Episode 218 < The Golden Rule. (2) >
2.
We entered the conference hall.
Step by step. Every time Viscount Amethyst took a step forward, dozens of nobles followed behind her. No one spoke while the footsteps passed by.
Like elite soldiers about to enter the final battle.
“…….”
The moment I entered the conference hall, I was out of breath.
Nobles from other factions who had already arrived turned to look at us all at once.
One who glares in anger.
A person who is glaring with jealousy.
The one who looks up, drenched in envy and longing.
If there were Baek’s feelings in the world, Baek’s gaze was directed towards Viscount Amethyst.
“Hello, everyone. “I think the meeting will resume soon.”
Viscount Amethyst smiled leisurely.
“I came with members of the small faction. Is it too late?”
Silence.
No one could answer.
However, Viscount Amethyst didn’t seem to want an answer in the first place. With a grin on her face, Viscount Amethyst went to find her place.
“What do you do, advisor?”
As I was walking away, Viscount Amethyst looked back at me.
“yes?”
“The advisor’s seat is right next to Soin. Please follow me quickly. “I’m sure you don’t plan on leaving Soin’s side cold and empty.”
ah.
‘You were considerate of me as my memory became vague.’
I bowed my head and quietly followed Viscount Amethyst.
As I approached the seat assigned to me, the sight of the chairman of the assembly caught my eye.
It was very different from the [Parliament] I commonly knew.
First of all, it was not a semicircle, but a full circle. It resembles the Colosseum. There was a throne in the exact center like a pillar, and the seats of the nobles were surrounding it.
The most unusual part was something else.
‘… … water?’
Yes. The water flowed.
A waterway was installed under the seat. When I sat down, I had to put my feet in the water. The waterway spread like a spider’s web over the council, flowing and flowing, until it reached the sewers installed in the throne room.
“It’s amniotic fluid. “Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssswt.
Viscount Amethyst took off her leather boots and sat down. Looking around him, other nobles were also taking off his shoes as if they were familiar with him.
“Amniotic fluid?”
“yes. Amniotic fluid. There is a huge lake underground in the royal capital. Water is drawn from the lake and connected to waterways throughout the city, and this is where the water passes first. “I am the chairman of the White Gold Tower.”
I followed the others and took off my shoes.
“What does it mean?”
“It has many meanings. It has many uses. Little people make laws in parliament, and laws make kingdoms. The kingdom is born right here. [Always be aware that we are giving birth to the kingdom]. That’s why it’s called amniotic fluid.”
I even took off my socks and dipped my feet into the waterway.
The warm water seeped between my toes.
“It’s warm… … .”
“Yes, because it is winter now. It’s cool in summer. “It also plays a role in controlling the temperature of this large conference room.”
“How amazing.”
“The color of the water changes not only depending on the temperature but also the severity of the agenda. For example, when the National Assembly decides to subdue the Dragon Kingdom, the amniotic fluid turns red like blood. The waterways that flow throughout the capital also turn red. “I am informing the people that an emergency has recently occurred.”
“Hey.”
“In short, the people use the water that the toes of the nobles once touched in their daily lives. This fact seems to bring fetish satisfaction to a small number of nobles and subjects. “It’s practical in many ways, right?”
no. That’s a bit much.
Viscount Amethyst laughed when she saw my disgusted expression.
“Mr. Gongja Kim. “This is not at all befitting a Guhaha advisor.”
“yes?”
“Soin’s advisor never makes that look. It will be fun even if Kim Gong-ja’s identity is revealed, but for now, the meeting comes first. “I would appreciate it if you would be careful not to let people notice.”
hmm.
“The tone of the person asking for salvation… “How is it?”
“what? “Don’t you remember?”
“Yes, my memory is a little blurry. “I feel like I’m seeing amniotic fluid for the first time.”
“Hmm.”
Viscount Amethyst smiled.
