Ch.118118. Reform

Steven… no, the American proposal was quite shocking.

The proposal essentially gave the Balhut Cult an opportunity to participate in the historic moment of rebuilding international organizations, and it was also a chance to make an appropriate debut on the international stage.

Above all, while each country had been struggling to survive this apocalypse, no one expected discussions about rebuilding international organizations to emerge so soon.

‘But the proposer is the problem. I can’t decide such a weighty matter alone. I should consult with the cabinet.’

Of course, the proposal came from the even more suspicious Lord Protector and Saint of Orleans rather than the Balhut Cult, and Bahamut didn’t ponder this matter alone.

“In that sense, Special Ambassador Steven asked me to help establish an international organization. He said humanity needs light.”

“I can sense that the Lord Protector and the Saint who proposed rebuilding international organizations have dark intentions. Actually, this isn’t a bad thing for our Balhut Cult. It’s an excellent opportunity for the Balhut Cult to become a founding member of the new international organization. The question is what the proposers think about us. I’ve heard both of them are quite problematic. Is it really okay to cooperate with them?”

Bahamut summoned all available executives including the leader Choi Yu-na, informed them about Steven’s proposal to rebuild international organizations, and Hwang Geun-chul was the first to respond to Bahamut’s explanation.

He seemed to find the proposal attractive but simultaneously expressed concern by mentioning that those who proposed it were problematic.

No matter how beneficial it might be, if the proposer was problematic, it required deep consideration.

“I still believe there’s hope for humanity. Even if the proposers are problematic, as Hwang Geun-chul said. At least that doesn’t mean their ideals are bad, does it?”

Conversely, Park Cheol-gon opposed Hwang Geun-chul’s statement, arguing that even if the proposers were problematic, the ideals they advocated weren’t bad.

In truth, while the actions and tendencies of the Lord Protector and the Saint were problematic, the establishment of an international organization and the ideologies they advocated weren’t bad—rather, they were full of good words.

Even if criticized for being too idealistic, the fact remained that those ideals couldn’t truly be called bad.

The problem was whether the two forces that proposed it really intended to act according to those ideals, but Park Cheol-gon judged that they wouldn’t arbitrarily go berserk with so many people watching.

“I think it’s not bad either. After all, it’s evidence that the world is returning to normal.”

And Balhut Cult leader Yu-na also expressed her honest opinion that it wasn’t a bad proposal, seemingly agreeing with Park Cheol-gon.

In fact, considering the wish Yu-na had expressed to Bahamut when making the contract, wasn’t the rebuilding of international organizations precisely the normalization of the world that Yu-na wanted?

Even if the proposers were suspicious, if they didn’t help rebuild international organizations, who knew when the normalization of the world that Yu-na dreamed of would be achieved?

“I strongly support this proposal.”

Therefore, Yu-na declared her agreement with this matter, as if persuading Bahamut.

‘If there are problems, we can just fix them.’

And if the proposer was problematic, they could just fix that.

They could also receive cooperation from the United States, and Yu-na believed that with the dragon god Bahamut, this problem would surely be solved.

“But what does Lord Bahamut think?”

However, she didn’t force Bahamut to participate.

Bahamut was her absolute god, and even if the current choice wasn’t what Yu-na wanted, she believed it wouldn’t be the wrong choice.

Still, it was true that her wish for the world to normalize quickly was strongly expressed here.

“If an international organization is rebuilt. And if we participate in that international organization. Should we register our name in the rebuilt international organization?”

When Yu-na spoke, Bahamut, who had been quietly listening to his staff’s advice, also spoke about the rebuilding of international organizations.

He spoke with a tone that seemed certain about the rebuilding of the international organization, and asked what the Balhut Cult should do in such a rebuilt international organization.

‘Lord Bahamut’s judgment is that the rebuilding of the international organization is confirmed.’

