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I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake. Chapter 43

I killed the Demon King. It was a mistake.

Chapter 43

Caesar used psychometry.

-We must reinstate the Homi faction and secure the Homigraph parliament next year by all means.

-We can’t lose the Homi faction we’ve been supporting for 20 years like this.

-If we don’t take over the Homigraph parliament, we can’t even start the magic stone distribution business.

‘Now everything is falling into place.’

There were several reasons for the Demon Realm war, but I already knew it was ultimately because of magic stones.

How did I know?

Thanks to the game, of course.

As soon as the Demon Realm war ended, the first business the Empire started was magic stone mining.

In reality, the magic stone reserves at ‘Macken’, the Empire’s largest magic stone mine, were running low, but the use of magic stones was increasing exponentially as time passed.

Moreover, since the Empire was viewing magic stones as the next-generation energy source, securing magic stones was crucial.

‘That’s why they targeted the Demon Realm.’

It was jokingly said that in the Demon Realm, you could find magic stones just by digging the ground, so it’s no wonder the Empire was drooling over it.

So they invaded the Demon Realm and eventually took the Demon King’s head.

Then there’s only one problem left.

How to transport the magic stones mined from the Demon Realm to the Empire?

The answer lies in the Eileen River.

-Once we take over the Homigraph parliament, we can revise all the customs laws in the cities along the Eileen River.

Using game knowledge, magic stones mined from the Demon Realm can only be transported by ship.

There’s no train line to the Demon Realm, and ships can transport much larger quantities more safely than trains.

In this process, the value of the Eileen River region skyrockets.

The Eileen River runs directly to the Imperial Capital through the East Sea, and it even passes through Sapientia, which uses the most magic stones.

Of course, the Parker family wants to take control of the Eileen River, but…

The local clans and nobles who have deeply rooted themselves in the Wizard Province, especially in Homigraph and Sapientia, are formidable.

‘So to take over Homigraph over 20 years… Wait a minute.’

Caesar felt chills down his spine.

If they’ve been supporting the Homi faction for 20 years to drive out the Sapien faction, then when exactly did they start preparing for the Demon Realm war?

Caesar looked at Miles.

He was already biting a cigar, carefully observing Caesar’s reaction.

Caesar thought deeply and made a judgment.

“First, what’s in it for me?”

“We’ll sponsor Lord Caesar with 20 million Del annually for the next 10 years.”

“What exactly do you mean by ‘sponsor’?

“It’s money that will fall into your lap whether it disappears or not. Just sign right there, become a Homi faction member, and grant me one favor.”

It’s truly a jaw-dropping offer.

With 20 million Del, couldn’t you make another End-spec axe like Thunder and still have money left over?

And they’re offering to give that every year for 10 years?

Miles held out a pen to Caesar.

“Will you do it?”

Caesar’s fingers twitched involuntarily.

Just grabbing that pen would open up a very smooth and easy path for the foreseeable future.

But the answer was already decided.

“No.”

This is definitely a poisonous fruit that will cause trouble if eaten.

“The price doesn’t match.”

“…Are you saying you want more?”

“There’s an old saying. It’s foolish to sell power for money.”

“That’s a good saying. But the reason politicians don’t let go of power is because they want to maintain a luxurious life. What’s needed for that luxurious life is not power, but ultimately money.”

Miles put his cigar on the ashtray and said,

“That money. I’ll take care of it for you.”

“No. This is not something to be traded for money.”

“What do you mean?”

“What benefit do you get if I sign this?”

“I can’t tell you that right now.”

“But I think I know.”

Caesar pointed to the map hanging on the wall.

“The Eileen River.”

At those words, Miles’ expression instantly hardened.

“A north-south railway from the Demon Realm to the Imperial Capital has been under construction for 10 years now. But for some reason, it keeps getting delayed. Then how should we move the magic stones, various treasures, and people obtained from the Demon Realm?”

Caesar stood up and walked to the map of the Valent continent.

Then he pointed to Luxhope, a port located in the northern part of the Demon Realm.

“We’d have to move through Luxhope, right? In fact, while the north-south railway isn’t completed, the railway from the Demon King’s castle to Luxhope is being built smoothly.”

“Moreover, thousands of combat engineers who do whatever they’re told are working day and night to build it for the purpose of securing supply routes, so it will be completed soon.”

Caesar sat down and checked Miles’ condition.

The guy seemed to have calmed himself down, but his breathing was slightly trembling.

“Isn’t this the picture you want? The size is so big that it’s too much for the Parker family to eat alone. I can’t even imagine how many noble families and politicians have latched onto this.”

Caesar took a puff of his cigar.

“So the calculation doesn’t add up. Do you understand?”

Miles silently puffed on his cigar for a while.

Seeing him inhale that strong stuff deep into his lungs, he must be really frustrated.

