The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 102

In the Nemea family, Theo was considered a useless member.

He was constantly compared to his talented older sister.

Thus, he desperately wanted to become a Holy Knight.

He believed that if he became a high-ranking knight in the Holy Empire, his father would finally acknowledge him.

Even without innate Holy Power, one could become a Holy Knight through consecration [a formal act of setting something apart for a sacred purpose].

The Holy Knight who wielded the Spear of Rubeus originally had no Holy Power.

However, he was recognized for his outstanding martial prowess and received consecration directly from the Holy King.

Despite lacking Holy talent, he rose to the position of a First Order Holy Knight through consecration.

Having gained strong Holy Power, he later became famous for wielding the Spear of Rubeus.

Hilderard proudly promoted the Holy Knight they had created throughout the continent.

His success deeply resonated with Theo.

‘Even if I don’t have Holy talent, I can achieve it if I try hard enough.’

So, at the age of 13, Theo secretly left home and went to the Holy Empire.

He was determined not to return until he officially received the Holy Knight’s knighthood.

And he actually became a trainee and received Holy Knight training.

The training was tough, but every day was fulfilling and rewarding.

No one hurled insults at Theo there.

There was no slapping or punching.

Theo grew to like his life as a trainee knight more and more.

He resolved to become a Holy Knight and worked as hard as he could.

He genuinely believed he would receive knighthood.

Until he met Benji.

“You’re from the Nemea family, right?”

Benji, mentioning Theo’s lineage, reached out his hand for a handshake.

“I’m from a noble family too. It doesn’t really matter since we’re in the Holy Empire anyway.”

His smiling face was very sociable.

Even in the short time Theo greeted and talked to him, greetings came from all directions.

“Let’s be friends.”

Benji, who approached him first, was a friend from whom he could learn a lot.

He was playful and mischievous, but he took training more seriously than anyone else.

Everyone liked Benji.

And Theo couldn’t help but like Benji too.

He taught Theo, who knew nothing, small things and sometimes gave him snacks, taking care of Theo, who had suddenly started living away from home.

Theo naturally tried to be good to Benji, and the two seemed to become great friends.

But one day, Benji started acting strange.

It was after Theo won in a sparring match against him.

Theo had been consistently training in swordsmanship in the Nemea family.

He was slow to learn, but once he learned something, he never forgot it.

It was the same with learning the Holy Empire’s swordsmanship.

It just took a little time to get used to it.

Once he had mastered it perfectly, he couldn’t help but catch up quickly.

“Theo wins!”

The day he won against Benji, who was considered the best among the trainees.

Unlike the people who were surprised at the judgment, Theo was calm.

He had expected the victory.

But Benji’s face was terribly distorted.

“……”

He even fiercely brushed off Theo’s outstretched hand and stood up and disappeared.

From then on, Benji treated Theo like an invisible man.

Theo, not wanting to lose a friend, eventually deliberately lost to Benji in the next sparring match after much deliberation.

“What, was winning last time just luck?”

Benji smiled and reached out his hand to Theo.

Theo took his hand and got up, and the relationship returned to normal.

He had to live as the eternal second place, but it was okay.

There would be no problem in receiving knighthood.

But that was Theo’s naive delusion.

A high-ranking Holy Knight came to evaluate the level of the trainees.

As soon as he saw Theo and Benji’s sparring match, he recognized the difference in skill.

Both were severely reprimanded, and from then on, the relationship soured again.

“That bastard did it on purpose to make me look bad.”

Benji went around saying that Theo deliberately plotted to make him look bad to his superiors.

He denied it, but no one believed Theo.

Theo was completely alone.

The kindness Benji had shown turned into malice several times greater, tormenting Theo.

Under Benji’s influence, the trainees all banded together and ostracized Theo.

Theo managed to endure it.

But he was utterly exhausted on the day he was locked in a dark warehouse alone for more than two days.

Tired of living in a foreign land with no one to turn to, he cried for a long time and sent a letter to his sister.

The letter said that he was doing well and not to worry….

Unfortunately, the letter fell into his father’s hands.

His father came to the Holy Empire right away.

