I’m Going to Destroy this Country

A strange rumor was circulating in the Holy Empire of Hella.

One of the Five Major Faiths of the continent. It was said that in the Blue’s headquarters, there was a young and intelligent junior family head. And his abilities were so outstanding that he could turn anyone who entered into the best priest, regardless of who they were…

“Ahhh! Save me!”

“Damn it! This is fraud!”

“We’ve been scammed!”

…Well, in reality, they were being tortured to the point of death.

The apprentices who ended up receiving new recruit training under Isaac were shedding tears and snot.

“In the morning, he doesn’t even feed us and throws us off cliffs, at lunch he throws us into lakes, and in the evening he throws us into forests!”

“Is this training?!”

At someone’s complaint, their colleagues shook their heads.

“Hey… We in the assault team have it relatively easy. The kids receiving individual training are locked in private rooms for 24 hours, just screaming.”

“What are they doing…?”

“Don’t know… Just screams begging young master Isaac to save them…”

If even the guys who disliked Isaac were calling him ‘young master’, what on earth was happening?

The apprentices shuddered.

There was only one conclusion they could draw.

“Should we escape?”

“Give it up… I heard those who already escaped were thrown as food for the divine beasts.”

“What?!”

“They all came back though…”

Isaac, who smiled saying ‘See, there’s no place better than here’, was terror itself, they said.

Of course, there was a reward for choosing the Blue.

Their skills were growing several years’ worth compared to their peers, and they were receiving that much in allowances, but…

“If it’s going to be like this, wouldn’t it be better to run away during the next mission… Ack!”

The trainees were startled. It was because Isaac approached wielding a whip.

“Are these guys chattering again instead of training?”

“Isaac!”

“Looks like you still have energy to move?”

In the end, they had no choice but to cling to Shuri.

“Waaah! Shuri! You’re our only hope! Please save us!”

Shuri looked at distant mountains.

“…All new recruit training in Eshua has become the junior family head’ authority. I can’t interfere.”

“What?!”

“Even the family head can’t interfere. So hang in there…”

“Ahhh!”

Shuri sighed.

The Pope’s family was still threatening to return their sacred relic, but Isaac had gone into hiding under the pretext of new recruit training.

‘Well, I thought we’d face them when we take on Papacy missions, but…’

“Kyahaha! Don’t worry! I won’t go anywhere until I raise you guys! You brats! Be grateful!”

“No! Please leave!”

Screams echoed through Blue’s mansion again today.

How many times did these screams repeat day and night? How many springs had come and gone over Eshua’s blue lake?

* * *

New flower petals bloomed and fell.

How many times had flower petals fallen on Eshua’s lake like that? When the rare rumor that the Blue was starting to revive reached the end of the continent.

A man was looking at the Eshua mansion with an anxious face.

It wasn’t for no reason.

-Have you heard? All the priests who entered the Eshua mansion since a few years ago came out as corpses.

…C-Corpses??

-That’s not all! The Blue’s priests… were stealing.

-No… I heard they were robbing.

Priests robbing?!

What is this nonsense!

Arthur, an envoy dispatched from the kingdom, was trembling. He had heard unexpected stories about Isaac while coming to make a request to the Blue.

-The Blue’s junior family head is extremely vicious.

-I heard some country’s royal treasury was already robbed by the junior family head.

-?!

Sh-Should I not have chosen the Blue?

…Isn’t this a Demon King’s family?!

Arthur, who came to Eshua, couldn’t hide his anxiety.

‘Is it really okay to make a request to Eshua’s junior family head?’

Of course, the Blue, which was rumored to be facing extinction, had changed surprisingly.

Especially a few years ago was shocking.

All the elite Papacy graduates entered the Blue!

But what was really surprising was what happened next.

After all the first graduates entered Eshua, the very next year.

It’s said that not only the priests, but everyone was shocked.

Why, you ask?

-We strongly recommend the Blue to our juniors!

