The Rebirth Of The Hero’S Party’S Archmage [EN]: Chapter 265

#10 The Empire’s Prime Minister’s Epilogue

Life had been rough ever since I was appointed to the Magic Tower.

I had been busier than ever since taking over from Seigan Wolf Blado.

Seigan seemed to have regained a considerable amount of health since I rescued him from Beshan Sidug.

“Just you wait, Rain Ludwig. While you’re buried in this wave of work, I’ll come back stronger. Then we’ll settle the score again.”

The work was divided into three parts: general administrative work, attending the Imperial Council, and deciding on the overall governance of the Empire.

I was plagued by hard work, getting less than five hours of sleep each day, but I was never late for an official schedule.

“It’s time to wake up. If you don’t get up now, there’s an 87% chance of trouble. There’s a religious service this morning. You must wake up immediately.”

That’s because I had Mir’s alarm clock (Mir doesn’t sleep even two hours a day).

The day begins with a white, delicate, fern-like hand shaking my body.

Akhi and Nene are still sleeping in late today… I’m proud of Mir for not learning bad habits from those sisters.

“Then let’s go today too, Mirmir.”

Mir acted like a secretary, coordinating Rain’s schedule and stamping various minor tasks.

She started walking on two feet faster than her sisters, and now she always carries a high-level ancient book that is half the size of her upper body.

“My name is Mirngardia. It’s a dragon word meaning wisdom. It’s not Mirmirngardia. Such a dragon word does not exist. I demand correction.”

“Mirmirmir?”

“It’s not Mirnmirnmirngardia either. Is your hearing damaged that you can’t hear me?”

“Mirmirmirmir?”

“???”

“Hehehehehe.”

“Laughter? Brain damage is suspected. High probability of epileptic seizure.”

“That’s not it.”

Because she was so cute, Rain ended up messing up Mir’s hair again. Mir was silent.

With her dragon eyes surrounded by pure white eyelashes and skin whiter than the first snow of winter, Mir, who looked like a doll, was a hit everywhere she went.

Even if someone stroked her head or pinched her cheeks, she was as quiet as a doll, but her wisdom was so amazing that even the Empire’s scholars were at a loss.

Watching her being loved by everyone was a happiness and a pride.

I wished the Dean and my parents had felt the same way when they looked at me.

“Then Mir, I have to go to court, so wait quietly.”

In contrast to Mir, Nene was full of energy… or, to put it badly, a troublemaker.

I used to think that the difficulty of raising children was spicy for Akhi, medium for Nene, and mild for Mir, but that was not the case at all.

The spicy one was not Akhi but Nene! Compared to Nene, Akhi was cute.

“Nene is missing? How did that happen? Where?”

One day, while on patrol, Nene disappeared, and my heart almost burst.

The place where I found Nene was the sewer.

But as soon as I arrived at the sewer, an unbelievable sight unfolded.

“Justice!”

“Justice!”

“Justice!”

It was strange enough that dozens of goblins were imitating human words with their bizarre vocal organs, but they were even cleaning the sewer!

In each of their irises, the same cross-shaped pupils as Nene’s eyes were floating. They had been brainwashed.

And Nene was waving her fist and lecturing the goblins.

“Eating without paying is evil! He who does not work shall not eat is justice!”

“Justice!”

“Justice!”

“Polluting the sewer water and causing trouble to people is also evil! Doing work fairly is justice!”

“Justice!”

“Justice!”

“No matter how hard it is, we do it with evil and guts! We release the evil in our bodies with a powerful shout to the front! Execute, evil!”

“Aaaaaaaaaaak!!!”

When I heard the inside story from Mir, who could be said to be an accomplice, it was like this.

Nene, who can read people’s minds, came here after reading the city manager’s petition to relieve Rain’s heavy workload.

Even though I knew her good intentions, I had no choice but to get angry at that time.

“Do you know how worried I was? What if you disappear without saying a word!”

“Ugh…”

“Rain, Nene did it with good intentions, so stop it.”

Nene, with tears welling up in her eyes, was small and frail, unlike Akhi, who had been trained in martial arts at a similar age.

“I was so worried…”

I’m worried, worried, and worried again.

Could I really leave these guys in this world and leave… like the Dean, could I send them to that distant world?

That’s why the other task, the inspection task, was to look at the site and treat the sick and injured, and at the same time, to find the relics of the gods.

‘There must be a way. A way I can do something more for these guys.’

Then I found a relic site hidden in each peak of the Eternal Mountain Range in the eastern part of the Empire.

They were buried under the ground of the peaks with a uniform appearance, but I couldn’t know their use.

Mir interpreted the letters of light that floated above the ground.

“Tarhye Rondel.”

At that moment, my eyes widened.

With the sound of machinery meshing and rotating intricately, the relics rose majestically from each peak all at once.

They were in the shape of unremarkable pyramids, but there was a strange hole in the center where the hand could reach.

Miria, who was looking at it, said.

“This looks like a place where a sword goes in?”

“Sword?”

“Yeah. About the size of a longsword? The shape of the hole is the same as the blade.”

Tarhye Rondel…

I didn’t know what it was for or why it was built, but I marked the location in case the three siblings might need it later.

I was watching the three siblings rolling around in the wind that caressed the grass and trees when Miria said.

“Are you in a bad mood?”

“I don’t know what the First Pillar [likely a high-ranking member of an opposing faction] or the Old King are doing now, but I feel like there’s nothing I can do.”

The black magicians, who used to crawl out like cockroaches when I wanted to live peacefully, were all gone…

“Rain, do you know how old Akhi is now?”

“Of course, I know.”

“She’s only three years old. She’s only three years old, but she’s already like that. What do you think Akhi will be like when she’s ten years old, when she’s thirty years old?”

