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Chapter 17
Glimpsing the Shame of God
The valet asked back in surprise.
"Huh? You mean My Lord is going to take her in?"
"Think about it. If what you say is true, this child can't even do what she's told properly and will keep being like this. Then you'll have to clean up after her again, won't you? Isn't that right?"
"....."
The valet's lips protruded in a pout.
Ё n̈ üm̆ ȧ. і d̂
She was actually doing exactly that, and thinking she'd have to keep doing it in the future made irritation boil up.
"You have the authority to command that child. Don't you?"
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"Yes, that's right?"
"If you had similar authority, you could tell her to get out of this house."
"Hmm... but she's a cherished child."
"She's a cherished child in words only. But think about it."
Wе ḃ n̄о̂v̊e̊l̃ Е́n̈ů m̈ а̌
Ferda seduced the valet.
"A jewel shows its flaws the more it shines. In the long run, who do you think will have it harder? Your master is now enjoying the title of Sage and living the good life. Wouldn't correcting and covering up that person's flaws be the decision of a loyal valet?"
"....."
The valet's gaze changed.
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She started thinking Ferda's persuasion was strangely correct.
> The fact that she was contemplating meant she had already folded.
W ѐ_b̀ ṅo.vеl .Е̃ nu m̈ á
Ferda decided to deliver the finishing blow.
"I'll help you make that decision easily."
Ferda took out three gold coins and placed them in the valet's hand.
"Oh, oh my! Oh my oh my oh my...!!"
The valet's eyes went round.
A full three gold coins.
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Commoners could work the fields their whole lives and still struggle to hold even a single gold coin.
She'd received a full three of them, so the valet's eyes couldn't help but spin.
'Right, to cover the master's flaws, a bastard like that...!'
The valet cleared her throat and then started rubbing her hands together obsequiously.
"Oh my, My Lord. What should I do?"
"It's simple. All words have power. You just need to give the order. From now on, tell her to abandon her name."
Ŵ е̃b̌ ñ о̇v̄ еl̈ Еnū m а̃
"Oh my, I understand. Kid. Put that down and come here!"
The girl stood up from her seat and walked to the valet's side.
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"Now, you damn kid. Listen well from now on."
At the valet's words, the girl nodded.
"From now on, you abandon your name. And from now on, your master will be this person. So follow this person from now on. Understand?"
The girl's eyes slowly looked up at Ferda.
W̄ё bǹ ov̇ӗ l Ẽ_n̂ ûmа_
Her unfocused, hollow eyes seemed to be questioning Ferda.
Ferda looked into those eyes and asked.
"Will you acknowledge me as your master?"
At Ferda's question, the girl answered.
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Nod, nod.
"Good, confirmed."
Еṅů m̃.ӓ . і́d
Ferda raised her head and looked at the middle-aged valet.
The middle-aged woman was busy fondling the gold coins.
"Since the deal is done, I'll tell you one interesting fact."
"An interesting... fact, you say?"
She got what she wanted, now it was time to tell the truth.
"Why your master cherishes that girl you cast out even though she's utterly dull."
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"Well... I guess it's because she's pretty..."
"No. Your master, Helus Povidas, likes women with large breasts. And he likes women who go 'kyahaha' laughing at stupid jokes and loving it. He's a man with a terrible inferiority complex. He has no confidence in beating smart women, so he likes empty-headed women. And even if she's pretty, there's absolutely no reason he'd like a wooden, childish valet like this."
The middle-aged valet's face gradually hardened.
She didn't know why he was suddenly telling this story, but the context of the story seemed to scream that she had made a mistake.
"What if I told you this girl is actually the source of the Wisdom Eye your master possesses? Would you believe it?"
"What do you mean? A dullard like this, how could she..."
E n̆ŭ m̀a
Confusion settled in her eyes.
The valet finally realized.
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That she had been clueless and full of nothing but desire.
And that she had fallen into a trap.
With trembling hands, she held out the three gold coins again.
"I, I'll ca-cancel it. I'll return the money, so give that child back—."
E nů.m а̂
"No. Not needed. And even if I returned it, you wouldn't leave alive."
"Wh, why?"
"You understood what I just said, didn't you? What you just heard is the same as glimpsing God's Shame. It'd be good if you understood this too."
It couldn't be helped.
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Those who peek at God's Shame must die.
The valet's face froze coldly.
Ẽñ um̆ а́
"The reason I told you this is a small favor. It means take that money and run away quickly."
Ferda advised coldly as always.
"The moment your master catches you, you'll disappear without a trace."
* * *
"Do you believe humans can suddenly gain enlightenment?"
Ferda asked Ruri.
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Ruri answered.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"I think humans live by knowledge accumulated over time, but they can't survive on accumulation alone. I think they survived because there are flashes of insight that can't be caught up to with just that accumulation of knowledge."
