The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 171

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Episode 171

“Oh my, oh my goodness.”

“Huh!”

Airi heard that frivolous voice and broke into the brightest smile in the world.

What Airi faced as she quickly turned around was…

Cookie, who had been rolling around in a dust pit on the floor.

“C-Cookie!”

Cookie covered in dirt all over!

Airi’s eyes widened.

“Why are you here? What happened to your body!”

“Hurry up and pick me up… I thought I was going to die…”

Airi hastily lifted Cookie up and carefully brushed off the dirt. Then Cookie moved his wriggling mouth.

“It was just an absolutely terrible time! Ugh! I, I mean…”

“Huh, Cookie! Your belly is bulging!”

“No, I was eating cookie ice cream… Suddenly a status window appeared in front of my eyes…”

Cookie rambled incoherently.

But Airi didn’t rush Cookie.

She knew that Cookie’s current condition was very bad!

Because Cookie right now…

“Cookie, your eyes are all swirly right now!”

Cookie rambled and explained the situation. He was eating cookie ice cream when his body suddenly started flashing, then when he opened his eyes he was forcibly summoned to some desert wasteland, it seemed like a system error, what the hell was going on, and he spouted all sorts of words.

“Anyway… I’m such a capable cookie! I somehow walked back to you who summoned me!”

“Wow…”

“How hard it was to walk with these short little legs! Sometimes I secretly rode on horses, sometimes I sat next to ladies in carriages, but mostly…”

Cookie enthusiastically rambled about his hardships. Then Declan spoke.

“That must have been difficult.”

“Ah, it wasn’t just difficult…”

Declan cut off Cookie’s words that were about to get longer.

“So you two there. Do you have any plans going forward?”

Since you’ve become human!

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to break through no matter what!”

It was a very spirited tone, just like Airi.

Her attitude was completely different from when what was inside was ‘Cookie’ instead of ‘Airi’.

“So now it’s time to show the world that I’m a super strong Purification Mage!”

Airi spoke with determination.

Just like the hero of justice, Regent.

Airi folded her fingers one by one as she chattered.

“I’m nine years old now, I’ve gotten much stronger, I’m good at purification magic, I have divine power, I have Cookie, I have Berry, I have Seraphine, I have Grandmother Grandfather, and I have Father…”

“…”

“Anyway, from now on it’s a frontal battle!”

As she struck a fighting pose toward the air with determination, Declan quietly muttered.

“It’s ‘frontal’ battle, not ‘frontal’…”

But Declan also keenly felt the seriousness of the situation.

The Pope’s evil influence had already spread everywhere.

Since he had even created human replicas, there was no telling what he might do next.

Perhaps he might secretly plot to steal Airi away.

In that case…

‘It might be better to reveal Airi and focus everyone’s attention on her.’

The Pope wasn’t one to care about public opinion, but even so, taking away ‘a child known to everyone’ would require much more consideration.

Declan, who had carefully reviewed the recent incidents, clearly realized.

‘The Pope functions as a host of anxiety, fear, and terror.’

Airi was a lovable child who could give hope to many people.

But even so, there was something to worry about.

That this small child might get hurt in the process.

“I like saving people the most!”

“Huh?”

“When sick people are right in front of me, my heart hurts. So I must save them quickly!”

“…”

Declan thought.

So, if the situation comes where the child must be revealed…

He would protect her magnificently no matter what.

“Hey, Airi.”

“Yes.”

He ruffled the child’s silver hair to a satisfying degree of messiness, then opened his mouth.

“Since our daughter is now a 4-star Purification Mage, Father will… throw a festival just for you.”

Airi’s eyes widened.

This was exactly like

what the ‘fathers’ in the romance fantasy novels that Teacher Kim Areum from the orphanage used to read would say in child-rearing stories!

Airi grabbed Declan’s arm tightly with sparkling eyes.

“Father!”

Father was sometimes playful like the friend’s father she thought about every day.

And on days like today, he was also like the wonderful ‘father’ from novels and comics.

When Airi looked at him with a full smile, Declan answered briefly.

“…Yeah.”

“Father, you’re the best!”

Because Declan was so moved by those words that he pinched Airi’s cheek hard, the last words ended up

“Owwww…”

…getting blurred, but anyway.

* * *

All the family members gathered at Ortejo Castle!

Grandmother Yelshanad and Milligan Grandfather, who heard the news that Airi had returned, came running barefoot, no, with bare feet.

“…What about the demons?”

“Forget it! I don’t care about that stuff! My child! Come here!”

Airi saw Grandfather being even more affectionate than he was four years ago.

‘All his manners and etiquette have disappeared!’

This wasn’t how Master looked…!

And…

“Move aside, that’s my child.”

…Grandmother Yelshanad’s eyes somehow seemed much scarier too!

“No, Master’s wife. Airi will come to me.”

Airi’s eyes wandered in the air at the fight between the three white-haired people.

‘Wh-where should I go?’

This was more troubling than when she decided to become a hero!

Melissa Marquess, her maternal grandmother, curled her lips up.

“Come here and I’ll give you mugwort rice cake, my puppy?”

Airi didn’t hesitate.

She jumped and sat on Melissa Marquess’s lap.

Feeling the body that had become much heavier than when she was five, Melissa Marquess smiled victoriously. The others were greatly disappointed.

Especially the young boy Berry, who hadn’t been able to say anything yet, kept patting his empty lap.

Regardless of what they were doing, Airi eagerly chomped down on the mugwort rice cake that Melissa Marquess had given her.

“Then, I won’t hide my power anymore!”

“Yes, that’s the way to do it.”

“Since people are avoiding gatherings these days, I plan to reveal it to the whole world through the video orb.”

“Through the video orb?”

“Yes. I don’t want to directly show the child’s face. Though it’s only a matter of time before it’s revealed anyway.”

That’s why Airi had come out now to film the ‘video’ that would record her face.

“Well then, Airi, shall we practice?”

“Yes!”

Airi nodded her head vigorously.

Before long, sparkling light began to slowly spread from Airi’s fingertips.

The power of a 4-star Purification Mage was spreading fully throughout the world.

To purify the corrupted divine power.

To guide the pitiful test subjects.

It was a vigorous step toward growing to 5-star level.

At that moment, the light from Airi’s fingertips suddenly went out with a whoosh.

Airi pouted her lips.

“Control is still a bit difficult. I should have a magi nearby… I want to look dignified too.”

Airi sighed as if disappointed. Just as the adults were quietly laughing at the sight of ‘a child wanting to look dignified’.

“We can help you!”

“I’ll help you too.”

Berry and Serafin stepped forward.

They extended their very reliable hands as if they were going to be Airi’s wings.

Airi waved her hands vigorously toward them, as if she trusted the two of them.

And so the ‘video’ production was almost finished.

With the help of Penedeex from the Eastern Marquisate.

* * *

Thanks to the Pope’s evil deeds running rampant, there were hardly any places in the Empire these days where many people gathered.

However, it was impossible to prevent markets from occasionally opening in the town square.

Right in that market—that is, in the clock tower located in the center of the town square—there was a video orb that announced the Empire’s situation.

Thanks to the efforts of Penedeex from the Eastern Marquisate, video orbs had become widespread throughout the country over the past few years.

People now accessed information through those video orbs rather than newspapers.

And…

A small silver-haired child appeared in the video orbs in all the clock towers throughout the Empire.

The child, who appeared to be about nine years old, smiled brightly and waved her hand.

“Hello? I am Airi Ortejo.”

As soon as those words ended, all the people gathered there stirred simultaneously.

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