I’m Not That Kind of Talent - Chapter 114

114. In fact, they knew (8)

Are those words sincere advice or bait to induce me to take action?

Cruel must also know very well that I will not obey his words. So, is it still Judo?

‘When I was young, I often played chess with Cruel.’

Because I was too weak to go out of the mansion, I played several board games with Cruel. The best of them was chess.

Inside the game board, there is bait using chess pieces, and outside the game board, psychological warfare using pieces.

‘I wouldn’t go there.’ ‘Is that really a good choice?’ ‘I was a bit surprised by this.’ ‘An excellent choice.’

Which one is sincere and which one is false? Is that word in front of me really a bait or an imaginary number?

Because we had played chess countless times, winning and losing, we knew each other’s thoughts to a certain extent. There’s no way Cruel would have thought that I wouldn’t think of the possibility of ‘judo’. So is this advice sincere?

‘…Then what do you do? Even if I’m worried, I feel bad, and even if it’s bait, I feel bad.’

So my choice is made.

‘If we’re going to follow Cruel’s words, it’s better to move, even if it’s just bait.’

Thanks to you, I forgot about my fatigue. It’s been a long time since I ignored the pain, so I take to the streets.

I put on the robe I was carrying and boldly turned around to walk towards the mansion and headed towards the nearby street.

***

It’s noisy.

“How long on earth are you planning to put off the revolt!”

“Are you planning on committing a coup?”

It’s really noisy.

The type of people who can’t see even one inch ahead and squeal with desire. Daniel frowned quietly, as if thinking of these people as the leaders gave him a headache, but then he straightened up as if he had never done that before.

In this situation, raising your voice together will only result in an emotional fight. A voice aimed at persuasion came out calmly.

“The timing is not good. It looks like a war will soon break out between the demon world and the human world, but we can’t take down the empire that holds the greatest power in the human world…” “

Is the so-called leader of the revolutionary army taking the emperor’s side now?!”

“Every time I tell you to prepare to kill the emperor, which I will do soon, you just repeat that it is not a good time…! What on earth! “Aren’t you intentionally delaying the action?”

Quang!

Silence has come. Daniel slammed the table harshly to silence them and lowered his head and slowly exhaled.

The stress and irritation that was rising to the top of my head slowly subsides with each breath. After taking a few moments to catch his breath, he broke the silence and spoke.

“…Before, there were people who ran out and said they would kill the emperor at will.”

These foolish fools were completely exterminated by the emperor’s hand, to the point where it was laughable that they rushed in so greedily.

“Because of them, all the strength we had gained was lost.”

“….”

“Did you think that defeating the imperial army was everything? “If there is someone who really thinks that way, I would recommend that they resign from their leadership position.”

Some people flinched as if they had been stabbed.

“It’s not just the Imperial Army that’s the problem. The emperor himself is strong. Very strong! No, before discussing his military power, in order to legitimately succeed in the revolution, you must enter through the main gate of the imperial palace!”

The methods of those before were wrong from the start.

How can a cowardly attack on the emperor when he was alone be called a revolution? That is just an assassination, an attempted assassination of the emperor, and treason by reactionaries.

No matter how many people gather to kill the emperor, their cause is ultimately a ‘revolution’ to create a world without a caste system. Actions that went against it could not be tolerated.

“Do you really have to go in from the front?”

“You are asking the obvious. “If you act like a rat, the only thing you will get is a bad image to match.”

What matters is the image. Entering through the front door is also one of the performances for this purpose.

Whether Sejak opens the door or breaks it in, entering through the front door becomes a symbol.

The public is easily swayed by what they see.

So, no matter how you act in the shadows, let’s act confidently under the sun. We didn’t do anything wrong. Even if something was wrong, it was only for the greater good.

“What do you think our actions until now were for? To undermine the emperor’s power? Of course, that is true, but it is only an additional purpose. The key is to gain the support of the people of the empire and lower the emperor’s support.”

In the end, the purpose was achieved to some extent.

He gained public support by punishing vicious lords and punishing arrogant nobles who looked down on the people of the empire. In the process, there was a conflict with the Order of Murderous Ghosts, and a bomb exploded incorrectly, causing damage to a private house, but all of the resentment was directed towards the Order of Murderous Ghosts.

It was an unexpected benefit that arose because the ideology of the revolutionary army won the favor of the people of the empire and the bad image of the Order of Murderous Knights.

“The meaning of our existence and the legitimacy of our actions come from the people of the empire. “Without their support, we would be nothing more than a group of traitors and not a revolutionary army.”

So we have to persuade the people of the empire. You must convince them and proudly kill the royal family in front of them to be recognized as justified.

Daniel paused for a moment to catch his breath and stretched out one arm.

“It takes a lot of power to reach the emperor through the main gate of the imperial palace, and it also takes a lot of power to kill the person who holds the warrior’s fragment.”

Who was the one who acted arbitrarily and undermined the revolutionary army’s strength?

He was the one urging the rebellion just like the people in front of him.

So you have no more say than this. I explained it this way, but no matter how thick-faced they are, no one would dare express their opinion.

─I won.

“The timing is not good due to the power shortage. So let me ask you. “Is there anyone who still thinks that the revolt should be carried out?”

