TL: Zimmings
So the remaining problem was me. I canât be a child forever.
âItâs even more dangerous because there are people who know that Iâve become a child.â
Jin, Honghae, Juliet, and the twin princes.
The twin princes are the most dangerous ones.
If I look at their moves so far, they wonât be able to open their mouth easily, but I donât know how it will turn out depending on the situation of the country.
The possibility of spies hiding in the mansion cannot be ruled out.
Now, I left only reliable servants in the mansion and gave others a vacation.
But if the vacation keeps getting extended, itâll be weird.
âI have to go back to my original age as soon as possible.â
Deciding to do so, I called in the chairman and Trigon.
***
âYou really become a child.â
Trigon looked at me.
âYouâve said that a hundred times.â
I sighed, holding my chin with a grim look on my face.
âDid you see the data of the devils?â
âYes. According to the data of the passage from Storas, there is no devil with amethyst as the passage.â
âIt has been known since ancient times that there is no dwevil with amethyst as a passage.â
Thatâs the reason I havenât used amethyst until now. Because I donât know which devil will be summoned.
âWhy donât you try summoning the amethyst devil?â
âItâs power is different from other dwevil. Itâll be hawd to maintain it.â
âIf itâs a devil on God Sergaâs side, canât you use it regardless of their will?â
âIn terms of strength, Storas is much stronger. But why did I take Boone instead of Storas?â
âHuh?â
When Trigon looked puzzled, the chairman replied on behalf of me.
âWhatâs important is their ability rather than their power. No matter how powerful the devil may be, isnât it only ability that could benefit the lady?â
âI seeâ¦â
Trigon said, and I leaned against the chair with my arms folded.
âNow itâs even mowe confusing because of Booneâs situation.
I found out that Boone could be summoned through completely different jewels.
A passage that has been used once loses its function. So, I think other jewels will become a new passage.
âSo if itâs not in Storasâ records. It must be something new.â
Trigon shook his head when he heard my story.
âBut itâs only the children of fate who can summon devils through the passages. And secondly, you havenât called out the devil yet, have you?â
âNo, you seeâ¦â
âWho else can do it?â
âMom.â
ââ¦â¦!â
âThis amethystâs devil, it could have been the devil that my mom called once.â
âShould we find out?â
âIt is a secret of the temple that my mom, who was a saint, called out the devil. How could we know who the devil was Trigon? Also the pearl that Mina had.â
âYou mean that? Thereâs something I can point out.â
Trigon opened up a large book given by Storas.
âAndromallius. This is the only devil that has white pearls as a passage.â
âWhat is its ability?â
ââ¦â¦. A devil with the ability to recognize a personâs identity and return it to their original form.â
As I listened to Trigonâs story in a daze, I got up to my feet. I quickly took out the mirror and looked at my face.
âWhy didnât I notice thisâ¦? This figure, it wasnât me.â
âWhat?â
âLady?â
The chairman and Trigon asked me. I quickly screamed after seeing my reflection.
âIâm not Leblaine of Dubblede, Iâm the Leblaine of ancient times.â
I didnât just become a child. In fact, he became the younger sister of Neliard, the ancient Leblaine!
***
Trigon went out to investigate more devils. Only me and the chairman remained in the room. I looked at myself in the mirror with a serious face.
âI didnât notice it before but I looked so much like myself in ancient times.â
Thud, I groaned as my head fell to the table.
âIâm a foolâ¦â
The chairman grabbed my hand as I tried to hit my head and shook my head.
âEven if itâs your past self, thereâs no problem right? Everyone thinks of you as the child version of your current self.â
â⦠Thatâs true.â
âFinding out why you have changed is hard. Shouldnât we just focus on the devils who can help you?â
âYesâ¦â
The chairman looked at the pearl and said,
âBut, the devil of amethyst is truly amazing. How could it beat the effect of the Andromallius devil?â
We found out and realized that Andromallius power had been used. The cloudy pearl meant that this pearl had lost its function as a passage.
Also, the amethyst deflected the power of this pearlâs passage, but I couldnât completely get out unschated, so I became the ancient Leblaine.
I fell down on the table and hit my head.
