How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 89

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 89

Yohaël looked at me intently. However, he soon smiled and nodded his head.

“Fine. I’ll withdraw for now.”

Only then did he leave the corridor.

From the direction he was going, it seemed to be toward the garden.

I let out a sigh.

[Did things end as you wanted?]

Luciano’s voice came from the communication stone.

I quickly picked up the communication stone.

“Yes. Thank you so much.”

[You’re probably the only one who uses me this much.]

I laughed awkwardly.

Just showing that I was communicating with Luciano was enough to make Yohaël back down.

It meant that if he provoked me, I would board another ship.

Especially if that someone was Luciano, whom Yohaël was most wary of.

“Where are you in the North?”

[Marcello Manor.]

“That’s incredibly close. Um… if you get hurt, I’ll definitely help…”

[Why don’t you hold a memorial service wishing for me to get hurt?]

“I’m sorry, it’s just out of gratitude… Please put this down as a debt.”

[Will Yohaël stay in Cuaron for long?]

“He said he’d just have tea and return.”

[I’ll make sure he definitely just has tea and returns.]

“Really? Wow!”

[Make sure to put it down as a debt. Don’t forget.]

“Yes.”

The communication ended with that response.

I put the communication stone back inside my clothes.

Then I left through the exit and headed to the garden.

When I entered the garden, Yohaël was in the middle of getting up.

“Are you leaving?”

When Viola, Angelica’s second daughter, asked, Yohaël glanced at me and said.

“An emergency signal came.”

“What happened?”

“Well… I’ll have to go see if it’s really urgent.”

Yohaël’s gaze toward me was meaningful.

He seemed to have noticed that Luciano sent the emergency signal to get Yohaël out of Cuaron.

At a time when the Ancien Empire Restoration Society had been exposed, if he said he missed an emergency signal while idling around, the Emperor’s anger would be no joke.

Yohaël looked at me and said.

“It will be difficult.”

He was asking if I could control Angelica without him.

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“Contact me if you need anything.”

“Since it’s urgent, the escort should be urgent too. The vassals will teleport you to the front of the castle.”

I meant there was nothing more to see.

Yohaël shrugged his shoulders.

Angelica and her two daughters also got up and greeted Yohaël.

Only after Yohaël left with Cuaron’s butler did Angelica’s group and I sit down.

Angelica crossed her arms and stared at the spot where Yohaël had left.

“You’re quite something, aren’t you.”

With one sentence, the atmosphere became like thin ice.

The maid who was setting down a teacup in front of me flinched.

I glanced at Angelica.

Then Angelica looked at me with a cold face.

“How did you seduce the Prince. How did you seduce him to make His Highness think of humiliating me like that in front of people.”

She was talking about being called by her full name by Yohaël in the courtyard.

It seemed her pride was greatly hurt by that.

“I didn’t even know the First Prince was coming to Cuaron. How could someone like me seduce His Highness…”

Crash—!

A sharp shattering sound was heard.

Angelica had thrown the teacup that was about to be placed in front of me.

She had so roughly snatched the teacup from the maid’s hand and thrown it that nail marks were clear on the maid’s hand.

Viola, Angelica’s second daughter, propped her chin on both hands and muttered “Oh my.”

“Mother hates back talk the most. You’d better remember that, Yustea.”

Only the plain girl who was the first daughter was restless.

“M-Mother…”

The first daughter tried to stop her in panic, but Angelica only glared at me.

“You weren’t educated properly.”

“I apologize. I failed to properly practice the education I received.”

“What?”

Crash—!

“…!”

“…!!”

“…?!”

Angelica and her two daughters looked at me in shock.

Because I had grabbed Viola’s cup and thrown it.

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, as you always taught me. I was a step late. I apologize.”

“What are you doing!”

Viola, the second daughter, jumped up and shouted.

I said quietly.

“Sit down.”

* * *

Clan Leader’s Office.

The elites who were watching the mirror together flinched.

[Sit down.]

Oscar, who was watching the mirror, let out a hollow laugh.

“Amazing.”

He didn’t know Yustea had this side to her.

She looked gentle from her appearance, and she was a child who had learned noble etiquette from a young age.

He thought she would handle rudeness with refinement, but how wrong he was.

Yuise, who had been chuckling, said.

“In Andres, she would have had to solve things politely somehow under the Marchioness’s pressure, but now that she’s become Cuaron’s daughter, that’s not the case.”

