The Baby Raising A Devil - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86

As I left the prison, the guards and my older brothers began torturing Baron Sugaoe, and agonizing screams echoed from underground.

While I was having dinner with Father, North reported what the Baron had confessed.

“He tried to directly create the Young Lady of Dubbled to manipulate the family.”

“It seems Baron Sugaoe didn’t know that someone had used alchemy to make Mireille younger.”

“His brain must be made of cotton.”

“Since His Excellency cherishes the Young Lady so much, he must have been having delusions.”

This was the second time for that bastard’s delusions.

The Dead Elder who tried to adopt Cattleya also did foolish things for the same reason.

‘But that can’t be all there is to it.’

There’s definitely someone who stirred up Baron Sugaoe to extract information. That Man with Red Spots that Mireille saw.

‘What reason does Red Spots have for creating the Young Lady of Dubbled, even using alchemy?’

I popped a piece of meat into my mouth and thought.

‘Well, whatever.’

Even if I don’t deliberately go after Red Spots, if he really needs the Young Lady of Dubbled, he’ll naturally appear before me someday.

‘And when you’re caught, you die.’

I sliced through the meat that had some blood pooled inside.

Just then, the Butler came with mail.

“A letter has arrived for Young Lady.”

“From whom?”

“From the Head of House Dubois.”

I jumped up as if bouncing and took the letter.

[This is a love letter delivered into Young Lady’s hands. I was so happy to hear that you had awakened. When I heard the news that Young Lady had collapsed, I was so sad that I wanted to kill that wicked child…]

I quickly read through the first twelve pages of the letter and found the last page.

[…Therefore, I bring you joyful news. I have succeeded in long-distance teleportation.]

‘Hooray!’

I cheered inwardly.

A Card Bundle was enclosed in the Letter Envelope. My lovely lottery—no, Long-Distance Teleportation Circle.

* * *

After finishing my meal, I went up to the Upper Floor.

‘First, let me try using one for confirmation. It’s a waste, but I need to check it myself.’

With those thoughts, I walked through the dark corridor toward my room.

It happened to be mealtime for the employees, so the corridors and rooms were as quiet as a mouse.

‘I’ll take advantage of this gap to move… hm?’

There were two familiar shadow figures on the terrace.

It was Javelin and Lea.

The two were having a quiet conversation.

“In the end, we couldn’t find Baby Bird this time either.”

To Javelin’s words, Lea answered in a flat tone.

“Javelin. I intend to let go of Lisette and Young Lady now.”

Her voice, which had always been gentle and soft, was rigid like that of a knight. I somehow felt that this was Lea’s true nature.

“Is it because of the Child of Fate?”

When Javelin looked at Lea, Lea stared into the air and spoke.

“How pathetic I am. I always prioritize other values and miss what’s most important.”

“…”

“Even on the day Lisette and Young Lady passed away, if I hadn’t tried to recover my dead sister’s body, I might have been able to protect Young Lady.”

On the day the Previous Generation’s Army invaded, it was said that Lea, who was a guard knight, and Lea’s sister, who was Lisette’s personal maid, evacuated Lisette outside the castle.

“In the end, I couldn’t even reach my sister and foolishly lost Young Lady.”

“…”

“It’s the same this time. If I had observed more carefully, I might have noticed that Mireille was fake.”

“…”

“I wouldn’t have left Young Lady alone and lonely.”

Lea hung her head weakly.

“Young Lady refuses to call any employee by name except for me and the three maids. She’s affectionate, but her abandonment wounds run deep, so she’s afraid to form connections.”

“…”

“Even knowing this, I was so focused on that child I believed was the Fourth Young Lady that I tried to take away even the remaining maids. How hurt she must have been.”

“Could it compare to the wounds I gave her?”

When Javelin let out a self-deprecating chuckle, Lea’s breath trembled faintly.

“I want to resign. I’m not qualified to serve Young Lady.”

What?

I burst open the terrace door.

The two people, who had been absorbed in their conversation and didn’t notice I had come, widened their eyes.

I glared at Lea.

“I’m not a glass craft!”

“…Pardon?”

“I don’t get tremendously hurt just because someone tried to take my maids away for a while.”

“But being alone for weeks in such a huge castle…”

“Other children are like that too. How many children cook and eat by themselves when their parents go to work!”

I shouted while hitting Lea’s apron with my fists.

“Not having Lea is much, much scarier. Sleeping alone and eating alone is nothing. What kind of baby does Lea think I am?”

“Young Lady…”

Lea’s eyes began to well up with tears. I frowned at that sight and glared at her.

“Cancel what you said about retiring!”

“Yes….”

Soon she started crying, so I let out a sigh of exasperation.

Even Lea, whom I trusted, was making me feel like I was raising a child.

Lea soon began pouring out tears and snot, so I took out a handkerchief and wiped her face clean.

“Ugh, messy.”

“I’m sorry….”

“Hmph, blow.”

Honk─!

Lea blew her nose loudly and rubbed around her eyes with her palm.

