The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80

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I stared intently at three small pebbles. They contained the souls of the familiars that Paimon had left behind.

‘As expected, the man with a dictionary that knows no impossibilities would be the best choice.’

In preparation for any potential war.

But the Great Military Strategist of the Century would also be of great help in war. I feel like I could borrow his wisdom in everyday situations too.

‘But what would be helpful right now is the Angel with Torch.’

Since he has Medical Knowledge, there will surely be occasions when I’ll need it after going up to the Imperial Capital.

I groaned and collapsed onto the desk.

‘I want to make them all my familiars!’

But I can only have six familiars. I couldn’t waste this opportunity carelessly.

While I was thinking about this, I heard a knock.

“Young Lady.”

My personal maids peeked into the room and entered, waving something in both hands.

“It’s bread.”

“It’s fruit.”

“It’s pudding.”

“But I’m not hungry?”

When I tilted my head and said this, they drooped their eyebrows.

“You haven’t been eating snacks much lately.”

“We brought all delicious things.”

“Mine is especially delicious.”

Originally, my snack time was a small tea party with my family.

Usually, family members would always call me to come eat snacks. But recently, everyone has been busy, so there hasn’t been time to have tea together, and I kept missing snack time.

Touched by the maids’ thoughtfulness, I nodded.

“Okay, I’ll eat.”

“Would you like to eat in the garden?”

“Since spring came, the weather has completely warmed up.”

“The gardeners planted lots of violets that you love, Young Lady.”

“Good.”

I carefully placed the pebbles containing souls in the drawer and followed the maids to the garden.

Sitting in the white-roofed gazebo I frequently visit and eating snacks made me feel good.

The maids shared plenty of stories that would entertain me.

“So the patissier in the West Wing…”

“Isaac, look at this!”

Mireille’s voice could be heard from afar.

When I turned my head, I saw Isaac walking with long strides while frowning, and Mireille following him around. Mireille was holding a wooden sword in her hand.

“Mireille, you’re really good at swinging it now. Did North praise you too?”

“I told you not to follow me because it’s annoying. I can’t even punch this chestnut.”

My eyes met with Isaac, who was pushing away Mireille’s forehead as she clung to his waist.

“Little One!”

He smiled brightly and came over to me.

“What are you doing here?”

“Eating snacks. The maids gave me these. Bread and fruit and pudding.”

As I showed off my snacks, the maids smiled warmly.

Isaac put a piece of peeled orange in his mouth and rested his chin on my shoulder.

“Come to think of it, it’s already been several days since we ate snacks together.”

Then he looked at Mireille with a growl, saying “Because of her.”

The reason Isaac had been busy lately was because of Mireille.

Since Isaac seemed to be the most comfortable among the older brothers, she followed him around every single day, making him sick of it as he tried to avoid her.

“Father said you shouldn’t call Mireille ‘that thing,’ didn’t he?”

When Mireille put her hands on her hips and spoke as if scolding him sharply, Isaac let out a big sigh and rubbed his forehead against my shoulder.

“I’m really going to die.”

Meanwhile, Mireille swung her wooden sword with a whoosh. Then she bumped into a gazebo pillar and sat down with a thud.

He sighed and helped Mireille up.

“Please go away. Okay? Elder Brother Henri is in the library, so go ask him to play with you.”

“Older Brother Henri told me to ask Older Brother Isaac to play with me.”

He held his waist with one hand and hung his head low. His long limbs made him look like a picture.

‘Come to think of it, Isaac has grown so much.’

He seems to be about the average height of an adult man now.

He’ll grow much more in the future, but I can really feel that he’s grown much taller than when I first saw him.

Somehow it was touching, so I smiled brightly.

“Why are you smiling like that?”

“Because Isaac has grown so much.”

“Oh really?”

He smiled mischievously and pulled my cheek.

“Oww! (It hurts!)”

“A little kid who doesn’t even know how to grip a sword yet, where do you get off.”

“I do know.”

The knights taught me everything.

“Show me. I’ll watch.”

Then Mireille became sulky.

“You don’t watch me.”

“If you lend me the wooden sword, I’ll watch you too after the Little One.”

“Tch…”

Tears quickly welled up in Mireille’s big eyes. When she pouted her lips and started to sniffle, Isaac flinched.

“Why, again!”

“Isaac Older Brother, I hate you. You only think Older Sister is pretty and won’t even play with Mireille.”

“That’s because you’re being annoying.”

Waah─!

Mireille burst into tears. The maids panicked and quickly tried to comfort her.

However, Mireille didn’t stop crying easily. I was also hurriedly going to comfort the child when it happened.

“Miss!”

Mireille suddenly collapsed.

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Mireille was quickly moved to her room and examined by a doctor. When the doctor who had examined the child straightened up, Father asked.

“Her condition.”

“There’s nothing particularly wrong. It seems she’s been under stress from the change in environment, though she probably didn’t show it. You need to watch over her carefully so she can stabilize.”

