I’m Going to Destroy this Country

The atmosphere was chilly.

Noel felt a chill at the gaze of his brothers looking at him.

It’s cold.

Four blue pair of eyes glowing silently pierced down as if in disgust.

Well, Benjamin always treated him like a parasite so that was expected, but Lilai? He was a sucker who always said ‘Brother, brother’ even to the trash half-brother Goel and took care of him. He was the one most obsessed with the fence of ‘family’ in the Blue.

And Leia? She’s not a child who can look at people like bugs like that.

Moreover, Shuri? Does his nephew look at his uncle with such contempt?

But the scariest among those gazes is Isaac’s. The only red among blue glows. That alone was enough to give goosebumps to an eerie degree.

If the others were a cold blue light like winter Eshua, Isaac is hot. He’s burning red like a sun melting everything alone.

Noel was flustered at the indescribable pressure.

‘What is it?’

Why are these bastards looking at me with such eyes?

‘Is it because I sided with the Gold to kill Benjamin?’

No, they would have imagined that too.

Above all, that gaze wasn’t the usual gaze of disliking him. Rather, it was an unpleasant gaze that was so composed… Yes. A gaze looking down as if to say ‘Let’s hear what you have to say’. A gaze that would never come from the usual Blue.

While inwardly feeling displeased about that, Noel could only keep swallowing.

‘What is it?’

What has been discovered?

It’s scary. He felt fear for the first time in his life.

It was then. As if reading Noel’s mind, Isaac stepped forward.

“You don’t know? Really?”

“Gasp…!”

As Isaac approached abruptly, Noel unconsciously took a step back.

“With so many suspicious points, you don’t know why we’re acting like this?”

“…!!”

Is this bastard using mind reading?

But Noel tried to act calm and folded his arms.

“Well, what you guys are doing is obvious too. Not only did she awaken as a formal Saintess without anyone dying, but the trash 0th rank even became 6th rank. It seems the dropout bastards have become a bit cocky just because they awakened a bit. Has the faith for the weak gained some power and can act like this now? Huh? Junior family head?”

At those words, the brothers’ eyes grew colder, and Isaac raised the corners of his mouth.

“Do you really think that’s the reason?”

“?”

What is it if not that?

“Kaya.”

“!”

“Father of the great Saintess?”

“…!”

As Kaya’s name came out, Noel was dumbfounded.

He wondered what these bastards were so cocky about, and it was just this?

“Isaac. Don’t tell me you’re daring to belittle Kaya just because Leia became a Saintess first? You look down on her after killing the God of Awakening? Because you think Kaya can’t awaken now?”

At that cry, Isaac barely held back his laughter.

This idiot is barking up the wrong tree. But Isaac didn’t bother telling the truth and looked at Noel.

“Why? Is your paternal love boiling?”

“Isn’t that natural? I’m Kaya’s real father. My daughter’s future…”

“…Puhuhe!”

“…????”

At Isaac’s reaction, Noel looked Isaac up and down as if he was crazy.

At that pupil earthquake, Isaac coughed as if apologetic.

“Ah, sorry. But I couldn’t hold it in.”

“What?”

“I just thought how great seedless paternal love is?”

At that moment, Noel’s face hardened. It was a few seconds later that he, with the color drained from his face, asked back.

“…Wh-What? What?”

As Noel rarely stammered, Isaac approached teasingly and nonchalantly.

“Ah, mistake! I made a slip of the tongue because she looks so unlike you. I couldn’t see any love for a child at all, so I thought she was an ugly duckling. Sorry, I’ll apologize!”

…This bastard?

Noel looked at Isaac with trembling eyes, but Isaac was still smiling innocently.

“But you know what? Noel? I saw this when I went to Berit territory. Seedless fruits grow there?”

“!”

“You don’t know how easy they are to eat. You should definitely check it out when you go to Berit.”

This bastard?

Noel looked at Isaac as if to ask why this bastard was acting like this, but Isaac didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping.

“Berit raises some outrageous things. Right? Like shameless bastards, or brazen human-skinned beasts, or thieves without conscience.”

What on earth is his intention for doing this. Noel glared at Isaac with his fist trembling in anger.

“You… You bastard, have you gone crazy. What nonsense have you been spouting…!!”

“You impotent bastard.”

Thud.

Noel felt like his heart sank. Towards that frozen face, Isaac delivered the final blow.

“How dare a thief mention being the Saintess’s father?”

“…!!!”

His heart sank with a thud. Noel hurriedly looked at his brothers in confusion.

The gaze of his family looking at him was colder than ever. It was already a gaze looking at him like a bug.

Isaac spoke to Noel who couldn’t speak:

“Should I have revealed it at the founding festival, when more people were there?”

Cold sweat ran down Noel’s spine. His confused gaze had no choice but to turn to his surroundings.

‘No way, did they notice?’

No, that can’t be.

There’s no way these guys could know!

Noel, who was biting his lip, immediately denied:

“You outrageous bastards! Now you’re even falsely slandering and insulting people?!”

“Ah. False, you say?”

“!”

It was Lilai who finally burst into a hollow laugh unable to hold back. Lilai looked at Noel with eerie eyes.

“When the sisters-in-law were giving birth, only brother Noel was there. Then wouldn’t it be easy for babies to be switched?”

At the blatant revelation, Noel was at a loss for words. It was an accurate deduction as if he had been there.

But Noel isn’t one to meekly admit to just that much.

“My, you’re writing quite a novel!!”

