Episode 103
I turned my head slightly and looked at my teacher sitting on my shoulder.
Finally, the teacher turns his head and looks at me.
Wow, sir.
Why has the task of organizing the academy suddenly become so big?
[Those who want to abandon the country and those who want to protect it have all appeared. And those who are just bystanders like you have also appeared.]
That’s what I’m saying.
The scale of the event suddenly grew, but I just didn’t care.
I turned my head again and looked at Dean Gray.
at last.
“Are you saying you want to start a rebellion?”
“Yes.”
“Why? To become king?”
“no.”
The corners of his eyes twitched slightly.
“Why? It would be nice to be king. Everything in the kingdom would be in your hands. But you still don’t like it?”
“I cannot be king.”
“So. Why?”
“I am a soldier. A soldier who protects the people. The position of king is not for me.”
I put down my glass and crossed my arms again.
I’ve been wondering about this for a while now.
“You know I’m not on good terms with General Rommel, right?”
“yes.”
No matter how much Tesla Times crows that General Rommel is behind me and that everything I did was actually General Rommel’s doing, those who know will see only what they know, and those who don’t will see only what they don’t know.
Dean Gray knows.
That General Rommel and I were not on special terms.
“General Rommel… … No, to be exact, the Duke of Assenble is pro-royalist, so you, who is even thinking of rebellion, would have no reason to get involved with them, so that’s why you came to me?”
“Yes.”
“Whether it’s a shield or something, I think the first intention was to include me… … What are your thoughts now?”
“I think we must kill them no matter what.”
I ended up laughing faintly.
“Would that be easy? No one in the world has ever done that. Then what’s the next best option?”
“I think we have to become one side by any means necessary.”
He nodded quietly.
Yeah, that’s the rule.
If there’s someone you can’t kill, you have to join their side no matter what.
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Let’s skip this part.
“Plotting a rebellion… … It sounds like they’re not simply trying to overthrow the country, but rather killing those who deserve to be killed. Is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Look at this.
then.
“You’ve clearly identified your target… … That means you have secured a list of the people who belong to the committee… … I think it’s okay to look at it this way?”
Dean Gray nodded without hesitation.
“Yes, I know all the nobles of Teslan who are on the committee.”
In his past life, Dean Gray clearly led the strike.
As a result, he was kicked out of his position as dean, and his body was found in the mountains the next day.
So that means he was assassinated, but was he assassinated simply for leading a strike?
That’s ridiculous.
Gray Shearan is still a former commander and comes from a marquis background.
In addition, the circle is 9 circles, which is just hidden.
I don’t know about other countries, but here in the Teslan Kingdom, the 9th Circle is rare.
That means he can’t be easily assassinated.
As I said before, there has to be a rational reason for everything that happens.
Dean Gray is aware of the existence of the committee and has a list of its members.
And tries to kill them.
So, it’s dead.
It could be the Knights Templar, or it could be the Master of the Hardliners.
Then, another question occurred to me.
“What you’re saying about reorganizing the Academy is just the beginning is that if we reorganize it, they’ll start a rebellion ‘soon…’ … I think that’s what you’re saying. Is that also true?”
“Yes, that’s right. As soon as we clean up the Academy, we’ll use the momentum to kill everyone on the committee.”
There was something a little strange.
“If your ‘operation’ succeeds, what happens then? If the king and the nobles die, the country will fall into chaos, and the people will suffer the consequences. Have you not thought about what will happen after that?”
“There was no need to do it.”
It was a really short answer, a short sentence, but it was enough.
The nuance contained within it.
The inner meaning.
I figured it out.
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I turned my head slightly and looked at my teacher.
The teacher, who was staring at Dean Gray with serious eyes, seemed quite satisfied.
I guess the teacher figured it out too.
No need to think about the aftermath?
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They start a rebellion, but it has no chance of success.
There is no need to think about the aftermath since there is no chance of success.
Just like a flame burning to the end.
I want to end my life and leave that mark on the world.
I will sacrifice myself to become an example to many.
Dean Gray.
He had set the odds of the rebellion’s success at 0% and considered his own death a foregone conclusion.
That’s what it means.
The hidden meaning in that short sentence is.
“I like it.”
I’m serious.
Really, I like it.
In his previous life, Dean Gray led the strike at a time when the Teslan Kingdom was in an imperfect state due to civil war.
If you compare the atmosphere then and now, it’s roughly similar.
Although there was no civil war, the existence of ‘I’ fell like a meteor to the kingdom, drawing attention and disrupting the atmosphere by committing massacre at the academy.
Even though the kingdom appears peaceful on the outside, it is internally in turmoil.
The punitive force has not even returned there.
Regardless of success, there is no better situation to start a rebellion.
That is, in this situation, Dean Gray may have judged that he could kill one or two more people.
If you kill as many people as possible, the traces you leave behind will be traces.
[Still, it’s not completely rotten.]
He shrugged.
