How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 22



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Episode 22. The coming disaster.

Emperor Bastian, who had been resting his chin on both hands with a playful expression on his face when Kael asked why he had called, smiled broadly and said.

“I called because I missed my old friend.”

This kid. No, this emperor was always like this. He never gave the right answer the first time.

Kael’s eyes, which had become uncomfortable all of a sudden, began to rot in real time.

“Haha! Kael. I can see you swearing with your eyes.”

“It seems like you have nothing to say. I will be going now.”

“I said this because it seems like you’ve been very active lately.”

“If people don’t act, they die.”

Emperor Bastian noticed Kael’s words that he would pretend not to know unless he was asked directly, so he raised the hand that was resting his chin on it and made a gesture of surrender.

“I heard you adopted a daughter.”

The first topic is Mabel.

Since the topics Emperor Bastian would ask were already obvious, Kael answered blandly.

“Isn’t this a common occurrence in the Damie household?”

“It’s a common occurrence, isn’t it? There were cases where a child was adopted from a temple. And that child came to find the Damie family in person?”

Tsk, the story has gone as planned.

Kael clicked his tongue internally. If it had happened inside the Damie family, he wouldn’t know. He also couldn’t avoid the eyes that were watching the Damie family when Mabel came to see them in person.

Emperor Bastian was not asking whether Mabel had really come to Viscount Damier in person. He was asking whether the child of the temple, who had come to Viscount Damier of prophecy, had any special abilities.

“The temple readily handed over the documents.”

When asked if he had any special abilities, namely divine powers, Kael responded with something along the lines of, ‘If that child had divine powers, would he have handed over the documents at the temple?’

“He readily handed over the documents… Then how did the child come to find the Damie family?”

“I heard the priests were talking about the Count Damie.”

Even without going into detail, it was obvious what the priests were talking about when they mentioned the writer Damie.

A wealthy noble family. In addition, there must have been gossip about the viscount’s wall of adopting children without marrying. It would be quicker to find a corrupt priest than a holy priest.

Emperor Bastian recalled the information he had heard about the child adopted by Kael. Her name was Mabel, and she was small and skinny for her age, considering her age. Just from that information, he could tell what kind of treatment she received and how she grew up in the temple.

“I’m surprised that you adopted the child you brought to me so quickly.”

However, the Kael that Emperor Bastian knew was not someone who would adopt his daughter just because she came to him. In fact, he had already completed the adoption process quickly after she came to him. There must have been a reason for the adoption.

“I don’t know why.”

“When did you know?”

Kael calmly answered Emperor Bastian’s muttering. Some might find his answer absurd, but the Emperor was convinced by his answer.

“Well, I never really knew the reasons for your actions, even though you were my close friend.”

It was a regretful remark that he had called him a close friend and not the emperor. Even though he understood what he meant, Kael’s expression could be summed up in one word: ‘What do you want me to do?’

If you want to know the reason, I will punish you based on his actions and speech. You could say that it is understandable for an emperor to do so. Even if I were to kill him, my close friend would never tell me the reason.

Because he wasn’t afraid of death.

Rather, he seemed to be waiting for death.

That’s why Bastian didn’t ask any further.

?1~2 years later, there is a crop failure.?

?I recommend you prepare for heavy rain.?

?Security seems lax. Especially around the back gate of the palace.?

Kael is always in danger of the empire.

Because I told you when I was in danger.

Just like the previous Viscount Damier, and the previous Viscount Damier before that, I believed in what Kael showed me based on the bond we had built up over a very long period of time.

“After you adopted your daughter, you hired a knight escort, right? He was more famous than I thought.”

“Hugo’s nagging got worse day by day.”

“Hugo? Oh, your aide.”

“That’s right. I must have adopted a daughter too. The nagging got worse, so I looked for someone suitable and found one.”

There was the mercenary king who would do anything for money and the countess Damie who had more money than the imperial palace in the empire.

“Have you asked everything now?”

When Kael asked, clearly showing a desire to quickly leave the place, Emperor Bastian opened his eyes slightly wide in surprise and said.

“No way. Is this really all I want to say to you?”

“I hope it ends there.”

“Haha, I don’t know if you know, but the person who was in the prophecy that determined the fate of our empire, no, the world, has appeared.”

Emperor Bastian naturally brought up the topic of the next story.

The prophecy announced by the temple called the ‘Prophecy of Destruction’ was a prophecy that was publicly known throughout the entire continent, including the Empire of Tius.

“The primordial light will depart.

There will be no more light.

When the light fades, the chosen ones will emerge and hold onto the light.

Although it was a short prophecy, the ripple effect it created was huge. It was not the fact that it was a prophecy that came down after several decades, but the ripple effect caused by the interpretation of the prophecy.

