I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“Uncieee!”

At Isaac’s cuteness, an earthquake occurred in Lilai’s pupils.

No, he couldn’t help it.

‘Isaac…!!’

He was the child left behind by his older brother, the eldest.

To Lilai, the seventh and youngest son, his eldest brother was like a father who carried and raised him. The eldest brother and sister-in-law were like parents to him.

But he lost those two 10 years ago.

He regretted it over and over again.

Why didn’t he go to pick up his brother and sister-in-law on that fateful day?

He knew they would be passing by demons lands, and he knew the Skeleton King was constantly searching for the Saint.

Just for some stupid post-battle celebration party?

Just because he was upset about not being able to celebrate his brother’s birthday together?

So when he heard the news that his brother and sister-in-law had gone missing, he broke down completely. But when he heard that they had a child, and moreover that the child was still alive, he saw a ray of light and hope.

When he actually saw the babbling infant Isaac, he felt he could willingly give his life for this child.

Moreover, Lilai had been cursed by the Skeleton King, keeping his body healthy but unable to have children of his own. He raised Isaac like his own child.

No, he raised him with even greater love!

But for that child who he wouldn’t mind putting in his eyes…

“Uncle. It seems like grandfather hates me and is punishing me. It looks like Isaac can never go home now?”

When he said this, Lilai’s eyes widened!!!

Huh?!

Father!!!

How could he make a child say such things?! And he’s still calling him ‘grandfather’ after that?!

No matter how precocious Isaac is, he’s still only 10 years old!! Is he trying to pick a fight right now?!

He wanted to go confront his father immediately and give him a piece of his sh… no, no! He held back from pursuing it further.

“Isaac, no! Grandfather is just being stricter with family members because he’s the head. How much does grandfather talk about our Isaac? Right?”

At Lilai’s flustered reaction, Isaac inwardly laughed huhuhu.

Yes, our pretty Lilai!

You’re completely falling for it! As expected, tricking the nephew’s fool is the best!!! It feels great!

But this time, seeing his response, it seems his reasoning is still intact. He hasn’t fully lost his mind yet.

‘Can’t be helped.’

[Master?]

Isaac swiftly turned his face away.

Even after becoming human, he couldn’t shed tears, so he surreptitiously applied some tear medicine.

And then.

“Unkie. What should I do? Grandfather told me to leave…!!”

“What? Leave??”

Lilai’s expression froze.

So now he even told the child to leave??

Seeing his reaction, Isaac swiftly smiled.

Of course, he had said ‘leave the dorm and come home with me’, but well, it wasn’t really a lie?

Isaac went a step further.

“Grandfather said I’m not qualified.”

Lilai was so shocked that he grabbed Isaac’s shoulders.

“Not qualified? Did grandfather really say that to you?!”

“Uh-huh.”

Well, actually the old geezer asked what he wanted, so when Isaac said he wanted alcohol, he was told he didn’t have the qualifications (age) yet. But it wasn’t a lie based on how he heard it.

Isaac lied through his teeth without blinking.

“Uncle, does this mean I’m not qualified to be in the Blue?”

He deliberately shrugged his shoulders a little, pretending to cry.

“…I can’t even pass the Blue Pentagon. Does this mean I can’t become an amazing senior priest like my uncle?”

He knew Lilai was a paladin, but deliberately called him a priest instead. Had to look a bit more pathetic.

As expected, Lilai’s face became one of the sky falling… no, the face of someone who lost their country.

His face turned deathly pale and his mouth just hung open blankly, showing how mentally devastated he was.

Now was the time to land the fatal blow.

“My dream was to pass the Blue Pentagon and become a proper priest, then work together with you to defeat the demons… no, the Skeleton King. Does this mean I can’t smash the Skeleton King’s head now?”

Thud.

Lilai finally collapsed.

And as if blaming his father, Lilai grabbed Isaac.

“Don’t worry. Your uncle will take care of everything!”

“Really?”

Yeah right, you damn bastard, really solve it.

“Yes! That Pentagon nonsense, I’ll make sure our Isaac passes it with his eyes closed! What’s so difficult about that?!”

“Wow, really not difficult? Really?”

