A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

297 – Last Greeting (1)

If there’s one thing I’ve realized while living as a traitor, Gray, it’s that you shouldn’t treat the people of Nostrum humanely in a crisis.

This may be a bit cruel.

I can’t force you to sacrifice your cows for the greater good, but if it means putting everyone at risk to save that few, then I am the kind of person who cuts off those few.

‘Maybe this is why the emperor chose me as his successor.’

Even if you look at it objectively, I am not a kind or merciful person.

If everything had been considered as people from Nostrum in the first place, traitor Gray would not have shot so many people.

So it’s the same this time too.

Among the people in the capital, there is someone who has false gold, and because of a previously given order, they must kill me to prevent an explosion in my stomach –

“The wind is so cool.”

No matter what they said, I launched an airship and flew to Gibraltar.

“…”

“Are you worried? “As a king?”

“Anyway, a little.”

Naria, standing next to me, closed her eyes as she watched the citizens of the royal capital of Toledo gradually becoming smaller like ants.

“The look in your eyes is kind as you blame the king for running away and abandoning his people. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it for the rest of my life.”

Naria cannot forget because of her perfect memory of her.

So, I can’t help but remember the expressions the people down there make as they look up at the airship.

“Don’t forget.”

“Yes?”

“Watch how their expressions change. Even if you are above average, they will praise you as a saint, and if you gradually build up your achievements one step at a time, you will become the greatest queen of all time.”

In the first place, evaluation of a king is relative.

If the previous king delivers overwhelming results, the next king will inevitably be compared.

“And they will understand.” He who holds gold is like one who harbors pestilence. How can we bring him to Gibraltar, safe from gold?”

Those who have absorbed false gold are carriers of a seriously contagious plague.

Although the perspective is a little different, the result is the same in that when a plague breaks out, it causes enormous damage to others around it.

“You just have to wait a week. Surprisingly, a week may pass by faster than you think.”

“…My mother.”

“It’ll be okay.”

The reason Naria is shaken is because her mother, Queen Carmen, has not yet woken up.

“…”

“I will not die. I am heading to Gibraltar now to save my life.”

“Is there a way?”

“Yes. There is a very appropriate way. It is the Prince on a White Horse’s role to wake up the princess who was originally cursed to sleep forever.”

“…”

Naria started and she looked at me.

“Isn’t that the way to kiss?”

“That’s right.”

“…Marquis, shall we do it?”

“If it is a way to save the queen of a country, there is nothing that cannot be done.”

If it were any other woman, Queen Carmen’s father would be willing to do the same.

It’s not that my father doesn’t know about the world in dreams, and he would rather accept it from his mother his his first his.

“Isn’t it said that the body was healed by magic? Although some of the internal organs were damaged and I will have to live with the aftereffects for the rest of my life, it is still better to be alive than to remain asleep.”

Queen Carmen is sleeping.

“Even if she doesn’t wake up, the plan must go ahead.”

“I wonder if there is any meaning.”

“It makes sense, Naria. Where do you think kingship comes from?”

At my question, Naria tilted her head for a moment.

“Like the legend of Nostrum, only a clan protected by a golden dragon can become king? Or only Geo Nostrum?”

“I’ve thought about it since I was young, but a king doesn’t exist without a country.”

Naria looked down at her royal capital and nodded her head lightly.

“And a nation cannot exist without its people.”

“Does royal power come from the people?”

“A king without a people is just a king.”

“Yes. In principle, yes. According to the kingship that is practiced beyond the canyon, in the land of the empire, it is so.”

“…?”

“It’s different in Nostrum.”

Common sense. Principle. Theory. Philosophy.

Everything collapses and twists in the land called ‘Nostrum’.

“In the land of Nostrum, the king can only be a clan protected by a golden dragon. Even if there are no people, even if all the people die, as long as the king of Nostrum is alive, Nostrum can revive again.”

In the future, this is what the princess of a ruined country said to me.

Of course, her words she were empty and useless.

“If only the power passed down to the King of Nostrum.”

The power that Saint Geo Nostrum now possesses.

“The miracle of handling countless pieces of gold. The power to revive the dead and control their souls. The ability to show people a fantasy world through gold and then insert that gold into the body and use it as an explosive magic stone. All of it is the exclusive property of those who have been blessed by the Golden Dragon.”

“…”

“That’s not everything. Even with such power, the King of Nostrum has one chance to turn everything around if he fails.”

The emperor doesn’t know.

The Emperor says that Naria is not good enough to be her Lord, but she has the power to become her Lord her.

Correction.

There was.

“Whether the king himself becomes a great hero, whether he gathers 12 sword masters to form a heroic knighthood and becomes the hero king who leads it, or whether he gathers hero-level scholars and creates an academy to bring about an educational revolution, Nostrum is Geo Nostrum – your blood. Only when it continues can it shine as the Kingdom of Nostrum.”

“Like many kings of Nostrum have done so far…?”

“A country where not a single person has failed in 500 years. It is a country that is difficult to call normal.”

“…”

Naria covered her face with her hands for a moment.

This Naria is not the princess of the fallen country that I know, and she did not inherit her memories from the princess of the fallen country.

However.

“In fact, I also saw the world in that dream with false gold.”

“Really? What kind of world was it?”

“It was the same as the others. Gray, you are my brother, and I am of Gibraltar, not Nostrum.”

Naria has the power to remember everything.

