High School Soldier
42. Queen Sigiz is going to another world
1914 Luan Empire, noon.
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In the room of the Imperial Council of Luan, this organization is similar to the DPR in Indonesia. But the people who became members of the council were the founding noble families of this Empire and some were appointed directly by the Emperor Bogat.
Seats are arranged face to face so that board members can argue face to face. There are no microphone-like loudspeakers in the world, because no one has found them yet. So during an argument, there is no turning off the microphone when either party feels cornered.
For now, the assembled members of the council are divided into two opposing camps of views, or the other word is divided into two factions.
One faction contained nobles who were learned, mastered science, and looked polite. They are a faction that opposes making imperial citizens fall to the Gate, and they are opposed to any war with the other world.
While the other faction, they strongly supported war with the other world, but opposed to making the citizens of the empire as a collision to bring up the Gate.
But the Luan Empire continued to wage war with the other world because the factions that supported the war were far more numerous than those that opposed the war.
As a result, the creation of peace factions and military factions in this territory, even though previously the two factions did not exist.
Despite the disagreement, the members of the imperial council were not to be split into two factions as they are now.
One man from the peace faction descended from his place and approached the emperor's separate throne and said, “Emperor, didn't the great magician have told us that we don't need to fight with the other world?”
“For what to listen to the words of an old man like him? His eyes are already blind, so it could be that his vision is wrong,” replied Emperor Bogat with his haughty face while propping his head with his hands.
Another peace faction member then said, “If the war continues, won't our country be short of troops, even run out of troops!?”
“If we lack troops, we can colonize the country on the neighboring continent and force its inhabitants into our troops.!” shouted one member of the military faction and supported by other members of the military faction.
The military faction was mostly the generals and other military leaders, as well as the noble families that supported the empire to fight against the other world.
One more thing, it was the members of the military faction who proposed to issue the Gate to fight with the other world. After that the neighboring country of the Luan Empire heard the news and joined forces to fight with the otherworldly forces.
That is to say, it was the Luan Empire that made other countries to join and fight with the other world.
It is quite easy to make other countries to fight with the other world, namely the glory and greatness of their respective countries.
Being able to rule a world is something that everyone really wants, right?. But the joint forces of the five countries did not seem to understand about the military strength of the other world forces.
They also planned to remove the eight Gates that appeared in the other world and leave behind a Gate.
**
The two factions were still arguing about the course of the next war, there was almost a commotion in the room that was as big as three times this volleyball court before someone who suddenly came out of nowhere.
Instantly the two factions sat back in their respective places and let the person speak.
“How do I overcome another world army that is getting stronger? Little by little the combined forces were defeated by them. And you intend to leave a Gate in the strongest country in the world? Forming the strength as before will take a long time,” said a man who looks aged.
He then connected his unfinished words, “I've never even seen such explosive magic.”
“Therefore we must fight, and snatch that exploding stick.!” said one of the military factions.
“What's the use of fighting if you only rely on strength!?” connect someone from the peace faction and supported other peace faction members.
Emperor Bogat then raised his right hand to his chest. It makes everyone in this room who is noisy, instantly silent everything.
“I also do not intend to remain silent, but fighting without careful preparation it only makes our troops slaughtered like the first attack of that time,” said Emperor Bogat who pleased members of the military faction.
As for the members of the peace faction, it was a defeat for them. Defeat here means that they failed to protect the imperial citizens if the combined five nations were to continue the war.
**
It turned out that it was not only in the Luan Empire, where its council members split into two camps.
But for those who support wars outside the Luan Empire, no war means no honor for their respective countries.
Although it seems like a war-crazed country, it is indeed true. Even the military power of the five countries that were at war with the other world was greatly feared by the countries outside the Andzrev Continent.
The countries of this world other than the five countries that were at war with the other world chose not to get involved because of the great Oracle's speech. They were also afraid that the otherworldly forces would win the war and rule this world.
For the Kingdom of Arevelk led by Queen Sigiz and ruled the eastern part of the Andzrev Continent, the country rarely fought because it would only fight if the country was really threatened.
Since Queen Sigiz occupied the throne of the Kingdom of Arevelk, the country's military was most powerful in the Andzrev Continent. If counted since she was appointed queen, Sigiz has reigned for 20 years.
Until now there has been no candidate who will be the successor to this kingdom, because Sigiz himself is not married.
But whether he uses what magic, Sigiz until his age of 60 years still looks like he is still in his 20s. Even people who just saw Sigiz would have thought if he was a teenager you could propose to him.
Throughout his 6 decades of life, Sigiz has received applications 60 times. That means once a year there will definitely be people who propose to Sigiz and all the applications he rejected for various reasons.
There are no attractive men, all men who propose to him just want power, that is the reason Sigiz said if asked why he has not been married.
Sigiz was now writing something in the Cloud Palace library, moments later a servant entered.
“Queen, sire Hin you are calling to talk about something,” said the Servant.
Sigiz's face suddenly turned sour when he heard that his father wanted to talk to him.
In Sigiz's heart said, “If he were to ask me when I got married, he would bury me alive.”
**
Without knocking on the door or anything like that, Sigiz opened the door of his father's room which was seen lying down.
The man looks healthy with silvery hair. Given its age now which is 129 years old, gray hair is common. Even his beard and mustache were already silvery in color.
“Dad, I came,” said Sigiz as he lowered his head in front of his father who was reading a book while lying on the bed.
Hin then closed his book and put it on the table beside him.
“When you-...,” Hin's speech was cut off by her son who raised his hand with a sign of wanting to interrupt this conversation.
“If you speak when I will marry, you will bury me alive,” Sigiz said with a threatening flat face.
Hin already knew if his son really dislikes the word ‘when are you getting married?’ or ‘when are you going to give your father this grandchild?’.
Maybe not only Sigiz hated that word, but everyone in this world and the other world probably hated that word.
“A-dad not done talking, Sigiz. And why is your speech so cruel?” hin said with trembling body.
Sigiz was a strategist and one of the strongest magic knights of the Kingdom of Arevelk. That was why his father who was only a dragon knight was afraid of his own son.
“Because at your age right now, shouldn't you smell earth?” sigiz said harshly.
“Ja-so you want your father to die soon?”
Hin looks teary, but Sigiz seems to ignore that and says, “Have it, what do you want to talk about?”
Hin's face suddenly became serious and made the atmosphere of this room turn cold.
“When did you go to another world to stop them from fighting again with the otherworldly army?” ask Hin who also made Sigiz's face become serious.
“Soon father, I will definitely find the person foretold as well,” Sigiz replied as he tightened his fists both hands.