Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt - Chapter 191



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Infinite Reincarnation – Arthur Hurt Chapter 191

34-Republicanism

Of course, by then Count Stan would have become an old man who could die at any time, but that was why he had to take action now.

So that even if a tyrant becomes king, the country will not fall into ruin. As a nobleman of this country, Count Stan had that level of insight and sense of responsibility.

Count Stan sighed and continued speaking in a serious tone, his eyebrows narrowed.

“Your joining will certainly be of great help. However, it may cause problems for you.”

The movement of factions was a matter of having to face reprisals, and such reprisals could be severe, depending on status and position.

In particular, the factional movement of those who had received semi-noble titles from the king, rather than simple bourgeois like Arthur, was bound to arouse the wrath of King Rye.

“That is why I am not a neutral party in terms of external relations. That is why I wish to help the republican cause. Please let only Count Stan know.”

So, he was going to do spy work. There was no concern about double espionage. The incident of beating up the crown prince was too strong evidence to think that way.

The world knows that the Crown Prince forgave the ‘mistake’ of the Hurts out of compassion, but who knows if his true intentions are the same? Therefore, before the current Crown Prince ascends to the throne, or even before, it could be said that establishing ‘republicanism’ at the center of the Skara Kingdom was an essential prerequisite for the well-being and prosperity of the Hurts.

At Arthur’s words, Count Stan smiled with interest and said.

“Then how about going to the people’s meeting? I think you’ll do well.”

“As a member of the royalist faction, if you go to the People’s Assembly, you should speak and act accordingly. That is why you cannot help but stand in opposition to the aristocratic faction as well as the neutral faction.”

Of course, there was a way to expand influence in politics and later join or ally with the neutral faction.

But that method had too many variables. It was common sense that the more something was exposed to the public, the more ‘variables’ there would be. Why would conspirators plot in secret? It was to reduce the variables as much as possible.

Arthur continued.

“My external position and words and actions will not be much different from now.”

“I see.”

Arthur didn’t necessarily get any more words out of it, but Count Stan understood what Arthur didn’t say. ‘But’ he meant that things would be different in areas that weren’t public.

Count Stan didn’t ask Arthur ‘how’. He just held out his hand.

Arthur took her hand with a stern expression.

* * *

34-Republicanism

“Why isn’t Rel eating again?”

“huh.”

At Arthur’s words, Viana nodded with a worried expression. She had been in that state ever since Amelia went abroad to study.

Arthur clicked his tongue. If that was going to happen, why didn’t he just confess? He held on for no reason and ended up with 0 confessions and 1 disappointment.

“If you don’t eat it tomorrow, tell me.”

Arthur thought that if Amelia couldn’t pull herself together even though she wasn’t there to die, it would be more helpful to put pain in her head rather than random thoughts.

Viana nodded to Arthur’s request and took care of Charlie.

“Charlie, you have to eat it without spilling it.”

Mornings at the Hurts, where they would eat breakfast and go to work, were quite difficult for young Charlie.

After saying goodbye to his son and going to work, Arthur visited the Ignaqua factory to check on production volume, ask the Olo factory manager if there were any issues, and sign off on important documents before taking some time to head downtown.

The direction was the Academy. It wasn’t a thoughtless step, but one with a clear purpose.

His footsteps led him to a bookstore he had once visited. It was the very place where he had gone to buy past exam questions to prepare for his younger brother Rel’s academy entrance exam.

The old bookseller, Cordell, tilted his head at Arthur’s face. He had seen it once before, but he was not sure where it was.

Arthur said with a gentle smile.

“Do you have any past questions from the Academy entrance exam?”

“Ah! That!”

Only then did Cordell remember who Arthur was, and he let out an exclamation of admiration before quickly furrowing his brows. That was because he then remembered that Arthur had not come to buy the past exam questions.

“It looks like you bought the past exam questions from somewhere else?”

Cordell’s tone was curt, perhaps because he remembered the big money-making opportunity he had lost.

“No. Because we can get good teachers from the academy.”

“But why are you looking for past exam questions again?”

“That was just a one-time thing. By the way, does Mr. Ossarin Conte still work here?”

“What about work? Was it the office of a member of the Minhoe or something? When did you move there?”

“I guess you don’t do any lawyer work at all?”

“I wouldn’t know.”

“Don’t you come by often and say hello?”

“Huh! So you’re going to your old workplace to say hello?”

“I’ve never been fired because I’m a capable person. If I were to change jobs, there would be people who would hold onto my trouser legs and hang on… … .”

Arthur was chatting jokingly with Cordell when he asked casually.

“Do you also sell textbooks used at the academy?”

“Of course. What book are you looking for?”

“A book about political philosophy and institutions.”

“… … Why is that? You don’t look like a professor, let alone a graduate student.”

Cordell’s eyes narrowed. His expression was filled with suspicion.

Arthur asked instead.

“Are there any books that can’t be sold unless you’re a graduate student?”

“of course.”

“What happens if I sell it?”

“Get caught.”

“Is anyone going to report this?”

“If you are caught with a book like that when you don’t have the qualifications, you will of course be reported.”

