The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 300

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Chapter 300

I had a dream.

It was a dream featuring God Serga from ancient times and Neriad from when he was a seer.

Neriad, in the form of a young man, shouted sharply at Serga.

[There are countless humans who are starving and sick, but those in power lock their warehouses and share nothing with the pitiful. Why does God simply stand by and watch?]

[Because I must observe.]

[Isn’t it the role of God to embrace humanity! You should take grain from those who have it and distribute it to those who starve. Children are going hungry. There are parents who can do nothing but shed tears watching their dying children.]

[If I take the grain and give it to them, what happens after that?]

[Pardon?]

[When such moments come again, they will expect to rely on me. In the end, humans will merely submit to the fate created by God.]

[So you’ll just watch the pitiful humans die? Sophistry, sophistry!]

Neriad lunged at Serga.

The seers whose faces couldn’t be seen hurriedly pulled him away, but Neriad shouted with veins bulging in his neck.

[As expected, you don’t want to do anything. Just like when I could only endlessly watch dying Leblaine!]

[….]

[You don’t know how soul-eating such a thing is. Humans are just your playthings!]

The seers beside Serga scolded Neriad.

[Insolent!]

[Please stop, Lord Neriad!]

Among the seers, I saw familiar faces.

Bune with a troubled expression, Pur looking back and forth between Neriad and Serga not knowing what to do, and Paimon with a hardened face.

Several seers subdued Neriad and dragged him away. Even while being dragged, his shouting never ceased.

[If this is how it would be, why did you create humans! Why did you give emotions to humans who are merely tools to shake off your loneliness!]

[….]

[Cowardly Serga, I hate you!]

God Serga turned his head toward the window.

Neriad, who had been dragged out, was pushed by the seers.

Neriad, who had collapsed as if sprawling, covered his eyes with his hands.

After hanging his head for a long while, he weakly lifted his body.

Walking wearily, when he arrived at the log house below the shrine, someone was running around frantically in front of the house.

[What are you doing, Leblaine.]

[I stacked firewood to bring to Aunt York’s house. Did you eat?]

The ancient ‘me’ looked at Neriad with a bright smile.

Neriad gazed intently at the skinny ‘me’.

Thin clothes even in the dead of winter, hollow cheeks.

So thin that she didn’t look her age at all.

[Are you eating properly? I told you to take care of yourself even when I’m not here.]

[I am taking care of myself!]

Grumble.

When her tactless stomach growled, ‘I’ smiled awkwardly.

Neriad squeezed his eyes shut as if suppressing anger.

[What happened to all the food people offered at the altar, and you haven’t even eaten. Did you give it all away to people again?]

[Well…]

[The only reason I live is for you alone, so why… why…]

His voice became wet, and ‘I’ fidgeted, not knowing what to do.

[It’s not like that, I do eat at other times, I eat two meals…!]

[…]

Neriad turned around. Watching him walk away from the house weakly, ‘I’ cried out desperately.

[Older Brother, where are you going. Older Brother!]

Neriad, who had reached the riverside, collapsed with a thud.

He covered his blurred eyes with his rough, dry hands and shed tears silently.

Then, someone grabbed his shoulder.

A beautiful woman with flowing, luscious red hair.

‘Gremory.’

Only then did I realize.

‘I’m not dreaming right now. This is Gremory’s memory.’

Gremory called to him in a flat voice.

[Neriad.]

[…How long will human suffering continue.]

[…]

[If suffering disappeared from the Human World, my younger sister wouldn’t give away everything she has without even having food to eat.]

He cried. With his face horribly contorted.

[Take my hand, not Serga’s.]

[….]

[Promise me that you’ll help create a world where my younger sister can be happy, Gremory.]

[….]

[Help me.]

Gremory, meeting Neriad’s gaze, answered in a flat voice.

[Alright.]

Gremory gained the ‘wisdom’ of healing because she deeply cherished humans.

She was a woman of the same age as Neriad, and the two were close friends.

Even before Neriad waged war against God Serga, she followed him to various regions to save sick humans.

And when the war broke out….

[Gremory, you traitor! Why do you betray God Serga and follow Neriad who falsely claims to be a god!]

…she became Neriad’s subordinate.

Because she loved humans too much.

* * *

“Huk!”

I woke from the dream gasping while clutching my collar.

Looking around, I saw familiar walls.

‘My room….’

It seemed I had returned from the Calosium Ship.

I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead with the back of my hand and caught my breath.

“Are you alright, child.”

It was Gremory’s voice.

I was startled and looked to the side.

She had manifested in human form and was looking at me.

I could see Adrian in her expressionless face.

“You showed me that dream, didn’t you, Gremory?”

“I cannot answer.”

“You can’t answer me because you’re a demon under Neriad while I’m the Child of Fate of God Serga.”

Because she couldn’t say anything, she showed me the ancient memories.

I sighed.

‘If she’s a demon under Neriad, I can’t make her my familiar as I please.’

She wanted to let me know that.

Something could go wrong if I tried to make them into familiars.

“Didn’t Gremory kill anyone?”

“You mean humans.”

“Yes. That’s why you remember Ancient Times, right?”

“Clever child.”

I let out a sigh.

“What’s the reason I collapsed?”

“Because you made a contract with me. When demons and humans make contracts, demons usually take the human’s lifespan or soul. But I couldn’t steal the lifespan and soul from you, who was my son’s partner and close friend in a past life.”

“So you took Divine Power instead?”

“That’s right.”

“How can this contract end?”

“If you send me back.”

“Do I need to grant your wish?”

Gremory nodded.

I asked.

“What is your wish, Gremory?”

“…Persuade my friend.”

I flinched and furrowed my brow.

Gremory’s friend would be Neriad.

“You want me to meet Neriad? That’s impossible. God Serga told me. Neriad lost his body and wandered for a long time, losing his reason, leaving only resentment.”

“What if there was a chance to meet him while he still has his reason?”

“…What?”

“If he lost his reason because he has no body, then we just need to give him a body.”

“There’s a vessel, no, a body that can contain a god’s soul?”

Gremory slowly approached me.

She gently held my cheek and spoke in an affectionate voice.

“Do you know why humans know demon summoning methods?”

“…Summoning methods?”

“Valois House having Glashalabolas’s summoning circle, Nodelli House possessing Ivan’s records, and Marquis Chatelet House knowing my summoning circle.”

I flinched.

“How do you know that?”

“You mustn’t forget that I was once this Empire’s Empress. I know more than you think.”

“…Why did Valois, Nodelli, and Chatelet know the summoning circles?”

“I cannot say. But clever you can guess.”

Saying that, she spoke as if giving a hint.

“I can bear children. I am Adrian’s mother.”

“…!”

I gasped.

“Demons can have children too! Those with demon blood possessed their ancestors’ summoning circles.”

“Truly clever.”

She said this with a bright smile, and I opened my eyes wide and asked.

“But that’s strange. Adrian has tremendous power. That must be because he’s Gremory’s son, so why don’t people from other families have such power?”

“Because I am the only female-bodied demon.”

“Don’t tell me….”

Probably male-bodied demons would manifest as humans and unite with women to bear children.

But Gremory, being female-bodied, bears children directly. The amount of power transmitted must be different.

“Thus, demons who can manifest in female form are rare. If one were to shapeshift into a woman and bear a child, even less power could be transmitted.”

“Do demons leave summoning seals for the sake of those who bore their children?”

“Yes.”

“Then are there also those who carry Neriad’s blood?”

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