Hakai no Miko

Solon, who left Romanian, the king's capital, along with the merchant guild's caravan of Jeboa, safely crossed the Rabian River through the Masarca Gate Fort, now under Romanian control. Proceeding further west from there, along with the caravan, we immediately hit a small river.

That is the border between the Romanian and Erdoğa countries today.

If you cross a tree bridge across a river that becomes a border, it is already an Erdoğa country. There was a fort built to guard the border.

But even when it comes to fortifications, they are simple to build. On the other side of the fence and gate, erected to block the streets, there are only quarters and viewing stands to be filled by soldiers. That was due to the consideration of not creating unnecessary tensions with the Romanian State in an attempt to erect a less robust fort.

Solon in that fort, oops, eyes small.

It was not the border soldiers who were there to judge the identity of travellers and pedestrians crossing the border, but the inflexible soldiers who wore brave equipment and lined up neatly that seemed to be elite troops to see.

And at the head of it is one young man.

Immediately beside it, follow one of Zoan's daughters, and behind it is a huge flag embroidered with a seal like a combination of 8 and ∞ of numbers in silver thread on the black ground - if you are wearing Soma's black flag, then who is it?

Solon came down from Lova to pay his respects.

"This is, this is... Your Majesty Soma, it is an unwanted pleasure to welcome you yourself."

The Ethereal Horse is delighted with the safe return of Solon.

"You're safe and above all. My Chancellor."

Then, Solon just puts the penetration in.

"Who's the Chancellor? Who!"

Solon shrugs back at the Ethereal Horse trying to make a subtle fait accompli.

At any rate, the great prime minister of the former Holmeer country, Pompius, had a similar word for the Ethereal Horse. Solon called it "what a light-ass guy".

Then the Ethereal Horse says with a dismal face.

"If that makes my job less burdensome, it'll be as light as it gets."

Then the Ethereal Horse makes a slightly more serious face before continuing.

"But I'm really glad you're okay. I heard you two defended me, Prince Gordia and Prince Partis, but I was worried."

Besides, Solon waves just saying it's not a big deal.

"Don't worry too much. This stuff is just going home. Even if I came all the way out here to pick you up. Yeah."

The Ethereal Horse didn't even care about this disrespectful remark, but it takes Shemr, who had refrained nearby, to eat instead.

"We're on a regional patrol, we're on! Who bothered to pick you up! You fucking dickhead."

Even if you're angry hard for a moment, you won't stick to it forever. Shemr with a refreshing temper like cracked bamboo, but for some reason only against Solon was it always to exasperate hostility. Most things are accepted by the Ethereal Horse if she asks, and she refuses to do so, even if she somehow wants me to change my attitude towards Solon. I'll have to give up when the two of you are no longer in the right mood.

Most importantly, all this time, Shemr's words made sense.

The fact that the Ethereal Horse came all the way to pick up Solon, who became king, however capable, but not officially subordinate, is all sorts of disfigured. It is true that we have come out in front of the building of patrolling the land and fortifications that have become a new border there. For this reason, the Ethereal Horse retained him to smile bitterly without hesitating Shemr.

Besides, it would be better to head to the city of Gatzen, which will be your lodging place tonight, rather than spending time standing here like this.

When the Ethereal Horse, who thought so, urged Solon to ride in Lova, he himself spanned (and) into his beloved horse and headed to the city of Gatzen.

"How was the first Romanian country in a long time?

Asked the Ethereal Horse as he lined up his horse in the loba where Solon rides.

"Oh. I knew my hometown was yes. The old body still matches the soil and water of the homeland."

The Ethereal Horse smiled bitterly at the solon who fell in love with him while knowing what his question meant. Instead, a disturbing sound leaks from Shemr's throat, which takes the pale horse's horse's reins. Even if he didn't say so, his eyes said, "Then go back to Romania."

He was a solon who enjoyed watching Shemr react like that, but he says with a serious face that he can pull that grin right in.

"It's a little cloudy. There can be no battle between Prince Gordia and Prince Partiz over the throne."

The friends and acquaintances that Solon visited were all together and worried that there might be a dispute over the throne between Gordia and Partis.

There were some excesses to King Dordea, but Gordia's ability in politics was nevertheless highly appreciated. Sometimes the eldest son, it has been seen that Gordia will definitely be the next Romanian king.

That rocked one of the evictions in the city of Gatzen in the westward march to the earlier Holmeer country.

That has caused Prince Gordia to lose the trust of the generals known as militants. That, moreover, makes it true to the rumor that the former "elderly King Dordea does not give up his throne to Gordia because he thinks he will not rely on it to do so", which at last also shakes his foundation as Gordian heir to the throne.

Partis, the second-largest heir to the throne with a thick reputation from the militant generals, has surfaced suddenly as King Dordea died unclear about his successor.

