Became the Son-in-Law of the Traitorous Family

8. Star of Extinction – 07

“… Damn, it’s like this dog’s f*cking game.”

Sitting on the floor, gasping for breath. Cool, I spit out what was rising from my throat, and I see something terrible, like gut crumbs with blood.

My entire body was literally chewed up. The skin of the whole body was cracked and twisted here and there like the shell of a turtle, and bloody tears were flowing as if the blood vessels in the eyes had burst.

My whole body was hot as if it had been overloaded, and especially my right arm, which had just cast Brain Island, was convulsing like crazy, as if a firecracker had exploded inside a blood vessel, as if it would fall off my body at any moment.

“Ugh- kuh, ha… “

My whole body feels dizzy. My head hurts as if it’s about to break. I have a terrible thought that it would feel like this if a swarm of ants made of flames bit my whole body.

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and fell flat on my face towards the sky.

It was terribly painful to have a very torn body, but at the moment, in my head, there was no simple pain, but only questions about the current situation.

‘Something is strange. This world is different from the original work I know… Something is different.’

First of all, the combat power of Ilibatus, whom I just defeated, doesn’t make any sense.

In the original work, Illivatus was a powerful demon, but at the same time, due to an injury suffered by Sei, he was unable to produce his full power, so he was mercilessly cut down by the main character, and was nothing more than a villain in a common mid-boss position.

In the system, there was a dog-cheating buff skill called ‘Magic God’, but that was only a matter of setup.

Ilavatus never used that skill unless he intentionally caused a bug or an error in the game.

Illivatus, who is proud of himself, had the backstory that he would rather face death than use that skill on a human, so all players, including me, thought that ‘bringing a demon’ was just a symbol of his character. I was thinking it was just a setup.

‘f*ck, why are you using that to fight me?’

Yeah, to be honest, I don’t really like it, but Ilibatus’ strength is quite understandable. Because if you put the settings together in your head like this, something is explained.

By the way… But no matter how much I think about it, the strength Cirilla showed me just now… It has gone far beyond what I can understand.

The magic Cirilla used earlier and how strong it was was something that even I, a self-proclaimed veteran of this game, could not understand.

‘Is it possible to reach that level after only two months of learning magic?’

I can understand it because I am old enough to see the ending of this game as a great wizard. Cirilla’s achievement had reached a point where I couldn’t explain it even with all the knowledge I knew.

Although I am well aware of the fact that Cirilla is a talented person who will become Sistina, the future Skylord, and at the same time was born with the greatest talent in human history, that alone cannot be explained.

No matter how much I used the best balance-disrupting grade opener skill in the [Erantia Saga] Called Heavenly Demon God, and there was no difficulty in learning all kinds of high-ranking magic under Sei’s teachings… I mean, it was something I couldn’t understand.

Anyway, a girl who has only learned magic for two months fights on an equal footing with a transcendent demon who has reigned for over 500 years in the material world? Does this really make sense?

“…..”

That was around the time I was deep in thought with my eyes closed.

Degur.

From somewhere, I hear the sound of something rolling toward me. When I opened my eyes and checked something, it was the demonic core left behind by Illivatus.

‘At least I got one of those.’

A tiger leaves its skin behind, and when a monster is caught, a meso pops out. When the demons are destroyed, they drop a demon core containing the essence of their demons.

Of course, since the demons were public on the continent, they couldn’t openly use it, but since it was an incredibly rare item, there were plenty of places to use it.

“Uh, huh?”

Soo Woo-wook-

The magic core left by Illivatus is absorbed as it is by the samurai sword in my hand. It was an unfortunate, truly sh*tty accident that occurred in a moment when I had no time to do anything.

“Hey, hey! What if you eat it?”

And when I saw that scene, my eyes were also turned upside down. That magic core is such a valuable material item, but why would a sword or something else eat it?

And that was the moment.

[Achievement achieved!]

[You have completed the sub-quest 『Asmodian, Eliminate Illivatus (???)』!]

[Impossible achievement! At the current level, we have won against an opponent with a level that is difficult to handle!]

[As a reward for clearing the quest, 「Semangelov’s Balance (???)」 Will be given!]

[You have completed the quest through a variable that will not occur in the current time zone. No additional compensation will be given due to the time paradox.]

[Avoided the death variable that was arranged in the causal rate!]

[Avoided death variable: complete initiation of the material world of the Demon Illivatus and extinction of the Grand Duchy.]

[Due to avoiding the reserved death variable, the main quest 『Recapture the Grand Duchy (S)』 Will disappear!]

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[By avoiding the reserved death variable, the sub-quest 『Restorer of Machine Gods (A++)』 Will be destroyed!]

