“Give it back! Give it back!”
The woman’s cry was a meaningless resentment. What happened once can’t be undone no matter how much you scream and cry.
however.
A memory flashed through Demo’s mind like a kaleidoscope.
‘Return it with the gold you wrote.’
The second task of the golden mirror. The ordeal that made alchemy.
The only thing more difficult than making something is putting it back the way it was. The king’s words of admiration are deeply engraved in his heart. A last breath of vitality dwelt in his dying body. In his fading mind, Demo repeated what he had to do.
…let’s get it back. gold country. for our king.
Nothing difficult. It has already been done once.
Because alchemy was created to bring you back from the beginning.
But can he really turn it around? Can this hell be returned to the original beautiful and rich gold country? Can we return to a land of artisans and technology where everyone works together under a great king?
Now he is tied up like this and suffering until he is about to die.
The time allowed for the demo is short. he is dying now Even if I spend all the remaining time, even if I squeeze with all my might, I can only make one thing.
then. If you can only make one. Shouldn’t it be a pension to ‘something’ that will return this country to its original state?
Demo stopped walking and closed his eyes. With death imminent, the remaining time is running out. Demo drew images while kneeling.
Everything is made of small blocks. Whether it’s gold or steel or sand crumbs. All blocks are of the same type. It just depends on how you build it.
The result of stacking and stacking and stacking so differently. The world is full of various objects. None of them look the same, but if you look closely, they all have the same beginning.
That house, the land, the lonely tree, and the stream flowing beneath it. Even wild animals that drink it.
Even more so, people.
The demo doesn’t even know what shape it will be. However, it will forever wander the forbidden land and restore this cursed land to its original state. I will make a beautiful country again and present it to my king.
Become the king’s servant, Golden Kyung.
The image swells like a monster. The power to change all things now extends its power toward the owner. To grant the dying master’s last wish.
even unique. Elixir.
When I woke up, I was in a small workshop.
At one time, King Elric of the Golden Kingdom had several disciples. She left space in the palace and took care of her disciples. In a room with a small workshop, the disciples honed their skills.
In many ways, it is a room full of memories for Hwang Geum-gyeong. Above all, this is the room that was filled with a piece of gold.
In the middle of it sat a young man in front of a golden bell.
It is a golden mirror that is slightly older than it looks from the outside. He wears a knife around his neck and is shackled just like he did when he died. Considering that this is the space in the image, he seems to consider himself a sinner even after he dies.
“…who are you.”
Hwang Geum-gyeong did not even raise his head and spoke slowly. I shrugged and sat down in front of him.
“He is an ordinary thief. I’m here to steal a keepsake. Are there no trials or tests here?”
“…there is no such thing. Because I have no regrets.”
Even in the middle of talking, the golden gyeong was still staring at the golden bell. A steel bell turned into gold as it is. An object that symbolizes his most brilliant memory.
The first gift that connected the innocent man and her.
I can’t believe it’s not because the regret is dripping. You have to lie pretty much.
“If it really wasn’t there, there wouldn’t be any thoughts left. Why don’t you just confide in me?”
“You misunderstood. No one can solve my regrets. Even if you bring a fake resemblance to His Majesty, the same is true. Because the real Majesty can’t come back.”
I’m talking about it well. Actually, I have a thought that someone wants to know, but there is no way I won’t say it.
It’ll take time, but if you’ve made it this far, you’ll read them all anyway. I calmly thought over the image and continued talking.
“I know you can’t come back, so why are you guarding this palace? Is there any reason to protect a palace without an owner?”
“Because I have to make amends for all my sins.”
“crime?”
“That’s right. crime. The sin of leading a brilliant country into war and creating a golden poverty that made everyone suffer.”
Hwang Keum-gyeong spoke as if in penitence.
“The Golden Kingdom was a paradise. A country of steel where excellent artisans are active all over the country under the reign of the great King Elric. I am the one who threw that vibrant and bright country into the pit. If it wasn’t for me, it wouldn’t have happened.”
“By printing gold?”
“…That’s right. Gold is valuable simply because it is valuable. But I made gold without even knowing the simple truth. keep going Even by training other alchemists, even with my own hands.”
If it was only one person, the situation might not have grown so big. However, Hwanggeumgyeong sincerely believed that gold enriched the country. That’s why he generously gave such valuable knowledge.
Even he may have copied Elric, but unlike the power of the king, which is limited to individuals, alchemy is a demon. Gold spread out of control.
Hwanggeumgyeong stared at the golden bell with a haggard face and said.
“I am the mortal criminal who led the country to its downfall. Even in order to pay for this sin, I must remember the golden country. have to make I have to give it back. Even if it is only a memorandum.”
So the golden gyeong made a golden kingdom within reach. He reproduced the golden country of the most brilliant moment that he thought of.
magnificent castle. prosperous city. to fertile fields. Even if the golden kingdom disappeared into the dark side of history, there was always a golden kingdom in the golden palace. Even though it was a country made by only one person, there were all sorts of flaws.
I see. golden mirror. Your wish was to recreate the golden kingdom. All good, all good….
Hmm. Is it just that much? is this your best?
First of all, let’s make the conversation a little friendly before bringing out the main topic, and I gave you a heartfelt consolation.
“It’s not your fault. No one knew that if you had more gold, you would become poorer.”
“Get rid of comforting things that are not even in your heart. Not knowing is not a sin. I deserve resentment.”
Consolation without heart? what do you say I may bluff, but I don’t say anything I don’t mean. I am a person who is honest with myself.
“Does it sound like I’m talking nonsense? no. at all. I don’t resent you Rather, I am grateful.”
to be sincere It’s much better this way. The Golden Goblet is hundreds, if not thousands, times better than the great master of the abyss who lost his life vainly after worrying for nothing.
because you did It’s different from the Demon God who hesitated and was deprived of the right to choose and only had regrets. After all, it was achieved through human achievement!
