The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 178

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Episode 178

Airi, being a child raised by Grandmother’s hands, was extremely sensitive to Grandmother’s emotions.

‘Grandmother is angry!’

But why on earth?

Even Grandmother was getting angry!

Airi’s eyes widened.

“Why is everyone getting so serious? Perhaps…”

“If you’re going to ask whether that bad guy called the Pope is around, I’d like to tell you that’s being tactless, summoner.”

“…”

At Cookie’s words, Airi quickly stopped talking.

Right at that moment, Serafin, who had been shooting sharp glances, spoke.

“Airi.”

“Yeah?”

“A-a-a-are you serious?”

Serafin was tightly clenching his two fists hard as stone. He had an extremely serious steamed bun-like expression.

Looking at such Serafin, Airi nodded her head vigorously.

“I’m serious. Yes!”

But there was something she absolutely had to say.

“But we haven’t kissed yet!”

Serafin bolted upright.

“Wh-wh-what. So disgusting!”

Watching Serafin kick his chair and run away like a tragic heroine, Grandmother pressed her forehead and said.

“Oh my… I’ll go comfort our grandson.”

While Melissa Marquess followed her grandson who was big in body but still childlike in mind.

Declan’s expression instantly contorted.

That’s right. Though he was very fond of Berry…

The ‘kiss’ comment that flowed from his now nine-year-old daughter was quite shocking.

Even though it was saying ‘we haven’t done it yet’!

“First of all… kissing is something you can only do when you become an adult.”

“Gasp, is that so?”

Airi made a strangely convinced expression.

“Yes. That’s how it is.”

As he mulled over the word ‘kiss’, Declan became so furious that he ground his molars with a loud crunch.

Then Airi looked at Declan with concern and said.

“If you grind your teeth that hard, your teeth will fall out. Adults don’t get new teeth, so if your teeth fall out, forever…”

“…Right, thanks for worrying about this old man, daughter. And, marr… age, ki… ssing, those kinds of talks should be much, much later. Our daughter is a hero, after all.”

“Gasp. A hero…”

“Right. Heroes can’t get married until they save the world. It’s against the law.”

Airi stroked her chin with a serious expression. Then, Jackvell Marquess smiled slyly.

“Then it would be fine to start with an engagement.”

“You be quiet.”

Despite the noisy commotion around her, Airi kept her mouth shut and pondered deeply.

Watching Airi’s face, Declan said impatiently.

“What do you think, daughter. As a hero.”

As if she had reached all conclusions, Airi seriously tapped the table.

“That’s right. Saving the world comes first!”

Declan inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

‘Should I consider this fortunate.’

At least there was now a kind of grace period for his nine-year-old daughter’s marriage.

But suddenly, Jackvell Marquess looked at his son Berry and asked.

“Our son, so what do you think? Do you agree with Princess Airi?”

Berry smiled gently with his kind eyes curved and said quietly.

“I… will just do whatever Airi wants.”

“Huh?”

“A-and I want to follow my role model in a good direction too…”

“Hmm? Role model? Who?”

At Jackvell Marquess’s question, Berry’s face flushed.

He looked embarrassed to say something, but perhaps because everyone’s attention was already focused on Berry.

Berry reluctantly revealed his inner thoughts quietly.

“M-my role model is Lord Declan Ortejo.”

“Since when?”

“J-just since we met. His armor is c-cool too.”

At that moment, Jackvell Marquess’s face crumpled.

All fathers want to be their son’s ‘role model’, after all.

Seeing Jackvell Marquess’s distorted face, Declan felt somehow refreshed inside.

Perhaps that’s why. With an expression much more generous than usual, he quietly looked at Berry and smiled.

‘Should I just consider it like gaining a new son…’

Declan reached out and gently stroked Berry’s blue hair.

At that moment, Declan realized that he was already thinking of Berry like a real son.

“Whatever happens, all of you grow up healthy. You have to grow up healthy to marr… Anyway, so you can do anything.”

* * *

…Surely, his role model Declan had directly told him to grow up healthy.

A few days later.

Berry barely opened his eyes after wandering through a nightmare.

‘It’s already the third day.’

For three days, the nightmares had been continuing.

In a pure white background.

A dream of endlessly running away without even knowing exactly what situation he was in.

So he went to see the capable family physician.

“Your legs hurt too, don’t they?”

“Yeah. I have to run so much.”

“Hahaha, it’s growing pains.”

“Growing pains?”

“Yes. It’s proof that you’ll soon become a teenager. Your legs will hurt much more than usual.”

Eleven-year-old Berry was experiencing severe growing pains these days.

Though he received an examination from the physician who was usually kind to Berry and very capable, only the response that it was ordinary growing pains came back.

‘It’s strange.’

They say growing pains are usually accompanied by nightmares, but…

‘Still, isn’t this too terrifying?’

The dreams the young boy had were not so simple.

‘When I wake up from sleep, my head seems to hurt every time too…’

But Berry shook his head inwardly.

Because a sick child is a useless child…

‘I like how things are now. I don’t want to ruin it over mere nightmares.’

Though the Pope hadn’t disappeared, Jackvell Marquess was a good father.

Airi was endlessly kind by his side.

But even so, Berry glared at the empty air.

The young boy still had countless things left to do.

And he had to fulfill his usefulness.

That was the foundation of all thoughts that made up Berry.

‘Today we have to go to Saxon Plains, right?’

Last night, he heard news that the souls of experimental subjects abandoned in Saxon Plains were wandering around.

If so, Airi would depart to save the souls of the experimental subjects.

Berry also had to rush to help Airi.

* * *

Rescuing the experimental subjects in Saxon Plains was incredibly easy.

Pure white light flowed from Airi’s fingertips.

After instantly placing the soul orb into her inventory like that, Airi smiled brightly.

“There, done! Thanks to Berry, this ended safely again.”

“I didn’t really do much though.”

Certainly Berry himself had also saved countless experimental subjects using his distortion ability.

But compared to Airi’s achievements, it didn’t even compare.

However, Airi shook her head and still smiled for him.

“You protected me.”

Seeing that smile, Berry could forget all about the severe headaches that had been tormenting him lately.

Berry suddenly had this thought.

‘She’s so strong, but if Airi were to fall into danger, would I be able to go save her?’

Of course he could answer immediately.

Berry firmly grasped Airi’s wrist and said.

“Then, if Airi ever gets into danger, I’ll come save you.”

“Wow, that’s so touching!”

Encouraged by the word “touching,” Berry said something cool.

“S-so… even if I have to sacrifice my life.”

“You can’t sacrifice your life. That means you’d die…”

But despite Airi’s words that “you can’t sacrifice your life,” something like resolve was slowly taking shape in Berry’s heart.

“It’s okay. I…”

Berry then firmly grasped Airi’s hand.

“More than that, don’t we have something to do next?”

“Something to do?”

“Yes. Since we have the soul orbs of the experimental subjects, we need to return the souls of the experimental subjects to their bodies.”

That way they could also get more clues about the Pope.

When Airi nodded vigorously at those words, Berry forgot all his pain up until now.

“Then let’s hurry to Father! Father should have the bodies of the experimental subjects.”

For now, the eleven-year-old boy’s resolution would be buried here.

They were thinking of leaving the plains again and returning to Ortejo Castle.

But that was exactly when it happened.

Airi, who was firmly holding Berry’s hand as if she would rush to Father right away, tilted her head.

“Hey, Berry.”

“Yes?”

“Your hand seems a little cold today.”

“Does it?”

“…Yeah, or maybe not…?”

Airi tilted her head, then carefully grasped Berry’s hand again.

It was extremely cold.

Like that of a corpse.

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