CH 371

Southern Grave (5)

There were two documents.

In the first, there was nothing special, and in the second, it was written as an observation log.

'This is not a material from Cortes Valhalla. The former emperor and 14th son, Stern Valhalla, must have been a record left as he ascended to the throne.'

Emperors of Valhalla.

Except for Kanelas Valhalla, who created the tombs in the South, no record of the situation after his accession can be recorded here.

What does that mean?

The tombs in the south were used to ascertain the truth, and this observation log, written by Cortes Valhalla in the process of selecting a successor, had to be the work of the next emperor.

palak.

handed over the document.

The first person that caught my eye was Cortes Valhalla's eldest son, Crown Prince Jess Valhalla.

[ ] When Jejus first took up the sword, members of the imperial family, including myself, were convinced that Jejusu was the right person to inherit the future of Valhalla. Jejus was born in the blood of a warrior. Mana was awakened at the age of only 7, and his unique swordsmanship that pushed him recklessly did not show any fear of fighting. If he rises to the throne. As the emperors of Valhalla did for generations, Jejus will grow into a valiant warrior who raises his voice at the vanguard.]

palak.

[Jeju is not only good at handling swords. He was also interested in strategy, so he spent the whole day in the library studying tactics. One day something like that happened. In a virtual strategic confrontation with Valhalla's best staff, after a fierce battle, he obtained surrender at the mouth of the staff. He was only 15 years old.]

palak.

[Jeju also knew how to deal with people. He assigned the right talent to the tasks he lacked, and treated him with dignity so that people could only be loyal to him. It was absolutely perfect. Even before Jesus Valhalla became an adult, a force was formed around him, and even the vassals who whispered sweet words to me said that Jejus Valhalla should lead the future of the empire. This is also a fact I admit. It is certainly. If Jejus inherits the throne, Valhalla will surely create a better future.]

palak.

[Therefore, it is inconsistent.]

One word.

Standing up, he stopped holding his hand.

Cortés Valhalla explained how talented the eldest son was, and concluded that he disagreed.

I didn't understand.

It was then concluded that raising the 14th son to the throne was certainly not for Valhalla.

The problem is that, for the sake of the Kronos Empire, there are still unsolved mysteries.

turned the page

Passing through other successors, Roman Dmitry stopped at one name.

[Stern Valhalla]

The 14th son of Valhalla.

It was an observation log of a being called a tyrant.

* * *

[Stern is a weak child from birth. Far from using the sword properly, he didn't even show any desire to ascend to the throne as my son. He was a boy who looked just like his mother. Like a mother from a lowly court lady, Stern lived an unnatural life from the imperial bloodline. He gave up his rights, unlike the other sorts who fiercely tried to win my eyes, a book rather than a sword, a walk rather than a training ground.]

palak.

[I heard an interesting story from the servant. People called Stern the angel of the white coat. Stern, who wears neat clothes every day and goes around the Imperial Palace to take care of people, showed that he took care of others enough to be called an angel. Ordinary servants brought food to avoid starvation, became a companion for those who were resting due to strength, and secretly helped someone when they had financial problems. Stern didn't really care about his identity. I lived with the words that I had to live like a human because I was a human, and I spent most of my time taking care of my surroundings rather than self-development.]

It was surprising.

Stern Valhalla.

A being called a tyrant.

Considering the life he lived, he had no choice but to think that he was a completely different being from the person recorded in this document.

Emperor Valhalla enjoyed slaughter.

He thoroughly followed performanceism and killed those outside his eyes without hesitation, so people showed their fear of the Emperor Valhalla.

he like that

At one time, it was called the angel in white.

It was a record that created a sense of disparity, and Roman Dmitry then turned the page.

palak.

[One day, I asked Stern. Do you not covet this father's place? Stern said that he had no greed, and that the reason he was living as he is now was so that his brothers would not be intrusive. If you show your efforts even a little, you will be seen as a competitor. Stern chose to compromise rather than fight, and appealed to his brothers that he was not competitive by living a life that did not match the imperial family. Indeed, his efforts were worthwhile. In a situation where it is certain that Jess Valhalla will take over, no one opposing him was aiming for Stern Valhalla's life.]

palak.

[Some said. What do you think will happen if Stern Valhalla takes over the throne? Maybe a good emperor will make a good country for the people to live in, but what is certain is that the Valhalla Empire will go downhill because of Stern. If it was a small country on the outskirts, he would be the right person. However, in an empire that must conquer the continent, Stern Valhalla is absolutely not the right person to be the emperor.]

palak.

[He is the right person I think.]

It was a contradiction.

Unlike Jeju's Valhalla.

Cortés Valhalla, who constantly spoke about the reason for being unfit, came to a different conclusion from the common sense that he was the right person.

* * *

widely.

closed the document.

He frowned slightly.

It was a mystery.

I thought that looking at the records of Cortes Valhalla would solve some doubts, but the observation log rather incited confusion.

In fact, Cortés Valhalla left nothing special in the Southern Tomb.

This could be confirmed because Stern Valhalla left it, and if there had not been such an effort, the reason why Cortes Valhalla made an absurd succession would have been buried forever in history.

After checking the records.

There was only one conceivable hypothesis.

Cortes Valhalla and the Kronos Empire collusion.

If you think about it, Valhalla and Kronos used each other's borders to always create a game in which only the two countries had an advantage.

I mean, the two mountain ranges.

It meant the dominion that supported the two empires.

