How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 150

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 150

Yuise did not return to me.

She merely staggered toward Leira.

Leira furrowed her brow.

“Can’t you hear me?”

She spoke once more, but Yuise never obeyed the command.

Grrrowl.

She only let out a throaty growl and bared her fangs that had grown thick and long, resembling those of a wild fox.

Only now did Leira notice something was amiss and quickly backed away.

But Yuise was faster.

Yuise raked Leira’s throat with her iron spike-like claws.

A groan burst from Leira’s red lips.

She quickly leaped up into a tree.

‘But will that work?’

While climbing trees might be the right answer when avoiding beasts, humans are different.

Especially Yuise.

She was one who manifested mana from the moment of birth.

This meant she instinctively wielded mana.

When Yuise clenched her hand tightly and slashed through the air, the tree trunk snapped with a loud crack as if struck by a massive wave.

Leira tried to escape before the tree fell, but it was futile.

This time, I threw my hook and wrapped the rope around her.

The staggering Leira was caught by Yuise.

Yuise grabbed Leira’s throat and pressed her to the ground.

“Urgh…!”

Leira let out a groan.

Her face was completely contorted.

“What… did you… do—!”

Leira shouted.

I looked at her with my hands clasped behind my back.

“Something was strange.”

“What… are you saying…?”

“Your ability, I mean.”

Crests grant tremendous power.

Just look at Luciano, whom I granted a crest.

He gained the ability to destroy scenarios that were like fate in this world.

Didn’t Miliano’s speech also transcend human limits?

‘But to use a crest, conditions must be met.’

Luciano can only destroy scenarios by gathering causality.

And Miliano…

“Can Miliano’s speech be used anytime, anywhere?”

“There are activation conditions.”

“What kind?”

“Since commands are delivered through sound, it has no effect on those who cannot hear. It only works within a 1-kilometer radius, and most importantly…”

“Most importantly?”

“If not used properly, it corrupts the mind. Simply put, you go insane.”

He told me such things.

“I analyzed your ability. What’s the range, and what are the penalties?”

“Urgh…”

“It was an impressive ability.”

I analyzed the previous finals.

Right from the start, Andres unleashed an area attack that immobilized all opponents, then Leira activated beastification in that gap.

And she just watched with a smile as enemies fell to her allies’ attacks.

“But there was something strange.”

I smiled brightly.

“You didn’t give ‘commands’ to those who became beastmen.”

“…!”

“Whether it’s charm or speech, you must designate attack targets. But you didn’t give commands to Nevarro’s knight.”

Leira’s face hardened.

* * *

[You didn’t give ‘commands’ to those who became beastmen.]

Those watching the Mirror World flinched.

“Now that you mention it…”

“Yes, in the finals she didn’t give commands to Knight Kase who attacked the Nevarro Heiress.”

Guinevere had given her knight Kase the command to ‘absolutely not come out.’

But all Leira did was…

[You want to, Kase?]

[Grrrowl…]

She merely asked back.

Guinevere furrowed her brow.

“That’s definitely what happened…”

As she muttered, Marquis Nevarro made a puzzled expression.

“Then how could she designate attack targets for those whose intelligence had regressed after becoming beastmen?”

People looked at the Mirror World.

Yustea in the Mirror World smiled cheerfully.

[It wasn’t your ability that made them designate attack targets, was it?]

[…]

Leira only bit her lips and remained silent.

Yustea pulled something from her bosom.

“That’s…!”

The Imperial Army unit that mainly handled monster subjugation recognized it and gasped.

Laco flower

A flower that attracts monsters.

Used for monster subjugation and such.

It’s odorless and colorless.

[Your ability is only beastification. You sprinkled Laco flower powder on opponents to make the beastmen attack them.]

[This…!]

The Imperial Army captain of the monster subjugation unit shot up from his seat.

“She sprinkled Laco flower powder in the trap!”

The Imperial Soldiers nodded.

“Yes, it’s a method we use often too.”

“Not knowing that Laco flower powder was all over her, she activated beastification, so of course she’d fall for it!”

Waaah!

People burst into exclamations.

A bent-backed, gaunt old noble excitedly said to Marquis Esgaroth.

“Just what is your granddaughter? How did she make such a judgment!”

“Our Yustea’s greatest weapon is that wisdom.”

Marquis Esgaroth smiled arrogantly.

Aslan, who was beside him, let out a quiet laugh.

