Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Feeling and Regret

Everyone said he was special.

Born with something special. Able to use something special. And have a special position.

No one disputes that he is a special person in this world.

Unfortunately, having all of that doesn't mean making yourself the happiest person in the world.

As far as she could remember, she was a princess. But all know, a witch of the sacred element was born from a person who had no magic power.

It didn't take long for him to realize he was just a lucky guy.

is there something wrong with that?

Luck is also part of strength.

Combined with everything he had, didn't that make him the strongest?

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, on a high mountain, there is a higher mountain. No matter how strong he was, there were still people stronger than him.

In the empire itself, people always said that Leon was the most powerful person. He was also a special existence that not only possessed the greatest magic energy, but also the greatest destructive power among all Paladins.

But the saying goes for Leon too.

The strongest person in the empire was actually the emperor himself, Sei Yamato.

Now the empire is peaceful and becomes the country with the largest military power in the world, because that's just a stupid country that wants to fight with the empire. But that doesn't mean nobody tried it.

During his 300 years in charge of the empire, Sei Yamato had never fought at all and had only sent out Paladins so no one knew how strong he was.

But when Leon and Sei fight, it will be clear who is stronger.

One day, he asked Leon himself.

are you able to defeat Dad?

"That's impossible. No matter how strong I am, when I face him, I am like a child. Not only was she a magician of the sacred element, but she had inhuman strength. For example, I might be able to destroy 3 mountains at once with my full attack, but he could wipe out all the magic that existed in the empire if he wanted to."

Although Leon himself could be said to be an inhumane existence, of course he did not immediately believe in a story that could be said to be completely unreasonable. But at the same time he realized that there was nothing he knew about Sei Yamato other than he was an emperor and his adoptive father.

Starting with curiosity, he began to find out about everything related to Sei Yamato. Starting from the background of a son of Holy Maiden, the first empress and founder of the empire. Despite having a famous mother, no one knew who her father was. It's just that many think that Sei is a demigod or child of a god.

He became emperor when he was 15 years old and from then on he made the empire to what it is today.

Seeing all of that is amazing. She was even more proud and happy that she had become the daughter of such an extraordinary figure.

Unfortunately, that sense of pride and joy slowly turned into another feeling.

how could this possibly happen?

He had always considered her a parent, a family. Since when did that feeling change? When did the seed start to grow?

Not only is the relationship a problem, but there is also a huge age difference. If anyone knew this, wouldn't he be considered a freak? Or a pervert who knows no bounds or common sense?

In the end he decided to harbor the feeling and keep away all the absurd thoughts he felt.

Then on a sunny day, he went to the emperor's study.

"Dad, are you busy?"

Asking like that when looking at the almost mountainous pile of documents might seem disrespectful or insinuating, but Sei only smiled a little. Sei knows Victoria has no ill intentions.

"Tumben once you meet me at a clock like this. Usually you wait for my work to be done. Could it be that you have something you want?"

His face flushed. She tried not to see Sei's face because it made her heart flutter.

"I want to practice using holy element magic. I heard from Uncle Leon that you're the strongest witch of the sacred element."

"Ahaha.the boy still does not seem to accept his defeat. I'm glad he called me that."

"So that's true..."

"Take it like that. Then about learning magic, .. I think there's no problem because our magic is a little unique. Finding a teacher is hard enough for us."

He immediately smiled full of happiness.

"Unfortunately can't now. Two more days I just have free time."

"That's it..."

"Don't be sad. For the sake of my beloved daughter, I have already sped up my schedule so that it can be faster in order to teach you. Well. It would be different if anyone helped work on all these documents."

"Then, how about I help you?"

"Hoho.it's not a bad idea. One day you're gonna take care of all this."

Take care of all this? The sentence made her instantly imagine the life she would experience with Sei.

His heart immediately flowered flowers.

"Victoria? Are you helping?"

"Te-of course. Leave everything to me."

In the end, he helped Sei get his job done faster and at the same time learned about the work of an emperor who was not small.

