Game Mind of a Medieval Modern Person - Chapter 147



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147. The train wants to run. As people live, each of them develops his or her own creed.

To put it bluntly, everyone probably has at least one word in their heart.

In my case, it was to live by the principles.

Most problems arise from failure to adhere to principles.

Although expedients may be convenient, simple, and effective, they are limited to being stopgap measures, so we must prepare long-term measures.

It’s an obvious statement, but difficult to keep.

However, since I am not that good at thinking, I ended up memorizing this saying naturally.

With a little rationalization.

A person who goes on the right path will not lose sight of his destination, even if he gets tired and stops.

Now I finally realize that those words were right.

It’s been a long time.

I lived with people looking at me with curiosity as if I was some kind of eccentric person, and countless criticisms calling me crazy, even though I was just doing something fun.

But now those are things of the past.

Now, I am in the midst of the appeal of those who want to stay by my side-.

-As soon as I realized this fact, a sense of joy and gladness made me take action.

The chapel of the cathedral church.

I stood on the pulpit just to the left of the altar and looked down at the members of the congregation.

It’s much hotter than usual. There’s a strange heat in the air.

My dear friends, as well as the monks and priests located behind me, were looking up at me with their eyes wide open.

I opened my mouth, my throat becoming hoarse with overwhelming emotion.

“I understand your intentions.”

Even I, a man of strong faith, have had doubts when I was locked away alone in my office, looking at the cold seat of my chair.

In fact, I’m starting to think that people might be avoiding me.

It was a needless worry.

The moment I remembered the background that I had not thought of because of my narrow field of vision, I realized how narrow-minded I was and felt ashamed.

This world is different from the world I lived in.

I just shyly hid my feelings because of the macho society where revealing one’s emotions directly is considered a sign of weakness.

But I didn’t notice that fact and held resentment without thinking.

This shocking awakening gave me another passion.

I’m talking about the desire to become a greater person.

I spoke while deliberately looking up at the ceiling so as not to reveal the tears forming in my eyes.

“I feel once again the earnest affection and affection that the Bishop felt for him and did not want to send him to the dangerous and harsh battlefield.”

“”….””

“However, as a priest, I cannot sit by and watch the heretics slaughter the followers of Penrad in a cruel manner. That is why I would like to discuss my opinions with you.”

Still, I couldn’t help but close my eyes tightly, unable to hold back the overwhelming emotion.

“Raise your hands if you wish to join the battlefield with this bishop!”

Even with my eyes closed, the scene was vividly pictured in my mind.

Because the sound told me so.

The sound of clothes rustling filled the sanctuary.

Even under my eyelids, I can clearly see countless people raising their hands and looking at me with clear eyes without saying a word…!

That’s enough in your mind.

I hid my pent-up emotions by cutting through the air with my palm.

“No, that’s enough. How could I send those who care about me to the battlefield? Even with my eyes closed, I saw that everyone was trying to be with me, and that’s enough for me.”

“”…..””

“It seems that my impatience has caused you to feel burdened. Rest assured.”

If it were up to me, I would like to play with them for a hundred days and a thousand days.

“We’ll discuss the results after we return, so for now, we just need to keep up the pace.”

This time I really had to go on a business trip for work.

Of course, I didn’t forget to actively utilize the build-up I had worked hard to build up before that.

***

day off.

Since Narva’s consecration, it has been a dead word in the cathedral parishes of the diocese of Powis.

In fact, Karina, who had come to visit with a smile on her face at the news that a bishop of her age had appeared, had never heard of a holiday in the Diocese of Powis.

Right now, a person who was thought to never utter the word ‘holiday’.

“Karina, you’ve had a really hard time.”

“Hey, what is this?”

“This is a certificate that states that you are allowed to go on vacation.”

“?”

That is, until Bishop Narva presented him with a certificate along with a friendly smile.

“Of course, the place you should go to rest is somewhere where there are nuns of Karina’s age… I would like to go to the Sisters of St. Ariata. Since Enon is looking forward to seeing his sister for the first time in a long time, I would like you to come with him.”

“???”

“I wish Karina had made friends of her own age here, but it’s too bad. There are so many nuns who have a hard time with Karina’s position. From the perspective of someone who has tried their best to be considerate, this is a bitter result.”