That wasn’t all.

A voice of disbelief flowed out from the Imperial Seat as well.

Ain muttered while resting his chin on his hand.

“I wondered why he only brought one knight.”

“He had the possibility of being affected by beast transformation in mind from the start.”

Luciano answered with an amused voice.

Ain let out a hollow laugh.

“Speaking so smoothly through the mirror world must also be intentional.”

Luciano glanced at Guinevere in the audience.

Guinevere was staring at the mirror world frantically with trembling eyes.

She covered her mouth.

“Geez… only I am the coolest in the world…”

It was for her sake.

For Guinevere, who had been holed up in her room in shame, he was flattening their noses.

The Duke and Duchess of Nevarro smiled at her tearful voice.

The Duchess embraced her daughter and said.

“What a precious heart.”

“Yes…”

“I too will not forget Lady Yustea’s heart for you.”

“Mm…”

Marquis Esgaroth also glanced at Marquis Nevarro.

The Nevarro family had deep affection for Guinevere.

Especially Marquis Nevarro, who couldn’t even eat properly after Guinevere became a shut-in.

Moreover…

Marquis Nevarro covered his reddened nose with a handkerchief and said.

“If you were even half like Yustea, our relationship would have been like spring sunshine.”

“Disgusting words.”

“Unlucky old man.”

Marquis Esgaroth shrugged his shoulders.

‘She’s made Nevarro completely smitten.’

Nevarro was a family with similar tendencies to Esgaroth.

They didn’t belong to any faction.

However, the point that they had a foot in every place was different from Esgaroth.

The point that they peacefully maintained neutrality.

That was Nevarro’s fearsome power.

‘In the new era, Nevarro is what must be obtained first.’

For that kind-hearted granddaughter, it would mostly be goodwill toward a friend, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t have considered that point.

Marquis Esgaroth chuckled.

Aslan furrowed his brow.

“Why are you laughing so disgustingly?”

“Be even half like Yustea. Half. Please.”

“Is that an easy thing?”

“It would be difficult.”

How could being that admirable be easy?

If she were an ally, there would be no more reliable opponent.

‘Probably at Esgaroth Mansion too…’

They would be feeling her power and exclaiming in admiration the whole time.

He looked forward to the trip to Esgaroth.

The Marquis’s thoughts were correct.

Esgaroth Mansion was full of people cheering hurray.

“Look, our Young Lady is this amazing!”

“Where else would you find someone who could think that far ahead!”

“She eliminated that tremendous opponent all by herself—!”

The faces of the Marquise and her son Javid turned pale.

Javid gritted his teeth.

“When will this damn family tournament end!”

“…Restrain yourself.”

“But whenever the family tournament is broadcast…!”

“Javid.”

Javid closed his mouth with a displeased face.

‘Your inner feelings are more displeased than mine.’

The Marquise’s faction was gradually shrinking.

No matter how much the Marquise tried to control them, whenever three people gathered, they would bloom with stories of that damn Yustea.

Javid grabbed his forehead.

“Damn—!”

While spitting out curses.

* * *

I shook out the raco flower powder from my pocket onto Leira, who had fallen into the pit.

“Try beast-transforming some passersby too~!”

I smiled brightly and turned around.

Leira glared at me coldly.

But there was nothing she could do.

She was bound tightly with chains and couldn’t move her limbs.

Then I approached the sprawled Yuise.

“Let’s go.”

“I’m dying… ugh.”

The beast transformation had been lifted now.

When Yuise really seemed like she was going to die, Leira finally lifted the beast transformation.

By then, things like fangs had already shrunk considerably.

I checked my pocket watch.

‘The beast transformation lifts at around 10 minutes.’

It would take 20 minutes to return to her right mind.

Good.

I made note of it.

“Want to rest?”

“May I?”

Her expression was arrogant, but since it was being broadcast, her tone was polite.

I smiled sweetly.

“Would that work?”

Yuise clicked her tongue silently and got up.

Then, the communication stone rang.

When I connected it, noisy sounds came through.

[Young Lady, it’s not here! This isn’t it! I don’t see a damn trophy…!]

[I’m hungry.]

[That’s not what’s important. There’s no trophy, no trophy!]

[I’m glad you’ve learned something more important than meals, but how about I handle the communication.]

I heard voices in sequence: Antonio, Abel, Antonio again, and then Miliano.

“It’s not there?”

