Chapter 103: 104

Chapter 104 - History of the Royal Family

 

"You said that you read books all the time. What kind of books do you have here?"

"Yes, I do. Well, there aren't too many, but there are some history books."

"Hmm, not novels or anything?"

"Novels, fairy tales? Books are very expensive. I don't think there are many books for children."

"Oh, I see. Parchment alone is quite expensive, isn't it? Is it considered a luxury item when it becomes a book?"

"Yes. That's why all the books are written in such a difficult way. ...... It takes a long time to read and understand a book."

　I see.

　Come to think of it, I've heard that books used to be very valuable in my previous life.

　I can't help but understand why the content is so difficult.

　The old man told me that when you write a letter to a nobleman, you have to praise the person in a very pompous way.

　I guess it's not enough to simply be able to write or read, there must be difficult characters and modifiers that require a dictionary.

　Even if I were shown the book and read it, I might not be able to understand it.

　It would be like reading classics without prior knowledge.

"Oh, so it's that difficult. Then, Lilina-san can you tell me what the book is about in an easy-to-understand way?"

"What, the contents of the book? Me?"

"Yes, yes. You said you have a history book. I don't know much about history. Come on, Liliana-sannn."

"All right. I don't know how much I can tell you, but I will try. ...... I'm nervous."

"Well, you don't have to be so nervous. You can just explain a bit. Do you know why the royal family, which unites the nobility, has declined?"

"The decline of the royal family? Yes, of course, I know. I'll explain it to you."

　This is how I ended up receiving a history lesson from Lilina.

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　The land we live in is large, but it is surrounded by many things.

　To the north is a vast forest, to the east is a mountain so high that it pierced the heavens.

　To the west and south, there are ravines and swamps that seem to be cracks in the earth.

　We were living in a land surrounded by such nature.

　Surrounded by nature, there was little to worry about from outside, but at some point, someone came to take control of the land.

　It was the founder of the royal family.

　The first king possessed magic that overwhelmed others, and he rose to become the ruler of the land with everything around him.

　This is where the church's magic system came into play.

　He strengthened himself by adding wizards scattered throughout the land to his forces and reigned as the absolute king.

　A long time passed with the first king at the top and the wizards reigning as the ruling class.

　One day, however, the rule of the royal family began to fray.

　Some of the descendants of the wizards, who had become nobles to support the royal family, defected from the king.

　Naturally, the king was furious, and he condemned and purged the nobles who had defected.

　It would have been better if this had been the first king, but there was a crucial difference between the king of that time and the first king: the king of the time was not a wizard in the pure sense of the word, but only an heir to the power of the first king.

"In those days, the tyrant Nero, who was defeated by the nobles, was overconfident in his own power. He thought it would be no problem to purge the nobles."

"What do you mean? The source of the king's power is the naming of the Children, right? Instead of conferring magic, it's a parent-child relationship where the parent receives mana from the child."

"That's right. King Nero purged the nobility, and as a result, his power was drastically reduced."

"Drastically reduced? Did the king go around killing nobles in such large numbers?"

"No, it seems that he didn't kill that many people. But the purge caused a decline in the king's rank."

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"The degradation of a rank..."

"Yes. The Great Magic that only kings possess, which the first king used to unify the world, was lost in the purge."

"Great Magic? Is there such a thing...?"

"Yes, there is. According to one theory, it was possible to wipe out an entire city with just one use of Great Magic."

　I'm sure the reason Bishop Paul reached out to me when I was in trouble with the Fontana family was so that he wouldn't lose his rank.

　If the source of mana which is me disappears, his rank will drop and he will not be able to use Recovery Magic.

　The declination of the royal family was probably the same thing.

　Probably the Great Magic that the royal family possessed used a tremendous amount of mana.

　But that's not a bad thing.

　In a way, it was even natural.

　When a Child is named after a Parent, the Child can also use the magic that the Parent can use.

　The fact that those with the Barca surname are able to use attack magic such as [Shotgun] and [Ice Spear] is due to the influence of the magic I have and the magic of my Parents, the Fontana family.

　However, there is a problem with this.

　It is dangerous for anyone to be able to use attack magic such as [Shotgun] and [Ice Spear].

　In order to reduce the danger of spreading this attack magic, a system was established in which, as a tacit understanding, those who could be trusted were taken as knights and then given names.

　However, there are other ways to prevent the unintentional spread of magic.

　It is a method of preparing a magic that consumes so much mana that the person to whom the name is given cannot use it.

　It's the kind of magic that even ordinary knights and nobles can't use.

　If there is a magic that can be called Great Magic, what will happen?

　The Parent will receive mana from the Child, but the child will not be able to use the Parent's Great Magic.

　If there was a magic of such a large scale that only the royal family, which is at the highest level of the spiritual connection pyramid by the magic system, could use it, there would be no one who would defy the royal family.

　In other words, it would be as if only the royal family had a bomb.

　If one disobeyed, their entire city would be wiped out, and they would have no choice but to meekly obey.

　However, over the course of its long history, the royal family has become complacent about this.

　They took it for granted that they had Great Magic.

　It was only when the Great Magic was lost as a result of the purge of the nobility that they realized the gravity of the situation.

　There was no way to get it back.

　It seems that Nero had imposed a terrible tyranny, according to Lilina.

　With the loss of Great Magic, the royal family rushed to rebuild ties with the nobility.

　However, it is said that many nobles did not think it was a good idea.

　The aristocrats, who had not defied the royal family because they could use the Great Magic, would not meekly obey the royal family now that they could no longer use the Great Magic.

　Rather, in order to prevent oppression, they declined to be named by the royal family.

　Thus, the royal family lost its Great Magic - its power - and fell to the same level as the other nobles.

　But the history of this world is not so good.

　In the end, once the oppressive royal family was removed, each noble family started fighting for territory for their own personal gain.

　The church was not a substitute for the royal family, partly because it was forbidden to have offensive magic from its inception.

　Because of this, even more years were spent in war.

"Hmmm. I didn't expect to hear such a detailed story. It was a good learning experience. Thank you, Lilina-san."

　Lilina seemed to enjoy sharing her knowledge, and she talked on and on.

　She was full of realism, but when the conversation went off on a tangent, she laughed and shared her knowledge without reserve.

　In this way, I was able to hear many stories about things other than the royal family from Lilina.

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