Chapter. 14. One Empire, Three Legends (50)
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The site of the castle was spacious and clean enough to accommodate many people. If it weren’t for the stained tents erected here and there like a refugee camp, it would have been hard to believe that a spacious and clean space had been prepared for the coronation ceremony.
“I’ve seen what’s in there myself, so I understand it’s spacious. Why is it so neat? “Have you cleaned it all up already?”
“There’s a big hole next to it to throw away the trash. That thing over there, a cliff. After seeing that the stones at the bottom of the castle’s foundation had been strengthened by an unrecognizable spell and did not even flinch from any shock, Scarad swept them all away with an axe. “There were a few explosions, and then everything flew away, leaving only the cornerstone that had been strengthened with magic.”
no wonder. It felt like the site of the castle was slightly higher than the surrounding ground. It must have looked like that because the ground was cut by ignorant force.
The survivors of the capital are huddled together on one side of the ruins of the castle, and in one corner, Notum can be seen tapping on the cornerstone, flashing his magic inscription. Otman was scooping up a small spring-like object on the ground next to the ruins of the castle, and Aldrich, who was sitting down next to him, was pouring a bowl of water into a small bowl and holding a memorial service for an unseen person. Idrasil was arguing about something with Tyrea, a pure-blooded elf from the elven forest.
While everyone is doing their own thing. The long-awaited protagonist, our Lady Lucilla Aedran…
“It would be a shame to see this alone.”
“So we’re watching it together, right?”
“No, not you. “There is such a thing.”
It was showing an interesting situation to the point that I could understand why Astrad said, ‘Go and see for yourself.’
“Lady Aedran. “I must apologize for bringing you to a place without a roof.”
“Ah, Duke Schwarz. “If you treat me with such respect, I’m a little embarrassed because it’s a courtesy that doesn’t suit my status…”
“What is there to be embarrassed about? Miss Lucilla. Right now, that Schwarz family was created thanks to the help of the first head of the family, Sir Arthur Schwarz, by a woman from Teldrat at the time, Lady Nacelia Schwarz, so it can be said that it is somewhat similar to the progenitor of the family. As for our Glenn family, a long time ago, when the family was framed for a treason plot so elaborate that it could not be escaped, didn’t Nadia Glenn, the family’s mistress, stay up all day and night to prove that it was a false accusation? He is the benefactor of two families and the successor of a great adult… He came with a similar status. You are someone who deserves to be treated with more respect than these old people. Isn’t that right, Muto? “There must have been no negligence in serving them!”
“yep! That’s a wise thing to say, old man! “Just like when I received new clothes from the old man 10 years after I became his servant, he treated them very preciously!”
“Hmm. Good job. “It’s not really useless.”
Duke Dyke Schwarz, who cut down the Witch’s Tower with a single sword, after struggling to the point of death, all he could do was drill a large hole, Breaker, who realized that the magicians of all ages run away at the mere mention of his name, and even Duke Glenn, the devil of logic. We are a slutty little merchant girl who sticks to us and treats us with respect as if we were the ancestors of the family.
And as the center of the tragedy, Gainax looks quite embarrassed when he sees Lucilla wearing a dress that is not flashy but elegant and has full makeup on, and Skarad, a skinny and gaunt old man, chuckles at the sight and says, ‘I’m still seven years old.’ until.
The appearance of the emperor and his vassals ahead of the coronation is something… should I say sloppy? Should I call it idyllic?
Looking at it like this, I realized why Ian and Bex made such a fuss when they first met Dana. This is really fun to see from the perspective of someone other than the person involved.
“Ahhh… Ah, yo, hero, it’s this way! This way!” Astrad! “You’re finally here!”
At that time, Lucilla seemed to have spotted us and waved her hands and raised her voice. Somehow, the waving isn’t because they’re happy, but it seems like they’re asking for help or something like that.
“Hmm. You two dukes. I’m sorry for greeting you late. “I call him a professor, an instrument of light.”
“hmm? iced coffee. You were the man Skarad sent. Nice to meet you. My name is Dyke Schwartz, the head of the Schwartz family. The witch and her power that brought down her evil nature were enough to be a new stimulus to my old eyes. “I was very impressed.”
“He is a saint of light…. He is just an old man who is called Glenn because he inherited the last name from generation to generation. “Thanks to your truly picturesque rampage, the relationship between the Church of Courage and the Empire has become a bit… troublesome.”
“The Cult of Courage… Now that I think about it, where are those people?”
“Well, while the Empire was passively responding to the Mute invasion, the Courage Church members were all going to the outskirts of the Empire to stop them. It seems they didn’t think something like this would happen in the safest capital city of the empire, so they emptied the parish and rushed out. Well, it is true that they are people who have devoted themselves more to the empire than anyone else, but thanks to them, they have caused me a lot of trouble. That doesn’t mean your balls disappear. Of the people crowding behind us, crying out for light, half of them were originally believers of the Courage Church. In order to rebuild the capital, pressure was needed from religious people who were somewhat liberal in politics. I felt uncomfortable because both sides were nice to me. Hmm… that’s a pain in the ass.”
