The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41

It was when he grinned wickedly.

“…Huh?”

Urso’s hand was grotesquely twisted in an instant.

Thud─!!!

His body flew and crashed into the wall as if nailed there.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Crushed chairs flew through the air and embedded themselves above his head, below his feet, and beside both arms. Like darts.

It happened in an instant, without even time to scream.

‘Wow…’

I was impressed, and Urso was on the verge of fainting.

In the chapel that had fallen silent from shock, the sound of Bune’s footsteps echoed low – tap, tap.

He stared at the pale-faced Urso with emotionless eyes.

“Foolish one.”

Urso’s eyes widened. It seemed he only realized Bune was male after hearing his voice.

“Would you prefer having your scrotum crushed, or your testicles bent?”

“Wh, what… what…”

“Oh, don’t worry. If you dislike both options, there’s also the method of bursting your buttocks, you bastard.”

With that, Bune kindly cursed at him.

Urso, who had turned deathly pale, frantically looked toward the door.

“Out, outside! Is anyone outside?! Hey! Save me!!”

He shouted, but outside was quiet.

‘If people were coming, they would have come already.’

The presence of the Paladins who had been at the door disappeared when Urso entered. He must have dismissed the chapel’s Paladins to do his dirty work. It was poetic justice.

“Wh, wh, who are you? An assassin sent by Dori Farm? From Rotail Trading Company? Or the village chief? N, no matter where you’re from, I’ll pay three times whatever commission they offered!”

He must have accumulated quite a lot of money. I wonder how much he extorted from the surrounding area.

But Bune showed no interest whatsoever. Grabbing Urso’s throat, he raised his other hand. His nails grew long and became sharp as blades.

“Stop!”

I quickly rushed out.

Urso’s eyes widened as if they would fall out when he saw me glowing dimly in the moonlight.

“You can’t kill him now. (You can’t kill him now.)”

“Little One, there are often people in this world who aren’t worth keeping alive.”

“I know. But you still can’t. (I know. But you still can’t.)”

This man was someone who needed to re-verify my Divine Power.

If something happened to Urso before the re-verification, they would think Dubbled had orchestrated it to monopolize my Divine Power.

‘The Papal Court might even get involved.’

Moving recklessly would only invite greater disaster.

Bune had a displeased expression, but soon released his grip on Urso.

Urso slid down from the wall and hit the floor with a thud!

“Ch, Child of Fate?”

Then he glared at Bune as if he wanted to tear him apart.

“Oh ho, you’re a guard of Dubbled. Are you one of the Wolves? How dare you try to harm the Temple Master! I’ll report you to the Central Temple, no, to the Papal Court…!”

“Dis guy weally can’t wead da woom. (This guy really can’t read the room.)”

At my sharp words, Urso, who had been squawking loudly, looked at me with wide eyes.

He seemed to realize I wasn’t just any child.

“Y-you, you…!”

And I looked at Bune.

“Beat him up enough so he can tawk pwopewly. (Beat him up enough so he can talk properly.)”

Urso stiffened like a board, while Bune’s face brightened.

* * *

“Dori the merchant, Roteil merchant, Panzirenia merchant, village chief, three landowners, Baron Panoh.”

I recited the names of people Urso had swindled one by one, counting on my fingers.

Then I looked at Urso, who had turned pale as a sheet.

“Is this all?”

“Yes, yes! That’s right!”

“You know what happens if you wie?”

When I glanced at Bune, Urso flinched and muttered, “Also Moderland Hospital and several loan sharks…”

He really did a lot of dirty work.

I looked at Bune again. Then Urso, who was a mess from being beaten by Bune, trembled.

‘Bune, is it possible to make a ‘contract’ even without directly summoning a demon?’

When I asked silently, Bune answered without sound.

[If it’s not something that requires my special ability, I can use Little One’s power to form a contract seal.]

Bune’s special ability is necromancy. Summoning the souls of the dead.

“Can pwiests make contwacts with demons too? (Can priests make contracts with demons too?)”

“All humans can make contracts with me.”

I nodded, but Urso’s face was colored with horror.

“A, a demon…?”

“That’s wight.”

“A Child of Fate summoning demons! Such a terrible thing…!”

“A priest who extorted and embezzled from the people shouldn’t be talking.”

“How can summoning demons be the same as receiving a little money! I’ll only be dismissed, but Young Lady will have to face an apostolic trial!”

I smiled sweetly and answered.

“It’s okay. I won’t make the contract. You will.”

“I’d have to be crazy to make a contract with a demon!”

When Urso shouted loudly, Bune grabbed the back of his head and slammed it down to the floor with a thud!

“If you raise your voice in front of Little One, I won’t be able to tolerate you any longer.”

Urso gasped and fell silent.

I crouched down and looked at Urso.

“Don’t worry. It’s not a contract where you’ll lose out.”

“Wh-what would I gain from making a contract?”

“You can leave here without dying.”

Urso gaped his mouth with an expression asking where such a contract existed, but I smiled brightly.

“See, it’s not a loss for you, right?”

He couldn’t say anything and hung his ashen face.

I turned to look at Bune.

“Make the contract.”

