Episode 248
Chapter 1
Tem-Samit Ismail.
He was a straightforward, generous, and overly simple man.
And yet, it was strong.
Tem-Samit Ishmael was the Ishmaelite kingdom itself, with the idea of self-reliance as the national spirit.
but.
Unfortunately, the qualities and talents he possessed were those of a warrior, not of a king.
In common parlance, a king is an ignorant man who is extremely powerful. Historically, most countries like that end up failing.
But can such a country run properly?
That means those under the king are capable.
Well, there is one thing to think about here.
What kind of mindset do those who do politics on behalf of the king have?
What on earth do they think of the king they serve, and even more so, what do they think of themselves?
The answer was here.
The Marquis of Toronto of the Kingdom of Ishmael was talking to the man in front of him with a serious expression.
“This is it. No matter how much I think about it, it’s still strange.”
The Marquis of Toronto was a man of the highest rank in the Kingdom of Ishmael.
“I heard that the power structure of the Teslan Kingdom has been completely reorganized recently.”
The private soldiers he brought with him were also great, and his political sense is beyond words.
He was speaking with a very serious expression.
“The world is saying that Roland, the leader of the Continental Battlefield, joined hands with General Rommel and took over the Teslan Kingdom by putting the Valanti family in the forefront. In other words, he is the mastermind behind this. Even if this is just a rumor going around in the streets, doesn’t it seem a bit strange?”
If the ducal seat had been vacant, the Marquis of Toronto would have become the duke.
He was using extremely honorifics, and the man whose face was floating like a hologram in front of his nose was taking it for granted.
He asked.
“What do you mean?”
“That part about swallowing up the Teslan Kingdom, that part was strange.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. So I sent out a research team and gathered information, and I found something really interesting. Before the Teslan Kingdom was reorganized, more than a dozen noble families were destroyed, and if you look at their backgrounds, strangely enough, they were all people who were very familiar to ‘us.’”
“Umm… … .”
“Friedrich Ascendant, Douglas Ascendant, Derit… … Mantis… … and so on. Even their children. The fact that all the people we saw in Tulkan’s lab and actually met are dead… … still makes me wonder.”
Prime Minister.
If the kingdom of the cradle had a grand duke, the kingdom of Ishmael had a vizier.
The man talking to the Marquis of Toronto is the Duke of Panamero.
He was the highest ranking man among the three dukes in the Kingdom of Ishmael, and the de facto second-in-command of the country, running the government on behalf of the King of Ishmael.
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Panamero was Ishmael’s vizier and one of the three dukes.
He answers.
“Is it strange that only those who belonged to the Tesla Committee died?”
“Yes. The only ones who are still alive are Magyar Teslan and Rommel Assemble. Magyar Teslan is almost dead, so we can skip him. Rommel seems to have been a spy. I was suspicious back then, but since his children were involved, I naturally let it slide. But now that I look at it, it seems like he even used his own children. I think we need to revise the assessment of Rommel as being indecisive.”
For those who accepted the truth, this was the best that could be done.
Toronto paused for a moment and then continued slowly.
“In other words, it is safe to say that the Tesla Committee has been completely disbanded.”
The original purpose of the committee organized by the Crown Prince was twofold.
One is the support of immortality.
Another was that each nation’s council would cause chaos in their own nation, which, if we were to stretch this a bit, could ultimately help unify the Tulcan Empire.
When Jack blew up the Dragon Lab, setting the stage for the formation of the Alliance of Kingdoms.
The line between the Crown Prince and the Committee was broken.
But if you look at this the other way around.
It would be safe to say that the committees of each country formed a kind of secret organization that allowed them to bond with each other through a strong sense of intimacy and solidarity.
Toronto and Panamero were from the Ishmael Committee and had a very close relationship.
A relationship so close that they can have ‘secret conversations’ like this through a premium magic communication device.
“What’s even more interesting is that the kid named ‘Jack Valantier’, who Rommel had put forward during the Continental Battle, is now having a meal with Tem-Samit. And he’s ‘alone’ with him. Isn’t that suspicious?”
Panamero put his chin on his hand.
If you think about it, it was suspicious.
“therefore.”
The position of Prime Minister is a position, not a title.
That position is a mutant position in the five-rank system, above the fifth rank but below the king, and it is usually impossible to be appointed to that position with normal political sense.
Panamero is a man with great political sense who could easily sit in the position of prime minister.
He instantly caught on to what Toronto was trying to say.
“You’re saying that kid named Jack Valantier is the messenger of the Continental Battlefield… … Is that what you’re trying to say?”
