I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“Isaaaaac!!”

When Isaac swallowed the body, everyone’s faces turned pale.

They lost all color as if questioning what they had just seen. At the same time, the shocked group rushed towards Isaac.

“Spit it out!”

“Isaac, what is this!”

“Ptoo! Ptooooo!”

Melissa, Leia, Lilai. Everyone clung to Isaac trying to make him spit out the body.

In a state of mental breakdown, they hurriedly searched for items.

“Laxatives! Bring medicine! The one we fed him before!”

“Didn’t that not work?”

But no matter how desperately they rubbed his back and grabbed his face, the Skeleton King’s bone had already gone down Isaac’s throat.

Moreover, as if the situation was over, Isaac subtly averted his gaze. He even smacked his lips.

The despairing Eshua family looked at Isaac with shaking pupils. They examined Isaac with anxious faces.

Isaac rolled his eyes.

Right, they must be surprised. They must be super surprised.

The kid swallowed the Skeleton King’s bone again, how can they not be surprised?

Sure enough, they felt Isaac’s body.

“A-Ah, Isaac! A-Are you alright?”

“Yep. I’m fine.”

Now that they’ve confirmed his body is okay, they’ll ask this next.

“Isaac…! Why did you eat that!”

Right, right, there’s no way they wouldn’t ask this question.

It might be understandable for an infant, but it’s not common sense for a 16-year-old to eat that.

“Isaac?”

“Ah. Um.”

Isaac, racking his brain, rolled his eyes. Then he acted as pitiful as possible.

“Actually, I’m not sure either. When I saw the Skeleton King’s body, a strange voice kept ringing in my head saying ‘eat it, eat it.’ So when I came to my senses, I had eaten it without realizing.”

Whisper seemed dumbfounded.

[Master… At least wet your lips before lying…]

However, the Eshua family seemed greatly shocked by those words.

‘Has the Skeleton King started controlling Isaac’s mind!!’

They all froze.

That’s because Isaac ate the Skeleton King’s body as an infant. Although he was admirably suppressing that power now, it was a ticking time bomb that could go berserk and devour Isaac at any time.

And to think that evil magical power has finally started controlling Isaac!

‘Is the Skeleton King’s power growing stronger!’

They who had always been anxiously watching Isaac couldn’t help but be shocked.

‘We knew the Skeleton King would gradually recover his power as time passed, but…!’

Especially Lilai who had been chasing the Skeleton King and Melissa who had fought him seemed to be in mental breakdown.

Because they didn’t catch the Skeleton King, the Eshua child is under this curse again…!

Of course, Whisper was worried for a different reason.

[Master, are you okay? Won’t your stomach split?]

Startled by those words, Isaac acted terrified and looked at Melissa.

“Oh. Grandma. My stomach… Are you going to cut it open?”

“Huh?”

At Isaac’s words, Melissa flinched greatly. It was because she recalled a conversation with Blue’s family head.

-Elai! Listen! Why does Isaac keep avoiding me?

-Why… Even I would avoid someone who says they’ll cut open my stomach…

-?!

She had been careful because of those words.

At the same time, Isaac smoothly transformed his golden truncheon into a sword. Then with a solemn expression like a martyr about to be sacrificed, he pointed the sword at his own neck.

“The Skeleton King’s body was an extremely important item for Eshua, right? I made the mistake of falling for the Skeleton King’s trick and eating it again. I’ll cut my lifeline and take out that precious item for you!”

“Isaaaaac! I’m sorry! It’s okay, as long as you’re safe it’s okay!”

“Stooop!”

Everyone tried to stop Isaac. Even Melissa, for a very brief moment, had thought about cutting open his stomach to take it out, but that thought quickly disappeared.

But it was right then.

“Has the intruder been dealt with?!”

“Is the Skeleton King’s body safe?”

The Papacy priests waiting outside rushed in. They had entered when the explosions inside stopped.

They first looked for the Skeleton King’s body.

“Did you protect the Skeleton King’s body?”

“Of course, it’s Eshua!”

At those words, the Eshua family froze as if they had forgotten something.

Damn it, come to think of it, the Skeleton King’s body had been handed over to the Papacy as an offering!

But now it’s in our kid’s stomach? Right? If we’re not careful, our kid’s stomach might really be cut open?

Their eyes trembled.

But whether they knew this or not, the Papacy priests looked at the Eshua family very expectantly.

“The Skeleton King’s body?”

“Ah, well, that.”

“That?”

As the priests’ eyes sparkled, the Eshua family rolled their eyes and looked somewhere.

It was none other than the fake Skeleton King’s body. Honestly, they only noticed it was fake because Melissa said so due to the smell, but in reality, they couldn’t tell it apart from the real one at all.

Honestly, if even Eshua can’t tell the difference, there’s no way for the Holy Empire to know.

The Papacy is not going to actually use it either, they’re just going to use it for show to fill a spot.

And normally, according to the Blue’s doctrine, Isaac would have honestly confessed everything even knowing he would be reprimanded by the Papacy, but…

They seemed to make up their minds, exchanging glances and nodding.

* * *

“So… the Eshua people handed over a fake to the Papacy?”

“Yes.”

“…You handed over the bone retrieved from Julius to the Papacy before bringing it to the Imperial Family?”

“Yep.”

“And now it’s in your stomach?”

“Yeah.”

“So I can’t see anything?”

