The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

After a long time, I rode in a carriage and left the Imperial Palace.

Because Cattleya and the Baron Couple had reported my Divine Power to the Temple, I was heading to a Nearby Temple to have my Divine Power re-verified.

Duke Dubbled didn’t want to send me, but Viscount Dubois earnestly persuaded him.

“Young Lady has demonstrated Power that even Dubbled’s elite Mages couldn’t withstand. There might be some unknown condition that the Doctor is unaware of. There’s a need to receive an accurate diagnosis at the Temple.”

Of course, it was persuasion that included concern for Dubbled, not just worry about me.

If they didn’t send me, relations with the Temple would become irreparably strained.

Anyway, when talk of my health came up, Duke Dubbled had no choice but to agree to send me.

I looked Outside the Window with a resigned expression.

[Little One, you don’t seem to be in a good mood.]

‘Yes.’

[Why?]

Because as Cattleya said, my Divine Power has become this strong, so I might be dragged to the Central Temple.

[Then shall I destroy the Temple for you?]

‘You can do that?!’

[If I use up all of Little One’s Divine Power, probably.]

Pshh, my spirits deflated.

It’s better to die than go insane.

If I die, I’ll regress with my sanity intact, but if I go mad, I won’t be able to die and will be passed around as the Temple’s tool.

‘No, let’s think positively.’

The 【Goddess’s Tears】, which was Bune’s wish, was at the Temple I was heading to now.

If I find an opportunity to secretly give it to Bune, I can send him back. Then I won’t have to worry about becoming a child or going insane from exhausting all my Divine Power.

‘I need to find the Goddess’s Tears as quickly as possible.’

Just as I was thinking that, the Carriage stopped.

Thinking we had arrived, I peeked my head out, but we were still at the Mountain Foothills where the Temple was located.

“My apologies, Young Lady. There’s a problem with the wheel.”

At that, the faces of the Guards inside the Carriage twisted grimly.

“Did you depart without properly maintaining the Carriage?”

“Uh, it rained yesterday so the roads are all muddy and the wheels got caked with mud.”

The coachman was pitifully pale with fright.

“It’s okay.”

I calmed the Wolves down with the excuse that it would take a long time to climb the mountain anyway, so I wanted to rest a bit.

When I stepped outside, countless war horses were lined up as if it were a merchant group’s trading caravan.

An entire company of the Dubbled Knights had come as my escort.

All those people moved one step when I moved one step, and stopped together when I stopped.

I looked at them with bleary eyes.

“I’ll be around here. Everyone rest.”

Just in case I got caught stealing the Goddess’s Tears, I needed to find an escape route.

“That’s a troubling order, Young Lady.”

I turned around and shouted “Lea!”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

“It’s okay if Lea comes with me.”

“That’s…”

Before she could say anything, the guards jumped up.

“How could a woman’s body perfectly protect the Young Lady?”

I tilted my head curiously.

“Are you stronger than Lea?”

“Well, of course…”

“Lea is also from the Wolves, right?”

“What?!”

His eyes widened as if he didn’t know she was from the Wolves, Dubbled’s elite force.

Lea smiled brightly and said.

“What class?”

“438th class…”

“I’m 372nd class. The current vice-captain used to run errands for me often.”

“…!”

When the Guard Captain flinched in surprise, Lea patted his shoulder.

Thanks to Lea often making the Wolves vice-captain run errands, I was able to familiarize myself with the path.

The mountain where the shrine was located was lush with greenery despite being winter, like Dubbled’s garden.

‘They must be maintaining the temperature with spinel. This place must receive a lot of donations.’

I walked around looking here and there. The sun was hidden behind clouds so it was a bit dark, but it wasn’t particularly difficult to look around.

Lea walked at an appropriate distance so as not to interfere with me.

Then I spotted a tree with unusually pale leaves and my eyes widened.

‘Jackpot! It’s an Elsa Tree!’

That was a truly precious tree.

It was a tree that grew by feeding on divine power, so its leaves had mystical effects.

‘If I dry the leaves and sell them, it’s 50 francs per gram!’

My eyes lit up and I dashed toward the Elsa tree.

I was grabbing the tree trunk and standing on my tiptoes to pluck the leaves.

Rustle, along with the sound of grass brushing, I heard signs of someone behind the tree.

In that moment, the clouds parted and the sun emerged.

As the surroundings brightened and the tree branches lifted, a boy with melting beautiful blonde hair revealed himself through them.

“You are….”

And I froze completely.

Brilliantly shining golden hair, vivid ruby red eyes.

I knew this boy with beautiful looks that rivaled Duke Dubbled.

With appearance, physical abilities, and mana that stood shoulder to shoulder with Dubbled’s Three Young Masters, plus bloodline that was the finest in the nation─

‘Adrian Luerge.’

