Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 112



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 112

22-Academy

So Arthur refused the fee reduction and only secured the position and authority of a guild officer. The position was inspector. The authority to move freely and interfere here and there was exactly what Arthur wanted.

“Thank you, Inspector Arthur!”

Arthur waved his hand frivolously at Holden’s fuss.

“Oh my, if you put gold on your face now, it will be too heavy to lift your head later.”

The joke must have been just to Tony’s taste, as laughter filled the room.

Thus, Arthur Hurt became the youngest executive member of the Tsuraz Craft Guild.

* * *

To celebrate Arthur’s promotion to executive, the family held a small party. It was a simple party where only Arthur’s family members living under the same roof and Balta and his wife enjoyed a delicious and plentiful meal.

Mrs. Balta showed off her cooking skills after a long time, and Rel was busy eating the meat dish she had prepared in abundance.

“Mmm! This is the taste!”

“Eat lots!”

“Yes, I will enjoy it, Mrs. Balta!”

When she was in Tsuraz, Rel, who was looked after by Sina as Arthur’s younger sister, loved her cooking very much. Sorry, but more than her real mother Anna’s cooking.

Mrs. Balta told Rel to eat a lot and then showed interest in Amelia. The fact that the pretty girl was a singer piqued her curiosity, but since she had heard the general story of the girl’s origin from her son-in-law, she did not ask about anything too personal.

Amelia, who was also quite perceptive, felt that Sina had genuine favor towards her and smiled brightly as they continued their conversation.

Tony savored the delicious drink Arthur had prepared and watched with delight as his daughter and son-in-law served each other food on their plates.

They had such a peaceful and pleasant meal and conversation, but it didn’t last very late at night. Arthur’s house didn’t have a room for the Baltas, so they had to return to the inn, and it was dangerous to stay there too late at night.

“It’s okay if you don’t have to give it to me… … .”

“Then I will just go and take a look at the carriage ride.”

At Arthur’s words, the Balta couple could no longer refuse to see him off.

Arthur, who returned after dropping off the Balta couple to the carriage waiting area, saw Rel doing her homework with a lamp lit on the living room table. This was because Arthur had reminded her that she had done her homework before leaving.

Rel was upset that she had to do her homework on the same day as the party, but she soon had to change her attitude.

First of all, his brother’s attitude was showing the high-minded power of ‘a party is a party, and homework is homework’, and Rel herself had to admit that she thought she was going crazy because she had so much homework.

Is it so difficult that you can’t handle it if you don’t do your homework in advance?

Although she was prepared, it was still difficult, so tears came out of Rel’s mouth.

“Brother. Since I’m exempt from tuition, do I not have to do all my homework?”

“Did you eat the tuition you paid to Mr. Umel to secure your top student tuition exemption as a snack? And is the school really that easy? If your grades drop, they’ll keep your tuition exemption.”

Arthur’s question mercilessly trampled on Rel’s self-justification that had been rising to a small peak. Rel protested softly at the pain.

“Wow. So vulgar… … .”

“Hmm. You can’t refute the true message, but you attack the messenger… … You’ve grown quite thick-headed, haven’t you?”

“What are you talking about?”

Arthur kindly explained to Rel that it was a mean but very clever move to brand his brother as a vulgar person and thus lose the power of his message, since he could not argue with the tuition he had paid.

After hearing that explanation, Rel lowered his head.

“what’s the matter?”

“Did I do something bad?”

“That’s not something an intellectual would do. But you’re not an intellectual yet, are you?”

When it was difficult to refute, swearing was a natural human reaction.

It was also common for the insults to become personal attacks on the other person. Yes, humans naturally learn, even without having to learn, that in order to weaken the power of the message, you have to attack the messenger.

An intellectual would know that such behavior would derail any discussion and refrain from doing so, but becoming an intellectual is much more difficult than one might imagine. It requires not only knowledge but also manners and dignity.

“But don’t feel compelled to attack the messenger.”

“Why that?”

“Even if it’s the same thing, the meaning changes completely depending on who says it.”

“how?”

“For example, is it the same if a mother says she loves her young daughter, or if an adult man who feels sexual desire for young girls says he loves young girls?”

“Eww!”

Arthur’s words made Rel frown and nodded. Ironically, in order to understand the true meaning of the message, it was important to understand who the messenger was.

It was obvious that one way to read a work of literature was to study the author’s life. If the message were simply that, it would be nothing more than an empty chant.

When his brother nodded, Arthur glanced at his brother’s homework.

“What homework is this?”

“The history of politics? An assignment to organize and bring in the political structures that have existed since ancient times and their pros and cons.”

“Uh… … Is that homework that would be appropriate for someone your age?”

“I learned everything in class.”

“Is this homework to review?”

“That may be true, but not all of them are like that.”

There are cases where the pros and cons were not specifically explained during class or were just introduced and passed over, so there is a lot to organize?

Arthur glanced at it and saw that there were only a few. There was monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. In fact, there was not much difference between democracy and aristocracy. In ancient times, democracy was the exclusive domain of men who held sovereignty, that is, noble men.

Arthur watched Rel doing his homework with a strange sense of unease. Rel glanced at Arthur, perhaps feeling uncomfortable, but soon focused on his homework.