“…”

Isaac, who had been answering the Crown Prince’s questions diligently, fell silent. No matter how thick-skinned Isaac was, even he felt a bit embarrassed at this point.

Perhaps that’s why. Isaac quietly rolled up his sleeve.

“Would you like to see my bone…?”

“…”

At the plump forearm with no bone in sight, the Crown Prince soon sighed as if he had reached enlightenment.

“I’ve been used and discarded by the young master again.”

Isaac was startled.

No! Why are you saying such harsh things, Crown Prince?! I didn’t do it on purpose, you know?

How could anyone have known Melissa would notice by the smell there?

Huh?

“That’s right, Your Highness! Please don’t blame Isaac!”

Lilai, who had come to the Crown Prince’s palace together, bowed his head as if asking for punishment for themselves.

“This is all because of the dirty Skeleton King’s trick!”

Lilai was very sad, but Shuri just looked at distant mountains. He was certain.

‘Uncle. This bastard definitely ate it on purpose.’

He was a very cunning guy. He probably ate it knowing his life would be in danger.

Honestly, he’s almost certain he ate it on purpose as an infant too. Well, he has no intention of telling anyone though.

But Isaac telling the Crown Prince about eating the body was all intentional.

‘He’ll ask about this finger.’

Isaac wiggled his gloved hand.

‘It turned into bone again.’

The tip of the pinky finger had turned into bone just a tiny bit.

It seems he leaned towards magic power rather than holy power for a moment because he ate it all at once instead of absorbing it slowly.

The Crown Prince with his special ‘eyes’ would notice the state of his hand even with gloves on.

Of course, now that he’s connected to the Blue goddess, if he just extracts some power, this much will return to normal in a day.

The problem was the family members who saw this…

-Isaac is cursed!

-The Skeleton King’s curse has finally reached Isaac too!

The uncles and knights were shocked and in an uproar. Although he didn’t show it, even the grandfather seemed inwardly shocked.

He even said things like:

-…I won’t let that Skeleton King bastard off the hook.

No, Grandpa. That bastard is me, so please don’t try to use 9th-rank divine techniques. The house will collapse, please.

Even the slaves were enraged.

-We’ll form a Skeleton King subjugation squad right now! Master! Give the order!

-No, that’s not…

-We’ll beat that bastard to death!!!! How dare he do this to Young Master Isaac!!

-No… Listen to me, you bastards!

And now.

The moment it was revealed that the Skeleton King was targeting even Eshua’s junior family head, Eshua was burning with more enthusiasm than ever before.

It was the first time I saw them training so hard.

Honestly, I wondered if these bastards could absorb the vision. Thanks to that, their skills improved quickly enough to acquire the vision, which was a great benefit to Isaac.

However, Lilai sighed deeply. He couldn’t forgive that the curse that should have ended with their generation had struck Isaac as well.

“We couldn’t find the Skeleton King during all this time.”

Isaac rolled his eyes.

‘Why do they think they can’t find me?’

At the same time, the Crown Prince glanced at Isaac, but seemed to know the reason.

“If even Eshua can’t find him, surely dragon power must be involved.”

Right, dragons are hiding the fake Skeleton King. Although we don’t know which tribe is hiding him.

Isaac is actually having a bit of a headache because of this too.

‘I need to lift the curse on Eshua too.’

Soon Lilai bowed to the Crown Prince as if this was the main point.

“Eshua could abandon its pride and give up on the Skeleton King, but we can’t do that because of the curse. Since Sacred Dragons contracted with the Imperial Family could find the Skeleton King, we came to ask Your Highness, risking rudeness.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can help.”

“?!”

At the mention of Sacred Dragons, the Crown Prince’s expression became very bad, though he didn’t show it. And he stood up from his seat.

“I’m sorry but I have a prior engagement, so I’ll excuse myself first.”

“!”

“Ah. Don’t worry about the Skeleton King’s body that was the payment for the Imperial special envoy. I didn’t think I’d be able to see it anyway, and I’m used to being used and discarded by the young master… Haah.”

Isaac was startled.

Nooo! I did use you, but I didn’t discard you!

But although the Crown Prince said that, he must have had high expectations, as he bumped into the wall while leaving.

“Your Highness!”

At that moment, something rolled out of the Crown Prince’s body from the impact. Whisper was surprised at the identity of that object.

[Oh? Master, that’s!]

Isaac’s eyes widened.

The Crown Prince quickly retrieved it so others didn’t seem to see it, but Isaac clearly saw it. The object that fell from the Crown Prince was none other than a mini skeleton the size of a thumb…

…What? A skeleton?!

[Isn’t that the one Master threw into the palace lake before?]

Clatter. Clatter. Clatter.

The giant skeleton couldn’t move, but it whined as if very happy to meet its master.

[Maaasteeeer!]

Ha, you brat. You were still aliv… No, that’s not what’s important right now!

Why is the thing I threw in the pond there??

Isaac hurriedly reached out his hand.

“Excuse me, Your Highness! That!”

The Crown Prince carefully wiped the mini skeleton and hid it in his chest.

“No, that…!”

“You didn’t show me either, so we’re even.”

What?! No, my subordinate! Why are you stealing it!

The Crown Prince increased his speed and disappeared, as if afraid the skeleton might be taken away.

No, my subordinate, give it back!

[Didn’t Master abandon it?]

No I didn’t! I just forgot about it?!