Bune had a slightly displeased expression. But soon he let out a thin sigh.

“If that’s truly Little One’s wish.”

I told him the contract terms.

1. Urso cannot tell anyone about what happened in the chapel today and Leblaine’s true identity.

2. Urso must hand over all the money he has extorted from the people.

3. If all contract terms are kept, Leblaine will not kill Urso.

“One more thing at the end.”

At my words, Urso looked at me with eyes asking what else!

I whispered the fourth clause in his ear.

* * *

The next day.

I dozed like a sick chicken even while Lea was helping me get dressed.

“Are you tired?”

Lea asked with a worried face, so I nodded.

“Mm-hmm.”

“Should we have the Temple Master examine you?”

When she asked that, I quickly shook my head.

‘Who knows what Urso might do to me.’

That’s worrying too, but I absolutely don’t want to receive an examination from that perverted harasser.

“It’s okay, I’m just sleepy.”

“Let’s return to Dubbled before evening today. I’ll take out the cozy new blanket so you can roll around to your heart’s content.”

“Give me strawberries too.”

When I said it earnestly, Lea laughed softly and kissed my cheek.

“I’ll put lots of cream on it for you.”

How exciting!

I cheered inwardly and grabbed Lea’s hand eagerly.

When we went outside, the Central Temple Priests had already arrived.

“We greet the Young Lady.”

“We greet the Young Lady.”

As the two priests greeted me, the procession of Central Temple Clerics all bowed down at once.

“Wow….”

The young page looked at me with surprised eyes.

To briefly summarize the temples of the Wigzentra Empire, it goes like this.

The 【Papal Court】 of the Pope and Cardinals

The 【Central Temple】 guarded by 21 Priests

And the small and medium temples that spread throughout the Empire like tree branches.

Priests were beings who were neither commoners nor nobles.

Even if born a commoner, once they became a priest, they enjoyed rights equivalent to nobility.

Among such priests, the Central Temple, which only selected the most outstanding individuals, was an object of admiration.

They were powerful figures that even the Imperial Capital’s nobles couldn’t carelessly deal with.

Everyone would have only heard stories about me being fake, so they wouldn’t have expected the Central Temple clerics to be so respectful.

‘Until my ninth birthday, I was treated like a precious treasure.’

To what extent? When I fell and scraped my knee, all 21 priests were summoned to the Papal Court, got scolded, and returned.

However, when I failed to improve my Divine Power to the level they wanted even by my ninth birthday, their attitude changed afterward.

They were completely disappointed, and there wasn’t a single person in the temple who considered me the Child of Fate.

It was around that time that Duke Valois began hitting me.

We headed to the antechamber for verification.

Urso was already there waiting.

The Central Temple clerics clicked their tongues when they saw him wrapped tightly in bandages.

“Being so careless before such an important day….”

Under their reproachful gazes, Urso looked at me with an aggrieved expression, but when I glared at him, he quickly averted his eyes.

As I stepped onto the circular platform in the antechamber, a Central Temple cleric spoke.

“Since you’ve experienced ‘verification’ before, you know how it works. Just sit still and count numbers, and it will be over before you reach one hundred, so don’t worry.”

The clerics spoke soothingly.

Lea cheered me on from behind, clenching her fists.

Two Central Temple clerics and Urso surrounded the platform. They knelt on one knee and bowed as they began their prayer.

The ground beneath my feet grew increasingly hot, and I swallowed nervously.

‘Bune.’

As I silently recited the name, Urso’s back, bound to me by contract, flinched.

* * *

After the verification ended, the faces of the clerics leaving the antechamber were bright. It was clearly different from the first verification when my Divine Power had barely registered.

“The Papal Court was extremely worried about the Young Lady’s insufficient Divine Power, so this is truly fortunate.”

“I must hurry back to deliver this joyful news.”

The Central Temple Clerics held onto Urso and emphasized how great his role was as the master of the temple closest to Dubbled Territory.

After the clerics from the Central Temple returned, the Northwest Temple was in a festive mood.

The Third Temple of the Northwest where Urso was located was far from the Imperial Capital, and being in the Dubbled Vicinity that was at odds with the Temple, it was a place the Center had practically abandoned.

However, as long as there was a possibility that the Child of Fate was real, the status of the Northwest Temple would be incomparable to what it was now.

“If only the Child of Fate grows up safely, we too could transfer to the Center, couldn’t we.”

“Of course. The first beneficiary would be the Temple Master.”

“Lord Urso, wouldn’t it be better not to send the Child of Fate back?”

“Yes, now all the temples in this area will be desperate to take charge of the Young Lady’s education. We must secure her first—”

But Urso entered his room without answering, roughly slamming the door shut.

The priests clicked their tongues and shook their heads.

“Really, Lord Urso…”

“Yes, he doesn’t seem to know what’s important.”

“He’s only obsessed with petty gains.”

“It’s truly lamentable.”

Urso, who had been listening to the priests’ voices from inside the room, roughly slammed his desk.

‘I’ll be a beneficiary? Nonsense!’

If they knew what he had done during the verification, far from being transferred to the Central Temple, he would be dragged to a heresy trial.

‘I manipulated the verification!!’

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