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Chapter 46
Vain Hope
Leaving behind Vernel with a face fallen into the void, Ferda conversed with Count Consilirus.
"About the Grand Council......."
The topic of conversation was the Grand Council attended by all high nobility.
"I heard the answer that they'd like you to participate in that matter."
"Ah, good. To think a voice worthy of representing the Far East would finally emerge......."
W̊е̊ b̊ n̄ о v̈ ӗ l̃ Е̂ ń ǔ m̈ а
A single tear dripped from the corners of Consilirus's wrinkled eyes.
"My apologies. As I age, I find myself tearing up more easily."
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"Pay it no mind. They say only those of duke-rank or higher may attend. Do you know about that?"
"I can't say I know it inside and out, but I'll rack my brain to answer your questions as best I can."
"What do you think my standing will be there?"
Consilirus exhaled at that question, choosing his words carefully.
Ŵé bn о v̀ e l̊ Е̃ ň ü ḿ ȧ
It was undoubtedly not good news.
"To speak frankly, it won't be good. You're still a novice regent of less than a year, and young at that. Moreover, you hold the position of a proxy, not joint rule. To interpret that for you......."
Consilirus stroked his beard, acting the haughty noble as he replied.
"It'll feel like putting a real sword in the hands of a greenhorn who should be handling a toy sword, just for a trial."
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"Do you see it that way too?"
Ferda threw a sharp question.
Еn̆ üm̆ а̀ . і̄ ḋ
Consilirus laughed heartily.
"How could that be? Though you have immature aspects, seeing you seek my advice for the Grand Duchy's development, I know at least that you sincerely wish for growth."
"Glad to hear you say that."
"Anyway, only five people including attendants may enter the White House, Blancaros's neutral zone. Bringing unnecessarily large entourages is forbidden."
"Nothing's more unsightly than showing off before a chrysalis. Do most nobles fill all those slots?"
"They do. Attendants dress as attendants, heirs dress as heirs, showing themselves off. If you wish, I'll attach my knights as escort and prepare for you to attend in maximum splendor."
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"No need."
Though a noble's face is said to be important, he didn't want to compete with fake smiles and ornamentation.
"If there are people you wish to bring, fine. But couldn't you take at least one of ours? They won't smear the Grand Duke's face."
Ferda frowned.
He was sick of the nobles' rhetoric of hiding their true intentions and slyly slipping in requests.
"I hate beating around the bush. If you trust me and I trust you, speak plainly. What's the goal? You want me to take you?"
En̄um̌ а
"What glory would this old man seek by showing his face at the Grand Council? Ahem......."
Ferda threw a fastball, and Consilirus coughed dryly with a shamefaced expression.
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"You know the knight Arwen, yes?"
"Your knight, you mean."
He was a knight they'd met often since the first encounter hunting the bear monster, who had even escorted them to the Empire.
"I wish for that child to witness the Grand Council."
En̂uṁ а
"Give a mere knight experience?"
"He may be a mere knight, but he's loyal and his chivalry is exemplary. Perhaps because he's served only the Far East all his life, his horizons are narrow, which is a pity. He's never seen proper things. I thought showing him the wider world at the Grand Council would provide stimulation."
Count Consilirus's request was unprecedented even among nobles.
Bringing a mere knight to the Grand Council to broaden his horizons.......
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One might wonder if they weren't blood-related.
"By any chance, what's your relation to Arwen?"
Е ǹū ma
"Hoho, of course we're strangers. A relationship where I once saw him on a battlefield, forgotten in my memory, but unforgettable to the child."
Consilirus has no family.
Precisely, they all died.
His wife died, then his son died, and he gave up on remarrying.
And he voluntarily stepped into the Far East.
To the childless Consilirus, Arwen would be like a son.
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"Understood. I'll bring Arwen."
"Thank you for humoring this old man's useless stubbornness. Anything else you're curious about?"
"What do you think about submitting an agenda item to the Grand Council?"
"An agenda....... Of course, since you have equal authority, no one would object......."
It was worse than when he'd asked where Ferda's position stood.
"Beyond 'not good,' it could backfire. Higher probability of making enemies than allies."
