The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78

I looked at Paimon with bewildered eyes, and he lifted his chin slightly with an arrogant expression.

“These are all talented individuals who made their mark in other worlds. They are special souls that even most demons would find difficult to obtain.”

“What would they be able to do if they became my familiars?”

When I asked, he grinned wickedly.

“If you possess a military genius of the century, you could hold the world in the palm of your hand. His previous master had to make two futile attempts to obtain this one.”

The long-haired youth covering his mouth with a fan bowed his head lightly.

“The man with a dictionary that knows no impossibility is an excellent general and an emperor. If you dream of becoming the emperor of a great nation, he would be a good guide.”

The short middle-aged man looked at me with an arrogant expression.

“The angel holding a lamp is an outstanding reformer, administrator, and medical practitioner. If you keep her by your side, you can possess a medical facility superior to anyone else’s and complete a system that will last beyond centuries.”

The nurse woman smiled brightly.

I stared at them blankly, then looked at Paimon with a hardened expression.

“…Why? Don’t you like them?”

Paimon continued with an indignant expression.

“These are truly excellent souls—”

—I thrust Johan’s magic stone into his hands as he was speaking.

‘Amazing! Wonderful!’

I looked at the three talented individuals with ecstatic eyes.

‘Who should I choose? Which one should I pick!’

However, I couldn’t decide on a familiar that very day.

Paimon said he would give me time to deliberate carefully as I agonized over the decision, and placed each of the three souls into stones for me.

He said that once I decided on a familiar, the remaining two souls would naturally disappear. After that, Paimon clamored that he would return for now.

“I’ve left the Western Region empty for too long.”

Though he said that, his true intention of wanting to quickly make instruments from the magic stone and play them was obvious.

Since all I needed was time to choose a familiar, I received information about long-distance magic circles and sent him away.

* * *

The next day, I headed to the Dubois Estate.

I thought the atmosphere would be unpleasant since Viscount Dubois had been reprimanded for Johan hiding his physical condition, but Baroness Dubois welcomed me warmly as before.

“I’m happy to see you often, Young Lady.”

She smiled purely and brightly. It made me feel unnecessarily sorry.

“Um, this recent incident was unfortunate…”

“That’s right. This incident was truly unfortunate. Furry Dubois should have been scolded even more harshly.”

“…Pardon?”

“Not saying a single word to the parents about their child being injured! What a foolish thing to do. If Furry Dubois and my sons had conspired together to keep quiet despite being hurt, I would have given their bottoms a good spanking.”

She said this while looking at the two large men standing at the doorway.

The men stammered “Uh, Mother…” in confusion, but Baroness Dubois smiled brightly.

It was a consideration to keep me from being put in a difficult position. I accepted her thoughtfulness and smiled back at her.

“Let’s go upstairs.”

“Yes.”

After Baroness Dubois brought me to the second floor and knocked on the door, Veronica burst out.

“Young Lady─!”

“Hello, Veronica.”

“Of course! Please come in.”

I entered Veronica’s room alone with just the two of us.

The room was very messy.

“Would you like to see the magic tool I made today? This one repels bugs in the summer…”

“I want to see a more interesting magic tool.”

“Something more interesting… Ah, I have an automatic makeup removal magic tool. Shall I show it to you?”

“No. What I want to see is something else.”

When Veronica tilted her head as if asking what then, I looked straight into her eyes and said.

“Long-distance teleportation circle.”

“Ah, Young Lady, that’s not possible. The reason teleportation circles can only move 5 kilometers right now is because that’s the only distance humans can endure inside a teleportation circle. If you go beyond that, your whole body gets twisted, or your limbs get torn, or also…”

“You might not grow. Like Veronica.”

“…”

For a moment, the sharp cunning of a seasoned old man appeared in Veronica’s eyes.

Paimon had told me.

Being well-versed in all kinds of knowledge, he knew that among the risks of failed long-distance teleportation, there were cases similar to Veronica’s.

“How do you know that, Young Lady? No one should know what experiment I failed at.”

“It was a guess. Veronica is an excellent mage. Like a mage, you’re also very curious. I also wonder ‘Why don’t long-distance teleportation circles exist?’ and I thought Veronica would have had that question before I did.”

“…Amazing. You’re right.”

“What if it were possible to protect the body to enable long-distance teleportation?”

“Then long-distance teleportation circles wouldn’t be just a dream either. But there’s no way such a thing exists…”

At her muttering words, I smiled brightly.

“There is.”

“…!”

She jumped up abruptly.

‘I knew she’d be interested.’

Veronica had failed in her experiment and stopped growing. She said she liked having a cute body, but it couldn’t really be all good.

Just from being treated a little kindly, she liked me this much – she was lonely.

I know well how great a pain loneliness can be.

Even after feeling such pain, Veronica was still experimenting with magic and creating magic tools.

That was because of her pure passion for academics.

