Since my mind was filled with a lot of thoughts, after passing the Holy city, I started to walk slowly. I was angry at myself… this world.. I thought it was an easygoing one. By how easily Treastein and Stein had solved their problems, I figured all was well in the world… but under my nose, people were suffering and a child who was loved my gods was feeling like she was rather cursed by him.
I know I didn't pursue information… even if I did… I might want to do things from hearing about it… it might have caused trouble well in the future… that was why until I really thought that I was strong… I wanted to gradually learn things….
But even if you don't go to find troubles… it does eventually come to you.
[You really aren't going to do anything?]
You think I am gonna sit this one out?
[Yeah. you didn't tell that old pope that you would help or save her.]
Yeah I know… that's because all the damage has already been done… her beloved daughter has lost her smile, The will to live and The pope now is just a living doll doing her day to day work… whatever I do, this scar would never leave them…
[So you wanna give up?]
Not really… Since I can't save them, I will at least do what their enemies are doing.
[You're so difficult, you should have just said that you would help her.] Amanori sounded exasperated.
Did you forget? I am irregular… of course I am difficult… Now I will do as I like. since I am not saving anyone from anything. I will only do what... the wielder of the Cursed sword of destruction does. A villainous deed….
[M-Massacre?]
Sorry Amanori… Your Rep's gonna go down again…
[You really gonna do it?]
You will see…. What I do…. The world will see. And of course the one backing the empire will also see… what I do….
{Notice: Higher Energy has been Analyzed. Registered as Devine Element.
Master has the capacity to produce and store this Energy. Can be used in various ways; Mainly can be used as a Light element. although the devin element is far more capable and less restricted in usage.}
Start gathering the energy and store it for a rainy day. Use all resources while you can.
{Understood.}
Since I had been able to sort out my thoughts, I walked through a portal to my home…And after getting refreshed I went to bed.
Right now everyone around me was holding the information. There has to be something that was backing the empire… or it would never be able to wage war against Treastein. I faced off against Stein and realized where humanity stood right about now... but what if there is external factors at play? Stein a relatively strong Royal family ruled them... but the king lost his place by a bunch of nobles... and the nobles were quite brutal and barbaric... just like the empire should be....
[there's definitely a connection, the Empire is doing a internal war...]
"but they still can't invade Treastein since it's whole system around lords are somthing else.... wait wait.... the trash I beat up just after getting here... wasn't he just what the empire suggests too?"
[then that would mean, they already had a foot in Treastein too... but you snapped it... maybe that's why they pushed their plans to Stein and rapidly thought of a silent undertaking.]
"your right, Amanori... the empire... they are not as barbaric as I thougth, they had a nefarious plot at play...."
[I like that, the smarter they are the more fun it gets to screw them up with my power. they can't fathom the strength we have.]
finishing my conversation with Amaori, I looked into the issue with my grandparents…. My Grandparents had to know what that backing was, which made the empire so confident to even not fear the heroes. But if I asked them, they would surely stop me… I may be able to beat the Empire but this backing power might just be out of my hands… I don't have enough information… That's the main problem… shit I should have developed some tools for information gathering… if I had the satellite plan set up already... man.. Once you get girlfriends, you really do get loose in vigilance… is this what they called getting soft by enduring peace?
If my grandparents had thought that it would be better for me to not know, it was clear that I may not be able to beat the empire just as easily… would there be collateral damage if I do something drastic? I wouldn't want my own family to get tangled up in this mess because of me.. This is getting messy… Now I get why some protagonists stay alone… they don't need to worry about this...
Without thinking anymore, I leaped up from my bed and went to the lost dimension.
"If I train…. One year… I may just have the confidence to go at it blindly…"
[Hey! Aren't I here! Why are you fretting so much!]
"Amanori… I must look pathetic in your eye's"
[That you do. Go and sleep… I may not know how powerful the strongest out there is now, but I am here. Who is stronger than even the history itself! If you can't win, I will at least destroy the world with you.]
"Ha ha ha ha h ah aha ha ha….. Oh my god!... Amanori was that some kind of cheer up Advice!??"
[Grrrrr!]
"Sorry sorry… I guess that's right… Let's go to sleep.."
[Yeah.]