When I approached and said hello, the two dukes near Lucilla greeted me warmly, pretending to know me.
Of course, it was a great honor to be praised for my skills by the master of masters, the swordsman. The story that caught my ear right away was that of Chief Justice Glenn, who would be assisting the new emperor’s reign right next to him now that all the political nobles in the capital had become corpses or semi-invalids.
“Oh, there’s nothing to worry about. “I finished my conversation with the Archbishop of Gwangmyeong a little while ago.”
“Well, you could have talked to me…”
“no no. If you look at the fact that the people who followed you right away are not rioters, you have done enough to do your job. “You can’t entrust such trivial matters to busy people.”
Of course, it was too late for me to get involved in that story.
What can I do? If you spend time on one thing, you have to lose it on the other.
“It looks like the group has something to talk about, but the old people are leaving. See you later at the coronation. There, Wind Wizard. Come with us for a moment. “Since I’m the representative of that company, I have work to do.”
“Oh, yes. Then, Professor, Lucilla. “I’ll see you later.”
As Astrad left, and the two dukes bowed politely to Lucilla and stepped back, the professor closed Lucilla’s tent, which was wide open, clearly visible from the Gainax side. Blocked from her outside gaze, Lucilla was exhaling the breath she had been holding, as if she had finally come to life.
“Whoa! I thought I was suffocating to death! Did you just see it? It’s the Duke of Glenn, the Duke of Glenn! The embodiment of social language and the father of modern aristocratic speech! Next to him was Duke Dyke Schwarz, a swordsman who was respected by the imperial knights as much as the emperor! Wow, people like that are making fun of me by saying I’m the elder of the family and all that, but I really don’t know if I should take it as a joke or meekly refuse to follow the formalities…”
“You look so excited, huh?”
“…Do you see it?”
“uh. quite?”
“Awww…. what should I do? “If you put on a little more makeup… No, if you look too flashy at an event like this, you could be criticized for that…”
Lucilla finally reveals her true face when she escapes the gaze of the outside world. Lucilla, who was fanning her slightly flushed face with her hand and trying out various earrings, turned towards me and opened her mouth.
“I really like that person. “It’s amazing.”
Wow, look at how clearly he speaks.
“Are you sure?”
“After very cool-headed, clear, and logical calculations, I came to the conclusion that there is no other spouse like that person from Gainax. Really. really.”
“Hmm… Just that? really? Hey Lucille. Since this is a conversation between us, please be honest. If you’re pushed by a situation and have no choice… I could just let you go, right? What do you think, do you need it?”
“Such nonsense!”
Craddangtang!
Lucilla stood up without realizing it, and her eyes darted between the fallen chair and my grinning face, and then sank down as if she had been dejected.
“Ugh… I don’t think there’s any need for that.”
Lucilla hesitated to put up the fallen chair, fidgeting with her hands and glancing through the slightly open door of the tent.
Well, fortunately, I don’t think it was something I was worried about. If he had been brought to the wrong place by the weight of his family’s position or the name of the empire, I really would have let him go.
“then. Are you going to get married right after the coronation? Or engaged? “Did something come up?”
“Uuuuuu*&&^!!! Well, that’s too fast! Let’s talk for a moment… I tried it. Master Gainax… I still don’t know what and how to repay you because there are so many things I don’t know, so I asked him if we could take some time and find out together, and that I would like you to stay in the capital until then… Mu, For the honor of the empire, of course! As an emperor, if you don’t properly compensate the person who passed on the first emperor’s relics, it will be a huge blemish on the newly born empire! So, so…”
“Oh, I got it, you guy. But don’t be too anxious. “After the coronation, if letters containing this news are sent across the empire tomorrow morning, the beauties of the empire will flock like a cloud to take the seat next to the handsome and capable, unmarried man.”
“I know that.”
Lucilla quietly lights up her eyes when she hears that there will be a competitor.
“Okay… then that means you will ultimately remain in the imperial capital.”
“yes….”
Whatever it is, it probably means that this guy has finally gone his own way.
Let’s see… Winter has passed and the year has passed, so is he now seventeen? If you’re seventeen in imperial age, you’re eighteen in Korean age?
It looked like a child, but it was amazing to see it find its place without even realizing it.
The professor reached out to Lucilla just as he had to Aldrich.
“If I talk at length here, it will be a repeat of what happened at the farewell party earlier, so I won’t talk at length. If it were you, I think you would live well even without me telling you to live well. Thank you so much, Lucilla. “I hope you don’t lose your bold appearance anytime, anywhere.”
