How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 33

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 33

In the game, Yuise confesses the truth while dying.

That she had actually been deceiving everyone.

So she’s sorry.

She’s very, very sorry.

That incident makes the Irregulars uncontrollably furious.

All the Irregulars stopped their missions and searched for the Mage Clan, and after fierce battles, the Clan Leader beheaded the Mage Clan’s chieftain.

‘Well, that incident ultimately benefits the Irregulars anyway.’

The Mage Clan had tribe members scattered everywhere, becoming a force that threatened the Imperial Court.

That becomes a great achievement and they receive a pardon from the Emperor.

The number of people joining the Irregulars also increases tremendously.

And they establish themselves in the North.

They create a great force incomparable to the current Sanmiguel.

‘I know this, but I can’t just let Yuise die.’

Above all, the situation has changed from the game now.

Since the Marquis has publicly declared the Clan Leader as his son, there’s an opportunity to build a great force.

While I was thinking this, Yuise suddenly pulled me toward her.

The force was so strong I almost hit the back of my head on her armor.

“You startled me.”

“How on earth did you find out?”

“I’ll explain that later. First, let’s solve the heart problem.”

“This isn’t something you can solve. If someone as fragile as you approaches that woman, your neck will be snapped immediately.”

“Who said I’m approaching her?”

“Then what are you…”

If we keep arguing like this, we’ll miss our chance.

‘I have no choice.’

I let out a loud scream.

“Kyaak!”

I screamed so loudly that even the butler and servants who were far away came running hurriedly.

Of course, the soldiers were also startled and quickly approached.

Yuise looked at me with surprise.

Whether she was looking at me or not, I made a tearful face at the people who came running.

Knowing that Asta particularly cherishes me, the servants were very flustered.

“What’s the matter?”

“My knight… my knight…!”

“What happened to the knight?”

“Someone cast alchemy on her!”

“…!”

“…!!”

I quickly loosened the front of Yuise’s clothing to show them.

The alchemical seal.

Not only the butler, servants, and soldiers, but also Asta and the nobles who came running due to the commotion turned pale.

Being under alchemy within the manor meant an alchemist had infiltrated.

And a tremendous alchemist who could break through the Sanwonro Family’s barrier at that.

Soon.

“Kyaaaak!”

“Uaaak!”

The nobles turned pale and ran toward the carriages they had arrived in.

Even trash seemed to want to live.

Asta froze stiffly.

“M-Miss, how should we handle this…”

When a woman who seemed to be a maid stammered in panic, Asta shouted fiercely.

“Activate emergency protocol and inform the family head. From this moment, block all entry and exit to the manor. Don’t let even a single ant escape!”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The soldiers drew their swords.

Naturally, the nobles wouldn’t be able to escape either.

Of course…

‘Neither can you, who activated the bomb in Yuise’s heart.’

I looked at Siruela, who was frozen among the nobles.

* * *

Sintez Manor, Room of Barrier.

“I’m really sorry, Yustea. I can’t accurately determine what alchemy your knight was subjected to. Since it might affect the surroundings, both the knight and you who made contact will have to stay here.”

“No, it’s the right thing to do.”

“Thank you for understanding. I’ve also sent word to the castle, so the Marquis will call for clergy soon.”

After that conversation, Asta left the room to handle the situation.

Thud.

After the door closed, I slumped into a chair.

“Whew, finally some rest.”

“Is that really what you should be saying right now, Miss?”

Yuise spoke to me with an exasperated expression.

“You can speak casually. With such a strong barrier, even sound can’t escape.”

“You think I was calling you Miss because I didn’t know that?”

So she was being sarcastic.

When I nodded, Yuise looked like she was about to go crazy and jump around.

“First, let’s organize things. How on earth did you find out?”

“You won’t believe me even if I tell you.”

“Just tell me.”

“After being kicked out of Andres, I recalled memories of a past life I lived in another world. In that other world, I played a certain game, and this world is exactly that game world.”

Yuise, who had been grumbling, paused.

It must sound absurd.

I know that too.

“Are you… insane?”

“I expected that reaction.”

“Fine, let’s say that’s somehow true. Why are you telling me something so important?”

“So you won’t be anxious.”

“What do you mean?”

“Even if I said I wouldn’t reveal your secret, you wouldn’t believe me. So I’m telling you my secret. Having my weakness will put you at ease.”

“…You won’t tell them I’m a spy?”

“Right.”

The Irregulars are at an important juncture right now.

They need to gather their strength and aim for the marquis title.

But what if it’s revealed that Yuise is a spy?

Internal chaos will arise, and that will become a weakness.

‘There might be people who trust Yuise again. But there will also be those who don’t.’

“Let’s handle the bomb in your heart here and cleanly deal with the Mage Clan too.”

“How…”

“By making the Imperial Court and nobles catch the Mage Clan.”

