A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

127 – Sweet and Bloody Academy (7)

You can write a thesis on the educational gap between Nostrum and Tershian, the kingdom and the empire.

But this paper is ultimately just kindling.

Are you speaking from the perspective of the kingdom?

Are you speaking from the perspective of the empire?

Since the positions of the two countries are different, no matter how much you explain your way to the other side, the other side will not be able to understand you in the end.

Just as people living in the city and people living in the countryside cannot understand each other’s difficulties.

Just as rich people and poor people cannot understand each other’s hardships.

Since kingdoms and empires have different ideals desired through education, differences in cultural levels are bound to occur in education.

A representative example is alchemy.

“Vice Chancellor Bathory. You must have heard various stories about the kingdom before coming here.”

As a close associate of the crown prince.

“But you didn’t think it would be like this, did you?”

“…”

Whether you make a judgment based solely on reports sent by the Shadow of the Empire or hear about it through rumors, the story changes when you actually experience it yourself.

“A week at the academy. How did you feel? Not only about alchemy, but also about the ‘future’ of the kingdom that you observed as vice-chancellor.”

“…I wondered if this was okay.”

“In what sense?”

“Is this the future of Nostrum?”

Vice President Bathory speaks openly and sarcastically.

“It’s always been like that, but I feel like it’s especially worse this time.”

“Always?”

“…Well, isn’t that the case with the children who lead Nostrum’s future in every generation? Still, I’ve lived a few years longer than the Chairman, and even in the Empire, I’ve heard through hearsay about the average level of nobles in the kingdom.”＜ Br＞

“Is that so?”

There is a bit of doubt, but it is just a suspicion.

“It must not have been easy to hear news from the kingdom.”

“It’s not easy, but don’t you think it’s so bad that you can’t hear it at all?”

“I understand.”

First of all, Vice-Chancellor Bathory in front of us is a high-ranking member of the empire and a genius alchemist in his early 30s.

If you get too excited here, you may end up scratching and weasling, so you should treat it just like that.

“I’ve always thought that way. The reason Nostrum’s history has been going on like a treadmill for 500 years without any development at all is because of the ‘heroism’ that is prevalent throughout the kingdom.”

“…”

“Why do you suddenly bring up heroism? Of course, it is because no academic field has ever thought of developing because of this ideology.”

All of Nostrum’s focus is on ‘heroes’.

“If we had spread the research efforts on these two areas, swordsmanship and magic, to other areas, we would have been able to develop magic engineering that is similar to the Empire by now, or even if it is not similar, it is about “A generation behind.”＜ Br＞

“Because such a hero appears?”

Vice-Chancellor Bathory said sarcastically.

“When it is said that the empire will show overwhelming power through magic engineering, and when this country is said to be in danger through magic engineering, a hero will emerge from the kingdom like it always has. From this wasteland of magic engineering, all the empire’s In the same way that a super genius is born who slaps a workshop technician in the face.”

“You wouldn’t go so far as to say such a self-deprecating thing, but I think the same way. And that hero will become the hero who will protect the Kingdom of Nostrum, just like Gibraltar has done so far.”

“Oh my. Don’t you want a new guardian to appear?”

“It’s not that I don’t want it or I’m jealous, it’s that I want it to show up.”

“Huh…?”

Speculations about vampires, elves, etc. Are on hold.

We must treat this woman solely from the perspective of education, technology, and culture.

“As times change, guardians must also change. If the family has been loyal to the kingdom for 500 years, shouldn’t we be able to live comfortably now?”

“…Our ancestors worked so hard for the kingdom for 500 years, but you are going to cut off that glory from your generation?”

“It’s not that I’m giving up. If there’s no need to protect the canyon anymore, I just want to live in line with the flow of the new era.”

“…”

“Just as the Guardian Dragon, who had protected the Nostrum royal family for 500 years, cut off his leash, spread his wings and flew into the sky, I have thought again and again that Gibraltar would like to do the same.”

Subtly, with a hint of nuance.

“Gibraltar…Well, no. That’s not what we’re talking about right now.”

He pretended to make a mistake, he pretended to betray his true intentions without realizing it.

“Anyway, I, Gray Gibraltar, hope that the kingdom will change in many ways. Based on what I saw and learned at Orosol Academy, I hope that the kingdom’s nobles will not repeat the traditions and past again.”

I’m not sure how much he heard from the crown prince, but at least if he saw it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears, he would be able to judge more clearly.

“Do you think the nostrum can change if a graduate school is created?”

“At least there will be opportunities for commoners to rise to high social positions.”

“The time is very long, and even when Gray Gibraltar becomes an old man, it may not produce results?”

“Even if it is Nostrum 100 years from now, or it may not be Nostrum, if humanity is not destroyed, there will definitely be results after that.”

“…”

“We didn’t admit several students out of 300 through exams for nothing. Although most of them are still wealthy, someday commoners will begin to enroll at Orosol Academy one by one. Despite the confident difficult environment, they overcame the adversity around them andly Those who did.”

