Chapter 4
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 4
A Black-Haired Person as Thought of by the Imperial Family
Serin rubbed her own hand.
“What was that? My hand hurts this much, but he's fine?”
Although she pulled her strength at the last moment, the opponent should have been in considerable pain too.
“He didn't seem to feel pain at all. Was he just that shocked to see he was a Water Ability User?”
She hadn't expected him to become a real ability user in the slightest. She thought he was talking nonsense because he turned 21 and couldn't accept reality. At worst, she suspected he was a demon.
“I feel a little sorry. Since he's an ability user, he's 100% not a demon.”
Because demons cannot manifest abilities, Saklasi was excluded from suspicion. Serin went into her room to write a new report.
***
The despair from a moment ago, enough to make me want to die, vanished as if washed away. This wasn't the time to despair. Right now, the entire ocean is in my hands.
“I haven't become a delusional patient, right?”
I instantly created a mass of water as big as a house, which the Lieutenant-Rank Water User on the Gallery said they could do earlier. Yes, instantly.
“The Gallery definitely said it takes a Lieutenant-Rank Water User 1 minute, didn't it?”
I quickly went down to the computer room. I have no thoughts of wanting to die anymore. What rank am I? A High-Rank Water User has never appeared? I think I'm above that?
Water Ability User Gallery
Title: If you can cause a tsunami, what rank Water Ability User is that?
Author: WaterGalller
Content: And creating a house-sized water mass is possible in 0.1 seconds.
WaterGalller1: Did you just manifest your ability recently? Lol
WaterGalller: That's right.
WaterGalller1: Ah.... Don't be too discouraged lol
WaterGalller: What do you mean?
WaterGalller1: You're writing a shitpost right now lol
WaterGalller: What rank would that be possible at?
WaterGalller1: Lol looks like you just became an ability user today lol
WaterGalller: Ah, just think of it as a discussion and tell me roughly, please.
WaterGalller1: Lol roughly High-Rank? Wouldn't a tsunami be Saint-Rank? But nobody would know for sure lol
WaterGalller: Thanks.
Uwaaa! My heart is pounding! They said there hasn't even been a High-Rank Water User. Then what am I? There were many Gallery lists. I clicked on the one that seemed most appropriate among them.
Saint-Rank Ability User Gallery
Title: Please be active in the High-Rank Ability User Gallery to prevent identification.
Author: oo
Content: All users within the High-Rank Ability User Gallery are forced to use semi-fixed nicknames.
This is to prevent identification.
Thank you.
“Is the number of Saint-Rank Ability Users that small?”
Now I feel a bit stable. I'm at least High-Rank, probably a Saint-Rank Ability User! Even if I'm an orphaned, despised Soi, if I'm a Saint-Rank Water User, the story will be different. Feeling much better, I only then noticed my sweat-soaked body and went to shower, but,
“Huh?!”
For a moment, I thought I had possessed someone because my face had changed beyond recognition, but it was me. The body I saw after stripping in surprise seemed to be mine. The reason I'm not 100% sure is because it changed too much.
“If you become a Saint-Rank Ability User, do you change to the level of a complete transformation?”
The location of the moles in the private area is the same, but I saw a sculpted muscular body.
The face is also shocking. Anyone would see it as an exceedingly handsome man.
“My original features definitely remain a bit but... this face! It's fucking indescribable with words!!!”
An incredible face and body. I can sleep soundly today! Tomorrow I'll go find the person in charge and escape from here.
***
Beep—
Ah, ah, announcing from the broadcasting room. You know, right? Move it, Sois.
Huh? What's this? It was a different voice. To think there's a guy who gives off an unpleasant feeling just with his voice! And why is his tone like that? Where did the original person in charge go?
When I arrived at the Helper Office, people were whispering while looking at me. A female colleague I remembered seeing briefly approached me.
“Excuse me... Are you a senior who came here earlier?”
“Yes?”
What senior? The girl was fidgeting and couldn't sit still. Ah.
“We are colleagues!”
“Yes? It's a face I haven't seen before.... Ah! There was a unique black-haired guy among the colleagues! Uh!? This face is... uh?”
“Haha, well, you know.”
“You, you, you what the!? You're Saklasi, right?”
Did I tell her my name? The silver-haired girl looked at me and was startled. It must be because of this handsome face. I feel so good.
“Oi, pay attention.”
While I was trying to explain, I heard the voice from the broadcasting room earlier. It was a Beastkin resembling a Chihuahua.
“Nice to meet you? Not really, Sois. You don't need to know who I am. I am the person who will inherit Koopong of Busanosk someday~ Just knowing this much is enough. You know what I'm saying, right?”
He's a crazy guy. He gave an unpleasant feeling just with his broadcast tone, but seeing him in person, it went beyond looking down on us to treating us like slaves. I was thinking I should avoid getting involved as much as possible, but it seems one person didn't think so.
“Has the person in charge from yesterday been replaced?”
“Oi, orphan Soi bastard.”
Wow. This level of treatment? If I hadn't become an ability user, I truly couldn't have lived because of the sorrow.
“Yes?”
