The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Destroying Vallua (7)

Duke Vallua nervously knocked on the armrest of the chair.

Four days had passed since the virtual battle preliminary round. He contacted the church from time to time, but was unable to meet with the Cardinal.

The virtual battle, secretly supported by the knights of the church, did not even pass the preliminary round, and his son, Hayton, was humiliated.

In this case, receiving support from the church is no better.

Suddenly, he touched his forehead.

Due to the failure of his device, the place of pouring his heart and soul into it, some of the pillars that kept the family alive had been destroyed.

“Without church help, family destroyed.”

If the church turned its back on them, Duke Marche, who had the greatest investment back then would have done the same.

Marche was already looking for Duke Vallua's hidden money to recover their money.

However, their hidden money had been spent.

He even asked for a large sum of money from his wife's parents, and even his father-in-law visited his house every time to ask him to return the money.

If it wasn't funded by the man his wife, Lane, who said he was an art dealer, it would be hard to stay alive right away.

"Damn!"

As he roughly put down the liquor glass he was holding,

"Master!"

His lieutenant barged in with an urgent voice.

"What the hell is going on?"

“Dubbled asked the Imperial Palace for a knight change. And that's Captain Zachary!”

Duke Vallua narrowed his forehead.

“Why him..”

“It looks like his aura came out during the preliminary round.”

“Aura?”

Duke Vallua clicked his tongue.

Had it appeared a little earlier, Dubbled's small mistake would have messed up the virtual battle.

Since he passed the initial verification, there was no problem even though the aura had appeared during the match.

The problem is final.

The team will undergo a re-examination before the final. Aura users will be expelled soon, so in the worst-case scenario, only 19 people will qualify.

Instead, it would be beneficial to replace Zachary quickly.

'Vallua will be in good hands.'

“Call Marquis Shuheil. Tell him I'll hurry to meet him and his son.”

"Yes." Yeah."

The purpose of the church was for the item to be given to the winner of the virtual battle, even if they were eliminated in the preliminary round, they would not be able to speak nonsense once he got it.

A cold smile came to the mouth of Duke Vallua, who found a way out.

***

A week before the final, the public had already talked about it.

It's because rumors have spread that I'm putting another knight, not Zachary, in a virtual battle.

Today is the day I received my education from my godmother.

“Be happy, miss.”

"Yes, you do your best, even if you don't win later ..."

The friendly women who visited me said so. This is the reaction of everyone who met me recently.

I smiled awkwardly and nodded.

"Thank you for your attention."

When I answered politely, the godmother laughed.

“You should go back. Today I have an appointment with this boy.”

"Yes, godmother."

The women greeted him, as they left the mansion. However, a woman who had left the mansion, returned quickly.

"That's Lady Isabella Hadero."

It was the woman I met at Countess Walt's party, when I revealed that Niel Vallua had taken an unlicensed translation of the Bible a few days ago.

"I…"

Lady Hadero hesitated, and looked into the eyes of the godmother.

My godmother seriously left, and only then did Lady Hadero speak.

"Lady Dubbled, do you know anything about finals?"

"No."

"I know that. This is flag withdrawal.”

Whahuh?

I opened my eyes wide at a different answer than I expected.

'No way!'

People thought we were going to have a horse race in the final. And that's true.

I've seen it a few times before I go back in time. Virtual fight of the year, the final match of the final round.

"What, pulling the flag is ..."

"That's right. This is a game where you win if you catch someone who is chosen as a flag in the opposing camp.

“Yes, I know what game it is. But how do you know that?”

“I'm in an engagement with Shuheil. I went to their residence yesterday and heard him talking to the knights.”

Ah, I got it.

I'm nodding.

I've heard it in my life before.

Marquess Shuheil likes Isabella and suggests a marriage between her son and Isabella.

Isabella's father, Prince Hadero, could not resist because he owed the Marquis of Shuheil a great debt, so Isabella and Shuheil soon became engaged.

'But why did he tell me that?'

