I Am No King's
Chapter 242 – Third Party
Rahayu did not respond immediately. He was silent and looked at me deeply. His gaze was so sharp, looking all over my body, looking for signs or omens of lies. Unfortunately, as long as anything is looking for it, you won't find it.
"Gin, I don't see any indication of you lying. You're really serious about what you say, not wanting to be King. If I may know, what makes you so adamant? Is it because Alhold's blood runs through your body?"
Actually, I can give you a lot of reasons why being the King or leader of a country is something bad. However, I am lazy to explain them one by one. About what reason should I give, huh?
"Mother," Emir in. "I don't think Lugalgin is fit to be King."
"Eh?"
"Mom see for yourself how Lugalgin can be so softened when met with one of the orphanage children sold, in Mariander?"
Rahayu nodded.
"Lugalgin is too kind and gentle. He was willing to sacrifice his life just to look for the orphanage children he knew. Lugalgin was also saddened when he heard the news that one of the children from the orphanage had died. In fact, they have no blood relation with Lugalgin. For a King to sacrifice his personal desires for the good of many, Lugalgin would not be able to.
"Emir's right, Auntie. If asked to choose, Lugalgin would choose to sacrifice everyone for personal gain. Just an example like this. Gin," Inanna turned to me. "If me and the Emir are taken hostage. On the other hand, the enemy also threatened to kill the citizens of this kingdom. What are you gonna do, Gin?"
"Of course I'll choose you. Caring for demons with citizens I don't know. They can all die and I can sleep in peace."
I answered quickly, without pause, without thinking.
"From here, Auntie, it has been seen that Lugalgin is completely, I repeat, not at all meeting the criteria to become King. He only cares about personal interests."
Ah, um, Emir, Inanna, the way you say it is as if I am a corrupt noble who only wants to enrich myself.
"Then, aunt, there's an expression of old literature that I've read. A King must be greedy. He cannot say contentment. Everything should be his. Although the King is required to choose his family or society, his greed must be firmly held. He should be greedy and declare that he will choose everything, family and society.
"A King who prefers his family is only a selfish person with a throne. Without his people, he is not a king. On the other hand, a King who prefers his society is only a fool with a throne. Without her family, she would never have been born and survived. Without family, the King would not be human.
"From here, we can see Lugalgin has absolutely no greed which is an absolute requirement to become King. If he were to become King, Lugalgin would only be a selfish person with the throne, nothing more."
In my heart, I clapped. In fact, I really wanted to stand up and clap, giving Inanna a standing applause. However, I refrained from doing so.
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Suddenly the door was shut. Everyone in the room turned to the door.
"Let me."
I got up and walked to the door. As soon as I opened the door, a servant stood with a tray. On top of the tray, there was a cable phone.
"The call to Mr. Lugalgin."
"Thank you."
This closed meeting room is designed in such a way that no signal can enter. So, if the outsiders want to call, must go through the palace first.
"Yes, this is Lugalgin."
[Gin, this is Yuan. Try checking the news. You will be surprised.]
"Um, can't just take the phone?"
[No! It would be much faster if you saw the news. All channels are broadcasting the same news.]
I hung up the phone back on the tray while saying thank you.
"Okay, our conversation feels like it's over. Now, I suggest we see the news."
"To the meeting room is open only. There's a big backdrop."
We obeyed Rahayu and came out of this room. After a while of walking, we finally came to a conference room. This space has an area of about 40 x 25 meters. Unlike the previous closed meeting room, this room has many long lined tables and three large tables at the front.
We walked to the front where a large white screen was attached. I took the smartphone in my pocket and searched for news sites. After logging onto the news site, I placed it on the table, directing its projection onto the white screen in front.
[There has just been an attack on the border of Mariander Kingdom and Nina Kingdom. It is thought that the Mariander Kingdom's military is pursuing rebels as far as the border. However, several missiles mis-targeted and destroyed the Nina Kingdom alert post. The Nina royal military did not stay silent and retaliated against the attack.]
"Eh?"
Everyone, including me, was shocked by this news. However, I'm pretty sure the reason we were surprised was different. Rahayu, Emir, and Inanna must have been shocked about Mariander's attack on Nina. On the other hand, I was surprised at how quickly our plan went.
[Right now, the military of the Kingdom of Mariander and the Kingdom of Nina are fighting and releasing attacks on each other. On the screen, viewers could see tanks from the Nina Kingdom and the Mariander Kingdom continuously firing shots and fireballs into the air. Evacuation warnings have been issued by both kingdoms to keep people away from conflict areas immediately.]
Yes, during the trip here, I made a request to True One to use the Mariander Military vehicle to attack the borders of the Nina Kingdom. However, if only Mariander's side opened fire, there was a possibility that the Nina Kingdom would retreat for a moment to avoid war.
Therefore, I communicated with Yuan and Ibla to have them hire mercenaries at the border, take the Nina kingdom Military vehicle, and return Mariander's fire. With the fighting starting from these two small camps, the surrounding military personnel would overheat and open fire. And, the result was as it is now, an open war between Mariander and Nina.
How do I convince True One to do this? Its simple. I just need to tell them that Bana'an and Nina are going to war. And, there's a chance Nina will try to hook Mariander. If that happens, it is very likely that Bana'an will lose. After the Bana'an defeat, Mariander would definitely ask Nina for help to suppress the rebels in return.
Yet, still. I didn't expect the plan to go this fast.
The news picture now changed to three people sitting at a long table, throwing opinions at each other. Finally, a closing statement emerged from those people.
[World conditions are not very conducive. A few weeks ago, the war between Bana'an and Mariander officially broke out after an attempted assassination of Empress Rahayu. Moments ago, Nina officially declared war on Bana'an because of the death of the royal family while on vacation. And, at this time, with Mariander and Nina having waged an open war. Half of the Ziggurat Continent was officially in a state of war. Let us hope that this war does not spread further and break out into a world war.]
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