“Well, it’s simple. Mostly polite. Mostly expressionless. “If you say ‘I am’, ‘I am’ and ‘I am’ in an tone of indifference to world affairs, that is the tone of Counselor Gu Ha.”
I narrowed my eyebrows.
“… … “You mean like this?”
“It’s good. “It’s a little disappointing, though.”
Viscount Amethyst rested her chin and looked at me.
“It would be perfect if you were just a little more expressionless. “Soin’s advisor really has no value in the world.”
“I place no value on the world… .”
“yes. Whether it is a person, a people, or a kingdom, I do not place any value on it. The only people who hold weight in the advisor’s heart are Soin and her daughter. “All the rest is just meaningless noise.”
“…….”
Suddenly, I remembered the information magic that the original owner of this body had marked.
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She wrote this about Viscount Amethyst:
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my master
my heart.
my blood.
Everything in this world.
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Excited.
When I remembered that note, my heart felt numb for some reason.
Viscount Amethyst was watching me with an interested expression.
“Your facial expressions are quite good. Have you ever studied acting separately?”
“… … there is. “While climbing the tower, I had the opportunity to focus on theater.”
“You’re surprisingly versatile. Gongja Kim. Now, I feel very much like Gu Ha-ha’s advisor.”
Viscount Amethyst’s smile deepened.
“From now on, is it okay if I keep calling you [Advisor] instead of Mr. Kim Gongja?”
Why?
My heart started pounding again.
“……”
Even though I was just making eye contact with Viscount Amethyst, my heart felt tight. Just like it did right after being possessed by this traumatic world, her head was foggy.
Fortunately, there was a voice that called my attention just before I was completely engulfed in the fog.
“Your Majesty, please come!”
The meeting resumed.
3.
As soon as the meeting began, nobles from other factions launched waves of attacks against Viscount Amethyst.
The first person to open fire was Count Arujo, who had been measuring angles since he was in the lounge.
“Viscount Amethyst personally accepted the rebels as her subordinates. It’s not just red nails. Assembly of Stone, Bandol, Waeak, Heavenly God, Heart. The rebel cabal that has been causing trouble recently has all become Viscount Amethyst’s subordinates. “A nobleman with such a record cannot be recommended to the position of duke.”
Hundreds of nobles looked at Count Arujo. The king of the kingdom also left the count’s remarks alone without saying anything.
It was more like a hearing about Viscount Amethyst than a meeting.
“It is right now to bring back the traitors who have been hiding under Viscount Amethyst’s shadow and punish them according to the crimes they committed. If the Viscount is a loyal subject of the kingdom, he will cooperate. Isn’t that right, Viscount? “Unless he harbors a traitor, why would he be hiding traitors?”
“Count. “All the children that Soin took in as subordinates were those that Soin captured alive.”
Viscount Amethyst retorted with a smile.
“All prisoners captured on the battlefield become the property of the general. “What’s the problem with a small person saying he wants to dispose of his belongings as he pleases?”
“Even if they were traitors who aimed their swords at the kingdom?”
“There is no sin in things. The sword of an outstanding warrior contained the blood of dozens or hundreds of people. But no one blames it on Carl. Wouldn’t it be nice to know if it was the warrior’s fault? “The little man just collected knives that had a lot of blood on them.”
“Are you calling people who are alive and well now objects?”
“yes.”
“…….”
“It’s the property of a small person. If he was caught, the Count should have captured him alive. Or do you abolish slavery?”
“Oh,” Viscount Amethyst naturally blinked.
“There are a lot of slaves in the County of Arujo, right? It’s a bit unfortunate that the territory depends on the slave economy for its finances. “You should have reformed the territory’s economy right away.”
“How dare you say this and that to the count’s management…” .”
“It’s the same. The prisoners taken by the small man are also his private property. I don’t know what right the Count has to interfere with the family’s affairs. Wouldn’t it be better for both the Count and the Little Man if we stay in line with each other?”
Count Arujo asked this.
“… … “What would you do if a living person, not the viscount’s property, committed a crime?”