Seeing how the nobles acted in the city, they would not move without getting something.

How do I know it's because Lady Hadero wasn't close to Mina in my first life.

'It would be good for Lady Hadero if her fiance won.'

As I was about to reply, someone called me from behind.

"Grou."

I immediately turned to the sound from behind.

“Henry!”

"Why are you here instead of coming in?"

He smiled lovingly and gave me a coat.

"It's cold."

“Yes, there's something I want to talk to Lady Hadero about..”

Henry glanced at.

He watched her as she smiled kindly as usual.

“It's been a long time since I saw you.”

“Ya, yes! In 281 days..”.

"But what's your business with my sister?"

"I, I told him some useful information for Lady."

Tense voice.

"Useful information…"

When Henry squinted his suspicious eyes, Lady Hadero quickly explained.

"This round is a flag-pulling game!"

Henry looked at her with a sweet smile, which was his specialty.

"Thank you for telling me. That will help my sister.”

Lady Hadero, with her hands in front of her chest, looked at Henry with an expression of love.

“Ap, what..”.

“You are very good.”

"What, do you like good people?"

“I like people who like to help.”

“……!”

Lady Hadero opened her eyes wide.

“Shuheil has been training since four days ago. The knight who is likely to be the flag named Telbourne, he ran very fast! And the weakness of Shuheil is...!!”

Shuheil's fiancee poured out many useful words.

Lady Hadero, who even shook hands with Henry, flushed and rode in the carriage while staggered.

When he left, I told Henry.

“Lady it sure likes you.”

“Ya, since about three years ago.”

“You know that?”

“He always looks at me.”

“So, you also like Lady Hadero?”

"I like him."

“So, do you like Miss Hadero too?”

I took a deep breath.

'Well, whoa!'

My heart is pounding.

"Well, Henry doesn't have a fiance."

Then can Lady Hadero be my sister-in-law?

As I made a strange expression, Henry smiled sweetly.

“He's a pretty helpful informer.”

"What's…"

It is true that we have obtained a lot of information that cannot be obtained easily with just a few smiles and words.

'Beauty is a weapon ...'

When I remembered what I heard in my previous life, I thought it was really like that.

"Have you decided on a new knight for the finals?"

When he asked, I smiled as I said, "Yeah ..."

"I've decided."

"I can't wait for that."

That afternoon, there was news that Shuheil had won and was about to enter the final.

***

On the day of the final, I saw a video of stone floating in the air with a nervous expression. The number is more than the preliminary round.

The last match was between me, who played in the preliminary round, and the last winner, Shuheil.

The entire empire was very excited because the palace and the square, where they could see us, attracted the largest number of spectators among any virtual battles.

The referee blew the whistle.

Shuheil and I shook hands in the middle, then turned their backs on each other.

"Once you start, like in the preliminary round, you'll stick a knife in my throat."

"Can I?"

Shuheil grinned as I spoke brightly.

"Look, I have a weak heart."

"But you're friends with Isaac. ”

"I feel sorry for him."

As we laughed and talked, we watched each other closely.

We bowed to each other and returned to our allies.

Me and Edgar Shuheil both had our knights wear veils to cover their expressions.

It was to hide the expression of the knight who became the flag.

“Don't forget to be gentle!”

Shouted Edgar Shuheil cunningly,

I skillfully hid and climbed into the tallest building in the shop street and shouted, I,

"I will!"

As soon as I shouted like that, my knight threw an oil bottle at our opponent. And I gently demonstrated fire magic.

Gwangg—!!!

With a roar, flames soared as Edgar Shuheil's expression changed. The soldier was frightened and quickly retreated.

Then, they took off their hoods.

I didn't miss that moment.

'Shuheil looked at someone with red hair.'

When the crisis comes, someone is looking for something valuable especially duulu.

'That person is the flag.'

As I smiled, Shuheil looked at me with a stiff face.

He replied with a friendly expression as if to say, 'You said you will play softly!'

"I threw the fire gently."

His face was wrinkled as I smiled.