He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 294

I Became the Unrivaled Crazy Emperor – Episode 294

I Became the Unrivaled Crazy Emperor 294

“Your Majesty.”

“Sarah.”

“Are you… alright?”

Sarah asked, looking at me lying in bed. It wasn’t just Sarah; many people were in my bedroom.

“Saying I’m alright… would be a very obvious lie.”

“Your Majesty…”

Sarah looked at me in bed and shed tears. But that didn’t change the facts.

“Sarah, I don’t have much time left.”

“……”

I was dying. As the price for killing the Creator God, I had consumed too much life force.

Healing spells and elixirs were poured on me, but this wasn’t something that could be recovered that way.

It was now clear. I was going to die soon.

“Sarah, and everyone else.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Don’t be too sad about my death. That’s not what’s important. What matters is what comes after I die.”

I wasn’t just trying to say something cool.

Like the saying that you can’t rule the world from horseback, protecting a country is harder than expanding it.

“Do you understand? Everyone, do your best in your roles… Cough!”

“Your Majesty! Please rest!”

“…Ugh, everyone, promise me.”

I wasn’t afraid of dying, nor did I have any regrets. But I hoped that those who followed me wouldn’t be unhappy.

“Protect the Empire. But don’t be obsessed with it. You must let go of what needs to be let go. Will everyone do that?”

That was the last decree I left behind. Protect the Empire, but don’t be consumed by it.

It seemed like a contradictory statement, but it was truly what rulers needed.

The times would change. Considering the conditions the Empire was in, the pace would probably be incredibly fast.

But what if they couldn’t accept the changes and fell behind? Or what if they hated change and suppressed it?

For a while, they would hold on with authority. But the discontent would pile up and soon reach its limit.

I said that to avoid that catastrophe.

“I’m tired……”

“Your Majesty!”

But soon, I didn’t even have the strength to do that. It felt like a sense of exhaustion from having done everything I could.

I closed my eyes as I was and could never wake up again.

* * *

The entire Empire was silent at the Emperor’s death. The funeral was held magnificently, and everyone in the capital shared the grief.

Kyle felt the same. Thinking about his memories with his father, his heart ached.

“Kyle.”

“Brother. And second brother.”

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince came to Kyle, who was lost in thought looking at his father’s coffin.

“In the end, this day has come.”

“Nothing is eternal. Of course, Father……”

He shouldn’t have left so early.

Kyle swallowed the words because they were too sad. Leon and Daphnen didn’t mention it further.

“It’s sad, but we don’t have time to just be sad. We have a lot to do now.”

“That’s right, second brother. As Father said, shouldn’t we all do our best in our respective positions?”

As he said to Daphnen, the three people gathered there had mountains of work to do.

Crown Prince Leon, who had to oversee the entire Empire, was needless to say.

Daphnen was scheduled to manage the Purification Church and the Imperial Protection Church as a cardinal candidate. He was too young to be a cardinal, but it was accepted because no one could challenge the authority of the Imperial Family now.

Kyle… just ruling the Demon Realm, the Empire’s most potential threat, was enough to do his part.

But that wasn’t all there was to it.

“But brothers, what do you think of what I said before?”

“…That thing.”

“Hoo……”

Leon and Daphnen sighed. The plan Kyle had proposed, to make the Emperor immortal.

“Kyle, I want to ask you first. Do you think the Empire really can’t survive without doing that?”

“Brother, how can I dare to predict the entire future? But even Father, who had more insight than me, predicted it.”

“……”

Kyle brought up his father’s authority rather than trying to persuade them through himself.

In fact, the Emperor thought darkly about the Empire’s future.

‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That’s what Father was wary of.’

The system that the Empire was currently maintaining as its national policy was the Emperor’s absolute monarchy.

This wasn’t bad when the Empire was waging war. No, it was more suitable for unity.

But now that the war was over, the story had changed.

The Empire had become much larger than before, and there were many more people within the Empire who were voicing their opinions.

It was no longer possible for one emperor to represent or control their positions.

“That’s right. But I don’t know if that extreme method you mentioned is necessary. I’m planning to approve the parliament soon and distribute rights to the commoners.”

“I’m glad you’re so wise, brother. That method is truly right. But there’s one problem.”

“What is it?”

“The stability that can be achieved with that won’t even last 100 years.”

“……!”

Leon’s eyes widened at Kyle’s words. It was a prediction that far exceeded his thoughts.

“Kyle, isn’t that too much to say? Even so……”

“Big brother, my brother’s words make sense.”

“Daphnen, even you?”

This time, the second brother, Daphnen, sided with Kyle’s argument. Leon looked at him as if he felt betrayed, but Daphnen was serious.

