575 – Karma (2)
Several days passed after receiving a declaration of war from Geist, which was not a declaration of war.
In a matter of days, just everyday life went by. With the Zenon Festival just around the corner, I had to help my father with his work.
In between, I received warm and sweet care from my girlfriends, played with Ariel and Lily, and played Go with Grandpa Clark.
Oh, I thought of it because I was playing Go, but recently Grandpa Clark started playing Go with Kate. Like a test of patience or something.
From my point of view, since a newbie appeared, it seems that he was somehow tricked. Still, baduk is good for cultivating patience and sophistication, so it doesn’t matter.
In addition, we checked which of the key figures from each country had come. I roughly expected who would come, but an unexpected person attended.
“Father. I heard there are people from Starbirk?”
“what?”
My father was shocked when he heard me while he was doing paperwork. It’s hard to see my father so surprised.
With that thought in mind, I handed over the documents, and my father looked over the contents with a slight frown.
Eventually, he clicked his tongue and opened his mouth in a troublesome tone.
“You should think that something has come. They are the ones who came even when you revealed your identity. Instead, you should be careful not to engage in political activities.”
“It must be stopped.”
The moment a certain festival is overlaid with political intentions, the festival completely loses its essence. Festivals are a culture that everyone enjoys without any hostility.
Of course, there are artists who send a political message through Zeno’s biography and ‘satire’ using blood and steel.
But that’s acceptable. It is possible only for works, and you don’t have to openly protest.
Besides, people from Starbirk will come to me after enjoying the festival.
I remembered the Stabirk I met at the time of the identity disclosure and asked my father.
“What do you think of the people of Stavirk, father?”
“To be honest, I’m not really interested in it. But it would be nice if I could become independent in a noisy bar like this. Compared to other areas, I have a sense of distance from the beginning.”
“But I don’t think it will be easy to give up just because of the location.”
My father nodded as if he agreed with what I was saying. As I said before, Starbirk has a similar terrain to the Korean peninsula.
There are far more spaces to access the sea than anywhere else, and the distance to Ters Kingdom across the sea is quite close.
Also, since you can go to Albenheim not by land but by sea, it has high geopolitical value. Even the land is wider than the Korean peninsula.
In fact, if you look at history, Starbirk is a place that has been invaded as often as the Korean Peninsula. Whatever I did, I was invaded from above and below.
Being incorporated into the Human Alliance during the Tribal War was due to the genius diplomacy of the leader of the Human Alliance at the time.
However, as time passed and the link weakened, the will to independence began to burn little by little.
“It would be better to meet with Starbirk personnel separately and warn them. Everything else is good, but tell them not to engage in an independent movement outside of their work. The moment they tell you, your image will only get worse.”
“Okay. Is there anything I can do to help?”
“Nothing. I’m just ordering the knights to deliver my words. Do you have anything else?”
“If it’s something else…”
Among the dignitaries who officially expressed their intention to participate, I thought of a person I was particularly concerned about.
That is the participation of the Ters royal family. The nobles of Terse Kingdom did not know, but they did not know that the royal family would participate.
The Kingdom of Terse, where Frederick, who was the original king, was demoted to a state secretary because of being in trouble with me, and Queen Maria began to rule.
Fortunately, Queen Maria was also good at governing, so the chaos was quickly settled and a period of stability was entered.
‘The participants are all except the queen couple…’
The rest are Laos, Hiriya, and finally Lara. The number of people at the time of the first festival.
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Lara, the last conscience of Terse Kingdom, was okay, but the other two were bothered.
The Crown Prince of Laos was a person who did not apologize until the end, and Hiriya became a dead man.
We’ll have to see how it turns out, but it won’t be the same as before.
“I’m a little worried about the Kingdom of Terras, but it’s okay.”
“It’s the Kingdom of Terse… I understand. Only they have to be careful.”
smart tock-
Then a knock was heard at the door. My father and I raised our heads as soon as we heard the knock.
I have been told not to knock as much as possible unless it is a dizzying issue. Still, if you knock, it looks like something is going on.
[Baron Hawk. The guests you mentioned have arrived.]
It is Adelia’s voice. As soon as I heard her words, I looked at my father.
My father had listened beforehand, so he responded with a nod instead.
After my father’s permission, I got up without delay and walked toward the door.
rattle-
“You said they arrived?”
“Yes. You should have been inside the mansion by now.”
While talking with Adelia, I strode toward the central entrance on the first floor of the mansion.
We greeted each and every person we met in the hallway and talked about the people we would meet in the future.
“Isn’t there anything unusual?”
“Except for the shuddering as if you were about to collapse at any moment? He asked me countless times if it was really right for me to meet you.”
“That’s very burdensome. Even getting through the escort and getting an autograph.”
“Ah. And again…”
Adelia spoke as if she had something to say, then paused and glanced at me.
There is nothing more tantalizing than stopping in the middle of a conversation. I urged with a look on my face to tell me.
However, she laughed and soon left only puzzling words.
“No. You’d better see this for yourself.”
“What is it?”
“I think it’s one of the things you did?”
I don’t even know what the story is about. Even when I asked her, Adelia only repeated that she would know when she met her.
And I was able to realize that meaning as soon as I arrived at the entrance on the first floor.
“······That’s right?”
“That’s right.”
“The person who risked his life to get my autograph a year ago?”
“yes.”
Roy, the winner of the Demon Worshipers subjugation event and an adventurer who got a signed copy from me.
Thanks to the tremendous performance during the event, not only the name but also the face has been sold.
