Preliminary Survey
Preliminary Survey
There is an old bed in a spacious room. Although the bed was worn out here and there over the years, it was something that could be seen that it was made by a skillful artisan with all his soul.
Except for the bed, the other items in the room were high-quality furniture, but they weren’t hard to find.
In a room too frugal to be the bedroom of an emperor of the Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Northern Empire opened his mouth to his old friend.
“You may rest tomorrow.”
“your majesty! What the hell are you talking about!”
Soldos Garandibald. As the emperor’s escort and master, he felt as if he had escaped beyond the absurdity.
Even right now, while everyone is whispering that something might happen on the day of the tournament tomorrow, he wouldn’t take his escort with him.
“This is not a judgment like Your Majesty!”
Even while his old friend was angry, the old emperor looked only through the window with a calm expression.
“Aren’t there many escorts besides you?”
“Isn’t that the story!”
“You are so excited right now. Let’s have a cup of tea and talk again.”
Crack!
Soldos drank all the tea in front of him in one gulp and set the glass down noisily. The old emperor looked at it and slowly reached out his hand and took a sip of the cooled tea.
In a way, the current behavior was extremely rude as a subject, but Soldos was speaking from the point of view of an older brother who had watched the emperor since childhood, rather than as a single subject.
Soldos glared at his brother in front of him with an even heavier expression.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden these days?”
The old emperor enjoyed the beating sunlight with a drowsy expression.
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know! Even though I don’t do any special activities, do you know that I spend my days with my eyes and ears closed? You have been hiding so many things from me lately!”
Soldos scolded the emperor with a face that hadn’t changed from decades ago. The old emperor looked at him after all these years and thought he hadn’t really changed at all.
If he becomes a master, will not even time wear him out? Although he himself has been cut down by the years and has become a completely different person than before.
No, when I think about what I was like in the past, it was like stepping through a dark fog.
If you were your old self, how would you behave now?
The old emperor could not answer the question he posed himself. Because it was a very old story for him.
That’s why Soldos was happy to show his anger like the old days in front of his eyes. It feels like facing memories that have already been forgotten.
He moved his wrinkled face to create a smile.
“People in power tend to hide a lot.”
“I’m not trying to play with words! I’m telling you that tomorrow you might be in danger! Cancel your order! please!”
Even when he saw Soldos talking half clinging to him, his heart was calmer than ever. If you were a child, you would have eventually defeated Soldos’ sincere loyalties in that way.
Has this grown up or has it become senile and clouded judgment?
It was an unknown problem for the emperor. Bondi evaluation is completed when others do it. Even if an individual evaluates himself, it is meaningless. There were always distortions in the self-evaluation.
So, is what you are doing right or wrong? The emperor, too, did not know.
“Soldos.”
When his name was called, a bright smile spread across Soldos’ face. Finally, he believes that he is truly sincere.
The emperor smiled at his close friend who always showed his true self.
“Tomorrow, get some rest at home. This is an order from the emperor to you.”
Soldos’s head snapped. The emperor took his eyes off him and looked out the bright window.
His conclusion after long deliberation was stronger than any pillar of the Empire. If his plan succeeds, this country will once again shine in splendor.
He bit Soldos and muttered as he slowly closed his eyes in the blazing sunlight.
“…for the eternal glory of this country’s empire.”
***
Beep!
Pearly blew the whistle she didn’t know where it came from, drawing attention to herself. When everyone’s eyes turned to her, she smiled contentedly.
“What are we going to do today? If you guess it right, I’ll give you candy!”
“Me! Me and me!”
Jamel held out his hand vigorously. Pearly grinned and pointed at Jamel.
“okay! Jamel! say it!”
“They said they were conducting a preliminary field trip to prepare the route to be dispatched tomorrow!”
“answer! answer! Now take it!”
“Wow!”
With a bright face, Jamel tore off the candy Pearly had thrown her and put it in her mouth. However, Jamel’s face wrinkled after rolling the candy in his mouth several times. She protested towards Pearly.
“This tastes like mint! I don’t like the taste of mint!”
“sorry! sorry! All I have now is mint flavor! I’ll give you something good next time.”
Judging from that expression of not feeling sorry at all, it was clear that it was Pearly’s little prank that prepared the mint-flavored candy.
Now, the people gathered for the Pearly pre-exploration operation were me, Pridya Master, Jamel Giselle, Cardisho Dakia, and six others. If you add Pearly to it, there are a total of seven.
I fell for Tergio because he couldn’t really feel the power after getting seriously injured once.
Because of Cardisho, who still does not know her mother’s identity, her mother did not officially participate in the operation. Of course, you will change into a hand and stay with me in my arms.
