I Became a National ‘Disaster’ Level Monster

Chapter 100 If we succeed, it’s a revolution!

“Princess Kurumi. We just received word from the Monster Group.”

“Really? What do they say?”

“They said it was a great victory. They went up against the Ninja Unit and subdued them all without much damage, except for their leader, whom they captured.”

“That’s a relief. Thank you for sharing the good news, Mr. Shin-woo.”

“Wait… The Monster Group? No way, is it the Monster Group I know? Sister?”

This was Princess Kurumi’s villa.

Having asked the Monster Group for help in advance, I informed Princess Kurumi of the victory as Asuna was with her.

Asuna, overhearing our conversation, seemed utterly stunned.

Well, it’s no wonder. It was none other than those final bosses from the underworld who went to rescue Kitsune Rokyu, who sided with her sister.

After all, they were the Monster Group leader and her comrades—international criminals with no human rights, infamous for their atrocities.

“Yes, Asuna. It’s the Monster Group you know.”

“Sister! Are you out of your mind?! The Monster Group?! They’re completely dangerous!”

“Yes, I know.”

“Rumor has it they kidnap people, rape anyone they find just for fun, and they’re the worst villains of all!”

“That sounds a bit exaggerated, though?”

“It’s not!”

Asuna’s shocked reaction to the mention of the Monster Group was completely normal.

To be honest, we, who were cooperating with the Monster Group, probably seemed abnormal.

But it was all for the sake of our bright future!

This was a strategy for Princess Kurumi and me to take a revolutionary step to reform this rotten Kitsune Family!

“A revolution sounds great! I’ll… no, ‘we’ll’ cooperate!”

Of all people, the one who reacted most intensely when hearing about our plan was Mr. Lorensky, whose face looked unusually red that day.

‘It seems… it seems so passionate that I can’t even use it…’

It felt like Mr. Lorensky’s idea of revolution was vastly different from ours.

Although he was quite disappointed, we ended up assigning Mr. Lorensky the task of monitoring Hosen, the current head of the Kitsune Family.

We planned to visit him before tomorrow’s duel.

Thanks to Asuna arriving before us, we were able to get straight to the point.

“Asuna. How did your fight with Sister Sakura go today?”

“Ah, well! I almost lost at first, but somehow I managed to win.”

“…Are you hurt?”

“Yes… Hehe. But since we’re direct descendants, Sister Sakura wasn’t easy to deal with either.”

Asuna, sitting in front of us with a bandage over one eye and a cast on her right arm, tried her best to speak cheerfully, despite clearly being in pain.

But that moment passed quickly.

“More importantly! Stop dodging the question! What do you mean by ‘the Monster Group’ all of a sudden?!”

No matter the topic, it always circled back to the Monster Group.

Though her sister was about to face the family head in a ceremony tomorrow…

Asuna was still reeling from the fact that not only Sophia but also the Monster Group was behind Rokyu.

“Asuna. I intend to become the head of this family.”

“Sister…”

“And I’ll change it! I want to create a Kitsune Family where no one gets hurt anymore. To do that, I’m going to wage war against the current family leadership.”

“…!!”

Asuna was stunned by a plan she never could have imagined.

If her death was like throwing an egg at a rock, Kurumi’s plan was more like smashing a rock with another rock—a true revolution.

“Sister, why did you suddenly think of this?”

“Because I don’t want anyone else to get hurt. I want everyone around me, including you and me, to stop hurting each other.”

“Sister…”

“Asuna. I’m not looking for any particular revenge. I just hope that no one like me is born into this family again.”

Even if she had a child with the one she loved…

Even if that child grew up receiving the best treatment, like Brother Katsuo…

The future awaiting that child would be no different from the present we face.

To hate a weaker family member and to submit to a stronger one.

Kurumi did not want to pass on such a horrific future to her child.

“Asuna. Please stand by me.”

“……”

“I won’t ask you to fight alongside me. Just stay behind me. I don’t want to fight you.”

Princess Kurumi, solemn yet gentle, extended a hand to her younger sister, just like with Rokyu.

In response, Asuna closed her eyes instead of taking the hand.

Thud.

“Asuna?!”

“I’ve never been happier than I am right now.”

She was kneeling, bowing her head to the ground, right in front of her sister—an act of deep respect from a direct descendant of the ten great families.

“Get up, Asuna!”

“No! I won’t get up until you accept my greeting.”

“Greeting… You don’t mean…?”

“This is Kitsune Asuna’s greeting to Kitsune Kurumi, the next head of the Kitsune Family.”

Her words did not merely mean she would quietly watch from behind.

By recognizing Kurumi as the next head, Asuna was declaring her intention to fight alongside her sister.

She was waiting for her sister’s next words.

