chapter 164
164 – Big Deal 6
A couple of Bahamut and Bertina having tea time with Selib, Chancellor of the Dragona Empire.
The story started with a simple family history.
“Ohhh… you mean you already have a newborn daughter? One more thing to celebrate.”
“Ha ha, yes. Somehow it happened.”
Bertina blushed slightly as if embarrassed.
Regarding this, the Duke of Selibe continued talking with a bright smile.
“Children are such a good thing. In fact, I also saw a late child not too long ago, so the story has been resonating with me more recently.”
“Huh… did you? Congratulations. Excuse me, but the gender…”
“It’s a son, but this time it’s not me, but he looks a lot like his mother, so he looks pretty. To be honest, I almost gave up after adopting my third child, but I really didn’t know that my wife would give birth to a third baby like this.”
“I see. It really deserves to be reduced.”
Bahamut speaks with a little intimacy from the position of a parent with a baby just like him.
To be honest, the fact that a chancellor over 100 years old saw a child with his wife, just like Emperor Roseveta, is something to the extent that it is something to be celebrated and to the point of being miraculous, but there is no need to say such a thing.
In this way, in a more comfortable atmosphere through the common denominator of parents, Bahamut continued to talk with the chancellor.
“For me, it is the first time I have seen a baby, so I feel new when I see him. I’ve been making a lot of money and doing a lot of things. There is nothing more emotional than holding a baby.”
“Yes, children are inherently like that. They are the ones who bring the greatest joy in the world, but also the greatest worries and sorrows.”
Duke Sellive speaks with a bit of bitterness.
Looking at him as if he had recalled a memory he didn’t want to recall, Bahamut suddenly began to feel a little worried.
‘Worry and sadness.. Certainly, I don’t even want to think about what happens to that child.
Bahamut’s daughter, Veronica, is currently in Schwyz under the care of Isolda.
Of course, he left after making thorough preparations to prevent anything from happening, but as the current world was certainly not very safe and it was clear that it would become even more so in the future, Bahamut was in a position where he could not be relieved.
“As you said. I had a heart to cherish my precious people from before. The child’s case seems to be different. I am always worried, and I always feel like I want to see you again.”
Bahamut nodded slowly and agreed to the duke’s words.
Seeing this, the Duke of Selibe spoke with a serious voice.
“Take good care of it. Speaking from the perspective of a senior who raised a child, not from the prime minister or duke of this country, there is nothing that allows you to feel and learn as much as the process of protecting a baby and watching its growth.”
Even though he didn’t look much different from himself just by looking at his appearance, Bahamut could clearly feel that at this moment, the person in front of him had a lot of years of experience.
“thank you. I will make sure to keep that word in mind.”
Bahamut lightly bowed his head and expressed his gratitude to his good words.
Seeing this, the duke withdrew the remaining emotions from his face, and then put on a bright expression again.
“Okay then, let’s change the topic of conversation a bit at this point. As I personally have been quite impressed with your performance in the last war, I would like to ask you a few questions in this regard.”
“What is it?”
Bahamut’s words sounded like bones for a serious voice, but Bahamut started to get a little more nervous, and the duke asked him in a curious voice.
“Listen, I heard that you have an eye for seeing the flow of the world. I heard that the high-nosed Sakiels were subdued and put under their feet, as well as the fact that they formed the Continental Alliance and defeated the Turk Empire in this war.”
“Well… it’s not that great. I was just a little bit lucky.”
“hahahaha, you don’t have to be so humble. No matter how fortunate you are, you are somewhat aware that there is a clear direction in your actions. Although it was difficult to understand at first. After all, aren’t you the one who draws a very big picture? That should be enough for you to be proud of your abilities.”
“Ah..hahahaha.. go.. thank you..”
Bahamut began to feel the sensation of cold sweat trickling down from the overestimation that made his stomach ache just by hearing it.
To be honest, the reason why he wonders about the flow of the times is because he knows all about the contents of spoilers as an avid reader of the original work, not because he has a special source of information or the same insight as genius figures.
Even that spoiler is considerably less reliable in the current situation where the advance of the Turkic Empire, which should have overturned half of the continent, has been in vain.
From that position, Bahamut automatically began to worry about what troublesome questions the Duke would ask.
‘I don’t know if I don’t know if I’ll literally be embarrassed right in front of my wife… It would be nice to ask a question that can be answered as much as possible.
At that time when Bahamut was calming down while thinking about that.
Contrary to Bahamut’s seriousness, the Chancellor spoke to him in a relatively light tone compared to when he was talking about his children just before.
“What I want to ask is this, just because this job is successful, will our Dragona Empire be able to completely subjugate this area? I don’t know what others may think, but I’d like to hear your opinion first.”
‘..they ask me even the most f*cking difficult things.’
Independent of the emotions he felt just now, Bahamut automatically outputs dual desires in his head.
In a general case, it would be the right attitude as a member of society to say that it is possible here in a good way.
For the person Bahamut knew, Selibe, such a mouthful was more likely to be poisonous.
‘It looks like they’re smiling… but there must be about ten serpents in this question. It’s not a simple story, but a question with considerable weight. then..’
In line with the other person’s question, this side also has to answer seriously.
In response, Bahamut began to frantically roll his head and struggle to find an appropriate answer.
‘If you look at it objectively… uhm… then I’d rather talk this way…’
After the transfer to another world, Bahamut finally came up with an answer that he thought was the best he could think of.
“To give you my brief opinion… it’s impossible.”
“..why do you think so?”
At Bahamut’s words, the duke seemed to slightly erase his light expression from before.
In response, Bahamut continued to speak in a serious voice.
“That is the fundamental situation. If this thing goes well, there will definitely be a big rift between the church forces on the continent and each country. Perhaps they even risk taking up arms and going to war against each other. But..”
“But?”
“This is only limited to a quarrel between the lords of the continent, and in this situation, if the Dragona Empire attacks again, there is a high possibility that they will end the conflict again and unite as before. After all, the Dragona Empire and the Turk Empire are public enemies of the continental states.”
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No matter how much you growl with each other, when you feel a sense of crisis, it is human psychology to organize your surroundings and unite.
Of course, I don’t know if this conflict lasts for a long time, but it was still difficult to be sure about that part.
“In other words, if you attack the surroundings for no reason, I think it will only serve as an opportunity to ruin the plan. It’s a pity, but it won’t be easy to fully plan the countries in the west, although some gains may be made.”
“Hmm… That sounds like a valid story, and that’s what I was thinking to some extent as well. If so, what should we do to get the most out of this situation?”
“Yes it is..”
At this time, Bahamut threw a story that honestly did not contain much meaning.
He simply told what he thought was the best story.
But. he didn’t know
This word he threw… about what results it will bring in the distant future.