Someone like her would surely have her eyes light up at the mention of being able to make her failed experiment succeed again.

“Young Lady, please tell me what that is.”

“Hmm.”

“Of course you’ll need compensation, right? I’ll give you all the magic tools I’ve made. No, I could even tell you how to make them!”

“I don’t need things like that.”

“Then, then… even the House Dubois Seal…!”

“That’s fine too. There’s only one thing I want.”

“Anything is fine. Please tell me!”

I took a sip of iced tea, placed it carefully on the coaster, and looked at Veronica.

“What I want is Veronica Dubois. You.”

Veronica’s eyes widened as she stared at me. Her gaze trembled.

“Just now…”

“Yes.”

“I felt a thrill.”

“…What?”

Veronica moaned “Ahhh” and crossed her arms to embrace her shoulders.

“I knew it. When I first saw Young Lady on the recording stone that Drew brought, I had a feeling! The sense that this was the person.”

“Veronica, calm down…”

She grabbed my hand and breathed out heavily, “Huff, huff.”

“Can I make a loyalty oath right now? It’s what I’ve been dreaming of.”

“…”

“Please…”

She looked so earnest that I answered reluctantly.

“Yes, well…”

Veronica’s face brightened.

* * *

On the way back to the Imperial Palace, I hummed a tune.

Even after the loyalty oath, Veronica was extremely excited, saying “To think the day would come when I’d make a loyalty oath…!” I broke out in a cold sweat trying to calm her down, but considering today’s harvest, that much was nothing.

I told Veronica that what could protect the body during teleportation was ‘Elsa Tree Bark.’

Even I had widened my eyes in disbelief when I heard it from Paimon, but Veronica froze as if she had gained great enlightenment.

“Elsa Tree… Ah, no way! Why didn’t I think of that? The experiment failed because the premise was wrong from the beginning.”

Saying that, she immediately began writing complex calculation formulas, and I felt proud.

‘Good, getting the long-distance teleportation circle is just a matter of time.’

As a bonus, the continent’s best magic tool creator had also become mine!

Just as I was thinking that, the carriage stopped at the right moment. Lea opened the door for me, so I took her hand and got out.

“You should have your meal now, shouldn’t you?”

“Yes, I promised to eat with Father and my brothers.”

“Yes.”

I took Lea’s hand and entered the castle to change my clothes.

But something was strange.

Usually at this time, the employees would be bustling around to finish up the day, but today there was no one in the corridor.

There was also no smell of food that should have been coming from the first floor courtyard by now.

‘What’s going on?’

I tilted my head and tugged at Lea’s sleeve.

“Lea, is there something happening at the castle today─”

Just as I was saying that.

“Sir Shabanol!!”

Someone from the upper floor called out Lea’s title from her knight days.

Since no one called her that anymore, I looked up at the upper floor railing with a puzzled expression.

‘North?’

North, who made eye contact with Lea, hurriedly ran down the stairs. This was the first time I’d seen North look so urgent.

Lea also sensed the unusual atmosphere and furrowed her brow.

“What’s the matter?”

“A child presumed to be the Fourth Young Lady has appeared. His Excellency is looking for you, so hurry and go.”

What?

‘Didn’t Baby Bird die after a difficult birth?’

Confused, I looked at Lea, but she had frozen stiff.

The strength slowly drained from Lea’s hand that was holding mine. My hand naturally fell away as Lea’s warmth grew distant.

Lea immediately ran off.

North and I followed her.

When we arrived at the first floor audience chamber, I saw a middle-aged man holding a hat and a girl about my age.

Silver hair. Blue eyes.

The girl possessed all the symbols of Dubbled.

Father and my brothers had expressions I’d never seen before. They were expressions that simply couldn’t be described in words.

Father spoke to Lea, who was breathing heavily.

“Since you were the one who shared Lisette and the child’s final moments, examine her with your own eyes.”

At his emotionless words, Lea bowed her head and then approached the silver-haired girl.

“Could you… could you show me your neck?”

When the girl glanced at the man who came with her, the man nodded.

When the child swept her long silver hair to one side, a long scar was revealed on the back of her neck.

Lea let out a hot breath.

“This is indeed the wound the young lady sustained during battle.”

Her hands were trembling so much that she couldn’t even bring herself to touch the child.

Father muttered with dried-up eyes.

“Mage, complete your verification.”

The man in golden robes who had been sitting in the audience seats came forward with quick steps and placed the child’s hand on his palm.

A blue aura appeared and after a while.

The mage exhaled a hot breath and prostrated himself low before Father.

“It is indeed the aura of Dubbled. Congratulations, Your Excellency.”

“Congratulations, Your Excellency!”

The nobles in the audience chamber shouted in unison.

Father was staring at the child without even blinking. Though his expression showed no emotion, I knew.

I could see the strength in Father’s hand as he gripped the armrest of his chair.

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