Translator: Nox

Chapter 42

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By the Child of Destiny's command, the Priests were made unable to properly gauge the vessel of the child.

I committed an act that I would be pointed at for generations, even after my neck was on the guillotine, recorded in history, and my soul disappeared.

'The Divine Power inherent in that girl was beyond that of a Pre-Priest.'

Like a lake where water springs up no matter how much you draw, it was full of high-purity Divine Power.

I couldn't confirm everything, but it wasn't just Pre-Priest level, it was at least the level of the 21 Seats of the Central Temple, no, it was tremendous Divine Power comparable to a Cardinal.

And that was while maintaining the power of a demon.

Even more bizarre was that the terrible girl knew how to manipulate the Divine Power verification.

[Manipulate the Divine Power verification! That's impossible!]

[Verification is to check how deep my 'reservoir' is. By sending the Priests' Divine Power as explorers instead. But what if you draw the Priests' Divine Power towards you during the verification? They'll think, 'Ah, this is the dead end, the depth of the Child of Destiny's reservoir is this much.']

As if confident, the Central Priests failed to properly verify the child's Divine Power.

"You devilish bitch."

Urso gritted his teeth and ran a hand down his face.

'Do you think I'll be defeated like this?'

Through his abruptly stopped fingers, Urso's eyes shone blackly.

1. Urso cannot tell anyone about what happened in the chapel today and LeBlaine's identity.

That was the clause of yesterday's contract.

In other words, if I don't reveal what happened in the chapel yesterday-

The corner of Urso's lips twitched up.

"Crook!"

At his shout, a hunched, wizened man entered.

"Y, you called, Urso-nim."

"Come here and write a letter to be delivered to the Central Priests before they arrive in The Capital."

"H, how should I write the letter……?"

"There's a girl in the Temple. I don't like that bitch at all."

As Urso smirked, Crook quickly nodded, "Ah, ah!"

"I don't need to tell you the contents that would make the Child of Destiny's limbs tear apart, do I?"

"Would it be enough to say that she increased her Divine Power with the power of an Apostle?"

Urso grinned at Crook's words.

It was Crook who repeatedly sent fake reports to The Capital to extort money from the surroundings.

They worked well together without having to say much.

As Crook finished the letter and grabbed the doorknob, Urso beckoned him.

"Before you leave the Temple, bring some girls to my bedroom."

"W, which ones should I bring?"

"The young ones are delicious."

Watching Crook rush out, Urso twisted his lips.

'How dare you challenge me.'

My level of intellect is different from that bitch.

The moment her limbs are torn apart in the Temple, she will realize who she messed with and regret yesterday's arrogance.

Urso licked his dark lips and left the room.

By the time he came out of the bedroom, that ignorant brat would be dragged to the Temple by her hair.

A moment later, Urso opened the bedroom door and entered.

Sensing a presence, it seemed Crook had already brought a woman.

Urso closed the curtains and approached the bed.

"This girl has no sense. She should have undressed before I came-"

-That was the moment his pupils widened greatly.

A sharp hand pierced his chest.

"I grew tired of waiting, old man."

"Cough-!"

Dark red blood dripped, dripped, from his back, pierced by sharp claws.

"Wh, why…… the promise, to save me……."

In response to Urso's words, Bune twisted her hand and pulled it out, answering.

"The Little Miss told me to tell you."

"……."

"That the Little Miss said she wouldn't kill you, but she never said I would save you."

A staggering Urso trembled and collapsed.

'Rapists and sexual assaulters deserve to die' was LeBlaine's philosophy.

\\

Bune arrived at the chapel where I was with a bright face.

"I have finished everything the Little Miss ordered."

Then she hands me a letter.

I tore open the envelope and quickly scanned the contents.

It was a report stating that the Child of Destiny had increased her Divine Power with corrupt power.

'How can he act so predictably?'

I shrugged and burned the letter with the candle lit in the chapel.

"I knocked the hunchback unconscious and moved him to the pervert's room, as the Little Miss said."

If the man named Crook had no choice but to follow Urso's orders, I was going to spare him.

However, his face as he left the room with the letter was full of joy.

[T, this time, unlike the small money I got before, I can buy a big house.]

"You did well."

As I nodded with a proud expression, Bune rubbed her face against my cheek.

"The Little Miss is clever."

Bune must be innocent for a demon.

'Well, then.'

I opened the box where the jewels were displayed. I had Urso undo the Barrier yesterday, so there was no problem opening it.

I took the Tears of the God and jumped down.

With this, I can send Bune back, and since my Divine Power wasn't completely exposed during the verification, I won't be dragged to the Central Temple right away, and I also dealt with a bad guy.

'A win-win-win situation.'

As I was thinking that, Bune said.

"The Little Miss's wickedness is no less than a demon's! As expected, you have the wickedness to summon me. Continue to strive to become even more treacherous and heinous."

Then she sparkled her eyes as if satisfied, which made me a bit dumbfounded.

\\

The Northwest Temple was turned upside down.

Urso, the Temple Master, was found dead, and his servant, Crook, was named as the murderer.

In addition, as Crook's interrogation progressed, Urso and his sins were revealed one by one.

There was even talk that Urso was behind the disappearance of the Tears of the God.

Since he was the one who lifted the Barrier, it was only a matter of time before it was confirmed.

"Little Miss, there's a problem at the Temple, so I couldn't get permission to enter."

Leah said with a troubled face.