So, Solon frowns faintly.

There were places where it was easy to get caught up, but King Dordea was a thoughtful man also known as an old wolf. I do not believe that its king Dordea had any hands on his own succession problems, which are elderly. It is natural to leave about one of the suicides.

But no matter how many friends and acquaintances I asked around, it never came up.

Besides, Solon was uncomfortable.

Dordea, however, also said that until Seoul, it was about to be squeaky. As a result, I was overconfident in my health and watched my old age sweetly.

Anyway, as it stands, there are few materials to judge. Solon split that we now have to retain ourselves to that degree of judgment.

"It's not public yet, but the voice is starting to rise, skeptical of Prince Gordia's reign and pushing Prince Partis. For this reason, there seems to be an evil atmosphere among those who push Prince Gordia and Prince Partis, respectively"

Solon expressed concern that, although the situation is still towing under water, depending on future developments, it could develop into a feud over cracking the country.

Disturbances in neighbouring countries would be good news if kings burned by the ambitions of territorial expansion. But unfortunately, if you take it for a pale horse who doesn't have that kind of ambition, it's just a seed of unwanted commotion.

Besides, after several negotiations over the past three years, the Ethereal Horse had also roughly grasped the temperament of Gordia.

Gordia is a person who prioritizes reason over intuition and values interest over emotion. The Ethereal Horse was just wondering if Gordia would also pave the way for coexistence and co-prosperity between Eldore and Romania.

"It seems like we could do better to get Prince Gordia to be King Romanian, if possible."

Solon laughed karakularly at the blurring Ethereal Horse.

"This is outrageous! As far as I can tell, no one sees Eldor more clearly as an enemy than Gordia and is about to destroy him."

Solon laughs and shows his nigga there.

He tried to kill me.

All of a sudden, the Ethereal Horse looked amazed. "Stop with Gordia. It's pitiful to screw up," he asks Solon, forgetting to spill Shemr.

"Gordia is not the kind of short-handed guy who tries to argue with me because he's my father's enemy. Nor is he the one who can't trump his feelings when they matter because he has feelings. He clearly sees Eldor as his enemy, so he's targeting me to sharpen his power."

For Gordia, Solon is not only a mentor, but also an opponent who understands his temperament and is familiar with the tendencies of his actions and judgments. He is also a great forerunner and an insurmountable wall in areas he specializes in.

So when Gordia wanted to destroy the Eldorian nation, Solon was sure to be a major obstacle.

For this reason, Solon says he has taken the opportunity to visit his condolences and has sought to kill himself.

"But it's still sweet"

Solon laughs at Niyaniya.

"If you don't fear getting your hands dirty, and you learn enough shame to push that sin against the militants, then Gordia will be a good king, too. Well, it's still a lot of liver."

To Solon, who bragged about the growth of his disciple who tried to kill himself, the Ethereal Horse thought smugly, "I don't know how long it's going to be, I'm not going to tame this world".

"Then when Prince Gordia becomes king, will he be fighting the Romanian nation"

When the Ethereal Horse spills like he's fed up, Solon smiles.

"That's not necessarily the case. When it comes to battle, there is something about Gordia that lacks decisiveness. Basically, he thinks about taking advantage of people and things. That's why I don't like the fight. Besides, assuming all kinds of damage and losses just because you're smart, you fall back into self-control."

Solon leaks one sigh.

"It's more dangerous when Partis takes the throne than when it comes to Gordia, if it's simply a possibility of a battle."

Really? To the astonished Ethereal Horse, Solon scratches his head galloping with his face flat.

"Partis is either straight or direct, simple or short-circuited for better or worse... Well, he's the one who acts like he doesn't really think about it. If you're told to attack Eldor from around you, you can't attack him with a mundane reply."

The Ethereal Horse, I didn't think so.

is a battle between nations. It's not a fight between outlaws all over the city. It was hard for the Ethereal Horse to believe that hundreds or thousands of people would decide in a mundane reply the battle that would be sacrificed.

"Then you won't do it, that prince."

Solon said with a bitter face.

"Besides, there are strange virtues favored by the generals. If that prince calls out, thousands of soldiers will gather in the blink of an eye."

The Ethereal Horse is even more perplexed by Solon's words.

It's not enough to just collect soldiers if it's a battle. Preparing the necessary military supplies for the collected soldiers, formulating a route of march, and securing a supply route are often harder than actually crossing spears.

Pointing out what to do with it, Solon turns his gaze to the universe.

"This is when Dordea once asked me to teach the princes. Assuming there was a rebellion in the country between the two of them, I asked them what to do about it."

At that time, Gordia asked Solon in detail the cause and place of the rebellion, the number of enemies, and he made a detailed plan for how many soldiers he would gather to crusade it, how he would march it, how many days it would take, and how much food he would need.

