How to Replace Dad 56
I asked Roslyn, who was crying with tears streaming down her face.
"So, who exactly is that person?"
"He is my older brother, the head of Alkaein Trading Company's trade union."
"What?"
"Brother has been suffering from mana disease for a long time."
Mana disease?
If you have mana disease, you can't use mana.
Then how could he use Geum-sul?
"Wait. If brother can't use Geum-sul, then who controlled the monster?"
"...Brother."
"How can someone with mana disease use magic?"
"I completed a magical device that allows monster control. The reason I have mana disease is because of that."
Yuis had a dumbfounded expression.
Of course, asking me to save the person who tried to kill me was absurd.
"Miss, please leave immediately and call the imperial army."
Roslyn closed her eyes tightly.
She expected this.
But seeing her come this far, it seems she really has no one to rely on but me.
"Miss."
"Wait."
I lightly raised my hand.
And said to Roslyn.
"I'll check on Alkaein Trade Union's master's condition first."
"...!"
Roslyn looked at me with a startled face.
Hope was in her dimmed pupils.
I stood up.
"Wait here for a moment. I'll go prepare to leave."
After saying that, I turned to leave the room, Yuis hurriedly chased after me.
With Roslyn left as is, the door closed, Yuis immediately pressed me.
"Why are you going to see that guy?"
"Because he created a magical device that attacks a specific person through monsters. That's something even the magic tower can't do."
"That's..."
"The magician with the production ability to create such a tremendous thing."
I smiled wryly and looked at Yuis.
"Bringing him to Kuarion would be immensely helpful, wouldn't it?"
"Of course it would... but..."
"And one more thing."
"What?"
"He has evidence that the Duchess commissioned Geum-sul."
If I just save him, it's like a vine entering the pot.
Swoosh, I extended the Botella.
It was asking to borrow mana to save the Geum-sul practitioner.
"You won't do it?"
"...I will."
Yuis cleared his throat and filled the Botella with mana.
He couldn't hold back the nod.
After preparing to leave, we headed back to the reception room.
Roslyn bowed deeply to me, bending her waist as if it would break.
"Thank you. I will never forget this favor."
"Then shall we depart?"
"Yes!"
Roslyn, whose eyes were teary, smiled brightly.
Through the back door, we went to an old pub on the outskirts of the city.
The siblings said they rented the second floor of the pub.
Yuis, who came to protect me, looked around the pub.
"Geum-sul requests don't seem to pay much, huh?"
"Money is earned a lot. ...But spending more than earned is the problem."
I looked at her.
"Spent more?"
"Brother is a person who is immersed in creating magical devices... If he earns money, he collects all kinds of expensive materials and makes magical devices."
After saying that, Roslyn went up the stairs first.
We followed her.
But halfway up the stairs to the second floor, strange sounds were heard.
"Ooh! Perfect!"
Bang─!
I was startled by the sudden explosion sound.
Yuis quickly hugged me and guarded the front.
At that moment, Roslyn jumped up madly.
"This human!"
It seemed like an attack.
I fell from Yuis's arms and followed Roslyn up.
And what I saw was...
A young man lying on a winged wheelchair.
The explosion was the wheelchair, with flames roaring.
And fire was also on the young man's legs.
"Sa, save me!"
"If you don't take your eyes off, you'll cause an accident, you bastard!"
Roslyn shouted sharply and threw a nearby water bucket.
With a push-shick sound, the fire went out.
The young man finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I almost died from fire instead of mana disease..."
Then he laughed heartily.
'This person must be Roslyn's older brother.'
The Geum-sul practitioner.
The young man looked like a vice-president, similar age.
Brown hair, black eyes.
Droopy eyes like a puppy.
But due to mana disease, he was emaciated.
'Since I can't use my legs, the mana disease must be in a serious stage.'
The young man asked.
"Then who are those people?"
Roslyn finally stopped, lifted the young man with the wheelchair, and said to me with an awkward expression.
"This is my older brother Ross. Brother, this is Her Highness the Saint. Greet him."
Then Ross opened his eyes wide and looked at me with a surprised expression.
"S-Saint?"
"Yes. So hurry up and greet and apologize─."
"Can I take a little blood?"
Ross's eyes sparkled with interest as he looked at me.
"... "
"... "
Yuis and I were silent.
Roslyn threw the wheelchair to the floor with an explosive face.
"Ouch!"
I silently prayed.
Ross and Roslyn's room.
Yuis and I were served hot tea by Roslyn.
"The best tea leaf among what I have. I don't know if it will suit your taste. If it doesn't taste good, I'll quickly go buy other tea leaves."
Roslyn looked at me with a tense face.
I shook my head.
"It's okay."
Then looked at Ross.
Ross was leaning on the bed head, rubbing his back which Roslyn had hit.
'This kind of man was released in the magic tower?'
He doesn't look like such a tough person.
Just strange.
'Even thinking of Ross's personality in the game, it is so.'
Even though he used Geum-sul, he wasn't a killer.
Ross was a Geum-sul practitioner who could be hired from the magic tower store.
Despite having a special skill like monster control, he wasn't very popular.
Why?
[Select the mission to request to Alkaein Geum-sul Practitioner]
▷ Assassination
▷ Competitor Removal
▷ Search
If you choose 'Assassination' from such a choice window...
[Requested assassination.] Alkaein Geum-sul Practitioner: "Oh, what a tremendous trash." [Received a rejection from .]
'Remove Competitor' choosing...
[Requested competitor removal.] Alkaein Geum-sul Practitioner: "Oh, appropriate trash. If it's about destroying a competitor's warehouse or cargo cart, I'll take it." [The is checking the detailed request content.]
And
is...