“….”

There was no rebuttal.

Daniel, who had once discouraged the leadership, left the conference room with Paul, who had been watching the situation from the side.

Paul, who was walking down a dark secret passage in quiet silence, quietly raised his head and checked on Daniel. As expected, a deep look of fatigue appeared on his face, as if he had been under a lot of stress during the meeting.

At times like this, he would go to see his mother.

After thinking about that, Paul suddenly stopped in front of the crossroads. Daniel, who was mindlessly heading down the passage back to his dorm, belatedly looked back at him.

“Bye.”

“huh?”

“There is no need for you to lead me down the path I know. “I’ll go back to the dorm as is, so you can just go straight to your mother.”

Daniel, who was dazed as if he had been hit by an unexpected remark, grinned and placed his hand on Paul’s head.

“You’re all grown up.”

“You’ve already grown up since the first time we met.”

“Okay, okay.”

The playful smile soon turned into a friendly smile.

“…thanks.”

I’ve become quite accustomed to the warmth of others, but it seems I’m not immune to situations like this yet.

Paul, who was completely frozen, muttered that he was saying all sorts of things, and eventually, unable to overcome his embarrassment, he ran away and went back to his dorm. Daniel chuckled and walked away.

That smile didn’t last long.

‘….’

Daniel wandered the streets in a daze. According to the original plan, I should still be with my mother, but I had no choice because I was kicked out.

I feel dizzy. Even though he had gotten angry at his colleagues who were taking care of his mother just a little while ago, his emotions did not seem to subside.

The scene he faced was that shocking.

‘My mother… was bleeding…’

She coughed up blood. That alone is shocking, but this has been going on for a long time. Even though my colleagues knew about it, they hid it under the pretext of my mother’s request.

I understand it with my head. His life revolved around his mother. Even the reason I created the revolutionary army was because of my mother, so what can I say? So, if there was a problem with his mother’s health, it was clear that he would also wander around without being able to focus.

I hope my son doesn’t get hurt. The mental health of revolutionary leaders is important. So it was worth hiding it.

‘but.’

Understanding and feeling were two different things. Is it possible that he devoted so much of his life to his mother and didn’t know about it?

Without thinking, I wandered the streets where the festival was taking place. It was said that it was held to show off the strength of the empire even while it was at war with other kingdoms. If it had been before, I would have clicked my tongue at the waste and bravado of the empire, but right now I couldn’t think about anything.

I feel calm, as if being so excited was a lie, perhaps because I was already so angry. No, rather than being calm, it would be better to say that I was ecstatic.

“…uh.”

As I was just wandering the streets wherever my feet took me, I bumped into someone who was pushed around by the crowd for a while.

The smell of alcohol is wafting in the air. Is he drunk? It was a little unpleasant, but I was about to ignore it because there were so many people.

“Cough.”

“…?!”

The other person cried out and spat out blood. Daniel, who realized this fact half a beat later because the other person was wearing a hood, opened his eyes wide.

Even so, I couldn’t escape the shock of the truth I had just encountered, and my pale face became even more pale.

“Look at this. Are you okay?”

“….”

“Come on, come to your senses… Ah, doctor. “I have to take you to the doctor…”

My hands are shaking. Daniel gave strength to the hand supporting the other person.

Calm down, this person is not your mother. So there’s no need to be so upset.

All you have to do is stay calm and take them to a nearby doctor. But….

‘Is there a doctor near here? If so, where is it? Wouldn’t you waste a lot of time in the process of finding a doctor? And what if this person dies?’

…shit!

I picked up an unknown patient.

He knows he is overly emotional. But what can you do? If someone with the same symptoms as my mother died today, I don’t think I would sleep well.

‘There is only one doctor I know.’

He is the only doctor nearby who clearly knows the location.

Although he knew it was something he should not do as the leader of a revolutionary army, Daniel, who had already been eaten by his emotions before his reason could think and control him, was moving.

***

What is this?

Passers-by on the street were talking about a festival and mentioned a specific street, so I went there, but someone gave me a strong shock to my back and pushed me, causing me to vomit blood on someone else’s clothes.

Then that person picks me up and runs?!

The further I go, the more I go to places with fewer people… Huh? The alley walls crack, the ground opens, and even a secret passage is revealed?

‘What is this!’

I rolled my eyes under the hood that half-hidden my face, but when I felt the other person’s gaze fall on me, I quickly closed my eyes.

…Let’s just pass out for now.

***

I finally committed it.

If others find out, they will discuss his qualifications as leader. Since they are greedy, it is obvious that they will try to bite them in any way possible.

However, it is not yet known and I have no regrets because it ultimately saved the life of the person in front of me. Daniel, who had postponed the treatment, anxiously waited for the doctor’s words.

“There is no danger to life. “There is no need to take any action. Just let him rest well.”

“But the blood…”

“He was a weak person to begin with. It seems like it was a very stressful situation. “There are signs of other physical shocks, but they are just things that have already been taken care of or that do not need to be taken.”

“Ah….”

That’s good.

My legs lost strength and I fell down. As I wiped my face with both hands and let out a deep sigh, the old doctor asked me a question.

“Did you know better than that and bring me here?”