However, Partis' answer, which was given the same problem as that, was:

"I'm going to crusade myself with a spear."

Solon said, "How about soldiers?," Partis replied instantly.

"The soldiers will come after me and gather soon!

Solon said, "Then what are the weapons and food supposed to be?," he further asked. Then Partis answered.

"I can handle it!

When Solon said, "I can't handle it," Partis worried for a while before answering openly.

"Okay, Aurelius. I'll leave you to it! Measure for the good".

The Ethereal Horse became flabbergasted by the anecdote of Partis told by Solon.

Solon laughs karakara at such a pale horse.

"Got it? That's what Partis is. Thanks to the strange human virtues around me, I help a lot. In the end, that's how it works out."

Solon laughs niggly with her lips lifted.

"It's not exactly a rare or dark vessel."

Solon credited Partiz with being a loyal minister and a wise minister around him, and a dark one if he gathered together.

The Ethereal Horse was surprised by this. From what I've heard, I didn't think of him as someone who was very conscious of shouldering his responsibilities as a king.

Solon laughs "I don't know" at the Ethereal Horse who honestly said so.

"The king shall show the direction of the kingdom. It's just a matter of throwing the whole thing under your command. Well, Partiz didn't say he was headed for the crusade with a spear, but left it to someone in the general."

So Solon looks at the pale horse with a meaningful grin.

"I know that. The lad tries to do everything herself, so it's hard without the Chancellor."

The Ethereal Horse, who was too familiar to me, was stuck in words.

One cough to mislead the awkward atmosphere immediately, then the Ethereal Horse changes the subject.

"It feels like Prince Partiz leads the army and Prince Gordia supports it from the rear," he said.

From what I've heard, Partis' abilities are military-specific. If Gordia, who has a reputation for it in the arms of internal affairs, supports it from the rear, Partis will be able to fully demonstrate its abilities.

"Is it possible that Prince Gordia and Prince Partis will work together to attack this country?

To the question of the Ethereal Horse, Solon slowly stroked his beard when he leaked "Hmm" small.

"Fortunately, that's unlikely"

The relationship between the principals of Gordia and Partis is never bad. Gordia is a person who can push and kill that emotion, even if he hates them. As far as Partis is concerned, respect for his brother Gordia is not a hateful personality.

The problem, however, is the faction's people, who are two surroundings.

For each faction, the greatest aim is to bring the prince they hold to power. That is not only out of the prince's own loyalty. If the prince we hold above all else becomes king, it is nothing more than that we, who are surrounded by totality, will be able to occupy the key positions of the next kingdom. It was difficult for each other's factions to join hands just because such great interests teased them.

And the intentions of such factions cannot be unimpeded (groaned) as princes to be upheld.

"Until we settle on the battle for succession to the throne, it can't be the first time the two of us work hand in hand"

Solon said he would not be able to get up until he supported Partis, for whom Gordia became king and general, or vice versa, with Gordian support, or in any case the throne was clearly defined.

Then Solon becomes a face that reminds me of something.

"And there's one thing that bothers me"

Solon slightly whispers to the pale horse, who asks with his eyes what it is.

General, something's happened to Darius.

Solon is also of old knowledge with Darius. I heard the Dalaios lay low in sickness and visited the mansion to see the sickness. But when he didn't even want to see the face of the traitor, he was driven back.

Solon was uncomfortable with this.

Daraios is not only a great general, he is also a hero enough to be called a god of war, a pillar of all Romanian National Army generals. The generals can be upset just because their health is unexpected. Also, some hostile neighbors saw Darius as a good opportunity not to be on the battlefield, and even feared he would come up with an unpleasant plot.

So important to the Romanian state is the health of the Grand General Darios.

So if Solon knew about Darios' character, he would have met Solon, who had come to visit him even by pushing his illness, to show that he was healthy.

Failure to do so, instead, tells the story of the weight of Daraios' disease. So, Solon denied his idea of "no".

"Probably critical - possibly already dead. When that happens, this is not just a matter of the Romanian National Army being upset. Maybe something is happening to the Romanian state itself that is not good"

From Solon, the usual plagiarized atmosphere wipes away and peeks into the face of the wise man who made his name heard in the West End.

"The death of King Dordea cannot be done. It may also be a coincidence that Chief Bruce's squire died shortly afterwards. But when it comes to dying here to Darios, it's no big deal. According to this, the chief samurai and the general may have been assassinated."

The Ethereal Horse also nodded "Sure" to this.

The fact that three important people in the country continue to stand and die is an important matter that cannot be cleaned up by chance. It's more convincing to think there was something there.

"You think a darkness around the throne has already begun within Romania?

If it were to assassinate Darios, the Romanian National Army's columnist general, that would be all. Unless that's the battle for the throne, it can't happen. Daraios is also the stepfather and guardian of Prince Gordia, now considered a disadvantage. It was also considered the work of a faction of Partis that weakened the power of Prince Gordia by eliminating Darius.

