How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 104

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 104

‘Oscar…’

I stared up at him blankly.

He was staring intently at my eyes.

More precisely, at my right eye that was transmitting.

I flinched and covered my right eye.

‘He read the mana.’

I’ve been caught.

He can even detect such a weak signal?

That was impressive.

‘If Oscar tells the Restoration Council about this…’

I might lose both eyes and be imprisoned in a place without a single ray of light.

Of course, I have healing abilities, so I could restore my sight.

But that would only be possible in a place where I could use mana.

If I couldn’t use mana, I would never be able to see anything again.

Just as I was swallowing nervously.

Oscar suddenly turned his gaze away.

‘Huh?’

That’s when it happened.

Benjamin approached.

“What are you doing?”

“He has decided on the Saint’s treatment.”

I furrowed my brow.

He?

And my treatment…?

Oscar declared with an emotionless face.

“The Restoration Council accepts the Saint.”

“…!”

“…?!”

“…!!!”

Stella, Gaspard, and I all flinched in surprise.

Benjamin clicked his tongue lightly.

“I missed quite a show. What a shame.”

But he soon turned around and left the restaurant.

I stared at Oscar blankly.

He glanced at me briefly, then grabbed a button on his stand collar and said.

“Lower the barrier’s intensity. The Saint will use mana.”

At that moment, the ground trembled faintly.

Oscar said.

“Heal your arm.”

“…”

“There won’t be a second chance.”

I grabbed my arm.

As I drew up mana, golden light gathered around my bitten arm.

New flesh sprouted on the hideous arm where bone had been exposed.

When I finished healing, Oscar said to me.

“Follow me.”

And so I quietly followed behind him.

Stella and Gaspard looked at each other.

Stella hesitantly began following me.

Gaspard also let out a deep sigh.

* * *

We arrived at some room.

In front of the door, he grabbed my wrist.

“What are you doing.”

He silently tied some kind of thread around my arm.

But at that moment.

I felt a faint vibration in my right eye.

A strange noise like crackling reached my ears.

‘The transmission has been cut off.’

As I flinched, Oscar checked the thread and said.

“A zone has been created where mana is completely blocked around you. I referenced your nullification field.”

“What…?”

Such a thing is possible?

When I frowned, Oscar continued in a low voice.

“I wouldn’t think about carelessly cutting it off. Even a blade wouldn’t break it, but more importantly, there’s no telling what might happen when it’s severed.”

“…”

“The one who made this is completely insane.”

Come to think of it, the man at the Ghost Castle had said.

“He’s a Mad Scientist.”

“What?”

“The flashlight was also made by him.”

They said there was a Mad Scientist among the ‘Young Master’s’ personalities.

The one who created the petrifying flashlight.

The door opened.

Oscar entered the room first.

Stella hesitantly asked me.

“Is it really okay to go?”

“Probably not.”

“Then, then…”

“But going is the only option we have.”

When I spoke coldly, Gaspard bristled.

“Your nasty way of talking never changes.”

“Neither does your stupidity.”

“What?! This…”

“How did you find out about the Holy Grail’s location when you don’t have the ability to handle it?”

“That’s…!”

Gaspard flinched.

‘The Emperor wouldn’t have told him directly.’

To the Emperor, Gaspard was a troublesome son.

If he weren’t the Empress’s son, he would have been treated even worse than Prince Ain, who was known to suffer from madness.

So he must have found out through some route, or heard it by chance.

I looked at Gaspard coldly.

“You might be tortured.”

“Wh-what?!”

“They might torture Stella to make you talk.”

“…!”

Stella also turned pale and gripped her clothes tightly.

I quietly advised them.

“You must never reveal the location of the Holy Grail.”

“I know that much. If His Majesty finds out I told you, I’ll be dethroned…!”

“You think dethronement is the problem?”

“What…?”

“If you lose your usefulness, they have no reason to keep you around. Your head might be cut off immediately.”

“They, they promised to send me back…”

“Originally, they promised to send Stella and me back safely too.”

