A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

262 – The Most Gorgeous Coffin for You (6)

Aboard the Navy Captain’s flagship ship, the Hayreddin, I couldn’t help but laugh at the small banquet hall set up below the deck.

“It’s luxury itself.”

There is a red carpet underneath, and all the frames that were originally made of sail wood have been replaced with ebony wood.

“This is not the Hayreddin. It is another badge made exactly like the Hayreddin.”

“The name is [Baek Eun-ho].”

“You have silver in your name. Are you able to inhale as much silver as you like here?”

“That may be true, but it’s empty today. Is it okay to bring something like that into the Nostrum? And officially, it’s called the Hayreddin. The real Hayreddin is too old and rotten to fly.”

The emperor flopped down on the navy blue sofa placed on the carpet and naturally picked up the wine bottle displayed on the table.

“Would you like a glass of wine? It’s wine you drink in the sky, about 100 meters away from the ground.”

“I am a minor.”

“Oh, that’s right. Just wait another half a year and you too will become an adult. Should I say this is the time when everything will be unlocked? Hehe.”

The emperor said to himself and pointed to the empty gray sofa across from him.

“Sit down, don’t stand. It won’t suddenly fall or anything like that. We’ve already done a few test runs.”

“I’ve never heard of something like this in the Imperial Newspaper.”

“It was a secret weapon that only the Minister of National Defense and above could participate in, so how could newspaper reporters make headlines about the existence of such an airship? Even if they covered it, it was bound to be sorted out at the desk… At the editor-in-chief’s level.”

“Are reporters also being organized?”

“Curiosity kills the cat.”

The emperor lightly lifted his glass.

“How is it?”

“What?”

“When compared, that is.”

“Drake, what do you mean?”

“It may be a drake, or it may not.”

“It’s not that bad.”

I sat down on the sofa and picked up a glass bottle from the nightstand next to me.

“Is this alcohol?”

“No. It’s Somnus tea. I’ve been drying the highest quality Somnus that was successfully cultivated in a certain territory of the empire two years ago and succeeded in commercializing it like this.”

“Hmm… “

Open the lid and smell the scent.

“It’s not that bad.”

“Can’t you say it’s good?”

“It’s not the case with airships.”

The airship must be compared with before its return, but the Somnus tea must be compared with the present.

“Somnus flowers grow in a variety of places. Some people call them weeds, but they have prolific reproduction and growth potential.”

“But it wasn’t an empire.”

“…It’s like a symbol of Nostrum.”

Is it because of the environment?

Or was it a problem in the area called nostrum?

Somnus flower is a plant that rarely grows beyond canyons.

It’s not that sowing itself is impossible or anything, but it only grows about 1/3 of the size compared to growing in Nostrum.

“You can’t believe they make tea like this out of worthless flowers. Does this sell?”

“It sells well. There is no special medicine for those looking for white silver.”

“…”

As expected.

If you had tried taking both at the same time, you would have immediately noticed a slight reaction and abnormality in your body.

“What can I say when I consume white silver, it feels like very fine silver is accumulating in every duct in my body. But it feels like this somnus flower tea is completely washing away the white silver. “What do you think?”

“It sounds like you wash your throat with beer after eating fatty meat.”

“Oh. Have you ever drank alcohol?”

“This is what the drivers are talking about. Didn’t I tell you that you are a minor?”

I don’t think I noticed that urinary tract lumps were forming.

If we dissect or analyze a person who actually has urinary tract obstruction, we will probably find out its true nature, but even if urinary tract obstruction has stopped working, I have no intention of telling you that.

Even if you can’t kill the emperor, you can eliminate the numerous obstacles below him.

“By the way, no one was brought here. Where are you hiding underground?”

“There is no one.”

“Is it okay for the emperor?”

“Isn’t it a sincere attitude toward peace for the emperor to come to the kingdom alone?”

“I don’t think it will have much effect. The extreme Nostrumists in the kingdom are already condemning Gibraltar, saying it has become a colony of the empire.”

“Did the terrorists say that?”

“Even terrorists say that, and nobles and powerful people in the capital say that too.”

“It must be a bother. If so, let me ask you a question.”