‘From Bahamut’s perspective, the rebuilding itself isn’t a problem. But I’m not sure if such a rebuilt international organization will function properly.’

Hearing this, the two political representatives judged that Bahamut was already certain about the rebuilding of the international organization.

They thought that once again, the dragon god’s mysterious mind and all-seeing eyes had foreseen the future, and since the dragon god said so, these two political representatives deeply considered what the Balhut Cult should do if an international organization was right before them.

“I think we should register our name. If the rebuilding really succeeds. That organization could give us the legitimacy of being the only nation on the Korean Peninsula.”

“I also agree with Hwang Geun-chul’s opinion. If we can succeed in rebuilding, we should cooperate from before the rebuilding and register our name.”

Both political representatives strongly supported joining the international organization.

If the international organization really revived, this would be a great opportunity for the Balhut Cult.

This way, the Balhut Cult could be recognized as the legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula in the international community, and they could insist that only the Balhut Cult was the internationally recognized government on the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, this would require behind-the-scenes negotiations with countries that joined the international organization, but these two factions thought there would be no problem.

‘We have…’

‘The Bahamut coins.’

Because the mysterious coins born in this apocalypse would give them a great advantage in future negotiations.

Not only that, but there was news that a new mineral had been developed at the Bahamut Temple recently, but since Bahamut himself hadn’t officially announced it yet, the Bahamut coins would be the only practical negotiation material.

However, Park Cheol-gon and Hwang Geun-chul thought this alone would give them an advantage in negotiations with other countries.

“Both of you. Have similar opinions. Now that the National Unity Cabinet is over. Couldn’t you express different opinions?”

“Haha. Sometimes our two factions have the same opinion.”

“In this matter, I also thought there would be sufficient benefits, so I expressed the same opinion as the Dragon God Association.”

When the two factions expressed the same opinion, Bahamut mentioned that the National Unity Cabinet was now over, suggesting they didn’t need to have the same opinion.

But the two political representatives both expressed their approval because they thought there were plenty of beneficial elements no matter how they looked at it.

‘Besides, we only officially ended the National Unity Cabinet.’

‘Implicitly, the National Unity Cabinet isn’t over yet.’

And in fact, the National Unity Cabinet that Bahamut had just mentioned wasn’t completely over internally.

This was because the two political factions had reached an implicit agreement to maintain a state that was a National Unity Cabinet but not officially so.

They had ended the official National Unity Cabinet and returned to a two-party system like before the apocalypse, but considering that all areas except the cult’s territory were in chaos due to the apocalypse, it would be wise to officially maintain the National Unity Cabinet state where opinions could be unified.

Why go through all this trouble to maintain an implicit National Unity Cabinet?

‘Damn those outsiders… no, they officially mentioned rebellion plotting as their party platform.’

‘Dragon Slayer? Dragon Slayer? Have they forgotten that the one we serve is a dragon god? Do they… have no conscience?’

It was because of the rampage of outsider parties desperate for political participation.

They began to make extreme right or left statements to somehow gain power, and among such statements, there were clearly factions within the Balhut Cult that made insane statements.

At first, the two political factions thought these claims were just harsh words to attract citizens’ attention, not serious political claims, so they left them alone in the name of freedom of expression, but then they witnessed true madness when these statements were seriously declared as party platforms.

It meant that statements about truly killing the dragon god Bahamut emerged as the platform of outsider parties, and these claims naturally reached Bahamut’s ears.

“What? Is, is that freedom of expression? Anyway, isn’t this also democracy? Yes, let’s just let this pass as a trivial matter. Yes. ……… I don’t know. What is that, it’s scary.”

Fortunately, Bahamut somehow managed to laugh it off, saying he would guarantee their freedom of expression too, but frankly, it was rebellion plotting itself.

They ignored the founding ideology of the Balhut Cult and spouted the insane idea of subjugating the dragon god, the head of state, and the National Unity Cabinet at that time was greatly shocked by their existence.

