I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 151 Season 2 – The Future Me is Bad!

“No.”

“Mother…”

“No matter what, this isn’t right.”

At that moment, the trembling hand of Empress Ria chose to embrace her ‘husband’ instead of her son standing before her.

Thus, she pushed away the chest that had once felt the heartbeat of her son.

“…!”

Realizing what she had just done, she wore an expression filled with agony.

However, Empress Ria quickly closed her eyes, then forced herself to open them wide again, determined to maintain her dignity.

“Crown Prince Leon. If you continue acting like this, I’ll have no choice but to drag you away by force!”

“I don’t want to fight you, Mother.”

“Neither do I. But the one making a foolish move first is none other than you!”

“I’m doing this because I want to save you.”

“And what’s left after living like that?! I’d rather die than live in a world without His Majesty!!”

“…Can’t I fill the void left by His Majesty?”

“Th-That’s…!”

Her lips quivered.

The firm stance she had barely maintained began to waver again.

Not wanting to be swayed by her son any longer, Empress Ria shook her head, determined to shut out all sounds.

She clapped both hands over her ears.

Drip…

“M-Mom?!”

“Your Majesty!”

“…I can hardly hear anymore.”

“…Mother.”

“Leon, I’m going to take you back to the empire. You’ll kneel before your brother. Then, everything will return to the happy moments we once had.”

“Are you chasing an ‘unattainable dream’ now?”

The Empress, having forsaken her hearing.

And the Crown Prince, readying himself for rebellion.

Katrina and Cria, who had been watching the fight between mother and son, were frozen, unsure whose side to take.

“Kyokushin Karate – Seiken Tsuki!”

At that moment, the first to move was none other than Empress Ria.

She punched the air toward Leon, and the sound barrier shattered as the air raced toward him.

“A shield of invincibility blocks my way.”

Seeing this, Leon immediately summoned a shield before him, as if creating a fortress wall.

Boom!

“Kyah?!”

“Ugh!”

“That’s an unbelievable amount of energy…!”

With just one exchange, the surroundings had turned into a desolate wasteland.

The sight of the sandstorm raging and the terrain changing in real-time made Han Lightree break out in a cold sweat, wondering if Leon really was the son of the same Han family.

And then.

“First, that.”

“…!”

As soon as the invincible shield he had summoned disappeared, Empress Ria pointed to a spot.

The location was right behind Leon, where Riverine and Yujin were currently aboard the time machine.

“Are you planning to target the time machine?!”

“If I destroy that, there’ll be no more bothersome problems.”

That thing was the root of all this trouble in the first place.

If it weren’t for that, Leon would have remained a good child.

Yes, everything was because of those objects from the past.

The only thing from the past that mattered was Sister Sophia.

As if everything else was unnecessary, Ria summoned a ring of light from midair, preparing to destroy the time machine—whether or not Shin-woo’s other child was inside.

“Destroy…!”

“No! Ria!!”

She was about to destroy it, but…

Crash!

“…! Father!”

“…Brother?”

What came into Ria’s view at that moment.

It was the man she loved, still unbroken, from the days before the war with the humans.

The man who had smiled, sometimes acted foolishly, yet had always been reliable.

The ideal image of His Majesty, her beloved husband, whom Ria longed to see return.

It was Han Shin-woo, from before he had fallen apart.

“If you break this, we won’t be able to go back home! So please, don’t destroy it, Ria!!”

***

The one who communicated with us from the time machine was none other than Yulian.

“Father, can you hear me?”

“Yeah, I hear you. Yulian, I hear you clearly! Suddenly, Ria appeared—what the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know either. She suddenly rose from Sister Cria’s shadow and started fighting Brother Leon!”

“Ria… is fighting her own son?”

“What? My son? What are you talking about, Brother?”

I had rushed outside and was heading straight for the time machine.

I turned to look at the young Ria running right beside me, disbelief etched on my face.

Ria was a child who had lost her mother at birth.

She had learned about parental love through us, and was a deeply maternal child who wouldn’t even think of killing her younger sister, who sought her life, but treated her with care instead.

And now that Ria was fighting her eldest son, Leon?

I instantly realized nothing good could come from this situation.

“Damn it… Please, let nothing happen!”

“Brother! What do you mean by my son?! Could it be my child is inside the time machine?”

“Huh? Oh, well…”

Meanwhile, our young Ria, still unaware that Leon was her son.

By the time we had nearly reached the time machine, she persistently pressed me, begging me to tell her.

“Leon is your son, Ria.”

“Le, Leon…? …?! Don’t tell me you mean that irritating guy with the black and white hair?!”

“Yeah, that’s him!”

