The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 306

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Chapter 306

The captain returned safely.

“Miss.”

He was supporting something.

When I looked at the captain, he nodded his head.

‘He brought him.’

“Trigon, is that correct?”

At my words, it raised its head.

Several of the mansion’s employees covered their mouths.

Except for having limbs, one eye, and a mouth, it didn’t look human at all.

Instead of melted skin, clumps of filth-like substance were stuck all over. Blood vessels showed through the half-protruding eyeball, parts were grotesquely torn open, and bizarrely sharp teeth jutted out crookedly from its mouth.

The foul stench emanating from him pierced my nose. Moreover, every time he exhaled, it made an unpleasant sound like scraping metal.

Just then, Fake Trigon, who had been helping me all this time, came running in.

It was truly a horrific sight.

“Is it true?! That we’ve secured Trigon is really… you.”

He discovered his friend transformed into a monster and couldn’t continue his words.

He who had been frozen as if rooted to the ground slowly approached Real Trigon.

Fake Trigon, that is, Whale, gritted his teeth.

“What a sight. How magnificent, truly.”

“…”

“What will you tell Father, what will you tell Lord Aragon? That you became like this while practicing alchemy thinking you were so great?”

“…”

“Answer me! You pathetic bas—”

It was when Whale raised his fist.

“…ale.”

Trigon, who hadn’t said a word until now, opened his mouth.

“Wh…ale.”

“…”

“Whale… Whale.”

Like a child just learning to speak, or rather, like an old man who had forgotten all language and remembered only one word, Trigon repeated only one person’s name.

Whale’s hand slowly relaxed. He barely managed to grasp the robe draped over Trigon.

“What is this state… what is…”

Tears dripped down from beneath Whale’s bowed chin.

“How did you become like this…”

No one could speak to Whale. Because there were no words to comfort him.

I quietly watched him cry sorrowfully, and heavy silence settled over the mansion.

Only after a long while did I open my mouth.

“Trigon, son of Aragon.”

“….”

“Whatever reasons you may have had, you contributed to the deaths of my people and allowed the shrine to desecrate my mother’s corpse.”

“….”

“Nevertheless, there are several reasons why I had you rescued, but the biggest reason is Whale. Because he begged me for forgiveness on your behalf.”

“….”

“Because I pitied Weil Andermi, who dedicated his life to me in order to atone.”

Trigon collapsed to his knees. The robe that someone had clearly draped over him slipped down smoothly.

He pressed his head to the ground. Whale also bowed his head deeply again with a clouded expression.

“S-s-sorry… I’m sorry… sorry…”

“Don’t apologize with just a few words, but with your life. To do that─”

“….”

“─recover first.”

Trigon and Whale looked at me with trembling eyes.

I shrugged my shoulders as if I had no choice and smiled.

“Take him to Veronica and Uncle Taylor. If necessary, get Grimoire’s help. Maternal Grandfather will assist you.”

Whale immediately dropped to his knees.

“Thank you, Miss. Thank you…”

“Thank me? This is all for my own benefit anyway.”

“…Excuse me?”

I grinned and bent down to meet Whale’s eyes.

“As soon as Trigon recovers, work with Lord Aragon, Veronica, and Grimoire to find ways to minimize the penalties of alchemy.”

“What… are you planning to use alchemy in war? How would ‘Memory Distortion’ help in war?”

“Why wouldn’t it help? If used well, there’s no treasure like it.”

I crossed my arms and turned my head toward the temple spire visible outside the window.

“We’re going to seriously weaken Neriad’s power.”

“Weakening a god’s power? Is that even possible?”

“It turns out it is. If you steal people’s faith.”

“…?”

“You see, as befits a Child of the Evil God, I’m going to steal people’s faith in a very wicked and simple way.”

I covered my mouth with both fists and laughed wickedly, giggling.

* * *

I sat around the round table with my family members and those who knew my true identity.

Isaac, who had his head tilted sideways stubbornly, looked at me.

“So what exactly happened?”

“Hm?”

“The chairman’s kidnapping and Mina’s escape.”

“Oh, that was naturally part of my plan.”

“Starting with letting Mina escape?”

“Yeah. I hired gypsies as actors to stage the whole thing. To make Mina think we were letting our guard down. I hired gypsies because none of our soldiers were any good at acting.”

“…What about the ceremonial officer?”

Here’s how that went.

As soon as the ceremonial outfit was stolen from the temple, the tracking magical device that Veronica had created activated and made the wolves pursue the outfit.

Isaac let out a hollow laugh upon hearing this.

“The chairman was imprisoned in the Vatican, which is practically the main stronghold of the temple. You’re saying you let this wolf break through the Vatican?”

“I sent people who could definitely break through.”

‘Father, Johan, Henri, and Duke Grimoire were in charge of the ceremonial officer rescue operation.’

‘Dad, Johan, Henri, and Duke Grimoire were the ones in charge of the chairman rescue operation.’

‘On top of that, I used Stefano, Emeline’s biological father, to create internal strife among the cardinals beforehand.’

