episode_0051

Somehow, like Descartes and Abel, I started preparing for the civil service exam, which I had not done even before being possessed.

I even ended up studying mermaid history, not human history.

“This is pretty simple history.”

“The history of mermaids is that they are always invaded and plundered by higher-ranking races, so you can memorize more than half of their history just by memorizing the names of the invading races.”

“It certainly is.”

History was always about invasion, plunder, and war.

And surprisingly, their history wasn’t that long.

If you know just a few things about what happened in ancient times, their history is almost over.

“In the first place, they are considered wise to the extent that they are inferior to humans. Also, because they are a very weak race, extinction is a daily occurrence, so there are many records that have been lost, so it does not feel like there are many records. This is truly fortunate.”

It was really fortunate.

If the record had seemed long, I would have felt dizzy.

After studying for three weeks, I passed the exam and was able to enter the castle a month after coming here.

Fortunately, the Evil God Church is dependent on executives, but Abel had established a good system so far that it was able to run easily for a year even without executives at all.

Also, since there were the warriors Gerhardt and Rebecca as middle managers, and Beatrice, who had difficult conditions for staying for a long time, it was okay.

From the beginning, Beatrice was able to be trusted and trusted as she had proven to be excellent at her job and was able to manage the evil religion while looking at the empire.

“Anyway, it seems like the job was accomplished quite easily.”

“Seeing as I haven’t heard any other movement yet… it looks like no one has resolved the ban on movement yet. Fortunately, I think I can stay here for a long time thanks to that…”

“I think it would be better to focus on this rather than worrying about other things first. Lilin, didn’t you say she was entrusted with other tasks as well?”

Petrania.

Since they were the same devil, it seemed like they were the only two devils in the evil religion.

So, they must have interacted a lot with each other, and I thought they would know each other well, so I left the job of finding Petrania to Lilin.

Petrania, I wanted to hear why you freed the ancient races from their seal and why you betrayed the evil religion.

If possible, I really wanted to hear about Orpheus.

“His Majesty the King is entering!”

His Majesty the King.

The king of mermaids and the owner of this vast kingdom.

His name is Recaligus.

It was our final destination here.

“You guys! I would like to thank you in advance for building a tower with knowledge and volunteering here directly like heroes.”

He had a deep voice and was quite middle-aged.

Every single action was filled with charisma and a profound sense of style and charm.

He looked like a well-made, movie-like politician.

A politician covered in white hair with decades of experience.

“You are warriors who fought against dragons, brave heroes who fought against the evil cult that ruled the land. Just like them, you came here with an outstanding goal. I don’t know what your feelings were, but as kings, that’s what you want to do. “I want to support things.”

After gathering all those who came up through the door and those who came up through nothing together and saying this, he cleared his throat and then continued his next words.

“If you are willing to sacrifice yourselves for the country, I want to take full responsibility for your lives and create a country where we can all move forward together. How much discrimination and hardship have we mermaids suffered so far! The land’s strange religion! The sea The sea dragon! The magic tower in the sky! So that they can never touch us! I want to bring that kind of peace!”

By the way, Saint Descartes, a living historian, said that he never fought against our evil religion in the first place.

No, we weren’t even interested in you guys.

But aren’t they creating heroes with ridiculous stories of bravery for propaganda purposes?

When I found out the truth behind this, I found out that he was a complete socialist propaganda thinker.

After all, I wasn’t good at politics for nothing.

He was quite a dictator.

“By the way, it’s amazing. You can sway the public sentiment with just a few words.”

“That is politics. Of course, I have no interest in politics, but… he seems to have the power of group hypnosis.”

For some reason, their enthusiastic reaction was quite surprising, but perhaps that was the reason.

It felt like some kind of extraneous force was present, but it is clear that if a group could be hypnotized, such a reaction would have been possible.

It’s probably an absurd technique to put energy into words.

Although it was a trick, it was quite remarkable for a lower-ranking race like mermaids, who were not even a higher-ranking race, to imitate a higher-ranking race with as much language as possible.

With that alone, he had already proven that he had skills that ordinary mermaids could not reach.

“Father, it’s obvious, but it doesn’t seem like a good thing at all.”

“Isn’t it a pretty funny joke that we consider good and evil?”

“That’s certainly true, but….”

Most importantly, we are not holding on to ancient races for good reasons.

I am not absolutely evil, but I am more of a bystander, and my tendency is closer to evil.

I was a supporter of what the kids were doing, and it was either hypocrisy or self-satisfaction that we captured ancient races.

In fact, I also have personal curiosity about the past.

“We just have to do what we do. Listen to him, decide what to do with them, and if you can’t bring them on your side, kill them.”

Just like you always do.

Without paying any attention to those who are not on our side.

If you can’t be on the same side, eliminate them in advance, and if you can, bring them in.

We just have to act like we always do.

“So, I have high expectations for you, and I always believe in you, and I hope that you will continue to move forward like a burden for the country.”

“It’s an honor, my king!”

The king made a grand exit amid loud cheers.

People cheered even more upon seeing such a king.

He was definitely great at dealing with people.

Of course, these were mermaids, but since they were no different from humans with a slightly lower fertility and a little less intelligence, it could be said that they were truly excellent conversationalists.

“Did you see it today? I saw God! The King showed us the way! Let’s follow it! Let’s follow it!”

I couldn’t tell if it was a cheat or real.

There is a lot of sincerity, but it may be that they originally brought in someone like that and asked them to do the job of catching wind.

When I shouted that loudly in an already tense atmosphere, the mermaids burst out in cheers.

It’s crazy to see people cheering so loudly in such a heightened atmosphere.

“First of all, I think the proper schedule starts tomorrow, so I’ll come back tomorrow.”

“Yes, I guess so.”

King of the seas, he doesn’t know about us.

However, we have already seen and become familiar with his appearance, behavior, and way of speaking.

We also discovered that he can use unspeakable abilities equivalent to group hypnosis.

Ultimately, whether it is a battle or a war, it is an information war.

The other person didn’t know exactly about us, but we knew exactly about the other person.

In addition, information coming and going from bars run by Terrasia, Ryu, Cecilia, etc. was collected and used for various purposes.

one month.

That was the time it took for us to enter the castle.

“Anyway, everyone passed the test, so let’s have a drink each.”

“I happen to have collected all kinds of valuable alcohol from ancient times. Have a drink.”

In his original form, Descartes rattled the bones, opened subspace, and took out alcohol.

I feel it every time he uses his power, but I feel once again that the various energies I feel in the world right now are not simple at all.

Sometimes that energy feels small, but when he uses his power, it feels bigger than anyone else.

He is so good at hiding himself that he hides his energy in a way that even I feel ambiguous about. Whenever I see him, I always wonder how much power he is hiding.

Now, of all the beings I feel, he makes the smallest waves and at the same time makes the biggest waves.

The equivalent were Adele and Arpelius, Adele’s ancestor in the snowy plains.

Other than that, there are Marie, Orphes, and Petrania who strangely don’t feel any energy at all.

“Let’s have a drink each!”

We started drinking.

It was time to get emotional.