I’m the Future Crazy Male Lead’s Mother – Chapter 92

Author: isuzuuy

Oh my goodness.

He was the one who destroyed the world?

While I stared at him in shock, my mouth hanging open, Dazar continued speaking.

“You could say I betrayed God. That’s why the temple, having noticed something strange, has been keeping a close eye on me. It’s also why they suspect that I’m one of Ruben’s Followers.”

“Then you’re even worse than one of Ruben’s Followers?”

My assessment of him had been upgraded from insane in-law to genuinely insane in-law. He was much more dangerous than I had expected.

I firmly closed my mouth, which had fallen open in shock, and subtly shifted my hips to move farther away from him.

When it came to crazy people, the best course of action was to keep your distance.

Perhaps noticing my movement, Dazar gave a small chuckle. As irritating as he was, he had a handsome face, so his appearance stood out even more when he smiled.

How annoying.

“I can’t correct that statement. You’re right. I’m worse. Why? Are you scared?”

Scared?

Dazar’s eyes deepened slightly as he asked that.

I blinked a couple of times before shrugging.

“No. Surprisingly, I’m not that scared. I am quite shocked to learn that the person in front of me is a Transcendent who betrayed God, though. So now I’m actually curious. What does the fact that you betrayed God have to do with the situation we’re in now?”

“Hmm. You really are a strange woman.”

“No matter how I look at it, you’re the stranger here.”

Dazar gave a derisive snort and loosely rubbed his chin as he spoke.

“What does it have to do with it? It has a great deal to do with it.”

“What is it?”

“Now that you know I’m a Transcendent who betrayed God, you were honestly relieved, weren’t you? Because I have no reason to eliminate Ruben.”

“Hmm. Well, that’s true.”

I readily admitted it.

My mind was a little more at ease than before, and I answered him honestly.

So, that meant he wasn’t one of Ruben’s Followers.

And he wasn’t a devout Transcendent, either.

Then there was no reason for Dazar to hurt Axion right away.

Which meant that he and I weren’t enemies.

And that meant the time we had been spending together like this—the four of us, Vanilla, Axion, him, and me—didn’t necessarily have to come to an end.

Of course, I still needed to hear the rest of his story.

In fact, I had begun to feel that Dazar was actually being quite considerate toward me.

A Transcendent who had betrayed God.

And on top of that, he had destroyed a world?

Those were enormous things to reveal to a mere young lady of a baronial family whom he had known for less than a year…….

Of course, that young lady happened to be Ruben’s mother.

Still, the reason he was revealing so much of his hand to me was probably to reassure me.

Honestly, I hadn’t expected him to tell me this much.

“All right. Then I understand for now. You’re not an ordinary Transcendent, and that means you don’t necessarily have to eliminate Axion.”

But that alone didn’t explain everything.

“But why do you want to keep Axion by your side? You still haven’t explained that.”

“……”

Dazar slowly closed and opened his eyes.

A hint of hesitation appeared in his gaze before disappearing. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he parted his lips.

“To find ‘her.’”

“……‘Her’?”

Who was she?

“The reason I betrayed God, and my fiancée.”

“……Your fiancée?”

“That’s right. She was my fiancée, but ironically, I’ve forgotten her name. So I can’t tell you what her name was.”

He spoke somewhat cynically, but I saw it.

Dazar’s eyes trembled faintly.

He was clearly sad.

And the moment I noticed that emotion, I felt indescribably flustered.

I had been incredibly angry just a moment ago.

But like a deflating balloon, my anger shrank and disappeared, leaving nothing but bewilderment in its place.

Until now, Dazar had seemed like the kind of person who couldn’t feel such tender emotions as sadness.

But now, it felt as though I had accidentally caught a glimpse of the soft flesh beneath his armor.

I desperately fixed my wandering gaze on the table and responded as naturally as I could.

“……You had a fiancée?”

“What? You think I’m not allowed to have a fiancée? Look at any noble family, and everyone has one……. Ah, correction. You don’t.”

Perhaps he felt awkward because he realized that he hadn’t been able to completely hide his own emotions either, so he picked a needless fight with me.

But there was nothing I could do about the awkward atmosphere that had already settled between us.

“Well……”

“……What is it? Why are you acting like that? Anyway, I offered the world to Ruben solely for ‘her.’ In exchange, I was promised that she would be reincarnated in this life. Now I intend to find the reincarnated ‘her.’”

Perhaps he felt awkward too, because he began adding explanations I hadn’t even asked for.

