Chapter 82 – Badass, Villain, Stepmom (5)
“So what does Eugene say? He said he would also participate in the scramble for the next homestead?”
Said Reika Calliope, who was perched on her desk her, twisting her well-maintained green hair.
“… He said he didn’t talk much about it with his father.”
“Under. Stupid… Brother. Do you believe that now?”
“Did you just call me stupid!!”
“Yeah, I said stupid. Hey brother Do you think I’m taking Brother’s side simply because I came out of the same boat?”
Cale steps backwards as Reika sharply shoots her.
“… Is there any other reason besides that?”
“Haa… Brother, you should really consider yourself lucky that I wasn’t born a man. If you did, you would have been eaten by me too.”
Cale gritted his teeth as he saw Reika shaking her head as if she was pathetic.
“Stop talking nonsense and tell me why!”
“The reason I help my brother is because being a woman who is simply descended from Calliope and being the younger sister of the next head of Calliope have completely different meanings.”
“… What do you mean by that?”
“Didn’t you understand this too? To put it simply, I’m taking my brother’s side because I have an advantage. Otherwise, why would I side with my brother? In fact, in terms of ability alone, isn’t it your brother who is inferior to Eugene, let alone Erden?”
“Reika!”
Cale, who had stabbed her in the chest, made a loud noise for the first time, but Reika waved her hands around her in annoyance and continued her words in her.
“Noisy… Then tell me why. No matter how stupid my older brother was, he wouldn’t have believed Eugene’s words for no reason.”
“…Keuk… Eugene decided to support me.”
“Haa… So. I mean, how do you believe that? If I don’t explain everything one by one…”
“Shut up and listen to the end! I decided to express her support her at the meeting with my mother, so there will be no problem!”
“Oh? Really? Not to my brother, but to her mother her… Are you serious?”
Cale let out a low growl when Reika openly disrespected her.
“Do you really think I look like an idiot?”
“… Wasn’t it?”
Boom—!
Cale, unable to contain her anger her, slammed her window, causing her to shatter with a loud bang.
“Oh, you are scared.”
“…No matter how young you are, it will be good for you to be careful of what you say after I become the head of household.”
“Yes, yes, I understand. Then I’ll just go away. The next head of household.”
Cale almost reached out his fist at her sarcastically greeting Reika, but he barely held it in, knowing that her mother’s screams would fall the moment she touched her.
‘…If I can go…’
If I become the head of household, I will make sure even my mother doesn’t interfere with me, and I’ll fix that arrogant little sister’s habit.
And that’s not all.
‘Emma that year…’
I know that Emma sees her as trash.
But when she saw Emma’s tanned skin and her long legs her, she felt an unbearable lust for sex.
‘…Wait a moment. I’ll make you cry under me.’
Of course, she knows that Emma is Eugene’s direct maid.
However, she has nothing to do with Cale, who had no intention of keeping her promise her to Eugene in the first place.
The moment I become the head of the family, I will thoroughly eliminate any beings who pose a threat to the head of the family.
‘But… Eugene is attached to me, so I’ll cut off the tendons in his limbs and send him into exile.’
Cale licked his lips as he delused about the future in which he became the head of household.
***
“Young master. Everyone gathered.”
“… Okay, let’s go in.”
When Alfredo opened the door, many eyes were fixed on me, and a tremendous shout rang out.
“Oh! Young master!! Long time no see!!!”
“I wanted to see you, Bocchan. You have grown so much! I have prepared flowers!!”
“Have you been safe so far, young master?”
Even though it was noisy, each word and look were full of goodwill to me.
“Yeah, long time no see Mr. Gordon… Uh, thanks for the flowers, Chart too. I said you can’t bring it….”
Before you can answer one person, another person starts talking.
Let me wander around mindlessly for a while.
Kung-
Alfredo lightly stamped his feet, forcibly silencing them.
“…Everyone knows it’s nice to see you after a long time, but shouldn’t you give him time to talk?”
Only then did I sigh and thank Alfredo.
“..Thank you. Alfredo.”
“I just did what I had to do.”
I stepped forward in the silence created by Alfredo and received dozens of stars at me at the same time.
Although the gaze was benevolent, the majority of gazes have power with that alone.
