EP.454
When I look back at my age of 115, my perspective passed so quickly.
When I was first possessed by this world, I was only 15 years old. I was an orphan and was rolling around like a dog. To find hope in the dark reality, I entered the academy and did my best to change my life.
I somehow managed to graduate with average grades at the academy, and for a commoner, I laid the foundation for living a stable life as a middle-class person close to the upper class in the empire, but… ‘I did
n’t like that, so I applied and went to the Rhineland front.’
From then on, I showed great potential in every war I went to, and I met Laura, fell in love with her, and got married.
I made my name known by cutting down Khan to death.
I am a person who reminisces about the bright past with my eyes closed. Is it time for me to die?
In fact, as I have been slowly losing strength in my body and losing my appetite for the past few days, I think it is time to close my eyes and go to the side of my comrades who have gone before me. .
“Now it’s real death.”
I heard that other people feel a great deal of fear right before they face death, but I had a feeling that I would die within the next hour or two, but I wasn’t particularly afraid.
Having killed thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people with my own hands, I feel like I have become indifferent to my own death.
“You haven’t killed anyone since you took over Francois.”
Still, since the person I previously killed does not come back alive, my sins will not be completely washed away.
“I wrote my will in advance, but if I don’t leave a word before I go on my final journey, I’ll be criticized for being heartless, right?”
What felt so funny made me laugh out loud.
Then I rang the bell next to my seat.
Then the maid who was waiting right near me came towards me.
“Did you call me, Excellency Generalissimo?”
“I think it’s time to die. “Please call Frederick. My other sons and grandsons live scattered throughout the empire, so I won’t be able to see their faces.”
When the maid heard me, she opened her mouth in surprise and then covered it.
“Then I will contact the imperial family immediately.”
“Why are you calling His Majesty in such a hurry when the old man in the back room is dying? “I have my will written down.”
“Just before Michael the Great passed away, he left a will saying to treat His Excellency the Grand Marshal as a great elder of the royal family. So this is not the matter of the Jaeger family, but the imperial family.”
His Majesty Michael, who took me in, said these words before he passed away.
‘If it were not for the Grand Marshal, this empire would have already fallen, so everyone in the imperial family must engrave that grace in their bones.’
As a result, even though I did not have noble blood from the imperial family, I received all the protocols and privileges that a younger brother of an emperor would receive.
There was no real fuss when I decided to hire a maid other than Charlotte to look at the food I was eating.
“Let it be so. And yes, I’m thirsty. “I’d like you to make me a cup of tea, the Royal Gray that Charlotte gave me.”
“I understand, Your Excellency.”
Not long after, Friedrich came to where I was, carrying a teacup and a kettle.
Seeing a guy who is already over 80 years old, not only walking around with his arms and legs intact, but running around like that… I wonder if he will be able to correct himself until he is 100 years old.
“Are you here? “There was no need to hurry.”
Friedrich shook his head at those words.
“What are you talking about, father? And you should get well soon.”
“You don’t die because you’re sick.”
“This time, I will do whatever it takes to get my father’s permission to resign. I heard that Duke Keitel, who passed away 45 years ago, experienced a rapid improvement in his health as soon as he received his resignation letter, and lived happily in his final years. “If you take off your heavy burden, my father will live in good health until he is 130 years old.”
His Excellency Kaitel, the Minister of Military Affairs. In order to strengthen the supply situation and capabilities of the Imperial Army, I forced a person who was about to retire to become Minister of Military Affairs and made him serve until his late 70s.
After resigning, he enjoyed traveling to all the places he wanted to go for nearly 23 years, but for the last two years he spent his daily life quietly at home before passing away.
I guess you think that will happen if I resign as well.
“I am already 115 years old. It’s the same as dying whether you resign or not. And what can I do if I live for a long time?”
“Isn’t your father most popular throughout the empire, especially in the north? So let’s go there and be welcomed.”
“Anya died three years ago. So going there only adds to the loneliness.”
The day before she died, Anya cleaned up the cavalry sword she wielded at François, then quietly passed away, saying she loved me.
“Then at least at my mother’s grave.”
Laura lived with me until last year, saying she couldn’t leave me alone, and Charlotte died two years ago, and Louise died five years ago, probably because she ate a lot of sweets when she was young.
Still, all four of them died after living without serious pain, even though they occasionally suffered from minor illnesses, for much longer than the 21st century elderly people who barely remember anything anymore.
Even though he died, he was a noble person in his own way.
‘I was lonely because I thought I was alone every time someone died, but…’
“There’s no need to go. And how many people have I killed and how many years have I lived in dozens of wars? “Why does someone who lived over 80 have so many regrets?”
“But father. “What will our imperial army do when my father dies?”