When I asked, Miliano’s voice came through.

[Yes.]

I hmm, groaned.

“Since the first line of the clue is ‘the altar where the sun and moon rise together,’ I thought there was a high possibility it would be there….”

Any citizen of the Empire would think of the Founding Emperor’s statue when hearing ‘the sun and moon together.’

“If it’s not there….”

[But this is strange.]

“Strange, you say?”

[You only captured Young Lady Leira, but didn’t capture Andres’s other knights, right?]

“Yes. We followed the plan.”

Over there were formidable men like GM, Oscar, and Cesar.

We had to avoid combat as much as possible.

So they trapped them and quickly escaped as soon as they captured Leira.

[With their abilities, they would have solved a trap like that immediately. It’s not strange that Young Lady wasn’t caught since you moved as stealthily as possible to avoid pursuit, but….]

“…You’re saying they didn’t go there either?”

[Yes, but I don’t sense any presence at all.]

Thinking about it, it would be strange if they didn’t arrive there.

I frowned while gripping the communication stone.

‘Why on earth… Wait, could it be.’

“They might have already realized that the place the clue points to isn’t the statue.”

[How so?]

I gritted my teeth.

‘GM.’

That bastard had repeated regressions multiple times.

There was no guarantee he hadn’t experienced a Family Tournament like this one among them.

‘If GM already knows the answer, we’re too late.’

“I have a hunch. Come back for now.”

[Yes.]

Soon the communication was cut off.

I bit my lips.

‘GM…. That damn snake.’

I didn’t expect him to go elsewhere since he was following obediently.

Yuise also noticed GM’s scheme and made a displeased expression.

“Then where the hell is it. The altar where the sun and moon rise together.”

“I don’t have any immediate ideas either.”

“Altar…. Where else are there altars?”

“There are several altars in the Archipelago, but most are outside the finals area, and what’s left is… Huh?”

“What?”

“Altar… there are some in shrines too, right?”

“Of course there are.”

“It’s not the statue! The place where the real Founding Emperor rests was the answer!”

Yuise flinched.

The Founding Emperor’s tomb is not in the Imperial Palace Shrine.

According to his will to guard the most dangerous place even in death, it was built elsewhere.

‘The place where the Shrine of the Former Imperial Royalty was…!’

That shrine where I first faced GM in my dream.

That’s why.

It wasn’t because he had experienced the Family Tournament, but because GM held that place special that he easily caught on.

I immediately communicated.

“Miliano, I’ll send you coordinates. Come to that location!”

[I’ll depart immediately.]

There was no time to wait for the others to join us.

If the trophy gets stolen, it’s over.

Considering GM’s abilities, even without Leira, we had a high chance of losing in battle.

I immediately rode with Yuise and galloped.

* * *

Cesar narrowed his brow and looked around.

“You’re really saying this place is the answer?”

GM walked through the darkness as if he could see and said.

“That’s right.”

“The Imperial Family actually permitted using the Founding Emperor’s tomb as a virtual battle zone?”

“There are various reasons. First, there’s no need to actually enter the Founding Emperor’s tomb.”

GM said while brushing away ivy vines that had grown on the building that was practically ruins.

Cesar let out a silent sigh.

‘If this place is the answer, they’re going to lose.’

While walking, plant roots caught on his toes.

Before Cesar could step on it, Oscar said.

“Don’t step on it. It’s probably a trap.”

“The cat thinks of the mouse.”

Cesar said coldly.

Although he had no choice but to join Andres due to his purpose, he found Oscar disagreeable.

There was no way Cesar would look favorably upon someone who betrayed the Clan Leader.

Oscar narrowed his brow at the cold tone.

“You—.”

“Shut up. I don’t want to exchange words with you.”

Cesar said as if chewing his words.

That’s when it happened.

“You don’t need to worry about the broadcast.”

It was GM who had been walking ahead.

‘What?’

‘What did he say?’

Cesar and Oscar hesitated.

“I stopped the broadcast before entering this place.”

“You did such a thing during the Family Tournament?”

Cesar frowned.

“It’s not a bad idea if you want disqualification.”

When he spoke sarcastically, GM smiled broadly.

“The Mirror World will be showing a different scene. For example, something like Yustea ruthlessly sweeping away you Irregulars.”

“…What are you talking about.”

Oscar asked with a hardened face.

GM smiled broadly.

“Welcome. To our clan’s tomb.”

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