How to Replace Dad
In the game, Yuis was dying and spilling the truth.
He said he had deceived everyone, so sorry, very sorry.
He thought he was very sorry.
This made the Irregulars extremely furious.
All members of the Irregular stopped all missions and searched for the Mugan, and after a fierce battle, the leader of the Mugan was beheaded.
Well, in the end, that event was beneficial to the Irregulars.
The Mugan had many commoners scattered in various places, becoming a force threatening the imperial family.
That became a great achievement, and he was pardoned by the Emperor.
The number of people joining the Irregulars increased enormously.
And they settled in the north.
It became a force that couldn't be compared to the current San Miguel.
I know that, but I can't just let Yuis die.
More than anything, the game and situation have changed.
Since the Duke declared Yuis as his son, there is a chance to create a great force.
Thinking like that, Yuis suddenly pulled me.
How strong the force was, I almost hit the back of his armor with my forehead.
“You surprised me.”
“How did you do that?”
“That’s a story for later. First, let’s solve the problem with your heart.”
“You can't solve it. A weak person like you would have your neck snapped the moment you approach that woman.”
“Who said I approached?”
“Then what…”
Continuing like this, I might miss it.
Can't help it.
I shouted loudly.
“Kyaak!”
How loudly I shouted, even the distant butler and servants came running in a hurry.
Of course, the soldiers were surprised and quickly approached.
Yuis flinched and looked at me.
I made a face at the people who came running whether he looked or not.
The servants were very surprised because Astia unusually loved me.
“What is the matter?”
“To my knight… to the knight…!”
“What happened to the knight, sir?”
“Who cast the curse!”
“…”
“…”
I quickly undid Yuis's front and showed it.
The curse mark.
The butler, servants, soldiers, and even Astia and the nobles who came running in panic from the commotion all turned deathly pale.
Being cursed in the mansion means the curse caster has intruded.
Moreover, a terrifying curse caster who broke the barrier of the Three Yuan family.
“Kyaaaaak!”
“Uwaaak!”
The nobles turned deathly pale and ran towards the carriage we came in.
They seemed to want to live even if it was trash.
Astia stiffened.
“Ah, young lady, how should I handle this…”
The woman who seemed like a maid was bewildered and muttering, so Astia shouted fiercely.
“Activate the emergency order and inform the head of the family. From this moment, block all entries and exits of the mansion. We cannot allow even one ant to escape!”
“Understood.”
“Understood.”
The soldiers drew their swords.
Of course, the nobles couldn't escape either.
Of course… Even you who activated the bomb in Yuis's heart.
I looked at Siruella, who was frozen among the nobles.
* * *
Sintes mansion, barrier room.
“I'm really sorry, Yustea. I can't accurately identify what kind of curse was cast on your knight. It might affect the surroundings too, so not only the knight but also Yustea who was in contact must be here.”
“No, it's natural.”
“Thank you for understanding. I've informed the palace, so the duke will soon call the priest.”
After that conversation, Astia left the room to resolve the matter.
Thud.
After the door closed, I collapsed on the chair.
“Wah, finally resting.”
“Does the young lady think I'm saying that?”
Yuis said to me with a sulking expression.
“You can speak comfortably. If the barrier is this strong, even sound can't escape.”
“Did you think I didn't know that and was talking about the young lady?”
It was sarcasm.
When I nodded, Yuis had an expression as if he was going to go crazy and jump.
“First, let's organize. How did you do that.”
“You won't believe me even if I tell you.”
“Tell me.”
“I remembered the memories of my past life where I was chased out of Andres and lived in another world. I was playing some game in the other world, and this world is exactly that game.”
Yuis, who had been fidgeting, stopped.
It would be unbelievable.
I know that too.
“You're crazy…?”
“That reaction was expected.”
“Yeah, let's assume that for a moment. Why are you telling me this important thing?”
“Don’t be anxious.”
“What do you mean?”
“If I say I won't tell you my secret, you won't believe me. So, I'm telling you my secret. If I have your weakness, you'll feel at ease.”
“…”
“You mean you won't say that I'm a traitor?”
“Yeah.”
The Irregular is at a crucial point now.
We need to gather our strength and aim for the duchy.
But if Yuis's traitor status is revealed, it will cause internal confusion, which will be a gap.
I might have someone who believes Yuis again. But there will be people who don't.
“Let’s handle the bomb in your heart here and cleanly deal with the Mugan.”
