Episode 267
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“6. Empire”
It was a long time ago, so long ago that I can no longer remember, when the Blue Tower was still a young girl who knew nothing about the world.
Immediately after the King of Men defeated the King of Monsters, the monarchs of each country gathered together in one place.
The seats were strictly assigned according to each person’s rank, and Dale sat at the highest position.
The Lord of Black Gold.
In place of the long-fallen Third Reich, countless independent states sprang up one after another, but it was only a fleeting dream.
There was constant war between nations.
No matter how many watchers of the kings watched them, no matter how much force they tried to suppress them, they could not stop all the wars that broke out.
Blood was still shed on this land, and to the king of men it was sheer folly.
That’s why he wanted to rule it himself.
So that the people of this land will no longer repeat their foolishness, we will watch over them by weaving the entire continent with a blue spider web under one nation and system.
After making a decision, he summoned the monarchs of each country.
“From this place, I would like to announce the beginning of a new empire.”
The Black Gold Lord spoke, and there were gasps everywhere.
“And this place will be recorded as the first Imperial Parliament that will announce the beginning of a new Empire and further decide the Empire’s general will.”
There was only one nation on this continent, and the minor nobles and lords there were no exception.
“If your Majesty does not agree with my wishes, please speak here.”
Silence fell upon Dale’s words, for it was impossible not to know what they meant.
No one dared to object to the emperor’s words.
That’s how the Fourth Reich began.
“7. Reese”
“Brother, I finally awakened the 3rd circle!”
When her younger sister Lize said that, Lize was no longer a little lady.
She was a well-grown girl, and like Dale, her talents were finally beginning to blossom.
“That’s great.”
Dale laughed as he said that.
“Have you seen your world?”
Every wizard has his or her own world. And as a wizard who has just discovered his own world, Lize smiled without hesitation.
“With my magic, there was a world where people were happy.”
“You’re still hoping for that.”
“Yes! That’s why I’m learning magic.”
As she said that, Lize smiled. She had the expression of a naive girl who still didn’t know anything about the world.
“Just like how my brother is changing this world.”
But Dale couldn’t laugh at Lize’s subsequent words.
“Isn’t this a country that was founded to put an end to the strife between monarchs and bring about a peaceful world?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Dale laughed as he said that.
“I believe in the empire that my brother will establish.”
Lize said so without any doubt.
“The only one who trusts me is Lize.”
Dale smiled bitterly at those words.
When Dale said he was going to build his empire, his father smiled with an expression that seemed utterly complicated.
Charlotte was like that, and Sepia and Aurelia were like that, and all those closest to him.
And yet, that day, when I defeated the real king of the humans in the Dead Sea Archipelago.
Dale realized that he had become something irreversible.
And to him, who had changed, there were so many things wrong with this world. It was a decision he made to correct that.
Dale no longer needed anyone’s permission or understanding for the things he did, so he didn’t care if no one understood him.
And yet, until the very end, Lise trusted Dale.
“I will work harder so that I can become your strength soon!”
Dreaming of the world she wants, a world where everyone is happy thanks to her magic.
“8. Unification War”
As time passed, an empire took over the continent. At the same time, several lords joined forces to resist the empire, and were willing to wage war.
But nothing like a war happened.
The new emperor of the empire found only monarchs who would resist him.
“I don’t want to fight with you.”
“Well, our demands… … .”
“Get on your knees.”
The king of men spoke.
“Do you wish for me to devour the inhabitants of this castle and the entire army?”
“Ah, ahh… … !”
At the same time, to the monarchs present, the being was not human at all.
The most hideous and ugliest creatures in the world were there.
Son of an old mother.
Indescribable, grotesque tentacles wriggled around to persuade the lambs there.
─ Ah, my lovely child.
The old dark mother wrapped her arms around her son as if she were loving him, and several terrified ones swung their swords at the being.
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At the same time, swaying tentacles wrapped around their swords and snatched their bodies. A groan of pain echoed through the air, but that was all.
“I do not wish for senseless slaughter.”
The king of men spoke.
“Get on your knees.”
But in their eyes, the being there was nothing more than the king of monsters.
I recalled the tale of the Duke of Saxony’s bravery in defeating the army of monsters in the Four Seas. But what could the being before them be but a monster? That was what I thought, but no one dared to say it.
In this way, those who stood in the way of the new empire were brought to their knees, and the empire was victorious without even a war.
“9. Charlotte (2)”
The Archduke of Saxony was transformed into an imperial domain, and the castle built there was reborn as an imperial castle.
After that, Charlotte, Archduchess of Lancaster, officially became the Emperor’s wife, and the two had a child.
In the northern part of the continent, in the heart of a new empire.
“What a lovely child.”
“huh.”
