Episode 555
“Back?”
“I already know that the assignments of academy graduates are not decided without much thought. It would be like my assignment as a supply officer at the Central Supply Office. That means someone was trying to send Melon to the Eastern Continent, but who on earth was it?”
“well.”
“The father I know is not the kind of person who would just sit back and let talent be stolen. He must have tried to take some kind of action. But he must have failed. Or did he not?”
“well.”
“Who on earth could you be, to ignore my father’s influence and proceed with this? It couldn’t be His Majesty, but some other duke. Who on earth could you be?”
This time, Aveiro’s answer was simple.
“well.”
“Then did your father send you? To a place like that, with melons and no way out?”
“well.”
“……father!”
Harvey was furious now. Aveiro, watching his son’s anger, found the situation a little amusing.
“Is it because of Melon’s status?”
“Melon’s identity?”
“I know he is not a commoner. At first, I thought he might be of royal blood.”
“okay?”
“Yes. In terms of age, he’s the same as the ‘guy’ I saw a long time ago. However, I was certain when I saw that his post had been decided. He’s not of royal blood.”
As expected, Harvey remembers playing with Melon as a child.
The important thing is that Melon, who decided to enter the academy, changed her name.
Common sense tells you that it doesn’t make sense to not recognize someone just because their name has changed.
But in this world today, there are many people who can make the absurd seem reasonable.
Two of them are Melon’s parents.
Melon didn’t change her face. She didn’t even dye her hair.
All I did was put a magic spell on it so that when other people saw the melon, they wouldn’t remember it properly.
The fact that Harvey, who was such a close friend to me as a child, still doesn’t notice says it all.
Aveiro said.
“Son.”
“……yes.”
“Melon, what do you think of that kid?”
“I think of you as a friend.”
friend.
Aveiro knows Melon’s true identity. Strictly speaking, Melon and Harvey are cousins.
But since we’re friends, it’s not bad.
“Just know this one thing.”
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“… … What is that?”
“I think Melon will be very satisfied with his new position.”
Aveiro stood up from his seat and slowly approached his son.
“I guess you haven’t been in touch with Elizabeth very often.”
It was a prickly feeling.
“I heard you were very upset, so stop by before you go.”
I had nothing to say about this part.
Harvey let out a sigh and eventually had no choice but to leave the room.
Harvey headed straight for the academy.
I headed to the boys’ dormitory and knocked on the door in front of room 816. Melon’s room.
“Melon! It’s inside… … .”
I couldn’t continue speaking. The moment I knocked on the door, it opened.
The door wasn’t closed in the first place.
Harvey opened the door and went inside.
It was empty, hollow.
“What is this?”
Then I found a piece of paper lying on the desk.
On the paper it said:
[Thanks. See you next time. Harvey.]
Harvey blinked.
and.
“There are people like this.”
Chapter 4
Melon was standing on deck, facing the wind.
Black hair was fluttering.
I closed my eyes and felt quiet.
It felt really strange.
Complex and exciting, yet trembling and free.
There were so many memories over the past four years.
There are good memories and bad memories.
And it all made sense.
I learned a lot about a world I didn’t know about and met people I didn’t know about.
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The sky was clear, but not much could be seen inside.
Melon has definitely learned that there are things you can see from high places and things you can see from low places.
Usually, once a post is decided at the academy, they don’t specify when to leave or anything like that.
There is just a deadline.
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For example, graduation usually takes place in mid-January. You just need to arrive at your new post by the end of May, four months later. This means that there is no problem going to your new post right after graduation.
Melon slowly opened her eyes. She felt presence.
When I turned my head back, there was a man.
He is extremely small in stature, standing at about 160cm, shorter than Melon.
As soon as Melon saw him, a faint smile appeared on her lips.
“I guess you like that hobby these days.”
“Does it suit you?”
Does it suit me? I shook my head.
Melon knew who he was at once.
“Thanos, you look more like a tall man. You’re so short right now. You’re 40cm taller than me.”
Thanos, the leader of the Dojo, is also called the embodiment of effort.
He has already reached the top in swordsmanship on the Western Continent, excluding Jack and Valentine.
He, in order to pursue higher things, even learned magic, and polymorph magic is one of them.
Thanos slowly stood next to Melon and spoke softly.
“Before you go, why don’t you have a meal at Cheongongseong? You seem to be going too fast.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Your Majesty even tried to stop Valentine from coming in person, saying that something had come up.”