That’s why I made this situation so big.

The Mage Clan wasn’t exactly a tightly-knit group.

How could it be when they bought kids like Yuise and made them into clan members?

We just need to properly catch a few of them.

Then one will rat out another, and that one will rat out yet another, and they’ll all come tumbling out like potato roots.

“Won’t you cooperate with us?”

We were having that kind of conversation when it happened.

Slam!

The door opened and Marquis Sintus entered with a stern face.

Behind him were what appeared to be mages and clergy.

I quickly glanced at Yuise.

‘Is she not going to do it?’

Just as I thought that.

“Ugh…!”

Yuise clutched her heart and collapsed to the floor in apparent agony.

“My heart… my heart feels like it’s going to burst…!”

As expected from the leader of the intelligence unit who specializes in infiltration.

Her acting is very realistic.

‘Wow.’

* * *

The clergy who examined Yuise reached a conclusion.

“It’s definitely the ancient forbidden art 【Peony】.”

Marquis Sintus slammed the wall with a bang.

“How dare someone use such sorcery in my manor…!”

Extremely enraged, he spoke through gritted teeth and looked at the clergy.

“Can you catch the caster?”

“【Peony】 is a forbidden art that activates by manipulating a medium. If we find the medium, the culprit will naturally be revealed.”

Marquis Sintus looked at Yuise and me.

“Do you suspect anyone?”

We simultaneously looked at each other.

‘Should we point to that woman right away?’

‘How about we catch the entire crime cartel with this opportunity?’

‘If they search everyone, criminal evidence will come out, right?’

‘We understand each other perfectly, so it’s convenient.’

That conversation passed between our eyes.

We spoke simultaneously.

“No way.”

“Absolutely not.”

At our perfect coordination, Marquis Sintus nodded.

“Inform Esgaroth Castle of this fact and request that they send the ducal army. We will thoroughly investigate everyone in the manor.”

His will to make this an official matter burned brightly.

Yuise and I secretly exchanged glances and grinned.

Time passed and night fell.

Drug addicts with bulging veins from illegal substances, stalkers who stole Asta’s socks, and others were successively exposed by the ducal army.

But then…

“Several of the young lady’s tea party guests have fled from the manor.”

Several people who feared their crimes would be exposed by others had completely run away.

Those were the sex offenders who had been hitting on me today.

There was one more person among them.

It was Siruela, a spy from the Mage Clan and Yuise’s sister.

* * *

Huff. Gasp. Huff.

The men running down the mountainside were breathing heavily.

Siruela, who had been running ahead, turned around with an annoyed expression.

“W-wait… wait a moment…”

“Gasp. Huff…”

“I can’t go any further…!”

She had brought them along because fleeing alone would identify her as the one who cast the forbidden art, but they weren’t helpful at all.

“We’ll get caught at this rate.”

“I-I’m going to die at this rate…”

That’s when it happened.

Bang!

Fireworks exploded above the group’s heads.

The men spoke in bewildered voices.

“Is there a festival or something?”

“Seeing it in this situation, even cheap fireworks aren’t too bad?”

“You’re right. Haha.”

‘No, you idiots!’

That’s a tracking flare.

It’s meant to identify the target’s location.

Which means…

‘Our position has already been exposed.’

The scouts would have already confirmed it, so now magic or arrows would come flying.

“Hurry up. Get up!”

“Since we’re already sitting, let’s watch one more and then go.”

This stupid fool…!

The stupid fool didn’t stop there and pulled Siruela’s wrist.

“You stop too and sit down.”

And the moment he grinned smugly.

Swish.

A thin line appeared on his neck, and soon blood spurted up like a fountain.

“Huh? Uh… huh?”

The victim was surprised and touched his own neck.

Thud.

He collapsed just like that.

And the other men who witnessed it…

“Aaaaah!”

“Aaaah!”

Siruela grabbed the heads of the surviving men and instantly slammed them into the ground.

“Listen if you want to live.”

“Uh, uah… aaaah…”

“Huh, huuk…”

Siruela spoke with an expressionless face.

“I’m very angry right now. My cute little sister betrayed me and ran off with these vermin.”

“Uh… huh…”

“Kuuh…”

“So don’t make me any angrier. Okay?”

“Uh… yes…”

“Yes…”

When Siruela released their heads, the men trembled as they got up.

They then ran frantically again, following Siruela.

Sure enough, magic and arrows soon came flying.

Siruela dodged them while fleeing, thinking to herself.

‘As soon as I get away from the pursuit force, I’ll deal with the remaining vermin.’

While Esgaroth was in chaos trying to figure out who the culprit was, she could leisurely escape from this place.

‘Yuise’s re-education comes after that.’

It seemed she was being deceived by some cunning little bitch.

That bitch who had been acting like Yuise’s master at the Sintez manor.