I let out a short sigh to calm myself down and slowly opened my mouth.
“…I ask straight forward, to whom are you all loyal?”
At that moment, the friendly gaze on me turned cold, and Gordon, who had been talking loudly a moment ago, responded by revealing fangs resembling those of a lion.
“…You’re asking something obvious. From the moment you took us, neither humans nor demons, only Kiara-sama has always been our master.”
“…”
Everyone remained silent, as if agreeing with Gordon.
….Except for Emma, who was next to one person.
“…For me, the young boy is my master.”
At that moment, booing broke out among the mixed races.
“Get a sense of the atmosphere. Emma!”
“Ooh! I will only look good to the young master!”
Emma, booed by her, blushed and showed her cat ears and nails.
“What, what, what! Why are you talking to me! I said I’d choose the master I’d serve! If you have any complaints, attack me!”
“Oh, yes! Let’s see who’s on top with the dog and the cat!”
Another mess was about to start, but Gordon raised his hand to stop the others.
“Stop. If you’re going to fight, do it with me later.”
“Ah…With the old man…”
“Then be quiet.”
“…So, Gordon, is that the end of what you want to say?”
“…Haa…Actually, I was going to test the boy to see if he deserves to be our master….”
Having said that, Gordon looked at her Emma and let out a sigh.
“…Emma spoiled her fun. Yes, because Kiara-sama also has a will. Eugene Calliope, the legitimate successor of Kiara-sama’s lineage. You are our new master.”
“…Is that even compared to Eddard Calliope?”
Asking an employee of the Calliope family to be more loyal to me than the head of the household is tantamount to treason.
However, Gordon grinned, revealing his lion’s fangs as if it were natural.
“… Shall we prove it?”
If they were asked to prove it, they would lead the half-bloods into rebellion even now.
The power of the mixed races is much stronger than that of ordinary humans, so if a number like this rebels from within at the same time, even if they don’t win, they may cause great chaos.
“No, you don’t have to. But make a new oath to me, not to my mother.”
“Hey, Bocchan. Our oath is not light. Can you handle that weight?”
Gordon looked at me with the eyes of a beast.
That would never be a joke.
If I break my oath, those who are laughing and chatting like this right now will rush at me to bite my neck.
But I absolutely needed them to survive.
Looking into Gordon’s eyes, I nodded.
“Yeah, that’s right…”
Thud-
At that moment, everyone got down on one knee and bowed their heads towards me at the same time.
“…Eugene Calliope. We will never betray you unless you betray us. We will be your sword to cut your enemies, and we will be your shield to protect you. Will you accept our allegiance?”
“…I, Eugene Calliope, swear. When you are tired, I will make you rest in my arms, and when you are hungry, I will give you my flesh and blood to eat. I do not doubt your allegiance and will not break my oath.”
“…..”
After the brief vow, an awkward silence fell.
I cleared my throat to break the silence.
“…Then, shall we return to our original way of speaking now?”
“..Haha! Then I got scolded because the tone was unfamiliar. Young master. Then, let’s drink together to commemorate the new owner! Mickey! Bring drinks and food from the kitchen!”
“Ai-san, why is it me again! Uncle Gordon is going!”
“If you want to do it, do it! It was nothing but a rat!”
“Mister. That’s a racist statement!”
Watching the crowd change in an instant, I slipped away and Alfredo and Emma followed.
“Congratulations. Young master. You have become our master in name and reality.”
“I was on your side from the beginning!”
It was a strange feeling.
For some reason, I felt like I had inherited my mother’s relics, and it was a completely different feeling that I had a force that was genuinely loyal to me, not through an assistant.
‘…Still, it’s not bad.’
After enjoying this strange sensation for a while, I spoke to Emma and Alfredo.
“…There’s something I’d like to ask of you two.”
“You’re ordering, not asking. We will just follow.”
“Just say anything. Young master.”
I smiled softly as I looked at the two following as if it were natural.
“Okay, then I’ll give you an order. When I meet Garcia soon, you two…”
The eyes of the two listening to the command gradually shine like beasts aiming for prey.
‘…With this, all preparations are complete.’
All that remains is to cut out the mold that has grown in the Calliope family.
