How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 83
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How to Replace Your Dad
Chapter 83
Oscar whistled sharply.
“You sure ate a lot.”
After that, the mages came running.
Onel had gathered all the mages.
So it seemed Oscar was able to come mixed in among the mages.
“Use all your strength to protect the Grand Conference Hall.”
When Onel declared this, the mages quickly disappeared.
Oscar also winked at me and followed the mages.
Five people remained in the Glass Greenhouse.
Me, Yuise, and Onel.
And Stella and Benjamin.
Benjamin was sprawled against the wall after hitting it. Blood flowed from his forehead.
Onel didn’t even glance at him and supported Stella.
Stella muttered with a confused face.
“What happened…”
“That’s what I want to ask.”
When Onel spoke coldly, Stella looked at Benjamin who was groaning softly while holding his forehead.
* * *
A little while ago.
Stella faced Benjamin with a tense expression.
Benjamin looked at Stella while holding his teacup.
“So, what’s the reason you’ve been desperately looking for me since yesterday?”
Stella took a deep breath.
“I don’t know how to bring up this kind of talk.”
“What kind of talk could it be to make you like this.”
“I thought about it a lot, but I can’t beat around the bush.”
Stella widened her eyes and met Benjamin’s gaze.
She swallowed her dry saliva, let out a shallow breath, and spoke.
“I want to hold hands.”
“…”
Benjamin’s expression became strange.
He quietly watched the extremely tense Stella, then lightly raised both hands.
“Rejected.”
“…What?”
“I didn’t expect a confession. I don’t want to die by Onel’s hand, so please give up.”
“What are you talking about. What I meant was…!”
Benjamin didn’t listen to more of Stella’s words and stood up.
He headed toward the doorway.
Stella hurriedly followed him.
“Benjamin, you’re misunderstanding what I said…!”
“Does it seem like I’m misunderstanding?”
Benjamin, who had grabbed the door handle, glanced at Stella.
This was the first time she had seen Benjamin’s face like this.
After entering Andres, he was the first noble she met besides family.
He was always kind, cheerful, and always had a good-natured smile on his lips.
She didn’t know him with an expressionless face.
She didn’t know that he with an indifferent expression could look like such a cold person.
“Stella, you see, I like intelligent people.”
“…Huh?”
“In other words, it means I despise stupid things.”
“…”
“Which one are you?”
Stella’s eyes trembled faintly.
Benjamin smiled brightly.
“Of course Stella is intelligent. So you’ll understand my intention to end the conversation here.”
“Intention…”
“See you next time.”
“Why?”
Stella’s expression hardened.
Benjamin finally let go of the door handle and sighed.
“Because I know what you’re trying to say. You want to talk about ‘us’, don’t you.”
Stella flinched and clenched both hands.
If it was ‘us’, it would definitely be about the Imperial Restoration Council.
‘He’s saying it like this?’
Originally, Stella’s plan was for her to bring up the Imperial Restoration Council first.
That way, when Benjamin was surprised, she could start the conversation from a relatively advantageous position.
Benjamin stared at Stella intently.
“It seems like you wanted to be the first to bring up the story of ‘us’.”
“…!”
“Did you think I would be surprised by your information gathering or speculation?”
“…!!”
Stella was startled.
Benjamin wore a leisurely smile.
“You see, if you knew my identity, you should have noticed when I avoided the conversation.”
“…What?”
“That ‘we’ don’t need you.”
“If you really… really don’t need me, then why are you telling me this?”
Stella bit her lips tightly.
Stella, who gripped her trembling hands with force, glared at Benjamin.
Benjamin rubbed his neck and let out a small chuckle.
“Because you can’t speak of ‘our’ existence.”
“What does that mean…”
“Ask your father for the details.”
Suddenly, she remembered what Yustea had said in the cave where the purification stone was.
“Go ask your father.”
Stella’s eyes filled with intense focus.
GM: Calm down, Stella.
“Every time…! Every time! Why does everyone talk like that—!”
GM: Stella!
GM: If you go on like this, you’re the one who’ll suffer losses.
GM: Calm down and have a conversation. I’ll help you.
“I haven’t learned as much as Yustea. There’s more than a 10-year difference between me and her!”
