I’m Going to Destroy this Country

≪The Forbidden Path≫.

It was a sacred technique used by priests to move beasts.

Isaac was well aware of this sacred technique.

Normally, it is used as a conduit for transporting dirty things like demon corpses, so humans don’t use it.

Needless to say, the Cardinal of noble rank wouldn’t use such a thing.

But… he came riding that?

What does that mean? It means the Cardinal is absolutely furious right now.

“Yeah… Johnny must be really pissed off. Heheh…eck?!”

Isaac almost bit his tongue as his collar was grabbed simultaneously.

Not just one, but two people grabbed Isaac’s collar at the same time.

On one side was the Red Cardinal, and on the other side was Shuri… Kim Shuri?!

“Isaac! You, you really need to calm down a bit!!”

Why do you keep provoking the Red Faith?!

Shuri was shaking Isaac’s collar back and forth, seeming to say he needed to tone it down a bit, like he was going crazy.

Well, it was only natural for Shuri to act like this.

The Red is trying to somehow link Eshua to a heresy trial in order to gain credit.

Moreover, Isaac had countless reasons to be dragged in, starting from his worst religious beliefs to the bone shards of the Skeleton King and his cursed bone hands.

From Eshua’s perspective, he was someone to be avoided at all costs.

Or honestly, would there be any priest who liked getting tangled up with the Red?

Unless you’re out of your mind, you have to protect yourself from their faith of the heresy inquisition!

“But this bastard!”

“Ack, call me a bastard instead. Ack, don’t strangle me. Don’t cry.”

However, the Cardinal seemed to have calmed down a bit, speaking in a more casual tone again.

“Isaac, what were you thinking bringing the prince of the Magic Empire here?”

“What was I thinking? I brought him to help you.”

At Isaac’s words, the Cardinal burst into a wry laugh.

Help?

Did he just say help?

Of course, the Red Cardinal was pleased at first too.

-Maybe he’s after the prince. Please have the inquisition thoroughly investigate the background.

The Red Cardinal was delighted by Isaac’s request.

Why?

Well, why not?

The opportunity to interrogate magicians was extremely precious.

And no matter how you look at it, it was true that the magicians had weapons aimed at the priests. There was sufficient reason to investigate.

Moreover, the Red Cardinal had a vague idea of who was behind the magicians and what their goal was.

‘This will be quite troubling for the Gold and the Blue.’

The background? Well, it was probably just a combination of the Pope’s family and Eshua’s fourth bastard trying to cripple Isaac. That’s why he couldn’t stop smiling, it was so troublesome.

With this, he could interrogate the most noble Gold and Blue at the same time in this country.

How could he not smile at that?

‘Isaac Eshua. The foolish brat is blinded by ambition, not realizing the danger to his family as he reaches out to the Red.’

The Red Cardinal smiled wickedly, like a snake.

He was a dangerous figure who could laugh and send anyone to the stake, whether parent, close friend, or lover, as long as there was a reason.

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‘A faith that protects people by eliminating internal enemies.’

They believed internal enemies were more dangerous than external ones. All they needed was suspicion, resolution, and the ability to act.

‘Yes, this is worth trading for the authority of the Fourteen Demons, no, even more.’

Of course, the Blue brat had basically sold out his own family to the Red like an idiot.

No, he had to…

The Red inquisitors who were interrogating the magicians almost died of rage.

-Is this how the Holy Empire conducts interrogations?

-Pardon?

-I asked if this barbaric nation really calls this an interrogation?

-No, excuse me, Your Highness, but we haven’t even started yet. We only asked for a name…

-No, how dare you ask for a name! This country disregards human rights! Are all priests like this?!

Ah… he should have realized something was off then.

As soon as they tried to interrogate the magicians, this so-called prince started nitpicking everything from the side.

Whenever they tried to ask anything about Eshua, that bug-eyed prince would suddenly glare intensely and-

-How dare you ask about brother Isaac’s family? Do you priests have no sense of propriety?

-How dare you lowly beings ask about the heir of Blue!

-You fools! You’re far from knowing brother Isaac’s tastes!

By then, both the Red inquisitors and the Cardinal had caught on.

Isaac Eshua was behind this prince.

So of course the Red Cardinal couldn’t help feeling annoyed.

‘He deliberately requested the background investigation.’

It was only to threaten Gold, the culprit. He never intended to actually have the background investigated.

And seeing the Cardinal’s expression, Isaac smirked.

That’s right. Just looking at his face, it’s obvious how the prince of the Magic Empire is acting.

‘I was worried he might have other thoughts since he seems quite clever. But unexpectedly, he’s following my words well.’

In fact, Isaac’s goal was to keep the Gold in check.

These weren’t the kind of people who had given up their crown for thousands of years for no reason.

The Gold family was as close as a sibling to the founding Emperor, meaning they had imperial blood mixed in. Their bloodline, backing forces, and abilities were unparalleled in their solidity and superiority.

It wasn’t for nothing that Kina was also called a prince.

‘They’re not the kind to take damage easily.’

So he had to slowly, no, repeatedly breach their defenses to expose their insides.

The head of the Red family also understood this, which was what made it so vexing.

‘This brat dares to use us?’

However, he had no intention of refusing Isaac’s proposal.

Why?

Because if he played his cards right, he might be able to make the untouchable Gold kneel before him!

But that’s that, and this is this.

The Cardinal looked at Isaac with vicious snake-like eyes.

“You can’t possibly think I’ll just let this slide, can you? It’s not fun when your subordinates get hurt, it’s unpleasant.”

At those cold eyes demanding compensation, Isaac grinned like a sly fox.

“Why say that? You’re not feeling unpleasant at all right now. In fact, you must be quite delighted. Aren’t you the one who even enjoys your subordinates’ suffering?”

At those words, the Red Cardinal smiling lips curled upwards, no longer seeming gentlemanly. At that moment, Shuri felt terror.

“That’s strange. I’ve never been caught before. Did the head of the Blue family say something?”

“!”

The atmosphere changed abruptly.

He was smiling, but his eyes weren’t smiling. With eyes that looked ready to kill someone without blinking, it felt like encountering a murderer.