CH 276

Duke, Please Repent! chapter 276

51. Infiltration with the Duke (7)

The sky began to darken.

Perhaps it was a pity to spend so much time with Edna, the children nodded and asked to play more.

She managed to calm the children who were clinging to her and put them on the bed.

Wendy was the only child who went to bed first on her own feet.

Wendy couldn't sleep properly while taking care of the baby, so she left the baby to me and went on a trip to the dreamland faster than anyone else.

The children who had gone out of education came back after all the children who remained in the orphanage fell asleep.

They were wary of seeing me holding a baby for the first time, but they showed no interest or curiosity.

Edna introduced me as a new teacher. He didn't even look at me, let alone ask a question.

Just like people who eat to live, the children who finished their meal got up leaving only a greeting to Ed Na saying they ate well.

I didn't do that when the head teacher was there...

Looking towards the door the children had left, Edna muttered as if she felt sorry for him.

"Are you a good person?"

Yeah. You don't know how much effort you've put in sending me to the horse tower after you found out I had magical powers.

Edna recalled the past, smiling softly.

The reason that smile looks somewhat sad is probably because the current situation has changed a lot from the past.

"The head teacher, so that I can learn under a good teacher, Lord Sang Sang .. Oh, not at the top of Rossio. Anyway, he asked Lord Sang Sang to receive support, and he did not spare any support by doing a side job."

You are a person who truly cares for the future of children.

That's right. Then, Dexter's top

The Lord was also a very good person... .

She muttered and shook her head.

I can't even dare to ask for the end of Sangju-ju, who lost all power of the top.

Why do such good people have to suffer so much? Why do innocent children suffer so much?

No words of consolation come to mind.

All I can do is snuggle up to the tossing and whining baby in my arms and listening to her quietly.

it was all

I'll stop waking up now. I'll do the dishes, so Mr. Shion, take a break. Did you show us the room earlier? And the baby...

I'll take it.

Thank you. Actually, I was worried about whether Mr. Shion would really be able to take care of the children... but thanks to him, I lived.

You're welcome.

I left Edna behind and got up.

I stopped by the playroom for a while, dragged the baby cot on wheels, and headed to my assigned room.

went in

I lay the baby on my bed for a while, and put the crib close to it. And only after fixing the wheels firmly so that they do not move, I was able to lay the baby there.

- Clap, clap.

I lit a fire in the fireplace and was lying in bed when suddenly a sound came from the window.

The moonlight coming through the window was obscured by someone's shadow.

But with the light of the fireplace burning in the corner of the room, I dug a crack in the window.

Gordon thin wire could be seen raising the catch.

There is a very high probability that the intruder will be a serpent.

Before I even got up and unlocked the lock, he opened the door on his own and entered.

"Is it a thief cat?"

I am not a thief.

Serpens answered, locking the window again.

There is no mention of whether or not he has given up even refuting the frequent handling of cats, or that he is called a cat.

If I had just knocked, I would have opened it.

I was going to see how I would react if someone tried to sneak in. The result was , as expected.

Instead of pulling out his sword and guarding against intruders, the guy clicked his tongue slightly as he saw me digging comfortably into the bed.

"Isn't this because Ador came in and out of the window every day? Yes~ Do you know how wary I was when Ador came in through the window on the train before?"

Still, this isn't a safe place.

all. Be as careful and vigilant as possible. Always lock the windows.

If it's a car, you can open the window yourself and come in like today, so don't worry and be good at locking the door.

you I, yes All right, come here and lie down.

,,...what?

"Even if you take out the bed, there is no place to put it, so there's nothing I can do about it."

I must have misunderstood something now, but I didn't come here to sleep.

Isn't it?

no.

To my question, he answered again firmly.

There are many places that have not yet been confirmed, including the director's office. When everyone is deeply asleep, we will go around and look around properly.

So, you don't want to sleep?

uh... .

I guess it was really meant to be. He avoided my gaze and drooled.

Even to monitor the manager,

I guess I'll have to stay here until Eugez has finished investigating Rossio's top.

No matter how serpents are, it is impossible to stay awake for several days and several nights.

I'll wake you up in an hour, so close your eyes for now.

" You?"

"Anyway, I had time to feed the baby formula, and it was difficult to fall asleep, so I thought I would stay awake."

Wait a little bit, feed the bottle, watch them eat, then burp and put them back to sleep.

go soon

In the meantime, there's nothing wrong with having a big baby sleeping next to you.

"I have to feed every two hours, so if you get sleepy not just today, but in the future, don't put up with it and just come here."

"Then do I have to wake up every two hours?"

of course.

You must be tired.

"I don't know what the person who didn't think well was talking about?"

I was being sarcastic for saying I was being sarcastic. Thinking it was a light joke, he smiled and sat down on the bed.

Thanks for the kindness, but as I said before, I'm not here to sleep now.

There must have been more to say besides warning you to pay attention to safety.

The flickering lights of the fireplace lit up Serpens' face.

A warm, warm light filled the room, but there was a chill on his face. It was as cold and cold as the moonlight reflected in the snow outside the window.

