The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 304

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Chapter 304

Jung Mina lost her birth parents right after she was born, but was adopted by childless relatives and grew up in comfort.

Her Adoptive Father and Adoptive Mother weren’t bad parents.

Rather, from others’ perspective, they would have seemed like exceptionally good parents.

A beautiful Country House built on expensive prime land.

A Garden lovingly tended by the Helper Lady.

Homemade Snacks made by her Adoptive Mother.

Once a month without fail, they would go on trips under the pretext of experiential learning for Mina.

On Mina’s way Home from School, her Adoptive Mother’s car was always waiting, and if there were no special plans, they would make the rounds to the Academy together.

Growing up under her Adoptive Father and Adoptive Mother, Mina never knew what it meant to lack anything.

She was a Child beloved by those around her too.

The Teacher would sometimes secretly call Mina over to slip her things like workbooks or Snacks, and among her Friends she was always at the center.

Looking back now, it seems like she was purely happy when she was young.

Mina’s first misfortune was during the class president election in elementary School.

She had a close Friend who always stuck by her side at School, but one day That Girl started avoiding Mina.

When she asked her Parents, they said the girl had become dejected because her family’s finances had declined.

After School, Mina called her Friend aside and spoke to her sternly.

“I know you’re upset because of your family’s financial situation, but that doesn’t make it right to avoid your Friend.”

“…”

“Let’s get along well again. I’m your Friend regardless of your circumstances.”

“…”

“Starting tomorrow, let’s eat lunch together again, okay?”

“…I don’t want to.”

“That’s what I’m saying! You don’t need to worry about your circumstances!”

“I just don’t like being with you…”

“…Huh?”

That Girl, gripping the hem of her pants tightly, glared at Mina with teary eyes.

“You always do whatever you want to do…”

“…”

“I don’t like playing soccer or dodgeball… Damn, I want to play games but I always have to go out and play with you, and if I don’t play you scold me…”

“You’re sneaky.”

“What?”

“Then you should have said you didn’t like it back then, instead of hating me inside while pretending to be my Friend and staying by my side. How can you be so mean?”

“…”

“But I’ll forgive you. They say people grow by making mistakes. So now let’s start over again─”

“The other children are all like that too.”

“What?”

“The other children are all like that inside. Even the teacher!”

That girl screamed loudly.

“If they fight with you, your mother will make things hard for the other mothers. Jeongmin said the teacher only likes you because she’s getting paid!”

“Don’t lie!”

Getting tangled up in a fight happened in an instant.

Only after the teacher came running did the two separate. And only that girl got scolded.

From that moment, doubt began to creep in.

‘Is my world real?’

Wasn’t it a false world created by my adoptive parents?

I learned that my suspicion was true after Mina’s adoptive father went to prison. Below the adoptive father’s face that appeared prominently on the news was the subtitle “embezzlement.”

The gentle world became distorted.

The palace-like house changed to a shabby villa, and the kindness from teachers and friends was no longer there.

The adoptive mother began living while clutching wine bottles.

Whenever I came home, there was always a terrible smell of alcohol. The heavily drunk adoptive mother would grab Mina’s face and ramble drunkenly.

“My pretty child. Oh my, our Mina, you look just like me.”

Mina roughly shook off her arms and screamed.

“We don’t share a drop of blood, so why am I your child!”

The adoptive mother fell down and couldn’t say anything, just staring blankly at Mina.

It was sickening.

So, so much.

I threw down my bag and ran out of the house. I wandered aimlessly for a long time. There was nowhere to go.

‘This isn’t my world.’

The world I want, my real world is somewhere else.

I crouched down on the riverbank and cried for a long time before falling asleep.

And in my dream…

“Crying again. Again. What should I do with this crybaby.”

“If it’s hard, you can rest.”

“Mina.”

“Mina.”

And.

“I give you my name. From now on, no misfortune or hardship shall overflow into your daily life. Mina Amitie.”

I came to know that a real world exists.

My real world, heartbreakingly warm and gentle.

.

.

“Kyaaaah─!!”

My entire body felt like it was being torn to pieces with pain. My vision turned completely red, and Leblaine in front of me became distorted.

Leblaine also twisted her collar with a pained expression.

“Aagh!”

Beeeep─

Tinnitus cut through both their heads.

Silence came to the world.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, it was the world of light.