“!”

“You bastards! I see you’ve made up your mind to drive me out. It’s Isaac, right? That bastard instigated everything?”

“Hey, Noel whatever.”

As Benjamin was about to step forward looking pissed off, Noel snorted.

“Wow, you bastards are even going after family ties now? Insulting and hurting an innocent person with something so insignificant, you think you can just let this slide?”

“Hey you…”

“What evidence do you have to…!!!”

It was then.

Flap-

Isaac waved a document.

“There was something interesting in the Imperial archive.”

At the document engraved with purple light, Noel’s face hardened. There was no need to read the contents in detail.

It’s a record about Noel. The secret about Noel’s congenital physical condition that he had been deceiving the family members with lies all this time.

‘…Damn it! Why is that!’

Are such things even recorded in the Imperial archive?

“To be precise, it’s a detailed record of those who receive God’s blessing.”

“!”

Surveillance that there should be no lies under God’s blessing.

‘Well, it seems to be a device arranged by the first Empress, the Sacred Dragon, to check both the Emperor’s authority and the Pope’s authority.’

Of course, records about Isaac are not deeply engraved.

‘Because I don’t receive God’s blessing.’

So that’s a good thing.

Soon Lilai spoke coldly.

“You should consider it lucky we haven’t told father yet.”

“!”

“Well, he’ll find out soon. No, will it all be revealed at the Eshua gathering before that?”

“Are you kidding?! It could be forged! How can you believe such writing!”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it. No, this is rather fortunate.”

“…!”

In fact, Noel was the one who bullied and mocked Lilai the most.

“Since it’s come to this, let’s have the same examination?”

“…!”

“Why, don’t you want to? No, you can’t do it?”

“Khh…!”

Noel, who had turned pale, unconsciously took a step back. Finally, he gritted his teeth and hurriedly headed somewhere.

‘Damn it, at this rate, I have no choice but to summon the Dark God of Awakening!’

Soon after he left, Leia grasped her sword slightly and asked:

“Is it okay to let him go like that?”

At those words asking if she should take care of it, Isaac shook his head.

“We have to do this for that bastard to move.”

“What?”

“You know? Where do guys like that go when cornered?”

“…To the most trustworthy person?”

“No. Guys like that usually head to their most precious safe.”

“!”

“He’ll probably take out what he thinks is most useful. It means he’ll take out with his own hands what he’s kept hidden carefully.”

At those words, everyone seemed very surprised.

And above all, Isaac knew.

‘A guy like that never dies alone.’

He’ll probably drag the Gold Cardinal along like a water ghost.

Is that all?

“This is my guess, but there’s probably a way to awaken Kaya.”

“What?”

Isaac smiled as if it was insignificant.

“Because the God of Awakening died, his card Kaya was in danger of becoming useless. But that bastard was unexpectedly calm about that part, wasn’t he? What does that mean? Either there’s one more power enough to awaken, or…”

As Isaac spoke as if probing, Benjamin pretended to know.

“Ah, if it’s that, could it be that? The one sealed in Eshua?”

So it really exists?!

The corners of Isaac’s mouth rose to his ears.

He already knew of its existence.

‘Eshua’s remaining half secret technique.’

Isaac certainly revived Eshua’s vision. But it was only half.

That’s what he felt while researching the vision for years.

And though it was strong enough now, when he looked into it further feeling vaguely unsatisfied, what do you know.

‘They say originally only half of Blue’s techniques themselves were passed down.’

So it means all the techniques of the Blue being used now are only half.

‘The other half is powerful, but humans absolutely can’t handle it so it was sealed away as forbidden.’

[Oh, there was such a thing?]

It’s not for nothing that it’s called the strongest spear faith.

‘Well. Even so, it’s probably the power of the Light god since it’s the secret technique of the saintly family.’

[Eh, then Master can’t use it?]

‘Haah, kid. Why do you think I’m not awakening with the God of Awakening’s power?’

[You didn’t?]

‘Right. I just slightly developed my magic core.’

Isaac grumbled.

He tried to awaken like Leia and family, but well.

‘Damn it, who knew an eel would be so godlike.’

The holy power was terrifyingly strong.

‘If I awaken with that, I’d become strong as a Saint in one go, but there’s a fatal drawback.’

[What is it?]

‘I lose my magic power.’

[Huhh?!!]

Whisper trembled as if receiving a death sentence.

‘It’s a matter of compatibility.’

It was also a balance issue.

Currently, Isaac’s body was composed of light holy power and dark magic power.

If one became too strong, the other could disappear. It was fine until now, but if he absorbed power at the level of a god, things would be different.

[The magic core itself could fly away because of the god’s power! You mean only the Saint would remain?]

‘Right. So regrettably there’s no choice. I’ll just use the God of Awakening’s power to raise our kids.’

[The power that’s said to be sealed too?]

‘Yeah. Can’t be helped. It’s indirect, but raising the Blue ultimately becomes my power too.’

[Then what about the Pope selection, the Conclave? Will you be okay without the awakening power?]

‘Hey, what do you take this body for?’

Well, of course it would be good to awaken, but in the end it’s a battle between humans.

‘And originally a king doesn’t need to be great. The real mastermind controls his limbs…’

But it was then.

Lilai asked with a worried face.

“If you mean the sealed forbidden vision… Could it be the ‘Dark’ God of Awakening?!”

At those words, Isaac’s ears rarely perked up.

…Hmm? ‘Dark’ God of Awakening?