The emperor tapped the cup lightly with his finger and lowered his voice.

“Nostrum.”

“Yes.”

“Is it really necessary?”

“…”

It’s just one word, but it contains a lot of meaning.

And I know better than anyone else what those words mean.

“Ethnic cleansing is not allowed.”

“Why?”

Extermination.

Kill all those with Nostrum’s blood.

“Because it has no meaning.”

“Why?”

“How will we find all those who have Nostrum blood, and what will we do with the Nostrum blood that has seen into the Empire?”

“…”

The emperor is silent.

The easiest way is to ‘kill and remove all the blood clots beyond the canyon.’

“It’s not like there could be a mark or a mark on his body that says, ‘This person is a human from Nostrum.'”

However, among those blood clots, there are people from the Empire, and there are also people from Nostrum who crossed over to the Empire tens or hundreds of years ago.

Just as the man who was Marquis Claydoll’s lieutenant was a commoner who had exiled himself from Nostrum.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the blood flowing through the Nostrum people. I think it’s the same for both Kingdom and Empire people.”

“No difference?”

“There is no sin in blood. No matter where you go, there is always trash. If you don’t like that, you should kill all humans themselves.”

“That makes sense.”

The emperor bowed deeply.

“Then what is the solution? Let’s remove mold every time it comes up?”

“Yes.”

“Mold has already seen into the walls, and not only clothes but people are suffering from the mold, too?”

“If you change the wallpaper or the structure of the house itself is the problem, you should build a new house.”

“A house?”

The emperor changes his posture.

“Let’s destroy the Kingdom of Nostrum?”

I am a person who always likes metaphors and analogies, but because of that, I am sometimes a person who knows better the meaning of moving from metaphor to simile.

“The simplest way would be to change the ruling class. Purge the king and install a new king in his place.”

“Naria Geo Nostrum.”

“Yes. I believe she will at least not run Nostrum the way St. Geo Nostrum did.”

“Trust is too poor to be used as a basis for political judgment. To ask someone to judge based on the ability he demonstrated as the student council president of the academy… Isn’t the ability of the person who presented the award superior?”

“Eating everything from the table without kicking it is also an ability.”

“I don’t know who’s talking.”

The emperor suddenly laughed and tilted his glass.

“If you just say ‘I will do it,’ the empire will be in your hands, but for someone who refuses to say that, it’s just absurd.”

“No matter what I do, whether it’s inheriting the empire or winning it, I don’t think I can change the current Nostrum any faster if I get into that position.”

“Change the nostrum?”

“Aren’t you already watching from many places?”

“…”

“Economy, society, culture, technology, medicine, education, etc. The imperial culture, which once buffered through Gibraltar and spread to Nostrum, is rapidly spreading throughout the kingdom.”

“That is an undeniable fact. If Gibraltar had not existed, the imperial serial murder case would probably have remained unsolved in the County of Sirene by now.”

The emperor said with a serious face.

“Has that ever happened?”

“It seems like an obvious question, but how would I know all that? I can only infer the circumstances from the situation as it is.”

“So, what is your opinion?”

“Even if it is not a cold case, they will frame a person who is not a suspect as the culprit, kill him, and then say, ‘It has been solved.'”

“That’s the point.”

The emperor snapped his fingers and bowed.

He brought his upper body closer to me and pointed to the floor with his finger.

“Imperial people rarely do such things. Do you know why? It’s because there is a thing called the law-abiding spirit.”

“The people of the kingdom also have a law-abiding spirit.”

“A law-abiding spirit filled with muscle and honor, even the brain that solves everything through a duel?”

“Even if they have shortcomings in making a living, they are gentle people who respect and follow long-standing traditions and history. They should not rebel against the royal lineage and resist those of high status. How law-abiding is this?”＜ Br＞

“So, what if the law itself is the problem?”

“That’s why we have expectations from Queen Naria.”

I cut my hand towards my own throat.

“If Naria corrects the evils accumulated over the 500 years of Gibraltar’s history and takes the right path in integrating with her empire, she will be fine. If she fails to do so and Nostrum ends up being eaten by the empire, then it doesn’t matter.”＜ Br＞

“Why? Does Queen Naria have a hero-like talent for politics?”