Just then, Mireille drowsily opened her eyes. Looking around, the child wrinkled her nose as if she was about to burst into tears again.

“Miss, please don’t cry.”

Lea knelt by the bed and stroked the child’s cheek. Mireille hugged Lea and sobbed.

“I miss Mother…”

“Shall we contact the inn?”

“My real Mother…”

Suddenly, the room became as quiet as if cold water had been poured over it.

The employees looked at Father nervously in confusion, and Father and my brothers stared at the frail trembling Mireille.

“If Mother were here, she would have scolded Isaac Older Brother. To play with Mireille.”

“Miss…”

“Father is busy and my brothers only think Older Sister is pretty. Mireille is alone. I miss Mother…”

After that incident, people treated Mireille almost like a glass doll.

Because it reminded them of a newborn dying alone on the mountain, never having received a mother’s touch.

Isaac and Henri couldn’t avoid Mireille, and Father also had to go to Mireille’s room every night when she cried out “Mother─!”

A few days later. After writing a letter to send to Veronica, I pulled the bell cord and blinked.

My room’s bell cord is connected to the rest room where my exclusive maids Dahlia, Linda, and Yuni stay, but no one came.

‘That’s strange.’

The three of them are very meticulous and always leave at least one person in the rest room while working. This was the first time no one came immediately even after I pulled the bell cord.

When no one came even after waiting a long time, I headed outside my room. I caught a passing servant and asked.

“Have you seen Dahlia, Linda, and Yuni?”

“They’re in the Miss’s room.”

“All three of them?”

For what reason?

I tilted my head and headed to Mireille’s room. I was about to knock, but the door was already half open so I could see the entire situation inside.

“So couldn’t the three of you become Mireille’s maids?”

“But….”

“We are serving the Young Lady….”

“That’s right….”

Lea and the maids were making troubled expressions in front of Mireille.

Mireille made a tearful face and clung to Lea’s arm.

“Lea….”

“Miss, all three of them have been with the Young Lady for a long time. If you insist on taking them away like this, it will trouble everyone and be rude to the Young Lady as well.”

“But Mireille likes those maids! Last time when Mireille cried in the garden, they comforted me kindly. Mireille doesn’t want anyone but those maids!”

As she began to whine in earnest, Lea let out a deep sigh. Then she looked at the three people.

“Please help out for a while. Once the Miss settles down, you may return to the Young Lady’s side.”

Even among Dubbled’s employees who were flexible about criminal records, these three were particularly bad in terms of their crimes.

The reason they became senior employees serving distinguished guests was all thanks to Lea’s support. They had greatly benefited from Lea’s favor in the employee selection as well.

To them, Lea was a benefactor, so they wouldn’t be able to refuse her request.

It was when Yuni, who had been biting her lips tightly between Linda and Dahlia, shouted “But…!”

Finally, chicken-dropping-like tears fell from Mireille’s eyes.

Lea hurriedly embraced Mireille and bowed her head.

“….”

“….”

“….”

I opened the door with a thud.

“I saw because it was open.”

─When I said that, Lea and the maids were flustered.

“Don’t take them away. Dahlia, Linda, and Yuni are people I asked Father to put in the advisory corps.”

“Young Lady, I beg you─”

“Don’t.”

Everyone in the room was surprised by my firm words.

I looked at Mireille. She hugged Lea’s waist even tighter.

“If you want to take my maids, ask me yourself. Don’t make things difficult for Lea.”

“….”

“So─”

“Sister, do you hate Mireille?”

“….”

“Sister is friends with all the employees, so you can use other maids. But not giving maids to lonely Mireille like this means you hate Mireille.”

The child with hunched shoulders glared at me. Lea panicked and shouted “Miss!” but the strength didn’t leave Mireille’s eyes.

“Sister hates Mireille. That’s why you keep stealing the brothers away. Mireille wants to be close with Sister… wants to become family, but why does Sister hate Mireille?”

“Do you really want to become family with me?”

“Of course!”

“Then why do you think I’m stealing the brothers away?”

“…Huh?”

I didn’t avoid her gaze and spoke.

“How does me, as family, being with my older brothers become stealing them away?”

“That’s… That’s!”

“Do you think I’m stealing my older brothers away because you hate me?”

“No!”

“Then why does me saying I can’t give you the maids mean I hate you?”

Mireille became speechless. The child who had been stammering and searching for words sat down with a “Ugh…”

That’s when it happened.

“Baby Bird!”

Along with a familiar voice, a woman with red hair came running in.

It was Lady Javelin, who had come from the Imperial Capital after hearing that Baby Bird had been found.

Lady Javelin embraced the collapsed Mireille.

“What’s wrong? Why is Baby Bird in this condition?”

Lea muttered in a flustered tone.

“She’s vulnerable to stress…”

“Who gave this child enough stress to make her collapse?”

Lady Javelin asked with a stern expression.

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