“Yes.”
“Furthermore, what message are Roland, the leader of the continental battlefield, and Rommel, the ruler of Teslan, sending to Tem-Samit through Jack Balantier?”
“Yes. It’s a reasonable suspicion. And the message is not hard to guess. Rommel and the Continental Theater hate hardliners. If you think about it, the creation of the Confederation of Kingdoms was also because someone was behind the scenes, but I see this as a trick by the moderates or the Continental Theater. In other words.”
“in other words?”
“You have to hit the player.”
Panamero’s eyes slightly lit up.
player.
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I have to hit the player… … .
What this means is simple.
“Should we kill that kid named Jack Valantier?”
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“If there really is no answer, then we should kill him, but if we can recruit him, then I think it would be better to recruit him. In the current situation where that kid is called a hero, the word hero will be a very good cannon fodder.”
“Hmm.”
* * *
I ended up picking my ear without thinking.
“This happens a lot these days.”
[What are you talking about?]
“I feel like someone is talking behind my back. My ears are itching.”
The teacher chuckles.
[Do you know that?]
“What?”
[The fact that the etymology of itchy ears comes from ancient beliefs.]
I knew it, but I decided to just pretend not to know.
The teacher’s lecture started suddenly. I just want to feel this moment after a long time.
“Well, I’m just curious. If I ask, will you tell me?”
The teacher spoke slowly as if it would not be difficult.
[In the distant past, thousands of years ago, there was an ancient god named Ragnarok. He observed the continent and firmly believed that nothing should happen on the continent without his knowledge. So he squeezed out all his power and spread something called ‘mana’ across the continent. The mana containing his soul brushed past people again and again, and they began to connect organically with each other.]
“Well, isn’t that the theory of Mana Oneness?”
The teacher nods slightly.
There are many scholars who study mana.
They are just lumped together and called magicians, but if you go into detail, there are mana researchers, artifact creators, etc., and there are many, but the theory of mana unity is one of the many disciplines they study.
In short, the hypothesis is that all mana spread across the continent is connected as one.
Interestingly, it is the oldest hypothesis and has been studied by a great number of scholars.
Because it is very old, it contains many religious elements, and one of those elements is that the ancient gods mentioned earlier used their ‘power’ to create something called ‘mana.’
[The theory of Mana Oneness, that’s where it all started. If you talk about someone at the end of the continent, wouldn’t that person be able to feel that story too? The mana in the air connects the entire continent, so there’s no reason they wouldn’t hear it. That’s the background to the creation of that kind of superstition, and judging by your expression, you must have known.]
I ended up laughing faintly.
“I knew it, but I still don’t know.”
[that?]
“The god Ragnarok. To be exact, does such a thing as a ‘god’ really exist?”
[If we talk from an ontological standpoint, there may have been someone who used the name Ragnarok, but there would have been no god.]
The teacher raises his hand and points to the sky.
[When it rains, lightning sometimes strikes. But on the other hand, lightning can strike even in a dry sky. Thousands of years ago, the ancients thought that when lightning struck from the sky, the ‘gods’ were angry. When it rained, the gods were sad, and in this way, they applied the supernatural to things, and naturally, faith arose.]
In fact, it was a question that no one could answer.
Does God really exist?
“Master and I don’t know.”
[What?]
“The term ‘god’ usually refers to a supernatural being, but a transcendent being like me or the Master who deals with the soul can also transcend nature. If there was someone called a god in the distant past, he was probably a transcendent being.”
[Those who are far beyond the common sense of those living in that generation, those who are not defined by common sense, will eventually be regarded as gods over time, whether in that generation or in subsequent generations?]
“That’s right. Perhaps, thousands of years from now, if there are any records of me or my teacher, we too will be called ‘gods.’”
The teacher laughs and taps my head.
[That’s a pretty funny joke.]
hmm.
It wasn’t a joke, but I thought it was funny so I just let it be.
however.
“I suddenly wonder. Who was the first transcendent being?”
The teacher looked interested, as if it had been a long time since we had had a conversation like this.
And he says this:
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[I don’t know about that either. According to the records, the first dragon, the 1st Dragon Lord, was a transcendent being. Was he the first or was there another one before that? To be honest, I’m curious too.]
The small talk with the teacher, which had begun after a long time, continued for quite some time.
From our mouths, all the names of those called ‘gods’ in ancient beliefs came out.
The aforementioned Ragnarok, Asura the god of war, Agwi the god of greed, etc.
Oh, but strangely, my ears still itch.
Is this really a superstition?