After my mind was cleared up again, I returned to my room and after a long time, I actually slept hugging Amanori… people may call her the cursed sword but she is my strong arm… my saviour, my first friend and of course I loved her… I wonder if I could see Amanori in her human form…. If she had one anyway…
...….
"Hey gramps."
"Yes?"
"I got a letter from the empire. They wanted me to hand over Amanori."
""What?!"" I was having breakfast. Last night after pondering over everything, I had made a plan. First of course was information gathering. Since I knew that information about the empire had been kept secret from me, I had to get some info from my gramps. He was the one with the bigger head among my family.. I had to out scheme him to get the info out.
Well since Granny was here too, she reacted the same way. Although my other fiancées were here too, some showed questioning looks and some tried to hide their thoughts…
My godly perception can catch even the slightest change in any expressions.. I do have to concentrate very hard since the system can't read emotions; it was all up to me. But thanks to being with these girls everyday… I guess it is easier to read their emotions.
"Hmm, I was really annoyed By the way the letter was written…. Amanori wanted to go and destroy the country itself…." as I said so casually and with somewhat angry feelings… I could see several of the faces at the table getting a bit sweaty… I know… they don't want me mad… I get it.. But at least don't make me look like a nuke… ready to go off...
"Who got you the letter? It might be a false one?" Gramps asked like it was no big deal. now thats a veterans poker face.
"Hmm, I was at the guild yesterday, Pam gave me the letter, since Leila wasn't there, I was given the letter directly." I played it cool. If I was caught lying, My grandparents would certainly hinder my plans.
Sorry Pam for throwing you under the bus!
I said sorry to the one who was going to get scolded like an idiot.
I should get her something good so that she would forgive me.
[she Should be feeling great pleasure, she is our prelude to destruction!]
"C-can I see the letter?" Gramps asked with a troubled look. I was sure now, my gramps never wanted me to get involved with the empire. Things were getting dicey.. The empire might actually be hiding something even the two hero's didn't want to mess with…
"You think it's still in one piece? Amanori got mad at it. I wouldn't even bat an eye if the sender had already been cursed and died." I lied using Amanori, of course she wouldn't get mad.
She was with me on all this. Behind me where she hung on my back, Amanori was releasing Miasma. It was a way to show she was angry… a party trick…. Who knew that this could be useful like this. I only made this so we can show off at the guild.
"Oh.. I see, well I don't think the empire would do something so foolish as to do something like that and make the cursed sword wielder angry. It might just be a prank." Gramps tried to play it off as a joke.
On the other hand Leila, Acadia, Systy and our Butler with the 2 head maids were looking a bit pale… since the situation was a bit sketchy they tried to figure out what to do…
"Hmm? Could be… anyway I sent a reply to that letter. I wrote that they could fuck off! And of course if they dare to do anything I wouldn't show mercy."
"O-ooh… that should.. Make the sender a bit afraid and am sure they won't pull that prank again." Gramps didn't look much perturbed by my letter sending…
Does he think he can intercept my letter before it can go to the empire to cause more hatred? But there isn't any letter… I just made it up… hmmm….
"Well they should get it earlier than expected. I used a portal to get to the closest place from the Empire and delivered from there."
"W-w-what ? that… you work quite fast don't you?" Gramps' true feelings were going to come out but he seemed to get control over him and praised me with a twitching face.
Of Course I didn't pay that notice. Even the others expressions looked dire… they were showing poker faces but My perception was more than enough to see the minute changes.
As I finished my breakfast and didn't wait for the tea, everyone looked cautious. If I acted suspiciously, I could be found out but I knew just the trick to get them to lower their guard.
"Well that doesn't matter now! On the way from the Holy city, I found a great hunting ground and saw some ducks there! I am going hunting so please excuse me, I will be back by night!" hearing me excitedly say such easy going things, the tension instantly melted from the room. Gramps must have used his head too much because even he didn't suspect me.
"Good Hunting! dear!" Granny waved me goodbye. I went out With some packed lunch from Lana. she had started to do cooking after moving in with me. And it looked like she was a talented one at that.
Only in a month she had absorbed information and learnt cooking from Ayna, our head chef. By now she could make many different dishes and sometimes like today, she packs lunch for us who go adventuring.
