The Youngest Member Filming a Parenting Show is Adorable - Chapter 91

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【091】
Thud!
A body that looked as though it wouldn’t budge even after dozens of blows crumpled forward, its head slamming against the table.
Luarel nearly shrieked at the sight, but managed to bite her tongue and swallow the cry.
‘Why now? It said the effects would take 48 hours! This makes me look like the culprit!’
Damn it, damn it!
She cursed under her breath and glanced nervously around the room, her eyes settling on the window.
Jump out from there?
‘No, they’d catch me immediately. Better to act like nothing happened and slip away?’
For all her years, Luarel lacked practical experience.
With the ability to wear another person’s skin, she’d lived a remarkably ordinary life.
No need to steal. No need to dirty her hands.
Simply consume some nobleman’s daughter and she could live as them.
Had she spent her time doing unsavory work instead, her improvisation skills might have been sharper.
‘Stop wasting time on useless thoughts!’
Luarel barked at herself sternly.
Thirty seconds had already passed.
Now I really had to decide what to do!
“Grandfather?”
Click.
The door swung open, and a face I despised appeared in the doorway.
Eyes that gleamed like water-filled pools looked at her once, then at the Household Master.
Seeing that mouth gape open like a cave, Luarel knew for certain.
It was over.
“Grandfather!!”
* * *
Grandfather had collapsed!
And that monster Luarel was right there beside him. With candy too!
I didn’t know what she’d done, but Grandfather was in danger.
The only suspect was Luarel.
“Oh no, we have to catch her! The Household Master, the Household Master has been attacked!!”
Lina pulled me into her arms, shielding me with her whole body as she screamed. At her cries, the servants waiting outside rushed in, and footsteps thundered from every direction.
The monster Luarel shoved me aside and bolted, but strangely, the corridor was empty, so she escaped easily.
‘If only Podong were here! We could have caught her!’
I sighed in frustration, tensed my abdomen, and called out to my older brothers with all my might.
“A monster attacked Grandfather! Big brothers!!”
Someone, please come!
No matter how fast I run, I’m still slower than everyone else!
Still, I huffed and puffed as I chased after her with all I had.
I couldn’t let her escape.
I need to find out what that monster did to Grandfather!
“Get out of the way!”
“Gasp, Miss…!”
“I said move!”
There—I could see that monster Luarel.
And in front of her was… Marin? It was Marin!
“Marin! Grab her!”
“Y-yes?!”
Marin’s eyes went wide with shock as she stretched out her arms. She managed to grab the back of Luarel’s neck as the monster bolted forward, but in the blink of an eye—
“…!”
The monster Luarel’s height surged upward.
The dress that had reached her ankles now ended at her thighs, and her legs had grown longer.
In an instant, the monster had transformed into an adult and wrenched Marin’s arm.
“Aaaahhh!”
“You—didn’t you disrespect me in the Dining Hall the other day?”
I wasn’t sure what “disrespect” meant exactly, but I could tell it was something bad.
Because the monster Luarel grabbed Marin and drew a dagger from her bosom, pressing it against her throat.
“Don’t come any closer. If you do, I’ll kill her.”
“N-no, no, no…”
Marin, seized by terror, trembled and froze in place.
I too had to stop in my tracks at the sight, for it seemed Marin could be gravely injured at any moment.
The monster Luarel, noticing my hesitation, laughed wickedly.
“That’s right—come here. You’ll be my hostage until I escape safely.”
“Marin, let her go!”
“Only if you become the hostage instead.”
*Click, click.*
The monster waved the dagger before Marin’s eyes, threatening her.
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ says it’s a trick.]
[The Luck Spirit King ‘■■■■■■’ says you mustn’t go.]
[The Air Spirit King ‘Shapasi’ offers counsel.]
[Stall for time until your older brothers arrive. If you become the hostage, things will only grow more complicated.]
But what about Marin?
“No. No, Miss. I know you’re righteous and kind, but no. I can’t allow it.”
Despite the Spirit Kings’ objections, as I stepped forward, Lina suddenly embraced me tightly.
With her teeth chattering and her whole body trembling, Lina looked genuinely terrified.
“If you don’t come right now, I’ll devour her!”
What was that?
From behind the monster Luarel, who shrieked so loudly, eight limbs—like a spider’s—burst forth.
Hands with crimson-painted nails. Legs covered in shaggy fur. A child’s arms. Wrinkled feet.
All of them merged together and stretched from her back, writhing so grotesquely that it made my skin crawl.
[The Earth Spirit King ‘■’ frowns deeply.]
[What a revolting stench. One who defies natural order. One who walks life backwards. An unclean thing born from death, masquerading as a living person.]
“I’m fine, truly fine. Miss, please go. Go and fetch the Admiral for me.”
“Shut your mouth! Who gave you permission to speak?”
Now a man’s voice emanates from Luarel’s throat.
Then it shifts to that of a small child.
“Ah, it’s because of you. I thought everything would work out, but what is this?”
“Go! Lina, go!!”
At the same moment, Marin shouts loudly and Lina scoops me up into her arms. But Lina cannot take even a single step forward.
[The Water Spirit King ‘■■■■’ offers counsel.]
[Child, close your eyes. Never look back. Medusa is passing through.]
I feel Lina’s embrace, which holds me, becoming hard and cold.
The heart that was pounding ceases its rhythm, and her body freezes mid-stride.
“….”
Swish, swiiish—
The sound of serpents scraping across the floor draws near, then slowly recedes.
It comes from behind the monstrous Luarel, which is to say, from behind my back.
“…Lina?”
I call out softly, but no answer comes.
“Lina.”
I call again, but the result is the same.
Lina, now turned to ashen stone, cannot breathe, cannot blink, cannot speak.
With wide eyes, I touch Lina’s face, embrace her tightly, and press my cheek against her shoulder.
Still, she is cold.
The Lina who smiled so brightly at me no longer exists.
“Ha! How fortunate. I’ve never consumed an Awakened One before, but if it’s just a child… an individual whose Viju hasn’t yet manifested, it might be acceptable.”
Luarel, muttering to herself, shoves Marin aside roughly and lunges toward me.
“No!”
Marin’s grasp on one of the monster’s ankles appears slow to take hold.
The monster, its mouth torn from corner to ear, kicks Marin away and crawls down the corridor on eight limbs, its body inverted.
It was a horrifying sight, but more than that, I—
‘Will Lina never hold me again?’
No!
A sharp crack echoes from somewhere deep in my mind, and my vision floods white.
With it, my pink hair flutters wildly as a fierce wind swirls around me, carrying droplets of water in a whirlwind.
“I’ll wear your skin instead! Give it to me!!”
A mass that can no longer be called human springs upward and hurls itself down at me.
And then, and then I—
“Ah… ah, ah… ah, Faaaaaather!!”
What should I do?
Lina has turned to stone.
What should I do?
I could defeat enemies. I wasn’t afraid at all.
I didn’t need anyone’s help.
I would do it myself.
But Lina?
How could I save Lina?
My mind was a complete mess. Anguish and anxiety churned violently in my chest, and a chill crept down my spine.
But then it happened.
“Well done. You called well, Crab.”
A familiar voice, tender words.
A warm hand touched gently upon my head.
‘Ah, the Admiral has come.’
As my heart found relief, my eyes stung with tears.
Everything will be alright now.
‘Because I called for him, because I said Father, he came right away.’

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