‘And I used Stefano, Emylin’s biological father, to create discord among the cardinals beforehand.’

There’s no way such small fry could stand against Father, Johan, Henri, and Duke Grimoire, right?

Isaac’s jaw dropped after hearing my explanation.

There’s no way those small fries could stand a chance against Dad, Johan, Henri, and Duke Grimoire, right?

“No, I needed someone who could deceive them convincingly… You had to fight desperately for them to be fooled.”

“You didn’t tell only me about that?”

Isaac glared at me fiercely, so I quietly hid behind Father.

Henri chuckled and said.

“This is…!”

“I’m planning to take responsibility.”

Henri said with a chuckle.

“Tomorrow, I’m planning to go directly to the Imperial Palace as the one responsible for creating this battle. Father, please make the Emperor hold a public trial.”

My family members’ expressions hardened all at once.

“I’m thinking of taking responsibility.”

“That’s right, Leblaine. In a public trial, guilt is decided by votes from 3 cardinals, 3 great nobles, and 3 imperial family members. As long as cardinals are in the voting, we’re at a disadvantage.”

“Tomorrow, I plan to go to the imperial palace myself as the one responsible for creating this battle. Dad, please make the emperor conduct a public interrogation.”

“Of course!”

“What have they done so far for public trials where transparency is questioned?”

“That’s not allowed. If you mess up, you’ll be bound to the imperial palace for life, or in the worst case, face execution.”

Isaac shot up from his seat.

“Anyone would think that way, right?”

“In that place, I’m going to reveal that I’m Father and Mother’s biological daughter.”

I’ve made up my mind. To announce to everyone in the world that Dubbled’s biological daughter has returned.

“How have you been handling public hearings where transparency is questionable?”

After that, we busily ran around to make my trial into a public trial.

Ishaq jumped up.

“I know that Your Grace is the focal point of the new nobles.”

“I know the young master has been going around intimidating nobles. But I won’t be easy. My faction is united by trust, and I’m someone who has lived for half a century on stubbornness alone. I won’t easily fall to the young master…”

“I’ll reveal right then and there that I’m Dad and Mom’s biological daughter.”

I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to let everyone in the world know that Dublead’s real daughter has returned.

After that, we rushed around busily to make my interrogation a public hearing.

It was Henri who demonstrated exceptional talent in this matter.

“I know that you are the focal point of the emerging nobility.”

“I know that Confucius goes around intimidating the nobles. But I won’t be easy prey. My faction is bound together by loyalty, and I’m someone who has lived for half a century on sheer stubbornness alone. I won’t be easily defeated by Confucius…”

“Your son has been quite absorbed in an amusing pastime lately.”

“…What?”

“He’s completely obsessed with horse racing. But it seems he has no talent for it. 300,000 francs in four days… The Duke’s territory is suffering from severe drought and can’t even afford to buy water sources, so where did his son get such money?”

“…”

“How about it, shall I thoroughly investigate this?”

“…What can I possibly do about it.”

Using Previous Duke Dubbled’s account books and the nobles’ weaknesses that had been steadily gathered through the Dark Bird, plus bribes, they stirred up the nobles.

This way, Henri made even the central figure of the new nobles demand a public interrogation.

And Johan─

“Please, Miss Chevine.”

“My goodness, Your Excellency! Please don’t bow your head to me. Our lonely Silver Guard has been ready to work for Your Excellency from the beginning.”

Using the guard, he manipulated their parents.

In Isaac’s case─

“Haha, how disappointing. Did you think you could easily win me over? I expected Henri Dubbled to come, but you sent the hot-tempered youngest son instead.”

“Instead of using my head like my elder brothers, I use my body a bit.”

“Huh?”

“My specialty is beating people to death. Where should I start breaking things?”

…Well, that’s how it went.

In the end, the nobles raised both hands and feet in surrender.

After making the nobles demand a public interrogation like this, I went to the Imperial Palace myself a few days later.

The Imperial Family looked at me with stunned faces, and I cheerfully shouted.

“I’m the culprit who caused the battle between the Shrine and Dubbled, so arrest me, Your Majesty!”

The Emperor grabbed the back of his neck.

* * *

Mina was curled up tightly under her blanket.

Even though the Pope had healed her body through sacrifice, her emotional wounds couldn’t be recovered.

‘He went to Leblaine, not me.’

She couldn’t forget Neriad’s gaze as he looked at Leblaine in the Divine Space.

‘Why?’

I’m his child.

I’m the one he called a precious soul and brought here.

Then shouldn’t I be the special one?

‘The real Child of Fate wasn’t me… No!’

Mina covered her mouth.

That can’t be.

That can’t be…

But she kept feeling anxious. Because the three brothers, Adrian, and even Neriad were all misunderstanding her.

She pulled down the blanket.

“Let’s meet.”

Meet them and tell them that Leblaine stole them away by using her memories with them.

It was just as she was getting out of bed.

“Young Lady!”

The priest came rushing to find Mina in a hurry.

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