How to Replace Your Dad - Chapter 90

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How to Replace Your Dad

Chapter 90

It was definitely Yustea, that girl.

Yustea with a bag slung over her shoulder shouted.

“Hurry!”

A circular area was spread around her.

A light like gold dust surrounded the barrier of the area.

While Gaspard hesitated, Ain quickly entered the area.

Then amazingly, the wound across his neck was instantly healed.

“…That’s incredible.”

Divine power rarely seen even among senior priests.

There was a reason why even the Emperor and the Temple coveted it with wide eyes.

Yustea looked back.

“What are you doing? Hurry up.”

She was speaking to Gaspard.

Gaspard couldn’t move with a stiff face.

“Your Highness.”

The guard who had been supporting him urged.

Gaspard’s condition was more dangerous than any of the other princes.

Being crushed by building debris wasn’t everything.

A steel beam had pierced through his shoulder.

However, Gaspard couldn’t readily enter.

“What if she’s planning to do something to me?”

For a moment, people hesitated.

Gaspard frowned with irritation.

“Who knows what she’ll do to me inside that area.”

Ain let out a hollow laugh.

“I guess you know you’ve done things worth worrying about.”

“….”

Yustea also sighed.

Gaspard frowned and shouted.

“What?!”

Yustea said.

“If you delay any longer, you might die without me doing anything, so just come in.”

“….”

Gaspard narrowed his brow.

The situation was indeed serious.

Above all, this pain was hard to endure.

“Let me be clear, if you try anything, whether you’re a saint or the granddaughter of Marquis Esgaroth, your neck won’t remain intact….”

“Should we just leave him behind?”

Luciano said.

Yustea said with an expressionless face.

“That’s fine too.”

“…!”

Gaspard flinched.

It was the moment he was about to enter the area.

Kwaaaaaa—!

Another roar echoed.

It was an explosion.

Heaven and earth shook.

The ground shook violently as if an earthquake had occurred, then with a dull rupturing sound, the ground crumbled.

“Huh?”

“Aaaaah—!”

Those standing in the corridor screamed.

The floor beneath their feet had collapsed.

Yustea flinched.

‘If we fall wrong, it’s instant death!’

Yustea shouted.

“Prince Ain, please gather the people!”

“Bi!”

When she shouted, the Death Servant moved its massive body in the air.

Thud!

It caught the people and coiled around them.

Yustea placed her hand on the Death Servant’s surface.

The area changed into a sphere in mid-air.

And then, thump!

As soon as people’s bodies touched the ground, golden light swarmed to their wounds like fireflies.

She healed them at the same time they were injured.

People each let out groans as they got up.

“Ugh….”

“Someone move this rock…!”

“Your Highness!”

The knights hurriedly cleared the building debris pressing down on Gaspard.

Yustea got up holding her head and looked around.

Inside a shabby brick path unimaginable for the inner castle of the manor.

The structure was narrow and dark like the inside of a pipe.

Ain and Luciano also got up.

“Where is this…?”

Ain muttered.

Yustea examined the wall with a stiff face and said.

“This is driving me crazy….”

“What? Why?”

Gaspard asked as if wondering what was wrong.

“It seems to be a secret passage.”

“Why is a secret passage a problem?”

“It’s a place used as an escape route for family heads.”

“So why does that drive you crazy?”

Luciano sighed.

“Because it’s used as an escape route, all mana is blocked.”

“But the healing worked!”

That was the moment.

Clank—.

The path shook and the collapsed wall was restored.

As if rewinding a video, the debris flew away and the collapsed part of the path became intact.

Yustea sighed.

“The barrier was temporarily disabled due to the collapse shock. Now that it’s restored, I can’t use it.”

“Then….”

“We’re trapped.”

It was one problem after another.

* * *

Communication stone is dead.

Magic is impossible.

The paths change as if they were living creatures, so path exploration has also failed.

Having failed at every method, we each slumped against the walls or held our heads in agony.

‘…We’re completely trapped.’

Gaspard kicked the wall in indignation.

“Damn it! Are they screwing with us?!”

Fourth Prince Ain, who had been sitting with his back against the wall early on, spoke in an irritated tone.

“Shut up and sit down.”

“Did you lose your fear because you have a snake beside you?”

