666 – Whales Are Flying – 5
The amazing Seosun first drags people in and then tells them why they dragged them in. If someone else does it, it’s an atrocity that wouldn’t be strange even if someone slaps you on the spot, but if Hyeong Hyeon-gong does it, a miracle that everyone expects will happen.
Hyeon Hyeong-gong is a person who should not be understood with the valuesand common sense of ordinary people. Even if the order is changed, it doesn’t cause any problems.
In fact, the Golden Duke, who went on a mysterious journey from the Boyar Duchy to the Chenes Duchy, and from the Chenes Duchy to Leviathan, resolutely kept his silence his,
“Hoo.”
Rather than anger at being belatedly explaining the situation, he showed willingness to accept Leviathan’s existence.
As expected, he is a human being who is strictly concerned with his interests. Hearing the reason belatedly didn’t cause any harm to the Golden Duke, but wasn’t it a clear benefit for the rare relic called Leviathan to show favor to the Ossiden family? The Golden Ball focuses on the latter.
“Indeed. “My ancestors truly did great things.”
– That’s right, descendant of Osiden! Your ancestor was a great vassal who helped the Roygas royal family and led Trika to prosperity!
Leviathan’s loud voice was full of joy and goodwill that could not be hidden.
– I thought that since this body had been asleep for 2,000 years, I would no longer see any traces of Trika. However, those who awakened me brought the descendants of Oshiden, so this must indeed be the ‘time’ that the Roygas royal family spoke of!
At the same time as he said those words, Leviathan’s body trembled.
Although the situation was no different from an earthquake, it was a bit surprising because the earthquake did not crack the ground or collapse the buildings. Is there any earthquake in the world that is safer than this?
– There is no royal family to serve with loyalty, but there remain close friends to respect due to the treaty! This Leviathan, according to the promise made 2,000 years ago, I will become a close friend of your Oshiden family!
“Hey, I’ll find out first…”
– Of course, today’s meeting was possible because you found this body and woke me up. From today, I will consider you as my close friends!”
“Wow! Thank you!”
In response to Hyeonjong-gong’s grumbles, Leviathan willingly gave Leviathan free tickets to Hyeonjong-gong and me.
I was concerned that it was too much of an impromptu decision, but I could understand it because I thought it was a situation where I could make up for the loss of my country at least a little. For Leviathan, it must have felt like finding light in the abyss.
“This is so unexpected. I’m shocked.”
The golden ball, who suddenly became Leviathan’s friend, laughed and put a cigar in his mouth.
Yet, the Golden Ball’s eyes remained solemn. As if calculating the usefulness and utility of Leviathan.
“Did you say Leviathan?”
– Yes, my friend. This body is Leviathan, the Lord of the Sea.
“I heard that you fell asleep at the command of the Roygas royal family. Can you explain the reason?”
Leviathan remained silent for a moment in response to the Golden Ball’s direct question.
– …Indeed. It seems that records about us have been completely erased from the world, to the extent that not even Osiden’s descendants are aware of it.
Eventually, instead of the joy that had been there before, deep bitterness and sadness resounded.
– Good night. If we have been erased from the world, all we have to do is write our names in the world again. I’ll explain everything.
“Thanks for the favor, friend.”
After the answer of the golden ball, who instantly became a friend of the whale he had never seen before, Leviathan’s explanation began.
– We have become bigger than the Roygas royal family expected.
“Hmm?”
“Huh?”
– According to the original plan, we should have been about 20% of our current size. However, Trica’s scholars and engineers who created us were extremely talented, and we grew far beyond previous expectations.
And I couldn’t open my mouth to say those words that made me feel a subtle sense of pride.
So, to put it bluntly:
‘I raised it because I thought it was a small dog, but I abandoned it because it was a large dog.’
It’s a story that would make Leviathan go wild if he heard it, but as a third party, I couldn’t erase that impression.
Of course, Leviathan was not abandoned but rather asleep, so it cannot be called abandonment. But falling asleep, throwing it away, or cleaning it up because you can’t handle it are all the same. At least it can be said that it was Trika’s conscience that he did not kill her.
“So then. Are you saying that it will become bigger than it is now in the future?”
The golden ball suddenly downgraded his title from friend to you, but Leviathan continued speaking as if he did not notice.
– That’s not it. The reason we went to sleep was because we wanted to pass the growth period without any nutrition. Since we have been empty stomachs for 2,000 years, not just a few hundred years, there is no need for us to grow anymore.
“I’m glad. It would have been a little scary if my friend grew bigger here.”
The title “Friend” Has returned again.
…
‘Nutrition?’
“Hey! Rabbia! Are you going to buy it!?”
At the same time that I felt a sense of discomfort from Leviathan’s words, Duke Hyeonjae also opened his mouth.
It’s a valid question. Now that I think about it, Leviathan is also a living creature and he needs to eat to survive. But how much do you have to eat to maintain that size?
If they eat a specific fish, the fish will dry up, and if they eat plankton like other whales, the whales in this sea may starve to death.
– We live off nature’s mana, or divine power. I eat ordinary food, but that’s not very efficient.
“Ma-na?”
-Yes. Didn’t your magic break through more easily than usual? That’s because I’m absorbing the mana around here.