But they threw us into the glass door with the monster.

And they didn’t care whether we got bitten and torn apart or not.

“They decided not to keep their promise.”

“…”

Gaspard’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

With those words, I entered the room.

Inside the room was a man wearing a white coat and large horn-rimmed glasses.

He was tall but had a thin model-like build.

His long hair was tied back in a ponytail.

He looked like a tired but handsome person, but his eyes gleamed with madness.

“Oh, you’ve come! You have no idea how much I’ve been looking forward to meeting you…!”

The man rushed toward me.

Then he grinned and pulled his glasses down slightly.

His violet eyes, filled with madness, sparkled with interest.

“Nice to meet you, Saint. I’m Arahan. A humble mage.”

“I’m Yustea Cuaron.”

“Yes. Oh my. You’re wearing my bracelet. How do you like the design?”

I recalled what Anne, the twin-tailed girl who cast curses, had said in the prison cell.

“Don’t shake the barrier. It gets annoying when Arahan gets irritated.”

The one who manages the barrier.

The coat.

The mention of making the bracelet.

‘So he’s the Mad Scientist.’

I spoke with an indifferent expression.

“I don’t like it.”

“Is that so? Indeed, a girl would prefer a more colorful design. Next time I’ll make a golden bracelet with gems…!”

Then figures emerged from the darkness.

Two women.

One was Anne, the twin-tailed girl.

And the other one was…

“Hello, Hera.”

“What an unpleasant face to see.”

It was Hera, Duke Sanponce’s granddaughter who had escaped with Oscar.

Unlike Anne, who wore a fancy frilled dress that reached her calves, Hera was dressed in knight’s attire.

She even had a sword hanging at her waist.

Anne pouted her lips.

“Treat our Lulu first instead of that girl’s bracelet.”

Then she suddenly held out a doll.

It was a pink checkered doll wearing an eyepatch.

“I’ll look at Lulu later. Right now, that person’s orders are urgent.”

Mad Scientist Arahan chuckled and gestured to me.

“Come, this way.”

He led me to golden seats hidden in the darkness.

There were two golden seats, and sitting there were…

“Prince Luciano!”

“Yohaël!”

Luciano and Yohaël were sitting in each seat respectively.

I ran to Luciano, and Stella ran to Yohaël.

I shouted at the Restoration Council members.

“What have you done!”

“Well, it seemed such a waste. When a mage sees good ‘materials,’ he gets excited and can’t help himself.”

Arahan hugged his arms and trembled.

It was truly a sinister gesture.

I gritted my teeth in frustration.

“Benjamin, this trash…”

They hadn’t just broken their promise to send back Stella, Gaspard, and me.

Luciano and Yohaël had their eyes open.

But they seemed like people whose souls had left their bodies.

‘Have their souls actually left?’

I quickly examined Luciano’s body.

[Why did you come? Idiot.]

Luciano’s voice could be heard.

That wasn’t all.

[I’m suffering countless indignities I never imagined.]

Even Yohaël’s voice could be heard.

Just like… a monster without vocal cords.

When we wiped out the heretical sect, their ‘angel’ we saw there.

That angel had made exactly this kind of voice.

Stella turned pale and examined Yohaël from all angles.

“Yo, Yohaël… what happened… what on earth…”

But I was glaring at Arahan.

Arahan’s eyes gleamed as he snapped his fingertips together.

“Do you recognize it?”

“You…”

“They are truly lucky.”

“…”

“To be able to become beings from another world!”

I clenched my fists tightly.

As expected.

The heretical sect had also created their angel, a being from another world, in this way.

Arahan pulled up the corners of his mouth in a grin.

“However, the future experiments will become quite intense.”

“Intense?”

Stella flinched.

Something more intense than rendering people immobile.

Perhaps imagining such things, Stella covered her mouth.

Arahan giggled and approached me.

“So I was hoping the Saint could help with this experiment.”

“So that no matter what cruel things are done, the two princes won’t die.”

