The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 301

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Chapter 301

“I cannot give you an answer.”

“Because Lord Gremory is a demon under Neriad’s command…”

“…”

When I hung my head dejectedly, she said.

“However, I can ask you a question.”

“…Yes?”

“From ancient times until now, across such a long, long span of time, why were you reborn as Lisette’s child after gaining life again?”

“…”

“Being as clever as you are, you should be able to find the answer.”

At that moment, Gremory’s form became transparent.

“Is this as far as I go?”

She murmured and smiled sadly.

I shouted “Lord Gremory!” but she vanished before I could do anything.

As soon as Gremory disappeared, the door burst open and my family and Taylor came in. They seemed to have heard me shouting.

Isaac, who ran over first, grabbed hold of me.

“Little one.”

Just as he was about to ask if I was alright, Taylor pushed between us.

“The doctor will check if she’s okay, so step back.”

While Taylor examined me, my family was making a commotion.

“Youngest, are you alright?”

“Leblaine, did you meet Gremory?”

“What happened on the Calosium Ship? Tell us the details, little one.”

“Don’t make such a fuss and ask one at a time. Dahlia, go get some water.”

During all this, I was blankly organizing my thoughts.

Demon bloodline.

A family that possesses summoning seals.

And Neriad.

Just then, I saw someone through the open door.

‘Former Duke Grimoire.’

And beside him was Duke Grimoire as well.

The former duke, who had been hesitating for a moment, carefully entered the room.

“…Are you alright?”

“…”

He approached me and slowly placed his hand on my shoulder.

This was the first time I had seen him this close.

“I have confirmed with Duke Dubbled. Leblaine is the ‘bloodline of the oath’ recorded in the First Family Head’s records.”

“Yes, how could I not have known. She looks so much like that child’s eyes I saw in the portrait.”

From the conversation between Duke Grimoire and him on the Calosium Ship, I felt that my speculation was true.

So he is my…

“Grandfather?”

When I asked, he swallowed dryly.

“Are you really our grandfather?”

“…Yes.”

“…”

“Yes, Leblaine.”

“…”

Taylor quietly withdrew, and the family members looked at me and the Former Duke Grimoire with blurred eyes.

“Why didn’t you come find us?”

“…”

“It seems like you knew we were Lisette’s children.”

He took my hand very carefully and said nothing. As if he had no face to show, as if he were a criminal.

There was an awkward atmosphere flowing between him and my brothers.

I stared at his trembling hands and said.

“Johan can’t sleep well. He thinks that if he sleeps one more hour, his siblings will suffer for that amount of time. It seems foolish, but it’s not that he’s a fool—he has a strong sense of responsibility.”

The Former Duke looked at Johan, and Johan flinched.

“Youngest.”

I didn’t respond to Johan’s words and looked at Grandfather.

“Henri specializes in intimidation and has tax evasion as a hobby. He was afraid of old men because of Dubbled’s Previous Duke. Isaac looks violent, but he’s actually the most affectionate person.”

Henri and Isaac also flinched.

I drooped my eyebrows and smiled.

“And Father loved Mother very much. Very, very much.”

“…”

“The reason I’m telling you these things is because my brothers are precious to me.”

“…”

“I wish there was even one more person my brothers could love with peace of mind.”

“…Leblaine.”

I tapped Grandfather’s chest.

“It’s not that I’m forgiving Grandfather… That’s not it! It’s because my brothers are precious to me!”

The Former Duke Grimoire embraced me as I shouted with a pale face.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

“Why did you only come now! How much I and my brothers needed a grandfather!”

“Yes, I’m a criminal. I misunderstood your father and did terrible things to you.”

“Father is a good person.”

“Yes.”

Grandfather, who gently brushed back my disheveled hair, smiled faintly.

“Your mother?”

“Yes. What kind of person was Mother?”

“Someone who didn’t know how to cry. When she was in pain, she would smile instead of crying.”

I couldn’t bring myself to hate the Former Duke Grimoire.

Whenever I saw aspects that resembled Mother, my heart ached deeply.

I bit my lips tightly, and Grandfather gently stroked my cheek with his large hand.

“I swear. I will give all of my remaining life to you siblings.”

“….”

“As long as I live, nothing that stands in your way will survive.”

He made that vow over and over again.

Henri and Isaac spoke with helpless resignation.

“Should we have her call you Grandfather? We hope there’s at least one more person the Little One can love with peace of mind.”

“As you wish.”

Johan smiled faintly.

Grandfather looked at me with affectionate eyes…

‘Huh?’

The image of the blonde woman I had seen in ancient times overlapped with his face.

“From ancient times until now, across such a long span of time, what could be the reason you gained new life and were born as Lisette’s child?”

