The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 250

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Part 2, Episode 57 (250)
Rasifer held me close without a word as my strength faltered.
He simply patted my back repeatedly to help me calm down, and strangely, it worked.
Once my tears subsided, I lifted the corners of my mouth and stood up.
“Let’s go. To the next floor. We still have time, right?”
“Yes. All the time we spent in that illusion was false. In reality, barely any time has passed.”
“Then we’re fine. It’s not the worst-case scenario.”
I unfolded the map and called out to my older brother’s name on it.
“He’s already on Floor 5. Since we’re heading there now, we need to hurry.”
“Right, let’s go. Wherever you go, I’ll be by your side.”
“That’s reassuring, Pel.”
If I had been completely alone, I never could have conquered this tower.
There was a reason the Spirit Kings emphasized that exactly three were necessary.
I wiped my eyes and called out Blake’s name as well.
‘Blake is still on the Fourth Floor.’
He must be bored.
Being trapped in a place with nothing was suffocating.
I knew all too well how agonizing waiting could be.
And how helpless it felt to have nothing within my power to do.
‘I need to rescue my sister soon. And then I’ll go get Blake.’
I had to believe there was a way.
Right now, this faith was the force that moved my legs forward.
I gripped Rasifer’s hand firmly and advanced.
Toward the door.
Soon, we would reach the final floor.
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Meanwhile, Maximilian, Cecilia, and Mikard were facing a single problem.
“It seems we’ll need to lure it out somehow, doesn’t it?”
“I agree, Aunt.”
At Cecilia’s dry remark, Mikard shrugged his shoulders.
Floor 5, which they had entered after passing through the Fourth Floor with the Skeleton General, was just as horrific as the lower floors.
Bones scattered everywhere, the stench of rotting corpses, and… a dog of a size that could never be called a “puppy.”
‘I’m not even sure if I should call it one or three.’
Mikard wore a bitter smile.
The decrepit dog, its leash nearly torn to shreds, was a three-headed bulldog.
One head drooled endlessly, another shot out a gaze so eerie it made one’s knees buckle.
The remaining head’s eyes rolled about of their own accord.
To minimize casualties, they had sent the Skeleton Merchant first, but that seemingly powerful creature now lay crushed beneath the beast’s front paws, utterly shattered. No one dared move recklessly.
“The door is over there…”
The most pathetic door they had yet seen sat plainly before them, as if daring them to open it.
The wooden door, with gaps gaping open as if in mockery, was the sort of thing one might find in a farmhouse storage shed—yet I couldn’t open it.
Unable to take even a single step from this spot, what was I to do?
The answer was clear, but the problem was that ‘all of us together’ couldn’t ascend.
“The three of us could bring down that beast, but it would take time. And there would be casualties.”
Maximilian quietly stated the reality.
Before coming here, on the Fourth Floor, they had lost most of their fighting strength.
Not that anyone had died.
There had been no battle, no illness.
Simply… a loss of will to fight.
Maximilian closed his eyes and recalled what had happened on the Fourth Floor.
‘That’s mine!’
‘No, it’s mine!’
‘I’ll kill you! Don’t touch it!!’
At the heart of the Fourth Floor, beautiful as paradise, stood a massive tree laden with plump pomegranates hanging in clusters.
The ‘Door’ had been embedded in the tree’s trunk.
But the moment people laid eyes on that pomegranate tree, they lost all reason and went mad.
They attacked their own allies, rushing forward like the possessed, each trying to claim the pomegranates for themselves alone.
Only the three of them retained their sanity.
Fortunately, they had already heard that the pomegranates must not be eaten; otherwise, even Maximilian had nearly fallen under the spell, so potent was the Fourth Floor’s temptation.
Cecilia had acted swiftly, turning everyone to stone, so no one had actually tasted the pomegranate.
The problem was that when they ascended to Floor 5 and released the petrification, everyone sat down on the ground with vacant eyes.
Some glared at them with resentment at missing the pomegranates, while others wept as if the world had ended.
Still others raged, demanding they find a door back down to the Fourth Floor.
To calm them and test Cerberus’s power, they had sent the Skeleton Merchant—in exactly one second.
In just one second, the Skeleton Merchant reverted to its original form.
It had become nothing but immobilized bones.
“Then the strategy is decided.”
At Mikard’s words, the three of them looked at one another.
“I will….”
“No, I’ll stay behind.”
…!
The moment Mikard opened his mouth, Maximilian cut him off. Startled looks were cast his way, but he did not retract his position.
“It’s right that I stay.”
“What are you saying? Among the three of us, it’s right that I stay. If it were me, I could hold that beast at bay until everyone escapes.”
Mikard immediately countered. Yet Maximilian continued to shake his head.
“If you stay, how could I face Superti?”
“That’s not important. If Your Highness cannot proceed, there is no justification for pulling out the First Prince.”
Of course, with Mikard’s power—the Colosseum—Cerberus could be contained.
Whether it could be contained indefinitely was uncertain, but it could allow the rest to reach the Final Floor.
“No. Don’t forget what our true purpose is.”
“Your Majesty.”
The most crucial mission entrusted to Mikard.
The reason Mikard and Cecilia had to reach the Final Floor.
The detailed operation devised from outside hadn’t been fully disclosed, but one thing had been conveyed to him.
They had to reach the Final Floor as quickly as possible.
‘The real Superti has something she must do in the Tower of Paradise. Before that, I need to pin down the culprit here.’
Maximilian had dimly come to realize it.
That the Superti who had entered the Tower of Hell was a fake.
And at the same time, he understood what his role was to be.
It was to buy time for Superti.
‘The Chaos Spirit King would have been my trump card for this floor originally… but since things have gone awry, there’s nothing to be done about it.’
Nothing ever goes exactly according to plan.
That’s what life is, after all.
“If you’re so worried, why not leave behind one of the remaining Spirit King cards.”
Light kindled in Maximilian’s eyes as he smiled wryly.
The heaviness that had weighed on his heart when he thought of escaping now felt strangely light once he decided to stay.
It was curious that not a single regret remained.
“Then use this. It’s fairy queen wing dust. You should be able to use it once, when it draws near. It ought to work on a single head.”
“I’ll accept it gratefully.”
Maximilian tucked the Earth Spirit King card that Mikard offered and the silk pouch into his breast, then shouted toward Cerberus, who was panting while glaring at him.
“You dim-witted beast! Over here!”
While Mikard voluntarily became bait to draw Cerberus’s attention, Cecilia led the others to slip away to the side.
Though with three heads, they were quickly discovered anyway—
“I told you to look here!”
Maximilian’s Small Soldiers sparked with flame, capturing the attention of the right head.
“Grrrrrowwwl!!”
“That’s right, here. Come here.”
Maximilian, sword drawn, slowly backed away while continuing his provocation.
The Small Soldiers were small in size and numerous, making them perfect for distracting Cerberus.
“All living things have eyes as their weakness!”
Boom! Boom!!
The Small Soldiers clung tenaciously to Cerberus’s body.
When one burst and vanished, another crawled up.
To a monster like that, they were nothing but annoying flies.
Yes, that was the point—to be annoying.
So it would let its guard down and break that leash, drawing near to him.
Hoping the others could escape through the door, Maximilian summoned more and more soldiers.
‘This is all I can do.’

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