The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 102

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Episode 102

Airi and Karhen immediately left their seats.

However, Karhen still doesn’t know who his parents are.

Karhen, who had been making a somewhat anxious expression, muttered weakly.

“Are we perhaps going to meet demons?”

Airi thought carefully and seriously.

‘Hmm, I don’t think they’re demons.’

Then she shook her head vigorously.

“They’re not demons, right? They’re humans!”

Should I tell him who they are? After pondering, Airi instead held Karhen’s hand tightly.

‘I’ll tell him later!’

Only then did Karhen show a slightly relieved expression.

Airi read the fear of a seven-year-old child in Karhen’s expression.

So she deliberately started chattering away.

“You know, Karhen! What do you want to say when you meet your parents?”

Karhen blinked his eyes and then said.

“Um, just…”

“Yes?”

“That I want to continue being someone who protects Lady Airi.”

‘Why does my story come up there!’

Airi, who became bewildered, blinked her eyes.

“You say ‘Nice to meet you.'”

“Yes. …Politely?”

“Good! Politely!”

The early education worked out really well!

On the way to find Declan and Jackvell Marquess with a proud and excited heart.

Suddenly, Airi felt a chill down her spine for some reason.

And it seemed she wasn’t the only one who felt it.

Cookie sent a telepathic message.

[This is strange, hey. Why are the doors to fake Berry’s and Belorus Archduke’s rooms open?]

Now that I think about it…

‘Bad child friend, fake Berry!’

…Even if he’s a bad child, fake Berry must be very heartbroken.

‘When it’s revealed he’s fake, I should help him learn martial arts. Then he’ll become a good child!’

Airi glanced worriedly at the doorway of Berry’s room.

As Cookie said, both Berry’s room door and Belorus Archduke’s room door were open.

From there, Declan appeared, now seemingly having no intention of hiding his identity.

“There, it’s dangerous so come out.”

“Huh.”

Jackvell Marquess was also visible behind Declan’s back.

He was originally the person they were going to meet, but not in this situation.

It was right when Airi’s purple eyes, clutching the 【Paternity Test Kit】 she had put in her pocket, wavered.

He quickly scanned the inside of the room and said.

“Belorus Archduke seems to have probably gone into the forest.”

“Berry has also disappeared.”

Declan furrowed his brow.

Airi looked back and forth between Jackvell Marquess and Karhen.

So this was right before the tremendous secret of their births was revealed.

But a more urgent matter had occurred.

“Um, can’t Jackvell Marquess do it? Open a door to enter the forest and rescue Berry! And bring the Archduke back to scold him…”

Jackvell Marquess rubbed his face wearily.

“I cannot use distortion ability again on a door I’ve already used it on once. Belorus Archduke probably knew this and eliminated the door.”

A brief silence followed, and it was when Jackvell Marquess furrowed his brow.

Then, Karhen quietly stepped forward.

“Lady Airi, I’ll help you.”

“Huh?”

“Even if it’s a door that’s had distortion ability used on it once, it doesn’t matter to me.”

“…It doesn’t matter?”

“Yes. I can use stronger distortion ability than this uncle.”

“What do you mean by that?”

Only then did Jackvell Marquess’s wavering eyes clearly scan Karhen.

But Karhen paid no attention to Jackvell Marquess.

Instead, he calmly waved his hand toward the door.

It was exactly the same hand sign as when Jackvell Marquess used distortion ability.

Soon the door began to distort.

In exactly the same form as when Jackvell Marquess had distorted the door here before.

Instantly, Jackvell Marquess’s eyes widened.

Karhen calmly entered through the door and said.

“We need to go rescue Berry. Aren’t you coming?”

“…”

Jackvell Marquess quietly bit his lip.

As if he had heard the answer to a question he had been searching for over many years.

Nevertheless, his eyes, which seemed to still contain countless questions, suddenly blazed brightly.

Declan said to him.

“Let’s go, for now. There are people to save.”

Jackvell Marquess looked at the shoulders of the small seven-year-old boy.

…Then he straightened his wobbling legs.

Declan was right.

Even so, for now they had to go inside and rescue them.

Whatever answer he would learn.

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Airi’s group stepped into the forest.

“It seems to have gotten worse somehow.”

“That’s right…”

“What on earth is composing this forest.”

Declan frowned and cut through vines with his dagger.

A space dense with vines that seemed like feet would get stuck in them.

Strangely, magi was encroaching on their breath.

Even while hopping around trying not to step on the densely tangled vines, Airi kept glancing at Declan.

Moving her body through the roughly cut vines, Airi suddenly raised her hand like before crossing a crosswalk and said.

