Translated by Appleot
Edited by Appleot
Episode 22.1
Imperial Palace Banquet with the Duke (3)
“…Then apart from that, let’s all enjoy the banquet. Hahaha.”
When the boring emperor’s opening speech ended, thunderous applause and cheers poured in. As the applause gradually faded, the orchestra’s sound started playing. The emperor sat side by side with the empress on a splendid chair on the podium.
‘Considering the normal voice of the emperor… Is Humanus’ authoritative voice from his mother? I’ve never heard of this.’
On behalf of the emperor and his wife, the banquet began in earnest when Crown Prince Humanus danced his first dance with his fiancee, Rainier.
“Duke Prasidus! Hello!”
A slender muscular man whose clothes were about to open due to his body shape came toward us pretending to know Serpence. He’s Count Kertu Pgnuto, a standing member of the Advisory Council. As you can see from the absence of a baptismal name, Count Pgnuto was a family that did not possess divine power, which was rare for a great aristocrat.
A long time ago, Count Pgnuto was awarded his title of today due to his contribution in an old war. Since he was not born with his divine power, he got auror through pure training and strong martial arts by building it up through practice.
『Auror is a more overpowering power than divine power.』
As far as condensing divine power, Aurors have the upper hand in pure destructive power. As a result, in the case of a war between humans, the Auror side was more advantageous than the divine power if the auxiliary aspect was excluded.
‘It must be said that the main villain is the devil and their worshipers…’
Well, the divine power is strong in this world.
The only downside of divine power is that it has a clear innate limit, isn’t it?
Whether the universal gravitational force also acts on the divine force, the divine power has the characteristic of gradually increasing over time without much effort.
‘That is, the first innate mass. The greater the amount of divine power, the more advantageous it is.’
If you are born with the size of an ant, you will end up with ants for the rest of your life. Of course, like other abilities, it can be developed through enlightenment, but enlightenment does not come regularly once a month.
‘Isn’t there too much favoritism in this neighborhood?’
On the other hand, although natural talent cannot be ruled out, Aurors have the advantage of being able to grow as much as someone wants with effort. For that reason, it is said that if the divine power is vaguely present, it is often left away and instead the person would train in Auror.
“Long time no see, Count Pgnuto. I heard that your son got married last week. It’s late, but congratulations.”
“Haha! Thank you! It was so hectic, I wonder if it’s time for me to step back…”
“No, the Count is still needed for making corrections. What are you saying? I also wanted to attend, but unfortunately I was busy with work…”
As Serpence had said, Count Pgnuto was needed. There’s a bit of gray on his head, but someone can see his muscles moving slightly beyond his tailcoat. He has a visual that makes him look like he’s going to cry out, ‘Let’s get a match!’
“I understand! Well, if you still want to apologize, can I ask you to play a match against me?”
…wasn’t it just a visual thing?
Now that I think about it, it seems that he has approached us for that purpose from the beginning. When I said that I was familiar with the surname ‘Pgnuto’, it was the interest that suggested his active participation in the advisory council rather than him asking for a fight with Serpence.
“Yes, please visit the duke’s house sometime.”
Serpence readily accepted.
“Then, tomorrow!”
“This month, because of the subjugation, I have a lot of schedules…”
“Ah, ah-! Sure. I forgot for a moment.”
If it’s a subjugation, is it the Volta Mountains?
Most of the monsters are trapped in the Volta Mountains where the Holy Barrier is placed. The reason is that the magic cores stagnating under the Volta Mountains continue to create monsters.
Sometimes it is artificially created by the actions of black magicians or summoned from the demon realm, but that is out of suspicion for now.
There was no magic core from the beginning.
Originally, weak magic was spreading across the continent. It is said that some mad warlock absorbed them all and condensed them together to become a demon king.
‘Isn’t it the setting that monsters that were naturally occurring all over the continent were created only in the Volta Mountains?’
Well, it is said that they are stronger than before, have higher intelligence, and even have a sense of unity… As a result, I don’t know if it worked or not.
Anyway, that warlock was executed by the master of the previous holy sword. The owner of the previous generation of the holy sword spread barriers across the mountain range with the power of the holy sword, and it is said that the church is currently managing it.
Still, if the monsters keep multiplying, the barrier will be affected, so it is said that they have to go to the boundary at regular intervals and lessen out the number of monsters appropriately…
I think the schedule is within this month.
“Then will you be okay with it during the next month?”
“You’ll know once it’s done, but I think it’ll be fine.”
Serpence answered with a great pretentious smile. I thought that he had readily accepted it earlier, but I thought for a moment that maybe that wasn’t the case. However, Count Pgnuto didn’t seem to think so, so he moved to enjoy the banquet with a very satisfied expression.
“Then I’ll see you at the next advisory meeting!”
When the huge Count Pgnuto, who was over 2m tall, disappeared, the scholar-style nobles rushed to surround Serpence. The momentum was so strong that, when I came to my senses, I noticed I was swept away from Serpence without realizing it.
At a glance, it seemed as if they were discussing the commentary ‘Interpretation of Theology from a Magical Perspective’ published this time.
‘…what do I do? I should just enjoy the buffet.’
