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Chapter 240
The Makings of an Emperor
Ferda did not realize what was happening in reality.
He merely lay sunk in a place like a deep reservoir, looking up at the sky.
Unable to breathe, a pressure closing in from everywhere bound Ferda deep below.
"I have to do something......"
How?
Ѐ nu m̆_а̇
This is consciousness.
I want to escape, but there was no strength to struggle.
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The only thing I could do was reach out a hand toward an ungraspable light.
Powerlessness enveloped Ferda.
'Valdrova.'
The farther she went, the closer her face became.
Е n_u̇ ma.іd_
Ferda asked himself.
Why did I come to love her?
At first, it was empathy.
It was what I had longed for when I was young.
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That curiosity led me toward her.
That was how I came to properly know Valdrova.
Ẁ е b̈n̄ ȯ v еl Ê n̊üm̃ а̇
She was stubborn.
Stubborn, but warm.
I seeped into that warmth.
Just as they say there's no right answer to love, I thought it was something like that.
-She wanted to become a person like a campfire.
A voice suddenly heard.
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The scenery that had been like the bottom of a reservoir changed into a dark place.
There, a man was standing.
-But before the Primordial Chaos, such a campfire was no different from a candle before the wind. She had to burn herself. Everyone saw those tears.
A deep voice I'd never heard before.
He continued speaking as if monologuing somewhere.
-I burdened her with duty.
Ё nû m̊а̌ .îd
-But she isn't carrying out that duty. Because she loves everything. Because she loves everything, she leaves them be.
A silence as if pondering something.
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And he opened his mouth again.
-I won't leave it like that.
-Being born and dying is the natural order, and leading that natural order is her role.
At that moment, darkness vanished and flames rose.
W̊ е bňȯv̄ е l̀ Ēň ũm ӑ.
It was a village.
At a glance, it was a place large enough to be similar to Hestia Village.
The sound of crackling burning, and at the same time, cruel screams heard.
Ferda sensed a presence and turned his head.
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There was Valdrova.
Though called the Aspect of Fire and Power, right now she was an infinitely powerless woman.
Wе̇b̌ n̂о́ v̊е́ ľ Е́ n u m̀ а̌
With hollow eyes, she was shedding tears of blood.
Her mouth was moving, saying something countless times.
Why?
Ferda couldn't understand what this situation was.
However, his body moved regardless of his will, and his lips were the same.
"Now, look. Valdrova."
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He spoke in an exceedingly gentle voice.
"This is the sight of the things you wanted to protect disappearing."
Consciousness was pushed away.
Once again, Ferda was sucked into the abyss's reservoir.
Breath is blocked.
My chest feels even more stifled.
Wе̂b́n о̆v̊ ėl̃. Ӗ nūm а́
'That...... isn't me.'
That wasn't Ferda.
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There's no way I'd hurt her.
That's why I was scared.
If I continue to be trapped in this abyss as is,
Do I become that kind of person?
Еn̆ ũ m а
Will I hurt her again like that?
'No.'
If so, rather kill me.
I screamed a soundless scream toward the unreachable light.
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I don't wish for salvation, so please grant me that much mercy.
-Regent Ferda-nim?
W̌ѐ bn óv.ё ĺ _Е̇.nuḿа̀
Someone's voice.
Unfamiliar, but a voice I'd definitely heard once before.
-Can you hear me?
I wanted to answer something, but I couldn't answer.
I just prayed that they wouldn't pass me by like this.
-It seems your consciousness has gone to the other side. But since you can hear my voice, it doesn't seem too late yet.
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She seemed to understand Ferda's condition.
-From now on, I'll do the work of pulling Regent Ferda-nim out from within your consciousness. You might want to give thanks, but my job ends there. We're being chased, you see.
Anyone is fine.
In a situation where I don't know what's happening, if I can just come to my senses, I'll grab even a rotten lifeline.
-That was a long preamble. Then let's begin.
At that moment, I felt something descending from the light.
Еnûmä . ĭ d̈
Its form was indistinct.
If it looked like a rope, it looked like a rope; if I thought of it as a long hand, it looked like a hand.
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A feeling that whatever way I accepted it was fine.
Ferda carefully grasped that hand.
At that moment, the long hand firmly gripped Ferda's hand and lifted Ferda up just like that.
Ferda knew this sensation.