After thinking for a while, Miles opened his mouth.

“…Since when did you know?”

“From the moment you handed me the party membership form. I thought a bit about why the Parker family was so eager to take over the Homigraph parliament. Nothing else added up, but this did.”

Of course, it’s a lie.

If Caesar didn’t have knowledge of the future, he wouldn’t have predicted this plan at all.

These crazy monsters.

How many people have died because of their ambition?

These bastards have no chance of going to heaven.

“You certainly weren’t someone Uncle Usher could handle. This has gone very wrong.”

“So are you going to give up?”

“No. We can’t do that.”

Miles reached for the party membership form.

Caesar quickly stretched out his hand towards the form.

The moment their hands touched the form, he immediately asked a question.

“So what do you plan to do?”

“We’ll have to find another way.”

-Assassinate the Sapien faction members.

-Caesar is dangerous, but he’s sharp and reasonable. He has enough value to be kept alive.

What?

Kill all the Sapien faction members?

Is that even possible?

No.

They’ll make it possible.

It’s hard to even imagine how powerful the vested interest cartel surrounding the Eileen River region is.

If these guys decide to go on a rampage, it might not be as difficult as you’d think for the Sapien faction members to be wiped out.

There’s actually a story where the Sapien faction members are all killed.

But Caesar knows.

Even if all the Sapien faction members are wiped out, as long as the Arch Duke is alive, there’s no way the parliament can fall into their hands.

They probably don’t know, but deep beneath the ground where Caesar and Miles are standing right now, Arch Duke’s ‘ark’ is hidden.

If the parliament falls to them, they can track the flow of the Arch Duke’s secret funds and gain leverage over the magic towers, but would Arch Duke just sit back and watch that happen?

If the parliament falls to them, Arch Duke will mobilize all the power he has to dissolve the parliament.

Caesar decided to ask an additional question while their hands were still intertwined.

“Then does His Grace Arch Duke know?”

“Isn’t that question a bit too careless? No comment.”

-We haven’t reached an agreement with the Arch Duke.

-Arch Duck has too many secrets, and for reasons I’m not sure of, the Redfield family and the Imperial family don’t approve.

-So we need to either take over the parliament quickly or reduce Arch Duke’s influence.

As expected, it was a project in collaboration with Viscount Redfield and the Imperial family.

The scale is extraordinary.

Then that means Miles is a kind of action leader.

Now, let’s summarize.

The Imperial family and the Redfield dukes family want to take over the Eileen River and slurp up the magic stone distribution business.

The problem is that for some unknown reason, they haven’t consulted with the Arch Duke about the business and are rather trying to reduce Arch Duke’s influence.

The why isn’t important right now.

What’s important is how Caesar should act from now on.

His hand fell from the party membership form.

Damn.

There’s so much more to ask.

Is there no way to strengthen psychometry?

Caesar put the cigar back in his mouth and said,

“I want to ask one thing. Why didn’t you think about persuading the Sapien faction members?”

“Because they’re difficult to handle. They’re local clans who have been deeply rooted in Homigraph for nearly 200 years. It’s hard to find a way to tighten their leash.”

“You don’t want to share the pie, do you?”

“That’s one reason, yes.”

Miles no longer hid his true intentions.

We’ve seen through each other, haven’t we?

“Then I’ll mediate.”

Miles laughed as if he had heard an amusing story.

“Ha, mediate?”

“The Homi faction is now labeled as heretics and is in a state of annihilation. When will you find people who listen well to you and are smart enough to insert into the parliament? It’s far less variable to deal with opponents who you can somewhat reason with.”

“Is there someone who can sway the Sapien faction members?”

“There is. Representative Gregory Walterwood.”

Miles shook his head.

“That man is a hardcore Sapien faction member. The customs bill I’m trying to push strongly infringes on the vested interests of the nobles and local influential figures that Representative Gregory is protecting. There’s no way he’ll accept it.”

“Conversely, that means if you can persuade Gregory alone, you can persuade all the other Sapien faction members. He has that much influence and is that smart.”

“Do you think he can be persuaded?”

“That’s a problem for you to worry about. I’m just mediating. Whether the problem is resolved well or not depends on how much you and Representative Gregory consider each other.”

Miles thought for a moment and then spoke.

“I’ll give you an answer soon. It’s an issue that needs deep consideration.”

He’s not going to think deeply, but rather try to gauge the intentions of the Redfield Viscount family and the Imperial family.

“Alright. Then shall we talk about my issue now?”

“You mean the loan?”

“Yes. If Parker Bank won’t do it, I’ll have to look for other banks.”

“If you say it like that, doesn’t it make me look too petty?”

Miles exhaled cigar smoke and said,

“On the condition that you keep today’s conversation secret, I’ll give you an interest-free loan for 20 years.”

