Episode 260
Clearly, Panamero was a capable man.
It wasn’t for nothing that he sat in the prime minister’s seat.
But he was too arrogant.
Because I was arrogant, I crossed the line. Because I was arrogant, I was greedy. Because I was arrogant, I did not realize that I had crossed the line.
Because I was arrogant.
“Before the Academy War ends, that is, in one week. I have to instill desire in Samit. I also have to find and control the variables.”
This was a grand plan.
Using the Academy Wars to take over five kingdoms at once.
If this succeeds, Ishmael can be called an ’empire’ rather than a kingdom.
Can you do that successfully as a politician?
It is an ultimate honor.
Of course, I had no intention of taking everything lightly.
“‘They’?”
“You are playing Go on the Sky Mountains. Come to think of it, you recently asked me to send you a new Go board and chess board. Judging from the explosion of the mountain range and the loud noise, I think you must have been fighting again while playing the game.”
The position of prime minister is not simply about politics.
They have one very important task: managing these people called ‘them’.
There is no name.
But their level is at least master level.
Although there were no upper levels, the beginner and intermediate levels represented their value.
When masters who have influenced a generation retire and leave everything they were doing behind, they turn their backs on the secular world.
This was a common occurrence in all countries on each continent, and in the case of Ishmael, retired masters would enter the Celestial Mountains, where they would make their home and play Go or chess among themselves.
Or they cook for themselves and just live freely without lacking anything.
Because they are people who have done a lot of work while on active duty.
Managing them was one of the prime minister’s duties.
To be exact, they were servants who provided them with the supplies and other things they needed, but since they were nobles, they had to use sophisticated expressions, and that’s how the term ‘Manager of the Sky Mountains’ came to be.
They are the hidden power of each kingdom.
There were no such people in the Kingdom of Teslan.
Because they were all naturalized.
There are currently a total of 7 Masters active in the Kingdom of Ishmael.
There are a total of 4 retired Masters, and including them, Ishmael’s Master power is a total of 11.
They just don’t do anything, but if a national crisis comes, they will move.
“But will they move now?”
“If it doesn’t move, we have to make it move.”
No matter how retired a master is, he is still a master.
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Basically, those who rose to the position of master because their desires were so great, retired? Retired and just killing time by doing nothing?
It’s something that would make a passing dog laugh.
You shouldn’t waste that power like that.
“If I could have a major impact on elevating the Kingdom of Ishmael to the Empire of Ishmael, if such a thing were possible.”
“Your name will be remembered in history.”
“Yes, I will remain. And that too in the name of a hero.”
If there was a chance to go from being an old man in a corner to a hero.
If you package this well and tell them and convince them, they will move.
Move, no matter what.
“If they stand behind me, Samit will never be able to refuse. Of course.”
Panamero quietly stroked the table.
“If you become greedy before that, things will become easier, but is that possible?”
Panamero took a quick look around the office, which was filled with luxury items.
Compared to the royal palace filled with all kinds of weapons, this place where Panamero resides actually looks like a real royal palace.
“This kingdom is Ishmael in name only, the real owners of the kingdom are not the Samites but the subjects, the nobles.”
Panamero really thought so.
“The pride of the strong is merely a pretext to hold onto the great symbol of the king. Ishmael’s master is a noble. And now, standing at the top of that nobility, I have made the decision.”
Panamero’s eyes were very cold.
“To eat all the remaining kingdoms and create another empire.”
The knight felt his body tremble.
I didn’t know myself if it would be joy or not.
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Thanos gritted his teeth.
Increase blood flow?
Honestly, if someone else had said it, I would have told them to stop teasing me and stop talking nonsense, but it was Jack who said it.
Jack is a monster who makes the impossible become reality.
Thanos, who thought that having such a person in his life was a great blessing, took Jack’s words seriously and prepared for the pain that was to come.
however.
Tingle- tingle-!!
Crackle-!! Crackle!!
This is beyond imagination.
I never imagined I would experience such pain in my life.
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How should I express this?
Should I say that it felt like there were man-eating bugs inside my body tearing at every part of it?
Honestly, I thought that wasn’t enough.
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Tingle-!!
“Keuheup-!”
I started screaming, but Jack didn’t say anything.
Thanos was in so much pain that he would have thought he was being tortured if it weren’t for Jack.
Even tears flowed down.
I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist.
Have to hold on.
If you can’t even endure this kind of pain, what will become of the continent’s strongest prosecutor?
Jack was the only person who believed in his dream of becoming the continent’s strongest prosecutor.
That person said he believed in me.
I said I could endure this much pain.
then.
I can handle it.
“Huh-!!”
“Hold on, it’s almost over.”
Jack’s voice is heard faintly.
How long has it been since I heard this?
How much time has passed, anyway?
Thanos was now neither alive nor dead.
The simple will to persevere.
The spirit of Jeonggi reacted to enforce the simple will not to lose consciousness.
If not, Thanos would have fainted halfway through and waited for the next time.
Because that wasn’t it.
Thanos could hold on.
A combination of talent and will.
Like a river.
So naturally.
As if it were now.
A man’s dream to become the continent’s strongest prosecutor.
Engraved in the heart.
Phew-!!
