I’m Going to Destroy this Country

“So this time when we go in… Isaac?”

“…”

“Isaac? Are you listening to me?”

“…”

“Isaac!”

“…”

“Isaac Eshua!”

“…”

“Hey! You crazy Eshu… Gah!”

Shuri, who had been raising his voice, got hit in the shin and collapsed.

Isaac, who had kicked Shuri while sitting, raised one eyebrow.

“I’m not deaf, you brat.”

…Maybe you should be.

Shuri looked at Isaac while clutching his shin as if in extreme pain.

They were now at the Papacy. They had been invited to the Pope’s interrogation.

It was none other than the Red Cardinal who had called Isaac. Of course, it was unprecedented for a mere 3rd class priest with no title or position to be called to an interrogation presided over by a Cardinal, but it seemed the Red Cardinal had taken quite a liking to Isaac because of this incident.

Anyway, it was an incredible opportunity, so he thought this nasty guy would be flying around laughing, but…

“Why are you so mentally out of it? Everyone’s going crazy saying you brought a Sacred Dragon. You’re the talk of the town right now. But what’s wrong?”

At that, Isaac let out a hollow laugh.

Why, you ask.

“I experienced something mind-blowing at the Imperial Palace.”

“The Imperial Palace? Didn’t you receive ample rewards from His Majesty too? For someone whose eyes go crazy at the sight of jewels, what on earth is the problem?”

What’s the problem, you ask?

“Hey. Shuri.”

“Huh?”

“There’s a killer. And this killer must kill his enemy.”

“…?”

…What is this bastard trying to say?

Killer out of nowhere? What does this have to do with his mental breakdown?

Shuri was dumbfounded, but he went along with it for now.

“Uh-huh. He has to kill, so what?”

“But that killer came to like the enemy he’s supposed to kill. Does this make sense?”

“…Well, it depends on how much resentment he holds against the enemy? If it’s an enemy within the realm of forgiveness…”

“He absolutely cannot like them. How should I put it… Right! Think of it as the enemy of his parents. But he came to like the enemy. Why on earth?”

…???

Shuri made a face as if asking why he was asking such a question, but he diligently answered what was being asked anyway.

“Um, well… Maybe the enemy treated him well…?”

“That’s not it.”

Because he threw the Saints around recklessly.

“…Maybe the enemy unexpectedly had a warm heart…”

“No. He can’t feel human emotions.”

Because the moment he became a skeleton, he was cursed to feel no emotions and only retain consciousness helpful for survival.

“…Then… maybe he’s wealthy?”

“No? That’s not it either. He’s so poor he often robs the killer’s wallet.”

Shuri’s eyebrows gradually rose.

“…Then maybe the enemy’s face is so exceptionally handsome that anyone would be surprised.”

“No! That’s definitely not it!”

He’s a skull-guy!

Soon Shuri looked at Isaac as if asking what he’s supposed to do then.

“What? Then why does he like him???”

“Right?! Ah, damn. I really don’t know even when I think about it.”

“…???”

Shuri tilted his head as if wondering ‘Did this guy eat something wrong, why on earth is he acting like this?’

“Did you read some romance novel that people pass around or something?”

“Huh, hehe. Right. That’s right. I saw something similar to that.”

Isaac, who had seen the Saint’s diary, couldn’t understand at all. The diary contained entries from the 2nd generation up to Melissa, the previous Saintess.

But it wasn’t just a simple diary. Not only were the Saints’ private feelings written… Shit! I thought I was reading a marriage proposal! The level of detail was strangely high too! In some ways, it’s more horrifying than an exorcism book!

No, it’s already an excellent Skeleton King torture document in itself!

But I couldn’t not read it! As luck would have it, rare secrets and records were left together in the diary!

Things like hidden treasures, sources of ores whose records have now disappeared, secret information about gods, important information about other families!

All of them were precious information that couldn’t be bought even with money.

‘Yes, as a reference document, it’s an extremely valuable and precious item, but…’

The core narrative content just happened to be… damn.

-I’m going crazy with love for the Skeleton King.

“Aaaaargh!!”

Isaac rolled around again.

Shuri could only stare blankly as if looking at a madman.

“…This bastard, he brought a dragon and now his head’s gone weird…”

But Isaac was actually having a pupil earthquake.

‘What is this?’

Where did it go wrong?

Isaac traced his old memories.

Right… So the 1st generation died fighting me by self-destructing. So I understand why there are records from the 2nd generation onwards.

I understand, but…!

‘Damn it! Why on earth!’

What kind of crazy situation is this, falling for the enemy of your parents!

But then, Whisper said something unexpected.

[Well, I think I understand some parts. Master, you stopped the Saints every time they tried to self-destruct, right?]

‘That’s because, kid! When they’re about to explode alive right in front of you, how can you just leave them be? I just didn’t want to see such a gory sight!’

[…Didn’t you stop them saying ‘Value your life’?]

‘That’s so they won’t self-destruct! Those perverts, they tried to mindlessly self-destruct whenever they had no chance of winning! As if they came after being brainwashed as a group!’

