How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 127

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 127

Now that Chapter 2 has opened, I need to respond quickly.

To do that, I first had to sort out this situation.

Right, sort it out…

“What a bizarre situation. The one who should be under investigation is strutting around the castle, and the Second Prince is meeting with a traitor.”

“Seeing how you knew where the traitor was and came here, it seems like big brother is also contributing to this bizarre situation.”

“It wouldn’t be good for any of us to make this matter bigger.”

Why don’t you leave me out of this?

…Where should I even start sorting this out?

The gazes of four men clashed fiercely.

It was like watching dogs fight over a single piece of prey.

The first to move was Luciano.

He approached me.

Let’s go somewhere and talk.

“Ah…”

Ain agreed.

“Right, let’s go somewhere and talk first.”

Ain and Luciano were quick to align their opinions.

Well, they were in the same boat after all.

But there was someone with a different opinion.

Naturally, it was Yohaël.

He strode over and suddenly grabbed my wrist.

“The person the Saint should be talking to is me, isn’t it?”

He gestured toward my appearance with his chin.

I was currently dressed in servant clothes from Yohaël Palace.

It was evidence that I had secretly snuck into his palace.

In other words, it was blackmail.

I let out a sigh.

“Make a threat that’ll actually work, Yohaël.”

“If I drag you away dressed like that, you won’t be able to avoid going to the underground prison, Yustea.”

“If I go to the underground prison, what story do you think will come out?”

That First Prince Yohaël brought a Restoration Council executive into his palace for secret talks.

That’s the story that would emerge.

When I put on a confident expression, Yohaël curled up the corners of his mouth.

“Well. There’s no evidence that a Restoration Council executive came out of my palace, is there?”

It was a leisurely attitude.

But I was noticing something.

Though he was acting nonchalant, he was quite anxious.

“You know what, Yohaël?”

“What.”

“When you’re anxious, you tense up your left eye. Just like now.”

“…”

The smile disappeared from Yohaël’s face.

“There was a spy in your palace, wasn’t there? They must have been watching the person who left the greenhouse. But when the concealment magic was dispelled here and you found out I was present, you got quite anxious, didn’t you?”

“…”

“So you came chasing after me in a hurry, right?”

“…”

“I read it all. So trying to pretend you’re calm is just ridiculous… ugh.”

Yohaël’s grip on my wrist tightened.

He roughly pulled my hand toward him and said.

“You’re getting more and more irritating, Yustea.”

“Let… go…!”

“My patience with you ends here—”

That was the moment.

Thwack—!

Yohaël’s head turned.

The force was so strong that he let go of my wrist and staggered backward.

Startled, I covered my mouth with both hands.

Luciano, who had punched Yohaël, hid me behind his back.

I told you to let go.

“…”

Yohaël quietly wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

His lip was split, so there was blood on the back of his hand.

“…Really now.”

That was the moment Yohaël clenched his fist.

Whoosh—!

His fist cut through the air, aimed at Luciano.

‘No!’

However, Luciano lightly tilted his head and dodged Yohaël’s punch.

If you mess around, you’ll get beaten up even more.

Brother.

“You trust that chimera body of yours too much, little brother.”

A red formation appeared beneath Yohaël’s feet.

The formation became smoke and bound Luciano.

Thud—!

This time, Yohaël’s fist struck Luciano’s abdomen directly.

However, the moment Yohaël’s fist made contact.

Crack.

With a dull rupturing sound, Yohaël’s magic was dispelled.

Taking advantage of that opening, Luciano grabbed Yohaël by the collar and drove his knee up into his abdomen.

After that, it was truly a dogfight.

Fists flew back and forth like crazy.

“Stop, stop…!”

When I tried to get between the two to break them up.

Ain grabbed me.

“Just leave them.”

“What did you say?”

“It’s entertaining.”

Ain grinned.

Yohaël and Luciano compete for first and second place in martial prowess among the princes.

It meant that once these two started fighting, it wouldn’t end easily.

I quickly looked at Oscar.

‘Are you just going to leave them?’

At this rate, people would come.

