episode_0042

There was no time to think about anything else.

Deltan walked quickly to Agnes and grabbed her wrist.

Woe!

Blue mana surged and enveloped Agnes’ body.

Eventually, it seeped into her body.

Deltan’s expression crumpled.

Of course, it was her body’s fault that even the ‘hold’ created by sniping at the demon of retrograde did not work properly.

‘It’s ruined. really.’

Deltan let out a sigh and looked at Agnes, whose retrograde process had already begun.

He was now about 10 years old.

The reason was that even though we took action as quickly as possible, the retrograde progressed further.

If it had been a little later, he might have disappeared as a newborn.

Although we prevented the worst, we could not rest assured.

Due to the mental defense value of 0.1, the retrograde was still in progress.

“Deltain. What is this?”

Agnes asked.

Now that he was tall enough to not even reach the Delta man’s solar plexus, he seemed to be looking up with his head bent for a long time.

“… Have you become higher?”

“You have been humbled. I was attacked by the devil of retrograde. You now have the body of a 10-year-old.”

At those words, Agnes looked at her palm and made the sound ‘Ah’.

“Yes, that’s right. There is no wound on the palm. When I was about fourteen, I got cut on the edge of a shelf and got a scar.”

“This is not the time to be so carefree. I took action, but it didn’t work well.”

“Mistake?”

“Yes, it’s a mistake. The mistake of overlooking how fucking sick your body is.”

Deltan clicked his tongue.

Then, he searched Agnes’ body with mana.

‘The heart supporter is working well.’

As it was a masterpiece, it did not seem to be affected by the curse.

No, on the contrary, it was assisting Agnes by changing its size to fit her shrunken body.

Should we consider it fortunate that there is no strain on the heart?

‘Based on mental defense 1, the time it takes for the retrograde to end is one week.’

If it is 0.1, it would be correct to say that it is equivalent to ten times that amount.

Even if the effect is halved, the retrograde will be over in two days at most.

“Change the path. We have to find the devil first.”

The only way to break the curse is to kill the host demon.

A backtracking method had to be used based on the tail piece.

With that in mind, while Deltan was making a signal to summon the hunting dogs, Agnes grabbed Deltan’s wrist.

“Deltain.”

“Why.”

“How about Mahua?”

“Of course it stays the same. Because that is a curse that is higher than temptation.”

“Umm… Things don’t work out easily.”

Although she spoke with regret, Agnes was carefree.

He just continued to do things like look at his own body as if he was curious and try to gauge the height difference between him and the Delta people.

Deltan let out a laugh.

“Hey, you are the one who dies. Do you even pretend to be worried?”

“Are you going to save me? Ah, how about that?”

“What.”

Agnes laughed heartily.

He put his index finger on the cheek that had become round and puffy and said.

“Young me. Isn’t it cute?”

Smirking.

Agnes laughed.

As the color of the illness faded, the impression that emerged was that of a mischievous person. Deltan understood the sentiment that Duke Levadein had spoken until his mouth was dry and worn out: ‘It was a lovely child.’

Of course, the answer that came out was uneven.

“Is it a curse or something, should I just throw it away and go.”

“That’s child abandonment.”

“You are not a child. They’re just young.”

“I am mentally young. I’m a flower in a greenhouse that doesn’t know anything about the world.”

“I’m proud.”

Deltan sighed and dismissed the words, then gave a warning.

“Magic works based on the day. Never leave my side.”

“Um, then give me a hug.”

“What?”

“It’s hard because I have to bow my head every time I see you.”

Agnes spread her arms and raised her tiptoes.

Deltain looked at her for a moment, briefly hesitated, then sighed and picked her up with one hand.

Agnes said, putting her arm on Deltan’s shoulder to keep her balance.

“Wow, the air above is so clear.”

“Don’t be foolish. Because you can throw it away.”

“It’s child abuse.”

“What should I do?”

Agnes giggled.

Then, as if he had finally remembered it, he asked Deltan.

“If you think about it, you see.”

“What.”

“Your body has gone back to the past. Then the hymen is also regenerated… .”

“Up to there.”

Deltan’s eyes brightened.

“One of the things I hate the most is talking shit to kids. Whenever I see those bastards, I want to rip their heads off.”

“Um, sorry.”

Agnes quickly apologized.

This is because the sincerity was evident in the eyes that Deltan showed just before.

“It was a joke. It’s my body.”

“I hate it, even if it’s just a joke.”

The Deltan’s expression was frowning. It seemed like he was remembering something bad.

Agnes noticed this and asked.

“Have you ever seen it? A person like that?”

“I’ve seen it, and I’ve almost been harmed by it.”

This also happened on Earth.

What he experienced when he was about 8 years old was a threat that could often happen to an Asian child abandoned in an unfamiliar American land.

Of course, it was something that still remains a trauma to the person involved.

Agnes was startled by Deltan’s words and her fingertips trembled.

“Umm… .”

Talk. Talk. She said, tapping Deltan’s shoulder with her index finger.

“I have to kill him. The person who bullied you.”

“Dead. His wife found out later and stabbed him with a knife.”

“… It was a man?”

“Stop talking about this. Because I feel nauseous again.”

“Yes.”

And just like that, the conversation disappeared.

It was soon after that the hunting dogs returned.

The hounds trembled when they saw little Agnes in Deltan’s arms.

Meanwhile, only Kaltara laughed heartily.

“Oops! You got hit hard!”

“Okay, give me the cargo.”

“Achacha!”

Kaltara said and got off the bike.

Only then did something catch Agnes’ eyes.

Cardinal Cargo was lying on the back seat of the bike with his cheeks puffed out.

