I Adopted A Villainous Dad - Chapter 9

By the Power of Divine Virtue

It didn’t take much time from the Vios Holy Empire to the Lehel Northern Empire.

The Lehel Northern Empire was a large empire on the map, and it’s capital, Helloz, was close to the Holy Empire at the center of the continent.

“Why doesn’t it take longer?”

Others wanted to arrive soon, but I am different. Rather, I even shed tears as to why it’s so close.

“Further! Should have been farther!”

I’ve been very happy for the last three weeks.

Whenever I open my eyes in the morning, or even before I went to bed in the evening, I could stay beside Melkiade all day.

“This is heaven.”

I don’t have to study or pray! I can only be with my favorite all day long!

With my hands tightly clasped, I enjoyed my view of Melkiade, who had a serious conversation with Kalian.

Eventually, Luciana opened her mouth.

“Yeha.

“Huh?”

“Calm down a little.”

“Why?”

“Your eyes are on your father.”

A little sane returned to my expression. I tried to control myself.

I leaned back against Luciana and lowered my voice.

“Is it obvious?”

“Yes.”

“Is that too much?”

“Yes.”

Then there’s nothing we can do.

It was a shame, but I turned my eyes to the other side. I could see a mountain in the distance.

‘Ten, nine, eight, seven…’

Mountains are mountains and water is water.

The number I am counting inside my head is finally over.

‘……this, work! Wrong!’

I looked at my dad again.

It’s even more thrilling to see him again in 10 seconds. Why so handsome?3

Next to me, Luciana shook her head. I sighed that seemed to have given up, but I didn’t care.

“You know, Lucy. My dad says he’s a bad person.”

“Well, I see.”

She must know that. Luciana saved her words as if she were embarrassed. Maybe she heard the rumors about Melkiade.

“But you know what? A really bad person doesn’t say that.”

Of course, Melkiade was a bad guy. He’s never a good man. Yes, he was a good man now compared to the future.

‘How do I do it?’

My heart became heavy.

‘How can I stop my dad from becoming a villain?’

He was already a villain when my father appeared in the novel.

The character is exploding with so-called “middle-aged wannabe” style.

“Oh, I’d like to read it again.”

I wanted to read the chapter again, where Melkiade first appeared.

I missed my favorite perfume in my room. a perfume specially ordered under the theme of Melkiade I’m supposed to brag about it to Melhan!

“Oh, I want to move dimensionally! Bring me my room to this world if you can! Argh! I don’t want anything else!

“Yeha, calm down. Yeha!”3

It happened sometimes, so Luciana stopped me relatively cold.

Fortunately, my disturbance didn’t last long.

“Yeha, there’s your father! He’s looking!”

“Daddy!”

What does it matter to me? Yeah, Melkiade’s here, and I’m here.

As soon as I recovered, Luciana breathed a deep sigh beside me as I smiled back. ‘I’d like to throw it away.’

“Heuk”

Luciana was in a daze when I suddenly shed tears because I couldn’t contain my feelings.

“What’s wrong, Yeha.”

“Suddenly so sad.”

“What? Why?”

“I feel so sorry for mankind who will be born in the next century.”

“……?”

“They’ll only learn from history books like this!”

“……”

I felt Luciana distancing herself from me, but I didn’t care much.

Because Melkiade came.

“Let’s get started.”

I grabbed my father’s hand and nodded. It was finally time to enter St. Levallenon’s Cathedral.

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The original Priscilla had never been to St. Levallenon’s Cathedral.

I just heard from time to time that there was a holy sword there.

“Go back!”

So I had no choice but to be helpless against the sudden crowd of evil creatures.

“Don’t get out of the carriage.”

As soon as the monsters seeped out of the dark, Melkiade left me in the carriage.

The sudden appearance of the monster surprised me.

“That’s what the monster is.”

Some ominous and reluctant things, not human beings or animals, moved.

Now I realized that this is a different world than Earth.

It was funny.

I can’t believe I’m finally feeling the reality that I didn’t feel when I was using sacred power.

Fortunately, there were many holy knights who escorted me, so we were not in danger.

