The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 155
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Episode 155
Chapter 25. Reunion
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“So, Lord Ortejo. What have you come to tell me?”
Grand Imperial Plaza.
Once a prosperous busy street, it had now become utterly desolate due to the appearance of demons.
There stood the Emperor of the Empire.
Beside him, Lord Ortejo lightly nodded his head.
“I’ve come to tell you that I will now descend from the mountain.”
The Emperor stared intently at Lord Ortejo.
“This is a meadow though?”
“….”
Declan was momentarily speechless.
The Emperor’s manner of speaking reminded him of ‘some very polite child’.
The problem was that the child Declan was thinking of was five years old, while the Emperor was the ruler of the Empire’s subjects.
However, Declan had learned through experience not to show his bewilderment.
He maintained a composed expression and said.
“I hear the blockade of the Papal States is being lifted. I don’t intend to just stop at defending the capital city, but plan to go to the Papal States.”
Thousands of troops were already deployed around the blockaded Papal States.
Including the Northern Duke’s forces and part of the Emperor’s guard, countless people were monitoring the Papal States.
And finally, word had reached Declan.
That cracks had appeared in the barrier blocking the Papal States.
No one could tell whether the Papal States had opened of their own will or by external force.
But….
“In that case….”
Suddenly, the Emperor’s bored eyes opened wide.
“I understand. I permit your expedition. However, I’m curious about something.”
“Yes?”
“You’re not moving purely out of vengeance, are you?”
In other words, the Emperor was asking if he was moving out of personal revenge for Airi.
“If not for vengeance, why would I bother touching something like the Papal States?”
At these words that showed no loyalty to the Empire whatsoever, the Emperor nodded.
“What a trustworthy motive for an expedition.”
Only some guards listening to the Emperor and Declan’s conversation from afar thought ‘something seems strange about this…’, but unfortunately they had no right to speak.
“Well then, I’ll be going. I have things to find after destroying the Papal States.”
Declan gradually moved away.
Watching his figure grow smaller, the Emperor thought.
The opening of the Papal States meant the Pope had made full preparations.
A holy war might begin soon.
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Meanwhile, the atmosphere inside the Papal States, which was gradually being unsealed, was heated with excitement.
All the children present had lost their names.
They were merely test subjects.
Many of those present had closed their eyes.
Only Little Ghost Airi had her eyes wide open.
And finally….
The Pope rose from his coffin.
He was now a complete god, risen above all others.
The current Pope was like a god looking down upon a single ant trying to escape his control.
“Finally, everything has become perfect.”
At his words, those present looked at each other.
He made a contemplative expression, then soon rose from the coffin like a ghost.
‘Variables can be sufficiently controlled.’
Finally, the doors of the Papal States began to open.
“On the day God opens his eyes wearing my flesh, the world shall become ruins.”
Little Ghost Airi held her breath.
‘Finally going outside!’
But regardless, the cardinals beside the Pope were busy with flattery.
“These test subjects will spread word of Your Holiness’s greatness!”
“Yes, that’s how it should be.”
An expression seemingly indifferent to the surrounding flattery.
Meanwhile, a terrible stench emanated from within him.
‘I need to return to my family soon…!’
Airi was waiting for the blockade to be completely lifted.
The Pope spoke leisurely.
“My generals, advance.”
“….”
Airi, having steeled her resolve, looked toward the opening gap in the Papal States’ door.
She stared at the brilliant white light.
She saw everything – the doors of the blockaded Papal States opening brilliantly.
‘Finally going to meet my family!’
She knew all of this was the beginning of war.
But even so, at the thought of meeting her family, her heart somehow pounded with excitement.
Little Ghost Airi looked around her surroundings.
But just then.
The Pope, who had a faint smile on his lips, exercised his omniscient ability.
Namely, perceiving all ‘existence’ within his radius.
“I knew there was a small problem….”
The Pope looked around with a still peaceful expression.
The cardinals and researchers who had overseen the experiments showed panicked expressions.
“Ah…. Wh-what do you mean by that, Your Holiness?”
“It means that while I briefly lost my flesh, a little rat snuck in.”
As if recalling several years of arduous time, the Pope’s lips twisted.
“So I should repay this debt accordingly.”
Repayment, he said.
As the cardinals looked at each other while listening to the Pope’s incomprehensible words.
“Let me see…. Cardinal Bruna.”
“Y-yes? Your Holiness.”
The Pope stared intently at the bewildered-looking Bruna and grabbed his shoulder.
Then he smiled warmly.
“Thank you for everything. While I had my eyes closed, it must be thanks to you caring for the Papal States that so many test subjects were created.”
Cardinal Bruna’s complexion brightened cheerfully.
He waved his hand lightly as if to show modesty.
“N-no, Your Holiness.”
The Pope looked at him with clear eyes.
“Is there anything you wish for?”
“H-how could there be!”
Perhaps because his grip was too strong. Cardinal Bruna’s face twisted for a moment.
And….
“I see. That’s fortunate. I’ll take that as your last words.”
The Pope’s lips twisted into a pleasant smile.
In an instant, the cardinal’s body collapsed to the floor.
Then he instantly became white bones and disappeared.
“Y-Your Holiness….”
Cardinal Bruna was dead.
The pupils of the other cardinals present shook violently.
The Pope declared solemnly.
“Well then, now we must search for the one who has infiltrated this place….”
The Pope maintained his gentle eyes as he looked around the surroundings.
Where his gaze reached.
Airi, who had been holding her breath in hiding, thought.
‘This is different from when I almost got caught by the researchers before.’
The Pope clearly knew that ‘something’ existed in this place.
If that was the case….
Airi’s eyes shook violently.
Her eyes met with the Pope’s.
Among the cardinals who couldn’t even murmur and had frozen in place.
The Pope, who alone maintained a leisurely expression, whistled lightly.
It was truly a whistle mixed with wind sounds, like farmers blow when herding birds.
A very small whistling sound that someone might hear and become nostalgic.
But Airi, who had become the Pope’s target, was different.
Cookie, who was watching the Pope’s peaceful yet slightly mad eyes, muttered.
[What the hell is that bastard doing? Damn! Is it a combination of divine power and black magic? He’s using some kind of strange sorcery…!]
At that moment.
Screech, screech, screeeeeeech!
A roar trying to drive out the intruder reached Airi and Cookie’s ears.
It was a sound so loud it seemed like their eardrums would tear, instilling fear.
But she had known this day would come.
Airi endured the loud, harsh sound with difficulty.
Then the Pope smiled wickedly.
“Not bad. But….”
As he trailed off, Young Ghost and Cookie Ghost’s bodies collapsed to the floor with a thud.
Fortunately, Airi was currently in ghost form.
‘Even if I fall, it doesn’t hurt at all!’
So Airi didn’t make a sound.
But….
At that moment, the Pope’s gaze turned toward empty air.
When the Pope’s lips twisted, Airi finally realized.
‘Huh? Something’s wrong with my body!’
That Airi’s soul was now bound by the Pope.
Airi’s original plan was to escape with the test subjects when the sealed door of the Papal States opened. And then slip back into her own body.
But….
[Airi, this is bad. It looks like you won’t be able to return to your body….]
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