“Eek?! That guy was my son?”

I didn’t have time to explain, so I just told her the result.

And upon realizing that Leon, who had played a significant role in rescuing Sophia during the kidnapping incident, was her son…

“Our son is super strong, Brother! Isn’t he even stronger than Jaewon?”

…Rather than being shocked, she was overjoyed.

“Ahem, even so, saying that right next to me is a bit much…”

“But you got totally beaten up by my son last time!”

“Gah?!”

“You were still knocked out when Sister Sophia was captured, so what’re you bragging about?!”

“Well, still! I did more than you, showing up almost at the last minute, you useless monster!”

“What?! Hmph! Even so, you still got crushed by future Brother! I like him more than you!”

…Guys, is now really the time to be arguing in the middle of this serious situation?

As we ran side by side, Jaewon and Ria glared fiercely at each other, shouting back and forth.

Just then, a golden energy began gathering around the time machine.

“What’s that…?”

“Could it be, Empress Ria’s ring of light?”

“I can’t use something like that.”

“Jaewon, do you know what that is?”

“Yes! In short, she’s probably going to destroy the time machine soon!”

“””What?!”””

The news that our time machine, which was our way back to the past, was about to be destroyed shocked everyone running with us from the past.

And then.

“Brother! Throw me at future me!”

“What?!”

“You can use your partial monster transformation, right? That should be enough to give me the strength!”

Ria asked me to throw her at her future self.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but I’ll protect my son!”

Ria…

Honestly, if you go in there, you’ll probably end up needing protection yourself…

But I couldn’t refuse when I met her gaze, those ruby-like eyes staring straight at me.

“I’ll buy you some time.”

Among all of us from the past, only young Ria could truly catch the future Ria off guard.

“Alright. I’ll throw you with enough force, so be careful, okay?”

“Okay! Leave it to me.”

Recalling the fight with the dragon daughter Karune, I partially transformed my legs and one arm into monster form.

Then, I paused for a moment.

“Go!!”

As I threw Ria…

“Riaaa—! Don’t doooo itttttt!”

She jumped toward the glowing time machine and kicked away the gathering golden energy.

***

The future Ria froze at the sight of her unbroken brother from the past.

“B-Brother…!”

The sight she thought she’d never see again.

Seeing her brother, unchanged from the past, filled her with a mix of joy and sorrow, emotions she hadn’t felt since reuniting with Sister Sophia.

And in that moment of hesitation, something else shot toward her.

“Kyokushin Karate!”

“?! You!”

“Aerial stomp!”

Boom!

A white kick landed precisely on her crown.

Even so, future Ria managed to raise her hands and block the surprise attack.

But in her shock, that was all she could do.

“Continuing…”

“!!”

“Seiken Tsuki!”

Crash.

As soon as she landed, the young Ria followed up with a punch aimed at her future self.

That attack landed squarely, successfully pushing future Empress

Ria all the way to the building behind her.

“I’m not stopping! Seiken Seiken Seiken Seiken Seiken—!!”

“N-No! M-Mother, please wait!”

“Shut up! I’m hitting myself, so I don’t need my son’s permission for this!”

“!! Th-That’s…!”

Leon, as flustered as his future mother, was unsure whether he should intervene, but when his past mother spoke so decisively, he simply stood by.

Meanwhile, Ria’s two remaining daughters, Cria and Katrina, were struggling with the ongoing chaos, unsure of what to do.

“S-Shouldn’t we side with the future?”

“Ugh… But we can’t just hurt our past mother either…”

“Still! We played with past Mother by dressing her up before!”

“Do you think this is the same situation as back then? That time it was because of the future ring’s influence! This time we have to choose a side for real!”

Back during the Godzilla incident.

When Sophia wore the future ring, the past and future had briefly swapped places, allowing them to meet past Ria for a short time.

At that time, the daughters had gathered, stripped their miniature mother of her clothes, and played dress-up with her like a doll.

Whatever shame their mother had felt… it didn’t matter; it was the past.

But now, things couldn’t just be ignored any longer.

“Still, we should side with the future mother!”

“…! Yes, no matter what, the one who gave birth to us and raised us is the present mother.”

Caught off guard, Empress Ria continued to get beaten by her past self.

To save their mother, Cria and Katrina prepared to run toward her.

However.

“Stop there…”

“Hold it.”

Before them, two figures landed.

“Brother!”

“And… His Majesty?”

“H-Hello? Girls… Shall we try solving this peacefully, with a nice talk?”

“Father, stop with the useless chatter and prepare for battle.”

Past Shin-woo and Leon.

The two stood ready to stop their daughters and sister from advancing.