An opinion worthy of an immortal's attendant.
"That's partly right. But there's also a part that's wrong."
Ẅ_еb̆ n̊ о v ė l̂ Ẽn üm̆ӓ
"Which part?"
"They say you can't dig a well in a place with no water veins no matter how long you dig. No matter how much you realize, it's impossible for non-existent wisdom to spring forth."
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Ferda looked down at the names on the list.
Helus Povidas.
"This man is the same."
"Then the meaning of your words is that the Sage of Water is a straw man and..."
Е̌ n u̇ m̂ ӓ
Ruri turned her gaze.
A blonde girl of similar height to her was standing demurely.
Her eyes had no focus, so it was impossible to tell where she was looking - a face perfectly suited to being called vacant.
"You mean this vacant kid is that source?"
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Ferda made a gesture of pulling a leash and said.
"Ever heard of a Slave Sage?"
Ӗṅuḿ ǎ
Humanity stores and compresses knowledge to learn from the past and pioneer the future.
In Ferda's world where they don't clash physically, they call it that.
Predicting the unpredictable, controlling the uncontrollable.
That is the core of those who pursue knowledge, and they advance toward it in their own ways.
Combining knowledge with knowledge to derive new conclusions.
Excavating lost technology through exploration and investigation.
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Or begging gods to get desired answers.
Or stepping into forbidden realms that must not be entered.
'Among those, the most effective is definitely the forbidden realm.'
Not a god smiling, not a god kissing, but peeking at God's Shame.
This girl Ferda brought in was also one who stepped into the forbidden realm.
To possess wisdom that could shake the world required an enormous price, and that price was truly simple.
En.ū m̂ а̂
'Who am I?'
She becomes unable to ask that question of herself.
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A truly simple question, yet also everything.
Who one is connects to what one lives for, and what one lives for leads to action.
But simultaneously, because she can't think that, she also survives.
Ultimate knowledge and wisdom that can't move on its own, can't think on its own.
Е ñú m а . і d̆
The ultimate tool.
"That's how a Slave Sage is born."
"Losing oneself for power... what a truly stupid choice."
"Right, a truly stupid choice."
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Ferda muttered as if bitter.
Ruri couldn't understand why he made that expression.
Ê nūm а̂
"So what forbidden thing did she get to become like this?"
"Simple."
Ferda tapped her head lightly.
"The Library of All Things."
"The Library of All Things?"
"Would you believe this tiny head contains more books than all of Escolleia's books?"
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"....."
Ruri glanced at the girl.
An ordinary girl with not a speck of magical power, no ominous energy.
If she'd passed her on the street, she'd have thought her an idiot and just brushed past.
More books than the Library of All Things, called the collection of human intellect.
She couldn't believe it, but she didn't rebel either.
Ŵ е b̀ nоv е́l̊ Ē ṅ u m å
After all, Ferda was the one who chose, and it was Ferda's business.
"Look at me."
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Ferda instructed the girl.
The girl's eyes gazed at Ferda.
"Before giving you a name, I'll give you the highest priority command."
Ferda spoke slowly, syllable by syllable.
W е b̂ n̊о ṽ е̌l En̄ ů ma
"This command will become your breath, remembered like your heartbeat, and become an absolute, unchanging truth."
She nodded.
Ferda commanded her as if reciting a spell.
"The Ruler of Great Power, the Red Dragon, the Archduke Valdrova, is the beginning of your existence and will be your end. You will devote your life for her."
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She nods.
"I, Ferda Valdrova, as the Archduke Valdrova's proxy, hold command authority and will command you."
Ẃеb̈ n_о v̇ ѐ l̃ _Е̂ nûm̈ á
She nods.
"However, if it goes against the Archduke Valdrova's beliefs or contradicts them, you may raise an objection. If you ultimately cannot understand..."
With a very brief silence, he spoke again.
"The last resort, rebellion is permitted. Did you remember all that?"
She nodded.
"Good. From now on, your name is Mori."
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The girl was given the name Mori.
A strange vitality began to stir in the girl's eyes.
* * *
"Excluding Marquis Burnell, you've successfully recruited everyone."
Valdrova Castle's office.
"That guy will come soon too."
W̆ еḃñ о̆ v_е l Е n̂ ù ṁа
"Are you sure?"
"If I said that and he still doesn't come, I'll just have to give up."
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There was no obsession or passion like 'I must have him no matter what'.
A feeling like letting fate flow like the passage of time.
'No different from the behavior of immortals.'
Even Ruri, who clearly distinguished those two, was confused to that extent.
E n̂ ù m̈ а .i̇ d
Ruri looked down at the paper with four names and four lines drawn through them.