“… Why is the Cardinal like that?”

“It’s better not to know.”

Kaltara picked up Cargo. It looked just like a kitten being dragged by its mother with its backside bitten.

Cargo trembled and raised his eyelids.

Deltan said.

“It’s chasing the devil. There are traces in the bushes over there, so look for them.”

Cargo’s neck trembled and moved.

He really wanted to say a lot, but held back.

He just spoke in a hoarse voice.

“Ah, I understand… .”

At least we can get away from Kaltara while we track down the demon.

With that little hope in mind.

*

The priest’s role in [Evlore] was simple.

It is none other than the tracking, identification, and treatment of the devil.

Cardinal St. Cargo was a priest whose discernment skills were terrible, but whose abilities related to healing and tracking were high. And that was why the Deltans loved him.

This is because identification can only be done by Delta people.

Hwiiing.

A strong wind blew around Cargo.

The golden divine power was visually showing the texture of the wind.

The spinning star moves slowly. The tail piece wraps around and then quickly flies in a certain direction and scatters.

“It’s north.”

“There will be no going back. Thank goodness.”

The Deltan muttered as he looked towards the north where the rushing wind scattered.

Agnes said while looking at the tail piece.

“Is this the flesh of the devil? It looks really creepy.”

“This is pretty cute.”

Deltan truly thought so.

The writhing mass of flesh was the most benign organ of the demons’ bodies.

“Ugh.”

Agnes said this while shaking her legs.

Deltan’s brow furrowed.

“Don’t fuss. Because it’s hard to stay centered.”

“Childcare is inherently painful.”

“You are not old enough to need childcare.”

“Mites.”

“If you want to start a fight, do it confidently. Don’t worry.”

Agnes giggled and then said.

“Still, I’m glad. Bring Jerry. You almost didn’t even have anything to wear.”

Jerry was one of the maids brought by Agnes. As a maid who was naturally talented at things like repairs, she quickly repaired Agnes’ existing clothes as soon as her body shrunk.

Agnes said, smoothing the hem of the white dress she was wearing.

“Would you like to buy some clothes in the next city? The altered clothes are so adult-like that I don’t think they suit my body.”

“There is no need to buy it. You’ll catch the devil in two days, and if you don’t do it, you’ll die.”

Deltan said that and got into the car.

Cargo was dragged back to Kaltara’s bike.

When Gerhart started the car, the bike moved first.

Even though the planned camping trip was canceled, it was painful, but there was nothing we could do.

Deltan was not a person who could relax before a time attack.

*

In the end, I had to take a nap in the car again today.

Since it was a car with an expansion spell, the seat itself was big enough for one person to lie down on, but that was not the case for today’s Delta people.

“It’s so cramped.”

Deltan was lying down with Agnes in his arms.

This was because he had to be in constant physical contact with her, so he could not separate from her even while she was sleeping.

If I had known this would happen, I would have made it a double bed in the first place, but Deltan quickly erased that thought.

‘No, then I would have been made fun of.’

The devil of retrograde was an unexpected crisis from the beginning.

As such, wouldn’t that lascivious woman have been talking nonsense if she had made a double bed in advance?

Considering how upset your stomach will be in that situation, it would be much better to sleep like this.

“Deltain.”

Agnes lifted her head.

He was wearing a Deltan arm pillow.

“Sing me a lullaby.”

“You seem to be too absorbed in that role, come to your senses. The devil of retrograde makes the body young, not the mind.”

“It’s a shame. If I were mentally younger, I would have sung you a lullaby.”

“No, I will never call you.”

Deltan closed his eyes tightly.

It meant that there would be no further conversation.

However, Agnes did not let him sleep.

“How much younger will you be when you wake up?”

“That sounds terrible, really.”

I also knew a Delta person who said that.

The terrible thing is that when she wakes up, she will be even younger.

“You shouldn’t abandon me just because I’m annoying.”

“Then you obediently followed.”

“Kids usually don’t listen well.”

“What kind of point… .”

“Mites.”

Agnes laughed mischievously.

Deltan narrowed his eyes and looked at the scene, then snapped his fingers and said, ‘Snap!’

“It will be released in four hours. Grow up.”

After saying that, I fell asleep.

*

The next morning.

Deltan opened his eyes and faced five-year-old Agnes, who was looking at him with wide eyes.

Five-year-old Agnes was fair and plump, but her facial features were distinct and she had a cute and cute side to her.

Deltan let out a laugh.

It wasn’t an admiration for her appearance, but a hollow laugh at the terrible reality.

“Wow… .”

How on earth would it have been like this even though it had been blocked with magic all night?

The form of words that came out according to the thoughts that came to mind was blunt.

“You really have a body like trash.”

I flinch.

Agnes trembled.

Deltan narrowed his eyes at that.

This was not the reaction Agnes expected.

“What is it?”

When I asked harshly, Agnes flinched again.

He rolled his eyes and then opened his mouth with a scared look on his face.

“… Mom, where are you?”

It was a short sound.

Normally, the first thing that would have come to mind was the Delta Indian anomaly… Isn’t the other person like that?

Isn’t that Agnes Levadeine, a woman who turns the Deltans upside down every time she opens her mouth?

Accordingly, that was the answer that Deltan gave to that quiet voice and anxious-looking face.

“You don’t have a mother.”

Words spoken indifferently.

Five-year-old Agnes’ face went blank at that.

Then it gradually began to distort.

My eyes twinkled.

Only then did Deltan think of the possibility of ‘no way’, but it was too late.

“Eeeeenn-!”

The mental defense of 0.1 was a more miserable value than the Deltans thought.

Agnes Levadeine’s mind returned to infancy.