In front of Borca a few days ago.
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Just like he did in front of Aldrich a few hours ago.
Now, the professor’s hand was stretched out in front of Lucilla.
Because now, I know the meaning contained in it even if I don’t say it.
Lucilla looked at the hand with mixed emotions, and grumbled in a slightly watery voice.
“… Isn’t it too short? The other group that came first, but they left with tears in their eyes as they remembered what happened during that time, the Blue Line, and what happened in the village of Idrasil. “Even Notum cried a little.”
“Make it longer? E~ This saint sincerely blesses the union of Lucilla Aedran and Gainax Agdan, the two men and women who met under the blessing of light, and would like to give some small advice to the two people who will go through a long journey in the future. First of all, no matter what happens, don’t lose faith in each other. The two of you will overcome rough waves and storms like a single ship sailing through the waves….”
“W-what is that!”
“He’s a saint. “I took the time to prepare it because I was worried that they might ask me to officiate, but I was disappointed that I didn’t make it because they said I wasn’t getting married today.”
Lucilla’s face turned into a face that didn’t know whether to laugh or cry due to the professor’s joke.
Instead of holding his outstretched hand, I buried my face in his wide embrace.
“…I don’t have as great abilities as the professor or the others. “I tried really hard not to be a burden.”
“Well, you know.”
“On the Blue Line, I was stuck in a narrow cart, peeling and squeezing poisonous herbs and fruits until my fingertips were swollen, and on Wuthering Heights, I was alone in a safe place, but I wanted to help in any way I could, so I wrote letters really hard. Also, I was afraid that it would be a problem, so I threw away the letter I wrote and wrote it again….”
“know. Thanks to you, I was able to send the Virgin of Mercy safely, and thanks to that, I was able to overcome a lot of troubles with the invitation to the royal family.”
“Ugh….black….”
Oh my. I was afraid this would happen so I tried to keep it short.
The professor stroked Lucilla’s slightly trembling head as she felt the front of her thin robes becoming wet.
“Next time… please come back to the empire. Aedran… never repays his debt. “For all the good things you have done while we have been together, for protecting you, for treating you as a colleague… I will pay you back for everything, including the legal interest… I will do it that way…”
“this. Then I guess I’ll have to pay it back. “I shouldn’t come.”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu kinda……….
Oh my. What I said earlier is canceled. A kid is still a kid.
“Live well, Lucilla.”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… The hero too, well….”
“Don’t rub your face. “My makeup comes off.”
“Pfft, pfft… Really until the end….”
“Hehehe. I am like that. Ah, this is a gift.”
“What… flag?”
“This is His Majesty the Emperor’s last gift. Show me Gainax later. “If you grew up in the capital, you know what that is.”
In the end, only after making the corners of his mouth turn up slightly on his tear-soaked face, was the professor able to leave Lucilla’s tent.
They are slowly cleaning up the mess and moving around busily. It really looks like the coronation is not far away.
The professor asked the nearby maids to enter Lucilla’s tent, and then walked towards Gainax, who was staring at the closed tent and pretending not to be there when he made eye contact with the professor.
There’s a lot I want to say here, too. Hmm… Come to think of it, during the battle for the throne, there was a rumor that he was an emperor who pursued the path of defeat. Because Gainax is 33 years old. Paedo. Paedo. Padora….
‘Well, it’s from a medieval aristocratic society. ‘The fifteen year age difference isn’t that far away.’
I can’t tell you much because I lost a lot of time pretending to be a saint. I decided to say only what was necessary.
“hey. “Your Majesty the God Emperor.”
“….saint. Is it you? “It’s late, but I’m grateful that you broke my sword that was swinging at the Empire now.”
“Lucilla says she really likes you.”
“Peek! Cough, cluck!”
“Do your best.”
Well, okay. This should be enough. That person also shrunk when I hit him before. Even now. He’s strangely shy, but I think he’d go well with Lucilla.
Leaving behind Gainax, who was coughing as if he had chewed his tongue properly, the professor hummed and moved to the seat prepared for the coronation ceremony.
In fact, no matter how hard you prepared, what can you do to properly prepare in such a desolate place?
It was an extremely simple event to be called a coronation ceremony for the emperor of this vast empire.
The place was a completely collapsed ruin, and even those who participated could only see the end if they stood on a high platform. There were no salutes, no parades, no congratulatory delegates or gifts from other countries.
From the duke, whose words would make even the nobles tremble, to the dirty-looking servants, all who participated in the event were mobilized to carry various necessary items. It was truly like an event to announce the name of a small kingdom that had just been born. Rather, I thought it might be suitable for the current empire.
From nobles to servants. When everyone who survived in the capital reached their positions.
“I woke up from a long sleep. “I thought so.”
The God Emperor, Gainax, stood in front of the people and finally opened his mouth.