Four circles surrounding the heart.
And another circle is slowly carved into that circle.
It was at that time that Jack’s energy to repair his damaged blood vessels stopped.
Thanos felt it.
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The excruciating pain that had been sweeping through my entire body was gone.
Thanos’ mind, which had been almost in a state of semi-out-of-body awareness, began to return clearly.
In an instant, your whole body becomes refreshed.
It’s like a new world.
No, this is a world I had forgotten.
Thanos slowly opened his eyes and the first thing he felt was Jack taking his hands off his back.
I tried to open my fist.
Full of calluses.
Mana slowly gathers in his thick grip, with muscles almost all over his fingers.
Thanos’ eyes became blurry.
It wasn’t like I lost consciousness or anything.
These are tears.
These are not tears of pain, but tears of joy.
“Ah… … Ahh… … .”
It wasn’t a mistake.
I really feel it.
It feels like going back in time.
Now that I had my mana up, the usual tingling pain was gone.
It feels like I can do anything.
It feels like Mana and my body are almost one.
That feeling I had when I was young, when I heard from my father that a genius of all time was born in the Grand Duke’s family.
It poured down.
The sorrow and hardship of the past.
All the persecution I had endured until then flowed down as tears.
“Ah… … . Ahh… … .”
Thanos realized.
Recovery, that’s it.
That’s the body before the circle was destroyed.
While sitting down.
Thanos covered his face without even thinking about thanking Jack.
So Thanos cried.
Thanos cried so sadly that he didn’t even realize that the sun had set.
* * *
After a long time, Thanos finally seemed to calm down.
The shaking shoulders calmed down and the heavy breathing became calm.
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Then he asked me.
“Thank you very much, my lord.”
He shrugged.
It’s nothing special.
“But, does this… … make sense?”
“What else is not possible?”
“… … .”
“It’s simple. You can fix broken things. Everything has a cause and an effect. If you find the cause and solve it, the result will change. I found the ‘cause’ of your body breaking down and solved that cause. Then, of course, the result should change as well.”
It wasn’t a long speech, but Thanos quickly understood and raised his hand to wipe his face.
Judging from the fact that his eyes are still wet, his tear ducts must be as big as his body.
This is a side note though.
“If someone else had to go through the pain you went through for even just one minute, they would probably lose their mind. Honestly, I tried to stop it as soon as you lost consciousness, but you didn’t lose consciousness. Your mental powers were better than I thought. That’s why it worked better than I initially expected.”
He crossed his arms and continued speaking in a calm tone.
“Out of the 288 blood vessels that previously existed in your body, I was able to create a whopping 24 new blood vessels. That means that since the mana circuits have increased, you will be able to draw up and use mana faster and more accurately than before. What this means is this.”
He stopped talking and looked at Thanos.
If he listens to me from beginning to end and understands what I’m saying, he’ll answer.
As expected.
“I have to make it entirely with my own strength, is that what you’re saying?”
I answered like this and I’m quite satisfied.
“It won’t be easy. Practice, practice, don’t stop. Just like you always do. Easy, right?”
Tears well up in Thanos’ eyes once again.
The kind of person who has something to say but can’t bring themselves to say it.
It’s just my gut feeling, but I think this guy’s appearance is probably his true self.
You punk.
“I guess you have something to say. Wait?”
Thanos nods while crying.
And he knelt before me.
Then he buried his head in the ground.
That guy’s back is shaking up and down.
“Really… … Thank you. Really… … I will give my life for you, my lord… … I will do anything for you, my lord… … .”
If you take out the tearful words in the middle, it would probably be something like that.
But as I mentioned earlier.
I don’t want to break the mood if possible, but right now, I feel like I have to.
“Why do you live for me?”
“……yes?”
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The face of the guy who raised his head was, as I had expected, a mess.
Tears, runny nose. Ugh.
You’re going to the preliminary round later, so make sure to wash up.
anyway.
“I never said to you, Charlotte, Sel, our sister, Aveiro, General Rommel, Gray Shearan, Galadiner Lafayette, and all of you, I never said, ‘Live for me.’”
“……yes?”
This is not a joke, it’s the truth.
I never once told anyone to live for me, that is, to ‘live for Jack Valantier.’
“Your life is yours. Live for yourself. Respect yourself. Live your life, because that’s what I want.”
“ah…….”
Oh, really.
“I hope you didn’t take my help as an invitation to be loyal to me until I die.”
Thanos couldn’t answer.
The teacher sitting on my shoulder also tilts his head.
Wow, how the hell were you looking at me?
“I helped you because you are mine. In return? I don’t expect anything in return. If I had to say, I would say that you live for yourself and only live for your own happiness. That’s enough for me. Oh my god, you live for me? Do you see? That’s giving me goosebumps.”
He secretly raised his wrist and showed it.
It really gave me goosebumps.
“So don’t say that again. Why are you being so disgusting?”
The Master smiles faintly, and Thanos, who had been shedding tears and a runny nose, also smiles.
The guy said, smiling really brightly.
“Thank you, my lord. I’ve felt this before, but meeting you was the luckiest thing in my life.”
He raised his wrist again with a shocked expression.
I got goosebumps again.
The teacher bursts into laughter.
