The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 26

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Episode 26

The moment Airi’s eyes sparkled, Martin spoke nonchalantly.

“There are some crazy guys in the Matap who conduct experiments on how hard demon hybrids exercise, how they run, stuff like that.”

No. Their experiments were illegal.

Airi quietly listened to Martin’s words.

“There’s a rule about not interfering with others’ experiments, so I don’t know exactly what kind of experiment it is.”

“Ah…”

“By the way, so this was where the demon hybrid experiment room was. Originally, everyone gets lost in the basement and didn’t even know there was a room here, but now I know.”

Looking at the door of the Red Room somehow gave her an ominous feeling.

Airi asked somewhat urgently.

“Um, can I go inside that room?”

“Huh? Well, but it’s someone else’s experiment room, so it’s a bit awkward to enter…”

Airi pondered for a moment, then opened her mouth to speak.

“But, Teacher Martin! I think I just heard someone groaning in pain from inside that room!”

She hadn’t actually heard it, but surely someone must be suffering inside.

“Re, really? Is someone sick?”

Martin was quite an individualistic person. But his humanity hadn’t completely disappeared.

Airi definitely exploited the opening he showed.

“They seem to be in pain! Teacher, do you remember the 5th Commandment?”

“Ah…?”

“The 5th Commandment. If there’s a sick friend, save them!”

Along with Airi’s sparkling eyes!

And so, they decided to open the door to the Red Room.

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As Airi expected, Karhen was trapped inside the ‘Red Room’.

The experiment had been suspended, but was it due to side effects from the drugs he had taken?

A stomach pain like being sliced with a blade struck him.

He crouched on the floor, clutching his stomach.

Pain was familiar to him.

So Karhen curled up quietly without even making groaning sounds.

If he had one last wish, it would be to hear happy laughter. He felt that hearing the laughter of someone who seemed carefree would make it hurt a little less.

But just then.

He heard someone whistling from outside the red door.

It seemed like the sound of wind, or perhaps a hallucination.

As Karhen listened carefully, the sound gradually faded away.

Karhen cautiously opened his eyes.

And finally heard it.

The sound of knocking, tap tap.

“Um, may I come inside?”

It was a voice full of warmth, though it was unclear whose permission she was asking for.

“If no one’s inside, I’ll try opening the door.”

Karhen instinctively realized.

‘That child is the one. Ortezo’s…’

Karhen stared blankly at the light peeking into the dark space.

He had thought this sealed room’s door would never open.

He had believed no one would ever know of their existence.

The guardian golem creaked as it opened the door.

Through the slightly opened door, a silver-haired little girl came running.

“Hello! I came to rescue you!”

In that moment, their eyes met.

‘An angel?’

Would it be like this if you gathered and molded together the most lovable things in the world?

The boy Karhen, who had only ever been abused.

He found it strange that the most brightly smiling child in the world was reaching out her hand to him.

So he stood up.

When the limping boy appeared, the girl’s bright smile instantly crumbled.

“Uh…?”

Airi blinked her eyes.

Airi’s first impression of Karhen was a child wearing tattered rags.

He was a boy whose pale white body was mottled, probably from having so much blood drawn.

“…Who are you?”

Seeing his face bristling with wariness and full of guard, Airi stood frozen in place, dazed.

Airi had been thinking all this time.

That to prevent the Northern Region’s destruction, she had to save Karhen.

But now she finally understood.

Why Karhen had wanted to destroy the Northern Region.

The small child…

“Why… did you come?”

His entire body, and even his whole heart, seemed to be covered in wounds.

He seemed full of raw wounds that looked rough and painful, so deeply gouged that new flesh would have trouble growing.

Airi muttered in a trembling voice.

“Well, I came to… rescue you…”

The moment she saw Karhen’s wounds.

Just like having a stomachache, like being pricked by Grandmother’s needle, a corner of her heart began to ache sharply.

“Does it hurt a lot…?”

“…”

Karhen had never had anyone ask him if it hurt before.

He stared at Airi with an expression as if looking at something that would soon disappear.

Airi carefully reached out her hand.

“You know, want to come with me?”

But he couldn’t take Airi’s hand.

Because he couldn’t place his wounded hand on top of her warm, soft, pure white hand.

Seeing him hesitate, Airi carefully took his hand.

“Let’s go together. I’ll save you.”

A soft but firm hand.

Today, Karhen was saved.

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At the same time.

Check, who was in the top floor, whistled while making a “Kheuheuhem!” sound.

Hearing his secretary’s report, he smiled with satisfaction.

“How interesting. I never particularly paid attention to the Matap basement, but to think the basement became so clean. The power of just the 5 Commandments is this great. No, is it the power of Lady Airi and Martin?”

“There are even guys going up and down the Matap stairs claiming they want to exercise. Originally we had to clean up corpses that died every three days, but it’s already been a week and not a single one has died!”

“What an interesting matter.”

He was just thinking whether he should give Lady Airi some kind of reward.

Then the door opened.

“Hello! I came because I have something to tell you!”

“Hmm? Yes?”

As soon as Check answered, some hesitant figures appeared from behind Airi.

They certainly didn’t have particularly unusual faces on the surface.

However, looking closer, there were suspicious aspects about them.

“Wh, who are the people behind you?”

“They’re my Hybrid Creature Friends!”

“Ah, I brought them to help with experiments.”

Check made a puzzled expression.

He had heard that the hybrid creatures were conducting ‘exercise experiments’ in the Matap Basement to test their physical strength to some degree.

It hadn’t been long since he had approved the budget, as reports came up saying the compensation was quite generous.

But for some reason, their faces were covered with scratches.

No, their bodies too.

No…

Bruises and contusions were visible all over their entire bodies.

“Wh, what is this…”

“These friends, they were in so much pain! They were bullied!”

“What…?”

“I opened a door at the Matap cleaning area and they were there!”

Airi spoke loudly with sparkling eyes.

“Please punish the bad mages who hit my friends!”

At those words, Karhen looked at Airi’s back with trembling eyes.

It was the first time someone had asked to ‘punish’ someone for his sake.

For hybrid creature slaves, being experimented on was daily life.

Only then did Check’s gaze reach Karhen, who was behind Airi.

He tilted his head.

“…Huh? Why are there so many injuries like that?”

Then he returned to his desk and frantically checked through the piled documents.

“No, it was definitely a report saying they would conduct humane experiments?”

The moment his eyes bulged wide.

Airi didn’t miss the opportunity.

When summoning adults, she was a child who always summoned with their ‘names’!

“The bad person must have lied!”

At those words, sparks flashed in Check’s eyes.

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