“Now go and work.”

“Yes.”

She answered obediently and got up. Then she looked at me and smiled faintly.

“You have no idea what a great honor it is for me to serve Young Lady.”

I lifted my chin up and answered arrogantly, “I know.”

Lea looked at me like that and smiled sweetly, then kissed my cheek.

After she left, I went over to Javelin, who was sitting on a chair at the table on the terrace.

“Thank you for counseling Lea.”

“It’s not something to be thanked for.”

“But Lea is my person.”

“…You really do remind me of Lisette.”

I took a seat next to her. The bottle of western liquor and empty glass on the table gave off the smell of strong alcohol.

‘This is expensive liquor.’

This was among Duke Valois’s treasured secret liquors. He only brought out this alcohol when precious guests came.

When I sniffed around, Javelin lightly rubbed my nose with the back of her hand.

“You’re still too young to covet alcohol.”

Then she took out a new cup from the tray near the liquor bottle and put in ice that had been prepared for the alcohol.

I held the cup she offered with both hands and crunched on the ice.

“It’s already spring.”

“Yes. Violets have bloomed below the mountain too.”

“Do you like violets?”

“Actually, I like something else more than violets.”

“What?”

“Elsa trees.”

Those are money-bearing trees.

Other people only know to use the leaves, but if you dry and sell the leaves, it’s good pocket money, the bark becomes material for long-distance teleportation circles, and if they’re growing on a volcano, you can use the land as a spinel transformation zone.

The leaves can make very good ointment and tea with an enchanting fragrance, so they’re very expensive.

One Elsa tree was worth about the same as a decent provincial mansion.

‘There are many Elsa trees on my land too, but those are diseased trees….’

It only barely met the conditions for Spinel transformation paper.

That’s why Baron Roman, the original owner, sold the land with the Elsa trees at such a low price.

Moreover, just having money didn’t mean anyone could buy it. Since these trees couldn’t be cultivated by human hands anyway, owners were reluctant to sell them.

“I see.”

“What kind of plants do you like best, Javelin?”

“I don’t like plants.”

“Why not?”

“I receive them as gifts every day, so they’re troublesome to deal with.”

I remembered the rumors about how the Young Ladies and Lords of the Empire would pile up flowers like mountains for Javelin’s birthday every year, and I nodded with an “Mm.”

‘Being popular must be tiring too.’

I chatted leisurely with Javelin while feeling the night breeze.

When the night grew deep, she said.

“You should go inside and sleep now.”

“Yes.”

“Sleep well, Leblaine.”

I was so surprised that my eyes widened.

‘Ja, Ja, Ja, Javelin called my name!’

She always called me Child of Fate before.

When I covered my mouth with both hands in surprise, she chuckled.

“I should at least remember my drinking buddy’s name.”

“Yes…!”

“Have sweet dreams.”

I smiled brightly.

* * *

The next day, I was in a good mood.

Yesterday I had obtained the long-distance teleportation circle, Javelin had called my name, and I had also decided which of Paimon’s familiars to make my own familiar.

Humming cheerfully, I went down to the dining room to eat breakfast.

Javelin, who usually didn’t attend family meals, was sitting at the table.

“Good morning.”

When I spoke, Javelin replied, “Good morning, Leblaine.”

My brothers looked at me with expressions wondering what was going on.

“What’s this? When did you two become so close?”

“Really, I’m getting jealous.”

I answered while sitting down in my chair.

“Javelin and I are drinking buddies.”

Then clang─! The sound of tableware dropping was heard.

“Ah, ah, the Young Lady has become a delinquent child…”

“A, a delinquent Young Lady…”

When the servants trembled and muttered, Isaac shouted.

“Aunt, are you crazy?! How can you give alcohol to a child!”

I was inwardly amazed that Isaac, who was truly a delinquent child, said something surprisingly sensible.

“Nine years old isn’t exactly a baby.”

Javelin said while wiping her mouth with a napkin. Henri frowned.

“Alcohol isn’t good for a child’s body.”

“That’s not something you should say to me, considering I was called in because you guys were drinking in the Academy dormitory.”

I looked at Henri and Isaac with hazy eyes. Both of them flinched. The corners of Johan’s mouth curved up smugly.

Then, Javelin spoke.

“I bought you a gift, so go check it, Leblaine.”

“A gift?”

“It’s outside the window.”

“Can I look now?”

“Yes.”

Curious about what it could be, I opened the window connected to the dining room. What I saw was a pile of Elsa trees.

Massive Elsa trees were stacked dozens deep from the garden to the castle gate.

‘Wait, how many long-distance teleportation circles would this make…’

The calculator in my head went ding, ding, ding, then clicked! as endless zeros floated up.

“You said you liked them the most.”

Covering my mouth, I looked at Javelin with an ecstatic expression.

I quickly ran over and hugged Javelin.

“Aunt!”

─I cried out.

She chuckled and said.

“It was worth spending the money.”

My rich aunt is the best!

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