Game Mind of a Medieval Modern Person - Chapter 180



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180. Seasickness of all kinds. Even the places where a great person leaves are beautiful.

I followed these words, which contained the origins of the ancient people, without question.

Some may criticize me for wandering around too much, but in order to lay the foundation of a country, you need to find out what the actual reality is.

Only by seeing and feeling the actual site can you create administrative documents that have real meaning, not just numbers or letters.

There is no such thing as enough here.

Anyone who says that they can see all the changes in society over time from their desk is either a great genius or an arrogant fool.

I think that the most important thing in pursuing a job is a constant thirst for knowledge and infinite humility.

In that respect, I was lucky.

This is because there was a talented person by my side who had both the will to constantly learn and the humility to always look down on myself.

“Yes, I don’t know how to read.”

John the Minion.

My dear confidant, who had long since proven his loyalty and had risen above his status, immediately looked at the pile of papers before him and began to show humility.

Others might click their tongues and say that I was being too humble, but I actually welcomed this attitude.

Min-haired John claims he can’t remember any letters, but I’m not sure.

Does it make sense, logically, that you wouldn’t be able to write for years?

There is probably a deeper meaning hidden here.

Min-Meori John does not simply memorize letters. He repeatedly examines with scholarly curiosity what our ancestors were thinking when they made pronunciations and symbols similar.

no way.

No matter what.

Did you cheat because you didn’t want to enjoy the fun I had prepared for you?

“yes?”

“What a wonderful insight you have. You see through everything that this worthless rascal is thinking and yet you are so considerate of him.”

John Min-meori confessed obediently, sweating profusely as his thoughts were fully figured out.

Dude, it’s amazing to see you so dedicated to your studies.

How could he be so different from his nephew Yurid, who only wants to cut hair all day? Come to think of it, John the Bald might be my number one disciple.

If you only pay attention to the fact that you were taught by me.

Although you cannot call yourself my disciple due to issues with your status or position, you are worthy of being called my prototype disciple, my number 0 disciple.

I felt the need to offer a word of encouragement to the bald John as a practical mentor.

“Since ancient times, knowledge of letters and arithmetic has been the most valuable immortal wealth. However, no matter how precious a resource is, if it is not used, it is like a sparkling pebble on the riverbank.”

“Yes, I like a life that is like a pebble…”

“Min-meori John. From today onwards, I order you to keep a ledger of the school fees for each region.”

After making room for the prepared talent, Min-meori John, everything went smoothly.

In the process of dividing up the work that was progressing steadily, not a single person dared to raise an erroneous dissenting opinion. Everyone who had been grumbling in the cathedral finally came to their senses.

Rather than complaining, it’s better to think about how to enjoy the task at hand.

It was a source of pride to see the monks breaking away from the laziness of always wanting to lie down and becoming cultured people who know how to work hard and enjoy entertainment.

The chief sergeant probably felt the same way.

After going through two lives, I finally fully understood our Chief Petty Officer Hwang, who would make a rotten expression whenever he saw the old sergeants locked in the corner of the barracks.

But the biggest problem lay somewhere else entirely.

The problem was Yurid, who came back to receive seed education again, and Enon, who returned after being returned.

I sat them both down in my office and asked them why.

“Yurid, why did you come back when I left you alone to play with Sir Tervere?”

Then Yurid snapped, fiddling with her nails more rudely than a teenage girl.

“My uncle has been blowing strange winds at my mother. He keeps saying that no matter what happens, my mother has to be educated by my uncle…”

“You need to start over from home education.”

“That’s why I came to see my uncle.”

“From today onwards, always address me with the honorific title of Your Eminence, Bishop.”

“Your Excellency, Uncle Bishop.”

They say that people usually have problems when they leave home, but this kid became a problem child when he came home.

Yurid, who couldn’t come up with an answer at all, decided to ask later and looked at Enon, who was waving his feet next to her and grinning brightly as if something was so good.

“Enon, what about you?”

“Hehe. You were wrong, teacher. The Yubas who came up to Bairu shouted that he had never had a daughter like you and told me to go back. That’s why I was stopped by soldiers before I could even reach Yubas and came back!”

“hmm.”

Did Byrne Orne Yuvas finally choose to turn his back on the church, or was he in the middle of a fight?

In this case, it turned out well.

