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Chapter 305
Blancaros's Conscience
At Ferda's words, Blancaros's Hand closed his mouth and remained still.
He was waiting until Ferda's words were conveyed and orders given.
In the meantime, a tension began to circulate.
It feels like walking a tightrope where one misstep means plunging off a cliff.
"The Master has ordered you to be brought inside. I will guide you."
W е̌b n̆ о̃ vе l Ê nu m_а̀
Blancaros came out obediently.
Ferda led his exhausted body and followed behind him.
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The place they arrived at was Blancaros's office.
A space so narrow it's hard to believe a Great Dragon resides there.
It was only the level of a human's office.
He sat at the center desk, and his Spawns, Tongue and Scale, stood with hands behind their backs on either side, assisting him.
Е̃ ňûm̄а̀.і̄ d̀
Blancaros's Tongue and Scale were staring at Ferda.
The subtle emotion felt from Hand was felt clearly by them.
They were sending killing intent that went beyond hostility.
Like mad dogs that would charge the moment the reins they held were released.
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Naturally.
They must have heard the words conveyed to Blancaros too, so how arrogant must Ferda be?
Ẇ ě b̂_n̈ о̇v ê l̊ Е̂n̂ u_m̌ ӓ
But he didn't care about such things.
Ferda's gaze decided to focus only on Blancaros.
"Show proper etiquette, Regent."
Blancaros's Tongue spoke thus.
However, Ferda did not lower his head.
"Enough."
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Blancaros gave a low command to his subordinates.
The killing intent vanished as if to show off.
"You all withdraw. This conversation will proceed between just the Regent and me."
"As you command."
All three Spawns vacated their positions, and the place changed into one for the two people.
Blancaros quietly looked up at Ferda.
Ě ñ u m a.. і̃ d̊
"I've already heard what happened."
"......."
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"I express my condolences for your father's death."
Ferda couldn't even bring out empty words of thanks and just stared at him quietly.
"5 hours ago... Gokma visited the place those demons swept through."
"......Is that so."
Е nu m ǎ. і́_d̂
"He came and blathered on about something. And... he confessed one fact to me."
"You mean he underwent a second Ascension Ritual with my blood. So you want to discuss conscience."
Blancaros gestured to the seat opposite and spoke.
"First, take a seat, Regent. The story seems like it'll be long, so shouldn't we at least be in positions where we can look at each other comfortably?"
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As if it had always been there, a chair appeared in that spot.
Since the dragon called the Continent's Immortal spoke thus about position, Ferda had no choice but to quietly sit in the seat he offered.
Е nũ m а̇
Ferda sat in the seat.
His butt was comfortable, but his heart/mind was the same.
"As you said, Gokma inherited my blood and underwent the Ascension Ritual."
"Is that possible?"
"It's not impossible. However, from the moment one inherits one person's blood, there's no reason to inherit another's blood, so they don't do it. Like how one cannot serve two fathers and mothers under the sky."
"Why did you help that bastard become one?"
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Ordinary Dragon Spawns don't wish for it, and Dragons wouldn't tolerate such bat-like behavior either.
It was an affair that could only be interpreted as Blancaros having deep ambition.
"The biggest reason is to drive the demons out of this land."
"Don't you think it's contradictory even as you say it yourself?"
"Seen one-sidedly, it would be that way. But think about it."
Blancaros explained confidently.
Е̃ n̂ ŭ.m̌a.іd
"Gokma is loyal to Godwin, and I'm a body that has no interest in anything but my own Spawns. It's a comfortable position where we ignore each other. Of course, that guy Gokma might become stronger through my blood, but he could also become a shackle. Then there'd be no need to deliberately inherit my blood, right?"
"......."
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"The reason he underwent the second Ascension Ritual was not to gain power but with a stronger intention to prove something to me, I'd like to say."
Listening to Blancaros's words and thinking about it, he wasn't saying anything wrong.
A Dragon Spawn is that Dragon's child and servant.
They're not like part-time mercenaries who can stand on this side today and that side tomorrow.
Е n u m а
If a day comes when they must choose one of the two, they become a mass of contradictions where they must commit suicide.