GM: This fool…!
“It’s natural that there’s a difference between me and her, who was born a noble and studied luxuriously with all kinds of great teachers!”
“…Oh my.”
“If I had those 10 years too, it would have been different!”
“Looks like I pushed your buttons?”
Stella was extremely excited and shouted loudly.
Benjamin shook his head as if she was bothersome.
“How about family problems are solved among family members. Cute Stella.”
“Don’t ignore me—!”
Stella grabbed Benjamin by the collar.
Her breath came out in ragged gasps.
“You think I’m useless because I’m not a saint? No, I’m □□□!”
GM: Stella—!!
Error!
Error!Error!Error!Error!
Error!Error!Error!Error!Error!Error!
Crash—!
A shock like something striking inside her head was felt.
Stella collapsed right there and clutched her head.
Her joints popped as if electric current was flowing through her entire body.
“Stella?”
Benjamin looked down at Stella who had collapsed and was trembling.
Her condition was strange.
Benjamin quickly bent his knee and examined Stella.
“What’s wrong with you.”
“Ugh….”
“Hey, Stella.”
It was the moment Benjamin’s hand touched Stella.
Stella’s body glowed golden and her neck snapped backward.
Strange markings appeared all over her body.
Benjamin flinched and stepped back.
‘It’s Onel’s magic.’
That bastard, he had seemed to let them be alone together so readily, but apparently he had cast some kind of spell.
But it was strange.
A bizarre black whirlwind appeared in front of Stella.
And wings began to emerge from within it.
Screech… Screeech…!
The voice coming from within the whirlwind was both familiar and unfamiliar.
It was familiar because it was the same sound as the White Dragon he kept, and unfamiliar because the depth was different.
‘Could it be…!’
Benjamin quickly covered both ears and grabbed the convulsing Stella.
A dark red mark different from Onel’s was visible on her throat.
This was a mark he had directly carved into Stella in the past.
To keep the White Dragon inside Stella!
“Stella, calm down!”
“Ah, uah….”
“At this rate, the White Dragon will emerge!”
However, Stella was not in a state where she could calm down.
Benjamin gritted his teeth.
‘This is a disaster.’
A few years ago, Benjamin received a mission from the Imperial Restoration Council.
The mission content was as follows.
Put the White Dragon inside Stella Andres.
At that time, Stella was the most likely candidate for sainthood.
Stella, who would awaken as a saint, was the Imperial Restoration Council’s greatest obstacle.
So they had put the White Dragon inside Stella.
So that when the time came, if Stella interfered, it would devour her heart.
After putting the White Dragon inside, Stella suffered greatly.
As if she had been poisoned.
‘But Count Andres noticed the White Dragon’s presence.’
Just the fact that there was a White Dragon inside Stella was proof that the Imperial Restoration Council existed.
Because of that, the Count and the Imperial Restoration Council made an agreement.
That was the truth behind the poisoning incident.
Benjamin clicked his tongue.
“Look at me, Stella.”
“Ugh….”
He made eye contact with Stella.
Benjamin’s left pupil spun around and turned grayish-white.
Stella, red-faced and panting, was reflected in his pupil.
“It’s okay.”
“….”
“It’s okay, Stella.”
“….”
Only then did Stella, now calmed, collapse to the floor.
‘The White Dragon is…!’
It was when Benjamin turned his head.
Screeeeech—!
A sharp cry was heard.
At the same time, he felt excruciating pain as if his body was being split apart.
And when he came to his senses, he was embedded in the wall.
“Damn….”
Before he could even calm Stella, all the binding techniques had been broken.
The White Dragon had revealed itself.
Screeeeech!
When the White Dragon roared, heaven and earth shook.
* * *
“…That’s how it happened, I suppose.”
After hearing Benjamin’s explanation, I pressed my forehead.
Most of it was as I had expected.
I had eavesdropped on the conversation between Count Andres and Onel through Oscar’s crow.
But there was one problem.
‘The White Dragon is being affected by the system inside Stella.’
Probably Stella’s divine instability had created some kind of error.
Now even if the Imperial Restoration Council stepped forward, they wouldn’t be able to calm that White Dragon.
I sighed and stood up.
Then Benjamin asked.