It was unbelievable that Yustea wasn’t the Clan Leader’s blood, she resembled the Clan Leader so much.

Look.

That beast-like aura that even made that problematic Angelica panic.

Oscar chuckled.

“Right, she can’t back down here.”

Otherwise, she would be pushed around endlessly.

Since the opponent wasn’t a wise person who knew boundaries.

The Clan Leader said.

“The Young Lady seems to know the balance of power from birth. She knows exactly when not to be pushed back.”

Yuise nodded her head.

“I installed transmission magic tools everywhere wondering what might happen, but it seems there’s nothing much to worry about.”

Since Yustea was someone sufficient to become a knight protecting the princess.

Viola in the mirror world shouted indignantly.

[Just because you’re a Saint doesn’t mean you can throw your weight around. His Majesty would never stand by and watch the Saint’s authority flood the Imperial Palace…!]

[So you’re saying he stands by and watches the authority of maternal relatives trample the Saint’s dignity?]

[What, what?]

[Don’t be mistaken just because you have the Empress’s power backing you. You’re not royalty.]

[…!]

[So sit down. Before I throw you out.]

Angelica and her daughters in the mirror world showed flustered expressions.

It was incomparable to their faces when they had boldly invaded the courtyard.

Puhaha!

Oscar burst into laughter.

‘Our Young Lady is no ordinary person.’

This is more interesting than I thought.

* * *

Viola looked at her mother and sister with a flustered expression.

The wisest eldest daughter among Angelica’s daughters pulled Viola’s hand.

Viola bit her lips tightly and sat down.

“Then enjoy the garden to your heart’s content. I’ll be going now.”

As I was about to get up from my seat, Angelica shouted.

“You seem to trust in the Saint’s name, but you’re mistaken.”

“…”

“Right now you’re under the temple’s protection, and His Majesty the Emperor cherishes you, so you might not be thinking straight.”

“…”

“But the more you throw your weight around, the more the nobles will unite. They’ll want to control and use you.”

“…”

“Do you understand? The reason you’ve been free until now is because there are no regulations. Once the country’s troubles pass, regulations will soon be discussed.”

Angelica roughly grabbed my wrist and said.

“My father said so. That’s why you need many allies. There’s nothing good about making enemies of the nobles.”

“Then tell that father this. That Sanponce won’t be among the ‘allies’ I make. Tell him his youngest daughter made that decision.”

“…What?”

“If I need to make allies, there’s no need to include Sanponce, right?”

“…”

Angelica’s face turned deathly pale.

I firmly pulled her hand away.

She fell away like a piece of paper and staggered, gripping the table.

The tea set clattered.

Viola hurriedly supported her mother, but regardless, I finally clapped my hands.

“So let me set some rules to prevent this situation from happening twice.”

“…What?”

“First, don’t lay a hand on anyone from Cuaron.”

“You…”

“Second, leave immediately tomorrow.”

“This…!”

Her face was full of resentment, but she couldn’t say anything more.

“Well then.”

I lightly bowed my head and left the garden.

As I headed toward the exit connected to the Inner Palace, several vassals gave me thumbs up with pleased faces.

They must have been incredibly angry about Angelica’s rudeness they witnessed in the courtyard.

“Did you see His Highness the Prince off well?”

“Yes!”

“Good work. Lunch won’t be necessary. Everyone can go back.”

“Yes, Young Lady!”

Their eyes were full of respect.

‘Maybe I should have called Angelica instead of hanging them at the gates when taming the vassals.’

The afternoon was peaceful.

The threat must have worked well, since Angelica and her daughters were very quiet.

* * *

Night.

Viola was looking at the door with her arms crossed.

She had refused both lunch and dinner, but no one came to visit.

Viola shouted irritably.

“No one’s coming! What is this!”

Hera, Angelica’s eldest daughter, stopped her knitting and looked at her sister.

“Didn’t they ask you to refrain from making a commotion? They’ll hear from outside.”

“Do we have to worry about what the employees think too?”

“It’s not that…”

“This is ridiculous. I never imagined this situation. I thought I’d have a father who would become Marquis Esgaroth!”

She had bragged about it to all her friends.

The beautiful man she saw at the coming-of-age ceremony.

That he would become her father.

That she would become direct lineage of a ducal house and rule the world.

