157 – Lucky (1)
The audience immediately froze at Karasu’s truly psychotic words.
No matter how severe his younger brother’s masculinity is, he wants to punish him accordingly, but he beats him with a bottle of alcohol.
Aside from what Ellie was looking forward to, the fact that she said something like that gave us an idea of Karasu’s personality.
“Ho…Hoho. You joke too harshly, brother.”
“May I ask when I made a joke, Diana?”
“I had no idea this wonderful gentleman had a lover. Let me apologize in advance.”
Diana lowered her head with a hint of urgency. She is the apple she offers to Ellie.
She bowed her head to Ellie, who was a princess but was only a commoner. This probably means that Karas is scary.
In fact, Karas is a person who keeps almost everything he says. I rarely saw him lie.
‘I guess he didn’t feel the need to lie.’
If I am free from various situations because I am a wild person, then he is infinitely free because he is in a position equivalent to the highest authority.
The reason the other younger siblings can’t keep quiet about him is because he has at least one fatal weakness.
Karas and his younger brothers helped him become the heir to the throne, so he can just leave them be, and he won’t like it.
“I’ve apologized, so it’s okay now. Give me the bottle back.”
“Here.”
“Hmm. It’s definitely heavy and looks quite painful.”
Karas tapped his head with an empty liquor bottle and said. It seems that the incident just now occurred where the prince’s head was broken.
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Afterwards, Diana left in a hurry, and Karas was also about to leave.
“Ah. Can I take you with me for a moment? I have something else I want to talk about.”
“Huh? What do you mean…”
“It’s no big deal. I was just curious about the opinion of someone from the wild.”
“It doesn’t matter, but…”
Grace said that and looked at me. It is an unspoken sign that my opinion is the most important.
I don’t like being alone with Karas. Karasu doesn’t have any regrets just because I reject him.
But maybe it’s because of the alcohol involved. Or maybe it’s because I just saw the words and actions of a truly psychopathic person.
I became a little curious. What kind of nonsense will this person spout?
The fact that I was drunk and couldn’t make sound decisions also played a role.
“I’ll go.”
“Really?”
“Yes. It’s okay.”
“Shivar. You may be okay, but we are not okay.”
Luna spoke clearly. It looks like he was worried that I might make a mistake.
It may have seemed a bit harsh, but it was just a fact, so I just pouted. I’m not going to hit Karas because I’m crazy.
“hahahaha. You don’t have to worry. Even if this guy hits me on the head, I’ll get over it.”
“······Please don’t say such scary things, even if it’s just a joke.”
“I’m not kidding. Anyway, I’ll take you with me for a bit. Is there anyone who can go with you?”
“Me!”
Ellie raised her hands and shouted loudly. Although other people are busy paying attention, I am alone and very bright.
Karasu seemed to like her as well, nodding her head and willingly accepting it.
“Now that I think about it, you’re also a commoner. I guess it’s okay if I tell you what I want to achieve. Is there anyone you’d like to join?”
“······I decline.”
“Me too.”
Luna and Grace declined. Luna looks anxious, and Grace looks reluctant.
Luna may not know, but judging by Grace’s reaction, she seems to be predicting what the story will be.
Just as I was about to leave, Grace grabbed my shoulder and whispered softly.
“If possible, listen with one ear to what he is saying. It will still be quite difficult for Mr. Shivar to understand.”
“Yes.”
Only after listening to Grace’s advice did I roughly understand what she was talking about.
On the day before the banquet, Kara said directly, the main reason why Karas is evaluated as a fool.
I followed Karas with Ellie and looked around her. Suddenly, a familiar face caught my eye.
‘Kara… Looks like she’s having a hard time.’
One of the biggest draws at the freshman banquet is Kara. Numerous people surround her.
While some people were attracted to her unique appearance and beautiful body, there were also some who were dazzled by her innate charisma.
The reason I can say this is because there were a lot of women as well as men. It will definitely be popular regardless of gender.
‘Wasn’t there an event that originally made Kara angry?’