But Solon denies it.

"Even for the militant generals who belong to the faction of Prince Partiz, Darius is a great grand general. I don't think I even thought about assassinating him very much. Also, if it's only Darius, I'm not convinced he could have even been assassinated by Bruce's squire."

The Brucess Attorney General is someone who has long said "only the Romanian King I serve". He did not belong to either faction of Gordia or Partiz, and he remained neutral by implicitly proclaiming that he would serve in good faith to which he wished to be king.

"What good would it do to kill the neutral Bruce Attorney General? It would be a great wound to the faction just to be suspected of killing the chief of the squire for nothing. I don't think a faction of princes has laid their hands on the throne."

Solon shakes his neck wide and sideways, then wrinkles between his brows.

"Then who killed Chief Bruce Attorney for what purpose? Wasn't General Darius in his hands, too?

Solon tells him to throw up.

"Too, it stinks. But I have no idea where that pivotal fire came from. That's why I don't care."

The Ethereal Horse tells Solon what he comes up with that makes him look like he chewed up a bitter bug.

"Apart from Prince Gordia and Prince Partis, what is the work of a third force aimed at the throne of the Romanian nation?

Then Solon waves his hands small and sideways saying "no".

"The other brother princes and sister princesses have forfeited their right to inherit the throne by going down to their subordination or descending. On top of that, he expressed his support for either Prince Gordia or Prince Partiz, which would have been very difficult if the majority had been involved in a dispute over the right to inherit the throne. Those who can now be called third forces in the Romanian state…"

That's where Solon looked funny.

The Ethereal Horse said, "Do you have any idea?," Solon says with a bitter smile.

"No. It's not a big deal. I also wondered if there were any friends in Romania who would be a third force. Then a couple of people told me something crazy."

Once Solon cuts the words, he says after a little while.

"The Piata princess might come out," he said.

The pale horse frowned slightly.

Princess Piata.

The name also sounded familiar to Ethereal Horse. To be seen as a messenger from another country, the human names of the Western countries have been tapped in from Eladia.

According to that memory, it was the name of the princess after King Dordea. I hear that King Dordea was the daughter he had been able to have since he was old, and that's what drowned him so painlessly in his eyes. He said he was an outrageous old lady princess who grew up all she could from the drowning of those father kings and took the second and third sons of nobility, who now had no time to spare, to the whole of the general. And the nickname is "Princess Jhamma".

"You think that princess Piata will join us in the battle for succession to the throne?

When the Ethereal Horse confirms, Solon shakes his neck sideways with a bitter smile.

"No. It's just a joke. As popular as that kind of joke is, it seems to be from the young generals. - But Dordea, who was drowning, died, so he was just a little quieter and blurred out that he wanted another country to marry him if he was to descend to any of the great lords."

So Solon makes his eyes gleam like a prank and looks at the pale horse.

"I suppose you thought I was a candidate for the Lady of the Kid. - What do you say, kid? He's such a pretty princess."

The Ethereal Horse often drifted his eyes into the universe and imagined its appearance from the anecdotes of Princess Piata he had heard so far. Then, what really comes to mind is the appearance of a princess like a female gorilla who is likely to be laughing gahaha with one hand at the head of the enemy he has raised.

Whatever you think, I can't think of a pretty princess.

"... uh, do you want to shy away? He scratched his neck in the first night, and he's going to triumph over it as a souvenir to the country."

When the Ethereal Horse said with a bitter smile, Solon also laughed karakularly, "It must be" again.

Afterwards, Ethereal Horse and Solon had an argument with each other about the existence of a third force, but in the end they could not give any answers. Anyway, it has now come to the conclusion that we have no choice but to keep an eye on the situation in the Romanian country and to put in place an immediate response to whatever happens.

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At this time, Ethereal Horse and Solon were committing one transgression.

That is that we have both overlooked the danger that we may have noticed.

But it would be cruel to blame it.

Fewer than a handful of human beings, even within the Romanian State, rightly appreciate the person in the first place. Most of the others had only rated themselves as princesses with just too many mistresses and bizarres.

And in the present situation, where the means of information transmission are still limited and many of them have to be relied upon for hearsay, it is more and more unscrupulous to correctly read the threat of that person from such false hearsay.

No matter how proud of his knowledge of the other world is the Ethereal Horse, he has no power to foresee all this world. No matter how in future generations Solon is glorified as Da Xian, his eyes are not the eyes of God, who sees all things, neither are his ears the ears of God, who hears the voice of Mori Wan.

That's why they overlooked it.

the presence of a stranger named Piata Der Romanianis.

In the not-too-distant future, the Ethereal Horse would pay the price for its mistakes.