As expected, Cardisho did not know that the real purpose of this operation was to recapture the holy relic containing his mother’s divinity. As a priest of the Church of Light, she only knew that we were going to punish the worshipers of evil spirits.
In fact, it was right to go to punish the worshipers of evil gods. As a bonus, I saved the lives of the people of the Empire.
According to the plan Pearly had told me, Cardishaw would probably be stuck with the right guy halfway through.
Honestly, I’m a little sorry for cheating, but the cardigan had to be taken off first if possible. Only when she separated from the group did Jaselle, Giselle, and even Pearly feel free to use the power of evil spirits.
But that doesn’t mean Cardi Show was a burden. She was clearly our strong strength as a Kwanghuigyo priest who handles the light.
“Operation Zaza is scheduled to begin tomorrow morning, right?”
Cardisho raised his hand cautiously. Pearly squinted her eyes at Cardisho’s raised hand.
“I don’t think I ever said I could ask questions!”
“If you know where the worshipers of evil gods are hiding, why don’t you attack right now and why do you dare to attack tomorrow? Besides, why do we act alone? With your permission, I will contact the priests in this city so that I can work with them.”
It was extremely reasonable. Fortunately, Pearly was always a friend with a plan.
“That’s a very good point! I’ll explain especially this time, so don’t interrupt me next time. okay?”
Cardisho nodded, and Pearly quickly began to explain.
“The reason they don’t attack right away is that, according to my research, tomorrow morning is the moment they will be most vigilant! The right time is always the most important condition when attacking the enemy with a small elite like us! Hmmmm!”
After clearing her voice for a moment, Pearly smirked.
“Then, of course, you will wonder why we have to be a small elite! That’s because I don’t trust people, so I’ll answer yes! To be honest, I’m scared that information will be leaked while asking for support here and there! It’s a story where no one knows where the ‘seed of the evil spirit’ is hiding!”
Pearly looked around as if licking. Her gaze went straight through me to Giselle and Jamel.
“Hiccup!”
At that gaze, Jamel, the seed of the evil god, hiccupped. Cardisho, completely unaware of the situation, looked at Pearly with a slightly displeased expression.
“You mean you don’t trust the priests? As you all know, we priests will never betray or betray us in matters concerning the worshipers of evil spirits. isn’t it? Marnak?”
Before I could say anything, Pearly replied Cardisho.
“It’s not that I don’t trust the priests, it’s that I don’t trust the people around them! Even if you hand over the information, wouldn’t the priests be jumping on their feet one by one and conveying the information with their mouths? Naturally, we will end up in the hands of non-priests, but what if our operation fails due to information leaks? If so, who will die from our mistakes? we? Priests?”
Pearly took a moment to gather everyone’s attention. Eventually, as everyone focused on her, Pearly spoke eloquently.
“no! Innocent Imperials will die! I can never ignore that possibility! And if innocent people die because of my mistake, I will not dare to carry my head up!”
It was such a spleen performance that even I, who knew that Pearly would never worry about the people of the empire, was fooled for a moment.
Cardisho, completely unaware of this fact, glistened as if he were really a little impressed.
“I didn’t know you thought of innocent people so much. I thought you were just a hanryang who likes to play and eat. apologize.”
Perley, who had even received an apology from Cardisho, said, “Don’t worry about it,” and swung her hands vigorously after reading Cardisho.
In fact, Pearly’s logic had a few loopholes here and there, but the heroic performance just now seemed to work well for Cardisho.
“Then, shall we get off the ship and talk while moving? Remember everyone’s way! I’m walking today, but tomorrow I’m going to run, so don’t get confused!”
We quickly followed Pearly, who jumped off the boat. Of course, tomorrow was the day of the tournament, so the streets were busy with imperial citizens passing by.
“Marnac, come next to me! I have something to tell you!”
As she quietly stepped forward at Pearly’s call, she smiled as usual.
“To what extent can Marnak’s heart be prepared for tomorrow’s operation! huh? huh?”
‘Kill!!!’
The word ‘our Marnac’ made her mother indignant. I patted my mother to calm her down and opened her mouth.
“What kind of mental preparation are you talking about?”
Pearly opened the palm of one hand and used the index and middle fingers of the other hand to pretend to run on the open palm.
“Tomorrow, speed is the most important thing! Do you know what this means?”
“Are you saying we need to break through quickly?”
“that’s right! that’s right! They’re not total idiots either, so the moment they start the ritual they’ll figure out I’ve been messing with the resonance points! Then, of course, you’re trying to erase the prank I put on, right? Time for libertio to fix my prank! That time is the time given to us! The ‘I’ must reach the ‘vessel’ within it!”