I know you participated in Jin’s funeral event as well.
“What kind of muscular Hitler is there?”
But why did he become Hitler? That’s Hitler with a lot of muscles.
Aside from the mustache, the overall appearance resembled Hitler. It wouldn’t be easy either.
Just as I was dumbfounded, the muscular Hitler who spotted me lit up.
Same goes for the short-haired woman next to her. She also opened her eyes and looked at me.
“Z-Zenon-sama! Hail…!”
“Stop it! You bastard! You really shouldn’t be doing that!”
Thank you so much for stopping anyone.
*****
The Zenon Festival is about to break out. Even though the festival hadn’t even started in earnest yet, the Myshal estate was filled with people.
Food vendors smiled happily at the hot selling food, and the inn also provided the best service and encouraged tourists to rest.
A festival that only exists once a year. And the festival with the greatest recognition and popularity in the world.
World masters to show their works, artists with dreams to take their first steps, and artists who have become rotten to spread their philosophies.
This festival, which blends various purposes but has the same essence, is arranged by the gods and is very safe.
But not everyone was happy. As many people, especially the tribes, come together, all sorts of incidents and accidents happen.
Someone who discriminated against demons at a tavern became bloody, attacked a beastman unknowingly and got bitten by his teeth, called an elf a dwarf, etc.
In this case, God’s judgment was immediately followed, so the cleanup was very neat, but it was very difficult to prevent the accident itself.
So the guards in charge of public order are having a hard time. To the extent that it was directly supported by the Minerva Empire.
And there was a place that suffered enough to be compared to this police force.
“Why can’t I get through! Here’s your ID card!”
“We need to search inside the body, not ID. So please take off those clothes.”
“This is nonsense! How dare you touch this clothes? This uniform made by artisans painstakingly?
It’s a checkpoint. The knight in charge of the checkpoint sighed at the screaming passerby.
again A person who speaks nonsensical words. The knight looked at the person in front of him with a tired expression.
The attire of passers-by could be said to be rather peculiar. It was like a slightly modified uniform, and it reminded me of a soldier.
However, anyone who has read Blood and Steel will have guessed it roughly. He said that he was also inspired by the cool Nazi uniforms and made them by hand.
‘Damn it. If you’re going to do it, make it black like the Nazis.’
The problem is that the original uniform can only be worn by soldiers or nobles equivalent to it. It was originally enacted by law.
Of course, the uniform itself exuded coolness, and they decided to turn a blind eye to the Zenon Festival.
In particular, the Nazi-style uniform, that is, the black uniform reminiscent of a villain, was overlooked.
Now that Nazi Germany has transformed into a perfect ‘villain’, it’s nothing more than a cosplay.
“If you were going to imitate it, then you should do it properly. I just need to confirm that you are not a soldier, so please take it off quickly.”
“damn······”
However, when non-military personnel wear uniforms, they must go through a thorough verification process.
One or two people should come wearing uniforms, but since they come wearing too many, they have to inspect them one by one.
If there was an accident later, not only could I get away with it, but sparks could fly somewhere far away.
The knight passed the man in uniform after inspecting it properly. I don’t know how many times today.
“At least the uniform is better. Some crazy guy came dressed as a devil.”
“Ehh. Don’t say anything. I don’t know why there are so many perverts in the world.”
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Like the knight’s complaint, the world was wide and there were many perverts. There were quite a few people who even dressed up as demons, saying that they appeared in the biography of Zenon.
I was so startled that I almost set off the emergency alarm. Fortunately, the makeup was lifted from there, so it was over.
“How come the quality is getting higher and higher as the days go by?
“Could that be so? It would be more realistic to have tanks rushing in like cavalry.”
“That’s because they’re coming to war. Some crazy guy will come like that…”
Doong- Doong- Doong-
While the knight was talking, the harsh sound of drums pierced his ears. At first, I thought I heard it wrong because the sound was low.
ridge! ridge! ridge!
But I didn’t hear it wrong. The knight and his successor turned their heads in the direction of the sound of the drum.
Not only them, but also the people who were being checked or were being checked. All of them turned their gaze to the back.
chuck! chuck! chuck! chuck!
The sound of footsteps harmonized with the steady beat of drums. The restrained sound gave off a feeling of intimidation.
The knight shouted into the watchtower to find out what this meant. If it’s a watchtower, you should be checking it by now.
“Watch tower! I see something!”
“Yes!! I see it!!”
fortunately it seems The article moved on to the next question.
“What do you see!”
“uh······”
But this time there was no immediate answer. It seems that it cannot be expressed in words.
At this, the knight tilted his head and went up to the watchtower. I’d rather see it in person.
“Give me the telescope. What the hell are you talking about…”
The knight who identified the source of the sound through a telescope was at a loss for words.
Because the flag of Nazi Germany could be seen very vividly in the distance.
As a bonus, even the soldiers of Nazi Germany who moderately ‘marched’ under that flag.
The gun seemed to be roughly made of wood, but the outfit was neat. It is the image from Blood and Steel.
[Wherever we are, there is always progress]
[The devil sees this and just laughs.]
[under. under. under. under. under.]
Perhaps because the distance was close, the sound of the song slowly entered my ears.
The knight slowly put down the telescope with an expression that he was at a loss for words.
Now I could see soldiers marching without a telescope.
[We fight for Germany.]
[We fight for Hitler.]
[The Reds will never rest.]
The world is wide.
“・・・・・Are you going to pass those too?”
“······Perverts should do it too. Let’s do something.”
There were too many perverts.