Again, the question repeated this time was that there was no reason to appoint Stern Valhalla as his successor for whatever reason, or to kill him who had been rebelliously rebelled and placed as emperor.

at last.

I needed my records.

Roman Dmitry this time checked Stern Valhalla's record.

[ ] It was like any other morning, and when I woke up, there was a carcass of a cat I had been cherishing by my bedside. Its form was horrendous, and on the blood-stained bed, the whale whale screamed and called for a servant. Since then, terrible things have happened again. The carcasses of cats, mice, birds, puppies, and all kinds of animals were always lying on my bedside, and the servants who had to clean them always opened my door at a slow pace and came in and stared at me. It's like you know how to get rid of it. From that day on, I felt that something was wrong.]

It was a diary.

The well-organized handwriting vividly conveyed the emotions of that time.

[Today, while eating rice, I chewed a stone. At first I thought I was mistaken, but as the days passed, foreign substances came out of everything I ate. When I drank water, there was oil, when I ate meat, there were worms, and no matter what I ate, nothing was normal.]

palak.

[The door opened. Someone was watching me through a small gap, and I was so startled that I told the guards to remove the creature, please. But he laughed at me. I doubted my mind by saying that there was no such thing, and while I stayed up all night with my eyes open, I met the mysterious being and looked into my eyes all night.]

increasingly.

The text has become a mess.

The process of mental breakdown was clearly visible.

Stern Valhalla was not crazy from the start.

He began to be gnawed at by some purpose, and those who followed his orders deliberately stood by Stern Valhalla.

In the second half, it was full of bad handwriting that could not be recognized at all.

As if crazy, the diary was filled with incomprehensible and incomprehensible texts.

And last.

The page had this to say:

[In this way, I will die. Before I die, I will surely be freed from this pain by killing all those who want to kill me.]

That is.

It was Stern Valhalla's last record.

* * *

The meaning of the diary was clear.

former emperor.

He was a puppet of something.

I don't know why Cortés Valhalla made his son that way, but he chose the weakest of his sons and made him the protagonist of the rebellion.

The day the Valhalla imperial family was stained with blood. Stern Valhalla, smeared with madness, killed all of her brothers.

People remembered that day and expressed the Emperor Valhalla as a tyrant, but the truth behind it was that the tyrant itself was created.

if so.

In the meantime, I could understand the conduct of the previous emperor.

Why he was crazy and why he wasn't interested in state affairs.

The past explained his behavior.

'There are three truths I can be certain of in the Southern Grave. The first is that the Kronos Empire has intervened in Valhalla's past, the second is that Cortes Valhalla intentionally placed a person unsuitable for Valhalla to the throne, and the third is that Stern Valhalla is alive or not. That he was nothing more than a puppet who could not even decide.'

When the Duke of Vieto revolted.

The puppet was abandoned by its owner.

He ascended to the throne with special intentions, but just like then, he was abandoned regardless of his will.

squeaky.

leaned on the chair.

lacked

The southern tombs recorded shocking truths, but none of the most important ones.

In fact, it was a natural result.

If there was a mastermind behind this, the Valhalla emperors would not have left their mark in the southern tombs that could be identified from generation to generation.

From now on, I had to infer a truth unknown to the world from pieces of information.

"Why? How did he become emperor, and why is he now abandoned by the mastermind?"

why.

I repeated the same thought.

I got lost in thought.

both in the past and in the present.

When Roman Dmitry encountered a problem, his blood cooled and his mind cleared.

'As long as the truth is missing, I cannot draw any definite conclusions. To prepare for the worst based on fragmented information, you have to focus on one fact.'

That's right.

'Who would have benefited the most from this situation?'

I shut my eyes softly.

at last.

The conspiracy was directly linked to a clear result.

The conspiracy was done for a special purpose, and the result was evidence that proves why such a conspiracy occurred.

If so, the fact that can be inferred as a result is the beings who benefit from it.

It was a correlation that they were very likely to be the initiators of the conspiracy.

sure.

It is only a hypothesis.

But after thinking for a while, Roman Dmitry, who had been pensive, opened his closed eyes.

now.

It was time to go back outside.

* * *

stage of the exam.

People kept waiting there.

When Roman Dmitry finally appeared again, Emperor Valhalla came out to meet him with a bright face.

"Did you get what you need?"

"Yes, I have seen a lot. I understand why Carlos, regarded as one of the great warriors of Valhalla, expressed the ugliness of Valhalla's truth in the Tomb of the South.

" It's really sad. I can't tell you how surprised I was when I first found out. Let's talk about this separately. I don't think it's appropriate to speak in front of people."

that also.

He ascended to the throne and entered the Southern Tomb.

There was bitterness on his face.

As he was proud of the Valhalla Empire, he could not be distracted by the shocking information that the Kronos Empire was related to the rankings.

He left no special records on the Southern tombs.

Many other emperors did the same, but after confirming the truth of Valhalla, he went out.

conversation between the two.

Others could not hear.

It was also a small voice, and I intentionally blocked the conversation from leaking out just in case.

That was then.

"By the way. The more I found out the truth, the more I questioned it. Canelas Valhalla, Cortes Valhalla, Stern Valhalla. If all of their records are true, then only one would benefit from Valhalla's chaotic situation."

followed the conclusion.

Starting with the conclusion, not the process, I came up with a person who could benefit from this process.

"Emperor Valhalla. No, Duke of Vieto. You are the only one who has benefited from this bloody battle."

at that word.

Moment.

Emperor Valhalla distorted his expression.