‘The reason I was born as Mother’s daughter, as Grimoire’s bloodline, could it be…!’

I quickly grabbed Grandfather’s sleeve.

“Does the Grimoire family have a Summoning Circle?”

“Summoning Circle?”

“I mean a demon’s Summoning Circle.”

Grandfather and Duke Grimoire exchanged glances.

Duke Grimoire shook his head.

“There’s no such thing as a Summoning Circle. However, there is a gem left by the First Family Head. I heard from Duke Dubbled that you call it a ‘Passage.'”

He pulled out an emerald the size of a child’s fist from his chest.

Thump─!!

The moment I saw it, I felt a strange, intense pain in my chest.

“Leblaine!”

Johan and Henri quickly rushed to me.

“What’s wrong?”

“Are you okay?”

I could tell at a glance. The demon who had that as a passage must have possessed tremendous power.

‘Emerald. Who was the demon that had an emerald as their passage?’

As I searched through my memories, I covered my mouth.

“Baal….”

Duke Grimoire said.

“Yes, the First Family Head who founded the family with the power of the prophetic demon said that a child of the Sacred Oath would be born to the family, and he entrusted us to pass this on to that child.”

“Show me the First Family Head’s records!”

“What?”

“The Family Head’s records! I need to see them!”

Perhaps I might be able to find someone who inherited Neriad’s blood.

* * *

The Duke, who had brought the First Family Head’s records from Grimoire Library, muttered with displeasure.

“Leaking the family’s internal documents. And to Dubbled, no less.”

Grandfather, who was examining the Family Head’s records with me, said nonchalantly.

“Stop standing there being annoying and either leave or help. Pick one.”

“The person who was the Head of Grimoire has too little sense of responsibility. I could tell from the moment I saw his illegitimate child.”

Just as he was grumbling, I held up the First Head of Grimoire’s diary and shouted.

“Please interpret this. Here, right here. This character is ‘demon,’ right?”

Grandfather, who had been glaring at Duke Grimoire, instantly became cheerful and looked at the spot I was pointing to.

All of Grimoire’s internal documents were written in a cipher passed down only to Family Heads, so Grandfather and the Duke’s help was essential.

Grandfather read the diary with a pleased expression, saying “Yes, yes,” as if looking at a whining granddaughter.

[On days when it rains heavily, I think of the demon who left three years ago.

Before the founding of the nation, a man with golden hair appeared before me as I was dying from enemy arrows.

He saved me with a mysterious medicine and returned me to a base over 2,000km away with a special power I had never seen before.

Having survived like that, I was able to annihilate the enemy forces with the help of the prophetic demon.

Perhaps the Empire was able to be established on this land entirely thanks to the prophetic demon.]

‘He appeared without being summoned?’

I gasped and covered my mouth in shock.

Grandfather continued reading the diary.

[The demon would rarely tell his own stories.

He said he was a traveler.

That he was traveling through eternal time to find the child of the Sacred Oath and end this war.

At the time, I thought it was about the founding war, but thinking about it now, perhaps it was the story of another war.]

‘War… Could he be talking about the war between God Serga and God Neriad?’

[The demon prophesied that the child of the Sacred Oath would be born through my bloodline, and told me a ‘secret.’ I leave this record for the descendant of the Sacred Oath who will someday be born.]

“A secret? A secret?”

When I spoke, Duke Grimoire and Grandfather said with puzzled voices.

“Haven’t we never heard of any demon records existing?”

“Right. Were they lost over time?”

“That can’t be. The founding records were strictly preserved. Every single note and hobby material is still there, isn’t it?”

‘Hobby materials?’

I grabbed Duke Grimoire.

“Hobbies?”

“From ancient to modern languages, domestic and foreign languages. He collected written characters from every language. Alphabets, that is. We can’t interpret them since he didn’t leave explanatory notes.”

“Can I see them?”

Duke Grimoire brought me several musty-smelling books.

They were books that collected all the written characters existing in the world, from Imperial Language to Cartonia and others.

“What’s this now?”

Isaac, who peeked his face over, looked at a certain page and giggled.

“I’ve never seen this kind of language. Is it a native language? This one looks like a human spreading their arms and legs, and this one looks like someone wearing a hat.”

“Chieut and Hieut.”

“What?”

“…It’s the language from Cheolsu’s world.”

“Your familiar? Didn’t he live in the same world as Mina?”

“Yes, I’m certain. This is Hangul that Cheolsu taught me!”

I had learned it from him for fun two years ago, and Hangul was an easy language to learn. Easy enough to master in just one year.

I haltingly read the sentence written below the Hangul characters.

“Are, you, looking, for, God’s, blood?”

…What?

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