I can’t call my father my father
The military exploits its citizens. They are allowed enough supplies and a little luxury to live on, but they don’t even dream of anything more than that. By overworking citizens in rather coercive ways, the military has amassed numerous material assets.
However, if a thousand gold is stored only in a warehouse, it is no different from a block of stone.
For what purpose is the gigantic machine that created enormous wealth by treating humans as parts?
“One question of the military. Where did all the accumulated assets go? The answer is here!”
I said while banging the cataphract.
The military’s strategic weapon, the Cataphract. It is a rolling fortress that boasts overwhelming defense power surrounded by high-cost alchemy steel, and even has mobility thanks to its simple yet innovative structure.
Cataphracts, the essence of the military, are treated as level 4 strategic items along with battle-type clothing packets and military insignia. Even ironclad cavalry has weight and power that easily surpasses them. Even the most famous horse would not be able to compete with Cataphract by force.
Tir looked around and murmured.
“I’ve seen something similar. The tyrant of the golden kingdom that reigned in the past rode a luxurious carriage similar to this one. She was told it would take the labor of a castle to make one, but she had dozens of them.”
“The Cataphract is less luxurious than that, but more functional, so the price should be the same? It’s not written by one person, so there are more than that.”
“The blood of the people was squeezed out to create such a luxurious thing. Hmmm. This is why the country is tilting.”
Hilde, who was praised for squeezing blood from vampires, protested as if she was unfair.
“I feel unfair! This Cataphract is not ‘my’!”
“Even if it’s not yours, you, as a general, can use it as you please.”
“Not really! Cataphracts are one of the military’s strategic items, so no one can use them at will! Including ‘me’, a six-year-old adult!”
Actually it is.
The military is a country that does not allow luxury even to the ruling class generals. Even the general-level protocol is worse than my well-decorated room. Of course, even a general can have property, so he should be able to use all the luxuries without the luxury of saving his salary… It is far from general luxury at the point where you have to collect your salary to be extravagant in the first place.
However, it was difficult to separate the ruling class and the state for Tyr, a nation and aristocracy in itself.
“But, when you asked for it, didn’t you give it to me right away?”
“That’s because permission came down from the top!”
“You say the same thing in reverse. If you can use it with permission, it’s not yours.”
“Isn’t the difference so big? At the point where permission from the upper level is required to move, it is not ‘me’, and even if ‘I’, the head of the public security department, requested such a loud object, it was rejected for insufficient reason! The present case is special when only a few people are given cataphracts to move!! You will enjoy a privilege that even ‘I’ have never had!”
As Hilde ran around her room, she preached how unfair she was. Swept away by the riotous atmosphere, Tyr waved his hand in annoyance.
“I got it roughly. The carriage will shake, so stop running.”
“What?! There’s no way that a light and fragile girl like ‘me’ could shake this heavy piece of metal with a slight stomp! It’s too much!”
His tantrum was exactly that of a tomboy dealing with the grandmother next door. Looking back at the fact that the other person was the ancestor of the vampires, it seemed like they were running rampant, not knowing that their lives were precious, but surprisingly, Tyr listened to Hilde’s words even though he was annoyed.
“Yes, yes. It was a mistake.”
‘Won, you’re both scolding in case someone isn’t a father and a daughter. I have to grow up and calm myself down. If you want to attack the general, you have to first catch the horse. If it’s Hugh’s daughter, she’d better get to know her in advance.’
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My daughter? Do you really believe
This person is strange. She’s a vampire, but she doesn’t know how to doubt the words of humans. She said that Hilde was her daughter and she snapped it. Didn’t she notice something was wrong?
Well, I can see what the conclusion was. It would be similar to humans not suspecting livestock. Vampires are first of all human, but they are also predators that prey on human blood. Even if you are deceived, you have no choice but to be vigilant because it will be enough if you catch and eat it.
That’s why you might get a big nose injury sometime. No, you’re already hurt. What can I do though? You learn by getting hurt. How the experience engraved in the wound lasts long.
Because I am a gentle yet strict king who even protects the right to be hurt.
