The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Let's Make Dubbede Mandiri (8)

That was the first defeat.

Another challenger then entered the ring. Henry approached Leblaine, who had started reading the book, and smiled.

“Leblaine.”

"Yes?"

“Shuheil will probably be busy with his father. Calling him this time when you helped heal his father will feel more like a compulsion. If you're good, you don't want Edgar Shuheil to come by force right?”

He said with an incredible friendly tone. Leblaine organized her thoughts before answering.

"It's okay!"

"……What?"

"Even if you force it, it's okay."

I can't be nice to everyone, so I'll prioritize Linda first.

He's a very valuable person to Linda.

Leblaine smiled brightly, and Henry quietly retreated.

It was the second defeat.

The next challenger is Duke Dubbede. He declared in a firm voice.

“There's a lot going on in the mansion right now. So-so"

“Oh true!”

Leblaine, who clapped her hands, hugged her father's neck.

“I forgot to greet you today. Good morning." Good morning."

"……Yes.Yes."

"But what happened in the mansion?"

Theodore quickly said.

"……Nothing."

"Yes!"

Another defeat.

Henry and Isaac, who were staring at Duke, stabbed Johann from the side.

'Are we going to leave it like this?'

'Do something.'

He took a step forward at the passionate gazes of his two younger brothers.

"Sister."

When Leblaine turned his head, Johann looked at him.

The servants, who were watching the situation from afar, waited nervously for the attack of the last challenger.

Johann slowly opened his mouth.

"It's okay to play around for a while."

"……Huh?"

At that pitiful comment, Henry and Isaac's faces were greatly distorted.

'That's crazy…'

'Is he crazy? Why are you talking nonsense again!'

"I'm not kidding!"At that moment, Leblaine said with an unhappy expression.

The butler rubbed his forehead. Then he felt the signs of the storm and whispered to the servants.

"Bring him in."

In the case of an emergency in Dubblede, Chairman Noanoke, who always gave the correct answer, was called.

***

I sat quietly on the chair, put my hands together, and glanced towards the chairman.

"No, I didn't know my brothers could talk nonsense with such a serious face ..."

"Why do you want to meet Mr Shuheil?"

Linda's personal history can't be easily shared, so the chairman shut up.

"Lady. From ship renovations to temple monitoring, mercenary guild surveillance, I forced myself to work with my old body. But every time something happens, I have to go out here and get it all done? ”

“…….”

"Your ancestors never treated me like this!"

Looking at the chairman with a haggard face, I laughed awkwardly.

"Please, I'll tell you later."

“You have always used that word since a year ago.”

“Ah, I forgot about Trigon.”

"Will the head of the imperial mage, who should be in the Imperial Palace at all times, help you with your work?"

"…no."

I had no choice but to open my mouth.

"Should I just tell you?"

“When was the last time you shared your worries with someone else?”

“Linda has a son. But that kid is Edgar Shuheil.”

“……!”

The pen fell out of the chairman's hands.

"... Your Highness and Young Master, don't know?"

"If they knew, it wouldn't be like this, would it?"

“I understand... They don't know.”

“I'm so grateful to Linda. She was so precious to me that I wanted to let her meet her son. It's Linda's personal life, so I don't want to tell my family.”

“... You do owe Linda.” a lot

The chairman nodded and continued.

"OKAY. This time, I will bring them together and fix the situation. But, how are you gonna get Storas back?"

"Huh?"

“If meria grass becomes the main ingredient of elixir, the demand will skyrocket. It was impossible to remove any trace of meria from the human world. Didn't you know you gave it to Taylor? I know that means you have no intention of granting Storas.”'s wish

"Send me. By the way, can you get in touch with Dubbede's investigation team? I'll ask Henry to help too. ”

As I laughed cunningly, the chairman frowned.

“What other evil thoughts are you thinking? … Fine then."

The chief raised his eyebrows and left.

"By the way, have you been sleeping well lately?"