[Master, put a bit more soul into your expressions and voice…]

Shut up. Just be honored you get to witness this.

However, Lilai tightly hugged Isaac and broke down in tears.

“Yes, so don’t worry! Your uncle will definitely help you pass! So let’s go defeat the Skeleton King together!”

Isaac’s eyes turned into crescents as he was embraced.

Huhuhuhu. As expected, exploiting trauma is the best.

* * *

“Yes, a visitation request, you say. It has been filed.”

The Papacy Prison.

Isaac visited the prison holding the Fourteen Demons. The prison guards, all Red priests, looked at Isaac with displeasure. But what could they do about it?

“…We have confirmed the token granted by His Excellency. You may visit in 14 days.”

Ha, yes! That’s right! This is the power of authority!

Seeing those decrepit priests make scrunched up faces is quite a sight!

But the waiting period didn’t sit well with him.

“Does it have to be 14 days? Can’t it be sooner?”

The execution was less than a month away, so it was cutting it too close.

“You want us to behead them and show you the heads? Want to get kicked and chewed out?”

At that, the Red priests’ faces contorted.

They seemed to deeply resent how Isaac had left Naiser, the third son of the Red Cardinal, in such a state.

“Hmph, originally having a visitation at all was impossible. You should count yourself lucky we’re even allowing it…”

Isaac waved around the token of the Red Cardinal. As if to say, ‘you dare say that in front of this?’

“5 days.”

In front of the token symbolizing their leader, the Red priests reluctantly bowed their heads.

“Given… they are subordinates of the Skeleton King, we need security preparations. If they escape, it would be a major incident. We need at least 10 days…”

“3 days.”

“We need at least a week!”

“Today.”

“Tomorrow! Any sooner is impossible!”

“Pass.”

“Ughh…!”

The Red priests bowed, grumbling about what kind of brat this was. Why did the Cardinal bother giving the token to that crazy kid from the Blue family?

‘No, endure it.’

Though fuming, the Red priests had faces that said they just needed to endure a bit longer for some reason, but Isaac paid it little mind.

‘These bastards always drag out work that could be done in a day.’

Well, he could visit right away, but actually Isaac preferred visiting tomorrow.

Why?

Because…

‘Today, if I receive the King at the Blue Pentagon, I’ll be able to gain something.’

That way he could observe his subordinates more safely.

Anyway, when he’ll visit, the heresy inquisitor will go along, so Isaac shouldn’t do anything to reveal my true identity.

‘Well, Lilai said he’d easily alter the Blue Pentagon for his nephew!’

Phew!

Anyway, the ≪Offering Ceremony≫, the execution ceremony he’ll have to attend in various countries, is right around the corner.

Of course, Isaac had obtained as many as 3 Kings and his individual assessment scores were top-tier. To that extent, he was able to unconditionally participate in the execution ceremony.

However, if he’s directly in charge of the execution, or if the entire team is to participate in the execution ceremony, he’ll need to persevere in the remaining Pentagons.

‘Since the messengers of God will also descend for the execution ceremony, the more allies I have, the easier it will be for me to move.’

In any case, since he has applied for the visitation, that part is done.

“Then shall I go see how Lilai has altered the Blue Pentagon? Fuheh!”

He must have made it really easy, right?

* * *

“Is that so? You’re saying young master Isaac can’t come.”

Lilai looked surprised at the princess’ reaction.

It was good to visit the imperial palace to meet the Crown Prince, but it seemed there was someone who was curious about Isaac.

“The head of the Blue House has given him a strict task. But I never expected Your Highness to take an interest in that child.”

“Yes, I’ve been listening to it from my brother since childhood until my ears got scabs.”

What? The Crown Prince? Since childhood?

Surprised at the source, Lilai looked at the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince seemed very disappointed.

“I wanted to at least leave a handprint on his face, but it doesn’t seem easy.”

He immediately recalled the youngest imperial prince of the Magic Empire, Hiberius, whom he had met not long ago.

He never expected the prince of an enemy nation to worm his way into the Hella Empire.

Moreover, didn’t that brat say this to Shablis as soon as he saw him?

