Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint

“Ask me again. Have you ever seen everything in the Golden Kingdom? Did you see all the territories and facilities of the kingdom? Or have you interacted with all the humans in the forbidden country? Have you figured out how the Golden State functions?”

[It is not possible to make it by seeing everything. If you only understand the penetrating principle.]

“Don’t be mistaken. All you have learned is one great truth. Do you think that the truth that forms nature and the country, a concept created by humans, are the same? at all! Do you have a principle that penetrates how beautiful and sophisticated things made by human beings, who are basically animals? That’s not gold. Your gold country?”

I answered him in a sarcastic tone.

“You’re just calling your happy days golden country and yearning for them as you please.”

If it’s a beast, you can think of it like an animal, but you think it’s stupid and make a mistake.

“It’s a box that shares your feelings, longing, happiness, love, and friendship. Name all the good times you’ve had and put them in gold. Bad experiences and painful memories are sins, responsibilities, and nations, so give them different names and put them away on the other side. After that, keep looking at the beautiful time capsule called Geumguk. That makes me misunderstood.”

Even if he has realized the great truth, he is still human. Man-made things are not perfect. This is because humans are not perfect. At least, even artifacts made with the truth are humanly mistaken.

“What you really want is happy times. As if you believe that if you rebuild the gold country, it will come back.”

It’s a pity. I have no way to come back anyway.

“There is no gold country anymore. Neither King Elric, nor the people of the Forbidden Kingdom, nor identity. Some you got rid of. As long as there is alchemy, metallurgy, which has fed and saved the gold country, is no longer as valuable as before. There is no way the gold country will come back as it is.”

You cannot get back what has already been lost. All the golden mirror can do is find new happiness.

You should find something better than making a doll of King Elric and being comforted by her. Mental masturbation is no different from warming up by using happy memories as firewood. Even if the girl’s match looks warm, it’s just an illusion that disappears like a mirage when she opens her eyes.

“Get out of the illusion and come back to reality. See what is in front of your eyes and hear what you hear. Listen to what the human who is closest to you has to say.”

The golden mirror followed my words.

hoeju. Those who inherited the progress of alchemy. A disciple of the Golden Sutra and one of the few beings who can communicate with him.

Peru gave her life and reached the front of this golden mirror.

Golden Kyung made a Juggernaut when a disciple came. He used to give a mechanical device full of romance designed to suit his student’s ability without any cost. What was the meaning of that? Was it simply following King Elric? Or did he enjoy it too?

Self talk doesn’t come back. Perhaps the golden mirror was welcoming those who could communicate with him who was so brilliant.

[…I understand, at least a little, why Your Majesty had a disciple.]

While muttering a word as if missing her, Golden Jing did something. When I came to my senses, all the scenery around me was collapsing. The golden palace turned to debris like a waterfall and flowed down to the ground. The world seems to be collapsing.

Buried in the rubble, I screamed inwardly.

Oh, it’s such a pity that I can’t read your thoughts.

Gold lost its value when there was too much of it.

Until that phenomenon happened, people didn’t even know it was possible. The adage to look at gold like a stone meant cautioning not to be buried in the value of gold, not expecting it to equal the value of a real stone.

After experiencing it, humans tried to explain the phenomenon by giving names such as the curse of gold or inflation. Seonghwangcheong, who grasped the situation, hastily built ‘clean’ gold to guarantee the value of gold.

Other countries also watched the fall of the golden kingdom, tweaked their systems, and made countermeasures. There were also those who specialized in the field of economics. With this, humans have found out one more thing that does not exist in the world.

Its foundation, however, was built on the ruins of the golden kingdom.

A few months after Demo was executed. The chaos in the gold country grew out of control.

Craftsmen who had been pushed out of power took up arms and rose up. They colluded with the local powers to provide them with quality weapons, and pushed into the center to regain power. There seemed to be no one to stop them from advancing while executing the alchemist.

However, after Demo’s death, the alchemists did not stand still.

Alchemists used alchemy to create weapons that would kill people. It didn’t have to be a weapon like a spear or a sword. Poison Gunpowder Mechanism Trap and more. Alchemists have evolved to survive and kill enemies.

War breeds technological progress. Over the past few years, alchemy, which was used only for making gold, has gradually expanded its scope. All kinds of bizarre tools were created, most of which were to kill humans. The alchemists who made mechanical devices without a furnace or a workshop committed all kinds of terror and threw the country into further chaos.

The superiority of technology is clear. But how can artisans accept alchemy? The artisans tried to kill the alchemists in the classic way, and the relatively weak alchemists continued to resist by avoiding the bizarre way. Battle destruction death chaos. It didn’t take long before the gold country was covered in blood and flames.

