Saclasi Stan Drevin
Saclasi Stan Drevin
"What the hell is this!!!!!!"
Clara burst into the office without even knocking.
"What is it this time, Clara."
She must have come to complain again about how only Sonya, the Northern Commander, got to meet Saklasi.
"Why! Why did you send Yelena-eonni as the manager for 「Raigen」! It should have been me, right?!"
Veronica thought, 'Ah, that happened too,' and explained it nonchalantly.
"The seventeenth, Sonya, is currently serving as the Northern Commander and cannot leave her post, so the eighteenth, Yelena, went instead."
"That's a lie! I already heard everything from Zhenya-eonni!"
"My, it seems you had a call with Zhenya."
Clara's argument was as follows:
It seemed the contact went through the nineteenth, Zhenya, to the eighteenth, Yelena. If that was the case, she argued, shouldn't the opportunity have come to her first, since she is the twentieth in line?
"Hmm? But why are you complaining to me about that? Clara, that's something you should tell Mother directly."
"I want a vacation! Why am I the only one here training every single day!?"
"That's simple, Clara. It's because you're still just a Lieutenant."
Boom!
Clara had a shocked expression, as if a pot had just fallen on her head.
"Th-that's just because I'm the youngest, so I can't help it! How can I be a High Rank already when I'm only 23! It's unfair!"
"Yes, you're still young, so you don't have enough time to reach High Rank. But it's difficult to send a Lieutenant-level ability user to manage another country. So, it's unavoidable that you couldn't go."
"That's such a meritocratic policy!"
"Let's talk later, Clara. I have to go to the Imperial Palace now. When I get back, I'll personally check if you've been training hard as a regular knight."
"If Eonni just gives me a vacation, everything will be solved! That's the simplest way!"
Veronica, who started to get a headache because of Clara, who always acted unreasonably whenever Saklasi's name came up, pulled out her trump card.
"Clara! I've told you countless times not to call me Eonni while on duty! That's it! I'm sending you back to the North next year!"
"The North?! Aaaah~! I already went there last year! I was wrong! Sonya-eonni is scary~~!!"
It was another peaceful day for the Imperial Southern Defender Knights.
Kalina returned to the Imperial Palace with Sonya.
It was to discuss with her other daughters the treatment befitting Saklasi.
"Archduke? Only that? That was insufficient."
Saklasi's [Wish] was off the charts.
He had traversed the frozen sea with Kalina while riding a board floating on a Dragon's Ascent.
From glaciers the size of a single apartment to those as large as aircraft carriers.
The glaciers that had been scattered indiscriminately across the sea began to clump together.
The sight of the massive glaciers moving just by him looking at them was truly a spectacle!
As if that display of power wasn't enough, Saklasi soon asked, 'The speed is slow. May I go a little faster?'
And as soon as Kalina nodded, he began to teleport by manifesting 'Mist Transformation' countless times.
A route through the frozen land, pioneered in an instant.
He cut through the giant glaciers blocking the ships with 'Boom', cleared the ice floes, and even controlled the Dragon's Ascent that Kalina was riding!
It was a [Wish] that drew admiration.
What was Kalina's state of mind as she watched this scene while riding the board as if enjoying an extreme sport?
'I wondered why he brought a board, turns out he wanted to use it like a surfboard. How cute.'
Of course, to Kalina, who already considered Saklasi like one of her own daughters, he was not a threatening presence at all.
She just wanted to talk more about Sonya and Saklasi, having heard the echoes of the Transcendent-level [Wish] abilities, 'Blood is also water' and 'Boom', together.
Even Gelya, who was the furthest away, had already arrived. For a Fire Seongwi ability user, a distance of 10,000 kilometers was only a three-hour trip.
Excluding Marina, who was in the United Kingdom, and the ninth, Janna, who was dispatched to the Azure Slug side, the main princesses who held the positions of Commander and Deputy Commander filled the seats.
The princesses who gathered were.
"Mother, the first, Gelya, has arrived!"
The first, Gelya.
"......."
The sixth, Victoria, nodded without a word.
"I pay my respects to Mother, the Sun of the Empire."
The tenth, Katerina.
"You've worked hard going to the frozen land. Mother."
The twelfth, Nina.
"I've heard the story. Are you talking about the treatment for our nephew?"
The fifteenth, Milena.
"Treatment for Saklasi, that must be an important matter."
The sixteenth, Veronica.
"Nice to see you. Eonnis."
The seventeenth, Sonya.
There were seven of them in total.
"Yes, you've all seen the article, right? Has any child seen the <Imdang Gallery> after that?"
At the Emperor's words, Gelya felt a momentary pang of guilt due to her activities as a man-chaser, but she brushed it off with her characteristic boldness.
"Yes! Mother! There are many people who nitpick about what the Imperial family does!"
Gelya's words meant, 'How dare they nitpick, shall I punish them?'
In reality, posts were appearing on the gallery that feigned concern about the fact that two-thirds of Seongwi ability users were under the command of a single Archduke, inciting anxiety about the division of the Empire and the crisis of the United Kingdom.