Since Crook hasn't confessed yet, they can't let anyone leave the Temple.

I nodded, as expected.

"If I tell the Master, he will solve it soon. I'll go contact him and come back, so play with the soldiers here for a while."

"Okay."

"If you behave, I'll give you ten strawberries when I return to the castle."

"Yes!"

As I answered loudly, Leah chuckled and left the garden.

I strolled through the Temple's garden.

Soldiers followed behind me as I looked around the thorn bushes.

The child's mind seemed to be coaxing me, 'Run! Run! Wild horse, prrrr!', but I held back and walked slowly.

"Our Little Miss is so well-behaved."

Dubled's servant grinned, and the soldiers responded with a storm of nods.

'Okay, I walked slowly and nicely, so make sure to tell Leah when she comes.'

Then I'll get ten strawberries with cream on top.

I smiled slyly.

But something was strange.

The further I walked forward, the more water marks appeared on the dry grass, and eventually, it was soaked as if it had rained.

'Huh?'

It was so wet, but there was no mud on my shoes.

Wondering what it was, I blinked and was startled.

It was the fish made of water that I saw yesterday.

"Fish……!"

I shouted without realizing it, and the servants and soldiers tilted their heads.

"Yes?"

If they saw such a fish, they would be surprised, but the people were quiet.

[It seems others cannot see this.]

'I think so.'

The fish wagged its tail and kept circling around me.

Is it telling me to go with it?

Where to?

'Could something have happened to Adrian, the owner?'

[It's nothing for the Little Miss to worry about.]

Bune is right. There's no need for me to worry about it.

But.

But…….

'There's still a conscience left in the child's body, so it's distressing.'

I sighed deeply and looked back at the servants and soldiers.

"I wanna play hide-and-seek."

I put my hands together and looked up at the Dubled people with a pleading expression.

This was my ultimate move, the so-called 'shy pose of asking', which had even conquered Dubled's chief butler.

The maids with melting lips urged the soldiers who were widening their eyes.

"Hide-and-seek immediately!"

"Hurry!"

Nodding with satisfaction, I pointed to the man who I absolutely had to get rid of to go find Adrian.

"The company commander is it. Count to a hundred. (The company commander is it. Count to a hundred.)"

"Yes!"

The company commander, as if receiving an order from the Duke, buried his face in a tree and shouted loudly, "One! Two! Three!"

I hurriedly ran.

'Leah said she'd give me ten strawberries if I stayed put.'

If it's nothing serious, I won't let it go.

The fish was headed towards the base of a huge tree.

Adrian was sitting alone, holding something in his hands.

What was pooling in his hands, like melted ice, was the fish.

'It's a Familiar made of Divine Power.'

The pair of the fish that came to pick me up.

I thought Adrian was seriously injured, or perhaps his Divine Power had gone berserk, but it seemed like the Familiar was just about to disappear.

A Familiar made by condensing Divine Power doesn't last long.

Like energy scattering into nature, it withers away.

His eyes were empty, as if something had worn away.

I carefully crouched down and looked at him.

"You can make another Familiar. (You can make another Familiar.)"

So don't make such an unsettling expression.

It's nerve-wracking to see a child making such an expression.

Adrian only slightly raised his gaze and looked at me.

"……How?"

As if he really didn't know, Adrian became quiet.

Well, making a Barrier and making a Familiar are different.

You can learn how to make a Barrier from the Temple or books, but no one teaches you how to make a Familiar.

Even if you make one, it's not as sturdy as a real person or animal, so it's useless. Even if a Priest made a Familiar, it wouldn't last three days. Above all, it took a tremendous amount of power.

"How did you make the fish?"

When I asked, Adrian looked at the fish pooling in his hands.

"Just…… I woke up and it was next to me."

"When?"

"The morning after I recovered from rubella."

[You're sending our children to Prince Adrian's birthday party? Goodness, dear! Do you want our children to be targeted by Empress Yvonne? The palace servants must have been so desperate that they abandoned the Prince who was dying of rubella! ]

Duke Valois's wife's words came to mind.

'Rubella, that was when he was six years old.'

I heard about it quite a bit later, so I definitely couldn't have misheard.

Then he maintained the Familiar for two years?

Usually, the limit is a week at most. He certainly had the power to be appointed the youngest Cardinal.

Adrian looked at me.

"Can I revive Ami?"

At his words, Bune grumbled.

[What a strange human. Why is he pouring so much heart into a mere Familiar made of Divine Power? Little Miss, it doesn't seem like it's anything for you to worry about, so let's go back.]

Bune persuaded me, [The Little Miss's precious ten strawberries will disappear.]

But I couldn't move easily.

There's only one case where a child who doesn't know how can make a Familiar.

When they desperately want something to be by their side.

Adrian must have desperately wanted someone to stroke his head while he was dying of rubella.

His mother, the Empress, was dead, and his maternal grandfather regarded his grandson as merely a tool of power.

The Emperor did not care for his son, and the Empress hated him for being an obstacle to her son and repeatedly plotted against him.

No one spoke to the child trapped alone in the huge Imperial Palace. No one reached out, and no one wanted the child to live.

That's why the Familiar was created.

'Just like I created a Familiar in my first life.'

Of course, I wasn't as strong as Adrian at the time, so my Familiar disappeared in less than an hour.

I remember the young me covering myself with a blanket and crying silently because of the disappeared Familiar.

Adrian must be feeling the same way I did back then.

I carefully reached out my hand to him.