Since you’ve finally decided to go to the castle, if you declare that you’ll report the dispute over Miriam and Enon’s inheritance directly to His Majesty, I can gently tease you.

But the completely unexpected problem lay elsewhere.

Considering his position as someone who was rejected and kicked out by his biological father, Enon should have been slumped, but his eyes were strangely sparkling.

The ominous look in those eyes soon began to take the form of questions.

“Is that really true?”

“What are you talking about?”

“My real mother. Actually, Miriam is my mother. Right?”

There seemed to be no problem with Enon’s innocent question.

But why is my intuition ringing the alarm bell so fiercely that it’s dangerous?

“That’s right. Miriam Orne Jubas is your mother.”

“Then, then, then…!”

I stubbornly told the truth, knowing that this was a stepping stone to the next question and its answer.

“It’s true that you, Miriam, and Mom were married!”

“….”

I deliberately gritted my teeth and avoided answering, but the clever Enon quickly noticed the meaning behind my silence.

Enon’s expression changed colorfully as he took the silence as an affirmation.

From sadness and disappointment to relief and joy.

Enon spread his arms wide and made a gesture of kicking them, then shouted in a loud voice.

“As expected, the teacher is like a father!”

“Who said that!!!”

If I were a medieval man instead of a modern man, I would have been sentenced to 500 lashes for defaming my reputation.

But Enon was unaware of my anachronistic generosity and tolerance that respected even teenagers as individuals.

Instead, he explained everything in detail with a proud expression, like a detective who had found the culprit.

“Is it because of your status as a priest? Since you are a priest, you cannot officially acknowledge the illegitimate child, so you are deliberately pretending not to know? I heard everything! Rumors spread all over Yubas that you were like that!”

There I noticed how Yubas responded to the church’s tackle on inheritance rights.

Controversy leads to controversy.

Since it would be difficult to persuade outsiders who are under the influence of the church anyway, they spread such ridiculous slander to at least solidify public opinion within the church…!

“These fucking bastards.”

“?”

“no.”

“dad!”

“Whatever it is, it doesn’t matter.”

Suddenly, I had a daughter who wasn’t even adopted.

Even Yurid, who noticed that I was having a hard time because of Enon’s whining, joined in with a smirk.

“Uncle, you didn’t seem interested. Is it because you’re brothers like Dad?”

Of course, unlike Enon, who had the ability to take his circumstances into consideration, he was merciless towards the shameless Yurid.

After a while, Yurid, who had been hit with a chestnut, started to cry and cried.

“Look! Since Uncle only takes care of Enon, anyone would think she’s his daughter!”

“Can’t you see that this uncle only likes guys who act like fools?”

“I don’t know! Don’t just play with Enon, play with me too, Uncle!”

“Huh? Now that I think about it, the teacher is my father, so Yurid and I are cousins?”

The moment I met the pair of Yurid, who was flailing her arms and legs, and Enon, who was babbling nonsense, my strong spirit was shaken.

I said, pointing to the door with my index finger.

“Both of you get out.”

Having already decided how to deal with this serious problem.

In one way or another, my dearest friend is Bishop Ganista.

That night, I called the bishop aside.

After gathering rumors from Enon and those around him, he was convinced that Yubas had no intention of submitting to the church.

A garden under the dark night sky.

As I was walking among the fresh grass, the bishop approached me, adjusting his glasses.

“Hahaha, as expected from a young man, you are very energetic. Your Highness is a man after all. I should have noticed when you started taking care of the princess.”

Rather than respond to this teasing, I chose to cut to the chase.

“I didn’t save Miriam Orne Yubas because I felt sorry for her, who threatened my life. I saved her as a side dish because I felt more pity for the innocent child who was about to be born. But even that wouldn’t have been useful if it weren’t for something that could be done.”

The quick-witted bishop immediately realized what this introduction meant.

“What do you plan to do?”

“Yubas is now cornered. He is in a position where he can force me to marry him with his crude tricks, just like he did back when. He may have somehow united the group by spreading rumors that Enon is my illegitimate child, but the fundamental problem remains the same.”

The church wants to keep Yubas as its puppet no matter what.

Even if Enon were truly my bloodline, I would welcome him with open arms, publicly point out Yubas’s lack of qualifications, and then use all sorts of tricks to bring him down and put Enon forward.

