#319. There is no next.
Superficially, there was nothing particularly different about Rose’s behavior.
Also good posture.
Polite attitude and manner of speaking.
Because it looked the same.
The only difference is that the gentle atmosphere around Rose has disappeared.
‘What is it?’
That’s why Han Jeong-guk was taken aback.
Why did you feel the chills?
And I couldn’t figure out why I felt like I had made a big mistake.
However, it is impossible to show weakness during negotiations.
With pride as the president of a country, Han Jeong-guk made up his mind and shouted strongly.
“If economic sanctions are not withdrawn immediately, I will file a complaint against the Seven Dragons Group to the UN and condemn it!”
“Let it be.”
And I lost my mind.
“…what did you say?”
“Whether holding an international conference to condemn us or impose restrictions. I told you to do whatever you want.”
Rose spoke sternly to Han Jeong-guk, whose eyes were wide open.
“Because the UN won’t move if you file a lawsuit against us.”
“…!”
“I would rather ask.”
I really don’t seem to understand.
With honest questions.
Rose asked quietly.
“Do you sincerely believe that you can put pressure on the Seven Dragons, which provides more than 70% of the UN’s operating funds, with your own power alone?”
“Don’t think that money alone can do anything!”
Han Jung-guk, who took Rose’s words as sarcastic, blushed.
In fact, he knew that the UN was run by donations from the Seven Dragons Group.
The Seven Dragon Group is called the world’s largest conglomerate, and that’s why it can’t be touched by most countries.
However, Han Jeong-guk also had something to object to.
“Our country has been the leader of the world for a long time! No matter how much money you use to intimidate other countries, it is possible enough to regulate you!”
Ever since the UN was founded…
no, this country has been the leader of the world since then.
More than half of the UN member states could be moved by using the international clout built up over hundreds of years.
And if you move up to the old guild through the UN, even if the Seven Dragons group is your opponent, you can put pressure on them.
Han Jeong-guk made a bold statement.
Rose also did not deny the fact itself.
with just one premise.
“It would have been until last year.”
“…what do you mean by that?”
Why is the deadline stipulated as last year?
It’s been a long time since I looked at Han Jung-guk, who was suspicious but couldn’t hide his anxiety.
Rose quietly opened her mouth.
“I was just wondering, but after hearing that, you guys really don’t seem to know.”
“What do you mean I don’t know?”
“The reason why this country has been treated as the leader of the world so far.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? It is because we have contributed so much to the international community!”
“It’s a contribution…”
Rose laughed softly after chewing on Han Jeong-guk’s exasperated answer, as if asking if he looked like an idiot.
beautiful as a lake.
as calm as a wave.
But rather because of that, the eyes that had lost their kindness had a smile that stood out even more.
she opened her mouth.
“What kind of contribution are you talking about?”
“Are you kidding me?!”
“No, I’m asking because I’m genuinely curious.”
Rose shook her head slightly.
and asked in succession.
“You mean the relief supplies to Europe during the Demon God War?”
“You mean the establishment of the International Peace Corps during the World War?”
“Or did you mean the one who led the dissolution of the Continental Guardian during the Spirit Corps?”
I would like to know if there are any other contributions besides that.
Looking at Rose who asked calmly, Han Jeong-guk said as if gnashing his teeth.
“Do not forget that it was our country that subdued it when the Seven Dragons provoked a commotion.”
“It was certainly a big contribution.”
The Seven Dragons were originally a criminal organization.
Even if she was a princess, in the end, she wasn’t the chief.
Even when Han Jeong-guk hid his sarcasm, Rose didn’t even deny it, let alone get angry.
After calmly accepting, he calmly added one more word.
“If that was really your achievement.”
“…Are you really going to say that our country has been distorting history?”
“What I want to say is that the contribution was not a return to Korea, but an individual achievement.”
That moment.
Han Jeong-guk hardened his face without realizing it.
It was only then that he realized why Rose had been asking strange questions earlier.
“Are you saying that we were able to become the leader of the world thanks to the exploits of Limon Aspelder?”
“Do you think no?”
“Stop being ridiculous!”
bang!
At that absurd insult, Han Jeong-guk hit the armrest with his fist.
and screamed ferociously.
“That is the merit that our ancestors have accumulated in our country! It’s not something to be proud of for someone who took advantage of that reputation through propaganda!”
“…Do you believe that Swordsman is a hero made out of propaganda? Are you the president of this country?”
“I’m saying this because I’m the president of this country.”
Maybe it’s because I didn’t expect to hear such an answer.
Han Jeong-guk snorted as he saw Rose making a dumbfounded expression.
Of course, he is also a famous president.
Besides, since he was born before the Iron Age opened, he knew a lot about Limon’s heroic story.
slash seven dragons
defeating the drunk.
The myth of an absolute being who saved the world many times.
However, because of that, Han Jeong-guk was able to assert more firmly.
The myth is a contradiction-laden lie, and Limon’s reputation is nothing more than a fabricated fiction.
“Do you have any basis for thinking so?”
