The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 160

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Episode 160

“You know, Cookie.”

“Hm?”

“Let’s go back to the Northern Region.”

“Your dad is here though? And the problem is that, that, that thing!”

“Huh?”

“That Pope bastard is causing trouble in the Capital City.”

Airi narrowed her eyes.

“That’s exactly why we need to go to the Northern Region.”

“Why?”

“My body is in the Northern Region! I need to find my body.”

“But the Pope…”

“I thought of a method that might help me find my body!”

* * *

Meanwhile, the fact that the first ‘test subject’ had failed was immediately reported to the Pope.

They had left the Papal States and were at a mountainside where no one could track them.

The place closest to ‘God’ in this world, as the Pope had said.

The cardinals who had trusted the Pope and followed him this far bowed their heads.

“Oh my, one test subject has gone astray.”

“We are deeply ashamed, Your Holiness…”

The Pope chuckled.

“It seems there was quite a clever little rat. But my great armies are still operating in the shadows, are they not?”

The design was perfect.

This was merely a small error within the expected range.

At those words, the cardinals erased their trembling expressions and nodded.

“You speak truly, Your Holiness.”

Hundreds of test subjects were still marching for him.

Wearing the shells of those in power.

They would operate in the shadows throughout the Empire…

‘And they will become my precious hands and feet.’

This failure would not pose any problem.

The Pope’s lips curved upward as if drawn.

“Though the beginning is humble, the end shall be great.”

Using demons to contaminate the bodies of those who held power.

Then inserting the ‘ghost’ form test subjects into their bodies.

This was a type of scheme to control their subconscious through the contamination source.

“Let us begin guerrilla warfare.”

It wouldn’t take very long for their bodies to be seamlessly replaced.

And among those the test subjects were targeting.

Melissa Marquess and the Grandmothers were also included.

* * *

“Demons have been appearing frequently in the Capital City lately. This time they appeared on Apartrite 12th Street. Fortunately, we dealt with them quickly, so there were no casualties.”

Meanwhile, after the blockade of the Papal States was lifted.

Melissa Marquess had been feeling subtle headaches recently.

So she was staying at the Melissa Marquess Estate in the rear, observing the situation.

Even now, she was sitting in the study on the second floor of the manor, receiving reports…

“I see.”

…but she kept feeling strangely irritated.

“Yes.”

“What about the front lines, the demons, the level of demonic energy?”

“Well… there isn’t very much.”

“…”

She would probably be able to handle that much.

She narrowed her eyes and thought deeply, then soon spoke.

“Then I’ll go to the front lines too. I plan to deal with all the demons there and then head to the Northern Region.”

“Pardon?”

Since the blockade of the Papal States had been lifted, she thought she should check on Airi’s condition.

But…

She paused for a moment as she tried to get up from the rocking chair after saying those words.

‘Why am I like this? What’s the reason I’m so scattered?’

She somehow kept feeling like she was forgetting something.

“What did I just say…”

“You said you were going to the Northern Region. But before that, Marquess. The supplies you promised previously haven’t been prepared.”

“…Did I promise supplies previously?”

Come to think of it, that did seem to be the case.

She muttered while carefully examining the other person’s face.

“Your name is.”

“Raymond.”

She had definitely been with Raymond for a very long time, yet his name suddenly wouldn’t come to mind easily.

Melissa Marquess, who had slumped back into the rocking chair, barely gritted her teeth and tried to clear her mind.

The only way she could make her mind clear was to recall the portrait of Airi that would be in the manor.

She painted new portraits of Airi every year.

Next to the portrait of five-year-old Airi was placed an imagined painting of six-year-old Airi, and after imagined paintings of seven-year-old and eight-year-old Airi were drawn…

‘The year has passed, and this year she turned nine.’

It was time to draw another imagined painting soon.

She laughed softly.

“Still, it’s fortunate.”

“…Yes, it’s fortunate.”

Melissa Marquess always drew strength from looking at these paintings of the little child.

‘When our child returns, I’ll have to draw a new one for her.’

This little baby.

Thinking of Airi, Melissa Marquess’s mind became clear and she slowly stood up again.

Before she knew it, the headache that had been tormenting her was gone.

A subtle sensation filled the place where the pain had lingered.

“Oh my…”

“…”

She bit her lip.

She somehow felt as if a piece of her heart had shifted out of place.

Nevertheless, Melissa Marquess gritted her teeth.

She picked up her sword sheath, checked her equipment, and said.

“I’ll participate in battle. And after this battle ends.”

“Yes?”

“If you think my orders seem strange.”

“Yes.”

“…disobey me at your discretion. This is a command that takes precedence over all future orders I give.”

She had set up a very weak safety measure.

‘If even Raymond becomes a target…’

But she didn’t know what she should say right now.

She moved her lips and said.

“Also tell Declann Ortejo that Melissa Marquess’s condition is very strange.”

“…I obey.”

Raymond’s eyes grew somber.

At last, an era filled with mutual distrust had arrived.

Melissa Marquess slipped out of the manor.

Waaaaaaah-!

Along with the noisy sounds, she could hear the sounds of dealing with demons that frequently appeared in the Capital City.

* * *

At the same time, in the Northern Region.

Ghost Airi and ghost Cookie stood boldly at the spot where the coffin was.

“So, what are you planning to do now?”

“What am I planning to do, you ask….”

Airi raised her hand up with a snap.

Then she said seriously.

“We’re going to become human now.”

“Huh? But we can’t enter our original bodies because of that Pope bastard, right?”

How could they become human when they were still floating around?

Airi laughed sinisterly, giggling.

“I’ll become Cookie.”

“Huh, what?”

“You become human!”

…Cookie finally ended up understanding what Airi was saying.

“Wow, what? This is a development I never imagined….”

“There’s nothing wrong with it! The other test subjects also entered other people’s bodies!”

“That’s true, but they were invaders so their bodies got all twisted and they were expelled….”

“That’s what’s important!”

“Huh?”

“We’re friends! So Cookie’s body won’t kick me out, and my body won’t kick Cookie out either!”

It was an absurdly fairy-tale-like story.

Cookie thought in bewilderment.

‘This is actually quite logical?!’

Cookie’s body wouldn’t push out Airi’s soul. The reverse would be the same.

Because they had a very close relationship as summoner and summoned!

Her serious admiration was brief.

Thump, thud!

Impatient Airi rushed straight into Cookie’s body.

“Is this how you do it? Do I get absorbed into the body?”

“I, I guess?”

With an expression that showed she wasn’t sure, Cookie squeezed her eyes shut and flew toward Airi’s body.

And….

There was no ticking sound of a clock.

But slowly, more than a minute passed.

Airi and Cookie opened their eyes simultaneously.

And what entered Airi’s vision was….

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