The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 193

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Episode 193

Like a gift, what appeared before Airi’s eyes was a woman dressed in pure white knight’s armor.

Airi recognized that gently smiling face at first glance.

It was the face she had seen in the portrait.

Olivia Ortejo.

The woman from Declan’s memories who had been lost, wearing the same clothes as when she died.

But there was exactly one thing different from the portrait.

The eyes of the woman who had returned were not purple.

The light that Airi had been able to encounter when making her ‘wish’.

They were a pale golden color, resembling the light that had gently scattered from her fingertips.

She didn’t make an expression as if this world was fascinating.

She simply gazed quietly at Airi without even blinking.

“…Airi, my daughter.”

“…”

“I wanted to meet you, so very much.”

What appeared before Airi’s eyes was her mother.

But she was also someone she had never actually met face to face even once until now.

Perhaps that’s why.

Airi hesitated for a moment, finding her somewhat unfamiliar.

But Olivia was steadfast.

She looked only at one person, only at Airi.

“My beloved… our daughter.”

Airi saw her own grown-up reflection contained in those eyes that reflected transparently like a mirror.

“I’ve been watching over you constantly. So, I wanted to meet you so, so much, Airi.”

Olivia warmly embraced Airi tightly.

The embrace of this being called ‘mother’ that she was experiencing for the first time in her life was different from Father’s and different from Grandmother’s.

But unlike a hero who had ‘saved the world’, somehow a slightly unfamiliar feeling welled up.

The emotion of wondering whether it was okay to be embraced by this person called ‘mother’ like this.

But right at that moment.

Cookie, who had been intently observing this touching mother-daughter reunion, shouted as if realizing something.

“Oh! Your mother, her voice…!”

“Huh…?”

“Isn’t she the person who had a conversation with me before I was summoned from the Divine Realm?”

“Huh…?”

Then Olivia chuckled softly and said.

“…I’ve been found out, helping from the Divine Realm.”

“Oh oh, look. Airi! Your mother, her way of speaking seems similar to the system too!”

“This time it’s almost like wild guessing though?”

“Well, never mind if not.”

Toward Cookie who was grumbling sullenly, Olivia whispered affectionately.

“That’s right, the system… is also me.”

At that moment, Airi realized.

The person who had secretly helped Airi’s summoned beast from the Divine Realm.

The system that somehow seemed to have self-awareness.

The person who had given Airi the missions she needed when she wanted them, helping Airi grow.

All that help had actually been maternal love.

“Did it show that our mother was constantly watching over our daughter?”

Olivia Ortejo.

Thanks to the power of love that her ‘mother’ had given, Airi had been able to grow into a teenager.

Airi quietly looked at her.

Somehow Olivia didn’t feel completely unfamiliar.

The maternal affection she was feeling for the first time in her life was, somewhat warm.

* * *

Olivia had returned to life.

Although Airi was the first to meet Olivia…

“…Olivia?”

The next to meet her were Declan and Serafin.

Moreover, Declan Ortejo ended up meeting his resurrected wife as soon as he opened his eyes.

“Declan, hello?”

“You, what are you…”

Without even properly arranging his disheveled bedhead hair, he made a dumbfounded sound.

“Why, why are you alive?”

Then, Airi carefully spoke from behind Olivia.

“Because I brought her back to life…?”

Only then understanding the situation, Declan hurriedly looked at Olivia’s face.

“You’re not hurt.”

“Of course. I was resurrected perfectly fine.”

“You’re breathing too.”

“Yes, because I’m alive. I returned from death and you’re checking biological responses, how disappointing.”

“…No, that’s not it. Calm down, Declan. Did that crazy bastard Pope finally kill me? So am I dreaming?”

Olivia smiled wryly and lightly grabbed Declan by the collar.

“No. Get a grip.”

“Wow, seeing you grab my collar, you really are you…?”

Olivia nodded with a bright smile.

“That’s right, it’s me.”

“We’re here too though…”

Airi slightly raised her hand.

Behind Airi was Serafin with tears welling up in his eyes.

Discovering Serafin crying without being able to say anything, Olivia roughly pushed away the hand that was grabbing Declan’s collar.

The expression of joy toward her husband was over.

So…

“Our son.”

Olivia embraced Serafin tightly. In the warm embrace that needed no more words, Serafin collapsed.

“Why did you only come now, Mother…”

“I’m sorry.”

“I missed you…”

Serafin rubbed his tears and snot all over Olivia’s clothes.

Watching such a son, Declan slightly frowned and smiled faintly.

“…Anyway, he’s still such a child.”

Thus, the North gained a mistress of the house.

And by that mistress’s side, there were always Declan, Serafin, and Airi.

Especially Airi, with both cheeks flushed red, hovered around like a piece of gum stuck to someone.

As if making up for the time she couldn’t spend with her mother, even now.

But she still couldn’t call her ‘Mother’.

That word was still a little unfamiliar.

* * *

The Pope disappeared, and light shone upon the world.

Hope and happiness began to sprout in people’s hearts.

Among them, the most radiant change was undoubtedly the North.

The people of the North were all smiling brightly.

“How has everyone been doing!”

Especially the children had grown up to be well-mannered.

Most of all, the best change was that with no more magi, there was more land available for cultivation.

“What kind of seeds are these?”

“I’ve never seen them before either. Such precious seeds…”

“Lady Airi received them from the Imperial Palace!”

Princess Rashe, who was currently ruling the Empire on behalf of the current Emperor, had personally appointed Airi as a hero of the Empire.

With the honor of being a hero who saved the nation naturally came money.

Thanks to this, Ortejo Castle in the Northern Region where Airi belonged became the wealthiest family in the Empire.

But more than becoming a prosperous family…

“I never thought our young lady would share so generously with us like this.”

“She’s giving out seedlings to plant in the territory for free, and properly rebuilding our homes too…”

“She even treated those who were injured by the magi.”

“Oh my, I think I’m going to cry again thanks to our young lady…”

Then, a man who had joined the conversation scolded them.

“Hey now, she’s old enough that calling her ‘young lady’ isn’t right!”

“I’ve been watching her since she was a baby, so she’s my young lady.”

“I’m calling her my precious young lady.”

It was the kind of conversation that would make Airi blush red and say ‘I’m a teenager now!’ if she heard it.

But they just chuckled and looked at the cultivated land.

On the barren land, stalks of grain were growing one by one.

At the same time, beautiful hymns about the great hero spread throughout the world.

Airi Ortejo.

The power of the great Purification Mage had saved the world.

The touching story of how she brought her dead mother back to life became lyrics that spread far and wide.

The great mother and the great daughter.

And even the great family that saved this world.

Ortejo Castle, which had been pointed at for being full of magi, was now praised as the castle of the hero who saved the world.

Because of this, the people of the North, whose shoulders had been rising with pride lately, were always talking only about Ortejo Castle.

Today’s hottest topic was precisely this.

“Come to think of it, Marquess Melissa will be coming to Ortejo Castle soon, right?”

“That’s right. I heard she’s coming to see Lady Olivia…”

“It’ll be a beautiful reunion, won’t it?”

And right now, those fairy tale protagonists were…

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