Chapter 264 – Old Relationships
“Little brother, are you sure you’ll be okay? “If we are not careful, this commotion could cause the empire to collapse.”
“Hmm…”
Nod.
As one of the three great powers, an empire that has exercised tremendous influence over the entire continent for hundreds of years can collapse with just one disturbance.
The palace declared so.
If most people heard that assertion, they would look at Gungseong and laugh it off, telling them not to mess around, but Bu-seong and Do-seong next to her nodded as if they agreed with her assertion.
Then he looked at Jun, the main culprit who caused the commotion.
“Well, what’s the point of standing and talking, so let’s move first.”
Jun, who was choosing what to say while receiving those gazes, soon realized that there was no one else around but himself and advised his companions to move.
The moment you leave the auditorium and take a seat at the nearby campus teahouse,
“Por is a chocolate parfait! There are chocolate waffles, chocolate cake, and chocolate cookies!”
“Socheop wants to eat peach roll cake and jumbo parfait.”
I don’t know how they knew, but the two gluttonous wives in Dowonhyang naturally came out and ordered a menu.
“To? Um, so…”
When a fist-sized fairy and spirit called out a menu that even a human could not eat, the clerk who was writing down the menu looked carefully to see if he should write it all down or not.
“Why? Why are you doing that? “You sure you don’t want to give snacks to Por?”
“I have enough money, so hurry up and write it down. Come on.”
The fairies and spirits, worried that they wouldn’t be able to eat the snack, began to fuss.
Instead of being scary, the sight was so cute that the clerk was completely entranced.
“Por, Dohwa. Stop and come here.”
“Hey~. “Juni, I want to eat Porchoco.”
“Socheopdo, socheopdo roll cake, parfait.”
“Okay. Okay. “Hey, please accept all the menu items sung by these kids.”
“…”
“… Over there?”
“Ha~. “I don’t mind dying.”
Shake it off!
The clerk, who was staring blankly at Jun’s face and the fairy and spirit hugging him, soon broke down helplessly, his nose bleeding.
The face clearly exposed under the sky could never have looked so happy.
Looking down at that face, Jun scratched his cheek as if he was troubled.
The appearance of being at the heavenly level in itself brought favor and overwhelm to others, but sometimes it also caused unexpected accidents like this.
After pondering for a while, Jun finally took out the magic mask of Premium that he had kept in his gift box, placed it on the side of his head, and activated the mask’s facial recognition inhibition function.
Just about 30 percent, no more.
Just by that amount, you could see the effect of his face becoming quite blurry.
“But why does it feel like my eyes are more focused than before?”
“Isn’t it because the current level is just right for the public?”
Elicia, who responded to Jun’s question, added that sometimes she too is overwhelmed by her darling’s appearance.
After all, too much of anything is just as bad as not enough.
“Ouch, girl, come to your senses.”
“Sorry. I will take your order instead.
The owner and his wife, who appeared to be the clerk’s parents, came out and resolved the situation.
Jun breathed a sigh of relief and called out the menu he had in mind for his turn. However, the amount was more than what Fortuna and Dohwa had ordered.
“Disciple, didn’t you eat breakfast?”
“No, I ate it. That too, very reassuringly. But I guess I’m hungry because I used a lot of energy.”
Hehe. Where did our master spend so much effort? I’m very curious. Talk to this uncle. Huh?”
Do-seong and Bu-seong smile slyly like men telling dirty stories.
For some reason, Gungseong’s face turned bright red as if he didn’t like the two people’s laughter! And I screamed.
“There’s no way you would have used your strength like that! “Little brother, right?”
Then he gave her a sharp look as if to make her nod.
The gaze was so angry that it felt like looking at a stray cat.
Normally, that gaze would scare her, and she would quickly nod her head as she asked,
“Well. I can’t give you an answer because I don’t know what that means. “What does that mean?”
“That’s right!”
“Good job!”
Unfortunately for Gungseong, Jun did not fall into that category.
He was a pervert who was excited rather than scared by the woman’s harsh gaze.
