Chapter. 21. Another Solo Play (27)
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Chang! Cheaeng!
“At this level, the level of guidance sparring is quite high. “Would you like to do more?”
“Hey, I’ll stop here, Your Majesty!”
“I can’t believe it’s already like this. “Hyde, your accomplishments are remarkable at such a young age.”
“For your age, Your Majesty doesn’t seem to have any intention of giving up.”
“I’m not the same as I used to be. “I think it’s just that your level is so low that you can’t see the difference.”
“Wow, that’s unlucky. “I’m afraid of treason.”
“I have a sword in my hand, so do your best. “This sharp piece of metal has the function of knocking off a traitor’s head when wielded.”
“Help me.”
“I saw it.”
Wow!
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When thinking of Emperor Gainax Agdan V, his sword strike that split the sky comes to mind, but when thinking of the human Gainax, the sparring with him that was always one-sided comes to mind.
To avoid the surveillance system and surveillance through people’s eyes, my room was converted from a secret passageway in the imperial castle that Lucilla gave me as a gift.
Gainax sometimes visited my small, secret room with an urgent look on his face and shared swords with me, thanks to which I was able to learn a lot.
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“I am amazed every time I meet that white auror. “It’s fiery, yet strong and stubborn.”
“It’s useful. It’s especially useful when proving reincarnation to acquaintances who don’t believe me. If it is a legacy inherited from our Professor Park, wouldn’t it be a legacy?”
“Well. “I don’t think the word ‘legacy’ is appropriate.”
“why? “Your Majesty says it looks the same as the Auror Professor Park used in the Empire a long time ago?”
“I am saying that because it is the same without a single error. I have dealt with both Aurors, the former Professor and the current Mr. Hyde. I can assure you that they are the same Auror. Did you say ‘indomitable’?”
“Uh… um. So?”
“It means that Auror is not a power that can be inherited.”
“Family tradition education methods, relationships such as family blood ties can awaken auras with similar power and aura between blood relatives or groups, but there is no case in which completely identical auras are emitted as shown by you and the saint.”
“why?”
“Aren’t Aurors the darlings of independence? Even though they are father and son, they are different people. There is no other human being like him in the world, and Oranite, who has set his own name in the world, is even more completely independent. Of course, the lonely light aura they emit is also bound to be different from others.”
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That was advice that only Gainax, who was a knight who split the sky with his sword and had dealt with both the Professor and Hyde, could give.
At that time, I was able to put aura into my sword.
I was clearly aware that I was different from the professor.
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“I am different from him.”
“It has to be different. “I have awakened my Auror.”
“I heard that different people can’t use the same auror.”
“Nothing.”
“He said he and I are the same Auror.”
“okay.”
“Have you had a drink, Your Majesty?”
“Something the two of them were holding together. “What does it mean to have something in your hands that can never be divided?”
“….”
“okay. I think it is-”
[Who passed this tax reform bill!!!!!]
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The story they had with Gainax that day was heard through the secret passage of the imperial family. It was buried in the loud sound of Lion’s Hood and died out.
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Quang!
“found! “This tax-drinking bird!!”
“Empress, how can you be here… Is it really you, Hyde?!”
“…That’s it, Your Majesty.”
“Hyde, my direct knight, doesn’t have any magic tools to contact me. How dare you hide in my knight’s quarters to avoid me!”
“Hyde. why? “I have a friendship with a sword, and I have quite a connection with your father!”
“I heard you handled the additional taxation law for high-ranking magic tools so carelessly? Hundreds of judges who are said to be the best in the empire drank awakening potions like water and discussed for seven days and nights, but they couldn’t find a solution, so they signed their names and carried it around on a holster. “I tried to look after you, but you had a rather serious accident this time.”
“I couldn’t help it. Since the nobles rush in and oppose every bill for the people, we have no choice but to pass it on without their eyes! Empress Knight Hyde. Don’t we all know that the gap between rich and poor within the empire is growing due to rapid growth?”
“joy! “So.”
“As the father of an empire, I have a duty to ease their suffering. “I was looking for a way to solve it.”
“So?”
