Chapter 7: The Healing Magician Challenges the World Religion
I was very busy after the coup. When the leaders of a nation change you have to do things like annoying ceremonies or polite greetings. Furthermore, no matter how much we prepared in advance, there was inevitably opposition inside and outside the country. However, we were able to cut off those shoots before they became a big problem.
Ellen was very active in this as well.
As the new king, I fit my role perfectly, to deal with all kinds of problems, while only saying what was expected of me on the stage that she had prepared. It was easy. After all, politics is annoying and difficult, I don’t feel like I can handle it like Ellen did. The idea that she had that the administration of a country would be something problematic was not wrong. When things finally settled down, Ellen appointed a responsible official and I left the country in a carriage with my women.
The purpose of this trip was to participate in the world meeting, and it has already been a week since we started that trip.
“I am mortified that the repair of the aircraft has not been completed. With her we would have arrived in a day.” Flare complained.
Since that day, just as I became Kearu again, Freya became Flare again. I didn’t give her back her memories. I simply told her to act like Flare from now on.
“It is true. She wanted to build an airship that didn’t rely on dragon materials… But I didn’t have enough time at all.”
Knowing the speed of an aircraft, I feel dissatisfied with the speed of a carriage. If I have time to spend moving around, I’d rather do other things… But if I can’t do it, then there’s no solution. If I delayed my departure any longer, I wouldn’t make it to the world meeting on time. If that happened, they would decide what they wanted while we are not here and the country could be
destroyed.
“Now I am in charge of getting a double from Kearu-niisama. When he’s ready and we have a perfect replacement this will all be over, and I think everything will be easier.”
“Thank you. In any case, the king of the Panacea Kingdom is just a decoration. It doesn’t matter that I’m not here.”
All leadership is in the hands of Ellen. That means that I just have to be there and nothing else. That is why it is not necessary for me to be the one to have that position, with an impostor who looks like me enough and more than enough. I could even give him my look with 【Transformation Heal】 if needed.
“Sorry? Even though Ellen has been given all authority, now even a doppelganger will be Ellen’s puppet…? If she wanted it, she could take over the country.”
I guess so, in a nutshell Ellen’s hoax is now reality, she could just as easily take over the country.
“Not exactly, from the beginning it was up to Ellen whether she would wear a stunt double or not. Actually, only Ellen can change my ideals. If Ellen betrays me, it’s all over, it’s no use taking measures not to be betrayed and make it difficult for her to do so.”
All I can do is say that I want to create this kind of country. I am unable to do anything else. In a sense, that’s what real kings are like. The king shows the way and the people follow him.
“Leave it to me. It is impossible for me to betray Kearu-niisama.”
“…It is true. I’m sorry I said weird things. Still, even though it’s been Kearu and Flare for a while, I can’t get used to it. Even his voice and appearance are different.”
“Of course. Although our appearance and voice have changed, I am me, and Kearu-sama is Kearu-sama.”
“Nn, for Setsuna it’s fine. Since the smell hasn’t changed, it doesn’t bother me.”
“For Guren too, as long as it makes me feel good and they give me meat, I don’t care!”
Unlike Kureha, the two animal-eared girls adapted immediately. That said, it is not that appearance or voice are superficial things, but rather that they identify people in a deeper way, perhaps due to their animal nature. In reality, the content has not changed. I stopped forcing myself to make rude comments, like I had done until now, I just became a little more polite, and Freya returned to looking like Flare, she hasn’t changed at all.
“It is true. I’ll try to get used to it.”
“Do you want me to show you that I’m still me on the bed?”
Recently I have been busy and have not been able to sleep with my women. Should I give Kureha some love today? If I keep putting her body in her good mood maybe she’ll feel less awkward.
“Hehe, please. The truth is that I have not been able to do anything for my aching body.”
“Oh, it’s not fair. You haven’t touched me lately either.”
“Nn, Setsuna wants love too.”
“Guren too!”
“No, Setsuna receives service from him every morning, so counting me this will be a battle between four people.”
My women were making a lot of noise. It’s been a long time since I did it with all of them, hasn’t it?
“It’s fine that you’re in such high spirits, but it looks like we’ve reached our destination. The long journey is finally over. Is this country the place of the world meeting?”
We entered the city. It was a white city. All the buildings were white, and the city was beautifully and meticulously clean.
…Well, that was just because of his vanity. In any case, the law does not allow any color other than white, and if they neglect cleanliness, severe punishment awaits them. A fake world where dirt was painted white.
