The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 22

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Episode 22

“I just regretted it.”

He instantly switched his attitude and snatched the report card. Then he examined it thoroughly.

“You gathered mana while doing purification meditation? On your first try?”

“Yes, so even though purification meditation is originally a subject that doesn’t get graded, he was so moved that he specially made a hundred-point report card for me.”

“Ah… Are children normally this smart? First place too.”

“Wasn’t there only one person taking the class?”

“Anyway, that’s not important.”

“That…”

Even Raspen had enough sense not to speak formally to him anymore.

Declan got up.

“Where are you going?”

“To praise the hundred-point scorer.”

Raspen tilted his head as he watched Declan’s retreating figure quickly leaving.

…Didn’t he definitely say he wouldn’t get attached?

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Airi had detected something suspicious.

After class ended.

She had simply done purification meditation in her room, in the hallway, occasionally.

“However, you must be careful as excessive use of purification arts will drain your strength.”

Of course, since Airi purified mana through the Ring of Purification, she was fine, which made it even better.

Moreover, Cookie had said ‘Oh, something seems to be filling up!’ which had made her extremely excited.

But as she meditated, she felt that the atmosphere of the Haunted Castle had become strange.

After finishing today’s meditation, she was walking briskly down the corridor when the maid sisters spoke to her.

“Lady Airi, I heard you got first place?”

“Huh… Well, among one person…”

“Congratulations!”

“Thank you!”

Something felt odd, but she bowed in greeting and went outside for a walk, where Chef Noma and Nera offered Airi a drink.

“We prepared a drink made with mugwort that Lady Airi liked!”

“Wow! Thank you!”

Airi gulped down the mugwort drink and laughed with a “heh.”

Everyone had found out that Airi got first place.

“Oh no, this might make ‘acting weak’ a bit difficult…”

Cookie in her pocket responded to her small murmur.

“Don’t worry. You’re still insignificant.”

…She felt strangely comforted despite the odd feeling.

She was walking diligently toward her room when.

She ended up meeting Grand Duke Declan Ortejo.

Between the middle and end of the spiral staircase.

Exactly 2.5 meters apart.

He looked down at Airi and said.

“I heard you got first place.”

Airi blinked her eyes.

“Yes, but I was the only one taking the class!”

“Anyway, if you’re first place among one person, isn’t that still first place?”

Airi rolled her eyes around.

“That’s…”

“Right.”

As expected, an elder is an elder.

Such logical words that she couldn’t argue against.

Airi looked at him with an admiring expression and muttered.

“As expected from an elder who’s a whole 28 years older than me, with life’s wisdom!”

Now Declan wasn’t greatly affected by these words.

No, he tried not to be affected.

“Right, from now on you’ll eat with me, someone 28 years older. I’ve prepared a 2.5-meter table. We can sit at opposite ends.”

Airi’s eyes sparkled brightly.

The distance between them was still 2.5 meters!

But originally, they couldn’t even eat together.

‘Amazing progress! At this rate, we might become too close.’

Airi grinned with an excited heart.

“Yes! Let’s eat lots of delicious food!”

Airi thought she was growing steadily and that everything had become happy.

But that afternoon.

A tremendous incident came to find Airi.

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