Chapter 189 - Fading Away(2)
Ti flows again.
The long conversation with Regina that followed also ca to a close.
Listening to how she would act in the future, and the strategic intent behind those actions.
It also ant that I had achieved all the original purposes for which I had been summoned by Regina.
And my impression of that conversation was.
“……It’s so ticulous it’s almost cunning.”
Honestly, I thought it wasn't a word to be used for a princess, but I thought it would be difficult to find a more accurate expression.
How to create a hero and how to imprint them on the public. That would be a part of the act of seizing people's hearts.
In the field of manipulating the psychology of the masses, Regina was truly a master who brooked no comparison. Yes, I understood that in my head. After all, she was described that way in .
But after actually hearing the strategy and its intent directly, the knowledge I had gained from watching the original and the evaluation I had only understood through text beca palpable.
‘Perhaps in this aspect alone, even more so than that prince…….’
The worst personality-disordered person in , and unfortunately, the prince who showed the highest level of skill in all fields. Claudio Renart Abellon.
I'll just say that I could sowhat understand the reason why he was treated as a rival by the prince, who was treated as the de facto final boss in the original work.
‘He was eliminated early in the original, but if Regina had even one useful piece, the situation might have been different.’
To the extent that such a thought lingered in my mind.
Anyway, when all the talk had co to an end and it was ti to part.
“From now on, many things will change rapidly. This world, the world’s political situation, and…… your life, young lord.”
Regina opened her mouth with a slightly languid tone, as if it were the last ti.
“It will certainly be so.”
“Yes, you understand. Because you are none other than that young lord.”
She said, shrugging her shoulders as if she had expected to answer that way.
“Nevertheless, I wanted to ask about your resolve.”
“My resolve, you say?”
“The resolve to leave your past daily life in the past.”
The resolve to leave my daily life in the past.
“What do you an?”
“Well, there’s no great implication. It just ans that you’ll be so busy from now on that you won’t be able to enjoy the things you used to enjoy in your daily life anymore.”
“…….”
Daily life. At that word, I closed my eyes for a mont and thought.
Although I had forgotten for a mont, having overco over a thousand deaths, they were certainly close to when viewed in the absolute tiline.
The late-night training I had done every day with Serene, Khan, Yuna, and Elwin, and the sense of stability I felt from it.
The trivial jokes I had exchanged with Acaite every ti I was taught by him.
The small laughs I had let out in the study sessions with Arien where we pointed out each other’s shortcomings.
Besides that, when I was tutoring Yuna, when I was being scolded by Khan or Elwin for no reason, and so on.
In my future life, it would be difficult to feel such daily elents.
Although I could pride myself on having lived a breathless life without wasting any ti until now, my future life, as Regina said, would be several tis busier.
I know. It was certainly a loss, and it would affect my life in so way.
But, well.
“I’ll have to endure it. Isn’t it all for the sake of survival?”
Naturally, I had no choice.
To push away the lifeline given to because I didn't want to lose those daily routines?
It was a story that didn't make sense in the first place.
“Fortunately, I’m quite used to this kind of no-choice situation.”
And when had I ever chosen a path I liked?
Since falling into the fate of repeating death, had I ever had the luxury of choosing a path I preferred?
That was the story.
“Fortunately, you have a good understanding of our situation.”
At my answer, Regina drew a small arc on her lips. For so reason, it was a smile that even showed a hint of satisfaction.
“That's a good resolve. It doesn't seem as solemn as a resolve, but rather, that's why I like it more.”
Continuing those words, Regina slowly reached out her hand towards . Since we were sitting across a small table, her hand easily reached the destination Regina had wanted—that is, my face.
“…….”
To be honest, I was at a loss as to how to respond to Regina’s action, but I soon guessed that silence was the right path.
Perhaps I had just been captivated.
“Well, don't worry too much. That empty space in your daily life…… I'll try to fill it in sohow.”
And she left those words, changing the faint smile into a rather deep one.
“Let’s do well, you and I, who have no choice.”
What did I say in response to Regina’s words?
I don't know. I don't rember well.
But what I do rember is that the white flowers in the garden where I faced the princess were in full bloom that day.
And that the sothing in the shape of a burning purple circle had a gentler form than usual.
Yes, that was about it.
***
Although I had spent what was practically an ascetic's ti, repeating death over a thousand tis against Grændal, the ti I could rest was not that long. About five days, I suppose.
During that ti, I did whatever I wanted.
Things like wasting ti in bed, which I couldn't even dream of before, and…… well. Spending a plausible daily life with people I could call my friends.
Of course, Regina hadn't given those six days just to catch my breath.
After all, those six days were the ti it took for my subjugation of Grændal to be officially approved by the Knight Order and for the news to spread to the public through newspapers and word of mouth.
