The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 138

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Episode 138

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“Thanks to Cardinal’s care, the Empress Dowager’s health seems to have improved greatly.”

“That’s fortunate.”

The Empress Dowager’s breathing had just barely regained stability.

“This is all thanks to the Cardinal. Her Majesty will be pleased as well.”

“What are you saying? It is God’s grace.”

When Cardinal Ibenna smiled warmly, the physicians whispered among themselves.

“Since divine power and magi have conflicting natures, you might have been worried about the magi within the Imperial Palace.”

“Ah…”

He showed a faint smile.

‘That magi was all created by us anyway.’

There had been nothing wrong with their bodies at all.

He looked around at the physicians and spoke gently.

“Now that the Empress Dowager’s treatment is finished, I should infuse her with divine power one last time.”

At his gentle words, exclamations of admiration burst forth from among the physicians.

‘Of course, her body has already become no different from a corpse.’

What he had injected was not divine power but magi.

If the physicians here were in their right minds, they might have noticed that this place was thick with magi, but…

He had long since manifested his brainwashing ability through magi.

So, all plans were perfect.

Until Airi Ortejo visited the Dowager Empress’s Palace accompanied by the Purification Mage Kuken.

He looked down below through the open window.

The wind blew gently.

‘What a lovely day indeed.’

A perfect day to bind the Purification Mage and Ortejo together and send them to hell.

The three sacred artifacts the Pope had given him rattled in his pocket.

The Cardinal turned his head and stared at the physicians with a grin.

“Well then, let us withdraw so that the Empress Dowager may rest comfortably.”

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Meanwhile, Airi’s group had arrived in front of the Dowager Empress’s Palace.

This was because the Emperor had permitted Kuken’s visit, as he wished to purify the Empress Dowager.

But when they entered the Dowager Empress’s Palace.

The Head Servant of the Dowager Empress’s Palace blocked Lord Ortejo’s path with a suspicious expression.

“I humbly apologize, Lord Ortejo, but the Empress Dowager is currently in a critical condition.”

“So?”

When Declan raised his eyebrows, the Head Servant barely mustered the courage to speak.

“She has just barely calmed down through Cardinal Ibenna’s divine power. If magi were to mix in, it could become very dangerous, so please show understanding.”

Declan opened his mouth.

“Move aside.”

It was an extremely concise statement.

Airi glanced at the Head Servant standing as if nailed in place and Declan.

She became anxious as the time prepared in the book was drawing closer.

“Then, can’t Papa just wait here for a bit! Can’t just me and Cookie, no, Ken go in together?”

“Trust me, Lord.”

“…”

Declan looked at Kuken with the eyes of someone viewing the most untrustworthy person in the world.

Then Kuken shrugged his shoulders.

“I actually needed a young child anyway. I’ll make this child my assistant for the day.”

When the Empress Dowager had collapsed, Airi had been by her side.

But no matter how suspicious the Head Servant’s expression was, there was no way to refuse the claim of Kuken, who was a Purification Mage.

Eventually, Airi was able to enter the Dowager Empress’s Palace, stamping her round little feet.

And the Head Servant opened the door and said.

“The Cardinal is currently treating her. The Purification Mage should wait in the reception room next door, and then on the next turn…”

But Kuken, true to his former Cookie nature, knew no manners.

He opened the bedroom door and stepped forward first, then shrugged his shoulders.

“The Cardinal’s not here? And the Empress Dowager is healthy.”

Though it was a somewhat irreverent tone, the Head Servant was surprised and opened his eyes wide.

“What? I was certain that he had dismissed only the physicians and that the Cardinal was inside treating Her Majesty…”

Then, the Empress Dowager spoke in a low voice.

“Head Servant, go outside. That child… bring her in.”

The Head Servant clasped his hands together with a moved expression.

“Ah, it seems he left quietly after treating the Empress Dowager. Just like the saint of the streets. As expected, Cardinal Ibenna…”

The Head Servant looked at Kuken and Airi with a somewhat irreverent gaze and tilted his head slightly.

“I hope you have a good time.”

When the door closed with a thud behind them.

The Empress Dowager’s sharp eyes looked at Airi.

“You’ve come again.”

“Yes! Grandmother, are you well!”

Airi bowed her head and then raised it again.

She thought about doing a super amazing butt dance…!

But the Empress Dowager’s expression was so very solemn that she didn’t dare.

‘But Grandmother doesn’t dislike me!’

Her hair is white!

So Airi stepped right up to the Empress Dowager.

Instead of speaking at length, the Empress Dowager firmly grasped Airi’s hand with her wrinkled hand.

“Now… let us see properly.”

Before she knew it, the contents of the book flowed into Airi’s mind again.

