The Magician Wants Normality

- In Sarovara (frog-like perspective)

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"I'm sorry, Lord Frog. I really wanted you to meet His Majesty once to explain what happened at that mining site."

'No, yeah... well, I know how that feels too'

Right now, I'm in a room in the castle. A man whose body was placed on a table provided and who had a stunned look in front of him - there was a king of this country.

The situation is very simple. At that time, the escort knight who was with Mizuki captured him and forced him to come here.

Apparently, he's been looking for me since then. You can predict as much as my location is a river near the entrance and exit of the mining site trail, but still I am a frog. It would be close to a miracle to be found.

Well, you just thought you'd have trouble being screamed at when you saw me, and I came here via a hidden passage.

An escort knight (maybe, Kingsguard) who captures and abducts a large frog.

Even if you think his behavior is subtly uneven, you won't have a choice.

"No, I'm sorry. I've been listening, but, uh, I can't believe it."

"I think that's the normal reaction, King Sarovara."

Unexpectedly, all together, turn your gaze to the escort knight.... We seem to feel the same way. It won't be my fault that I feel more friendly.

"He's serious. That's the strength and sometimes the weakness."

'Oh, it sure was like that. I guess that's why it's sometimes hard to notice. But if Mizuki pointed it out to you, you'd understand, so you wouldn't be stubborn, would you?

"Mm-hmm. It's a little too straight, it's just prone to faults"

The king's expression didn't look so troubled. For him, there is no doubt that this escort knight is a trustworthy figure.

It's just that he doesn't like the application, or the overall view, or the perspective from a step-by-step state. Perhaps you will narrow your horizons too, trying to be faithful to the task.

"Um, I don't care about me..."

"No, it helped soothe the place, didn't it?

'You don't have to worry about it. We're just talking on our own. "

He was just an escort knight who looked uncomfortable, but we rushed off. I have, in a way, been forcibly abducted, so this much would be forgiven.

But they can't take the time for crap forever. King Sarovara turned to me when he changed his expression.

"I generally hear from this person what happened in that mining site trail.... and about that guardian beast."

"Heh... you knew the truth about her."

"Oh. It's one of those events that can be communicated to those who have become kings. What could a country possibly do to forget its sins?

King Sarovara, who tells him so, had a bitter grin. That is a sign that he does not feel good about the events in question.

Experiments with creatures, by witchcraft. It would have been done in any country at the time, to some extent.

But they must have been properly 'processed'. Because that is not something that can be left for future generations.

But this country couldn't do it. No, I guess I tried to implement it, but should I say I had to abstain from unexpected accomplishments?

In addition to outrageous experiments such as "Assembling Multiple Demonic Props on Creatures," "I've Got Results". Normally you would be happy with success, but that is a substitute that is too incomplete and uncontrollable.

... I guess I just had to hide it. Still, it kept people away from their eyes in the way of isolation, eliminating the opportunity for that appearance to touch their eyes. Everything you can do about it.

"Sounds like an excuse, but I want you to listen. They were desperate for our country at the time. Developments in magic props moved the world for better or worse. And it is also true that because of such a period of time, we have settled into our present state"

'I guess so. So I... we're not going to blame you. Mizuki understood. "

"My Lord the Magic Master?

"Yeah. You heard what I told you, didn't you? Mizuki is also a magician again...... I guess you could have imagined more than I told you. And I think you cooperated with me happily. '

It must have been surprising that Mizuki, the magic conductor, showed no interest. King Sarovara seemed a little surprised.

This may seem unexpected if you don't know Mizuki himself. It also seemed strange that magicians preferred to explore and study knowledge, and that magicians who could be considered superiors were indifferent.

I think of the Magic Instructor I met at the mining site trail. She...... Mizuki is. For better or worse, he had a self-centered personality.

For her, that warcraft… it didn't matter what the value of the magic props put inside it was.

Because I'm in the way of getting out.

Because you pitied that warcraft.

And... because I didn't want to leave the technology used by the Warcraft behind.

Around here would be the reason for action. As an individual, as a magician, I acted as if I were that emotion.