W̊е̄ b́ n.ō v е l Е̇n̂ ū m а̄
"Doesn't matter."
Ferda's face was set with determination.
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"Forgive me, but may this humble one hear what that agenda is?"
"I'll ask there whether calling Valdrova an evil dragon is right."
"Valdrova......."
Consilirus reflexively brought a finger to his temple.
Еñ ǔ ḿа̇ . і ď
"You know she's not an evil dragon, don't you?"
"Of course. I can't say I know her well, but I know at least that her nature is nowhere near as wicked as the rumors."
"The reason she's designated an evil dragon is because she can't suppress her own nature. Isn't that so?"
"As far as known...... yes."
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"But what if that boiling nature can be suppressed?"
"If her blood qi can be suppressed and she has no intent to harm humans, the false charge of evil dragon could be easily shed. But it'd be best not to expect too much. There won't be anyone at the Grand Council taking Valdrova's side."
W е̃b_n о̃v е̌ l̀ Е̌ nù m ӓ
"Then we just change that. Of course, if they're convinced by my explanation and still only insist......."
Killing intent filled Ferda's eyes.
"They'll naturally have to present the corresponding answer or price."
Consilirus's Adam's apple bobbed greatly.
That suffocating sensation felt at first sight.
Those were the eyes that killed Tesalos Wolcheo without blinking.
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"The conference hall is Blancaros's domain. I pray no violence occurs."
"Don't worry. I'm no fool."
Ferda rested his chin on his hand.
One month from now.
Attending the Grand Council are nobles of duke rank and above, and kings.
'And dragon spawns.'
Ẇ e ḃn о_ṽ е̇l E n̈umӑ
Representatives of absolutes who can flip a nation whole.
It's human society, and simultaneously jumping into dragon society.
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If Ferda, who must handle both, isn't burdened, that'd be a lie.
Still, he had to do it.
That was the meaning of Ferda's existence here.
* * *
E̊ñ umå
Ferda decided on his companions.
First, the knight Arwen as Count Consilirus requested.
Jed Swallow, excellent at being a figurehead.
'Three including me should suffice.'
Three would match the nobles attending the Grand Council, but Ferda didn't bother filling the quota.
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Bringing other lords didn't suit his temperament, and they didn't dare ask either.
As he was thinking they'd go as three, an unexpected figure approached Ferda with a request.
Е̃n̊u mа
"I'll also accompany you to the Grand Council."
It was Ruri.
Ferda told her.
"There won't be anything tasty there."
"Do you take me for a pig?"
"You pig-do—."
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"Say something weird again and I'll scrub you down once more."
Ferda shut his mouth.
She was a woman who did what she said.
"At least I won't do anything to harm Ferda-nim's dignity. So will you permit it?"
"I'll say it again. You going there won't do any good. Silverwind participates regularly, they say."
Silver Dragon, Silverwind.
Е ňu ṁ а́
Ruri is not Valdrova's spawn, but a Silver Dragon inheriting Silverwind's blood.
Silver Dragon spawns hate Valdrova.
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Because she killed Silverwind.
The regent displeases them, so what about Ruri, a Silver Dragon spawn?
To them, Ruri's existence is no different from a traitor.
There was no reason for her to insert herself into a place where she'd hear nothing good.
E̊ n̈ ů m̂а̌.і̇.ḋ
Contrary to Ferda's thought she'd understand well enough, she reacted differently.
"That's precisely why I'm going."
Hearing those words, Ferda's face grew more serious as he asked.
"Then clearly state your purpose for going. Don't think of hiding it from me."
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Ferda's voice turned fierce.
"......I just want to exchange information."
Е̊nú mа
Ruri mumbled something in her mouth and replied thus.
"I've been living too cut off from Silverwind until now. I need to check if they still hold a grudge against my lord."
"No need to even check that."
Ruri is a dragon spawn.
A Silver Dragon spawn at that.
Meaning she knows Silver Dragons' thinking better than anyone.
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"They won't harbor goodwill toward Valdrova."
"Much time has passed; that hatred may have subsided."
"When a dragon holds a grudge, it doesn't stop. You know that too, don't you?"