Unfortunately...

"Sorry Dad, I'm not good at math. Especially a country's budget."

".....I know that."

Two days later, he and Sei went towards the special training room for the members of the imperial family.

"We just start right away. You attacked me with everything you have."

"All right!!"

Even though his opponent was the one he cared about, there was no reason to give up. After all if what was said about the emperor was true, he had nothing to worry about.

And it was evident from the defeat he received in just under a minute.

"How could you possibly be this strong?"

His hands trembled as he still could not believe what had happened.

He attacked with long-range magic, Sei fought with the same magic. But his attacks were easily wiped out despite both being holy element magic users.

Knowing that he switched to using a melee attack with Longinus, but his attack was successfully averted and held back with only a sword made from magic energy.

What happened can be guessed. He became Sei's toy.

"The basic technique you have is good enough. The magic you used is also correct. Unfortunately, you don't seem to know at all about the meaning of being a user of the sacred element."

"Didn't know to be a user of the sacred element?"

"really. The sacred element is known to wipe out everything that contains magic, but that is not true. Rather than abolish, our power is more appropriate when it is called unraveling and restoring."

He tilted his head in displeasure.

"The world knows our magic with sacred elements, but we are actually empty element users (voids)."

"Eh?"

"Haha.this is normal if confused. However, this is very different from what you have learned and known in the outside world. Hows it? Do you still want to continue?"

He did not know whether to accept the truth he had just heard or not to care and chose to ignore it.

But his heart showed the path he wanted to choose...

"Of course!! Maybe it's a different way of thinking than before, but it's not gonna change who I am."

Sei smiled as if satisfied with the answer he gave.

Then, the lesson continued with something even more surprising.

"Before that. Let's talk first about the witch of the sacred element (void)."

Witches of the sacred element are known as unique and different breeds from witches in general. If an ordinary witch would be born from a witch, a witch of the sacred element was born from a person who had no magic power.

Another characteristic is that each generation will only have 7 magicians of sacred elements in this world. No more and no less. And they're all women.

What caused this phenomenon is still being investigated and a mystery. But many think that the witch of the sacred element is a chosen figure and has a certain role in the world.

"Then what about dad?"

Sei immediately put on a complicated face.

The explanation he gave was the opposite of the reality and existence of his being a man and a magician of the sacred element.

"You're wrong if I'm an exception. My dad's a little abnormal. Every time he has a child, the born child will inherit the characteristics of his mother."

"Wait on!! Dad's dad?"

"You don't think I was born of a rock, do you? Well, that sort of. Back to topic. When magicians perform magic, they transform and manipulate magic energy into a phenomenon. That's arguably a process from A to B, and B to C."

"..."

He was more focused on the reason why Sei didn't really want to talk about his father, but it didn't matter. For now.

"Victoria. You listening?"

"of course. Ordinary magic is a process from A to C."

"really. This process also applies to us, only we have an additional process that is, from C back to A."

He understands what is explained because it is not so much different from the understanding he has known.

But-the

"wait. If we return the magic to where it came from, where does it all come back?"

"Everything returned to pure magic energy and finally returned to this world. If you understand that, you should know what it really means to be a witch of the sacred element."

On that day the lesson was enough to get there.

The practice made him realize as strongly as what people he liked and how weak he was. But he was aware of something more important.

The magician of the sacred element was instrumental in returning the magic energy to pure. It can also be called as without elements.

But if so, isn't there the opposite of pure magic energy?

The stained magic energy.

- Who made it?

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A few days have passed since then. He couldn't train with Sei because he was busy. But he will return to accompany her after her work is done.

Of course, that doesn't make him happy. But how else. There's nothing he can do. All he could do was wait.

Then, finally Sei returned with him to practice. Just like before, he and Sei fought and revised what was lacking.

"You know what was your fault in the fight?"

"Um. when I tried to attack with a magic bullet. I shouldn't have done it for nothing."

Hearing that Sei sighed.

"No. You're not wrong to attack that way. The problem is that you fight without strategy."

