Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 430

# 431

Origin of the Incident 2

You can laugh with ‘Hehehehe’.

You can laugh with ‘Hahahaha’.

You can laugh with ‘Kihikihik’.

It doesn’t matter how you laugh. Why does the way you laugh matter? He’s doing such a great job.

King Lauzel smiled contentedly as he looked at Legion. (His injured head was further embellishing Legion’s past exploits.)

King Lauzel looked at Legion and recalled the book called ‘Kingdom’ that he had intended to study.

Qin Shi Huang [the first emperor of China] must have had a powerful sword. It seemed that Legion was such an existence for him.

Ah!

Should I aim for unifying the world too?

If he said such a thing, he would be dragged down from the throne for being crazy.

“I have something to discuss with you.”

King Lauzel said in a secretive tone.

Secretive, but everyone in the Grand Hall heard it.

Just say it openly. Anyone would think he was asking for an assassination.

“Your Majesty, please command.”

“An offer has come from the Empire.”

“Hmm.”

“Ahem.”

As the King spoke with difficulty, the ministers coughed repeatedly, seemingly uncomfortable.

Why are they like that?

“What is it?”

“A political marriage.”

“What kind of marriage?”

“A political marriage. It seems the Empire wants to take me into their grasp and exert influence over this region.”

Hey, why do you keep telling me such burdensome things? If you’re old enough to marry, you should get married.

-You should do it. How can you still be a bachelor at your age?

What’s wrong with me?

-Others have two kids at your age. Look at Rose. She’s pregnant again.

They’re beasts. Their bellies are always full whenever I see them.

-Everyone’s like that. Do you even know how babies are born?

Hey, I’ve spun the dimension roulette thousands of times. How could I not know?

-In reality?

…….

-Have you ever kissed?

…….

-When was the last time you held a woman’s hand?

…….

Mark pondered seriously.

What was the reason he came from the future to the past?

Wasn’t it to spread the Alexander family’s seed far and wide? In a thousand years, the last descendant will be infertile and unable to have children.

Legion needs to work hard (?) even now.

But he’s always just digging holes.

He shouldn’t be spending all his time fighting with other guys while spewing aura.

He needs to get married quickly and have at least three kids. Why is he always fighting?

Legion wants to say:

If you want me to have descendants, undo the vasectomy first.

How long are you going to make me live as a seedless watermelon?

-…….

Mark is silent.

He still didn’t have a proper solution. Miback wasn’t interested in vasectomies either. He was only focused on plastic surgery magic.

“Lord Legion.”

“Lord Legion?”

“Brother?”

“Brother!”

Lauzel’s voice grew a little louder.

“Ah, yes? I’m sorry.”

“Do you perhaps… have some kind of illness?”

“Yes? No.”

“A little while ago, you seemed to be saying something about being infertile, a seedless watermelon, and a vasectomy.”

“You must have misheard.”

“My hearing is very good. 2.0 2.0.”

Legion rolled his eyes for a moment. What nonsense is that? Hearing 2.0 2.0?

“Weren’t you perhaps trying to talk about eyesight?”

“Ah…”

King Lauzel realized his mistake. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to hide in a rat hole.

Thanks to that, the words Legion had said vanished from his mind in an instant.

“You said you received a proposal for a political marriage?”

“It’s called a proposal, but…”

King Lauzel trailed off.

After becoming king, he was bitterly realizing that international affairs were all about gangsters.

“The Emperor’s thirty-fifth daughter is about to depart for this place.”

“Yes?”

“They say the wedding will be held here, and then another wedding will be held in the Empire.”

“What is that…”

Even Legion was speechless.

He is strong. It’s pointless to say it twice. But you can’t define the world with mere force.

If one person’s power could control the world, the human realm would have collapsed long ago.

Balance is maintained through mutual checks and balances.

A thought suddenly occurs to him.

If you become a Transcendent Grand Master, can you control the world with your individual power?

Is that not enough?

