My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 304

304. Approaching Premonition (2)

The reason Kyle had to leave Leah.

Leah sat quietly on the sofa in the office.

As a formless ghost, the concept of ‘sitting’ didn’t really mean anything.

Yet, Leah sat quietly on the sofa.

She sat in a more womanly pose than ever before.

Leah’s usual tomboyish demeanor was nowhere to be found.

A slight tension and a visible tremor.

Her modest appearance even highlighted a bride-like aspect.

Cyan sat across from Leah.

Sitting in the office chair, he gently lowered his gaze.

Where should I start this story?

No, is it even right to tell this story?

Various thoughts swirled in Cyan’s head.

Cyan couldn’t easily open his mouth.

And Leah didn’t urge Cyan.

How much time had passed?

“Kyle.”

Cyan finally opened his mouth.

“He harbored a demon.”

And Leah’s eyes widened.

A clear emotion of surprise surfaced above her unfocused, grayish-white eyes.

Cyan met Leah’s eyes.

“Kyle tried to endure all of that alone.”

DLC Content – Kyle’s Journal.

He calmly told her all the truths he had seen and experienced there.

The story was quite long.

Because he told everything he saw as it was, without summarizing or skipping over anything.

That’s why the story became quite long.

But Leah didn’t utter a single word during that long story.

She didn’t express interjections or other emotions.

She just listened silently or remained still with surprised eyes.

-······

Leah was just listening to Cyan’s story.

After a considerable amount of time passed.

“······ In the end, Kyle had no choice but to kill Charlotte.”

Cyan was able to finish telling the story up to the last of Kyle’s memories he had experienced.

Of course, it wasn’t the end.

There were still Kyle’s memories that he hadn’t seen.

Above all, the space of pure white light he saw last.

And the unidentified man he saw inside it.

That part was still a mystery.

“Not everything has been revealed.”

Therefore, what Cyan said couldn’t be said to be the complete truth.

“But… the things Leah was curious about, and Kyle’s feelings for Leah, won’t be any different.”

However, nothing changed regarding the preceding part.

Why Kyle had to leave Leah.

Why Kyle had to show such actions.

And what Kyle thought of Leah.

-······

Leah still didn’t say anything.

She didn’t grieve, nor did she resent.

-Why… why on earth….

Leah was just confused.

If only. If only he had betrayed her.

If Kyle had abandoned Leah and left.

Personal greed.

Or if it was really because of another woman.

If Kyle had left Leah because of that.

-Why….

Perhaps she wouldn’t have been so confused.

She could have resented him comfortably and shed tears to her heart’s content.

But Kyle didn’t do that.

Kyle truly loved Leah.

And he sincerely sacrificed himself for this continent.

Perhaps, maybe.

Kyle might have been able to return to his original world at the end of all this.

Cyan couldn’t be sure because he hadn’t read all of his memories.

But if Kyle had wanted to, he could have done it.

Nevertheless, Kyle didn’t do that.

Kyle didn’t leave and left everything he had on this continent.

Cyan was proof of that.

Kyle was not the leader of the Demonic Cult or the Heavenly Demon.

He faced death as Arnaiz, the hero of the continent.

Cyan silently got up from his seat.

He felt like he should give Leah, who was confused, some time alone.

In fact, there was no need to do that.

That is, there was no need for Cyan to avoid the seat.

This was Cyan’s office, so Leah could have avoided the seat.

But Cyan slowly and silently.

Left Leah and went out of the office.

#

Immediately after coming out of the office…

“······ Where should I go?”

Cyan wondered what he should do.

No, now that he had come out.

There was no place to go.

But when he tried to do something, there was nothing to do.

Well, as the lord of Ruben, he could create something to do if he wanted to.

But thanks to the many talents being fostered and produced at the academy.

“They’re all doing well on their own….”

Currently, Ruben was running well on its own even without Cyan.

“There’s still time left until Diana gathers information.”

So, he thought about going to Elena, but….

“Eh, never mind.”

He quickly shook his head.

She must be resting and recovering from her fatigue, so there was no need to bother her.

“More than anything, it’s awkward because of what happened last time.”

None other than Elena’s confession, or rather, not a confession.

It was a very different side of Elena than usual.

The feeling was quite different from when she proposed marriage.

“I don’t know if she was serious or not….”

For some reason, it felt awkward to face Elena alone.

“Let’s just train.”

In the end, this was the only thing that came to mind.

More than anything, Cyan’s thoughts had become complicated.

The matter of the Holy Empire, and so on.

Isabel’s act of treason, and so on.

More than anything, the truths he saw while watching Kyle’s memories.

Leah was Leah, but Cyan’s thoughts were just as complicated.

And when thoughts are complicated, as expected.

“Let’s sweat it out.”

The best thing to do was to swing the sword without thinking and sweat it out.

“I’ve been neglecting training these days too.”

He didn’t have time to train because he was handling various matters in the imperial palace.

Even though the highest-level progress rate of the Demon Soul Asura Sword was already piling up.