That woman who deserved to be torn apart, who had stood hiding Yuise behind her while staring at her.

She would tear her flesh, rip out her muscles, and carve her bones.

‘I’ll make Yuise watch as she begs pathetically with her tattered body.’

Siruela licked her lips with a cold expression.

But at that moment, she felt a strange presence from behind.

Siruela immediately pushed the chest of the man running alongside her toward the direction she sensed the presence.

Bang!

“Aaaaah!”

The man who was hit by something in the back trembled violently and collapsed.

The fallen man’s back had a hole that looked like it had been pierced by a cannonball.

The remaining man wet himself and collapsed with a thud.

“Ugh… huu…”

Siruela looked toward where the attack had come from.

“Were you jealous of the men beside your sister? How cute, Yuise.”

Seeing Yuise emerge from the darkness, Siruela smiled brightly.

She immediately approached Yuise and reached out her blood-stained hand.

And then, grab…!

She seized the back of Yuise’s head.

“How dare you do something so unnecessary.”

Siruela yanked her head back and muttered fiercely.

“Didn’t your sister tell you? Dolls are loved because they have no ego.”

“Stop it…”

“What punishment should I give so my stupid, cute little sister comes to her senses? Should I put you in the steel bug cave for another two weeks? So you can beg for your life while feeling the pain of them burrowing through your skin?”

“Just… let me go now…”

Yuise muttered in a tired voice.

“I just… want to live as an Irregular.”

“You?”

Siruela giggled.

“Do you think the Irregulars will accept you if they know you were a traitor from the beginning? What do you think will happen when they know what you’ve been thinking behind that smiling face?”

“…”

“Once they know your true face, they won’t believe anything you say.”

“…”

“They’ll find your pleading hands so disgusting they won’t be able to stand it. Your sobbing voice will be so revolting it’ll make them nauseous.”

“…”

“Ah, they might keep you around for a while because they covet your abilities. But once you’ve served your purpose, you’ll be discarded. You’d abandon the family that truly loves you for such fake affection?”

“…”

“Yuise, if you have a head, you should use it to think.”

Siruela tapped her temple lightly.

Then she let go of Yuise and said.

“It’s okay. Your family has always known you were stupid. You just need to keep doing what you’re told…”

That’s when it happened.

Swish!

An arrow flew toward Siruela.

Siruela flinched and moved away from Yuise.

She turned her head toward where the arrow had come from.

What she saw was…

“Ah. I was already feeling uneasy about leaving you behind.”

It was Yustea.

Yustea, carrying a quiver, walked out boldly with her bowstring in hand.

“Yuise, come behind me.”

At Yustea’s words, Siruela’s eyebrows twitched.

“How dare you speak of what’s mine?”

“She’s not yours. Yuise is just Yuise.”

“You’re acting tough because you trust Yuise? Too bad. That child can’t attack me.”

Siruela gripped a pair of daggers hidden at her waist.

“I thoroughly educated her never to attack family. Using brutal methods you couldn’t even imagine—”

“That’s exactly why I told her not to go. Geez!”

Anyone watching would think they were chatting over tea time.

Siruela let out a scoff, but Yustea looked at Yuise with a displeased expression.

Yuise turned her head away sharply and said stubbornly.

“If I didn’t go, you would have gone instead.”

“If you can’t even attack anyway, what’s the point of you going?”

“…”

Yustea looked at Siruela while aiming her bow.

“I’m different, so I should give you a detonator.”

“You seem quite confident in your skills?”

“As if! I’m scared to death!”

What is she really?

Siruela frowned in frustration.

“You picked the wrong opponent to mess with!”

Siruela kicked off the ground and rushed toward Yustea in a low stance.

She didn’t give her time to draw the bowstring.

And just as she was about to reach for Yustea.

‘…Smiling?’

Yustea raised the corners of her mouth in a grin.

Then splash! Something poured down from above her head.

Something that had been hanging from a tree branch poured down onto Siruela’s head.

“What… huh?”

Siruela, drenched in something like filth, slowly looked down at her arms.

Hives were breaking out all over her arms like crazy.

And just as she felt her breathing becoming labored…

“Gack…!”

Siruela clutched her throat and collapsed from the bone-twisting pain.

Yustea watched her quietly and said.

“It’ll be quite toxic. Deadly nightshade is originally used to poison plants and animals. It’s not pain a human should have to endure.”

* * *

If you thought I only brought one deadly nightshade to give to Luciano, you’d be mistaken.

I’m the Purifier, someone who can control the poison of deadly nightshade.

‘There’s no way I’d bring only one of such a controllable powerful weapon.’

Siruela glared at me as if she wanted to kill me.

I grabbed her hair just as she had done to Yuise and said.

“Now it’s not just our lives at stake, but yours too, isn’t it?”

“You… you…!”

“Shall we start the deal then?”

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————