How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 84
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How to Replace Your Dad
Chapter 84
The mana added by the Essence of Ecstasy was 400.
It was more convenient to use than the mana from others that she had stored in bottles.
The mana in bottles required three stages: absorption, purification, and internalization before it could be released.
However, since Yustea’s mana was her own, the three-stage settling process wasn’t necessary.
Because of this, there was a significant difference in casting speed.
“…!”
“…!!”
Aslan and Count Andres stared with hardened faces at Yustea, who had placed her hands on the ground.
‘Domain of Nullification.’
‘It’s the Domain of Nullification.’
Within Yustea’s domain, allies would not be affected by any attacks.
The advantage of this domain wasn’t just nullifying enemy attacks.
It boosted allied morale.
Since they didn’t fear death, there was no delay in their actions.
Their speed increased.
Their attacks became fiercer.
In the end…!
Boom—!
The White Dragon’s body was flipped over by the attacks of the mages and knights.
Yuise leaped up, stepping on the White Dragon.
Her target was the eye.
The tip of her sword pierced into the vertically elongated pupil.
Screeeeech—!!
The White Dragon writhed its body with a sharp cry.
However, within the Domain of Nullification.
The soldiers were unaffected.
Andres’s soldiers threw chains.
The White Dragon, writhing in pain, couldn’t block them and was bound by the chains.
“Pull!”
The chains were pulled taut by the soldiers.
They intended to bind and subdue it like any giant monster subjugation strategy.
But then….
Roaaaaar—!
The White Dragon opened its maw wide.
The air distorted from its mouth, condensing like a cannonball before shooting out.
Boom!
The Clock Tower struck by the condensed air projectile collapsed completely.
Yustea furrowed her brow.
‘It’s a sound wave.’
The reason the Ancien Empire Restoration Society used White Dragons was precisely because of those sound waves.
The current Empire—that is, the Avalon Empire and the continent’s communication relied on communication towers.
However, the old Empire communicated through the White Dragon’s ultrasonic waves.
‘Normally, the White Dragon’s sound waves only serve for communication, but….’
Due to its size, the sound waves were as powerful as wave projectiles.
No, it might not be because of size.
It had transformed into a bizarrely powerful monster after absorbing Stella’s high-purity mana.
Yustea asked Yuise, who had approached her side.
“Just subduing it won’t work. We need to completely eliminate it.”
“Right. But the problem is….”
Yuise furrowed her brow.
Its outer shell was incredibly strong.
It boasted strength comparable to steel.
Attacking the eye wasn’t just to prevent it from avoiding the chains.
It was because attacks wouldn’t work on other parts.
“This is serious. I can’t keep the domain deployed indefinitely.”
She didn’t have unlimited mana.
The more powerful the effect, the shorter the duration.
Yuise asked.
“How much time do you think is left.”
“At most, 3 minutes.”
“This is maddening.”
Yustea quickly looked around.
‘A method. I need another method.’
She was searching for other means.
Clang!
Finally, the chains snapped.
The soldiers holding the chains either slipped or were sent flying.
The White Dragon took flight.
Air condensed at its mouth once again, and a wave projectile shot out.
The target of the attack was Yustea.
Yuise quickly wrapped her arms around Yustea’s waist and pulled back.
The White Dragon extended its claws sharply and flew toward Yustea.
This time, it was Aslan who blocked the White Dragon.
When he slashed his sword through the air, there was a sharp crack! and it flashed like lightning.
The White Dragon retreated.
‘Huh?’
Yustea furrowed her brow and looked up at the White Dragon.
“It’s only targeting me…?”
‘Why only me among all these people?’
Not even Yuise who blinded its eye, but why specifically….
Yustea’s eyes widened as she thought this.
‘It’s synchronized with Stella’s emotions!’
Because it had been inside Stella for so long.
If that was the case, there was a way to stop it.
Yustea suddenly started running.
…Toward the gathering of the nobles from the Seven Families!
The nobles were startled.
“Why, why…?”
“Wh-why is she coming this way?”
“How should I know! Wait, if the White Dragon is targeting that child and she comes this way…!”
Just as the shocked nobles were about to scatter.
Yustea grabbed someone’s wrist firmly.
…It was Count Andres.
“What are you doing.”
Count Andres furrowed his brow.
“Please follow me for a moment.”
“What?”