“You can’t use magic. You have no weapons. I’m curious what you’re relying on to act tough.”

“You…!”

Gaspard rushed at Ain.

Just as he was about to throw a punch at Ain, Ain grabbed Gaspard’s shoulder and switched positions with him.

Bang!

Gaspard was pinned down flat on his stomach by Ain.

“…!”

Gaspard’s eyes trembled narrowly.

He never imagined that the mad Ain, who had only been beaten every time, would fight back.

“My nerves aren’t strong enough to act mad in a place where we might die.”

“Acting mad?”

“You still can’t read important context, brother.”

Ain let out a hollow laugh as he looked at Luciano.

Luciano closed his eyes tightly.

Gaspard screamed.

“What are you talking about!”

“It’s the head of house’s secret passage. No one can find this place without the head of house. But have you forgotten what happened to the head of the Marcello Manor?”

“Count Marcello is…”

“Right, he got hit in the head by building debris and collapsed. He might die. What happens to us if he dies?”

“…”

Gaspard’s face turned pale.

‘Yeah. We’ll either starve to death or die of exhaustion like this.’

The secret passage has been restored, so no one will notice we fell here.

Even if someone looks for us after the incident is sorted out later, we’ll already be corpses.

“Then… then how…”

Gaspard said.

I, who was already crouched on the floor with my elbows on my knees and chin in my hands, spoke.

“We have no choice but to explore the paths. Well.”

“But you said the paths keep changing!”

“Still, what else can we do. That’s the only method we have.”

“Don’t say stupid things and find a proper method…!”

“You find that method then.”

“…What?”

When I spoke, Gaspard’s face crumpled.

“How dare…”

“You’re still saying ‘how dare.’ You may be a prince out there, but not in here. Didn’t you hear what Prince Ain said?”

Then Ain chuckled, “Thanks for treating me like a prince?”

I stood up and said.

“I’m the boss here.”

“What bullshit…!”

I held up the bag slung across my shoulder.

“I!”

And I fumbled inside the bag and pulled out ‘that thing.’

“Have chocolate bars!”

“?!”

Sweet food and survival kits like multitools.

‘I brought them.’

When I lifted my head proudly and spoke, the knights shouted “Ohhh!”

* * *

‘Did she receive survival genius education?’

‘Was she really a noble lady?’

The people trapped in the secret passage of Marcello Manor looked at Yustea with stunned faces.

No, how could she be more skilled than knights who are familiar with camping?

She said fire would be needed first, then immediately started a fire.

“…Is it possible without flint?”

When Ain asked, Yustea said.

“Flint is quartz. The stones in this passage seemed to be made of material similar to quartz. To be restored, they need to clump together well, and for good clumping, materials like quartz would be good. And if you scrape it with steel, that serves the role of flint.”

Blah blah blah.

She really had all sorts of miscellaneous knowledge like a survival expert.

“What about oil?”

Yustea smoothly pointed at the Death Servant.

“…What did you do to my Bi?”

“Eppy isn’t the original name, it’s Bi?”

“Right.”

“Eppy is a nickname… I borrowed some tail oil.”

Shaaak!

The Death Servant cried out in displeasure.

Its tail was all mushy.

“What did you really do to Bi?”

“I didn’t do anything to Bi. …It’s precious emergency food.”

Yustea smiled kindly.

Shaaak…

The Death Servant flinched.

“Not Bi. Bi is my brother.”

“But you can’t eat a real brother.”

When Yustea looked at him with a sad face, Luciano made an incredulous expression, and Gaspard startled.

“Don’t, don’t let that thing come near me. Got it…!”

Gaspard, who was screaming, flinched.

Because he couldn’t feel his guards’ gazes.

When Gaspard turned his head, the guards were holding chocolate the size of a finger joint like a sacred object and shouting “Ohhh!”

“These guys…!”

“Leave them be. They lost a lot of blood, so I need to feed them something. I can’t make blood circulate without my healing.”

“Then, you should have given it to me first!”

Gaspard was the one who had really lost a lot of blood.

Yustea, who was handing the torch to Luciano, looked at Gaspard.

Gaspard coughed loudly.

“…It’s better than nothing. Give it here.”

“Those who do not work, shall not eat.”

“What?”

“I’m going to send them on path exploration. What about you?”

“I…”

“There’s no chocolate for someone who does nothing.”