Victoria had talent in the art of fighting, only she was still too innocent. The attack is easy to read and does not have many attack patterns.

That doesn't mean he's not progressing.

"In the previous fight you should have known that I was stronger than you. On that basis, shouldn't you use a strategy against me?"

"But what's the point of making a strategy if my opponent is the strongest person in the empire?"

He had been practicing fighting with the Holy Knight all along. He managed to win with great effort and used his superiority as a magician of the sacred element.

Unfortunately, none of that happened to Sei who was the strongest and a magician of the sacred elements. Although he wanted to win, in his heart he knew that it was impossible.

Sei sighs.

"Is that enough to be the reason you stopped trying?"

"Eh?"

He jerks.

"Just because you know your opponent is stronger, will you choose to run?"

"Nope-no. That's not what I meant. I'm just saying that with my current abilities, whatever I'm going to do won't do me any good."

"Then why do we practice?"

"!?"

"Didn't you want to train because you want to get stronger? Is your determination only to this extent?"

"..."

He can't argue. What Sei said was all true.

He didn't have enough determination to become stronger. The reason he wanted to practice was only to want to spend time with Sei and also out of curiosity.

"Dad... Sorry."

"No. I'm the one who should apologize. I think you have serious intentions to practice. But it seems like it's too early for you."

His status as princess demanded that he have great responsibility, but he did not yet understand what it meant to have such a big responsibility.

"Today it's quite up here. If we continue this training it will only be free."

"..."

"Victoria. I'll accompany you to practice whenever you want. But before that, think about what you want to do and what your dream is. If you don't have a purpose, you'll never move forward."

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Time passed quickly since the last time he trained with Sei. During that time he was still confused about what he wanted to do and the purpose of his life.

Then on that day he heard that there will soon be an preliminary fight to choose the participants of this year's Battle War.

The victor in the Battle War would be given the opportunity to ask the emperor for one thing. As long as it is within reasonable limits, any desire will be fulfilled.

"Wants huh..."

"Tumben once you daydream princess."

"Ah.. Arei. Are you done?"

A girl sat next to Victoria. The girl had short hair and looked more like a man. Not only that, he even wears long pants.

The girl's identity is that of Victoria's partner. Not only is it capable of using special magic, but it also has special skills to fight together with the holy element mages. This is the reason why she is the only one qualified to be a Victorian couple.

Although at first glance looks tomboyish, but Arei has a feminine nature that will only appear when it comes to the person he loves.

This contradictory nature made Arei have such a special appeal.

"I'm done. He just asked for what gift I asked for for my birthday. By the way, why are you daydreaming?"

"As usual you guys are so romantic."

"Ahaha.I think it's still on the limit."

"What you're saying is natural, I don't understand at all. How can you call each other loving by making out?"

Arei smiled wryly at the question, but he finally understood what made the princess daydream.

Later, Victoria officially became a participant in Battle War. He became a favorite player and eventually a winner.

But when it comes to desire, he doesn't know at all.

"Arei asked for new territories to be managed. Truly, the son of a businessman really thinks about the future. Victoria, it's only now that you haven't mentioned your wishes. As Father and emperor, I promise to give you what you ask."

"Er... Sorry, I'm still confused."

"What if I give you some advice. You can ask for the territory you're going to manage, or it can be a big secret you want to know."

The secret that is meant must be about his birth. Victoria was curious, but she didn't think much of it.

He's been looking for anyways.

He was born to a simple peasant family in the periphery of the empire. Simple life makes them so concerned with people around and known as a kind couple.

But all that didn't last long when they found out that their daughter was born with special powers.

They immediately gave Victoria to the empire in exchange for enough money to make them no longer need to work. It was the same thing as selling Victoria, which is why she had no sense of kinship with them at all.

To him the imperial family was a more precious family than the original family.

"Sorry dad. I always thought about what I wanted the most. The powers. World peace. Big secret. Honestly, it was all tempting. It's just that to me it's not such an important thing because it can be done without having to make a wish."