Narva looks at me with a hazy look as if he truly feels sorry.

Karina bit her lower lip in a moment of overwhelming emotion, but managed to hold it back.

Instead, it was inevitable that my speech would become rude.

“Hey, what’s going on all of a sudden? Have you finally gone crazy?”

“Hahaha! Now that you mention it, it seems like the barriers between us have finally been removed!”

Even if you were to talk to a wall, it would be smoother than this.

Karina wanted to beat her chest in frustration, but Narva answered faster.

“If Lady Karina really wants to hear the reason, I can tell you a boring, complex story with all my heart and soul.”

“Wow! It’s a vacation!”

Narva was the only one who would say something indirectly like that when he didn’t want to say it.

Karina immediately snatched the certificate from the desk and left the office, grumbling.

Silence came suddenly.

Narva, left alone, leaned back in his chair and began humming.

So much so that I couldn’t even hear the knock on the office door.

After a while, Bishop Ganista carefully pushed open the door and looked through the gap.

“Yes?”

“Oh, Bishop, please come in.”

“Hehe, this is true. It was the same with Lady Karina earlier, and with your Highness too… It seems like the spring of youth has finally come to this place.”

It felt like I had finally seen a sprout after living in a snowy field with a blizzard swirling around my entire life.

Bishop Ganista looked at Narva with a knowing look in his eyes.

“So. Your Majesty, did you speak first?”

“?”

“Hehehe. That’s too bad, Your Majesty. Is there a need to hide it from this old man?”

Then Narva nodded with a resigned look on his face as if he had no choice.

“As expected, Your Excellency. I thought you had guessed.”

“Oh, oh…! Then, how far did you go in Jindo?! Your hand? Are you holding hands?”

“I held your hand a long time ago, you know.”

“Ohhhhhhh!!!!”

And they waited for Bishop Ganista, who was excited and hoping that a spring breeze would blow into the church.

“It is time to bring Miriam Orne Yubas and her children, Enon Orne Yubas, to the forefront.”

“…?”

It was Narva’s sinister smile, one corner of his mouth raised.

Bishop Ganista blinked and finally let out a long sigh.

“But what kind of woman is your Highness? You don’t even consider a woman’s feelings.”

“Hmm, there seems to be a misunderstanding. This bishop also knows a woman’s heart well.”

“Do you really know?”

“of course.”

Narva nodded with firm confidence.

“Unlike most strong, tough men, I know I’d like to take a good rest once a week.”

“….”

“Isn’t the difference between men and women that if there’s something they have to do or something they want to enjoy, they don’t rest all week? I guess that’s why it’s hard for men to narrow the gap with women.”

“Your Majesty, you will probably not be able to close the gap with anyone in the world.”

“Hahaha! What kind of joke are you talking about when the bishop is staying right here by my side!”

Bishop Ganista had already emotionally crossed over to the mainland.

Bishop Ganista barely managed to change the subject, clutching his throbbing forehead.

“Then why?”

“?”

Unless you have a strange mind or a budding romantic interest.

“What on earth is the grand reason that Princess Karina, who has served you for so long, is taking a vacation instead of me?”

For what reason did he give Karina her first vacation in years?

-The person who wants a vacation more than anyone else is Bishop Ganista, himself.

But Narva clapped as soon as he heard the growling tone.

“My mouth just started to itch.”

***

“The reason for this expedition. It is important to manifest the stigmata and gain experience points for awakening the aura, but it is also important for strategic reasons.”

Narva had previously suffered considerable damage from Yuvas.

Not only personal honor, but also discord within the family and clan.

There was a reason why, despite this unreasonable and violent collusion, no action was taken and only anger was expressed.

“The hegemony of the Yuvas depended on the solid foundation and strong military force they had built. However, this time, their status was shaken when they were defeated by the four-wielding Ariaba. They confidently went on an expedition to suppress the church.”

Yuvas has been oppressing and harassing the surrounding principalities with its strong military force.

It was unfair, but it was the way of nature.

It is natural for the strong to bully the weak.

But if you’re going strong and winning, then it’s fine, but if you’ve suffered such serious damage, then you’re in trouble.

“Yubas’ army is not invincible. The truly powerful army is not Yuba’s, but the pagans. What will happen if this perception spreads widely? If the greedy know this?”

