The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 120

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Episode 120

Until now, Airi had never thought of Serafin as an older brother.

However….

The wooden door opened with a loud bang.

‘C-can he do that? He has no manners!’

Serafin had become a runaway locomotive!

“Hey! Little friends!”

“Why, why….”

“Come here! I’ll give you some spirit!”

“Sp-spirit?”

Airi and Berry were swept away by Serafin’s attitude.

Serafin banged on the wooden door and spoke forcefully.

“Hmph, if you play with me, I might show you the flying carriage series and ‘troll-type toys’?”

Airi didn’t know what those two things were.

Then Cookie poked his head out from inside the pocket.

[That guy Serafin. He has all the latest toys?!]

…Toys?

‘What Serafin mentioned, are those like robot toys to those kids?’

But they’ve closed their hearts, can they really be lured with toys?

Just as Airi was wondering about this.

The wooden door made a very faint creaking sound.

“My dad bought them for me, but if you play with me now, I’ll give you all of these!”

The wooden door opened just a crack, about half a span.

‘D-does it really work?’

Through the gap in the door, one eye was visible. It looked like a child about three years old.

“A-a flying carriage…?”

“How about it?”

Serafin held the carriage right in front of the child’s face and shook it roughly.

“If you come out now, I’ll even give you piggyback rides!”

“P-piggyback rides are not allowed….”

When the child hesitated, Serafin quickly changed tactics.

“Hmph, then I’ll show you how the troll-type toy moves!”

Then the wooden door rattled and opened a bit more.

Serafin took out a miniature spinning top toy from his round pouch.

“The latest trend at the Academy, I also have spinning tops? If you come out now, I’ll show you how to use them too!”

At that moment, the children opened the door wide.

The leader child Camille’s face turned bright red.

“J-just give us that. The children want it!”

“Hmph, come just a little closer!”

Serafin was a talent optimized for playing with young boys!

As expected, someone who was formerly an Academy leader was different.

Serafin moved the troll while shouting loudly.

“If you line up in front here, I’ll let you touch it!”

“H-huk!”

“Now, everyone follow me! Whooooosh!”

The boys’ eyes grew wide.

Then, Berry stepped in front of Serafin and said awkwardly.

“I also w-want to touch it.”

…He’s acting as a decoy?!

Then the boys, gaining courage, really seemed like they were going to follow Serafin, lining up in front of him like a choo-choo train.

‘Wow! Serafin, Berry. You’re so good at playing with them!’

So incredibly amazing!

“This is a spinning top! Children, look at this. It’s a spinning top with darkness all over its surface. Uhuhuhut.”

“W-woooow….”

“With the powerful arm strength of a martial artist, if I spin it like this…!”

Whiiiing!

The spinning top spun round and round.

The boys, who had lived only in the orphanage until now and had never seen amazing toys, opened their eyes wide in wonder.

You could see the boys’ hearts opening up.

However….

Then, Camille stepped forward resolutely.

“Even if the noble lord tempts us with toys, it’s useless. If we get involved with nobles, the lives of commoners like us are over.”

Thanks to Serafin, the hearts of the boys who were still young and naive could be melted.

But Camille was unmovable!

Soon Airi was about to step forward, but Serafin took a step ahead.

“Hmph, that’s right. I suppose so.”

“…?”

Camille looked puzzled seeing Serafin give in so easily.

Then, Serafin said.

“You guys are like a single black panther roaming the rough wilderness….”

“…?”

What does this mean?

Airi and Berry’s eyes became confused.

But Camille was different.

Somehow his eyes were wavering.

“…You understand the life of a wild black panther? A noble?”

“Not perfectly. But I too, when studying as an Academy martial artist, have lived by digging up and eating only grass roots, lying in ambush for two or three days.”

“….”

“But it would be different from complete wild beasts like you all.”

Cookie sent a telepathic message.

[Don’t tell me those cringey wise words are actually working…?]

‘…Right?’

Airi focused on Serafin’s mouth.

Camille’s furrowed brow was gradually relaxing.

“Well, so I won’t say that I know your hearts even a tiny bit.”

“….”

“But that pain felt when hungry, that darkness of darkness…. That pain, I know very well. So I want to share food and play together with you.”

Serafin swept his hair toward them.

“By the way, I’m strong enough not to be defeated by plagues and such. I came from the Northern Region.”

“N-Northern Region?”

Camille looked around at Airi’s group with a flustered expression.

“That’s right. I was called 【Dark Iron Human】 Serafin. Kuhaha!”

…W-what is this?

What’s even more surprising is that Camille’s pupils are shaking!

Then, Berry, who was next to Serafin, carefully stepped forward.

“It’s not a lie. I was also a slave in the Capital City. He rescued me from the Northern Region.”

“…?”

Airi and Berry exchanged glances with each other. Then, Serafin grinned and gestured with his chin.

“Let me introduce our leader here. Her name is Airi!”

“Nice to meet you!”

Airi bowed her head with a nod.

“A, a noble is bowing 90 degrees to us?”

“When friends meet for the first time, we should always be polite like this!”

A triple combo of Serafin’s toy, Berry’s testimony, and Airi’s greeting.

Was it thanks to that?

The venom that had been lingering in Camille’s eyes slowly disappeared.

