The Economics of Prophecy

We were moving to the curator's office. Alfina's prophecy that Bertoldo is in danger. If it's against prophecy, this is the best place in the college. It's a hobby room for extra-territorials that can no longer be handled by college directors. Anyway, here's the majority of the kingdom's secrets.

Fortunately, Fulsey is in the room and the terms of the countermeasures meeting are in order.

"So, Master Alfina. What the hell is a new prophecy like?"

"Yes, Bertoldo's walls collapsed and the city screwed up..."

"Things need to be urgent. Respond as soon as possible. I need to get back to my aunt in Bertoldo right away."

I'm usually even upset about the relatively calm Luitzer. I can understand it if you think about her territory close to Bertoldo.

I'm anxious, too. At any rate, Bertoldo can no longer be said to be the center of Vinder's business.

But what bothers me is the difference from previous prophecies. The first prophecy is the village of Leiria. The second prophecy was Kurtheit. Both struggled to determine from the image shown by the crystal.

Meanwhile, this time Alfina affirms that it is Bertoldo. Then there are two concerns.

The first is the possibility that primary information, or Alfina's subjectivity, is in the image of prophecy. Alfina has been to Bertoldo twice. That's why I most likely knew at a glance, but in the unlikely event I was wrong, I can't take it back. Primary information comes first, excluding subjectivity.

"Please calm down. First of all, talk as much as you can about the image of prophecy without turning subjective."

I put out a paper and a pen.

"Ricardo. You say the princess is wrong"

"Master Alfina is visiting Bertoldo twice. Both, Vinder, you must have accompanied us."

Claudia and Luitzer said.

"It's okay. Because I'm the only one who can see primary information, prophecy. I had to calm down."

Alfina took a small, deep breath. When the modest chest moves up and down, it becomes a slightly calm face. You seem to understand my intentions.

"First, the image was a big city. The walls were crumbling and I could see the flag of Bertoldo crushed by a crumbling stone. Behind it we saw a fallen tower. And of that workshop…, no, further beyond the tower stood the black smoke"

Alfina spoke with a sad face. I recognize the tower, too. The Cathedral of Bertoldo. Above all, is the flag decisive? And there's a big fire source in that workshop. Besides, the blacksmith fire doesn't go out so easily once it's lit.

"So the image comes from near the east gate of Bertoldo."

Alfina nodded. First of all, there is no mistake. I think it's Bertoldo that has a disaster. The most likely disaster to come is in the west......

"And the direction of disaster is east."

"In the east!

Fulsey raised her surprise at Alfina's words. I was surprised, too. I thought the most likely thing was a disaster from the Red Forest, just like the first prophecy in the West.

"Do you know when?"

I suppressed the upset and listened.

"Maybe, but I think it's in spring. Peachy flowers were blooming in the meadows outside the walls. It's spring flowers, isn't it?"

That flower, it's like a Japanese sakura, but it's a grasshopper, not a tree. It blooms at the beginning of spring and scatters by the time of the rainy season at the border with summer.

Since this is the end of winter, we have two months to go at the most.

"Seniors..."

Meer looked at me anxiously. If Bertoldo is damaged enough to collapse, there is a good chance that there will be disaster in the village of Leiria as well. Vinder's damage isn't half as bad either.

Grand Duke Bertoldo is a major shareholder. Beekeeping, which is spreading, is also centered around Bertoldo. If the workshop collapses and industrial development is delayed, the re-establishment of relations between artisan and merchant guilds and the activation of commercial activities throughout the Kingdom will also be delayed. I'm overstuffed with eggs in one jar. You missed risk hedging.

Even if you look outside Bertoldo, the Second Prince Valve must be trying to thrive all the time here.

Furthermore, Bertoldo is the key to the western part of the kingdom, when the movement of the empire cannot be alarmed. If Bertoldo collapses, it could trigger an unforeseen situation.

"Sure, we have to deal with this as soon as possible."

Really, it's a blow to the steeple like I weighed.

"First of all, it's a castle wall. How did the walls collapse?"

The walls collapse, that's all. Earthquakes or wars. No, can it be a dragon raid or something? I don't want meteorites to be summoned from the sky or anything.

"Yes, it's from the outside to the inside in the image near the East Gate that I saw most clearly. But there's also a place in another image that looks fragmented that seemed to collapse in the opposite direction..."

"You're saying that the broken walls are not one place."

