Episode 235
Chapter 5
Other people say:
I said I was going to play and eat.
Some of that is true.
That’s true, but I still do what I have to do.
Just like now.
“How many in total?”
“The general type is exactly 3000.”
“What about the premium type?”
“There are 250.”
I slowly crossed my arms as I looked at the numerous communication ports in front of me.
Today’s date is November 1st.
All stocks of telecommunications equipment that were overbooked have been prepared.
It’s a little behind schedule, but that’s not too bad.
“Sir, are you okay?”
Aveiro’s voice next to me seemed a little heavy.
That’s strange, is there anything to worry about?
It wasn’t just him.
The teacher who was sitting on my shoulder.
[There is a choice in everything, and right now, you have not yet made a choice.]
I said this.
I turned my head.
Our teacher.
He looks at me with his usual indifferent eyes.
But I know those eyes are actually filled with a little worry.
[You’ve created a communication port and a communication station, but strictly speaking, you haven’t ‘started’ yet. This moment is the last chance to stop, so aren’t you thinking about something? Are you anxious?]
Just as I was about to say no, Aveiro intervened.
“My lord, there is no such thing as a perfect result in this world.”
hmm.
“I think so too.”
It may seem strange, but Aveiro is strangely similar to me.
Of course, I’m not talking about appearance, I’m talking about mindset.
“Having a monopoly on all the information on the continent is attractive. But if the tail is long, it will be caught. Four or five years, then ten years, fifty years, a hundred years. I don’t know when, but someday it will be known to the world.”
“Are you eavesdropping?”
“Yes. As you know, my lord, the results will not stop at just the ‘moral aspect.’ It would be very inappropriate to limit it to the moral aspect.”
I listened in silence.
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Regardless of how capable our Aveiro is, right now I just wanted to hear what he had to say.
“This is a boundary.”
I asked back, pretending not to know.
“What boundary?”
“To rule by fear, or not to rule by fear?”
Aveiro is right.
Release a magical communication port on the continent and eavesdrop on all conversations going back and forth through that port.
This does not stop at simply criticizing the moral obligations that people should abide by and practice.
If this gets caught, I’ll become a public enemy of the continent.
All we know about the wiretapping now is Aveiro, our Master, and the Green Dragon Blanc.
That’s all.
“When that time comes, you may become the enemy of all. Of course, you will be the winner. However, everything you have built up will be different from before. For example, your reputation.”
“Things like foundations?”
“……yes.”
I ended up laughing briefly.
As I said before, the future is something you create yourself.
The desires of each individual to gain fame, to become a king, to be a politician, to rule a territory, to change the world, create the future and shape the world.
“There was a saying.”
“What do you mean?”
“There is always a contradiction at the beginning.”
In that moment, Aveiro and our teacher’s expressions hardened.
[That’s an abstract statement.]
“On the other hand, it is also a concrete statement.”
I slowly reached out and tapped my teacher’s leg.
“I don’t plan on being a hero. I’m used to being cursed at.”
Thinking about stopping? I never even thought about that in the first place.
I paused for a moment, looking at these magical communication devices, because I was leisurely pondering what to eat for dinner tonight.
Our teacher and Aveiro took it a little differently.
But if you think about it, Master Aveiruna’s worries were definitely justified.
The decisions I make from now on may end up stabbing me in the back in the distant future.
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but.
By the time the knife is stuck, I will have achieved everything I want.
That’s fine.
I’ve said it countless times, but I don’t care what the world thinks or sees of me.
When I prevented civil wars and stopped wars, I never asked anyone for anything in return.
just.
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I do it because I want to.
I also plan to prevent, if possible, a future in which something on the Eastern Continent destroys the Western Continent.
Because I just want to do that.
The reason we wiretap is simply because it is necessary.
Cleaning up the garbage on this continent requires a vast amount of information, and furthermore, it is essential that nothing happens on this continent without my knowledge.
I will reign, and that is what reigning is like in my eyes.
What’s next?
Since when did I think about what happened next?
You can do that slowly in the future.
For now, I will only look forward.
I raised my head.
“Aveiro.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Go and call Harold, the reserve information science instructors, and all the nameless kids that came with you.”
“That means… … .”
A smile appears on my lips.
“Okay, let’s get started.”
I stretched slowly.
“The real invisible war.”
* * *
To be honest, I live half the time thinking I’m being deceived… … This was the common thought of the rich people who reserved and purchased magic communication equipment on the continental battlefield.
But when you actually see it, it’s no joke.
A man pours mana into a communications device he holds in his hand.
Woohoo-!!
The communication port began to shake, and upwards, the face of a man wearing a black mask was revealed.
He said.
“This is Anonymous Communications. How may I help you?”
The man asks.
“Why are you wearing a mask?”
“I apologize for any inconvenience. This is an order given to our communications center. It is an order established by the ‘royal order’ and the ‘law of the kingdom.’ That is why I dare not take off this mask.”
The royal decree, and the laws of the kingdom.
That’s quite understandable.
Because international law exists for a reason.
Each kingdom has different laws in place.
Therefore, this is the law that people from other kingdoms must follow when meeting people from other countries abroad.
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That’s international law.
First principle of international law.
When people from different countries meet, they respect each other’s laws.
That’s why I was able to get over it.
“Connect me to Duke Panamero in the Kingdom of Ismael.”
The masked man asked.
“Who should I tell you?”
“I am Marquis Tsipras of the Cradle Kingdom.”