But the person who was supposed to become her father didn’t appear, and she was only humiliated by some girl showing off as a Saint.

“Are you going to keep letting this happen? Mother!”

Angelica, who had been looking out the window with a cold face, said.

“Stop being noisy and be quiet.”

“But…”

“That girl Yustea can show off because she has other options.”

“Other options?”

“They’re anxious that she might choose the Luciano faction instead of Yohaël.”

“So?”

“If we eliminate her options, she’ll soon bow down flat.”

“…Eliminate her options?”

The corner of Angelica’s mouth curved up crookedly.

“It will begin soon.”

If Luciano is gone, the nobles will rally under Yohaël.

Let’s see if she can still show off then.

She checked the time with her pocket watch.

‘Nine o’clock.’

Now the time was approaching.

* * *

It was the moment I was about to get up to wash and go to sleep.

Whiiiiik—!

A strange noise came from outside the window.

It sounded like a whistle, or like a drum being torn.

I startled and looked out the window.

Flames were rising in the distance.

‘It’s an emergency beacon.’

I hurriedly rushed out the door to assess the situation.

“Young Lady!”

“Young Lady—!”

The Clan Leader and Yuise came running.

Both of them held communication stones in their hands.

The emergency signal lights installed in the corridor had also lit up.

“What’s happening?”

“Marcello Manor has been attacked. It appears the enemy forces have breached the manor’s outer walls and advanced to the castle.”

Marcello Manor.

I flinched as soon as I heard those words.

‘That’s where Prince Luciano is.’

“The princes are there!”

“Yes. The princes were caught in an explosion. We’ve urgently received a request for your support.”

I ran frantically.

The Clan Leader and Yuise followed me, speaking as they ran.

“A temporary portal has been connected. You need to take it and move immediately.”

“You connected a temporary portal?”

The situation was serious.

To connect a temporary portal, the barrier had to be deactivated.

To deactivate the barrier during an attack.

The casualties must be enormous.

‘Let me check my mana amount first.’

Name: Yustea Esgaroth Quaron

Class: Saint

Traits: Purification, Healing, Status Window (Active), Divine Prophecy (100% (More))

MP: 630/659

.

.

I could now see divine prophecy.

I stopped in front of the temporary portal prepared within the castle.

‘Let me check first.’

I might be able to get information about the attack.

Then, the elites came running to me.

Antonio spoke.

“Should we join too? What about the clan members? Are you taking clan members as well?”

Oscar continued.

“My team is ready.”

I activated divine prophecy.

Then before my eyes….

Beware of the traitor within.

‘…What?’

* * *

Luciano’s sword sliced through the air.

The soldiers who had been staggering forward collapsed with a thud.

However, the problem wasn’t just what was in front.

He could hear the sound of blades moving behind him.

At that moment.

Hiss—!

A giant snake that burst out from the right side bit and tore at the soldiers behind him.

It was Fourth Prince Ain’s Death Servant.

Ain walked out from the corridor, dragging his legs.

“There’s no end to them, brother.”

“Where’s Gaspard?”

Luciano asked about the whereabouts of Fifth Prince Gaspard, who was First Prince Yohaël’s full brother and called a scoundrel by Yustea.

Ain pointed behind him.

Gaspard was walking over, being supported by his guards.

Gaspard’s condition was even worse than Ain’s.

His entire body was covered in blood.

It was understandable since he had been caught in the explosion and directly hit by building debris.

“Damn it all…! I’ll kill them all!”

Ain clicked his tongue.

“What more can you kill when the soldiers are already all dead?”

That was right.

The problem wasn’t just the attack from the external sorcerers.

The sorcerers were controlling the dead soldiers of Marcello Manor.

Every time soldiers died, they became ghosts, ghouls, and zombies, making the enemy forces stronger.

Sometimes the soldiers’ skin and bones would melt together, forming giants.

That was the moment.

Boom—!

Giants formed from melted corpses approached from both sides.

Gaspard flinched.

Ain narrowed his brow.

Luciano quietly gripped his sword.

“Is, is there no word from Esgaroth Manor? No support coming!”

Gaspard shouted.

The moment the giant swung its massive arm, Gaspard squeezed his eyes shut.

But….

‘Huh?’

He felt no pain.

He cautiously opened his eyes.

What he saw was.

Flowing honey-colored hair and a slender back.

“Please enter the domain.”

“…!”

It was Yustea.

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