The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 139

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Episode 139

“White-haired Grandmother, we saved her!”

“Ha…”

Cardinal Ibenna wore a mocking smile.

He had already seen everything.

The Dowager Empress collapsing to the floor.

And he had felt it directly.

‘The Dowager Empress’s life force has completely disappeared!’

No matter how they purified, the Dowager Empress wouldn’t be breathing.

So their confident words would only last for now.

Cardinal Ibenna asked in a deliberately sly tone.

“Do you have proof? Then let me check—”

“Ah, that won’t do, no it won’t.”

Kuken immediately blocked Cardinal Ibenna’s path.

‘These simple-minded fools with so many weaknesses.’

A bitter smile played around his lips.

“I see. Then I’ll call someone from outside. It seems necessary to confirm whether Empress Dowager is in good health.”

“Huk, that won’t work either!”

Airi hurriedly ran to the door.

Kuken guarded the Dowager Empress lying on the bed near the wall, while Airi blocked the door.

As if he had grasped the entire situation, Cardinal Ibenna chuckled.

Those who used the Pope’s ‘divine artifact mixed with magi’ must not come into contact with Purification Mages.

‘Their bodies could burst into flames.’

So he willingly walked toward the door.

“Little one. Do you think you can stop me with a body that’s only four or five years old?”

The little one here was nothing more than a rat in a trap anyway.

Cardinal Ibenna irritably pushed Airi aside.

Then Airi tumbled to the floor with a crash.

But…

“Huh?”

In an instant, his eyes widened as he tried to open the door.

When Airi’s body touched his hand.

“Magi purification…? Did you do this?”

Even the brief contact felt as painful as if his entire body had been burned.

It was natural for Cardinal Ibenna, whose body was filled with magi from using the Pope’s artifact.

Feeling the powerful force, his body trembled.

“You, were you a Purification Mage?”

And moreover…

Airi, who had tumbled to the floor, sprang up like a roly-poly toy.

“Yes! So what? You’re a stupid Elder. That’s why I healed Grandmother Dowager Empress too!”

“Ha…”

The Dowager Empress would have died before being purified.

‘She’s still not breathing right now.’

He wore a bitter smile and grasped the door handle again.

“Then that’s perfect.”

It would be better to deal with those two instead.

‘The fact that they killed the Dowager Empress is well captured in the video magic device.’

Cardinal Ibenna would become the hero who dealt with those who killed the Dowager Empress.

If there was only one concern…

‘It’s just that I can’t touch that little one.’

Still, it didn’t matter.

He had the Pope’s divine artifact.

‘Ah, Your Holiness, just how many moves ahead did you foresee!’

He recalled the words the Pope had said when handing him three divine artifacts.

“The day will surely come when you must use all three. However, when you use the last divine artifact, you may die.”

“I will only use up to the second one.”

“Good. All those who undertake sacred duties will go to Heaven.”

At the thought of Heaven, his eyes rolled back.

He took out a small Magic Mirror from his chest.

The mirror emitted an eerie light.

Cookie frowned.

“That’s a Magic Mirror, isn’t it? You’re really stained with magi through and through, trash Temple!”

“So trashy!”

“Shut that mouth!”

He could tolerate being insulted himself.

But he could not tolerate insults to His Holiness and the Temple.

Cardinal Ibenna’s eyes became bloodshot.

He stepped forward and muttered.

“This is the second divine artifact that His Holiness personally gave me!”

As soon as those words ended, terrifyingly pitch-black darkness poured out from the Magic Mirror and engulfed the entire room.

“Airi! Be careful!”

Since Kuken had to protect the Dowager Empress, Airi was the problem.

Magi rapidly scattered over Airi’s body.

At that moment, the Dowager Empress’s body, which Cookie was protecting, twitched.

Cookie, being a summoned being, was less affected by magi.

But the Dowager Empress was different.

Although Airi continued to purify the surroundings…

Even Airi, a 4-star Purification Mage, would face situations difficult to handle.

Indeed, the Pope.

Even the items he possessed had tremendous abilities.

Kuken muttered.

“Damn it, Airi! Can you purify all of that? Even the Pope’s items are this strong…”

Just how strong would the actual Pope be?

It was impossible to even estimate.

Airi clenched her fists tightly and glared at Cardinal Ibenna.

From the Pope’s Magic Mirror, magi spread relentlessly toward the Dowager Empress, Airi, and Kuken.

The magi finally took the form of black jelly-like entities.

Cardinal Ibenna sneered.

“Kuken. You’re known to be 4-star level, is that true?”

“…”

“Even so, His Holiness’s Magic Mirror will take quite a while to handle unless you’re 5-star level.”

In the meantime, Cardinal Ibenna would take them to His Holiness the Pope.

‘Then all the plans His Holiness established will be perfect.’

And so far, things were going according to Cardinal Ibenna’s plan.

Airi, clenching her fists tightly, muttered.

“Bad Elder…”

Then her whole body trembled.

Even though she was constantly trying to absorb the magi spread by the Magic Mirror, the purification ring in her stomach kept stopping.

As if it kept getting stuck on something.

It was when Airi’s complexion turned pale white, having never experienced this before.

“Well, shall we finally put an end to this now.”

As soon as Cardinal Ibenna finished speaking, the Magi that had taken form tightly bound Kuken and Airi’s bodies.

The Magi flowing from the magic mirror transformed like thread snakes or tentacles.

Then they completely blocked Kuken and Airi’s bodies and mouths.

“Ugh, urgh….”

Airi, bound tight, tried to move her small body frantically.

But the Magi stuck to Airi’s body like long tentacles and wouldn’t budge.

It was the same for Kuken’s side.

Though he was less affected due to being a summoned beast, his face gradually filled with anxiety.

And at that very moment.

The closed door made a rattling noise.

“Airi, Kuken. Are you inside?”

…It was Declan.

Airi jumped up in place and looked toward outside the door.

Were those sparkling eyes that had found hope?

Or were they eyes conveying the meaning ‘you’ll die soon too, so don’t come in’?

‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’

Cardinal Ibenna giggled as he watched Airi’s plump hands moving frantically.

Cardinal Ibenna smiled kindly and put on a fake voice.

“Those two are not inside. I’ll be leaving soon as well.”

The magic mirror would open the subspace soon anyway.

‘Will His Holiness the Pope be waiting there? Will he praise me?’

Just thinking about it lifted his spirits.

But at that very moment.

Just as the glass of the magic mirror began to writhe as if trying to create a subspace.

Declan, standing outside the door, asked back in a low voice.

“Ah, is that so?”

Bang!

With a loud noise, the door split in half.

The tattered hinges.

The half-ruined scenery of the room.

Even the head servant who had frozen while trying to dissuade the situation from behind.

The moment everything turned to ice.

Declan’s gaze reached Airi, who was lying on the floor like a small chickpea.

Cardinal Ibenna held his breath briefly.

Soon, Declan’s fierce gaze that seemed ready to devour his opponent fixed on Cardinal Ibenna.

The insolent one who dared draw his sword in the Empress Dowager’s Palace.

Declan Ortejo.

His sword tip aimed precisely at Cardinal Ibenna.

“What bullshit.”

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