A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

76 – Eve (3)

“The flame of the covenant, the flame of flame, the fire of darkness flowing from the abyss!”

The arrival of Archen Gilarus made me think about wind stones, but in fact, the original purpose was here.

“Praise, Explore—jeon!!”

Kwa-euang!

The sky-blue flames that rise above the staff cross the canyon and explode loudly in the air.

“Oh.”

Since he was the person sent by Queen Carmen, his skills were clearly outstanding as he was one of the researchers who developed wind stone in the future.

“Hey, master.”

“I know, so just do it.”

“Do you know what I’m going to say?”

“Didn’t you mean to ask if all wizards’ chants look like that?”

“No, but.”

Robert looked at me with a straight face.

“No, I have seen more wizards than you, but would you like me to ask you about the wizards’ spells?”

“I thought so, but was my prediction wrong?”

“Not at all! No matter how that person recites the spell, it is the personality of wizards, isn’t it?”

Explosion magic basically has the same method of expression for intermediate wizards, but each spell is different.

“What I want to ask is because that person is shooting right now with the intention of destroying the canyon.”

“If you look at the momentum, that’s true.”

“Witness! Praise! The flame of a bud blooming in the darkness!!”

He keeps flicking his wand loudly and continuously firing Explosion magic.

“Let them enjoy it.”

He’s going to die sooner or later, so shouldn’t he have an achievement that will allow him to go to the afterlife and tell the messengers about what he did while he was alive?

-Destructive magic was thrown at the Gibraltar Gorge!

Aside from the fact that the development of the wind stone is not yet complete, at least using the Explosion spell in the Gibraltar Gorge will be something to be proud of.

‘There is no damage at all.’

The canyon looks like a sheer cliff, but it is not a naturally created cliff.

‘On the outside, it’s just a gray cliff, but in reality, it’s a huge castle wall whose surface is protected by magic.’

Someone once said something like that.

If the Gibraltar Gate is a human fortress built against the empire.

‘Is it said that the Gibraltar Gorge is a magical fortress built by giants?’

A huge 300m earthen wall built in the direction of the empire.

It is said that the ravine in between is the traces of one of the giants cutting an earthen wall with a sword, but I do not know the details.

What is important is the ‘defense’ of this canyon.

‘The strength of magic cannot even properly injure anyone unless they are at the master level.’

If it were a natural cliff, it would have been weathered and chipped away over many years, but this is not the case with this canyon.

“Ex—-plosion!!”

Baron Archen now uses explosion magic with all his pride, but not even soot is created in the canyon.

Only the Master can properly inflict damage on the canyon.

Unless you are someone who can control mana at the level of a sword master or arch mage, whether you stab a shovel, punch, or use explosive magic towards the canyon, it will not work.

“Sir Robert. Isn’t this canyon a trace of civilization left by an ancient god?”

“What?”

“Otherwise, there is no way it could have maintained its form for hundreds of years.”

“Not always.”

Robert pointed in the direction of Gibraltar.

“We can dig it out, right?”

“That’s right.”

“It’s so hard that you can’t even properly stab a shovel in the direction of the empire.”

“That’s right.”

“There is also a rumor that the Imperial Master Marquis Claydoll swings his ax against the Gibraltar Gorge, saying he will test it every time.”

“That’s not a rumor, it’s a fact.”

Like.

“Some people call this canyon ‘the dragon’s nest.’ It’s as if the dragon has spread defensive magic over its home.”

“What about the landlord?”

“Even though the house is empty, isn’t there still some defensive magic left or something like that?”

As if someone had installed absolute defensive magic only in the direction of the empire.

“Or maybe it’s a wall built by dwarves in ancient times.”

“All the dwarves are dead.”

“Likewise, it’s a legacy.”

Or, like setting up a very strong steel plank in the direction of the empire and then putting mud and clay on it to build an earthen wall.

‘I think there may have been a conflict between the kingdom and the empire even before the gorge was created.’

If we apply a bit of force, we can dig up the canyon by inserting a shovel into it, but between the empire and the canyon, that was impossible.