Well. That's how it was.
After the six days of catching my breath, the existence of had taken on various anings for people.
A hero who had executed the vicious madman who had murdered countless knights and falsely accused them.
A rising star of a turbulent era who, despite his young age, had proudly achieved victory against a difficult foe that even the mighty knights could not defeat.
A standard-bearer of a new era who, despite being despised and ignored to the point of being given the derogatory na ‘wastrel young lord’ due to his humble position as an illegitimate son among the nobles, had overwheld the nobles, and so on.
It was embarrassing to say it myself, but they were all nas that referred to .
And Regina did not let the na Rain Enlight, which had beco the center of the topic, simply pass as a temporary topic.
- From now on, you will accompany on my external activities. It will mainly be eting with promising researchers in the field of magic engineering.
The field of magic engineering, which deals with the business of production, did not have many people born of noble status due to its nature.
It was rare anywhere for the child of a noble family to be in the business of technology and production.
Thus, naturally, the class that ford the mainstay in the field of magic engineering was bound to be heretics who were alienated from society or sowhat deviated from the mainstream.
However, what kind of era was the background of ?
Wasn't it the era of magic engineering, where airships equipped with magic cores sailed the skies and various magic engineering weapons dominated the battlefield?
Although it was just beginning to develop and had transitional aspects, it was nevertheless a field that was clearly beginning to establish itself as the mainstay of the world.
Yes, Regina effectively embraced the alienated through the persona of , the ‘hero of the alienated.’
If there was an icon that could be identified with a specific class, it was bound to be easier to embrace that class.
And this, in contrast to the Crown Prince's Faction, which strongly displayed its aristocratic nature, created a progressive image for the princess, that is, ‘the princess embraces the alienated.’
‘And the forces she has embraced in this way will beco the foundation for her to confront the prince.’
The conservative Crown Prince's Faction, the progressive Princess's Faction. Wouldn't that be a good confrontation?
And my role in that process was.
- You don't need to say much, young lord. No, rather, to make a deep impression, it's necessary to artificially adjust the frequency.
Accompanying the princess, I received various questions or stories, though I didn't want to.
Things like how I had overco the hardships while being treated worse than a stranger by my family and receiving the insulting nickna of a wastrel young lord from society.
“What kind of mindset did you live with?”
“How should we live?”
Those who questioned had their eyes shining at .
They were expecting sothing.
Even though I, who had to give the answer, was not a person who had gained so great enlightennt, they were hoping.
Therefore.
- Deliver a short but firm ssage rather than a long-winded one.
Following Regina’s advice, I just left an appropriate story according to the situation.
“I just chose. To endure, or to wither away. Between the two.”
In my opinion, it was an ridiculously obvious story, but fortunately, it seed to have been a quite satisfactory answer for those who wanted so kind of answer from .
“That's…… a really good saying.”
Perhaps it was because they had already decided on an unspoken answer from .
They were ready to accept anything positively. Sothing like that.
***
Naturally, it wasn't just about accompanying the princess.
It was effective to actively show one's face to the public, but there was a risk of being seen as a person who was too eager to show off.
According to Regina’s theory, I had to prove my worth to the public not just with words, but with actions.
In what way?
The answer was simple. There were many battlefields in unfavorable situations, and I would go to those battlefields and achieve victory.
The monster front in the north, the rebel front in the south, and other threatening battlefields that occurred frequently.
I road those battlefields tirelessly, both before and after the academy's new sester began.
And, I won.
Compared to the previous affairs, it was a rather simple task. In the first place, my body was not allowed to die, and I was also under the protection of the princess.
The main reason would have been that I was not sent to battlefields where the future was truly bleak, where only the future of defeat was concluded.
‘Is this Regina’s discerning eye?’
Whatever the behind-the-scenes story, to the people, I had beco a young hero who brought victory, moving on from my previous image.
There was also the fact that I had received the spotlight under Regina’s hand.
Yes. This was definitely an honorable thing. For I, who had been treated as a nuisance…… Rain Enlight, to now be praised as one of the empire’s respectable heroes.
It was a treatnt that was completely opposite to the treatnt Rain Enlight had received a year ago.
If one were to embrace such an honor, anyone would be worthy of pride and dignity. Many people might think so…… but, I wonder.
My heart didn't particularly pound with elation.
Unlike that ti when I was still a naive first-year, when I received a comndation for defeating the formidable enemies of Ad Astra who had invaded Ailton Hall.
Why was that?
If I were to compare then and now, the honor I enjoyed was so different it was incomparable.
What had moved my heart then, and what had made my heart calm now?
That was a small topic I had been thinking about whenever I had free ti recently.
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