The Baby Who Raised the Devil

I'll Adopt You (7)

“Ap, what, what ...”

Distrust spread across Teramore's face.

I whispered to him, "Very Stupid."

“……”

“Please wait, old man. Dyuke will know about this soon.” (Just wait, old man. Duke will find out soon.)

I walked past Teramore smiling. I grabbed Henry's hand and left the room.

"You crazy? Aren't you scared?”

I looked at Henry with a stiff face. Maybe he was surprised to see me interfere with Teramore's efforts, but that seems like a good thing. The wall between me and him has disappeared a little.

“You will get in trouble. Teramore is a cruel man.”

“Not scolded.” (Not afraid)

“……”

“Bad people hit Henly. I'm not fooled at all.”(Bad guy hit Henry. I'm not scared at all.)

Henry's eyes widened, as I spoke with determination. I'm really not afraid of Teramore. I've met a lot of horrible people before and Teramore is just one of them. He was just a sick pervert who felt happy about abusing children.

I'm more worried about Henry. The cheeks that Teramore hit were now swollen red and even his crisp collar was crispy.

“Come go to duke. Cottage Henly.” (Let's go to the duke. Henry's hurt.)

"…enough."

“Henly ( Henry.).

"Enough!"

Henry shouted, stubbornness dyed his eyes.

"Don't tell anyone about today."

Henry then left.

'Not that I don't understand the kid's mind. Abused children usually spend their entire lives avoiding others or growing up aggressively. In this way, trauma is developed. Even I, who had been reborn three times could not fully trust people because of my past life.'

I sighed as I watched Henry's back disappear.

***

Teramore walked pacing along the hall while gritting his teeth in anger.

'That crazy girl...!'

“ What is it? you've touched us with a weave, asshole. (What's up? You're touched by love, asshole.)

Every time Teramore recalled the child's expression, he would feel his anger rising once again.

'He's not the son of fate, he's the devil! That little devil must have been sent by the church to spy on Dubbled. Does she think I will be afraid of her small actions?!'

Teramore accelerated his pace towards the duke's office and knocked on the door.

“This is Teramore, Sir. “

Immediately he heard the duke's reply, agreeing he entered. Teramore entered the room with a face full of excitement, he could not wait to report Leblaine's actions to Dubbled.

He spoke hastily, "Your Majesty, son of destiny—"

"That's an old man!"

“…….!”

Leblaine, who was sitting on the duke's lap, smirked. Teramore was surprised and ran towards the boy.

'That little girl is already…..!'

Leblaine is not the only one. He was joined by Viscount Myshank, Nos, a lieutenant and several senators. They stared at Teramore with strange expressions on their faces.

'Did he tell Duke how I treated Henry?!'

Viscount Myshank frowned and said, "How can you do such a thing to the duke's children?"

Teramore submitted a brief excuse, “Your Majesty, please listen to me! Why would I do that? It was all a lie.”

He then showed his injured hand hurriedly to the duke.

“The baby is not just any child. He stabbed the back of my hand with a pen. Isn't that suspicious?! He was too smart the first time he saw her. He offers you stories about the church and imperial family—“

"What are you talking about?" Viscount Myshank interrupted Teramore's explanation.

"I mean it's dubious!"

Viscount Myshank looked at Teramore strangely, "We're talking about how you intimidated and scared the duke's daughter just because of a small mistake she made."

"What?"

“You were too rude to the boy! He even cried so much that he saw me!”

“It, uh....”

“And you say such a thing? What else are you doing?"

Teramore. He looked around the room with trembling eyes, as his eyes met Leblaine's eyes. Leblaine's mouth rose into a small grin.

His gaze said, 'Do you think the viscount is talking about Henry?'

The little girl also brought Myshank, who was her enemy, and made it impossible for her to think of any other reason to harass Henry.

As Teramore's face paled, Myshank interrogated him, "Let me ask again, what have you done?"

