The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Time to Choose Your Father (1)

He blinked his eyes a few times to clear his blurred vision as he rubbed the rest of the sleep from his eyes. After he woke up from his sleep, he stood up and dragged his feet from the bed.

He found a mirror on the wall, and a shiny mirror reflected the figure of a person, he said,

Thick chubby hands, sausage-like plump arms, flat cheeks and a body that does not move at will.

No matter how he looked at it, this tiny body belonged to a four-year-old. He looked at himself in the mirror and thought,

'I came back again. I can't believe I'm gonna live in this ugly world again.'

My name is Leblain. At first, my life was not a mess. I am the only orphan born on February 29th who also has divine power, therefore, I am called the 'son of destiny'. I must be lucky.

Just by sitting on the lap of the Empress Dowager and choosing one of her portraits, I became the child of my chosen family.

There are three choices.

Duke Amity, a warrior of justice who protects the Empire.

Duke Vallua, the famous family that produced a thousand scholars.

Duke Dubbede, who had great military and business power, but was called the worst of the outlaw family.

The family chosen in my first life was Amity. He was a pretty good father. As a wise, fair and rational person, I followed him respectfully as a new father.

It was a peaceful life until he appeared, the true child of destiny. Actually, I was the son of a wrong destiny. Unlike me, who trained for three or four hours a day, but failed to properly develop my holy power, Mina was the perfect 'destination child.

Mina is as dazzling as the sun. He was loved by everyone even Duke Amity. Father and Mina are attracted to each other like fate, eventually with the help of the Pope, Mina becomes the father's second daughter.

During the drought, he summoned spirits and prevented the war through his foresight.

And i'm…

I was sacrificed to Mina in a ritual to seal the evil spirit.

I was happy when I first came back to life. I thought it was an opportunity given by God.

For the second life, I chose Duke Vallua.' I was severely tortured by Duke Vallua every day.

He's a real bad guy. He used to hit me with his hand, saying it was for education. She just dressed me up lavishly when I went to the palace.

So was the last day of my second life. I was harassed by her and hit my head on the edge of the table, but when I opened my eyes, I went back in time.

In the third life, I ran away. But what can a child do? When I was in trouble, I died of starvation.

After three reincarnations, I realized something.

'Yes, this is wrong. So let's defect.'

As soon as I thought so, the door opened, when a grandly dressed old woman walked in. He put me on his lap and gestured. Soon the waiter brought three portraits.

"It's time to choose your father"

He smiled very friendly. But I know the truth. As I turned fake, these eyes that were looking at me warmly turned extremely cold. The empress stroked my hair and gave me a portrait.

"This is the child of destiny, choose one."

When I saw the three portraits, I was very nervous. I closed my eyes with my fat fist.

'Let's just calm down. I need a place to stay anyway.'

'I can't die a beggar like I did in the past. I need a family that can let me live a quiet life and then defect without worrying about hunger or death until exiled. That's the kind of family I'm going to choose.'

'Then this time-'

The waiter and the Empress who saw the portrait I chose, opened their eyes wide.

When I arrived at the family home along with the Empress' letter, I saw a man who was about to become my father and gulped.

"He's very handsome."

He has sharp jaws, mesmerizing cyan blue eyes, a pointed nose, well-crafted lips, a beautiful figure hidden by a shirt, height, and broad shoulders. What was strange was that the eyes of such a beautiful man were like the eyes of a murderer.

In conclusion, the one I chose was Duke Dubbled, the so-called villain. The male lieutenant stood beside me and said in a very awkward tone.

"The Queen asked you to raise the child."

Duke Dubbled, touched his chin with his long fingers and replied,

"He's getting senile."

Then he made a statement without hesitation,

"Send him back."

"But Your Majesty, this is an opportunity to improve your relationship with the church. Refusing the Empress' request at once will complicate matters afterwards."

This was the only place to escape after growing to a certain extent. Amity, who was the one in charge and Vallua, who valued honor, wouldn't even give me a chance to escape. A man who is not interested in me is perfectly suited to be my stepfather.

"Of course it's the only way."

I patted the lieutenant's pants with both hands.

"That's a tyax decision that wasn't announced in December." (There is an unannounced tax audit on December 7.)

"Huh?" ask the lieutenant,

He doesn't seem to understand me. He looked surprised at my sudden chatter.

'It hasn't been long since I went back in time, so my tongue doesn't work well.'

I saw it clearly in my previous life. This winter, the Dubbled master of tax evasion, paid a huge fine. Duke has three sons, so I think he can understand me well. People who have dealt with children will understand my babbling quite well.

I had this kind of hope but quickly gave up. That cold-blooded bastard would not raise his son with his own hands.

'I wish I could write, but I'm not good at it, so it can't make a difference.'

Duke took me in the blink of an eye. His eyes were so sharp as if he was suspicious of me.

"There's a tax audit on December 7th?"

How could he understand that?I'm rattled. I pretended as truant as possible, just in case he thought I wasn't a kid.

"Uh-huh. Shh, this is a secret."

"No."

The Duke looked at the lieutenant.

"How far is the account book set?"

"... A four year old boy. Do you really believe him?"

"You don't trust a four-year-old who knows the word tax audit without notice?"

"I'll check it out soon."

After answering so, the lieutenant ran out of the room quickly. Duke and I looked at each other.

'He's really scary ...'

Even though he had excellent looks, wealth, power, he still did not have a wife. Must be because of that...

It must be hard for women to approach him. Immediately, the waiter entered the room.

"Can I help her take a shower?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The woman bowed with me in her arms, and I left the room with her.