The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 190

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Episode 190

“This isn’t right…”

Airi’s eyes widened as black smoke like a fountain flowed from her heart.

[S-save me…]

[We’re almost there…!]

…And then, that cursed dialect-like voice exploded once again in Airi’s ears.

[I’ll kill you…!]

“But you can’t kill me.”

The pitch-black smoke flew up to the sky and slowly disappeared.

And…

Airi barely managed to pull out the sword.

The sword imbued with sacred power and purification fell to the floor.

“Berry.”

The next moment, Berry’s body collapsed to the floor with a thud.

“…Berry?”

This isn’t right.

Didn’t they say that if you stab the heart with the sword, only the Pope would die?

As Airi’s eyes shook with confusion,

Berry’s eyelids slowly closed.

“…O-open your eyes.”

But Berry didn’t open his eyes.

He looked as if he had died along with the Pope.

Airi brought her trembling hands close to Berry’s heart.

A heart breathing faintly.

A heart slowly fading away…

“Berry…”

Before she knew it, tears fell from Airi’s eyes.

Without even wiping her blurred vision, Airi caressed Berry’s heart as if trying to heal it.

There was no blood flowing.

But why was Berry in pain?

After a few labored gestures, when Airi’s eyes had turned red,

The tears Airi shed touched Berry’s cheek…

“…Lady Airi.”

Berry slowly opened his eyes.

Facing that sight, Airi couldn’t even breathe.

Airi quietly collapsed and embraced him.

Even with Berry’s weak expression, Airi sobbed and murmured.

“Berry, I really like you.”

“…”

“I mean it. I like you, I like you, I like you, I like you…”

It seemed like Airi had wanted to say these words all along.

Airi’s tears fell onto Berry’s face again with a plop.

Berry’s eyelids trembled faintly.

“…Me too.”

From long ago, he had already been saying it with all his heart.

“I love you too.”

Berry barely managed to lift his hand and wiped Airi’s cheek.

Putting all the affection he had held for Airi over the long years.

“Really, so much…”

Even if he really died, it would be okay.

If he died by Airi’s hand, surely that alone would be enough.

Since Airi was the one who saved him,

If Airi was also the one who killed him…

“So please don’t be sad…”

Thanks to Airi, he had been able to live for more than 10 additional years.

He had been happy.

For a very long time.

Finishing that thought, Berry smiled faintly.

“So I’m okay. I’m satisfied even as a protector…”

“But that’s not okay!”

At Airi’s shrill voice, Berry’s eyes wavered for a moment.

“If that’s also not allowed…”

His expression seemed to be contemplating what he should do and how from now on.

Airi hugged Berry’s body tightly.

Then she murmured softly.

“I like Berry too.”

I wanted to date Berry and someday get married too.

It’s a bit childish, but holding hands tightly and going ding-ding-ding.

Standing side by side with Berry in a nice suit, saying ‘I want to live happily ever after’…

“I like you so, so, so much…”

But how could she save Berry?

He was already dying…

While she was worrying, a status window appeared before her eyes.

[5-star Purification Mage, Light of Salvation achieved!]

[Savior of the World] title acquired!

Airi’s eyes widened.

“S-save him…”

Light bloomed from her fingertips.

But…

Once again, the light flickered and went out.

‘5-star purification power, I don’t even know exactly how to use it…’

A 5-star Purification Mage was said to have ‘the power to save even dying people.’

But strangely, unlike other times, she couldn’t figure out how to use the purification power.

Airi desperately made light bloom above her hands, again and again.

But…

‘It’s not working.’

…I don’t know how to channel the light to Berry.

She could only watch Berry’s fading life.

So…

Eventually, Airi’s eyes turned red.

Plop, plop.

Pearl-like tears flowed down.

At that moment.

Light overflowed from Airi’s fingertips.

The purification power of a 5-star Purification Mage had manifested.

Airi instinctively knew.

‘I need to bring this light to Berry!’

Airi channeled the warm light close to Berry’s heart.

‘Please…’

As light flowed endlessly from Airi’s fingertips,

Finally, Berry opened his eyes.

Berry’s blue eyes met Airi’s violet eyes.

“Lady Airi.”

Berry carefully raised his hand and wiped away the tears from Airi’s eyes.

“You shouldn’t… cry…”

…When he nearly died from being pierced through the heart.

What should she do with this fool who has been feeling her tears more painfully than his own since earlier?

So Airi ended up crying even more.

* * *

…After having such an emotional reunion for a while, her eyes had become puffy.

Airi deliberately ignored the state of her eyes and spoke cheerfully.

“Let’s go home.”

“Yes.”

“The adults are outside. Actually, I came in such a hurry that I didn’t bring any scrolls…”

“…Yes, that’s okay.”

“Yeah, we can just ride horses or take a carriage.”

Airi tightly grasped Berry’s hand.

And smiled happily.

She had defeated the Pope and saved Berry.

She had also achieved the mission of becoming a 5-star Purification Mage.

“So now, we just need to go save Father who’s been tainted by magi!”

She had to save Father who was suffering from magi since the potion’s effects had worn off!

Since Airi could now use purification magic.

She had obtained the maximum possible gains from this elegant moonlit night.

So truly everything was perfect, Airi thought so.

But right at that moment.

Berry suddenly stopped in his tracks and said.

“…Lord Declan has been tainted by magi, hasn’t he.”

“Yeah. Father is being gradually eroded by magi. I want to hurry home and save him!”

At Airi’s confirmation, Berry’s complexion instantly turned pale.

“…Lady Airi.”

“Yeah?”

“The moon is still red.”

“Huh…?”

Airi looked up at the sky.

The moon wasn’t the bright red color from before. But it still had a slight crimson tint.

“Why is that…?”

As Airi blinked, Berry quietly murmured.

“When you pierced my heart, most of the Pope’s power was destroyed, that’s right. But.”

“…”

“The night when the full moon rises is when the Pope becomes strongest, so there might still be a final resort left.”

“Huh?”

“He grows his power through moonlight, and since he has no physical body, he can go anywhere. So…”

If that’s the case…

In an instant, Airi’s eyes widened.

“If fragments of the Pope still remain.”

“Yes, he might have moved to find his last victim using the power of moonlight.”

“…”

Then, Cookie, who had been thinking deeply in Airi’s pocket, spoke.

[Then he’d attach himself to a human who’s vulnerable to magi but can wield powerful strength. That’s the kind of bastard he is.]

At Cookie’s words, Airi’s complexion turned pale.

Because Airi knew very well who that person was.

No, anyone would be able to figure it out.

Berry muttered in a low, murky voice.

“Lord Declan is in danger.”

…It was Father.

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