"Thanks for the packed lunch Lana!" I patted her head while she showed a goofy grin. Among my fiancées, she was the most normal one. Also she could sooth your heart with an angelic smile.
"Come back safe!" As she waved goodbye, I disappeared from the mansion. I had to work fast. It would take at least a day to catch on to my lies but by then I should have been able to deal with the empire's army forces. They could no longer stop me by then.
...….
Since this world's humans had a power level quite low, in retrospect, Treastein had the most amount of quality fighters and mages. The reason is clear that the bordering with the Edge of the world and fending off monsters for years had made the country's residents quite strong.
Since they are constantly fighting monsters, thus the reason the country never tried to take over Stein after they got separated, their values differ since more than land, they want power. The Empire is another matter entirely though.
The empire should be going for Stein more since that is easier to get then Treastein that was filled with many strong individuals. But after a bit of information gathering, I heard that 40 years ago when my grandparents had stopped the war between Stein and Treastein, they had also done the same for the empire.
To think only the two of them were enough for that… now though…. Gramps and granny retired… The biggest reason is probably me… I reckon that when I get older and probably get tangled in international affairs, they might get out of retirement… they are just conserving their strength and trying to get stronger...
it wasn't like they grow old anyway… They only wanted some down time since they had been constantly keeping the human lands at bay, and to stop the fighting since it clearly diminished our strength for no good reason… there is a world that is beyond this too… it was clear that the both of them wanted the humans to realize this sooner… rather than later…
Still… gramps… this is not the right way… if you want them to band together, you have to take them under your wing and be their leader… humans are fickle. They change for the slightest reasons. Only stopping them from acting wouldn't get them united at all…
[and so what would you do?]
"I think if they would have been villains rather than heroes, they might have seen the humans band together to fight against them… ha ha.. That would have been troublesome in it's own way. but they sure as hell won't have had the time to do any such conspiracies.."
Anyway, back to the subject at hand. The humans were pretty weak. I have no idea what the empire's army is like but if they were anything like that army in Stein… yeah… they could die with a single hand gesture…
So if they are stronger… I suppose that would make it equally interesting… but their backer…. I just know it… they have something covering them… or else… they would have been wiped out long ago by Treastein…
Lilith is someone very passionate… I could see her going to war if it meant wrecking a country like that for the peace of her own country. Since even after the empire attacked she only defended… yeah… the backer was probably strong… so to protect her own country, Lilith took the defensive approach.
If Lilith felt that attacking her opponent would have negative effects in her country, it was easy to see her only resist and not attack.
After I saw her not wanting to fight Stein since the war was gonna turn into a war of attrition. It was easy to see how Lilith's mind worked. She didn't want her people to suffer… as a leader… she was praiseworthy for having such deep feelings for her people.
As I stopped overthinking things, I again made up my plan.
The only thing I can think of is to Neutralize the enemy nation even before the backer can find out.
The best scenario, I can fight the backers after I had already wrecked the empire. So I should not be trapped in a pincer attack. No matter how strong you are.. You should never go into a battle without any plan.
....
This was Rekka's true nature, while getting angry, many get too emotional to think in their right minds, while Rekka though… his heart starts to slow down.
His mind enters a state of concentration even some guru's would find hard to attain. As his mind runs at an unnaturally sharp speed, he starts to think through every information he gets. And At the end, a plan that would end up ruining the enemy never to stand up again starts to form. Be the opponent strong or weak, Rekka never misses to think things through.
These same characteristics had made him able to survive his 2nd life for a long time, no matter the situation he was thrown into. The more people angered him, the worse they felt cornered at the end.
A rare human who used his feelings to compose himself rather than get sneaked up to. By the time his enemies find out that they were done… it would be already late.
The same would happen in the empire. As Rekka who did things swiftly. No matter a single battle or a war with hundreds of battles. The world is going to see the shortest way a country could be destroyed.
The Cursed sword wielder… was at last going to show the world again what destruction in its truest form looked like… and what the cruelty it came with. Since many long centuries have passed… it seemed that the world had forgotten the might of this blade that was a piece of many histories.
So how will the world look as the strongest wielder wielded it though? Only time will tell..