mages must have confirmed the coordinates, so why…

I couldn’t manifest without contacting the familiar’s passage or Etoile.

‘Since I’m not far away now, I can use special abilities. Should I summon the ghost army? But if Etoile falls during the summoning vibrations…!’

Then if I use Pur’s special ability… No, his ability is rain summoning. If I summon a storm, it’ll become even more dangerous.

Military Genius of the Century and Cheolsu won’t be helpful in this situation.

I shouted at the assailant.

“If that were true, there wouldn’t be any sick priests! You’re being deceived!”

“The Cardinal also said that demons would whisper such things to me.”

“Snap out of it. If Father dies to save your life, your son will have to live with guilt for the rest of his life!”

His hand flinched.

I didn’t miss that opening and unleashed the kicking technique I had learned from Isaac’s tutoring.

The assailant made a choking sound and fell, and I frantically ran toward Etoile.

The assailant grabbed my collar. With my throat constricted, I made a choking sound and stopped.

Etoile was gradually slipping down below the deck.

‘If it comes to this, I have no choice.’

“Gremory!”

I shouted while pulling out Gremory’s Gateway that I had been carrying.

The world was instantly shrouded in darkness. Soon light emanated from my chest, and the light eventually took the form of a beautiful woman.

When the light faded, what appeared was a female demon with beautiful red curly hair—Gremory.

“Help me!”

“Child, the contracts of the gods are strict. Those within the wheel of fate can only receive our help by granting a demon’s wish. Otherwise, you will…”

She looked at me with deeply pitying eyes, and I shouted.

“I’ll make a contract!”

“…”

“Not as the Child of Fate, but as Leblaine Lisette Dubbled making a contract with Gremory!”

Instantly, the tips of Gremory’s hair transformed into the shape of tree branches. Those uniquely shaped branches belonged to the Elsa Tree.

The branches instantly extended and pierced through the chest of The Man who was holding me.

“Gah…!”

With his death throes, the strength left The Man’s hands.

I immediately shook off his hands and ran toward Etoile. Then I grabbed Etoile, who was precariously hanging from the deck.

Thump, thump, I could hear my heartbeat.

‘If Etoile had disappeared…’

Just thinking about it was terrifying. While I was holding Etoile with both hands, having turned pale, a battle was raging behind me.

The assailants rushed toward Gremory, and Gremory entangled them with her branches.

Then, one of the assailants charged at me, but with no strength left in my body, I couldn’t escape.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

‘I’m going to die…!’

This is ridiculous. How can this be happening?

To die after even making a contract with a demon!

‘Grimoire, just you wait. When I regress, I absolutely won’t let you… Huh?’

No matter how much time passed, I felt no intense pain.

When I cautiously opened my eyes.

“Are you alright?”

A man with a familiar voice was blocking my path.

This voice…

“Duke Grimoire?”

“Are you alright?”

“Yes? Oh, I’m fine.”

Then he grabbed the neck of the man who had rushed at me with one hand, lifting him up as he spoke.

“Since you dared to lay hands on my bloodline, it won’t end with just an arm or two.”

Bloodline?

What the hell is he talking about now.

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