-There’s no law that says a Saint can only exist in the Holy Empire, right? Can I take brother Isaac to the Magic Empire?

He dared to say he would take away a precious Saint of the imperial family. He should have beheaded him right then and there.

As his golden leopard-like eyes flickered unpleasantly through his black hair, Lilai smiled.

“Why are you so worried? My nephew is a priest, not a magician. He will never leave this Holy Empire.”

“No, your nephew is a ma…”

“Pardon?”

“No, it’s nothing. Just be careful. The Pope’s family and the Red family are targeting your nephew.”

“!”

“Especially during the ≪Offering Ritual≫ when the execution ceremony will be held. The execution ceremony has become so famous, but in fact, the Offering Ritual is the day when priests summon the god they have chosen, right?”

At the ≪Offering Ritual≫, the top-ranking contestants summon their own gods and contract with them as representatives. Since Isaac is a top ranker, he will certainly do so as well… but.

“Hahaha. Isaac will be fine. Nothing will happen at the Offering Ritual either.”

However, the Crown Prince looked at him seriously, as if questioning if he would really be okay.

“…Are you really sure? Your nephew might summon an ‘evil god’, you know?”

“Puhakhehng!! Cough cough!”

Lilai, who was drinking the tea the Crown Prince gave him, nearly choked to death on it.

…Cough! So he’s noticed Isaac’s personality…no, his faith?!

Moreover, this damn Crown Prince was fully convinced that Isaac will summon an evil god and become a fallen dark priest!

No, to be honest, they were almost convinced of that too, but…

‘Damn it, what do I do? Will he hand him over to the heresy inquisition? Or have him executed?’

After all, dark priests are executed in the Holy Empire!

Lilai’s pupils shook so much that the teacup in his hand trembled violently, but the Crown Prince just looked serious.

“He’s bound to summon an evil god 100 percent, so the Red Faith will be waiting for that day. I’m sure the Gold Faith will be too.”

No, you damn brat. He might not summon an evil god, you know! 100 percent, you’re going too far, really!

If it wasn’t for the Crown Prince, I’d smack him!

‘Of course, Brother Goel told me not to worry for some reason… but is he really going to be okay??’

The Crown Prince seemed a little troubled.

“Judging by the actions of the head of the Blue family, your nephew will probably fail the Pentagon. Then he’ll return to the Duke Eshua territory, so it wouldn’t matter, right?”

Hey, what’s with the Eshua Duchy?!

“No! It’s fine! I don’t care about my father’s intentions. I’m going to raise Isaac to be the head of the Blue House, no, the Pope!”

Lilai had easily altered the Blue Pentagon task using his authority.

Since his nephew had asked him, of course he’d make it easy for him!

In fact, at the Blue Pentagon testing site-

The priests were gaping at the unprecedentedly easy exam.

“Now, the final task of the Blue Pentagon is to defeat a demon.”

“If you can just defeat this, you’ll pass the Blue Pentagon.”

Shuri and the priests of the Blue team also looked at Isaac with swelling pride.

“Ooh! This will be a piece of cake!”

“Isaac! You can do it! You can pass with this!”

“As expected of Lilai! Who can’t pass this! I’m glad I spoke up!”

Everyone cheered, but Isaac, who had plotted this, was dejected.

Damn it… That bastard Lilai.

He said she’d make it easy.

-Don’t worry! This uncle will make it so easy you can pass with your eyes closed. I’ll make it so easy even a newborn baby can pass!

No, it’s easy enough to pass with his eyes closed. It’s easy, but the slime-level demon they use for practice is a bit too easy.

Yes… he can take it out with a single swing too, but…

Isaac, who had used a hidden chance, glanced at the numerous demons in front of him.

Yeah, so…

…They were skeletons.

“Clack clack clack clack. (Wah, it’s our king, our king!)”

“Clack clack clack clack. (Wah! You’ve come to see us! You’ve come to see us!)”

Unable to even speak, the weakest of the weak bone puppies… the lowest-ranked monsters that priests treat like complete idiots.

Yeah… Skeletons.

[So it’s fratricide.]

Damn it!!!! Curse you, Lilai!!!!

I’m going to destroy this damn Eshua family first!!!