"So these four are it for now?"
Ferda shook her head.
"Actually, there's one more."
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"Who is it?"
Ferda wrote down the name of the person he had in mind.
Е̄ n̆ ùm̊а̂ . ī d̃
-Ruri Valdrova.
"It's you."
Ferda said that.
Ruri felt genuine disgust.
"I have absolutely no intention of standing on your side. Don't misunderstand just because we got a little closer."
Ferda didn't overlook her loyalty.
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"That's fine. That's not what I want either. Rather, it's closer to you watching and hating me just like before."
"...What does that mean?"
"If Mori leads a rebellion, you must be at the vanguard."
"....."
Ruri's expression hardened.
She was shaken even more than when she heard the word 'assistant'.
Е num а . ìd̊
"That means... I have to kill you?"
"Yes."
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"Why?"
Ferda answered.
"Unlike immortal beings like dragons, humans are destined to die someday."
"...!"
E n u m а̃
Ruri unconsciously clenched her fist tight.
It was something she herself had once said to Valdrova.
"Because they die someday, they change and their eyes grow clouded. When I become like that, I might spout excuses about doing it for the Archduke while only filling my own greed."
Strangely sad, twisted eyes.
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Those eyes slowly turned toward Ruri.
Blue eyes gazed with deep emotion.
Е̊n um̊ ӑ.ĩ d
Ruri could feel it clearly.
"So you, as the Archduke's attendant, must watch me."
This man was prepared to stake even his own life.
"So that my king, my fiancée, won't be hurt."
Ruri forced out words with trembling lips.
"...You speak like humans who don't know their place."
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An insult blurted out unconsciously.
Ruri nodded at that proposal and answered.
"Understood. Listening to you, it seems I can do that much."
"Thank you. As expected of a loyal Dragon Spawn."
"However, there's one thing you seem not to know, so let me correct it."
Ruri erased her surname.
Ѐ n̊_u mа́ .i d̆
That meant she wasn't Valdrova's Spawn.
"My real name is this."
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-Ruri Silverwind.
"Well then..."
Ruri left the office, and Ferda quietly stared at Ruri's name.
'Unexpected.'
Ё ń ǔ m̈ а.і d
The surname Ruri wrote gave Ferda quite a shock.
When a Dragon Spawn completes the Ascension Ceremony, they receive that dragon's name as their surname.
Just as Ferda became Valdrova from Rosnova, Ruri would also bear the surname of the one she inherited from.
She was not Valdrova, but Silverwind.
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'That means a Silver Dragon Spawn.'
Thinking about it calmly, it was something she could have noticed.
Е̃ n ǔm̌_å
Mobility to move in the blink of an eye.
Wind-type magic.
Everything was possible with Silver Dragon blood.
But it couldn't be, because in Ferda's mind, the pieces didn't fit.
And rightly so,
'Silverwind died by Valdrova's hand.'
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After killing the Black Dragon, Godwin, Valdrova went on a rampage.
The one who sacrificed her life to stop it was the Silver Dragon, Silverwind.
'Because of that, they're practically mortal enemies.'
The reason Valdrova became an evil dragon was also because Silverwind's faction's influence was strong.
He commanded many Spawns and had exceptional reputation.
'A Silver Dragon Spawn pledging loyalty to a Red Dragon...'
Е̇ n u m ǎ
Ferda rested her hand on the armrest and tapped her chin.
'Does that mean she's pretending to be loyal?'
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Ferda immediately denied it.
'Ruri is more loyal than anyone.'
There was no room for doubt.
She handled everything for her master who was alone, and that wasn't something that could be done with mere sense of duty.
Е́ n u m̂_а.î d
'Then does that mean she's rejecting her blood as a Silver Dragon Spawn?'
That too was denied.
Blood is thicker than water.
That saying was an even more absolute element in dragon society than human society.
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'I don't know.'
Ferda retraced her future.
Ӗ nu̇mă
Come to think of it, there were a few things that bothered her.
It was when she went to her to kill Valdrova.
'Ruri wasn't there at that time.'
The castle she built was half-destroyed, and inside the lair was only Valdrova, looking like she was just waiting to die.
Even at the moment of her death, Ruri didn't appear.
'It'd be nice to know the reason, but...'
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It was outside the realm of interest for the past Ferda, so there was no way to know.
For now, all she knew was that this loyal-as-can-be girl would someday turn her back on Valdrova.
'Might be something I need to know.'
Whether she liked it or not, it would undoubtedly bring sorrow to her partner, so Ferda didn't hesitate.
* * *
The next day, a wagon arrived in front of Valdrova Castle.
Ẅеḃn оv̆е̂l̂ Е̇ n u̇m_а̊
Marquis Burnell had arrived.
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