The primordial light is the Creator who gave birth to all things and life.

The meaning of such a creator leaving and ceasing to exist was that this world would become a world that had lost its creator. A world that had lost its creator would not be able to sustain life.

Therefore, the prophecy given meant the destruction of the world.

When the authority of God was high, if it was a prophecy that was given, most people would have believed it, but now that the authority of God is fading away to the ground, there is a fierce conflict between believers and non-believers.

It was the same even now.

“The Chosen One. Is that what you mean?”

“Yes. The Chosen One. The temple says that the first trial has been given to the Chosen One, and if the Chosen One passes the trial, everyone will sense that the destruction of the world is approaching.”

Those in high positions in each empire heard the news that the Chosen One had appeared, but they had no idea who he was.

As Emperor Bastian had said, the temple could only give back the answer that if the chosen one passed the trials, then all would know that the world was coming to an end.

“I guess my movements were a preparation for the coming destruction.”

“Yes. The time you moved overlaps with the time when the first trial of the Chosen Ones came down.”

Kael knew why the temple had said so.

In the original, after each trial, a ‘disaster’ would always come. For each trial, a disaster. So, three disasters would come to this empire.

After the disaster struck, people could not help but feel that the world was ending, even if they did not want to believe it. That was because so many lives had died.

If it had been before, even if I had heard such a story, I would not have said anything because I thought it might distort the original work. But now it was different. Rather, in a situation where I had to distort the original work, there would be no benefit in fighting the emperor who would become Lars’ assistant, the main character.

“I know you can’t see all the future, but I called you today because I wanted you to tell me what you know.”

“Because of my connection to God, I have never been able to see the future like I used to.”

“Like before?”

“I’m saying that it’s not clearly visible.”

“What did you see?”

Kael looked at the Emperor who was looking at him.

?Why… didn’t you know this division would come??

?You really… really didn’t know about such a great disaster??

?… Why. Why aren’t you answering!!! … No. No. I’m blaming you. I’m sorry.?

He recalled the image of the emperor who had come to him after the first disaster. He blamed himself for not being able to prevent countless people from dying as the emperor, and he cried in front of him. After that image, he was unable to see the emperor until the end of the original work.

Now that you’ve laid the groundwork, let’s add some advice.

The emperor would continue to believe his own words.

There will be a lot of moving parts to disrupt Lars’ trials in the future, so you can avoid any suspicion.

…just to avoid suspicion.

This fucking world is so bad that even someone who knows the future can’t save a single life.

Death is predetermined and cannot be changed.

It was something that Kael, who had lived through countless reincarnations, had realized. After realizing it, he condoned and tolerated countless deaths.

All you have to do is return to your original world.

Kael repeated to himself familiarly.

“Kael?”

Kael blinked slowly as Emperor Bastian called his name.

“Are you okay? Your complexion doesn’t seem to have improved.”

“I’m already tired of drawing a picture of a future where I will be tormented by Your Majesty.”

“As always, I will not reveal to you the powers of your family if you do not wish to know.”

“It will continue to be like that in the future.”

“I wish others would recognize your kindness.”

Affection.

Kael inwardly scoffed at the word, which really did not suit him.

“Can you tell me what you saw?”

“What I saw was that the chosen ones had passed the trials. And….”

Emperor Bastian, who had already heard the news that the chosen one had passed the first ordeal, nodded and waited for Kael to continue speaking.

“The point is that you have to be careful about cleanliness.”

“cleanliness…?”

At the unexpected word ‘cleanliness’, the emperor unconsciously raised his arm and sniffed.

“…I didn’t say that Your Majesty was dirty.”

“You say it’s clean. I wonder if I still smell like sweat from my morning practice.”

“You didn’t wash?”

“Of course! I washed up before meeting you! Do you want to smell it?”

Kael sighed and stepped back slightly at Emperor Bastian’s action of raising his arm to sniff.

“Please wash thoroughly in the future as well. Please make sure to stock up on soap and disinfectants from our store.”

“Don’t you know the cause?”

“Yes. All I saw was that the Empire was in considerable disarray and that our goods were selling like crazy.”

After that, the Emperor personally saw Kael off, thanking him and telling him that an invitation to a ball would arrive soon and asking him to participate.

Inside the carriage returning to the Damier home.

Kael looked up at the sky where the sunset was beginning to fall. The clouds in the sky, densely dyed in a crimson color as if they were painted with paint, were as beautiful as a painting.

“The first disaster….”

After the ball the Emperor had mentioned, the first disaster would strike this peaceful empire.

The first plague that will herald the destruction of the world.

It was an ‘epidemic’.