My memory is a little blurry, perhaps because of the alcohol. During the freshman banquet, there was an event related to Kara.
I’m not sure who it is, but this is an event where Kara is taunted by calling her a barbarian, and Kara gets caught up in it.
If she doesn’t stop Kara, she’ll slam her fist into that person. But now they are having a surprisingly normal conversation.
‘Ah. Right. The person who provoked was the prince.’
I remembered. The person provoking it is none other than the prince.
She told Kara that if she became her concubine, she would establish friendly relations with the Tatars.
Naturally, the remark was insulting to her both as a warrior and as a woman, so she received a harsh education.
‘This is what happens.’
Anyway, I’m glad that one of the bastards disappeared. Everyone just needs to be happy.
I turned her attention away from Kara, who was busy talking. It seemed like it would take a while for her to share her words.
Moreover, now is the time to share Karas and her words. Unfortunately, I think Kara will have to postpone it until later.
“I guess this will do.”
I eventually followed Karas and arrived at the terrace on the second floor of the main auditorium. I wondered if there was a place like this in the main auditorium.
There were few people and the quiet was perfect for conversation. Even those people were busy talking to each other.
“Ah. Oh my.”
I was looking up at the sky that was slowly starting to get dark. Karas’s sorrowful voice reached her ears.
When she turned her head, Karas was holding a cigar in her mouth. But even though she had matches, she had nothing to rub against.
After seeing that, I held out my hand without saying a word. It was a gesture asking me to hand over the matches.
“Hmm? Are you also interested in smoking?”
“Shivar. Smoking is bad.”
Karas is surprised and Ellie is urging him with a stern expression. But I’m not interested in cigarettes.
Even when I lived on Earth, I was far from smoking. He barely even drank alcohol.
“No. Match.”
“Match?”
“Yes.”
When Karasu asked for her matches, he was puzzled but gave her matches. The floor is smooth so there is almost no friction.
Taaak!
So she snapped her fingers and started a fire. All you need is heat from friction.
When I started a fire with the snap of her fingers, Karas opened her eyes wide and then burst into laughter.
“I’ve been through all kinds of situations in my life, but this is my first time.”
Karas said and received the matches. Then he lit a cigar.
He roughly extinguished the remaining matches and put them in his pocket. He seemed to be the type of person who didn’t carelessly throw away trash on the floor.
“Okay. How much did we talk about?”
“You didn’t do anything.”
“Is that so?”
There are some things that are a bit goofy. Karas took a deep drag on her cigar and then exhaled a long breath.
Her haze began to bloom from every corner of her body, and a noxious smell entered her nose. She naturally couldn’t help but frown.
“Smell.”
“Isn’t it fragrant?”
“Wow.”
“hahahahaha.”
Even though I openly hated it, Karas just laughed it off. She eventually had no choice but to fall slightly.
Ellie also walked backwards alongside me, probably because she didn’t like the smell of cigarettes. Anyway, Karas just smoked her cigar.
“Shivar. You shouldn’t be interested in cigarettes, understand?”
“Yes. I don’t like cigarettes.”
“I don’t know why I hate this good thing.”
After that, Karas sucked on her cigar a few times before quietly putting it out. The rest of her cigar went back into her pocket.
When the cloudy smoke from the cigar disappeared, Karas looked at us and opened her mouth.
“Before I speak, have you ever heard any rumors about me? I don’t mind if they are very explicit.”
“A idiot?”
“······Shivar. Bad words.”
When I spoke out loud, Ellie quietly urged me next to her. Again, she urged rather than surprised.
Even though she described the crown prince as a fool, she focused on the fact that she used bad words.
What’s even more absurd here is that Karas also nodded her head in the affirmative. Her response is that she doesn’t really care.
“I know very well. Then do you know what my creed is?”
“Freedom?”
“That’s true, too. But to be more precise, it’s this: When people lose their freedom, their true colors come out.”
This is something a dictator in a space game would say. That person even massacred billions of people.
