How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 151

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 151

Cesar furrowed his brow.

The Clan’s Tomb?

This place was the Tomb of the Former Imperial Family.

The place that the founding Emperor considered most sacred and vowed to protect even in death.

If such a place was called the Clan’s Tomb….

‘Is that bastard a member of the former imperial family?’

Cesar quickly glanced at Oscar.

But something was strange.

Oscar’s expression had hardened.

As if he hadn’t known of his existence.

‘What the hell is going on?’

As Cesar grimaced and tried to assess the situation.

GM opened his mouth.

“Irregular, Cesar.”

“…!”

Oscar, son of Hazel Arkuntera, leader of the Restoration Council.”

“…!!”

Both Cesar and Oscar flinched.

Deep wariness flashed across Cesar’s face.

He gritted his teeth and glared at Oscar.

“Did you rat me out, Oscar?”

“I told you. I have no intention of interfering with your business.”

Right, when they first met in Andres, Oscar had said exactly that.

“I have no intention of interfering. Let’s each get what we want.”

“Do you think I can trust those words?”

“I’m not the only one who knows your identity. If you try to expose my identity, I’m in more danger than you. We both hold each other’s weaknesses, so is there any reason to betray?”

Since it wasn’t wrong, they thought they would keep each other’s identities secret.

“But how does that bastard know about me?”

“Just shut up. I’m more confused than you are.”

“Are you really the son of the Restoration Council leader?”

Oscar remained silent.

Cesar let out a hollow laugh.

“There was a tiger cub under the Clan Leader.”

Oscar ignored Cesar’s words and turned his head toward GM.

“That information is known only to some among the Restoration Council leadership. If you confess how you learned it, I’ll at least spare your life.”

GM chuckled softly.

Looking at Oscar and Cesar as if enjoying himself, he opened his mouth.

“Yes, you need to have that much spirit. If you’re going to become pillars.”

‘Pillars?’

Oscar and Cesar frowned simultaneously.

GM spoke in a gentle voice.

“Unfortunately, the plan got twisted and we ended up needing a few more pillars.”

Click.

With a flickering sound, light came to the dark space.

And the scene that appeared was….

“…What the hell is this?”

Cesar flinched.

Behind GM, a massive dome-shaped inner chamber was visible.

And dozens of pillars supporting the inner chamber as well.

At the base of the pillars were strange carvings.

It looked like humans crushed into the pillars.

With vivid expressions as if in despair.

GM slowly entered the inner chamber.

GM stroked near the cheek of a human carving on a pillar and opened his mouth.

“Let me ask. How did you become protagonists?”

“What the hell are you babbling about? Did a screw come loose somewhere?”

Cesar asked sarcastically, but GM’s expression didn’t change.

He just leisurely walked among the pillars, caressing the human carvings.

“How was the Leviathan of that sea defeated?”

“….”

“How did the Emperor preserve his life amid the chaos of domestic and foreign affairs?”

“….”

“Who was the most outstanding assassin before the Irregulars?”

“….”

Cesar chuckled and said to Oscar.

“Do we have to keep listening? He’s clearly insane.”

GM’s footsteps stopped in front of one pillar.

To be precise, in front of a long-haired male carving that greatly resembled Oscar.

“Where would the corpse of the founding Grand Duke who started the Former Empire Restoration Society be?”

Oscar flinched.

His body stiffened and the area around his hands rippled as his weapon appeared.

Cesar quickly stepped back.

“What are you doing!”

“Shut up and get ready. If I’m right, we’re in serious danger right now.”

Rumble! The cave shook violently.

Soon the wall behind them collapsed and blocked the exit.

A fierce gleam appeared in GM’s eyes.

“Say hello. To the disappeared protagonists.”

It was at that moment that countless tentacles burst out from behind GM.

Oscar and Cesar quickly retreated, but it was impossible to avoid them completely.

Cesar cut down the sharp tentacle flying toward Oscar.

This time another tentacle burst out from behind Oscar.

What blocked it was Cesar’s mana thread.

Oscar and Cesar stood back to back, dealing with the endlessly flying tentacles.

Cesar, who had twisted and cut the last tentacle, said to Oscar.

“Those pillars, they were people, right?”

“Yes. It seems one of my ancestors became one of those too.”

“That damn bastard is trying to turn us into pillars too.”

“Can’t you figure out the situation without asking?”

When Oscar spoke in an irritated voice, Cesar clicked his tongue.

“My mood isn’t exactly great talking with you, who betrayed the Clan Leader, so shut up!”

At that moment, mana threads extended from Cesar’s fingertips.

The mana threads connected to objects in the inner chamber and poured down on GM like cannonballs.

But black holes formed around GM and all the objects were sucked in.