Holding the Count’s wrist, Yustea once again ran straight toward the White Dragon.
Yustea shouted at the White Dragon that was confronting Aslan.
“No, no! Don’t touch our father! I’ll give you this instead!”
“…?”
“…??”
Give what?
This?
People focused on Yustea with bewildered faces.
And Yustea….
“…!”
“…?!”
“…!!!”
People gasped in shock.
Because she threw him.
Count Andres to the White Dragon!
Even Aslan and Yuise widened their eyes and stared at Yustea.
Count Andres furrowed his brow.
The startled mages and Andres’s soldiers shouted.
“Protect the… protect the head of house!”
“Quickly—!”
But what was even more surprising was the next moment.
The White Dragon stopped attacking when faced with Count Andres.
“What, what’s happening?”
“How did this…!”
‘How indeed.’
Yustea grinned wickedly.
If she was emotionally synchronized with Stella, it wouldn’t be able to attack what that child held dear.
And if there was someone Stella particularly cherished, wouldn’t it be Count Andres?
“As long as the Count is in front, it can’t attack! Yuise, aim for the jaw! Make it open its mouth!”
Startled Yuise moved.
Black text strings extended from his fingertips.
He firmly gripped the White Dragon’s jaw and forced its mouth open.
“If the outer skin is hard, we just need to target the inside. Father!”
When Yustea shouted that, a black sphere was already forming in midair.
Aslan had concentrated his mana.
It was an eerily ominous energy.
It seemed like an abyss that absorbed everything, like a gravitational collapse, and like darkness itself.
The black sphere shot into the White Dragon’s interior.
Gurgle.
The White Dragon writhed greatly in midair.
And the next moment.
Crash—!
An explosion covered the surroundings.
Chunks of flesh fell with thuds.
Thump!
The half-remaining White Dragon falling came next.
People who saw the nearly collapsed White Dragon’s corpse let out held breaths.
It wasn’t just shock at Aslan’s terrifying power.
“Are you okay, Father? You’re not hurt anywhere, right?”
“Yes.”
It was Yustea who had led the White Dragon’s subjugation.
“Not a single person was hurt….”
“Within this domain, no one would die.”
Not only that.
The insight to grasp the situation instantly.
The decision made without hesitating for even a moment.
Among those present, there was no one who didn’t recall that oracle.
Fear not when despair approaches.
The seed shall sprout in silence and bloom into a flower of glory.
‘The one who will bloom in glory…!’
Indeed, it was the seed of glory prophesied by the oracle!
While they were staring at Yustea in a daze.
Marquis Esgaroth opened his mouth.
“So would you explain what happened, Yustea.”
Yustea, who had been checking on Aslan with a worried face, said “Ah” and straightened her posture.
And looked toward one corner.
That man who was still tied up tightly.
…Benjamin.
‘Since the White Dragon appeared, there’s no way the Imperial Restoration Council won’t come up.’
If she remained silent here, Yustea could also get entangled with the Imperial Restoration Council.
Benjamin seemed to sense this too and sighed.
Yustea pointed at Benjamin.
“It’s the Imperial Restoration Council.”
“…What?”
“What did you say?”
Another commotion arose in the half-destroyed Grand Conference Hall.
Among them, the one shouting the loudest was undoubtedly Count Becker.
Benjamin’s father.
He shouted with a pale face.
“What kind of nonsense is that—!”
* * *
Night.
Lying face down on the sofa, I groaned.
“Great power comes with great pain indeed….”
“You overdid it because your mana increased thanks to the Essence of Ecstasy.”
Yuise clicked his tongue and placed an ice pack on the back of my neck.
My whole body felt stiff.
I had been tensing my entire body while releasing powerful mana for a long time.
“Count Becker didn’t seem to know Benjamin was with the Imperial Restoration Council?”
“Apparently not.”
He wasn’t just making excuses.
His face had turned deathly pale when looking at Benjamin.
He opened and closed his mouth with an expression of disbelief, then barely squeezed out his voice to say.
“It’s a lie. Right.”
“….”
“Say something. Benjamin.”
“….”
“Shouldn’t you say it’s a misunderstanding—!”
Benjamin just smiled.
“How unfortunate this turned out. …Father.”
I rolled over and looked at Yuise.
Yuise furrowed her brow.
“The ice pack is falling off.”
“Did Benjamin say he wasn’t actually the Marquis’s wife’s child?”