Mizuki is amazing as well as accomplishing it for such simple reasons. Even if you have all the feelings, there's nothing you can do about it. Because 'what you want to do' and 'what you can do' are different.

'Based on that, Mizki went into the action of [destroying]. There may be more to the truth than being made a guardian beast. If there is the fact that [the demon conductor dropped by the trap killed the demon that attacked him], it can be assumed that later [it was the demon, not the guardian beast, who lived underground]'

"... right. The guardian beast is also just a deliberately circulated rumor. If you go back to the top and the Wizard crusades you, this time the abominable events will become a thing of the past."

The look on King Sarovara's face seems somewhere to be sorry. I suppose you have something to think about when it comes to using Mizuki.

This attitude, though, would be a pile of problems he needs to care about. If it wasn't even this country, he and I might have been called good kings and lived in peace.

"It's called Tircia, it's called Lord Mage, it's called His Highness Elshon... I'm really just being helped by everyone. Even Lillian and Tircia, who were meant to protect them, couldn't say they kept them away from malice."

"Your Majesty, such a thing"

"Good. That's the truth. I could not go out by force, nor suppress the nobles, O fool. My own impudence is painful."

King Sarovara, sighing deeply, seemed terribly tired.

Still, the point of not blaming the surrounding environment shows favorably. A king who would take responsibility, accept facts, and know the assessment to be whispered, but who would be worthy of that position.

... reminds me of someone. He was a man who looked very much like the king in front of him, but in a different way.

"Shall I tell you an old story?"

With that said, my gaze at both of them is directed at me. While I felt the gaze of both of them, I kept talking.

"Once upon a time, there was a child born at the bottom of many brothers. I should have been quite close to my brothers at a young age, but as they grew up, they became hostile. Each mother's home became the back shield, and she began a power struggle."

I asked my people, distant days. A time when this country should also be called the culprit of what has happened.

'If you break into a power struggle, you will be punished quite severely. Especially royalty fears being left with blood, and it is not uncommon to be killed. In the meantime, the last prince did not join the feud. He had a low status as a mother, and most importantly, he wasn't willing to argue with his brothers. "

"... unwilling to be king, isn't it?

'That's right. It's important that we fight for the throne.

By nodding to a knight who spoke of doubt, affirmation. Yes, if only 'I'm not willing to be king', it probably wouldn't have been so distorted with this country.

"I knew when my brothers were close, and the last prince was aware that he was not the king's vessel. And the surroundings understood that, too. So...... [I was safe]. Because he knew he couldn't do anything by letting it go.

I don't think it's a good idea as a royalty. But if you don't have the talent or ambition, you're only burdened with the throne.

The last prince understood it. One of my brother or sister takes the throne and I am used as a handkerchief. I took such a future for granted.

'But something unexpected happened. All my brothers, except the last prince, died or were punished. You can't just put a sinner on the throne, the last prince was forced to be king'

Pre-Construction, some would say. The prince's reputation for not joining the feud in any way was not bad, and the nobles pushed him against the royalty who was leading the charge of the power feud.

Above all, being a 'king who can do nothing by himself' was very convenient for those who wanted to take power.

'We must rely on the nobles around us, so we cannot punish them if they take their own initiative. And I couldn't even defy you to protect my life. But this means [protecting the country]. [To do politics], [to keep the royal blood alive], it was all he could do.'

"I won't keep you bleeding, what?

'I told you we had a lot of brothers. I don't know if I could be tailored by one or so under the reason that' the mother was less of an identity '. I can imagine the possibility of assassinating him and bringing him to the throne. "

"Aren't we going to need magic confirmation or something?

The escort knight was surprised, but the king seemed to understand what I was trying to say.

"It is not the king himself who makes that confirmation, and if the sorcerer were on their side, fabrication would be possible. Even now, you can't deny it. If the magician inquired, he would have kept his mouth shut with the one who was a court magician?

"Ah......! Yes, indeed."

Apparently, something convincing happened.

Well, he says, 'The Mage Inquired,' so he wouldn't have gone to bed crying. Mizuki is not that popular.