"That's my tongue spraining."

But no one in the room believed him.

Myshank said to the duke, “This is suspicious, duke. It's questionable to act that way over a small matter. Wouldn't this kind of behavior affect children's character badly?”

Even Nos and the senators voiced their concerns.

“We need confirmation.”

"Unless he's not proven guilty, we can't give up the education of children to such a person."

The duke's sharp gaze pierced through the Teramore.

Teramore shouted, "Wait, Master!", But Duke Dubled did not heed his plea. He immediately ordered his men to investigate Teramore.

***

I jumped off the duke's lap and followed Myshank. My face is full of joy.

"Master Myshwank." (Mister Myshank)

He looked back at me

“Yes,nak. What's up?"

I pulled on Myshank's shirt with an innocent look.

"Is that old man a bad man?"

“Teramore?”

He continued with a grin.

“Yes, dia. Really a very nasty guy.”

“If guwru is evil, what if Henly and Isyaac grow up to be bad guys?” (If the teacher is evil, what if Henry and Isaac grow up to be bad people.)

"Don't worry. I'll help them."

"Tomorrow I will ask other nobles to come to the castle and beg the chairman to hold the children's class until the case is over."

I acted innocent and said, "Wow!" when I jump up and down.

'Unexpectedly, you're on my side.'

That was a good thing for me, so I gave her a big smile.

After Myshank himself left with a wide smile, Teramore walked out of the duke's office.

"You must have trouble talking to him."

Teramore, who saw me, gritted his teeth.

"You…..!"

Looking around quickly, he pulled my arm and headed to the corner of the room.

“This little bitch! Do you think I'll just let this go?"

“What will you do?” (What are you going to do?)

“You must be a demon sent by the church....!”.

"Kawkek, are you stupid?" (Grandfather, are you stupid?)

"What?"

"You are the one who admitted the mistake." (You are the one who admitted his guilt.)

“You ****** ...”

"How do you know? My nickname is ******! ” (How do you know? My nickname is ******.)

I looked straight into Teramore's eyes and spoke in a low tone.

"If you ever touch them again, I'll bite you." (If I touch her again, I'll bite you.)

“…!”

I kept talking with a big smile.

“So let me go. Now." Now."

I used to be a beggar in my past life. Teramore's threat doesn't bother me in the least.

The force on the Teramore grip slowly loosened.

I waved my hand away easily as I turned around and walked away.

***

Two days later, Myshank came to the castle with other nobles and requested the suspension of Teramore.

Teramore became a teacher of Henry and Isaac due to the vote of the senate, but currently half of the senate votes are on Myshank's side. Given how it developed, now the senior position would most likely be given to Myshank, as the position of Teramore became unstable due to recent events.

“Chai, chairman ...”

I hummed in the hallway following Teramore's voice music pleading for leniency to the chairman.

I'm thinking of checking Henry's condition.

The life of a noble is quite miserable. Instead of worrying about food, they worry about learning. Even with the classes suspended, the two sat side by side in the study room and did their homework.

I peeked at my face in front of the study room door looking for their shadows.

'uh? No one….'

"Hey you!"

“Aahh!”, I jumped in shock, shocked by the voice coming from behind my shoulder.

I held my chest tightly with both hands as I tried to calm my heartbeat. I turned around and found Isaac and Henry standing behind me.

“Why, why in siwni?” (Why, why here?)

When I asked, Isaac lifted the book beside him and shrugged.

“There are books here that are not available in the library. Why are you here?”, he replied.

Isaac furrowed his nose, catching my nervous movement, "Are you running away?"

"No..no!"

"So?"

“Just sightseeing.” (Just walk.)

I flapped my hands around the room and made an excuse, Isaac furrowed his brows.

I glanced at Henry.

'Are you going to be angry if I say I came to check on you?'

I wondered what to do when Isaac said, "No way, you."

Whahuh?