ISEKAI? More like I See Crap!-Chapter 139: Heartfelt Punishment ( )

Still holding tightly onto the adult Ellyna, Hazuki looked up with sparkling, lovestruck eyes, completely oblivious to the chaos around him.

Meanwhile, Ellyn turned her furious glare at her mother.

"MOM!!" she shouted, stamping her foot.

"Go back to Father!! Now!!"

Queen Meira smiled sweetly, placing a hand elegantly on her cheek.

"Ara~ Ellyna... I just wanted to see my future son-in-law~ Is that so wrong?"

Ellyn’s cheeks burned hotter.

She grabbed Hazuki’s head and pushed his face harder against her stomach to hide him.

"Ugh!!" she growled. "You promised you wouldn’t meet him first!!"

Queen Meira tilted her head, still smiling like a saint—but her golden eyes twinkled wickedly.

"Hmm? I didn’t promise that. Your father did. Not me."

Ellyn froze, steam practically puffing from her ears.

She trembled, fists clenched at her sides.

Hazuki mumbled something against her belly, still too drunk on love to notice the chaos.

Queen Meira stepped closer, gently tapping Hazuki’s head.

"Besides... how could I resist when my cute daughter brings home such a handsome man?" she said with a playful wink.

Hazuki peeked up from Ellyna’s waist, blinking dazedly.

"Handsome...?"

Ellyna tightened her arms around his head like a protective shield.

"No more meeting!! No more talking to my mom!!" she declared.

Queen Meira just laughed softly, covering her mouth elegantly.

"Ara ara~ Then behave properly, my dear daughter~"

"Ohhh Ellyn~ my beautiful Ellyn~" Hazuki sighed dreamily, still clinging to adult Ellyna like a lovestruck fool.

His eyes sparkled, cheeks flushed.

Reality? Forgotten.

The entire marketplace? Nonexistent.

Only Ellyn existed in his world right now.

Queen Meira, smiling warmly to herself, turned gracefully.

Her golden hair shimmered under the morning sun.

She walked slowly toward a royal carriage hidden discreetly between the market buildings.

As she walked away, she waved elegantly over her shoulder.

"See you soon, future son-in-law~" she called out teasingly.

But Hazuki—still trapped in his love-struck haze—still nuzzling Ellyna’s waist like a happy golden retriever—didn’t hear a single word.

His mind was filled with nothing but soft sparkles, floating hearts, and visions of his "goddess Ellyn."

Ellyna, in her adult form, looked down at Hazuki, her cheeks bright.

Part of her was embarrassed.

Part of her was furious.

But deep down—

She was happy.

Hazuki finally looked up at her with the most serious expression he could muster in his dazed state.

"Let’s get married right now," he said simply.

Ellyna’s cheeks burned red.

Her tail twitched wildly.

And then—

POOF!!

In a flash of soft golden light—

the beautiful, elegant adult Ellyna vanished.

Standing in her place—

was the familiar, tiny, bratty child Ellyn, arms crossed, cheeks puffed out in furious embarrassment.

Before Hazuki could even react—

BONK!!

Ellyn smacked him right on the top of his head with her small fist.

"IDIOT UNCLE!!!" she shouted, fuming.

Hazuki staggered backward dramatically, holding his head with both hands.

His heart shattered into tiny pieces.

He dropped to his knees like a tragic hero.

"EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!! MY ELLYN!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!" he wailed, his voice echoing through the marketplace.

Several beastkin vendors paused, glancing over awkwardly.

A few children pointed and laughed.

An old catfolk woman shook her head sadly.

Ellyn, puffed up like an angry kitten, crossed her arms tightly.

"Serves you right, Uncle!" she huffed.

Hazuki, still on the ground, clutched his chest in agony.

"My beautiful adult Ellyn... gone... replaced by a brat..." he whimpered dramatically.

Ellyn stood tall, arms crossed, tail flicking sharply behind her.

Her eyes narrowed, glowing faintly with a mix of sass and authority.

She pointed down at Hazuki, who was still kneeling in dramatic heartbreak.

"You should wait for eight years!!" she declared, her voice full of righteous fury.

"That’s what you get for flirting with my mother!!"