[…The first world.

Due to the Pope’s greed, the Empire burned, and the world filled with magi was destroyed.

There was only one thing that the ‘prophet’ Olivia Ortejo, who saw that very future, could do.

Change the future.

But she could only see the future, not change it.

Olivia discovered in the future that her daughter, Airi, possessed the power to change the future.]

“…”

Airi breathed shallowly at the array of letters drilling into her mind.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager quietly murmured.

“You must continue to see.”

[First, one who sees the future and writes books.

Second, the intermediary who turns the created pages, the Page Turner.

And…

Most importantly, .

Thus, when three people gather, they will be able to change the future.

‘The one who writes the future’ Olivia Ortejo.

‘The Turner who turns pages’ Empress Dowager.

Most importantly…

‘The one who changes the future’]

Finally, letters were written in that empty space.

[Airi Ortejo]

[Airin]

Airi bit her lips as she quietly looked down at the two names.

‘I don’t really know what this story is about, but….’

The Dowager Empress gently explained to Airi.

“Things will proceed according to the contents of the book you saw.”

[Beside those who seek to change the future are guardians

Together with them, you shall unite your strength to save the world]

“Now, Olivia and I have completed our mission. Now, together with those who protect you….”

“….”

“…save….”

It was when Airi’s eyes wavered.

The moment the Dowager Empress let out a labored breath, Airi recalled the contents of the book.

In 『The Monster Clan of the Northern Snowy Plains』, the Dowager Empress had died from being tainted by magi.

‘To change the future, I must save the Dowager Empress!’

Then what Airi had to do was eliminate the magi that had penetrated the Dowager Empress’s body!

Airi firmly grasped the Dowager Empress’s hand and closed her eyes.

Pure white light spread from Airi’s body, and the ring of purification turned.

The Dowager Empress’s gasping subsided, and she was clearly breathing peacefully.

But….

“That’s strange.”

[Magi Map]

Capital City’s Magi Contamination Level: 5/100

…The Dowager Empress’s purification was clearly finished, but Cookie’s magi map still showed 5 magi remaining.

“Where on earth should I look for the remaining 5?”

But it was at that moment.

The Dowager Empress collapsed to the floor.

Kuken jumped in surprise.

“Wh-what, what, what!”

Panicked Kuken hurriedly approached and helped the Dowager Empress onto the bed.

“Sh-she’s not breathing?”

“She will probably get better.”

“R-really? We’re not becoming murderers, are we?”

The Dowager Empress would wake up soon.

It was written in the book that this was a side effect after manifesting the ‘Page Turner’ ability.

Airi nodded and said.

“Yes. Dowager Empress is strong!”

“Ah, shit. I’m worried. What if the Dowager Empress suddenly misunderstands that she ended up like this because of us. Still, it’s fortunate that no one else is here. If we wait a bit, she’ll wake up soon, right?”

“Yes, it’s fine!”

She had just entered a near-death state for a very brief moment.

And now what Airi had to do was….

Airi firmly grasped Kuken’s hand.

She had perfectly purified the Dowager Empress, so she needed to find where the remaining magi was!

Airi looked around carefully.

But it was right then.

Pure white divine power gathered in one place….

A small formation was drawn on the floor with divine power.

Cardinal Ibenna appeared above the glittering divine power formation.

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In Cardinal Ibenna’s possession was a watch containing the ‘Sacred Magic Circle’ bestowed by the Pope.

By clicking the watch to activate the magic circle, he could hide his presence for a certain period of time.

The duration was 10 minutes.

During that time, he could hide like an invisible person within the range of the magic circle drawn on the floor.

Cardinal Ibenna had hidden inside the Dowager Empress’s Palace, waiting for Kuken and Ortezo to appear.

Having sufficiently scattered magi on the Dowager Empress, he planned to attack and kill them while Kuken attempted purification.

Cardinal Ibenna had been watching them the entire time.

‘His Holiness the Pope bestowed three sacred artifacts, but using just one would be sufficient to capture them.’

He spoke arrogantly.

“I was lying in wait because something seemed suspicious. Ortezo, everything you did to harm Her Majesty the Dowager Empress….”

He lifted up a video-type magical device and smiled slyly.

“Is all in here.”

The High Priest had a history of being framed by a video-type magical device.

So he too utilized a video-type magical device.

“What to do, this time it’s Ortezo’s turn to suffer, indeed.”

“Excuse me, but white-robed Elder, are you stupid?”

…The Dowager Empress had clearly stopped breathing.

But why weren’t they panicking at all?

It was when Cardinal Ibenna’s face instantly contorted.

Airi firmly grasped Kuken’s hand.

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