Episode 263. Ataturk
“Whoops… Whoops…”
Ataturk looked around the extension in a cold sweat.
The rebellion had just been put down, so there were many soldiers on the streets.
“Prime Minister! What are you doing here-“
“Yes. Good work.”
“Yes! Loyalty!”
Giving a rough salute to the soldiers who recognized his face, Atatürk moved quickly to his feet.
His left hand was stuck in the inside pocket of his jacket.
I couldn’t have been caught, but I was afraid of being caught.
Of course, some people might think that this anxious look and gait is suspicious.
“It’s here…”
It has finally arrived.
Desert Frontier University.
It was the place where the old stone pagoda was located.
“Open the door.”
“Cho, Prime Minister?! What’s going on?”
“There is something to look around inside.”
“What is it? Tell me and I’ll guide you-“
“I’m going to see you for a while by myself, so just open the door.”
“Ah, yes…”
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The guard’s puzzled eyes flew by.
Just as Atatürk was nervously swallowing his saliva, the door snapped open.
“If you’re here to meet the professor, you can go to the research building over there.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
I succeeded in entering alone.
Entering the campus at dawn, Atatürk walked around, looking around to see if anyone was there.
A park not far from the front door.
Entering the lawn, Atatürk’s footsteps stopped.
A towering stone pagoda.
An old artifact called an obelisk was reflected in his eyes.
“Finally…!”
A soft red light that hadn’t been seen before was leaking from the rock at the bottom of the obelisk.
It was a signal that all preparations were complete.
Instead of ignoring the Mine Traveler and sending him away, I got the last part of the Obelisk.
Thanks to that, I was able to succeed in constructing the final part of a gigantic spell that spanned the entire desert.
An ancient weapon called the Obelisk has finally been activated.
At any moment, you can draw on the power of the sun and send its destructive rays down upon the earth.
That day will be the end of the desert frontier.
Buildings, troops, and whatnot are going to be flattened.
That flying long might even turn Schlus Heinkel into powder.
“For the Elves.”
Atatürk slowly approached the pagoda and took his left hand out of his bosom.
In his hand was a golden tablet.
It was the key to activate the obelisk, passed down from generation to generation by Ajax.
Now all you have to do is bring this tablet to the stone pagoda…
“It’s too bad. Ataturk.”
“·······?!”
An eerie voice came from behind.
It was Ataturk who was startled and wanted to push the tablet as quickly as possible, but in an instant, his body leaned backwards and he lost the tablet.
As Atatürk hurriedly stood up after falling backward, Schluss Heinkel was standing in front of him holding a tablet.
Ataturk’s face was stained with contemplation.
It’s like meeting the grim reaper.
“It’s a pity that a long-term plan went to waste.”
“What do you mean, sir? I just went out for a night walk.”
“Aha. Then, at dawn when the turmoil was in full swing, did your aide also go for a night walk from the Prime Minister’s residence to Gorgan Rock?”
“That, that’s…”
“I’ll try to guess. Maybe that was the last part to complete the spell to activate the obelisk, the cannabis weapon.”
“·······.”
You know everything.
Atatürk, realizing that there was no point in pretending, hung his head.
“Then why did you plot treason?”
“Your Excellency can attach the reason as you like.”
With Schluse Heinkel, you can turn a lie into truth.
It didn’t matter what the real reason was. Sensing that a reason would suit Schluss Heinkel’s taste anyway, Atatürk gritted his teeth.
“Yes. I will stick with it as I please. You have never betrayed an elf for a single moment.”
“Yes…?”
“You must have noticed when you saw Ajax’s army, which showed no sense of tension despite the imminent attack of the allied human race. That’s why you betrayed the elves and committed yourself to the empire. To sharpen your sword of revenge. To return this land to the elves. On the day that the main figures and military forces of the empire gathered in this land, to reduce everything to ashes. “
“What are you talking about…!”
Ataturk’s body trembled.
This was completely unexpected.
I didn’t expect to see through everything.
Ataturk fell into a complete panic when his inner thoughts, which had never been revealed even to Damian, were completely exposed right here and now.
“It’s true, sir. I found these things in Atatürk’s home safe.”
“Go, Duke.”
At that moment, the carriage came running and stopped, and Damian walked out.
Damian, with a very displeased face, had his servant take something out of his pocket and show it to him.
Aias kingdom’s seal, crown, scepter, etc…
After the empire occupied the kingdom of Aias, they were items symbolizing the royal authority that could not be found even after searching the palace several times to plunder.
Since Atatürk had already stolen everything and fled, there was no way he could be found.
“You duplicated the key…”
Ataturk shuddered when he remembered that he had lost the key to the safe.
The duplicated key was none other than Damian.
To Damien, the duke who can break down the door of the Prime Minister’s residence and open the safe.
“Who else has this key? It seems to me that Celica Aias, the princess of the ruined country, wore a similar key around her neck.”
“·······.”