The whole country became enemies of the alchemists, but the alchemists remained far-sighted. It was because of their excellent abilities, but above all, because of a specter wandering in a forbidden country.

“King Elric! Stop him!”

The artisans who drove out the alchemists and regained power did not respect the king as much as before. No matter how excellent the king’s technology was, it was inferior to alchemy. For those who saw the greater mysteries, the pinnacle of technology did not stand out too much.

Above all, this is the age of power. The things King Elric made were excellent, but not powerful. No matter how sharp a famous sword is, what’s the point if the person who wields it is weak? Power was held by warlords, and kings were treated as puppets.

If it wasn’t for her ability to understand the complex mechanisms the alchemist makes just by looking at her, the warlords wouldn’t even treat her as a king.

“The high treason Demo didn’t say he was dead! But he is still roaming the forbidden country and using alchemy!”

Even now, it was difficult to say that he was treated like a king.

Elric, who had been overworked yesterday as well, answered the general’s request by rubbing his eyes.

“Isn’t he restoring collapsed buildings and returning contaminated land? There are many more pressing issues to deal with right now.”

“under. The royal road has run out of guns! Do you really think so?”

Even rude words do not have the strength to rebuke him. At this point, the most powerful person in the kingdom was the general, and King Elric was reduced to a crown on his head. King Elric waited for his words with a tired face.

“Alchemy. He’s using alchemy now! People who do not know anything express their gratitude to him for returning the building to its original state. Sometimes fools worship alchemists and even help them! It’s all because of him that the country has become like this, but believe only what you see with your own eyes and lift him up! I don’t even know if it’s a cursed power!”

I’m sure they’ll thank you for giving the building back. If the cheering of the people is dissatisfaction, shouldn’t he build a building instead?

“Then you go and stop the demo. Wouldn’t that be okay?”

“That’s…”

The general paused for a moment.

Nothing worked for the demo. No matter what weapon he wielded, no matter what poison he used, he did not die. Even when I spoke to them, they didn’t pretend to listen and just wandered around the forbidden country and made something.

Once, one of his subordinates brandished a sword at him. It was to kill the demo once more to set an example.

However, the scene that followed… the obstruction ‘decomposes’.

Recalling his memory, the general closed his eyes and replied.

“…He’s out of line. I mean, I heard a demon.”

I can only express it that way. Blades that are not enough to be called the famous swords of the century appeared in an instant and dismantled humans. The sight of the long-lived longevity disintegrating and scattering across the ground was beyond fear and made the game go away. Even the priest who came from Seonghwangcheong retreated muttering that it was a demon or something. It was not intrusive to those who had to oppose alchemy. It was for that reason that the general made a request to King Elric.

Of course, from King Elric’s point of view, it was a thrilling sound. If King Elric had the power, he would be the first to wipe out the power-hungry beasts. But to see her suddenly and go to deal with the ghost. She let out a curse in her heart and sighed.

“What did Jim do with that?”

“Isn’t it the king to solve that? Kings have mystical powers from generation to generation.”

He sends an unfounded belief that if he is a king, he will do something about a topic that he cannot solve. Does he believe in the king or does he not?

King Elric smiled dejectedly, but decided to follow the general’s will.

“I will go. Get ready.”

Perhaps he did not know that he would consent so easily, the general paused for a moment before exclaiming.

“His Majesty is coming. Prepare everyone!”

King Elric struggled as he rode the palanquin.

Like the king of gold, she had no way to deal with the demo. In the first place, she didn’t even want to deal with the demo that tried to return the gold country even after death.

The country is full of idiots who destroy the golden kingdom by claiming to be loyal to the king and defending it. The collapsed economy has no intention of recovering, but even the artisans who have it can’t do productive work because they are making weapons. In the meantime, the chief dies and the evil alchemists are pouring indiscriminate attacks throughout the forbidden country.

In the meantime, if King Elric takes care of the demo, the situation will only get worse.

But why did he go to Demo? The reason was simple.

It’s just that I was more comfortable watching the demo than the general.

After a full day of searching, I heard that it was found in a remote mountain valley village. King Elric took a moment to choose his words while visiting the demo.

It was a terrible delusion that it was more comfortable to watch the demo than the general. The disciple she taught, she raised, and she killed. What should I say to him who, despite dying with the stigma of a high treason, rises again and fixes what has been broken?

When he was alive, I hated him and considered him the culprit of all the troubles, but now I miss him the most. If he was a demo, if he was still alive. It may have revived the country of gold in an extraordinary way that no one could have imagined, such as when the bell was turned into gold…

but it is already in the past. Demo is dead. Only thoughts remain on the unburied corpse, wandering the forbidden land. It was unexpected that he even used alchemy, but maybe that was a miracle created by Demo’s tenacity.

