NOVEL WEB Chapter 231 - Revealing Truths (7)
Isaac’s pupils trembled at Kaya’s words. Even Crown Prince Shablis rarely looked flustered.
In that situation, the only one who wasn’t flustered was Leia.
“…The Skeleton King? From his soul even?”
Aaaargh!!!
At Leia’s interest, Isaac let out a silent scream. He looked at Shablis reproachfully.
‘No, you Crown Prince bastard! You knew about Kaya, didn’t you? You deliberately made us meet now!’
As if reading that gaze, Shablis subtly averted his eyes. He too had a face like he didn’t expect Kaya to be like this. Of course, he had noticed that Kaya’s purpose in frequently visiting the Crown Prince’s palace was because of Isaac. After all, Isaac often stayed here because of the garden he had given to the Crown Prince’s palace.
Kaya too probably used tea time as an excuse, but actually came to secretly watch Isaac. But to suddenly say he’s the Skeleton King as soon as she sees him?
However, Shablis looked at Isaac as if that wasn’t what’s important.
“More importantly, seeing how anxious you are, you’re acknowledging that you’re the Skeleton King after all…”
“There’s no way that’s trueeee!!”
You persistent Skeleton King otaku bastard!
At that moment, Kaya stared at Isaac intently.
“You’re the Skeleton King?”
With Kaya joining in, Isaac clutched his head.
“Are you kidding? Besides, the Skeleton King was a Demon King from over a hundred years ago! How could you possibly know the Skeleton King’s scent?”
Then Kaya tilted her head to one side.
“How do I know… Grandmother Melissa educated us with the Skeleton King’s belongings.”
E-Educated?
“Grandmother has the Skeleton King’s foot that she tore off from him…”
F-Foot?
“She’s been keeping it all this time. She always used it to train the Saints in tracking…”
Ah, Melissaaa! Damn it!!
The Crown Prince’s eyes sparkled as if he didn’t know such a thing existed, but Isaac clutched his head. Because he knew all too well what that ‘foot’ was.
[Was it when Master stole Melissa’s wallet? Is she talking about the leg that was torn off then?]
Yeah! Just for stealing a wallet! She chased after me and tore off one of the Demon King’s legs!
[But isn’t that just a bone?]
Right. The moment the leg detached from the body, I cut off the magic flowing to the leg. Then I took all the remaining power from the detached leg.
So it was different from the ‘Skeleton King’s body’ that people coveted, just a lump of calcium.
But she’s kept that until now?
‘Is she a dog! Is it an attachment toy!’
But Leia actually acted like she knew.
“Ah, that thing. The scent Grandmother could smell.”
“!”
“No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t smell it. At most, only Uncle Kaliya could do it…”
At those words, Isaac held the back of his neck. No wonder that third son bastard, the male version of Melissa, swung his sword as soon as he saw me!
‘Right. I was wondering how these young punks could know my scent.’
So it was all because of Melissa’s early education?
Leia looked at Kaya as if secretly envious.
“So Kaya can do that too… But you say Isaac smells like the Skeleton King?”
At Leia’s gaze, Isaac shook his head desperately. Seeing that reaction, Leia nodded.
“Kaya, you’re mistaken. There’s no way Isaac could be the Skeleton King.”
“It’s not a mistake.”
“It’s not a mistake?”
“Yeah. If you check, you’ll know right aw…”
Kaya looked at Isaac, but Isaac had already disappeared. Fearing investigation by Kaya, Isaac quickly ran out of the Crown Prince’s palace and panted.
[Master, are you okay?]
“Damn bastards…! If I lose my hair, it’s all their fault…!”
He never imagined his blood relative would be like this.
‘No matter how much education there was, to say she can smell the Skeleton King?’
This meant her sensing ability was beyond imagination. At this point, he was curious about their parents’ faces.
‘What kind of people were our parents.’
Anyway, it’s dangerous in the current state.
