episode_0187

After calming down her surprised expression, Irene looked at her surroundings again and came closer to me and whispered.

“… … Is that really true?”

“Yes. Like I said, I’m not sure, but… … As of now, it is the most likely.”

The neatest thing to fit into this situation was assassination.

At least it was more believable than a natural disaster.

First, the number of people who hated Serpina was greater than expected, even if limited to just this country.

One of the evidences was the successive rebellions.

Even though it happened once a while ago, if it happened again, it was possible to understand to some extent how severe the antipathy towards Serpina was.

It’s not like Serpina doesn’t know this, so she must have been able to quickly realize, ‘If not moving is the right answer, a rebellion will occur.’

Until the moment I could say, “I’m used to being hated,”

How much did she have to endure the feelings of ‘hatred’ from others?

And secondly, with the trigger of ‘Serpina being away for a while’, assassination was more likely than a natural disaster.

Of course, there is a plan to attempt assassination when they come to Eingart Castle again… …

Then my prediction shouldn’t have changed. In other words, it meant that they had somehow succeeded in preserving Serpina’s life.

Of course, there is a need to constantly ask related questions, but… … It would be good to give significance to the fact that one big hurdle has been overcome.

After hearing what I said, Irene asked me with a very serious expression.

“What should I do?”

“Irene, please follow your master as usual. However, please ‘just be aware’ of this fact.”

“Do you not yet know the danger?”

“For now. Well, I don’t know if you’ve noticed… … At least I didn’t tell you.”

No matter how much I believed in my ‘mind’s eye’ ability, I wasn’t confident in myself right away.

In a situation where there was not enough material to explain to her the unconditionally correct result, I needed to be more careful than ever, as if I opened my mouth unnecessarily, I could ruin the work.

“I understand. Anyway, once we clear out the rebels, we’ll have to go back to Eingart Castle… … Let me do my own research.”

“Is that possible?”

Irene said with a smile at my words.

“There are quite a lot of people following me.”

There are many colleagues who believe and follow what they say.

Irene, who was extremely lonely, needed a friend who would trust her.

For some reason, I felt proud to see Serpina-gun achieving its goal and moving forward.

“I trust that you will take care of it, but I would like you to proceed in secret if possible.”

“It’s okay, you don’t have to worry. We will investigate using a different approach, without giving any indication that we are looking for an assassin.”

Irene was not the type of person to make bravado.

So, there will be no problem if you just believe what I am told not to worry about.

Who will trust her if I don’t trust her in the first place?

“Well, see you later.”

“Yes.”

“Oh, that’s right. Reika wants to say hello.”

Irene nodded wordlessly and walked away to do her job.

After she let me go, I raised my head and looked up at the sky.

The sky is blue without a single cloud.

The air of this world didn’t feel that heavy to me… … Serpina will be different. She said that every day she lived, she sensed hostility and murderous intent towards her.

I can’t say for sure yet – maybe… … This may have been a condition preventing her from unification.

‘If that’s true, Serpina is a very pitiful person.’

I barely managed to shake off the feeling of sentimentality.

Let’s first suppress the rebels in front of us.

Like it or not, Serpina was able to survive thanks to those guys’ rebellion. If it had not been for the rebellion, there would have been no opportunity to ask such questions, and naturally, Serpina would have been just carried away by the waves of history without noticing that she was in danger of death.

The flag raised to overthrow Serpina actually protected her.

‘It’s incredibly ironic.’

I decided to take a closer look at her unfortunate fate.

Anyway, as long as I was by her side, I wanted to be completely on her side.

So little by little-

The attraction to Serpina was becoming stronger.

* * *

After the army was dispatched to suppress the rebels at Roger Castle.

What was I doing when I wasn’t there?

I was spending time talking to Serpina, closer to her than anyone else.

The topic of conversation was mostly about my ability, which she knew as ‘mind’s eye’.

“You mean you can only know the result, not the process?”

“That’s right. It’s not always possible to find out, and depending on the situation, there are times when you can’t find out at all… … If it is related to state administration, you can pretty much predict what the outcome will be.”

“And that can only be done by being asked questions?”

“Yes.”

“How about I ask you the questions yourself?”

“In that case, no predictions can be made. That’s why I asked you to ‘ask a question.’

“I see… … It really is an interesting ability.”

Serpina looked at me with sparkling eyes.

