The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 140
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Episode 140
The sword tip was aimed at Cardinal Ibenna’s throat.
Cardinal Ibenna’s complexion turned deathly pale.
“How dare you point a sword at a Cardinal…!”
Scritch.
A crack appeared on his throat. Cardinal Ibenna’s eyes widened in shock.
“Do you think your daughter will be safe after this!”
“You’re as cowardly as befits the Pope’s dog.”
Declan gritted his teeth.
He glanced at the child who was already tightly bound and lying on the floor like a small bean.
“Bad person! Don’t worry about me!”
The child’s resolute determination not to treat bad adults as adults!
Hearing that voice, Declan hesitated no longer.
He immediately moved his blade.
Crack!
With a loud noise, more than half of the black magi that had been surrounding Airi disappeared without a trace.
But Cardinal Ibenna remained unfazed.
“Pathetic sympathy. How foolish.”
The Pope’s magic mirror writhed and moved toward Airi.
It was a signal and sign that subspace was opening.
‘Once the subspace opens…!’
The massive magi that spread from the subspace turned into sticky tar.
Then it firmly grasped Airi’s wrist that had just been freed.
It was right when Cardinal Ibenna clenched his fist.
Did he notice where the Cardinal’s gaze had landed?
Declan’s sword gracefully cut through the air and soon reached near the magic mirror.
Crack!
“Ah…”
Declan’s sword was strong.
With one powerful movement, more than half of the sticky substance surrounding Airi disappeared.
Cardinal Ibenna’s eyes widened as he rushed toward Declan.
Whitish divine power flowed from his fingertips and then…
“…Huh?”
…disappeared.
“You’re really, really a foolish Elder!”
Because Young Warrior Airi, who had sprung to her feet, had absorbed it all!
Seeing Airi standing proudly with her round belly pushed out, Cardinal Ibenna ground his teeth.
“If only I could kill you, just you…”
Declan, who was slashing to destroy the magic mirror that had tried to devour Airi, said.
“I’m concentrating, so shut up.”
He was someone even His Holiness the Pope acknowledged.
He was a great saint and the Pope’s closest Cardinal.
Yet at this attitude of treating him like some petty underling, he looked around.
But…
Cardinal Ibenna’s lips twisted.
“I have my methods too. I’ve already submitted evidence that those here killed Her Majesty the Empress Dowager.”
Earlier, when the door opened.
Cardinal Ibenna had used divine power to throw a video recording device into the Head Servant’s arms.
‘That man is only loyal to the Empress Dowager.’
The evidence would be safely submitted.
“Even if you threaten me here, it doesn’t change that you ruthless ones killed Her Majesty the Empress Dowager.”
But right then, the Empress Dowager, who had been lying as if dead, slowly raised her body.
“I am not dead.”
Her face was still pale due to the surrounding magi.
But she was clearly alive.
Cardinal Ibenna’s eyes grew wide.
“Then, that means…”
“Thanks to the Purification Mage.”
Cardinal Ibenna’s judgment had been wrong.
When his face contorted after having already used two divine artifacts.
Declan, who had cut down the magi that Airi couldn’t absorb, grinned wickedly as he aimed his sword at his heart.
“You’re finished.”
Moreover, loud sounds could be heard from the distant corridor.
The Head Servant of the Dowager Empress’s Palace had brought the Imperial Palace knights.
Cardinal Ibenna had become a rat trapped in poison.
Suddenly, the words the Pope had spoken came to his mind.
“I will embed a third divine artifact in your heart. If the plan goes awry even after using the second divine artifact…”
“Whatever nonsense you might pull—”
At that moment, what came to Cardinal Ibenna’s mind was…
“Die immediately instead of resisting.”
“I obey.”
He bit down on the poison he had hidden in his molars.
“Cough, cough!”
“Damn! That crazy bastard’s going to die!”
Cookie’s piercing scream echoed.
And then…
“If that happens, the third, no, the final divine artifact I embedded in you will activate.”
The fragment hidden deepest in Cardinal Ibenna’s heart writhed.
Magi slowly spread from Cardinal Ibenna’s entire body.
And then…
Cardinal Ibenna, or rather, what was now his corpse, collapsed to the floor.
At that moment, a sharp fragment like a black jewel emerged from near his heart and…
Bang!
Crash!
It exploded with a loud noise.
As if generated by consuming his life, the blackest magi ever seen enveloped the entire room like a net.
This place had become somewhere no one could enter.
Then, Cookie muttered as if sighing.
“This must have been the last remaining magi in the capital…! It’s too strong!”
This was the Pope’s power.
Even though he hadn’t descended here directly.
His overwhelming magi was so powerful that even Cookie, a summoned being who was far less affected by magi than humans, trembled.
Hearing Cookie’s words, Declan readjusted his grip on his sword and muttered.
“And… it even has physical force.”
Befitting the last remaining magi, the powerful magi attacked the three from all directions like sharpened blades.
Airi tried to step forward like a warrior, but Declan naturally blocked in front of Airi’s body and muttered.
“Daughter, stay behind.”
“But…!”
“Purify after Father handles it. Promise.”
“…!”
Declan didn’t listen to Airi’s words.
Like a sturdy mountain, he stood tall, blocking Airi’s front.
He took the lead at the very forefront.
Having already cut down countless magi, his blade had dulled somewhat, and he fought with difficulty.
The network the Pope had hidden deep within Cardinal Ibenna became magi that strangled their breath.
Airi wasn’t just standing still either.
‘Elder, you look more and more exhausted!’
But no matter how much Airi absorbed the magi, there were limits to a 4-star Purification Mage’s abilities.
‘The Pope’s power is too, too strong.’
Airi realized that the final boss she had to face was overwhelmingly powerful.
“Airi, stay close to Father.”
“Yes…”
Even while doing so, Declan relentlessly struck down the magi that shot out like arrows with his sword.
Fear suddenly overwhelmed Airi.
‘No, it’s okay.’
When the purification ring that had been moving repeatedly finally stopped as if exhausted.
And…
From the magic mirror Declan had destroyed, Airi saw it.
Some subtle movement was observing them.
Someone’s bright blue eyes were staring at Airi.
And the moment she met those eyes.
Painful memories flashed through Airi’s mind.
“You’re so useless I don’t even know why I gave birth to you.”
The painful memories she had forgotten until now resurfaced.
They were memories from her past life that emerged due to contamination by magi.
Airi covered her ears tightly.
Then, Declan gripped Airi’s shoulder firmly with his hand opposite to the one holding his sword.
“Daughter, you need to stay focused.”
“…”
“You trust Father, right?”
Had he been watching Airi continuously despite having to eliminate countless magi?
Declan’s sword sliced through the air to destroy the magic mirror.
And…
It was when Airi barely opened her eyes.
“Gasp.”
“Why are you closing your eyes? Father is right in front of you.”
“I keep seeing scary things…”
Airi was a powerful hero child, but she was weak against memories of the past.
Still…
“Father is right beside you.”
His sword had no time to rest.
The aura wrapping his sword flashed and shone, cutting through the network made of powerful magi.
Whether magi surrounded him or not, Declan was busy tearing away the magi that encircled Airi.
Declan, standing firm like a mountain, continued to cut down the magi with his aura.
Thanks to the father and daughter’s efforts, the countless magi were gradually being cleared away.
Finally seeing the end in sight, Airi smiled faintly as she looked toward Declan.
But…
“Why do you have that expression?”
…Declan’s physical condition was somewhat strange.
More precisely, the state of the magi that densely wrapped around his entire body.
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