The Time-Stop Breeding Uncle Wants to Retire – Chapter 81

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Though it might have appeared that no preparations had been made on the surface, Lionheart Fortress was under strict protection by Cluna’s barrier.

What did that mean?

Any ordinary monster would turn to ashes upon touching it.

Even if they didn’t turn to ashes, they could be immediately detected and intercepted, but this one didn’t.

The barrier didn’t react.

If that was the case, it was one of two things: either the barrier had been deceived, or it wasn’t a monster.

To me, the former seemed more likely than the latter.

Anyway, thanks to the soul-infused sawing, we were somehow able to rescue Ruby.

While desperately hiding the pain in my arm, I glared strongly at Balak flying in the sky.

“She’s a precious member of my team. Please don’t take her away as you please.”

Since it felt a bit off to just glare, I tried to reason using the most commander-like tone I could muster.

Regardless, Balak just flew high into the sky.

Damn…

I was ignored.

“Ruby! Are you alright?!”

“A-Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine.”

“This… we’ll have to explain everything now.”

At Commander Yuren’s words, who had approached from the side, I nodded weakly.

I had wanted to keep it a secret and handle it quietly, but since it had come to this, there was no choice.

However, before revealing the truth, I asked Cluna to check Ruby’s physical condition.

I thought Ruby might be pretending to be strong, but fortunately, that wasn’t the case.

“It’s fortunate it ended with just minor injuries.”

“That’s what I said. Why don’t you believe me?”

“It’s better to be certain.”

Rather than hiding injuries and letting them worsen later, it was better to confirm and treat them properly.

Anyway, after checking her condition, we were now gathered around the round table.

The Table of Equality.

A round table prepared for fair dialogue without discrimination among all races.

But now it felt more like it was just being used as a conference room, and there, I spoke first.

“I’ll get straight to the point. Ruby, your father has become a monster.”

“…”

“You don’t look very surprised.”

“No, somehow I thought that might be the case.”

Seeing Ruby’s calm reaction, I was the one who became flustered.

How much of a trash must he have been in his daily life for his own daughter to think this way?

Inwardly expressing condolences to Ruby who had grown up under such trash, I also disclosed to everyone the request that had come from the Dwarf Republic.

The request was to eliminate Balak.

“The Dwarf Republic has already classified Balak as a monster. So it seems they’re entrusting his disposal to us.”

“Then there’s no need to hesitate.”

“There’s no need to act strong…”

“I’m not acting strong. I’ve been waiting for this moment.”

Was it my imagination?

For a moment, it seemed like a bright pink light flowed from her reddish-brown hair.

But at least it was certain that there was no lie in those words.

Fortunate… is it?

“I have one request.”

“What is it?”

“I want to kill my father with my own hands.”

“…”

There was no trembling in that voice.

Rather, it was a calmly settled tone.

A daughter swearing to kill her own father.

I didn’t know the circumstances, but I could say this one thing.

No matter how you looked at it, this didn’t seem fortunate.

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While Hans seemed to let it pass as if it didn’t matter, Balak’s intrusion left more challenges than expected.

First, Cluna realized that there was a flaw in the barrier due to Balak’s invasion, but at the same time, she couldn’t understand it.

It should have been able to block all monsters and demons.

Yet it entered the barrier without any trouble.

Moreover, it tried to kidnap Ruby despite her barrier being in place.

The more peculiar fact was that even with it right before their eyes, strangely, they couldn’t read its presence at all.

It felt like they were facing a ghost from fairy tales with no physical form right in front of them.

“There must be some secret.”

It wasn’t anything new for them to use dirty tricks.

Surely Balak must have used some kind of deception, but that wouldn’t be an escape route.

The barrier had been breached, that fact remained unchanged.

It left a huge wound on Cluna’s pride.

She had already shown many unsightly sides to the Commander due to the previous incident.

She couldn’t disappoint the Commander any further here.

So Cluna immediately began improving her magic.

Not just the barrier protecting Lionheart Fortress, but all the magic she possessed.

“To be able to catch and kill the Commander’s enemies… more certainly.”