And slapped Theo’s cheek in front of all the trainees.

“You insolent bastard!”

Insults and beatings followed.

The trainees watched the scene.

Muttering voices, glancing gazes, coughs trying to suppress laughter.

Theo’s face was flushed with shame as he shed tears.

That was the end.

Theo left the Holy Empire and returned to the Nemea family.

But there, he met Benji again.

“……”

Theo felt a squeezing pain in his heart.

As expected, Benji had become a Holy Knight.

Since he was skilled, he must be a high-ranking Holy Knight.

Looking at Benji shining in the form he wanted to be, he felt even more pathetic.

“You should be really grateful to be alive. Oh, we haven’t seen each other in a while, why don’t you go see the kids?”

It was when Benji kept talking to him, poking him.

Thump, thump, thump.

He heard the sound of quick footsteps approaching.

Theo looked ahead in surprise.

Belzeon was standing there with a slightly annoyed face.

Chesha handed Belzeon the puppy and reached out to Theo.

Theo inadvertently and naturally pushed away Benji’s arm around his shoulder and picked up Chesha.

Chesha, who was held tightly by Theo, climbed onto his shoulder and settled down.

Benji, who was flustered, chuckled as he looked at the small baby.

“You came as a guard for a noble lady attending the Minor Saint Prayer Meeting? You’re supposed to be from a Marquis family, doing this kind of thing……”

He was about to openly mock him, but he stopped himself.

It was because Chesha sharply glared at Benji with her round eyes.

She stretched out her small, cookie-like fingers and pointed at Benji.

“Don’t bother Ggomdori!”

Theo and Benji froze at the firm warning.

Benji, who was briefly surprised, soon wore a dumbfounded expression.

Meanwhile, Chesha grabbed Theo’s ear and whispered into it.

“Beat up that guy.”

It was very violent advice.

Theo looked at Chesha.

The child, with a very dissatisfied expression, as if she didn’t like something, was raising her eyebrows.

Her plump lips were moving.

“Theo is stronger. But why are you scared?”

The short words stung Theo.

Theo looked at Benji again without realizing it.

He was small, and Theo was much bigger.

Just now, he had barely managed to put his arm around his shoulder, pretending to be equal by standing on tiptoe.

This is not a training center.

Now Theo is not young, and there is no reason to be mindful of Benji.

And Theo… is much stronger than Benji.

The newly realized facts felt unfamiliar.

‘Why am I still scared?’

He slowly pondered the truth he had belatedly realized and stared at Benji.

“……”

Benji’s face crumpled.

He had also read Theo’s changed gaze.

Benji smiled with a distorted face and stretched out his arm.

“Ha, this bastard……”

But the arm he was reaching out stopped in mid-air.

Two swords were drawn at the same time.

Belzeon and Theo drew their swords without hesitation and aimed them at Benji.

They drew their swords in front of the Great Temple in the Holy Empire, where Holy Knights were everywhere.

Benji screamed in horror.

“Are you crazy?”

The Holy Knights around them rushed toward the swords that flashed strangely in the peaceful square.

Even while watching them rush in as if to arrest him immediately, for some reason, he was not worried or scared.

If it had been the usual Theo, he would have been terrified.

But the small weight and warmth on his shoulder strangely gave him courage.

Theo slowly replied to Benji, who was glaring at him as if he were crazy.

“…Because I am escorting a precious person.”

“What?”

Theo glared at Benji, who was dumbfounded, and warned.

“So don’t touch her carelessly.”

Benji was speechless and just opened and closed his mouth.

“Put your swords away immediately!”

The Holy Knights surrounding them roughly shouted.

Just before the situation escalated into a situation where they would all be arrested by the Holy Knights.

“Stop.”

A voice as cold as ice cut through the air.

The Holy Knights were horrified and immediately lowered their swords.

“H-Hylon-nim [respectful title]!”

They immediately paid their respects and explained the situation, pointing at Chesha.

“There is a dispute with those who are escorting that child……”

Hylon, wearing a uniform, raised his hand to stop the Holy Knights from speaking.

And said expressionlessly.

“She is my daughter.”