I’m Going to Destroy this Country

This ungrateful bastard??

Elai couldn’t help but look at Isaac exasperatedly.

For good reason, this grandson said he didn’t care if his grandfather died, and made him hear from the Pope that he raised his bloodline well.

Moreover…

[Buooo!]

…You even stole the family head’s divine beast, that is, my divine beast?

Elai’s gaze turned to the whale behind Isaac. The whale divine beast floating around and rubbing its face against Isaac was none other than , the family head’s divine beast.

As the beast’s master, he couldn’t help but be exasperated. In fact, it wasn’t for nothing that Elai had rushed here using Swift Step.

He tried to call Taranbloom, but it didn’t respond today of all days. Of course, he could have forcibly summoned it, but he left it alone thinking it might be in love or something…

To think Isaac had stolen it…? Elai’s gaze towards his grandson turned fierce.

“Isaac, why is Taranbloom here?”

At that fierce voice, Isaac realized he had made a mistake.

“Well, actually, Godol was worried when Benjamin disappeared and wanted to be active as a Blue person! I had no choice but to bring him along. Please forgive me!”

…Really?

But his eyes are clearly saying ‘I brought what’s mine, what’s the problem?’

“Grandpa, please forgive Godol!”

No, you’re the one who should be punished.

“Godol is innocent!!!”

I’m telling you it’s you!!

“Please stop! What crime could this poor whale have committed!”

In the end, faced with that shameless gaze, the family head could only rub his forehead.

‘A priest committing theft…’

He felt the need for home education more keenly than ever.

But it didn’t matter for now. What was important right now were the annoying Gold priests in front of him.

“Sweep them away, Taranbloom.”

At the family head’s order, the whale’s gentle eyes changed in an instant. Then it changed to the size the family head usually rode and started rampaging.

Bang!!

“Gaaah!!”

“Aaaah!”

As Taranbloom rampaged, the building was smashed and the priests were busy screaming and running away.

Leaving the cleanup to the divine beast, Elai turned to Noel. Noel, the only one standing blankly among the fleeing priests, was stiff.

Or rather, it would be more accurate to say he froze upon seeing Elai.

Sure enough.

“Why are you here?”

“…!”

At his father’s thundering voice, Noel’s heart seemed to sink. The blood drained from his face. He didn’t expect his father, who had gone to Berit, to appear here.

‘To think that Isaac bastard would summon him…!’

But after being momentarily dumbfounded, Noel quickly regained his composure.

He needed to choose his words carefully here.

“W-Well, I was observing because the Saintess’s awakening was necessary. Since you were absent, Father.”

Elai’s eyebrows rose in displeasure.

“Who said the Saintess’s awakening was necessary?”

“Of course it’s necessary! What’s left for Eshua without a Saintess!”

“I didn’t know you were so devoted to the family.”

At Elai’s words, Noel flashed his eyes as if asking to be believed.

“I have always been devoted to Eshua.”

“I see. It’s quite a sight to see someone so devoted to Eshua leading the Gold priests.”

“…!”

“Since when were you the Gold’s person?”

At his father’s savage voice, Noel broke out in a cold sweat. He intuitively realized. This could really go wrong if he moved his mouth wrongly.

He said words as befitting of Eshua as possible.

“What are you saying? This is for the Saintess’s awakening…”

The family head looked down at Noel as if pissed off.

“I’m asking when you started selling out the Blue to the Gold, and even made a contract with the Gold God.”

Noel froze.

Could he have seen through that far?

At Noel’s expression, Isaac, who was watching, chuckled.

‘Well, it seems he hasn’t made the contract yet.’

Isaac could sense it. That this guy was trying to get Gold’s blessing by showing them favor. In fact, there was a very faint trace of Gold’s blessing energy on him.

‘Well, the Gold Cardinal must have lent him power.’

He seemed to have said he would take care of it, but he couldn’t escape Isaac and Elai’s eyes.

“I’ll let it slide for now since there are priorities, but this matter won’t be overlooked.”

“…!”

At Elai’s threat, Noel bit his lip. He couldn’t help but know why he was being called. He would surely be punished.

Soon Elai approached the door, and the Gold priests reflexively tried to block him but-

“Get out of the way if you don’t want to die.”

At Elai’s gaze, the priests gasped and unconsciously lowered their heads. It was too terrifying.

Soon as Elai tried to open the door, Noel blocked him. It would be really troublesome if he couldn’t turn the family head’s heart at this rate.

“Father, don’t be swayed by personal feelings!”

“!”

“I understand what you’re thinking in trying to stop the Saintess’s awakening! You’re trying to protect your bloodline, right! But delaying the awakening of a Saintess who has openly become 9th rank is clearly an act of betraying God and the Empire!”

Noel continued urgently.

“Even as we speak, the Skeleton King is killing humans! Isn’t the Saintess the messenger who will kill the Skeleton King and save humans!”

Isaac was exasperated listening to this.

Well, to be precise, it’s my fake.