At this point, we have had enough conversation and I am convinced.
Let’s wave our arms gently.
Wow-!
The magic is broken.
“Ah… … Ahh?”
“Uh… … Huh?”
“What the heck is this… … .”
Each of those who were under the spell utters a word.
A blank expression, and a bewildered expression.
A complex expression.
Each one is different.
18 people, no, 19 people including the Guinness by the window.
They know everything that just happened.
To be more specific, they know everything about what questions I asked and what answers I got.
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Because the black magic I use isn’t brainwashing, it’s just illusion.
I just folded my arms and waited.
May everyone calm down.
“… … .”
Dean Gray, who was frozen stiff, turned his head towards me and stared blankly into my eyes.
Judging by the faint urge to kill, it seems like Dean Gray is trying to do something to me here, just like he said earlier… … .
I just ignored it.
1 minute.
I uncrossed my arms and rested my chin on the armrest.
2 minutes.
I just turned my head and looked into the dean’s eyes.
We continued to stare into each other’s eyes, as if we were having a staring contest.
3 minutes.
My eyes slightly arch, and a natural smile forms on my lips.
4 minutes.
The life disappears from Dean Gray’s eyes.
On the contrary, my smile deepened.
very.
“It’s a wise choice.”
“… … .”
“I’ve heard everything, and my doubts are gone, but I still have a few questions. Will you answer them?”
“… …Why are you asking that now?”
He tilted his head slightly to the side, keeping his chin resting on his hand.
“I just wanted to hear it properly.”
“… … Please speak.”
“How many troops have you gathered?”
“… … .”
“Why? Aren’t you going to answer?”
“… … It is a special force of 850 people, consisting of 1,200 people from the 517th Special Battalion and the Search Battalion, and only Mana users.”
I don’t know if it’s true or false.
Let’s just assume it’s true.
“How many high-circle mana users are there?”
“There are 3 people in Circle 7 and 1 person in Circle 9.”
I nodded without thinking.
Should I say that I am convinced?
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surely.
“It’s bound to fail.”
“……what……?”
It was not Dean Gray who raised the question.
Michael Katroux, former commander of the Special Forces Battalion.
I was more embarrassed by his embarrassed look.
“What was that reaction? Did you really think you could succeed?”
“… … .”
Wow, really?
This is serious.
He glanced at Dean Gray, who was remaining silent, and continued speaking slowly.
It seems like the kids still don’t know reality.
“With that amount of power, you could probably kill a few rascals. That’s for sure. But a king with a snake’s head? That would be absolutely impossible, Duke Malone? That would be ridiculous.”
Dean Gray remained silent with a hardened expression.
As I said before, Dean Gray knows.
With that number of people, anything you do is bound to fail.
The instructors below have a vague idea about it, but that seems to be the extent of it.
If I had to say, I would say that I am confused between the ideal and the reality.
just a little.
I think I need some help understanding it.
“I’ve never seen him in person, but was the Duke of Malone’s adopted son’s name Shushire?”
“you’re right.”
“He’s the master. If he were alone, all the power you mentioned would be lost, so how are we going to kill Duke Malone?”
Although I am a monster that is so out of the norm that I don’t stand out, I cannot ignore those who have reconstructed their bodies in the Master’s domain.
They aren’t called superhumans for nothing.
For me, who can destroy magic itself, it is natural that master magicians, whether superhuman or not, are no match for me, but in the case of master swordsmen, the story is very different.
A master inspector can fight 10 9th circle mana users on his own, and can fight up to 20 if he risks his life.
There is a reason why they are called high-level users and master users.
I know that, and Dean Gray knows that too.
“However, Shushire is currently in the Forest of Demons as the commander-in-chief of the punitive force.”
“Don’t you know what I’m trying to say?”
“… … .”
“The force you have is at most the strength of a knight order of a count in a remote rural area. What can you do with that force? If your target were a mere viscount or baron, then I don’t know, but you’re going to kill the king, right? But with that number of troops, even if only two armies of the knight order are mobilized, they’ll crumble like a sand castle. And the duke? You don’t even need the knight order to come out there. If only the dark faction is mobilized, they’ll all be torn down in a day. I bet my life on that.”
“… … .”
So, our special forces battalion commander, Michael Katrou, quietly closed his mouth.
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I turned my head slowly and looked at Dean Gray.
“I’m curious. If you have the list of committee members, wouldn’t you be able to rally the opposition? Have you ever tried to rally them?”
“I tried it.”
“I tried it, but why is the troop level like that?”
“… … .”
Dean Gray had no answer.
no way.
No?
“You were either ignored. Or there were no powerful enough people to join your cause. Which is it?”
“… … Both.”
hmm…….
“Isn’t the crime of rebellion the destruction of the entire clan?”
“……yes.”
“The nobles belonging to the committee who have already united as immortals are on the same boat, and it would not be easy to get between them, it would be almost impossible… … It makes sense that they would have fewer troops.”
