Chapter 67: Seems like Great Mage Moore is a sadist

Imperial Palace, Audience Room

“So, are you saying that you failed again?”

“Yes. I’m sorry.”

“You lost 500 troops and even Bezel! You even shamelessly ran away and come back. Can you refute that?”

Emperor Dragnil, who sits on the throne, is totally fuming. Karl, who is kneeling before him is trembling with his face down. Four people near the wall laugh scornfully at the sight before them.

“B-But… Your Majesty, Shinichi Tanaka of Rogas Kingdom has extraordinary strength. It’s not my sole accountability. Could you give me another soldier? This time I’ll definitely show you that I’ll bring him down.”

“No! If I leave it to you, even if there are many soldiers, they will die in vain again! I hereby remove you from the commander post, you are suspended until the war is over.”

“No! Father!”

“We are not a father and child here! Know your position!”

Karl hurriedly apologizes, “Pardon me, Your Majesty!”

One of the four who saw that walked out of the shadow from wall.

“Your Majesty, Karl aside, losing Bezel is a serious situation. With this, it may show that the empire can’t do anything to the kingdom, it will be hard for us to be recognized by each kingdom then.”

“Grandal huh. You’re right. However, such a thing can be anything if we attain the supremacy. They can say as much as they like now.”

“In line with that, I think we should make Sanargia fall first. What do you think?”

“No, the first one is Rogas Kingdom. It appears that soldiers from each kingdom are gathering there. It would be convenient. I’ll crush them head-on.”

“Then, give that command to this Grandal.”

The second son, Grandal, kneeled on one knee on the floor. The other three who saw it chuckled.

“Should that be entrusted to the eldest daughter?”

The eldest daughter, Rezena, steps forward.

“I can’t leave such a big role to my brother you know. I have to take over.”

The fourth son, Nell also shows up.

“Bullshit! It’s my, the eldest son’s job to lead the whole army.”

As the eldest son Gaen says that, he looks at the emperor. The corner of Emperor Dragnil’s mouth raises when he saw this four siblings.

“Alright then, I’ll let Gaen take command over the entire army. I’ll leave 100,000 troops to each of the other three. Make the kingdom fall with that 300,000 troops.”

「「「「As you will」」」」」

Karl, who still had his head down, was trembling with regret. It’s too humiliating. He was very miserable. If he had been able to kill that silver-haired man, he wouldn’t regret that he attacked the kingdom by this time.

“You can go.”

Five people, including Karl, leave the audience room. The emperor quietly saw off their back.

“Damn! Damn it! Even though I’ve finally risen to this point! Damn Shinichi Tanaka!”

A short distance from the Imperial Palace, Karl was raging in a forest called the Sanctuary. The beautiful trees are wrecked and the flowers were trampled by him.

『Brat, don’t mess with this forest anymore. 』

Karl stopped moving.

There shouldn’t be anyone here, but he certainly heard a voice in his ears. He looked around and searched for the owner of the voice.

“Who!? Where are you!? This should be off limits to anyone other than the imperial family!”

『You don’t seem to know why it’s off limits. Karl Dragnil. 』

“Why do you know my name!? Who are you! Show yourself!”

『Isn’t I right in front of you? 』

He is in the woods. The voice was heard from that small mountain. Then a huge eye appeared in front of him. Karl instinctively moved backwards and fall on his hips.

“M-Monster!”

『I’m not a monster. Look at me properly. 』

The “small mountain” raised its head and rose just above Karl. When he looked closely, it turned out to be the head of a giant dragon. The scales are so beautiful that they can be called emeralds, and it has a ferocious look because it was born as the strongest race. It has imposing horns and its vertically long pupils were yellow, it even has this impression that it could shoot you to death with just its stare.

“Hiiii-, d-dragon!”

『I am the Sacred Beast, Doran. I protect the Estent Empire. This sanctuary is my garden, and even if it’s the imperial family, I will never allow it to be destroyed. 』

“…Sacred beast? No way, that legendary Doran-sama?”

