The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

At those words, the Pro-Duke Faction nobles raised their voices.

“Your Grace, please watch your words!”

“The Young Lady is a Child of Fate verified by the Temple!”

The Elder Faction nobles also opened their mouths, not backing down.

“But why have we never once seen her use Divine Power?”

“Which of you has witnessed the Young Lady’s Divine Power?”

“Especially as a child, she wouldn’t be able to control her power, so it should show even inadvertently.”

This must have been their second objective.

To steal away the Pro-Duke Faction nobles’ trust in me.

At that moment, the Duke, who had been sitting with his eyes closed while pressing his temples, spoke.

“How amusing.”

Though his voice was low and quiet, it was intimidating enough to make one’s spine shudder.

As he slowly lifted his eyelids, a sharp gleam arose in his cold, blue eyes.

Under his suffocating gaze, the Elder and his allied nobles swallowed dryly.

The Elder and the retainers advocating for Cattleya’s adoption all knelt at once.

“Please look after the Territory Residents. Everything is for the glory of Dubbled.”

“For the glory of Dubbled!”

“For the glory!”

Most of the retainers gathered in the Audience Chamber shouted together for Dubbled’s glory.

I was going crazy and wanted to jump around.

‘Don’t do it, you idiots!’

They seemed to think that if they pushed with numbers, even the Duke would have no choice, but that was absolutely not the case.

In the future, there was an incident where the retainers used the Petition of Names, the Senate’s highest authority for conveying decisions.

More than half the nobles of the vast Dubbled Territory had united to petition the Duke.

At that time, Duke Dubbled buried alive all the nobles who had written the Petition of Names.

If all of them died now, the Temple would take me away again, claiming the Duke wasn’t a suitable father to raise me.

‘I have no choice but to do this.’

I shouted “Wow!” and ran toward the box containing the mineral.

“Is this really pretty?”

When I asked innocently, Viscount Dubois said in confusion, “Ah, Young Lady.”

The Elder narrowed his eyes and said,

“If the Young Lady can break the barrier, then yes it would be.”

“Then Lea wants to try!”

The lips of those who had advocated for Cattleya’s adoption twisted.

Their expressions said, “As if you could do it.”

Cattleya said “Well…” pretending to be concerned.

“If you don’t have enough Divine Power to dispel the barrier, it will be dangerous.”

Even North, Viscount Dubois, and the Young Masters seemed to think I couldn’t do it.

“Leblaine, it’s dangerous so leave it alone.”

“Yeah, I’ll buy you better toys!”

I knew well that it would be dangerous for me too.

I probably couldn’t do it. No, it was certain I absolutely couldn’t.

I felt it the moment I held the mineral.

It wasn’t at a level I could handle.

It was surrounded by triple barriers, and I could even feel some strange, unknown energy from within the mineral.

‘But I might be able to at least appraise what kind of mineral it is.’

Appraisal doesn’t require strong Divine Power.

You just need to push a very thin thread-like force through the gaps.

Then calculate the quality of the power contained within to determine what element it is.

Rather, it was something I could do precisely because my Divine Power was weak.

If it were strong, it would readily dispel barriers, so those with weak power developed their abilities in ways like this.

‘I just need to confirm whether this can really summon a water spirit.’

If it can’t summon one, then there’s no need to fight over having Cattleya dispel the mineral’s barrier.

I carefully infused Divine Power into the mineral.

That was the moment.

KRAAAAAAASH—!!!

A bright red light burst from the mineral and simultaneously the palace shook violently as if an earthquake had struck.

Bang!

Crash!

Cracks appeared in the walls and ceiling, and broken fragments fell down.

“What, what is this.”

Everyone was panicking and running around in confusion.

The Duke bolted upright.

“Leblaine!”

“Little One!”

Henri and Isaac hurriedly released their mana. Seals identical to the Activation Seals that appeared on their hands floated above my head.

But the barrier that had been blocking the wall fragments soon scattered with a sharp cracking sound.

“What, why is my power…”

It was when Isaac muttered in disbelief.

My vision became hazy, and then a voice flowed into my ears.

[Finally, I’ve met Little One.]

It was the first time I heard that voice clearly, which had always seemed to have static and noise.

But before I could assess the situation, the surroundings turned into complete chaos.

Soon, black circles formed in the air and figures in black hoods appeared.

A figure wearing a gold-trimmed hood hastily removed his hat and shouted.

“Is this massive Divine Power an attack from the Temple!”

Then the others raised their staffs and said.

“No matter if thousands of battle Priests come, it’s useless. Dubbled’s Mages will annihilate you!”

“Thousands? Tens of thousands?!”

Then they swiftly looked around.

‘Ah, someone please knock me unconscious.’

The Mages looked at me with bewildered faces.

‘Why are the waves coming from a child…?’ was written on their expressions.

But I was just as confused about what was happening. I had only tried to appraise a mineral, but suddenly I heard a voice and Divine Power burst out powerfully.

“Isn’t that Young Lady?”

The Mage wearing the Gold-Trimmed Robe reached his hand toward me.

[How dare you─!]