[You didn’t attack seriously either…]

‘If I kill them, an even stronger, upgraded Saint would just come!’

[You kept throwing them food whenever you had the chance…]

‘Usually, magical beasts don’t approach because of the Saints’ energy, but when they’re weak from hunger, the beasts swarm to eat them! It just ruins the kids’ appetites!’

[You even personally clothed one Saintess and left her in human territory…?]

‘No, is it normal to tell an eleven-year-old to bring the Demon King’s head? Even the old fisherman in the neighborhood releases young fish, you bastard!’

[Ahem… No matter how I think about it, it seems Master is the cause…]

‘It’s not!’

Right!

This is a trick!

It’s actually a fake diary created to deal with the reincarnated Demon King in the future!

Yeah, there’s no way such an absurd situation where a Saint likes a skeleton bastard could happen.

[Wow, you’re in proper denial. But there was actually a Saintess you were close with, wasn’t there?]

At those words, Isaac, who was having a pupil earthquake, flashed his eyes.

‘She was just a friend!’

But she was certainly the only Saintess who had proposed peace to him.

-What? Your real name is Isak?

-You can distinguish and hear properly? Everyone else couldn’t understand.

-My goodness, what a wonderful name!

Because we had only been fighting, I thought maybe the Saints wouldn’t give up, so this time I tried to have a conversation, and she was the only one I became friends with.

She must have felt we could communicate too, because she kept saying whenever she had the chance that we should try to eliminate meaningless deaths between us. That if it was the two of us, we could eliminate the fight between the human and demon factions.

And she said:

-And, and if we make peace and the war disappears… um… could I, could I stay here too?

Well, that must have bothered the Pope, because she was executed not long after.

-She’s a minion of the dirty Skeleton King. Execute that evil witch trying to eliminate humans!

‘So after that, I purposely avoided the Saints.’

If she was killed because she became close to me, I just had to avoid creating opportunities to become close in the first place.

So I threw them into mazes or remote islands, avoiding encounters altogether?

But whyyy?

[For someone who says that, didn’t you throw food, clothes, and firewood into the mazes?]

‘The Saints’ bodies are protected by God so only I can deal with them. I really hate cleaning up corpses.’

In fact, there was also an intention to make them feel humiliated and go back.

Melissa was such an overwhelming monster that even if I threw her into a maze or island, she would just smash everything and come out, so I had no choice but to face her directly.

‘Anyway, damn. At this point, isn’t there something about being born into the saintly family??’

At first I thought it was a coincidence, but thinking about it, isn’t it strange?

It’s suspicious enough that the Demon King was born in a Saint’s body, but of all places, it had to be the enemy family?

‘There’s definitely something here.’

Even the name is the same, isn’t it?

There must be a reason why I wasn’t sealed in a bug, but entered this body specifically.

But Whisper laughed like a pervert at a different part.

[At this point, isn’t the Saints’ lovesickness actually lovesickness?]

It’s not!

‘No matter what, how could beings like Saints have lovesickness!’

What I actually felt from the diary was anguish.

-I curse my fate.

So I understand even less.

Why they were so obsessed with catching the Skeleton King even while receiving such treatment from me.

Why they couldn’t return home.

‘They could have failed to catch the Skeleton King.’

Why did the Saints have to catch the Skeleton King while suffering so much?

‘If it was embarrassing, couldn’t they just go into exile in another country?’

[They’re from knight families. Aren’t they the type who consider honor as important as their lives?]

‘Even so, there are solutions.’

Even if they give up, they could retire citing injuries and say they’ll train the next generation.

‘Rather, utilizing that experience and skill could earn them high points.’

[Puhehehe. Maybe they just missed Master so much they kept coming to find you every time. Ah, if only Master wasn’t a skeleton!]

This pervert bastard, I really need to replace him.

Well, if there’s something concerning from the diary, it’s this.

-If I can’t eliminate the Skeleton King, I’ll have no face to show that person.

-The Skeleton King is so different from the stories. I have no face to show my sister.

-This karmic debt will never be erased in my lifetime.

They all apologized to someone and called it karmic debt. Yet they said they came to like the Skeleton King and couldn’t kill him.

‘What is this? What secret is hidden in Eshua?’

Could it be related to why Leia doesn’t want to become a Saintess?

Anyway, if it’s an Eshua problem, it seems like something I absolutely need to know as someone who needs to eat this family.

[Wouldn’t the reason be in Saintess Melissa’s diary? Let’s open it, hehehe.]

Shut up, I absolutely won’t open that one!

Anyway, it bothered Isaac.

‘Perhaps the reason the Pope’s family has been silent for years is related to that secret.’

Then he can’t just let it go.

Sure enough, Isaac said:

“Shuri. Look into a Saintess called ‘Ines’.”

Shuri tilted his head.

“Ines?? Was there such a Saintess among them…?”

“There was.”

Though she was executed and erased from history, it should certainly remain in the family records.

It was right then.

“His Eminence the Red Cardinal says you may enter.”

“!”

Isaac stood up with a smile as if this was perfect timing.

Now it’s time to go strip the Pope.