The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 215: Lost Dream (10)

After finishing the conversation with Kanna, I went ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) outside.

Then, I stood still again, like an exhibition doll.

Now that I think about it, Solindigus and Kanna are in the year right after mine. Polaris and I are in the same year. If Aurora comes to the Royal Academy next year, she’ll technically be in her second year based on age, but I wonder which year she’ll actually be placed in.

It’s right after the New Year when the curse from Maleficent caused an eternal sleep that couldn’t be awoken. I’ll remain asleep for over half a year until I wake up. I’ve accumulated a lot of study material during that time, but I’m already learning that here in the palace.

Solindigus suggested that he should avoid going to the Royal Academy, where there are men, and just get educated at the palace instead, but Hipion firmly refused.

Since that happened in front of Aurora, I think he probably considers it all an act.

If he had any real thoughts, he wouldn’t have said that in front of Aurora.

Why did I suddenly start observing the royals? Well, it’s because the sight of a group of young children gathered caught my attention.

Of course, these children are the kind who would be attending the Royal Academy. They’re of high school age, but their actual position is equivalent to university students.

In this world, there’s still no compulsory education. Most children under 10 leave home to work, and by the time they’re 15, they have children of their own.

The concept of child abuse doesn’t exist. While there is a concept of caring for children based on classical morals, it doesn’t apply to every child.

In some rural areas, if a child becomes an orphan, they say they don’t want them to be unhappy, so they kill them. Actually, it’s the opposite. If the child belongs to a family with some wealth and has good relationships with the surrounding community, the neighbors will kill them for them.

On the contrary, if the child is from a poor family with nothing, they’re used as bullets. In the rural areas, dangerous monsters often show up, so they are used as sacrifices, whether for magic, as food, or even armed and sent to charge.

Of course, not every village is like this. In fact, most villages aren’t. Especially as you go to larger cities, this culture disappears.

In terms of this world, that’s a very primitive village.

But I don’t think it’s a village that needs to be reformed. It’s just a culture that exists.

Anyway, in the general society, they’re no longer children, but in upper-middle-class societies, there are still young people who gather here.

And even though they appear to be laughing, both the girls and boys are exchanging words, filled with awkward emotions on their faces.

It’s quite amusing.

Polaris is surrounded by people of similar or even higher status, occasionally looking at me with a jealous expression.

Kanna?

She’s so strong-willed that no one approaches her. If someone does try to get close, she looks down on them from above and exudes an intimidating presence. No one dares to approach her. Besides, with her status as part of the Duke’s family, who would approach her?

Aurora alternates her gaze between Polaris and Kanna.

It seems that Aurora, whose gaze is particularly focused on her skin and hair, might see herself as a similar type of harvester.

Similar appearances create a sense of kinship.

Will she make contact with anyone?

As I was observing, Aurora chose one person, not Polaris, who was busily talking among the crowd, but Kanna, who stood proudly alone.

Oh. Is she making contact?

I was watching with interest, but unfortunately, the contact failed. It was because Solindigus grabbed Aurora.

He told her not to approach because Aurora seemed uncomfortable, but I wonder if Kanna’s expression soured even more after hearing that?

Kanna and Solindigus. According to Kanna’s memory, she dislikes Solindigus. On the surface, she seems like a normal person.

No, if we look at Polaris’s memory, Kanna was actually one of the girls who had a good relationship with Solindigus.

But, Kanna dislikes Solindigus due to a very personal grudge. They were both under ten years old when this happened.

Solindigus once mocked Kanna, calling her a cripple. And he never apologized for it.

To be honest, if I look through the memory, Solindigus did apologize. The problem is, it wasn’t an apology that was proper enough to be taken seriously by Kanna.

Human relationships are complicated.

It’s not always a one-to-one exchange. Sometimes you give 10 and receive 20, or give 10 and only get 5 in return.

Emotions are subjective.

That’s why I can confidently create harvesters. When subjective views conflict, fights happen, and people with strong egos scatter those conflicts in their favor.

That’s why I want to see them clash and create drama.

If Kanna were to marry Solindigus, I wouldn’t have to create a separate harvester. She’d be overwhelmed by the contract alone.

That would be nice...

But today, there was no drama beyond this. It ended ambiguously.

Perhaps because I was standing in such a noticeable place, no foreign person came near. Maybe Hipion was controlling it.

By midnight, the banquet finally ended, and I was able to return to my quarters.

In the royal palace, the king’s office.

Even though it was late at night, there was still light in the room, and Hipion leaned back in his chair.

The international conference on corporate sanctions had just ended.

The foreign press mistakenly thought that the banquet was a separate event, but in reality, the banquet was part of the conference.