‘Since when did he care so much about the Skeleton King?’

But Noel knew.

‘This should work on Father.’

Producing Saints was Eshua’s long-standing mission. As family head, he couldn’t ignore that mission. Even if it was an irrational contract that required sacrificing his children as living sacrifices.

Indeed, the family head fell silent at Noel’s words.

‘The Blue is a faith to protect small things.’

But Eshua’s bloodline is not included in that range. All of Eshua’s bloodlines are tools to protect the Blue, ‘guardians of the faith’.

As such, leaving a Saintess who has become 9th rank now is nonsense. It was an act that went against the family head’s mission.

Even now, he knows Noel’s words are right.

But.

-Please don’t neglect your family. Grandfather’s fingers are also meant to embrace the weak.

Elai recalled Isaac’s words from long ago.

At Elai’s silence, Noel inwardly smiled as if thinking it worked.

Eshua’s mission?

Honestly, he couldn’t care less about such a thing even if given it.

What’s important is the fact that awakening Leia as a Saintess means Benjamin will die.

The Pope’s family wanted his death too, but how welcome it is to be able to get rid of the eyesore second son from the start!

If Benjamin is eliminated, the Eshua assets under his management could be easily liquidated too.

‘Well, I may not like it, but the Eshua name is very valuable.’

While that may be true for any of the Five Great Families, the Blue in particular was the family with the second highest name value on the continent after Berit thanks to their achievements.

Even now, there were places all over the continent that would lend money just on the name of being Eshua’s direct line.

That’s why Noel, with flashing eyes, tried to persuade the family head.

“Father, I honestly don’t understand why you’re doing this. Weren’t you the one who was most thorough as family head until now? Even Brother Benjamin, as an Eshua person, will surely understand his mission. Eshua people were born for this purpose originally.”

Isaac was exasperated.

Geez, it’s ridiculous that the bastard who cares least about the mission is spouting such nonsense.

“So Brother Benjamin, no, everyone will rather consider it an honor to become a living sacrifice for God. Hasn’t it always been like that?”

Ah, this won’t do.

‘If I leave him be, he’ll keep rambling…’

Just as Isaac was about to move, sparks flew in front of Noel’s eyes.

Thud!!!!

Elai’s fist flew towards Noel’s face.

Boom!!

Noel, who instantly flew far away, crashed into the wall bleeding.

Not just his face, but his neck bone, the shoulder bone connected to the neck bone, and even the spine. Noel, whose upper body was smashed, let out a groan mixed with screams.

Soon Elai’s voice filled with killing intent rang out.

“Don’t put Eshua’s mission on that rotten tongue of yours.”

“…!”

The noble actions of those who sacrificed for Eshua until now were not something that could be contained so lightly.

The flustered Noel gritted his teeth as if to say this wasn’t it.

“Father, that’s not…”

Elai pronounced sentence on Noel.

“From today on, you can no longer use the Eshua name.”

“…?!”

…Wh-What?

“At the same time, you are excommunicated from the Five Great Faiths and permanently expelled from Eshua.”

At those words like a bolt from the blue, Noel seemed to have a mental breakdown.

Stripping of the Eshua name by the family head’s authority. And excommunication from the Five Great Faiths by the Cardinal’s authority! This was practically the same as being demoted to a civilian serf.

Isaac, who was giggling at that expression, approached Noel.

“That’s what he said.”

Isaac unhesitatingly tore off the blue jewel that direct line members wore.

“You should have behaved better usually.”

At Isaac’s sneering, Noel cried out as if this couldn’t be.

“It’s useless even if you try to stop the Saintess’s awakening! News of the Saintess’s awakening has already spread throughout the Empire! They’re expecting someone who will protect them from the Skeleton King! Stopping that is truly the Blue’s downfall. How will they view us… Ugh!”

Noel was hit by Elai again and his ribs broke.

“I told you you’re no longer Eshua.”

“…!!”

Soon Elai opened the door as if telling Isaac to follow. When they entered after opening the door, the observers inside were startled.

“The Saintess’s awakening ceremony is in progress! You can’t come in!”

“There were strict orders that only those directly involved could enter… Kuhek!”

Isaac kicked away the ceremonial priest inside.

“You bastards broke the rules first and proceeded on your own, you shitheads.”

“!”

They headed to where the living sacrifice would be. Then, Elai spoke to Isaac as if advising:

“Regrettably, Noel’s words are right.”

“!”

“Remember this. When the god appears, everything ends. Once the god is summoned, it can’t be stopped anymore. The living sacrifice must be given. So we need to get Benjamin and Joseph out before that appears.”

But Isaac chuckled.

What? Before the god appears?

I don’t think so? I have no intention of doing that.

I need to see that bastard’s face?

It had been 16 years since he was born into this body after being defeated by the gods.

Isaac had been waiting for this moment.

This would be the first step in smashing the gods within the Holy Empire.

‘Until now they were all avatars so I couldn’t beat them up, but this one is different.’

I wonder which bastard will descend first. Kukuk.