Instead of her usual absolute charisma, her sparkling gold contained a girlish heart full of things she wanted to know about the world.

“I understand why you gave such strange advice. However, I still have questions.”

“I will answer everything I can.”

In any case, in order to save Serpina, it was necessary to get on the same boat as her.

What I meant was that there was no reason not to procrastinate unnecessarily and tell them about insurance.

“At that time. Do you remember when a rebel army arose to carry on Sidmid’s will? That was when Rahelven took the lead.”

“Yes, I remember.”

“You said, ‘There is a possibility that the Aceers army will invade this place.’ Did you figure that out with your own abilities?”

“No. that… … Rather than saying I figured it out, it’s closer to seeing it as an inference based on my imagination.”

“Inference?”

Serpina, who heard those words, nodded as if she was amused.

… … It may have been an extremely disrespectful thought to my master, but it was very cute to see Serpina reacting to each and every word I said and being happy.

“It’s simple. I got a ‘result’. Then, I reverse the process one by one to explain why this result came about, erasing the impossible situations. It was my way to advise my lord on the propositions I had deduced in that way. Considering the situation at the time, I thought that the reason why troops were needed for a castle that had no special meaning was because there was a possibility that the place could be invaded.”

“I see. but… … Because the conclusion was so absurd, the story that was said and the story that was not told became different?”

Should I say Serpina?

Just by listening to what I said, he knew exactly what I was going through.

“That’s right. Anyway, it’s a bit difficult to imagine such details in my head.”

“By the same logic, is it also similar to dropping a rock from the sky?”

“Yes. The result I achieved at that time was ‘our military’s victory.’ Using that as an inference, we calculated a way for our military to win.”

“It was something like that… … .”

I said with a wry smile to Serpina, who nodded.

“That’s just it. It’s not that you’re talented or insightful, you’re just able to notice results. It’s safe to say that the white-haired wizard and other such famous things are almost an illusion.”

Serpina was lost in thought after hearing my words-

Soon, he spoke in a somewhat firm tone.

“I don’t agree with that, Swen.”

“Can I ask the reason?”

“If you didn’t have talent or insight, I think the inversion itself would have been impossible. No matter how much you have the ‘mind’s eye’ ability to know what the result will be, it is impossible to infer why the result comes out unless you are knowledgeable. I am confident that you would have become an excellent strategist even if you did not have the ability of the mind’s eye.”

For some reason, I feel embarrassed by the sudden compliment, so I feel embarrassed.

“… … I don’t think it’s to that extent.”

“It seems like you need to acknowledge yourself more. Excessive humility is unsightly. Hehehe… … .”

Serpina laughed happily for a few minutes… …

Soon, his face blushed and he grabbed my hand with both hands and said.

“Lin… … And Yuuri, without even being able to properly utilize a tremendous talent like you, handed it over to someone else. That’s foolish. Really stupid. Moreover, Lin not only missed you but also General Airen. I feel like this situation itself is fate for me, Swen.”

Serpina said that and licked her lips with her tongue as if drooling.

The fact that he wanted me so blatantly seemed rather innocent.

Well, even in the game, having a longevity of 100 intelligence was very helpful from the monarch’s perspective.

He always says the right things, so if you do as he tells you, everything will be resolved.

Of course, as in the case of the Runarien army that was destroyed by Branth’s army, nothing could be done without being beaten to death – but in any case, being able to predict perfectly was bound to be of great help.

From Serpina’s point of view, I would be someone she would want to be with no matter what.

But, I-

“Swen.”

Without giving me time to continue my thoughts, Serpina spoke to me.

“Please speak, my lord.”

“There is a problem I would like to hear your advice on.”

“Not everything works, but… … .”

“It’s okay. If you can’t figure it out, say no. Also, I won’t blindly believe in your words, so you don’t have to feel burdened.”

Serpina spoke to me with sparkling eyes.

I wanted to do something, but… … Well, a few pieces of advice would be fine.

It’s not like I can twist fate with my own abilities, so in general, answers that the other person can understand are output.

In other words, things like ‘It is efficient to have a general with high military power repair the castle walls’. In fact, most of my predictions did not deviate from that range.

There are just a few predictions that I don’t understand that have been bothering me.

To me, who thinks so lightly-

Serpina threw a full fastball deep into the body.

“I, Serpina von Eingart… … Is it possible to unify the continent and rebuild the Eingart Empire?”