Chapter 107 – Chapter 107 ― Contact (4)
Episode 107 ― Contact (4)
“… Umm…”
It was the Chancellor who was familiar with Roan’s question that cut off the embarrassed Eastern Emperor’s groans.
“Evirgio is a land with nothing to the east and south. Your majesty.”
“Hmm.”
It was already more than half a year, and the memory was gradually fading, but originally, Roan was an idiot who had no interest in politics.
The chancellor laughed at the distant past.
“Wasn’t it just a wilderness?”
“It is an old name. There is a story related to it. But it is literally just a story.”
“It’s not something to be dismissed like that, Your Excellency.”
The cool voice seemed to resent the chancellor’s light words.
Perhaps if Aranya was in front of you,
He might have been looking at the Grand Duke with a smiling but not smiling expression.
The Duke of the Desert said seriously.
“The fallen land is getting wider. It’s not a story, it’s realistic.
The deserts are increasing and the grasslands of the East Huangling are shrinking.”
Roan cupped his chin with one hand and fell into his thoughts.
It seems that there is a temperature difference between the Eastern Emperor Commander, who rules the most outskirts of Evirgio, and the chancellor, who is in the center of the capital, accepting this.
“Duke.”
Roan quietly called the Eastern Emperor’s Spirit.
“Jim’s knowledge is short, so he doesn’t know much about the Fallen Land. It seems that you are the one who knows the best. Can you tell me?”
It was a meeting for the emperor to clarify his goals and assist them.
However, the chancellor, who had not listened to a few words, questioned them without hesitation, and the emperor answered the question casually.
The duke even admired the emperor’s questioning without showing any sign of shame even if he didn’t know something.
‘It’s not easy.’
Any number of people get angry when their own ignorance is exposed. Even more so when you are in a high position of power.
Accuse the opponent who spoke out and turn the arrow,
Raise your voice and crush it with power.
Those who are not so impatient or do not have power cover their shortcomings in a relatively moderate way.
Silence and pretending are useful communication methods.
Admitting ignorance
It is such a difficult task.
But the emperor did.
‘Why is someone like this still?’
The more he did, the more the duke’s doubts grew.
Even though His Majesty the Emperor, who has a deep heart, has been wielding a sword and acting without interest in politics until recently, there must be a reason.
But now is not the time to care about that.
“The Fallen Land is said to be the land where the demons were sealed after a battle between the gods and demons in the past.”
“Hoo…”
The West Blood Lord could directly see Roan’s expression of interest.
It was as if he was hearing a story that even the children of the demon tribe knew for the first time.
It was a little suspicious, but it was difficult to imagine the image of the former emperor or empress reading fairy tales, so the grand duke understood without a doubt that Roan could not know the old story.
“But the people of the Eastern Emperor speak. The seal is incomplete.”
“Demon Power… Does that mean that the same has corrupted the earth?”
It seems like a floating story, but
The duke answered seriously.
Actually, it’s not surprising.
The crystal in Roan’s hand is also a lie that only appears in stories.
“That’s right. Your majesty.”
The map I saw in the game was, of course, centered on the hero and Merde. The land outside Evirzio was not even drawn.
The three sides of Merde are the sea and the principalities.
East is here Evirgio.
Then what is outside of Evirgio?
Looking back, even books related to topography only said that there was a wasteland, but it was not written specifically what it was.
For reference, in the game, the outside of the map was blocked by a transparent wall.
But this is reality, so it won’t be like that.
“Have you been?”
“I have tried, but it is impossible. The direction across the desert to the corrupted land is blocked by a transparent barrier.”
“Uh… Hmm.”
The words that jumped out in surprise turned into clearing coughs.
… It can be.
Also a fantasy world.
“And the desert that started from that barrier is getting wider and wider.”
“Then the duke believes that the expansion of the desert is really due to the Fallen Lands?”
“That’s right. Your Excellency.”
“… I’m sorry. Duke. Rather than not trusting the duke’s words… It sounds like an old story.”
Aranya spoke frankly to the duke.
Roan smiled faintly.
This.
I also have to tell old stories – exactly my basis is a set-up – but I have to do it.
Besides, the reason is the fallen land.
They said that the priest’s blessing could prevent the rapid consumption of intelligence.
The decision of the ‘Dark Forest Seed’ reacted to the holy power.
I have a feeling that maybe that crystal or that “Seed” Was created in relation to divine power.
Although it is still only a leap.
“It will be hard to feel in the capital or Seohyeolryeong. But if you grab and ask any of the people in the East Emperor, you’ll probably hear something similar.”
Although you cannot use ‘Listen’ to the voice of the Eastern Emperor that is transmitted through the magic sphere,
I could tell just by listening to him that there was resentment or sadness in his words.
“I think the fallen land is eating away at our Evirgio.”
“Hmm.”
The emperor with a languid face who quietly stroked his chin seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, and then he opened his mouth.
“Jim doesn’t think the duke’s words are just absurd.”
I didn’t hear anything,
At least Roan was able to infer what the other two would be doing from the expression on the face of the grand duke sitting in front of him.
The Grand Duke stared blankly at Roan.
With eyes full of doubt.
Roan fixed her gaze on the box sealed with Helen’s holy magic.
Inside were the crystals Roan brought.
These are fragments of crystals taken from a cave on the edge of the Dark Forest for a morning walk.
“Do you know the story of the ‘Dark Forest Seed’?”
Roan told the story of the past to the two great lords and the chancellor.
An old story about ‘Dark Forest Seeds’.
If it is the decision of the ‘seed’ that can grow that much forest, it may be possible to restore the land.
A story (close to certainty in Roan’s mind).
