Episode 644
An odd silence falls.
Carl Sagan, sitting across from me, had a very hard expression on his face. He was usually good at hiding his emotions, which are usually natural phenomena.
But Carl Sagan was too embarrassed to even think about that.
“… … Your Highness, it seems like you have achieved something great, is that right?”
He nodded.
“Thank you. The future of the Milos Empire has become brighter.”
I ended up laughing.
“Duke Sagan, are you embarrassed?”
“Yes. I am embarrassed.”
“What’s embarrassing?”
“There are two reasons. The first is that His Highness the Crown Prince has reached a level of magic power that even I cannot perceive at the young age of twenty. And the second is.”
“The second one?”
“I wonder why you waited for me here.”
“The first one is true, but don’t you think the second one is because the Crown Prince wants to create a good relationship with the Director of the Central Inspection Office?”
Sagan’s expression hardens for a moment.
“… … It’s a good relationship, I have no reason to refuse. However, I think there must be a reason why you came so secretly. I would like to hear the details.”
Specific.
No matter how much I think about it, this is truly a great word.
“When you moved the enemy from the Cradle Kingdom to the Milos Empire, you killed quite a few people. What happened?”
“… … It was a time of chaos. They were worth killing, and if I hadn’t killed them, I would have died.”
“Even after coming over to the Milos Empire, they took on the intelligence organizations and mercenaries they had connections with at the time, but in the process, more blood was shed than expected. What about this?”
Sagan’s brow furrows.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
“why?”
“I’m very confused right now.”
“What kind of point?”
“I would like to ask you the opposite. If you were His Highness the Crown Prince, would you leave alone those who seek to take His Highness the Crown Prince’s position?”
He answered with a smile.
“That can’t be true.”
“It’s the same.”
“It’s the same thing, but should I consider it the same if I’m not the head of the temple but am doing politics with the vice-head of the temple?”
Sagan flinches.
“I’m a bit disappointed. You are known both internally and externally as a very thorough, cool-headed, and passionate person. You are even a self-made man who has achieved the position of Duke of Milos Empire in just 20 years. What do you call it? Almost an icon of success? It’s an interesting nickname. Do you like it?”
“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
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“why?”
“Is this because I had a close relationship with the adjutant of the Taoist temple?”
He shook his head.
“To be exact, this is happening because of a faction that has formed within the consulate.”
“… … .”
“I think you want to get to the point. Okay, let’s get to the point. Did Dennis Gunnar catch you in the act?”
“……yes.”
“What did you agree to do in exchange for covering up that corruption?”
“I decided to turn a blind eye to the upcoming ‘purge’ in the Taoist temple.”
Everything in the world happens in the blink of an eye.
Especially for those who draw the big picture, their actions have to be quick.
No, the way those who are in positions of power draw the big picture is on a different level than how ordinary people do.
Carl Sagan, the director of the Central Inspector General’s Office, is no ordinary man, and Dennis Gunnar, the deputy chief of staff of the Conservatory, is no ordinary man either.
The latter case is particularly problematic.
No matter what, he is ultimately a member of the Gunnar family.
“I didn’t want to waste my time, Carl Sagan.”
“… … Yes, Your Highness.”
“I don’t think you’re stupid. I don’t think you would have stayed quiet while Dennis Gunnar was exposing your corruption.”
“… … .”
“How much research have you done on the guys who are attached to Dennis Gunnar, the ‘guy’ who wants to take over the conduit?”
Carl Sagan was silent for a moment, his expression heavy as if he was thinking about something. He said,
“I’ve investigated everything. I’m receiving reports once a day on the identity of each person and their current location.”
“Good.”
I’m serious.
“What if I asked you to give me a list of those guys?”
“I will give it to you.”
He crossed his legs and continued speaking quietly.
“My father had a genius named Aveiro and an assistant named my mother.”
“… … .”
“There are people similar to me now. Yeongwol, the great guardian of the Heavenly Demon Sect, is a genius. There are few people as suitable as her to resolve the chaos and stabilize the Eastern Continent. The elders under her are also great. However, Yang Bul-hwi and Yoo Seol-ha will retire soon. Thanos, the head of the Taoist temple, will also retire. He was not someone who wanted to be a guardian or the head of the Taoist temple in the first place. And the Dragon Lord, you will be my teacher. For convenience, I will refer to him as Lord here. The Lord became the vice-leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but you know it well.”
“… … Are you saying that you are not on good terms with His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Yes. They will reconcile in the near future, but that’s it. Dragons don’t come to the Western Continent. Most of them will stay in the Eastern Continent.”
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“… … .”
“Be honest with me, Carl Sagan, I like you.”
Gulp, Duke Sagan swallows.
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“You seem to have quite a thirst for power. Let’s be frank. How high do you want to go?”
“… … Are you speaking realistically? Or is it just what you have in your head?”
“As is.”
Carl Sagan looked around. There was no one around here. No one could come.
Because I blocked it.
Carl Sagan’s eyes sparkle. He reveals the desire he has been hiding. His mouth opens.
“I want to be where His Highness the Crown Prince is, or somewhere beyond that.”
“Do you want the Emperor’s seat?”
“yes.”
“It’s so unrealistic. It’s also blasphemous.”
“It may be unrealistic, but I think a man needs to have that level of ambition. I’ve already taken the risk of being disrespectful.”
Hahaha, I burst out laughing.
That’s right. A young man should have that much ambition.
“But I don’t think the Emperor’s seat will work for me. That’s my seat.”
“… … .”
“You can’t even look down on it. If you had ascended to the position of the Magical Mind faster than I did, there would have been a chance, but unfortunately I got there first. Now, Carl Sagan, let me ask you again. How high do you realistically think you can go?”
