I’m Going to Destroy this Country

Shuri was embarrassed.

It wasn’t for any other reason.

Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp!

“…”

Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp!

“…”

Huff! Huff, huff! Hoo, huff!

Ah, damn it! Will you stop eating already?!

It’s not like you’re some pitiful puppy that’s about to die from starvation!

As the sound of eating resonated, Shuri’s face also cringed.

Already having heard things like, ‘Eh, what’s this, even the men from Eshua are going in? Then, the Saintess’s treasure will be easy to take! We’ll take the treasure,’ the situation was bad enough.

He was infuriated by that alone, and now this.

He felt like dying of embarrassment as a fellow Eshua man.

Of course, it was also embarrassing to see someone from a Duke’s family gobble up so greedily like a penniless beggar, without any manners.

But that wasn’t the most shameful part.

“Is… is he alright?”

“Isn’t he drugged?”

Yes.

Damn it! You’re drugged, stop eating!!

Watching the young child, Shuri grumbled in distress.

In fact, before entering the treasure vault, Shuri had promised her uncle Lilai.

– Shuri, please keep an eye on your younger cousin.

Of course, she had no intention of doing so.

Why should I? He’s a competitor.

He would observe, but he had no intention of actively protecting him. Uncle Lilai probably didn’t expect that much either.

The trial of the Doljabi ceremony was a challenge given to them personally.

So, he wouldn’t help but would watch… and before he knew it, this kid just accepted and consumed drugs?!

‘A candidate for the Saint should at least notice if they’ve been drugged!’

It seemed Eshua wasn’t just underestimated but seen as a complete pushover. Here were Saint candidates, blatantly consuming drugs.

And while he had no intention of helping, he couldn’t let an Eshua child be humiliated by those good-for-nothings.

‘It doesn’t seem to be a noticeable poison. Probably something for the digestive system.’

The adults who could have intervened had momentarily left their spot to open the door to the treasure vault.

In the end, unable to just watch, Shuri approached to take away the water bottle, but-

Smack!!

He got hit by Isaac instead!

Moreover, he was hit with a water bottle filled with sacred power.

‘What does this brat think my brother is!’

If you’ve been drugged, at least show some signs of discomfort!

So Shuri gave him his water bottle.

-If you’re thirsty, I’ll give you mine! So, stop it!

At his words, Isaac happily drank Shuri’s water.

Isaac, whose eyes sparkled, seemed to have high expectations as he drank, but continued to gulp down and then.

-Daya?

Stared at him fiercely.

Shuri didn’t know why he was glaring.

But he felt like he was doubting him for some reason. So, in his injustice, Shuri said it was just normal water without any drugs, but he got hit instead.

-Dayayaya (Why are you being so damn annoying)?!!

Damn, why is this crazy kid making a fuss even when I give him clean water!

Eventually, Isaac started following other kids who had drugged water!

He scuttled around like a cockroach.

By then, the kids who were trying to bully Isaac got sick of it instead.

No wonder, since Isaac had already drunk from six different kids’ bottles.

“Why, why is he fine? I definitely drugged him with laxatives!”

“Isn’t yours just water?”

“What? Are you crazy? You could die from eating that!”

No, more importantly, why does he seem euphoric the more he eats!

As Isaac menacingly reached out his hand, the children were startled and hid their water bottles.

“Ah, no. You, you, if you eat any more, you’ll really die…!”

They seemed terrified.

Seeing this, Isaac’s face somehow turned devilish.

“Daya (these holy chick bastards)!”

“Dayaya (If you’re going to harm, you should do it properly. You have to feed until one’s guts are about to spill, why are you scared)?”

An expression so unpleasant, one might doubt he was a child.

It was only natural that the other children were shaking with fear as they looked at Shuri.

“Why is he going crazy over laxatives…?”

“Eshua, are the kids usually like this…?”

No, it’s just that brat!

Shuri couldn’t lift his head under the continuous stares.

Now, even the innocent kids seemed to have sensed the situation, but they didn’t want to be treated like the kid who was crazed about laxatives!

-Eshua has such a weirdo!

They don’t know what kind of medicine he took.

But it must be medicine intended to interfere with the Saint candidate, so it’s definitely not just a supplement!

At the very least, it could be poison.

But to eat six of those and have such a euphoric expression!

-Is he a pervert?

One thing’s for sure, he’s not in his right mind.

They shouldn’t get close to him.

However, the other candidates saw Isaac differently.

“He has incredible poison resistance…!”

“Yeah. That’s why he’s fine!”

“Now that you mention it, I’ve heard about it…! Training in holy power leads you to a state where you can automatically detoxify poisons!”

“Right! High monks drink even the strongest poisons like water, don’t they?”

“What? Is he already at that stage?”

Everyone looked at Isaac with admiration, but Isaac just grinned.

What? Resistance?

No, that’s not it?

‘I just absorbed the magical power?’

It seemed that this Empire didn’t just use holy poison but all poisons mixed with magic.

Well, that makes sense.

Magic is the power that can suppress holy power.

That’s why priests and magicians don’t get along.

Holy power becomes more versatile with training. One aspect is the body’s self-healing and detoxification.

By the time one becomes a Saintess or a 9th rank priest, they could regenerate from the moment a blade pierces them.

No, regeneration is faster than getting cut with a blade.

So they must be using poison with magical elements to suppress this.

To suppress the holy power trying to detoxify and to enhance the effect of the drug. Because training the inside of the body isn’t easy.

For this reason, the laxative Isaac consumed, or rather all medicines, contained a mild poison.

Of course, it wasn’t like pouring water into a bottomless poison. Isaac’s body was such that it could easily convert magic into holy power. For him, who values even a drop of magic, magic is not poison but elixir of life!

And yet, all the poisons used in the Holy Empire contain magical elements. How crazy… what a wonderful delicacy!

Well, it wasn’t without its downsides.

Since it’s still poison, during the detoxification process, one feels good, and the senses become slightly dull, the speech gets a little slurred, and one feels pleasantly tingly… oh, so this is intoxication.

Anyway, this is the first tingle he’s felt in hundreds of years!

‘So give me more, you brats!’

As Isaac began to eye the water bottles of even the innocent children, Shuri grabbed him.

“Ah, stop it! Have you lost your mind!”

But the other children were startled to see him like this.

“Ho, could there be poison in yours too? Why, someone might have put it in during the baggage check earlier.”

“What? Could he detect poison?”

“Ah! Then him eating from various kids’ stuff until now…!”

“Is he trying to investigate to prevent others from being in danger? Eating to get rid of it?”

The children were shocked.

“Indeed… Eshua!”

“A Saint.”

“To think of such a thing at that age…!”

No!

Anything but that!

Shuri, blood rushing to his face, was holding onto Isaac, who was as if swimming in the air, at that moment.

“Really? Did that child make such a sacrifice?”