Hazuki’s face twisted in shock.

"EHHHH!!??" he cried.

Ellyn stomped her foot.

"No ’Ehhh!!!’" she shouted.

She reached out her small hand, palm open and unrelenting.

"As punishment—give me all your money. That pouch. Right now."

Hazuki whimpered like a kicked puppy.

His lips trembled, tears welling in his eyes.

He slowly reached into his pouch—the one he looted from the tigerkin assassin, filled with shiny coin dreams—and handed it over.

Ellyn grabbed it triumphantly and shook it with a clink-clink-clink of victory.

Hazuki collapsed onto the ground in full dogeza—

forehead touching the dusty stone path, arms stretched forward.

"I’M SORRY!!!" he cried out.

"I didn’t know it was your mother!! Forgive me, my tiny goddess!!"

Passersby glanced over.

Some clapped.

Others looked horrified.

"That’s right, Uncle. You better behave from now on."

Hazuki sniffled, his nose red and his eyes shimmering with unshed tears.

He lowered his head even further, then—

slowly started crawling on his knees toward Ellyn,

hands clasped together like a desperate monk begging for mercy.

"I will..." he whimpered.

"Please... don’t leave me..."

He inched forward on his knees like a defeated samurai in a tragic kabuki play, eyes upturned with desperation, crawling toward Ellyn like she was the last light in a cold, cruel world.

"Forgive me, Ellyn-sama..." he begged.

"My one and only goddess... my coin thief... my future catgirl bride hidden in child form... I was wrong!!"

Ridan, floating above, covered his face with both cloudy hands.

"This man has no dignity left. Negative coins. Negative pride. He’s a crawling wallet now."

Ellyn finally sighed.

She lowered the pouch onto her small shoulder like a rich brat, tapped her foot once, then crouched down and flicked Hazuki’s forehead.

Flick!

"Fine. You’re forgiven," she declared proudly.

Hazuki sniffled, tears of joy running down his face.

"Thank you... thank you, my generous queen..."

As Hazuki continued sobbing at Ellyn’s feet, clutching her like a desperate, broke pilgrim—

and Ellyn triumphantly posed with his coin pouch slung over her small shoulder—

Ridan floated a few feet above, chuckling silently through telepathy.

But then—

Out of the corner of his cloud eye—

he noticed something.

Hidden just beyond the bustling crowd—

deep inside a narrow, dark alleyway—

were two figures.

Draped casually in worn cloaks.

Their faces blurred by some faint magic.

Their bodies radiating that strange, ungraspable aura Ridan knew all too well.

The two mysterious figures.

The ones who had "guided" Hazuki from the very start.

The ones even Ridan feared.

One of them—

a tall one with casual arrogance—

smirked directly at him.

The other raised his hand casually, signaling with two fingers to come closer.

A silent, undeniable command.

Without being noticed, Ridan gulped.

He spun once nervously in the air, glanced down at Hazuki and Ellyn—

making sure they were still busy squabbling—

then slowly floated away, slipping unnoticed into the alleyway.

Inside the shadows, the two figures waited.

The tall one chuckled lightly.

"Oho~ Ridan. Long time no see," he said smoothly, his voice playful yet cold.

Ridan stiffened mid-air, his cloudy form trembling slightly.

"G-Gulp..."

The shorter figure leaned forward.

Before Ridan could react—

he grabbed Ridan’s cloud-like tail casually, tugging it firmly.

Almost... warningly.

The taller figure smiled faintly.

"Now, now..." he said softly. freēwēbnovel.com

"We think it’s enough for you to wander around with him in this town.

It’s time, Ridan."

His golden eyes gleamed under the hood.

"You better find a way to get him to leave this city.

Tomorrow. Or the day after. No later."

The grip on Ridan’s tail tightened slightly.

Not painfully.

But enough to send the message.

Crystal clear.

Ridan shivered slightly.

He nodded hurriedly.

"...I-I understand..." he whispered.

The two figures exchanged a small smirk.

The taller one casually patted Ridan’s trembling cloud-body.

"Good boy. Now off you go~" he said, waving lazily.

Then—

as if they were never there—

the two figures disappeared into the shadows.

Gone without a trace.

( End Of Chapter )