The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 6

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Episode 6

“Huh? It’s only bean-sized?”

“…Mmm?”

Airi nodded her head with effort.

“Then if I practice now!”

“Purification power isn’t something that grows through practice. You use what you’re born with.”

Cookie quickly drew a purification power ranking chart.

[‘Light’s Purification Power’ 5-Star Ranking Chart]

1-Star. Seed of Light

2-Star. Tree of Light

3-Star. Shield of Light

4-Star. Sacred Light

5-Star. Light of Salvation

“The lower the level, the weaker the demonic energy you can purify… You’re the lowest grade even among 1-stars. That means you’re dead last.”

Airi’s eyes shook violently.

Surely the voice in her dream had called Airi the ‘purifier who would save the world.’

‘Th-then that voice was wrong?’

Just as she was feeling dejected for a while.

Cookie, who had been examining Airi as if dissecting her thoroughly, clenched her fist.

“…Huh?”

Then Cookie solemnly looked Airi up and down…

She blinked her dark chocolate eyes. Then she muttered with an excited expression.

“B-b-but there’s something amazing inside your body!”

“Mmm?”

“Y-you actually have a ‘Ring of Purification’ that absorbs demonic energy…!”

“…What’s that?”

“You eat people’s demonic energy like Cookie eats cookies. Then your purification power grows! Plus the ‘Ring of Purification’ is different from other purification arts! People purified by you will never be affected by demonic energy again! Th-this is incredible…!”

“H-huk! Then I want to eat everyone else’s demonic energy!”

Finally, success!

“But you can only absorb demonic energy if you become close to that person. And since you’re currently 1-star level, you can only purify people affected by weak demonic energy.”

“…”

It seems like a not-so-great ability…

‘Am I really a hero?’

When Airi became a little dejected, Cookie hurriedly blurted out the next words.

“D-don’t be disappointed! In this world, only you alone can become the ‘strongest 5-star’!”

Airi’s eyes widened.

That animation Airi had watched as entertainingly as Regent in her previous life.

It was 『Only I Grow at Super Speed! Growing Strong!』

A protagonist who was possessed into a game and was thoroughly looked down upon as a beginner.

But he had a cheat key.

A dark world where no one else could grow.

But only the protagonist grew strong all by himself and became the strongest on earth!

‘I-I’m in such a cool role? Actually the protagonist?!’

Airi’s shoulders, which had drooped slightly, quietly rose up.

“You really were a hero after all…!”

At Cookie’s words, Airi’s shoulders soared all the way to the sky.

As expected, the spirit of the youngest captain of the Gyeonghye Taekwondo Dojo demonstration team was different.

Airi wiggled her bottom and did the ‘our puppy peek-a-boo dance’ that grandma liked.

People patting her head abundantly came to mind.

“My goodness. To think you possess the strongest purification power. How amazing!”

“Ahem. It’s nothing special. I also have a black belt.”

“Oh my, a black belt…! How amazing!”

“I am a bit amazing. Hmm, would it be alright if I showed you the wonderful poomsae I won a medal for at Kukkiwon?”

“Ahh… Yes! So cool! As expected of the hero of justice…!”

Airi clenched her fist tightly.

“Let’s go brag to the maid sisters right away!”

“Ah, what maids? You should keep such an amazing ability secret and tell the Grand Duke.”

“…Huh?”

“You can’t tell just anyone about your powerful ability. What if it leaks somewhere and someone comes to kill you? You’re still weak.”

“H-huk.”

“Outstanding heroes are always in danger of assassination. Hide your power, young hero!”

Cookie ominously pretended to slice her neck with her hand.

Airi quickly grabbed her neck.

“Th-th-that’s n-not good…”

“So let’s hurry and go to Grand Duke Ortejo first! Go tell him you’re a hero and get help!”

“Yeah…”

“Come to think of it, isn’t he your dad? From the atmosphere when I was first summoned, it seemed exactly like that.”

“Y-y-yeah…”

Airi’s body stiffened for a moment. As soon as she heard the word ‘dad,’ she became a little, no, quite a lot less confident.

Only now did realistic thoughts come to her.

‘Will Grand Duke Ortejo meet with me?’

Airi wasn’t exactly a cute little child.

Her previous life’s dad and mom were the same way.

