Imperial Guard - Chapter 36



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Episode 36

Heavenly Emperor

It was obvious what Fermat was misunderstanding.

The wizard thought he was a dragon.

“I know what you’re thinking, but I’m not that great of a person.”

Rael first tried to correct that damn misunderstanding.

“All right.”

“No. I don’t know anything. I told you it’s not that dragon.”

“All right.”

“···.”

Rael clenched his fists and trembled.

No matter what he said, Fermat would only bow his head respectfully, like a eunuch bowing to a king.

I can see tears dripping down from underneath, so it looks like she’s still crying.

In short, it’s a fucking shit situation.

‘Lael, wizards are blind to magic. It is brave to not go crazy after facing the dragon’s magic, but that human must have already come to worship the dragon’s magic deep down in his heart.’

Meanwhile, Tia’s playful voice scratched Rael’s insides.

It was like adding fuel to the fire.

‘How can you do that knowing that! Are you crazy?’

‘You told me to convince Matapju. Didn’t it turn out the way you wanted?’

‘Ahhh…! This is driving me crazy.’

Rael looked around.

Fortunately, the surrounding wizards did not see Fermat doing this.

This is because the barrier of the World Tree that Reina had created blocked the surrounding view.

“But Rael. Why does that human call you a dragon? Are you an idiot?”

“··· Reina. I’ve never been more grateful to you than today.”

Rael was truly grateful to Reina for treating Fermat like an idiot while unfolding the barrier.

If she had started yelling at Rael and asking if he was a dragon, I might have collapsed from high blood pressure at that moment.

“Ah, ahhh…! Dragon! Cast that beautiful magic on me once more…!”

At that moment, Fermat suddenly knelt down and prostrated himself.

Rael was startled and started to wake up Fermat.

“Please wake up, Lord of the Tower. I’m not that dragon. Excuse me. Just listen to what I have to say.”

“··· Are you saying that you are not a dragon?”

“Yes. Yes. I’m a pure-blooded human. Get up quickly. People will look at you strangely.”

Rael sighed, raising Fermat.

It was a really beggarly job to get a middle-aged man up from his knees and crying.

‘Damn, this guy definitely wasn’t like this.’

Is this the price paid for rehabilitating a mad knight from the Demon Tribe into a human?

Rael turned the Empire’s greatest wizard into a beast.

“If it’s not a dragon, then what is that magic…?”

“··· It’s a dragon magic that I discovered by chance a while ago. I just tried it once, and I don’t know what kind of magic it is.”

Even though it was a lame excuse, Rael couldn’t just sit still, so he said something.

‘Poohaha. That’s a really stupid excuse. Not even a beggar on the street would fall for it.’

‘Please shut up.’

Rael eventually spat out abusive language to the last mad dragon on the continent.

Anyone who sees this would think that swearing at important figures in the world is a challenge.

But isn’t it also the fault of the person who made you curse?

Unfortunately, there was no one to understand Rael’s grievance.

“Ahhh… I see. As you live, all sorts of things happen….”

“That’s right. That’s not a dragon. You believe it, right?”

Rael looked at Fermat with a hopeful look.

There are elves in the world like Reina who are stupid even though they have lived for 150 years.

Even among the strongest magicians on the continent, there may be people who believe lies.

“Understood, Rael. I, Fermat, will believe that from now on.”

“···.”

Fermat snapped his fingers to wipe away his tears and shook the dust from his clothes as he knelt down.

On the outside, it looked normal.

Did I really get fooled?

‘It’s useless. There’s a saying that a wizard who goes to a dragon never returns.’

‘Please stop talking nonsense.’

Rael frowned and cut off Tia’s consciousness.

*

“Damn it…! Lord Ferma!”

“Lord of the Tower! Are you okay?!”

The magicians of the Blue Tower could not hide their bewilderment at the sudden appearance of the World Tree barrier.

Several high-ranking magicians rushed in, but they could not break the barrier.

‘How strong is this elf…!’

Fermat’s secretary, Chiron, bit his lip.

I don’t think it would happen to Fermat, but it was embarrassing in itself for me as his secretary to leave him alone.

Hwaaak-

“Mr. Fermat!”

At that moment, the barrier of the World Tree opened and the three people inside walked out.

The one leading the way was the blue-topped Perma.

“Don’t panic, everyone, go back to your seats! This elf was just preventing the aftermath of the bet.”

Fermat was the first to walk out and shouted at the wizards gathered around him.

At his words, the wizards, except for Chiron, went back to their places one by one.

“See you next time, Rael. Since you won the bet, the Blue Tower will be your friend from now on. Just let me know if you need any help.”

