Episode 347
Oddly enough, this thought occurred to me.
I can see little by little the image of the future Menama that I know.
“say it.”
“First of all, as soon as this story is over, I will go to the palace and repair Silarion. Strangely enough, you seem to know my skills very well. I will make it into the Extelia-class that ‘Khalid’ mentioned. Two days, that should be enough for me.”
He nodded.
Menama-Amur.
He is the chief security officer of the fortress and is already considered to be the greatest blacksmith of all time.
Silarion is a sword that is originally called the strongest longsword of all time, and even if the edge is damaged, it is refined by lowering the level by one or two levels, so with the skill of Menama that I know, two days is enough?
“The second one?”
“This is a probability, but in numbers it would probably be over 90%.”
If it’s 90 percent, then you’re pretty much certain.
“What is that?”
“Khalid, who has returned to the palace, will summon the dragon of one of the Five Emperors here today or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.”
“okay?”
“The visit was originally scheduled for a week later, but it’s possible since it’s being brought forward. But… … you’re not surprised.”
I quietly put down the black tea I was drinking.
There are only five dragons.
It doesn’t make sense that I couldn’t use it now when I had already used it in my past life.
Rather, isn’t this good for me?
really.
“That’s fortunate. I don’t have to go and look for them one by one.”
“… … I’ll tell you in advance, so go to the Moonlight Inn next to this restaurant for lodging. I’ll bring you Silarion as soon as the repairs are finished.”
As I nodded, our Menama stood up from his seat and walked out with his short feet.
No.
As he was about to go out, he stopped in front of the door for a moment and then turned his head.
“This is something I was personally curious about.”
“What is it?”
“Do you really need Silarion?”
I ended up laughing briefly.
Honestly, I can beat them all with my bare hands.
But why are you so obsessed with Silarion’s repairs?
It’s not simple.
“I’ve become attached to that sword.”
“……affection?”
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“I used Silarion for quite a long time. About 17 years. Whether I was sleeping or slicing my enemies, Silarion was always with me. I thought of Master when I looked at it. Silarion was the medium that connected me and Master. Without it, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Do I really need Silarion? Yes, I do. Because I want to give that sword a stage where it can retire in style.”
“……stage?”
“The greatest longsword of all time, the one that decapitated the ‘tyrant’ Wu Huang, who liberated the Demon Forest from the dragon. Isn’t that enough of a gift?”
Menama looked at me with wide eyes, as if she was very surprised.
Not only the guy, but everyone around me opened their eyes wide.
Not only is he handsome, but he also has a broad heart that is willing to give his heart to the sword.
I think that’s the expression.
Of course, the teacher was a little different.
He was looking at me with hot eyes.
Did I speak a little awkwardly?
Anyway, Menama nodded as if it was a sufficient answer and was about to disappear.
“wait for a sec.”
“Why is that?”
“This time, let me ask you something.”
“Tell me.”
“If Khalid was burned to death by a dragon, and the crown prince who became king after that did something stupid and died, and you became king after that, how would you describe Khalid?”
Menama said right away, without even thinking about it for a long time.
“I will make you a hero.”
“why?”
“If the king is replaced at that rate, the dwarves will fall into confusion and panic. I think it is a necessary procedure to resolve that, but I don’t know why you would insist on thinking that way. And that.”
Menama pauses for a moment and smiles slightly.
A very meaningful laugh.
And then he said this.
“That’s a pointless thought. Because the crown prince can never become king.”
Hiya.
Certainly, Menama seemed to have come up with an answer.
As I nodded naturally, the guy asked.
“Did that answer your question?”
It was political reasons after all, that’s it.
“Uh. Enough.”
“Then I guess I’ll go.”
“Go ahead. Let me know if you need anything.”
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Menama, who had been laughing, didn’t answer and just went out.
So when all the conversation was over, we stood up from our seats.
Oh.
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I think we spent almost two hours just eating.
As I stretched, Charlotte, who was next to me, also stretched.
It was the same for other kids.
That crunching, bone-crunching sound echoed around me for a while.
* * *
The next day, Saxon, Ken, Benedict, and Charlotte left for the vampire city again.
It wasn’t like anything happened or anything.
Charlotte wanted to go, and Sachsen and Ken, who were curious about the child named Charlotte, followed her, and Benedict was also brought along because they thought that if the two of them were together they would cause trouble.
I am.
I’m walking around the dwarf city with my master and Harold.
Hostile gazes felt everywhere.
“It seems the rumor has spread.”
“rumor?”
“Yes. I heard rumors that the Dwarf King was swearing, or that the Crown Prince is currently in bed… … So I guess.”
“I guess?”
“I think something tiring is going to happen soon.”
