A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

172 – Light Dragon Is Not Air Force Training Anyway (1)

The second semester has arrived.

The only thing that has changed in the meantime is that the emperor of the Thersian Empire has changed to Habsburg.

The problem is that this change will cause a major tectonic shift not only in Thersian, but also in Nostrum and Orosol Academy.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, the next emperor of the Thersian Empire.”

Naria Geo Nostrum, the student council president whom I had not seen in a long time, greeted me lightly as soon as she met me alone in the president’s office.

“No matter how delicious the food is on the table, what does that mean to someone who has no intention of eating at a restaurant and only wants to eat home-cooked food?”

“Even if you don’t want to eat the laurel cake, Chef Tersian seems determined to force it into your mouth.”

“Yes, yes. Thank you, Your Highness, the next Queen of Nostrum.”

It’s not like we have a particularly bad relationship.

Our conversation is simply an exchange in which we seek to confirm each other’s political positions through the other’s perspective.

“There are so many people calling, so you must be busy, unlike in the first semester.”

“Are you being sarcastic?”

“I’m just stating the facts as they are. In fact, it took quite a while for today’s meeting to happen, didn’t it? To the point where it’s difficult to find time, whether formal or informal.”

“The whole country is in an uproar as he is the designated heir to the throne of the Thersian Empire. What would people think if they met His Highness, the next King of Nostrum?”

“Is there anything special? They must be using their own imaginations. The loyalists criticize Gibraltar, and the traitors try to rub up against Gibraltar. That’s all.”

Naria dismissed the culprits’ thoughts with her caustic tone.

“There is a lot I want to say, but I don’t have time, so I’ll get straight to the point. Gray Chairman of the Gibraltar Gorge Foundation. From today onwards, you are Nostrum’s number 0 security target.”

“…Isn’t it too late?”

“Why? Has the Empire already assigned high-ranking knights, who are always and everywhere, as escorts?”

“It’s similar, but it’s already been three weeks since the Habsburg emperor came to the throne.”

It’s already been 3 weeks since the second semester started.

“Nostrum’s administrative processing is quite late. Or is it that the judgment was delayed due to the fear that Gray Gibraltar – or the entire Gibraltar family – would be taken over to the Thersian Empire?”

“That’s not true. Neither my mother nor the Archduke thought so at all. In fact, they insisted that we immediately organize an escort upon our return.”

“But why?”

“Isn’t there only one case of such ridiculous delays occurring in Nostrum’s administrative system?”

Naria sipped her tea as if it was no big deal and continued.

“The King of Incompetence jumped out holding the royal seal.”

“…No.”

I didn’t laugh out loud because the content was absurd.

“But he’s still my father.”

“Father, would you like to change it?”

“I will decline that.”

It was only in laughter that Naria now openly called her her biological father her her her and her her her her king her her her, Saint Geonostrum, her her incompetent king her her her.

“Well, you wouldn’t want to have as your father the king who was so angry at Gray Gibraltar that he disappeared with the seal of approval.”

“Did you go into hiding? You didn’t run away on an automatic magic ship?”

“No matter how long the magical automatic ship can run on the ground for as long as the amount of magic stones, it cannot shake off the dragoons of the Black Rose Knights. Especially if they are the dragoons driven by the Archduke himself.”

“So… “

“I didn’t run away on the magic automatic ship, I just hid myself. Holding the royal seal.”

“Ha.”

In this world, can a person like this be a king?

I thought I had already reached the bottom, but I guess I came to a new realization through the King of Incompetence that there is a bottom even deeper than the abyss.

“Really, he’s so crazy that it’s hard to put it into words. Is it because of me that you went into hiding with the royal seal?”

“There may be many reasons. Gray Gibraltar, whom he tried to assassinate, is now mentioned as the next emperor of the Thersian Empire, so he probably ran away because he thought he had messed with the wrong person.”

“In that case, shouldn’t we be more bold and say, ‘Increase the number of guards for Gray Gibraltar?'”

“If it were a person like that, the country would never have reached this point in the first place.”

“…”

I have no intention or intention to refute.

It’s just that what Naria says is not a prediction, but an accurate inference about his intentions her.

“It wasn’t until yesterday that I finally managed to get the stamp and take it.”

“For some reason, the President said he was on a long-term business trip for the past few days and went to the estate, but instead of going to the estate, he went to look for the disappeared king.”

“Yes. Please don’t say anything. It’s always the case that the throne is empty to drink, but if it is said that the royal seal has left the palace, the people will be greatly disturbed.”

The royal seal is an artifact-magic item steeped in the tradition and history of Nostrum.

According to legend, it was made by carving out a dragon’s teeth, and symbolizes the authority, tradition, and nobility of the lineage of the Nostrum royal family.

From noble mtl dot come

Only the person knows what Carmen Morgania’s first feelings she were as she stamped the noble symbol instead, but she probably stamped it out of loyalty with the thought of committing treason.

“I understand. But where did you run away to? The County of Sirene?”

“Lembourg Gunter.”

“…”

“This is your maternal family.”

Is this the main point of Naria?

“Be careful. Soon, the leeches will start to get entangled.”

“They’re leeches… I’ve already sprinkled rice cakes on them before, but I don’t know if they’ll really get caught up.”

“Gray, if you put your mind to it, can’t you already build ‘Quyslings’ into a political force?”

“That’s right. That’s true, but there are a lot of people whose actions are ugly and unpleasant.”

I thought about grouping the dirty people into one and dealing with them all at once, but when I looked at it again, it was so disgusting and ugly that I felt uncomfortable dealing with it.

“Why? I want to show Astasia only good things and tell her only good things, but are you worried that those trash people might cheat if they come as guests?”

