170 – theorem-4

I stopped and carefully guessed the Farseer’s intentions.

In the end, in order to find out what Farseer is thinking, you have no choice but to retrace her actions.

And, in order to understand her intentions by her actions, it would be a better choice to believe the Farseer I have seen than to believe the other side of her once shown in the basement.

“That mage never… acts for no reason.”

I was reflecting on the times I had met her.

The woman I felt during the trip, and the woman after learning that I was a hero. She brought down a huge fire in the battle with the Orc Lord, she risked her life to defend her position in the fight with the White Branch, and she cut off her own arm to pierce Erinis’s barrier.

“okay…”

I heard that this body collection has been done for quite some time.

A mage like her would have always had a means of contacting the Mage Tower.

Even if he didn’t have the energy to do so on the journey to catch the demon king, after that, he would have had enough supply and magic power.

If so, assuming that she really changed or that all the images she showed me were acting, if she moved for her private purpose, which I don’t know about…

“Strange.”

The front and back don’t match.

Even if I think she’s been trying for a long time to deceive me, at least that’s what she should have done after realizing that I’m a warrior.

There was no reason for her to despise me, a warrior, during my adventures. It was too much of an idea to dismiss all the changes in her attitude as acting.

They only thought of me as ‘nothing, just a porter’, but at that time I wasn’t a human worthy of being tricked by Farseer.

No matter how late it was, by the time they fought the elves, the plan would have already been realized.

Then, Farsi means that he risked his life and fought to help the return of ‘someday I will kill’.

The elf’s arrow could have pierced her heart if it had gone the wrong way. If you were going to stab me in the back, there was no reason to fight.

Conversely, if you were going to kill me, it was an opportunity you shouldn’t miss. Because you can’t tell who the magic is for until it’s fired from that hand.

The information gap is too great. If she had thought of me as an obstacle, she could have killed me with magic flying from behind.

Even if Eleanor, Nerwen, and Farseer had no choice but to miss the opportunity, the matter of Erinis was a completely different matter.

Even if she left me in the barrier, no one would blame her.

He wouldn’t have doubted her if I told him there was no way at all, and he would have understood her if I said he couldn’t sacrifice an arm.

But she saved me anyway.

full of contradictions As expected, I couldn’t say that the Farsi language I knew had changed.

It was also strange that the arm had not been restored. He said he didn’t need it, but no matter how much he was a wizard, there was no way he wouldn’t need an arm.

With her ability, at least after returning to the Mage Tower, she would have been able to find a new arm or a means to replace it.

But even the last time she saw her, Farseer was missing an arm.

There are many things I didn’t know. somehow…

My arm, which had been wandering around, caught on the edge of the vertical lake. Memories from the past came flooding back.

Farseer’s shrill voice was heard. An angry face came into his eyes.

Ironically, I couldn’t help but realize.

It’s not what the truth is, but that all the troubles I do have become meaningless.

In the end, Farseer died. Whatever her intentions, the wizard has already left, never to be seen again.

It was pointless. Now that she was actually deceiving me, and that the truth was elsewhere, it was all worthless.

Legs were weak. I managed to get myself out of the vertical lake, but I didn’t have the confidence to stand up any longer.

Before I had time to think, I heard a knock on the door. I carefully opened the door.

“Are you done with work?”

In that moment, the captain of the guard’s face was filled with worry.

“…I think I’ve seen all I can see.”

I thought there might be other memories in there, but there was nothing I could do about it.

“In that case, I think you should come out right away. Something more important has happened.”

The guard commander’s face was unusual.

“What… are the wizards resisting?”

“They’re not particularly cooperative, and since there’s no evidence, you could say they’re resisting, but they don’t seem to have any intention of kicking us out right away.”

The captain of the guard spoke faster. Unlike before I entered this room, he seemed impatient.

“Considering how arrogant they are, just opening the door is a huge cooperation. But, that’s not the point right now.”

“What is it?”

“His Majesty the Emperor is calling. The hero himself… has asked me to come.”

It was only then that I realized why his expression hardened.

“this…”

My head was spinning. Right now, my head was too busy to solve the Farseer case.

“Emperor…”

He didn’t have a good memory, but if it’s really a situation where his life is on the edge as he said.

Finally, you may have to look at his face.

/////

His figure, lying on a large bed, looked so small and shabby.

“You’re here…”

It was so small that you couldn’t hear it properly unless you listened closely. The emperor was so frail that he couldn’t do anything without the help of the lady-in-waiting next to him.

“Did you call me?”

The ladies-in-waiting looked at me with a surprised expression, probably embarrassed by my attitude.

Come to think of it, the meeting with him was done on a thorough stand-alone basis. The old emperor didn’t seem to have the time to bite the people around him.

“Your thoughts… haven’t changed, have you?”

“Now, isn’t it a dangerous situation? If we don’t designate a successor right away…”

“That’s more dangerous. Eleanor shouldn’t be emperor. Why… she’ll explain better.”

After coughing a few times, he forced his head up to look at me.

“No, you need to rest…”

“If I settle down now, how many more days will I live?”

The maids did not give any answer to the emperor’s question.

“This is a much more valuable moment than those few days.”

His eyes met as he struggled to raise his upper body. I didn’t say anything, I just stared at him.

“Beyond that, there’s something I need to say…”

There was silence for a moment. He opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I’m sorry. Even if I say it a thousand times, it won’t be enough, but I’m sorry for you.”

“…I bet you didn’t know.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to be angry, but I didn’t want to hold him accountable in front of the dying man.

“It’s not something that can be excused by words. Your heart has already left, and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

The Emperor’s voice grew quieter.

“I won’t decide on a successor. Eleanor shouldn’t become emperor, and the children of other royal families… once chosen as the successor, they’ll consider the emperor’s seat as their own.”

“…”

“The unchosen will think they are abandoned… and then a fight will ensue. Non-negotiable, wild and brutal.”

The weight of the horse was different. I’m not talking in an enclosed space where you can only listen to me.

There were ladies-in-waiting, but also some nobles in expensive clothes. The emperor’s will would be a good cause, and if they didn’t confirm it directly, someone might manipulate it.

“Gee, are you serious!”

“No, Your Majesty the Emperor. Please…”

Before I could say anything, they made a fuss first.

“Be quiet. Isn’t Jim talking to the hero right now?”

However, this old man’s dying voice was more authoritative and powerful than all of them put together. Their protests quickly died down.

“after…”

This is an official declaration. It is no longer a confidential conversation thrown ‘only to me’.

“Isn’t there going to be a civil war anyway?”

“There will be quarrels, but at least fewer people will die. Someone will be assassinated, someone will be attacked, but the army won’t move.”

“Without a proper emperor, the power within the empire is increasing.

“I see… But there is only one successor I recognize, you, the hero. This is the last atonement I can make to you and the Empire.”

I gritted my teeth.

“It’s not an atonement, it’s a burden…”

“Even if that’s the case, I can’t help it. If that’s the case, then let your colleagues do as they please. Your choice is more important than anything else.”

“A colleague…”

“Either way, you can achieve what you want. Even if it doesn’t work out my way…”

his eyes were shut I tried to wake him, wondering if this was the end, but the ladies-in-waiting stopped me.

“Ah, you need to rest! Hero. I’m really sorry, but…”

“All right.”

A very small voice came out of his mouth as he collapsed with his eyes closed.

In a voice too small to be heard unless he was a hero, he was saying ‘I’m sorry’ to me.

“…”

For a moment, I looked into his sleeping face. It was quiet.

Before anyone else could ask me useless questions, I left the Emperor’s bedchamber.