He had to train diligently to achieve 100%.

“Come to think of it, what was the current progress rate?”

I think it was around 3% or 4%.

He vaguely remembered reaching 5% while suppressing Durak in his last memory.

“Let’s check it out.”

Cyan stretched his hand forward as he thought of it.

At the same time, the Mobile Lord’s system window unfolded above his retina.

Cyan waved his hand here and there to check the progress rate of the Demon Soul Asura Sword.

And.

[Demon Soul Asura Sword Highest Level Progress Rate 64.7%]

“Huh?”

The progress rate was a bit strange…?

Cyan rubbed his eyes and straightened his vision.

But the number in the notification window that appeared above his retina did not change.

It didn’t change even after turning it off, turning it on, and checking it again.

A whopping 64.7%.

It was a progress rate that could barely be raised by 0.1% even after training all day.

The progress rate that he barely managed to raise after suffering so much was in the 3% range.

He had seen the progress rate reach 5% in the battle with Durak.

But now it was over 60%.

“What is this…?”

Just as he was wondering.

“Could it be….”

One thought flashed through Cyan’s mind.

“Is it because I saw Kyle’s memories?”

None other than DCL Content – Kyle’s Journal.

Seeing and experiencing Kyle’s sword directly there.

He wondered if that was why the progress rate had increased.

Of course, it didn’t make sense.

But when you think about it, it wasn’t entirely nonsensical.

First of all, Cyan has absorbed the power of the dragon and his five senses have awakened.

Cyan was no different from a genius beyond genius.

In that situation, seeing Kyle’s sword, a sword used directly by Kyle and no one else, was an enormous training.

It was no different from having seen and learned the sword that was already completed.

Therefore, there was a huge difference between seeing the end and not seeing it.

Of course, it was still an incomprehensible progress rate.

“I think that’s what it is.”

That was the only explanation.

If it continued like this, a 100% progress rate was by no means a dream.

And the highest-level process of the Demon Soul Asura Sword.

Achieving a 100% progress rate in that process.

“The realm of Exceed….”

That meant stepping into the realm of Exceed.

A mythical realm like the Arnaizes [referring to a legendary bloodline of heroes] a thousand years ago.

A realm that only 6 people in the long history of the continent could reach.

Of course, he hadn’t reached that realm yet.

Also, it didn’t mean it was an easy path.

64% was just 64%. It wasn’t 100%.

Perhaps the progress rate would stagnate here and not increase.

But the fact that the realm was now visible.

The fact that the mythical realm was approaching.

“I suddenly feel motivated.”

Cyan moved his steps to the personal training ground in the basement of the lord’s castle.

#

The Holy Empire of Lutea.

The Papal State, which can be said to be the center of Lutea.

And Cardinal Alberto’s room, located in the Papal State of the Dawn Faction.

Thump!

Alberto slammed the Bible he was holding roughly on the table.

His hand, stained with anger, trembled, and his breathing became rough.

“Your Eminence, please calm down.”

At the priest’s words in the room, Alberto took a deep breath.

Even so, his mind did not calm down easily.

Alberto ran his dry hand over his face.

Only then did he calm down a little and asked the priest.

“Where is the Saintess? Where is the Saintess now?”

As a cardinal, Alberto was a key figure in the Dawn Faction.

However, the one who actually led the Dawn Faction was none other than the Saintess, Aria.

“She has not returned to the Holy Empire and is currently with Count Cyan Ruben of the Charlotte Empire.”

And Aria was not currently in the Holy Empire.

She was acting with another nobleman in another country.

A high-ranking priest with the position of Saintess.

Moreover, the leader of a faction.

One might think, where is she running off to in this chaos?

“That’s a relief.”

But Alberto didn’t think so at all.

Alberto took out a small letter from his bosom.

And he handed the letter to the priest and firmly instructed him.

“Deliver this letter to the Saintess. And tell her never, ever to come to the Holy Empire.”

“But….”

The priest hesitated and showed hesitation.

Well, it was a natural reaction.

The leader had to keep his place in such a crisis situation.

But Alberto was firm.

“There’s nothing you can do in the Holy Empire right now.”

There was nothing that would change even if Aria came now.

No, rather, if Aria came, the situation would only worsen.

To be exact, Aria would only be tied up.

The inside of the Holy Empire has rotted.

The Holy Empire was rotting from the inside.

That’s why there was nothing that could be done from the inside.

Just as the pus of the body must be squeezed out by pricking it with a needle from the outside.

In order to squeeze out the rotten pus of the Holy Empire, we must act from the outside.

“However, Your Eminence. Still, if I earnestly speak to His Holiness….”

“That Holiness is the problem now!”

Alberto couldn’t help but shout.

What happened at the council of the Order earlier.

The council where they argued over the dismissal of the Saintess.

Dawn and Dusk [referring to two opposing factions within the Holy Empire].

It was a fierce battle of words where neither side would back down….

Frankly, it was a battle of words where the outcome was somewhat predetermined.

The Dawn was to avoid the dismissal of the Saintess.

