Chapter 8: The Healing Magician Announces His Protest
I arrived at the headquarters of the Falan Religion, which it would be no exaggeration to say was the
world religion. The carriage ride was uneventful, so we arrived two days faster than I had anticipated.
We were welcomed as guests of the state. Accommodation and food were super first class. However, the looks towards Setsuna and Guren had a revulsion mixed in that they couldn’t hide.
They were all professionals, except for that.
You could see how deeply ingrained their discrimination was. And finally, today was the day of the World Gathering. There was a meeting since morning, we’ll head there after breakfast.
“Kearu, why did you bring Setsuna and Guren? You should have known that they would be treated very
cruelly.”
“Yes, after talking with Ellen and having everything clear, I brought them. It’s because it was important
to do it.”
Setsuna and Guren have the job of being our escorts. In the end, it is nothing more than an alternative role to the one they already have. On second thought, it was not necessary to bring them. Considering the looks and feelings directed towards both of them, he should have left them in the Panacea Realm.
“Setsuna is happy that they brought her. I don’t want to part with Kearu-sama. It doesn’t matter what
other people think.”
“Guren got used to it already! Also, ever since master brought me here he has given me more love than usual!”
“In these two days they have done nothing but have sex.”
We depart after carefully preparing ourselves. At this point there was no reason to rush, and since I didn’t even feel like sightseeing in this shitty country, I locked myself in my room and did nothing but have fun.
It was quite a satisfying few days.
“That’s good then. They are both strong.”
Kureha’s comment was slightly wrong. Setsuna and Guren’s thought pattern is similar to mine, I have very little interest towards people who aren’t close to me. Just like Setsuna said, I don’t care. That’s why I didn’t care about his revulsion.
“That’s why he loves me. Perhaps I could bear Kearu-sama’s child.”
“I am waiting for that to happen. A son with Kearu-niisama.”
“I have no longer used contraception. It wouldn’t be surprising if any of you had it.”
I announced that I would not use contraception with any of them. I don’t just want to feel good, I want to have children. Until now he had used contraception to prevent a drop in his battle power, and my concern for my future was very dim. But now it is different. I want a future with them.
“I will strive! I will eat a lot and take proper nutrition.”
Setsuna has always eaten enough, but today she ate even more. It is an instinct of animals to store nutrients when they are going to have young, humans should do that too.
“Speaking of which, Kearu-niisama. The other guests have also arrived.”
“I see, they barely made it.”
“It also seems that there is a commotion from the other side.”
“It is true. When the World Meeting is over I’ll put this on you, Ellen, I’ll go see.”
I can play politics to some extent, although not to the same degree as Ellen. Only in terms of knowledge, he copied what Ellen had. Now, whether or not he could master it was another matter, but having a role model this good, he could help her if she wanted.
“Yeah, I’ll take care of it while you’re gone… With that said, it’s time to go. To the conference World of stratagems and conspiracies!”
I smiled wryly.
To declare that it is a World Gathering of stratagems and conspiracies so calmly, even though there is a guard of Phalanism. It must have been on purpose. It was to annoy them. Well, let’s go expose them.
***
The World Gathering began.
The representatives of the most important countries were gathered here. It was established that up to five people from each country can participate, the participants of the former Dioral Kingdom and current Panacea Kingdom are me, Flare, Ellen, Kureha and Setsuna… and Guren in fox mode.
The foxes were not counted in the number of people.
Our roles were: country representative, two assistants and two escorts.
We were in a hall, and in the center was the Holy Emperor of the Scodelia Empire acting as master of ceremonies. In the Scodelia Empire, the leader of both the country and the religion was called the Holy Emperor. The modern ideology of separation between religion and politics was foreign to them, and religion was the nation itself.
First, as scheduled, the separation of the Grantsbach Empire would be discussed. Each country loudly claimed its part. Either according to how much they achieved in the previous war, or according to the historical past of those lands.
Then it was our turn.
“In the last war, we destroyed the enemy’s main forces, stormed the capital with elite troops, and subdued their leader, the 【Gun】Bullet Hero… It seems like this war was won with our might alone. Naturally, we have the right to claim most of the Grantsbach Empire as our property.”