Fermat smiled at Rael.

The affection in that smile somehow felt too burdensome.

“··· thank you.”

“Wow, Rael. That guy is really stupid. To believe such excuses… Ugh. Ugh…”

Rael covered Reina’s mouth as she continued to talk nonsense and dragged her out of the venue.

“Mr. Fermat. What happened?”

As soon as the two disappeared, Chiron approached and asked Fermat.

“I just made the same bet as usual.”

“A bet···.”

Chiron muttered to himself in disbelief.

It had nothing to do with the Blue Tower being friends with Rael.

After all, the blue tower was Permat’s.

But for the Lord of Matap to lose the bet, that was truly unimaginable.

“Cheiron. From now on, all investigations into Rael will be stopped.”

Fermat, who had been staring at the place where Rael had disappeared, soon turned his head and continued speaking.

“Is it because you are now a friend of the Blue Tower? What a pity. Bagus’s ability has also been proven… Then, should we withdraw the Celestial Festival event as well?”

The Celestial Emperor itself was a device to approach Rael.

There was no need to continue this event since I had become friends with Rael.

“··· No. I will guard this place until the Celestial Festival ends.”

“The Heavenly Emperor, Rael. No, wasn’t it for you, Rael?”

Chiron no longer ignored Rael.

Now that he was a guest at the Blue Tower, he had to be treated accordingly.

“I think I’m going to have an epiphany. I want to keep this environment as it is as much as possible.”

“Ah! Okay, I understand.”

Chiron nodded and immediately left.

Enlightenment was important to the wizard.

Especially for a great wizard like Fermat, enlightenment is an opportunity that may not come twice.

You have to focus on the moment when you come to enlightenment.

“···.”

Fermat walked to a corner of the vacant lot, contemplating himself.

I thought back to the dragon’s magic I had just seen.

In that brief moment, Fermat saw the essence of this world.

It was a phenomenon of a different order from magic, which is simply the interaction of magic power and magic power.

‘There are still countless possibilities unfolding before me.’

The thirst for incomprehensible magic made Fermat grow a little more.

This was a new inspiration and a profound change.

‘He did not want to be known to humans.’

I’ve heard of it.

The story of a dragon living an ordinary life in the human world.

That’s what he meant.

That is why, for the rest of his life, his identity must be buried in this heart.

And we must protect the ‘play’ of the one who showed us a new world.

“If we make room on the rooftop… No, he would hate that.”

Is there a way to help without causing any harm?

Fermat began to meditate, picturing his face.

*

“Ugh. Ugh, ugh···.”

Only after Rael was completely away from the Blue Tower event venue did he take his hand off Reina’s mouth.

You never know what kind of trouble this crazy elf might cause, so you have to muzzle him like you would an animal.

“Phew. At least that’s a relief. Rael. That idiot is the best wizard. Humans are really inferior.”

“··· I’m more surprised that you weren’t fooled.”

If you look at Reina’s usual behavior, it wouldn’t have been strange at all if she had been fooled.

“I’m an elf who even has tea time with Tia. There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize Tia’s magic circle.”

“What a relief.”

Rael recalled Fermat seeing him off.

I don’t think the Blue Tower would have fallen for such a flimsy lie.

Perhaps, as Tia said… I guess it’s right to think that he lost his mind the moment he saw the dragon’s magic.

‘I clearly said no… You’re not going to be making a fuss now, are you?’

Actually, it doesn’t matter whether Fermat thinks he’s a dragon or not, but the problem is when it turns out that Rael isn’t a dragon.

If you go there and try to show off your pride, it’ll be a huge hassle.

‘Even if that’s not the case, I’m sure he’ll ask me to show him magic again… Should I ask Tia for help every time?’

I held on tightly to the golden rope called the Blue Tower, but for some reason I had a feeling that the other side wouldn’t let go even if I tried.

Whether this would be beneficial or detrimental to him… Rael still didn’t know.

Boom-!

While I was lost in thought, a huge sound was heard from beyond.

It sounded like something was being hit and broken.

‘This is west?’

As I was walking quickly to get away from the Blue Tower event venue, I found myself in a place I had never seen before.

It was the west side of District 2, an area that people avoided.

“Hey, what’s that?”

“Eek. It’s a giant. Don’t come near.”

The Celestial Festival is a festival that all citizens of the empire can enjoy.

So, not only humans, but also other races are occasionally seen active in the empire.

‘You’re a giant.’

Of course, since they don’t receive particularly good treatment, they are usually sent to the West as a side job.

So those giants must be in the west too.

