The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

Following the Child of Fate’s orders, he had made it so the priests couldn’t properly gauge the child’s vessel.

He had committed an act that would put his neck on the gallows, be recorded in history, and have his descendants pointed at for generations even after his soul disappeared.

‘The Divine Power inherent in that girl was not at the level of a trainee priest.’

Like a lake where water springs forth no matter how much you draw, it was brimming with pure Divine Power.

Though he couldn’t confirm everything, it wasn’t at the trainee priest level but at least equivalent to the 21 Seats of Central Temple, no, tremendous Divine Power comparable to a Cardinal.

And that while maintaining Demonic Power.

What was even more strange was that the terrible girl knew how to manipulate Divine Power Verification.

“Manipulate Divine Power Verification! That can’t be possible!”

“Verification is checking how deep my ‘reservoir’ is. By sending the priests’ Divine Power instead of an exploration team. But what happens if you draw the priests’ Divine Power toward yourself during verification? They think that’s a dead end, that this is the depth of the Child of Fate’s reservoir.”

Just as she had been confident, the Central Temple Clerics failed to properly verify the child’s Divine Power.

“Demonic bitch.”

Grinding his teeth, Urso rubbed his dry face.

‘Do you think I’ll just take this lying down?’

Between his frozen fingers, Urso’s eyes gleamed pitch black.

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

This was yesterday’s contract clause.

In other words, as long as he didn’t reveal what happened in the chapel yesterday─

The corner of Urso’s mouth twisted upward.

“Crook!”

When he called out, a hunched old man entered.

“D-did you call for me, U-Urso sir.”

“Come here and write a letter to be delivered before the Central Temple priests arrive at the Imperial Capital.”

“Wh-what should the letter say…?”

“There’s a girl at the Temple. I really don’t like that bitch.”

When Urso’s mouth twisted into a grin, Crook nodded quickly with an “Ah!”

“I suppose I don’t need to tell you content that would get the Child of Fate torn limb from limb.”

“Would ‘enhanced Divine Power through Apostle’s Power’ be sufficient?”

Urso grinned wickedly at Crook’s words.

It was Crook who had repeatedly sent fake anonymous reports to the Imperial Capital to extort money from the surroundings.

They were in perfect sync without needing to say more.

As Crook finished the letter and grabbed the door handle, Urso gestured to him.

“Before leaving the Temple, bring a few girls to my bedroom.”

“Wh-who should we use?”

“Young ones taste better.”

Watching Crook hurriedly rush out, Urso twisted his lips into a sneer.

‘How dare she challenge me.’

Her level of intelligence was incomparable to that worthless woman.

The moment her limbs were torn apart at the Temple, she would realize who she had crossed and regret yesterday’s arrogance.

Urso licked his blackened lips and left the room.

By the time he emerged from the bedroom, that insolent brat would be dragged to the Temple by her hair.

A short while later, Urso opened the bedroom door and entered.

He could sense a presence, indicating that Crook had already brought a woman and placed her there.

Urso closed the curtains and approached the bed.

“This girl has no sense. She should have undressed before I arrived─”

─It was at that moment his pupils dilated enormously.

Sharp claws pierced through his chest.

“I was getting bored waiting, old man.”

“Gah─!”

Dark red blood dripped steadily from his back where the sharp claws had pierced through.

“Wh-why… the promise was… to spare my life…”

At Urso’s words, Bune twisted his hand free and replied.

“Little One told me to tell you something.”

“…”

“Little One said she wouldn’t kill you, but I never said I would spare you.”

Urso staggered, trembling violently as he collapsed.

‘Sexual harassers and rapists deserve to die’ was Leblaine’s firm belief.

* * *

Bune arrived at the chapel where I was with a bright expression.

“I’ve completed all the tasks Little One assigned.”

Then he handed me a letter.

I tore open the envelope and quickly scanned the contents.

It was an anonymous report claiming they had witnessed the Child of Fate using corrupt power to amplify her Divine Power.

‘How predictably they act.’

I shrugged and burned the letter with the candles lit in the chapel.

“As Little One instructed, I knocked out the hunchback and moved him to the pervert’s room.”

If the man called Crook had been forced to follow Urso’s orders, I would have spared him.

However, when he left the room with the letter, his face was clearly filled with joy.

“Th-this time it’s not pocket change like before, I can buy a big house.”

“Well done.”

As I nodded my head with a proud expression, Bune rubbed his face against my cheek.

“Little One is clever.”

Bune must be innocent in a way that’s unbecoming of a demon.

‘Well then.’

I opened the jewel display case. Since I had Urso remove the barrier yesterday, there was no trouble opening it.

I grabbed the Goddess’s Tears and jumped down.

With this, I could send Bune back, and since not all of my Divine Power was discovered during verification, I wouldn’t be dragged straight to the Central Temple, and I had also dealt with a bad guy while I was at it.

‘Killing three birds with one stone.’

Just as I was thinking that, Bune spoke.

“Little One’s wickedness is no less than a demon’s! Indeed, you have the evil worthy of summoning me. Continue to strive and become even more cunning and ruthless.”

He said this while sparkling his eyes with satisfaction, which left me somewhat speechless.

* * *

The Northwest Temple was turned upside down.

Urso, the Temple Master, was found dead, and his servant Crook was identified as the murderer.

Not only that, but as Crook’s torture proceeded, Urso and his crimes were revealed in detail.

There were even talks that the missing Goddess’s Tears might also be Urso’s doing.

Since he was the one who had disabled the barrier, it was only a matter of time before it was confirmed.

“Young Lady, there’s been a problem at the temple, so we couldn’t get permission to enter.”

Lea said with a troubled expression.

Since Crook hadn’t confessed to his crimes yet, the temple wouldn’t let anyone leave.

