Avoid Yandere Constellation

A day had passed since the war ended. I had hoped for a vacation where I could relax in bed, but…

‘Damn.’

…contrary to my expectations, I was extremely busy.

[The Goddess of Fate encourages you to keep going.]

…at that moment, the Constellation sent a message of encouragement. I wanted to respond to her right away, but…

“There’s so much to take care of.”

…I didn’t even have time to respond, as I was buried in a mountain of paperwork. Before explaining why I was in this situation, I needed to go back to yesterday.

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The day before. After comforting Kage, I approached Malcolm and Thomas. Then…

“Please have this, Father.”

…I offered them the potions remaining in my Space ring. The two of them drank the potions without hesitation.

“Phew… I finally feel better.”

“Thank you, young master.”

…I shrugged my shoulders and turned to Kage.

“Take these potions to Willy and Lise. They must be exhausted too.”

“Okay! I’ll do it!”

…Kage disappeared as soon as I said that. The next moment…

“Kaine.”

…Thomas called me in a serious tone. What’s up? Why is he calling me with such a serious tone?

Of course, it was natural to be serious in this situation, but his expression seemed different from usual. Somehow…

‘It’s a determined expression.’

I didn’t know why he looked like that, but I needed to respond to his call. I answered his call.

“Yes, Father.”

“I’ve made a decision.”

…What?

“You’re the next head of the family.”

“….Huh?”

What the hell? I checked the volume adjustment, and as expected…

‘Why is it working fine?’

…I pretended not to hear, which was the right thing to do. I didn’t want to be the head of the family, no matter what. It was common sense that as soon as I became the head, I wouldn’t be able to live a comfortable life. I tried to avoid eye contact, pretending not to hear.

“Pretending not to hear won’t help. I’ll say it again. You’re the next head of the family, Kaine.”

…Thomas repeated his ridiculous statement.

“….No. Why me? Why not Willy or Mark? Mark is smarter than me! And I’m a troublemaker!”

…I’m a troublemaker. So, please forgive me.

As I looked at him with pleading eyes, hoping he would change his mind…

“I think so too, Master.”

…Malcolm also joined in with nonsense.

“No. Why? Why me? I’m a troublemaker. Why would you make me the head of the family?”

“Now, no one thinks of you as a troublemaker, so don’t worry.”

“…..”

…I couldn’t refute his words. To be honest, I didn’t think my excuse made any sense.

“Still… No. Why not Willy, who is more talented than me? Why me?”

“Hmm. Well, Willy’s talent is indeed impressive. If we’re just talking about swordsmanship, she’s undoubtedly the best among our family’s previous heads.”

“That’s right? Then Willy should be the head.”

…I nodded, agreeing with him. It was a rule that the older sibling should yield to the younger one. As I nodded in agreement, Thomas opened his mouth as if he hadn’t finished speaking.

“However, Willy wants you to be the head of the family.”

“….Huh?”

…I was caught off guard. I had intended to yield to my younger sister… or rather, give her the position, but she had taken the initiative.

‘The first strike wins, huh?’

…but I couldn’t give up. If I didn’t, I might be forced to become the head against my will.

“It’s probably just a polite gesture. That’s all.”

“No, brother.”

…as I tried to deny it, a voice I didn’t want to hear echoed in my ears. It was Willy, who was quite battered, with Kage and Lise by her side.

“Today, I’m convinced that you should be the head of the family. You have great skills and intelligence, just like Mark. After fighting the branch leader today, I’m even more certain.”

“No. The branch leader I fought was weaker than the one you fought, little sister.”

…I wasn’t lying.

Dale, the guy I fought, was a mid-boss in the game, while the guy Kage fought wasn’t even a proper setting.

‘Dale was supposed to be one of the top branch leaders, according to the game.’

Anyway, since Willy was so determined, I needed to change my strategy. I quickly shifted my target to another sibling.

“What about Mark? We should be fair. How can we decide like this? We should also hear Mark’s opinion.”

“No, brother.”

…at that moment, another voice I didn’t want to hear echoed.

‘Why are you doing this to me?’

…I muttered to myself as Mark continued.

“I think it’s better for you to be the head of the family, considering the energy I felt from you today. After all, we were able to win this war because of you.”

“…..”

…he was right, and I couldn’t deny it.

But why?

Why did I feel like he was mocking me even though he was complimenting me? As I denied reality in my mind…

“Do you have any more excuses, Kaine?”

…Thomas opened his mouth with a smug expression, as if daring me to say more.

“….Damn.”

…all I could say was a curse. Thus, what I gained from the victory over the cult was the useless position of the head of the family.

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Back to the present.

“Damn. Why are there so many documents!”

…I snapped out of my thoughts and continued my battle with the documents.

‘I might run out of ink.’

…as I thought this, as expected…

“Damn, I’m really running out of ink. I can’t help it. I can’t do it anymore.”

[The Goddess of Fate thinks you ere shameless.]

