Admission is a waste of time (308)
Lesson 60. The Master of the House – 3
The head of the Prominence family, a noble family that has shared the same fate as the ancient, highest-level constellation, Cruel Prominence felt something connected to his soul being torn apart, and he coughed up blood.
“Keuk―― What, what is this?”
You can know without even looking inside the body.
The contract that linked him to the constellation was just torn apart like a piece of paper.
The longer the contract was made, the more the mind and body would become defiled by the magic of the constellations called ‘stigmata’, and even the Prominence family, which was well-prepared to prevent contamination, could not completely prevent it.
Especially in the case of the head of the family who had supported the family for a long time by cooperating with the constellation―― just having the contract forcibly terminated would cause them to feel pain as if their bodies were twisted and their bones were shattered.
Not only was his immediate power reduced to less than half, but his soul was also seriously damaged to the point where he would never be able to renew a contract with any constellation.
“Huh――!”
After staggering and creating a shield of flames to block Banyumi’s attack, he turned his gaze to see that the constellation’s clone was also suffering in a similar manner. It seemed that he had not acted crazy and broken his contract with himself in order to secure Banyumi alive.
So then the remaining answer is――.
Loss of contracts kept in the family register.
“Ulrike Prominence! Are you determined to burn down the entire family?”
He shouted, spitting out blood.
His daughter hasn’t moved a single step here, but only the family’s bloodline knows about Vigo’s existence.
Moreover, the only one who can open the note is… …the owner of the infuriating but unquenchable flame.
There’s no way they could have found the note, or even destroyed the contract inside, if my man-crazy daughter hadn’t joined hands with those bastards.
“Whew, Yumi, are you okay?”
“Gasp, ugh, somehow… … I should have just killed him.”
As if to prove his prediction, a woman wearing black tights appears next to Ban Yu-mi.
Ban Yumi felt guilty that she was unable to kill the head of the household who had revealed the biggest gap, even though Aneri, who had borrowed her flame, had successfully completed her mission.
However, Ban Yumi’s attack was not without meaning, as Cruel Prominence’s physical condition worsened even further as he forcibly gathered strength to defend against her attack while his body was twisted.
“Kwaaah!”
“miss!”
Even some of the Prominence fighters who had been suffering behind the scenes met their deaths at the hands of Ulrike.
Although it was painful to lose the contract, Ulrike was able to move quickly after handling it because she had prepared for it ahead of others.
In the midst of the chaos, Ulrike cut off the heads of at least a dozen fighters and broke through the forming encirclement to join Ban Yumi’s side.
While the members of Level Force were looking at Ulrike in amazement, she spoke to Aneri calmly.
“Remember everything I did and tell him. Tell him that I was deceived, and that I am on his side.”
“Of course. Yuwon would be proud of you.”
Anneli’s answer to him was mixed with a lot of grumbling, but Ulrike pretended not to hear it.
In the first place, she didn’t care what people like Aneri thought of her.
Betraying what she had to betray, giving up on bringing Ban Yu-won into her own hands, she held onto one hope.
It’s about somehow getting close to him and getting his attention.
For that, he didn’t mind cutting off the heads of the scum of the noble families who had already betrayed him.
“Ulrike… … you fool! He doesn’t care what happens to you!”
“It was the same with my father. If you really wanted to do something for me, you should have told me in advance.”
Ulrike’s tone of voice, which had already let go of all her worries, was so indifferent that it was scary.
It was a madman’s way of thinking that was impossible for a normal person to understand, but ironically, Cruel understood that from her perspective, that kind of judgment might be the best option.
He has also committed countless crazy acts in the single-minded pursuit of bringing Prominence to the top, so how can he ignore the family tradition that only serves his own goals?
“I put you here to make you pay for what you did, but it was my mistake. I should have cleaned you up sooner.”
“I see, that’s what you thought. Thank you for giving me more confidence in my judgment, Father.”
Level Force’s members became confused as they listened to the conversation between the women going back and forth.
A daughter stabs her father in the back to satisfy her greed, and the father regrets not killing his daughter beforehand. Is this really the relationship between a father and daughter?
What exactly are the family relationships we’ve known so far… ?
“If you think about it, there are older sisters who are desperate to do something for their younger siblings. It’s understandable that there could be such a family relationship.”
“If you hadn’t been of help this time, I would have killed you… … .”
Ban Yu-mi, who gritted her teeth in response to Aneri’s whisper, took a deep breath and stepped forward again.
The flame that had grown weak and died down rose up red again and covered the blade.
Maybe it was my imagination, but I clearly heard that the contract connecting the family and the constellation had disappeared, but for some reason I felt like my power had been strengthened.
It was because the constellations’ attempts to covet the flame that had not gone out throughout history and to somehow make it their own were completely frustrated, and only then did the true form of power completely return, but Ban Yu-mi had no way of knowing that.
“I have to kill that clone first.”
Ulrike didn’t even want to talk to you, she said with a sharp tone that showed her emotions all over her body, and she grabbed the whip.
The whip was covered in sharp metal pieces――and as she poured her magic into it, a sparkling aura rose above each blade.
―Not only do you betray me, but you dare to oppose me. This time, the prominence of the Great Power is really in shambles. I have no choice but to rebuild my family by using the undying flame as a new host.
“Nonsense. You can’t just follow your will and let the family collapse. I’ll capture you as you wish, so cooperate with me. Not with authority, but with me, the master of a family that has lasted for thousands of years! Also, all warriors of Prominence must annihilate my enemies!”
The head of the household gave orders to his followers while simultaneously threatening the clone of the constellation.
The order was to capture all enemies except Ban Yu-mi and kill them immediately.
His own daughter, Ulrike, was no exception.
However――while half of them flew without hesitation, the other half hesitated and could not move readily.