Arthur nodded to Cordell’s words. Indeed, only soldiers and soldiers with qualifications could carry weapons like spears and swords. And books, especially political books, were excellent mental weapons. Just as mold spreads uncontrollably in warm and humid places, they had the ability to self-replicate depending on the conditions.

But Arthur did not believe Cordell’s words that ‘it cannot be sold’ at face value.

“Is it as problematic as the previous exam questions?”

“It’s going to be a lot more problematic than that.”

“Then please lend it to me.”

“What? I told you not to!”

“I’ll just look here and go.”

“Are you out of your mind?”

The fact that it was a book that no one could possibly possess without being a graduate student meant that there were people who didn’t want to look at it. But you’re going to look at it here in the open?

However, Arthur did not understand President Cordell’s words.

“You’re good at solving past exam questions, aren’t you?”

“That’s something the Academy hates! Forbidden books are something the country hates!”

So, there was a list of banned books designated by the country, and only certain people were granted the right to read those banned books.

There was something I didn’t understand here. Cordell had emphasized several times that it was not allowed, but he had never once said, “There is no such book.” If it were such a banned book, wouldn’t it have been banned from publication and only placed in certain libraries, with strict control over its access?

So Arthur said.

“So how much is it?”

Cordell, who had been excited, or rather pretending to be excited, when I expressed my intention to pay the money at all costs, spoke calmly.

“How could you sell something like that for money?”

Arthur, who had been prepared to accept the book if its price was not ridiculous, was troubled by Cordell’s cryptic words. Was he saying that the book was too dangerous to be sold for money and therefore worth more than he thought, or was he saying that there was another condition besides money?

And Cordell’s words were closer to the latter than the former.

“Did you know that there are three main streams of political philosophy?”

“no.”

After the fall of the ancient empires, the world’s political structure solidified into feudalism.

But during the long period that intellectuals call the Dark Ages, wars were incessant due to the ambitions of monarchs, and the harsh reality brought about the rise of religion. During that long period, when there was no time to build a tower of intellect, intellect deteriorated and morality declined.

The efforts of intellectuals to break away from the social order in which cousins ​​married for power, brothers were killed by invading brotherly nations, and fathers were killed to succeed to the throne, gave rise to calls for a return to the peaceful ancient empires.

It is questionable whether the time when the military was raised, the barbarians were subdued, and they were ‘civilized’ was truly peaceful, but intellectuals who experienced the struggles of the feudalistic system were able to see through the problems of feudalism.

The core problem of feudalism was that there were ‘too many monarchs.’ Of course, depending on the strength of the power, vassal contracts were made to maintain order, but the circumstances of each monarch changed with the ups and downs of time.

That is, the strong sometimes become weak, and the weak sometimes become strong, and each time this happens, conflict and dispute arise.

The essence of the conflict was the conflict between the champion who wanted to maintain the existing vested rights and the challenger who wanted to create a new upper-lower relationship, but it was also the root of the grudges between countries that are forming today.

Don’t the Kingdoms of Skara and Jatra have a complicated history of being enemies, vassal states, brother states, and then rival states?

So, wouldn’t this chaos be avoided if there were only one monarch? That’s why the theory of the Philosopher’s Rule and the theory of the Great Unification (not a physics theory) emerged. It is to create a world without war by having all countries become one country without borders.

However, there was much debate among intellectuals about who should become the philosopher, or emperor. Naturally, intellectuals from each country had no disagreement that the “superior one” should become the emperor, but each of them argued that the “superior one” should be the monarch of their own country.

Because of this, the international situation became even more chaotic. This was because monarchs who dreamed of becoming ’emperors’ emerged due to the fanning of intellectuals. This kind of thinking also played a part in the rivalry between the Kingdom of Skara and the Kingdom of Jatra, because they thought that since they were once ‘vassal states’ and ‘brother states’, it would be easier for them to become one country.

Anyway, when the spirit of the times, ‘We are all different’, that intellectuals had been working on for ‘world peace’ ended up pouring oil on the fire, alternative ideas began to appear.

In fact, there were ideas that refuted the theory of the Iron Man’s politics from the time it emerged. It’s just that not all intellectuals were smart-alecked, so they were careful with their words under the feudal monarchy.

With the feudal monarchs burning in their eyes, can we really talk about the political system of the country that could be called the beginning of the ancient empire, ‘democracy’?

Moreover, going back to the beginning of the ancient empires was going too far. The intellectuals sought ‘peace’ during the heyday of the ancient empires, not the countless wars and conquests that the ancient empires waged to become empires.

So, what emerged was ‘republicanism’, a system in which the ‘monarch’ and the ‘nobles’ consulted well to govern the country.

But the monarch was not stupid. If he was not careful, he could end up like the island nation across the strait. He could end up like a puppet with only the name “monarch” but no real power.

Since the intellectuals who were anachronistic enough to advocate for ‘ancient empire-style republicanism’ when it wasn’t even an ancient empire had already been beheaded, republicanism had no choice but to customize itself to fit the times. Thus, the current ‘republicanism’ was born, which is the idea of ​​introducing a people’s assembly to reflect the opinions of the common people.