Fortunately, the child was a human being beyond doubt.
Charlotte couldn’t hold back her sobs and hugged her child.
“The day will come when you will become a father and I will become a mother.”
Charlotte smiled with a disbelieving expression, but with tears in her eyes. Dale took her hand without saying a word.
“I’m so happy, I can’t believe it.”
“huh.”
Dale nodded quietly.
“Do we deserve this happiness?”
“Why do you think there isn’t any?”
Dale asked back, as if he couldn’t understand.
“The world lies at our feet.”
“… … That’s right.”
Hearing that, Charlotte smiled bitterly. She just smiled without knowing what to say.
“Because this world is yours alone.”
“It’s a world that exists for you and our child.”
Dale, who spoke like that, was undoubtedly the king of humans. Charlotte smiled silently without answering.
Very bitterly.
Dale felt a deep sense of distance as if he was seeing himself as a monster.
“10. The Blue Curtain”
At a time when the existence of the Empire no longer felt new, Lize’s achievements in honing her magic day by day were astonishing.
As a blue-haired sorceress, the sorceresses who assisted Dale assisted her in her learning.
A tower of lies and deception, planting lies and overlaying the truth when necessary.
After Lize realized their truth, she accepted it more calmly than she thought.
“Don’t you despise it?”
“Why?”
Dale asked Lize about the truth about blue, and Lize shook her head. As if she simply couldn’t understand.
“Happiness is like a dream.”
And Lize answered.
“Sometimes it’s best not to wake up.”
In Lize’s words, the innocent and ignorant young girl was no longer to be found.
As time passes and Dale grows, it is not just Lize who accepts the world in her own way and comes up with her own answers to its principles.
“I still want to make people happy.”
That is why Lize did not refuse to inherit the power of blue.
“I finally feel like I’ve found what I’m meant to do.”
“Yes.”
She too was a sorceress of Saxon blood. And Dale was not unaware of the weight of that blood.
“I want to see a world where there is no senseless killing, no bloodshed from meaningless wars.”
“I’m hoping for that too.”
“Please allow me to join your empire.”
Lize said.
“Let’s create a world together where everyone can be happy.”
At those words, the sorceresses of the Blue Tower bowed their heads respectfully, as if they had finally found their new leader.
“It won’t be easy.”
“I’m prepared.”
And just as Dale’s father had passed his position to Dale, it was time for Dale to pass his position to Dale as well.
New blue tower.
As Dale’s mother had once done, so was born another Arachne, a blue-haired blackhead.
Spreading her webs across the continent, she seeks to change the world for the better.
“11. Live happily ever after”
The Emperor of the Empire, the Emperor’s wife, and the Emperor’s two parents.
“I’m proud of you, Dale.”
Elena said with a smile. She was now in the twilight of her life, but she was still a beautiful mother.
“I’m proud of my mother too.”
“He would be so proud of you too.”
“I hope so too.”
As he said that, Dale smiled bitterly. At the same time, the child in Charlotte’s arms next to Dale burst into tears.
“Oh my god.”
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
“It’s not your fault. That’s just how babies are.”
Charlotte comforted the whining child with embarrassment, and Elena smiled as if even that sight was adorable.
“Oh, both of you, come in quickly.”
Finally, those who attended the event were Dale’s father, Alan, and his younger sister, Lise.
They sat down together, and only then did the court painter begin to capture their appearance on canvas.
A lovely couple and their child, father, mother, and younger sister.
In the silence, the faint sound of paintbrushes echoed.
What the artist had in mind was a picture of the world’s most noble, greatest, and at the same time most harmonious family.
“I am happy.”
Elena smiled, unable to contain her emotion.
“Me too.”
Alan smiled as he hugged Elena who said that.
“12. The Beginning of the Journey”
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It was a steam-powered train, a sign that several empires had been born and fallen, that dynasties had changed, that the form of the state had changed, and that a new revolution had come.
The Lords of Gold and Shadow, even their struggles are now relegated to the distant past of legend.
As the train’s departure neared, the gentlemen in suits began to move one by one.
The man was there too.
He had the appearance of a very young boy.
There were black bandages wrapped around both eyes, and beyond them there was nothing.
That doesn’t mean that you can see the scenery beyond that which you couldn’t see before.
I was just groping around with my cane like a blind man who couldn’t see, and that was it.
There was a hand reaching out towards the boy, blocking the path of the cane. It was a very affectionate hand.
“Sepia.”
“The train will leave soon.”
A woman in a suit whispered, hiding her ear between her wide-brimmed hat. The boy nodded.
“Where is this train going?”
“well.”
Sepia smiled and tilted her head.
“Anywhere would be fine.”
“That’s right.”
The boy laughed when he heard that.
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