Before that, I will try to castrate myself in advance so that I do not follow in the same path as Yubas, as my influence and authority will grow too large.

However, since Yuvas has denied Enon, Enon cannot be used right away.

If I could write, it would be Miriam Orne Jubas, an abandoned woman who harbors a grudge against her family and clings to this side.

Anyone who knows this background will know what I am talking about.

“Let us publicly repatriate Miriam Orne Yubas and send her back to Yubas to help her claim the inheritance.”

“Yes, that’s…”

“Of course, there is a high probability that you will die.”

however.

“However, Miriam’s death is an excuse for the church to withdraw its support. Even if the head of the Yuvas family, who has lost the support of the church, tries to join Ise now, they will not accept it right away because they are wary of an all-out holy war. Instead, they will only give an opening to my son Kardal, who is aiming for the throne.”

She was a woman who had been trying to take my life from the beginning.

“Now that it’s come to this, we must definitely destroy Yubas.”

“Your Majesty, I’m asking just in case. Are you saying this because of the rumor that he is Enon’s biological father?”

“No way. You’re not that narrow-minded. Besides.”

It’s time to collect the payment that has been delayed due to difficult circumstances. That’s all.

I felt sorry for him and felt pity for him because he was useful, but if he was about to outlive his usefulness, he would have to prove his worth.

“Isn’t it just a matter of surviving?”

Even if it means death.

***

December 2, 1216.

After several weeks of handover work, Bishop Narva, who had sufficiently fulfilled his duties, set out on a journey with Princess Karina.

The ostensible reason was this.

“I will go on a pilgrimage to the Holy City to seek answers from the stars of humanity in order to counter the invasion of Ise that has come upon the island at dawn.”

As a priest, it was an extremely sensible and excellent example to others.

Not only that, he was also traveling with Karina, the princess of the Norfang Kingdom located on the mainland.

No matter how poor and powerless the Duchy of Powis was, its retinue could never be small.

A total of about 80 people, including those who were serving the people and those who wanted to join the pilgrimage.

If you include the crowds that gathered after hearing rumors of this pilgrimage, the number easily exceeded several hundred.

Despite his enthusiastic speeches, Bishop Narva did not appear to be particularly frugal.

If he could decorate, he would gladly decorate, and he was even more rude to those who were rude to him. He even went so far as to treat the beggars blocking his path in a way that defied common sense.

“Your Majesty, please do us a favor. We are those who fled from the war.”

When the leader of the beggars quietly knelt down and handed over the broken bowl, he responded with a warm and compassionate expression.

“Don’t expect favors, just get a job. I’m on a pilgrimage. If you’ll help me out, I’ll pay you a decent salary, so come join me.”

“Yes? No, if it’s too much of a hassle, you don’t have to do it…”

The leader of the beggar group, sensing something ominous, quickly got up, but it was already too late.

“Look, I’ve heard there’s always a shortage of sailors. Find jobs for these poor, needy ones!”

The suddenly captured beggars were dragged to the Illeniphut wharf under strict security without even offering a fight.

The moment he finally boarded the ship that he had purchased in advance from Illeniphut, everyone who had seen the bishop’s appearance stuck out their tongues.

“He seemed arrogant and confident. But if the rumors are true, then that’s to be expected.”

“A king may be unnecessary, but a bishop is indispensable… Now we can see if this saying is true.”

“What’s with that bunch of beggars?”

“They said they brought us here because they didn’t know when the refugees would turn into bandits, so they had to do some work like rowing a boat.”

The onlookers who heard the mysterious answer nodded their heads in admiration.

“Wow. You care so much for the local residents. You’re truly worthy of being a mature candidate!”

However, the moment the ship set sail, the image of Bishop Hu, who had left such an impression on people, disappeared without a trace.

“Ugh. Ughhh…”

Narva was hanging on the deck railing, constantly vomiting.

It was to the point where Karina, who usually treated him with dislike, came up to him and patted him on the back.

“Are you okay?”

“No… Uwaaaaaa…”

But even while spitting out thin stomach acid through bloodless lips, there were times when he answered clearly.

It was when Karina asked a question that was half worried and half sincere.

“Yes, wouldn’t it be better to just go home?”

“no.”

Narva wiped the sticky saliva from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and fluttered his eyelids.

“I’ll go all the way.”

Episode 181