If there’s a Transcendent Grand Master, shouldn’t there be a Transcendent Super Grand Master?

Or a Combined Grand Master.

I’m sorry.

I went too far.

In any case, what the Empire was doing was by no means elegant. It was no different from what a gangster would do.

No, even a gangster wouldn’t treat a king of a country like this.

Sending the thirty-fifth daughter and telling him to marry her.

Is their intention to make us a vassal state?

“What happens if we refuse?”

“The Empire will find fault. They’ll say we broke off negotiations. It’s nonsense, but in international affairs, the one with power is always right. Sigh…”

King Lauzel sighed deeply and looked at Legion with a subtle gaze.

If it’s you, brother, you might have a solution.

Legion shook his head.

I don’t. I don’t.

“Instead of that.”

King Lauzel grabbed Legion’s hand.

Regardless of appearances.

He had to survive first.

The nobles from Duke Sijinpi’s faction frowned at King Lauzel’s actions.

It was already widely known that the person King Lauzel trusted most was Baserabap and Duke Legion. Even so, such actions in front of so many ministers only made the opposing faction uncomfortable.

“Why, why are you doing this, Your Majesty?”

Legion was just as uncomfortable.

He felt like he was going crazy from the stinging in the back of his head.

It felt like the nobles’ murderous intent was turning into needles and piercing his entire body.

“If it’s you, brother, you’ll have a solution.”

I said I don’t!

“I believe in you.”

Ugh, why are you doing this to me?

“Brother, please go out to meet her in person.”

“M-me?”

I’m going crazy. I want to go home.

He had 200 million gold in his possession.

It was an unimaginable amount, but he thought he could increase this money even more.

How great would it be if he had 1 billion gold in cash?

It wouldn’t be bad to use the Empire’s boasted battleship as a private plane.

If he got a girlfriend, he would have to sing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ at the bow of the ship.

That would be so romantic.

That’s what he was thinking, but why was he suddenly being told to go meet the Empire’s Emperor’s thirty-fifth daughter?

Lauzel.

He wasn’t like this when he was a school principal, but after becoming king, he really makes people uncomfortable.

“Why don’t you just get married?”

Legion said deliberately.

You’re a bachelor.

You don’t have a lover.

So why don’t you just get married?

“Are you saying we should fall into the Empire’s vassalage?”

“Why does getting married mean falling into the Empire’s vassalage?”

“That’s obviously…”

“Think about it carefully. The Emperor of the Empire will become your father-in-law.”

“See? Doesn’t that mean I have to serve the Empire like that?”

“As the saying goes! A woman is considered an outsider once she’s married.”

“Yes?”

“Once she’s married, negotiate with her. Will she follow her husband! Or will she follow her father, whom she rarely sees? If she says she’ll follow her father, tell her to leave. Imagine the Empire’s princess being rejected and chased back to her homeland.”

“That’s war.”

“No. If Your Majesty cancels the wedding, that’s war. But she was rejected after the wedding. Someone must have done something wrong to be rejected, right?”

“Ah!”

Lauzel clapped his hands together.

At the same time, Baserabap and Duke Sijinpi also exclaimed.

As expected of Duke Legion!

The strongest brain in history.

How does he come up with such ideas?

The same words can be interpreted differently.

Depending on the perspective of the princess returning to the Empire, there could be various interpretations left.

If she returns to her homeland due to the princess’s fault, even the Empire wouldn’t be able to find unreasonable fault.

“Thank you, brother.”

I told you not to keep calling me brother. There are so many people watching.

“You’re welcome.”

“Then I’ll leave this matter entirely to you, brother.”

“Yes?”

“Please.”

“Yes?”

“Everyone, applause! Duke Legion has solved all of my worries in one fell swoop.”

“Yes?”

* * *

The Empire Emperor’s thirty-fifth daughter, Rosemary.

A princess with an appearance reminiscent of a rose. She was so beautiful that there were rumors that her fragrance lingered in the place she passed.

