Episode 187
It was a sudden remark, but Iskandar seemed to become more interested.
“The sky… … Cronus, I still remember, you clearly called me the sky when you saw me. But now a different sky has appeared? Hahaha.”
Cronus quietly raised his head.
If it had been the original Kronos, he would have knelt down and bowed his head here, but the current Kronos was not the Kronos of that time.
The current Chronos.
He is just a Death Knight loyal to Jack Valantier.
He said.
(He told me to say this.)
“Him?”
(If you want to unite the continent, do it. If you want to wage war, do it. If you want to get married, do it. If you want to have children, do it. But know this. No matter what happens, even if the world falls apart and the earth is torn apart, you will definitely die in three years.)
Iskandar’s mouth is tightly shut.
(And he added this.)
The black eyes of Cronus, who had been speaking, stare at Iskandar.
Now Iskandar was slowly tilting his head to the side.
His appearance is so relaxed.
Iskandar was completely relaxed, with no one around to guard him or hide him.
Wouldn’t it be quite surprising if someone realized that the reason I’m tilting my head to the side right now is simply to get a closer look at Kronos’ face?
“Huh? Why are you stopping? Keep going.”
(……He said that I was so bored right now that I thought I was going to die, so please just take care of things at home.)
“It’s a housecleaning thing… … .”
Iskandar slowly took a step back, crouched down, and looked at Exile’s head wrapped in a blanket.
Then she reached out with both hands and stroked his head.
“He was such a good friend, it’s a shame.”
The ‘hair’ of the corpse Exile had no strength.
Iskandar slowly gathered Exile’s hair with both hands as if he was sculpting a statue and lifted it upward.
The Mohawk hair that Exile liked while he was alive.
Iskandar could not have been unaware of it, as he openly said that it was the symbol of a warrior and his pride.
Iskandar, who was trimming Exile’s hair like this, said:
“I could have walked the same path all the way to the end, but I was too careless.”
This time he raised his head and looked up at Kronos.
“You too, if I had been a little more careful, I wouldn’t have become a ‘Death Knight’. I know you’ve lost your loyalty to me, but know this much. I’m sorry.”
Cronus looked blankly at Iskandar.
And then.
I slowly spread out both hands.
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As if telling me to listen carefully.
As not only Iskandar, but everyone in the world wants to hear.
Cronus said.
So much.
In a calm voice.
(Three years later, a great storm of blood is about to hit this continent.)
Phew-!!
The black circle engraved on Kronos’ heart rotates fiercely.
like.
As if it were going to explode.
At that time, Iskandar was thinking like this.
Chronos.
He was the son of a very famous bard in the Tulcan Empire and had been a traveler throughout the empire since he was young.
His hobby is writing poetry.
This was because Iskandar had often savored the poems he had written.
That Kronos is now composing poetry.
(On the promised day, someone will become a strong spirit and offer a sacrifice to Him, and so the unknown sky that will come, the devil, the god, the song of despair that will resonate throughout the world.)
Black light enveloped Kronos’ body.
Next.
(Give it to the world.)
Kwaaaaang-!!
A small palace where the crown prince resides.
A huge explosion echoes through the palace.
At that moment.
To be exact, that brief moment when Kronos’ black circle reacted.
The knight guards who were monitoring the surroundings, as well as the master users and high-circle mana users, noticed something unusual.
“It’s an attack!!!”
“Protect His Majesty!!”
And then quickly.
Almost at the same time as the sound erupted, I moved to the room where the crown prince was.
“Your Majesty!!! Are you okay!!!”
What they saw was this.
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“Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!”
It was Iskandar who burst into laughter.
“Ah… … It almost was too easy, it really was too easy… … It could have been this much fun. Ha, hahahahahaha!!”
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Chapter 5
Everything went smoothly.
The situation on the continent has also become calm, just as I had hoped.
The gift sent to the crown prince went well, and there was no movement from the Tulcan Empire.
As I said before, Iskandar Tulkan.
He’s smart.
In some ways, he may be smarter than Aveiro.
If he’s that kind of guy, he’ll know better than anyone else what he needs to do right now.
No, I guarantee you that I know for sure.
Unifying the continent is his ambition, his dream, and his path.
There is only one person on this continent blocking that path.
It’s me.
He must have realized that, and the crown prince, who realized that, must prioritize the internal crackdown.
Furthermore, he wanted to take possession of everything in the Tulcan Empire.
That’s what the crown prince must do now.
Besides, he’d probably be laughing right now.
You can act like all sorts of sh*theads and then go, ‘Oh, thank goodness. Things almost turned out too easy, so I’m so glad.’ and just be brooding.
It’s a really funny situation from his perspective.
anyway.
like that.
Everything flowed like a smooth river.