The Reich Imperial Army is an organization that I have raised all my life and that has Laura and Anya’s hard work and traces engraved on it… I
don’t know anything else, but it is a pity to think that if I die here, I will no longer be able to lead the development of the Imperial Army.
“Well, I guess your son Wilhelm will take care of it. “Aren’t you doing very well since you retired as Marshal and became Marshal about 10 years ago?”
“No matter what, I’m not as good as my father.”
“Our imperial army may have little combat experience, but it is a strong army that can defeat any country that invades.”
This is not an exaggeration.
The standing army, selected through conscription, is 1.2 million strong, and the supply of soldiers is at the highest level on the European continent.
No, to be honest, the difference will be similar to that of the United States and Vietnam in the 2020s, which I barely remember.
“It’s okay as long as the commanders don’t do anything strange. Also, it is enough not to start a war just to make the empire stronger. “Don’t do anything crazy like Lieutenant General Manstein.”
So, over the course of several hours, I told Frederick many stories about the military.
It may seem strange not to talk about your family right before you die, but since I was in bed, we have always talked for two hours a day.
Just because it’s time to die doesn’t mean there’s anything new to talk about.
Telling a long story while bringing up memories of the past for no reason… is my personal opinion, but it doesn’t seem like a good idea.
‘It’s not like there’s any animosity between us.’
And not long after, His Majesty Michael’s grandson, the current emperor, Josef and his son Zwei rushed in.
There were already tears in both of their eyes.
I joked to lighten the mood a bit.
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“Your Majesty the Crown Prince. Anyone who sees me will think I’m already dead. “Do not kill someone who is still alive and well.”
“… What on earth would our empire do without a Grand Marshal, or rather, a Master? Because of you, the empire has been at peace until now…” Since His
Majesty Michael gave me the position of teacher to the Crown Prince, His Highness has always used an honorific when calling me out of respect.
This happened in this way and continued even after he became emperor, and he became the only non-royal person in the empire, excluding the pope, to be treated with respect by the emperor
… It’s done. “The other officers will take care of the rest.”
“No matter how many other officers you gather, there is no more than one marshal. Even when war was declared in Spain 20 years ago, didn’t the Grand Marshal glare at the ambassador and persuade him several times to overcome the crisis of war? Then, as a bonus, he received 100,000 gold coins as compensation.” That
was possible because they trusted the countries of the other Europa continent too much and foolishly declared war… I had a little conversation with the ambassadors of other countries before meeting the Spanish ambassador and made them give up the war.
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“Is that it? “Didn’t you stop me when I said something stupid about going on an expedition to the United Kingdom?”
“Haha, wasn’t that a mistake made because Your Majesty was young and energetic?”
“That mistake almost killed hundreds of thousands of Imperial soldiers. I still need you, but what if you have already passed away? I will allow you to resign today, so please just get up from your sick bed. Just like Duke Keitel did.”
The time of death is already approaching, and there is nothing I can do if I receive permission to resign now.
And slowly, the clock inside my body is telling me that it is ‘the end’…
“I would like to share more of the stories that we have not shared before, just because of your Majesty’s heart. I think I’m going to die soon. So, please listen to my last will and testament, not my last will.”
At those words, His Majesty gritted his teeth and held back from bursting into tears, and the Crown Prince must have received instructions in advance to write down whatever I said.
I was holding a pen and paper while crying.
“We can close our eyes in peace because we have always prepared for war during the long period of peace. “Let every officer in the empire engrave this poor man’s will in their hearts.”
Then I held the hand of the crying Emperor Joseph.
“Your Majesty will do really well even without me. “I’m sorry for not being able to see that, so please forgive me.”
As soon as I finished saying that, my breathing gradually became difficult, or rather, I just couldn’t breathe.
It wasn’t particularly painful, but my entire body felt weak and my consciousness began to blur, as if I was falling asleep.
My field of vision gradually narrowed and turned black…
‘All the enemies I killed must have died while experiencing this kind of pain.’
As I approach my death like this, my mind is tormented by the murder of countless Polski citizens for revenge in Bastion and the execution of prisoners in Lichen.
Was there a better way?
As the time comes to die, no matter how much I feel, my heart becomes weak…
Even though I didn’t have the strength left to shake my head or open my eyes, I shook off those feelings.
‘I did it for the Reich Empire, and if I hadn’t done it, the people of the country I was supposed to protect would have died instead.’
And when I was about to lose consciousness after thinking that last thought, what I heard was the wailing of sincere condolences from over a thousand people, including His Majesty, although I don’t know when they had gathered.
December 19, 300 Imperial Calendar, 1:13 PM.
Peter Jaeger, the famous general who was the pillar and final shield of the Reich Empire, dies.
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