When Airi from her previous life, that is, nine-year-old taekwondo girl Arin, was very, very young, they did something called ‘divorce.’ They said they would separate forever and never see each other again…

“Why is the kid being so annoying? So irritating.”

“The child can hear you. Don’t say such things…”

“Then you take care of raising her. Don’t act hypocritically good when you have no intention of raising her.”

They would sometimes visit and use difficult words like custody and child support.

It was grandma who saved her when she was passed around here and there depending on the situation.

“You rotten bastards. I’ll raise my own child, so hands off!”

Still, the time with grandma in her previous life was as happy as the time with her current grandma.

So it was okay.

Even if she thought her current dad didn’t like her much, just like her previous life’s dad, it wouldn’t be sad.

‘I can’t get kicked out before I even do 【Only I Grow at Super Speed!】!’

She would save the world magnificently like a hero. She would live happily ever after with grandma, eating lots of delicious food.

Airi said spiritedly.

“Right, then. I just need to meet him!”

Meanwhile, Cookie was quietly staring at Airi.

Though she grumbled about really becoming like a nanny, a summoned being was still a summoned being.

She could vaguely sense what emotions Airi, her contractor who summoned her, was feeling.

Worry settled in her chocolate chip eyes.

‘Her complexion is pale, is she really okay?’

But Airi still had a spirited expression.

So Cookie thought nothing of it.

‘She’ll be fine, probably!’

* * *

The child hero and her companion Cookie decided to carry out 【Operation Settle Down in the Northern Region】.

While wandering around various parts of the corridor to plan the specific details of the operation, Airi happened to encounter the head butler.

“Good day to you. Head Butler Peter greets Lady Airi.”

Facing Peter, the head butler of Ortejo Castle, Airi rolled her eyes around.

He was different from the maid sisters who had melted at just their first meeting.

He was very cold and felt like a wall.

‘And he’s a strange adult man!’

Grandmother and grandfather were one thing, but adult men were difficult for Airi.

‘I want to ask for something, but it feels like not even a thorn would go in!’

It was when she was hesitating, not knowing what to say as she looked up at him.

Sure enough, the head butler looked at Airi with suspicious eyes.

“Lady Airi, I look forward to working with you during your remaining stay.”

His expression was as cold as winter wind.

But Airi looked at him without backing down.

‘Isn’t there something I can get from the head butler uncle?’

Just then, she caught a glimpse of the documents the head butler held in his arms.

[Castle safety top priority. In case of emergency, all troops return immediately.]

‘What does that mean?’

As Airi tilted her head, noise could be heard from far away.

To Airi who instinctively looked toward the window, the head butler said.

“Ah, the knight order is having their morning assembly.”

Perhaps because it was morning time.

In the distance, the knights at the training grounds recited their service creed.

“Protect Ortejo Castle, and in case of emergency, report immediately to the Grand Duke!”

As soon as those words were heard, Airi’s eyes sparkled.

The Gyeonghye Taekwondo Instructor, who was said to have eyes on his back, immediately came to mind.

It was during the time when Airi was obsessed with yogurt ice cream and committed the great transgression of ‘secretly bringing yogurt ice cream to eat even at the taekwondo dojo.’

“Did I say you could eat yogurt ice cream inside the taekwondo dojo, or did I say you couldn’t?”

“Gasp! In, In, Instructor! How did you know I was eating ice cream here…?”

“They say even tigers appear when you speak of them.”

“Then, then is the instructor a tiger…?”

The instructor wiped the yogurt ice cream from the corner of her mouth and said.

“That’s right, I’m a tiger. Anyway, it’s these troublemaking actions of yours that keep summoning the instructor.”

This is it! Airi clenched her fist with determination.

When children cause trouble, adults appear.

Adults have eyes on their backs unlike children!

Though it bothered her that she had to cause trouble…

“Originally, for the greater good, sometimes small things must be sacrificed.”

Airi clenched her fist tightly, recalling the instructor’s words.

Peter, the head butler who still treated Airi with an expressionless face.

Watching him bow briefly to Airi then leave with a cold expression.

The head of the (former) nine-year-old proper-living taekwondo girl, Airi, spun ambitiously.

“You know, Cookie.”

“Huh? Well, how should I put it, hmm, don’t think too badly of it…”

Finally, Airi kicked off into the air and shouted energetically.

“Let’s go cause some trouble!”

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