If the crown prince were a dictator equivalent to him, it would be a problem, but strangely enough, that is not the case. I remember this clearly.
“I also once lost my freedom. I lived a life that was almost like a barbarian. I was imprisoned by my brother and couldn’t eat properly, and I couldn’t sleep well because of the threat of assassination. It was a time when I was afraid every day that I would die. .”
“··· ···”
That’s the same for me too. It was just like that when I was in the forest.
It was common for people to starve because they could not find proper food, and even if they could get it, they had to risk their lives.
Good sleep? I couldn’t even dream of that. Maybe it’s because of my wild instincts, but I wake up immediately when I hear any sound.
“That’s when I realized. If a person can’t eat or sleep, he or she is nothing more than an animal. Whether he or she is a crown prince, a prince, a nobleman, or a commoner, they are all the same. If they are deprived of their freedom, they are all the same beasts.”
“Are you talking about Sivar?”
I carefully asked Ellie if she had similar thoughts as me. All she had to do was listen and she was explaining me exactly.
However, Karas denied it by shaking his head. This means that this story is not limited to just me.
“It’s the opposite. Did you say Shivar? That person can be seen as a truly free person. If you want to eat, eat, if you want to sleep, sleep, and if you want to act, act. How free is this?”
“And so does the Crown Prince…”
“I had to gain power for that. So that no one could interfere with my affairs.”
Even those in power are not completely free. The moment you lose power, you become distant from abundance.
“You were a commoner, right? What do you think freedom is?”
“Well…As you said earlier, eat well, buy well, and do what you want.”
“Simple but accurate. What if you lose your freedom?”
“If you can’t eat or live, you will be oppressed.”
“That’s also accurate. Then what would you do to gain freedom in that situation?”
Ellie tilted her head. She looks like she hasn’t thought about it that far yet.
Usually, when faced with such a situation, it is usually divided into two types. Either lose your life or get looted.
Humans have been like that since ancient times. It’s a shame that there is a huge fence called civilization, but in the end, humans are the same beasts without civilization.
“I don’t know yet. I’ve never lost my freedom. I also want to take away the people’s freedom and make them realize its value. But I thought that was too harsh, so I scrapped it.”
That is the crucial reason why Karas is far from a tyrant. At least her mental head is stuck straight.
The problem is that there are screws loose here and there. This is truly a strange way of thinking.
“After much deliberation, there is one method that has emerged. That is to create a country where all people can achieve freedom on their own.”
“I don’t know.”
“To put it simply, you get rewarded according to your efforts.”
“Isn’t it still the same now?”
“After all, you’re a commoner, so you don’t know anything.”
It was a remark imbued with the ideology of the chosen people, but Karas is the crown prince. It is not strange to make such a statement.
Furthermore, the point is that even though the ideology of the chosen people is embedded, it is not arrogant. He never humbles the common people.
“Achieving freedom means that if you work hard, you can rise to a higher place. Just as my brothers and I worked together to restore our country, commoners can also work together to drive out nobles and kings. “
“Um…”
“Of course, most of those situations are about losing freedom. You might think, why bother if you can eat well, live well, and do what you want?”
“It seems like something is mixed up…?”
Even for Ellie, who is smart, Karas’s thoughts seem difficult to understand. Actually, so do I.
However, if you look closely, it is a somewhat dangerous and romantic idea. Providing freedom to all, but the right to achieve freedom.
It may seem reminiscent of the Wild West era, but it is not. The rule of law will be put into operation as we belong to the fence of civilization.
“We offer freedom, but we must take responsibility for it. However, we will never forgive taking away someone else’s freedom for no reason.”
If it is difficult to understand, it can be explained with the nicknames given to him by users.
“We suppress human nature, which is no different from an animal, with the fruit of freedom, and create a stronger and more solid ideal.”
Communists who realized their ideals or.
“For that to happen, an ‘iron man’ who can never be destroyed must exist at the top.”
Lucky Stalin.
Hitler incarnate