…I didn’t do anything. If someone saw me, they might think I had secretly thrown the ink in the toilet. As I was about to take a break…

“Young master, I heard that you’re running out of ink, so I brought some.”

“…..”

Lise handed me the ink, as if she had been waiting for this moment.

“Origin, was it you?”

[The Goddess of Origin doesn’t know anything.]

…Origin denied my accusation. If it wasn’t her…

“Excuse me, Battle. Are you the one?”

[The Goddess of Battle is definitely having fun.]

…Battle immediately tattled on me. At the same time…

[The Goddess of Play just said that because she saw you running out of ink, not because she’s enjoying your suffering.]

…I pretended not to see her true intentions and signed the documents while opening my mouth.

“Excuse me, Play. Why don’t you descend? Kage seems pretty depressed right now.”

[The Goddess of Play will descend soon.]

…Ah. It wasn’t that she couldn’t descend, but that she couldn’t. Well, it wouldn’t be strange if she had descended yesterday.

“Young master, what about her?”

“…..”

…Lise asked about the person she called ‘her.’ That person was none other than Ivrin. In fact, I was also worried about her. I had originally planned to leave it to Thomas, but…

-Now that you’re the next head of the family, I’ll leave it to your judgment.

…it was as if Thomas was dumping the responsibility on me. At this point, it was reasonable to suspect that Thomas was making me the head of the family because he didn’t want to deal with the aftermath of the war. After all, I was handling most of the aftermath.

‘Why? I feel like I’m only suffering losses even though we won the war.’

…I felt a strange feeling as I answered Lise’s question.

“To be honest, it’s complicated. Unlike other cult members, she hasn’t killed anyone. And before she could do anything, she was subdued by Kage. But if we release her, we know she will tell information about us to other branch leaders.”

…based on what I’ve seen of her actions so far, she didn’t kill anyone even when she was pretending to be a commoner. Probably because she was a traveler, her mission was to gather information rather than assassinate.

So, it was quite complicated.

She was a member of a terrorist group, but she hadn’t done anything wrong, so I didn’t know how to punish her.

‘The only thing she did was betray the beastmen.’

…that was something Kage and I needed to deal with. After thinking for about a minute, I suddenly remembered someone.

“Come to think of it, where’s Kage? Usually, she would be teasing me by now, but why isn’t she here?”

Lise opened her mouth slowly with a serious expression.

“She said he was going to visit her.”

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Meanwhile, at that moment, Kage was looking at Ivrin, who was imprisoned in the David family’s prison. As their eyes met, Ivrin raised her head and asked.

“Why are you here?”

“Just because.”

“…..”

…Ivrin lowered her head again, as if she didn’t care anymore. Then, with a curious tone, she spoke.

“What will happen to me now?”

“I don’t know…”

“Huh? You don’t know?”

…Ivrin’s question made Kage nod.

“It seems like you haven’t killed anyone so far.”

“Well, I was a branch leader in charge of information, so I didn’t have any subordinates.”

…Fortunately, that was true. According to the Crystal of Truth, it was…

“So, why are you really here? It can’t be just because.”

“….What now?”

…Kage asked. Ivrin tilted her head in response.

“Since you haven’t killed anyone, what will you do if you’re released?”

“….I don’t know. To be honest, I’ve been living without thinking since I destroyed the beastmen. After all, the cult was the only place I could be.”

“….Okay. I understand.”

…Kage left the prison with a complicated expression.

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Meanwhile, at that time, someone was facing a crisis. It was none other than Toil, who was in charge of the royal gate. Usually, the royal gate doesn’t pay much attention to nobles passing through, so there’s rarely any trouble.

“Excuse me, open the gate quickly. What are you doing?”

“It’s better to open it quickly.”

“Why aren’t you opening it, sir?!”

“…..”

…Skaya, Ange, and Mira, along with Lisanna were demanding that the gate to the David Estate be opened.

‘Why are you complaining to me?’

…Toil wanted to open it too. After all, what benefit would he get from blocking them in front of these people? However…

“The gate to the David Estate is closed from their side, so we can’t do anything about it.”

…when Skaya heard this, she tapped her chest in frustration.

“Then, can’t you contact them?”

“We can’t contact them right now…”

“I was able to contact them just fine…”

…the reason these people wanted to go to the David Estate was simple. They had received news from Kaine about what happened yesterday.

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but these people were risking their lives to go there because…

‘We can use this as an excuse to see Kaine!’

…they wanted to spend time with Kaine during the vacation. Until now, they didn’t have a good reason to visit him during the vacation.

‘If we say we’re worried about him, he can’t refuse, haha.’

…probably not only Skaya but also the other women gathered here had the same thought. Otherwise, there was no reason for them to have such fierce eyes.

‘By the way, did Kaine seduce another woman?’

-Woong!

…the crystal ball of the guard in charge of the gate vibrated. As the guard finished talking to the other side…

“The gate to the David Estate is open, so please wait a moment.”

…the four people got the answer they wanted. The moment when another disaster would begin in the David Estate.