‘Without magic and the miracle of God, there is no way that a terrain that defies the laws of nature could exist.’

It is definitely not a natural phenomenon.

‘The kingdom didn’t make it a natural fortress for nothing.’

The most certain hypothesis is that this canyon is actually a fortress of magic stones that look like cliffs, and that defensive magic that prevents breakage and collapse is installed in the direction of the empire.

“Either way, an ordinary human cannot just easily touch the canyon. What if they were digging from the Gibraltar side?”

Therefore-

“Damn it!”

Even with the skills of a mid-level wizard, Baron Archen, it is impossible to break down the canyon wall.

‘It’s not that our ancestors carved the top of the canyon for no reason.’

It is impossible to change the terrain of the canyon unless you are a master.

No matter how much Marquis Claydoll swings his ax at the cliff in the direction of the Empire, the only thing that flies is sweat dripping from his head

What.

Even if there was nothing like this.

‘The Empire couldn’t have dug out the canyon.’

Even if the kingdom tries to dig out a canyon, it is not easy to make even a rabbit hole with a decent amount of manpower.

If you try to sell it, it’s from the kingdom side.

Otherwise, the canyon cannot be easily touched by any means.

What even the emperor gave up on was touching the canyon itself.

“Huh.”

“Uh, why are you smiling again?”

“No, just.”

Although it feels new.

“I wonder what would have happened to the kingdom if the Gibraltar Gorge had not been there.”

* * *

Baron Archen’s skill test is over, and on the streets outside Gibraltar Castle, people are busy preparing for the festival.

And here, the square.

“Move quickly!”

All 100 children from the orphanage, including trainees, come out and dig with shovels.

“Hey, master.”

“What is it, Ellie?”

Eli-Astasia, holding a thermos of warm somnus tea behind me, asked in a very quiet voice.

“Still, they are children, so is it okay to ask them to work like that… ?”

“Ellie.”

I pointed to the children at the orphanage.

“There are no labor laws in the kingdom.”

“…Yes?”

“To be exact, there is no labor law for orphans.”

He pointed to them and us alternately.

“In the empire, there are several laws for ‘everyone.’ It’s the same in the kingdom. There are laws, but only nobles are protected by those laws.”

“Uh…”

“No. Should we say that only nobles are protected by the law, and commoners and below are subject to the judgment of the law?”

Unlike an empire where the monarch exists in a system called law according to the constitution.

“The kingdom, for 500 years, was only for Nostrum and the nobles below.”

The kingdom is a country where every word of Nostrum is law.

“If you look at it from the empire’s perspective, such a thing will naturally come out. Why has it survived so far without being destroyed?”

Exactly, why hasn’t it been destroyed by us until now?

“No one would think it strange if we mobilized daycare children to lift shovels and built a new stage in the central square for the festival.”

“Uh, um…”

“Unless you’re from the Empire.”

“…”

Astasia, as Ellie, chose to remain silent.

In the end, she has to stand up and say, ‘This isn’t right!’ Because in the end, she knows full well that it’s just an empty sound.

“Hey, can I come along and help you?”

Instead, this girl is trying to do her part in a small way.

“If I go and work together…”

“No. Ellie must be by my side and assist me. As a maid.”

“That’s…”

“If you go over there, the kids will feel more uncomfortable, especially the other Whites who are helping the kids in the back.”

The daycare children and adults digging the ground take turns again.

“They are helping behind the scenes like that. If you dig, shouldn’t they dig along with you?”

“Ugh…”

“Everyone has their own role.”

The adults take back the children’s sweat-covered shovels and pound the ground flat. The whites hand out wooden cups to the children sitting in the shade and pour water from the large wooden bottle they were holding.

“And the Empire probably doesn’t have much to say about child labor either.”

“That is.”

“It was in the newspaper. Until 10 years ago, it was common for children to work in factories.”

“…I have nothing to say.”

Astasia smiled bitterly and lowered her head.

“He sent me here to experience something like this, right…” ” ?”

“That’s right.”

The canyon separated the two countries for so long that people from different cultures could not easily integrate.