In a very serious atmosphere, I sat up with my upper body up.

"Did you find something?"

I haven't found any proof yet, but I think I know what their purpose is.

Serpens spoke carefully, in a very low voice, knowing that no one was listening but me.

I swallowed my saliva and waited for his lips to open again.

What they want is perhaps... the corruption of 'Edna Benevolen'.

Serpense's lips parted open, and the words that leaked through them were truly shocking.

There are two main types of people who worship the devil. Those who use the power of the devil to defeat their rivals in order to gain greater power and power than they are now. Those who want this to be overturned.

Considering that the latter is the person he hates more than anyone else, you can see how contradictory the evil forces are.

Even if they enter the forces of evil, the latter are only used and sacrificed by those who have them.

"Do you think Edna will be the latter?"

It doesn't matter who he is.

sure?

Do that], it doesn't matter that the demon worshipers are doing their thing.

The guy looked straight at me and said.

"Ha Ji-min , Edna-san is a good person. He's not worthy of working with demons."

Yeah. He's a good guy who really cares about the children here. But.

Serpens paused for a moment.

Then, as if talking about a taboo secret that should not be leaked anywhere in the world. I put my face close to my ear and opened my mouth.

That's why you should be aware that you can be exposed to and be tainted with evil more easily than others.

How careful he was, his voice was so small that even the sound of the firewood pounding in the fireplace was drowned out.

What he said sounded like a warning to me, rather than Edna's current situation.

The children here are suffering. And Edna Benevolen suffers from seeing children suffering. The situation is only going to get worse.

that .

The method is very simple. As an easy example, what would have happened if the hot water problem had been neglected for a long time?

Is it the same?"

Of course I'm going to catch a cold , ah, damn it!

I don't think the director will take care of the children just because he has a cold.

Children's immune systems are very weak, so even a mild illness such as a cold can kill them.

'In addition to that, if your body is in a state of weakness due to accumulated fatigue due to sleep disturbance .'

In an instant, my mind went dizzy.

"The environment around children will gradually deteriorate, and the more you cherish them, the more

She'll be pushed into a corner.

"The options available are limited, and what can be done is to eliminate the culprit that caused the children to suffer. It is only a matter of time before making such a judgment."

As I listened silently to what Serpens had to say, all of a sudden, Edna's words while preparing dinner flashed through my mind.

Manager, that bastard... !'

The future has already changed significantly. Even if the demon king has already earned all the money he can earn by using the top

free of charge

The demand to terrorize the top of Rossio was to push Edna into the mud.

By baiting the useless top, he makes her commit a crime, gnawing at her sense of ethics and blunting it .

"Nevertheless, the environment in which the children are placed will not change significantly."

The guy who seemed to be waiting for me to think suddenly opened his mouth.

Those words strangely connected with my thoughts

Feeling like I was losing, I shrugged my shoulders without realizing it.

If it turns out that she has committed a crime, the children here will be even more ostracized.

"Yeah I guess."

For most people, it doesn't matter who did poorly first.

It's only important that Edna is from the Elloween Orphanage, and that the children in the orphanage are socially underprivileged.

If children are oppressed by 'ordinary people' and kicked out of this place. Even if someone dies in the process.

if. It is a natural order to become desperate for a reality that cannot be changed no matter how hard we try and to hate the world."

And it will be a delicious prey for the evil forces.

A way of pushing people into an unbearably large abyss of despair, pretending to be a helping hand, and stimulating a sense of revenge.

somehow got used to it.

Isn't it a bit similar to the technique the monkey was trying to use against Winston?

At my words, Serpens nodded in response.

In the silence that fell for a while, I heard a baby crying.

Ah, I guess it's time for formula feeding.

I took out the milk powder that I had already filled and stored in my pocket. Still, he didn't lose his warmth.

Serpens sat sullenly until he returned to bed with the baby bottle fed and cradled.

It seems that this child who has only grown up is not thinking well today.

By the way, the Anima is the companion of the Holy Sword. It is true that Edna cares for the children here, but the person she loves the most is Anima, who spent a long time together at the Magic Tower. It is true that the Anima depends on Edna. If you think of the treatment that Edna would have received in the movie, Edna must have taken a lot of comfort from her.

therefore?

"[The same is true of what I saw in The Master of the Holy Sword and Edna I saw in reality. She is attached to an anima.

uh Even the Demon King must have known that... .

"What kind of shit is that?"

Serpens cut off my words. In fact, I just ignored it.

If she truly believes that the world is wrong, then of course she will encourage her loved ones to join her.

Ah .

"Seonwoo, do you think that the Holy Sword's fellow mage can resist her invitation?"

If I had moved into Edna's situation,

Serpence was transferred from the situation of the anima.

The difference led to a different conclusion, and I had a gut feeling. that the guy was right

Anima may be Edna's favorite person, but the anima isn't her everything.

It reminded me of her heartbreaking thoughts about the suffering of good people and the suffering of innocent children.

If she considers the world to be 'me', who tries to harm loved ones, put the person she loves the most first.

will try to escape

And that refuge will naturally become a demonic force.

You crazy.