The Baby Who Raised the Devil

You are a strange person (5)

I looked at Pymon and he looked at me arrogantly.

“They are all famous in another world. They are special souls that are hard to obtain even for most Devils.”

"What can they do if I take it?"

When I asked, he smiled.

"If you have the great strategist of the century, you will be able to put the world in the palm of your hand."

A long-haired young man with a fan covering his mouth slightly lowered his head.

"If you dream of becoming emperor, he'll be a good guide."

A short middle-aged man looked at me with an arrogant expression.

“Angels with lanterns are an outstanding reformer, as well as administrators and medical personnel. With him, you can have a better medical center than anyone, and complete a system that goes beyond this century.”

The woman in the nurse's suit smiled.

I stared blankly at them and looked at Pymon with a stiff face.

"……why? You don't like any of them?”

Pymon spoke with a grim face.

“They are truly amazing spirits–”

I gave him a stone.

'You are the best! You are amazing!'

I saw three talents with happy eyes.

'Who should I choose? Who should I choose!'

But I couldn't decide that day.

Pymon gave me time to contemplate and put each of the three souls on the rock.

If I sever the soul, the remaining two will naturally disappear.

***

One day, I was headed to Dubos.

I thought the atmosphere would be bad because Johann had been reprimanded for hiding his condition, but Madam Dubos welcomed me as kindly as before.

“I'm glad to see you often, little lady.”

He smiled and said.

"I heard about the situation."

"really so. That's very unfortunate. Dubos should have been more angry at him.”

"……Yes.Yes."

“He never told his parents he was hurt! This is a stupid thing. If my sons shut their mouths even though they were hurt, I'll slap their asses.”

Then he looked at the two big men standing by the door.

The men were surprised, and said, "Mo, mother ..." but Madame Dubos just laughed.

"Let's go upstairs."

"Yes." Yeah."

Mrs Dubos, who led me to the second floor, and knocked on Veronica's door.

“Small number—!”

"Hello, Veronica."

"Come in!"

I went to the room alone with Veronica.

The room was so messy.

"Do you want to see the magic tool I made today?"

"I want to see a more interesting magic tool."

“Which is more interesting..oh, there is a magic tool that automatically removes makeup. Should I show it to you? ”

"No, what I want to see is something else."

Veronica looked at me as if she was confused, and I said while looking into her eyes.

"Rong-range magic tool."

“Oh, little lady, that's impossible. The only reason why it could travel such a short distance was because that was the only distance that humans could travel. If you go through it, your whole body will rotate, your limbs will tear, or you will—!”

“I may not grow like Veronica.”

“……”

Pymon.

Familiar with all kinds of knowledge, he knew that the risk of failing to travel long distances was similar to Veronica's.

"How did you know that? No one knows what my experiment failed.”

“I wonder why we don't have a magic tool for long-distance travel? But I think Veronica will have that question before me. ”

"……you're right."

“What if I can protect my body so I can travel long distances?”

“Long-distance magic tools are also not a dream. But there's nothing like it..”.

I smiled at his words.

"There's."

“……!”

He jumped up and stood up.

"I knew he'd be interested."

Veronica failed the experiment and stopped growing. He said he liked her because she had a cute body, but she also must have been frustrated at her body at some point

She was lonely enough to adore me so much just because of the kind little bit.

I know how painful loneliness is.

Even after feeling her pain, Veronica still experimented with magic and made many tools.

He has a pure enthusiasm for learning.

He would open his eyes to the idea that he could make a failed experiment work again.

"Little lady, tell me what it is."

"Hm."

“Of course accounts will pay. I'll give you all the tools I made. No, I can even tell you how to make it!”

“Yeah, then because I am the head of the Dubos family..!”

"Enough. There's only one thing I want.”

"Whatever it is. Just say!"

I sipped some iced tea, and looked at Veronica.

“What I want is Veronica Dubos. That's you."

Veronica looked at me with her eyes wide open. His eyes trembled.

"Just now…"

"Yes." Yeah."

Veronica hugged me.

“Veronica, relax...”.

He held my hand and sniffed.

“May I take the oath of allegiance now? I always dreamed of it.”

“……”

"Please……"

He looked at me very seriously and I answered

“Ya, alright....”.

Back at the castle, I hummed.

Even after the oath of allegiance, Veronica was very excited by saying,

"My sworn loyalty day is coming!"

The Dubos family must have had trouble stopping it, but it doesn't matter if I think about the harvest today.

I told Veronica it was an "elsa tree" that could protect her body while traveling.

“If it's an Elsa tree..oh why don't I think of that! I failed in my experiment because of this!”

Then he immediately began writing down the difficult equations.

'OK, it's only a matter of time before I get it,'

The continent's best magician will be in my hands!

When I thought so, just in time the train stopped. Lea opened the door for me, and I grabbed her hand as I descended.

"You're going to eat now, right?"

"Yes, I should have eaten with my father and my brothers."

"Yes." Yeah."

I went to the castle holding Lea's hand to change clothes.

But it's weird.

Usually at this moment, the waiter would be busy, but today there was no one in the hallway.

Also, there was no smell of food from the first floor.

'What?'

I grabbed Lea's sleeve.

“Lea, what's with the castle today—“

As soon as I say that,

“Dame*Shavanol!”

*Dame is equivalent to Master for women.

Someone upstairs called Lea.

When she was called like that, I looked up with a confused expression on my face.

'Nlice?'

Seeing his gaze, Nos ran down the stairs. This is the first time I've seen NOS seem so urgent.

Lea felt an unusual atmosphere and narrowed her forehead.

"What's the problem?"

“The boy, who is thought to be the fourth woman, appears. Your Majesty is looking for you.”

Whahuh?

'Didn't they say the fourth child died after birth?'

I looked at Lea, and she was stiff.

Lea's hand that was grasping my hand slowly slipped away. My hands naturally fell as Lea's warmth faded away.

Lea ran straight away. Nos and I followed him.

When we arrived at the meeting room on the first floor, I saw a middle-aged man with a hat and a girl my age with silver hair and blue eyes.

The girl has all the Dubbled symbols.

The expressions of the father and elder brother were extremely shocked.

“You were the last person to see Risette's baby, look at it by yourself.”

After Lea bowed, she was told to check on the silver-haired girl.

"Please show me your neck."

The girl glanced at the man who came with her, and the man nodded.

The boy's long silver hair turned to one side, revealing a long wound on the back of his neck.

"That was indeed the wound that the baby had."

His hands were trembling and he could not even see the child's face.

I muttered, "Witch, finish this confirmation."

A man wearing a golden robe in the middle of the room placed the boy's hand on his palm.

Shortly after being examined by the witch, the witch bowed.

“He has energy Dubbled. Congratulations, Mr.”

“Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

The nobles shouted at once.

He looked at the boy without blinking. He didn't show any expression, but I know.

Power is in my father's hands.