Arthur looked over Rel’s shoulder and read the book she had taken out for her homework. The contents were a rough explanation of the history of political structures.

In the ancient tribal era, there were no kings or nobles, and everyone made decisions by consensus. However, due to the limitations caused by this and the emergence of exceptional individuals, it soon developed into a monarchy or aristocracy. Then, as the tribes unified and the country grew, a monarchy emerged as the appropriate political structure.

The logic was that the country needed to gather its strength because of the war with its neighbors, and that a monarchy was appropriate for this.

Would this be a logical development in an academy in a kingdom where religious power is weak?

Arthur felt relieved for a moment, but then frowned as he watched Rel write in her notebook. The word ‘Republic’ was written on the paper.

* * *

Arthur visited the Academy without telling Rell. It was to meet with Professor Hodden, Rell’s professor.

“Welcome, Mr. Arthur.”

“Thank you for allowing me to interview you, Professor.”

Arthur greeted them politely and brought up the purpose of the interview.

“I have some concerns about Rel’s homework.”

Arthur mentioned the homework that Rel had done, the part about the republic. He had written about the pros and cons of other political systems, but he had not written down any particular cons about the republic.

“This country is a kingdom, so teaching about a republic seems a bit dangerous.”

“Hmm… … .”

Professor Hodden nodded with an expression of complete understanding at Arthur’s words.

“I completely understand Mr. Arthur’s concerns. This is not the first semester that I have had this kind of interview with a parent.”

Professor Hodden explained to Arthur that the republic he was talking about was not the aristocratic republic that existed in ancient times. Rather, it was a form of political system that was a good mix of monarchy, aristocracy, and popular assembly.

Arthur asked.

“So, is there a country that has implemented such a political system?”

“There’s more than I thought.”

Professor Hodden named the island nations across the sea that Arthur also knew, the peninsula nations to the south, and several countries to the east. Among them was the kingdom of Jatra, which had recently been at war.

“Has this ever been realized in our kingdom of Skara?”

“Isn’t that the current form?”

Arthur exchanged glances with Professor Hoden for a moment. Professor Hoden was not wrong.

Since the royal power was being checked by the rise of the aristocracy, it was not an absolute monarchy. Although the People’s Assembly was unable to check the royal power or the vested interests of the aristocracy, it was carrying out legislative activities necessary for the country.

But what was irritating Arthur was the way Professor Horden spoke as if there had never been a time when the king had been so powerful.

There was one thing Arthur could guess. Ah! From now on, the academic world and the intellectual class would move in the direction of denying absolute monarchy. It seemed that the turbulent power landscape would inevitably affect the academic world as well.

Arthur wondered if he had made Rell enroll at a time like this for nothing, but he couldn’t live his life avoiding all of these things. It was impossible for an individual to live a life free from being swept up in the trends of the times.

He nodded without objection to Professor Hodden’s words and said:

“I don’t know much about it. I feel relieved after hearing the professor’s explanation. Please understand that this is the concern of an older brother who is worried about his younger brother’s future.”

Professor Hodden smiled and answered Arthur’s words.

“I am glad that you feel reassured despite this insufficient explanation. It is a wonderful sight to see the brotherly love.”

Arthur finished the interview and left. But unlike Professor Hodden, he couldn’t smile. Was it really okay for Rel to learn about the Republic at the Academy?

Arthur recalled Professor Hodden’s explanation. He had to know whether it was only scholars who claimed that this country’s political system was a republic, or whether others agreed with it.

Whenever he met his acquaintances, he would ask them questions about him. What did they think about the Republic?

“Huh? A republic? What was that?”

In Cho-Reng’s case, he tilted his head. Most of Arthur’s acquaintances were like that, and the only people with whom he could exchange opinions on the republic to some extent were Zarran, Sangswart, and Madame Zeltney.

“It’s a republic, so on the surface it looks like that.”

Zarran agreed with Professor Hodden’s words, but at the same time objected.

“But as far as I know, that kind of political structure was the justification the former king gave for introducing the People’s Assembly.”

The political systems examined in historical perspective each have their own problems. The absolute monarchy had a weakness in the succession problem, and the aristocratic republic degenerated into an oligarchy, which became the starting point of the collapse of the country.

To solve this problem, a political system that compromised between monarchy and aristocracy was proposed, which is what we now call a republic?

Arthur thought it was an absolute monarchy disguised as a constitutional monarchy, but he let it slide anyway. Where else do they call themselves a democratic people’s republic when they are actually a dictatorship?

In any case, in this republican kingdom of Skara, the king could not abuse the nobility by granting titles of nobility, and so a privileged noble class could grow.

Scholars advocated the introduction of the Minhoe because there was concern that communication between classes could be cut off. It was not an unfamiliar concept. It was a system that existed even in the first empires of the past.

Thus, the opinions of those who were awake and wanted to reflect the people’s opinions in state affairs, check the corruption of vested interests, and establish a foundation for the nation to last forever were distorted into a means of strengthening royal power in the hands of the king.

Of course, the reasons why the royal authority was able to be strengthened were due to factors such as international affairs, climate, and luck, but it cannot be denied that the People’s Assembly played a significant role in restraining the privileged aristocracy whenever it was important.