The Emperor’s only legitimate heir and the man who would later be appointed Crown Prince for his achievements in settling the Holy Demon War.

‘You can meet the Crown Prince while taking a walk….’

And that too, near Dubbled Territory, far from the Imperial Capital.

I swallowed my dry saliva.

My heart was beating so violently it seemed like it would jump out of my mouth.

If it had been another prince, I wouldn’t have been this shocked. Because it was Adrian, because it was that kid, my mind went completely blank.

Because he shouldn’t be here right now.

‘He should be dethroned this winter and expelled from the Imperial Palace!’

That event definitely happens around this time.

Marquis Chatelet, Adrian’s maternal grandfather and father of the deceased Empress, plotted a rebellion to put his grandson on the throne.

But he failed, Marquis Chatelet died, and Adrian was dethroned.

And only at fifteen was he appointed as the youngest cardinal and had his status restored.

‘The future has changed.’

But why?

The future only changes in one case.

‘When I do something.’

But what did I do to Adrian that changed the future?

Why didn’t Marquis Chatelet plot the rebellion?

Why is this kid here!

While I was confused, something gently touched my nose.

When I opened my eyes wide, I saw two small fish made of water floating in the air.

[That boy’s power is remarkable. To give consciousness to something created with Divine Power.]

At Bune’s words, I nodded inwardly.

Of course it would be. That’s why he gets appointed as cardinal at fifteen, even as a dethroned prince.

“Ami, Amand. Come here.”

At Adrian’s words, the smaller fish immediately returned, but the larger fish kept looking back at me and returned with its tail drooping. It seemed reluctant to go.

‘It’s more like a puppy than a fish.’

As I was thinking that, his gaze reached me.

“Who are you? How did you get inside my barrier?”

“Huh?”

“How did you see the Elsa Tree?”

Did he use a barrier to make it invisible?

‘But why was I able to see it?’

[Since Little One likes to look around, I made it visible for you!]

But even so, I shouldn’t have been able to enter the barrier, right?

[Little One seemed to want to go toward the tree, so I broke through the barrier!]

Bune said cheerfully.

‘How could you do such a thing on your own!’

Unless the other party attacks me, breaking through a barrier without permission is extremely, terribly, very rude.

Non-offensive barriers redirect space around them, so you can pass through without necessarily breaking them.

‘So this is like slapping someone who’s just standing there!’

Adrian was generally lenient toward his people, but that didn’t make him an easy man.

In some ways, he was chillingly cold. Especially toward those who attacked him.

He was the type of thorough man who would never let even the tiniest spark directed at him survive.

“I asked who you are.”

Here’s the problem.

I just did something equivalent to slapping a thorough child who would become Crown Prince after being a Cardinal. So what should I do?

“My name is Isaac!”

I smiled brightly.

“Isaac?”

“Yeah!”

“This mountain can only be entered by authorized people. How did you get in?”

“Uh, um… I’m a page of the Dubbled Knights.”

He stared at me intently.

I seemed too young for him to believe.

[That… The Man just checked Little One’s mana. How dare he─!]

Well, since I said something hard to believe, he must have verified it.

And just checking the amount of mana wasn’t particularly bad.

It’s not like he drew my power toward himself to check whether my mana was Divine Power or magic.

‘More importantly, weren’t you about to say brat?’

Bune became quiet.

Anyway, Adrian seemed to have checked the amount of my Divine Power and believed that I was a page.

This was because there were often cases where noble houses would secretly take children with Divine Power before they could enter the Temple and use them as knights.

Moreover, my clothes really did look as plain as a servant’s, which would have made it more convincing.

“So you brought in a servant to attend to the Child of Fate.”

Adrian looked at me and quietly muttered, “That must be tough.”

“Go on.”

“…You’re really letting me go?”

But I broke the barrier?

Even an adult would have been furious and smacked my forehead for that.

“Because you’re just a child.”

To say that, Adrian was quite young himself.

He’s four years older than me, so he must be eight now. Though I suppose he could be considered nine since New Year’s is about two weeks away.

‘Anyway, let me escape quickly.’

“Thank you.”

I tried to go back, but I crashed into thin air with a thud!

“Ugh…”

‘Bune! If you let me in, you should let me out too!’

[Little One told me not to do things on my own…]

The clueless Bune said sullenly.

Just then.

Rumble.

With a small vibration, a thin light rose from Adrian’s hand.

And soon a small door appeared in the barrier.

I glanced around cautiously and said quietly, “Thank you for this too.”

“Bye!”

I waved my hand nonchalantly and stepped through the door.

In the distance, I could hear Lea calling “Where are you?” as she looked for me. I was so focused on running toward her that I didn’t notice the change at the time.

That my bumped forehead no longer throbbed with pain.

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