Gokma is not a stupid demon.
There's no way he wouldn't have kept in mind the day he'd fall into such a contradiction.
Blancaros called Order, and Godwin called Chaos.
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It means those two have a commonality.
A commonality only Dragons know.
É núṁа_. ĭ d̊
"What contract did you make?"
Blancaros answered calmly.
"Death."
"Gokma's death?"
"No, naturally me. My death."
His own death.
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It was a story far removed from an Immortal who has lived for eternity.
Blancaros, examining Ferda's expression, asked.
"Regent, what do you think humans fear the most?"
"As you say, it's death."
"If alive, everyone fears that end. We're no different in that. But do you know what's even scarier than that?"
"I don't know."
Ẅ ĕ b nӧ v̇ еl Е n um а
Because I'm not a Dragon.
"It's continuing to live powerlessly. A life where when the time comes, you just breathe in and out repeatedly. That's why our greatest fear was Godwin."
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Godwin.
Once an evil of Chaos that absolutely could not be stopped, an existence that in the end all Dragons tried to compromise with.
"Your throat must be getting parched. I can make you something to drink."
"I'll decline."
W̄ ě b nо̌ vёľ Е n̂ uḿ ā
It was true his throat was burning dry, but the habit of not touching food others give instinctively refused.
Blancaros didn't urge further either.
"Do you know what kind of man Godwin was?"
"A heinous murderer. Is more needed than that?"
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"He was a kind neighbor."
Kind neighbor.
Еn̊ u̇ m̄ a_.і ḋ
It wasn't a nickname a calamity of the continent should have.
"Before Godwin became our fear, he was a very kind man. He didn't spare kindness to anyone. Even to humans. So he was treated as an eccentric. A Dragon using honorifics to humans? They shuddered and even mocked him. They didn't hesitate to look down on him as the weakest among them."
"To that extent?"
"He hated fighting that much. When someone picked a fight, he always had the knack for avoiding it. Even when that Storeus came intending to fight, he was probably the only one who could make him leave satisfied without fighting."
Having seen the belligerent Storeus's appearance, the sight of him leaving satisfied doesn't come to mind.
"Such a man suddenly declared he would destroy everything. After that, the kind Godwin everyone knew was already gone."
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His eyes changed.
As he drew out that day's memory, emotion subtly revealed itself.
"It was overwhelming, as if all the words we spat out were ignored because they were meaningless."
Dragons stand at the apex of all living beings.
So naturally they couldn't help but become arrogant.
Godwin must have pierced the gap in that arrogance.
Ẇе́ bno̊ v el̊ Е ǹ ū ḿ а̄
"Even the belligerent Storeus, the wise Iorga, and even me, all of us joining forces wasn't enough."
This too was a well-known episode.
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"He said: I will bring the Dragons' Twilight, so now let's face the end."
Twilight.
It was a bomb-like statement Mesabosk threw when the Dragons were gathered.
Dragon Spawns didn't understand, but Dragons understood immediately.
Ěnum̃ а
Because Godwin was the one who first brought up those words.
Ferda pieced together and summarized the words he spoke.
"That Twilight... was it not death but a powerless life?"
"A time of Chaos with no sun or moon, where order cannot be grasped. That brief moment continues eternally. How terrible would that be?"
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"I don't know."
"We know well. Because we've fought to break that Chaos."
Е̌n um̄á. і̊ d
"So you deceived the continent in the name of the Continent's Mediator?"
Ferda spat out anger.
"Were you trying to say this White House was a place where powerholders deceived for 150 years?"
"......."
"Promise death? Then why not just kill yourself? No matter how eloquently you speak, in my eyes you're just a coward. A coward without even the courage to commit suicide."
"That's correct. It can't help but look that way."
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Despite the rudeness born of emotion, Blancaros didn't get angry.
He just focused on making Ferda in front of him understand.
"Do you think you'll stand at death's edge and remain noble until the end? That's not it. Dying is an ugly thing. It's going to the moment where everything becomes equal. We were beings who could take everything while alive. For such a being to die is to fall to the deepest place. Can you accept such a fall?"