‘If this fact reaches the ears of the Eshua people, I could be dismembered!’
[Well, they might unexpectedly accept it? The Blue family head already seems to have noticed my existence.]
‘He noticed your existence?’
[Rather than noticing, he’s probably guessing. He’s been watching sideways ever since we killed the God of Awakening. Since he noticed Master dabbled in black magic, he probably called Master earlier to figure out his intentions.]
If it’s figuring out intentions, does he mean that time?
-Do you intend to destroy Eshua?
That was a question wanting to know Isaac’s true thoughts, rather than scolding Isaac for using black magic.
It means he cherishes ‘Isaac Eshua’ that much. If Isaac doesn’t intend to destroy Eshua, it probably means he wants to embrace him.
Because Isaac sensed that midway, he was able to call him ‘Grandpa’ instead of ‘family head’, but…
‘Being the Skeleton King is a different matter!!!’
Damn it!
No matter what, there’s no way an enemy family would leave their nemesis alone!
[Wasn’t the Blue family head rather favorable towards the Skeleton King? He definitely said he wanted to have a conversation…]
No, it’s ruined because of the fake!
And between a priest and a demon, conversation means fighting!
‘Anyway, I need that Dark God of Awakening to avoid being discovered.’
Cover a scent with an even stronger scent.
Moreover, if it’s the
Right now I cough up blood and groan just from using the Skeleton King’s grand magic, but it’ll be different after awakening. I’ll surely be able to freely use the Skeleton King’s magic too.
‘Just.’
[Just?]
‘The Dark Awakening strangely seems like the Supreme God.’
[Huh?]
‘The Supreme God had both dark and light attributes.’
[Oh!]
Well, Noel probably went to unseal the
Isaac was about to laugh when-
[But Master. That’s not what’s important right now.]
‘What?’
[Eshua is in an uproar right now!!]
What? Why??
* * *
Meanwhile, the Eshua mansion was in turmoil.
It wasn’t for any other reason.
“What did you say?”
“The Sacred Dragon came?”
“What? A dragon?!”
The Eshua mansion was in an uproar with servants, knights, and family members because of Sapien’s visit. Especially the uncles in the mansion were pale white.
Lilai, Benjamin, and even Goel were like that.
They couldn’t help it.
“Don’t dragons… terribly hate humans?”
No, it’s not just hate.
‘They look down on us as insignificant…’
Although Melissa is a dragonkin, and Melissa’s descendants are quarter-halfs so practically dragonkin, well.
‘We can’t say we’re on good terms…’
So it’s roughly that kind of feeling.
From the perspective of those arrogant bastards, humans are like cats or dogs that don’t even live long… so how would they feel if humans married and had children with dogs and cats?
The analogy is extreme, but anyway, that’s how they were. In fact, even the Sacred Dragons maintaining ties with the Imperial family was because of an old contract, and no dragon wanted to keep it.
And now they say such a being came?
Moreover, it’s not just any dragon, but the leader who oversees the Sacred Dragons?
‘What’s going on?’
‘Did they come to destroy Eshua???’
The Blue knights’ bodies couldn’t help but tremble.
“S-Sir Lilai. Should we prepare for war?!”
“Yes, battle preparations…!!”
At that reaction, the servants who brought the news hurriedly stopped them.
“N-No! That’s not it, they say it’s about young master Isaac!”
What? Isaac???
At that name, the Eshua family turned pale for a different reason.
“Why again!!! What kind of accident did he cause?!”
“Huh?”
The uncles shouted.
“For the leader to come personally, just how big of an incident is it?!”
Moreover, the Sacred Dragon leader?
“Isn’t he one of the Four Great Dragons?!”
The Four Great Dragons are absolutely not to be messed with in the human realm. They are dragons ruling the east, west, north, and south, and it’s an unwritten rule to never enter their territories, which of course includes the demon territory ruled by the Skeleton King.
Goel also held the back of his neck.