“How…”
“By making the imperial family and nobles capture the Mugan.”
That's why I made the matter this big.
The Mugan wasn't a tightly knit group.
They recruited kids like Yuis and turned them into commoners, but that wouldn't happen.
If we catch just a few properly, then one will betray another, and another will betray another, and they will come out like potato vines.
“Will you cooperate?”
While we were talking like that.
Boom!
The door opened, and Viscount Sintes with a stiff face entered.
Behind him were mages and priests.
I quickly looked at Yuis.
Not cooperating?
Just as I thought that.
“Ugh…!”
Yuis clutched his heart and fell to the ground in pain.
“My heart… it feels like my heart is going to burst…!”
As expected, the leader of the intelligence unit good at infiltration.
The acting is very realistic.
Wow.
* * *
The priests who checked Yuis concluded.
“The ancient curse Jakyak is confirmed.”
Viscount Sintes slammed his fist on the wall.
“How dare you commit such sorcery in my mansion…!”
He looked at the priests with extreme anger and said it as if crushing them.
“Can you catch the caster?”
“Jakyak is a curse that activates by manipulating the medium. If we find the medium, the culprit will naturally be revealed.”
Viscount Sintes looked at me and Yuis.
“Is there a clue?”
We looked at each other at the same time.
Point to that woman?This time, how about catching the crime cartel completely?If we search the body, the crime evidence will come out?If we do it, it's easy.
Such conversations went back and forth with our eyes.
We said at the same time.
“No.”
“Absolutely not.”
With perfect synchronization, Viscount Sintes nodded.
“Inform Esgard Castle of this fact and request that the duke's army be sent. I will thoroughly investigate everyone in the mansion.”
The will to officially pursue the matter was burning.
Yustea and I secretly looked at each other and smiled.
Time passed, and night fell.
Drug addicts whose veins bulged due to illegal drugs, stalkers who stole Astia's socks, etc., were revealed one by one by the duke's army.
But…
“Some of the young ladies who were invited to the young lady's tea party fled from the mansion.”
Some who feared that crimes would be discovered by others fled in panic.
The sex offenders who had been pestering me today.
There was one more.
Siruella, the traitor of the Mugan and Yuis's sister.
* * *
Huff. Huff. Huff.
The men running up the mountain slope were panting.
Siruella, who had been running ahead, turned back with an annoyed face.
“Wait, wait… wait a minute…”
“Huff. Huff…”
“I can't go anymore…!”
Since fleeing alone would identify the one who cast the curse, they brought her along, but it wasn't helping at all.
“You’ll get caught.”
“W, we’ll die…”
At that moment.
Boom!
A firework exploded above the group.
The men said in bewildered voices.
“Is it a festival or something?”
“In this situation, cheap fireworks don't seem bad.”
“Yeah. Haha.”
No, you idiots!
This is a tracking shot.
It's to identify the target's location.
That means…
My location is already exposed.
The scout must have already checked, so magic or arrows will fly now.
“Speed up. Get up!”
“Since we're already sitting, let's watch one more shot and go.”
This idiot…!
The idiot didn't just do that, he grabbed Siruella's wrist.
“Sit down too.”
At that moment, he smiled wickedly.
Shick.
A crack appeared on his neck, and soon blood spurted like a fountain.
“Eh? Eh… eh?”
The one who was hit was surprised and touched his neck.
Thud.
He fell down.
And the other men watching that…
“Uwaaaaak!”
“Aaak!”
Siruella grabbed the heads of the surviving men and slammed them into the ground in an instant.
“If you want to live, come in.”
“U, uwa… aaaa…”
“H, huu…”
Siruella muttered with a blank expression.
“I'm very angry right now. My cute little brother betrayed me and came with the trash.”
“U… hu…”
“Ku…”
“So, don't make me angry anymore. Okay?”
“U… yes…”
“Yes…”
When Siruella let go of the head, the men trembled and stood up.
Then they ran madly after Siruella again.
As expected, soon magic and arrows flew.
Siruella evaded them while running and thought.
As I distance myself from the pursuers, I'll deal with the remaining trash.
When they were bewildered in Esgard about who the culprit was, I would quietly slip out of here.
Yuis's re-education is next.
It seemed she had been deceived by a cunning girl.
The girl who was acting as Yuis's master in the Sintes mansion.
The woman who was standing behind Yuis as if hiding him and looking at herself.
After tearing flesh and ripping muscles, I'll break the bones too.