W̆ еbṅ оv̀ е l Ẽ ṅuṁǎ
The place that had been like the abyss's reservoir instantly spread into light, and the location transformed.
This is Valdrova Castle.
The place where the Spring Festival was held and filled with vitality.
In there, Ferda had made a mistake exactly once.
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Flustered, his steps tangled.
At that moment which could have led to shame, the feeling of being skillfully led.
Е n_ûm̈ӓ
I remember.
"You are......"
However, the face that had been full of freckles was different from back then.
She had an exceedingly simple, innocent woman's face.
Like a common face you'd see about one in ten in a village.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Angrem. I'm the Saintess of Sierra, also called the Saintess of Mercy, but generally I'm called Sierra's Chain."
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"Chain?"
"To catch a wolf, the leash has to be a sturdy one, right?"
As if her role was done, she released her clasped hands and let Ferda go.
"We'll meet again soon. Let's exchange proper greetings then."
When he was alone in the ballroom, Ferda finally realized reality.
"Ugh......!"
Е̄ núm̌.а . і.d
Waking from a cruel dream, he returned to a reality that was miserable beyond words.
Ferda was kneeling.
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His head was so confused all sorts of words were spinning around.
Sierra's Chain, burning village, Valdrova shedding tears of blood.
My head hurts.
My spirit returned to my body and now there was no room to think about anything.
Е́ ń ǔ m̊ ӑ
'The most important thing first......'
Ferda reflexively checked priorities first.
What was it?
Rolling his eyes, he searched for the most relevant object.
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What caught his eye was a black book.
'Right, that's it.'
Ё n̆um а̀
Gamigin's Legion.
Called Gamigin's Utopia, that thing which ultimately succeeded in the human world.
'I have to destroy it.'
Ferda tried to draw up magical power.
But there was nothing left.
Both Dark Circle and Red Circle were squeezed to their limits.
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With the feeling of squeezing out even the moisture inside dried jerky, he tried to gather it, but even so it didn't reach.
Ferda carefully tried to get up from his seat.
His legs trembled, so in the end he just decided to crawl.
His body says it needs to rest.
Ferda tried to persuade that body with all his might.
At the very least, that book.
Е̌ ǹüm a
Only after burning that book to ashes should I close my eyes.
With that single-minded determination, Ferda crawled slowly.
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It was when Ferda tried to reach out his hand toward it.
The book floated into the air.
I thought it was magic, but someone was holding that book.
Ferda forced his head up to check who it was.
Ŵеb̈ nо̂ v̂ еl̈ Е ñ ūm a_
The first thing visible was large boots.
Jed, Arwen, or...... Ruri who lost her shoes somewhere and came wearing big boots someone threw away.
I just hoped it was that.
But Ferda's hope was cruelly torn before reality.
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"So this is that thing."
Eugene Hudret.
Ŵ е b n o v̊е l̊ E nu m̆a
He who had carefully destroyed all the sources of power arrived after everything was settled.
The worst.
Of all things, for that to fall into that bastard's hands......
Ferda looked up at him.
"Quite a fierce battle seems to have taken place. I heard from the mage outside that your power disappeared, and the castle is about to collapse along with it."
"......"
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"Well, that source doesn't seem to be here either. Probably because that bastard Alberto and your attendant are so powerful. We need to get out fast. What will you do?"
He asked with a smile.
Asking while it's plainly visible was unusual.
Ferda barely opened his mouth.
"That book......"
"Hm?"
Еn̂ û m̆ӓ
"That book...... hand it over."
Ferda was no less determined.
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King Hudret glanced at the black book and asked.
"You covet this thing? Well, you're a mage, so your pursuit of power must be different from anyone else's."
"I must...... destroy it."
King Hudret looked down at Ferda silently, holding the book.
Е̃ ñum а .і̌ d
No expression.
That's why it's hard to tell.
What kind of reaction will this man show to the temptation that other kings went through, and that he himself went through?
Ferda wanted to believe King Hudret wasn't tempted.
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With his physical abilities, there was no way to win against Hudret.
"If you see that...... it will show you the desires you harbor."
Е̂ n.ūm̃а .і̌ d̀
"Desires, you say?"
"Kings were consumed by those desires. And...... they killed each other."
"Hmm...... so that's how it was?"
King Hudret rested his chin on his hand.
A dubious but not entirely dismissive reaction.