“… Wait, Tyrkanjaka. Do you believe in that nonsense?”
However, the regressor tried to take away even Tyr’s right to be hurt. The regressor crossed her arms and pointed out the contradiction.
“I don’t know why Yeong-ke looked at Hughes and called her father, but that doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t make any sense at all.”
“What did you mean?”
“Yeong-gwe is a six-year-old general who is known to have been active in the dark since the military state was first created. If he was already on active duty 25 years ago when the military was created, no matter how young he is, he is at least 40 lines.”
As if it were a detective, it shoots sharply. It was a very rudimentary reasoning that even an elementary school student could do, but it was something Tyr didn’t realize.
‘Oh, I forgot. Bondi, I’m not good at realizing the age of others….’
No, it’s not that I didn’t realize it, I just ignored it because it was so small. To a girl in the 12th century, what happens in double digits must have been a bit unfamiliar.
‘… Mmm. Let’s see. What does age matter….’
While Tyr, who continued his thoughts, hesitated in front of the forbidden truth, the regressor took away Tyr’s right to hurt himself.
“That lady has the ability to transform, she just dresses up like that, she says she’s actually much older! Heh, and then, to be a father to someone the size of a son. Aren’t you ashamed?”
Wow, that sounds harsh. No matter how true it is, are you not even a little considerate? The words were so harsh that even Tyr, who was by his side, was slightly hurt.
“Wow.”
In addition, Hilde, who was called an ajumma by her face, slightly took off her mask. Hilde erased the smile from her face and glared at the regressor.
“You are serious. Beyond rude, even cruel. Seriously, I can see why he’s not popular with women, even with such a pretty face.”
“I don’t need popularity! Rather, I will decline!”
“Whoa. ‘I’ who gets caught in this cheap provocation is also a problem. This is why you should wear her mask. If it’s not ‘me’, I can just brush it off, but if I reveal ‘that’ of my bare face, I’ll be scratched right away.”
Hilde immediately calmed her down. In her mind she is self-suggestive,
“I didn’t want to tell you about this because it’s really, really confidential. I can’t help but go beyond the level of harm towards ‘me’. Shay, do you think ‘Eimeder’ is the guardian angel of the military? ‘Sieghrund’ is an assassin whose identity no one knows.”
“… Right?”
“Ding. ‘Sieghrund’ is not ‘me’. Likewise, ‘Eimeder’ is not an angel.”
She seemed to have been properly stimulated, and even though no one asked Hilde, she bluntly confided in her what only she knew.
“Three heroes brought by Gunung, ‘Sieghrund’, ‘Eimeder’, and ‘Maximilian’. ‘Sieghrund’ is an assassin whose face no one knows, and Aimeder is an angel who protects the country? It can’t be. We have to create a new country from the ashes, but who can believe in a formless faith?”
“Wait. That means.”
“Yes. Sieghrund, Aimeder. Both are real people. Neither of them are in the military right now, but the military seems to want to make them believe they exist. Because I made ‘me’ play the part of ‘Sieghrund’!”
‘Perhaps, it may have left room for them. So that I can come back anytime.’
Hilde swallowed those words into herself.
The Saint’s Guard, the Holy Sword. When Yuel was excommunicated from the Holy Emperor’s office, she dedicated all her rights and goods as a saintess, but she did not lose that power. No, she couldn’t take away even Seonghwangcheong.
The saintess is the agent of God and the executor of prophecies. Whether she was excommunicated or ran away from home, all her steps as a saint were sacred sacraments foretold by the heavenly gods. Two of the most faithful Holy Sword Corps assisted the excommunicated saintess and reached her kingdom.
They are Aimeder and Sieghrund. Well, after Yuel seized the male corpse and went into seclusion, he left within a few years.
I can roughly guess why he left. Even if it was me, if the saintess she served was confined to the corner of her room showing all sorts of rudeness, her heartlessness would run out. I haven’t met her in person, so I don’t know the details, but I’m sure it is.
‘It’s not a very pleasant story from the point of view of ‘I’, who was called in without knowing it and was eaten at will~.’