Those who did this were often fanatics.
In the past, there was an incident where fanatics turned the Empire upside down by posting notices that they had installed bombs in major buildings.
Catching the culprits in advance wasn't difficult, but the aftermath was the real problem. Copycats had appeared.
To use the internet, a personally issued card was essential, but the fanatics randomly distributed fake cards of unknown origin.
When the light illegal acts committed by ordinary people who got their hands on these cards out of curiosity went undetected,
They even reached the point of following the bomb terror notice posts, claiming it was just a prank.
Of course, the Imperial family was tracking all illegal users.
They had just pushed minor violations to the back of the queue, but there were those who mistakenly thought they had truly evaded the surveillance net.
Naturally, terror notices were a national priority investigation case, and it was common to find that the culprits were not fanatics after all.
Even though the Imperial family and the United Kingdom announced that they would strictly punish terror notices without exception, there was no end to the fools committing such acts.
This time, too, there would surely be those who would be swept up in the agitation and join in.
"It seems there are indeed those who speak ill of Saklasi. Even though he is not a member of the Imperial family, they are running their mouths on the <Imdang Gallery>. It must be because he has been spending too much time with us."
"I heard you all have met Saklasi. Only Gelya-eonni and I haven't seen him yet. What is that child like?"
Milena was not purely optimistic. Other things aside, isn't it too dangerous a military power for one person to lead 10 Dragon Beastkin Seongwi?
"To start with the conclusion, as Veronica said last time, I, who saw him in person, am also convinced that he is a Transcendent."
"As expected! My nephew!"
Gelya was overjoyed at Kalina's words.
"......."
Victoria nodded with a smile that was barely visible.
"He is like Saklasi. If he had been by my side, I would have pampered him."
Katerina said with an expressionless face.
"Was he dignified?"
Nina, who had told him to have dignity.
"Saklasi's power was such that dignity was unnecessary."
Even the words of Sonya, who had witnessed it firsthand.
As everyone reacted positively, only Milena was knitting her brows.
'That Katerina-eonni would pamper someone? No, before that, why does everyone like him so much?'
Worried by everyone's reaction, Milena asked.
"Ten Seongwi are loyal to one Transcendent, was he a Transcendent that Mother could easily suppress?"
"Milena, you know that even among the same High Ranks, there is a large gap."
"Yes, that is correct. Even though Katerina-eonni here and I are both High Rank ability users, there is a large gap. Is there such a gap between Saklasi and Mother as well?"
"That is the case."
"Then I am relieved. Did everyone know that Mother could easily suppress him?"
At Milena's words, the sisters looked at Kalina. It was a look asking if that was truly the case.
"It will probably be the opposite."
At that moment, Sonya, who had witnessed Saklasi's [Wish] firsthand, added quietly.
"Huh? The opposite?"
The gaze shifted to Kalina. Kalina opened her mouth calmly.
"I realized it while watching Saklasi's [Wish] directly. I am a Transcendent. And that child is, at the very least, a Transcendent."
"Yeaaah!?!?"
Milena forgot her usual soldier-like tone and was completely shocked.
"There is nothing to worry about. You will know when you see that child in person. Perhaps because we share blood, even if our appearances are different, there is no way that child would harm us."
Milena looked at her sisters as if asking if that was really true.
"I wasn't interested originally, but after seeing him this time, my thoughts have changed. I feel like I could give everything to Saklasi."
Milena looked at Sonya's words as if she couldn't believe it.
'Sonya is saying something like that?'
"Now I must tell you the reason I arranged this meeting."
"We will follow Mother's will, whatever it may be."
"I will officially declare Saklasi a Transcendent and bestow upon him the Imperial name, 'Drebin'. And I am considering a blood-nobility marriage. What do you all think?"
'!!!!!!'
Kalina's unconventional proposal!
No one could open their mouths, and they were engulfed in silence, holding their breath.
Thump! Thump!
The heartbeats of the princesses present were filling the audience chamber.
Inside an abandoned warehouse.
There were those who were offering prayers while washing their bodies in a pool filled with blood.
Truly crazy fanatics who deal with the devil, whom even fellow fanatics shun.
One rabbit beastkin fanatic willingly stuck his head out naked and said.
"Evil God, Advent."
Soon, a demon with two horns swallowed his head in one bite.
"Then, I ask of you, Demon."
"The plan is on track, right?"
"Everything is for the Advent of the Evil God!"
The pinkish hue on the plump, white curve.
Just as I was about to reach out to that mysterious place.
Ding.
The familiar notification sound rang again.
"Tsk, damn it."
It was a dream.
I, who had fallen asleep while browsing the <Water Ability Gallery>, checked my phone at the notification sound. It was a message, as expected.
Ah, no way, again? I thought as I checked it,
"Huh? I'm... an Imperial family member?"
(Gallery Owner, you're an Imperial family member starting today! Haha! The official announcement is out! Haha!)
It was an incident that would cause the gallery to explode, no, the entire Empire to turn upside down.