The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 59

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Episode 59

“I gained tremendous power. So I told the ground, don’t you dare go ow ow!”

“So that’s how you got a summoned beast.”

Words spoken incoherently, somehow sounding aggrieved.

‘I don’t understand, but I guess I’ll have to accept it.’

Looking at Airi like that, he let out a short sigh.

“But you know, I told you from the very beginning that I’m a super strong hero!”

Declan suddenly recalled his first meeting with Airi.

“I’m a hero! I’m incredibly strong! I’m immune now too.”

“Non-immune people don’t become immune.”

“I did! So I don’t need to wear bread-like clothes like this.”

Thinking about it now, the child had been honest from their first meeting.

Even now, she was speaking to him with honest frankness.

“Yeah, you did say that.”

So the only one who didn’t believe the child’s words was himself, the adult.

He looked at the child beyond the 2.5-meter distance and said.

“Walking disaster.”

“Huh? I’m not a disaster!”

…Why does this young child, who doesn’t even understand what “walking disaster” means, possess such strong abilities?

“Let’s go. There’s somewhere I want to show you.”

“Gasp, am I in trouble again?”

Declan chuckled and shook his head.

“No. This time we’re going so you can be praised.”

* * *

The place they arrived at, with Milligan holding Airi’s hand and Declan keeping his distance.

It was the coastal village that the young dragon summoned beast would guard.

Now Airi would also bid farewell to the summoned beast that would guard the seas instead of Milligan.

“Goodbye…”

Airi waved her hand vigorously toward the summoned beast moving away beyond the sea surface.

Thinking it had been a brief but enjoyable time.

Milligan, holding Airi’s hand, took one last look around the coastal villages as if patrolling them.

‘This place was truly dangerous too.’

For many years, Milligan had been anxiously worried that the people of the port village would die.

Airi, standing beside him, opened her eyes wide.

[Beware of Marine Monster Appearances. Area of Multiple Death Incidents.]

“Exhausted from the long war with monsters, we actually couldn’t properly recover our comrades’ bodies. But child.”

“Yes?”

“Now the summoned beast will protect them, so we can be at ease. You truly saved countless people, and me too. So I also want to repay you with something like the summoned beast did.”

Airi’s eyes sparkled.

Finally, Airi’s ultimate goal, the (prospective) master, had taken the bait.

“Th-then, Elder, will you continue living in the castle now?”

“That’s how it turned out.”

“Then as repayment, please teach me etiquette and martial arts!”

Please become my master!

It was when she squeezed her eyes shut and then opened them.

Looking at the extremely tense Airi, Milligan burst into hearty laughter as if it were obvious.

“Of course. Since we’ve accomplished something important, I have time to spare. Let’s go learn etiquette.”

Finally, it was time for happy character education!

“Waaaah!”

“But since etiquette education with you is also a reward for me, I should give you something else as a gift too.”

Milligan placed a necklace around Airi’s neck.

At the end of the necklace hung not a pendant, but a sapphire ring.

Airi tilted her head.

“What is this?”

“This is a sapphire ring symbolizing the Blue Knight Order. I made it into a necklace to give to you.”

“Gasp?”

“Only one person per generation, given only to the sole direct heir whom the Blue Knight Order will serve.”

“G-gasp.”

“From now on, the Blue Knight Order will follow your commands as priority.”

To have a loyal knight order (characteristic: saw their face exactly once)!

This is truly a hero-like development!

“I’ll teach you practical combat too. By the way, our family’s Blue Knight Order, White Knight Order, and Black Knight Order each learn different practical martial arts.”

“W-wow!”

But right at that moment.

Declan, who until then had been following at a distance without any presence, pretending not to be close, spoke up.

“Airi, you know that strong heroes originally hide their power, right?”

“Yes! Elder, do you know about ‘power hiding’?”

“…I thought you’d definitely say you don’t know, but that’s unexpected.”

“G-gasp. If you don’t know, Elder, I’ll teach you!”

After that, Airi went on and on about the definition of power hiding.

Then she whispered quietly toward Declan.

“I’m still a bit weak, but I’ll work hard to grow stronger and definitely cure you, Elder!”

“Hah…”

He dry-washed his face and let out a hollow laugh.

That child’s dream, with her little fist clenched tight.

“You’re working hard because you want to purify me. That’s your ultimate goal?”

“Yes! I’ll save the Northern Region and save you too, Elder.”

Airi stuck out her round little belly.

Looking at the small child’s sparkling purple eyes, he closed his eyes and opened them again.

For a very long time, he had traversed battlefields and witnessed all of life’s joys and sorrows.

He had thought he’d become immune to most things and grown indifferent.

But looking at the child’s innocent eyes, strangely, his heart ached.

He had dreamed once before.

Just once.

‘That he wanted to take a walk holding a child’s hand.’

The wish to take a walk with a child, which he thought was impossible, had come true.

Then would holding the child’s hand also come true someday?

He glanced sideways at Airi, who was still walking at a certain distance.

A wish he had given up on long ago, that he didn’t even know existed anymore, kept stirring at the corners of his heart.

Declan barely managed to speak.

“You’re still weak now. So don’t overdo it.”

“Yes! I’ll steadily become a strong hero and cure you!”

How strange.

In his entire life, he had never been afraid of anything, not even for a moment.

But perhaps because he now had something precious.

Someday, when the child would complete the promised term with him and leave the Northern Region.

Or.

The day when he would leave the child through death.

He was already terrified of those days.

“Still, don’t overdo it too much. I’ll protect you.”

Airi’s feet came to a sudden stop.

This was the first time Airi had ever heard the words “I will protect you” from someone called ‘Dad’.

Was that why?

Her heart felt queasy, like she was experiencing motion sickness.

But it was definitely a pleasant kind of motion sickness.

* * *

Certainly, he had thought they had become quite a touching father-daughter pair.

But at this very moment.

Declan decided to take back his thoughts.

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