The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 165

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Episode 165

“Huh? The test subject friends?”

“Yeah, yeah!”

Airi confidently stepped forward even in Cookie’s form.

“Probably returning ten souls should do it.”

“Ten souls?”

“I have a way to know Airi’s condition as a summoned being, and it’s written there.”

The Pope tries to transplant the souls of test subjects.

There are close to hundreds of test subjects.

And the Pope is very strong, with nowhere beyond his reach…

After saying all this, when Airi and Cookie had fallen into despair.

Melissa Marquess quietly murmured.

“If we purify those test subjects’ souls, the Pope will also take a hit.”

“…?”

Declan also opened his mouth.

“If Airi ‘saves the souls,’ the Pope’s power affecting the mortal world will diminish, and naturally the connection between body and soul will be restored.”

“Huh, huk.”

“It’s too simple.”

“Indeed, even a blank sheet is better when held together!”

“Where did you learn such sayings again…”

“I memorized them when I was a ghost!”

Airi proudly nodded Cookie’s head and continued speaking.

“Then, it’s super beneficial!”

“Huh?”

“If we cleanse the souls, we help them return to their original bodies, and the world will become super super beautiful like a fairy tale where countless children say ‘we lived happily ever after!'”

Everyone smiled faintly at Airi’s earnest words.

This child still saw the world beautifully.

Even though she must have gone through many difficult situations as a ghost…

“I’ll definitely save people!”

Airi smiled brightly. Then she raised her index finger and said.

“So which soul should we go save now?”

Declan lifted up Airi’s Cookie body.

“Yeah, let’s go.”

“Huh, huk!”

When Cookie in Airi’s body followed behind Declan.

Declan whispered quietly.

“Wait, I have something to do for just 30 minutes.”

* * *

‘Something to do for just 30 minutes’.

That must be something very important!

But thinking that was brief, as Airi noticed something strange was happening.

“Should we make our baby all round and cuddly like this?”

“Huk!”

Currently nine years old!

But a child who has seen all the evil forces in the world.

She couldn’t just sparkle her eyes at the word ’round and cuddly’ like a five-year-old!

Airi lifted her head very solemnly.

“Please do!”

“Yes, yes.”

Even while receiving lots of swaying and cuddling from Grandmother, Airi could maintain a stern expression.

‘I’m really an adult now!’

A true adult doesn’t get flustered even when being cuddled!

Feeling somehow very proud of herself, Airi raised her hand brightly.

“But what is this thing we need to do for 30 minutes?”

Declan glanced at Melissa Marquess and answered instead.

“…Before facing the Pope.”

“…?”

“I want to be with our daughter. Without interference, without interruption, without thinking dangerous thoughts about saving the world. Just…”

He paused for a moment, then muttered quietly.

“…Just like an ordinary father and daughter.”

“Ah…”

Airi doesn’t know exactly what emotions are layered in Declan’s eyes.

But she knows just one thing.

When he makes that expression, it feels like there’s definitely a round hole in one corner of her heart.

Declan, embarrassed by his touching words, squinted his eyes.

“You’re not an ordinary daughter right now though, you’re Cookie.”

“Huh, huk. This is you teasing me.”

Declan grinned and took Airi’s Cookie body.

“Airi, when we find your real body, shall we go get a ‘gift box’?”

A gift?

A gift… box?!

Airi’s eyes sparkled brightly.

“A gift! That’s super super great!”

“Still a kid.”

Declan said with a grin. But at those words, Airi’s eyes widened.

“What did you say!”

“I said you’re still a kid.”

Instantly, Airi raised her hand.

“No! I’ll prove it to you today!”

“…?”

“That I’m not a child!”

“…What?”

“Forms? Sparring? Which should I show you!”

Declan’s brow furrowed briefly. He muttered.

“I picked the wrong fight…”

With an expression thinking the troublemaker would cause trouble again.

Then, Airi grabbed Declan’s hand.

And snorted while breathing heavily.

“You didn’t pick the wrong fight!”

Still, because she was happy to be able to hold hands.

Declan obediently raised both hands and said.

“Yeah, I misspoke. …My daughter is the one who’s going to teach that terrifying Pope a lesson, right.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

After saying that, Airi suddenly realized.

‘Master said so. A real adult is someone who does what they need to do.’

Then it was time to act like a ‘real adult’.

Meanwhile, Declan looked at Airi who was thinking about something.

Whatever happens, just grow up healthy.

Declan lifted up Airi’s crispy body again.

A small body that was warm from soaking up lots of sunlight.

The moment he felt that warmth, he thought.

Because this child was here, he was truly happy in this very moment.

He didn’t care what form Airi took.

But it would be nice if he could stroke Airi’s silver hair again.

So….

Just then, Airi stamped her feet on his palm.

“Now it’s time for me to go give the Pope a good scolding!”

Declan lifted up Airi’s Cookie body and grinned wickedly.

Exactly thirty minutes.

The happy time had ended.

Now it was time to defeat the Pope.

* * *

“But how do we punish the Pope?”

The three-way meeting between Declan, Cookie, and Airi had returned.

Declan placed Airi’s Cookie body on his palm and said casually.

“There must be a troubled soul somewhere, so we need to find it.”

“Huk! How do we find it?”

Declan chuckled at Airi’s energetic voice.

He had already absorbed all the information from Airi and Cookie.

[1. Based on existing database, find people showing abnormal reactions.

2. Restrain them.

3. Confront the ‘soul’ dwelling in their unconscious.]

“And then….”

Airi jumped onto the note Declan had written.

“Then at the end, I’ll strike with my round Cookie hands!”

“….”

“Pow pow pow!”

Airi raised both hands in a triumphant pose.

…Declan thought. He didn’t know what Airi had seen, heard, and felt as a ghost. But the Papal States where Airi had been seemed quite uneducational.

“It’s dangerous for the hero though. If you get stepped on, you’ll become Cookie crumbs.”

“But you can’t defeat the Magi without me!”

“That’s….”

Airi snatched Declan’s fountain pen and wrote crookedly.

[4. Cookie-bodied Airi purifies the pitiful souls!]

Airi grinned and tapped the paper.

Then Declan said sternly.

“Steps 1, 2, and 3 are Father’s job.”

“Yes.”

He glanced at Cookie, who was wearing Airi’s body, and said.

“Cookie, don’t show your face for a while.”

“Huk, why?”

“If the Pope finds out you’re walking around in Airi’s body, it’ll be trouble.”

“Ah!”

“Eat lots of things you couldn’t eat in Cookie form and get nice and plump.”

“….”

The purple eyes shook violently. ‘Now I can eat cookies without it being a cannibalistic tragedy… I’m so moved…!’ he muttered to himself.

But just then.

There was a knock from outside the door, and Serafin appeared.

“We received contact from the Sehera Estate.”

“….”

“They say the Sehera Marquess is acting strange.”

Declan slipped Cookie-form Airi into his jacket breast pocket.

Airi, who occupied the spot where a handkerchief should have been, squirmed around before poking her face out at the edge of the pocket.

“Huk! Now that I’m in here, my body doesn’t move well!”

“Being small is good for this. You can’t cause trouble.”

Declan grinned wickedly. Then Airi raised her arms up.

“Everyone, let’s move out!”

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