-Come to Blue no matter what! 1000% satisfaction!

-Holy power is the strongest! Abilities rise incredibly!

-You can become the strongest! Screw the Gold!

The first-generation new recruits who entered under the junior family head actively recommended the Blue to their juniors. All of them!

It’s said that the priests at the time were tremendously shocked. No matter what, it’s impossible for everyone to recommend…

-What on earth happened in the Blue?

With all the first-generation’s active recommendations and promotions, all of the next year’s graduates entered the Blue.

Then how about the year after that? This can’t be. The same thing happened the next year too, and as a result, the Blue swept up all the new recruits for 3 consecutive years!

So the other faiths seemed to be in shock. They thought it might be possible once or twice, but… three times?!

Moreover, complaints should have come from the 1st and 2nd generation who entered earlier, but not a single person complained.

-What? What’s going on!

-The Blue swept them all up for 3 consecutive years??

-No, 100% satisfaction from everyone who entered? That’s impossible!

In the end, in the fourth year, the Pope personally intervened to stop the Blue from accepting new recruits.

-It’s not good for graduates to flock to one side. I will establish a principle of fair distribution for balance.

Of course, everyone criticized and it was a huge mess. They asked what they were doing when the Blue couldn’t receive new recruits for 5 years.

In the end, that order was withdrawn due to the backlash, but from then on, strange rumors started circulating.

-You know the Blue? They don’t do any activities at all.

-What?

-Usually new recruits receive intensive training at the headquarters for 1-2 years, right? After that, they come out to the secular world to make achievements and be active.

-S-So?

-But no one comes out. The junior family head doesn’t show himself either.

-Well, I heard if you run into him, you’ll be killed by the junior family head.

K-Killed?!

By the junior family head?

It was when Arthur, waiting for Isaac, was on edge due to such rumors.

“Are you from Julius?”

“!”

At the man’s voice from behind, Arthur’s shoulders jumped in surprise.

Th-That’s right. This person must be that extremely vicious junior family head…!

But soon Arthur’s face brightened as he saw the other person.

‘Great! He looks normal! He looks very normal!’

He was a handsome man who looked to be in his early twenties. He was tall, with beautiful platinum blonde hair reflecting the sunlight. His cat-like upturned eyes looked a bit prickly, but also somewhat kind.

Moreover, the woman next to him was also something.

With long silver hair flowing over her shoulders, her gentle and intelligent eyes were so deep you could fall into them.

So this is what they mean by saying your mind goes blank.

‘As expected of Eshua! They said it’s all handsome men and beautiful women… It was true!’

The man spoke.

“You came from the Julius royal family to make a request to the Blue, right?”

“Are you young master Isaac?!”

Then the young man’s expression visibly soured.

“No, I’m not.”

“!”

Arthur was surprised and looked at the young man again.

Come to think of it, his hair color wasn’t platinum blonde, but a very light brown. He must have been mistaken due to the light.

“I’m Shuri Eshua. Please understand that I’m greeting you on behalf of the junior family head as he’s absent. Since you’re in this area, I’ll guide you.”

The royal envoy nodded, but couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

“Um… Why hasn’t the junior family head been seen lately…”

“Ah, he’s been busy training the new recruits. We need to raise talents befitting the Blue’s name, after all.”

The royal envoy was greatly relieved.

Talents befitting the ‘Blue’s name’!

‘Thank goodness! He really is a normal person after all…!’

“Phew. Then the rumors about beating up a prince and robbing the royal treasury must be false…”

At those words, Shuri flinched for some reason. His face even stiffened strangely.

“Ah… Um. That… Um.”

“Pardon?”

Shuri coughed, ahem.

“Actually, it’s been quite a while since I’ve seen that guy too, so I’m quite looking forward to it.”

“Oh! If even young master Shuri is looking forward to it, then surely…”

“Yes. I’m looking forward to it. To see how much more of a dog he’s become.”