One problem, however, he whole way to the cathedral was filled with monsters.

“That’s strange.”

I know there’s an epidemic going around here, but this never happened.

“Is it because I started earlier than the original Priscilla?”

This is the butterfly effect?
(Tl: The concept is imagined with a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a typhoon.)

The holy knights were gradually exhausted by the constant attack of the monsters.

“Where the hell is this evil thing coming from?”

“Protect Yeha! Don’t let a single of them approach the carriage!”

I heard the voice of the holy knights trying to protect me. It was, of course, Melkiade that caught my eye in the midst of the desperate battle.

“Wow.”

There’s no such a thing of a blessed sword with protection like the holy knights and no divine power, but Melkiade was ahead of anyone and slaughtered more monsters than anyone else.

“It’s really great.”

See? That’s why he’s such a villain.

I was sorry to stay still in the carriage, so I thought about whether there was any way to help.

I’ve learned a lot of prayer and chants, and that’s what the prayer says.

[Back… Down… ]

“What? Back down?”

It was when I tilted my head as I heard a small voice like a radio sound that didn’t receive a good signal.

Suddenly the carriage tilted.

“Huh?”

When it’s time to die, they say everything slow down.

The carriage flipped over suddenly. My body hit the wall in the broken carriage, shivering out of the sudden attack of pain.

Apparently there were no holy knights around, and I was alone when I fell out of the broken carriage.

And.

Krrung….

Against the backdrop of a clear moon, the outline of the non-human was visible.

A beast with only the instinct to drink blood

‘I’m gonna die.’

That’s all I could think of when I saw my eyes twinkling red.

I’m going to be eaten here.

But strangely enough, it did not seem to be scary. The moment it felt as if the beast had something to say to me.

[Smash… Castle…]1

What?

The moment I frowned on a vaguely audible voice, I saw a clear white line cutting through the air.

What?

It was followed by a crackling beast and red splashing blood.

When I came to my senses, Melkiade sat on one knee in front of me.

“Little girl.”

Everything that has happened now has been rumpled. I turned my gaze blankly and looked at Melkiade.

Melkiade looked at me with an expression of worry.

With trembling hands, I held Melkiade carefully and closed my eyes.

To forget the last voice of the beast.

[Save me.]4

* * * * *

“Welcome, Yeha!”

The cathedral has been isolated for a long time.

“We’re all alive now that you’re here in person.”

When Melkiade saved me, I was, uh, stunned and lost my consciousness.

And when I opened my eyes, I am already inside the cathedral.

“What about Dad?”

“He’s gone to take down the monsters.”

Luciana stroked my forehead when I frowned.

“I was surprised. Your Grace…”

“I was surprised, too.”

I never thought I’d pass out!

Maybe that’s why what I went through was more was like what happened in my dream.

“What happened to the cathedral here?”

“Let me explain.”

I raised my head to a strange voice. He was a priest with gray hair.

Luciana spoke quietly.

“He is a priest who protects this cathedral.”

“Not a bishop?”

“The Archbishop died last month while guarding us.”

It was a calm voice, but I could feel enough of his mourning in it.

“So thank God you came.”

“No, well.”

I haven’t done anything yet.

Looking at Luciana, Luciana didn’t seem to know what he meant. Luciana opened her mouth.

“Since Yeha just woke up, I’d like you to speak briefly.”

“Yes. I understand.”

The old priest summed up the situation in a calm voice.

“I’ve been guarding it since three months ago because of the monster attack, and now the supplies have been cut off, so I am now in a critical situation”

“Yes, That’s right.”

“In the meantime, the archbishop, who was defending the cathedral, passed away and  now it was barely holding out with the protection of the Holy Sword”

I am troubled.

‘I have to take the Holy Sword, but that would mean this cathedral will be in danger?’

But I couldn’t leave the holy sword behind. I came to a very simple conclusion.

“We can pull out the sacred sword and kill all the surrounding monster!”

The next thing will be somehow.

I got up from the bedside swiftly.

“I want to see the Holy Sword.”

I had to see the sword that brought me here.

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