『I don’t know if I’m now treated as a legend. For me, it doesn’t change much be it 100 or 500 years. 』

The dragon, who calls himself Doran, lowered his head again and slowly put his head on the ground again. Karl noticed that he is sitting down so he stands up in a hurry.

“Please pardon me. I’m Karl Dragnil, the tenth son of the Dragnil royal family. It’s an honor to meet the Sacred Beast Doran.”

『Enough with the compliment. Why did you ruin my garden? 』

“It’s shameful but I failed the operation to make the kingdom fall so I was deprived of my position as the commander by His Majesty. Because of uncontrollable anger, I vented it on the trees.”

『Absurd!』

“S-Sorry! Please forgive me!”

Karl kneel down on the ground (dogeza pose) and apologizes to Doran.

Seeing him in that state, Doran said, 『Wrong. 』

『It’s my aggression that I said that. Why does the empire want another kingdom when we have enough territory anyway? I can’t understand it. 』

“But as you have said, elves once ruled this world, then after that, it’s the humans who dominated the world. Why should we, the superior Dragoneuts, be oppressed by such lower races now? I think that it’s now time open up our rule.”

『That’s ridiculous. What do you do after controlling another kingdom? Do you immerse yourself in the joy of enslaving other races? Or do you want to get rid of everything but dragoneuts from the ground? 』

“I’m not thinking of such things. His Majesty wouldn’t want anything more once the other races fell under our feet. This is a battle for the pride of the empire.”

『Do you kill creatures that you don’t even eat because of pride? As usual, men are foolish. But I’m also stupid as I help such foolish creatures. 』

“Then, do you want to participate in the war?”

『I won’t do that. I have decided to move only when the empire is in crisis. The sacred beasts of the other kingdoms will be the same as me. Human conflicts should be ended by yourselves.』

Karl was disappointed hearing Doran’s words. If the sacred beast goes into battle, it is easy for the empire to take control of the whole world. When that happens, the imperial family will surely give him a vast territory. Money, woman, honor, everything that he wants.

“Doran-sama, is it okay to come here once in a while?”

“I don’t mind. I hardly move from here.”

“Thank you! Well then, I’ll go back for now!”

Karl quickly leaves Doran. There was an inspiration in his head.

“If I persuade the Sacred Beast, all the credit for the war is mine. It seems that God hasn’t forsaken me yet.”

With a faint smile, he returned to the Imperial Palace with a light step.

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“She’s late… She has already been staying there for ten hours now.”

I was lying on the floor while staring at the door. Ten hours have passed since Erna entered the training ground but there is no sign of her coming out. I was gradually worried as the time was longer than planned.

Don’t tell me she’s already dead in there. It’s not strange to think so.

Gakon

The door finally opens. As soon as I ran up, I opened the slightly opened door.

“I…. can’t move anymore…”

Erna, who has opened door, was too exhausted that she came out staggering. I hurriedly held her.

“Hey, are you okay!?”

“Yeah, more than that… let me drink some water.”

I took out the water barrel from the bangle and I put it into a cup for her to easily drink it. Erna who took the cup, gulps the water in one go.

“Ha-, I am dead tired. I thought I would really die.”

“Is it such a difficult training? The duo who came out earlier didn’t look like you though…”

“No. The cause is this.”

Erna hands Moore’s pocket watch to me.

Hn? It’s due to the clock?

“It seems that you can take a special training course with that watch. I was happy at first, but I couldn’t help but want to go home from the middle. Moore-sama is a sadist!”

Erna began to spill tears as she said, “I’m glad I was still alive….”

She dread the tough training she received.

“Anyways, the training is now over, right? For the time being, eat Cure Mushroom to heal your body.”

“Un”

She then munched on the mushrooms. In the meantime, I magically repaired Erna’s worn-out hat and robe. Base from the hat and robe that were torn and burned, I felt that I could see a part of her harsh training.

“I’m feeling much better! Thank you!”

“Good. Then let me see you how strong you are now.”

I used Analysis skill on Erna.

