Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

17 – 17.

“Ha… “

Are you talking about the karma of the ancestors?

In the first place, he’s not my real ancestor, but that doesn’t make any sense given the heir to the throne.

“Well, actually, that wasn’t a bad judgment. The damage suffered in the war wasn’t too great, and the Empire’s hegemony has become more solid since then.”

It was a dragon-like remark that regarded people who were not interested as inferior to stones on the side of the road.

Certainly, unlike masters who are extremely difficult to kill unless they are the same master, mages can be killed with a unit composed of experts if they take a certain amount of damage. Wouldn’t have

… Even I, who already sympathize with those words, is definitely not normal.

It’s unfortunate enough what Edelwein went through, but that doesn’t mean I can’t let its descendants disturb the empire.

I’m not a thinker, I’m the emperor of an empire.

“In the first place, didn’t the previous emperor order to erase all of Edelwein? But why is that descendant still alive?”

“Isn’t it Arhan’s tradition to handle things that are not meticulous? In fact, even you are not that meticulous.”

That’s… Yes.

I usually only make a big plan, and deal with the details on the fly or leave it to the discretion of my subordinates.

Perhaps the previous emperor was satisfied and interested when Edelwein was destroyed and the other kingdoms took care of themselves.

“Well, actually, that’s not that important. It can be a little annoying, but they won’t be too intimidating. Even in its heyday, the kingdom could not handle the power of the imperial family and was destroyed. What can its descendants do?”

That would have been correct under normal circumstances, but now it’s kind of annoying.

I told the Archduke what I was planning.

The goal of unifying mankind by waging war with all other kingdoms except for the Magic Tower and the Holy Kingdom.

Hearing my words, the Grand Duke said with his eyes shining as if he had heard an interesting story.

“Oh, I will unify mankind. My dear, do you think that is possible? Until now, there have been quite a few emperors who wished to unify mankind.”

“It’s not a matter of being able to do it or not. It’s a matter of having to do it. How long do you think the Grand Duke, beastmen and elves will stay still?”

“Hmm?”

“Before the Demon King’s army emerged, there were already quite a few conflicts between mankind and these races.”

“That’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“It didn’t happen in the Empire. It is the story of the kingdoms bordering them.”

“Beastmen aside, elves too? I understand that they are not interested in anything other than the great grove?”

The Elves have no interest in the world unless they directly harm themselves.

Even in the war against the demon king’s army, if one of the corps commanders hadn’t advanced into the Great Forest, burned part of the forest and killed the elves, he wouldn’t have participated.

“As you know, the Archduke, some of humanity are quite foolish. Fools blinded by the appearance of elves kidnapped some elves, and the kingdom they belonged to sheltered them.”

“Oh, you kidnapped an elf. You are a great hero.”

“I’m just an idiot who doesn’t even know what they’ve done. In any case, the elves whose people had been kidnapped were enraged and sent their knights out of the world.”

“Elf knight, that is also a name I haven’t heard in a while.”

“They sentenced the kingdom. Immediately release the kidnapped elf and execute all those involved.”

“With reasonable demands. Rather, it would be nice to see it as reasonable. But what caused the problem?”

“One of the masterminds behind that was the royal family. That is why the kingdom denied the abduction at all.”

“You made the worst choice.”

“Yes, as soon as the kingdom denied it, the elves declared war on it. The three guardian knights fought a war against the kingdom and won.”

“What happened to that kingdom?”

“Zer and Anon divided and absorbed it.”

The royal family, nobles, and knights all lost their lives, so the kingdom eventually lost its name and became the territory of neighboring countries.

I heard that there is a royal family who ran away, but I heard that they are in a situation where they have lost all their power, so they do not dare to give up their territory to Zer and Anon.

“But isn’t this clearly the kingdom’s fault? Elves are rational people, so if the kingdom had punished the ringleaders and apologized, they wouldn’t have been so harsh.”

Whoa.

Feeling that I’ve been sighing a lot these days, I replied to the Grand Duke.

“The Archduke. It’s not their rationality that matters. They have the power to destroy a kingdom without difficulty, but the problem is that the Empire doesn’t even know about them properly.”

“Even if they are not enemies of the Empire?”

I replied with a nod.

“In a situation where you don’t know about them, if you don’t prepare just because the elves aren’t your enemies, you’re relying on their rationality. That’s not the Empire way.”

The empire must always be the strongest on the continent.

If friendly relations between the Empire and other powers are established, it must stem from the Empire’s good intentions.

Even if one day the elves decide it makes sense to go to war with humanity, the empire should be able to crush them.

My eyes that said that, before I knew it, were shining purple.

Hearing my answer, the Grand Duke looked at me with an ecstatic expression and said,

“I see… My dear, you are also thick with dragon’s blood.”

Don’t forget that arrogance and continue training.

The Grand Duke, who left those words, disappeared somewhere, and I continued my training as well.

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It’s been 5 months since I came to the North.

I received several letters from my cousin Fried, but I sent them back without reading them, and I also sent back Frio, who was playing around without doing anything.

And…

I placed the cold burning flame in my hand and turned it around.

“Yongeon, is it possible to do this?”

I have attained enlightenment and escaped from the law, but I have not yet mastered dragon language.

“hahahaha, didn’t you say that the original girl would take a long time? Rather, she is more surprised that you have reached the level of a great mage.”

At first, I thought dragon language was just a means to become a great mage, but the more I practiced, the more I realized that dragon language was not like that.

But I can’t keep clinging to dragon words forever.

“Master, I am about to go back soon.”

“What, go back? Where are you talking to!”

“Where would it be, of course, the imperial castle in Jedo.”

“But it hasn’t been half a year yet… “

“It was a northern trip with the goal of raising the level in the first place. I don’t think I’ll be able to learn dragon words just by training for one more month, so I think it’s better to just return.”

“Then! I will go too.”

“Yes… ?”

What is this dragon talking about?

“Wasn’t it impossible for Master to leave the northern part?”

“Ha? What in this world can bind a dragon?”

That’s… Is that so?

“I heard that Master has never left the north since the founding of the country.”

“That’s right, there is no place I like better than this place, so she didn’t have to move.”

“Even when many emperors asked for Master’s help, he didn’t move… “

“Hey! Does the original woman need to move for the guys she doesn’t like? I have an appointment, so if she came to see me in person, she would have to help, but she didn’t have the heart to move.”

I was unable to respond to the grand duke who was brazenly speaking.

“Why are you so disgusted! Does she have any reason why her original daughter should not go to Jedo?”

As my expression hardened, the Archduke said angrily.

When I didn’t answer until the end, the grand duke looked down and blurted out his words.

“Or… Do you hate being with her original daughter? ?”

“Master.”

I opened my mouth with a straight face.

“I am the Emperor of the Empire.”

“Well, I know that.”

“No, Master doesn’t quite understand.”

To this dragon, the emperor is a descendant of the dragon who leads the country founded by the dragon. Head of humans. It must feel just like that.

“Everything in the Empire must be under me. What do you think is the reason I don’t visit the North often, and even if I do, I visit with a minimum number of people.”

“That… I thought you didn’t like her real daughter very much, but… “

“That’s because Master is an exceptional being. He respects the emperor, but he is not afraid of it, and he is not under the emperor’s control.”

“What do you mean! There’s no way she’s the original daughter to harm the Empire or you… “

“It’s just that I don’t have the will to do that. As I said the other day, the Empire and the Emperor do not rely on anyone’s goodwill.”