King Elric lowered his head. What do you mean by seeing him again? I wished I hadn’t arrived forever.

Despite the king’s expectations, the palanquin carrying her reached the front of the demo. King Elric took a deep breath inside the palanquin and opened the door.

I see him fixing a collapsed house in the distance. Yuria Elric called out his name, swallowing sadness and longing.

“…demo.”

There is no answer. Demo doesn’t respond. He waved his hands with a pale face like a corpse. The broken roof is put back together.

I thought I wouldn’t be familiar with you, but when I see you again, the worries I’ve had so far disappear like a mirage. YuRia approached him warmly and started talking to him.

“The teacher came and he didn’t even say hello. You have to play a sutra to use it.”

His voice does not reach him who moves with his thoughts. YuRia wasn’t disappointed because she knew it couldn’t be reached. Instead, I watched him intently.

There is no blood on the pale face. Snow lost his old firearms. It does not respond to any other stimuli and wanders in search of a broken spot. If you find something broken, put it back with alchemy.

The ruined village is gradually becoming like a new one. How long will it take to witness a productive sight in a forbidden country where destruction and death are rampant? It’s something I usually do, but seeing it again now gives me a new feeling. YuRia, who had been watching the process for a long time as if in a state of fascination, suddenly said,

“What resentment do you have that you can’t close your eyes… The country that killed you is so stingy in your eyes.”

needless to say Remaining thoughts after death . Even in death, rather than hating the king, he must have worried about the ruined gold country. Yuria suppressed her overflowing emotions, grabbed Demo’s shoulder, and sobbed softly.

“Only you. Even in death, you are the only one who will serve the Golden Kingdom. Everyone else is looking out for my own well-being rather than fixing it.”

Then a strange thing happened. The demo didn’t move. As if recognizing his king, he stopped moving and looked at YuRia.

In fact, from the perspective of Hwanggeumgyeong, it was simply because he couldn’t judge whether it was an obstacle or not, but Yuria didn’t know that fact. I just hugged him tighter, knowing that I was feeling the slightest bit.

“…I have come too far. It’s not a burden, how can I pay you for this debt…”

It was the time when he delivered an apology that he couldn’t live without in a voice that seemed to be cut off.

squeak. Something cut Yuria’s back. YuRia’s back was burning as if she had been burned by fire, and YuRia’s body staggered greatly from the unexpected shock. A cold voice followed the blade.

“I knew it would be like this. The king is lukewarm, so the alchemists don’t disappear.”

As she fell helplessly, the figure of a general raising a bloody sword appeared behind her. The general murmured as he looked at the dying king with cold eyes.

“If His Majesty is found dead here, they would think she died from an attack by alchemists. I can mobilize the self-proclaimed loyalists who are loyal to the king in disguise.”

Only then did Yuria realize that she had fallen into a trap. The general had intended to kill her from the beginning and urged Elric to find Demo, knowing that Demo was on the outskirts. After killing her, he intended to lay the blame on the alchemist.

King Elric’s authority is something that has been passed down from ancient times. No matter how chaotic the kingdom is, no matter how incompetent the king is. There are many people who pay homage to the bloodline. The general intended to use them.

“To root out alchemists hidden throughout the country, the country has to move in unison. I will make good use of Your Majesty’s life.”

When the general coldly turned his back, the still demo moved.

Death is the breaking down of the boundary between oneself and the world. Yuria died and became an object, and alchemy touched her body.

When a person dies, he becomes an object. No, they are objects even when they are alive in the first place. It’s just that it’s hard to reach outside forces because of resistance.

Demo recognizes the broken Yuria and begins the process of fixing her.

From a purely mechanical point of view, without any consideration.

“Ugh…!”

It can’t be. The part of the body that had lost its vitality became the subject of alchemy, and it was not YuRia’s body, but pretended to be her body. He forcibly knots the severed muscles and connects the broken bones as if they were whitewashed. Every time he twisted his body in terrible pain, the improvised body suffered even greater damage. Every time he tried repeatedly, Yuria suffered the pain of one side of her body being completely torn off.

In the distant future, Hwang Keum-gyeong, who made crops with alchemy, learns how it forms the body. The Golden Sutra, which had not yet been collected, was not so omnipotent. Steel King Yuria Elric screamed in agony of being dismembered alive.

but.

Yuria felt refreshed despite the terrible pain. I felt like I deserved this pain that no one can bear to describe. Even though his strength kneaded every corner of my body and changed it arbitrarily, not a sense of repulsion, but an immoral pleasure came first.