“Hmm??”
“majesty.”
Count Arujo looked at the throne.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Please speak.”
“Creating a new commission is an issue so important that it is difficult to find a precedent in the kingdom’s 2,000-year history. As such strict procedures are required, it is considered essential to verify the moral qualities of the candidate for dukedom.”
The Sun King listened to the Count in silence.
He was a king who had not been out of the palace for the past 60 years. He said that those who do not work have no success, and those who do not succeed have no authority. He had no authority over the Sun King.
And nobles did not respect those without authority.
“I have come across several reports that are quite questionable regarding Viscount Amethyst’s moral character.”
“…….”
“Therefore, if your Majesty gives permission, I would like to summon witnesses here.”
The Sun King turned his head and looked at Viscount Amethyst.
It was a look that questioned the Viscount’s intentions.
Amethyst smiled as if telling her not to worry.
“… … “I will accept it.”
“I am devastated.”
Witnesses who had been prepared in advance entered the parliament one after another.
The first person to step into the amniotic fluid was an old man with a neat appearance.
Count Arujo asked the old man.
“What is the name of the witness?”
“It’s called Nanseok (消石).”
“What is the identity and origin of the witness?”
“The free people are coming. “41 years ago, I came from the Barony of Sajoseong and settled in the royal capital.”
“Namseok. “You have stepped into this place as a mere citizen, and the grace bestowed upon you is by no means light.”
The old man knelt down and placed his forehead on the floor.
“The fire is coming back to life, Seong-eun is devastated.”
“There will be an appeal to the nobles saying that you have been wronged.”
“It felt like the world had collapsed after losing my one and only granddaughter, so I dared to write a few words that were not words with a poor brush strokes and polluted the eyes of precious people.”
“…….”
I turned my head when I heard that.
Sitting next to me, the Marquis Baekseolto’s face had turned pale.
“It’s a pity that you lost your granddaughter. However, other than the loss of a person’s life, it is decided by heaven. Are you the only one who lost their family? “What was so unfair that you filed an appeal?”
“It is as natural for a lowly citizen’s life to be cut off as for an unknown weed to be cut down, but Sosaeng’s granddaughter complains of injustice because she was not harvested from heaven.”
“Uh huh.”
Count Arujo spoke as if he were a benevolent ruler.
“How did my granddaughter die?”
“My granddaughter was whipped to death by a man named Baek Seol-to.”
My amniotic fluid was turbulent.
“Snow White? That’s a name that sounds familiar. Do you know what that person’s identity is?”
“Six years ago when my granddaughter died, I only heard that she was Lady Snow White.”
“If you are the Lady of Snow White, isn’t she the Marquis who is sitting over there right now?”
The nobles looked at Marquis Snow White.
Not only was the Marquis’ face now pale, but his body was shaking.
“marquis.”
“yes… … ?”
“It is said that the granddaughter of a citizen here was stabbed to death by the Marquis. That was 6 years ago. “Is this true?”
“ah. That is. I-I… … .”
At that moment, Viscount Amethyst stood up.
As he stood up, the water under his feet splashed.
“majesty.”
“Please speak.”
“The Marquis of Baekseolto comes from a family that stays in the shadow of small people. Since the minor’s family is a clan, and the marquis is a subordinate, the minor should be reprimanded for the sins committed by his subordinates. “I tell you that it is not right for Count Aruho to reprimand a minor’s subordinate.”
“… … “What do you think, Count?”
“Viscount Amethyst is kind and considerate. “I would also like to ask Viscount Amethyst, not Marquis Baekseolto, about my beliefs.”
Count Arujo looked triumphant, as if he had been aiming for just such a reaction.
“viscount.”
“Yes, Count.”
“Did the Viscount already know about what the Marquis had done?”
“I knew.”
The amniotic fluid became turbulent once more.
“Since when did you know?”
“I already knew when Soin accepted Marquis Baekseolto as his subordinate. “The Marquis confessed it to Soin directly.”