“You are Marquis Tsipras. Could you please wait a moment?”
As soon as I nodded, the masked man’s face disappeared from the screen.
Then, less than a minute later, a man appeared.
It’s a familiar face.
A face with a bushy beard.
A man who looks like a savage.
This is the Duke of Panamero of the Kingdom of Ishmael.
We were also comrades who met by chance and decided to share ‘purposes’.
Honestly, I had nothing to say even though his face appeared in front of me on the screen.
Because I was very embarrassed.
The same was true for the Panamero Duke.
Dozens of kilometers is a ridiculous distance.
The exact distance on the map is about 980km.
Moreover, the distance refers to the straight-line distance including the sea.
Because the Cradle Kingdom was a nearly isolated country with the Tulcan Empire at its center.
How can you have a conversation with a man hundreds of kilometers away, without ever crossing the Tulcan Empire or going through anyone else?
After a brief silence, the Duke of Panamero spoke.
“This is… … a revolution.”
Marquis Tsipras nodded absentmindedly.
Because it wasn’t a wrong statement.
No, to be exact, I completely agreed with that statement.
This was a common feeling shared by those who used the standard magic communication device Jack created.
* * *
Roland, who was sitting in his seat, slowly turned his gaze towards the premium communication device in his hand.
Let’s put some mana into the communication port.
Woohoo-
A small hologram appeared in front of my nose.
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A square circular plate made of mana with the numbers 0 to 9 written on it.
The serial number of the communication device Roland is holding now is 3.
Roland raised his hand and entered the number into the communication port as if he had used it many times before.
There was no need to go far.
Because I just pressed 1 and 0 once each.
That is, 10 times.
Then, a man’s face appears on the hologram in front of you.
Colin Brosnan, the branch manager of the Continental Battlefield Ascension Branch and a high ranking member of the Continental Battlefield.
“Is the delivery complete?”
“Yes, my lord. All communications equipment has now been delivered to the Cradle Kingdom and the Tulcan Empire.”
Before contacting Brosnan, I had already heard from others that delivery had been completed to Ishmael and the rest of the kingdom.
This means that the entire allocation for the first round of pre-order purchases has been delivered.
Roland asked.
Asking a question to which you know what the answer will be.
“Are you satisfied?”
“Yes, that’s right. However.”
“but?”
“I think a lot of people are wondering who built this communication device.”
Roland chuckles.
“What is the policy for personal protection on the continental battlefield?”
“He recited it to me.”
That was enough.
Continental Battlefield protects sellers and also protects consumers.
The seller’s name, where they’re from, everything else, even their height and whether they’re male or female.
I don’t disclose all of that.
Fair, because it’s a group.
Still, those who should know probably know.
Roland said.
“Then you will have a hard time.”
“Your Majesty, you too must endure hardship.”
So the communication was cut off.
Slowly, Roland placed the communication device he was holding on the desk and thought.
Is this something that one person can do?
Frankly, when I told him I was going to start a telecommunications business, Roland was skeptical.
Even though existing communication devices are expensive, there are bound to be those who fear change.
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Roland did so, as did countless other nobles who have not yet purchased.
But this.
It’s definitely different.
When I first received the premium model for demonstration purposes and used it, I thought it was cheap, but seeing that the standard model was also released, it is simply beyond my imagination.
“It seems like there is a distinction between general and premium types… … and between general conversations and secret conversations.”
Harold, standing next to Roland, asks as if he has been waiting.
“Distinction, huh?”
“Yes, the distinction. The standard communication device allows you to talk to people far away for a cheaper price than you might think through a communication center. But what do you think of this premium communication device?”
“Just as Father said… … No, just as Master Jang said, it seems very secretive. It’s so secretive that it’s a little creepy that you can contact the other person’s communication device just by knowing the serial number of the device.”
Roland slowly crossed his arms.
And then the most fundamental question.
Of course, I brought up the question that should have been asked from the very beginning.
“What on earth is the principle?”
“… … Can you be honest with me?”
“Tell me.”
Harold swallows.
“I can’t get the feeling.”
Even after speaking, Harold was overcome with a sense of great discomfort.
He is the owner of a huge amount of golden mana.
An intermediate master among masters.
Harold, however, had no idea about this communication device.
It seems like it drains mana when you activate it, but the funny thing is that it drains very little mana.
There is so little of it that you can’t even get a proper sense of direction.
It’s true that you’re using other mana in the air, but to connect them, you need to connect mana and mana.
But that doesn’t catch on at all.
So how can I explain it?
I don’t know anything about it.
“I first received this premium communication device and continued to study it, but I couldn’t find an answer. In the case of the general type that was released this time, I could see the mana moving. However.”
“but?”
“I still don’t know.”
at last.
“Ha… … hahahahahaha.”
Roland burst into laughter.
Is this really possible?
No. How is this possible?
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“Haha, my goodness, is this genius?”
No, how can you call a man who has succeeded in such a thing a ‘genius’?
The genius was not without a sense of deficiency.
“It’s an unprecedented, unprecedented, monster that has never existed before. It’s truly a monster.”
Roland laughed like that for a while.
As Roland smiled, he imagined what was about to happen.
There will probably be people who try to disassemble this communication device.
I’m curious.
How was it possible to produce a communication device in such a short period of time, and what is the principle behind it?
If you do the dissection properly, and even if it succeeds.
There are more than one or two things you can get.
Earn money and pick mulberries.
You can just have it all.
But is that possible?
Didn’t Jack Valantier see that coming?