The Dusk was to undermine the Dawn’s position by bringing up the dismissal of the Saintess.

Yes, from the beginning, the Dusk did not think that the dismissal of the Saintess would pass.

That was a matter of the reputation of the entire Order, not the reputation between factions.

Even for the Dusk, the dismissal of the Saintess was a loss.

But unexpectedly, the dismissal of the Saintess was passed.

None other than the Pope, Saint Anaristo’s one word.

With that one word, the Saintess was dismissed.

It could be said to be a decision as Pope.

And it could also be said to be a legitimate exercise of authority.

So, on the surface, there was nothing wrong with it at all.

The decision was unconventional, but there were no problems in terms of procedure.

However, Pope Saint Anaristo was not originally such a person.

To put it nicely, he was gullible.

To put it bluntly, he was a stubborn old man without any backbone.

The Pope had never made such a decision before.

He would just watch Dawn and Dusk fight and say, ‘Um, let’s do that,’ when they were about to reach an agreement.

He had never expressed his opinion like that, not even once.

But not now.

“His Holiness said it was the will of God.”

He passed the dismissal of the Saintess, spewing nonsense that it was the will of God.

Alberto was also a devout priest who believed in God.

Moreover, a high-ranking priest with the title of Cardinal.

That’s why he knew better than anyone how absurd the word ‘God’s will’ was.

It could just be said to be forced.

A forced argument that can be put forward when there is no other logic or justification.

The problem was that in the Holy Empire, that forced argument was a truly powerful weapon.

And when that forced argument was no longer forced.

It becomes a justification that no one can stop.

“Do you know why the Dusk’s position has suddenly become so strong?”

Alberto asked the priest.

“It seems that the Saintess is away….”

The priest carefully opened his mouth.

Alberto shook his head slightly.

“In the past, the Dusk was referred to the Order’s trial in connection with the devil. Cardinal Rachel, the leader of the Dusk, went into hiding, and as a result, the Dusk’s position plummeted.”

Alberto continued.

“In this situation, the Saintess is away. Do you think the situation can be reversed with just this one reason?”

The priest could not answer this.

Alberto calmly turned his gaze and continued.

“There must have been an impact from the Saintess being away.”

He admits that there was an impact.

But it was of no significance to the trend.

Even if Aria hadn’t left her seat.

The current situation would not have changed at all.

The reason was simple.

The Saintess was just a Saintess.

No matter how much she struggled, she was just a human being.

She was definitely not.

She was not God.

This place, Lutea, is the Holy Empire.

A country built by those who worship God.

Yes, basically, it is a country that worships ‘God’.

Therefore, not only the people of the Holy Empire, but also the priests of the Papal State.

All of them were foolish beings under God.

Unlike the Charlotte Empire, everything in the Holy Empire is ultimately unified by the will of God.

And our God exists but does not exist.

Of course, there is no doubt about the existence of God.

God certainly exists.

But on the other hand, they do not exist.

They only exist far beyond, looking down on us.

They never, ever interfere with this world.

God does not exist in this world.

They only exist as faith.

They live here as evidence of invisible things, faith.

But if.

Really, if, if.

“What would it be like if God were real?”

The Holy Empire, united by faith in God.

In this Holy Empire, which is unified only by the will of God.

Of course, everything is unified by the will of God.

Doctrine? Ethics? Morality? Law?

Those things have no meaning.

Those things are just defined by humans.

Everything is under the will of God.

With just one word from God, all those things are torn apart.

Human reason has no meaning before God.

Therefore, if God sees evil and calls it good, it becomes good.

If God allows adultery, it becomes a doctrine.

If God allows prostitution, it becomes the morality of the world.

Ethics, morality, and laws defined by humans.

Those things are all heresy.

Even if it is close to good.

If God’s word defines it as evil, all those things become heresy and evil.

Because the real God said so.

Because God’s word is the truth of this world.

At least here, in the Holy Empire.

That’s why God must not be real.

That’s why God exists but does not exist.

They only reign and look down on us from beyond.

But, if, by any chance, God is real.

If they appear before our eyes and reveal their existence.

The Holy Empire, gathered under the name of God.

“His Holiness….”

No, it’s embarrassing to even call him His Holiness now.

He could no longer be called Pope.

The leader of fanatics who follow the real God.

Yes, right now this place is only.

“Preparing for the Holy War.”

It’s just a group of fanatics for God.

They are not possessed by demons.

If it were a demon… it wouldn’t have come to this.

But that being was not a demon.

A God who looks like a demon but is real.

Demons and Gods.

Perhaps the two are… not much different.

Therefore, under the noble will of God.

This place has become a group of fanatics moving as one.

That’s why there is nothing that can be done within the Holy Empire.

We are already unified under the will of the real God.

Therefore, there is only one way and one person to save this group of fanatics.

“Go. Go and tell the Saintess… no, tell Count Cyan Ruben.”

Count Cyan Ruben.

We must tell the only savior who can save this continent.

“We must kill God.”

Alberto spoke heavily.