[The goddess in charge of love in heaven is watching you.]

[From the high heavens, ■■ is looking down on you. ■■ Makes ■■ of ■■ of ■■.]

[Due to the reversed causality, the deadline for 「Goddess of Love’s Blessing (A+)」 Will be extended.]

[Currently, you have 3 years 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds remaining due to the effect of [Goddess of Love’s Blessing (A+)].]

“… Ah.”

There were a lot of messages coming up, but now I didn’t even have the strength to be deceived by checking the message windows one by one.

It seemed like today must be a f*cking day with nothing going right from start to finish.

‘Should I get a blade and trim it?’

Still, since it’s a fantasy world, wouldn’t it be better to visit a saint than a shaman?

“… Young master.”

A very familiar presence. The all-too-familiar sound of footsteps. I joked with her without looking back at her.

“Cirilla… No, should I call her Archmage Sistina-sama here? You’re not here to blame me for hitting him right?”

“…..”

No answer came back from Cirilla even though I joked. No, rather, the death-like silence continues.

Feeling that something was going wrong, I turned around.

Cirilla was on the verge of crying right now.

“Bocchan.”

Cirilla stretches out her hand towards me. But even though she reached out, Cirilla couldn’t put her hand on my body after all.

I can see her hand trembling slightly as it reaches out to me, as if touching something that is about to crumble.

So Cirilla doesn’t say anything to me. After such a really, really long time, she squeezes her voice hard against me.

“Boss… Now, she’s really messed up with who she is right now… Do you know?”

“… I know, I am also in a state of tatters right now.”

“No… That’s not all. Bocchan’s appearance now… I mean, I really can’t put it into words. To the point where I would rather be sick. To the extent that I wish I could take all that pain with me.”

Cirilla’s body trembled lightly. In the end, she wondered if she couldn’t stand it, and something transparent fell from the corner of her eye to the floor.

“Boss… The future you see… The future guided by the stars… Was it something like this? Do you have a fate in the future where you have to fight these things?”

“…..”

At Cirilla’s words, I only sighed lightly and didn’t say anything.

And sometimes, silence acts as an affirmation with greater weight than anything else in the world.

Cirilla’s hand continues to tremble. She’s like someone who has to hold onto me even now, but never will.

“Actually… In fact, I vaguely knew. One day, I suddenly realized that the reason why the young boy acted strangely as if he had changed was to prepare for a future that we couldn’t handle on our own… I was noticing a little bit.”

“…..”

Cirilla caresses my face, and then she puts my head into her chest and hugs it.

“… You said you saw the future that would happen. Then, did you foresee yourself becoming like this? Is he seeing a future where he puts himself to death like this?”

Cirilla raises her voice at me, saying that even if she doesn’t die, she hates the sight of her bleeding like this, cutting off her own flesh, and breaking her whole body.

“I can’t help it. If we hadn’t done this, everyone would have died.”

At my plain words, Cirilla gives more strength to her arms that are holding me.

“I was no help. I should have just watched the youngster get hurt like this. Again this time. Just like in the past.”

“… What?”

In an instant, I felt something out of place.

My conversation with Cirilla… On the surface, it seemed like they could communicate, but in reality, they didn’t.

Our conversation now seemed to be off at a very important point.

“I don’t like it. I hope you don’t get hurt. If I had been a little stronger, if I had more strength and could protect the young master… You wouldn’t have been hurt like this.”

“So, I will be strong. Next time, I’ll become stronger and protect you. If I can’t protect you, I’d rather be sick instead. If you can, I will die for you.”

“So please, please don’t leave me alone in this world this time… “

[What is the relationship with Sistine El Hyades??? It rises.]

[Current affinity with Sistine El Hyades is 7 (+???)]

[Changes will be made to the current status window of Sistine El Hyades.]

[As the relationship with Sistine El Hyades increases, hidden information is revealed!]

—–

[Name: Sistine El Hyades]

[Occupation: Maid]

[Race: Human]

[Attributes: ■■■ of ■■■ (EX), Heavenly Demon (SS-), Blind Obsession (A++)]

[Skills: Heavenly Demon Synthesis (EX), Image Realization (SS+), Celestial Rage (S+++)… ]

—–

‘… Blind obsession?’

Could it be that the previous “Joy as a Volunteer (C++)” Has changed to “Blind Obsession (A++)”?

‘And what is 「■■■(EX) of ■■■」?

It’s such a great trait that it’s an EX rank, and it’s not enough that it’s blocked.

[Information not yet available.]

[The target, Sistine El Hyades, is a proof that it is ■■■.]

“…..”

I don’t know about anything else, but one thing is certain.

This world is going in a different direction from the original work I was familiar with.