The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 180

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Episode 180

Time flows quickly.

The day comes when even the time spent gazing at children feels precious.

So Declan made a decision.

Nine-year-old Airi, eleven-year-old Berry, seventeen-year-old Serafin.

He decided to write a childcare diary about the children who were now too old to be called babies.

[Ten-year-old Airi.

Teething almost finished.

It feels like just yesterday she was going “booo” complaining about her missing front teeth being uncomfortable, but her permanent teeth are already growing quickly.

It seems she’s gained steel-like recovery power just like me.

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Serafin, Berry.

They were fooling around with wooden swords and poked each other’s eyes, so they’re both wearing eye patches together.

Serafin’s well-behaved period lasted exactly 2 weeks.

I don’t know who they take after to be such troublemakers.

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Pope, still no movement. Keeping close watch.]

Declan chuckled and put down his pen.

From afar, he could hear the children making noise.

“Berry is stupid!”

“…I, I am stupid…”

“…No. Berry isn’t stupid!”

Listening to the children’s noisy voices, Declan casually looked out the window.

‘What are they fighting about now.’

In the garden, the children were laughing brightly like ordinary children who knew nothing about magi or evil spirits.

Declan lightly closed his diary while resting his chin on his hand.

A year had passed since the Pope disappeared.

However, he couldn’t neglect his surveillance.

Declan checked on the magical beasts and strengthened the Imperial Palace’s security.

But still, the ‘fragments of evil spirits’ remained invisible.

And so, another year passed.

[Airi has been having parties for months to celebrate turning eleven.

Berry gave Airi a proposal ring as a gift.

All the grandmothers and grandfathers are in an uproar.

Especially the so-called 【Airi Love Grandmother Group】 or whatever… (At this part, as if briefly angered, his handwriting was somewhat crooked.)

Those grandmothers are making things confusing right now.

Now they’ve started doting on Berry and Serafin too.

I don’t know what they’re doing with other people’s children.

…I’m putting up with it because they’re being affectionate toward my children.

Now that I think about it, Berry isn’t actually my child…

Well, I’ll count him as a child born from my heart.]

After finishing today’s .

Declan saw Airi running toward him from afar.

As if the confrontation with the Pope meant nothing, these days were simply peaceful.

Another year passed in comfortable and happy times.

[This year’s issue: Airi’s ‘Strongest Hero Status Window’ broke down.

Airi came to me with her concern, saying “My status window broke down.”]

Declan quietly stroked his chin.

This incident seemed to be somewhat shocking for Airi.

“After my status window broke down, somehow.”

“Somehow?”

“I feel like a friend who was protecting me has disappeared.”

He was about to teasingly ask if the status window was her friend, but Airi looked very lonely as she said this.

So Declan just hugged Airi tightly and told her.

“Father can be your friend.”

“…Father is Father. I’ll just make other friends.”

“Who are your friends.”

“Berry, Seraphine.”

“…Serafin is your big brother though.”

“He’s a big brother who’s like a little brother and like a friend.”

…How decisive.

Time passed as he accumulated another layer of memories with his child.

The Pope still didn’t appear.

Around that time, people began acting as if the Pope had never existed in the first place.

What remained for them was only the damage to sanctity and respect for Airi the Purification Mage.

In this peaceful era.

It seemed only Declan had become anxious instead.

In the year Airi turned thirteen, he wrote in his only once.

[Airi’s age, already thirteen.

After much deliberation, Airi decided to enroll in the Academy.

She plans to learn purification magic.

She’s already the best at purification magic, so I don’t know what she expects to learn from whom.

But to confess only here…

Actually, I feel like crying a little.

When did that tiny thing, small as a chestnut, grow up so much that she’s going to school?

Olivia would be happy if she knew about this.]

After writing up to this point, Declan took a light deep breath.

Then he picked up his pen again and continued writing his diary.

[I wish I could show this to Olivia too, but it’s regrettable.

Next, shall I talk about Serafin.

Serafin said he was enlisting in the Imperial Army, but as soon as he heard he wouldn’t be able to see Airi, he deserted.

Princess Rashe clicked her tongue saying she couldn’t punish him because he cleverly exploited military law.

He’s my son, but he’s definitely a troublemaker.

But Olivia would have said he was cute.

…That’s honestly Olivia’s problem.]

Declan gripped his pen and giggled.

The story was turning into gossip about his wife.

Long ago, it was a name he always called while feeling sad.

But now, even when he spoke her name, his heart didn’t ache as if it would tear apart.

He simply hoped that if she had become a star in the night sky, she would shine on the children’s path from afar.

Stopping his thoughts about Olivia, he wrote down slightly more serious content.

[The Pope still shows no trace.

But news of magical beasts is coming from the borders.

Countless magical beasts are appearing suddenly, then disappearing just as suddenly.

As if they’re performing some ritual with magical beasts…

Even so, no trace of the Pope can be found.]

He was about to write that he wished the Pope would just die forever like this, but he held back.

‘This is a diary containing stories about the children, so there’s no need to reveal this dirty personality of mine.’

Instead, he wrote different words below that.

From then on, magical beasts began to be mentioned frequently in Declan’s .

[Berry used the distortion ability to defeat the Snake demons.

Berry often says his head hurts these days.

He seems to be trying to hide the pain, so I called the physician to treat him and gave him painkillers.

When Berry is in pain, my heart aches a little too.

Honestly, at this point, it feels like I really gave birth to him with my heart…

Berry feels more like a second son I want to raise rather than a son-in-law.

Then I could live with both him and Airi tucked under each arm.]

Having written down several complaints as if he’d forgotten the original purpose of starting the 【Parenting Diary】, Declan smiled wryly.

Even during this, time continued to flow.

And…

Declan picked up his pen after a very long time.

[Airi turned sixteen this year.

Not long ago, the child almost got into big trouble, but fortunately I saved her in time.

Is it because she’s still a child that she can’t stand the sight of blood?

I only got slightly injured while saving her, but she cried so hard she could barely breathe, which worries me.

My daughter, what am I going to do with such a tender heart?

Should I keep her by my side for life?]

After writing this far, he chuckled.

‘She’s been talking about marriage since she was nine. How could I keep her by my side for life?’

Would he feel lonely when Airi left?

Just thinking about it made him feel like crying.

‘Have I become a bit more sentimental too…’

Finishing his worries about all sorts of miscellaneous matters, Declan put down his pen.

His face was neat and tidy, without even a trace of time having passed.

At that moment, the door opened.

“Knock knock.”

“What is it?”

“Father!”

Still a polite-looking child.

Airi, who had just turned sixteen this year, ran toward him with a bright smile.

Declan suddenly remembered the time he had a running race with nine-year-old Airi on the plain.

The image of her at nine slowly overlapped with the current sixteen-year-old Airi.

Only then could Declan face the child and smile brightly.

“Grandmother!”

Still spirited.

“Says to come eat!”

Still his lovable daughter.

So Declan got up like a very ordinary father and smiled wryly.

“Well, shall we go?”

Declan extended his hand toward Airi.

However…

Airi didn’t take his hand and just stared at it intently.

To be precise, at his ring finger.

His ring finger was bluntly cut off.

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