The Baby Raising A Devil's
Chapter 53

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"No, i..."

"He's my friend!"

I quickly grabbed Isaac's hand and said that.

"Your friend?" Isaac asked while frowning.

"Yes. He was in the same neighborhood as me. It's been a long time, hasn't it? Uh..."

So what's his name?

As I looked at him with eyes as if telling him to say his name, the boy answered quickly.

"Andy."

"Yes, Andy. He said Andy. "

"......"

Isaac threw away Andy's wrist and wiped my cheek with his sleeve.

"Have you eaten all the bread?"

"No, just milk."

"Then, the ghost that ate all this bread?" He laughed playfully.

"Where's Henli?"

"Torturing, uh no, the road! He went for a walk."

"Hm." I nodded at him.

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

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

"Should we see that puppy?"

"I'll drive you!"

"No, follow us from afar."

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

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As the Dubbede family train enters Andy's orphanage, a middle-aged woman appears.

"Why did His Majesty come to such a shabby place like this? My name is Mattel Kimbel. I am the principal of this orphanage."

He was agitated when he saw Isaac.

But Isaac stared at the orphanage 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. "Was your place like this?"

"No."

Isaac's face brightened hearing my words. "really? Not this bad, huh?"

"Looks fun here. It's very broad here."

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

But it's true this place is better.

The building is old and shabby, but has three floors and 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 won't look like this."

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

'I can meet Zachary.'

The manager proudly introduced the interior.

"The bed here is new, and there are three bathrooms. There's an oven in the dining room, so they can make their own snacks."

Isaac's and the servants' faces turned grim.

To the people of Dubbede, this place is hell.

This place is the opposite of Dubbede castle.

Their furniture was worn out, and the mold on the wallpaper was covered with carelessness.

The building is large, but there are only a few rooms that can be used because of its careless management.

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

Then I patted my knee.

"My feet hurt."

The manager looks happy.

"You can rest in my office."

I was a slow walker, I guess Isaac and the servants followed my footsteps, so the caretaker thought he couldn't properly show the orphanage.

The caretaker of the orphanage 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 children in the orphanage on the table.

"Zachary, Zachary..."

I frowned while observing the list.

What, why isn't there someone named Zachary?

"It's unfortunate for the Dubbede family. They don't know about talent like Zachary. That's why human networks are important."

The story I heard in the social gathering came to my mind clearly.

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

Just in time, Andy came up with the juice.

Putting the juice on the table, he said,

"I bring juice for you to drink, but I don't advise you to drink it. It's past the expiration date."

"How many kids are there, Andy?"

"Sixteen."

"Then, how many of you are left?"

"Four. No, three. One guy was adopted last week."

My eyes widened in surprise.

By the age of Zachary, he may have already been adopted. Most children who are very young go to their adoptive parents' homes.

There was only one adoption case where I grew up. Bringing young boys to work in the farmhouse.

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

'Looks like I came late.'

I pressed my temple.

But I never heard that Zachary had foster parents. But, maybe he was sent out, or he ran away...

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

I'll be back if I get the information.

"Yahoo-!"

Suddenly, I could hear the sound of children crying.

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

Outside the window, six large-bodied men were kicking at the door of the orphanage.

Some of them blocked the hands of orphanage children.

"The bastards again...!"

Andy jumped out of the window.

"Sister!"

"Huaa, brother!!"

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

Andy frowned and shouted.

"Take them off, you bastard!"

The shortest person in the group told Andy,

"If you want them back, bring me some cash. If you make a loan at someone else's gambling place, still you have to return the capital on time."

"I've paid the interest!"

That's what happened.

'Many gambling addicts here and there.'

I crawled up the window frame and jumped.

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

"AAAHH—!"

"Your assholes...!"

What kind of situation is this?

The children wore a frying pan as a hat and moved around carrying pots and wooden boards in hand.

"Groan!"

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

As 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 hit the men's bodies or fell to the ground, the balloon would explode and white powder scattered in the air.

Andy laughed as white flour and powder covered their entire bodies.

Then he lit a match and threw it at them.

In an instant it burned in the air like a bomb exploded.

"DANAGH!"

"DOL!!"

When the molecules fly through the air, and the fire becomes blazing, the molecules quickly explode.

That's one of the ways Zachary defeated witches in a royal civil war.

'This...'

But he didn't completely defeat them.

The wind was blowing hard because it was winter. That's because the molecules are flying in the air, the fire is weakening.

The men were burned, but they rose again.

Andy clicked his tongue and shouted, "You guys, go!"

The frightened children quickly ran away, but a child was caught. Andy clenched his teeth and bit the man's arm.

"Fuck up!"

The short man took out a dagger from his pocket.

When I saw the daggers, I wanted to create a barrier between them, but I could not use my strength.

'The target is too far.'

And I can't control my power. If I make a mistake, the kid and Andy can get caught and die.

'Once he releases Andy, I'll make him walk towards me.'

"ugly uncle!"

"What?"

The man looked at me.

"You're ugly! Dwarf! My eyes are dirty!"

The short man began to approach due to the incitement from me. But then, then,

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

"Keukk—!"

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

As the person shouted, a very familiar voice sounded.

"Ssh, don't surprise my daughter."

When I saw the person walking out of the building, I shouted,

"Dyuke...?"

The duke, who was wearing comfortable clothes as usual, looked at the men with a cold gaze.

"Who, that ugly face that defiled my daughter's vision?"

"Ah, everything is ugly."

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

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

"Let's wash your eyes."

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