“Before that, if Ruben destroys the world, I won’t be able to find her, so I have to prevent Ruben’s destruction. But Ruben can’t die, either. Preventing Ruben’s death is one of the conditions of the contract I made with the Ruben of the previous world.”

“……Ah.”

“That’s why I deliberately kept that little brat by my side.”

I see.

If what he was saying was really true, I could understand why Dazar had kept Axion by his side.

So it wasn’t because he had found a new source of food, but because he needed to keep the world from being endangered.

First, he had to find her.

What on earth did she mean to him?

“Do you believe me now? So, basically, I’m in the same position as you are—I’m protecting that little brat. We’re in the same boat.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me sooner? If you had, I don’t think I would have spent all this time worrying and tearing my hair out. I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to come here, either.”

“I’d have made quite the explanation to a noble lady who didn’t even know what Ruben was.”

Dazar grinned and crossed his legs.

The man who had inadvertently exposed his inner self because he couldn’t quite gather up all the overflowing sadness had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Back to his usual relaxed self, he added,

“If I’d known you were going to dig this deeply, I would have told you. But back then, I thought keeping it hidden was the better answer.”

Dazar was right.

If I hadn’t been a transmigrator and had simply been a noble lady…… no, if I had been the original Cilia, I probably wouldn’t have paid any attention to what he said.

“For now…… all right, then.”

The person who had been shaken by his emotions had already gathered himself and returned to his usual composure.

So why was my heart like this?

At this moment, Dazar felt strangely unfamiliar to me.

Not because I had learned that he was an absolutely terrible Transcendent who had destroyed a world.

He really loves that woman.

Enough that even that unyielding, irritating Dazar could show himself shaken by sadness.

……No.

Enough that a Transcendent would dare consider betraying God.

And actually give up everything in exchange for her.

He loved her.

The thought that he carried such an enormous and heavy emotion—one far beyond anything I could even imagine—made me feel as though the Dazar I had known until now had somehow been a fake.

Not fake in the sense that he had been lying.

Rather, it felt as though I was only now beginning to know Dazar.

There was also a strange excitement and tremor in my heart, as though I had cautiously stepped into a world that someone had been carrying all alone.

It was a very unfamiliar and strange feeling.

Without realizing it, I looked down at the fist I had been clenching.

For some reason, I had a feeling that I would remember the sensation of this moment for a very long time.

……What is this?

I was blinking, unable to find the reason for it right away, when Dazar casually spoke in a voice that had become completely relaxed again.

“Be careful of the other Transcendents. Especially Morocanil. If he finds out that the little brat is Ruben, he’ll try to eliminate him immediately.”

His gaze was directed outside the window.

The view from the tower was still warm and sunny, just as it had been before.

For some reason, seeing his relaxed expression put me in a bad mood.

While I was still sitting there with a giant question mark hanging over this strange feeling, I frowned and nodded.

“Got it. I’ll be careful. Then let’s go back now. The children must be waiting.”

How much time had passed?

With both adults away, I was starting to worry that they might be getting anxious.

Dazar seemed to flinch slightly at my question, but I was in a hurry, so I quickly stood up.

“Tsk. This conversation is getting boring.”

The red bird, which had been watching our conversation all this time, seemed displeased with how things had turned out and disappeared.

Just like when it had first appeared with a pop.

I was just about to ask what on earth that red bird was when I opened the tower door.

“You were here.”

“……!”

“Both of you. Together.”

Whoooosh—

Unlike the view from the second floor, torrential rain was still pouring outside the tower.

Standing there in the middle of the downpour, completely drenched, was a handsome, long-haired man.

Leaning on that familiar staff, Morocanil stood there staring at us with an expressionless face.

“Have you forgotten, Dazar? I came here to monitor you. You can’t simply come out here like this.”

“I wondered why the barrier around the island was trembling slightly. So it was you after all. Sometimes, you really are like a rat. You know perfectly well that this is a space only a Siaster can enter, don’t you? And you know what happens to those who enter without permission, too.”

Dazar stepped forward and gave a sinister smile as he leisurely flexed his fists.

The space around him seemed to tremble, briefly tinged with a pale white light.

For some reason, the atmosphere felt as though a fight could break out at any moment.

Tap.

Just then, a gentle force pushed me toward the inside of the tower.

Dazar had grabbed my shoulder and moved me behind him.

As if he were protecting me.

“Uh……”

I stumbled backward.

For some reason, anger appeared in Morocanil’s previously expressionless face.

The air grew cold, as though something was about to explode at any moment.

Wait, wait. Don’t fight while there’s an ordinary person standing right next to you……!