“Thanks to you printing gold, there is one more thing humans can do!”
Were my words so different? Golden Kyung took her eyes off the bell and slowly looked up at me.
The demon who created alchemy. A great giant who changed the world. He is a demon who irreversibly changed humans and the world.
But even if he reached the Demon God, no matter how great his achievements were.
Humans are still human. no matter how golden it is.
The face of childhood that I saw outside. Wouldn’t this face appear if twenty years of time were poured on it and terrible pain was applied on both sides of the material and mind? The tired and distressed young man’s face was too ordinary to be called a demon.
Maybe it’s because he’s human too.
“No one knew. No one in the world knew that gold was so worthless until you did that crazy thing! All the more what happens to a country and its economy when, in just one year, more gold is produced than ever existed! Even the Seonghwangcheong’s prophets who see the future! They only know how to ‘see’, but they don’t ‘know’!”
Even prophecy requires cognition. If you don’t see it, you can’t understand it unless you interpret what it means. Because the saintess is also human.
That’s why the Demon God, who didn’t exist until now, couldn’t see through even the saintess of Seonghwangcheong. At best, it was all about follow-up.
If Seonghwangcheong, who reaps the sins of all people, is like that, what about other people?
“Ignorance is not a sin.”
The golden mirror did not understand the meaning of the words. Taking my words as consolation, he shook his head as if to decline. You don’t think I’m that kind.
“You think it’s not a sin? no different! You have to exist to know that the act is a sin! You’ve found an act that might be sinful! You don’t even know it exists until you do it. To find out, you have to find it first. You have to walk through the veil of ignorance and find out. Just like primitive humans long ago, if you want to know what gold is, you have to dig it up first!”
“Even if countless human beings die as a result, terrible tragedies occur, and the country plunges into grief.”
“Kick! You found alchemy and ruined the country?”
Even a drunken god can’t help being arrogant. No, rather, are you so arrogant because you drank?
If it was real, I wouldn’t even say it. I held my belly button and laughed.
“You are so arrogant! The king of men is not as arrogant as you! Are you saying you drank? Drink all the sins that happened in the golden country and become the king of sins? no. Were you already trying to be? That’s why you’re wandering all over the world with the name of the Golden Scenic!”
Are you responsible for everything? Are you going to run for King of Men? He was the one who made the gold, but he would take responsibility for all the sins that happened in the gold country. Regardless of whether that is right or wrong, is it possible?
After laughing for a while, I desperately suppressed my voice. Not to be considerate of the golden mirror, but to speak next.
“What sin? Did you overturn the field to make a gold workshop? Then, when you ran out of food, did you kill the colleague who suggested making a gold workshop? Did you eat your own blood because you couldn’t stand the hunger? When the curse of gold became known, instead of informing everyone, did you suddenly monopolize the spot and hide it tightly to maximize your own gain? Did you make iron weapons and start a coup to seize power in the midst of chaos? Did you incite the mad people to kill the alchemists and deprive them of the opportunity to turn them back?”
Even if you only read what was in his image, more terrible things must have happened in the real world. A real hell of public interest would have been born.
Who can imagine It wasn’t because of another country’s invasion, nor was it a terrible disaster. To think that the country was tilted to the point of destruction due to the curse of gold.
however.
“Is it all your fault? Do you think that you are a real omnipotent god? Do you think you have become an absolute being who can coordinate life and death and even adjust human beings according to your will?”
Not all the sins that have been revealed can be the sins of the Golden Sutra.
“I speak as the king of men. you don’t need They are human too.”
Whoever my opponent is, to me, they are just human beings whose thoughts can be read, so I am ordinary.
No, no matter who it is… It’s normal for me.
“Because the gold country is a country with a lot of merchants, so it is bright and has a good head. It’s the result of doing your best to get your own benefit at that time. When the golden blessing came, he jumped on the bandwagon to the fullest, but abandoned it the moment it turned into a curse. That, too, is everyone’s decision. If there are sins of ignorance, they have them too.”
Oh, in case you misunderstand, I hastily added a word.
“Of course, I don’t really like the concept of sin created by Seonghwangcheong! Isn’t sin too extravagant for animals?”
Humans are beasts and I am their king. So no matter what anyone does, I affirm everything. whatever the wind
Maybe he finally understood ‘me’, but Hwang Geum-gyeong reacted slowly to my words.
“…that.”
“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying this to comfort you. For the tens of thousands of people who have been ignored by you. You saw the people of this land as scarecrows who couldn’t even have their own will. Destiny, to those who will die without being able to resist the great flow. Kut. So the world you created is like this.”
I sighed and spread my arms. Right now it’s an image space, so you can’t see it, but the outside must be a golden palace. The image of the ideal gold country he imagines.
Every rice field is full of grain, and the magnificent city has beauty and practicality at the same time. The wall built to block enemies seems to cut off the world.
but.
there are no people in it
see it there
“It looks just fine. The gold country you made. There is only a homunculus. Even that, only the homunculus of the lords who can communicate with you and have a similar image have a piece of reason, and the rest is a scarecrow that can only do given commands. So, that’s rather funny. Looking at all the people of gold as scarecrows with no will of their own! What gold country is precious, what!”
“…no!”
“Prove it!”
When I shouted out loud, Hwang Geum-gyeong looked up at me as if she was a little intimidated. However, he reached out and made something, as if he had some pride left.
That figure… was Elric’s. In particular, Elric in his imagination is delicately described and the beauty of the body and face is highlighted.
I snorted.
“Do you have a conscience? Wherever you look at that, is it human? It’s the pillow you sleep with hugging.”
“I have never been like that!”