“Yes. There were no children between the Marquis and his wife. So the Marquis brought Benjamin, who was born between him and a foreign woman.”
“When was that?”
“Around ten years old, I think.”
“That foreign mother was probably from the Ancient Empire Restoration Society.”
“It seems so.”
Benjamin was imprisoned just like that.
This news was delivered to the Imperial Court through emergency channels.
It goes without saying that the Emperor and the Temple were turned upside down.
And….
“I didn’t expect Count Andres to throw even Count Becker into prison.”
When Yuise said that, I got up from my seat.
And I said while pressing the ice pack to my neck.
“It’s for threatening Benjamin.”
“If you want to save your father, don’t talk about your dealings with Andres? I’m not sure if that will work.”
“Why?”
“The Becker Marquis family did many terrible things to make Benjamin into a decent heir.”
“Abuse?”
“Similar.”
“I wonder what will happen.”
From Esgaroth’s perspective, there’s nothing bad about it.
I grinned.
If two of the Seven Families collapse, we just need to divide them up well.
Just as I was thinking that.
A knock was heard.
Yuise and I made eye contact.
‘Who could it be at this hour?’
It’s already ten o’clock.
When I nodded, Yuise opened the door.
Yuise’s face hardened when she saw who had come.
That wasn’t all.
I also got up from my seat and looked at the person with a hardened face.
“What brings the Marquis here?”
…It was Count Andres.
“Follow me.”
“That doesn’t seem like something to say when visiting at this hour.”
“Should I drag you out?”
The Marquis wasn’t looking at me.
He was looking at Yuise.
It meant that the one doing the dragging would be Yuise, not me.
I furrowed my brow and stared at Count Andres.
However, he didn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.
“I’ll go. Don’t lay a hand on Yuise.”
“Young Lady…!”
Yuise frowned, but I lightly raised my hand to stop him.
The heads of the Seven Families are in this castle.
That means Marquis Esgaroth is here.
And even Father on top of that.
He won’t be able to do anything to me carelessly.
I gave Yuise a look.
‘If I don’t come back for a long time, call the Marquis or Father.’
That’s what it meant.
Yuise nodded with an expression that said he had no choice.
I followed the Marquis out just like that.
The corridor was pitch black.
All that could be heard were the footsteps of the Marquis and me, and the hooting of an owl somewhere.
At first I walked quietly following him, but when we reached outside the castle, I couldn’t hold back and asked.
“Where are you going?”
“Should we go to the port?”
“You know that’s nonsense, don’t you?”
“You were doing plenty of nonsensical things.”
Count Andres glanced at me.
And he said while slowly raising the corners of his mouth.
“I’ll give you this, so don’t touch our dad. …Was it?”
“….”
I flinched and closed my mouth.
I shouted like that when confronting the White Dragon.
And I threw Count Andres to the White Dragon.
“Wasn’t it?”
“Don’t touch our dad. I’ll give you this instead. …That’s what it was.”
“Similar enough.”
“I’ll follow quietly, so at least tell me the destination….”
I let out a sigh.
Then the Marquis said.
“The rear garden.”
“…The rear garden?”
“Didn’t you say you’d follow quietly.”
It was unpleasant, but since I had given my word, I followed him for now.
Like that, I reached the rear garden with him.
And in the rear garden we faced….
“…What is this?”
Daisies were planted everywhere.
The rear garden had been full of cosmos… that is, stellas just this morning.
No matter where I turned my eyes, it was all daisies.
“Your mother had planted lots of daisies in the rear garden.”
“She did….”
“It was for your fourth or fifth birthday, I think.”
“…I was six.”
“I remember you liked it very much.”
“Yes. When Stella entered this house, you turned over that flower garden as a celebration and planted stella flowers.”
Mother was furious.
It broke my heart, so I tried to smile and say it was okay.
Mother stroked my head as I pretended to sleep and cried endlessly.
“I’ll wake up your mother.”
“…What?”
“If it’s not collapsed from illness, she’ll need a spiral coffin. I can give it to you.”
“…!”
My heart pounded.
You can wake up Mother?
Right away?
I swallowed dryly.
“I…”
“Stay by my side. Don’t call any other bastard Father.”
“….”
“If you do that, I’ll wake up your mother.”
The moment I froze completely.
“Don’t try to lure my daughter away.”
That voice came cutting through the wind.
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