The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 29

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Episode 29

“Wow, crown daisy is so fragrant! I love it so much!”

In the end, it was Declan who lost the will to continue the conversation.

“…Alright, I understand.”

“Yes! And also, people keep calling Karhen a demon, but Karhen is human. So you shouldn’t scold him!”

“I won’t scold him.”

“And even if he’s a demon hybrid, he doesn’t have demonic energy so it’s fine. But if he did have demonic energy, I could get rid of it for him!”

Why was it? A conversation he had with Olivia long ago came to mind.

Olivia, who had declared she would eliminate all demonic energy from this world.

That warm woman who said she would create a world where everyone was happy.

Airi was fulfilling Olivia’s dream.

‘At times like this, it would be nice if I could pat my daughter’s head.’

Since he couldn’t do that, he simply got up and said.

“…Yes, you’re smart.”

Now it was time to go meet the demon hybrid slaves that Airi had rescued.

* * *

Karhen had been alone in his room the entire time. There was a comfortable bed, but he slept lying on the floor.

When the cold marble awakened his mind, he became aware of his situation.

But sometimes this excessive peace made him anxious.

Airi didn’t hit him, didn’t spit on him, and didn’t draw his blood.

Just when was she planning to torment him?

It was one afternoon as he trembled like that.

The servants carefully washed Karhen and dressed him in fine clothes.

Then, unlike the shabby Karhen, they brought him to an elegant and perfect reception room.

“Lord Ortejo has summoned you.”

And so, Karhen came to meet Lord Ortejo.

He never imagined he would dare sit across from Lord Ortejo with just a table between them.

Karhen calmly bowed his head.

“I heard you’re a demon hybrid.”

“Yes.”

“I don’t particularly sense any demonic energy. The idea that demon hybrids have demonic energy is definitely a prejudice, isn’t it?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

Even Karhen knew the rumors about Declan Ortejo.

They said he was consumed by demonic energy and was like a demon himself.

But strangely, the current Declan seemed like just an ordinary human.

Just a normal person without any prejudice against him.

Then, Declan spoke.

“From today, be friends with my daughter.”

Ah, I see.

As soon as he heard those words, he understood his purpose.

“Yes, I understand that being a noble’s friend means serving like a slave beside them and taking beatings when necessary.”

He expected Declan to nod in agreement.

But Declan looked at Karhen and tilted his head sideways.

“You’re quite mature for your age too. Aren’t you seven years old?”

“That’s correct.”

“My daughter wants to be close friends with you. So just become friends. Don’t take any beatings. That’s all.”

Upon hearing those words, Karhen became puzzled.

‘Then what’s my purpose?’

His mind seemed to become confused and tangled up.

Karhen found himself daring to speak.

“Do you mean I can just play like a normal child?”

“Yes. That’s what it means.”

That couldn’t be true.

A year ago, when he was nearly trampled to death by demons, someone had saved him.

“You look like you’re from the East. Just looking at your face, you seem like a noble family’s son.”

The moment that person learned he was a demon hybrid and completely useless.

That person’s attitude changed as quickly as flipping a palm.

Karhen bowed his head.

So, he trusted no one.

That was all.

* * *

Several days later.

Airi received intelligence from Cookie that Karhen wasn’t coming out of his room.

“People need food to survive, but he’s not eating. Go feed him right away!”

“Okay! Got it!”

With Cookie’s strong encouragement behind her!

Airi urgently knocked on Karhen’s door.

When the door opened, Karhen still had an expressionless face.

“What’s the matter…?”

“Karhen! What are you doing here? You’re not even eating!”

“I’m not hungry…”

Unlike the other friends who were running around everywhere, Karhen still looked depressed.

So Airi came up with a plan.

“Hey, there are other demon hybrid friends too! Want to go see your friends?”

Airi didn’t know, but to Karhen, that wasn’t a suggestion.

The person who had saved him.

At the same time, the master who had bought him with money.

So he had no choice but to silently nod his head.

Airi gathered friends for Karhen and headed to the reception room.

At Airi’s request, the servants placed a simple meal on the reception room table.

“Hello everyone! Karhen’s friends!”

“Hello!”

“Wow! Young miss! It feels like it’s been so long!”

Looking around at their kind eyes, Airi spoke.

“Everyone eat lots and lots of delicious food! Today’s meal is fish!”

“Wow! Fish should definitely be swallowed in one bite!”

At Belize’s words, Airi shook her head like a grandmother watching a troublesome child.

“Tsk.”

“…?!”

“Friends, you must carefully remove fish bones. Otherwise your throat will hurt!”

“Then I’ll use my hands! Hahaha!”

“No, that won’t do! Food that might get on your hands should be eaten with a spoon or fork!”

Karhen picked up a fork and tried to separate the fish meat.

His movements were quite clumsy.

But it was his first experience ever separating fish meat from bones.

Then, Airi clapped like a seal and praised loudly.

“Wowww! Excellent! Karhen!”

When Airi clapped for him, his shoulders almost swelled with pride.

Learned bad words suddenly popped out of his mouth.

“People all call us bad demon hybrids…”

They would definitely hate hearing such words.

But Airi tilted her head.

“Not bad demon. Good child! Grandmother said that all plump children who eat well are good children. So if Karhen just eats well, he can become a good child too!”

“….”

“So skinny! You need to get chubby. Right now your arms and legs are really like thorns, so I don’t want to touch them. Your cheeks need to get all puffy.”

He had never heard such words before.

But Karhen gradually gathered courage and began to carefully eat the fish, removing the bones.

Meanwhile, Airi was also keenly observing the other demon hybrids besides Karhen.

“XX, living such a damn shitty life and now living like XX, damn it.”

The child speaking in rough language, the future ‘warmest spirit mage’, Saal.

“Wow, I can eat this with my hands, right?”

The child who picked up and ate all food with his hands, the future ‘knight who wields the spear best in the world’, Belize.

“Right! We’re trash. Hahaha!”

The child with severe self-deprecation, the ‘Empire’s greatest nature mage’, Lireed.

“I just want to lie down and do nothing.”

The child who kept lying on the sofa, the future sword expert Dinan.

But that was their future after turning dark.

Right now, they were….

Not humans, but animals.

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