No.
The Heinkel King was like that, and so was he himself.
Not wanting to return to his weak self, he made even more enemies, and not wanting to die to those enemies, he entrusted his body to madness.
W̌ӗ b n о̇ vë l Е̂n̈ u̇m ӑ
Wanting to become strong was ultimately just Ferda's struggle because he wanted to live.
"Even when flesh sags, teeth fall out, and not even the strength to walk remains, the instinct is to expand one's chest to breathe just one more time."
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Such ugly humans are a dime a dozen in this world.
Is that why?
Suddenly Ferda recalled that day.
Valdrova, who even at the end while pouring out malice and cursing, dug into her own chest and gave her heart.
Ê n u̇ m̀ a
She must have wanted to live too.
What she wanted was just a trivial life far from ambition.
The world and abilities that constituted her did not permit such a life.
That pain now digs into Ferda's chest again.
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"My conscience now wishes for a conclusion, and I agreed. Since Mesabosk declared war, the coin has been tossed."
"Does that decide whether the demons will be destroyed or not?"
W е̃ b̄_n̈ o v ē ĺ Е́ nü m̄ ã
"No. Regardless of that, the demons will perish. That's why it's a conclusion."
In the war brought about by Mesabosk's declaration this time, the demons will definitely die.
It meant eliminating the possibility that the things that tormented Valdrova would spread plague across the continent any longer.
It's good news.
If not for the current situation, it would have been fully so.
There is no world that ends with fairy-tale phrases like "they lived happily ever after."
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What scheme does Gokma have to do such a thing?
What is the ultimate goal that would make Chaos and Order join hands?
His head was complicated.
His brain, overloaded by overwhelming anger, refuses to turn.
"Regent Ferda."
He calls Ferda.
Ẁ_е̌ bnо v̂е l̀ Ӗ ń u m а̊
"Grant me just one request."
"Do you think there's something I can do for you in this situation?"
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"It's nothing grand. I'm just going to ask a question. If you don't want to answer, silence is fine too."
"I'll answer depending on the question."
At the voice that seemed to have even put down his pride, Ferda replied as if to say "go ahead and blather."
"Valdrova... is she doing well?"
Е̃nuḿ а̄ ..і d̂.
A Dragon who joined hands with filthy demons.
An emotion of longing that surpassed the disgust coming from the word with modifiers stuck all over it was felt.
Ferda answered calmly.
"At least she no longer feels loneliness."
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"Is that so."
The white man who hadn't moved a muscle was savoring bitterness.
Е̄ n u m а. і̃ ď_
"Valdrova, do you truly love our King?"
"Yes."
"Even if that ultimately meets a bad ending?"
What trick is he trying to pull?
Just as he thought to stop answering at this point, seeing his eyes, he couldn't bring himself to ignore it.
Blancaros's gaze wasn't pressuring or coercing him.
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His eyes looked as if he had seen the future.
That's why Ferda was scared.
Did he see a future that won't happen now, or is he seeing his own future right now?
Ferda didn't ask.
The answer was decided anyway.
"Even so, I will love her."
Е̇ńu.m ǎ
No matter what that end is, walking that path was important.
"I'll do my best to stop Mesabosk and also prevent the Dragons' Twilight."
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The Q&A ended there.
Blancaros extended his finger behind Ferda.
Then a Gate opened behind him.
It was a Gate showing Hestia Village.
E n ů m̄ а̇ . і̌ d
"Go back now. And see that end."
Ferda rose from his seat and bowed his head.
He bestowed an uncommon favor and sent Ferda out.
Now only he remained in the narrow office.
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"Mesabosk is......"
In the office where no one listened, he muttered.
Е n̄u.mӓ. ї d̂
"She absolutely cannot become the Twilight."
Blancaros knew.
It was a future known only to him since the time he was appointed as the Lord of Order and Birth.
Only one can become the Twilight.
Only one can end the Twilight.
Light and darkness, moon and sun.
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A pair that exists but cannot look at each other.
That is why Blancaros sent Ferda away.