Done.

As expected, Miles seems to see Caesar as a cooperative partner.

Caesar grinned.

“If necessary, I’ll even write a confidentiality agreement for you.”

***

For the remaining two days, Caesar left Thunder at the Gale Magic Tower and handed over the token of the Blue Flame to Joseph.

-Are you really not thinking about becoming a Holy Knight?

-I’m still not sure.

-First, try receiving Holy Knight training…

As expected, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

Joseph recited ’10 Reasons Why You Should Become a Holy Knight’, and Caesar listened with half his brain turned off.

Sister Tina didn’t come, but there was a rumor that Tina’s laughter never stopped in the basement of the Royder Church.

It seems a lot of people are being caught as heretics.

Finn brought Caesar the potion.

“Then let’s begin. The preparations are complete.”

“If I die, donate my assets to society.”

“How about donating them to me instead?”

“If I see you living in luxury, I’ll have a stomach ache even in heaven.”

“Do you think you’ll go to heaven?”

“If I don’t go, who will?”

“…You’re talking a lot. Are you nervous?”

“No way.”

Caesar poured the potion into his mouth and lay down.

It tasted terribly bad.

“One, two, three.”

“What are you doing?”

“Usually, when you’re anesthetized, you count like this, right?”

“Who counts numbers when inhaling nitrous oxide?”

It seems injectable anesthetics haven’t been invented yet.

Well, that’s fine.

Caesar stubbornly continued counting.

“Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten… eleven?”

What?

I thought I was supposed to fall into a trance.

Why can I keep counting?

Caesar opened his eyes.

“Hey, something’s wrong…”

Caesar saw himself lying on the bed in front of his eyes.

…Did I really die?

Even for Caesar, this is a bit disconcerting.

No, I can see myself sleeping.

Caesar scanned his surroundings.

‘Is there something like a grim reaper here?’

No, since Caesar believes in the Dre religion, dead ‘holy heroes’ should come to welcome him.

No.

Since I don’t really believe, will they not appear?

Then what am I?

As he was about to fall into mental breakdown, Caesar noticed that his surroundings were strangely quiet.

He couldn’t hear the wind, or even his own breath.

‘What’s going on?’

Caesar looked around.

An ordinary room.

Finn and Harrison were looking at Caesar with worried eyes and saying something.

But Caesar couldn’t hear them.

‘I can’t smell anything either. What about other senses?’

Caesar tried touching his hands.

His hands clearly exist, but they just pass through emptily.

Wait a minute, this isn’t the shape of Caesar’s hand?

It’s not barre either.

But it’s familiar.

This is Seo-han’s.

Seo-han looked at his hands and feet that he hadn’t seen for a long time.

His clothes were also the shirt and suit he was wearing when he got off work.

He tried to touch them, but again, he felt nothing.

They just passed right through his body.

‘Am I really a soul?’

He had heard that when you fall into a trance, you experience an out-of-body experience.

If Seo-han isn’t dead, then what is this?

He doesn’t know.

Seo-han touched Harrison, who was closest, just in case.

‘As expected, I can’t feel anything…’

At that moment, Harrison’s voice reached Seo-han’s ears.

-He’s not really going to die, right?

-No way. Even if this guy dies, he’d beat up the Dre goddess and come back.

He didn’t intend to use psychometry, but it was used automatically.

Could it be the same with others?

Seo-han touched Finn.

-Please don’t die. Please don’t die. Please don’t die…

-Oh pure goddess, why give me such a trial!

He could hear Finn’s voice too.

Again, he didn’t intend to use psychometry.

“What on earth is this?”

He thought his hearing was completely sealed, but he can hear his own muttering.

It’s so absurd that he’s at a loss for words.

“Hmm…”

Seo-han thought for a moment.

What should he do from now on?

And can he return to normal?

After pondering various questions, there was one conclusion.

“This is so cool.”

Of all things, an out-of-body experience.

Who would have thought he’d have such a rare experience?

Actually, it’s fucking scary, but he decided to just enjoy the situation itself.

Seo-han isn’t the type to go out of his way to find and solve things he doesn’t know or can’t do.

If there’s no way to solve a problem, just enjoy it.

Often, problems solve themselves that way.


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I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

I Killed the Demon King. It Was a Mistake.

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2024 Native Language: Korean
[Congratulations on seeing all the endings of the Valent Saga.] [From now on, you can select the hidden origin ‘Demon Race’.] I was transmigrated into a Demon after falling into the game world and a whole 3 years have passed. The nameless Allied Forces soldier, Mil of the Sky Knight Order, Barbarian Knight Barre. And the doppelganger and spy of the Demon King's army, Seo-han, are all me. But I... "Y- you, what the heck... Bam!" I ended up blowing off the Demon King's head. Huh? This isn't right.

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