The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 75

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Chapter 75

Paimon frowned with one eye and looked at me. Then he clicked his tongue and looked around.

“There’s no music here, and this isn’t a place suitable for marching. You must have lost your mind to summon me to such a wretched place. What are you doing? Why don’t you bow down low and greet me properly!”

Bune, the first demon I summoned, was somewhat tactless but was gentle and kind, but Paimon was completely different.

‘But he’s really pretty like an older sister.’

It was an elegant beauty just like Lady Javelin. Just as I was thinking this unconsciously, Paimon’s eyes widened.

“I’m an older brother!”

Then he flinched and corrected himself, “No, I’m a man!”

‘He feels a bit clumsy.’

“What?! How dare a mere human!”

Whoosh!

A sharp wind whirled around. It was a blade-like wind used in combat magic, so I unconsciously closed my eyes tightly and covered my head with my arms, but even after time passed, I felt no pain.

‘Huh?’

“Da, damn it…”

‘Paimon, can’t you attack me by any chance?’

“No!”

He shouted, but his face had ‘oops’ written all over it. I chuckled softly.

‘I see. Once summoned by me, even demons can’t hurt me.’

Bune was naturally gentle and called me Little One while finding me adorable. Since there was no risk of being attacked, I didn’t know, but summoned demons seemed to have such restrictions.

‘Anyway, I understand. Let me ask you a few things first.’

“Why should I answer a human’s questions?”

‘Because if you don’t, I won’t grant your wish.’

“What?! If you summoned me, you have to grant it! Where does such a thing exist! Do you think it’s possible to maintain me continuously? You won’t be able to last long either.”

‘If you hate being summoned so much, you can just go back, right? But why aren’t you leaving?’

“Th, that’s…”

‘It’s not that you won’t go back, but that you can’t go back, right?’

Paimon’s eyes trembled slightly.

The reason he couldn’t return wasn’t difficult to guess.

1. His wish is so desperate that he can’t return unless I grant it.

2. Me granting the demon’s wish and the demon using their special ability for me are all conditions for returning.

Since Paimon isn’t kind like Bune, I can’t ask which of the two is correct, but one thing is certain.

‘I’m the one who has the upper hand in this deal.’

“Y, y, you demon…!”

I shrugged my shoulders and smiled.

‘Thank you for the compliment.’

“What do you want to ask!”

‘First, Veronica couldn’t see Paimon earlier. Why is that? When Bune manifested in human form, people could see him.’

“That guy has no sense whatsoever, not even enough to use as medicine. When told to manifest, he just manifests straightforwardly, never thinking that he should make it so beings of the human realm can’t perceive his body.”

Ah….

I fell silent, recalling Bune’s dopey smile.

‘Then what’s your wish?’

Paimon’s eyes sparkled as he spoke.

“High-purity mana.”

‘You already have plenty of mana. You said you’re a high-ranking demon.’

“Instruments made with human mana produce more beautiful sounds than those made with demonic mana. I’ll make tons of trumpets so when I’m summoned to the human world, they can play a more magnificent entrance theme. So the purity must be high.”

Saying this, Paimon embraced both arms as if in ecstasy. I looked at Paimon with bleary eyes and shook my head back and forth.

‘Then third. If I give you high-purity mana, what can Paimon do for me?’

He grinned and raised an eyebrow.

“I’ll make all humans look up to you. The most brilliant honor in the world will be yours.”

‘Not particularly….’

House Valois had been a scholarly family for generations, the most honorable among the Five Dukes, but they struggled desperately to maintain that honor.

Despite being a ducal house, their wealth declined daily because they tried to preserve only honor, saying nobles shouldn’t covet money, until eventually their warehouses became completely empty.

In the end, they became so money-obsessed that they went into debt trying to catch the Emperor’s eye and secure tea leaf trading rights.

For someone like me, honor was meaningless.

“Then I’ll make you the world’s greatest musician.”

‘Not really….’

“I’ll make you a writer who can produce countless masterpieces. So that someday your Emperor will say ‘I could give up my country, but I could never give you up.'”

‘Not particularly….’

Bune’s ability would be more helpful. With that, I could show Louis to the one more time.

As I thought carelessly, Paimon’s face contorted.

“How dare you compare me to such a being! I am skilled in all arts, and regarding science and magic engineering, I am the most excellent among demons─!”

‘Magic engineering? Then you can make special magic tools too? For example, something like long-distance teleportation circles.’

When I looked at him with wide eyes, Paimon let out a small laugh.

“Of course.”

I jumped up and hugged Paimon. He panicked and shouted “What, what are you doing!” with his face turning red, but my eyes had already turned into francs long ago.

“B-but even if I tell you the method, it’s useless if you don’t have technicians. Honor would be better.”

‘I have technicians.’

“What?”

Though she swept through the Northeast Region, I know where that unprecedented genius is, who wasn’t executed because her skills were too valuable.

I grinned and looked toward the door. More precisely, toward Veronica’s room beyond that door.

‘If I make Veronica my person and get Paimon’s knowledge….’

I recalled once more the words Mina used to say at times like this.

‘A second lottery.’

* * *

I made Paimon follow obediently while ensuring people couldn’t perceive him.