The foreign press didn’t pay attention to the earlier story, but King Hipion didn’t just wander around the banquet greeting people as they thought.

Instead, King Hipion gathered the nobles and declared his intentions.

The nobles present weren’t just any nobles; they were the influential ones with the power to influence the surrounding regions. He had gathered only those of a certain caliber, not the low-ranking ones.

What he was explaining wasn’t just about sanctioning three corporations, but he was giving a warning about controlling all future corporations.

It was, in a sense, a legislative preview.

It was an opportunity for them to adapt to the forthcoming changes and a warning for those nobles with large corporations.

It was also a moment to test how much Solindigus could control the next generation of nobles.

Moreover, it was also a moment to introduce Bell, the girl.

Of course, as the foreign press had guessed, it was also a moment to see if it was acceptable to bring Aurora into the world.

Hipion wasn’t the kind of incompetent king who could only handle one thing at a time, so he managed to handle several things simultaneously. And most of them proceeded according to his expectations.

His relationship with the nobles wasn’t bad, so he finished negotiations with them without much objection.

His son, Solindigus, was managing the younger generation well, and even Aurora, who had turned into someone with blue skin, moved as smoothly as ever without any distortion.

It was almost all within his expectations.

The only exception was the girl named Bell.

The girl who performed miracles.

While most people think of her healing miracles as miracles, when King Hipion uses the word “miracle,” it’s for another reason.

There was a witch who had concluded that winning was impossible.

She was so powerful that even when they searched every possible corner, they couldn’t prevent the curse predicted when Aurora was born.

And they couldn’t even wake Aurora from the cursed sleep.

Aurora, who couldn’t wake up, slowly weakened and was dying.

She couldn’t live or die, hanging on by inserting various tubes into her body, with the hope that she would not wither away until her life was fully drained.

At the time when he thought killing her would be the kindest thing for Aurora...

A miracle occurred.

Her appearance changed drastically, but she had the ability to heal even the most dying people back to health.

In a hurry, they brought her in for experiments, and as a result, the people who were revived even became stronger. Although the experiments ignored human rights, any flaws were buried with the accident.

So, the daughter was revived in full health, and even brought back a witch.

It was strange.

Even if someone has a flowery imagination, isn’t this a bit too contrived? Giving an irresistible gift before taking something more important is a common method.

So, the king became suspicious of her.

He placed her in a place where she could be thoroughly investigated.

What he found out during that investigation was that she was simply a good person.

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She stayed quietly in the mansion that had been given to her, not disturbing the people working there.

Whenever there was someone in distress, she would go to them, no matter where it was.

Even in Vern City, where a major disaster almost occurred, she was walking with that same consistency.

She moved to save people.

The only weakness she had was the fact that she didn’t like being called a god.

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And Bell never boasted about the actions she had taken. Frankly, it bothered him.

However, he could use this. No, it would be strange not to use it.

Since he was the king, he could use her, but if she refused, he’d respect her wishes. But since she never spoke, if she was indeed a good person, he prepared a place where she would have to sit uncomfortably.

He acted as though her power was his, as if he were her master. He flaunted her abilities and even sold them to other countries.

Hipion knew Bell’s report card too, and he knew she wasn’t foolish enough to not understand what was happening right now.

So, he created a situation where Bell had no choice but to move, and watched her reactions.

Surprisingly, there was no reaction at all.

She followed Hipion’s words without showing any sign of displeasure. Had she spoken out, he would have tried to figure out what part of her she disliked, but there was nothing, so he simply let it be.

Thus, the only one who deviated from Hipion’s plan was Bell.

However, it would be wrong to treat her as just a strange yet convenient tool; she was far too human for that.

Get married, huh...

As a father of sons and daughters, it’s a reality I now feel keenly. Normally, a king would marry his children off strategically to use them as political tools.

But I’ve grown attached to them.

There’s a second daughter I had who I treated well, thinking she would die due to the curse.

And I know Solindigus and Lunashira feel the same way.

Since she was supposed to die anyway, I treated her well without holding back. It started with pity, but Aurora returned that care. A child born to be loved gave that love back and made it grow.

So, I’ve become attached. I’ve grown attached.

When it comes time to part, I’ll be looking for any way to make it work.

A flower that grew while receiving everyone’s love will never bloom but will remain preserved forever, just as the curse from the witch foretold.

After giving birth to Aurora, the queen died from illness, and Hipion, the king, didn’t even keep a concubine.

Originally, he had deep affection, and it was the same for his children.

So, now, he wants to repay the benefactor who helped solve that problem.

Hipion decided to fully accept this strange girl into the country.