“I thought it through and chose the most obvious method. If we raise the acquisition tax on high-ranking magical engineering items, which account for a particularly large proportion of the luxuries used only by nobles, and support commoners with the taxes collected there-” “The
magic engineers who were barely left in the empire with all the benefits are all leaving for the Teldrat Empire and giving them raw materials. Even the workers at the small and medium-sized factories that supplied the mines that supplied the factories will go bankrupt one after another! “If I hadn’t snatched up the bill right before it was announced, the empire would have gone back to the dark ages!”
slap! slap!
“Ugh, Empress Lucilla! Calm down! I mean well-”
“Don’t do it! Don’t work! Don’t even sit at the desk, you burnt-out! “Go on a tour of the empire, calm the public sentiment, and scare the local nobles by grabbing them by the hair!”
“I will do the same if you go with me!”
“Hi!”
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“Lucilla….”
“Gainax….”
“….Your Majesty, go out and there is another hiding place for the royal family in the eighth passage. “There is also bedding.”
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Most of the memories of the human Gainax were like this.
An incredibly strong knight.
A respected emperor.
Contrary to his appearance, he is sloppy and can be seen being beaten by the Empress throughout the castle.
And the eternal star of the empire whose life was short-lived as he lost most of his life as a result of wielding Lionel, a sword-shaped symbol revered by all of the empire’s one billion people.
He was a fun person to watch.
He was a respectable emperor.
Although he went through a lot of trouble traveling around the empire and abroad trying to resolve dozens of major administrative disasters, now that even that has become a memory, he is a person with only good memories.
Crack, croak, croak –
the sword that’s dragging helplessly down there right now is the sword from back then.
『The Empire…. Trouble has arrived again….』
The person holding it and the voice are the same as back then.
I felt quite sick to my stomach.
Druddudduddud-
I could not help but shake the ground before I came down from the tree I was hiding in due to the vibrations traveling up the branches. I had no intention of dealing with twelve legendary undead alone, but anyway, with that number of undead, it was pointless to hide as they could sense their vitality.
“Gainax.”
“….”
“your majesty.”
I just wanted to share a few words during the little time we have left.
“You said that trouble has come to the empire ‘again’.”
『Empire….』
“That means remembering that the Empire had tribulations like now before as well.”
『You must protect the empire…』
It is a cursed fog that causes hallucinations and confusion if you inhale even a single sip without holy water. A being infused with the power of condensing the curse that turned the entire capital into a land of death. It’s probably absolutely impossible.
“Would you like to know who I am… Your Majesty?”
『Open….』
Still, I couldn’t ignore the glimmer of hope, so I had no choice but to ask.
I know now too. What I called a ‘plan’ was forcing my way forward, using everyone I knew as a stepping stone.
It was something I was prepared to do, and I was fully prepared for the future.
….but. At least like everyone else they’ve left behind.
“‘A long time.’ “Shouldn’t you just say, ‘It was nice to meet you’…?”
Isn’t it right that I should be allowed that much comfort in the thorny path I have chosen?
I couldn’t even let you go because you weren’t in my plans.
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‘Hyde.’
‘Why do you keep coming here if you’re going to get caught anyway?’
‘I’m dying. ‘Not long after.’
‘It’s just that life has come to an end. A human cannot wield such great power as Lionel.’
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My memories of Gainax are only good ones.
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‘My death cannot be personal. The empire will be shaken. I wanted to somehow reduce the nobles’ tax burden before I die… but Lucilla is so thorough.’
‘Then what’s all you’ve done so far?’
‘….I wanted to shake off the wildcats that would attack her because it was okay for the empire to get a little damaged. It didn’t go well.’
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‘You are so stupid and romantic.’
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In the end, the hardships of resolving what he had done became a good memory thanks to our last conversation.
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‘My wife. ‘Please take care of Lucilla.’
‘My heart feels heavy because I feel like I’m putting a burden on a busy person.’
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Did I keep my promise?
The empire gradually deteriorated, and the authority of the imperial family was eroded little by little as the war continued. In the end, it worsened to the point where the nobles launched a terrorist attack on the empress’ palace.
I left Lucilla, who was willing to die for the future, in the collapsing empress palace. Was the promise to the emperor kept?
Gainax. You have a debt in your heart that you haven’t been able to let go of yet.
“your majesty.”
therefore.
“Can’t you just… just stand there quietly?”