Nostrum’s history proves that.

“A hero can’t just keep holding a sword and a staff forever. Shouldn’t a hero with a feather pen also appear sometimes?”

“This is the first time I’ve seen someone talk about heroism in that way.”

“Although I have lived for 17 years, it has only been a few years since I learned about the various levels of the Empire, but the level of education in Nostrum is serious enough to require a hero.”

From now on, we will slowly throw away rice cakes.

“I think what Nostrum needs is not a single hero to overcome every crisis, but a large number of commoners working together to overcome crises.”

“…”

“For that to happen, commoners must awaken themselves and realize that they can become heroes, regardless of social status.”

It’s still an early concept, but the Habsburg ‘Emperor’ said something like that.

-They must know that they are not someone else’s subjects, but that they can become citizens in their own right.

Citizen.

It was a word that didn’t really resonate with me, but I was able to understand its meaning to some extent.

“Vice President Bathory. Why are you researching magical engineering?”

“…”

“I have seen an article in which you were interviewed by the Imperial Newspaper. After being selected as Vice-President of the Academy, the article asked what kind of activities you would do at Nostrum at an official event.”

“That’s a newspaper from more than four months ago.”

“Yes, but I remember, Vice-Chancellor Bathory. Don’t you need ‘colleagues’?”

Vice-Chancellor Bathory licks his lips with his tongue and wiggles his fingers.

“Human life is finite and short.”

“Study is infinite. …Do you understand exactly?”

“Because it’s a memorable phrase.”

Through conversation with Astasia.

Through information that he was the crown prince’s closest associate.

And through speculation about this woman’s background.

“Vice Chancellor Bathory. You want to leave a very great achievement in history.”

Whether human or not, it stimulates the fundamental desires of an intelligent being.

“It is an honorable achievement that will not end in a short human life and will remain in human history.”

Putting everything else aside, I delve into the ultimate desires of this woman in front of me who calls herself ‘Bathory’.

“Some want to be a hero, some want to build an empire in their name.”

“…!!”

“Also, someone may hope that more people will understand, empathize with, discuss and discuss the new theory they discovered, and praise and worship the greatness of the discovery.”

“Ha, haha…”

Vice President Bathory crosses her legs and leans back leisurely on the sofa.

“You say something interesting, Chairman.”

It looks relaxed, but it is not relaxed at all.

“What on earth do you want, Mr. Chairman, to say this to me?”

“As long as we talk while hiding our true feelings from each other, it is natural that the conversation will continue as we explore each other and don’t mesh with each other. So let’s make our true feelings clear.”

This is where I have some time.

“I, Gray Gibraltar, just want to live happily ever after, without any other troubles, making love to Astasia von Tersian 365 days a year until his death her her her.”

“…Yes?”

Vice-Chancellor Bathory’s leisure has disappeared.

“Every morning, before she wakes up, I go up to her and wake her up by whispering that it’s morning. I hug her and wash her when she says she wants to sleep a little more. We eat the breakfast I prepared before and decide on a daily routine, and when she returns home at the end of the day, I hug her. I hope you can relieve your fatigue and have a comfortable day by lying in bed together and sharing the warmth in the same bed.”

“Now, wait a minute.”

“Rather than spending the rest of your life like cattle in a fence in the Gorge of Gibraltar, I hope that the two of you can freely travel around the world, take photos, share experiences, and enjoy whatever experiences you have together.”＜ Br＞

“Over there.”

“And if I become an adult and have a child later, I want to make sure that the child lives a comfortable and comfortable life in an environment free from any harm or adversity.”

“…”

“I thought about it a lot, and I decided that it was the best life for me. For two humans, Gray and Astasia, to live together, they have the surnames and blood of Gibraltar and Von Thersian, so we can’t ignore that.”

Bathory couldn’t say anything.

“I don’t like it when people ask me, as the Margrave of Gibraltar, to sacrifice my life and loyalty for Nostrum.”

Now.

“I have no intention of letting Astasia, who came from the Empire, live in such an uncomfortable and underdeveloped place.”

It presented the root of the idea that all principles of Gray Gibraltar’s actions were for the sake of Astasia von Tersian.

“So that Astacia does not experience any inconveniences no matter where she travels in this kingdom. She has warm water when washing, she does not have to worry about hygiene when eating, and children in the neighborhood do not throw stones at her because she is A citizen of the empire. Everywhere in the hotel there are A world where widespread magic engineering and alchemy machines keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter without magic.”

“…”

“Some imperial historians say that, right? If our empire is currently enjoying ‘modern civilization’ thanks to the development of magic engineering, then that kingdom is a ‘medieval hero land’ where only heroes believe and live. We can escape the middle ages There is no, but at least if we start now, we will be able to catch up with modern times in 10 years.”

The ‘modernization of Nostrum’ that Gray Gibraltar hopes for.

“I won’t talk too much.”

All for just one person.

“We need your cooperation to make this country a better world for Astasia to live in.”