"Why?"

Therefore, the chairman actually left. I pouted and rubbed my face.

'How does he know I can't sleep well?'

The chairman is surprisingly smart.

'If I had a grandfather, wouldn't he be like him?'

Thinking like that, I inadvertently looked at the ancestral portrait on the wall and frowned.

'Not a bad grandpa like them. The good grandfather.'

I stuck my tongue out at the portrait and got up from the chair.

'Let's work. I won't let the chairman die from overwork!'

That afternoon, the chairman met with my brothers. I don't know what he said but my brothers' faces brightened all the time over dinner.

Isaac placed a large piece of meat on my plate.

Then he said,

“... So what are you proud of?”

Concentrating on eating lamb, I asked back, "Huh?"

Isaac coughed again and said.

“No, why do you want to brag about us? Isn't it clear that we're better than Edgar?”

Then Henry patted Isaac and said,

"Stop. Leblaine feeling shy.”

Have I ever been embarrassed?

“If you want to hear about the academy, just ask us. You don't need to call him.” Johann said, while cutting the meat that Isaac gave me.

Now I understand what the chief said.

He must have said something like 'The lady called him to brag about the young master.' or 'He must be curious about the academy.

I laughed awkwardly.

"Yes. I'm proud of you guys. I want to know how you're doing at the academy. I'll be going to the academy soon.”

“Huh, since you love us so much, I really don't want to go back to the academy. Ah, this is burdensome.”

Then why do they keep smiling?

I rolled my eyes after seeing them. My father dipped Johann's cut meat with a fork and offered it to me.

"My graduation photo is in the library."

“…….”

"…Why."

"There's nothing."

I don't know why anyone else said my family wasn't normal, but now that I've seen it, it might not be wrong at all.

I don't know why, I feel bad.

And that unpleasant feeling came true after a few days.

***

I touched my forehead when I heard a loud noise coming from the living room.

'I just asked him to invite Edgar Shuheil, so why!'

Several people in Isaac and Henry's class were also invited.

They were all masters and young misses from powerful families, so it was not just an ordinary meeting.

“Oh, Henry has always had a thoughtful and sociable personality. Also, there are many people who admire it..”.

“I, I, Isaac are in good spirits today! Oh, hello there. Miss, I usually get help from Isaac. Isaac was a friendly and considerate friend, so he always bought me bread.!”.

I looked at the students of the academy who were praising Henry and Isaac as if they had memorized those words from somewhere.

Isaac placed his hand on the shoulder of the student who praised him triumphantly.

“I really helped a lot. Right?”

“Oh, of course!”

“He saved me when I was caught by a boar in the last training session!”

“T, that's right! … It would be better if he didn't throw me into the pigsty.. Oh no, I mean Isaac is the savior!”.

"Yes yes."

I took a deep breath and gestured to Isaac.

“Isaac.”

"Yes?"

“You can't ask your friend to buy you bread. Worse still if they are dumped into a boar pen.”

"Huh?"

“You can't.”

"Yes…."

As I stared at him sharply, Isaac shook his head with a frown.

I told classmate Isaac, who spoke pitifully.

“If he bothers you again, please contact me. My communication device code is..”

Then, the expressions of the students brightened.

"Yes! The lady! Code, code...paper memo!”

"Yes, I want to call you too!"

The classmates started looking for the memo, and the maids started running around with them in panic.

Among them is Linda, who accidentally dropped a stack of banknotes while giving it to a boy with red and slightly purple hair.

"Oh I'm sorry…"

"It's okay."

Edgar, who was next to the boy, took the note and handed it to him. Linda and Edgar's eyes meet each other.

“…….”

"Here. Take."

Edgar talks to her, and Linda bites her lips.

That time,

Krkkr-!!

The mansion began to tremble with a loud roar.

'What?!'

As I turned my head, I could see Storas' body, hovering in the air.

[I can't kill you, but I can make you suffer enough to die. Stupid kid.]