“Yes, that is the thing the church is most wary of.”

“But it can’t be stopped. The army of Yuvas, which the church raised as a shield for the dawn system, has already been miserably destroyed.”

Ironically, the fragile peace of the Morning Star system depended on the hegemony of Yuvas.

The four principalities, united by anti-Yubas sentiment, have been opposing Yubas in every way, but have also tacitly supported his efforts to become independent from the mainland.

And everywhere there were traitors who hoped to use Yubas’s powerful military force to bring down their lord.

Until now, the strict security of the church had made it necessary to hide one’s rebellious intentions, but now it was clear who potential traitors would seek opportunities from.

“There is no guarantee that those who dream of power will not collude with the Ise group. The Ise group is also relatively poorly supplied compared to its large numbers.

In this situation, if I were the leader of Ise, rather than facing strong local resistance, I would compromise for appropriate reasons and establish a government that is cooperative or neutral to me.”

The basics of strategy is not to stir up everything that comes to mind.

The strategy is to reduce the enemy as much as possible and focus all your efforts on one point.

Narva said, tapping my chest with the index fingers of both hands.

“To delay that situation as much as possible, we need to let the lords know that the church has real power to stop the pagans. If we show them, they will at least pay attention to our side.”

“…”

“This is an opportunity to bring down the hegemony of Yubas and take the initiative here. Now that the illusion that Yubas’s army is the best has been shattered, this is the perfect time for the church to aim for that position.”

It was also the reason why I wanted to take out Miriam and Enon, a pack that I didn’t think would be particularly useful, but ended up being useful.

Narva intended to split Yuvas in two.

forever.

One is the Yubas of Miriam and Enon, filled with church supporters, and the other is the Yubas of Kardal, which is filled with those who reject its rule.

Since the current national power of Powis is not enough to swallow them up, the plan is to continue to sow discord and cook them up so that they can be chewed up and eaten.

For Narva, who had long sworn to take revenge on Yubas, this was a golden opportunity and a means to protect humanity.

also.

“You’re going to rely on Aura alone? You’re a strong candidate to awaken Aura, so you’re not going to send him to the battlefield? The foundation of the church is a training institution, so I won’t criticize him any further, but he’s too soft. He’s too soft.”

It was also a decision made based on memories of fighting as a lonely king.

“Losing is natural, especially in a fight.”

Sacrifice is natural.

Those words directly contradicted the doctrine of the church.

Finally, Bishop Ganista, unable to bear it any longer, stabbed her in the most painful spot.

I am talking about the dark stain of the lonely king who knew but kept silent.

The reason the church has been debating whether or not to canonize the lonely king, even though it knows all about his deeds.

“So… Your Majesty, you have driven away all those who will become future leaders?”

“…”

“Is that why you drafted everyone from those who were still baby fat to those who were in their sixties?”

-The lonely king forced too many sacrifices to fight the pagans.

The Lonely King was reevaluated only after his death, and while he was alive, no one wanted the Lonely King’s reign to continue.

There wasn’t even a blade of grass left in the places he had mobilized, and most of the men who followed him ended up dead and never returned.

The hatred that has persisted for generations is not for nothing.

Women who had lost their families complained and complained again, pouring out the clots in their seething hearts.

The number of families that will be left without a family line, with grandfathers, fathers, husbands, younger siblings, and even sons, all dragged away, will easily exceed thousands.

Still, Narva burst into laughter.

“That’s the real problem.”

Narva immediately dropped the honorific title of “Your Majesty.”

Instead, he smiled confidently, even arrogantly.

“If I had just stepped forward from the beginning, the ten-year-old kid and the sixty-year-old grandpa wouldn’t have been living in the same household.”

“majesty…!”

“Is the church planning to repeat the same mistake as the converts who were called Shinha? You are supposed to be the center of gravity in these dangerous times, so why are you asking us to just sit in our chairs and not beg us?”

Narva declared firmly.

“Hope does not sit on a chair. It is hope that stays by your side in the most difficult moments. Hope can only be embraced when it is near, both in expectation and disappointment. And…”

Then he wiggled his fingers as if he had a sword hilt on his waist.

“…I feel like I want to start using a knife a little bit.”

He gritted his teeth as if he was genuinely happy.

Episode 148