Continental Hero Senki

Let's talk about old times.

That was some time after I decided to take a different path with my brother, or King Franz.

That is still an unforgettable event.

At the time, I was indulging in Franz's actions, who lost his wife, drowned his daughter, and showed no interest in the recommendations for remarriage around him, while encouraging him in his affairs as prime minister in an attempt to survive Silesia for now.

One time I met him in his country.

I was present at the birthday party of Emperor Ivan XI as a representative of Silesia. I laughed in my heart at how I could not see the future like this with the Dark One when I saw a grand party that did not take into account the nostalgia that leaned easily from other countries.

In all seriousness, I don't want to be at a feast like this.

But I want any connection with the Eastern Empire, the largest virtual enemy for Silesia. While welcoming the Imperial Cabinet members who said the Imperial Secretary, the Military Secretary, and the Home Secretary, he spoke in his heart and met the person as he walked in the courtyard where the Emperor's second queen said she liked him.

He's still young to call himself a youth, but he's grown up somewhere to call himself a boy, like that.

First place in the inheritance of the Empire of the Eastern Continent. He is the nephew of the emperor Ivan X.

Name Sergei Romanov.

Despite being a prince, he was walking through this large garden without a squire or escort. There, you'll get a glimpse of his political circumstances.

"Mm, you. You like these flowers?

Best of all, Sergei said that to his business. In terms of age difference, me and him, who are further away than parents and children. Whatever the difference in identity, it is somewhat reluctant. Usually.

So the moment I heard those words, I almost sighed without thinking, "Oh, the next emperor doesn't seem to work either".

"No, because I don't know the flowers. What about His Highness like that?

"I don't know either. It's more of a hated category than that. I don't understand the heart of a woman who's happy and worried about flowers."

I see, they have the same hobbies.

I got a little intimacy.

"Me too, I hate flowers. And the woman who talks about flowers also..."

"How ugly can that be?

"No. I'm sure it's ugly, but I was wondering if a woman who could metaphor herself or others into flowers would fit that expression best"

"Ha, I bet."

That's what he said, and sprinkled the beverage he had in his hand on the flower in abundance. Alcohol or juice, it would definitely be harmful to flowers.

"You're late in introducing yourself. My name is Sergei Romanov. Call me Sergei."

I know.

It's harder to find someone who doesn't know the name and face of "Sergei" in the person here. Because even I knew that name and face the first time I met him.

"I will see you first, Your Highness Sergei. My name is Carol Silesia, Archduke of Silesia. I'm a prime minister in my country."

"Oh, I see. That Grand Duke Carol. I've heard that name a lot. Last year's drought control was brilliant."

"… in your words"

I didn't expect His Highness Sergei to praise me for that.

Given His Royal Highness's age, last year must be a distant past event. In spite of that, to say that you know my name and its policies is to say whether I have a good memory, an enthusiasm to study, or both.

Sometimes I may be saying something appropriate as a big hole.

"I, too, tried to emulate the Grand Duke's methods. I considered the Grand Duke's policy to be something that would pass not only in Silesia, but also in this empire. So I advised His Majesty to emulate that policy via some..."

That was my first ear.

To say first ear would mean to say that it was not executed.

Well, he has a position, too, so I wouldn't blame him for that out loud. If I were to say it, I would say "I was wrong" and blame the emperor for turning away.

- And I thought to myself, is that old proof?

"It didn't seem to get my word for that old age." What do you see as imitating the policies of one country, but also of an enemy country? It's an act of enmity. "

I said, "I've done something wrong to my collaborators," I shrugged my shoulders.

I hardened before his words like that.

I doubted my own hearing for Sergei Romanov's actions, which the emperor says speak ill of his emperor against the archduke of an enemy country in one country.

What's he doing now?

If he's not just a busy prince, then this bad talk makes sense.

Being in a completely different position from the current emperor.

That my relationship with the present emperor is more sinister than the world would say.

And more importantly, is it to say that Sergei himself does not see Silesia as an "enemy country in one country"?

Bad talk now, that's what it means.

Regardless, there is a possibility that he can't help but be incompetent, but I immediately abandoned that possibility. There is no reason. I'm just saying my own account as an exchanger.