Ellen strongly insisted.
In response all countries furiously objected. They became impatient because at this rate they would lose their portion. After letting them make whatever noise they wanted, Ellen smiled.
Then she opened her mouth again.
“However, those are the achievements of the Dioral Kingdom, not the achievements of the Panacea Kingdom. It is unreasonable for the Panacea Kingdom to receive a reward for the achievements of the Dioral Kingdom.
They do not think the same?”
All nations agreed with Ellen’s opinion. The voices of all countries were united, the achievements of the Dioral Kingdom had nothing to do with the Panacea Kingdom.
…As usual, Ellen had a terrible personality.
From the beginning we did not intend to claim a share, but to atone for the Dioral Kingdom’s sins by giving up our share.
However, there were several ways to give up our portion. The simple thing would be to say “We give up our portion in exchange for forgiving our crimes.”
If we did that we would have several difficulties with greedy countries. In that sense, the current play was wonderful. It was the perfect arrangement. It seems that there were some countries that noticed Ellen’s thought, but most of the countries supported Ellen’s opinion out of greed, and this flow would not change. In a matter of minutes the Grantsbach Empire was sliced apart like a cake, doled out and devoured by every country except the Panacea Kingdom. The reason the discussion ended so briefly is because various arrangements had been made in advance.
This was the end of the official discussion topic. But today’s meeting would not end here. For us, the show had just begun.
“So, let’s move on to the next topic. The compensation responsibility of the Dioral Kingdom. Many countries were severely affected by the excessive actions of the former Dioral King, Proum Dioral, and the scars have yet to heal. The Panacea Kingdom has an obligation to compensate them.”
Voices of support were raised one after another. It seems that they were not satisfied with the Grantsbach Empire alone. It couldn’t be helped that they wanted to devour us. Just as each country announced its achievements in the war a moment ago, one after another they spoke of the damages they received and demanded their corresponding compensation.
Those calculations could not be improvised.
They knew in advance that this topic would come up and they prepared it carefully. This topic was known by everyone except the Dioral Kingdom.
…What a bunch of Goof Balls. If they spread the topic of the meeting so much, no matter how much they try
to exclude us, the information will leak. If they hadn’t exposed such stupidity, we might not have made a countermeasure in time.
All nations added money, human resources and technological goods to the compensation they claimed. If we paid for all that, my country would become the slave of other countries for life. It was our turn to put an end once and for all to the claims of each country.
Elenn looked at me.
Certainly it should be I, the king, who speaks here. Ellen trusted that I would know the meaning of the arrangement that she had developed.
“I am Kearu, the king of Panacea. Although they say that my country has the responsibility to compensate them… such responsibility does not exist. What the Dioral Kingdom has done has absolutely nothing to do with the Panacea Kingdom. That is all.”
I affirmed.
Without hesitation and calmly, create this atmosphere by just telling the facts. Naturally, unable to approve of such an opinion, each nation stood up and shouted here, and the place was engulfed in eccentric fervour.
“Don’t fuck with us!”
“As if we were going to let it go!”
“Hell, they don’t look like they’re sorry!”
Well, it’s not like they’re going to obediently accept it either.
“Silence!”
The place calmed down at the Holy Emperor’s words. As expected of the world religion, it had quite an impact.
“King of Panacea, Kearu! Don’t try to get away with such nonsense.”
“I am not sneaking away, if everyone has already recognized it. It is not good to bring back what has already been decided.”
Once again, criticism of me exploded. The Holy Emperor quieted the place so I could explain my intentions.
“Recently, regarding the partitioning of the Grantsbach Empire, my country argued this. The achievements of the Dioral Kingdom have nothing to do with the Panacea Kingdom, so we should not receive any portion. And you all approved of that argument. In that case, just like achievements, indemnities from the Dioral Kingdom have no connection to the Panacea Kingdom. You guys admitted that the Dioral Kingdom and the Panacea Kingdom are different things!”