“In the end, you don’t know the details of anything unless you experience it firsthand.”

Immediately after the kingdom fell and Governor Morgania decided to manage Nostrum.

The first official event the emperor held was an imperial tour with me, the Earl of Gibraltar, Governor Carmen, and some kingdom officials.

‘If I hadn’t seen the empire in person, I would have lived my whole life thinking that Nostrum was right.’

This is truly a scary story.

In the kingdom, things that were thought to be the privileges of nobles are now considered trivial.

Commoners who were considered insignificant now lead a life like nobles through magic engineering and law.

‘Such shocks will now accelerate.’

Soon.

The moment when the gates of the Gibraltar Gorge open years early.

‘Because there are more than a few citizens of the empire who will raise their voices against the absurdity of the kingdom.’

Many citizens of the empire will learn about the true nature of Nostrum.

And they will try to step forward like Astasia.

‘At the forefront will be my father’s fans.’

Many women who came to see my father’s pictorial would be astonished to see the lives of the kingdom’s citizens.

‘Seeing orphans being forced to work will remind them of the pain they experienced in the past.’

Children’s rights.

‘Only children do that.’

And-

“Hey! Where are these women coming from?”

A man who just came out holding a shovel shouts at a middle-aged woman.

“Don’t come out here and go home and take care of your baby!”

“Do you think I came out because I wanted to get out? I didn’t come here to give you what you left behind!”

“Huh, hmm! It’s okay, so hurry up and go in! Let’s make some food!”

It is clearly a narrow-minded view to judge everything about a country based on just one scene.

However, such scenes are repeated and occur one after another, and the moment you realize that it is not a single moment but ‘daily life and common sense’.

‘When you see how the women of the kingdom live, you’ll want to rip off your corset right away.’

Children’s rights.

And, women’s rights.

Something that does not exist in the kingdom, but exists in the empire.

‘So when the door opens, many people should come.’

From the empire’s perspective, the women of the kingdom are uncivilized and not yet ‘awakened’.

‘Because I want to interfere and I won’t be able to bear it. ‘I’ll lay the boards as much as I want.’

Therefore, they will pass through the canyon and spread throughout the kingdom, raising their voices.

‘If I see this, I won’t be able to bear it without interfering.’

Surely many people will be imprisoned.

Nevertheless, more women will pass through Gibraltar and spread throughout Nostrum.

In their arms, there will be a man’s photo album and a fantasy about Nostrum.

“Ellie. Someone I know said something.”

The emperor said that.

“Those who think that only what they have experienced is the whole world, who think that their beliefs are correct, and who force those thoughts on others are the most dangerous people.”

Although it is a script written to show a philosophical side in an official interview with the Empire Ilbo, the fundamental meaning behind the words is the same.

“Ellie.”

“Yes.”

“Do you still want those people to live like the people in the empire, Ellie?”

“…”

Astasia nodded slightly, invisible to others.

“I think so too.”

“Yes…?”

“If Ellie wants it, I should do it too.”

Even the crown prince will be fooled.

“There are only nobles in Nostrum. There are no commoners, no women, and no children.”

“…”

“So I decided to change my thoughts first.”

Gray Gibraltar, admiring the ideal image of the empire he heard from Astasia, will think of the kingdom as barbaric.

“But I wondered if there was any point in telling this to the people of Nostrum.”

Since ancient times, the most active human being.

I am not someone who acts as a job based on money.

It is not a doll that is forced to move by intimidation.

‘The scariest thing is when a person with broken illusions forces their beliefs.’

From noble mtl dot come

The person who acts as if his or her beliefs are right is the most frightening.

“So, I’d like to ask other people for that.”

Come.

Awakening women of the empire.

I grew up fantasizing about Nostrum after seeing my father’s photo.

Bring your father’s photo book and come here through the Gibraltar Gorge.

“People of the Empire, you will probably have a lot to say when you come here.”

And face the reality of nostrum and poison this country.

“Then we should let those people speak freely.”

A plague called ‘enlightenment’.

“If that’s what you want.”