It wasn’t like WWE or a fixed match, but they genuinely threw a UFC punch at the Balhut Cult.

While they were truly thankful that the dragon god didn’t take this matter seriously and just let it pass, it was also why they ended the official National Unity Cabinet.

If a similar incident happened again, would they be able to laugh it off again?

“Although Lord Bahamut laughed it off. This is clearly rebellion plotting.”

“Yes. It’s rebellion plotting. That statement means assassinating the head of state.”

How could that be?

What they did was clearly the crime of rebellion plotting.

The National Unity Cabinet could no longer ignore the rampage of outsider parties, so they decided to control extreme right and left public opinion by dividing into two political factions.

They agreed to somehow divide roles between the two factions to suppress extremist forces and implicitly maintain the National Unity Cabinet.

“We can’t arrest everyone who made those statements. We can’t judge them all.”

“We need to make all their statements seem like the embarrassment of youth and move past them!”

Above all, many among them were young people who would be responsible for the future of the Balhut Cult.

Rather than having them arrested for rebellion plotting again, they needed to guide them toward healthy activities for the future of the cult.

Frankly, the idea of young people being arrested for rebellion plotting was tantamount to selling out the country’s future.

“At least like a two-party system or National Unity Cabinet.”

“Always consult with Lord Bahamut first on important matters.”

“No kicking each other in the balls.”

“Do we even have balls right now?”

“That’s true.”

This was why the two political factions were born.

There was no conflict of opinion, no factional fighting.

They were forced to divide what they didn’t want to divide because an outsider party they thought was just common WWE genuinely delivered a UFC blow.

“The Dragon God Association supports the revival of this international organization. If the international organization revives and recognizes us, our rule will be firmly established!”

“The Constitutional Democratic Party agrees. Even if the proposers are concerning. Their ideals are shining. Pursuing the ideals they’ve spoken of in this apocalypse. We are convinced it’s not a bad thing for us.”

Therefore, the pre-apocalypse conservative party was reorganized under the name Dragon God Association, and the Democratic Party under the name Constitutional Democratic Party.

Since they were divided anyway, they rebranded themselves as political forces suitable for this apocalypse, and there were many signs that they had deeply considered this matter, such as carefully deciding on party names.

“We would like Lord Bahamut himself to participate in registering that name.”

The Dragon God Association was a party gathered under the ideology of serving the dragon god Bahamut as monarch.

Of course, the Dragon God Association also valued the dragon’s priestess, but for them, the dragon god came first before the priestess, and they were a political group that wanted the dragon god to intervene directly more than anyone else.

Even now, he was appropriately intervening when necessary, but from the Dragon God Association’s side, there were demands for more intervention, and it was a party completed with their support.

It was also a faction that properly reflected the voices within the current Balhut Cult.

“No. We implore that rather than Lord Bahamut, the priestesses Yu-na and Seol-hwa should represent us.”

Conversely, the Constitutional Democratic Party valued the dragon’s priestess more than the dragon god Bahamut.

Of course, just as the Dragon God Association didn’t completely exclude the dragon’s priestess, the Constitutional Democratic Party didn’t completely exclude the dragon god Bahamut either.

They also shared the same intention as the Dragon God Association in matters like asking for Bahamut’s opinion at important moments, but they were closer to prioritizing the thoughts of the dragon’s priestess over the dragon god in ordinary times.

They concluded that Bahamut had sent out the dragon’s priestess as his representative, and they were a kind of monarch elected by the dragon god as the dragon god’s proxy.

In fact, there were many who supported Yu-na, the dragon’s priestess, rather than Bahamut, and this was also a faction born reflecting the voices within the cult well.

‘So the international organization is the right path! Then, I should run toward the right path!’

However, Bahamut, as if not understanding their profound intentions at all, simply thought, ‘Oh, so the international organization is the right path.’

They say longing is the emotion furthest from understanding, and it seemed to be a fact.