The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 142

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Episode 142

“Lady Airi, you cannot.”

“Huh, why can’t I?”

Airi ran toward Declan like the spirited child she was.

But even this clever hero child hadn’t expected such a powerful obstacle.

“It’s dangerous.”

Adult interference!

Airi clenched both fists tightly and made a decision.

Namely…

Imitating the ‘rude’ neighborhood kids!

Airi plopped down on the floor and shouted loudly.

“Waaah!”

“…?”

Of course, in the servants’ eyes, she was still a wonderfully well-mannered child.

“Here, I’ll give you a handkerchief.”

“Thank you.”

…Indeed, the path to becoming an ill-mannered child was very, very long.

Airi thought as she drooped her eyebrows downward.

But just then.

The person who saved the well-behaved girl who was just wiggling her bottom while sitting on the cold corridor floor was none other than…

“Yaaahhhhh-!”

A young boy who neutralized Airi’s ‘rebellion’ with one big deep breath.

A young boy who instantly kicked up dust from his shoes and approached the door menacingly.

“Seraphine!”

“Let Airi in, right now!”

“Pardon? Young Master, but…”

“The kid wants to go inside. I’ll take responsibility. Whatever happens!”

“Pardon? You, Young Grand Duke, will take responsibility?”

At that moment, Seraphine’s wicked eyes flashed.

“That’s right. If you let her in, I’ll give you guys my allowance too. But if you don’t let her in, I’ll call my elite troops to this place, this town house!”

As befitting a charismatic young boy who controlled teenagers, he knew how to use both carrot and stick well.

Sure enough, one servant’s face turned pale.

“So, so you mean Seraphine Young Master’s elite troops…!”

This wicked young boy Seraphine’s infamy was of course famous even among the servants in the capital city.

Cold sweat trickled down their backs.

While they hesitated for a moment in confrontation with Seraphine, Airi didn’t miss the opportunity.

She dashed like lightning and threw open the door.

“I’ll handle it quickly and be back in 5 minutes!”

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Inside the room she entered after opening the door.

It was so quiet that not even groaning sounds could be heard.

‘Is he sleeping?’

Airi lifted her heels and tiptoed inside.

At the bedside she approached very, very quietly.

Airi could see Declan’s face, which had become very, very pale unlike before.

“Poor thing. He’s gotten so, so thin…”

It was sincere words that came out in a very small whisper.

‘When he gets better, I’ll make him into a plump puppy.’

After making a resolution that would make Declan gasp if he heard it, Airi lifted the potion from her pocket.

Then she looked carefully at the surface of the potion bottle.

[Expiration date: Maximum 15 years

Could be shorter.]

‘Could be shorter, that’s very, very ominous…’

But still.

She just needed to feed the [Old Romance Potion] to Declan’s mouth.

If she just did that, everything would be perfect!

Airi quietly looked at Declan lying straight.

His appearance that had seemed like Mount Tai was now too, too small.

“Too weak…”

Somehow it felt like tears might burst out little by little.

But she had to act like a hero!

Airi rubbed and wiped her reddened eyes while thinking to herself.

‘Then, now, I need to open his mouth!’

Airi tried to forcibly open Declan’s tightly closed lips with her round, chubby thumb and index finger.

She struggled for a long time but…

‘Complete failure!’

Even while sleeping, Declan was clenching his molars.

His jaw strength was very, very powerful.

Then, she had no choice but to use a different strategy…!

‘Grandmother strategy!’

When Airi didn’t want to take bitter medicine, Grandmother did this.

“Baby, you don’t want to take medicine? Then shall we sing the ‘Heaven’ song?”

“Yes! Haaa-“

“Oh my, the medicine tastes good.”

“Eeeeek! Wh, what is this-!”

…That’s right!

Grandmother’s strategy to naturally make her open her mouth!

Airi held Declan’s hand tightly and murmured.

“You can’t die… I’ll save you!”

But Declan’s hand was very cold.

It was as if it had been soaked in ice water.

Airi remembered what Grandmother always said when putting on the round hand gloves she knitted.

“You have suzoginyeong.”

Then, rough breathing sounds were heard.

“Stupid. It would be poor circulation…”

Stupid!

Airi’s eyes instantly grew huge.

“Stupid is a bad word…!”

“Mmm, I’m… bad…”

He seemed to be muttering strangely as if drunk.

‘Can he hear what I’m saying?’

But he still wasn’t opening his mouth properly.

He was only mumbling, so she couldn’t pour the potion in.

Airi, who had been thinking hard, gripped Declan’s sleeve tightly.

‘If I, who had been caught by Grandmother’s medicine-feeding skills many times, absolutely wouldn’t open my mouth…’

Then, what Grandmother used on Airi was!

The ‘serious conversation’ strategy!

“Our baby, Grandma has something to say. Something very serious to say.”

“What?!”

“Right away…”

“Ah! Mmph mmph!”

Airi pondered deeply, then hesitated a little more…

Finally managing to open her mouth, she mumbled.

“But you know.”

“Yeah.”

“Why do you protect me so much? I’m fine because I’m a Purification Mage. It doesn’t matter even if I absorb lots of magi.”

Declan barely managed to catch his breath as he mumbled.

Despite being heavily corrupted by the magi that burst forth when the High Priest exploded.

As if he had to somehow answer Airi’s question…

“Don’t know. It’s dangerous.”

“…”

“What reason does a father need to protect his daughter.”

“…”

Though he seemed drowsy, it was still words filled with Declan’s sincere feelings.

“My body just moved that way… A father has to come save his daughter- ugh, what!”

Right when his mouth opened wide as he tried to say “come”!

She aimed at Declan’s open mouth like a predator.

Then she made him gulp down the potion.

“It’s medicine.”

Airi was confident.

Seeing the medicine go down his throat properly, Airi cheered inwardly.

She had given him the potion!

Now he would spring up and open his eyes brightly.

‘With a healthy body, looking at me with kind red eyes, then.’

Then she would definitely call him Father.

Then he would be really, really happy, right?

Just thinking about it made her heart tingle.

But…

Even after waiting for a long, long time, Declan didn’t get up.

Even after waiting for a very, very long time, he didn’t.

In that moment, Airi’s eyes shook roughly.

“Wh, what.”

Declan was actually getting stiffer and stiffer.

Airi recalled the [Potion of Ancient Romance].

“Did the expiration date pass…?”

Seeing that it was ‘ancient,’ that could be…

But she had eliminated so much of the Capital City’s magi just to open the potion’s lid.

Even sitting by the bedside, her body felt completely drained.

Airi mumbled softly.

“Did I buy the wrong potion… Waaah…”

If that was the case.

Would Declan, would Father, die like this.

All sorts of terrifying simulations flowed through her mind.

But right at that moment, Airi’s small lips opened.

Not Elder, not Uncle, not Appa.

With tears streaming down from her eyes…

“Father…”

Right at that moment, Declan’s hand, having drunk all the potion, twitched.

Airi didn’t even see this as she hugged Declan tightly and cried profusely.

Airi mumbled with all her might.

“Father, you’re a dummy if you die…”

Because her eyes were filled with tears, Airi didn’t know.

That life was gradually returning to Declan’s wooden log-like arms.

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