The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 75

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Episode 75

 

Airi couldn’t even come to her senses as she eagerly absorbed the magi.

 

‘This is legendary-level magi! But why does magi keep coming out when we’re not even close!’

 

She didn’t know the reason, but she could feel her purification power growing smoothly!

 

“Sofa.”

 

“Huk, yes!”

 

Airi sat on the sofa across from Grandmother. Then Grandmother said.

 

“Next to me.”

 

“Huk, yes!”

 

Airi quickly moved her bottom next to Grandmother.

 

Cookie muttered.

 

[Does she dislike even facing each other?]

 

…That was somewhat shocking.

 

But Airi tried hard to stay cheerful. Then, Grandmother glanced at Airi.

 

‘Eyes that are scheming something!’

 

Then she closed her eyes…

 

‘Huk? What? As soon as Grandmother closed her eyes, I can see lots of magi near her ears!’

 

She was very curious about what was happening…

 

Airi glanced at Grandmother.

 

‘She suddenly seems to be sleeping!’

 

Absorbed in absorbing magi, Airi unconsciously reached out her hand.

 

Like a proper child, she carefully brushed aside the hair and saw the source of the magi.

 

‘Huk, her ears are demon ears!’

 

Grandmother’s magi was coming from those ears!

 

‘I can’t purify that right now, what a waste!’

 

Airi slowly pulled her hand away and sighed with regret.

 

But right at that moment.

 

Grandmother’s eyes snapped open and she said.

 

“You didn’t think I was sleeping just because I closed my eyes, did you?”

 

“Hu, huk.”

 

“You’re a fool. To fall for such a simple trick.”

 

I’m not a fool…!

 

Tears almost welled up from the injustice, but she held them back.

 

Then Yelshanaad muttered.

 

“I’ve been thinking about this for a while.”

 

“Ye, yes?”

 

It was when the flustered Airi briefly stopped her ‘magi nom nom’.

 

“I feel like I’m being purified.”

 

How did she know? Others didn’t really notice. It seemed like they just thought they felt a bit better.

 

Airi broke out in a slight cold sweat.

 

She was afraid she’d be hated more if caught sneaking around and secretly purifying.

 

“Something’s strange.”

 

“…Hu, huk. What’s stwange?”

 

“You’re not surprised at all seeing demon ears. And when your hand touches me, I feel refreshingly purified.”

 

“Hup…”

 

Yelshanaad’s intuition, honed from years on the front lines, was sharper than anyone’s.

 

Especially the hint her husband gave – that Airi brought many things to the North – was quite effective for deduction.

 

“So, combining all these circumstances-”

 

“Com, combining them you say?”

 

She lowered her voice and muttered.

 

“Are you that famous ‘Great Purification Mage’?”

 

Airi Ortejo.

 

Current age: 5 years old.

 

Her identity was immediately discovered by a perceptive grandmother!

 

* * *

 

Yelshanaad thought.

 

‘The Purification Mage who saved my subordinates was Airi?’

 

Blood vessels bulged on her forehead, and veins stood out firmly on her neck.

 

Moreover, the table Yelshanaad was gripping was on the verge of breaking.

 

Airi avoided her gaze and prepared to raise her hands.

 

She didn’t want to be punished, but…

 

‘I’ll get scolded again for doing dangerous things, right?’

 

…Then, she’d strike first!

 

Airi raised her round hands just a little bit up.

 

But right then, Yelshanaad took a deep breath and said.

 

“Thank you.”

 

An expression as if she was suppressing something tremendous!

 

‘Is she angry but saying thank you?’

 

Airi hesitated with the hands she was about to raise.

 

Yelshanaad quietly recited.

 

“Thanks to you, my knights lived. You’re no different from a lifesaver to me.”

 

“Hu, huk.”

 

Could it be, praise?

 

She’s not getting scolded?

 

Yelshanaad looked at Airi’s raised hands and twitched her eyebrows wildly.