I'll make her see the pitiful sight of her tattered body pitifully begging in front of Yuis.
Siruella licked her lips with a cold expression.
But at that moment, a strange presence was felt from behind.
Siruella immediately pushed the chest of the man running with her in the direction the presence was felt.
Bang!
“Aaah!”
The man who was hit on the back trembled and fell.
A hole pierced like by a cannonball remained on the back of the fallen man.
The remaining man sat down with a crack.
“U… huuu…”
Siruella looked at where the attack came from.
“Did you get jealous of the man next to noona? Cute Yuis.”
Looking at Yuis who appeared from the darkness, Siruella smiled brightly.
She immediately approached Yuis and extended her bloodied hand.
And clack…!
She grabbed the back of Yuis's head.
“You did something unnecessary.”
Siruella, who grabbed the head and pulled it fiercely, muttered.
“Didn't noona tell you? The reason a doll is loved is because it has no self.”
“Stop…”
“What punishment should I give to make my stupid and cute little brother come to his senses. Should I put him in the steel worm burrow for a month? Feel the pain of the scales being pierced and beg to be saved?”
“Now… let me go…”
Yuis muttered with a tired voice.
“I just… want to live as an Irregular.”
“You?”
Siruella laughed with a creepy sound.
“If you knew from the beginning that I was a traitor, would the Irregular accept you? If you knew what kind of thoughts I was having with a smiling face, what would happen?”
“…”
“When they know your true face, they won't believe you no matter what you say.”
“…”
“The hand begging for belief would be creepy and unbearable. The sobbing voice would be disgusting and make you want to vomit.”
“…”
“Ah, your ability can be kept by me for a while. But after using it up, you'll be discarded. For such fake love, abandoning the real family that loves you?”
“…”
“Yuis, if your head is hot, think.”
Siruella tapped Yuis's temple.
And after removing her hand from Yuis, she said.
“It’s okay. The family already knows that you are stupid. As long as you do well what you are told in the future…”
At that moment.
Shick!
An arrow flew towards Siruella.
Siruella flinched and stepped away from Yuis.
She turned her head towards the direction the arrow came from.
What was revealed…
“Ah. I wasn't going to leave you anyway.”
It was Yustea.
Yustea, who had a quiver on his back and was holding the bowstring in his hand, walked forward with a stride.
“Yuis, come behind me.”
At Yustea's words, Siruella's eyebrows twitched.
“You dare to put your mouth on what is mine?”
“It’s not yours. Yuis is just Yuis.”
“You’re mocking me by trusting Yuis? How troublesome. That guy can't attack me.”
Siruella held a pair of daggers hidden in her waist.
“I’ve thoroughly educated him so that he can't attack his family. With methods you can't even think of—”
“So, I said not to go. Ugh!”
If you saw it, it would look like they were arguing at a tea party.
Siruella let out a sarcastic laugh, but Yustea looked at Yuis with an annoyed face.
Yuis turned his head away and said stubbornly.
“If I don't go, you'll go, right?”
“If I can't attack anyway, what's the point of you going?”
“…”
Yustea aimed his bow at Siruella.
“I'm different, so I have to give you a ride.”
“Are you quite confident in your skills?”
“There is no way! I'm scared to death!”
What is this really.
Siruella's expression crumpled with anger.
“The opponent who is playing with me is wrong!”
Siruella, who slammed the ground in one go, dove into Yustea in a low stance.
She didn't give him time to pull the bowstring.
And at the moment she reached out to Yustea.
…Smiling?
Yustea lifted the corner of his mouth in a smirk.
And bang! Something poured down from above.
It was something hanging on a tree branch that fell on Siruella's head.
“What… eh?”
Siruella, who was drenched in filth, slowly looked down at her arm.
There were crazy rashes on her arm.
And as if her breath was getting faster…
“Kuaak…!”
In pain from the twisted bone, Siruella sat down clutching her neck.
Yustea looked at her quietly and said.
“It will be quite poisonous. Ingu is originally used to poison plants or animals. It's not something a human can endure.”
* * *
If I thought I was bringing only one Ingu to Luciano, it was a mistake.
I am the Purifier, capable of controlling the poison of Ingu.
I can't bring only one huge weapon that can be controlled.
Siruella glared at me as if she wanted to kill me.
I grabbed her hair like she did to Yuis and said.
“Now, it's not just our lives on the line, but yours too, right?”
“You… you…!”
“Then shall we start the deal?”