Melon couldn’t help but laugh as the picture came to mind.
Thanos said to Melon.
“He said he was very upset and asked when he was planning to come back and that he wished he had given me an answer.”
Melon closed her eyes for a moment.
There is no one who does not know that father and mother are great.
Melon respects the two people as their very existence before they become her parents. As the child of such two people, she must learn about the world.
Need to grow more.
I had to show my children that I had grown up really well and that I didn’t have to worry about them.
Melon said with a smile.
“Please tell them that I will come see you as soon as I finish my work on the Eastern Continent.”
“Yes, my lord. I will do so.”
The two men were silent for a moment.
Time goes by.
Melon, who was being hit by the wind, spoke in a small voice.
“You have already sacrificed so much.”
It seemed like a random remark. It was a bit random, but Thanos could tell what Melon was trying to say.
This was a story to Thanos, to Melon herself, and to Jack and Valentine who were not present.
Of course not, but Jack and Valentine would be able to use their clairvoyance magic to know about this whole situation right here, talking to Thanos.
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I just hope that doesn’t happen.
Thanos took Melon’s words to heart.
“If you say sacrifice… … are you talking about your lord?”
“yes.”
There are people in the world who say this. What on earth is the Milos royal family doing?
To be honest, most of the people who say that are stupid, incompetent, and a bunch of idiots with an inferiority complex.
The country that unified the Eastern and Western Continents was the Milos Empire.
Are you doing nothing? No. You are doing too much.
Intelligent animals always want to have more, and those with more power end up having more.
What do you need to build strength?
You have to have territory, you have to have followers, you have to have power, you have to have money.
The only sure way to have all of that is war.
War is a struggle of naked desires.
The ultimate game where the winner takes all.
And there hasn’t been a single war in nearly 18 years.
The reason was simple.
Because the House of Milos was holding on.
Because they suppressed everything with overwhelming force, not a single war has occurred since the current Milos Continental Calendar was established.
The fact that the Eastern Continent, which was guaranteed autonomy, never engaged in anything similar to war was also thanks to the power of the Milos Imperial Family.
war?
As soon as you wake up, your head will be blown off. The eyes of the Milos Empire are everywhere.
In fact, it is easier said than done to prevent war from occurring. How could this be done?
What I’m trying to say here is one thing.
“strength.”
“Are you talking about strength?”
“Yes. The House of Milos reigns by force. As long as my father and mother live, there will be no war on this continent. Unless there is one variable.”
“Variable… … are you talking about?”
Should we say that it is the one truth that everyone ignores and does not think deeply about?
Uncertain variables.
as soon as.
“It’s my child.”
“… … A child?”
“Do you know how many descendants the Teslan royal family had?”
“There were 13 people.”
“Descendants of the Cradle Royal Family?”
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“I think there were nine people.”
“What about Tulcan?”
“There were nine people.”
This was the key.
Thanos is not the Thanos of old. I immediately caught the essence of what Melon was trying to say.
“You are talking about the weakening of power.”
That’s right. If a king had many children, that in itself meant a weakening of royal authority.
The Milos royal family added.
Two continents were united under the name Milos.
Creating a ‘nation’ on the Eastern and Western Continents is strictly prohibited.
The reason all of that was possible was because Jack was strong, and because Valentine, Jack’s wife and empress, was strong.
It’s completely tied together by one force.
This system will never collapse unless Jack dies, except for one variable.
That variable is the child.
Jack and Valentine had only one child.
What would two rulers do, who leave most of the things that happen, or rather most of the things, to their subordinates, locked up in the sky castle?
Always whispering sweet nothings, forming relationships, wandering around, and sometimes wandering the world while hiding their identity and appearance.
The reason I only had Daniel is because those two knew each other best.
As the number of children increases, no matter how well the education is done, the power of the country weakens.
People have their own individuality, and even if they are the children of two people, they can have different thoughts.
Ironically, the name of the House of Milos, which bound together the entire continent, meant that power was divided and civil war broke out.
It is best to have only one child, or at most two.
Jack and Valentine are intentionally not having a second child.
The reason why they didn’t make it even though they wanted to is because of the sense of responsibility. Those two are clearly sacrificing a lot.
It would have been better if this had been the end.
“I wonder how long my father and mother will live.”
Thanos flinched at that question.