It was when I was walking leisurely like that.
From my perspective, I can see a guy who looks like a thug walking roughly with two guys who look exactly the same, about 120 meters away.
I had no intention of saying anything.
It’s almost like an old fart to say something about someone having their hands in their pockets and walking a little awkwardly.
I am.
He’s a very nice guy, so I think it would be best for him to just stay still in this situation.
I thought so.
But why is that?
My gaze is drawn to it strangely.
As the three guys walk, a student can be seen walking across from them, looking at ‘something’.
hmm.
I should say that one of the three guys there seems to be laughing bitterly.
It’s so ambiguous.
When you think like that.
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“Confucius?”
It’s a familiar voice.
Gray Shearan.
He was looking at me with questioning eyes.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Is this your first time seeing someone?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I just didn’t think the Inspector General would be at the Academy at this hour.”
really.
I don’t think people feel it.
me.
Yes, I am an academy student.
Even though I sit in the position of the head of the inspection team and do a lot of crazy things, I am still clearly an academy student.
by the way.
“Why did the Dean of the Department of Swordsmanship come to this ‘park’?”
Gray smiles faintly.
“I was looking at the land.”
“The land?”
You talk like some real estate agent.
Gray smiles awkwardly.
“I was looking around to see where the new building for the Department of Information Science would be best.”
“okay?”
“Yes. The Adventurer’s Guild staff you sent me before are currently staying in a building that is literally being used as a spare, so we are looking for a bigger and better place.”
As expected, Dean Gray.
You’re doing a good job.
“Since the academy is so large, I think it would be good to have a place close to the dormitory. Since I am very hands-on, I have a hard time deciding just by looking at the information, so I am going around like this myself.”
Well, maybe.
“You didn’t come out to rest because you had too much work to do, did you?”
“No way.”
Gray laughs slightly, but judging by it, it doesn’t seem like he’s trying to be a slacker.
“and.”
“and?”
“Thank you.”
I tilted my head at Gray’s words.
Thank you?
“what?”
“As you know, I have no children.”
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I know it too well.
Because there isn’t a single person around me who is married right now.
Of course, that excludes the inspiration.
“I thought of the gala dinner as a child, but I guess I was just thinking too hard about protecting it.”
Gray laughs awkwardly again.
I’ve felt this way too, but Dean Gray is surprisingly affectionate.
When was that?
When Gray first said he would follow me, he killed several of those who followed him.
To be exact, I killed him, but it was no different from if Gray had killed him himself.
That night.
Gray cried like a baby in front of their graves.
I’m sorry.
I couldn’t help it.
He promised that he would somehow make it a meaningful sacrifice.
So that’s why you’re still so busy these days.
“Just, thank you. I really do.”
You’ll know it when you see it.
Pick smiled and patted Gray on the shoulder.
“While we’re here, let’s go see it together.”
“What kind of thing?”
“You’re going to see the land? Let’s go together.”
“Oh, is that so?”
But that little plan went awry from the start.
“Don’t do it!! I told you not to do it!!”
“It’s short, but how can you tell a senior not to do something without even apologizing and hitting them on the shoulder? Are you a student of the Department of Public Administration?”
The three rough guys I saw earlier.
Those three guys.
I had a feeling it wouldn’t happen.
I really messed up.
Did these kids hear the inspector general’s words as if they were farts coming out of a dog’s butthole?
“… … He’s the scoundrel of the Malone Dukes. He’s the second son and a fourth-year student in the Military Science Department, and he was a troublemaker until the very end.”
Gray was giving further explanation, but I couldn’t hear him.
I walked towards it as usual.
* * *
Helen, a third-year student in the Department of Public Administration, had a rather unusual hobby.
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A small album that I always carry with me, whether I have class or not.
It was a painting that my mother, who was very good at drawing, had drawn by hand, and it was also a keepsake from her.
When I opened it, I could see myself from a very distant past that I couldn’t even remember.
Beyond being an incredibly realistic painting, it was also an item that Helen could never throw away, and the driving force that enabled her, a commoner, to not miss out on the top spot at the Academy.
Because I could gain strength every time I looked at the picture.
But now.
The pictures in the album were falling apart one by one.
“No… … Don’t do that!!”
A man tearing up a picture with a smiling face.
Helen rushed at him, but was knocked back by his fist.
Helen, who majored in public administration but also had talent in mana, raised all the mana in the 2nd circle, but it was still not enough.
Because.
The man tearing up the photo in front of her was a member of the 4th Circle, an ace of the military science department, and also the second son of the ‘Duke Malone’.
like that.
Helen cried.
The feeling of helplessness and inability to do anything.
It’s the last thing my mother left me.
They were being torn to shreds just because someone bumped their ‘shoulders’.
“I told you to apologize?”
