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Side Story – The Family Increases #3

“Ugh… !”

Babies cry often.

Because that is the only way to communicate with my mother.

“Ginebit, why are you crying? Why is he crying? Do you have a fever?”

Sze-.

Asha held the little girl and looked around.

A look of embarrassment was evident on her face, and the hand holding the child was full of embarrassment.

If I had to describe this in one word, I was like a complete new mom.

If the nuns hadn’t come to Asha’s room often to take care of the children, the children would have suffocated due to the mountain of problems that arose every day.

“But he never cries.”

A very young Sister Midnar clicked her tongue as she looked at the boy lying in the cradle.

The boy neither cried nor whined.

Sister Midnar clicked her tongue at that sight.

“ knows this even at a young age. You know what kind of harsh fate you will live in the future. That’s why I’m clearly not crying. Because I don’t want to be seen by people.”

You don’t cry because you want to look good to adults and live a little longer?

well.

I didn’t think of it that way.

That baby can’t be that small.

“The reason this baby does not cry is because from the moment this baby is born, he is a better and better person than anyone else. A baby cries out of necessity.”

A baby who was perfect from the moment he was born didn’t need anything else.

So there is no need to cry.

Because I can tell.

Asha said, lifting the baby with her hands.

“I don’t cry or whine because I don’t need anything… . Even though I don’t cry, there are times when I laugh. I laugh when I read “The Village of Back Alley Nymphs”.”

I gave Asha, who was bored, the entire volume of my book “The Village of Back-Alley Nymphs,” which captures all the truths and tricks of the world, as well as emotion and fun.

Asha seems to have read “The Village of the Back Alley Nymphs” out loud to the children.

“Then Oinoi spoke. -Oinoi is the nymph Oinoi of the ditch water… !-”

It was a great reading.

Probably because the content was great.

Soon the baby started laughing too.

“Khaha… !”

It was a very boisterous laugh.

Yes, a boy should smile like that.

At that sound, Sister Midnar was startled and trembled.

“… What kind of baby laugh… Like the devil’s prince… .”

“It’s a very generous and lively laugh. You will definitely become a great person who will encompass the world. Even though you are still young, you know that “The Village of Back Alley Nymphs” is great. It’s a great thing.”

“That… Excuse… Who is it? Who is this person who has been making a fuss next to you since a while ago?”

Sister Midnar asked me.

How dare you not know me?

The world twenty years ago was a profane, unredeemed, and uncivilized place.

“I am Priest Hyde.”

“… It’s my first time hearing this name. You were the priest that Asha was said to have met last time… ! Hey, this place is not a place to be tampered with!”

Chak-.

Sister Midnar pushed me on the back and kicked me out of the room.

I had no choice but to go out into the hallway, where many priests were heading somewhere.

“Where are you going?”

“The council will be held soon. There will be a discussion soon about the treatment of the children and Asha. Let’s go!”

Right.

Today is the day the council opens.

I also participated in the council hall, which resembled a round amphitheater.

There were many priests gathered and talking, and among them there were some faces I recognized.

“Quiet.”

It was the young Medici Archibald.

As he was looking around, a priest with short pink hair came in, and of course it was Gregory.

Not much has changed since I was young.

The priests who gathered discussed the treatment of Princess Ginevit.

“Then, I will decide to send Princess Ginevit to Marquis Sandros. Because that will avoid friction with long-standing nobles.”

Bang bang-.

Young Gregory hit the platform twice with his hammer.

Looking at that, the priests nodded, saying, “A great decision.” or “The long war will finally end.”.

The meeting proceeded smoothly like that.

Then Archbishop Hugo, wearing a golden cross around his neck, asked:

“Gregory. No, should I call you His Holiness Gregory now? Pope Gregory. Well, it’s a story that doesn’t stick in your mouth. anyway. What are you going to do about the boy?”

At that moment, the atmosphere in the hall changed dramatically.

Gregory spoke calmly while a chaotic mess was rolling over people’s heads like rolling waves.

“There is no change in the decision. The child is subject to death.”

“Even though the child was just born? Are you going to sentence the child to death even though he is not guilty of any crime?”

“Wego. You probably know the prophecy. It was said that the man from Midvar would kill many people in the future. We just eliminate the boys from Midvar as we have done so far.”

Gregory’s story was very cold and merciless.

Soon the priests also expressed their opinions.

“No matter what, wouldn’t killing a baby be madness?”

“If you are an innocent child, you will go to heaven. Wouldn’t it be right to get rid of someone young and lead them to heaven rather than have them grow up to become sinners and fall into hellfire?”

This is a situation where opinions are divided in many ways.

At that time, Medici, who had remained silent until now, asked.

“Gregory, then when do you plan on carrying out the execution?”

“A week later.”

A week later.

Ginebit is handed over to the nobles, and the nameless boy dies.

That decision was made.

“One week… .”

I told Asha that I only had one week left to be with the kids.

Because it seemed like it would be a good idea to have enough time to prepare for the breakup.

“If this child is left in the care of Marquis Sandros, are you sure that she will be treated like a princess and grow up?”

Asha poked Ginevit Uniger’s sleeping cheek with her finger.

The purr-like smile was quite angelic.

It’s hard to believe that a kid like this would end up having so many accidents later on.

Well, even the most vicious monsters would have been this cute when they were babies.

“Princess Ginevit will grow up receiving utmost affection and respect. This will make you arrogant and even disrespectful. There is absolutely no need to worry.”

“Is that so? Strangely enough, listening to you, I get the feeling that that’s really going to happen. Priest Hyde, you seem to be quite a special person. It is different from other priests in many ways.”

of course.

