The Baby Who Raised the Devil

Time to Choose Your Father (9)

“.......”

“.......”

There was silence in the bathroom, but I was no longer afraid of Duke. Is it because this great man sits with his knees bent in front of a child and washes his feet?

We'll be out of the bathroom soon. As the door opened, Lea who was already waiting in front of the bathroom anxiously ran over quickly. The Duke handed me to Lea and said,

" Go and give me the medicine ."

“ Yes ?”

“ Medicine .”

" Oh, yeah, medicine!"

Lea and her servant, who were in a state of panic, walked down the hallway. It was almost as fast as running. The servants who came into the room fainted panting. Lea whispered little by little, while drying my wet hair.

" It's okay, son ."

“.......”

“No one is mad at you”

“.......”

“ It's okay, it's okay .”

Her voice was so sweet that I could only cry.

***

I spent a few days in suspense after that. But Duke really didn't scold me. He didn't tell the empress about Newt, nor did he send me back to the capital. There was not even an angry expression. Addition. "He didn't throw away the flowers I picked."

It was not a flower that grew with care, but one wildflower bloomed by accident, lying on the grass in the garden. But the wildflowers are in Duke Dubbled's vase. When I saw a wildflower with a bunch of delicate flowers in a super luxurious vase, I was touched.

'What are you thinking?'

If it's someone else, not Duke,

You must have thought not to throw away a flower picked by a child in the middle of the night. 'But you're duke Dubbled, aren't you?' Theodore Dubbled, who massacred innocent people. He's been a little soft on me since that day.

'It's so delicious!' A chicken dish cooked with a sweet sauce after mixing the chicken with various spices is really delicious. The meat is soft and the sauce is sweet and salty.

“.......”

Is it with him? ' Do you want to eat it?'. I slipped my arm on the plate in fear that I would lose my precious chicken leg. Then the duke's eyebrows squirmed.

"It was so cruel, so cruel."

you ate all the big lamb steaks yourself, but you even went after the children's food. I'm really grateful he let Newt's case be forgotten. Newt is a precious treasure.

While in the hands of the emperor, the pope visited the Imperial Palace and asked him to be kept in the church. Not only is it valuable because of its historical value, but also its use is limitless.

For a long time I decided to change the chicken legs and duke. I bit my lips tightly and I broke the chicken leg, I stretched out my hand

“ I will give it to you (I will give it to you.) ”

He narrowed his eyebrows when he saw me wiggling chicken feet with a sad face.

“ What..... ”

A short laugh came from his teeth.

" I want to open it to see what's in your head ."

Are you really going to open my head? I closed my head with both of my frightened hands.

“ Open and you will die! (Open and you die!)”

Then there was a sound of laughter near the door. It was Nos who carried the paper. He coughed in vain as the duke's gaze turned towards me.

" This is a list of possible emperor gifts"

" What will replace Newt? "

" We got a pretty good deal from the traders."

"I've been told that it'll be here as soon as this afternoon ."

This is Newt's replacement. I don't know, but it might be too expensive to imagine. 'I'm glad you found a replacement.'

If Dubbled was crazy enough to give Newt to the emperor, it definitely meant that something would be received from the emperor. If the deal breaks down because of me, the adoption won't go well. The goods found by the trading party must be really good.

"But I've never heard of this time that traders carry anything of value like Newt." I casually muttered

“ Officers.Commerce.) ”

" Do you want to know what trading is ?"

“ Ung ?”

“Trader is someone who sells goods between countries.”

Come to think of it, I thought it was a difficult word for a child, so I said, "Wow!" and pretend to be surprised.

"You want to see a trade?"

“ Yes. (Yes, that's right.) ”

I'm not too curious about the trade. But what kind of goods do you bring from trade?

"You can see his stuff. There's a lot of unique stuff, so it'll be fun to look around."

Of course I want to, but.. I glanced at Duke. I wonder what to do if you ask me if I'm going to spoil those things, but I don't talk much. ' I'm glad I gave you chicken legs.'

Soon, the Duke and Nos left the restaurant to talk about the Emperor's Birthday. I decided to go to the library with Lea and the other maids to spend some time until the trading partners came.

"You've never seen a library in Dubbede castle, have you?"

“ Yes .”

"It's full of books. Of course, there's a lot."

My eyes were almost out when I entered the door that Lea had opened.

'Oh my God.' What a great library!. Even the ceiling of the room that was the size of the equestrian field was too high. The stairs continued in the form of a vortex through the middle, and countless bookshelves were placed on each floor.

You can't find any empty space on a long bookshelf that seems to be more than three meters long. I turned to the fairytale section, looking around the library, which boasted of its incredible prestige.

“ Now, choose one! "

the servants said, with sparkling eyes. It was the eyes of parents who saw what kind of book their child liked. I was pushed to the front of the bookshelf by a burdening gaze. I have to pretend I can't read yet, so I'm going to pick a book with a beautiful cover. While looking around at which books were the most colorful, I found something unusual and blinked.

'Why is there no title for this?' Moreover, only half of the book remained, and the other half was cut off. I tilted my head and opened the book. "It's not a fairy tale."

The most sacred achievement of the Frid 1 Founding Emperor was defeating this class, the power of evil spirits. According to Ivan's account, there are two conditions for the manifestation of evil spirits. The first is contact with the new material, which is the key to generating potential power, and the acquisition of a medium that allows exertion.

That was the end. The rest were cut off, so I couldn't read more. 'What is it, very short.' Then Lea asked.

“ Little miss, have you chosen? "

I immediately released the book I was holding, and took out any book next to it.

“ Let's go back and read it in a fun way.”

I grabbed Lea's hand and left the library. The servants had great storytelling talent and performed brilliant acts, but my mind was filled with something.

I kept thinking about the untitled book I read in the library. 'Why is the content related to evil spirits?'. That evil spirit is also related to me.

The true god, the mother of the Empire, sealed the evil spirit, the source of evil for humans. But the seal becomes loose over time, and it takes the power of Mina, the child of destiny, to re-seal the evil spirit.

"And I was the victim of that ceremony."

The ceremony was so painful that I wanted to kill them as soon as possible. When I remembered it, my face darkened, and Lea looked at me with a worried look.

"Why is your face so sad?"

I couldn't say that I remembered my past memories, so I rolled my eyes and said.

“Because I'm afraid of lions (because I'm afraid of lions.)”

Then the servants shouted, “ Kyaa !" and clenched their fists.

"Jeez~~ our baby is afraid lion~~"

The servants, then rubbed my cheeks on either side of my face. I held the servants with blurred eyes. There's a commotion outside. Lea opened the door slightly and looked through the hallway.

"It looks like the merchant has come."

Then he reached out to me

"How about we go see?"

I grabbed Lea's hand and left the room.

When I arrived, the duke sat in an ivory chair. Behind his chair, I saw the emperor's tapestry. The tapestry with the ancient language was a symbol of Dubbede's military power . In front of him was a man who appeared to be a trading partner. I recognized the man immediately.

'Why is that bastard here!'

Turva Traders.

Later on, he would become a wanted fugitive for selling fake paintings to the imperial family.