More magi was visible from the orphanage children who had been busy sticking together among themselves.

‘But there are many watching eyes right now.’

So she had to cleverly bring in the Purification Mage.

Airi spoke seriously toward Cookie.

“Are you ready, Cookie!”

* * *

After a few minutes of playing with the children like that.

A tall young man appeared from the gap in the alley.

“Wh, wh, what? Someone suddenly appeared!”

…Cookie, you appeared so suddenly!

But Airi immediately recalled the opening of the animation 【Great Hero, Regent】.

“They say true heroes appear in difficult places!”

“…That person is a hero?”

Serafin made a suspicious expression.

And for good reason, as he was wearing somewhat shabby cloth clothes.

[Damn it, this was all I had for clothing in the item window!]

Airi hurriedly stomped her feet to draw the children’s attention.

“That person is a Purification Mage! I think I saw him in the Northern Region before…!”

It was when everyone was looking at Airi with suspicious gazes.

[Airi, start the purification quickly!]

Airi immediately purified the magi that gloomily surrounded the boys.

And the effects of purification soon became apparent.

The children suddenly moved their bodies and opened their eyes in surprise.

“Huh, what?”

“Big brother, the blisters on my face are disappearing!”

It seemed they had been affected by incredibly powerful magi that even created blisters on their faces, but Airi was a 4-star Purification Mage!

She was rapidly spinning the rings of purification without even taking a breath.

‘Then I should draw their attention.’

Cookie pretended to be languid, hardened his expression, and raised his hand.

“Hey, over here.”

Pretending to be languid, sexy, and fatal.

The surprised gazes of Serafin, Berry, and the children turned toward Cookie.

Only Airi looked a bit uncomfortable.

[Even if it’s cringeworthy, endure it, Airi. I’m packaging your image as much as possible.]

How many minutes had passed?

The magi map that Berry had returned to Airi sparkled with light.

[Capital City Magi Map]

Capital City magi contamination level: 85/100

※ All magi at location 【Orphanage】 has been eliminated!

At that moment, Airi and Cookie’s gazes met.

Cookie arrogantly lifted his head and said.

“【Palace Orphanage】, did I eliminate the magi again… Heheh.”

Serafin looked at the children with curious eyes then looked at Cookie.

“You must be a Purification Mage!”

“…”

“You were amazing in the Northern Region too. Wow, really, really so great! Really cool!”

“…The Purification Mage healed u, us? Why? We’re just lowly children.”

“That’s because I recognized your kind hearts. I’m not bound by social status.”

Cookie left behind a wise saying and disappeared back toward the street corner.

Serafin and the orphanage children began praising the Purification Mage without even breathing!

The more they praised the Purification Mage, the redder Airi’s face became, but…

Airi decided to do the last thing she needed to do.

“Children shouldn’t be alone by themselves. So, let’s go to my house!”

She couldn’t leave those orphanage children in this place without any adults.

Teacher had said so!

Children should be with adults and receive protection.

That’s why Airi had also lived with the teachers at the orphanage after Grandmother passed away.

Airi smiled brightly at them and extended her hand.

The children looked bewildered!

Cookie, who had returned as Cookie again, slipped into the bag and sent a telepathic message.

[We’re doing such good deeds!]

‘Hmm…?’

[People should know about this great act of charity! There are no reporters, and it’s difficult since it’s the slums, but. Ahem!]

‘Do people really need to know about what I did?’

She had just followed Teacher’s teaching to always extend a hand to friends in need, it wasn’t such a particularly good deed.

Airi tilted her head curiously.

[Right. That way the Papal Fools will know that a Purification Mage has appeared in the capital and start taking action in the capital, right?]

…I, is that so?

* * *

That evening, at the Maximilian Newspaper in the slums.

The expression of Maximilian, the owner of the newspaper where Camille, the newspaper boy from the orphanage, worked, became distorted.

“What, a great Purification Mage appeared at the Palace Orphanage?”

“Yes, and he said he would take us to a good place!”

“Wh, where is that?”

“The Ortejo Ducal Townhouse!”

He knew that there was some connection between the Purification Mage and the Northern Region.

Maximilian had been wondering why Camille from the orphanage hadn’t come.

However, due to the lack of proper extra editions, the newspaper was on the verge of bankruptcy, so he didn’t have the capacity to worry about Camille too.

In the midst of that, Camille appeared and told him about this amazing event!

“Would it be okay to report this fact in the newspaper?”

“I, I think it would be okay…”

If he could publish an exclusive article, he would be able to pay off a lot of debt.

Moreover, Maximilian had another ulterior motive.

‘I need to create many watching eyes so that the 【Palace Orphanage】 children won’t be abandoned by the Northern Duke.’

Maximilian stroked his chin and spoke thoughtfully to Camille.

“You must do well even when you go there, Camille.”

“Yes, boss.”

Seeing Camille’s eyes become moist with emotion, Maximilian laughed heartily.

“No. I’m doing this because I’m grateful for the extra edition you brought me.”

A story involving the Purification Mage and the Northern Ortejo Family.

It would definitely make an incredible extra edition.

‘The title would be…’

【Lord Ortejo Becomes a Father. ‘That Person’ Was Cool.】

…This looks good?

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