I am not an ordinary person.

This means that he is a prophet chosen by God.

Soon Asha saw the child lying in the cradle.

“Then what happens to this child? You’ll probably die. A child born to die. This child probably doesn’t believe in God yet, so what happens when he dies? Are you going to heaven?”

Asha’s question was an important one.

Those who go to heaven when they die are those who repent and move on, calling on the name of the Savior.

However, the babies had no time to learn the Savior’s name or go to church.

If those babies were unlucky and ended up dying—what would happen to them?

Will I go to hell because I didn’t believe in the Savior?

Of course I thought no.

“I don’t know either. However, since heaven belongs to those who are like children, I think they will go to heaven. You can’t be sure of anything.”

Of course, there was one thing I was sure of.

The truth was that this child would grow up, become an adult, and go through all sorts of hardships.

“The baby will not die. Gregory is more of a coward than I thought. The child will grow up. Better and greater than anyone else. I can promise you that too.”

Instead of answering my story, Asha grinned with a somewhat uneasy feeling.

Do you think I threw out an unbelievable story like a blank check to console myself?

“Magnetic field, magnetic field… .”

Asha now stroked the boy’s head and sang a lullaby.

A lullaby.

Do you think you can put a child to sleep by being so carefree?

However, the baby, who did not cry even at the moment of birth, began to slowly close his eyes, and for some reason, I slowly closed my eyes due to the drowsiness that came over me.

# # #

The young priest Gregory was in deep agony.

“If you meet a man as a baby who you know will be a villain, is it right to kill him? Medici, what do you think? I honestly can’t answer.”

Emma, Gregory’s lover, looked into the blazing flame and made a prophecy.

Her ominous prophecy stated that ten million, no, billions of people would die from the birth of Midvar’s male child.

“Medici, do you really think that baby will kill billions of people? It’s not ten or a hundred, it’s not ten thousand or a million, it’s a billion… !”

How can one person kill so many people?

Gregory couldn’t believe it.

But Emma’s prophecy never went astray, and it caused the young priest Gregory to suffer.

A terrible and heinous killer who will kill hundreds of millions of people.

If such a being was eliminated as a baby─.

“If killing an innocent child could save the lives of countless people, wouldn’t it be right to do so? Just as the Lord Elohim killed his only begotten son born in human form on the cross, so we… .”

Gregory’s agony was deep.

Giving a week until the child’s execution was not to give the child and mother time to prepare for separation, but was simply time for the child to find the answer.

one week.

That time also felt very short to Gregory.

“… … .”

The young Medici did not say a word as he watched the man.

Because he didn’t know either.

Gregory and Medici.

They won the war and rose to such a high position that there was no way for a priest to rise higher.

Now the only thing that existed above them was the Absolute One called Lord Elohim.

But there were still many things they did not know.

Even if the color of the cross around their neck changed to a brighter gold, and even if the names and titles of the people who called them changed, they were still full of things they did not know.

Then, something suddenly occurred to Medici’s mind.

“They say that a priest called Hyde is wandering around the city of Barakhan, calling himself a prophet. They say he is a man who knows all the answers in the world. Would you like to ask him for advice?”

“Even if you look at it, it seems like a pseudo-story, doesn’t it? Medici. Why did you leave such impure people alone without arresting and interrogating them?”

“Well, they said that he actually guesses things right and answers all the questions right away. A weirdo who appeared at the right time -. I wonder if there is some will or providence.”

“… … .”

Gregory closed his mouth and slowly lost himself in thought.

He decided to focus his energy on the tasks that needed to be done rather than wasting time on questions he could not answer.

“Medici, Asha Aphrodite… , How is the complaint against Asha Unijer progressing? A week later. Her treatment must be decided at the same time as the children’s.”

Asha had a history of numerous illegal activities.

Considering the war that broke out between the young tyrant Pendragon and Asha and the countless lives lost as a result, Asha would not have been able to avoid the death penalty.

Many people were hoping for the death of Asha and Pendragon.

After the war ended with Barakhan’s victory, public sentiment turned against the royal family and people were looking at the ground looking for stones to throw at them.

“Medici, in order to appease public sentiment, you will have to hold a public trial. And it must be carried out according to formal procedures. This is to re-establish law and justice.”

The unofficial queen’s rightful judgment and execution in a public court.

Gregory had no doubt that this was the way to find social stability.

# # #

Clink-!

I was dozing off for a while, but the sound of something breaking woke me up.

When I came to my senses, a rock was lying at my feet.

“Die, witch!”

Seeing the writing written in red blood on the stone made me feel strange in many ways.

A lot of stones similar to these were thrown from beyond the window, and they were all filled with crude swear words and criticism.

“… … .”

Asha was very afraid when she saw the stone.

For a woman who appears to have just turned 20, such criticism may be unbearable.

I could understand why Asha was locked in this room.

This was not a decision to trap her, but rather to protect her.

“It can be seen as the main culprit that started the war. No wonder people hate you. Asha Aphrodite. Asha Unizer. This is not the time to worry about the children. You too must save yourself.”

There will soon be a trial for Asha.

Although it was not written down in the future records, Gregory would certainly intend to put Asha on the stand, judge her fairly, and deal with her justly.

Soon Asha spoke.

“I will die in trial. In this world where Pendragon is gone, no one loves me. Everyone is probably just wishing for my death. No one will take my side.”

That seemed like it.

Now that the war was over, people needed someone to hate.

They needed something to unite their hearts, and condemning Asha suited that role.

of course-.

Things in the world do not always go according to the wishes of the crowd.

“Asha, you will not die. Because the best and most outstanding lawyers in the world are here. I have never lost a trial in my life.”