I didn't think I'd use this bad language to manipulate you, etc. First of all, because I have no witnesses other than myself, and I myself am a "one-country enemy country" person.

I can't tell you.

So, what is he trying to say?

No, is the question strange?

Sergei Romanov is undoubtedly trying to keep himself, Grand Duke Carol Silesia, on his side. What is the intention?

So I waited for the next word.

I duly welcomed him and waited for his next "word".

And after enough time, it came.

"Grand Duke, I would have liked to ask you something."

"... what is it?

When I heard that, Sergei's expression became sometime more serious.

Oh, is this the face of the next emperor of the Eastern Continental Empire? And that was the first time I came to a conviction.

"Eliminate war from the world. It puts an end to a history that is shameful to humanity: war. You think that's possible?

It is a proposition pursued by numerous political scientists, historians.

Will there be no more war?

Will peace come?

My answer is yes.

"'No'. People are helpless and stupid, and time walks very fast"

Everyone has a heart to pray for peace.

But few people actively contribute to the coming of peace. And the tragedy of war, weathered by time. That has been repeated by mankind for several, more than a decade cycles.

That is why we must create a state on the assumption that there will be war. It is better to decide whether or not, but it is a separate matter of whether a beloved neighbour will love peace because his own country loves peace.

Improving national power, political reform and diplomacy are precisely for that reason.

"I see. It's still what I thought."

"And say?

"As I thought, your political philosophy is normal."

The word is that I translate into recognizing that my political philosophy is unusual.

I was very interested in what his thoughts were.

It's clear that you're not like me. In other words, are you saying that world peace is achievable?

If they were (for example, if they were my brother Franz) I would have pointed my finger and cursed them. But I didn't do it. What I've done instead is ask for his opinion.

"What are your thoughts?

"Regardless, it is possible to eliminate war from the world."

Taunting himself, His Highness Sergei spins his words.

"In your country's history books, or history textbooks, the ratings of" Continental Empire "are probably so bad. Wouldn't you?

Affirmed in my own chest.

The Continental Empire ravages and occupies other nations with overwhelming military power, and swallows them when it destroys them. Strong assimilation policies were used to extinguish interculturalism.

The "imperial language" that we speak now, as well as the "continental calendar" adopted in the countries of the continent, the "Peruvian religion", which is almost forcing faith throughout the continent, and the weights and measures that I said "metric law" are the legacy of this intense assimilation policy.

But this is how he evaluated those assimilation policies.

"This is indeed, a tragedy. The sins of the Continental Empire, which wiped out many cultures, are enormous. But at the same time, it's a feat."

and.

The assimilation policy of the Continental Empire, which wiped out the separation of humankind by religion, culture and language, however its history may be, is just a feat.

"And what's more, it wiped out a nation other than the Continental Empire. This caused the 'war' to disappear from the world. Do you understand, Grand Duke?

"- Yeah. I finally get it."

His political philosophy is now clear.

And I got a glimpse of his ambition.

War is a feud between nations.

If a nation disappears, there will never be a war.

In the hundreds of years between the reunification of the continent and the division of the continent, civil unrest has not been so much a "war between nations".

That's what Sergei Romanov wants.

The idea is to draw a line from the previous political ideas of the Emperor of the Eastern Continent Empire.

Until now, it was the voice that made the Eastern Continental Empire a great nation again.

He's not. He aims to "seal the concept of war again on this continent".

I can't tell if Sergei Romanov's ideas, or ideals, are right.

But I know this.

He's a man at the top. There is no doubt about the volume.

"- Your Highness! You've been here!

And because of the long talk, the feast was about to end at some point. Sergei, too, was discovered by his squire, so the celebration ends here.

"Sorry Kreutzer. I haven't been lost in a palace in a long time."

"What... Anyway, time..."

"I know. I'm sorry, Grand Duke, but this is it."

That being said, he leaves under me in a slight hurry - before that, Sergei asks me when he breaks up.

"My lord, I have one more question for you"

The question is a difficult one that still haunts me.

The answer is, it's unlikely.

"What do you do when you know your country will perish?