“That, that…”
Gungseong’s face, which was already bright red, turned even redder, and he repeated only one word.
Then, as if I had made up my mind, I lowered my head and whispered softly with my pretty lips.
“… S.”
“Yes? I beg your pardon? “The voice is so low I can’t hear it well.”
“Sex! Sex! “You came back from having sex again!”
“Uh… No.”
Actually, I did it once after breakfast, once again after putting on my suit, and once again after getting in the carriage, but I couldn’t bear to tell the truth when I saw Gungseong’s half-mad eyes and heavy breathing.
Anyway, I never thought I would talk so loudly.
If I hadn’t put up a soundproof barrier before talking about something important, it would have been a big problem.
If there wasn’t a barrier, wouldn’t Gungseong have been branded a bitch that day?
“Whew~. That’s it then. I’m hungry. It could be because I’m growing up. Stop talking nonsense and get to the point.”
Gungseong sat down in his seat with an expression that was half embarrassed and half satisfied, and then all the ordered menu items were set on the table, and only then did the conversation return to the main topic.
“First of all, let me tell you that the empire will not collapse.”
“Hmm, why? As you probably know, the class system is one of the foundations of this country. I hate to admit it, but if there wasn’t a class system, this empire would have collapsed long ago.”
Since ancient times, power has been one of the main factors driving human desires, and in this world where all kinds of supernatural abilities run rampant, this tendency is even stronger.
According to history, before the time of the ancient empire, this world was truly a competition between beasts that knew no restraint.
As a result, the country had no choice but to establish a strong governance system to stabilize society,
The representative products were the three-power ruling system, the absolutism of the Republic of Verde, the federation system of the United States of Elance, and the class system of the Britian Empire.
“Humans are creatures that pursue their individual desires more than any other living creatures. People in this country, where there are almost no other races that prioritize group desires, have a stronger tendency to do so. “If that desire had not been suppressed by the class system, this country would have been torn apart long ago.”
“… That’s true, but isn’t it a bit weird for a father who built a country halfway to say something like that? No, why is it so out of place? Dude, you are a bandit, a bandit!”
In response to Do-seong’s comment, Buseong shrugged his shoulders and replied, “These days, even bandits can be intelligent.”
He then took a sip of the Americano he had ordered, and his actions seemed very intelligent, incongruous with his huge size and grim face.
“The nobles say that the reason the class system was established is that they are noble. But the master refuted it outright, saying it was just luck. At this academy where nobles and commoners who are said to be the future of the empire gather.”
“I don’t know if you know, but the lives of commoners have become very difficult since Shadow Emperor William took power. “I heard that dozens of commoners come to our mountain lodge every day saying they want to become bandits.”
“I can assure you, the resentment and anger of the commoners toward the nobles is currently piling up. Thanks to the good timing of the governor and the church to improve the situation, the accumulation did not explode, but that does not mean it went anywhere.”
“It will most likely explode. The resentment and anger that built up. Using the governor’s rebuttal as justification. “The power of the nobles has deteriorated significantly due to the activities of the church and the governor, so those who were looking for timing will never miss this timing.”
With those words, Busung took another sip of his Americano.
As expected, he is very intelligent despite his appearance.
Is it simply an illusion that he looks like a professor who came out to take a breather after finishing his lecture?
Father Bu-sung spoke while everyone was doubting their own eyes.
“So I’m very curious. Although we haven’t been together that long, the Doryeong I know is very thoughtful, unlike a child. Could it be that such a spirit really didn’t know the facts I told him? Did you really act like that because you didn’t know?”
Bu-sung’s eyes, full of wisdom, look straight at Jun.
Jun calmed down his surprise as if he was infected by the atmosphere and asked with a gentle smile on his face.
“Well. What does Uncle Pasung think?”
“I knew it, and I bet my left hand that I did it anyway.”
“… No, isn’t the character changing too drastically?”
“When I was young, my future dream was to be an actor. But what is the correct answer?”
Jun, who was taken aback, soon took a sip of his share of cocoa and smiled as brightly as the cocoa.
That was enough of an answer.