"You've finally begun to think maturely. In this world many things cannot be achieved just by making a wish. It's just that right now the plea you're asking for is a gift of struggle. You can also call this your hard work."

This is not much different from the wages paid after work. It's just a different way.

"....then. Is it okay if I ask for the usual?"

"Of course."

As the princess, Victoria could almost get everything. Maybe this is what causes him not to have too much desire.

"Then. I want to be a bride."

"Yes. One day you will get married. So which country's prince would you like to make a husband of?"

Without answering, Victoria pointed her finger at Sei.

"..."

That was the beginning of such a complicated relationship and made the most powerful person in the empire dizzy.

Sei at first glance does not have any weaknesses, but it is wrong. In his 300-plus years of life, there was only one thing that kept him in trouble.

It's business with women.

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That request cannot be fulfilled. Besides the beginning of their relationship is family, there are many other things that become a problem if the request is made.

As a princess who was taught about politics and state matters from childhood, she knew it was not an easy request to make.

That's why to offset the burden of the request, Sei gave the conditions to win the Battle War three times. Then he will grant a request full of such problems.

Of course it was an arduous task considering that Battle War participants were mostly magicians with abnormal abilities and there were even strange ones.

But that's no reason for Victoria to step down. He even felt like he had found the purpose of life he had been looking for.

Then with his efforts, he became the champion of Battle War for the second time.

Just one more step to his goal. He was delighted and wanted to discuss that further with Sei.

At that moment he saw something that became the great secret of a Sei Yamato. The true form of the old known emperor turned out to be a young man who was so sweet.

At that moment something rose up in Victoria. The feeling was overflowing and unstoppable again. The feeling of love that he had been enduring all this time was finally shattered.

This is the birth of Victoria who became a Shotacon.

But that doesn't mean their problems are over. This is precisely the real reason why Sei and Victoria's relationship should not continue.

"I reject you doesn't mean I can't see you as a woman. Only time can answer all that. But as you know yourself. I'm not normal."

There was a reason why Sei Yamato could have such a long life. First, she was half an elf. The lifespan of this race was longer than that of humans, but it could not be as long as the lifespan of an elf. In the record, the lifespan of a half elf was no more than 200 years.

But Sei's age has reached more than 300 years. To cover up his abnormality, he even used illusion magic to create a figure known as the old man who had already reached the age limit.

Even just by looking at her form that was no older than Victoria, Victoria could guess what caused Sei to never have a lover.

"I don't know how long I'll live 100 years, 200, 300 or even 1000 years. As a person of long life, I have repeatedly experienced meetings and partings. I used to hate that guy for always thinking about dying, but I finally understood what he was feeling."

This is the truth about the person he loves and loves.

"Meeting and parting is something that always happens in this world, but I've always been the one left alone."

On that day Victoria's heart felt really pierced. He just wants to make his wishes and love come true. But he forgot one important thing, which was Sei's feelings.

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Ever since learning the truth about Sei, Victoria had become confused by what she was doing.

She loves Sei as the opposite sex, not as a family. That's why it's not strange that she has the desire to be loved and form a family with Sei.

At first he thought winning the Battle War three times was a difficult path he had to take to fulfill his wish, but he was too naive.

It's not just about changing Sei's view of him, but it also has to change Sei's way of thinking and solve the problem that is at the root of it all.

From the very beginning Sei was an abnormal existence in this world. That's why normal doesn't apply to him.

Sei doesn't want to love, but he can't love. He was afraid of himself which was an abnormal existence.

Knowing that fact made Victoria's heart ache. Not because he could not understand what Sei was feeling, but he felt sick because he could not do anything about it.

-what should I do?

While daydreaming alone thinking of the path he had to take, an unexpected person approached him.

"Sister Victoria are you in trouble?"

"Ah.. Rianna... I'm in trouble."

Riana sat down beside Victoria.

"Do you mind if I listen?"

Victoria knew Riana just wanted to make her feel better. Although it can not solve the problem, but it will make Victoria's heart feel more relieved.