Damn it, why at this time when his older brother is making a fuss about unsealing the Dark God of Awakening?
“The Sacred Dragon leader… was it the ‘Light Dragon’?”
“Yes… They say he’s an elite genius who became the first leader while still a young dragon…”
Dragons get stronger as they age. So at that young age to already be at that level, they couldn’t imagine how strong he must be.
‘And they’re also famous for being violent…’
…And they say he messed with such a being?!
“Isaaaaaac!”
Cries of anguish flowed from the Eshua family as they clutched their heads and collapsed.
“…In the worst case, our family will be exterminated…”
“A family that defeats Demon Kings now has to defeat dragons too…!”
Then the servants hurriedly shook their heads.
“No! That’s not it, they say they came to get permission to marry young master Isaac…”
…Huh?
Just as they were about to ask what that meant, servants began rushing in carrying gifts.
“So this is, a gift for the in-laws…”
…Huh?
…Huh?!!!
What do you mean in-laws!!!!
* * *
Meanwhile, the inner chambers of the Eshua mansion were gripped with terror.
It was because of those two.
“Hand over your grandson, father-in-law.”
“Fix your way of speaking first, dragon leader bastard.”
“I humbly request that you hand over your grandson, father-in-law.”
“Just using polite speech doesn’t make it right.”
Sapien and Elai were arguing over Isaac.
Of course, at first Sapien had greeted Elai very politely, but well.
-Get out of my house. Don’t think of taking anything from our house. You salamander.
Crack.
From the start, knowing he had no intention of giving Isaac, she had no choice but to clash.
But Elai was just as displeased.
“I was thinking of finding a smart match for my grandson, but I never said I’d send him to a dragon.”
Of course, for Elai who was Melissa’s husband, the Sacred Dragons were in-law species. Since Melissa was of their bloodline.
But…
“Remember what you bastards did to Melissa. How much did you look down on her for being a half? You want me to see that again?”
Then as if strangely wronged, Sapien’s eyebrow twitched.
If it’s about Melissa, it was something done by the older generation’s fossils. So she said:
“If you want, should I kill all those bastards for you?”
At that fierce gaze, Elai was so dumbfounded he couldn’t even speak.
‘…Isaac, where did that bastard find someone exactly like her…’
Soon Sapien said:
“Don’t the Sacred Dragons like Melissa now? Giving her all sorts of special treatment.”
“Hah, they serve her because she’s a Saintess. You maggots.”
Though Melissa seems to have forgiven them since it was when she was young, Elai is different.
“Anyway, Isaac is not possible.”
“!”
“How can I send my grandson… no, the family heir to the Sacred Dragon territory? If it’s dragons, they’ll obviously try to take him to their territory for species preservation.”
Then Sapien’s eyes sparkled.
“No. I’ll come here.”
…What?
A dragon says she’ll enter a human family?!
Moreover, the leader?
Isaac you bastard, just what the hell did you do?
Though Elai looked flustered for once, Sapien sighed.
“Well, my purpose was to see father-in-law first, but I actually came for another matter too.”
“Another matter?”
“It seems like something the saintly family must know.”
Saintly family?
At that moment, Sapien brought up a very important topic.
“I heard you were close with the Pope.”
“I’m not your father-in-law.”
“After entering the Holy Empire for this matter, I clearly realized. Why the Pope’s family drove out the Sacred Dragons from the empire, even instigating between the Imperial family and dragons.”
Elai tilted his head.
“If it’s about that, wasn’t it because of the Imperial archive? Because there was information they didn’t want discovered?”
“No. It’s a more fundamental reason.”
Fundamental?
Soon Sapien’s eyes sharpened.
“I can sense the aura of the dead in the empire.”
“The dead?”
“Pope Sylvester.”
“!”
The Pope from the past who executed Saintess Ines, and had the most clashes with the Skeleton King.
“I can smell that person’s scent.”
…What did you say?