A king who kills others, a god who kills himself – Finish
Death commanded by the Golden Sutra has approached Peru. Just before death came close to Peru.
The ceiling and floor stopped for a very, very short time. In the golden palace that moves according to the will of the golden mirror, that means one thing.
The golden mirror is hesitating.
The golden mirror saw something in the dying Peru. I saw and felt it, but the Golden Jing couldn’t describe the feeling skillfully in words.
His original version, Demo, also did not understand humans, so it would be unreasonable to ask the Homunculus Golden Sutra, which was created for the reconstruction of the Golden Kingdom, to discuss human emotions. Let me put it in words.
I can’t read his thoughts either. However, mind reading is not necessary for humans to understand anything.
What if the golden mirror was modeled after a human? Because that would be the same.
“Do you feel something against you?”
Unique magic, the end of gold.
I drew a wall with a card. The hard wall is cut like tofu. Since this is the Golden Palace, it was a feat that was possible thanks to the application of Peru’s unique magic and the power of the Golden Sutra.
Having used the powers of creation and destruction at the same time, I felt a bit of a thrill and entered the golden world. So that he couldn’t turn away, he came into the Golden Palace and spoke to him directly.
“Even if it is an ugly and messy country, love it and act for it. Then, a human who was abandoned by the king he respected and followed and was on the verge of dying. Are you like someone?”
The reason why the golden mirror did not kill Peru is simple.
It is because his original, which died so miserably, overlapped with Peru. Abandoned by those he trusted and followed, right before he died, he felt a sense of identity.
The ceiling and floor vibrate ominously. The golden mirror stuttered as if something was broken. The voice stretched out like a drag. Hwang Geum-gyeong, who had been thinking for a long time, spat out a word as an excuse.
[…] Different.]
“How is it different?”
[This country is not forbidden. I am not her king. She, too, is in a different situation than I am. The other thing… Too many….]
Of course not. It’s not even a regression, so it can’t be exactly the same. If it’s really the same, it will lead to the same result.
However, pointing out a few differences proves that there are similarities. Even if he doesn’t want to, he has no choice but to keep his eyes on the similarities. If you find him once, he’s bound to keep stepping on your eyes.
“That makes sense. Can I tell you one more thing?”
[…] What is.]
“That’s right, the one who chooses is you, not Elric.”
If you’ve been through it once, you’ll be more skilled. The world isn’t asking for experienced people for nothing. What choice will he make in this situation?
“You were abandoned once and went through hell. I plunged myself into endless guilt. I suffered without even death being an escape. But in fact, it’s the country’s fault against you. You were sacrificed for your country.”
Even if I can use the power of the golden mirror and Peru’s unique magic, my pitiful magical power will only change the range of one card’s reach. After all sorts of hardships, I finally reached the same floor and trudged along the dark hallway until I reached the front of Peru. Standing a few steps away in case the power of Jannok hurt me, I shouted to the golden mirror.
“If you get beaten up, you feel unfair, don’t you? So I made the same situation. Now you are in the position of giving up for your country!”
The sound of rapid breathing gradually slows down. Peru seems to be out of breath at any moment. I urged her Golden Sutra to make her choice while holding her in front of her.
“What will you bring to the country you will create, and what will you leave behind. Choose.”
If you let Peru die, you are affirming the death that came to him. If you save Peru, you’re showing room for compromise. What will the golden mirror choose?
The worry was not long. Couldn’t be too long Peru’s lifeline was like a burning fuse, and a decision had to be made before the deadline approached.
With my daughter. A bell was heard. I smiled at the light coming from far in the hallway.
From far away, the golden mirror was walking with a bell.
Even if it is a demon that uses its own life as well as the lives of others, it cannot deny itself. It was a predestined result the moment he saw himself in Peru. If Peru is abandoned here, it is to affirm that he was abandoned in the forbidden country.
The golden mirror arrived across the corridor in an instant. After placing the golden bell at Peru’s bedside, he sat down beside her. Alchemy light shines over Peru’s dying body.
Peru’s hands and feet, swept away by the power of Jannok, are stained black. In the punctured lung, blood flows instead of air. It is a part of the body that can no longer function. Cutting it off was the only solution, but the golden mirror was filled with something else instead.
He has already fully mastered the mechanical structure of human beings. The homunculus was not perfect because it lacked other parts, but the homunculus he created was superior to humans in terms of functionality.
You can tell just by looking at the homunculus golden sutra that moves with his own thoughts. As long as he had the thought to move his body, his homunculus would be as good as a real human.
The golden mirror restored the broken parts of Peru with alchemy. As if arguing that humans are no different from machines.
“… Ah, ugh.”
That claim was proven by Peru waking up. Peru gasped for breath and looked up at her king.
“… Sir, sir.”
[Don’t get me wrong. My will to rebuild the golden country remains the same. I just put your life on it.]
Golden Kyung looked down at Peru with cold eyes and said.
[Even in the golden kingdom that will be rebuilt, there is a need for someone to convey my words outside the golden palace. There is no suppressor, so now you can take over.]
“… Hector, sir.”
[You will also have to follow. Alchemy is the power of change. After filling your body with it, you won’t be able to stay outside the Golden Palace for long anyway.]
As long as parts of the body are replaced with external ones, Peru is also just a machine that needs to be adjusted. From now on, she will only have to stay by the golden mirror.
But Peru was not afraid of him. With her consciousness still unclear, Peru grabbed her golden sutra’s hand.
“… Kindness, thank you. In the position where I received mercy, I have no shame.”