“I will inherit Koopong of Busanosk... Ah, forget it! Why would I explain anything to things like you. Oi, orphan Soi bastard. I will teach you one truth of life that bastards like you must keep in mind. If you see someone who seems to be your superior, do not make eye contact. Also, unless spoken to first, do not open your mouth carelessly.”
‘You just said two things though?’ I want to retort, but I should avoid getting involved. Seeing as he's inheriting this camp and has that attitude, he must be a noble.
Even if it's Water, if I'm a Saint-Rank Ability User, can I become a noble?
“Everyone move quickly.”
***
Serin couldn't hide her astonishment looking at Saklasi.
“What is this? The voice is definitely the same, but why did his face change like that?”
Water Ability Users are unsuitable for combat, but good for general life. They don't sweat and don't feel the heat. Above all, their skin improves. But this was the first time she heard of a face becoming that handsome.
The General Manager who knew Serin's identity was not present right now. When she mentioned Saklasi's ability manifestation, he asked Saklasi's orphanage of origin, and they said Saklasi was a non-existent person.
They definitely remembered picking him up because his black hair was unique, but they didn't know which orphanage he was from, so he decided to visit every orphanage himself today.
Because of that, the Deputy General Manager who came instead was definitely unlucky, just as she had heard.
“Phew.”
Serin went to do the loading and unloading work that was piling up to the limit amidst her complicating thoughts.
***
The one who saw Serin's talent and gave her the title of Baron was a member of the Imperial Family.
The Imperial Family are all High Elves. The High Elves are only the Emperor and her 15 daughters. Except for the youngest who was born not long ago, all are High-Rank Ability Users or higher.
The one who especially took interest in Sois and supported them was the 10th Imperial Princess, Katerina.
She began to feel anger rising after seeing the report just now.
“A black-haired Soi?”
Her chest felt tight wondering how she should report this to Her Majesty the Emperor.
Because among Sois, black hair appears only when a High Elf gives birth directly.
“Something she can't even handle...!”
Grind.
Her teeth clenched automatically. To dare disobey Mother's words.
It has been about a thousand years since the marriage of Imperial Family members was forbidden. For High Elves who live for eternity, was a mere thousand years too long?
It wasn't something to think about alone. No more High Elf suicides should occur. Thinking of an eternal life having lost a child, another High Elf who couldn't endure it must not appear.
Katerina urgently sent a messenger and requested an audience with Her Majesty the Emperor.
***
“The Sun of the Empire, the Ruler of Eternal Brilliance, the Transcendent of Fire!”
Thud!
Katerina, who entered the audience chamber, knelt on one knee with such discipline that the floor rang dully.
“You are still the same. My lovely tenth daughter.”
The person in front who received the greeting looked much younger than Katerina, who appeared to be in her mid-20s.
“The Empire's Tenth Sword. Katerina Drebovna Drebana greets the Supreme Majesty.”
It was so.
She was the only Transcendent in the world.
Kalina Drebovna Drebana.
She was the Emperor of the Empire.
“Yes, I already saw the content and know. A black-haired Soi orphan, you say?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“My daughter, Katerina. Please stop with those stiff titles. Didn't I say you can comfortably call me Mother when it's just the two of us?”
“Yes, Mother.”
“Right, that's much better. Hmm... Black hair. It can't be my daughters. To hide a growing belly, a child who went into seclusion for at least 7 months... Ah!”
“Yes. As far as I checked, it is everyone including myself, except for the youngest. At that time, there were dispatches all over the world due to the flooding of the Demon Continent.”
“There is a more likely person than that, isn't there? My eighth, I mean.”
“That can't be! Sister Ekaterina's depression is so deep she doesn't have the mind for that!”
The eighth, Ekaterina. She did not fight until death on the battlefield. She didn't commit suicide. She was just in seclusion for over 1000 years having lost her child.
“My goodness. You are always like this when it comes to the eighth.”
“I apologize, Mother Majesty.”
“Right, what does it matter who it is. They say there are no parents who win over their children, and since it is my child's child, he must be my grandson.”
“It is awe-inspiring, but Mother Majesty! This has never happened in the Imperial Family! He wasn't born from the World Tree, so how can he be of the Imperial Family...!”
“You should listen to the end, really. My tenth. I will not accept him as a member of the Imperial Family. So, treat him secretly like a nephew?”
“Se...cretly, you mean?”
“Since she disobeyed my order, it was obvious she would regret it once she gave birth, so she hasn't revealed it for 20 years whatever the reason. Even so, would she really want to ignore her child?”
“I, with all due respect... do not know well.”
“If the mother cannot reveal she is the mother, let all our daughters become aunts. The real mother among them will be satisfied. I think that might be a comfort to my eighth as well. Katerina, my tenth daughter. Can you go and cherish that child first?”
“I obey your command, Your Majesty.”
“Oh my, really. I told you to address me comfortably.”
***
“Oi, orphan Soi bastard. Did you not hear the broadcast?”
“Yes?”
Ah! I intended not to get involved! When a crazy dog that escaped its cage to bite people barges in, what on earth am I supposed to do!?
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