"It makes you believe it will realize what should remain a delusion, and must remain a delusion. So please...... destroy it."
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"You're saying if I look at this, I'll be eaten by the book, is that it?"
"That's right."
"Hmm......"
Subtle reactions continuing.
If only my body were intact, I would have ambushed him right away, but now he'd become a frail body that couldn't even beat a child.
After looking down for a while, King Hudret chuckled.
Е̇ň û m̄а._i d
"Let me ask one thing."
King Hudret extended his index finger and asked.
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"What do you think about the Emperor?"
"Emperor......?"
"My father wanted to become Emperor. He tried to instill his dream into his child, and that became me."
"......"
Ѐ n̄ u mа́. i d
"But the grander the dream, the weaker the bond of family becomes. They couldn't even help each other, just repeated attempted assassinations and framing each other. I regretted, I was disappointed."
"......"
"So naturally, a certain eye opened up."
He pointed to his own eyes.
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"They call it Wisdom Eye, don't they? I call it Emperor's Eye. I can roughly tell what kind of heart those with ambitions unfitting their station hold."
His eyes were ordinary brown pupils.
Ě num а̃
That Wisdom Eye was by no means composed of a magical structure.
"So it was really convenient for filtering out those I thought were doing useless things. But it wasn't omnipotent either."
He crouched down and touched Ferda's forehead.
"I learned that when I met you. Among the humans I've seen, you harbored the greatest ambition. Yet you were different from other kings. That was truly interesting."
The laughter stopped.
He continued in a more serious voice.
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"Ferda Valdrova. The man who became the consort of the Tyrant, Valdrova. So let me ask once more. What do you think about the Emperor?"
Ferda answered his words.
"An Emperor is ultimately just a human who will die someday."
They say the higher you climb, the fiercer the wind blows.
"Then what's the reason for being in such a high position and continuing to climb?"
It's simple.
Ẃ ёb̄ n о̇v̈ ӗ l Еn̊um̄ à
"Because my fiancée is in that position."
And the following words weren't Ferda's.
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"She doesn't know how to come down from that position, so she's struggling."
I didn't understand why I said that.
Maybe I spouted nonsense because my mind was hazy.
Hearing those words, Hudret grinned.
Е̄ṅu m á
"Let me verify that once."
Hudret finally opened that book.
At that moment, his eyes went round.
Like an explorer discovering treasure.
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Like a farmer feeling a single rain at the end of a long drought.
"Certainly...... interesting things."
Е n ǔm̄ӓ
He definitely saw.
The figure of himself reborn as the continent's ruler.
The sight of everyone submitting under him.
The utopia that everyone with the makings of a king dreams of.
"But it's a trivial thing."
King Hudret lost interest in an instant.
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He didn't hesitate at all and burned that black book with his own hands.
Ferda couldn't hide his surprise at that sight.
"Why are you looking like that? It feels like you're looking down on me, and it's damn unpleasant."
"How......"
"I'm not blind. If I have my eyes open to reality, what reason would I have to be shaken by that trash?"
He pointed his chin toward where the kings' corpses were.
È nŭṁа
"The result of those who tried to chase the ideal this showed is lying scattered like this?"
It was every word true.
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He watched it burn to the end and crushed the ashes.
"One who walks the Emperor's path needs firm conviction. Resolutely, and without haste."
The book disappeared without a trace.
His pupils turned toward Ferda.
Е̃ n um̈ а̌
"So conversely, I want to ask you. How did you see this book and resist?"
Ferda recalls the illusion it showed.
But shining more clearly than that is red.
"Valdrova."
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My hopelessly stubborn woman came to mind.
That woman who cannot be replaced by dreams and delusions remains in reality.
Ѐǹ u m̆ a
"So that's how it was."
King Hudret nodded as if he finally understood.
"I wondered why I thought you were so to my liking, and it was because of that."
"......"
"Because you have no Emperor's dream. Since you're someone who won't become Emperor, why would there be a need to fight?"
King Hudret sheathed his sword, grabbed Ferda's arm, and slung his body over his shoulder.
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"Rest. I'll personally deliver your body to your attendant."
It was an exceedingly humiliating posture, but Ferda had no strength to protest.
As Hudret said, now I just had to rest.
Heinkel Kingdom began to collapse centered on the citadel.
The area that lost magical power crumbled like piled sand, and the cheers of soldiers who knew nothing rang out everywhere as victory reports.
