Sky of Destiny – Climax (2)

As mentioned once before, Karleiah von Loengram was a woman born with tremendous talent.

Beyond simply being wise, she showed exceptional aptitude in various fields such as literature and magic.

But unfortunately, because she had such talent and aptitude, Kaya couldn’t feel passion for worldly affairs.

Of course, this doesn’t mean at all that she was lazy about her assigned tasks.

Before meeting Ragna, she had built up quite a notorious reputation among the Empire’s vassals as a born workaholic.

So it’s closer to the concept that she just couldn’t take anything seriously.

Kaya can easily solve problems that others find difficult and challenging.

She was able to catch up in a few months with achievements that others would need 10 or 20 years of effort to obtain.

At first, Kaya thought she was an incredibly blessed person.

But as time passed, she realized that it wasn’t a blessing.

This was a curse.

A kind of curse where she couldn’t be sincere about anything in her life.

But her life changed considerably after meeting a certain man.

Ragna Tersion.

The man who first created the concept of ‘animation’ in the Empire, where culture was somewhat underdeveloped.

That man had the amazing talent of creating dreamlike worlds that had never existed before and stories that made people’s hearts race from his fingertips.

And Kaya realized as she watched the animations Ragna made.

She felt like she could catch up with anything in this world if she put in the time, but.

She realized that she could never imitate Ragna’s animations.

Even if she made animations in exactly the same way as Ragna, it would be impossible to make such masterpieces that excite people so much.

It was hard to believe, but the animations Ragna made were something that far surpassed her common sense.

It was impossible, but they had such a high level of completion that it made her think he might have lived in an era where at least 50 years had passed since animations were created.

That’s why Kaya could fully enjoy passion and satisfaction she had never felt before every time she made animations together with Ragna under him.

Thus, Kaya produced various animations under Ragna, from “Machine God Chronicles” to “Book of Life and Death”, and “Sky of Destiny”.

As a result, she unknowingly developed certain feelings towards the man called Ragna.

“…..”

In fact, even Kaya herself couldn’t exactly tell what these feelings she harbored were.

Because until now, not a single man had even caught her eye, let alone met her standards.

And because of that, this was the first time she had developed any feelings for a man.

However, she felt somehow at ease when she was by Ragna’s side.

If she handled work well and Ragna praised her, she somehow felt good.

The time spent together with him in the same space felt more precious than any other time so far.

That must have been why.

“Um, Lady Kaya. Would it be alright if I ask you for a favor?”

“A favor? What kind of favor?”

“Well, I’d like to design a character based on Lady Kaya’s face. Would you allow it?”

“Huh?”

For a moment, Kaya tilted her head, not understanding Ragna’s words.

But that was only for a moment.

“Hieeh…?”

As soon as she understood what Ragna’s words meant, Kaya’s face turned bright red.

That’s because she knew all too well what it meant among artists when they said they wanted to create a work based on a woman’s face.

‘Could it be, the Director…?’

To be honest, there was something somewhat embarrassing about receiving such a request from Ragna.

Also, using the face of a royal family member in such a way was directly related to the dignity of the royal family, so in principle it should never be allowed.

But Kaya simply couldn’t refuse such a request from Ragna.

No, to be more precise, she didn’t want to refuse.

In some sense, she even felt somewhat proud.

Until now, whenever Ragna dealt with her, he had always maintained a somewhat businesslike and stiff attitude.

She somehow felt good, as if he was finally seeing her as a woman.

That’s why Kaya readily allowed Ragna to design the Hero King based on her face.

And that night, Kaya spent the night without sleeping a wink.

…Well, for Ragna, it was just a suggestion he made without much thought to attract the viewers’ attention.

And so, in the latest episode of “Sky of Destiny”, the Hero King modeled after Kaya’s face appeared.

And a few days later.

[“Sky of Destiny” Broadcast Raises Support for Royal Family by at Least 30%…. Is This the Effect of ‘Divine Bloodline’?]