âThe devil in the amethyst shouldâve deflected everythingâ¦â
âYou must be thinking of something shameless.â
âYes.â
The chairman laughed and sat opposite me. And after hesitating for a long time, he opened his mouth.
âLady.â
âYesâ¦â
ââ¦â¦ Nevermind. Iâll tell you after you get back to your original age.â
âYes. Letâs call your son after then.â
When I smiled and said, the chairmanâs eyes grew bigger.
âDid you know my wish?â
âIsnât that the reason youâve been helping me?â
âIt wasnât necessarily like thatâ¦â
I giggled because the chairman replied awkwardly.
âThank you. I want to call him out right away, but my condition is weird.â
âWeird?â
âHow should I say this? Itâs hard to connect with the devilsâ¦â
Since I was in Odis, I canât hear the voices of the devils well. I could only hear short sentences once or twice.
âI thought it was because I was blocking the divine power in etwal as I was in Odis, but when I returned to the mansion, I knew for sure.â
Since I became like this, I couldnât hear them and talk with them like usual.
âWell, now that I have become an ancient Leblaine, it must be confusing.â
âI tried to ask Boone to call your son, but it didnât work.â
âThank you so much for doing that.â
The chairman bowed. I held his hand and said.
âThereâs a devil called Marcocia.â
âYou mean the devil who turns an object into a stone?â
âItâs not about turning it into stone, itâs about making it âvoidâ in my opinion.â
âThat meansâ¦â
âMarcocia could help me return to normal. After that, your wish will come true.â
âThank you again, miss.â
Me and the chairman laughed as we faced each other.
âNow, all I have to do is wait for Trigon to find the passage of Marcocia.â
How fortunate it is that the devil is Marcocia. Marcociaâ passage is a jewel called âEngelotâ. And it was in the imperial family.
The chairman and I looked forward to hearing from Trigon. However, things never worked out, and enemies appear every time.
This timeâ¦.
[The second child of fa5e entered the empire. Engelot is what she asked for in return for becoming a citizen of the empire!]
It was Mina.
Hearing the urgent voice of Trigon from the communication device, I held my skirt tightly.
***
Mina looked around the hall of the imperial palace with a slightly nervous face. Cardinal Reginald smiled kindly and spoke to Mina.
âYou donât have to be nervous. The whole people of the empire are welcoming you.â
âItâs been a while, so Iâm a little nervous.â
âItâs been a whileâ¦?â
âNothing.â
Mina awkwardly raised the corners of her mouth.
She remembered many memories here in the imperial palace. Henry and Isaac were very angry when they saw her crying alone in a corner after being hurt by a person in her previous life.
She rushed to stop the two men who were trying to beat up the person who hurt her right away.
âOh, thereâs still a dent on the floor.â
The two of them were running towards her with pale faces when she tripped over that dent.
She laughed for a long time because it was funny that they didnât know what to do with the wound on her knee.
She remembered the sight of Isaac, who was grumbling with a red face, and Henry sighing.
It was then.
âHuhâ¦?â
Henry and Isaac really walked from the opposite side. The two looked at Reginald coldly.
âDid you ask for Engelot?â
Reginald smiled at Henryâs words.
âSeeing that young masters come out first without greeting me, it seems that Dubblede was aiming for it.â
âIâll be direct and tell you. Give up.â
Engelot was an object left by the founding emperor. If that fell into Minaâs hands, there would be people who would say the imperial family favored her over Leblaine.
Of course, this is merely a public evaluation, and the reason Henry and Isaac came to the imperial palace was because they were asked by Leblaine.
[Enegelot, I want it. Henwy, Isaac, pweaseâ¦â¦.]
Leblaine put her hands together and asked them pitifully.
âI will never let you down.â
Isaac looked at Reginald with fiery eyes as Mina quickly grabbed his arm.
âIsaac, I know what youâre thinking. But itâs not necessary just because of the fight between me and Leblaine. For Leblaine, I-â
While Mina was chattering, Isaac was frozen. Normally he would have shaken off her hand at once. Henry narrowed his brow and asked, âWhat are you doing?â After that, Isaac shouted.
âLe- let go of this hand?â
âIf you promise not to shout at Reginald.â