“Release it!”

Oscar quickly shouted.

A strange energy flowed along the mana threads.

Cesar’s right wrist turned to stone.

Like those who had become pillars.

The petrification progressed much faster than expected.

It had already hardened up to the elbow.

At the same time, GM became increasingly vivid.

As if he had absorbed their life force.

“…!”

At this rate, Cesar would also become one of the pillars.

That was the moment.

Cesar quickly cut off the petrified part with threads of mana.

Oscar’s expression hardened.

Cesar clicked his tongue and glared fiercely at GM as he spoke.

“What are you doing.”

“…What?”

“I need to stop the bleeding. Give me your cloak or something.”

“….”

“Do I have to take it with one arm?”

“….”

Oscar tore his coat and bound Cesar’s arm.

GM chuckled and said.

“Quick to assess the situation. Did you learn that from Clan Leader Aslan?”

“Yes, I learned everything from him. So you can imagine how disgusting this bastard who betrayed the Clan Leader is?”

“Well, that must be unfortunate.”

“Which means I can’t forgive you even more for making me cooperate with this guy.”

As soon as Oscar stopped the bleeding, Cesar rushed toward GM like an arrow.

GM said.

“Didn’t that Clan Leader tell you about the danger when someone specialized in long-range attacks switches to close combat?”

Air condensed in the shape of a crescent moon sliced through Cesar’s collar.

Cesar quickly lowered his stance.

And instantly removed his cloak and threw it at GM.

GM’s vision was momentarily blocked.

And what appeared piercing through the cloak was Oscar’s sword.

GM twisted his body to dodge the sword.

‘Where’s Cesar?’

He turned his head to find him.

Then, bang—!

With a thunderous sound, the floor he stepped on cracked and fragments rose up.

The fragments stuck together in a spherical shape, completely covering GM.

It was at that moment Cesar’s voice was heard.

“Long-range or close-range, I’ve never lost in a battle against that bastard.”

Oscar who reads mana.

Cesar who boasts exceptional talent in mana manipulation.

Without words, they read their ally’s numbers and made the most accurate judgment at that moment.

The two were the strongest combination within the Irregulars, acknowledged by Clan Leader Aslan.

Crack—.

The sphere of fragments instantly became smaller.

Enough to crush the bones of any human inside.

Cesar clicked his tongue and picked up the coat he had thrown.

“How much mana are you making me use.”

“Not yet—!”

Oscar’s shout echoed.

‘What?’

Cesar startled and turned his gaze to the sphere of fragments.

But the presence he felt was behind him.

When Cesar turned his head, what he saw was.

“Definitely useful. You’ll make a good pillar.”

GM’s smiling face appeared.

“When did you move—.”

He couldn’t finish his words.

Because GM’s sword had pierced through his abdomen.

“Cesar…!”

The moment Oscar screamed, GM twisted and pulled out his sword.

Cesar staggered backward.

The blood flowing from his abdomen was tremendous.

As Oscar froze, Cesar shouted.

“Don’t lose focus and block him!”

“…!”

Only then did Oscar startle and move.

He wedged himself between GM and Cesar, raising his sword.

The two no longer spoke, but they could feel they were thinking the same thing.

Why those humans who became pillars had expressions of facing despair.

Yes, despair.

That opponent before their eyes was truly despair itself.

‘He’s no match for us.’

Looking at Cesar’s condition, he could no longer attack.

If two of them couldn’t match him, could he win alone?

Oscar gritted his teeth as he looked at the smiling GM.

Cesar said while clutching his abdomen.

“Why do you already look defeated.”

“….”

“Not yet. There’s still a way.”

“A way?”

Cesar said.

“The nullification field.”

That tremendous power that nullifies all attacks and protects allies.

If they could hold out until Yustea arrived, a chance would come.

‘So please come quickly. …Young Lady.’

* * *

We arrived in front of the Shrine of the Former Imperial Royalty.

Abel, Antonio, and Miliano had also joined us.

Antonio looked inside the cave and said.

“It’s like some kind of maze?”

He was right.

From the entrance, paths branched off in multiple directions.

“If we take the wrong path, we’ll wander for quite a while.”

“That’s true….”

I groaned.

The Shrine of the Former Imperial Royalty was originally a place with restricted access.

The interior was never disclosed to the public either.

‘How do we find the way.’

As I thought that and looked around, I tilted my head.

Yuise, who had been examining the front of the cave, looked at me.

“Is something wrong?”

It was polite speech since we were being broadcast.

Right, we must be broadcasting…

“It seems like the broadcast device’s light isn’t on.”

Antonio made a face as if asking what I was talking about.

“It’s floating in the air though? Maybe you can’t see the light because it’s daytime?”