[Knight King in the Past, Hero King in the Present…. Why Did Count Ragna Change the Title of the Empire’s Founder?]

[A Certain Royal Insider… Testifies That His Majesty the Emperor Is Thinking of Officially Changing the Title Since Most Citizens Are More Familiar with the Title ‘Hero King’…]

[People Making ‘Pilgrimages’ to the Statue of the Hero King in Front of the Imperial Palace…. But It Turns Out That Her Highness the Imperial Princess’s Appearance Is Very Similar to the Statue’s Appearance…]

[Current Royal Family, Descendants of the Hero King. Is the Identical Appearance of the Hero King and Her Highness the Imperial Princess the Effect of ‘Ancestral Regression’?]

Ragna read the contents of the newspaper articles in his hand with an expression of utter bewilderment.

No, what is this?

The statue of the Hero King erected in front of the Imperial Palace actually had a form that looked exactly like Kaya’s face?

Is this even possible?

Does it really make sense that the face of someone who lived thousands of years ago, whose very existence is uncertain now, is exactly the same as the face of the current era’s Imperial Princess!

And looking at Ragna’s face like that, Kaya opened her mouth with an indifferent expression.

“Ah, about that. Actually, His Majesty secretly replaced the statue recently. The original statue didn’t look anything like my face.”

“…What?”

“His Majesty said this. Just as you should row when the tide comes in, isn’t it an incredibly profitable business if we can raise support for the royal family just by replacing one statue?”

Saying that, Kaya grinned at Ragna.

“Well, it’s certainly not wrong. After all, the vast majority of citizens are pigs and dogs. Regardless of what the truth is, isn’t it enough if it just pleases the citizens?”

“…What did you say?”

For a moment, Ragna doubted his ears.

No, even so, isn’t it somewhat wrong for the Imperial Princess of a country to use such words?

“…Ah. I’m sorry. I’ve had to use these words more often lately, and before I knew it, they stuck to my mouth. This shouldn’t happen…”

“…?”

Occasions where you have to use words like pigs and dogs?

What on earth is that?

Just as Ragna was floating question marks above his head, unable to understand Kaya’s words at all.

“Ah, Director. And Lady Kaya. Here you are!”

Serika and other staff members entered the conference room, and then carefully opened their mouths towards Kaya.

“Um, Lady Kaya. Could you do that for us, you know, that?”

“Uh… again? Hmm… Honestly, that’s a bit embarrassing even for me…”

Kaya makes an expression as if somewhat troubled.

But the staff members plead to Kaya with desperate expressions.

“Please do it. Quickly.”

“Ahem, hmm. Since you all ask so earnestly, I have no choice.”

So Kaya carefully cleared her throat, and then looked at the staff with eyes as if looking at insects and spoke in a cold voice.

“…Mongrels. You really know no bounds to your unsightliness. You pigs and dogs. Wouldn’t it be better to quickly harm yourselves here instead?”

It was the line that the Hero King uttered towards Yuri and Sein who were peeking at him in episode 15 of “Sky of Destiny”.

And as soon as Kaya uttered that line, the staff members cheered with expressions of utter joy.

“It’s identical! It’s really identical to the Hero King’s appearance in ‘Sky of Destiny’!”

“Golden armor! Actually, I made a golden armor specially for Lady Kaya, could you possibly wear this and say ‘mongrel’? Please!”

“Lady Kaya! Call me a pig and dog too! Or call me a mongrel!”

“…..”

Ragna closed his eyes tightly as he looked at the sight of the undeveloped people of the fantasy world voluntarily calling themselves mongrels and pigs and dogs.

For him, who had lived in the Republic of Korea where liberal democracy was alive and breathing, he simply couldn’t understand that sentiment.

Class system and caste system, defeated like dogs.

On the other hand, democracy.

Another resounding victory chalked up today.