Based on the story of the forest fairy
(Actually, I knew it from looking at the setting book)
I tried to find a cave with a vein
The story that the crystal found there only responds to Roan’s power.
It would have been a little difficult for the chancellor and the duke to accept the situation already.
On top of that, he couldn’t bear to add that his power was actually divine power.
The time will soon come when it will be revealed.
Even if the demon king directly says, “My power is the divine power given by the Goddess”…
Who would believe
“Then… Your Majesty really… Are you saying you secured that decision?”
“Hmm.”
“You are amazing. Your majesty.”
Roan’s shoulders shrugged at the chancellor’s joyful voice.
“Hmm.”
“That’s why His Majesty told me to find out who the researcher is beforehand.”
The duke’s voice mixed with admiration.
“Okay. Wizards, sorcerers, or anyone else would be fine. One purpose. With this crystal, we will restore the fertility of the land and create meaningful results for our Evirgio farming.”
And Roan added a word.
A word from the boss that subordinates hate to hear.
“The sooner the better. Spring of this year is not far away.”
Silence for a while.
Aranya was the first to speak.
“How is Eleanor-nim?”
But Roan shook his head.
“Eleanor comes to Basel after spring. I don’t know if she hasn’t made progress until after that, but I hope there is some progress before then.”
If someone, a magician or a medicine man who would probably work directly, heard this, he would jump out of his head.
Experiments and research won’t proceed as you think if you rush them.
However, there was a reason why Roan couldn’t back down to Roan University.
Anyway,
People can only live if they continue to eat.
Until the spring of this year when sowing.
No matter how concessive
If the crystal ore can be used even by late summer, when winter wheat can be sown, the food situation in Evirgio could be noticeably different.
Several famous wizards and medicine men have been recommended. However, it was not easy for all three nobles to agree.
Knowledge and experience were not the only things that mattered.
Trust.
To be able to keep the Emperor’s words a secret, he had to be heavy-mouthed and trusted by all three nobles.
At least it seemed that he wanted to avoid all three situations in which certain forces gained strength.
The conversation is longer than expected, and by the time Roan’s worries begin to deepen together.
The Seohyeol Lord, who had been silent for a long time, opened her mouth.
“As I said before, I recommend working with the Count of Northern Baekryung.”
“… Is it anticancer? … Hmm. Indeed.”
The chancellor’s quiet voice.
Even though the name of the great lord came up, the chancellor was unexpectedly friendly.
Eastern Hwangryeongju also responded positively.
“If the Count. Hmm. Northern Baengnyeong Lord. Surprisingly, it seems to be fine. Grand Duke.”
“The grounds?”
Thought out reaction is ok?
There must be a reason why even Aranya, the central aristocrat who is wary of the lord, agrees, and the Western Blood Lord and the Eastern Emperor, who did not seem to show any favor to each other during the meeting of the lords on the frontline, reacted this way.
To Roan’s question, the Eastern Emperor gave a rather strange answer.
“The most famous facility in Tosu, the largest port in Northern Baengnyeong, is the quay.”
“A quay wall?”
“They said it was a place to dock a boat. It is said to be a place to dock large boats. It is a kind of voodoo.”
“However?”
“They say that the quay of Bukbaengnyeong is floating.”
“… Hmm?”
Roan’s expression subtly changed.
“Didn’t you say it was a dock?”
“And the one that made it is Northern Baengnyeongju.”
As if representing Roan’s heart, which was difficult to follow the Duke’s words, Aranya’s questions continued.
“I’ve heard that. Because the pier is floating, even the large merchant ships of Arteala can easily come and go. Are you saying it was the work of the Count?”
“Yes. The Count likes to invent.”
“Hmm.”
It got even more interesting.
A light shimmered in Roan’s purple eyes.
“It is entirely thanks to him that the port grew after the Northern Baengnyeongju was changed.”
Eastern Hwangryeongju coolly talked about the advantages of Northern Baekryongju.
“I heard that Arteala’s merchant ships transported the enormous amount of wheat quickly this time because tasks that would normally take several days as a human being were solved in an instant with the structures and devices devised by the Northern Commander.”
“… I see. I heard that Northern Baengnyeongju has greatly improved the facilities in Dosu.”
If the chancellor agrees with that statement,
It seems that the Northern Baengnyeongju is not someone who only likes to kill people with magic.
Design and build facilities… La.
It’s completely different from the short image I had of him in the past, so it doesn’t really touch me.
What Roan thinks is the Northern Baekryeongju,
He doesn’t care if hundreds or thousands of soldiers who are weaker than him die.
He was an image of an unknown guy.
However, when it comes to port facilities…
In the end, it is the common people, not the nobles, who use it.
It’s a hard idea to do if you’re not interested in their lives.
“Are you trustworthy?”
The weight of Roan’s question was quite heavy.
Then the Grand Duke, who had been silently listening to the Prime Minister and the Duke of the Eastern Hwangryeong, answered.
A smile appeared on his face.
“Your majesty. The Count is a surprisingly simple person.”
“Hmm?”
You don’t seem really interested in politics
It’s really surprising to hear the grand duke, who even looked clumsy in the video that Erennier secretly filmed, say this.
“Simple?”
“When the count sees something interesting, he rushes at it without looking back.”
There was a light of caution in Roan’s eyes.
The Grand Duke laughed bitterly, seemingly guessing what he was asking.
“Of course, there are times when the fun we think is different from the count’s fun.”
“… Tell me.”
“He is obsessed with his own power. He doesn’t even make factions. He seems to enjoy being strong alone and doesn’t need anything to get in the way.”
Northern Baengnyeongju did not like deep communication with others.
Therefore, even though the moments the Grand Duke spent with the Count were short and the conversations were not long,
His experience on the battlefield and the great lord’s insight from his years were enough to understand him.
