Side story episode 29
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Ship of Theseus.
Charlotte tilted her head at Ray Yuris’ question, and Dale quietly blocked her path.
“Dale?”
“Was there Greco-Roman mythology in this era?”
Dale asked with a cold sneer, and Ray Uris shook his head.
“In a world where there was once a ‘warrior from another world,’ he was very famous, wasn’t he?”
“… … .”
When the warrior’s name was mentioned, Charlotte’s expression darkened for a moment. That’s why Dale blocked Charlotte’s path and answered coldly.
As ruler of the empire and the world, the unstoppable monarch of gold and shadow.
“Get to the point, Ray Uris.”
“Your Majesty has said that he will no longer be recorded in the history of this world, nor in the Book of Blood.”
Ray Yuris said.
“But now he claims to be the ruler of the world, has overthrown the Ninth Empire, and is making his mark on history.”
“It is not our decision to stand on the stage of history.”
Dale answered coldly.
“At least in that respect, I guess your insight was correct, Blood Recorder.”
“Is that so?”
“Let me ask you, Ray Uris. What are you plotting?”
Dale asked again.
“No matter what you are planning, it is meaningless before me.”
“That is exactly what you said.”
Ray Yuris bowed his head quietly.
“Nothing means anything in front of Your Majesty.”
Dale remained silent. As the god of meaninglessness, he ruminates on its transience.
“Therefore, I hereby renounce the revolution, and beg Your Majesty for mercy, that I and the family of the House of Julis may be placed under Your Majesty’s protection.”
“… … .”
At those words, all the vampire clans there, led by Ray Yuris, knelt down.
“Nothing can do anything to Your Majesty, and nothing is meaningful before Your Majesty. Just as my brother was.”
“Are you talking about Mikhail Yuris?”
“Yes.”
Ray Yuris nodded in agreement.
“Both the revolution and the emperor will kneel before your Majesty. Nothing will mean anything before you, so even resistance and struggling will be futile.”
Kneeling, Ray Yuris continued.
“Your Majesty is the world, and your spirit is the spirit of the world.”
Dale coldly sneered at the flattery that didn’t even make him laugh.
At the same time, cold and darkness swept in, engulfing both Dale and Ray Uris.
A world of ideas built by the Black Gold Monarch.
“He asked if I knew about the Ship of Theseus.”
“Yes.”
Dale coldly cornered Ray Uris.
“Didn’t you just confess with your own mouth that none of your tricks mean anything in front of me? What are you plotting? Wasn’t it your doing to appear in my dream in the form of the ‘Black Prince’ and mock me?”
That is why Dale said, in the cold and darkness, volunteering to be the one who turns all meaning into meaninglessness.
“Do not misunderstand, Your Majesty.”
At those words, Ray Yuris bowed his head again.
“I, too, just like Your Majesty, have come to answer the question of the ‘Black Prince’.”
“what?”
“The ‘Black Prince’ appeared in my dream and spoke to me. I could tell. That being was a separate entity from the His Majesty who was present before me now.”
“… … .”
“And the ‘Black Prince’ spoke of other worlds in order to mock the form in which I exist.”
“It wasn’t your doing?”
“Yes.”
It wasn’t hard to figure out whether his words were true or false, because that was the power of the Black Gold Lord and the Shadow Lord.
However, the being before him also claimed to be the lord of lies and gold. Therefore, he could not believe his words or the form of truth he was showing.
Nevertheless, Ray Yuris’ shadow cried out innocence.
“I realized that no matter what I planned or planned, it would have no meaning in front of you.”
“… … .”
Dale was silent.
At first I thought it was just a fleeting nightmare.
When Ray Uris told me about the dream shortly after, I thought it was his doing.
But it wasn’t Ray Uris’ doing. He too was just another being played into the hands of the ‘Black Prince’.
So who is the ‘Black Prince’ who appears in the dreams of these two people, and whose work is it?
I couldn’t figure it out.
“Isn’t it strange?”
Ray Yuris smiled happily upon realizing that fact.
“The greatest genius in the empire, and the epitome of cruelty who showed no mercy to his enemies. That was the ‘Black Prince.’”
As the Lord of Gold, I spy on the lies hidden within Dale’s gold.
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“And that being seems to be confronting the god of meaninglessness. Isn’t that really interesting?”
“… … .”
Ray Uris said happily, and Dale didn’t answer.
“I, at least Ray Yuris, did not win against the ‘Black Prince’ until the very end. The Golden Monarch, and even the Blood Prince were no exception. The whole world knelt at his feet, and this is the result.”
“What do you want to say?”