“Elder, are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Let’s go. There are people to save.”

He had to become solid like an old tree in front of the child.

But it was right at that moment.

The vines that had been lying quietly on the ground suddenly writhed.

Seeing this, Declan didn’t hesitate.

He immediately drew the dagger he was holding at his waist and said.

“Jackvell Marquess, lift up my daughter.”

Setting aside that he couldn’t hold his own daughter even in this situation.

Seeing Jackvell Marquess pick up Airi, he instantly cut down the countless vines that had blocked their path.

Karhen also began distorting the shape of the vines.

Jackvell Marquess, who had been watching Karhen with a burning gaze, quietly stood behind the child.

What were the countless vines hiding? What was the true nature of this forest, and what would emerge if they walked toward this path filled with thorny vines?

Airi, who was being carried while looking around, muttered.

“We’re going to a place with more magi.”

“Really? Does it feel like we’re heading to the center of magi?”

“Yes. This place is really, really strange…”

Declan muttered in a low voice.

“…Yeah, it’s strange. Because…”

He muttered while frantically cutting down the vines that rushed to strike at him.

“The trees near the sky are withered, and the power seems to come from the ground.”

An artificially created forest.

Karhen said quietly.

“Then I’ll check the ground.”

Declan, Karhen, and Jackvell Marquess suppressed the countless vines.

Airi quietly blinked and looked down at the floor.

The place where the vines had disappeared.

‘There’s black magi gathered on the floor!’

What could be seen through the gaps of magi condensed like dust was…

“…An animal’s back?”

They looked at the floor they were standing on.

No, this place wasn’t ‘ground.’

A place where countless sprouts had bloomed in colonies over the corpses of magical beasts.

So…

Declan whispered low.

“It’s not ground, but the back of a dead magical beast.”

They were standing on the corpse of a magical beast.

Airi’s mouth fell wide open.

‘A, a corpse…!’

The moment they realized that fact, countless vines approached again as if to strangle them.

Declan shouted loudly.

“Run!”

The four ran like mad.

While Airi was being carried without knowing where they were going, breathing heavily and just rolling her eyes around.

Suddenly her vision spun around and her mind became slightly hazy.

At some point, the noisy sounds subsided.

Then Cookie in her pocket shouted loudly.

[Hey! Don’t lose focus! Snap out of it! Airi! You’re a baby martial artist! Taegeuk person? Anyway, something like that!]

As soon as she heard those words, her confused mind cleared up.

‘It’s not Taegeuk person, it’s Taekwondo person!’

[Anyway! There’s a place with the strongest magi here, right? We’re running toward there!]

Right, run!

Airi shouted loudly.

“Everyone go where I point!”

“What?”

“Over there! Forward!”

When Airi pointed forward with her finger, their gazes gathered in that direction.

How long had they been cutting down the approaching vines?

Airi barely caught her breath while looking around.

The epicenter of magi was closer than expected.

At the place they finally reached, there was a pitch-black hole.

Two human figures sprawled like rags could also be seen in front of it.

Declan narrowed his brow slightly and muttered.

“It seems like we found it perfectly.”

But the small child figure collapsed on the floor and the man staring at the black hole as if enchanted were quite suspicious.

“Belarusian Count?”

The gaze burning with desire suddenly turned toward them. His expression was half-distorted.

“Oh my. You followed all the way here. But it’s too late.”

“What kind of nonsense is this?”

“This test subject and I will cross this black hole to go to a beautifully decorated heaven.”

Soon, countless vines emerged from the black pit.

“None of you will be able to leave intact!”

Belarusian Count’s lips curved up as if they would tear.

Bang!

Crash!

At that moment, the forest roared.

Powerful magi of 2-star level or higher swirled around them.

Then a massive wind blew from the pitch-black darkness.

But…

“Everyone bow your heads and get down!”

Even so, Airi doesn’t get scared.

That pit is full of ‘artificial magi.’

In other words, it’s Airi’s prey.

‘…Then is this forest mine, not that man’s?!’

When Airi glared at him spreading the vines, Cookie shouted magnificently.

[Let’s go! Airi! Suck up all the magi here! Let’s devour it!]

Airi, who had been stepping back, tried to take a step forward…

‘I’m hanging like luggage right now!’

…For now, she tried dangling her legs.

‘Anyway, Airi will solve this place!’

Then Declan, who had been blocking Jackvell Marquess and Airi’s path, glanced back and muttered.

“What’s this, troublemaker. The signs are ominous.”

Airi clenched both fists and said.

Dad, no, Elder was now dangerous because he was full of magi.

So…

“Dad, step back.”

A very powerful hero will purify this place!

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