The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Flower Ring (10)

"Don't... I.." - I…"

“Friends!”

I immediately grabbed Isaac's hand and said that.

“Friends?”asked Isaac while frowning.

"Yes. He's in the same nuwsery as me. It's been a while, right? uh...”(Yes.He's on the same desk as me.It's been a long time, right?)

So what's his name?

When I looked at him with such eyes, the boy answered quickly.

“Andy.”

“Yes, Andy. Said Andy.”

“……”

Isaac took off Andy's wrist and wiped my cheek with his sleeve.

"Do you eat all the bread?"

"No, just milk."

"Then, did a ghost eat all that bread?"

He laughs playfully.

"Where's Henly?"(Where is Henry?)

“Checking, no, walking! She went for a walk.”

"Hm."

I nodded at him.

'good. It'd be easier to move on without Henry.'

Henry was so clever that it was difficult to move, but Isaac was simple compared to him.

"How about we see that puppy?"

"I'll drive you!"

"No, follow us from afar."

Isaac said to Andy, as if he hated seeing it.

***

When the Dubbled family train enters Andy's ward, a middle-aged woman appears.

“Why did His Majesty come to a slum like this? My name is Mattel Kimbel. I am the principal of this kindergarten.”

He was agitated when he saw Isaac.

But Isaac stared at the kindergarten building with a truly sad face, without even noticing it.

"It's even worse than the picture ..."

Isaac, who was muttering like that, looked back at me.

“What is your place like this?”

"No."

Isaac's face brightened hearing my words.

"really? Not this bad, huh?”

“It's good here. It's very big.”

The child's face somehow became even more sullen when I said it with a wide smile.

But this place is really better.

The building was old and shabby, but it had reached three floors and there was a well.

Mattel bowed slightly with both hands fused together and told Isaac.

“Do you want to go inside?”

Isaac nodded with a stiff face.

“Yes, the inside must be different. The inside will not look like this.”

Isaac and the others followed the principal. I don't know what's going on, but I'm glad Isaac's interested in Kindergarten.

"I can meet Zachary."

The principal proudly introduced the interior.

“The beds here are new, and there are three bathrooms. There is an oven in the dining room, so they make their own snacks.”

Isaac's and the servants' faces became dim.

To the Dubbled people, this place would be like hell.

This is the opposite of Dubbled castle.

Their furniture was worn out, and the prints on the wall paper covered were rough.

The building is large, but there are only a few rooms that can be used due to careless management.

"Now I will show you the children's bedroom and study room."

Then I patted my knee.

“My leg hurts.”

The principal is happy.

"You can rest in my office."

I'm a slow walker, I think Isaac and all the waiters are following in my footsteps, so the principal thinks he can't show the nursery properly.

The Principal asked Andy to bring me some juice to drink and tried to take me to the office.

Lea was guarding outside the room and I dropped myself into the chair.

There's a list of kids in the nursery on the table.

"Campaign, Zachary ..."

I narrowed my forehead as I observed the list.

What, why isn't there someone named Zachary?

“This is a shame for the people of Dubbled. They don't know about talent like Zachary. That is why human networks are important.”

The story I heard at the social party came to my mind clearly.

'What's going on? Is there a private nursery I don't know near here?'

Just in time, Andy came up with the juice.

Putting the juice on the table, he said,

“I give this juice for you to drink, but I do not advise you to drink it. It has already passed the expiration date.”

"How many kids are there, Andy?"

"Enambelas."

"Then, how many of you are left?"

“Four. No, three. One person was adopted last week.”

I opened my eyes wide in surprise.

With Zachary's age, he's probably adopted. Very young children go to most of the houses.

'Then, is he Zachary?'

No matter how much I think about it, it's just a possibility.

"I think I'm late."

I pressed my temple.

But I didn't hear Zachary had foster parents. Then he could have been expelled, or he could have escaped.

'Let's keep an eye on the nursery for now.'

I'll be back if I get a call.

“Huaaa-!”

Suddenly, I could hear the children crying.

I looked back in wonder, Andy's face hardened and quickly opened the window.

Outside the window, six large men were kicking at the door of the nursery.

Some have children on their side.

"You bastard again ...!"

Andy jumped over the window frame.

"Sister!"

“Huaa, sister !!”

The children cry louder when they see Andy, while the man who stormed into the nursery threatens them.

Andy frowned and shouted.

"Put them down, motherfucker!"

The shortest man on the team told Andy.

“If you want them back, bring that ledger. If you even make a loan at someone else's gambling establishment, you should keep the repayment date on time."

“I pay interest!”

That's what happened.

'There are gambling fans here and there.'

I crawled up the window frame and jumped.

I was afraid the children would get hurt, and when I arrived in front of Andy, there was a strange sight.

“AAAHH—!”

"You motherfucker…!"

What kind of situation is this?

Children wear pots as hats and move around with fryers and wooden boards.

"Groan!"

As Andy shouted, small hands emerged from the window and threw eggs at the men.

While the men are confused, Andy runs fast to save the captured children.

“Anna, Morris, Rudy.”

"Now!"

Running in front of the building, the children threw balloons at the men.

Every time it hits a man's body or falls on the floor, the balloon explodes and white powder is scattered in the air.

Andy laughed as white flour and powder covered the man's body.

Then he lit a match and threw it at them.

It was burning in the air like a bomb exploding in an instant.

“AAGHH!”

“AKHH!!”

When molecules fly in the air, and the fire goes crazy, the molecules quickly explode.

It was one of the ways Zachary defeated witches in the imperial civil war.

'This…'

But he didn't completely defeat the men.

The wind was blowing very hard because it was winter. That's because the molecules fly in the air, the fire isn't strong.

The people were burned, but they got back up.

Andy clicked his tongue and shouted, "Ck."

"Run, you bastard!"

Frightened children quickly began to flee, but a child was caught. Andy clenched his teeth and bit the man's arm.

"You motherfucker!"

the short man took the sword from his hand.

When I saw the sword, I wanted to create a barrier, but I could not exert my strength.

"The target is too far away."

And I can't control my power. If I do something wrong, the kids and Andy can get stuck and die.

"Once he lets Andy go, I'll lead him to me."

“Tomple uncle!”

"What?"

The man looked back at me.

“You look ugly! Dwarf! My eyes are so dirty!”

The short man came to me in a state of uneasiness.

Something like a red thread stretched out from somewhere and moved the short man.

“Keukk—!”

"Ap, what, what ....!"

As the men shouted, a familiar voice sounded.

"Shhh, don't surprise my daughter."

When I saw the man running out of the building, I shouted.

“Duk...?”

Duke, wearing his usual comfortable clothes, looked at the men with cold eyes.

"Who is that, that ugly face that's dirtying my daughter's eyes?"

"Ah, everything is ugly."

Henry, who was walking from behind the Duke, looked at the men,

Isaac ran towards me, grabbed my face with both hands, and said with a serious expression.

"Let's wash our eyes."