After hearing that, I remembered the defensive magic that was shattered by Leviathan’s head.
Somehow, it was strange that the magic of the duke’s guard wizards was pierced just by water. I guess it was because the magic itself was weakened.
– Do you have any more questions?
“I don’t have one. To put it bluntly, I’m worried that my dear friend will feel comfortable staying in the sea off the boyars.”
-There is no need to worry about that. This body was the king of all seas, and I had been to the seas off the Oshiden family several times before falling asleep. It was a warm and nice place.
The Golden Duke nodded in response and looked at Hyeongyeong. The look was that if there was anything more to say, say it now.
“If you use more, let’s go to Jibro! Dance Kesok Badapparammajni!”
However, upon seeing the Golden Duke’s gaze, Hyeonjeong-gong suggested that he should go back.
In fact, there are many more questions to ask. Who exactly are the ‘we’ that Leviathan spoke of, where are they, if so, what are their tendencies, and finally, how were the three entities, including Leviathan, created? The things that come to mind right now are hard to count on one hand.
But asking now is a waste of time. Leviathan had intelligence and emotions, and when the imperial family fell, he also had the autonomy to make descendants of other families his friends. Digging for information as if interrogating such a target may only arouse animosity.
It would be better to open Leviathan’s mind little by little based on the goodwill gained today. Then someday we will get the information we want.
‘There are many beings who can answer anyway.’
Moreover, there are many immortals around me who remember the days of the Trika Empire. In any case, you can ask a god, a spirit king, or a dragon, not Leviathan.
– It is a happy day when I meet precious people and close friends from the past. This body will especially guide you to the land.
“Oooh! Thank you!”
“Roading across the sea on the Lord of the Seas. This is such a joy.”
Meanwhile, the two dukes accepted Leviathan’s proposal without hesitation.
Not only Golden Gong, who became a close friend of Leviathan, but also Hyun Hyeong-gong, who obtained free access, hopes that Leviathan’s existence will spread widely. If they knew that such an enormous being had a friendly relationship with the two dukes, the positions of Duke Hyeonjae and Duke Golden would rapidly expand.
– Then hold on tight.
And then the calm body of Leviathan suddenly shook, and the fin that had been submerged in the sea rose to the surface.
Weird. Why do you remove your fins when swimming? Can this huge body be moved with just the power of the tail…?
“No, you’re crazy.”
My mouth naturally opened at the sight that followed.
“Wow, wow! It’s so crazy!”
I couldn’t come to my senses even with Hyun Hyeong-gong’s cheers coming from next to me.
Leviathan flew. Instead of using fins to navigate the sea, they swam in the sky.
“It’s so cool! Gore is so crazy!?”
– Humans also live on land, but aren’t there times when they swim? I am similar to that.
I burst out laughing at the voice of Leviathan, who spoke as if it was a natural thing.
No, is it right to put swimming and flying on the same level? Besides, if you’re the king of the sea, shouldn’t you roam the sea, not the sky?
‘If a whale flies, what becomes a bird?’
Suddenly, the picture I saw on Leviathan’s back came to mind.
It was clearly a picture of birds, cows, and whales, but the whale invaded the sky that should have been the bird’s domain. How can a bird live because it is so sad?
“Flying whale, flying island…”
In this confusion, the Golden Ball touched his chin and muttered something.
The person who should be the happiest is the quietest, which makes it even scarier.
***
Following the orders of His Majesty the King, he set sail for the southern seas.
The goal is to subdue sea monsters that threaten Zereno’s subjects and disrupt shipping routes. For that cause, he willingly set sail and sailed the seas.
Although some merchant ships were stranded in the process, this was an unavoidable decision for the safety of the sea route. Insulting this is just the mind of a man blinded by immediate gains.
While thinking so and carefully examining the route,
“Adjutant.”
“Yes… Admiral.”
“Is it possible that the admiral’s eyes were wrong?”
“I see the same thing as the Admiral.”
A scene unfolded that left you unable to believe your eyes.
A huge whale. A whale dozens or hundreds of times larger than the whales roaming the sea was flying in from the northwest.
And with the flag of the Kpelopen Empire and the flag of the Duke of Ossiden planted all over his back.
‘What is this?’
Confusing. At the same time, I don’t know which of these bizarre sights I should find fault with.
A whale almost the size of an island appears? Whales flying in the sky? The imperial flag appeared without permission in the territorial waters of the Zereno Kingdom?
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Going crazy. What should be the issue and how should I protest?
“…Adjutant!”
Still, my worries were short-lived. As an admiral of Zereno, I cannot sit idly by and watch something belonging to the empire enter Zereno’s territorial waters.
“Yes, Admiral!”
“Officially protest against the Duke of Oshiden! No matter how much it is a whale, it is wearing the flag of the empire and the dukedom! Among the ships allowed by our country to enter its territorial waters, there is no such thing as a whale!”
“I’ll deliver it right away!”
And a few hours later, the reply that came back from the Duke of Oshiden was short and concise.
[ The Duke of Oshiden’s close friend is not in Zereno’s territory or territorial waters, but is flying in the sky that is open to everyone on the continent. It was judged that there was no need to seek the understanding of the Zereno Kingdom. ]
It was a very fucking answer.