“…”

“In that case, you will have to step forward even more clearly. You must clearly show your strength so that the maggots cannot think of clinging to you carelessly. Whether it is military power, financial power, or something else.”

Naria wants.

“Orosol Academy is a small continent, and this small continent needs a new wind. Something that can attract everyone’s attention in order for Gray Gibraltar to protect Astasia.”

May I come to the forefront.

“This has been approved.”

“…”

“Unfortunately, ‘gambling’ has officially no longer allowed for ‘money’, but speed competition at a healthy level…”

“Naria.”

After receiving the business plan with Nostrum’s stamp, I shook the plan lightly.

“That’s what gambling is. It’s a gambling table that is open even without an official set up.”

“…”

“Be clear, Naria. If you want to enrich your back pocket.”

I pointed to the picture in the middle of the plan depicting a fight between light dragons.

“Go all in on Gibraltar.”

Second semester.

Gyeongryongjang opened.

* * *

Gyeongryong.

To put it a bit in imperial terms, it’s a dragon race.

In the Empire, horses run on the land, but in Nostrum, dragons run and race.

‘It’s different from the future.’

Before returning, dragons had to crawl on the ground with their wings broken.

In a starving state, I had to win to receive proper food.

Before the fall, he was a dragoon belonging to the same unit and played pranks together, but after the fall, in order to survive, he bit his comrade’s tail from behind and fought to break his leg.

Gradually, Kyungryong became barbaric and violent, and it gained popularity among many people and became a sport that the entire continent was passionate about.

‘It was almost like dog fighting.’

A bloody battle between dragoons and wild beasts in the name of a speed competition.

It is certainly a means of making money, but I have no intention of making a light dragon that contains such barbaric and violent Habsburg desires.

So when I came up with the plan, I created it in a completely new form.

Like right now.

“I agree with the idea of turning the entire outskirts of Orosol Academy into a track.”

The Duke of Winchester, riding his drake, laughs helplessly and grabs the reins.

“But isn’t it good? The track is almost 10km long.”

“Wouldn’t it cost more to build a road in an environment where dragons can fly?”

“Your Excellency the Grand Duke. Won’t there someday be a skyway where flying dragons can fly through the sky, just like the magic automatic train?”

“What nonsense.”

Holding Nidhogg’s ankles, we walked through the sky with the Duke of Winchester and around the track corresponding to the Light Dragon Stadium, scanning the surrounding obstacles.

“I guess we should cut down that tree over there. I’ll give instructions to the academy managers next time.”

“The chairman of the foundation is exceeding his authority.”

“That means I’m sincere about Gyeongryong.”

“…You’re not serious about gambling?”

The Duke of Winchester sarcastically said that his voice was still unreliable.

“How much money are you trying to make through phoney gambling matches, Your Majesty, the future Emperor of the Thersian Empire?”

“As I said before, I plan to earn commissions by growing the business to the point where the governor of the Empire’s Central Bank is stealing the bank’s money for betting. And I am not the Emperor of the Thersian Empire.”

A noteworthy sound for those involved.

‘He will be happy if he is said to be the next Habsburg emperor.’

Of course, in the sense of being the emperor of the Thersian Empire.

“I still don’t understand. If what you said really helps…”

“Isn’t it good to have a place where Nostrum’s aspiring airmen and dragoons can test their talents in advance?”

The main purpose of the track was to be a light dragon, but I have no intention of using it solely as a light dragon.

“I think it will be helpful in the training of the dragoons by regularly conducting flight training on this track, setting up obstacles in between and studying how to deal with them.”

“Uhm…”

“Practical combat is like training. Training is like actual combat.”

“This is so. It goes on like this… “

The Duke of Winchester is on guard.

“If a flying ship suddenly appears in the sky, the dragoons in training will be trained to attack it.”

“It’s not like a Heavenly Demon flying in the sky with its wings spreading out and pulling a carriage, but a boat flying in the sky with its wings flapping? Haha.”

“You think it’s funny, right? Haha.”

“Yes. If the dragoons hear this, they’ll be like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ Even if the person who said that is completely mistaken.”

“More than anything, the Empire will keep it in check. We disbanded the Navy, and now Nostrum is training dragoons who are like the trauma of the Tersian Empire.”

The so-called seizure switch next to Gibraltar is feared to be seen as dragoon training.

“So, it’s not training, it’s ‘sports.’ It’s ultimately a part of ‘education.'”

This is not a military training airfield.

“Isn’t it an academy? At the academy, minors ride flying dragons and compete with each other in running speed. What kind of air force training is that? Haha.”

“Yes. I don’t know if that’s the only purpose, but our Gibraltar chairman took a member of the pro-imperial faction and opened a private gambling house…”

“Kyaaa!!”

Orosol Academy, on top of a wall as tall as a castle wall.

“It’s cool ㅡㅡㅡ!!”

A white-haired woman in uniform was waving her hand wildly at us.

“Heh.”

I responded by shaking her hand lightly.

Then he turned his head in front of him and put one hand in his suit pocket.

“Shall we run a little faster, Your Excellency? There is no other grandson who rides a flying dragon with me like this.”

“You.”

The Duke of Winchester asked with a serious expression.

“It’s gambling and all that, and you’re not saying you’re going to do Gyeongryong or anything just because you want to show that kid how cool you are, right?”

“Yes?”

“No, it looks exactly like that?”

The Duke of Winchester looked very serious.

“Seeing how he’s acting like he’s researching how to ride a flying dragon in a fashionable way, it seems like he’s just introducing a light dragon to impress women…”

“That can’t be possible.”

I started talking nonsense.

“We just want to introduce light dragons to provide everyone with a fair opportunity to fly.”