“…!”

“Of course, no meals either.”

Gaspard’s face crumpled completely.

“Luciano and Ain aren’t doing anything either, so why only me…!”

“Prince Ain and Prince Luciano, would you go east? Guards go west. I want to know how the paths change when intruders move in two directions.”

“Okay. Can I take Bi with me?”

…Why are you being obedient.

Why are you listening so well!

Gaspard made an expression of bursting with frustration.

The guard captain tried to appease Gaspard.

“Your Highness, in situations like this, it’s best to listen to whoever has the food…”

Gaspard gritted his teeth.

It was frustrating, but there was no other way.

‘If that ruthless girl really starves only me…’

He couldn’t attack and steal it either.

Not if Luciano and Ain were on that girl’s side.

Gaspard gritted his teeth and stood up.

“I’ll move with the guards.”

“Do whatever you want. But if you mess things up by being stubborn for no reason, you won’t starve to death—you’ll get beaten to death.”

Yustea smoothly raised her fist.

Gaspard gulped down his dry saliva.

She looked like she would beat him to death by any means necessary.

So Gaspard and the guards headed west.

Ain also moved east with the Death Servant.

But Luciano didn’t move.

Yustea glanced at him.

“Why?”

“I’ll move with you. You’re going down the central path, right?”

“I’m fine going alone. There are no enemies anyway.”

Luciano pulled Yustea’s arm.

Yustea was dragged over like a piece of paper.

“Your stamina is at its limit.”

“…”

They had arrived at Marcello Manor late at night.

Using a simple portal that consumed a lot of stamina, no less.

And immediately started healing.

She had greatly recovered allies several times.

It would have been difficult even for a grown man.

“How did you know?”

“It was strange from when you threatened Gaspard. You didn’t have time to persuade that guy. You looked like you were about to collapse.”

“…You’re incredibly perceptive.”

Yustea made an embarrassed expression.

“Hurry up and go so you can rest. You’d be stubborn even if I told you not to go.”

“Yes.”

So they entered the central path.

Yustea examined the path while thinking.

‘The speed at which the paths change has clearly slowed down.’

Changing three branching paths at once was too much.

Yustea touched the wall and said.

“…I can feel the flow of mana. Someone is urgently drawing mana from somewhere.”

“Mana stones?”

“It could be.”

“If we cut off the energy source, the paths might stop changing.”

“Yes.”

The direction from which mana was being drawn was at the end of the central path that Yustea and Luciano had entered.

The two ran.

They had to find the energy source before the paths changed.

It was the moment they were running quickly.

“Ah!”

Yustea’s foot caught on a stone.

Her body felt like it was drooping, so she couldn’t put proper strength in her feet.

At that moment, the path changed.

Clang—.

Their bodies bounced as the path changed.

A wall jutted out to block the path.

The moment the wall shot toward Yustea.

Luciano hastily pulled her toward him.

Thud!

Their bodies were pressed against the wall and both lost their balance.

Yustea and Luciano, tangled together, rolled on the ground.

“Ugh…”

Yustea groaned.

‘Fortunately I’m not hurt… wait.’

She couldn’t feel any pain.

Wondering what was going on, Yustea opened her eyes and shouted in shock.

“Your Highness!”

Luciano had embraced Yustea and taken the impact instead.

Blood was seeping profusely from his head where he had hit the wall.

Yustea quickly pulled out a handkerchief from her bag.

Pressing it to his head, Yustea shouted.

“Stay conscious. Are you okay? Hey?!”

“…I’m fine, so stop shouting. My head is ringing.”

Luciano frowned and straightened his back.

But it wasn’t an ordinary wound.

‘I need to heal him…!’

But she couldn’t use mana inside here.

“If I can’t use my mana… ah.”

Yustea placed her hand on the wall.

“What are you doing?”

“If my mana won’t work, I’ll try drawing and using the mana inside here.”

“Is that possible?”

“I have to try.”

Since she had been drawing mana from Botella to use, she was familiar with drawing mana from other places.

She drew mana using that technique.

But at that moment.

Thump—.

‘…Huh?’

Her whole body beat rapidly as if it had become a heart.

My vision blurred.

Luciano, who was looking at me with a distorted expression, appeared hazy.

And then a strange scene began to unfold before my eyes.

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