“Certainly, reform will be effective. But the problem is that it’s too effective.”

“Why is that?”

“Father may not have mentioned it, but… parliamentary politics also have their limits.”

Parliamentary politics, which represents everyone’s voices, seems only beneficial at first glance.

But if that were really the case, republics would have been the mainstream instead of monarchies. But the reason why it wasn’t was simple.

“Such a system has good flexibility but low stability. Especially in countries with large territories, there will be places where the central authority doesn’t reach.”

“In that case, it will inevitably lead to secession. The Empire will be divided.”

“But if we don’t reform… the Empire will fester from within. This……”

In other words, it’s a problem whether you reform or not.

Of course, even if you reform, such extreme things won’t happen right away.

But about 100 years later, when at least one of the three people gathered here has already gone to heaven.

It was uncertain whether their children would deal with it wisely. No, they might not even be wise.

“That’s why we need symbolism. A symbolism that makes it difficult for the Empire to secede no matter what happens.”

“You mean that’s Father. But now Father is gone. Hasn’t everyone already accepted that?”

The funeral has already been held. No matter how you revive the Emperor there, it’s difficult to see the effect you expected. Rather, you’ll be suspected of being the real Emperor.

“I’m not saying that we should revive Father right away. To be exact, when the Empire is in danger, we should make the people aware that he is taking care of the Empire and the Imperial Family.”

The immortal symbolism that Kyle wanted was that kind of meaning. The dead Emperor cannot live in that body. But what if there was another body?

“In other words, reincarnation.”

“…Reincarnation?”

“Yes, in the future, when our descendants fail to properly rule the Empire and fall into chaos, we should make Father reincarnate as one of our Imperial Family members.”

“Ugh… the more I listen, the more radical it is……”

Leon had already heard the general words, but he was amazed to hear more detailed ideas.

“If we do that, our descendants might call our Imperial Family a cursed Imperial Family.”

“Maybe.”

For the Emperor to be reincarnated into the body of an Imperial Family member meant that the spirit of the predecessor could take over his body at any time.

“But the Imperial Family has a duty as the Imperial Family. This is to prepare for when that duty is not properly fulfilled, so they must bear the burden.”

This time, it was also a very extreme argument. But at the same time, it was undeniable.

The weight of the name Empire is that heavy. If the later Imperial Family members didn’t do their part, could they really claim that their existence was precious?

‘It’s better for the Imperial Family to be unhappy than for the Empire to fall.’

Leon was already lost in that thought. Of course, it was true that he didn’t like it. Disturbing the rest of his father, who had gone to eternal rest, and putting a leash on his descendants.

But he decided to put all that guilt aside for a while.

“Kyle, what should I do?”

“Big brother, please continue to rule the Empire as you have been. I and Daphnen brother will take charge of the execution of this matter. If I had to ask for one thing……”

“If you ask?”

“Please take care of our mothers a little more. We need to inform them of this plan, but if we’re not careful……”

“Okay. You can stop there.”

The mothers were wise, so that wouldn’t happen, but you never know. What would happen if they knew that their beloved dead husband could be revived?

Of course, the procedure Kyle was trying to do was just a different concept from resurrection, so it wouldn’t change anything even if they wanted that.

“Okay. Then I’ll leave that to you… Is there anything else you want to say to me?”

“No.”

“…Okay, let’s stop now. Aren’t you tired from participating in the funeral? The North is very cold, so always take care of your health.”

“Yes, brother.”

Kyle bowed to Crown Prince Leon, who was worried about him, and then left.

Leon and Daphnen, who were watching him, opened their mouths when he disappeared.

“It would have been nice if you had just told me honestly, Kyle.”

“Is it okay to leave it as it is? Kyle is ultimately thinking of unifying the Demon Realm. Wasn’t our plan originally to keep it divided?”

Daphnen and Leon already knew Kyle’s plan. The intelligence inherited from the Emperor was enough to find out Kyle’s plan.

“It’s easy to have ambition.”

“Kyle isn’t that kind of guy.”

Of course, Kyle is the most energetic and combative of the brothers. But he is also rational and, above all, loyal to the Empire.

“He’s not the type to pursue personal gain by unifying the Demon Realm.”

“But will Kyle’s descendants do that too?”

“There’s no need to worry about that. If it goes according to Kyle’s plan.”

“…You mean Father’s reincarnation.”

The leash that Kyle is making will be given to Kyle’s descendants as well.

Even if his descendants try to do something harmful to the Empire through the unified Demon Realm, they will most likely face the incarnation of the Emperor.

“In that case, as a brother, I should rather support him……”

“Brother……”

“Well, let’s go. We have a lot to do.”

The vacancy of the Emperor was felt too greatly by Leon, who was trying to fill it.