“The reason I’m readily talking about the Imperial Restoration Council. Aren’t you going to ask?”
“Not readily, but because you had no choice.”
“What?”
“Since the White Dragon grew that large and appeared to attack the nobles of the Seven Families, you’ve already been exposed.”
Benjamin shrugged his shoulders.
“You’re clever. And broad-minded too.”
“Broad-minded?”
“The poisoning incident. It was actually my doing, so you could resent me for it, but you’re letting it slide?”
He smiled brightly.
At that moment.
Bang!
I kicked the wall that Benjamin had been leaning his head against.
If Benjamin hadn’t quickly dodged, I would have stepped on his head.
“Talking about forgiveness and such nonsense.”
“I suppose it was too much to ask.”
Benjamin laughed, “Haha.”
“Yuise.”
When I spoke, Yuise looked at me.
“Tie him up.”
Yuise immediately cast a spell and bound Benjamin.
Benjamin looked at me.
“What are you planning to do?”
“If things get dangerous, I’m going to feed you to the White Dragon.”
“…Oh no.”
“Say one more word and I’ll feed you to it even if things don’t get dangerous.”
Benjamin shut his mouth with a “hmph.”
I looked at Yuise.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes.”
And so we set off for the conference hall.
* * *
“Aaaaah!”
“Aaaack!”
“Kyaaa—!”
Count Andres’s conference hall was truly a scene of chaos.
Buildings were collapsing, and parts of the structures were falling haphazardly.
Those who could use magic deployed barriers, but it wasn’t enough.
Kaaaack—!
Every time the White Dragon roared, the barriers crumbled like dry leaves.
“Please evacuate quickly!”
Andres’s mages and soldiers stood against the White Dragon, but it was futile.
A brush from its tail sent them tumbling like autumn leaves, and a scrape from its claws poisoned them, causing their skin to swell grotesquely.
The claws weren’t the only problem.
Just the White Dragon’s proximity caused trees to wither and fall.
Those paralyzed with fear couldn’t move and stood frozen stiff.
“H-how… what should we do…?”
“How would I know! Count Andres, what is the meaning of this!”
One of the clan leaders shouted.
However, the Count couldn’t answer and glared at the White Dragon.
‘It’s the White Dragon inside Stella.’
He turned around.
The man from the Imperial Restoration Council among the people shook his head.
‘So it’s not their doing.’
Count Andres clicked his tongue in frustration.
“S-save me… save me…!”
“Aaaaack—!”
‘There’s no other way now.’
He grabbed his communication stone.
[Yes, Clan Leader.]
“Open the door. Take out ‘that thing’—”
That was the moment.
“Kyaaaack!”
A scream came from behind the White Dragon.
And it was a very familiar sound.
“Yustea?”
Two men among the people suddenly looked up.
It was Aslan and Marquis Esgaroth.
Yustea, who had been clinging to a long-haired man with golden hair, landed on the ground.
“I-I thought I was going to die.”
“You asked me to go as fast as possible.”
“Yuise, you…”
Yustea narrowed her eyes and glared at the golden-haired long-haired man.
“Yusi, fall back.”
It was the moment Aslan ran toward Yustea.
“Oh, but I’m fine.”
“What?”
“I have a lot of mana now.”
Yustea smiled brightly and immediately placed her hands on the ground.
Then…
Paaaaat—!
A burst of light completely enveloped the conference hall.
“Purification…?”
Someone muttered in a daze.
It wasn’t just people inside Yustea’s purification circle.
Even the White Dragon was trapped within it.
“That thing can’t poison anyone anymore. Go, Yuise!”
Yuise immediately leaped forward.
Aslan also cast magic.
Black spikes began to rise around them.
And they poured down toward the White Dragon.
Kaaaack—!
With a bone-chilling roar, the White Dragon thrashed about.
Because of that, the soldiers nearby were hit by its tail, but…
‘They were hit, but…?’
‘Huh?’
People were startled.
There was no pain, no wounds whatsoever.
“P-purification and healing at the same time…”
“Saint…”
The oldest among the Seven Clan Leaders shouted.
“It’s the power of a Saint—!”
Yustea thought.
Having lots of mana really is something to see.
Thank you, Essence of Ecstasy.
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