Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 308

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There are truths one wishes to remain ignorant of, yet inevitably discovers them anyway. Apparently, a physiological gap exists between demi-humans and humans—significant enough that the Bachelor had come to me whining about how exhausted he was. Listening to him exhausted me as well. I’d have to ask Professor Ilyong to bring me some Hundred-Year He Shou Wu. After consuming it, why don’t you just become a subordinate of the Ten Thousand Demon King instead?
“Miss, I’m getting airsick! Please fly more gently!”
“Yay, yay, yay, yay.”
As for me, I was currently fulfilling the role of Mother’s aerial taxi service during summer vacation. Titi was chirping away while flying alongside me, though keeping up with my speed seemed to strain her. I’d told her to take the train, but would she listen?
“Sigh.”
If only Mother hadn’t discovered that letter.
Truth be told, I had no intention of returning to Ilam. After showing Cecilia around Bunny Land Branch 2, I’d planned to stay in the Capital indefinitely. But the Aying Prime Minister—that bastard—sent two hundred handwritten letters soaked in tears, demanding to know why I hadn’t come to see him before leaving.
If it had been just one or two letters, Mother would never have found out. But that cursed Bruno—or rather, the Aying Prime Minister now, I suppose—decided to win through sheer volume, and the letters ended up in Mother’s hands.
Though he’d betrayed me in the end, apparently Mother’s heart melted when this cute younger man she’d once dated came whimpering that he missed me.
“Ugh.”
Cute younger man, my foot. Ugh. Seriously, ugh. Ugh.
“See? You’re airsick too, Miss!”
“That’s not why I made that sound!”
Anyway, since he said he wanted to see me, what could I do? Mother coaxed us into visiting as a family, insisting it wasn’t far. Not far, she says—when I first enrolled at the Academy, it took a week on horseback from Ilam to Crownpolis.
People forget the old days. Now that railway tracks have been laid, it takes less than a day, so apparently Ilam isn’t far anymore.
“Chirp! Sister, look! I can see the Demon King Castle down there, chirp!”
“It’s being used as the Prime Minister’s residence now.”
After the Serpent King’s Tower relocated to the Capital, I’d worried about the Demon King Castle going to waste. But the Aying Prime Minister is using it well. This is why it’s important to build things—eventually, they find a purpose.
“Eleanor, big sister♥”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Mother told him to call me big sister?! Are you insane?! Have you lost your mind?! Even if she is my mother, it was so repulsive that I instinctively shook my hand, and Professor Ilyong swooped down to catch Mother gently.
“Dragon King, what brings you here?”
“Upon hearing that my friend’s student’s mother was arriving, he became so excited that he couldn’t sleep. I came to hold his hand.”
“Your friendship is equally repulsive.”
They’re all perfectly fine when separated, so why does everything become so disgusting whenever the Aying Prime Minister is involved? And what’s with that banner? “Welcome, Eleanor, big sister”? This is ridiculous.
“Legendary Frost!”
“Screeeech!”
“Daughter! Daughter, calm down!”
“I am not your daughter!”
I obliterated the banner and gate entirely, and from within the ice debris, I hurled a punch at the Aying Prime Minister. I wanted to land a satisfying hit, but surprisingly, the Prime Minister made a swooshing sound and dodged my fist.
Without understanding the nature of that magic, I couldn’t even land a single blow. And I’m the Ten Thousand Demon King. I destroyed an asteroid with this power! I saved Earth!
“Ahhhhhhh!”
“Miss, you’re being loud. Please stop.”
“Hmph.”
Mother only scolds me. Does she like that damned younger man more than me? Does she genuinely love his repulsive, saccharine aegyo?!
“Aying♥ Eleanor, it’s been so long! You’ve become even more beautiful!”
“Hehehehe, this one’s something else.”
They’re all having such a good time. Ugh, seriously. Ugh, come on!
I don’t care! Since I brought Mother here too, I’m heading home!
I was about to call for our return to Ilam when I heard a roaring sound from far down the hill. What on earth was that? It was one of the few automobiles in all of Crownpolis.
Since it was such a luxurious classic car, I stood politely by the roadside to get a better look. The sound of someone earnestly turning a lever filled the air—squeeak, squeeak—and the car window rolled down. To my surprise, Thomas appeared.
“Well, well! Eleanor! Long time no see!”