Translated by Appleot
Edited by Appleot
Episode 22.1
Imperial Palace Banquet with the Duke (3)
“…Then apart from that, let’s all enjoy the banquet. Hahaha.”
When the boring emperor’s opening speech ended, thunderous applause and cheers poured in. As the applause gradually faded, the orchestra’s sound started playing. The emperor sat side by side with the empress on a splendid chair on the podium.
‘Considering the normal voice of the emperor… Is Humanus’ authoritative voice from his mother? I’ve never heard of this.’
On behalf of the emperor and his wife, the banquet began in earnest when Crown Prince Humanus danced his first dance with his fiancee, Rainier.
“Duke Prasidus! Hello!”
A slender muscular man whose clothes were about to open due to his body shape came toward us pretending to know Serpence. He’s Count Kertu Pgnuto, a standing member of the Advisory Council. As you can see from the absence of a baptismal name, Count Pgnuto was a family that did not possess divine power, which was rare for a great aristocrat.
A long time ago, Count Pgnuto was awarded his title of today due to his contribution in an old war. Since he was not born with his divine power, he got auror through pure training and strong martial arts by building it up through practice.
『Auror is a more overpowering power than divine power.』
As far as condensing divine power, Aurors have the upper hand in pure destructive power. As a result, in the case of a war between humans, the Auror side was more advantageous than the divine power if the auxiliary aspect was excluded.
‘It must be said that the main villain is the devil and their worshipers…’
Well, the divine power is strong in this world.
The only downside of divine power is that it has a clear innate limit, isn’t it?
Whether the universal gravitational force also acts on the divine force, the divine power has the characteristic of gradually increasing over time without much effort.
‘That is, the first innate mass. The greater the amount of divine power, the more advantageous it is.’
If you are born with the size of an ant, you will end up with ants for the rest of your life. Of course, like other abilities, it can be developed through enlightenment, but enlightenment does not come regularly once a month.
‘Isn’t there too much favoritism in this neighborhood?’
On the other hand, although natural talent cannot be ruled out, Aurors have the advantage of being able to grow as much as someone wants with effort. For that reason, it is said that if the divine power is vaguely present, it is often left away and instead the person would train in Auror.
“Long time no see, Count Pgnuto. I heard that your son got married last week. It’s late, but congratulations.”
“Haha! Thank you! It was so hectic, I wonder if it’s time for me to step back…”
“No, the Count is still needed for making corrections. What are you saying? I also wanted to attend, but unfortunately I was busy with work…”
As Serpence had said, Count Pgnuto was needed. There’s a bit of gray on his head, but someone can see his muscles moving slightly beyond his tailcoat. He has a visual that makes him look like he’s going to cry out, ‘Let’s get a match!’
“I understand! Well, if you still want to apologize, can I ask you to play a match against me?”
…wasn’t it just a visual thing?
Now that I think about it, it seems that he has approached us for that purpose from the beginning. When I said that I was familiar with the surname ‘Pgnuto’, it was the interest that suggested his active participation in the advisory council rather than him asking for a fight with Serpence.
“Yes, please visit the duke’s house sometime.”
Serpence readily accepted.
“Then, tomorrow!”
“This month, because of the subjugation, I have a lot of schedules…”
“Ah, ah-! Sure. I forgot for a moment.”
If it’s a subjugation, is it the Volta Mountains?
Most of the monsters are trapped in the Volta Mountains where the Holy Barrier is placed. The reason is that the magic cores stagnating under the Volta Mountains continue to create monsters.
Sometimes it is artificially created by the actions of black magicians or summoned from the demon realm, but that is out of suspicion for now.
There was no magic core from the beginning.
Originally, weak magic was spreading across the continent. It is said that some mad warlock absorbed them all and condensed them together to become a demon king.
‘Isn’t it the setting that monsters that were naturally occurring all over the continent were created only in the Volta Mountains?’
Well, it is said that they are stronger than before, have higher intelligence, and even have a sense of unity… As a result, I don’t know if it worked or not.
Anyway, that warlock was executed by the master of the previous holy sword. The owner of the previous generation of the holy sword spread barriers across the mountain range with the power of the holy sword, and it is said that the church is currently managing it.
Still, if the monsters keep multiplying, the barrier will be affected, so it is said that they have to go to the boundary at regular intervals and lessen out the number of monsters appropriately…
I think the schedule is within this month.
“Then will you be okay with it during the next month?”
“You’ll know once it’s done, but I think it’ll be fine.”
Serpence answered with a great pretentious smile. I thought that he had readily accepted it earlier, but I thought for a moment that maybe that wasn’t the case. However, Count Pgnuto didn’t seem to think so, so he moved to enjoy the banquet with a very satisfied expression.
“Then I’ll see you at the next advisory meeting!”
When the huge Count Pgnuto, who was over 2m tall, disappeared, the scholar-style nobles rushed to surround Serpence. The momentum was so strong that, when I came to my senses, I noticed I was swept away from Serpence without realizing it.
At a glance, it seemed as if they were discussing the commentary ‘Interpretation of Theology from a Magical Perspective’ published this time.
‘…what do I do? I should just enjoy the buffet.’