"I'm sorry for making you anxious. It's just that the problem I'm dealing with is a little abnormal."

"Fufu.. I heard about such a problem. What's going on in this world?"

"This is no joke. I'm serious."

"I am too."

After that they were silent for a moment. And then a little laugh.

"Sister, this problem you're facing, could it have something to do with dad?"

Victoria did not answer and only nodded lightly.

One day Riana will know, so knowing later or now makes no difference.

"I don't know when, but I can't see you as family anymore. I can only see him as the opposite sex."

"..."

"I know, from someone else's point of view this might be immoral and absurd, but it won't change what I feel about you. Riana, after hearing this, do you still think I'm normal?"

Riana smiled back gently. He did not show a disgusted face after hearing all that.

"What's so strange about someone falling in love with the opposite sex?"

"That's not wrong, but it's still not normal for people like us."

They were not only magicians of the sacred element, but also the most important people in the empire. What happens if someone as important as them shows something immoral and undignified?

"Is that the only reason?"

"Why do you think that?"

"Sister isn't someone who likes to think about complicated things. Your usual self will solve problems by force no matter what others think. Where's the brother I've known all along?"

Although feeling a little impaled hearing that directly, but Victoria did not argue. She was aware of herself just like what Riana said.

"I'm not going anywhere, only this time I can't use it that way. This matter is beyond my control. That's why I'm confused as to what I should do."

It's a matter of feeling, which is why he can't use force.

But-the

"'I will do anything for the people I love. Even though it means against the whole world'."

"Riana, what do you mean?"

"It's okay. It was just a word from someone I knew. Even if it doesn't make sense. If he were, I'd feel like he'd really be able to do that."

"He must be crazy."

"Indeed. But is there something wrong with that? For one man he will do everything. That's something crazy and absurd. It's just, I think it's better than being confused about what needs to be done. If it's complicated, make it easy. If there is no road, make your own. Destroy walls that block and defeat all enemies. I'm not saying everything is an easy way, but are you going to give up just because of all that?"

Listening to all of that, he remembered back to what Sei had said.

'Just because you know your enemy is stronger, you decided to run?'

He thought he had become stronger after winning the Battle War twice, but in reality he had not changed at all.

He was just a coward who stopped trying when he found a dead end.

Is correct. Before he changed anyone else, the first thing he had to change was himself.

According to Sei, the main reason they can't be together is the age difference. If so, it's not a difficult problem.

In a world filled with this magic, it was already common for magicians to have an older lifespan than ordinary humans. In the case of Sei it is a little abnormal, but it is not such a big deal if well thought out.

"...Oh gosh. It's easier than I expected. Thank you Riana. I'll tell Dad straight away. This time I will show you all my willpower!!"

Without many more words, Victoria left like a rabbit.

Riana only smiled slightly seeing that Victoria had returned as usual.

[You are an understanding parent]

A woman suddenly appeared.

The woman had blonde hair that reflected the sunlight. Wearing beautiful all-white clothes with a dazzling holy aura. On his back was a pair of pure white, spotless wings ready to carry him flying into the vast sky. Then a halo floated above the woman's head as proof that her existence could not be called a human being.

"Michael, I told you many times not to show up unless I called you."

Riana sighed deeply. Although he was annoyed, but he could do nothing with the vices of his magic beast.

[I'm tired of just waiting for your call. After all you haven't long since recalled your past life. Well, compared to before, I think now you're prettier.]

"I know where this conversation is going. Stop that. This isn't that simple."

[You're just scared because you still feel guilty about what you did to her.]

"..."

[One thing is for sure, if I were you, rather than being sad about what happened, I would instantly slap that person firmly]

Not yet done, Riana returned Michael.

He knew maybe what Michael said was like a complaint, but Michael was part of him. Michael just said what he didn't want to say.

"Yes my. Even so, I don't feel entitled to have you anymore. After all I am the one who killed you, .......Kuro."

No one heard Riana's murmur filled with regret.