Akhi is a possibility.

A being that made me know the possibilities of the world. The world that Rista spoke of 300 years ago itself.

“So don’t worry too much. If you’re just sighing, the kids will be anxious.”

Is it okay to do that?

I just feel more and more sympathetic to Karenden’s heart every day. I want to pass on a world without war…

Still, this situation was nothing compared to what happened in my third year as Prime Minister.

“Now that the Empire has regained stability from the threat of the Abyss [a source of dark magic and chaos], I intend to launch a new integrated educational institution.”

The matter began with a statement by Emperor Raida Aigin, and first, the members of the Imperial Council questioned it.

“What do you mean by an integrated educational institution?”

“As you know, mixing citizens whose dichotomous way of thinking between nobles and commoners has already been established is something that cannot be done rashly.”

“That is so.”

“Then, at a young age, that is, before the minds of those who will be responsible for the next generation harden, we have no choice but to instill a new way of thinking.”

“Your Majesty, in short, do you mean that you will gather students regardless of their status and educate them in one place, like any other magic school?”

“You saw it right away.”

“Please reconsider, Your Majesty. We expect a great backlash. We cannot even guess what kind of backlash will come from the electors [powerful nobles with voting rights] in particular.”

“Am I the sun of the Empire, and I have to be aware of the electors’ eyes?”

“That’s not what I mean…”

“Magic Tower.”

The name of the person who had the honor of sitting to the right of the Emperor’s throne was Rain Ludwig.

The Magic Tower of Hwanghasamuseong [likely a title or organization] and the white-haired beautiful young man who is the Prime Minister of the Empire.

The magic world calls him Yonghyun.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Enroll your daughter in the elementary school of the integrated educational institution.”

A moment of silence flowed.

It was the first time the ministers had heard the Magic Tower, who was famous for handling all tasks skillfully, speak in a daze.

“Yes?”

“You have a daughter, Setsnen. She’s an example.”

“If you want to set an example, shouldn’t Your Majesty take the lead?”

“I really want to, but what can I do when she’s still in the Empress’s womb?”

Raida Aigin married Krista Warden, the successor of Warden’s Count and a rising star in the magic world, to expand his influence to the eastern part of the Empire.

– It’s a political marriage, so there are only a lot of bad things, but, heh, it’s very good that you can’t escape from me in front of me?

That guy who used to chatter noisily next to me is the Empress…

Now, every time I meet her, I have to salute politely, which is very uncomfortable.

She even used her position as Empress to order me to guide her magic education.

‘I don’t have any children yet, you Emperor’s child.’

It was already a well-known fact that Akhi was a Red Dragon, but it was still a secret that Setsnen and Mir were dragons.

It was fortunate that the two of them were growing slowly.

“If Yonghyun’s daughter is enrolled in an educational institution, the great nobles will send their children to the educational institution as if they were competing with each other.”

“…”

“Of course, with the secret mission to build a network with your daughter. It hurts my heart to use innocent children, but this is all for the future of the Empire.”

“…”

“Of course, there are no special cases. Your daughter must also take the exam and enter.”

I’m screwed.

That’s all I could think of.

As a result of watching Setsnen after returning to the continent…

– Forcing studying is evil! It is justice to let the new children of the new country sleep on time!

– If you only have a heart that loves justice, studying is unnecessary! Setsnen’s life is only justice!

– Studying is evil! It’s evil because it makes Setsnen, the incarnation of justice, so painful!

But I couldn’t disobey the Emperor’s order in front of everyone, and above all, looking at that human’s expression, he was serious.

“I am sorry, but may I ask for one petition?”

Then I have no choice but to refuse in a roundabout way.

“Speak.”

“I would like to enact the Akhi Protection Act, so please approve it.”

“Akhi Protection Act?”

“As you know, there are many bugs… citizens who stick to Akhi these days. I want to legally protect Akhi from them.”

The Emperor looked at the ministers with a dumbfounded laugh.

“Listen, everyone. The Magic Tower is now compiling a very great law. Now, tell me.”

If it were another councilor, he would not have made such a playful statement in front of the Emperor, but the fact that the two were friends was already famous throughout the Empire.

“If a man looks at Akhi for more than 3 seconds, he will be sentenced to 3 years in prison. The prison sentence will be extended by 1 year for every 1 second of looking time.”

“I approve.”

Did he accept this?

Is he going to go all the way?

“Yo, Your Majesty?!”

While the ministers were blankly opening their mouths, Yonghyun raised the stakes.

“If you talk to Akhi, you will be sentenced to 10 years in prison.”

“Hmm, I allow it.”

“Your Majesty!!!”

Emperor, you bastard…

Then I’ll go with the ultimate move.

“If you dare to propose to Akhi, you will be executed.”

“I allow it.”

“Your Majesty, I asked for it, but I dare to ask again, are you serious?”

“Of course. Doesn’t the Emperor have absolute immunity? I’m thinking of recommending the Emperor’s concubine to Akhi, what do you think?”

“I dare to say that I am very worried that the Empire will be erased from the map that day.”

What a rebellion!

If another vassal had made such a statement, he would have been beheaded for treason.

However, the Emperor and the Magic Tower only looked at each other, and soon the Magic Tower sighed and bowed his head.

“I will do as you say. However, I don’t think I can give you an assurance as to whether Nene will pass, so please understand.”

As I left the council chamber with a deeply troubled face and walked along the imperial corridor, Akhi and Miria approached.

“Why do you look like that?”

“Dad’s expression is not good.”

Miria could freely walk around the Imperial Palace as a bodyguard and a married partner on paper.

“Well, I’m in big trouble.”