The Baby Who Raised the Devil

I'll Adopt You (2)

Nos swallowed his dry saliva.

“ I think he's bored, so just for a minute, ··.”

What a sad face….

'Duke is really scary.' He looked at the duke with pitiful eyes, but the duke looked back at him with cold eyes.

“ He's a shy kid, but somehow he looks really friendly to you.”

“Yeah, it's not like–“

“You have great talent. “

Duke spoke in a very sarcastic tone. Duke Dubbled must be a small superior. I can't believe you threatened the assistant just because he played a little bit during work hours.

'Pity is not.'

Nos.

“ Come Blaine ”

I don't want to go.

With my hesitation, Nos' face turned white, and Duke became even more tense.

“Come”

I had no choice but to approach him. As soon as Duke hugged me, Nos bowed.

“ Well,….I'll finish my job. “

After Nos fled, only me and the duke remained. Today, the duke looked at me with a gaze that was somehow sharper.You wouldn't punish me for playing with your assistant, would you?

The duke's brows wriggled as I looked at him with an anxious look.

'You seem very happy with Nos, didn't you say --?'

I tilted my head and looked at him.

He looked at me, picked me up and did the exact same thing that Nos had done several times.

“……..”

'What is that?'

Is this a high-level scolding?

***

What was it yesterday? I narrowed my eyes and thought about what happened yesterday.

When I didn't show any reaction, he took me to my room and left. "Maybe he's trying to play with me." Are you trying to be a father just because you adopted me?"

At the end of the day, he lifted me high into the air, and asked, “Should it be higher?”

I almost laughed and pretended to be happy because I was afraid of him. Then Lea said something while buttoning my shirt.

" Let's go to the dining room now ."

Why should we eat there?

Duke is always busy, so he prefers to eat at the office. As I looked at Lea with a curious look, she laughed and grabbed my hand.

'Let's eat first'. It's harder to think like an adult if you're hungry. I grabbed Lea's hand and walked along the corridor. When I opened the dining room door and entered, I saw the duke.

'Huh?'

And on the left side of the duke, the boys sat side by side.

“ Blain .”

At that moment, Duke called me. I walked towards him and extended my hand.

The Duke lifted me up and put me on his lap.

“ This is Henry, my second son. ”

The child shown by the Duke smiled. The child had dazzling silver hair and blue eyes like the sea, looking extremely beautiful. If the duke was a handsome man, this child was like a carefully crafted puppet. She was pretty enough to be seen as a girl the first time she saw him.

“This is Isaac, my third child .”

The child shown this time looks the opposite of Henry. Although she had the same silver hair, her entire aura felt completely different, but both of them were truly beautiful. Beside that -

'They are miniature dukes!'

Their eyes, nose, face, lips, were similar to him.

The first kid at the overseas academy, so he didn't come. Finally, the duke introduced me.

“ Day Leblaine .”

Henry, who looked good, smiled and grabbed my hand.

“ Hello, Leblaine! Nice to meet you .”

He then poked Isaac who was having a staring contest with a carrot on his plate, when the duke noticed it, he called out his name and gave me a brief introduction.

"He's big for a kid his age."

He looks about ten years old. The features are also very clear. I envy her. My body is growing very slowly. Besides, there was a bright future ahead of them.

All the children born in Dubbled are amazing, but all three are special among them.

'Those who have climbed the top of the pyramid without help from their families.'

Henry, would be at the top of the list every year at the Gifted Academy in the capital. He succeeded after his brother and entered an academic institution abroad.

Graduating with the perfect report card, he grew into a talent that controlled the imperial money supply at an early age. He was a genius who became the leader of the Dubbled branch in his early 20s.

Isaac had a special talent for martial arts. He had defeated the knights of the imperial family at the age of twenty.

'He's a cruel bastard like duke Vallua'

I was a little nervous when I actually saw the rumored Confucius. They're like Mina's brother. When I was charged with the attempted murder of Mina, people said I was lucky I wasn't caught by Dubbleds.

'It's okay, they're not Mina's knights now.' If they don't scare me, I don't need to tremble just by hearing your name like before.

I grinned at them.

“ Hello. (Hello.) ”

After all, they are the masters of the family, so I should look good.

***

An hour later.

I glanced at Henry and Isaac.

'Thinking…..'

After eating, I was quite satisfied until the adults pushed us into one room to get closer to each other. It's hard to get close to them because they're kids.

As Isaac entered the room, he looked at me sharply. Henry paid no attention at all.

“ You.”

"Yes….."

“Do you know how to eat carrots? “

I'm not picky about anything.

“ Yes .”

Then Isaac furrowed his brows

“ What are you?, rabbit? ”

He growls. It looked like a threat, but strangely this time was not scary. Then Henry, who was looking at the bookshelf, muttered.

'I think he just called Isaac an idiot.'

Henry doesn't seem to care about me much. As soon as he walked into the room, he took out a thick book and now wrote a lot on the parchment.

I glanced at the parchment. Numbers, numbers, numbers. And sometimes a difficult symbol. My curiosity increased, so I put my head on the table. Henry glanced at me.

“ Do you want to say something ?”

" Leblaine" he added, in a soft tone.

“ I want to see what it is (i want to see what it is) ”

Then Isaac, who picked up the wooden sword lying on the floor, snorted.

“ He tried to count money again. ”

“ That's the name of the slush fund formation. Stupid .”

I opened my eyes in amazement. Do kids understand dark funds?

Then Henry muttered, pulling out a newspaper.

“ The situation is getting out of control at home and abroad. At a time like this– “

“ I know. I learned it last time.You bought iron, didn't you? When war broke out, the price of iron that made weapons first rose .”

As Isaac spoke triumphantly, the corner of Henry's mouth lifted.

“ You are correct , in some parts .”

“ That's what traders think. A nobleman must dedicate his iron to the country in case of war .”

When Isaac clicked his tongue, Henry shrugged.

“ In wartime, it's gold. Because the value of money decreases .”

I can see why the people here are not so surprised to see a four-year-old who knows the words 'unannounced tax'. There was another child who said such difficult words.

"I feel like I'm in a strange world."

“ You! pretend you didn't hear it or you'll die . ”

I immediately opened my eyes wide and shook hands.

“ Do not try to flatter yourself because you are the child of destiny. I'm a very strong boy. So-so"

Henry, with his face half covered in newspaper, looked at Isaac with a pitiful look. Then she lowered her eyes sweetly and told me.

“We need to hide our feelings. That's what Dubbeds does. that's Dubbled's own blood ties. The thing between parent and child is no problem.”

“……”

"So please don't be too ambitious."

Henry's eyes glowed with a blue hue.

'Oh, it's uncomfortable eating in the duke's lap, so I ate too little.'

I'm so hungry I can't think straight. Yeah, I don't know what you're talking about.

"But I have to answer first."

A child who answers is loved. I answered loudly,

“ Yes !”