The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 86

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Episode 86

 

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Meanwhile, Penedeex was suffering endlessly.

 

Certainly, entering Ortejo Castle had been easy enough.

 

“Hmm….”

 

The problem was that the information he possessed was ridiculously insufficient.

 

Still, after examining carefully, he was able to trace the movements of the deceased duchess and Prince Berry.

 

After stopping by a general store in the Northern Region, they had taken a freight carriage from the carriage station and moved somewhere.

 

Since he had already visited the general store, it was time to find the carriage station.

 

The problem was that this had happened a full seven years ago.

 

He made a bewildered expression in the empty, ghost-like village.

 

“Well, even the carriage station is gone?”

 

“It’s already been seven years, so it’s understandable it would fail. This is the Northern Region, after all. Even a single monster appearing unexpectedly could devastate an entire village.”

 

Penedeex’s expression twisted.

 

“This is why we can’t find anything. Ugh, annoying.”

 

“Wow, this is really difficult. It’s not even like finding a needle in a desert.”

 

“Still, we have to find the needle.”

 

The Eastern Duke, Zakvel, had placed an enormous bounty on this matter.

 

He had offered billions in reward money and even family heirlooms to whoever brought back his son.

 

So everyone, including himself, had gone crazy searching for him.

 

Penedeex, who was both a Mage Tower master and Information Guild leader, was no exception.

 

“I need money. A lot of money.”

 

“Right. There are mouths to feed in both the Mage Tower and the guild.”

 

“Sigh….”

 

Becoming more desperate, he once again carefully retraced the steps of the duchess, Prince Berry’s mother.

 

While recalling the words of the last shopkeeper he had seen.

 

“Ah, she was a lady with such a noble bearing that I still remember her. She seemed to be fleeing from something.”

 

“Fleeing, you say?”

 

What could such a precious lady be fleeing from?

 

And with a newborn baby, no less.

 

Just as wrinkles formed on his brow, the shopkeeper testified again.

 

“Yes. She definitely moved as if being chased. Ah! And when she sold this necklace, she said something.”

 

“Hmm…. Then, what did that baby look like? It couldn’t have been even a month old.”

 

“There wasn’t anything particularly special.”

 

“Think harder.”

 

“Hmm…. Now that I think about it, there is something I remember. Our shopkeeper had some monster blood mixed in. Children too, and humans instinctively dislike hybrid monsters, right? But the child smiled brightly and warmly even when the hybrid monster approached. I wondered if maybe monsters were somewhat familiar to him.”

 

Though the carriage station had been a dead end, thinking about it carefully, he had gained one clue.

 

“Isadel Marquess officially had no connection whatsoever to monsters or hybrid monsters. But the baby showed no aversion to hybrid monsters.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“There might have been a hybrid monster among those she was unofficially close to.”

 

“What?”

 

“We should look for hybrid monsters first.”

 

While his secretary made a puzzled expression, unable to follow his train of thought.

 

Penedeex’s brain succeeded in recalling one very reliable article from a corner of his mind.

 

It was an article about how hybrid monsters were being ‘humanely’ experimented on at the Northern Magic Tower located in Ortejo Castle.

 

“We need to go back to the Northern Magic Tower in Ortejo Castle, don’t we? But that place is such a mess, we’ll have to see if we can even find anything.”

 

“Use your ability. Even if we can’t find Prince Berry, wouldn’t we quickly find hybrid monsters that could be helpful?”

 

It wasn’t wrong.

 

Penedeex could see what others couldn’t see and find what others couldn’t find.

 

His ability was ‘One Who Takes the Right Path’.

 

When faced with two choices, he possessed the ability to unconditionally choose the right one.

 

He had a ‘lucky coin’.

 

Penedeex grinned as he lifted up the coin.

 

“Well then, is it time for my lucky guide coin to work?”

 

“Oh, are you finally starting?”

 

“Yeah. It will tell me which path to take and where to head.”

 

He closed his eyes.

 

“Well then, shall we go look for some useful hybrid monsters?”

 

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“Here it is. The list of hybrid monsters.”

 

Thanks to Declan’s cooperation, he was able to easily find the hybrid monsters.

 

Contrary to his expectation that they would be at the Mage Tower, they were currently working at the Knight Order.

 

‘One assistant is enough.’

 

He leisurely hummed while scanning through the list of hybrid monsters.