“Who are they?”
After hearing her unexpected information, the regressor listened to Hilde’s every word.
Tsk. She continues to feel, but she has no idea that regressors are really regressors. Thanks to that, I can’t trust 100% even if I barely peek into the memory of the regressor through all kinds of hardships.
Even in the previous episode, you said you had a close relationship with Seonghwangcheong, should you not know the secret history between the military and the Seonghwangcheong? It’s not like everyone in the Seonghwangcheong was hiding information as if they had made a promise.
‘Hmm. Shall we stop here? If I say more, our poor saintess will get in more trouble.’
Hilde, thinking that she had enough of the initiative, shut her mouth at this point. She smiled her eyes at the inquiring regressor, put her index finger to her lips and tilted her head.
“I don’t want to tell you.”
“What?!”
“Because the lady is capricious. Her mood has deteriorated rapidly and she doesn’t want to say more! Joy!”
Hilde turns her head away, puffing out her cheeks. The regressor had a puzzled look at her childish behavior.
“Are you mad right now? Not a kid.”
“She would rather be a childish child than to be called an ajumma.”
“Okay! It’s a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of I will cancel!”
“Cancel? Can you pick up her spilled words again? Her words are like knives. The wound she made by pulling out the knife she put in doesn’t heal. I have no choice but to wrap up her wounds with a sincere apology.”
In short, it means to apologize. When Hilde was obstinate, her regressor made a small noise.
‘Yes. It’s cheap to get information by lowering her head once! I was a bit talkative too!’
Having finished her judgment, the regressor slightly bowed her head and offered a calculated apology.
“I’m sorry. That, I wasn’t sensitive.”
“Huh. I get bowed down, but I accept the apology. Be careful next time.”
“Grunt. Okay.”
“Yes, Shay. You need to pay attention to your words and actions.”
“I will keep in mind… Wait, Tyrkanjaka? Why are you getting an apology?”
I suddenly apologized to the two of them, but the regressor who finished the mission anyway asked for new information.
“So, what about the real Eimeder and Sieghrund? Where are you?”
“I don’t know!”
“Huh?”
Hilde answered innocently.
“How does ‘I’ know how your predecessor worked here and where he left this job? ‘Me’ was called in the middle and just worked! Do not forget it. Originally ‘Sieghrund’, anyway, ‘me’ took over the role!”
“Hey! Then nothing has changed!”
The regressor jumped up and pointed at Hilde.
“Anyway, it’s the same that you’re Young’s Ark and you’re older than Hughes!”
“hehehe. Caught.”
“I was caught, I am not! What have you been denying so far!”
“That ‘me’ is an ajumma! I didn’t want to be treated like that in front of my father!”
“For Hughes to be your father, she should have had you before Hughes was even born! Does that make sense?”
Of course it makes no sense.
Anyway, after going round and round, I finally noticed this causal reversal. I didn’t know that the regressor would notice it earlier than Tyr….
‘It is not impossible. If it were the very existence of vacation.’
What?
It’s strange. What am i thinking right now
‘Everything is explained. That mysterious power, the one that regained my heart even as I lost myself. The beating of a heart that had stopped a long time ago. That’s something only I know in this era… If Hugh is the king of humans, if he represents all humans. Maybe I can figure it out.’
Tyr strangely trusts people’s words. It’s not because they’re stupid or naive, it’s because the old house has lowered its threshold to admit new guests. So even in the abyss, I believed in all my nonsense, and accepted and saw the knowledge that the regressor said. Even more so, I took Hilde’s words as if they were calling me father.
‘At that time, the monster whose blood smelled of rust said to Hugh. Are you the king of humans?’
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Maybe that’s why? Tyr didn’t express himself, but… I kept in mind the fact that Maximilien saw me and called me the king of men. To write now.
Okay. Since I am the king of humans, now I can say that Tyr’s wisdom has shone.
By the way.
‘Then it makes sense for that child to call Hugh his father! If he was born before he was born, he must have been born by the king of humans from the past!’
Why are you convinced that way!