Is it possible for you not to come up on my already rough road?
Drudduddudduddudduddudduddudduddudduddudduddudduddud-
The ground beneath my feet trembled to the point that the stone pieces of the broken castle bounced.
『Ugh…-』
The pale, wrinkled, and dull emperor makes eye contact with me. Bloodless lips speak words.
please. Oh God. Please just take a look. please.
『….Your Majesty the Emperor…. Long live….』
Gainax pointed his sword, praising the already dead emperor like the cursed soldiers do.
Holding the same posture with a different appearance than in the past.
God damn it.
God, fate, system, whatever! You are such an amazing person who has planned my future so exquisitely and perfectly.
“Are you telling me to finally throw it all away?”
Very much indeed.
It’s too much.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!!
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The vibrations that shook the ground suddenly stopped.
and.
Quack!
Quad deud deuk!
『Buuuuuu-!』
『Guuuuuuuuuuuuu-!』
Dozens of large tunnel worms rose through the shaking ground toward the imperial castle.
Normally, it would be unthinkable due to the rocky terrain and all the magic that was layered on the castle, but because someone somewhere has pulled out everything in this land for the past three years and crammed it into the twelve undead in front of me.
At a glance, the burrowing bugs, which were several times larger than the average individual, opened their disgusting mouths wide and began spewing out mutes incessantly in the dried-up garden.
Sniff. Crumble.
Kauld appeared, holding his nose and growling in displeasure.
“I arrived a little late and found myself doing all sorts of weird things.”
Huh. Just a little.
“If it were too late, I would have come next year.”
“It was originally because of the knights you had to deal with. “They all came towards us.”
“I originally had a small elite unit that I had to go with. “They all didn’t arrive on time.”
“…’As planned’ is a word that is difficult to hear on the battlefield.”
I guess so. If things go as planned, Cowld shouldn’t be here either.
“Empire! “Hey, Jegu-wook!”
“My Highness! “If you run amok here, you will become a target for the unholy things!”
Bellabelle and Nigmi riding on her back appeared behind the lion-headed mute resting on its head. yes. Since he’s here, Kauld must be here too.
What is the reason?
“…His Majesty wanted it.”
“Did you see me trying to stop it?”
“Why should we stop Your Majesty?”
“Such a body.”
I knew it would be like this.
Kauld, who was examining Nigmi with a worried expression, snorted vigorously and began to focus on the enemy. It seemed that he thought that he should secure her safety by solving the enemy in front of him instead of Nigmi, who was probably unable to solve it.
Kauld’s eyes, as he was examining the faces of the twelve undead, took on a strange look.
“People who we should only meet based on records are moving on their own feet. “Is he the emperor?”
“sorry. “It’s too much for me alone.”
“The emperor?”
“It turned into powder and permeated evenly among those twelve people.”
“The imperial troops in the central battlefield all disappeared in a similar way. “For some reason, it felt like the momentum of each one would turn my stomach.”
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Sreung.
Slam!
As Mute’s growl grew louder, Kauld and I raised our swords.
….Suddenly.
Gainax, who was facing him, also raised his sword. An imperial swordsmanship technique, as if it had been promised.
It replaced Geomrye.
『Open the new sky…』 A
large slash from top to bottom showing respect for the opening of the sky by Gainax Agdan V, the great strike that prevented the end of the empire with a single sword.
Quaaaaa!
A purple aura that seemed to pierce the sky came down.
The two swords that rushed towards it faced each other with auras blooming as if they were exploding.
What the heck!
A sound as if a giant had struck a mountain of refined metal with a hammer.
Mute’s screams poured out over the sound announcing the start of the war.
Kwajaaagh!
The moment Mute arrived, it meant that the suspended time for me and Gainax was over.
That meant that once again, I had to roughly crumple up the unresolved debts in my heart and stuff them into my heart.
“Let’s settle the debt, old love, and other things that remain by gently sending this hideous son of insult to the grave. your majesty.”
He rushed towards the somewhat clumsy old emperor.
Whoops-!
Although the power is overwhelming over there.
“…It was nice to meet you, Gainax.”
The trajectory of the sword. A trick. Even the targeted area was the same as in the past without any error.
Like the sparring we had a long time ago when he ran away after an accident.
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