…What?

Dog? A dog??

But despite the envoy’s questioning gaze, Shuri nodded at the telegram from an incoming baby whale.

“Ah, we’ve figured out where the junior family head is. Follow me.”

No, you just said dog! Explain properly!

“Ah… Well… You don’t need to worry too much. Fortunately, it’s a place where you won’t get hurt this time.”

G-Get hurt?

“Before, there was an unfortunate person who died after getting involved when they went to see the junior family head.”

Died?!

Blue! What the hell are you guys doing!

Explain properly! The future of the kingdom is at stake!

* * *

The envoy who followed Shuri couldn’t believe his eyes. That’s because of the place where the junior family head was said to be.

‘A g-gambling den?’

What is this? Why is a priest in a place like this?

Isn’t gambling absolutely forbidden?

The envoy’s pupils were shaking.

It looked like a very low-quality place too. Thugs were everywhere around, and there were even some who didn’t seem to be breathing.

But as if this was normal, when Shuri’s group entered, eyes glinted with intent to steal wallets.

It wasn’t just the place that made him doubt his eyes.

“Huh? So you’re saying we did something wrong? Huuuh?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“It is. You’re insisting that we did something wrong!”

The envoy’s jaw dropped. He saw young knights grabbing the collars of gambling den employees and making threats. And they were clearly the Blue’s knights…!

There was no doubt.

‘Those are the new recruits who entered the Blue!’

He could roughly guess their year from the decorations on their belts. And they looked so splendid that it was hard to believe they were new recruits until just recently.

Their trained appearance, physique, holy power… Everything was perfect and reassuringly excellent.

But their threatening behavior, expressions, speech, faces… Aren’t those just thugs and gangsters?!

‘Are those really the Blue’s knights?!’

The… devout… I mean, the Blue of chivalry that’s stubborn to the point of foolishness…

Chewing gum, they were threatening the employees as if they would rip open their bellies and sell their organs.

“Guide us while we’re asking nicely! We know the junior family head is here!”

“Or do you want all your guts pulled out before you’ll open up? Huh???”

“How dare you kidnap someone, I’ll just…!”

At those words, the envoy had a realization.

Th-That’s right! The junior family head didn’t come here to gamble! There must have been some accident, and they came to find their master!

That’s right!

The Blue’s knights are just acting like that because they’re worried about their master’s safety!

The envoy was deeply relieved again and quickly looked at Shuri.

“Will the junior family head be alright? Is there any danger…”

“Ah. That bastard. So this is where the prey is this time.”

…What?

The envoy froze at Shuri’s cold curse, but soon Shuri approached the Blue’s knights.

“What are you guys doing here! I told you to bring the junior family head straight home!”

The Blue’s knights were startled.

“Ack, Shuri… no, Deputy! The thing is, the junior family head said he had business in this area!”

“And you! Just! Happily! Followed him!”

Shuri slapped the knights’ heads as he went to the VIP room of the gambling den. The envoy looked at Shuri anxiously.

“Um, um, young master Shuri. Is the junior family head really alright…”

“Ah. Don’t worry! No matter what, he’s the head of Blue. He won’t be gambling. Yes… not gambling.”

…What?

“I’d rather hope he was gambling.”

…Excuse me?? What do you mean?

More importantly, why are you avoiding eye contact?!

At the same time, the VIP room opened.

“Isa… junior family head! Are you here!”

As the envoy was gaping at the scene unfolding inside, Shuri approached the platinum-haired man.

“That’s enough!”

“Huh?”

At Shuri’s shout, the platinum-haired man turned his head as if asking what’s up.

At that moment, the envoy was shocked.

He looked about 16 years old. Tall stature with dazzling platinum blonde hair and features.

A heavenly face that perfectly fit the description of being blessed by the gods was there.

But unlike that handsome face…

“What’s the interruption, Kim Shuri! Do you want to die?”

Why is his speech so vulgar?