Then the one in the most danger would be Oscar.

Oscar shrugged his shoulders.

“If one of them dies while they’re fighting, that’s good for me. Of course, I’d prefer if both of them died.”

“You…!”

“More importantly, we have more to talk about.”

As Oscar approached me, Ain quickly pulled me into his arms, hiding me.

Oscar’s eyes turned sharp.

“Those two are evenly matched, so it’ll take time to see a winner, but not for us.”

“You worry about everything. I don’t just fight with brute force punches. ‘Bi.'”

As Ain spoke, with a rustling sound from the bushes, the massive Death Servant Bi—that is, Eppy—appeared.

‘This is insane.’

I wanted to run away….

* * *

But I never got to run away.

Because people arrived before I could escape.

And the conclusion of this dogfight was….

“Let’s go.”

“….”

“….”

“….”

All three princes being dragged to the Imperial Palace in a row.

People stared with bewildered faces at the First Prince, Second Prince, and Fourth Prince being dragged away by the Imperial Palace Chamberlain.

And rightfully so.

Their faces were all beaten up from the aftermath of the dogfight.

‘At least it’s fortunate the Third Prince wasn’t caught.’

I looked at the hooded man mixed in among the people.

That person with a palace servant’s face was Oscar.

As soon as we heard people approaching, I quickly threw a hood over him,

“Activate it, you fool!”

—I had shouted.

If not for that, Oscar would have been dragged away by the Imperial Army instead of the Imperial Palace Chamberlain.

I gave Oscar a meaningful look.

‘Go.’

The princes wouldn’t be able to talk about Oscar.

Yohaël, who brought Oscar into the Imperial Palace, obviously wouldn’t.

And Luciano wouldn’t bring it up either since he knew I had helped him.

Ain was in the same boat as Luciano, so he’d keep his mouth shut too.

Oscar nodded.

I was watching him disappear when

someone approached me.

“What the hell did you do?”

It was Yuise.

He had been waiting in the carriage and apparently came looking after hearing the commotion.

I said with dead eyes.

“I want to ask that myself….”

Seeing me completely drained, Yuise let out a hollow laugh.

“Well, I can tell it was an unexpected situation.”

“Yeah….”

He looked around and whispered to me.

“So what about ‘him’?”

He was asking what happened to Oscar.

I also lowered my voice and said.

“I made Arahan appear to have Mammus disease to postpone the private meeting between the Emperor and Arahan. Oscar is safe.”

“But it’s only a matter of time. Once it’s revealed to be just a rash, the Emperor will try to meet Arahan.”

“…That won’t be possible for a while.”

“Why?”

“Chapter 2 of the scenario has begun….”

The Emperor will collapse at midnight.

Then the Imperial Palace will be turned upside down for a while, and people will focus on the Emperor’s condition rather than Arahan.

Yuise’s mouth fell open.

“If that happens suddenly…!”

He was shouting but quickly shut his mouth and looked around.

I said in a crawling voice.

“I didn’t intend for this. How could I help it when the candidates suddenly gathered and Chapter 1 ended….”

“This is a disaster.”

“Right, when the Emperor collapses, the First Prince and Empress will gain power.”

That’s right.

And that was a very bad direction for us.

‘That’s why I tried to handle things before the Emperor collapsed.’

I was going to transfer the Empress’s authority to Empress Regina and reduce the First Prince’s authority.

Using the contamination incident at Empress Regina’s Palace.

Then naturally the First Prince would be excluded as the Emperor’s regent.

‘That way I was going to make Ain the Emperor’s regent.’

Since Luciano had become a chimera, there would be those who opposed him.

If both the 1st and 2nd princes couldn’t become regent, then it would be Ain’s turn as the next in line.

If we revealed during the investigation that Ain’s madness was fake, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to become regent.

I said with intense focus in my eyes.

“Since it’s come to this, there’s no choice.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I have to finish the branching point scenario as quickly as possible.”

“What are the conditions?”

“Taking the candidate tokens from the candidates.”

Taking them itself isn’t difficult.