“… … I think I can rise to the title of Duke, the position of Prime Minister, and the position of one person below ten thousand people.”
He nodded.
“That would be doable, Duke Sagan.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Can you trust me with your life?”
“… … .”
“I will give you a chance to compete fairly without bias. If you entrust your life to me, you will become the prime minister of this country within 10 years.”
“Do you trust me?”
“I don’t know about you personally, but I trust your abilities. Not just any dog or cow can rise to the position of natural scenery. His Majesty had an excellent minister named Aveiro. I need a minister like you, too.”
Carl Sagan looked at my smiling face. He said to me,
“Three times.”
“thrice?”
“I will give you my life if you can render me incapacitated within exactly three attacks.”
Carl Sagan seems to want to compete with me in some way.
“Even if you don’t accept my offer, I will give you the personal details of all the officials of the Dojo who sided with Dennis Gunnar, as I mentioned earlier.”
“Isn’t there any reason not to respond?”
“Then would you like to move?”
He nodded.
But before we move.
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“I’m looking for a man. I’d like to know where he is.”
“I would like to know the name of the person I am looking for.”
“Antonio Senna.”
Duke Sagan’s eyes widen.
There’s no way I wouldn’t know that name.
Antonio Senna was one of the original members of the Dogan. He held a very important position there, and he played a major role in the Dogan’s rebirth as the Imperial Guard of the Milos Empire.
He served as the Viceroy of the Imperial Guard from the 1st year of the Milo Empire to the 13th year, and after the 14th year, he declared his retirement and went into hiding.
That means he has been in the position of Deputy Director for almost twice as long as the current Deputy Director, Dennis Gunnar, who has been in the position for 14 years.
“… … It’s been a long time since I’ve heard that name from someone else. If that man is you, he’s in the Sagan family.”
“huh?”
“I invited you as a VIP. I think it’s been about two years. I’ve been teaching my poor son and daughter at the Sagan Duke’s.”
“A tutor, is that what you’re doing?”
“Similar.”
He scratched his chin.
first.
“Move from the seat.”
“Yes. I know an empty lot. I’ll show you around.”
* * *
Blood is dripping.
Goldway looked at the blood and thought.
I think it’s still not enough.
Although the situation of following the orders of a newbie named Melon was absurd, I didn’t think that the current situation was wrong.
15 people in front of you.
They were bleeding profusely from all over their bodies, and some of them had their mana circuits completely torn apart, turning them into normal people.
Those who scream, those who give up, those who beg for their lives.
These are the sore fingers of the conductor.
No.
It would have been okay to think of it as a waste.
“… … Honestly, I don’t have any major grudge against you guys.”
Although all he got in return were curses and pleas for help, Goldway continued speaking silently.
“You may not realize it, but you are worms that have been eating away at the power of the Taoist order from the inside out.”
I really thought so.
“Did the order come down from above? You had no choice because I told you to? The person to whom the Taoist officer is loyal is not the adjutant or the master. His Majesty. His Majesty gives orders to the Taoist officer, and we do things in accordance with those orders. It’s like the wheels of a cart. You carried out His Majesty’s orders secondarily, and listened to the orders of ‘the people you serve’ first. Since when did the adjutant of the Taoist officer become someone higher than His Majesty?”
I stabbed the leg of the man in front of me with a knife. Phew.
It didn’t stop at poking. It just kept going down.
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Blood is overflowing.
“I reported directly to the three warriors through the communication channel. When I did, they said this. Are you crazy? How can an official disobey an order now? What you are doing is treason. And so on. You were too rotten to be true.”
It’s true.
When I reported to each of the three warriors through the communication channel what they were doing, they said the same thing as I said above.
“I already knew that exposing Carl Sagan’s corruption was actually a self-serving act of nepotism. I thought that in the future, when Sagan’s power grew, it would become a weapon to strangle him, but it turned out to be completely wrong.”
“… …Stop, stop it!”
“You are a bunch of scumbags trying to cover up for Carl Sagan. Scumbags like that don’t deserve any mercy.”
He just cut off the leg with a slap.
Emerald Zen, the team leader who lost her left leg in an instant, lets out a scream.
“Probably, no matter how this ends, I’ll die. That newbie, even though he’s a transcendent being, will die for shaking the inside of the dojo. It doesn’t matter. I’m satisfied just by killing you scumbags in advance.”
It was at that moment that Goldway, who had raised his sword, was about to slit Emerald Zen’s throat with it.
Ugh.
Someone grabbed Goldway’s wrist.
Goldway turned his head. His eyes shook violently.
The person who grabbed my wrist honestly thought it was Melon.
But no.
The problem is that it isn’t.
Goldway knows this man.
“It’s been a while. How have you been?”
“… … Chief Warlord… … ?”
Antonio Senna.
There is no one among those who flowed into the Milos Empire from the early conduits who does not know him.
He was the chief warrior who gave orders to all warriors in the early days of the Taoist Academy, and he was the first vice-captain of the Taoist Academy after it was reorganized under the Milos Empire. He laid the foundation of the Taoist Academy in that position for over 13 years.
His appearance, with his gray hair, was little different from when he lived on the island.
It was amazing.
And this pressure.
“… … Have you transcended the species?”
“Yes. About four years ago.”
“… … .”
“But Goldway, I don’t understand the situation right now. Why are officials of the Taoist temple torturing officials?”
“… … They have abandoned their duties as a Taoist monk.”
“okay?”
“yes.”
Antonio Senna snapped his fingers.
Then everyone except Goldway collapses on the spot.
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Antonio leaned his back against the bars in the corner.
“I’d like to hear a story. Can you tell me?”
Goldway looked around and nodded.