“no. So does this mean that you accepted the Marquis as a subject even though you knew of his sins?”
“I guess that will work.”
bang!
Count Arujo slammed his fist on the desk.
“Why? The marquis beat the young subject to death with a whip. “What shame did you have to accept such a cruel and ruthless nobleman!”
Viscount Amethyst smiled.
As I looked at that smile, my heart pounded with great anxiety.
“I don’t know if you know, but… . At the time, the Marquis’s daughter was famous for her recklessness. A foolish girl, an idiot girl, a brainless girl… . I lived listening to all kinds of sarcasm. “After Soin met the Marquis’s daughter, he thought he had to raise this child properly.”
“Have you raised it properly?”
“The young lady grew up abused by her family.”
Marquis Snow White flinched and his shoulders trembled.
“Marquis Baekmito, the grandfather of Marquis Baekseolto, was a genius. He was a genius in a bad way. He couldn’t understand people who were less intelligent than him, and he didn’t want to understand his granddaughter who wasn’t as smart as he was. Criticism. Rant. abuse. Marquis Snow White’s childhood was marked by his grandfather’s malicious disregard.”
Count Arujo frowned.
“so? Are you saying that I feel sorry for the Marquis of Snow White and should forgive him?”
“no.”
Viscount Amethyst covered her mouth with her sleeve and giggled.
“If we had left it as is, Marquis Snow White would have lived as a [Brainless Lady] forever. “He would have been killed comfortably by an assassin sent by someone, without any regrets about the sins he had committed and without any time to blame himself.”
“…….”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“It’s not something…” … .”
“Soin took Marquis Baekseolto and went on a trip for 15 days.”
Viscount Amethyst hummed.
It felt like I was reminiscing about a happy past.
“I showed reality to a young lady who had never touched water in her life. They forced us to experience the life of people who cannot eat unless they work, and they also forcibly instilled in us the reality of the outside world where it is difficult to eat even if you work. Thanks to this, the Marquis Baekseolto realized that even if he was unhappy, he was in a [endurable misfortune].”
“And Soin had regular classes with Youngae. “Sometimes he would go to the northern port and show the daily lives of merchants, and sometimes he would take them on a fight against bandits and show them the sight of people losing their lives.”
Viscount Amethyst’s breath was red.
Like a priest intoxicated by something, Amethyst quietly muttered words colored with her hot breath.
“Do you understand? Marquis Baekseolto is still fifteen. I’m only fifteen, but I’ve already experienced the death of a commoner, a merchant, and a thief. “I dare to assure you that Marquis Baekseolto will be a great ruler, one of the top twelve in this kingdom.”
“under.”
Count Arujo sneered.
“I said something. What I was saying was that I will become a great politician in the future, so I should cover up the stains of the past. Viscount, with such a rotten mind… … .”
“You really don’t know anything. “Count.”
“what?”
“What does it matter whether I become a great politician in the future or not? The important point is that even though he became such a great nobleman, he committed mistakes in the past that could never be undone.”
Viscount Amethyst’s breathing was feverish.
“Do you understand? “The better he becomes, the more unhappy Marquis Snow White becomes.”
“…….”
“No matter how wise he is, no matter how much he comforts the lives of countless people, Marquis Baekseolto can never consider himself a good man. Of course. “It doesn’t change the fact that he killed a child.”
Viscount Amethyst put her hands together neatly.
As if praying somewhere.
“Soin will raise Marquis Baekseolto to be the greatest nobleman in the kingdom. And, he will grow up to be the most unfortunate noble in the kingdom. As each day passes, misfortune will plague the Marquis. “It is clear that a combination of self-reproach and self-destruction will color the Marquis’ face.”
“…….”
“Count. Imagine a marquis like that. Please imagine that with each gesture, misfortune appears in the air, and with each step, the past is dragged around by the shadows. How about this?”
Viscount Amethyst was smiling brightly like a saint.
“Isn’t it lovely?”
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