“You’re truly clever.”

I bit my lips tightly.

That’s when it happened.

[Go. Don’t stay here any longer.]

Luciano’s voice could be heard.

Yohaël also spoke.

[How foolish, Luciano. They need a way to go if they’re going to leave.]

[How pathetic that you’re asking for help.]

[Aren’t we both equally pathetic?]

“Do you want to fight even in this situation?”

I said through gritted teeth.

[….]

[Haha.]

Luciano was quiet, and Yohaël laughed.

In the midst of the confusion, I looked at Arahan.

“Fine.”

“…What?”

“What nonsense! Are you saying you’ll cooperate in turning the princes into monsters!”

Stella and Gaspard said that.

Arahan was overjoyed, as if he might jump up.

“You cannot imagine how overwhelmed my heart feels, Saint. Now we’ll never lack experimental materials!”

“Just one person.”

“…Pardon?”

“I’ll only help turn one of the two into an otherworldly being!”

“That’s….”

I pointed at Yohaël with my fingertip.

“Use that one!”

[A good choice.]

[….]

This time Luciano laughed, and Yohaël fell silent.

* * *

Arahan tried to persuade me.

“Why only one? Both of them are excellent materials.”

I turned my head sharply while sitting in the chair.

“It’ll be hard on me to heal two people.”

“We’ll give you sufficient rest time.”

“And humanly speaking, I owe Prince Luciano a debt of gratitude.”

“Sacrifice for progress is unavoidable.”

“Also, I’m very hungry right now.”

“Food! Bring food!”

Arahan was desperate to change my mind somehow.

[Not a bad suggestion.]

[Wouldn’t it be better if you stayed quiet, Luciano.]

[How about you give up and sacrifice yourself for progress, brother.]

[It’s unfortunate that I can’t move.]

Yohaël spoke as if he wanted to throw a punch.

Anne and Hera from the Restoration Council looked at me incredulously.

Anne narrowed her eyes.

“If you’re going to do it, just do it without complaining. Why be so stubborn?”

“You have to let me complain a little if you want me to feel like joining the Restoration Council.”

“You’re joining the Restoration Council?”

Anne was taken aback.

Then she shouted at Arahan.

“What is this about, Arahan!”

She thought they were only getting my cooperation, never imagining I would actually join the Restoration Council.

Anne’s eyes turned bright red.

And a dark aura began rising from the rabbit doll.

“Oh my. Anne, this is troublesome.”

Arahan panicked and flustered.

It seemed to be a sign that a curse was starting.

Then, Hera spoke.

“Don’t worry, Anne. I’ll formally oppose that girl joining.”

“…Why are you taking my side?”

“Because I agree. I’m against a snake-like girl coming in and controlling the Restoration Council.”

“….”

Anne let out a soft moan.

Then she grinned wickedly.

“I’ll invite Hera to a tea party with the rabbits too.”

“Really? What an honor.”

“So… hold Arahan down tight.”

That was the moment.

Swoosh!

The sound of cutting through air could be heard.

And in an instant, Anne approached me.

The dark aura emanating from Anne’s rabbit doll lifted me up like a whip.

Anne instantly rushed out of the room.

“No! Anne!”

Arahan screamed as if having a seizure.

And.

[Yustea!]

[Yustea—!]

The voices of Luciano and Yohaël could be heard.

Anne ran swiftly.

She was so fast that no one could catch her.

“I’ll drop you straight into poison and kill you.”

Anne’s eyes flashed as she turned the corner.

At that moment, I shouted.

“Then Benjamin won’t like it!”

“…!”

Anne stopped walking.

She looked at me with an expression of disbelief.

“Benjamin… you like him…?”

“…How did you.”

“I’ll help you. Between you and Benjamin.”

“….”

“So will you help me a little?”

“I….”

“It’s very simple.”

I whispered to Anne.

“A man with an inverted cross will be waiting in the cave. Just deliver my message to him.”

The man with the inverted cross.

My father, that is.

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