 

“Anyway, your hands are all plump and swollen like round steamed buns…”

 

“…?!”

 

“Your wrists are thinner than fish bones. You need to eat more. Do you usually not eat enough?”

 

Huh? Is this Grandmother?

 

Airi’s head spun round and round.

 

Wait a moment!

 

Let’s learn about 【Airi’s Grandmother Detection Method】!

 

【How to Tell if Someone is a Grandmother or Not】 is very simple.

 

A white-haired person looks at Airi’s arms and says ‘They’re like bones. You haven’t been eating.’?

 

Then it’s confirmed to be a grandmother.

 

‘But right now her way of speaking isn’t grandmother speech…’

 

Beep beep.

 

An exception occurred!

 

Right now, Airi was very confused. Her head spun round and round wildly.

 

Then, Yelshanaad said.

 

“…You need to eat lots of delicious things.”

 

She knew that was grandmothers’ characteristic way of expressing affection.

 

And, Yelshanaad muttered.

 

“The hand that touched my ear…”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Wash it. It’s a dirty ear that requires at least 4-star level to fix. It was forcibly attached while fighting demons. I hate this ear too.”

 

Even while describing herself as dirty, Grandmother was unflinching.

 

Airi shook her head back and forth.

 

“No way! Gwandmother’s ears aren’t dirty!”

 

“What?”

 

“Grandmother saves people and punishes monsters! So, you know, they’re really cool ears! All pointy-pointy!”

 

Airi said exactly what she had learned from her textbooks.

 

That people who save lives are cool people.

 

Until now, not a single person had ever spoken about her ears this way.

 

Everyone had either intentionally avoided talking about her ears or looked at her with pity.

 

Perhaps that’s why.

 

This textbook answer made Yelshana’s heart feel warm.

 

“…Is it because she’s just a child.”

 

“That’s right! I have, you know, childlike innocence!”

 

She still had an expressionless face, but this time she spoke without covering her ears with her hair.

 

“…This scrawny thing chattering away so earnestly is pitiful. If there’s anything you want to do, just say it.”

 

Airi was now certain.

 

This was the second type of affectionate expression unique to grandmothers!

 

“I will, you know, definitely fix Grandmother’s ears!”

 

“Is that what you want?”

 

“Yes! It’s my goal!”

 

Yelshana bit the inside of her mouth as she thought.

 

Anyway, her ears weren’t something Airi could heal.

 

No matter what miracle Airi performed, she couldn’t perform the miracle of purifying demonic ears.

 

“These ears can’t be fixed with your purification power. I’m already receiving temporary treatment with potions, so it’s fine.”

 

But just the thought was endearing.

 

‘She looks like a cute puppy and acts like one too.’

 

But she couldn’t say these words out loud.

 

Yelshana quickly managed her expression.

 

“So tell me something for yourself.”

 

“Well, um, um. If I become friends with Grandmother, Elder said he would let me go on a picnic with you…”

 

“Ahem, ahem! A picnic.”

 

She couldn’t become a vulgar and messy old hag who revealed all her excited feelings.

 

“Alright. We’ll go tomorrow.”

 

“Huh, what. Tomorrow right away…?!”

 

“Yes. Milligan will pack the lunch. Just bring yourself.”

 

Fortunately, she could still calm her excited heart.

 

For now, at least.

 

* * *

 

The next morning at dawn, Milligan returned to Ortejo Castle.

 

It was right after confirming the letter sent from the Ortejo Ducal Family.

 

[Return request.

 

Ardos Marquessate.]

 

The one who sent this letter was probably Lord Ortejo!

 

“That rude bastard! I really need to give that kid a piece of my mind, I can’t just let this slide.”

 

He was fully prepared to give him a good scolding, but the one who greeted him wasn’t his disrespectful son but his wife, Yelshana.

 

“You’re back. Let’s go to the garden.”

 

“Oh, dear? Where are you going dressed so beautifully?”

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