Looking around, I saw a girl who had been collapsed on the floor groggily getting up.

“Where is this….”

A young child who looked very much like Mina.

I hurriedly looked down at my own body.

‘I’ve become younger too.’

Mina, who had been catching her breath while brushing back her hair, spotted me.

“You, don’t tell me… Leblaine?”

“Wait a moment.”

I looked around once more.

‘That’s the place.’

The space of light where I met Serga and Neriad when I collapsed after the Suwon incident.

In this place, Serga was wearing a shabby robe, and Neriad’s face couldn’t be seen.

“Divine space….”

It wasn’t that Neriad’s soul could be overlaid onto Mother’s body that Mina had occupied.

‘The body that inherited Neriad’s blood was the passage leading to the divine space.’

My coming to this space before wasn’t a dream.

I, who inherited Mother’s blood, am also a descendant of Neriad.

That’s why I came to the divine space using my body as a medium.

Mina frowned.

“What are you talking about. Where the hell did you bring me!”

“You’re being noisy, so shut your mouth.”

“You….”

Mina, who had been glaring at me fiercely, gritted her teeth.

“How long do you plan to keep interfering with me.”

“I’m trying to sort out my thoughts, so please don’t be annoying and just stay still.”

“I tried to understand you.”

“Your way of trying to understand me was attempting the Evil God Summoning Ritual again? Stop talking nonsense.”

“It was for the world.”

I let out a deep sigh with my head down and glared at Mina.

“Maybe that was true once. But not now. You only tried to perform the summoning ritual for yourself. That wasn’t for the world—you were trying to kill me.”

“Does it make you feel better to paint me as the bad guy like that.”

“Please, can’t you just go moderately crazy? If you lose it that much, we can’t have a conversation.”

“Leblaine!”

“What!!”

When I shouted even louder than Mina, she flinched.

I waved my hands around and checked my pouch.

‘Communication Stone, Communication Stone…’

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

A Mana Condensation Orb grazed my cheek as it flew past.

The caster was Mina.

Fresh blood trickled down my cheek.

“I’ve made up my mind now. I won’t let you take anything more from me. I’ll get back my precious people whom you’ve tainted with evil. No matter what it takes.”

I touched the blood with my fingertips and slowly looked at Mina.

“…You started it first?”

“What?”

I rushed at Mina in one swift motion.

That girl screamed “Kyaak!” as she fell beneath me.

“Get off!”

“If you get off just because someone tells you to, what kind of fight is that?”

And then smack!

Mina, who got hit by me, trembled with her eyes.

“You… you…!”

“I’m someone who spent 10 years street fighting in the Back Alleys!”

“This…!”

I restrained Mina’s struggling arms with a barrier.

‘I thought I might be able to use magic.’

I was a bit worried since my outlet was blocked due to my contract with Gremory, but seeing Mina, whose physical condition was worse than mine, launch that level of condensation orb made me guess.

In this space, I might be able to use Divine Power without restrictions.

While Mina, being Pope-level, would have more Divine Power, if this was a space where Divine Power could be used without limits, then I had the advantage with superior control.

Mina struck my back with her knee.

“I won’t let you get away with this!”

“This is really…!”

That’s when it happened.

“Child.”

The men’s voices could be heard.

Serga, wearing a shabby robe, was looking at us from the east.

When Serga waved his hand through the air, my body instantly floated up, and Serga approached me.

When I opened my eyes wide, Serga smiled faintly and stroked my reddened cheek.

“Then and now, you truly are a soul overflowing with energy.”

“She hit me first!”

When I whined like I was tattling, Serga looked at Mina while holding me in his arms.

Mina looked at Serga with trembling eyes.

“You are…”

In an instant, Mina’s body flew in the opposite direction.

“Creature created by a god from another world.”

“…”

“If you lay a hand on my child once more, it will not end with just a warning.”

“…You’re not God Neriad. Could you possibly be an evil god?”

That’s when it happened.

“Serga.”

A chillingly low voice echoed through this space.

The gathering darkness soon took human form, and a man with a very familiar face appeared.

“Neriad.”

When I muttered, Mina’s expression brightened.

Just as she was about to run toward Neriad.

Neriad brushed past her and approached us.

“Come here, Leblaine.”

Mina looked at Neriad, who had brushed past her, with an expression of disbelief.

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