“In the desert frontier where everything was burnt down, only the solid Black Steel Vault will remain intact in the ashes. Returning to this land, Celica will open the vault, wear a crown, and ascend to the throne. Isn’t that the future you envisioned?”
“This is nonsense and delusion…”
Ataturk muttered quietly.
He thought he had been hiding it well all his life.
He tricked the elves, he fooled the humans, he fooled himself.
I intended to die as a traitor whom all elves hated and could unite until the end.
But at the end of the last, it’s unsightly. How can this happen?
“Is that true, Atatürk!”
“Duke…”
“I’m going to put you on trial! Now-“
“No. I decide what to do with Atatürk.”
“·······?”
Shulth Heinkel stepped forward, restraining Damian, who was angry and rampaging along the road.
Raising his head and examining his empty eyes, Atatürk trembled.
“Permanent banishment, Atatürk. Run away.”
“·······?”
Permanent banishment.
Ataturk, unable to comprehend the meaning of the words for a moment, stared blankly at Schluss Heinkel.
“Deportation, sir! This bastard plots treason! At least the death penalty-“
“Soon the dog will be released to chase you. Coincidentally, a broker will be waiting for you to show you the dog hole.”
“Go, sir?”
“However, there is one condition. Make it your goal to return to this land again, Atatürk.”
“Didn’t you just say permanent banishment?”
“If you have enough qualifications, there is nothing you can’t return to. For example, being the head of the elven union.”
“·······!”
“Unite the elves, Atatürk. That is my mission in exchange for letting you escape.”
“Your Excellency…”
“Hurry up. If you are caught and brought back, you won’t have a second chance.”
“Yes, yes…!”
Ataturk hesitated and then started running.
His feet got entangled and he fell once, but he got up and ran again.
Damian gritted his teeth as he looked at his back.
“Why did you send me?”
“The Elves lack a focal point. Even if they don’t have to fight against each other, the tribes often beat each other and fight. Mahmed? He’s a great tribal chief, but he’s not enough as a focal point. Celica is a nice-looking madam, but she’s never the vessel to lead the country. If you’ve been using Atatürk for the past decade, you know that he’ll be a great leader.”
Expel Atatürk, and spread rumors throughout the desert that he was sharpening his sword of vengeance among humans.
He would rise from a traitor to the elves to a hero in an instant, and with his ability, it would be possible to unite the will of the elves in the near future.
It was Schluss Heinkel’s judgment that it was essential for the elves to unite with one identity in order to win an all-out war with Asylum.
“Are you uncomfortable?”
“I can’t seem to hide it. He was someone I cared about. He was thinking of sticking a knife in the back.”
“·······?”
The tips of Schluss Heinkel’s eyes twisted.
I thought he must have felt betrayed for plotting things without the Duke’s knowledge.
It was none other than Atatürk that he felt betrayed.
“I made all this fuss. Is that okay?”
“It’s a bit disappointing. It would have been nice if you could have tipped me off. There were times when I almost disturbed Your Excellency.”
“Huh…”
Schlus was dumbfounded and burst out laughing.
He knew that with this incident, he would completely fall out with Damian.
But since the results came out so well, I couldn’t have imagined that it would come out without remorse.
Schluss silently passed his right hand.
Damian stared at his hand for a moment, sticking it in his pocket, then clicked his tongue and grabbed it.
It was a bit arrogant, but it didn’t make me feel bad.
The two men exchanged glances with each other for a while while holding hands.
“Ah! Ah! My hair! Hair peck!”
“I got it! Your Excellency!”
Then a sharp scream broke the silence.
When she turned her head, Celica was being dragged by her hair.
Schluss approached, laughing and patting the shoulder of the soldier who seemed to be saluting.
“Good job. It’s good to be comfortable now.”
“Oh, really? Are you done?”
“·······!”
Then, her soldier’s appearance melted away and she turned into a red-haired humanoid woman.
Damian’s mouth dropped wide as he watched it.
Schluss approached Celica, whose hair was in a mess, and snapped her key from her neck, taking it away.
“What are you doing! That’s important…!”
“Someone gave me this. Tell me.”
“No, I don’t know. Someone I don’t know gave it to me. But that’s important, so please-“
“Idiot. I don’t even know who gave it to me.”
“·······?”
Schluse chuckled, clutching his key in his hand and squeezing it.
When he opened his hand, the key fell like a round iron ball.
After lifting the iron ball, Celica let out her sigh.
“Why did you ask to bring Celica back? Can’t she let her go now?”
“No. It’s the cause of the restoration of the homeland itself, but I can’t give Celica away. She can’t go back to the desert forever.”
“What, what?! Hey! Prisoners are freed after the war! Why am I?!”
“I think I’m going on a trip to the Empire.”
“I can’t believe I’m being taken to the Empire? Hey! Schluss Heinkel! Yah!!!”
Ignoring the loud cry of Celica, Schluss turned behind her.
As he snapped his fingers, the golden tablet crumbled and shattered, then disintegrated and returned to dirt.