“It is an appropriate place for the world meeting. The Scodelia Empire is one of the three great world powers, along with the Dioral Kingdom and the Grantsbach Empire. if the others two fall, naturally this country would become the center of the world.”
The Scodelian Empire.
The religious atmosphere in this country is very strong, but I am not surprised. After all, the Dioral Kingdom was also the seat of this same national religion, the Falan Religion.
I hate Falanism.
In the past, my town was burned down as a pagan town. Although the plan itself was thought of when Ellen here was the Norn Princess, it was the Falan Religion that recognized the heresy.
This only accumulated money while branding an innocent village as a heretic. While they were pretending to be good people by wearing their priest masks…they make me nauseous. That’s why I completely exterminated Phalanism from the country after killing King Dioral. There were many believers, so there was opposition to the banishment of religion, many people lost the support they needed for their hearts, and we became enemies of the religions that spread throughout the world. I admit that it was a politically negative decision.
Still, I did.
I do not forgive those who take away what is important to me.
…Furthermore, the doctrine of this religion is absolutely unacceptable.
“I feel like they’ve been watching me for a while now.”
“That nasty!”
There were strange piercing glances that were directed towards Setsuna and Guren, who had leaned out to see the street from the carriage. Hostility, contempt, repulsion. Such thoughts were mixed in their eyes.
“There is a reason for this. It seems that in the doctrine of this country only humans are special beings chosen and loved by God, while all other creatures are inferior beings. That includes beast people, demihumans, and demons.”
“As expected, Kearu-niisama is quite the connoisseur. Although apparently, due to that doctrine, they were on good terms with the Dioral Kingdom that enslaved the beast people and demihumans, and was at war with the demons.”
Only humans are people.
It is because of that thought that those gazes were directed at us. Although in the Dioral Kingdom they also had that tendency, here they were at another level. After all, they had been taught that from birth. Having that idea so deeply ingrained, his values would never change. My country, the Panacea Kingdom, recognizes the human rights of beast people and demihumans, and we are trying to make an alliance with the devils. I banished Phalanism because of my old grudges, but also because it was nothing more than a nuisance. In order to get the country I’m aiming for.
I don’t need such bullshit ideals.
“Wait! Guren is a divine beast! Your treatment of beast people is offensive to me! If you worship a God, I want you to feel the naivety that overflows from this body!”
As he shouted at them, Guren emitted more holy energy than ever before, this being a type of energy that only divine beasts are allowed to have. Any capable priest would shit his pants and bow on the spot if he saw her.
“It’s useless, they believe in a God, but they don’t have the ability to feel divine energy, nor the tools to receive his blessing.”
“Then why do they believe and serve a God?”
“Because it seems that only by following the doctrine do you become a special being chosen by God. They despise all non-humans, but also those who do not follow the Falan teachings. Since they have nothing else, they want to gain a sense of superiority easily. First, who Falanism serves, the God Farrelll Falan, does not exist. It makes no sense to pray to a god that doesn’t exist. Well, he’s just brainwashed.”
“What fools. Looking down on the respectable divine beast before their eyes to instead worship a false god, they are really stupid.”
“I don’t deny it, but religion is like that.”
The essence of religion is to present an object that weak people can depend on to keep their minds at ease. The object of worship need not be genuine. Seeing the stability of the Falan Empire it is easy to see that it has been a successful experiment. I think now they think they can do whatever they want. But I will not allow that doctrine to try to force its beliefs on others. Members can follow any ridiculous belief they want, but by trying to eliminate anything that contradicts it, they already show that they are out of control. The theme of the World Gathering this time was sharing the huge cake called the Grantsbach Empire.
Various nations came to compete for the territory and interests of the collapsed great power. But there was another hidden issue that they did not inform the Dioral Kingdom… that is, the Panacea Kingdom.
They seek to obtain an apology and compensation from us, and a revision to the bill of equality towards the beast people and demihumans of the newly born Panacea Kingdom… The alliance with the demons has not come to light yet, but when it happens they might even start a war. In this way, they thought to beat us, take what they could and leave us exhausted.
But unfortunately for them, Ellen got that information beforehand and thought of a countermeasure. We will not allow ourselves to be hit just like that, if they hit us we will be prepared to hit back.
We will have no mercy.
That is the strength I found as Kearuga. Even though I’m Kearu again, I haven’t lost that strength. Let’s teach a lesson to the hyenas that dare to bite us. And let’s break their fangs so they don’t growl at us again.