What do you mean? If it's from the outside, it's obviously an attack from the outside. If it comes from the inside, is it still an earthquake? Or rebellion?

"Yes, the way the walls collapsed looked a little unnatural."

"What is unnatural"

"I don't know, it looked like an arch, a circularly creased hole. And there was a drag on the ground."

"Then it's not an earthquake..."

Dragging marks, siege weapons? A broken castle hammer that binds Marutai and breaks through the castle gate. No, if you think about it, if it's a human attack, you're going for the castle gate.

It is possible that a giant warcraft destroyed it. Sometimes dragons fly. Then you'll need enough demon veins to feed that warcraft.

Previous prophecies were almost man-made, but not man-made. After all, the first thing that can be considered is the possibility of the Warcraft in relation to the variation of the demonic pulse.

"Let's sort out what we know about the demonic vein."

"Hmm, right. First of all, there are no signs of a warcraft flood this year."

To be told by the East, that's the point we have to hold on to.

"Is there any chance that the dragon will suddenly fly like Kurtheit"

Claudia said. Honestly, I don't need a dragon anymore, but can a dragon handle it with pollen? No, no, the next dragon could be more gigantic. Whatever you do, make a big hole in the walls.

"I guess it's hard to think. At that time there was the heart of a demonic vein called the summit of Mount Tuvire. Not this time."

When I was being stimulated by trauma, Fulsey denied the possibility.

"What about the western demon veins we investigated the other day?"

Western demonic veins that were the cause of the noise in the Western Observatory. I suppose you should say the demonic pulse, or the thin temper that rises to the surface. If you look at it from Bertoldo, it will hit the East. If the array is to be activated and a scaffold of giant warcraft flying in the sky, the same situation arises as Kurtheit.

"I'm rather sedated. Just enough to keep it down to the limit of measurement. Nong decides that there are no signs of disaster in the demonic pulse relationship. What do you think of that?

Everyone's gaze gathered on me in Fulsey's words.

"I can't say anything at this point. However, from previous prophetic patterns, I don't think we should abandon the idea that the first candidate is a demonic vein entanglement. In other words, there could be enough magic somewhere to cause disaster."

I said. Within two months of now, a huge demonic vein suddenly appears that doesn't show up now. I can't predict ahead of time if that's the case. All you can do is sense it as quickly as possible when the omen appears.

"I think we need to continue to make as detailed observations as possible, including the western demonic veins"

Fulsey and Noel snorted at my words.

"But you can't just not even think about another possibility."

I said it with a contemplative face, even though Luetua had an understated tone. I know exactly what she's trying to say.

"Dear Alfina, how many people now know this prophecy"

I asked. Yes, clearly, this prophecy is a bomb.

In the East there is the King's Capital, and Kurtheit. Redemption is unlikely to invade the Empire in the direction, but there is an empress in the Wang capital who has studied abroad.

It's the worst pattern, such as the civil war between East and West, with the unpossessed Second Prince Valve and the Empire joining hands.

"I told the Chancellor immediately. The Duke will lay low for a while, so he never leaks it outside."

"Good." "Because I have to."

Me and Luitzer nodded at each other.

"What do you mean?"

Claudia snapped her neck.

"Kurtheit complains."

"It's a national disaster. What's the complaint? Didn't the prophecy save us earlier?"

The opposite is true. It was critical that the last prophecy found it to be Kurtheit. Dragon raids were not actually prevented. But this disaster to Bertoldo was when we knew where it was from the beginning. One might think that Alfina is manipulating the publication of prophecies in favor of the faction.

Prophecy can be a power to move politics. Even if not, if Bertoldo becomes a crisis, the other side must use it to try to salvage the forces. The slower it passes to Kurtheit, the better.

"Thank you for bringing the Chancellor back to neutrality."

I looked at Alfina and I said: I would be relieved if the Chancellor were better than that.

"Let the Grand Duke and Prince Craig take care of the second prince valve, Kurtheit. However…"

"Empire Empress, I can only pay attention here with regard to His Royal Highness Lisaberto."

Luetua said. From the time I studied abroad, I don't think it's irrelevant. Is it directly related to disaster? Or are you going to try to get on with it? It increases variables when I don't have time.

"Anyway, as soon as we get the detailed data from the Western Observatory, let's do an example calculation"

"I'm not making maps about demonic veins."

To my words, Fulsey and Noel and Meer nodded. I don't have time, but that's why I can't help gathering information.

It's got to be here somewhere, the seeds of disaster.