The Emperor of the Empire is energetic.

Even though he was almost seventy years old, he was working vigorously. He had recently had a son from a concubine.

A son at seventy.

The age difference between the eldest and youngest sons was over 50 years.

The concubine was only 19 years old.

It was something that couldn’t happen in ordinary society.

But he was the Emperor.

There was no such thing as impossible for an Emperor with absolute power.

The Empire has more than 50 times the national power of the Baroque Kingdom. The only place that could compete with the Empire was the Free Kingdom Alliance in the west.

The size of the land is also on a different level.

The Empire’s land is 150 times larger and wider than the Baroque Kingdom.

Because of this, the Baroque Kingdom had no choice but to be mindful of the Empire.

It wasn’t just the Baroque Kingdom.

The eastern powers, the Neck House Kingdom and the Stopby Kingdom, also groveled before the Empire.

In particular, the bankrupt Neck House Kingdom was practically hanging on the Empire for dear life.

The Empire tries to tame the kings of each country by tying them together through blood ties. The northwestern kingdoms were already firmly tied to the Empire through blood relations.

Only the eastern kingdoms were still holding out.

And taking advantage of the weakened Neck House Kingdom, the Empire was openly showing its ambition.

The newly crowned rookie, Lauzel, was the first target.

One luxurious carriage carrying Rosemary.

120 knights escorting the carriage.

And one maid who was Rosemary’s companion.

This was the entirety of the group.

It was quite a humble procession for a royal family. Moreover, wasn’t it a princess’s procession?

The same goes for the knights.

The armor they were wearing was fancy, but there was no military discipline at all. From the start of the journey until now, they were only superficially scanning their surroundings. Or they were just chatting with their companions all day long.

Watching those knights, Chief Samucheo frowned.

“Those things are knights?”

Their identities were the illegitimate children of nobles. Illegitimate children who could not receive titles.

In order for illegitimate children to receive titles, they had to make contributions that benefited the Empire.

So most of the illegitimate children apply to be magicians or knights. But their abilities were not outstanding.

In general, there were many cases where such knights, who were knights in name only, were created.

Samucheo knew that there were more than 100 knights composed only of illegitimate children.

There were hardly any capable knights.

They were all gangs of thugs who were cursed at. They were the same.

They spend all day gossiping about lewd things. Some of them even dragged Rosemary, the princess they were serving, into their dirty imaginations.

Samucheo, who heard their conversation, was so angry that he even tried to draw his sword.

“Don’t do that, Samucheo. Are you going to disobey His Majesty’s strict orders?”

Rosemary said calmly.

If it hadn’t been for her, Samucheo might have drawn his sword and cut off the heads of one or two of the knights.

Thump, thump-

The carriage window opened.

“Hoo.”

Rosemary leaned her head out of the window and took a deep breath.

The inside of the carriage is comfortable.

Due to the fine dust that has been occurring frequently in recent years, air purification magic machines have already been invented.

Air purification magic machines were put into practical use five years ago.

An A-class air purification magic machine was running inside the carriage. There would be no stuffiness due to bad air.

That’s just how she felt.

Well, she rides the carriage for 10 hours a day. She had been traveling like that for over fifteen days.

No matter how good the carriage is, the passengers were bound to get tired.

“Are you feeling stuffy, Princess?”

“A little.”

“We’re almost there. Please bear with it a little longer.”

“We’re almost there?”

“Yes.”

“To the capital, Poman?”

“No. It’s Conjuring, the first gateway to the capital, Poman.”

“Conjuring?”

“Yes, it’s a small city that focuses on commerce.”

Samucheo looked at the place where Conjuring was located.

Rosemary also stretched her neck and looked in the same direction as Samucheo.

The city of Conjuring seemed to be visible in the distance. It seemed like the walls were visible too.

But due to the unusually thick fog, it was impossible to accurately guess how far away it was.

It felt like a mirage.

Somehow…….

She felt uneasy.