 

Belize, Dinan, Lireed, Saal, and….

 

“Huh, Karhen?”

 

“What?”

 

“Isn’t this name a bit strange?”

 

“What? What about it?”

 

“No, he’s the only one with a name in the ancient language.”

 

Ordinary hybrid monsters were given names created in the imperial language, like Belize, Dinan, Lireed, and Saal.

 

But Karhen was an ancient word referring to ‘karma’.

 

It meant it was a name that neither monsters nor even humans hardly used.

 

“All the other kids have ordinary names, but he alone has a philosophical and profound name, right?”

 

“Oh, you’re right. I wonder which orphanage director gave him that name. That director too, really. What’s with naming a child karma.”

 

“Right. I like the feel of that director. I’ll make this one my assistant.”

 

“Oh, did you use an ability like ‘One Who Takes the Right Path’?”

 

He shook his head.

 

“No, this time it’s just intuition.”

 

But the thing is.

 

When he actually met Karhen, who was cleaning the corridor of the Knight Order.

 

And when he immediately proposed that he become his assistant.

 

Penedeex had to acknowledge that this child was not ordinary.

 

“You said you’d pay me if I became your assistant, but I don’t need money.”

 

“Wow, you don’t need money?”

 

“No.”

 

“Then how about volunteer service?”

 

Karhen straightened his body and looked at him.

 

“You said your name was Penedeex, right?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“To help you, Penedeex, I need to get my master’s permission.”

 

“…Your master isn’t a monster, is he? Sorry, just kidding. Don’t glare at me like that. It’s scary.”

 

The secretary internally shook his head watching his lord accumulate unfavorability points one by one.

 

Karhen, who hadn’t been making eye contact with him, raised his head.

 

Penedeex and Karhen’s eyes met in mid-air.

 

Though this wasn’t the time to think about it, Penedeex suddenly had this thought.

 

‘Huh. This kid’s eye color is really pretty and clear.’

 

Even his expression still retained innocence.

 

He thought it was a face that remained strangely memorable.

 

Just as he couldn’t bring himself to say the next words and was only thoroughly examining Karhen’s face.

 

“My master is Lady Airi. Princess Airi Ortejo.”

 

The secretary said leisurely.

 

“Oh, that won’t be easy. She’s the precious jewel of the family. Is it possible?”

 

Only then did Penedeex come to his senses.

 

“Strike while the iron is hot, as they say. Let’s go see the Princess.”

 

Penedeex shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Karhen.

 

“So, if the Princess asks you to help, will you do it?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Unconditionally?”

 

“Unconditionally.”

 

“Oh, even if she told you to become my slave?”

 

“Yes. I would become a slave.”

 

It was clearly a joke, but the atmosphere turned cold.

 

He glanced once more at Karhen’s glass bead-like eyes.

 

There was blind faith toward his opponent—that is, toward Airi—contained within them.

 

‘And he’s only seven years old.’

 

Both his name and personality are incredibly philosophical.

 

He shrugged his shoulders.

 

‘That’s why I like him. It’s a really strange feeling, but he seems like he’ll be quite helpful.’

 

Then the next step was simple.

 

It was to go meet Princess Airi, who was Karhen’s master.

 

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Meanwhile, ‘3-star hero’ Airi was not walking on a bed of roses.

 

She had become completely unemployed.

 

“There aren’t even any guys trying to artificially spread dark magic! This family has become too peaceful now…”

 

“Right.”

 

“The Dark Forces need to come back!”

 

Others would dismiss this as crazy talk, but Cookie and Airi were quite serious about it.

 

So what Cookie did was peek around in front of the Ortejo Castle gate, watching the newly appearing people.

 

Just in case there might be someone with dark magic that could help Airi’s growth.

 

But…

 

“There’s really nothing here. Let’s go outside for now.”

 

“Cookie.”

 

She was about to answer like that and change clothes when it happened.

 

Someone knocked on the door—knock, knock.

 

‘There’s no one who would come visit!’

 

Airi carefully approached the doorway and put her ear to it.

 

“Um, who is it?”

 

“Young Lady, Lord Penedeex has come to visit.”

 

“I don’t know who Mr. Penedeex is.”

 

“Ah, he’s the master of the Eastern Mage Tower. He’s the one who made the video magic tool that Lady Airi used.”

 

“Ah…!”

 

Cookie muttered.

 

“Dark magic prey has come walking right to us!”

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