[Requested search.] Alkaein Geum-sul Practitioner: "♡♡Oh!♡♡ Come quickly! Come quickly!♡ You've come a long way, thank you♡ Come on♡ What are you looking for?♡♡" [ is welcoming you enthusiastically.]
...And so on, and eventually the only mission that could be properly done was search.
"Why did you receive a request to attack me?"
Asked, Ross, who was rubbing his back with a sad face, looked at me.
"Because of money."
"Up until then, even if I gave you as much money as I wanted, you wouldn't take assassination requests, right?"
"How do you know? Have you ever been rejected by me?"
Roslyn "Tsk." and bared her teeth.
Ross flinched.
"...I have a magical device I want to complete before I die."
"What is that?"
"I don't really want to tell you..."
Roslyn glared again.
Ross cleared his throat.
"It's a passage to another world. It's a task my father left before he died."
Yuis and I were surprised and looked at each other.
'A magician who claims to be able to create a passage to another world is Gatio.'
A person mentioned as the previous Magic Tower Master.
But passages to another world are empty talk to people.
Eventually, he was stamped as a madman and buried in the academy.
'So he was the son of such a person.'
Roslyn said while giving a signal.
"I'm not trying to make excuses. But we also have our own secrets."
"You were deceived?"
"Our siblings' requests were 'Attack the Kuarion Princess in a crowded place.'"
"Then?"
"The requester said there would be no deaths from monsters. Said to take sufficient precautions."
But it was a lie.
From the Duchess's point of view, having death happen is better.
That way, she can hold them more accountable.
Yuis frowned.
"Do you believe that?"
"I'm really sorry─."
When Roslyn was about to bend her waist with an indecisive expression.
Ross said.
"There was something believable."
Yuis and I looked at Ross at the same time.
Ross rummaged through the desk with an unpleasant face.
And what he pulled out was...
"...!"
"...!!"
Yuis and I flinched.
A ring-shaped seal.
From the shape, it's the Esgard seal.
Only three people can use the Esgard seal.
Duke, Duchess, and their son David.
'Duke and Duchess have the seal in hand. Then...'
"The requester wasn't the Duchess. It was David!"
Then Ross nodded.
"Yes."
"... "
"... "
"If you want, I'll give it to you."
"... "
"... "
"I heard you almost died from the monster incident. I don't know if it's an apology, but why didn't you say anything?"
Ross had a bewildered expression.
Of course, Yuis and I were frozen.
Why such a face when we have such tremendous evidence.
I asked.
"Does David know this location?"
"Yes? No. I received the request from the trade union office."
"Is there someone in the trade union you know?"
"One person. Since he's on vacation, he should have come to the trade union office today."
I looked at Yuis.
"Yuis."
"...Tsk, really."
Yuis lifted the man up.
"Ah, no, what are you doing...!"
I grabbed Roslyn's wrist.
"We have to go quickly."
"What? Why...?"
Roslyn had a startled face.
At that moment.
Crack─!
Something flew in through the window.
A metal ball-like object.
It rolled and with a push sound, spewed smoke.
Smoke bomb.
"Run!"
"What?!"
I shouted, then Yuis.
"Chew this hard. If you don't want to bite your tongue."
"Ah, ah?!"
So we dragged the Ross siblings out the door.
Behind us, the sound of soldiers' footsteps came.
After throwing the smoke bomb, the assassins had invaded.
Roslyn said in panic.
"Who... "
"Who else? It's David."
"What?"
"By giving something like a seal, it's not to buy trust."
These siblings probably had no dealings with nobles until now.
Since they received such a suspicious request.
Search missions are done by the information department of each house.
Would they advertise using monsters 'I hired a Geum-sul practitioner'?
So, I don't understand why nobles leave evidence.
"Leaving evidence means they'll be dealt with later!"
"What, what?!"
We hurriedly went down to the first floor.
The first floor door was also guarded by assassins.
'They attacked from the second floor to prevent escape through the window.'
Originally, the purpose was to drive them to the first floor.
A man who seemed to be the leader of the assassins walked into the pub.
"These are two cute young ladies. In addition to the request fee, we'll get a bonus. If you follow obediently, I'll treat you nicely."
The man smiled, revealing yellowed gold teeth.
Roslyn shouted sharply.
"I will never follow you!"
"Who are you talking about! Your shoulders are wider than mine!"
Huh?
Two of them?
'Then me and Roslyn... ah.'
Yuis and Ross looked at one place.
Yuis's face contorted with anger.
'Because I couldn't hear Yuis's voice, I thought it was a woman.'
More beautiful than most women.
But there was someone even angrier than Yuis.
"That bastard..."
It was Roslyn.
She flew as is.
And...
Bam─!
Her foot stuck directly into the assassin's cheek.
"...!"
I was surprised and looked at her.
It wasn't that Roslyn couldn't stop the assassin because he was bad at it.
Roslyn's skill was tremendous.
The flickering at the tip of the foot is aura.
Ross shouted from Yuis's shoulder.
"Roslyn, please stop! If you do that, you'll be wanted again!"
"...What?"
Asked, Ross said while wiping tears.
"Roslyn is the youngest winner of the Empire Martial Arts Competition! She was arrested for beating the teeth of Count Gareka, so the win was canceled!"
"...Ah."
"I became a Geum-sul practitioner because of that...! Uwaaa!"
For some reason, Ross was very afraid of Roslyn.
But we didn't have time to stop them.
Because they were on top of the assassin leader, beating him...
"Knockout. I don't evaluate appearance."
"Kuk! Kuek!"
"Ah. You don't."
"Kuek! I, I need to speak... kuek!"
"Knockout."
"I don't evaluate appearance, ah, don't...!"
Yuis and I exchanged glances again.
Anyway, it seemed there was only one talent, Ross.