The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 177

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Episode 177

“Berry!”

What appeared through the window gap was none other than Berry.

Berry with blue hair and blue eyes was the same as before.

Except for his hair being completely disheveled and something worn on his ring finger.

“Yes, Lady Airi.”

“What? You came through the window?”

“Yes…”

Airi tilted her head.

‘Is Berry acting a little strange? Or not?’

Airi tilted her head, but even so, she wasn’t particularly concerned.

But just one thing.

‘This goes against proper manners!’

Berry isn’t this kind of child!

She tried to teach Berry proper etiquette like the instructor at Gyeonghye Taekwondo Dojo, but Berry cautiously spoke first.

“I didn’t want to come through the window, but suddenly I had an im, impulsive good idea.”

“Huh! A good idea?”

A gentle voice, a somewhat warm expression, and even a kind smile.

Berry cautiously handed something to Airi.

“Here, I, I wanted to give you something.”

“Hm? What is it?”

“…”

What was in Berry’s hand was a small grass flower ring.

His palm even had grass stains on it.

Airi stared down at the grass flower ring and froze. The same ring was on Berry’s ring finger too.

‘Th, this ring is…!’

When Airi couldn’t continue speaking while looking at the ring, Berry, having some misunderstanding, said cautiously.

“This grass flower ring, I made it from flowers that grew in land without magi. It’s not a bad thing.”

But there was a reason why Airi didn’t readily accept the grass flower ring.

“This, this is…! This is really an amazing ring!”

“Yes?”

Berry’s expression became strange, as he hadn’t thought of it as an ‘amazing ring’ despite bringing it himself.

On the other hand, Airi tried to quickly receive the grass flower ring with a pounding heart.

Then, Berry said.

“Pl, please give me your hand.”

“Hm?”

Berry carefully put the grass flower ring on Airi’s ring finger.

“Wowww…”

Looking down at the grass flower ring, Airi reminisced about the past.

It was during her time as Airin, the righteous taekwondo child.

It was when her precocious second-grade elementary school friends were dating.

They shared ‘couple rings’ with each other and promised to ‘marry’ when they became adults later.

But Airin at that time had never had a couple ring.

For Airin, peers including boys were either beings to be disciplined with righteous fists, or beings who should be praised a lot for following proper etiquette well.

‘It’s different from those days! This is a real couple ring.’

Airi clenched her fist.

“Huh, this definitely.”

“Definitely…?”

“It’s confirmed that we have to get married.”

After casually causing the sound of Declan’s heart breaking, Airi looked down at the grass flower ring.

Even though she still had a long way to go since she hadn’t dealt with the Pope yet.

Somehow, just one grass flower ring made her heart feel completely warm and full.

Berry, who had been looking at Airi’s ring finger as if embarrassed, said cautiously.

“Then.”

“Hm?”

“I’ll protect you with my life. Ma, ma, ma, ma, that thing, you know.”

Berry was still a shy boy who couldn’t even boldly say the word marriage.

Nevertheless, at Berry’s sincere words, Cookie, who had been quietly watching the situation, held his stomach and laughed.

But Airi thought.

The weight of Berry’s words was very heavy.

So she should answer him seriously too.

“Me too, if Berry gets hurt, I’ll protect you in the name of justice!”

When they become really big adults, they’ll get married!

* * *

Meanwhile, the Pope had become an evil spirit.

He stayed in the very dark back alleys of the capital spreading darkness, and also wandered around the brightest and most vibrant spaces in the world, spreading anxiety and depression.

Having transcended the limits of flesh, there was nothing he couldn’t do.

The only inconvenient thing was that he had to look for a new body to inhabit.

‘This point is rather bothersome.’

But now was much more enjoyable than the past when he lived like a parasite in an aged body.

He sneered coldly while watching the Ortejo family soldiers searching for him and the military officials moving under the Emperor’s orders.

‘There is no being that can catch a soul.’

Even a Purification Mage, even ‘that’ Airi Ortejo would find it difficult.

Certainly it was something that started for eternal life and power.

But for him who had sold his soul to a demon, neither power nor eternal life mattered anymore.

What the Pope wanted was just one thing.

Only to spread more evil and chaos in the world.

‘But to spread greater chaos in this world, I’ll need a body someday…’

He needed a body worthy of his strong spirit inhabiting it, and one capable of destroying the souls of countless people.

‘Then who should I inhabit.’

Unlike ‘pure’ test subjects, the evil spirit fragment couldn’t inhabit many targets.

A body that could hide a soul harboring darkness…

Suddenly, the gaze of the one seeking a host to inhabit became lowly.

* * *

The task of finding the evil spirit fragment couldn’t be neglected.

Declan deployed his soldiers.

But there were no particular results.

“It’s already been a month since the Pope disappeared without a trace.”

By agreement between the North, East, and South, everyone gathered in one place.

Children also proudly attended that meeting.

The conference room in the Imperial Palace of the capital was bustling with various people.

Declann Ortejo, the representative of the North.

Melissa Marquess, the representative of the South.

Jackvell Marquess, the representative of the East.

And even outstanding children like Serafin, Berry, and Airi who had experience fighting the Pope.

Of course, since they were already more than familiar with each other, formal conversation didn’t take place.

“If we quickly get rid of the Pope, I won’t have to see your smooth face, Jackvell Marquess.”

Jackvell Marquess answered Declan’s words.

“Well, I think we’ll be seeing each other as in-laws.”

“That can’t be.”

But right at that moment.

Airi asked Serafin next to her what ‘in-laws’ meant, and then nodded her head vigorously.

“What’s wrong, Airi.”

Airi thought for a moment, then tilted her head.

“Jackvell Marquess and Father are in-laws, that’s correct.”

“What?”

“Oh my. My daughter-in-law says we are indeed in-laws.”

Declan, who was habitually about to argue with Jackvell Marquess, frowned.

“What’s correct? Airi, didn’t you mishear?”

“No! I’m going to become Jackvell Marquess’s daughter-in-law.”

“…You don’t know what a daughter-in-law is?”

“I do know!”

Declan snorted and asked back.

“Daughter, a daughter-in-law isn’t like a ‘hero’ or something. A daughter-in-law is…”

“Excuse me, but may I speak!”

Airi set down her cup with a clink.

Then she said seriously.

“Jackvell Marquess’s daughter-in-law is Jackvell Marquess’s son’s wife!”

“Huh?”

“I know it well, right?”

Airi proudly made a V sign with her fingers.

At that moment, Declan’s mind went dark.

The Pope that had been troubling his thoughts, the fragments of evil spirits, how to transplant the souls of other experimental subjects into bodies…

All of that was forgotten completely.

“…Let’s hear that again, my daughter.”

Airi raised her hand high and shouted loudly.

“Airi will marry Berry!”

Berry’s face turned as red as it could possibly get.

Declan’s mouth also opened as wide as it could possibly open.

Serafin, who had been listening to the story, also just widened his eyes…

Only Jackvell Marquess laughed satisfiedly with a low chuckle.

Crash.

Melissa Marquess dropped her teacup to the floor.

“What, what, what did you say, my puppy?”

The sharp voice of the grandmother who loved her granddaughter most in the world rang out.

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