Then I returned to Veronica’s room, and she smiled brightly when she saw me.

“Young Lady! I’ve finished all the preparations you requested.”

It seemed that with Paimon being summoned, the Ironclad Dragon Fossil had returned to normal. Veronica had beautifully polished the stone that my Divine Power had flowed into.

She threaded the stone onto a thin string and carefully wrapped it around my wrist.

Looking in the mirror, my teeth were positioned in exactly the same shape as if they had never fallen out.

‘This skill, this speed.’

I smiled as cutely as possible and grabbed Veronica’s hand. She looked at me with a shy face, saying “Oh my.”

“I want to become close friends with Veronica.”

Very, extremely, tremendously.

When I blinked while hiding my true intentions, her face instantly brightened.

“M-me too! It was my wish to have a friend as strong and cute as Young Lady! All the other children are afraid of me and call me a monster…!”

“Let’s be best friends from now on.”

Veronica, who was cupping both my cheeks, moaned dreamily “Ahhhhh…”

“Thank you so much for the teeth. I’ll invite you to the Imperial Palace next time. Let’s play together!”

“R-really? Then I’ll bring lots of fun Magic Tools too!”

“Yes!”

I took Veronica’s hand and left the room. Then I listened attentively to her excited chatter about Magic Engineering.

“The Mana conductivity, hardness, and purity differ for each mineral that serves as a medium, so the calculation formulas change, which is quite tricky…”

Seeing me listen with bright eyes without showing any signs of boredom, Veronica was deeply moved.

I said goodbye to Veronica and came down the stairs. Just then, Johan also seemed to have finished his conversation with Viscount Dubois and was getting up from his seat.

“Are you done with your business?”

When he asked, I quickly nodded.

“Yes, now let’s go back…”

Suddenly, I felt a slight vibration in my body. It was because Paimon, who was connected to my soul, was excited.

[This is the one!]

‘Huh?’

[Look at this purity and depth. He’s the best among those I’ve met in the past few hundred years. I could make a wonderful trumpet.]

His eyes sparkled as he said this, making me startled.

‘Calm down. There are many other people with Mana, so why Johan’s specifically? Veronica over there, who’s from the Magic Tower, also has tremendous Mana.’

[It’s contaminated.]

‘Contaminated… Don’t tell me it’s because of her failed research?’

[That’s part of it, but she’s too old. Originally, Mana (the source of Mana and Divine Power) has the highest purity when you’re young.]

I groaned softly. Then it would be difficult to obtain Mana as powerful and pure as what Paimon wanted.

All humans are born with mana, but only a few have the channels to release it.

A release channel is like a faucet, for example. A faucet for hot water only produces hot water, and a faucet with cold water only produces cold water.

Since children don’t know how to release it properly, naturally the older they get and the more they practice, the easier it becomes to release their power.

We call those who can freely control their channels at a young age like the Three Dubbled Brothers or Adrian geniuses.

‘There can’t be another genius like Johan.’

There was exactly one, but he was a possessor of Divine Power. Adrian, that is.

After groaning and pondering, I asked Paimon.

‘Then how can I receive mana?’

[Someone of my caliber can receive it very easily.]

‘That’s a relief! What’s the method?’

After hearing the answer, I wanted to grab Paimon by the collar and shake him vigorously.

‘How is that easy!’

* * *

A few days later, in the Duke’s Office.

The Three Young Masters of Dubbled gathered in the office stood side by side before the Duke with expressionless faces.

“Johan, what are your plans?”

“I plan to stay in the territory for a while and track down those who attacked me. When vacation ends, I’ll return to the Academy. Please assign Viscount Dubois as my aide.”

“Very well. Henri, what about you?”

“Since I graduated from the Academy for Gifted Children, I plan to advance to the Imperial Academy. During the semester I’ll live in the dormitory, and during vacations I’ll receive education at the Imperial Capital Mansion.”

When Isaac said “Same here,” the Duke gestured toward North.

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

“As soon as Johan graduates…”

In the middle of speaking, the Duke’s gaze turned toward the window facing the corridor.

Following his gaze, Henri and Isaac turned their heads and their eyes curved gently.

A light brown crown of hair was poking out.

The Duke crossed his arms and watched the small spy at the window.

She seemed to be moving carefully, but every time she crept along, her fluffy hair bounced up and down.

Pressed close to the corner, she now boldly placed her hands on the window frame. Then she cautiously raised her head.

“…!”

When her eyes met with everyone in the room, she widened her eyes in surprise and quickly ducked down to hide.

Johan furrowed his brow.

Acting like that couldn’t make being caught disappear.

She was a strange girl, just as he had first thought.

Even though she had become a noble Young Lady, she tried to do everything herself, and she would readily laugh at things that would have hurt other people’s pride.

But what was truly strange wasn’t that child.

“Oh, the weather is nice today! I wonder what Little One is doing.”

“She’s probably taking a nap.”

“North, go check if Leblaine is sleeping with her blanket kicked off.”

“Yes, sir!”

Those people who made eye contact with the child yet desperately tried to pretend they didn’t know anything.

They were the strangest ones of all.

‘Are they insane?’

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