The voice screamed sharply. And before I could stop it, Divine Power more powerful than before burst out.

‘Don’t!’

I thought desperately in my head, trying to stop it somehow.

But at that moment.

“Cough!”

Cattleya collapsed and covered her mouth. Fresh blood dripped between her fingers.

‘What the hell did that voice just do…’

The surroundings became even more chaotic.

“Kyaaaah─!”

Screams erupted beyond the Audience Chamber and outside as well.

Bang! Bang! The Retainers who were hit by falling debris groaned loudly.

When the situation reached this point, the Gold-Trimmed Robe shouted “Formation!” As soon as he did, the robed figures surrounded me and deployed a Defensive Formation.

[Who dares threaten my Little One!]

The voice became even more enraged, and I became terribly frightened.

I didn’t want to attack people, but the Power wouldn’t subside at all. No, rather, it became more intense whenever my tension and fear grew.

It seemed to be because of that voice that appeared to have lost its reason.

Sharp attacks continued. The Mages were gradually pushed back, and finally the Gold-Trimmed Robe raised the Wand he was holding. It was a signal to cast offensive Magic.

Then.

“Stop!”

It was Duke’s voice.

“But to block the Divine Power, we need to separate that stone from Young Lady…!”

The flustered gold-trimmed figure said, but Duke only approached me silently.

With each step closer, waves of Divine Power blocked his path. However, they were soon shattered by Duke’s Mana.

This happened several times over. The waves blocked him, were destroyed, and regenerated again.

The waves shattered with sharp bursting sounds and poured down on him like glass shards.

Even as dark red blood flowed endlessly down his arms, he came all the way to stand before me.

“It’s okay.”

“….”

“It’s okay, Leblaine.”

He placed his hand over the back of mine.

The moment I felt the warm warmth, my strength drained away and the stone that seemed stuck to my hand dropped to the floor with a thud.

And I collapsed into the Duke’s arms.

* * *

After that, I was moved to my room.

The doctor examined me and said there was nothing wrong with my body. Even I felt like there wasn’t any particular problem with my physical condition.

I was fine, but the Imperial Palace was in complete chaos.

When I left the Audience Chamber earlier, the way the Retainers looked at me was pure terror.

‘How should I… handle this situation.’

But this wasn’t the only problem.

[Little One, are you okay? Hm?]

This thing that keeps chattering in my head.

This voice was the biggest problem.

Every time I heard the voice, strength drained from my entire body. On top of that, I kept getting hungry and sleepy.

And tears kept coming, making it seem like I was gradually losing the ability to maintain Adult Thinking.

‘Let me organize the situation for now.’

In my past three lives, I had never heard such a voice even once.

It was also the first time I learned that my Divine Power was this strong.

‘Did something change when I regressed this time? No, if that were the case, the Priests would have noticed before I came to Dubbled.’

It seemed like my Divine Power had grown stronger because of the voice.

And I started hearing the voice from when I touched the Newit.

‘That’s right. It was written in the First Emperor’s records. That Newit is a key.’

Did the key awaken me?

If so, then the sudden strengthening of my Divine Power makes sense too.

‘Then am I really the Child of Fate?! …No, that’s not it.’

There are three conditions for the Child of Fate.

1. Born on February 29th.

2. Possess Divine Power.

3. Manifest God’s Crest.

These three are prerequisites for sealing the Evil God.

Mina was suitable for all three and succeeded in sealing the Evil God. I, who had been the sacrifice for the seal, knew this best.

‘I will absolutely never dream foolish dreams in this life.’

In my first life, I was truly too young and didn’t know anything, but this time, absolutely not.

‘Huh? Come to think of it, how have I been maintaining and using Adult Thinking so well in this life?’

It would have been impossible in my second or third lives.

I thought it was because I ate and slept well, but that wasn’t it.

‘This is also because my power has awakened.’

[Baby, are you alright? Hmm?]

The voice came again, so I thought.

‘Who exactly are you? No, who are you?’

[I cannot tell you that until you gain the qualification.]

It was a dejected voice.

‘How do I gain that qualification?’

[I cannot tell you that either. Only after you gain the qualification can Little One and I have a proper conversation. But Little One already knows where the qualification lies. So… Ugh!]

The voice let out a small scream and muttered.

[Even this is not permitted. I have no more words I can say to Little One.]

Though the voice said that, I got a hint from the words “where it lies.”

‘So it’s an object.’

If it’s an object special enough to be called a qualification, there’s only one.

‘The Second Etoile.’

[But is your body alright? Little One. Are you too exhausted to answer? Ah, if only he were here at times like this…! Should I not have been the first one. This heart aches. Little One must gain the qualification soon, so that he can help Little One…]

‘I’m fine.’

When I thought weakly, the voice quickly answered [Yes!]

‘Could you please be quiet? I think I’m going to pee.’

Every time the voice spoke, my Adult Thinking grew faint and the child in me emerged.

Seeing that I even thought “pee” in my thoughts, I might have already emerged.

Imagining the day I’d wet the bed made me shudder with horror.

‘I need to hurry and go find the Etoile before I completely become a child.’

I bolted upright from the bed.

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