“…Kitsune Asuna.”

“Yes.”

“…As a direct descendant of the Kitsune Family, do you recognize Kitsune Kurumi’s claim to the headship?”

It was a line typically spoken on the final day of the succession ceremony, by the last remaining direct descendant.

But Princess Kurumi spoke it now, and instead of hesitating, Asuna smiled and said:

“I recognize it, Head of the Kitsune Family.”

Only then did Asuna lift her head, joyfully grasping her sister’s outstretched hand with both of hers.

“I swear to be by the Kitsune Family’s head… no, by Sister Kurumi’s side for the rest of my life!”

“Asuna… thank you.”

***

“By the way, I never imagined Mr. Shin-woo would have ties to the Monster Group.”

“Haha… Yes, it just sort of happened.”

Morning came.

Having fully aligned herself with Princess Kurumi, Asuna was heading with us to the underground arena where the family head resided.

Regarding the unsettling matter of the Monster Group, I took responsibility and explained that it was my doing.

“You’re not… part of the Monster Group, right, Mr. Shin-woo?”

“Of course not! …Well, maybe? A prospective member?”

“A member… of the Monster Group… Mr. Shin-woo?!”

A woman hailed as the noble daughter of the ten great families.

A man dubbed as the embodiment of the Monster Group, the most repulsive human of all.

What a forbidden relationship this was!

It was like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet.

But just as Eve found a forbidden thrill in biting into the apple of the Garden of Eden, Asuna found herself more enamored with such forbidden love.

“But… but I don’t have the courage to follow Mr. Shin-woo to the end…!”

“Ahem!”

“Sister?!”

“…Stop talking nonsense and let’s go withdraw your participation.”

“Ah, okay…”

However, Asuna’s rebellious nature was quickly subdued by a single cough from the next head of the family.

‘I’m already struggling with Miss Sophia, and now it seems Asuna is falling for Mr. Shin-woo too…? Come to think of it, the weird one would be a Beast Hunter who ignores such a charm, even knowing it’s wrong…!’

If it was a trustworthy younger sister, then fine.

But historically, a younger sister who was trustworthy but engaged in ‘infidelity’ behind the scenes had to be beheaded.

Zzzzzzt.

Unnoticed, she pulled Shin-woo, who had been walking closer to Asuna, to her side, linking arms with him.

“Princess?!”

“Let’s just go like this.”

“But… your chest is touching me…”

“I don’t mind. If you get bored along the way, feel free to touch it as you usually do.”

“Touch it…?!”

“I didn’t do that!”

Feigning boldness, her sister’s behavior made Asuna’s face turn as red as a tomato.

But the peace didn’t last long.

“Kurumi.”

“Brother Katsuo?”

She thought she’d meet him on the last day of the family head selection.

But there he was, standing as if waiting in front of the Kitsune Castle where the head resided.

Sophia, surprised to see him, quickly let go of Shin-woo’s arm and narrowed her eyes.

“Mr. Shin-woo, please step back for a moment.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Brother Katsuo? I thought you’d show up on the last day. Why are you here already…”

“Asuna, why are you walking with Kurumi, who you’re supposed to be fighting today?”

“T-That’s…”

Asuna hesitated for a moment, but she had already made up her mind when she bowed her head to the tatami floor the day before.

“I’ve decided not to fight Sister Kurumi!”

“…!”

“I’ve decided to stand by Sister Kurumi… no, the Head of the Kits

une Family, and fight together against this rotten Kitsune Family itself! Brother Katsuo.”

“Not me… but the family itself?”

“That’s right. Brother Katsuo. I’m going to wage a quick war against the rotten leadership of this family.”

Kurumi, pleased with her younger sister’s decision, extended the same hand to Brother Katsuo that she had offered to other family members.

“Brother Katsuo. I want to forgive you.”

“Forgive…?”

“Yes. Take my hand. Then, I’ll forgive you for everything that’s happened so far.”

She tried to give him a chance.

But it was as if he never needed such a chance in the first place.

“Then I must decline.”

“Brother Katsuo…”

“The head of the Kitsune Family has always subjugated those beneath them with overwhelming power. If you truly want the headship, you must kill me here and take it.”

Katsuo simply got into a fighting stance, like a warrior.

“Kurumi. Power is justice.”

“No. Justice means wiping away the tears of the weak and joining hands with everyone to create something together.”

“I don’t understand that. So, if the Kitsune Family you want to create is like that, then kill me first. Then use me as a stepping stone to grow! Kitsune Kurumi!”

Water and oil.

A mouse and a cat.

To him, Kurumi’s ideals were nothing but such opposites.

Biting her lip, Kurumi finished speaking as Katsuo leaped toward her.

“Here I come! Fight me! Kitsune Kurumi!”