“All right. But what’s the problem?”
I just need to break through quickly. Is there any reason to call me out like this?
Pearly was still smiling inexplicably.
“lets think! An enemy has appeared! To advance while defeating the enemy together, and to keep the rest of the party running while leaving behind a colleague capable of dealing with him! Which one is faster!”
Only then did I understand the meaning of what Pearly was trying to say.
“Are we breaking through tomorrow, leaving the others behind whenever the enemy appears?”
“that’s right! that’s right! So now I’m asking in advance! Of course, I pre-determined all the enemies that might appear and the suitable counterparts in the party! So maybe you can win without a problem! Of course, after we win, you can come after us!”
Reflexively, the expression furrowed. I didn’t hide my displeasure.
“And what if Pearly miscalculated and one of them got seriously hurt? I hate it.”
I had no intention of ignoring the possibility of hurting my loved ones. The significance of the retrieval of the sacred relic was that everyone recover the body intact.
Pearly’s expression softened for an instant. She looked into my eyes and opened her mouth slowly.
“Your colleagues are not children. How long do you intend to embrace your co-workers like mother chickens? Don’t you have the option of ‘trusting’ the position to your colleague? In a way, you are ignoring your colleague right now. In fact, you consider your colleagues to be half-pennies who can’t even serve one person.”
“I didn’t mean it in that sense.”
“But does it sound like that?”
“I’m OK.”
“me too!”
A soft word. Looking back, Dakia and Jamel were approaching behind us. Dacia opened her mouth to me with her golden eyes shining.
“I have been working hard not to become a burden when needed. Please trust me only once. We can do just fine.”
“that’s right! Trust that Jamel! But, if you don’t leave alone, but one more person, two at a time, you can really trust me!”
Those two appeared as if they had been waiting. I realized that this scene was all staged by Pearly. He probably gave Dakia and Jamel a word in advance.
Pearly never missed the timing for me to appear.
“Like Jamel said, there will never be a way to leave anyone alone just in case! at least two! Except, of course, your master! What about these conditions?”
“ha.”
I sighed deeply and nodded.
“All right.”
After my permission was granted, I felt an unfamiliar, tingling sensation on my chest. When I lowered my head, Dacia rushed into my arms and looked up at me with sparkling golden eyes.
‘Say hat!!!’
angry mother. Unlike her, Dacia hugged me in the middle of the road and calmly opened her mouth.
“Thank you so much for trusting me. I am confident that I will do really well. I will take this opportunity to show that I am a person who does my part.”
“I think proof is necessary. Dacia is already doing well enough…”
“No.”
Dacia firmly shook her head. She looked straight at me.
“I want it.”
I ended up raising both hands. He patted Dakia’s back and laughed bitterly.
“If I get seriously hurt, I will be angry. Really.”
“I said you could run away if you thought Pearly would get hurt. It just takes time. So don’t worry too much.”
“All right.”
When Dakia moved away, Jamel looked at me and hesitated behind her. She glanced at me and asked cautiously.
“Can I hug you too? Not if it doesn’t work!”
‘Say hat!!!’
One word, of course not. My mother wriggled in her arms.
Then Pearly, who was next to her, pushed Jamel on the back and whispered.
“Forgiveness is easier than permission. And me next to you?”
As if he had been waiting for it, Jamel, who ran to the dodo, burst into my arms. I patted Jamel on the back and narrowed my eyes as I glared at Pearly.
“Why are you arranging the order?”
“You’re good and bounce!”
“Not good at all.”
After I had enough of Jamel’s comfort and removed him, Pearly brazenly stood with her arms outstretched. I turned my back without regret.
“You even give directions for the preliminary field trip.”
Pearly playfully clung to my arm.
“It’s just too much for me! I should be pretty too! I have to give it to you!”
“You have to do pretty things to be liked or not!”
As we chatted and became noisy, the attention of passers-by naturally focused on us. I half dragged the hanging pearly.
“Please let this go before you throw it away! Everyone is staring!”
“Hug me too!”
“I won’t do it no matter how hard I try.”
“why! why! It doesn’t even wear out!”
“Tomorrow…”
I paused for a moment before opening my mouth again.
“…if everything is over tomorrow and no one is seriously hurt, then I will hug you.”
Pearly’s purple eyes narrowed gently. She answered, still full of mischief.
“I’m supposed to be able to get it with a hug and a deep deep kiss on top of it, right?”
‘Kill it!!!’
Mother’s scream, saying that it would be better if everyone died, but that should never happen, echoed through the streets of the Northern Empire.