I just need to press the candidate exclusion button through the system when I meet a candidate.

“Right. Then quickly—.”

“But there’s a problem.”

“A problem?”

The candidates were like this.

First Prince Yohaël.

Second Prince Luciano.

Restoration Council Oscar.

Fourth Prince Ain.

…But the system said there were 5 candidates total.

‘Who on earth is the one person?’

I frowned and looked at Yuise.

“Hey, do you happen to like me?”

“…What kind of nonsense is this now.”

Yuise made an incredulous expression.

‘The candidate is definitely around me.’

I saw the System Message saying I had encountered all candidates.

If it’s the person closest to me, it would be Yuise.

‘Affection level.’

As I thought about it, a window appeared before my eyes.

Irregular 【Yuise】.

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“Ah, it’s not a heart…”

“What are you even saying, really.”

There are also major characters who cannot be considered as male lead candidates.

Characters like parents, older brothers, or older sisters.

In other words, those who have ‘familial affection.’

“Yuise, you think of me as family… I feel the same way…”

When I spoke dejectedly, Yuise let out a hollow laugh.

“Are you going crazy because your plan got messed up?”

I grabbed my head with both hands.

‘Then who is the one remaining candidate…’

* * *

I have to find them.

The one remaining male lead candidate…!

The conditions were as follows.

1. Someone I met after the branching point scenario started.

2. Someone who has five or more hearts of affection toward me.

I diligently investigated people’s affection levels even in the Imperial Palace.

But no matter how much I searched, there was no one.

Even searching until sunset, nothing came up.

Usually, one or two hearts was the most they had.

‘Then, is it someone from the manor?’

The princes who had gotten into a dogfight were summoned to the Imperial Palace and hadn’t come out for quite a while.

Today, it seemed difficult to rule them out as candidates.

Eventually, I returned to the manor.

When I returned to the manor, it was bustling with people.

Even Grandfather was there.

“You’re back.”

Grandfather, who had been walking and talking with Father, spotted me and smiled brightly.

“You came.”

“Yes. It’s cold today, but you’re dressed lightly.”

“I’m fine.”

In the middle of such conversation, Father spoke to me.

“Yusi.”

“Yes?”

Father placed his hand on my forehead.

I widened my eyes.

“Why?”

“You look tired. I wondered if you weren’t feeling well.”

“No. I just have something on my mind.”

The remaining male lead candidate…

‘Right, candidates.’

I narrowed my eyes and looked at Father and Grandfather.

‘Affection levels.’

As I thought about it, windows popped up before my eyes.

Great Emperor of the Snowfields 【Duran Esgaroth】.

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Guardian 【Aslan Esgaroth】

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“They can’t be male leads…”

When I sighed, Father and Grandfather flinched.

“What…?”

“What did you say?”

I answered with a dejected expression.

“You’re not my male lead…”

Having said that, I bowed my head.

And went up the stairs.

I heard the voices of the two men behind me.

“…My puppy wouldn’t need a male lead.”

“That’s right.”

“Who is it. The male lead.”

“I don’t know. I don’t know, but once we find him, we’ll kil…”

When I turned my head, Father closed his mouth.

Grandfather was also just smiling brightly.

Then the two turned their backs.

Officials approached the two men.

“Here’s the budget proposal.”

“Redo it.”

“Pardon?”

“I don’t like the font.”

“Pardon?!”

The voices of the two men were ominous.

I tilted my head.

Yuise, who approached me, shook his head.

“I’d appreciate it if you’d be more careful with such words. For the smooth progress of work.”

“…?”

“Anyway, let’s go up. I’ve organized the people you met before the scenario started.”

“Really?”

My expression brightened immediately.

Now it was a race against time.

I had to find the candidate as soon as possible.

So I headed to my room.

In the study of my room, I received the personnel list that Yuise had prepared.

And as I examined the personnel list…

“Most of these are people whose affection levels I checked today.”

“People you haven’t checked, and characters who could become main figures in the story. When I investigated focusing on such people, the person with the highest possibility is this one.”

He pointed to one name on the list.

‘This person is…!’

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