The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 154

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Episode 154

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While the Pope fell into slumber and Airi moved about busily.

Ortejo Castle was gradually returning to its ordinary daily routine.

“Marriage proposals have been coming occasionally?”

“Huh?”

In the corridor of Ortejo Castle in the North.

Serafin, who had been having a brief conversation with his father after running into him by chance, frowned deeply.

“Father, forgetting Mother so quickly and remarrying? Besides, there’s no little one around.”

“It’s not about me, it’s about you.”

Trying to tease his son only to become a shameless man who completely forgot his dead wife and wanted to remarry.

Declan made an aggrieved expression as he waved the envelope of the .

The recipient on the envelope was clearly Serafin Ortejo.

“So, Serafin. You’re fourteen now, aren’t you? It’s time to prepare for an engagement at least.”

Pulling himself together to tease again, Serafin’s expression hardened.

“I absolutely refuse any engagement.”

“Huh? Why? Are you going to live alone forever?”

“Whether I live alone forever, with one other person, or with several people – that’s unknown.”

“…Really? That sounds rather ominous.”

Serafin stubbornly pressed his lips together and said.

“Yes. More importantly, I don’t want to do anything without the little one around. What if she feels left out when she comes back?”

Declan pretended to fiddle with his sword sheath while pressing down on his stinging eyes.

“Alright, I understand. Then let’s go give the little one a present.”

“…What?”

“It’s Airi’s birthday soon.”

“Ah! That’s right! Ah, what should I give her? This is really troubling…”

Declan took Serafin’s hand and headed toward Airi’s Room.

The room where Airi’s coffin was located was in the largest and most splendid place in the Ducal Palace.

People whispered that it was in bad taste, but Declan didn’t care about such things.

He was only counting the days until Airi would return.

Declan entered Airi’s Room and looked at the presents piled up like a mountain on one side.

Serafin made a somewhat fed-up expression.

“No, if Father buys this much, what am I supposed to buy!”

“Well. Isn’t that something you should figure out yourself?”

“Damn it…!”

“Anyway, we can’t let dust accumulate on the presents we worked hard to buy.”

“…Ha!”

“First, bring a duster and broom. We’re cleaning.”

“…Father will do it personally?”

“Why. I want to clean my daughter’s room.”

He looked at a small, soft Cookie-shaped bear doll.

And slowly traced with his fingertips the black belt worn around the waist that had Airi’s name engraved on it.

“Do you know what this is?”

“What?”

“It’s a belt they give you when you do well in forms and sparring.”

“Ah… I don’t know what it is, but if the little one knows about it, it must be some incredibly powerful martial art.”

“Probably?”

Declan recalled the warm conversation he had with Airi before they parted.

‘I didn’t understand exactly what it was.’

He had thought he would ask when she returned.

So when Airi comes back, he should put the black belt around her waist again.

And ask her warmly.

What exactly this belt is, what forms and sparring are…

‘She would be a troublesome seven-year-old by now…’

Why is it.

Why do I already miss you so much, my daughter.

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And so time flowed once again.

To gain the powerful force to dominate the world, abilities must be implanted into test subjects, but there was something more important than that.

Becoming omnipotent directly by borrowing divine power.

The power of omniscience and omnipotence.

Divine power lay in the deepest part of the sacred power the Pope possessed.

For this purpose, the Pope repeatedly secluded himself in the Inner Sanctum of the Papacy.

Only once a year.

Except for the time when his mind returned clearly.

Today was exactly that day.

The Pope opened his eyes again from within the deep coffin.

‘This time too, obtaining omnipotent power has failed.’

The reason was unknown.

He had released demons in the Capital City and Northern Region.

The demons were a kind of sacrifice the Pope offered to God.

The more they died, the stronger his power became…

‘Did that foolish Ortejo not properly massacre the demons?’

Shocked by his daughter’s death, he might have become a wreck and followed after her.

‘I need to investigate the situation in detail.’

With an unpleasant expression, the Pope raised his body.

And he looked at the High Priests who had been surrounding the coffin, waiting for his advent.

‘The internal atmosphere is also unsettling.’

His eyes narrowed for a moment.

There was a saying in the world that the Pope had ‘three eyes.’

His intuition was never wrong.

“What happened while I was asleep?”

Of course there was.

As much as Airi had instilled hope in the test subject children, the experiments continued to stagnate.

The High Priests were also aware of that uncomfortable atmosphere.

But Airi believed.

That they would never report the experiment results to the Pope.

‘I’ve seen how the High Priests fear the Pope.’

And indeed, Airi’s guess was right on target.

“Nothing, Your Holiness.”

“Of course. Everything is proceeding well without any problems!”

“There are some who have achieved the desired results. Would you like to see them?”

Airi was relieved.

If he noticed Airi’s identity, Airi could die and disappear immediately.

She hadn’t told Father, but the Pope was stronger than the current Airi.

Besides, a few test subjects gaining hope wasn’t that important to the Pope anyway.

Airi carefully slipped out of the Pope’s room.

Thanks to being a ghost, moving here and there was very easy.

This time, Airi headed to the Ability Experiment Lab.

And…

Inside the agonizing laboratory.

What entered Airi’s vision were children smiling brightly.

‘Flowers have bloomed on their faces.’

Young boys with abilities who were born in this place, seeing flower petals for the first time.

When she saw these little ones’ smiles and the dimples carved at the corners of their mouths, everything became somewhat okay.

‘Father would probably be incredibly proud of me too!’

Like the smile that had appeared on the face of the hybrid monster slave ‘Karhen’.

Like the brightest smile in the world that Berry had gained.

The thought that she was saving people made her incredibly brave once again!

The hope that countless children possessed.

As those small waves of hope seeped into Airi…

[Airi!]

“…?”

A crack that the arrogant Pope could never perceive was forming.

Airi looked up at her status window while holding Cookie in her hand.

Both her physical age and soul age were steadily increasing.

She was no longer the five-year-old Airi.

She was already approaching nearly half of her former nine-year-old self.

But there was one thing that hadn’t changed…

‘The heart of an incredibly cool hero!’

The only thing that remained was her strong heart wanting to save her beloved family.

[Status window of the strongest hero Airi and the ‘Guardians’!]

(…critical point breakthrough…)

[0.5]

Finally, the meter was running smoothly too, surpassing 0.5.

She could feel everyone’s power gathering.

Seeing that, Airi thought of the family she had left behind in a distant place.

Were they having dinner right now?

Were they thinking of her?

Or had they forgotten her a little?

That’s okay though.

Everyone wait!

I’ll return soon in a wonderful form!

【K-Confucian Child Saves Villain Family】 Part 1 Side Story End

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