Countries prepared to object went into an uproar. That’s right, what Ellen did before was a preparation for this. Not only would we give up our privileges and then beg for forgiveness, but we created the precedent of them admitting that the Dioral Kingdom and the Panacea Kingdom were different. There was no such convenient interpretation as that the achievements were from the Dioral Kingdom, and the crimes were from the Panacea Kingdom.
The Dioral Kingdom and the Panacea Kingdom were already treated as different in this place. We could object to what they said.
“That is the entire argument of the Panacea Kingdom. Ask the Dioral Kingdom about the crimes of the Dioral Kingdom. We won’t talk about this anymore, will we?”
The Holy Emperor glared at me. He doesn’t interest me, he’s the master of ceremonies, but he maybe he had some personal resentment, so it couldn’t be helped that he wanted to hurt us.
He has expelled Phalanism from the country, and brought one of the beastmen, who his ostentatious doctrine of him regards as an inferior species, to this place. All of this must be getting on his nerves.
“We cannot allow that argument. Retract the statement, Kearu King of Panacea.”
“This is the reason. I don’t want you to order me around, but to discuss it. I am not your follower. Could you stop looking at me arrogantly pretending to be God? This is not the church.”
Unbelievable, a loose mouth like me was enough to collapse his priestly mask and a horrible face guided by greed came to light. If anyone with this little man’s ability could make it to the top maybe he should
set up a religion or two. A religion is useful to stabilize a country after all.
“You are ready? If you continue with such nonsense, punishment from every nation awaits you.”
“Go ahead, feel free. If our arguments are correct and they irrationally attack us, it will be an invasion. We are ready to defend ourselves.”
“Wha-? Do you plan to make the world your enemy!? The punishment will not be from one or two countries,
but three, no, more. Do you think you can win!?”
“Win? Of course the Panacea Kingdom will win. Certainly if the world becomes our enemy our access to resources will be reduced. But we can win a war. I could lead a small group, break into any capital and assassinate the leaders of that country. That would end the war. There is no longer anything in this world that can stop me… I have no intention of attacking by myself. However, I will not forgive someone who
takes something from me. If you plan to invade me, you’d better prepare to die facing me.”
Those were the facts.
No matter what the difference in war potential was, if I, the absolute war power, assassinated their leaders, that was it.
“Are you trying to threaten us? Haha, your pretensions are useless.”
“You were the ones who threatened us, and actually it is possible. I killed Bullet that way. Was there some misunderstanding? Since I am stronger than Bullet, a threat to the world, I killed him. I am a bigger monster than him.”
The Holy Emperor’s face stiffened. He probably thought something like this. I hope I don’t become an enemy of this monster.
“I told you, you will receive a punishment for picking a fight with everyone!”
So anyway, by becoming our enemy he intends to use all nations but his own to carry out his will. That is why I will give you a warning to instigate those fools.
“That is also a misunderstanding. You’re the one looking for a fight, and I just said that if you attack us, we’ll attack back. Also… the Panacea Kingdom is not alone.”
I snapped my fingers.
In doing so, the representatives of five countries rose to their feet.
“We formed an alliance with the Panacea Kingdom. The Panacea Kingdom is right, if you are senselessly attacked, we will not remain silent.”
“You guys, have you lost your mind!?”
These were the countries that Ellen had been making preparations with. They stood up because they had an agreement with us. Otherwise they would not have come to this place. With this, the composition was no longer world vs. the Panacea Kingdom. Now was a good opportunity for those who had not recovered from the confusion.
Our incredible trump card.
Pam, pam, the footsteps of a presence echoed. It was a very fine sound, but no one could ignore it.
The one who appeared was a girl.
Black wings and silver hair, so beautiful that it would make you lose yourself in a fantasy world.
“I also join this alliance. I am the Demon King. Ruler of all demons. We will walk together with the Panacea Kingdom.”
Eve, my lover.
She was my trump card.
The Holy Emperor’s face went completely stiff. By joining forces with the Demon King, we completely flipped the balance of power. After all, the demons were the enemies of all humans in the world and had continued to fight for hundreds of years. Such war potential and the strongest man, me, join forces. Now we already
exceeded the war potential of all the countries participating in the World Meeting.
But they shouldn’t be so surprised.
Because it will get even more interesting from now on.