I ended up laughing faintly.
Well, is that really so?
I don’t think so.
I walked like that for a while.
Harold also kept his mouth shut in the strange atmosphere, and as always, our teacher was quietly watching the situation.
hmm.
“Shouldn’t we start sorting things out a bit?”
It wasn’t something said to the dwarves who were looking around like they were looking at strange creatures.
This is what we say to Harold.
“Are you talking about clarifying your position?”
“Oh, let me get this straight. Actually, I didn’t intend to bring you here. You know that, right?”
“I know.”
In Ascension, I was only planning to bring Benedict and Charlotte.
But somehow Harold also came, and he was a mid-level master with a lot of knowledge.
But really, I had no intention of accompanying the guy to the Demon Forest.
Because Harold Lynch is not my guy.
But the guy accepted the few commands I gave him before coming to this forest so naturally.
“Continental Battlefield and I are tied together by ‘debt’. The reason you came to Milos Academy was to repay the debt. Am I wrong?”
“All correct.”
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“If the place was the Academy, it would be natural for you and the Masters of the Continental Battlefield to follow my orders. But this isn’t the Academy. And yet you continue to follow my orders, it’s like.”
After pausing for a moment, he looked at Harold’s serious face and continued.
“It looks like you came under me.”
Harold chuckles slightly, as if he had expected this moment to come.
“If I were to ask Confucius to come under me, would you accept me?”
This is an answer that doesn’t even require much thought.
“If only you come, I can accept you. But if you ask me to accept the entire continental battlefield, I can’t give you a definite answer.”
As I said before, the continental battlefield is really, really big.
It’s not just big, it’s incredibly big.
The situation is that branches are densely packed in the five kingdoms including the Tulcan Empire, and to put it more simply, all commerce on this continent begins and ends with the continental battlefield.
In other words, the number of people belonging to the continental battlefield is enormous.
I’m responsible for them all?
I don’t make promises I can’t keep.
Harold said to me, as I was thinking that.
“I’ve felt this way for a while now, but Confucius seems to have a kind of obsession with the word ‘responsibility.’”
“okay?”
“Yes. You don’t have to carry so much on your own. No matter how strong you are, you are still just one person. If you have to put the entire continent on that one person’s shoulders, that is truly suffering. It is truly fear.”
I looked at Harold in silence.
What are you trying to say by building up like this?
“Confucius should always stand in the highest position. Those who see Confucius like that, support him, and follow him will create the world he seeks.”
In some ways, it could be said to be a fundamental problem.
The reason I didn’t become a king and found a nation was because I didn’t want to become like Julius Teslan.
I can be responsible for the lives of dozens, or hundreds, or really thousands of people.
But if you ask me to take responsibility for the lives of hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions of people, I can’t do it.
That’s beyond my tolerance.
“I know it may be a little presumptuous to say this, but Confucius… is young.”
“Young… …?”
“Yes. You are unwavering and your power is already at the top of this continent, but your majesty is clearly young.”
“That’s funny. Someone at the fishing spot said something similar to you before.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“I didn’t think much of it back then, but you’re talking about something similar. To put it simply, that’s what it is. Just take the gist of it.”
If you get down to it, that’s really all there was to it.
“Isn’t this what you’re talking about, making only the kings of each country, the heads of each group, and the heads of each group responsible, and having them manage those below them as if they were subcontractors?”
“you’re right.”
In fact, my actions of accepting talented people and creating an organization called Anmyeong seem like an attitude of conforming to the current system I mentioned earlier.
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And yet, if you talk about responsibility and don’t become a king or emperor, it might seem strange.
In some ways, it may seem like evasion.
To be honest, I was just not ready. As I said before, it just took a little while because of the responsibilities.
Now that things have been set up like this, I think it’s time to start talking.
I sat down on a small chair nearby.
“I said I was young. I’m really sorry, but I was wrong. You were wrong, and Antonio Senna, who said I was young, was wrong. There is a pyramid in this world.”
“… … .”
“You, Antonio Senna, and the others, they all basically live their lives based on that solid pyramid, so their whole way of thinking is confined to that framework. There is only one thing. Responsibility. My thoughts on this responsibility are different from yours.”
I turned my head and looked at our teacher.
“A world where it is natural for people to take responsibility for their own actions is the world I want to create. But no one seems to understand the true meaning behind these words.”
My gaze was still fixed on the Master.
“Do you know, Master? What is the real meaning of my words?”
[… … I have a guess.]
Our teacher’s expression was very serious.
I was convinced by that.
At least there are ‘two’ people who understand what I mean.
The Master and another person.
Who is that?
This is the ‘Aveiro’ that is not here.