“The Empire of the Lion was born as one and was made as one. As a member of the royal family who is the culprit of the tragedy that occurred today, I will not talk about it. The instigator of this tragedy is the empire. What cut off your daily life was the solid framework of the empire’s prosperity. It is a fragment of something that has broken off. The ancient power that bound us together had grown to the point where it could no longer control itself, and finally. “It was like a disease that grew along with the enlarged empire, and eventually created this Sadal.”
Criticism so harsh that it puts a burden on the listener. Gainax’s frost-like eyes settled among the anxious people.
“But! I will not say that the empire’s past was wrong. Look at this vast and mighty empire. The territory of the kingdom, which boasted a size smaller than that of a small city in the current empire, encompassed half of the continent, and after 500 years of peace, it created a powerful empire unprecedented in history, where even the poorest people did not have to worry about starving to death. !”
“It’s just that the first emperor chose what was necessary for his time, and now its lifespan has come to an end.”
“So we. This empire must be reborn!”
Sigh!
Gainax shouted as he placed the flag that Lucilla had given him next to him.
“Even without the power of the past, an empire is still an empire! No, on the contrary, it only adds vitality to the inanimate peace! We are born again! Finally free from the arms of the old lion, like seeds scattered on the ground! “It will grow even more lushly!”
Tsk. Tdduddeuk.
An empty flag fluttering on the ruins of a desolate castle. The black, burnt fabric was gradually shaking off the ash, as if removing its skin, drawing a new pattern.
It wasn’t something I inherited, just this moment. Because there is no one else here who can do this for the empire. According to the will of the person who ascended to the position of emperor purely out of concern for the people of the empire, the flag of a new empire was being born in the image of the empire he envisioned.
‘It’s the end.’
Finally, the sight of the long story of the empire coming to an end was something that touched the heart of the professor who was running around at the center of it all.
People look up to Gainax, folding their hands as if they were assimilated by his enthusiasm.
Lucilla watches Gainax’s proud declaration with sparkling eyes.
Her companions and Astrad are happy to see her like that.
Two dukes watching the birth of a new emperor, leaning on their axes. The executioner who finally ended his life with the end of a long promise.
A pure-blooded elf was fiddling with the branches of the world tree next to him, frowning slightly.
“Even when an old tree burns, it sprouts new shoots and stays in place even when a typhoon blows! I am the emperor of a newly reborn empire, Agdan I! As the owner of an old tree that was nourished by lions with a history of 500 years! Protect the empire! “I will allow your free will to grow into a greater tree and sprout new leaves all over the world!”
….Crackling. Support position.
Why? Really nice to see. It must be such a perfect ending and the emotion that comes with it.
Why is this tickling so awkward and unsettling?
Why this feeling of déjà vu?
Why is that flag? Why is it the symbol of the new empire?
“Words… too. no….”
The professor’s eyes were dusted with black ash and nailed to the banner of the new and reborn empire.
An old tree standing tall among the ruins. It supports the sky of the empire with its wide trunk, and wraps around the land of the empire with its deep roots. A view of newly growing small trees.
Above, a semicircle made up of stems. Bottom. A semicircle made of roots. A large pillar in the center and several straight lines made up of smaller trees.
Like a hemisphere connected up and down, and a tall tower of a central generator. Old buildings lined up below. Representing a skyscraper.
“Why is that… why here…?”
The flag of the Empire flutters in exactly the same shape as the flag of the Dome.
Chijik-chik-chik-deak-dead-dead-dead-dead-dead-dead-dead-dead
….Tie ring
“….System notification sound…. Why…. now?”
Chijik-chik-giik-
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[Simulation No.3 – 437691. Singularity reached.]
[….Confirming that Player ‘professor’ data permission point has not been reached.]
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[Infringes on the player’s rights for debugging and phase fulfillment.]
While waves of countless strings and the professor’s consciousness, hardened within them, are being dragged into the deepest part of Gedreutz’s game and fading away.
Amidst enthusiastic applause and cheers, Gainax was completing his coronation ceremony.
“We will create a new life through the old order! “With this, I declare the opening of a new empire!”
“Waaaaaa!!!”
Waaaaaa-
Ahhh
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In a world that slowly melted like a stretched tape and soon completely stopped.
“…I don’t know why my mother wanted to give such an opportunity to a lowly human being.”
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“That also means the meaning of the world that the little branch cannot understand.”
Tirea, a pure-blooded elf, retrieved the branch of the world tree that had gently stabbed the professor’s side without anyone knowing and disappeared leisurely into the frozen time.
Tiring. Tiring. Tiring. Tiring.
[At the request of administrator ‘World Tree’, I will intervene. I will intervene. I will intervene. I will intervene. I will intervene. I will intervene. I will intervene.]
[The game is paused.]
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