“Don’t His Majesty the Habsburgs know better?”

“…”

Is Naria a hero with outstanding political skills?

“Naria Geo Nostrum… Is a king.”

An ordinary king.

Habsburg von Tersian, Emperor of the Empire, declared.

“Just an ordinary king. In times of peace, he will maintain peace even if he cannot develop the country further. When the country is in danger, he will raise the flag himself, but without help from those around him, he will eventually bow There is one premise.

“The premise?”

“When I’m not wielding the sword called Gibraltar.”

“Thank you for your high opinion, Your Majesty.”

“Of course. The main body of the Kingdom of Nostrum is Gibraltar. I felt it even before I found out about you, but I wonder why Gibraltar didn’t rebel against the royal family a long time ago.”

“…”

It’s my personal opinion, but I think I probably would have done it.

“I would have done it.”

“What?”

“Whether it happened once every 100 years, or just once, or whenever the family head changed, someone would have committed treason.”

“But?”

“Well, since it’s not written in the history book, maybe someone ripped it up and added new paper?”

“Then, I will ask.”

The emperor looks at me seriously.

“Why did you come back?”

“I didn’t do that.”

He asked me seriously, so I answered honestly.

“This is what happened when I opened my eyes.”

“…”

“And that’s right. It’s not something to ask about other people’s past so carelessly. Especially when it comes to places where other people’s painful wounds are present.”

“Isn’t that something only lovers say?”

“Would you please describe it as a duty between humans?”

“Dori. Haha. Interesting.”

The Habsburg Emperor snapped his fingers and smiled faintly.

“I’m not asking how you turned back time, when you came back, or why you came back. It’s a little fun to try and figure it out, and for me… Well, how should I put it? Yes, I’m just wondering what you experienced.” No matter what the previous Habsburgs did, his judgment and mine will not be at all wrong.

“…”

“A lot has happened in Gibraltar since you were 10 years old, when you started showing drastic changes, until now. But even if those 9 years of history didn’t exist, I would have known you and made you my descendant as soon as I met you. First impressions, instincts, It doesn’t matter how I express it.”

“Thank you for your high evaluation.”

“I’m just telling it like it is. But if I had to say it… I think I met him earlier than the previous emperor, so let me ask him a question seriously, since I have younger blood than that old man .”

“The story of the past…”

“It’s a story of the ‘present’. Gray Governor of Gibraltar Barcelona.”

The emperor changed his expression

“Do you know that there will be simultaneous terrorist attacks in the royal capital and an assassination of Gray Gibraltar to coincide with the visit of the Habsburg Emperor?”

“…”

The words that came out of the emperor’s mouth were very close to the present, or rather the future.

“Whether the Emperor of the Empire is involved in terrorism or not, do you know that a large-scale terrorist attack is planned to occur in the royal capital against Gray Gibraltar?”

“Yes.”

I was talking about something seriously.

“I know. St. Geo Nostrum will not stand still.”

It was Naria Geo Nostrum who invited the emperor.

He is not an incompetent king.

“How many times are you going to tolerate such terrorist acts happening again and again? Countless puppets following Saint Geo Nostrum just because he is the king? You can’t even say it’s wrong against the wrong king, it’s just that the country called Nostrum is in danger. What about the tribes called heroes who appear every time they fall into the North? “

“…”

“I have no intention of changing my beliefs, even if you become disillusioned. Do you know what that is?”

“There is no need for Nostrum in my empire.”

“That’s correct. Gray, if I were to give in based on your face, it would be the nostrum so far.”

The emperor declares.

“If the nostrum is not fundamentally changed, there is no choice but to erase it. Whether it takes 10 years or 30 years… “

“Even after His Majesty has cleaned up all Nostrum right before his death and passed on a clean continent to future generations?”

“If that is my completion.”

The emperor bowed seriously.

“If it were the death of Habsburg von Tersian that would hand over a world without Nostrum to Gray Gibraltar, wouldn’t that be the most beautiful completion in history?”

“…”

“You shouldn’t do anything. Just close your eyes and stay still.”

The emperor smiled and raised his glass.

“I will cover up all the dirty blood.”