'... sometimes I pretend to be incompetent in order to convey blood correctly. He was surrounded by enemies.'

To my words, King Sarovara and the escort knight silence with a difficult face. Modern times and I must have had a lot of difficulty selecting the princesses' fiancées. Because the nobles would have tried to infer their own blood ties.

But I think this is all good for the princess.... If the princess gives birth to a child, she will undoubtedly have royal blood. Blood is protected.

'From him, you must be unhappy to be king. Because we are to bear more hardship than we need, and because future generations will call us fools kings who have dropped royal authority on the earth. But he fought as hard as he could. I had a country, and I could keep the right blood muscles. Above all... because he chose his happiness and didn't do anything unsolicited, there is [now]'

"You can put it that way, sure"

King Sarovara and escort knight with a nod and a convincing look. But that's not all I want to tell you.

There is a "hidden truth". The little antidote of the last prince, which was done secretly.

'The last prince... the predecessor king Sarovara, even the pressed throne, did not flee. And by not making brothers in my own children, I avoided the controversy that was in my generation'

"Nah...... your father said he was thinking that far!? They said it was because my mother was very jealous..."

You didn't know, King Sarovara shouts his dismay. The escort knight didn't even speak up, but he looked surprised.

"If there were no other children, there would be no dispute with brothers. And if you are the sole heir to the throne, you cannot easily abolish it with the nobles. Was it a well-known fact that the predecessor King Sarovara had no children other than you?... you had a hard time, but you were well protected. '

"Father..."

Growling, King Sarovara covered his face with one hand. You may have resented the fact that you created this situation, but if you knew the truth, you couldn't possibly call it a fool king or something.

Well, it's a natural right for Mizuki to curse his predecessors. Because she is a 'of this country' victim. I can't help complaining about the culprit.

But it won't be the same for the royals. No matter how foolish they said they were, they kept what they had to protect. "Whoever took full responsibility, no matter what the ordeal."

In the next generation there will be distress because of the next generation. In fact, the princesses have not scolded this king... as foolish as my father. It's 'cause they know they're protected'.

'Good and bad is what future generations judge. You're no exception. There's a royal family out there called tyrants, and they might say [if the royal family stays decorated then] what? On the contrary, it may be called the generation that crushed the discretionary nobles. And... you [can be called that].'

To put it in a meaningful way, King Sarovara looked at me with his hands off.

"I guess this time it was Princess Tircia's initiative, right? But you're the king now. And stay on the throne for a while '

"Reforms made during my reign will be my feat, or blame. You think you can protect Tircia, who took action for her sister, for the sake of the country, from public scandals?

'It's not an impossible story, is it? See, if you're depressed? My daughter acted first, and you're going to end up with an impudent parent?

I know it's a provocative way of saying it. But I didn't want you to just do something that would make me angry with guilt like this.

The predecessor King Sarovara did everything he could. Such parents - maybe the queen was also his accomplice. Otherwise, it's unlikely that a child - protected by a child - will do nothing.

"Lord Frog. You've been here longer than us, haven't you?

'I've heard about my predecessors from my peers, and I know my predecessors only in late life... well, it'll be longer than a human being'

"Then will you keep an eye on what's coming? And I want you to tell my daughters when they get lost."

With a determined look at something, King Sarovara gazes at me.

That would be expecting the same thing as my situation right now. After he left the world and his daughter took the throne... he wished he could be braved by the appearance of a father he did not know.

"Fine, as long as my life goes on, I promise."

"Thank you"

Not only the king but also the escort knight bows his head deeply again to the words of gratitude that he briefly conveys. Even for him, this time seems to have been meaningful.

- One day, the king in front of you will leave the world. Again, if the time comes for this country to be rough.

I'll be sure to tell his daughters. "Your father tried to protect his beloved daughters by carrying both blame and merit".

But maybe those princesses don't need to worry about that.

Before that happens, Mizuki's going to break out, right? I feel like a gentle, miserable, selfish wizard doesn't overlook the misery of his friends.

... because that kid really seems to do all this unexpected stuff.