“Friends from Ghent.”

“Raina. Should we go over there?”

There was something I wanted to ask the giants anyway.

The Shame of the Giants, Ghent.

I had to ask him about it.

“Umm, I don’t like giants because they’re stupid… Can I go over there?”

Rael looked where Reina was pointing.

A group of people were selling grilled meat.

It seems like Reina is hungry.

“Okay, okay. Let’s eat together later.”

In the first place, it was Reina who suggested that we watch the Celestial Festival together.

Lael’s goal was the Blue Tower event, and he had already achieved that goal.

Rael sent Reyna away and walked towards the giants.

Kwaaang-!

The moment Rael walked towards him, one of the giants fell to the ground.

“I won!!!!”

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!”

In front of the fallen giant was a solid steel table and a giant celebrating his victory.

I thought he had thrown a punch.

“Next! Who will challenge Zaimon!”

“I will fight the giant warrior Danin!”

It was only when he saw the giants that came out next and the giants that were there holding each other’s hands and taking poses that Rael noticed what the giants were doing.

“start!!!!!”

Kwaaang-!

One of the giants fell over as soon as he started.

“Wow!”

“Danin! Danin won!”

“···.”

Rael frowned as he watched the giants fight.

‘I was wondering what the heck that sound was… It was just the sound of someone falling to the floor?’

Arm wrestling is a competition where people place their arms on a table and throw them at each other.

Those crazy guys were arm wrestling each other in the heavenly realm.

Because he was doing such a thing, people were all running away.

‘It wasn’t a lie that giants are smart orcs. What kind of fight is Ghent fighting?’

The only giant race Rael has ever encountered is Ghent.

So I thought the idea of ​​smart orcs was an exaggeration, but after seeing the other giants, it wasn’t exactly wrong.

“Who are you!”

At that moment, one of the giants approached Rael, who was blankly watching the giants arm wrestling.

As one approached, the rest of the giants walked over and surrounded Rael.

‘They’re even shorter than Ghent.’

Ghent is probably three times as big as Lael, but these guys are only about twice as big.

Rael said with a smirk.

“He is a human who came to arm wrestle.”

“Okay! I’ll deal with the person I’ve been to!”

The giant named Danin held out his hand as if he wasn’t even curious about the details.

Rael took a stance as he looked at the giant who was twice his size.

‘Is this arm wrestling?’

Danin’s fist was so big that it completely wrapped around Rael’s hand.

It was a strange experience to arm wrestle without being able to see your own fists.

“Zimon. But can a human withstand the power of a giant?

“If you can’t endure it, you’ll just die!”

“Ohhh!”

Rael forced himself to ignore the sounds coming from beside him.

It was as if there were three more ignorant and uglier Reinas.

In other words, it means that it is of no use.

“start!!!!”

Kwaaang-!

As soon as the starting signal was heard, Rael handed Danin’s arm.

Danin, who was thrown to the floor as soon as his arm fell, rolled on the floor, creating a huge dust storm.

The giants who were watching the arm wrestling opened their mouths in surprise.

“Daniel lost. He is a strong person!”

“No. Humans aren’t that strong. They’re short giants!”

“It’s a giant!”

“···.”

Rael shook his wrists as he watched the humans, who were actually giants, winning a mental victory.

As expected, there is nothing to lose by listening to Tia.

I thought that Lael, who was close to the body of a dragon, would not lose to a giant, and my prediction was correct. The giant that Danin called was lighter than I thought.

“I am human.”

“No! It’s a giant!”

The giants laughed and said, “We’ve been caught.”

Of all the humans they had seen, none had as much strength as Rael.

“Giant people are strong and great! You are strong and great too! You are a giant!”

“Woooooo!”

“I’m not a giant.”

“Then what? A smart orc?”

“Because I’m human?”

“A half-giant and half-human?!”

“Pure-blooded human! How many times do you have to make me say that, you idiots?”

Ghent was a little stupid, but these guys were worse.

He had a talent for provoking Rael’s anger.

“Well, let’s have a brief internal meeting!”

The giants, hearing Rael’s insults, began to whisper among themselves.

Seeing this clearly, Danin came out after a while, took his stance again, and shouted in a majestic manner.

“If you are not human, orc, or giant, then who are you!”

“··· What kind of guys are these?”

Is it so hard to admit that we are human?

Rael sighed and approached them.

It’s not like I have a lot of free time to play with the giants.

At this time, I had to ask about Ghent quickly.

“Hey. You guys. Isn’t this Ghent?”

The Shame of the Giants, Ghent.

Today was the day I planned to investigate that suspicious giant guy.