Chapter intermission 6
"Baronet Leon Donan, over here . "
"Yes . "
At the center of the chapel near the royal castle that his majesty has lead me to, there's a crystal-like thing with 20 sides shining blue light while floating .
His majesty is waiting in front of that floating crystal .
"Leon, this is a City Core . "
--City Core?
I stare at the City Core as if I'm charmed .
"This is the reason that makes a king and governing lords different than other nobles . "
" . . . Reason, is it?"
His majesty solemnly nods at my parroting words of question .
"That's right . The City Core draws abundant magical power from The Source, it's an artifact that exist for the purpose of letting the person who becomes its master to make use of that vast magic power . "
As if answering to his majesty's voice, the City Core flashes blue light once .
"Even if it's said that this City Core is an artifact, it's unknown if the core is made by someone somewhere . There was a certain king who once asked the gods, but the answer never came . "
"Then, just who is . . . "
"I don't know . At the very least, the method to create one is already lost at the present time . Once, the Bornean sage, Trazayuya-dono, attempted to recreate one, but he could only make a counterfeit with much lower performance at best . "
I wait for his majesty to continue his words .
I wonder what's the real intention of his majesty for showing me this artifact?
"The story has diverted, I'm sorry . "
"No, I've heard some really interesting things . "
"Although it goes without saying that this talk is a secret to anyone but the one who will succeed royalty's or lords' house . Revealing this to others is useless . "
"--I understand . "
Unpleasant sweats flow on my back .
Why would his majesty tell me such secret?
Even though I'm a relative of duke Oyugock, I'm not of the main family, and nothing more than a baronet .
Just what is the king--
"Now then, let's get back to the topic . The lord could establish this City Core to people so they could use it and uses ritual magic . Truly various magic; you could create walls that could defend against attack from high-ranking demon, attack magic that reduce armies to ashes, or climate magic that could manipulate weather . "
Even manipulating weather!
Handling enormous amount of magic power from The Source, it could even resist high-ranking demon that could equal sub-gods .
"That is like--"
I hesitate to continue the words on the verge of my mouth .
Since the words are like sacrilege against gods .
"Like a living god is it?"
However, his majesty continued to speak those words lightly .
"There is no need to worry . Gods will not needlessly interfere kings or lords . It has been decided with the covenant between the gods and the ancient kings . "
The king said so, but there was a large country comparable to the the old empire that got destroyed after angering gods .
Shouldn't we be careful not to let out many sacrilegious words?
Though a coward like me isn't able to remonstrate the king .
"The story keeps wandering off . The lord is special precisely because they could wield the core power to transcend human . "
His majesty repeat the story once again as if emphasizing it .
"The rank of the governing lords depend on the scale of The Source they control . Once, a lord raised his rank followed by numerous cities he had . "
His majesty stops talking and judge my reaction .
I timidly nods at his majesty to show my understanding .
"And then a king is a person who's followed by his lords . And then, an emperor is a person followed by kings . "
The difference between king and emperor is like that . . . I've thought that it's just a difference in naming .
I express a question that has crossed my mind to his majesty .
"Then, are guards and viceroy lords too?"
"No . They're both representatives that lords have given authority to act on their behalves . They could borrow the power of the City Core, but the master is still the lord . "
--I see .
With this I think I understand the reason why rebellion that guards and viceroy have caused in the history is suppressed .
The reason why the rebellion have been able to be quenched isn't written in the history, but after seeing this, I finally can understand .
"Also, as the holder of City Core, you can appoint new nobles in behalf of the king . "
So that's the reason why marquis Lloyd isn't able to appoint chevaliers .
I've always thought it's strange that a high-ranking noble couldn't appoint new nobles when earls of neighboring country could, but I understand now .
"[Nobles] are originally what people who control cities are called . The rank of nobles is indication of the level of authority a representative had . The one protecting the city is either baronet or a baron, the city's viceroy must be a viscount at least, those aren't just customs but in accordance to the authority level of the City Core . "
I desperately try to understand his majesty talks, but it's too difficult to understand it all at once .
"Oy oy, you should understand this . "
Ashamed with myself, I'm going to apologize to his majesty, but when I hear the majesty's next words, I get so dumbfounded, nothing is coming out of my mouth .
"Leon, today I will grant you Muno house name . Go to Muno city, release the cursed and blocked City Core, and become the new lord . "
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