It was flowing in a strangely dangerous direction, but this hadn’t fully bloomed yet.

Let’s turn our gaze elsewhere now.

Yuren remained alone in the courtyard, swinging her fists by herself.

It came as a shock to Commander Yuren as well, in fact, dragons didn’t usually receive big shocks.

They tended to brush off most things thinking, “Well, that’s how it is.” Because it didn’t stimulate them.

But this was an exception.

A presence that even she, a dragon, couldn’t notice.

It, closer to an insect, had infiltrated Lionheart Fortress’s airspace far too easily, violating it.

As a result, her reaction was late.

If the Commander hadn’t stepped in, Ruby would have been kidnapped by it.

Thinking about that, she became unable to forgive herself for letting her guard down.

“Unacceptable. To have almost lost a comrade again…!!”

Whipping herself for her own ignorance and weakness, Yuren continued swinging her fists.

It had been the same before.

She had believed that everything would be fine if she was there, but the result was the annihilation of the Royal Knights.

“I’m powerless. Powerlessness is a sin. Sin is a mistake.”

At that moment, she stopped swinging her fists.

Her face, illuminated by moonlight, flushed.

Her sturdy legs closed together.

Yuren covered her mouth with her palm.

“…If I made a mistake, I should be punished.”

‘I wonder if the Commander might not punish me?’

Hmm, this seems a bit scary.

This should be enough, so let’s look at someone else now.

Clara was staring blankly at the ceiling, because she was bored since the Commander wasn’t playing with her.

On the contrary, Helia in front of her was smiling.

However, no one would be able to understand the meaning behind that smile.

That day, that is, the day Clara and Cluna returned to this fortress.

Helia instinctively noticed.

The fact that they had come to crave the Commander’s love.

For a moment, an unbearable murderous intent surged up, but Helia desperately suppressed her killing intent.

There was only one reason why she suppressed her murderous intent.

Cluna and Hans thought they had corrected what was wrong through continued education, but Helia wasn’t someone who would change easily with just that.

‘Because it’s certain that Teacher will be sad.’

She loved Teacher.

Therefore, she didn’t want to lose him.

She wanted to kill those thieving women right away, but if she did that, Teacher would hate her.

Surely he would.

Because Teacher was a kind person.

He must be sympathizing with such vile things.

So, as Teacher’s disciple, she too must embrace them.

That was the conclusion Helia had reached.

That was why Helia stayed by Clara’s side, even while swallowing her anger.

At least she had to pretend to be friendly, as that would please Teacher when he saw it.

At that moment, Clara spoke.

“Hey, Helia?”

“What?”

“Remember when I talked about weird sexual desires before?”

“Yes. Why? Have you changed your mind?”

“Well, thinking about it again, isn’t love between an elf and a human quite common?”

“…”

A vein popped on Helia’s forehead, but Clara, oblivious, continued talking while blushing.

Well, hang in there Helia.

And… now there were only two people left.

Bayard and Ruby were preparing for the final battle.

For Ruby, the most trustworthy person besides the Commander was Bayard.

Bayard willingly responded to Ruby’s words.

‘W-What should I do? Should I offer some encouragement?’

However, most regrettably, such situations were very unfamiliar to Bayard.

To begin with, due to her timid personality, she had never properly interacted with others.

At most, she had only sparred with them, and now to speak to Ruby who had decided to kill her father?

Without offending her mood?

That seemed impossible, but staying quiet like this also felt a bit…

But unlike what others thought, Ruby was truly in a state of cool-headedness.

Of course, she had immediately recognized its identity.

She noticed as soon as she saw it.

She couldn’t help but notice.

[She’s a precious member of my team. Please don’t take her away as you please.]

She had thought she would be furious when she met him again.

However, the Commander’s words made her anger subside.

Of course, she had no intention of forgiving her father, but she also had no intention of raging in anger.

“I must separate public and private matters.”

Yes, separate from the trash things her father had done in the past.

Now he had fallen to become a monster.

To deliver the sword of punishment in the name of the Royal Knights to a monster that had strayed from the path of humanity.

That was what she had to do.

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[honestly i feel like before this story ends they all gonna be yanderes]