I had expected this, so I nodded.

“If I inform Master, he’ll resolve it soon. I’ll go contact him, so please play with the soldiers here for a while.”

“Mm.”

“If you behave well, I’ll give you ten strawberries when we return to the Imperial Palace.”

“Yes!”

When I answered energetically, Lea chuckled and left the garden.

I took a walk around the temple garden.

The soldiers followed behind me as I looked around the thorn bushes.

The child’s mind seemed to be tempting me, saying ‘Run! It’s time to run! Wild horse, neigh!’ but I held back and walked slowly.

“Our Young Lady is so well-behaved.”

When Dubbled’s servant grinned, the soldiers responded with vigorous nodding.

‘Yes, I walked slowly and nicely, so make sure to tell Lea when she comes.’

Then it would be ten strawberries with cream.

I smiled wickedly.

But something was strange.

As I walked forward, I could see water marks on the dried grass, and eventually it was soaked as if it had been rained on.

‘Huh?’

Despite being this wet, there was no mud on my shoes at all.

Wondering what it was, I blinked my eyes and was startled.

It was a fish made of water that I had seen yesterday.

“Water fish…!”

I shouted without realizing it, making the servants and soldiers tilt their heads in confusion.

“Pardon?”

If they had seen such a fish, they would have been surprised too, but the people were quiet.

[It seems others cannot see this.]

‘It seems so.’

The fish swished its tail and kept circling around me.

Was it asking me to come along?

Where to?

‘Did something happen to Adrian, its owner?’

[It’s not something for Little One to worry about.]

Bune was right. There was no need for me to worry about it.

But.

But…

‘This child’s body still has a conscience left, so it’s troubling.’

I let out a deep sigh and looked back at the servants and soldiers.

“I want to play hide-and-seek.”

I clasped my hands together and looked up at the Dubbled People with an earnest expression.

This was my signature move called the ‘shy pleading pose’ that had even conquered the Head Butler of Dubbled.

The maids, whose lips had gone soft, urged the soldiers who were staring wide-eyed.

“Hide-and-seek right now!”

“Hurry up!”

Nodding with satisfaction, I pointed to the man I absolutely had to get rid of if I wanted to go find Adrian.

“Company Commander is it. Count to a hundred and come. (Company Commander is it. Count to a hundred and come.)”

“Yes!”

The Company Commander answered resolutely as if receiving orders from the Duke, buried his face against a tree, and shouted loudly, “One! Two! Three!”

I ran off in a hurry.

‘Lea said she’d give me ten strawberries if I stayed well-behaved.’

If this wasn’t something serious, she wouldn’t let it slide.

The place the fish headed to was in front of the base of a huge tree.

Adrian was sitting alone in a daze, holding something in his hands.

Like melted ice, what was pooled in his hands was a fish.

‘It’s a familiar made with Divine Power.’

A pair with the fish that had come to get me.

I thought Adrian might be seriously injured or perhaps his Divine Power had gone into rampage, but it seemed it was just time for the familiar to disappear.

Familiars created by condensing Divine Power don’t last long.

Like energy scattering into nature, they weather away and disappear.

That child’s eyes were empty, as if something had been worn away.

I carefully crouched down and looked at him.

“You can make another familiar.”

So don’t make such an expression that troubles people’s hearts.

When a young child makes such an expression, it bothers me.

Adrian only lifted his gaze slightly to look at me.

“…How?”

Adrian fell quiet, as if he truly didn’t know.

Well, creating barriers and creating familiars are different things.

You can learn how to create barriers from temples or books, but no one teaches you how to create familiars.

Even if you make them, they’re not as solid as real people or animals, so they’re useless. When priests create familiars, they can’t last three days. Most importantly, it takes enormous power.

“Then how did you make the fish?”

When I asked, Adrian looked at the fish cupped in his hands.

“Just… when I woke up, it was next to me.”

“When?”

“The morning after my rubella was cured.”

“You’re sending our children to Prince Adrian’s birthday party? Good heavens, honey! Do you want to see our children fall out of Empress Yvonne’s favor? The Palace Servants must have been so desperate to abandon a prince who was dying of rubella!”

Duchess Valois’s words came to mind.

‘If it was rubella, that happened when this child was six years old.’

Since I heard this story after I had grown quite a bit, there’s absolutely no way I heard it wrong.

Then he maintained a familiar for two whole years?

Normally, even at the longest, a week is the limit. It was indeed power worthy of being appointed as the youngest Cardinal.

Adrian looked at me.

“Can you bring Ami back to life?”

At his words, Bune grumbled.

[What a strange human. Why is he pouring so much heart into a mere familiar made of Divine Power? Little One, this doesn’t seem like something you need to worry about, so let’s go back.]

Bune tried to persuade me, saying [Ten of Little One’s precious strawberries will disappear.]

But I couldn’t move easily.

There’s only one case where a child who doesn’t know the method can create a familiar.

When they desperately need something to stay by their side.

While Adrian was dying of rubella, he desperately wished for someone to stroke his head the entire time.

His mother, the Late Empress, was dead, and his Maternal Grandfather merely saw his grandson as a tool for power.

The Emperor didn’t care for his son, and the Empress despised him as an obstacle to her own son, constantly plotting schemes.

No one spoke to the child trapped alone in the vast Imperial Palace. No one reached out their hand, and no one wanted the child to live.

So that was how the familiar came to be.

‘Just like how I created a familiar in my first life.’

Of course, back then I wasn’t as strong as Adrian, so my familiar disappeared in less than an hour.

I remember my young self covering my head with a blanket and crying silently because of the disappeared familiar.

Adrian must surely be feeling the same way I did back then.

I carefully reached out my hand to him.

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