Now that it’s about this, I’m rather curious.
When Rose asked why he could be so sure, Jeongguk answered without hesitation.
“If that propaganda is true, Korea is East Asia long ago… No, because it would have become the world’s most powerful country.”
The Sword Master is really superhuman.
If Limon was the absolute strongest among them.
The country that owns him should have already conquered the Seventy-seven Chinese Federation and possessed a vast territory comparable to that of the United States of America or the Russian Khanate.
But their country was just a traditional powerhouse.
It has never been a great country.
Even in the days when it was natural for a powerful country to have at least a few colonies.
Therefore, the fact that this country has not grown significantly is itself a limitation of the sword master.
It’s proof that Limon was a rather strong swordsman, but not an absolute master like the legend.
Han Jeong-guk spoke confidently.
Rose hardened her face.
“…Does the fact that the swordsman conquered other countries for this country and did not slaughter enemy soldiers prove his reputation?”
“Is there a hero in the world who doesn’t even have blood on his hands for his country?”
Either out of patriotism.
whether to achieve your ambitions.
Just as current monarchs expand their power to contribute to the country.
If the swordsman was a true absolute, of course he would have been and should have been.
Rose, who gazed at Han Jung-guk as he sneered at him, spoke quietly after a long silence.
“…I do understand.”
As the Blue Dragon Princess, of course she also knew about the World Peace Plan.
That’s why I thought that Han Jeong-guk’s treatment of heroes who were created swordsmen was also influenced by that.
But now I knew.
The emergence of monarchs and the world peace plan were only opportunities.
Han Jeong-guk…
no, that the previous kings of this country must have been looking for a reason to defeat the swordsman even before the World Peace Plan was promoted.
“In the end, you all just considered sword fighting as a convenient weapon.”
Something like the strongest weapon that won’t be shaken by the words of loyalty and great cause for the country.
It would have been only a target of vigilance to the ruler.
Now that she realized that obvious fact, she was so funny that Rose smiled lightly without realizing it.
He seemed to take that smile as a mockery.
Han Jeong-guk frowned.
“Hey, it must have been a convenient propaganda piece, not a convenient weapon.”
That’s why the real absolute, the Iron Age Lord, appears and the fakes fall.
To Han Jeong-guk, who was sure, Rose said quietly.
“For his honor, the reason this country has not become a great power is not because of a lack of swordsmanship.”
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s not that you couldn’t conquer other countries, it means that you didn’t.”
As the princess of the Blue Dragon Clan, who fiercely fought against Limon after the Black Dragon Clan in the past.
Rose was well aware.
Limon only stepped out when he had to protect the country.
In wars of aggression that attacked other countries, there were always times when they took a bystander attitude or interfered.
There were even rumors that they fed rounds kicks to the face of the king who begged for a war of aggression.
…Perhaps the reason why the rulers of this country rejected Limon was because they had asked Limon for the same favor and suffered a similar fate.
However, in Rose’s opinion, Limon’s actions were natural.
“Before he was a national savior, he was the protector of mankind.”
Han Jeong-guk’s opinions were thoroughly centered on this country.
or destroy other countries.
whether exploiting innocent foreigners.
It was the right thing for a politician to act without hesitation if it benefited his country.
The problem is that in the end, what Limon prioritized was the peace of the world, not the prosperity of a country.
“If the swordsmith had drawn the sword for this country, we might have been able to establish a great empire that would unify the world.”
“…”
“Instead, your country would never have been respected as the world leader.”
There is one reason why countries have respected this country so far.
This is because Limon, who saved the world many times and did not receive anything in return, built the Tower of Swords and defended the country.
But as long as Limon cut ties.
There is no one who will respect this country anymore, and no matter what the United Nations says, it will not get sympathy.
Rose, advising, stood up.
and before leaving.
He looked back at Hanjeongguk as if he had just remembered it.
“And from now on, pay more attention to your words and actions.”
with a light smile
Looking straight at Hanjeongguk.
The most merciful of the Seven Dragons.
The head of the most righteous clan.
But never compromise with injustice.
The princess of the Blue Dragon Clan, the noblest of the Seven Dragons and second only to the Golden Dragon Clan, with the most pride.
By threatening the Seven Dragons, Rose said quietly to the person who had become an ‘enemy’ who violated her justice from the ‘weak’ she had to help.
“This will be the last time I will put up with your rudeness.”
“…!”
It’s a country that had a relationship with Limon in the past, so I only have to endure it once.
The ones who threatened the Seven Dragons.
Whether it’s the president or whatever, it was possible to destroy the entire country with just himself and the Blue Dragon clan.
Looking at Rose who warned calmly.
Han Jeong-guk understood again.
No matter how meek she may seem, she is also the princess of the Seven Dragons.
The fact that he was the head of a clan that controlled and still controls smuggling organizations around the world.
And that he rather made an enemy of the only person in the Seven Dragons who could ask for help.
The president of the country, who was the leader of the world who realized it belatedly, had no choice but to harden with a pale face.