“Ugh, that bastard’s back again.”
I wasn’t sure when they’d crossed paths, but the Aying Prime Minister’s face twisted with disgust at the sight of Thomas. Whatever it was, if the Prime Minister disliked him, that was good news for me. I was unconditionally on Thomas’s side.
“Thomas!”
As I rushed toward him happily, the Aying Prime Minister’s face crumbled as if the world had ended.
“You, you bastard! How cowardly! Winning over the daughter first!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Ignore him. That guy’s a complete fool.”
Wow, Thomas really knew the Aying Prime Minister well. Yes, that’s right—this temperature, this humidity, this angle of sunlight. This was the Ilam I knew. Thomas and I had always gotten along perfectly.
“Thomas, what’s all this about? Did you win the lottery?”
“Not the lottery. I went deep-sea diving and found 100 million pieces.”
Could he really say that so openly? Wasn’t it dangerous to mention something like that so carelessly? When I cautiously pointed this out, he looked bewildered and flicked my forehead.
“What are you saying? I found 100 million pieces.”
“Hey, you bastard! Why are you laying hands on someone else’s precious daughter!”
“100 million pieces?”
“Apparently they’re old gold coins. When converted to current monetary value…”
“Hey! Don’t ignore me!”
The Aying Prime Minister was being incredibly loud. I glared at him with every facial muscle I could muster, expressing my utter contempt. The Prime Minister’s face crumpled, and he started whimpering before clinging to Mother for affection. I wanted to kill him.
“That damn bastard.”
“How much is that in current value?”
“Ah, six trillion.”
“Huh?! Six trillion?!”
Six trillion? Wasn’t that half the annual budget of the Ilram Duchy?! I was completely shocked and asked if Thomas had become a complete tycoon, but he was even more surprised and raised his voice.
“Wait, you became a Duke while I was away?!”
“That’s how it happened.”
“Well, I thought maybe I could finally be confident in front of Eleanor now.”
He scratched his head sheepishly. Right, Thomas had been secretly in love with Mother for over forty years. It was impossible not to notice. From the moment Mother, I, and Ilam ran away together, and he grumbled but still came to our house to fix small things, it was obvious he liked Mother.
Though there had been some serious misunderstandings before that.
“Hmm.”
I looked at Thomas once, glared at the Aying Prime Minister, looked at Thomas again, glared at the Prime Minister once more, and then made my decision. I gently placed my hand on Thomas’s shoulder.
“Thomas, you’ve got this!”
“Huh? Uh, I’ve got this?”
“If you marry Mother, the Duke’s position is yours.”
“No, I don’t need any title.”
The old man chuckled and whispered into my ear, “I only need your mother.”
“Uaaahhhhh!”
Pure love! True affection! Did you see that?! Bruno! No, Aying Prime Minister! Did you see?! THIS is what true love looks like! A far cry from you, who seduced my mother just to make me your adopted daughter! Heaven and earth! The difference is as vast as the power gap between Cecilia and Seian!
“Uaaahhhhh! Thomas, I’m counting on you to take good care of our mother!”
“Why are you asking me that? Eleanor’s happiness is what matters most.”
“Kyaaahhhhh! True love, true love, true love!”
I’m absolutely on Thomas’s side. Right now, I’d give him the Duke’s throne. And Aying Prime Minister can drop dead. Only then will I acknowledge your sincerity.
“Hmph! You’re forgetting something, you brat.”
Unwilling to stay quiet, the Aying Prime Minister suddenly pulled Mother into his embrace…
“Hey, you bastard, get your hands off Mother!”
“Eleanor won’t get involved with an older man!”
“That’s right, Miss. Older men are just… not ideal.”
How could Mother take the Aying Prime Minister’s side?! And she said they were childhood friends? What does a few months’ age difference even matter?!
“Thomas was born eight months before me, after all.”
“Hey! You said you were the same age and never once called him older brother!”
“Of course not. How could I call someone the same age as me older brother?”
“Now you’re saying you hate that he’s older!”
“Eight months older is still older.”
“You’re always doing whatever you want! You psychopath! You’re morally bankrupt!”
“What the hell?!”
This was Mother’s fault. There wasn’t even a year between them, yet sometimes she said he was older, sometimes she said they were the same age, flip-flopping back and forth like this. That’s not right.

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