Dragons don't give up on revenge.
Even if the grudge-holder dies, it passes to the next generation, becoming the target of that revenge.
Silverwind will never forgive Valdrova.
W̃ e b́ n̈ ǒv̄ е l̆ Еṅ um̃a
Ruri, skilled enough as a dragon spawn, couldn't not know.
"Still, I just want to try talking."
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Ferda looked into Ruri's eyes.
She too wanted to hang on to hope named 'what if'.
"No."
Ferda's eyes coldly drew the line.
Ẁ е̊ bn̊ о̌ v̊ é l Еn ŭḿ â
Precisely because of that, no.
Because he knew that hope had no prospect.
"We three are going, so you stay here and guard the place."
Ruri's body shook greatly.
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True feelings desperately masked by a poker face.
Yet deep resentment was felt.
Ë n û m̂a ..і̆ d̄
"......Understood."
Ruri left without even a greeting.
* * *
Ferda occasionally attempted the cultivation method again.
Entering a focused state to awakening was perfect.
But there's no Red Circle rotation to support it.
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'What's lacking?'
If vengeance is lacking, fill it with vengeance.
For that, Ferda envied those stronger than himself, striving to fight against their status and power.
But how does one fill this heart?
Every year, every month, every day, every hour, every minute, every second.
Is it only fulfilled by looking at her alone?
Е̇ǹu m̂ a . і̀ d̆.
'Fulfillment.......'
A laughable word.
Greed isn't thirst.
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Once thirst disappears, only an even greater thirst takes its place.
Fill and fill and repeat that thirst, and before you know it, reason falls as a tool to satisfy that desire.
Ferda did vengeance for vengeance's sake, killed countless people.
Emotion springs wholly from Ferda's heart.
Е ṅu m̂ а
That's why the more urgently he tries to resolve this emotion, the more he's bound to fall into the wrong path.
'What exactly is lacking?'
He closed his eyes and quietly entered his mental world.
Her face.
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The biggest desire was to see the face he'd encountered just once more.
But Valdrova won't show her face.
Е nu m̄ а̌ .іḋ
She has anthropophobia.
So he erased that thought from his mind.
This will someday devour himself.
"......As expected, meditation isn't my constitution."
He was a man more accustomed to filling than emptying his mind.
Better to fill other stray thoughts with a walk than sit filling delusions.
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Thus Ferda rose from his seat.
The time was late night with the moon tilting west.
Filling the quiet corridor was blue moonlight.
Ferda stood by the window, looking up at the moon.
It was a full moon.
"Anna Rosnova."
Ŵ е̂b̆ nоv̊_е̄l Е̂ ṅ um̀ a
A name flowing out like breath.
It was his mother's name.
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On nights when the full moon rose, he always thought of his mother.
Ferda disliked nights since childhood.
He imagined monsters lurking in dark shadows, fantasizing about them pouncing on him.
Of course, he still didn't like nights.
W е̂b̈n̂ ӧ_v е l̊ Еñum̆a
Because whenever Ferda unwittingly faced danger, it was always night.
Even hating such nights, looking up at the moon gave him what little comfort he had.
The thing shining brightest in the darkest place was the only way to recall his mother's faint smile.
Until the moment he was consumed by vengeance,
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He'd found his comfort there.
'Mother.......'
Beautiful mother with blonde hair and blue eyes.
E̊n u m̈ а
Ferda filled himself with that thought.
To distance himself a little from obsession and view himself objectively, he filled himself with his mother's existence.
That was when.
Footsteps walking down the long corridor began to be heard.
Clank-clank, clank-clank.
In another castle, one might think it a patrolling guard or knight.
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But the only one who can patrol Valdrova Castle is Ruri.
And Ruri wore a maid uniform, not armor.
'Which means.......'
Ferda doubted his own thoughts.
That such an absurd thing couldn't happen at this timing.
Yet the approaching sound and revealing silhouette convinced Ferda.
What emerged from the darkness was Dragon Dragoon armor.
Е ñů m̆а̀
The only one who can wear that and roam this castle.
My fiancée.
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Valdrova.
She was right before his eyes now.
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