“Could that be it?”

It was quite far away, and as he said, it might be that the light wasn’t visible because it was broad daylight…

Just as I was pondering, Yuise spoke.

“Young Lady.”

“Yeah?”

He glanced at the broadcast device and whispered to me.

“A tracker has been attached.”

“A tracker?”

“It’s the Irregulars’ method. They’re showing us the route to take.”

My eyes widened as I examined the corner.

Ants were lined up in a row.

Yuise said.

“They coat invisible mana threads with ant pheromones and use them. Originally, they use mutated ants for tracking.”

“Did… that prickly one do this?”

I almost said Cesar’s name but quickly changed my words.

I lowered my voice so it probably wouldn’t be heard, but just in case.

Yuise nodded.

“Most likely.”

He said he’d help and really did it, what a wonderful prickly one!

My face brightened immediately.

We moved at once.

The ant tracking method seemed familiar to the Irregulars, as they all seemed to grasp the situation as soon as they saw the ants.

Abel, who didn’t know much, just followed along.

The cave was more complex than expected.

We encountered crossroads five times.

At the fifth crossroads too, the Irregulars and Abel tried to follow the ants as they had been doing.

…Except for me.

I stopped and stared at the path the ants hadn’t entered.

Miliano turned his head toward me.

“Is something the matter?”

“I have a feeling…”

“A feeling?”

“I’m getting some kind of déjà vu…”

I trailed off and furrowed my brow.

‘What is this feeling?’

The shrine was an area that even high nobles couldn’t enter.

Even I, as the legitimate heir of Andres, one of the Seven Families, who managed the family affairs in Mother’s place, had never been here.

‘But why do I feel familiar with this place?’

Moreover, from the fourth crossroads, my chest had been stirring strangely.

As if warning lights had gone off in my head.

As my breathing became labored, Yuise furrowed his brow.

“Your complexion doesn’t look good.”

“…”

“Is something wrong with your body?”

“…”

“Yustea!”

Yuise, who had been polite due to the broadcast, called my name in alarm.

It was because my condition had become that strange.

Yuise and Miliano quickly approached me.

“Young Lady?”

“You, why—”

There was no time to answer.

I was staring at one spot as if entranced.

Because I was seeing a vision.

A version of me that looked three or four years younger than my current fifteen years was standing in front of the opposite path, looking at me.

And…

-Do you think that’s the right way?

She spoke to me.

“…!”

Very vividly.

I faced the vision with trembling eyes.

“Who… are you…”

As I spoke as if squeezing out the words, Yuise and Miliano looked at me with hardened faces.

Even Antonio and Abel seemed to recognize the seriousness of the situation and approached me.

However, my gaze was fixed only on the vision.

The vision tilted her head with an expressionless face.

-Oh dear. You’re going to die too quickly this time.

‘What?’

The vision hummed and turned her body as if dancing.

Then she bounced away down the opposite path, going boing, boing.

Only then did I exhale the breath I’d been holding.

The Irregulars examined me.

Antonio asked with a face full of worry.

“What’s wrong with you. Hm?”

“…I don’t think we should go down this path.”

“What? But the track— mmph.”

Just as he was about to mention the tracker, Yuise quickly covered Antonio’s mouth.

He seemed to want to say that the tracker was pointing this way.

I grabbed Yuise.

“I have an uneasy feeling. I absolutely feel like we shouldn’t go down this path.”

“What are you saying…”

“I know I’m saying something stupid too.”

My head was complicated.

If I waste time with something uncertain… but still, this anxiety…

I suddenly raised my head.

There was a way to judge.

‘Divine fortune-telling!’

I quickly checked my status window.

[Divine Fortune-telling (100% (More))]

I had used divine fortune-telling during the last preliminaries, but the percentage was full.

The speed at which the divine fortune-telling percentage fills varies each time.

I remembered it filling well in Andres and wondered if it might be the same here, and it seemed to be because of the Marquis.

‘It seems the percentage rises well when I’m with the Marquis.’

I don’t know for sure, but there’s probably some kind of blood relation buff.

Being with the Marquis was torment, but thanks to that painful time, I was able to use divine insight.

I immediately activated divine insight.

And what I saw was….

You are being deceived.

I gritted my teeth.

And then, stomp!

I stepped on an ant.

The Irregulars looked at me in surprise.

Antonio shouted.

“What are you doing…!”

“This isn’t the right way.”

GM, you bastard.

You were trying to lead us somewhere else.

‘You knew about the tracker!’

I said.

“We need to go the opposite way.”

I immediately ran into the opposite path.

The first thing I saw on the opposite path was a vision of my younger self.

The vision smiled brightly.

-That’s correct.

The vision shimmered and transformed into a different form.

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