“The you in the dream was not much different from the person you are now. No, regardless of what appeared on the outside, the essence was not different.”

“I guess so.”

No matter how much experience a person gains or how much he goes back in time, the essence of a person does not change.

“In my dream, you were more capable than anyone else. You did not want to step forward in any situation, but in situations where it was all about you, you showed your ability better than anyone else.”

“In my dream, I must have been a slightly more passive person than I am now.”

“…10 years old.”

Naria looked at me.

“From the moment I first met you, you were already a different person than you were in the dream world.”

“I guess so.”

“I can’t guess what triggered it, but one thing is clear: whether in a dream or reality, I expect and depend on you for a lot.”

“Do you now know how reassuring it is to have a capable older brother?”

“…Foot.”

Naria smiled at my joke.

“Then I guess I’ll have to rely on you more in the future.”

“Of course. It’s not a joke, it’s real.”

“…Yes?”

“Naria.”

I looked at Naria seriously and asked.

“Are you willing to entrust your life to me to become the true queen of this country?”

“…”

“There is no guarantee that it will go well. If it goes to the worst, it could end in death. This is a fight with many variables that cannot be judged by human concepts.”

“You mean the power of the golden dragon that flows in Nostrum’s blood?”

“Yes.”

In the category of magic, all imaginable miracles are pointing their swords at us.

“We still don’t know what means Saint Geo Nostrum has left until the end. But nevertheless, it is clear that in a week’s time – the day you become a saint – we will be able to strike back.”

“I believe it.”

Naria placed her hand on her chest and nodded her head loudly.

“From the very beginning, I believed in you from the moment I met you at the age of 10.”

“Yes?”

“You said you would make me queen. Although you never mentioned anything after becoming queen.”

Naria muttered bluntly for a moment, but she soon continued her words with a gentle smile.

“Isn’t it clear that we will at least oust St. Geo Nostrum and make her a queen who will no longer be threatened with death by St. Geo Nostrum?”

“Yes.”

If killing the Habsburgs for Astasia is my life goal based on my personal feelings.

“I will make you queen and remove the incompetent king.”

Making Naria a queen is returning the favor.

Gratitude for giving me the opportunity she could have had.

“Actually, I thought it didn’t matter who became king.”

Even if it was the arrangement of the Golden Dragon that restored the world line where Nostrum was destroyed and allowed Nostrum to continue from Naria without being destroyed, I do not regret this choice.

“I cannot serve as king a king who keeps targeting other people’s mothers.”

Either after regression or before regression.

“Because I have not served an incompetent king as a king since I was 10 years old.”

* * *

Goo goo goo.

It took about 3 hours to fly in the sky while increasing the power of the wind stone at the fastest possible speed while being as safe as possible.

The golden airship arrived at the Marquis of Gibraltar-Caroline Castle.

I was a bit worried that there might be an attack using a flying dragon, but there was no attack.

From noble mtl dot come

It was probably thanks to the Black Rose Dragon Knights assigned to us by the Duke of Winchester who guarded us with their eyes lit.

-Take care of Carmen, Gray. I will take responsibility for resolving the chaos in the royal capital.

The Duke of Winchester stayed in the royal capital, Toledo, at my request.

In fact, it was a choice to entrust the people who were in confusion and fear to the Grand Duke, but because he was the Grand Duke, he was able to sort out the chaos in the royal capital.

A powerful person who has been popular in the royal capital for a long time.

He is a sword master and has a powerful armed force.

At the same time, the person who suffered damage from the golden explosion caused by St.

The Archduke will make the most of what is available.

I also gave some advice.

-Just before Queen Carmen died, she said she wanted to meet Crimson? Queen Nalia will stay by her mother’s side to fulfill her last request?

Naria leaving the capital does not mean abandoning the people.

That’s actually true, but you still shouldn’t say it directly.

-…Surely. It may be strange to say that it is an official justification, but it is something that the people can emotionally understand.

Queen Carmen can’t get up.

Even if she were to awaken, she would be known to have come to life after the moment Naria became the true queen.

At least until the removal of St. Geonostrum, Naria had only come to Gibraltar to fulfill her mother’s will and deathbed her.

“Master. I’m landing. I’m shocked…”

Rattling.

As soon as we landed on the ground, someone jumped onto the deck before we could install the auxiliary stairs leading to the ground.

“What about Carmen?”

“This way.”

My father immediately ran onto the deck.

His father, who had already heard of the situation through Magogu, was waiting at Caroline Castle.

“What about my mother and younger siblings?”

“Everyone is on standby in the safest room. Chat Noir and Sir Mente are here, so even if that monster appears, we will be safe.”

“Yes. The two of you will be enough to give your father time to run. Here.”

I opened the door.

The people in the room were started when they saw my father, and as soon as they caught my father’s gaze, they all left the room and went outside.

Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

My father walked straight towards the bed.

Queen Carmen could not get up, but her father sat down next to her and took off her coat her her her.

“Grey.”

“Yes, father.”

“Bring Caroline back to me. I think she’ll need a bit more stamina.”

The father lifted the blanket that covered Queen Carmen to the side and placed it on Queen Carmen’s abdomen with an auror in his hand.

“I will have to use the auror to remove all the gold that has spread within my body.”

“Father, I will help you.”

“No.”

The father shook his head resolutely and looked at Queen Carmen with mixed eyes.

“This is my responsibility.”