“I simply cannot imagine the world’s ‘Black Prince’ being defeated, even if the opponent is a god of nothingness.”
“… … That’s just my past.”
“That may be true. But isn’t it a coincidence?”
Dale was silent.
“At least the ‘Black Prince’ that I know of never played a losing game. And it seems like that being wants to face the God of Nothingness.”
“Was it the work of the devil of evolution?”
“That day, my brother died, having lost the meaning and function of existence.”
As he said, there was no doubt about it. The Demon of Evolution, Mikhail Yuris, gave up his power as a demon and died.
“I, too, really don’t know about its existence.”
So who on earth is the ‘Black Prince’ who appears in Dale and Ray’s dreams and mocks them?
“Furthermore, both the Emperor and the Revolution have knelt at Your Majesty’s feet. Nothing in this world can stand against Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will once again become the ruler of the world.”
That’s why Ray Yuris knelt down happily.
“And no matter how much I struggle, I understand that it means nothing to you now.”
Dale silently stretched out his arm as he watched the sight.
The cold of the apocalypse scattered and enveloped Ray Yuris’s existence, and with a single gesture, his existence was turned back into nothingness. Despite this, Ray Yuris did not even resist. Nothing was meaningful before this existence.
When he once became the God of Nothingness and pursued the Emperor of the Ninth Empire, countless nobles knelt before him and shouted surrender.
Because they realized that their resistance and struggles were meaningless.
Nevertheless, there was a being that mocked the god. It was a ghost of the past and took the form of the ‘Black Prince’.
“Nevertheless, the ‘Black Prince’ appeared before us and willingly mocked our existence.”
“Then can you be sure that it wasn’t your doing?”
“Nothing in the world can hide the truth from you. Even resistance is meaningless before you. Is that not so, Lord of Gold and Shadows, and God of Nothingness?”
At Ray Uris’s words, Dale frowned softly.
“What do you want from me?”
“All I wish for is to record this wheel of history in the Book of Blood, just as my father did. Even if that means kneeling before the Lord of Black Gold and serving him.”
At those words, Dale remained silent.
“… … I will believe what you say.”
After silence, the god of nothingness answered.
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After Dale kicked the world of thought, the Night Raven Knights hastily drew their swords.
“Don’t worry.”
But Dale quietly extended his arm and stopped his knights.
“Ray Yuris, I accept your allegiance.”
Dale said, and Ray Uris bowed his head.
“But there is one thing you must promise me.”
“What is it?”
“Hand over to me the revolutionary bannermen who follow you.”
The members of the Yuris family held their breath at those words. However, Ray Yuris said he knew this would happen and bowed his head obediently.
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On that day, the revolution ended.
The revolutionary bannermen who had followed Ray Yuris until the end gave up their will and knelt down, and the remnants of the revolution scattered, losing their center of gravity, but it meant nothing in front of the ‘Blue Spider Web’.
The purge was carried out and ended without Dale even having to take action.
After both the emperor and the revolution had fallen, it was up to God to rule them.
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“Brother.”
His younger sister, Lize, called out to Dale, and Dale turned his head. There was his younger sister, her eyes covered by black bandages.
“Your Majesty… … No, Uncle Dale… … .”
Next to the blue tower, Yuffie cautiously called his name. And right after that, he realized ‘what’ was happening inside Yuffie’s body.
“Miss Yuffie.”
“Hey, did you notice?”
“Yuppie asked back, embarrassed. But her embarrassment was nothing but shyness.
“Lord Lize, you said I have magical talent.”
“… …Congratulations.”
“He is incredibly talented.”
“Oh, thank you, Lize.”
Yuffie laughed, unable to hide her embarrassment. Dale fell silent at those words, and finally opened his mouth.
“I had a dream, Lize.”
“Is this a dream?”
Because her vision was obscured by a black bandage, it was impossible to know what she was looking at.
“The me from back in the day when I was called the ‘Black Prince’ has appeared.”
Yuffie tilted her head, not understanding what he meant. Lize remained silent.
“At first I thought it was just a nightmare. But it wasn’t. So, Lize, is there anything you can guess?”
Dale asked. He didn’t really mean to question her. But there was no doubt that the blue karma was controlling thoughts and consciousness.
“You promised, Lize. One-sided sacrifices only cause suffering to everyone.”
Dale said, remembering that day, when he encountered Lize in the winter of space.
“… … .”
Lize didn’t answer right away, but the silence didn’t last long.
“Please forgive me, brother.”
“There is nothing to forgive.”
Dale smiled bitterly and hugged Lize.
He lowered his head and hugged me.
There, smiling in her shadow, was the ‘Black Prince’.