【Analysis Result: Erna Frederia: The second daughter of the Frederia family. She’s shocked that Moore, the great mage she longed for, was a sadist. She don’t want to hear Moore’s name for a while: Rarity S】

【Status】 Name: Erna Frederia Age: 19 years old Race: Founder Elf Occupation: Adventurer Magic Attributes: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light, Darkness, Lightning Magic: Fireball, Fire Arrow, Flame Bomb, Flame Chain, Flame Wall, Flame Burst, Flare Zone, Aqua Ball, Aqua Arrow, Aqua Wall, Aqua Cure, Spear Rain, Aquarius Recovery, Rock Arrow, Rock Wall, Rock Bullet, Rock Armor, Metal Wall, Ground Hammer, Air Ball, Air Arrow, Air Cutter, Air Wall, Lightning, Thunder Ball, Break Tornado, Light, Stun Light, Camouflage, Shadow, Shadow Field, Shadow Bind Skills:  Noble Spirit (New) ▹Special: Extrasensory Perception(↑), Attack Prediction(↑) ▹Advanced: Spearmanship(↑), Essence of Magic(↑) ▹Beginner: Royal Archery Technique, Royal Fist Technique(New), Hell Ear Z(New) Evolution: Does not meet the conditions <Requirements: Attack Prediction (Beginner), Noble Spirit, Essence of Magic (Special)>

It’s such a tremendous growth.

Spearmanship, Extrasensory Perception, Attack Prediction and Essence of Magic ranked up. Taijutsu skills has become a Royal Fist Technique, and Hell Ears have evolved into Hell Ears Z. Furthermore, the indomitable spirit has evolved into a noble spirit.

And what’s amazing is the kind of magic she has learned. Before I knew it, she also got the lightning attribute and at a glance, it is no longer possible to tell which magic is which.

“That’s amazing Erna. Your status has changed beyond recognition.”

“I know right? I’ve received that much training so I think it’s natural for me to grow this much.”

“But how did you get the lightning attribute? I don’t think that magic attribute will increase, unless you evolve of course.”

“Ah right! I got Moore-sama teach me something interesting!”

She asked Moore?

I felt uncomfortable with her way of saying it, but it’s better to listen to her first. She then took out some magic stones from her bosom.

“Try swallowing this!”

“A magic stone? It’s not a candy ball, you know?”

“It’s fine, just do it!”

I swallowed the fire magic stone as Erna states.

【Notice: Attribute acquisition from magic stones cannot be done by people with homeless race】

Such words appeared in my field of view. It was written that the attributes could not be learned. In other words, if you are not from a homeless race, you can get attributes from magic stones.

“How is it? Did an attribute appear?”

“No, it was displayed that it could not be learned due to racial characteristics.”

“Eh?! What’s with the homeless race!”

Erna sprawled on the floor. Seeing such appearance, she seems to be very disappointed. She probably remembered that I wanted an attribute. As I think like that, I felt pleased with Erna’s thoughtfulness.

“It’s fine, you know? After all I have Erna who can use a lot of magic.”

“Fufu, that’s right. Shinichi would be no good without me.”

“I didn’t say to that extent.”

I argued, but Erna looks happy with a grin plastered on her face.

“Alright, it’s about time we get out. It’s already night but we can’t stay here.”

“Eh-?? We need to go out now? I don’t want to move yet.”

“Should I carry you on my back?”

I carried Erna on my back, opened the door and go out. I didn’t see the old man at the entrance, he probably already returned home. After we leave the cave, we cross the chain bridge and returned to the original mountain path. The full moon is already up in the sky and the surroundings were so quiet in the darkness of the night.

“Brrrrrrrr”

The two homeless unicorns emerged from the bush. Apparently, they were waiting for us faithfully. After stroking the head of the two, I tried to lower Erna to the ground.

“…Mmmm… I can’t do it anymore Moore-shaamaaa…”

“She’s so tired that she fell asleep huh.”

I took the unicorn down to a large area then I built an isolated space in an appropriate place. The target is me, Erna, and the two unicorns. I entered the space and placed Erna down. I then put a blanket on her.

In fact, I realized a while ago that the isolated space was a magic that was perfect for camping. So I used it many times on this trip. I too wrapped myself in a blanket and then I fell asleep thinking about the journey that would start again tomorrow.

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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