The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Unraveling His Intention (9)

Returning to the inn for the participants, I opened the bag and took out everything inside.

'Where is the stone!'

I was choosing which stone, when Cecilia who came from the next door saw me.

"Lady?"

"Yes?"

He looked so confused to see me panic like that. Then, immediately he smiled suddenly.

'Is this communication device mine?'

“Cecilia, why is this here..?”.

"You got a call from Dubbede."

"Who is that?"

"They're all."

I saw a clock on the wall. It was 5pm.

“Ah, it's almost time for dinner, we have to leave immediately.”

"Wait, what about the call?"

"There's His Majesty, young master, Dame Lea Shavanol, Chairman Noanoke and..."

As Cecilia folded her fingers one by one, I said, “Stop, stop!”

How many people have contacted me? The communications equipment must burn.

“A, alright.”

"Yes." Yeah."

“It... I don't think they'll call you this much. They usually do it in moderation..!”.

"I don't know. Just imagine how it would be when I studied abroad.”

“…….”

“Those people will probably ask the same thing over and over again like a parrot.”

Cecilia smiled, but I could see her acting a little fed up from constantly calling.

I smiled awkwardly and picked up the communication device in the end. I sent a message to my father.

Within seconds, the call was quickly made.

[Hello?]

[Babies? Give me!]

[Did the Empress Dowager bother you with useless words, Leblaine?]

[Let the Lady say something ..].

[L, miss! Are you eating well?]

[It was cold tonight, so please let me know if you slept with a blanket. There is a fleece blanket in the twelfth suitcase, so be sure to.!].

The call was very noisy.

'No, why are these people acting like this!'

Cecilia was confused at the call. I glanced at him and replied to them.

"I'm fine. They gave me a lot of food, a warm blanket.”.

[It's a relief.]

"Yes, then please call me once a day."

[Why?]

“We have a lot of things to do here.”

Cecilia nodded her head a few times.

[Hmm, then we should set a time to call.]

“Once a day, only one person.”

[Leblaine, dad and we are both worried about you.].

“Should we do it once every two days?”

[Once a day, one person. Good idea, Bocil!]

Goody.

I'm nodding. And now that we were on the phone, I decided to talk to my family. Of course, I absorbed the mana stone with my other hand.

'What? I used twenty mana stones, but my holy power only added this much?'

This is not the first time I have absorbed mana stones. Did I make a mistake?

'Mana Stones are very expensive, and it is disappointing that I can only absorb this much.'

The cost of one stone where close to a 3 carat diamond.

'I almost cried when I bought it ...'

This mana stone is not extracted from humans, but a very rare mineral that is located in mountains and fields.

There were two special minerals that could be cultivated, the result was mana stone for holy power and magic stone for magic power.

Holy power can be extracted by blue spinel, and magic power through magic stone.

However, the method of extracting pure mana was unknown.

"Only the temple knows."

That's why I have no choice but to buy which stone is that expensive.

'Stay, at least with this I won't go crazy.'

Thank you Lord. This will make it a little easier to find intruders.

[...Make sure to have dinner.]

"I knew. Then Dad, I have to go, so I'll call you later.”

[Yes]

[Be careful, Leblaine.]

[Bocil, if anyone bullies you, call me immediately.]

"Yes. By the way, where's Johann's brother?”

[He left again because of work.]

"I understand. Okay. Good night everyone!"

[Okay.]

[Yes]

[See you later.]

After the call was cut off, I put the communication device into my pocket and changed clothes.

“Cecilia, I have to get out and come back. If anyone from the Imperial Palace asks where I am, please let them know that I am playing with Adrian. ”

“Ya, don't worry.”

I left the inn after seeing Cecilia leave. Then, I headed to the park, and the boy was already there.

"sorry. I'm ten minutes late..”

"Don't worry I just arrived."

"That's a relief."

"Adrian, you're a liar! You have been waiting for a long time!”

“…….”

“How long have you been waiting?”

"… Ten minutes."

“I can't believe.”

"… Fifteen minutes."

"Adrians."

"I came here directly from the library."

He waited for more than forty minutes. Winter is coming soon and the weather is very cold these days. He was already wearing thin clothes, yet he waited for so long.

"I'm sorry…"

“I have something to do, so I don't realize time has passed."

When I felt guilty, the boy smiled and turned around.

"Let's go now."

"Yes…"

'I'm so sorry.'

After Cecilia enters the Imperial Palace, I have to make sure that she will take good care of Adrian.

With that in mind, I went to the library with Adrian.

The guards noticed the intruder earlier, so I thought the security would be tighter. Instead it was calmer than before.

"Nobody was sent to keep it by the window."

Except for me and Adrian, there's no guards in the library

"Why?"

I frowned and muttered, Adrian heard me and replied.

"Nothing's missing from the library, so I don't think they told the Empress Dowager."

“But there may be... yes? Wait, how do you know I'm out of the library? And how do you know nothing was stolen?”

Adrian's hand seemed to flinch for a moment, but soon he behaved normally again.

“You were chased by a library guard. You must be from the library, too, you didn't bring anything.”

It was a bit strange, but I nodded because it was quite understandable.

“Then please do.”

Adrian took out his divine power and immediately took the form of a fish. Finally Amand appeared.

He said to Amand, who was lightly moving in the air.

"Go."

The tonsils walked to the closed window, and easily slipped through the gap.

After a while, Amand returned.

It went in front of Adrian as he frowned.

“......Five different mana.”

"Five?"

After he confirmed, I sighed.

"Should I investigate all of them?"

“It is not difficult if we narrow down the suspect. One is you, two are for the knights who follow you, and the other is the Empress Dowager. But…"

"Then there's only one left!"

"Huh?"

"The last thing is holy power."

“.....holy power?”

“Yes, it is also very pure. There is only one person in the Imperial Palace with such pure holy power.”

"Who?"

“Cardinal Blasio.”

“... Nearest server Pope.”

"Yes." Yeah."

We looked at each other after we realized it.

***

I followed Adrian's lead to the office of the cardinals called the Palace of Grace.

The cardinals are stationed there in case of an invasion from the imperial family and in case of emergency.

Adrian said this week it was Cardinal Blasio's turn to attend.

The further I go to the Palace of Grace, the more convinced I am that Cardinal Blasio is an intruder.

'The tremors from the demon passageway are getting stronger.'

As I approached the door, I felt a strong tremor that made my heart skip a beat.

I took a deep breath and prepared to knock on the door of the cardinal's office.

Then,

"Here we are."

Adrian took my hand carefully and headed for the prayer room in the middle of the Palace of Grace.

No, rather, a shabby shed attached to the temple.

When Adrian enters the warehouse and draws a sign in the air, the bookshelf moves naturally. And what was revealed was a small part.

'Confidential road.'

“Adrian, how did you..”.

“Temple treats me well.”

If the temple wanted to strengthen their strength, it was likely that they had approached Adrian first.

"Let's go."

I followed Adrian through that hallway. After a while, I saw the cardinal's office. There was no one in the room.

"It's connected to the office bookcase."

It's time to look around.

Pounding!!

Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my heart. My gaze naturally turned to a box placed on the table.

As if I was possessed, I approached and opened the box.

[.ild. I'M...].

"Well…"

[Call me, son.]

A strange voice echoed in my head.