They were the ones who saw the flames rising from Ban Yumi’s sword blade right after the contract was terminated.
“The spark that Prominence has lost… … .”
“It was a brutal incident. Those who walked the path of the sword were also part of Prominence.”
Although it is true that they have supported the Prominence family by following the orders of the head of the family, they are people who support the group called Prominence rather than supporting the head of the family’s bloodline.
The constellations have supported the Prominence family, but the reason they have become entangled is because of the power that Banyumi possesses.
Now that we have a new understanding of what is important, it is natural that some people hesitate.
The people that Ban Yu-won had originally tried to persuade by putting his older sister forward were exactly those people, and seeing the daughter of the head of the household betray him right before his eyes only added to their hesitation.
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Just over 20 years ago, the same incident occurred when a faction was annihilated for the dirty reason of eliminating a powerful competitor and seizing power.
At that time, those who had followed the head of the family, thinking that it was better to unite under one powerful ruler and make the family wealthy even if there were some casualties, were beginning to change their minds after seeing the disappointing appearance of the head of the family and his bloodline.
The biggest reason, above all else, was the loss of the contract.
When they were ruled by a constellation, they had no choice but to follow the head of the family who had the greatest support from that constellation, but now that they had lost the power of the constellation, there was no need to do so.
“Ugh, these guys… … !”
Cruel Prominence, noticing the disturbance among his family members, ground his teeth.
If we could just quickly defeat the enemy and subdue Ban Yu-mi, we could put their unrest straight.
While his own and his constellation’s clones were unable to move properly because they were busy keeping Banyumi and Ulrike in check, the members of Level Force were desperately buying time by revealing all the strength they had been saving up, so it couldn’t be that way.
I was particularly annoyed by the woman in the embarrassing outfit who was believed to have personally destroyed the contract.
While the other members were busy blocking them, that woman was using her agile movements and the art of hiding her magical powers to cut off the heads of the other members one by one.
“Yumiya, can you see them?”
It wasn’t just Gaju who read the nursery rhyme of Prominence.
Kang Eun-young, who was once a member of the Knights as one of the Prominence’s offshoots and is now the adoptive mother of the next head of the Prominence, said in a calm voice even in the midst of a busy battle.
“There are those who hesitate to make you the next head of the family. Now is the time to prove it.”
“mom…….”
“Can you do it?”
Instead of answering, Ban Yumi added strength to the sword she was holding.
The red flames rising above the blade began to absorb the surrounding flames.
-Yes, that one! I must make it mine, absolutely!
“Break your limbs. Sacrifice a part of yourself, follower of the ten thousand aeons!”
-You must save him, you must!
The constellation, who had been shouting in a fit of rage, split its body into three, and was sucked into each of the three orbs of flame that the lord was handling, strengthening them.
An artifact created by permanently sacrificing the power of the constellation.
Gaju gathered it all together again, concentrating all his strength in between.
“Listen, Prominence! Today I will gain that power and make Prominence more perfect!”
“I’m the next one! I’ll kill that petty goatee who only cares about his own bloodline and become the Prominence leader! I’m better than that fu*king old fart, so follow me, you bastards!”
Kang Eun-young hit her forehead as she listened to her daughter’s speech, which made her heart swell.
I should have made him practice his speaking skills too.
Fortunately, however, the members of Prominence were only focused on her sword, which gained strength by consuming all the surrounding flames, rather than her words.
Because of that, the fighters who were attacking her group also lost their power to attack.
At that moment, when the rapidly changing situation temporarily calmed down, the head of the household shouted.
“That’s why you’re so weak!”
The flames of the constellations condensed into one point were shot out.
Ulrike’s whip, which had been swung with a “Ah”, was instantly shattered, and even the illusion created by Aneri was pierced by it. Then, it met Banyumi’s sword, destroying even that and eventually piercing Banyumi’s shoulder.
“Ugh――!”
“A brat who can’t even handle his power properly.”
The head of the household who had finally destroyed Ban Yumi’s power by borrowing the sacrifice of the constellation took a step forward with a triumphant smile.
The three evolved orbs clashed fiercely in the air, preparing to fire the second shot.
“Yumiya!”
“It’s okay, I’m okay… … .”
Ban Yumi gritted her teeth as she switched her grip on the sword to her left arm instead of her right arm, which had lost its strength due to a punctured shoulder, but her voice seemed to have lost some of its confidence, perhaps because she had failed to stop the enemy despite drawing in all the flames around her.
“I can win.”
“You can’t win. The flame you hold is too weak to rise to the position of the head of the household!”
“The extra fireworks you ordered have arrived――!”
The moment when Ban Yu-won appeared in the air with that voice.
Gaju shot a flame to kill him before anything else, but luckily this time Ulrike threw herself at him and blocked it.
Ban Yu-won suddenly saw Ulrike sacrificing herself for him and thought, ‘I could have stopped it even if she wasn’t here,’ but he diligently ran to his older sister and placed the red-hot beads on her tattered shoulders.
“Fly―up―you―bird―”
“I really want to hit you one!
The effect of the 3,000-degree deep red flame was evident.
Hwaruk, the flames that rose from Ban Yumi’s feet instantly engulfed her entire body and disappeared, and Ban Yumi, who had completely recovered, appeared wearing a dress made of flames――what someone who knew a little about unique powers would call a “power weapon” and held the sword in her right hand again.
“And you’re screwed, you piece of shit.”
Gaju looked at his daughter lying on the floor with expressionless eyes, then destroyed all of his orbs and fired the divine flame he had created in return.
It wrapped around the sword that Ban Yumi held out, boosting her strength.
“ah.”
The head of the household groaned briefly.
The next moment, everything about him burned to the ground, leaving only ash behind.