Crushing with rust… It is not intended Peru appealed, placing her own hand in the hand of her golden homage.
“… Can you extend this kindness to others as well? .”
[I can’t do that. The Golden Kingdom will be rebuilt.]
A determined voice. However, as long as he saved Peru, he had a chance. He didn’t even know Peru very well, but he dug into it.
“… If you give a place for others in the golden kingdom you will make.”
[They are not gold nationals.]
“… I lived in an old forbidden land. They are the sons and daughters of the old Geumguk people. Instead of metallurgy, I just make a living with alchemy…. There is nothing different from them.”
[There is a difference. It is not a gold country.]
A cold and resolute answer repeated several times. Peru asked, breathing heavily.
“… There is no one in this land, how can it be a country… ?”
[No need. I will create.]
“… Is a country filled with homunculus a gold country? Gold country, what is it… ?”
[Golden country.]
Hwang Geum-gyeong, who was about to answer, suddenly stopped talking. A confused expression appeared on the face of a being who had realized the greatest truth and reached the Demon God.
The golden country he was trying to create is an ideal country where diligent homunculus cultivate a beautiful land. He killed all the hounds that gnawed at the country and moved directly to create a prosperous country forever. To abolish all nations.
[Forbidden country….]
However, after hearing Peru’s question, he faced a fundamental question.
What is the Golden Kingdom?
“Forbidden country? It is an illusion.”
I did cheer for them. There is no feeling that I was a little encouraged to make gold soup. But I can’t help it because I don’t know unless I try it myself.
If you don’t try, you don’t even know it’s impossible.
“Because at some point, humans hung themselves on things they didn’t even know existed. I don’t know not only about beliefs and concepts like good and evil, but I don’t even know what a country is, but I define it my own way… I’ve never seen it properly and I don’t know what it is. No matter how much a beast or something cries out for an ideal existence, it doesn’t change that it’s an illusion.”
Bewildered with doubts, the golden mirror found an answer in me.
[Forbidden country is not an illusion. It definitely existed.]
“Because I believed that way, I have no choice but to support them. Even though I know that it is an unconditional wish to fail.”
As I said before, the Golden Sutra does not know what the Golden Kingdom is. Even though he doesn’t know what it is, he keeps making and fixing it, wandering around the country. The biggest problem the golden gyeong creates comes from that ignorance.
Even Hwang Keum-gyeong, who became a demon after realizing one of the great truths, is unable to get out of the huge illusion created by the first saint.
“Let me ask you again. Have you ever seen everything in the Golden Kingdom? Did you see all the territories and facilities of the kingdom? Or have you interacted with all the humans in the forbidden country? Have you figured out how the Golden State functions?”
[You don’t have to see everything to make it. Only if you realize the principle of penetrating.]
“Don’t get me wrong. All you have learned is one great truth. Do you think that the truth that forms nature and the country, a concept created by humans, are the same? At all! Do you have a principle that penetrates how beautiful and sophisticated things made by human beings, who are basically animals? That’s not gold. Your gold country?”
I answered him in a sarcastic tone.
“It’s just that you are calling your happy days golden country and yearning for them as you please.”
If it’s a beast, you can think of it like a beast, but you end up misunderstanding while thinking nonsense.
“It’s a box that shares your feelings, longing and happiness, love and friendship. Name all the good times you’ve had and put them in gold. Bad experiences and painful memories are sins, responsibilities, and nations. Give them different names and put them away on the other side. After that, keep looking at the beautiful time capsule called Geumguk. That makes me misunderstood.”
Even though he has realized the great truth, he is still human. Man-made things are not perfect. Because humans are not perfect.
At least, even the keepsakes made with the truth are humanly mistaken.
“What you really want is happy times. As if you believe that if you rebuild the gold country, it will come back.”
I feel sorry for you. I have no way to come back anyway.
“There is no gold country anymore. There is no King Elric, no people in the Forbidden Kingdom, no identity. Some you got rid of. As long as there is alchemy, the metallurgy that feeds gold country is no longer as valuable as before. There is no way the gold country will come back as it is.”
You cannot get back what has already been lost. All the golden mirror can do is find new happiness.
You should find something better than making a doll of King Elric and being comforted by her. Mental masturbation is no different from warming her body by using her happy memories as firewood. Although the girl’s match may seem warm, it is just an illusion that disappears like a mirage when she opens her eyes.
“Get out of the illusion and come back to reality. See what is in front of your eyes and hear what you hear. Listen to what the human who is closest to you has to say.”
The Golden Sutra followed my words.
Hoeju. Those who inherited the progress of alchemy. A disciple of the Golden Sutra, and one of the few beings who can communicate with him.
Peru sacrificed her life to reach the golden sutra.
The golden mirror made a juggernaut when a disciple came. He used to present mechanical devices full of romance, designed to suit his pupil’s ability, without any cost.
What was the meaning of that? Was it simply following King Elric? Or did he enjoy it too?
Speaking alone doesn’t come back. Perhaps the golden mirror was welcoming those who could communicate with him who was so brilliant.
[…] I understand, at least a little bit, why His Majesty had a disciple.]
From noble mtl dot com
Muttering a word as if longing for it, Hwang Keum-gyeong did something.
I couldn’t understand exactly what I was doing because I couldn’t read my thoughts. When I came to my senses, all the scenery around me was collapsing. The golden palace turned to debris like a waterfall and flowed down to the ground. The world seems to be collapsing.
I screamed inwardly as I buried myself in the rubble.
Ah, not being able to read thoughts is such a pity.