Tensei Shitara Slime Datta

Chapter 312: Elegant Escape Rimuru pt22

The fight between the poisonous tiger and Berna continues.

It was the same with Irina and the four combat teachers.

Mondo was beaten to a pulp by Rozari, but thanks to a capable healer, he was able to continue.

"I-I feel pretty good now …"

He started saying, which worries me.

Mondo, don't push yourself too hard.

Don't go there. It was so annoying because I couldn't warn him.

However, of these three groups, Magnus was the problem.

I hoped Julius would be able to persuade her, but it seemed like I was just naive.

The four groups were now in a stalemate, until Magnus made his move.

"Why are you doing this?!"

"I don't just think of you as a classmate, I think of you as a friend who can share everything with me!"

Ask Julius. Shouting Karma.

Magnus's reply was filled with self-deprecation.

"July. I think so too. But still, surely you can understand why I feel the way I do? "

"What?"

“Just like me, you have the burden of a country on your shoulders. I know you really wish you could be closer to everyone. That soup, isn't it delicious? Everything tastes better when eaten with friends. But compared to that .. cold food, it is almost inedible. No matter how fancy or how great the material is. Or how talented the cook is. The food you eat yourself has no taste .. ”

It must be words from the heart. Because Magnus's voice was tinged with sadness.

"Magnus .. what are you …"

Ask Julius.

Magnus's answer was shocking.

“I am a relative of the late emperor Rudra. The Empire is now scrambling to choose a new emperor. The late emperor was not married. So of course, he had no heirs, which meant that one had to be chosen from his relatives. And I was the one chosen. For the past ten years, the House of Lords has been in charge of the government. The House of Lords was made of those chosen by the Demon Lord. This means that they are under his management, and in this situation, we cannot be considered truly independent. The security of the empire was assured and its people were quite happy. However, there are some who are not satisfied with it. Since I was a noble who had left the capital to live in a rural town, I was considered not to be under the influence of a Demon King. ”

Julius remained silent.

They stared at each other, swords raised. But there was no strength in their grasp.

"Magnus .. you …"

Even Karma doesn't know what to say.

That's not surprising. This is a much heavier story than what you would expect from his usually cheerful and friendly personality.

I found myself immersed in thoughts.

But they were only under my management for the first year after the war. I left everything to them after that.

However, they got the impression that I ruled them all along …

I can conquer the world if I want to, but it doesn't appeal to me.

So, it was rather surprising to know that the people in the empire saw me like that.

The fact that no one could replace the emperor, and that the seat remained empty for so long was also a problem.

Maybe it was irresponsible on me, but I never had any intention of keeping them to that extent.

In addition, the peace bestowed on others can be lost quickly.

Whether they continue as they are now or do their best to achieve total democracy, it is not an issue that I will intervene.

If someone who could do the right thing became their leader, then the imperial government would not be that bad.

<< It is a pipe dream. >>

Maybe it is, but democracy is not so good if everyone is stupid. Maybe there will be people who will keep people ignorant and away from politics. So they can do what they like .. Democracy is not always the right thing.

There really is no right answer when it comes to politics.

So I always thought that it would be more interesting to have diversity in the way people think and have different types of political styles.

At Tempest, what I consider to be true becomes law.

But I can always be wrong. So I don't tell other countries how they should be run.

That's what I think …

But if I am going to be misunderstood like this, it might be a good idea to have an official discussion with everyone.

<< I don't think it's any good. There are too many people with too many ideas. And it was not as if they could all attend such a talk. >>

That's right .

In the end, everyone is selfish.

What they want to believe to be justice, and everything else is evil.

There is no choice but to get people talking, compromise to different levels and learn to work together.

<< Master, if you only use 'Mind Manipulation', you can make them all unite with one will. >>

I don't like that.

A world full of 'yes men' would be boring and have no future.

Although I can tolerate war, I will not tolerate the binding of human will.

But, putting that aside for now, if unhappy people like Magnus were really created because of my negligence, then I wish there was something I could do about that …